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Regeneron STS is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science research competition for high school students. Started in 1942 as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search, Regeneron STS recognizes and empowers our nation’s most promising young scientists who are developing ideas that could solve society’s most urgent challenges.

Since 2007, 12 students at The Charter School of Wilmington have been celebrated as Top 300 Scholars or Top 40 finalists in the nation.

300 Regeneron STS Scholars chosen from all STS entrants receive $2,000. In addition to the scholar award money, each scholar’s school receives an award of $2,000 for each scholar named. Learn more here about finalist awards.

2022 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) Top 40 Finalist - Claire Andreasen "Strain-Induced Second-Order Jahn-Teller Reconstruction and Magnetic Moment Modulation"

2022 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) Top 300 Scholars - Claire Andreasen, Arjan Singh Kahlon, and Heran Yang

Claire: "Strain-Induced Second-Order Jahn-Teller Reconstruction and Magnetic Moment Modulation"

Arjan: "Remote Gait Analysis as a Proxy for Traditional Gait Laboratories: Utilizing Smartphones as a Wearable Patient-Implemented Solution for Assessment of Gait Across Differing Terrains"

Heran: "Electronic and Mechanical Properties of Sub-nm Diameter Carbon Nanotubes"

2021 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) Top 300 Scholar - Justin Xu "Novel Nanoscale Analysis of the Electronic Structure Basis of Strength and Toughness in Fluoropolymers"

2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) Top 300 Scholar - Albert Xing "Lattice Relaxation and New Phase Formation in Au/Pt Multilayers"

2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) Top 40 Finalist - Preeti Krishnamani "Effects of Silicon Amendments on the Concentration and Adsorption Properties of IronOxides in Rice Paddy Soils"

2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) Top 300 Scholars - Preeti Krishnamani and Grant Lu 

Preeti: "Effects of Silicon Amendments on the Concentration and Adsorption Properties of IronOxides in Rice Paddy Soils"

Grant: "Structure, Magnetic Properties, and Thermal Stability of Chemically Prepared Nickel Carbide Nanoparticles"

2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) Top 300 Scholar - YuQing Xie "Modeling and Experiments of Electromagnetic Braking"

2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) Top 300 Scholar - Connor Sweeney "Aboveground Signaling Manipulates Root-microbe Interaction Responses in the Neighboring Plants"

2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS) Top 300 Semifinalists - David Xu and Emily Yan

David: "Machine Learning-based Prediction of Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis"

Emily: "Enabling Wind and Solar Energy: An All-Organic Redox Flow Battery for All Weathers"

2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS) Top 300 Semifinalist - Tejal Ulhas Naik "Identification of a Gene That Blocks Breast Cancer Cell Invasion"