Special Awards Results

Thank you to our local organizations and individuals who sponsored a special award at EISEF 2025:

Cedar Valley Audubon Society

Cedar Valley and Collins Amateur Radio Club

Excellence in Science Research

Inspiring Excellence - Alan B. Adams Family

Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers

Laverne & Frances Vaske Family

If your organization or company would like to sponsor a special award in 2026, email awards@eisef.org to find out how!


2025 EISEF Special Awards Results

American Psychological Association 

SB25: Trent Hefner - Maharishi School, Fairfield 

Association for Women Geoscientists 

SP01: Natalie Besler - Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 

Cedar Rapids Audubon Society 

JB18: Madisyn Griffin - Holy Trinity, Ft Madison 

SP09: Emma Menke - Holy Trinity, Ft Madison 

Cedar Valley and Collins Amateur Radio Club 

JP22: Drake Newton - Central Lee MS, Donnellson 

SP14: Benjamin Lothamer - Mid-Prairie Homeschool, Kalona 

JP14: Gunnar Glover - Keokuk MS, Keokuk

Laverne & Frances Vaske Science & Education Memorial Award 

SP19: Lingjun Jiang - Maharishi School, Fairfield 

SP32: Phuc Luu - Maharishi School, Fairfield 

SB15: Beau Boyd - Central Lee HS, Donnellson 

Lemelson Early Inventor Prize 

JP21: Brooklyn Forsythe - Holy Trinity, Ft Madison 

NASA Earth System Science Award 

SP32: Phuc Luu - Maharishi School, Fairfield 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

SB12: Alexander Kerper - Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 

Regeneron Biomedical Sciences Award 

SB35: Antariksha Sharma - Maharishi School, Fairfield 

Ricoh Corporation 

SP09: Emma Menke - Holy Trinity, Ft Madison 



Excellence in Science Research 

SB47: Beining Liu - Maharishi School, Fairfield 

SB29: Carl Hausch - Keokuk HS, Keokuk 

SB33: Jacob Baker – Holy Trinity, Ft Madison

SP18: Carly Mullin - Mt Pleasant HS, Mt Pleasant 

SP16: Natalee Alberts - Keokuk HS, Keokuk 

JB08: Kaylee Moeller - Central Lee MS, Donnellson 

JB12: Cole Newton - Holy Trinity, Ft Madison 

JP09: Gavin Pieper - Holy Trinity, Ft Madison 

JT28: Maddy Flickinger - Keokuk MS, Keokuk 

JP29: Savin Langenwalter - Keokuk MS, Keokuk 

JB31: Annamae Timpe - Central Lee MS, Donnellson

Stockholm Junior Water Prize 

SP01: Natalie Besler - Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 

SP08T: Allison Knipper & Andrea Schneider  - Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 

SB07: Addison Hohl - Central Lee HS, Donnellson

Thermo Fisher JIC 

JB04: Harper Wesely - Keokuk MS, Keokuk 

JP07: Jack Ragar - Holy Trinity, Ft Madison 

JP22: Drake Newton - Central Lee MS, Donnellson 

JT12: Jackson Thier - Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 

JT12: William Zahradnik - Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 

JB08: Kaylee Moeller - Central Lee MS, Donnellson 

JP11: Laney Moore - Central Lee MS, Donnellson 

US Air Force 

SP29: Keshav Sinolia - Maharishi School, Fairfield 

SP32: Phuc Luu - Maharishi School, Fairfield 

JT25: Owen Maerz & Bryer Merydith - Keokuk MS, Keokuk 



Inspiring Excellence - Alan B. Adams Award

JB21: McKenna Fransk - Central Lee MS, Donnellson

JB16: Elijah Fuerman – Holy Trinity, Ft. Madison

JP15: Colton Menke – Holy Trinity, Ft. Madison

JP20: Cole Dunkel - Drexler MS, Farley 

SB15: Beau Boyd - Central Lee HS, Donnellson 

SB04: Baylee Stewart - Central Lee HS, Donnellson 

SP01: Natalie Besler - Beckman Cath HS, Dyersville 

SP32: Phuc Luu - Maharishi School, Fairfield 

JB11: Addalie Daly - Central Lee MS, Donnellson 

SB32: Molly Snyder - Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 

Inspiring Excellence – Teacher Award

Mallory Wills-Howe - Washington HS, Cedar Rapids 

US Metric Association 

JP07: Jack Ragar - Holy Trinity, Ft Madison 

US Navy and Marine Corps – Junior Division

JP22: Drake Newton - Central Lee MS, Donnellson 

JP10: Kyan Campbell - Keokuk MS, Keokuk 

JP26: Aralind Grafton - Central Lee MS, Donnellson 

US Navy and Marine Corps – Senior Division

SP15: Ruimin Luo - Maharishi School, Fairfield 

SP14: Benjamin Lothamer - Mid-Prairie Homeschool, Kalona 

SP23: Roman Schuster - Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 

Yale Science & Engineering Association

SP24: Shanza Sami – West HS, Iowa City



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