Conference Archives
STEAM@Schoolcraft 2026
Theme: Bridging Disciplines, Building Futures
STEAM@Schoolcraft Video
Coming Soon
STEAM@Schoolcraft Fellows
- Samantha Bleim
- Connor Elkins
- Blake Morales
STEAM@Schoolcraft Winners
1st Place Winner: Emily Hankins, “Microbes in Motion: A Multimedia Exploration of Protist Diversity” Mentors: Holly Greiner-Hallman & Jeremy Salo
2nd Place Winner: Gerrit Hartwig, “Let’s Get ‘Sympathetic’ – Hijacking Our Nervous System to Optimize Studying” Mentor: Kristin Engels
3rd Place Winner: Tobi Lile, “From Concept to Flight: Building a 5-ft. Wingspan Electric RC Plane” Mentor: Adam Authier
People’s Choice Award: Maha Saeed, “Reimagining Safety Apps for User Protection” Mentor: Amanda Gantchev
Honorable Mention: James Saval, “Bridging the Gap Between Science and Culture: Reframing ADHH,” Mentor: Christina Stansell-Weaver
Art Prize Winners
- Jaxx Bailey
- Mia Hagen
- Emma Hoffman
- Riley Lincoln
- Merrick Nutt
- Sophie Postler
- Arin Schnorberger
- Galen Smith
- Yurina Totsuka
- Catherine Zoschnick
STEAM@Schoolcraft 2025
Theme: Bridging Disciplines, Building Futures
STEAM@Schoolcraft Video
STEAM@Schoolcraft Fellows
- Kaleb Aethyr
- Maggie Jagielski
- Sienna Lee
STEAM@Schoolcraft Winners
1st Place Winner: Sinclair Hansen, “From Pixels to Prognosis: Machine Learning in Tumor Detection” Mentor: Larry Choraszewski
2nd Place Winner: Daniela Alvarez, “Enhancing Nursing Care with AI: Combating Sleep Deprivation, Errors, and Burnout” Mentor: Brett Griffiths1
3rd Place Winner: Anderson Colburn, “Bridging Data and Discovery: A Web-Based Application for Mastering Conditional Probability” Mentor: Larry Choraszewski
People’s Choice Winner: Alexander Dyga, “A New Golden Age: How AI Could Help Restore Faith in the Media” Mentor: Brett Griffiths
Honorable Mention: Michelle Torres, “Ni Una Menos: The Relationship between Mexico’s Femicide Crisis and Women’s Representation in Mexican Telenovelas” Mentor: Helen Ditouras
Art Prize Winners
- Elise Binkowski
- Anaija Cochran
- Danielle Lebsack
- Kayden Lumley
- Isabella Melli
- Jessica Michael
- Joseph Sayers
- Scott Schmitt
- Angelina Wilder
- Kayla Young
STEAMz 2024
Theme: Local Engagement, Global Impact
STEAMz Video
STEAMz Fellows
- Jonah Efrusy
- Noah Spicer
- Chase-Lyn Watson-LaBell
STEAMz Winners
1st Place Winner: Sophia Moceri, “Cultivating Solutions: GMOs and the Puzzle of Global Food Supply” Mentor: Brett Griffiths
2nd Place Winner: Sienna Lee, “UBI: Planting Seeds of Prosperity” Mentor: Christina Stansell-Weaver
3rd Place Winner: Daniela Alvarez, “A Comprehensive Analysis of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears in Women’s Soccer” Mentor: Brett Griffiths
People’s Choice Winner: Amro Ghachim, “Daily Words, Global Echoes” Mentor: Anita Süess Kauchik
Art Prize Winners
- Homira Adiba
- Adrienne Armstrong
- Kalin Baldwin
- Mitchell Barnes
- Samantha Fox
- Lacy Galligan
- Alexandra Garcia
- Jennifer Harmon
- Quinlan Minor-Brookins
- Kesslyn Rozsa
STEAMz 2023
Theme: Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn
STEAMz Video
STEAMz Fellows
- Melia Conners
- Daniel Shahollari
STEAMz Winners
Exceptional Research in the Humanities: Madeleine Laycock, “Improv: The Art of Movement” Mentor: Todd Stowell
Exceptional Research in the Sciences: Julia Huang, “What’s that Sound: A Versatile, Robust, and Lightweight Convolutional Transformer for Environment Sound Recognition” Mentor: Annika Sholander
Exceptional Overall Research & Presentation: Ashley Doyle, “No One Can Take This Away From Me” Mentor: Christina Stansell-Weaver
People’s Choice Award: Arielle Csolkovits, “Raising Awareness: Juvenile Astrocytoma” Mentor: Elizabeth Kenney
Poster Presenter Winners
- Matthew Blagdurn
- Brandon Dallas
- Ellen Lenon
- Harpreet Mann
Art Prize Winners
- Nagly Ali
- Florencia Benavidec
- David Byun
- Tra Ma
- Seba Marle
- Jenna Millis
- Madison Ristic
- Leelyn Rossi
- Kesslyn Rozza
- Crystal Schaefer




