Congratulations to all participants in the 2026 NSTEM Project-Based Learning (PBL) Showcase! We had over 80 projects registered this year and an extremely high level of work from all students. We look forward to reviewing more projects for the 2027 showcase.
Science, with mentor
- 1st Place: Diya Kana – Hoover High School
- Social Communication and Neural Correlates of Autism
- 2nd Place: Sage Scott – Shawnee Mission School District / Science Coach
- Effect of Post-TBI Delivery Time Of Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells (WJ-MSC) on Neuroprotective benefits from secondary injury
- 3rd Place: Savannah Siceloff – Shawnee Mission School District / Science Coach
- Microgravity, Macromysteries: Insights into Reproductive Biology in Space
Science, without mentor
- Olympia Rock, Grier School
- Effect of pH on Bacterial Biofilms
Engineering
- 1st Place: Omar Abdulaziz – IGM
- Quantifying Latent Pain via Physiological–Behavioral Divergence (LPDI): A Novel Digital Biomarker Framework
- 2nd Place: Advaith Sridhar and Nitin Valayathil – Lebanon Trail High School
- Project MIDAS
- 3rd Place: Andy Procter, Ethan Elmore, Alex Tulskikh, and Olivia Gonzales – East Mountain High School
- Grover: An Autonomous Rover for Environmental Data Collection and Fire Prevention
- Grover: An Autonomous Rover for Environmental Data Collection and Fire Prevention
Elementary Division
- Jonathan Wynn – DATE Academy
- How can math and business be used to save people during natural disasters?
- Jermir Crook and Damond Turner – UPHC Small Steps Learning Center
- Down Home Southern Water Quality Testing
Science Communication
- Elizabeth Barnes – Shawnee Mission School District / Science Coach
- Running from Stress: The Role of Exercise Interventions in the Epigenetic Regulation of Neurogenesis
Engineering Communication
- Emylee Drummond – New Century Technology High School
- FemGenius™: The Next-Generation Smart Reproductive Health Scanner
