Recognition

Pete Conrad Scholar — 1st Place Global

Conrad Challenge (VOCL) · 1 of 5,000 teams · 2026

Blue Ocean Entrepreneurship Competition

Top 10 of 23,300 global / 2nd in North America (VOCL) · 2026

Accepted Paper — IIAI CDEF 2026

top 2.5%, IEEE publication · presenting in Japan · 2026

Accepted Paper — IEEE ICCSIC 2026

Adaptive Feature Importance Scoring for Heterogeneous Graphs

Accepted Paper — European Society for Ecological Economics 2026

ML + ABM for Degrowth Policy

ISEF Semi-Finalist

Top 10 in Illinois (VOCL) · 2026

Illinois Junior Academy of Science

2× Gold Award

2nd Place — Illinois Personal Finance Challenge State Finals

Illinois State Treasurer · 2026

4th Place — ARISE National Aerial Robotics Championship

2025

National Merit Semifinalist

2026 (pending)

Presidential Volunteer Service Award — Gold

USK4W · 2024