Fort Bend ISD Students Earn Awards at Prestigious International Science Fair
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Fort Bend ISD Students Earn Awards at Prestigious International Science Fair
Fort Bend ISD students earned top honors at the 2026 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Phoenix, the world's largest international pre-college science competition.
FORT BEND ISD (June 11, 2026) – Fort Bend ISD students earned top honors at the 2026 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Phoenix, the world's largest international pre-college science competition.
The following students received awards for their science and engineering projects:
Material Science
3rd Place - Complex Coacervate: Novel Methodology to Crystallize Hydrophobic Drugs
Anvesha Subramanian, Ridge Point High School
Sponsor: Jeauxbert Fields
Biomedical Engineering
3rd Place - POCKET: A Multiplexing Point-of-care Kinetic Electrochemical Test Using Aptamers for Accessible, Rapid Diagnostics
Jiya Joshi and Sai Sproothi Maram, Austin High School and Travis High School
Sponsor: Matthew Hindmarch
Special Awards
First Physical Science Award
POCKET: A Multiplexing Point-of-care Kinetic Electrochemical Test Using Aptamers for Accessible, Rapid Diagnostics
Jiya Joshi and Sai Sproothi Maram, Austin High School and Travis High School
Sponsor: Matthew Hindmarch
The special award included a monetary prize of $1,200.
Visit societyforscience.org/isef to learn more about the International Science and Engineering Fair.
Shown left to right: Jiya Joshi, Anvesha Subramanian and Sai Sproothi Maram
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