2026 Hawaii District Science & Engineering Fair Awards
February 21, 2026 (7p) at Waiākea High School Cafeteria
*HDSEF Sponsored Awards (black font) *ISEF Agency Sponsored Awards (blue font)
Bryan Assi & Austyn Bugado
Investigating Heavy Metal Contamination Effects of Sugar Cane Farming...
- Best in Division (3rd place overall) − advancing to Hawaii State Science & Engineering Fair (HSSEF)
- Best in Category: Earth & Environmental Sciences
- Sierra Club Moku Loa Award for Earth Science ($50 cash)
- NASA Earth System Award; greatest insight into Earth’s interconnected systems
Finn Balzotti & Nina Moss
The AI Synopsis Solution: Urgent Care’s Triage Assistant
- Best in Division (4th place overall) − advancing to Hawaii State Science & Engineering Fair (HSSEF)
- Best in Category: Software Design
- Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Award ($200 cash; senior division)
- Kimura Award for Innovations in Artificial Intelligence ($250 cash; senior division); sponsored by Dr. Darren Kimura, President & CEO of AI Squared
Sky Bardwell-Jones
Duality of Deployment: Testing and Applying a Sun-Tracking Parabolic Dish System...
- Caroline Shipman Foundation and HIDOE ISEF Award: advancing to the Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Phoenix, AZ in May; covers travel and hotel accommodations
- Best in Division (2nd place overall) − advancing to Hawaii State Science & Engineering Fair (HSSEF)
- Best in Category: Environmental Engineering
- Office of Naval Research Award (senior division); sponsored by the US Navy & Marine Corps
- US Metric Association Award; quantitative measures and best use of SI metric system for those measures
Sarina Lam & Noor Shehata
Threshold-Activated: Smart Repellant Technology for Bactrocera cucurbitae...
- Best in Category (1st place): Animal Sciences
- Hapai Enterprises: The Outstanding Entomology/Zoology Award ($50 cash)
- Yale Science & Engineering Association Award; outstanding 11th grade student(s) in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or Chemistry
Patrick Win
Evaluation of the Antioxidant and Antibacterial Properties of Moringa oleifera...
- Best in Category: Biomedical & Health Sciences
Ben Yamaki
Merging Galaxy Systems
- Best in Category (2nd place): Physics & Astronomy
- Sierra Club Moku Loa Award: Dr. Don Worsencroft ($50 cash); outstanding senior division research project in Physical Science
A LINK to the digital presentation panels of the ALL the HDSEF research projects is currently available at MySciFair.com