22 Students Recognized by the National Security Agency at ISEF 2018

The National Security Agency Research Directorate recognized 22 students on Thursday. These students were selected for their outstanding research contributions. They were among the over 1,800 students presenting their research at the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. The Science of Security and Privacy Initiative congratulates all the winners of the NSA Research Directorate Awards. 

The Winning Students

Science of Security

• ​Vivek Bhupatiraju of Lexington MA - 1st Place - $3,000 Prize
• Deepti Vaidyanathan of Baton Rouge, LA - 2nd Place - $1,000 Prize
• Suha Hussain of Ozone Park, NY - 2nd Place - $1,000 Prize
• Divya Amirtharaj of Portland, OR - 2nd Place - $1,000 Prize
• Nicole Meister of Ellicott City, MD - Honorable Mention
• Daniel Santiago of Anasco, Puerto Rico - Honorable Mention
• Shrya Pingali of Salt Lake City, UT - Honorable Mention

Mathematics

• Bryan Gopal of Chandler, AZ - 1st Place - $1,500
• ​Franklyn Wang of Falls Church, VA - 2nd Place - $750 Prize
• Jim Kong of Owings MD, William Longsworth, and Nathan Hayes of Dunkirk MD - $750 Prize
• Isha Puri of Chappaqua, NY - Honorable Mention
• Emil Geisler of Bountiful, UT - Honorable Mention

​Material Science

• ​Kevin Meng of Plano, TX - 1st Place - $1,000 Prize
• Jacob Wu of Princeton, NJ - Honorable Mention

Cyber Pioneer

• ​Eshan Chhabra of Plano, TX - 1st Place - $1,000 Prize
• Aditya Singh of Ponte Vedra, FL - Honorable Mention

Physical Science

• ​Sharmi Shah of Colonia, NJ - 1st Place - $1,000 Prize
• Carissa Wu of Potomac, MD and Abhishek Allamsetty of Herndon, VA - Honorable Mention

Future of Computing

• ​Swagat Bhattacharyya of Morgantown, WV - 1st Place - $1,000 Prize
• Cade Brown of Knoxville, TN - Honorable Mention