Winners of the 2025 California Science & Engineering Fair in Thousand Oaks were announced and the results for the Synopsys Championship participants are posted below.
101 Synopsys Championship projects (151 students) qualified and were accepted for CSEF. 48 projects (70 students) received Category Awards or Sponsored Awards.
Congratulations to our outstanding Santa Clara County students, and especially to Zooey Lan and Anya Lee, the team who was awarded Project of the Year in the Junior Division!
| Category Award | Name | Category | Awarding Organization | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Subhang Bhatti | Mathematical Sciences | CSEF | 1st Place |
| 1st | Safiya Jawad | Product Science | CSEF | 1st Place |
| 1st | Zooey Lan | Zoology | CSEF | 1st Place |
| 1st | Anya Lee | Zoology | CSEF | 1st Place |
| 1st | Hanna Lee | Product Science | CSEF | 1st Place |
| 1st | Vihaan Parikh | Applied Mechanics | CSEF | 1st Place |
| 1st | Rig Saini | Applied Mechanics | CSEF | 1st Place |
| 1st | Mia Scilingo | Product Science | CSEF | 1st Place |
| 1st | Maggie Sun | Environmental Engineering | CSEF | 1st Place |
| Air & Waste Management Association, West Coast Section | Sponsored Award | |||
| 1st | Serena Yuan | Environmental Engineering | CSEF | 1st Place |
| Air & Waste Management Association, West Coast Section | Sponsored Award | |||
| 2nd | Devansh Chakraborty | Applied Mechanics | CSEF | 2nd Place |
| 2nd | Vishresh Deepak | Computational Systems: Medical | CSEF | 2nd Place |
| 2nd | Zoe Fan | Biochemistry/Molecular Biology | CSEF | 2nd Place |
| 2nd | Shuwen Jin | Biochemistry/Molecular Biology | CSEF | 2nd Place |
| 2nd | Nikhil Krishnaswamy | Computational Systems: Medical | CSEF | 2nd Place |
| 2nd | Aaron Lau | Zoology | CSEF | 2nd Place |
| 2nd | Anika Mukherjee | Computational Systems: Medical | CSEF | 2nd Place |
| 2nd | Vihaan Narkhede | Applied Mechanics | CSEF | 2nd Place |
| 2nd | Manvik Pasula | Computational Systems & Analysis | CSEF | 2nd Place |
| 2nd | Vihaan Punjabi | Applied Mechanics | CSEF | 2nd Place |
| 2nd | Trisha Shivakumar | Environmental Engineering: Pollution | CSEF | 2nd Place |
| 2nd | Aditya Shivakumar | Environmental Engineering: Pollution | CSEF | 2nd Place |
| 2nd | Shrinidhi Venkatakrishnan | Chemistry | CSEF | 2nd Place |
| 2nd | Ethan Weyn | Zoology | CSEF | 2nd Place |
| 2nd | Elizabeth Zhang | Physics & Astronomy | CSEF | 2nd Place |
| 3rd | Maya Akunuri | Plant Biology | CSEF | 3rd Place |
| 3rd | Haoyuan Deng | Applied Mechanics | CSEF | 3rd Place |
| 3rd | Anusha Kotalwar | Plant Biology | CSEF | 3rd Place |
| 3rd | Neil Krishnan | Mathematical Sciences | CSEF | 3rd Place |
| 3rd | Lara Leon | Environmental Engineering | CSEF | 3rd Place |
| 3rd | Hannah Lin | Physics & Astronomy | CSEF | 3rd Place |
| 3rd | Akhil Nagori | Electronics & Electromagnetics | CSEF | 3rd Place |
| 3rd | Nicholas Nguyen | Chemistry | CSEF | 3rd Place |
| 3rd | Lily Shi | Computational Systems: Medical | CSEF | 3rd Place |
| 3rd | Evann Sun | Electronics & Electromagnetics | CSEF | 3rd Place |
| 3rd | Lucas Yen | Electronics & Electromagnetics | CSEF | 3rd Place |
| 3rd | Meital Zayats | Environmental & Engineering | CSEF | 3rd Place |
| 4th | Takumi Britt | Microbiology | CSEF | 4th Place |
| 4th | Shreyas Chatterjee | Earth & Environment: Air/Water | CSEF | 4th Place |
| 4th | Rebecca Ding | Biochemistry/Molecular Biology | CSEF | 4th Place |
| 4th | Sarafina Fung | Biochemistry/Molecular Biology | CSEF | 4th Place |
| 4th | Jingwei Guo | Environmental Engineering: Pollution | CSEF | 4th Place |
| 4th | Ishan Joshi | Mathematical Sciences | CSEF | 4th Place |
| 4th | Shripriya Kalbhavi | Mammalian Biology | CSEF | 4th Place |
| 4th | Abhinav Kasturi | Microbiology | CSEF | 4th Place |
| 4th | Aidan Peng | Chemistry | CSEF | 4th Place |
| 4th | Roshan Saxena | Earth & Environment: Air/Water | CSEF | 4th Place |
| 4th | Kaavya Tatavarty | Electronics & Electromagnetics | CSEF | 4th Place |
| 4th | Christine Wang | Environmental Engineering: Pollution | CSEF | 4th Place |
| 4th | Jihoo Won | Earth & Environment: Air/Water | CSEF | 4th Place |
| HM | Aditi Bharadwaj | Earth & Environment: Air/Water | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| HM | Pranay Bokde | Computational Systems & Analysis | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| HM | Aidan Cao | Mammalian Biology | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| HM | Anya Chauhan | Computational Systems: Medical | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| HM | Ava Chen | Electronics & Electromagnetics | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| HM | Shin-En Chen | Microbiology | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| HM | Jeanelle Dao | Electronics & Electromagnetics | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| HM | Vanessa Dinh | Computational Systems & Analysis | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| HM | Carina Gross | Microbiology | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| HM | Abhijay Gupta | Electronics & Electromagnetics | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| HM | Anish Kosaraju | Computational Systems & Analysis | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| HM | Kevin Lu | Mathematical Sciences | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| HM | Yuqin Ma | Earth & Environment: Air/Water | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| HM | Shriya Nedumaran | Applied Mechanics | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| Saban Family Foundation | Sponsored Award 2nd Place | |||
| HM | Prasanna Shankar | Environmental Engineering: Pollution | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| HM | Noah Song | Computational Systems & Analysis | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| HM | Saanjali Vinay | Electronics & Electromagnetics | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| Saban Family Foundation | Sponsored Award 1st Place | |||
| HM | Krishna Virwani | Plant Biology | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| HM | Lucas (Zihe) Wang | Computational Systems & Analysis | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| HM | Evan Zhang | Applied Mechanics | CSEF | Honorable Mention |
| Kindeva Drug Delivery | Sponsored Award |
