2026 State Winners

Congratulations to the 2026 Presidential AI Challenge State Champions!

Project Title School City State/Territory Team Members
1STEP Prep App Smoky Hill High School Aurora CO Amir Manza, William O'Donnell, Matthew O'Donnell, Sabontu Manza, Jessica Prinsen
3D Science Lesson Planning Chatbot: A Standards-Constrained AI Partner for K–12 Educators Ephraim Middle School Spring City UT Maggie Grindstaff
A Click Away From Home Mazzuchelli Catholic Middle School St. Dubuque IA Harper Givens, Elise Babler, Malin Their, Vivian Hoelscher, Jacob Hesselman
A Cybersecurity Solution: Supporting WV Communities through the Defense of Critical Infrastructure Bridgeport WV Anna Lu, Sophia Tatar, Ansh Vasani, Timothy McKeegan, Sugam Vasani
A Meeting of Minds: A Layperson-Generative AI Co-Design Framework to Improve Library Space Accessibility West Lafayette IN An Kong, Helena Jiuru Liu, Sizheng Cailean Chen, Yiwen Duerstock, Nan Kong
A Microschool Blueprint for AI Literacy, Ethics, and Workforce Readiness MARS Microschool Madison AL Jennifer Wolverton
A Neuromorphic AI Framework for Preventing Fatigue-Related Accidents in the General Public Weston CT Lev Kung, Pranay Kaveri, Maximilian Rutkowski, Ryan Abdullai, Jae-Min Han
ABYSS Resources Hackley School Tarrytown NY Alice Ding, Kelly Powers
ADAPT (AI Drought Assessment and Prevention Tool): A Low-Cost Drought Forecasting and Early-Warning System for Small and Medium-Sized Farms Using Physics-Informed Spatiotemporal Deep Learning Portland OR Andrew Ma, Qi Zhu
AGAI: Agricultural AI York SC Noah Parise, Callan Dugger, Sara Parise
AI as a Thinking Partner, Not an Answer Machine McLean School Potomac MD Rachel Lugo
AI Assisted Parking System UNLV Saturday STEM Program Henderson NV Vasili Moseley, Tasheni Kamanga, Joshua Scott, Metehan Zorluoglu
AI Business Product Innovation, Prototyping and Promotion American Leadership Academy Applied Technologies Mesa AZ Andrea Scahill
AI Challenge Submission: Hero Me Books - Acton Rexburg Middle School Acton Academy Rexburg LLC Rexburg ID Vincent Jensen, Marlee Morgas, Luke Rupp, Brian Dold
AI College Decider Morgantown WV Yousif Al-Sinbol, Theodore Lee Kantner, Min Song
AI Drones: The Next Step for Public Safety Marion Local High School Maria Stein OH Karson Collins, Owen Kemper, Matthew Poeppelman, Karsen Thobe, Paula Hemmelgarn
AI EcoBot Helper for Cafeteria Waste Sorting Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elem School Chandler AZ Anthony Gomez, Eli Kumar, Santiago Laborin, Kim Alvin Delara
AI Educator and Student Conference Proposal Hamburg NY Diane Ward
AI Emotional Immune System (EIS) Edmond OK Evelyn Sanjoe, Sanjoe Jose
AI FireGuard Kaunakakai School Kaunakakai HI Tammy Nguyen, Kendal Calumpit, David Gonzales
AI for Weather Readiness Fairbanks AK Jonathan Li, Shirley Li
AI in our Community Winterset Community Schools Winterset IA Clara Baessler, Amelia Lange, Layni Green, Arabella Hill, Reagan Douglas, Van Hilbert, Landyn Irr, Aubrie Lehman, Hunter Mundell, Charlotte Wenck, Creed Russell, Campbell Rethmeier, Jimmy Hanson, Payton Sollum, Madelyn Cortner, Vera Hollingsworth, Wyatt Berry, Erica Smothers
AI Insect Detectives: Teaching Machine Learning Through Local Entomology Star Elementary School Star NC Carrie Robledo
AI Irrigation Helper: Reducing Water Waste in Farming Rapid City SD Nihita Medagam, Vihan Purushottam, Nina Purushottam, Jack Yang
AI Judge Assist Stratford Osgood Fremont CA Yukti Srinivas, Rekha Koratikere Narayan
AI Literacy Lesson Analyzer: AI Framework Wolcott High School Waterbury CT Joanne Mumley
AI Lunch Line Manager Scarsdale NY Simon Zhang, Evan Mou, Fagn Fang
AI MAY DAY: Serving and Protecting in the Age of AI Eastern Senior High School Washington District of Columbia Ja'Montae Oliver, Israel Poole Grade, Stephanie Hayden
AI Powered Learning Ecosystem McCullough Junior High School Spring TX Nicole Lipps
AI Powered STEM Gifts: Making STEM Identity Kid Friendly Apopka FL Taulia Liddell, Taura Liddell, Emil Webley, Asher Webley, Maya Byfield
AI Prompt Engineering Hub Washington High School Phoenix AZ Tim Mayfield
AI Proposal To Reduce Government Waste Vernon Hills IL Sohil Gargya, Sanath Edke, Siddhant Prabhudesai, Sushant Gargya
AI Safety For Kids Portland OR Aariv Kumar, Madesh Saravanan, Mishika Chauhan, Ashwin Kumar
AI Safety Locator Bryan Station Middle School Lexington KY Liam Morrison, Renata Rios Felix, Alexa Johnson, Marta Castillo Quintana, Laura Duffy
AI-Augmented Molecular Design: An AI-Durable Module for AP Biology Camden Catholic High School Moorestown NJ An Nguyen
AI-Driven Classroom Lighting to Improve Student Focus and Energy Efficiency Harmony Science Academy Carrollton TX Andrew Oum, Rajdeep Kaur
AI-Powered Community Property History Explorer Tucker Middle School Tucker GA Kyren Cobb, Blake Russell, Jamir Washington, Nathaniel Williams
AI-Powered Drone System for Automated Gutter Inspection Peninsula OH Erik Dong, Guiqin Li
AI-Powered Engineering Education Franklin High School El Paso TX Michelle Buraczyk
AI-Powered Personalized Family Communications: Connecting Every Classroom to Every Home Heartland Christian School Columbiana OH Evan Stambaugh, Brody Conaway, Elijah Stambaugh
AI-Powered Planning for Safer Data Centers Ashburn VA Avee Chahal, Vibhav Mamidipudi, Nitin Gogineni, Ruchit Singh, Pardeep Chahal
AI-Powered Triage System to Reduce Hospital Wait Times in Puerto Rico Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Specialized in Science and Mathematics Adjuntas Puerto Rico Yariel A. Vega, Santos Jonuel Pinto Garriga, José Julián Rodríguez Muñoz, Jonatan Plaza Plaza
AIClassHelper Strongsville Elementary School Strongsville OH Diya Senthil Kumar, Rihanna Madelyn, Dalsingh Azariah, Dalsingh Azariah Selvaraj
AIVita: From Score-Based to Skill-Driven AI in K–12 Writing Education Champaign IL David H Wang, Yun Huang
AlignEd Prep: Preparing Co‑Teachers for Aligned Instruction in Inclusive Classrooms La Grange IL Tiziana Lambert
AllyStation – Help is just a touch away WA Aaditya Prabhu, Aditi Jha, Nate Spahr, Roy Jung, Shlok Bansal, Sankalp Bansal
An AI-Powered Digital Twin for Enhancing Environmental Pathogen Preparedness in Rural South Dakota University of South Dakota Sioux Falls SD Isha Gadhamshetty, Jeanne Gnimpieba, Neha Gadhamshetty, Graham Hartman
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching AI Literacy Andress High School El Paso TX Kevin Sias
Anti-Bullying Carmel IN Chloe Chen, David Quan, Zhiyu Quan
APW-DTE: Adaptive Public Works Dispatch & Triage Engine Madison NJ Bennett Schwartz, Nicole Robbins
ARBOR-Guard: A Bayesian Mixture-of-Experts AI for Predicting Tree-Fall Risks and Protecting Residential Homes during Hurricanes in Florida Gainesville FL James Du, Jacob Li, Dennis Chi, Andrew Zhao, Jing Du
Architecting the EPU: Weighted Math for Human Empathy Boise Junior High Boise ID Matthew Yocum
Artificial Intelligence Recognition Desert Mountain High School Scottsdale AZ Arnav Hingorani, Lukas Burgan, Levi Gerken, Michael Knight
ArtiVision Phoenix AZ Suhana Chand, Aryan Chand, Sonal Chand
Athlete's Assistance Middlebrook School Knoxville TN Brown Bannister, Kendrick Coffer, Adrien Heins, Brandee Summey
Athletrix Stratford Middle School San Jose CA Yafet Bekele, Ryan Cho, Parth Gupta, Rekha Kannan
AVA Spangdahlem Middle School DoWEA School DoWEA School Aliana Purdy, Henry Meyer, Willa Kohl, Christina Barrett
Aware – The "Eyes-Up" Urban Safety Network for New York City Teens New York NY Dilyn Chowdhary, Gaurav Chowdhary
Bay State Brains Lost-and-Found System for Schools Andover MA Anay Kumar, Arunavya Satyam, Ayansh Srivastava, Abhishek Kumar
BEACON Austin TX Henit Jain, Shruti Jain
BFHS Shelf New Orleans LA Molly Reyher, Austin Jerolleman, Kimberly Davis
BioBuddy: Designing AI to Coach Student Thinking, Not Replace It Wyomissing Aera High School Shillington PA Christopher Killinger
Blaze's Backpack Flemingsburg Elementary Flemingsburg KY Deacon Brewer, Jacob Flack Clara Hawkins Rayleigh Stewart, Kelly Acevedo
Brian Bot: Built for Better Answers, Not Easy Ones Bismarck Career Academy & Technical Center Bismark ND Aditya Oza, Ayden Boeshans, Easton Wagner, Caleb Bender, David St. Peter
Bridge Forward Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Melbourne FL David Bonanza
BridgeSpace - Where Worlds Meet Chaska MN Aneeqa Shareen Hajamydeen, Emaan Moheet, Haja Mydeen Kummali Abdul Rahman
Brittany Hall - AI Presidential Challenge St. James High School Myrtle Beach SC Brittany Hall
Buddy Program SST Sonterra San Antonio TX Martin Patino, Adalyn Neaveas, Alexander Somerville, Shanaya Narsingani, David Borrero, Aisha Bulut, Liam Kaiser, Nil Oguz, Gavin Kalich, Olamide Ajay, Harini Praveen, Skyler DoKylie, Thanh Khue Ly, Catherine Manis, Raseel AL Najjar, Caroleena Below, Noah Jackson, Jaxson Saddler, Ella Nguyen, Christian Perryman, Cameron Young, Alejandra Jimenez de Romo
Bullyproof - AI-Powered Solution for Safe Online Interactions Warwick RI Owen James Traversie, Dana Traversie
Business Food Lab Miami Beach FL Yenesis Alvarez
BuyUSA AI Scanner: Decoding Supply Chains to Power the American Economy Evansville IN Arav Arora, Ajay Arora
Calyx: Applying Constraint-Based Artificial Intelligence to Improve Healthcare Staffing Wichita KS Caden J. Cleveland, Douglas Cleveland
CareBot Stowers Elementary School Fort Benning GA Cassandra Bell, Mario Cortes, Edward Larimer, Josiah Rhames, Ryleigh Reynolds, Jolie Potter, Liam Rodriguez, Leilani Stewart, Daxton Miracle, Dominic Castro, Victoria Ryde, Corina Grabrill, Javier Scottsborgh, Averi Stewart, Hannah Denney, Megan Smith
Career Compass Vanguard Academy Magna UT Jaden Collins, Cameron Walton, Kasey Kingston, Asher Larsen, Jeremy Collins
CareerBridge AI Helps the Homeless Marco Island FL Aliza Yetnikoff, Tamara Schulz
Catbot Math Tutor Birmingham AL Maria Mrug, Elias Mrug
Changing the World One Website at a Time St Thomas More Co-op West Chester PA Ginevieve Borreson, Faustyna Kozak, John Doman IV, Jameson Samoylo, Jonathan Borreson
Chat In The Box Montville Township High School West Milford NJ Laura Fuhrmann
ChillChecker Norton MA Milin Dugnoor, Maxwell Li
ChimpFit Hellstern Middle School EAST Program Springdale AR Sloan Thorne, Grayson Jones, Nicole Pena
Civic Compass Lead Think Innovation 4-H Club Waxhaw NC Kshetra Koti, Shanmukhi Malireddy, Hasini Meruva, Venkata Subbaiah Meruva Thirupaiahgari
CivicPulse: Empowering Young Voters Through Personalized Civic Education School for Advanced Studies Homestead FL Zanele Sanchez, Angeline Martinez, Zahin Hossain, Maria Fernandez, Elena Cabarcos
Civix Project Bethesda MD Dylan P. Dunn, William R. Peterson, Hudson S. Hughes, Brody M. Reisfield, Stasia Reisfield
CleanBot Cumberland RI Rishabh Mathukiya, Shrivats Pandey
ClearMind AI Westminster CO Aditi Muthukumar, Muthukumar Konar
Clinical CoPilot Marshall Middle School Wexford PA Pragya Sharma, Aaradhya Sharma, Amy Bergman
ClinicTriage: AI-Powered Triage & Queue Optimization for Free Clinics Walter Payton College Prep High School Chicago IL Armaan Grewal, Rasham Grewal
Clyvia Westerville OH Zehra Demirtoka, Nejat Semih Demirtoka
CoachAI: A Student-Friendly Homework Helper Baker Elementary School Little Rock AR Sanjna Choudhary, Shalini Chowdhary
CogniTrack Casper WY Arjit Bhavsar, Amol Bhavsar
Computerpreter Salt Lake City UT Victor Niu Young, Forest Niu Young, Yanyan Young
Creating Our Own Quest: Written by Us, Enhanced by AI Eisenhower Elementary School Indiana PA Joe Perkovich
CropIntel Bentonville West High School Bentonville AR Jaithra Polavarapu, Havish Kunchanapalli, Aditya Ramani, Vivian Wang, Prasanthi Mallineedi
CrowdLeaf AI Washington District of Columbia Shivaj Raman, Sujit Raman
CyberHusky3 Houghton MI Samuel Cai, Gabe Hjerstedt, Lewis Vendlinski, Daniel Xie, Yu Cai
Debate Ace Hackley School Tarrytown NY Marlowe Harris, Kelly Powers
Debunking Artificial Intelligence in Third Grade Glenn Livingston Elementary School Cody WY Teresa Merager
Dementia Glasses Park Christian School Moorhead MN Zoe Vander Vorst, Levi Torgerson, Kelsey Titus
Designing Resilience: An AI-Supported Learning System for Climate-Ready Home Engineering Carroll M. Johnston STEM Academy of Environmental Science North Las Vegas NV Amy White
Designing Sustainable Communities Using AI Supported Decision Making Cherry Lane School Carle Place NY Theresa Collalto, Timothy Leary, Donna Gross, Artur Myhatsko, Aidan Magone, Luca Agli, Charlotte O'Neill, Samuel Choi, Caterina Durante, Milan Barros, Reece Chemnitz, Sophia Somerville, Francesca DeJesus, Caroline Riddle, Emilia Benitez, Adelina Durante, Patrick Stanciu, Elias Reyes, Emma Knapp, Juliana Razzano, Myles Cassidy, Massimo Michelotto, Joseph Mistretta, Maximus Suh, Fabio DeOliveira, Jameson Quinn, William Magone, Sadie Geddish, Rafael Murca, Lauren Moriarty
Discern Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Alexandria VA Alex Cordova, Audrey Na, Andrea Oraze, Paige Highsmith
DraftFlow - Empowering Teachers & Students Kolbe Cathedral Preparatory School Norwalk CT James Norman
Eagle Beacon Douglas Byrd High School Fayetteville NC Dillian Campbell, Nilan Gonzalez, Ronald Hensley, Tristian Moeschet, Stefany VanScyoc
Early Detection of Crop Stress at the Field Level Using Time-Series Vegetation and Environmental Data Little Rock Central High School Little Rock AR Amrita Choudhary, Saloni Choudhary, Prasoon Choudhary
EcoScoop:Generative AI for Recycling Vernon Hills IL Shiv Magadum, Aditi Sunkari, Seema Kotagi
EduAiLenz Idaho Home Learning Academy Nampa ID Elaine Gross
EduAudit AI: AI for Transparency in School Spending Peoria AZ Ayaan Ranjan, Sangeeta Sinha
EduQuest - Turning Lesson Reviews into a fun interactive quest. Ada OK Rusty Jordan
EFA - Education for All Williston Middle School Central Campus Williston ND Nevaeh Wold, Bella Duda, Olivia Hanson, Jayden Taylor, Cynthia Glavin
Elevating Kindergarten Science with Machine Learning Chattanooga Central High School Soddy Daisy TN Jessica Holloway
Emergency Management - Morgan County Storm Shelters Hartselle High School Hartselle AL Cole Miles, Oliver Ambrose, Ethan Haynes, Lachlan Kennedy, Bucky Garner
Enabled IT Snow Hill Elementary School Berlin MD James McGowan
EnerGency - An AI-Driven Dashboard for Short and Long Term Grid Stability during Extreme Events Buffalo Grove IL Ekaansh Ravuri, Lava Pokala
Enhancing Clinical Decision Support with Natural Language Processing for Drug Interaction Detection from Clinical Notes Clarkston MI Shivika Sahni
Evercare: Restoring Dignity to Elder Care Through AI Morgantown WV Zekun B. Chen, Eric Y. Dai, Emma J. Lu, Jack Nilsson, Ella Parsi, Jun Feng
Facilitating the Fearless Memorial Middle School Houston TX Octavie Brossard, Juliet Gillespie, Mason Powers, Gail Dunn
FeelingsBuddy AI Triangle Math and Science Academy Cary NC Swathi Praveen, Sindhuja Venkatasubramanian
FinSmart AI Murfreesboro TN Sofia Milana Krusell, Tatiana Krusell
Fire Alarm AI Assistant Northbrook IL Diana Dong, Catherine Dong, Qiang Dong
Food Allergy Checker: AI-Powered Solution for Safer Schools Clarkston MI Hans Schroeder, Henrik Schroeder, Noah Pawlik, Finn Haus, Monica Schroeder
Fostering the First Home: AI Concierge for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Kratos Homeschool Academy Milwaukee WI Tonya J. Serna, Arturo Serna Jr.
FRESH: Food Redistribution Efficiency & Sufficiency Hub Westford MA Sayoni Agarwal, Silvi Agarwal
Friendzone Chatbot - Bullying Prevention App Aldie VA

Aryan Nuguru, Ira Jaiswal, Ishie Jaiswal, Ira Vivaramneni, Nihara Reddy, Srihan Pinnamareddy, Riva Madda, Aarna Jaiswal, Arya Chandrasekar, Eshani Khatri, Kimaayra Anand, Nikash Reddy, Sanuli Rathnayake, Samitha Pinna Mareddy, Tobias Thomas, Zoya Waheed, Josephine Chung

FRQuick Submission BASIS DC High School Washington District of Columbia John Schmidt, Ezekiel Green-Gibbons, Sahan Patel, Alexander Ting, Kevin Gilbert
Future Superstars Kathryn D. Markley Elementary School Malvern PA Noah Zhou, Yiyun Zhou
Gadugi Learn: Using Artificial Intelligence to Preserve the Cherokee Language Oklahoma School of Science and Math Oklahoma City OK Joshua Li, Jiaze (Jason) Gao, Monique Baxter
Gesture-Based ML Sphero Controller Menaul School Albuquerque NM Jiayuan Liu
GINGER (Generative Iteration Nexus for Guided Evaluative Reasoning) Leawood KS Albert Wang. Lucas Nanny, Eric Chen, Fang Liu
Gizmo! An AI Homework Assistant That Helps You Learn Boulder CO Caris Hodgkinson, Bobby Hodgkinson
Global Innovation Race (GIR) Hawaii A Statewide Student Innovation Leadership Initiative Kaunakakai School Kaunakakai HI David Gonzales
GlucoGuide Tucker Middle School Stone Mountain GA Ayden Levermore, Endrias Jekamo, Prabal Basnet, Christopher Medeiros
Gnome Forge App Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School Falls Church VA Martins Smite, Rhys Badgley, Linda Smite
GooseBot: An AI-Powered Solution for Cleaner and Safer Community Parks Peninsula OH Jensen Wu, Kyler Bedzyk, Olivia Li, Rishi Shah, I-Chun Tsai
Grammar in the Wild: Engineering Descriptive Language through AI Imagery St Elizabeth Seton Elementary Rapid City  SD Mercedes Knapp
GridGuardianAI Dublin CA Aditya Vengata, Srivanth Dasu, Vengata Guruswamy
Guardian of the Lakes: Saving Our Fish with a Smart Robot Kenowa Hills Central Elementary School Walker MI Matthias Adams, Landon Brondyke, Isabel Cornejo, Elliot Dietlin, Scott Dombak, Olivia Duffy, Lucy Garlak, Kyla Grassmid, Olive Grassmid, Harper Halonen, Kenzlyn Hillary, Ella Jones, Norah Kirk, Lucas Kasper, Eli Launiere, Livie Nayback, Devin Newcombe, Elaina Rama, Connor Robinson, Lenni Terpstra, Amaya Zavala, Jessica Wiercinski
Harnessing Big Data for Big Impact: Scaling Authentic Inquiry In the Classroom Using AI Platforms and Large Datasets Across Grade Levels and Disciplines Jericho High School Jericho  NY Alexis Vandergoot
HazardHunt: AI-driven Hazard Detection in Everyday Environments Vestal Hills Elementary Vestal NY Olivia Zhang, Chris Ding, Angeline Shin, Shiqi Zhang
HeadStart Pine Crest School Fort Lauderdale FL Georgia Kolettis, Alejandro Forner-Ibanez, Alexa Marino, Edward Wang, Keri Kolettis
Health Hackers: Empowering Multilingual Families Through AI-Driven Health Literacy and Youth Engagement Charlotte NC Ananya Priyadarshini Sinha, Rajani Sinha
Health Quest - Encouraging Kids to Eat Fruits and Vegetables High Peaks Elementary School Boulder CO Riya Mukund, Janani Vasudevan
HealthGuard America: An Integrated Healthcare Data Dashboard Great Neck South High School Lake Success NY Austin Jin, Bryan Cheng, Jasper Zhang, James Truglio
HEARO Katy TX Alina Li, Alice Lin, Audrey Deng, Qing Li
Hearts for the Homeless South Highlands Elementary Magnet Shreveport LA Radin Sepehrimanesh, George Broadwell, Adeline Kirsh, Adaline Sanders, Charlotte Whittenbarger, Adrian Gay, Katie Chirhart
Hello From Here, Konnichiwa From There! Bob Hope Elementary School DoWEA School DoWEA School Maryanne Dyer, Colton Key, Maliah Marion, Olive Wilson, Seijyu Blythe, Nolan Key, Jada Hawley, Kara Shum, Lydia Maxey, Ellie Pinches, Holly Willenbrock
Hillrise Elementary Group 3 Snack Alternatives Hillrise Elementary Las Cruces NM Mason Williams, Leo Zheng, Elijah Galindez, Trevor Burnsed
Ho'oia - Explainable AI Detector Kauai High School Lihue HI Skyler Tanicala, Dylan Takata, Johnray Salud, Leah Aiwohi
Homeschool Hui Fridays: Where AI Meets Aloha Kihei HI Tricia Siletti
Homework Helper Alcoa Intermediate School Alcoa TN Hope McDonald
Hot and Cold: Exploring AI Temperature in the English Classroom Harrisburg High School Sioux Falls SD Brooklynn Gross
How Accurately Can an AI Model Detect Urban Blight Using Street-view Images Jacksonville FL Waseet Vance
How AI “Thinks” Mini Lesson White Shield School Roseglen MD Seleena Briones
How AI Can Fix Road Construction Schedules Stillwater Christian School Kalispell MT Ryder Scott, John Schaefer, Xavier Irby, Bradley Dahl
Identifying and Addressing Gaps in Student Web Literacy Using Transparent AI St. Louis MO Lucas He, Dhruv Rohatgi, Nidhi Rohatgi
Implementing AI to Assist Columbia, Missouri Law Enforcement Columbia MO Aneesh Calyam, Aayan Behura, Aanya Shetty, Mark Fitzgerald
Improving Independence for Individuals with Epilepsy Through AI-Enabled Autonomous Driving and Epilepsy Intervention Vanguard Academy West Valley City UT Cadence Walton, Daryn Collins, Jason Nichols, Courtnie Walton, Nephi Walton
InClass Terry Sanford High School Fayetteville NC Jennifer Guy
Intelligent Municipal Finance Johnston High School Johnston IA David Shi, Srihari Kumaresan, Cheryl Smith
IntelliGuard: AVD Watchout Hunt Intermediate School Columbus MS Genesis Hill, Ryleigh Kyles, Landon Spraggin, Tyzir Turner, Johnathan Green, Monte Ewing-Johnson
IRIS: A Low-Cost Spatiotemporal AI Framework for Visually Impaired Navigation in Complex Urban Environments Sewickley PA Alexander Du, Jianli Yang
Irrigant Boise ID Marco Trotta, Henry Turcotte, Nicole Trotta
Job Spark Portland OR Eevie Taare, Sai G Mudunuri, Ashwin Kumar
Khloe and Addison Glandorf Elementary Ottawa OH Khloe Halker, Addison Knueven, Alicia Nussbaum
KidzShield: Using AI to Keep Children Safe Online on Every Screen Harmony Science Academy Leander TX Reeva Kagitapu, Lucas Tudor, Aryan Paidi, Pradeep Kagitapu
Label Lens (Mobile App: Precision Guardian) Collister Elementary School Meridian ID Avyakt G. Nataraj, Nataraj Gobbak
LearnPath AI Peoria AZ Aaditya Naik
LearnSmart AI : Supporting Student Understanding Through Responsible AI AlphaU Bridgewater NJ Armaan Chopra, Deepika Chopra
Let us Learn the Way God Made Us To Spartanburg SC HannahBeth Fair, Anita Fair
Leveraging AI for Early Detection of Parkinson’s Disease in Winston‑Salem: A Community-Centered Solution Simon G. Atkins Academic and Technology High School Kernersville NC Luis Cruz-Mondragon, Jerrin Moore, Andrew Shih, Monica Sweitzer-Cochran
Leveraging AI for Instructional Efficiency and Deeper Learning Colorado Early Colleges Timnath CO Ciara Stastny
Lexington High School Building Project AI Chatbot Lexington MA Justin Wang, Jasmine Gu, Yingqi Wang
Library Activity Hub Hampshire County Public Library Romney WV Westlee Daniels, Ada Seaver, Gianna Sciacco, Cindy Shanholtz
LLMs on Edge: Novel Post-Training Quantization for Education Applications Madison NH Eric Buehler, YuChing Buehler
Lowering the Cost of Goods by Targeting Food Waste: The PROSPER Framework Blue Valley North High School Overland Park KS Jonah Freiden, Nathan Krajicek, Mike Hilbert
‎Lumiyo Waunakee WI Nicholas Pietranik, Zbigniew Pietranik
MasteryLens John S. Battle High School Bristol VA Susan Davenport
Meal Taxi Three Village Central School District Stony Brook NY Alexander Baio, Gina Varacchi
Measuring Socioeconomic Trends Around State Legislation: A Pre/Post ACS Analysis Soldotna AK Bela Ciechanowiecki, Liam Robbert, Mohammad Sami, Nathan Lattin
MediMind Project Pittsburgh PA Valentina Li, Sebastian Li, Robert Allen
MentorBot: A Responsible AI Agent for Guided Learning Chester Spring PA Aadi Nangare, Aditya Dhar, Shrikant Nangare
Meta-Tutor for Writing Stuttgart High School DoWEA School DoWEA School Matthew Snoeyink
MGM BUILD Yourself App Marcus Garvey Magnet School Brooklyn NY Bryson Peterson, Madison Collins, Zhaire Hayes, Sariah Mayo, Shalibra Frazier
Mind-Driven Robot: A Brain-Robot Interaction System for Embodied AI STEM Learning Westford MA Yumeng Mia Li, Yanbing Li
Mindful Mask: An AI-powered Solution to Combat Doomscrolling Granada Hills Charter Granada Hills CA Daekyeong Ham, Hillary Ho, John Kim, Bowen Shem, Danielle Martinez-Peabody
MindfulMoney: An AI-Assisted Reflection and AI-Literacy Tool for Teen Financial Wellness Knoxville TN Caroline Zhao, Xiaopeng Zhao
MindScape.y Scarsdale NY Alice Qian, Xiang Zhou
Mini Dragon Architects Present Their Dream Building Design Daegu Elementary School DoWEA School DoWEA School Kristy King
Minimizing Cafeteria Food Waste through AI Analysis St Elizabeth Seton Elementary Rapid City SD George Carpenter, Freya Gaul, Lara Sage, Cale Winkler, Lucy Wosepka, Grayson Gibbens, Marah Maguire, Hunter McCroden, Vivien Weaver, Zenaida Zimny, Mercedes Knapp
ML Model to Design Distribution Networks Eagle ID Myles Hardy, Gwendolyn Hardy
Moodee-Buddy - A Kid-Friendly AI That Listens, Cares, and Helps Emerald Trail Elementary School Rosemount MN Soujash Biswas, Moumita Biswas
My Best Friend is an Algorithm: A Tool, not a Buddy Innovation Center of St.Vrain Valley School District Longmont CO Mai Vu
MyBuddy Satellite Beach FL Cali Clerc, Victoria Slattum
MyWay APP: Nurturing the Extraordinary in Every Special Needs Child Farmington Hills MI Tharun Manikandan, Nivyasai Bharanitharan, Kalaivani Bharanitharan
Narco-Aegis Alhambra CA Allison Liu, Brendon Wu, Alvin Zhang, Johnny Wu
National History Day: Topic Matchmaker Field-Stevenson School Oak Park IL Grace Finn
Native Language Revitalization Ada OK Asher Jordan, Eleanor Jordan, Emalynn Russell, Rusty Jordan
Navi: A Friendly AI Buddy for Kids Online Safety Glen Allen VA Jay Chauhan, Ajay Chauhan
Neuro‑NeRF: Brain‑Inspired Rescue Drone Navigation System Las Vegas NV Kiaan Sharma, Kanhaiya Sharma
NeuroGuard Wilmington DE Wika Sun, Vedic Mukhurgee, Yahong Cui
NeuroWeave: A Cognitive Interface for Accessible AI STEM School Highlands Ranch Lone Tree CO Anirudh Rao, Bharathi Rao
Neutralize Collierville TN Alexander Barthel, Ava Barthel, Michelle McNamara-Barthel
Non-Bully Helpers (NBH) Kaunakakai School Kaunakakai HI Judah Gonzales, Auramanihda Stampson, Kuinncey Phillips, David Gonzales
Nora and Jenna Glandorf Elementary Ottawa OH Nora Hanneman, Jenna Prasuhn, Alicia Nussbaum
NutriFlex AI: Balance Nutrition for School Lunch with Adaptive Fitness for Middle Schoolers Clarksville Middle School Clarksville MD Shanmukha Annam, Amelia Song, Vaishnavi Annam, Huihui Wang
NYS-Aligned Targeted Literacy for the Real-World Classroom International School 45 Buffalo NY Rachel Kent
OKO AI Eden Prairie MN Isabella Garry, Olga Garry
OptiPath Brooklyn NY Ryan Liu, Arick Liu, Jason Li, Xiao Lin
Oregon Observatory Portland OR Ian Kong, Vivien Kong
Otter's Stone Learning Hellstern Middle School Fayetteville AR Amy Ricarda McCall
Outfit Oracle: Turning Closets into Confidence Naperville North High School Naperville IL Medha Bhat, Neha Koteru, Tejesh Sanka, Nina Aramouni, Maggie Wojtowicz
PantryPal Carmel IN Cooper Lawhorn, Sarah Lawhorn
PaperQuest: A Reverse Chatbot for Struggling and Reluctant Writers Broussard Middle School Lafayette LA Dawn Edelen
Pebl Plantation FL Aaron Pinto, Divya Menezes
PeptideAI Johns Creek GA Moksh Somayajula, Rachana Somayajula
Personal AI Manager for Student Athletes Tuscaloosa AL Cynthia He, Julia Muse, Hongsheng He
Personalized Learning AI Solution by Sarvin Timberline Middle School Waukee IA Sarvin Vasisvaran, Jenna Siepker
Personalized News Edgewood Middle School Highwood IL Luc Sever, Michael Lubelfeld
PlasticSight South Dakota: Student-Built AI Camera for Detecting and Mapping Plastic Litter Hotspots Steven High School Rapid City SD Wyatt Boerger, Sarah Vigil, Shourya Goyal, Ashwini Paudel, Mohammadreza Mehrabian
PlastiSight H20 AI San Jose CA Christopher Chaung, Bertha Tam
PlayWise: AI-Based Healthy Video Game Recommendation Engine for Personalized Development, Learning and Fun Stratford Preparatory Blackford (Middle) School Sunnyvale CA Arshia Jain, Ariv Jain, Srihari Gomadam, Anant Pal, Vivek Jain
PortfoliOS: An AI-Assisted Portfolio Feedback System Charlotte Latin School Fort Mill SC Barbara Morrow
Predicting Antibiotic Resistance Through AI Metagenomics Analysis NAVI Education Flushing NY Stanley Hu, Kate Kim, Rora Li, Sarah Shen, Stefan Bauschard
Presidential AI Challenge Great Valley High School Malvern PA Ethan Sansone, Justin Sansone, Kyle Hess
Presidential AI Challenge Car Battery Guard Lycée Français International de la Louisiana New Orleans LA Solomon Bates, Arouna Yonaba
Presidential AI Challenge - HHS Hermon School Department Hermon ME Gracie Fecteau, Brayden DeWitt, Manny Wheaton, Hannah Aiton
Presidential AI Challenge: The Shepherd AI-Powered Camera Lolo MT Nicholas Caluori, Jason Caluori
Project Clearsky Bluffdale UT Tapan Singareddy
Project DART: Digital Assistant for Resources & Tracking Dumas High School Dumas TX

Zahra Sai, Paw Sa Dah Soe, Anzel Vasquez, Isaac Martinez, Holli Boggs

Project Dry Streets Miami Lakes K-8 Center Miami Lakes FL Ava Canamero, Dylan Bergnes, Emma Consterla, Jessica Hernandez
Project ElectiveEngine Hawken Middle School Cleveland Heights OH James Gordon, Eason Liang, Jakob Chang, Jacob Kordeleski
Project GeoNova: Classroom Design Tools Montana Digital Academy Missoula MT Jason Neiffer
Project Guardian Swarm: An AI-Powered Naloxone Drone Fleet Rancho Santa Margarita CA Atharv Mishra, Ashish Mishra
Project Guide - Growth, Understanding, Inclusion, & Digital Empowerment Brooks Elementary Aurora IL Eva Gupta, Avik Tiwari, Anya Dua, Samarth Sehgal, Saral Gupta
Project Nitri-shield Johnston Middle School Johnston IA Satya Thavanesh Yalla, Arnav Kulkarni, Adrianne Herbert
Project Sentinel Aurora IL Anaika Sehgal, Arshiya Mansingh, Ashutosh Sehgal
Projecting the Harvest - AI vs the Spotted Lanternfly Ohio 4-H Youth Development Columbus OH Melody Lin, Cynthia Canan
PulmoVOC Newburgh IN Jonathan Davis, Bryon Davis
"Purr"fectly Recyclable: Cafeteria Smart Sorter E. Melvin Honeycutt Elementary School Fayetteville NC Zola Banks, Elijah Morris, Caroline Thornberry, Ryan Koskinen, Carter Cole, June Ploch, Mae Sandifer, Delilah Vincent, Adalynn Olivas, Bryan Boroff
PythonEggs New York NY James Charrel
QTIgen: Generating High-Quality Canvas Quizzes at Scale Khan Lab School Santa Clara CA Vy Le
QuakePup: AI-Powered Earthquake Safety for Kids John Green Elementary School Dublin CA Anedya Reddy Bandi, Aria Yi, Zara Kals, Kaira Pahuja, Chaithanya Bandi
Quantum AI Grid Protection for Human Safety and Infrastructure Resilience Fremont CA Jachin Thilak
Rapid Response Instruction Optimizer (RRIO) Transformation Network 3 Lithia FL Donna Kemp
ReadARound: AI-Enabled Smart Glasses App for Real-Time Access to Printed Information for People with Visual Disabilities Princess Anne High School Norfolk VA Aarav Chokshi, Vikas Ashok
Reading Reimagined Ridgewood High School West Lafayette OH Kenzie Bice, Keira Schrock, Addison Lahmers, Sofie Paugh, Lester McCurdy
Ready Up AI Mercer Island WA Jacob Yip, Henry Guo, Matthew Yip
RebuildAI: Accelerating SMB Recovery Through Micro-Lending Bellaire TX Shiraz Ben-Shmuel, Ben Tour
Recipe Companion – An AI-based Custom Recipe Generator Livingston NJ Jason LiuStudent, Ziyan Qazi-Jumrani, Rui Liu
Reducing Gun Violence Southwest Miami Senior High School Miami FL Emily Herrera, Victoria Lazo
ReelLearn Baldwin School of Puerto Rico Galapagos, Bayamon Puerto Rico Francisco do Rego, Ezequiel do Rego
Reinforcement Learning-Based Aeration Control: Advancing Microbial Fuel Cells for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Ypsilanti MI Tanay Panja, Priyanka Meharia
Resourcify Canyon Crest Academy San Diego CA Kevin Hare
Responsible Electronic Nose Built on a Hybrid AI Model for School Environmental Health Monitoring Cabin John Middle School Potomac MD Colin Zhao, Xiaoming Zhao
Running Out of Water Kaffie Middle School Corpus Christi TX Averie Bazan, Maxwell Mitchell, Donaven Mouton, Neyvn Braxton, Cynthia Hopkins
SafeNet South Windsor CT Karthik Srikumar, Minatchy Visvanathan
SafeRouteAI: Smarter Routes, Safer Streets - An AI-Based System for Pedestrian Safety Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring MD Shiven Khurana, Steffany Koval
Safety Crossing Buddy St Petersburg FL Juliet Damani, Arya Patel, Chiara Niswander, Pritesh Damani
Save Orbit AI Aguada Puerto Rico Lianys Hernández, Giuliano Echevarría, José Duarte, Diego Rivera, Yamitza Rosas
School Cafeteria Buddy Madison Park Elementary Public School Old Bridge NJ Sharvani Dara, Venkata Dara
School Info Bot Forest Park Middle School Forest Park IL Josh Maddela, Owen Rummel, Yahya Alahdal, Grace Finn
Senior Assistant Mount Horeb Christian School Mount Horeb WI Hannah Wagner, Brynley Hampton, Landen Anderson, William Snyder
SkillUp Northstar Middle School Sammamish WA Arya Pratap, Viha Iyer, Shrimayi Shetty, Gauri Verma
Smart Breakfast Buddy Bear DE Aryna Shingavi, Gunmala Mutha
Smart Math AI Sigonella Middle School DoWEA School DoWEA School Grady Guth, Victoria Lewis
Smart Water Saver AI Explorers Club Cypress TX Adrian Godwin, Arev Gogineni, Eagan Loyd, Neil Jamdade, Rehaan Toutam, Thomas Hurt, Kyna Singh, Avant Manghnani, Elizabeth Hurt
Smarter Street, Safer Communities Jackson Park Elementary St. Louis MO Karter Johnson, Sierra Carroll, Atlantis Holloway, Ilona Potter, Alayna Sher, Deegan Tinkum-Vasek, Hudson Edwards, Nicole Binion
SMILEForge AI: Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Model for the Generation of Novel SMILES Strings to Enhance Treatment Affordability Omaha NE Thanvi Bhat, Ananth Krishna
Socrates Coach: Codifying Inquiry-Based Teaching for the Age of Artificial Intelligence North Atlanta High School Marietta GA Usha Patke
Solve Deer Overpopulation Talawanda City Schools Oxford OH Olivia Sparks, Savannah Reynolds, Malik Tipton, Stephanie Pearson
South Carolina Hurricane Evacuation Helper - TEAM SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston SC Monte Lin, Harry Lin, George Lin
SPARK: AI & Robotics Platform Granite Bay CA Saanvi Pagadala, Saanvi Pagadala
SSF (Standards, Spiral, Focus): Teacher-in-the-Loop AI for Differentiation, Efficiency, and Achievement Emma Wilson Elementary Chico CA Tony Reyna
STACKS: Smart Tracking and Automated Cataloging for K-12 Schools Hampton Cove AL Samantha Noever
StormAI – AI Hurricane Preparation Assistant Vedra Beach FL Nathan Olomu, Noah Olomu, Osarenoma Olomu
Stronger Minds, Stronger Bodies: AI‑Enhanced Fitness for the Next Generation of Education Randall Middle School Lakeland FL Stevie Hodgkins
StudentSafe AI: An AI-Powered System for Detecting and Filtering Harmful Online Content to Protect High School Students Auburn AL Xinzi Wang, Jia Wu
Style Detective Lab: Helping Elementary Students Understand How AI "Sees" Art San Gabriel CA Luis A. Mateos
Substance Abuse (Including Fentanyl) Prevention in Teens via AI Powered Youth Assistant App, NuStar Cumming GA Khushii Ssharma, Venkata Mukkavilli
Success Spreader Edmond OK Edward Sanjoe, Sanjoe Jose
SUMMIT: AI-Powered Personalized Graduation Planning DW Daniel High School Liberty SC Arjun Jain, Yuhang Wu, Aiden Zhao, Kaya Gedikoglu, G Gedikoglu, Charldon Dennis
Super Star Positive Pathways Star Academy Charter School Memphis TN Esabella Wellington, Faith Liddell, Talia Woods, Kameron Taylor, Renita Parks
SuperBot: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Service Robots for Children with Special Needs Bluejay Program and Capital AI Club North Potomac MD Steven Luo, Sean Li, William Luo, Leah Ding
Teacher Created AI Tool To Support Responsible Financial Decision-Making Middleton High School Waukesha WI William Boehm
Teaching AI Basics in a Multi-Grade Classroom Davey School Havre MT Tami Redinger
Teaching AI Concepts Through Science International School Bellevue WA Cheryl McClure
Teaching Machine Learning - The Gentle Teacher Project Little River Elementary School Woodstock GA Samantha Westerlind
The AI Car Patrol - Car Crash Risk Warning System Walton Farm Elementary School/Villanova University Villanova PA Hailey Beard, Kalina Bell, Alexander Clark, Saranya Mathur, Ilaria Rost, Dylan Walsh, Deeksha Seth
The Community Plate Project Indian Land SC Pradhyun Yetukuri, Jai Mihir Penumadula, Preethika Yetukuri
The Curiosity Club: Helping Kids Learn and Save with AI Oak Point Elementary Oak Point TX Noah Eshin, Acharya Kolby, Iglinsky Onyekachi, Lawrence Xander Kane, Jennifer Reynolds
The Echo War of 2250 Achievement House Cyber Charter School Wynnewood PA Paul Dubin
The Future of The FAST! Project West Carter High School Olive Hill KY Lily Gilbert, Chris Blankenship
The Guardian Connection: Bridging Academic and Social Gaps in Mobile Military Families Brussels Unit School DoWEA School DoWEA School Sonia Desir, Glen Laurenzi, Chrysoula Karakonstantis, Dorian Reed, Maria-Fernanda Schlesselman
The Helpful Hallway & Green Guardian Assistant Fremont CA Divika Agarwal, Nipun Agarwal
The Human + AI Agency Cycle: Transforming Passive Learners into Active Co-Creators Harmony Public Schools Spring TX Yen Nguyen
The New American Blueprint: Navigating Equity and National Resilience through the Gemini Ecosystem Winton Woods High School Loveland OH Joshua Amstutz
The Presidential AI Challenge -A.I. ClassMate Lycée Français International de la Louisiana New Orleans LA Augustus Easton, Arouna Yonaba
The Quiz Whiz: an AI App to Bridge Learning Gaps for American Excellence Madison NH Leona Buehler, YuChing Buehler
The STEAM Compass Black Fox Elementary Lascassas TN Ashlee Barnes
The Story Weaver's Quest - A Reading Role-Player Game Williston Middle School Central Campus Williston ND Cynthia Glavin
The Student Emergency Assistance System (SEAS) Pennsbury High School Fairless Hills PA Sahil Ruparelia, Brinda Rangam, Kenneth Kim, Eric Huang, Michele Malinowski
Think First, Then AI - Designing graspAI to Strengthen Critical Thinking in Schools Bellevue WA Cindy Zhou
THINKLY Lincoln County Middle School Waynesburg KY Lena Miller, Ashlyn Watson, Teagan Golden, Avery Crook, Seth Reynolds
THRIVE AI Lawndale Elementary School Tupelo MS Pamela Bailey
Totoro AI Spelling Bee App Columbia  MD Anna Hsieh, Yu Fu
Traffic Optimization Feedback Unit Caravel Academy Bear DE Robert Evans, Rohit Marath, Sajjan Subramanian, John Olinda
TreeSmart AI Montvale NJ Hanvit Lee, Steve Lee
TutorForAll.AI Livingston NJ Emily Jin, Yan Xiong
Tutr-1 Browning MT Evangaline McCormick, Mythri Faron, Lily Hanson, Eva Peterson, Crystal Evans
Using AI to Address Circadian Rhythm Disruption in Las Vegas Ed. W Clark High School Las Vegas NV Dhruvi Patel, Natalie Vazquez, Alexis Wang, Brian Leslie
Using AI to Increase Writing Proficiency in Special Populations Center High School Kansas City MO Maureen Kramanak
Using Artificial Intelligence to Identify Diabetic Foot Problems in Medical Images Milwaukee WI George Roginsky, Yulia Jigalina
Using Project-Based Learning to Teach Complex AI Concepts Lisa Academy Sherwood AR Roza Shaimurat
utensiehander Track 2 Central Elementry School O’fallon MO Amad McCray, Margot Wilkes, Kay'c Kulenburg, Michael Thomas, Patrick Crangle
Utilizing Computer Vision for Hotel Room Identification in Sex Trafficking Investigations Upper Darby High School Drexel Hill PA Khandakar Mahin, Roseann Burns
Valiant Viking Rowan County Schools Morehead KY Pam Rowland
Verdant - Your Garden Management Assistant Bellevue WA Erin Wu, Mira Arora, Jingqi Wu
WA K-12 Funding Gap Analysis Bellevue WA William Yoon, Soo Lee
WasteWise Middlebrook School Wilton CT Sophia Hatvani, Danielle Bottinger
WaterWise Louisville KY Advika Rastogi, Anubhav Rastogi
Way of the Wild: An AI-Created Board Game for Military-Connected Students Sevilla Elementary Middle School DoWEA School DoWEA School Aiden Boepple, Mateo Gutierrez, Brooklynn Hopkin, Sam Mejias, Haley Metcalf
Westport Smiles! A Kindness Project: See an Object, Spark a Connection Westport CT Lisette Kalra, Leonie Kalra, Aashish Kalra
WordWizard Dyslexia-Friendly Reading Support Louisiana Key Academy Caddo Shreveport LA Ar'eanna Caldwell, Alexander Harris, Lilyann Fletcher, Keely Rhinehart-Tripp, Laura Scott
Young Innovators: AI Solutions Taft Early Learning Center Uxbridge MA Amanda Gallerani
Your Safe Space: AI for Cyberbullying Prevention Walton Farm Elementary School/Villanova University Villanova PA Jacob Udovic, Naomi Marsh, Greyson Smith, Lillian Tang, Rohith Rajan, Ruby Slager, Aaron Kesilman, Deeksha Seth
Zelos Las Cruces NM Ishan Nagpal, Harshit Singh, Landon Sanxter, Branyan Sanxter
Zoe Zones Zukeran Elementary School DoWEA School DoWEA School Charles Anderson, Mela Anderson, Azariah Asare, Annabella Cinque, D'Kwan Davis, Amelia Duckett, Amelia Ferrer, Olivia Johnson, George Line, Liberty Perry-Kline, Cameron Phillips, Makinley Pirkle, Maxximus Powell, Kennedy Rodriguez, Andres Rosch, Saoirse Solomon, Daniella Stephens, Raelynn Sykas, John Wood, Aria Wray, Addison Wray, Cameron Perry-Kline