A finite nuclear model using density functions
Thanush Patlolla
Finalist · Regeneron STS 2025
Reported a 0.6% increase in the accuracy of energy distribution predictions.
- nuclear-physics
- density-functional-theory
- computational-physics
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5 projects
Thanush Patlolla
Finalist · Regeneron STS 2025
Reported a 0.6% increase in the accuracy of energy distribution predictions.
Kevin Shen
Finalist · Regeneron STS 2025
Reported a 9.2% improvement in flight efficiency.
Ray Zhang
Finalist · Regeneron STS 2025
Testing of combination drug treatments against drug-resistant Fusarium, a fungal genus that causes infections increasingly difficult to treat with single agents.
Melody Heeju Hong
Finalist · Regeneron STS 2025
A statistical model for locating trans-methylation quantitative trait loci — genetic variants that influence DNA methylation at distant sites rather than nearby ones.
Minghao Zou
Finalist · Regeneron STS 2025
An algorithm simulating how protons behave under the extreme conditions found around astrophysical sources, in order to study the neutrino production that follows.