2018 AWARDS
JUNIOR DIVISION
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS IN THE JUNIOR DIVISION RECEIVE $500 CASH, A LARGE PLAQUE
JUNIOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES JUNIOR YING SCHOLAR GRAND PRIZE AWARD WINNERS.
For his project titled, “Field Testing of Feeding Bacterium Bifidobacterium infantis in Order to Improve Honeybee Health”, from Lake Highland Preparatory School, Varun Madan
For her project titled, “The Effect of Exposure to Avatars in the Uncanny Valley On Comfort Level”, from Lake Eola Charter School, Carly Tamborello
JUNIOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES JUNIOR YING SCHOLAR GRAND PRIZE AWARD WINNERS.
For her project titled, “The Number 7 May Prove to be Lucky with Cancer”, from Orange County Preparatory Academy, Mikayla Simmons
For his project titled, “Sprinklerless Sod”, from Lake Eola Charter School, Gregory Boutteau
1st place Junior Division
All first place winners in the Junior Division receive a plaque, $50 cash and an expense paid trip to the Florida State Science and Engineering Fair.
Animal Sciences
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Varun Madan
Behavioral & Social Sciences
From Lake Eola Charter School, Carly Tamborello
Biomedical & Health Sciences
From Lake Nona Middle School, Bhargav Vyas
Cellular/Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Lake Eola Charter School, Carter Creese
Chemistry
From Orange County Preparatory Academy, Mikayla Simmons
Earth & Environmental Science
From Lake Eola Charter School, Adriana Secrest
Engineering
From Leaders Preparatory School, Ahmed Elimairi
Environmental Engineering
From Lake Eola Charter School, Gregory Boutteau
Intelligent Machines, Robotics and Systems Software
Lake Eola Charter School, Summer Bolling
Mathematics and Computational Sciences
From Orlando Science School, Shreya Bhat
Microbiology
From Leaders Preparatory School, Ahmed Mujtaba
Physics & Astronomy
From Cornerstone Charter Academy, Cassidy Camera
Plant Sciences
From St. Margaret Mary Catholic School, Raelin Miller
2nd place Junior Division
2nd place in Junior Animal Sciences goes to:
From Avalon Middle School, Andrew Smirnov
And from St. John Vianney Catholic School, Andrew Honeckman
2nd place in Junior Behavioral and Social Sciences goes to:
From Trinity Preparatory School, Shraddha Bhatia
And from Leaders Preparatory School, Haneen Abdo
2nd place in Junior Biomedical & Health Sciences goes to:
From Trinity Preparatory School, Ela Patel
And from International Community School, Sara Bowman
2nd place in Junior Cellular/Molecular Biology & Biochemistry goes to:
From Leaders Preparatory School, Kulsum Mohammed
2nd place in Junior Chemistry goes to:
From International Community School, Nicole Christakos
From Cornerstone Charter Academy, Brooke Peterson
From Lake Eola Charter School, Elise Rina
And from Orlando Science School, Beatriz Gomez
2nd place in Junior Earth & Environmental Sciences goes to:
From Orlando Science School, Maya Rao
From Cornerstone Charter Academy, Autym Lowder
And from St. Margaret Mary Catholic School, Nayla Jimenez
2nd place in Junior Engineering goes to:
From Cornerstone Charter Academy, Olivia Seely
From Lake Eola Charter School, Nicholas Patrizio
And from Lake Eola Charter School, David Cole
2nd place in Junior Environmental Engineering goes to:
From St. John Vianney Catholic School, Luke Arango
And from Leaders Preparatory School, Sara Felo
2nd place in Junior Intelligent Machines, Robotics & Systems Software to:
From Cornerstone Charter Academy, Reed Watters
2nd place in Junior Mathematics & Computational Sciences goes to:
From Lake Eola Charter School, Paul Stewart
2nd place in Junior Microbiology goes to:
From Orlando Science School, Nyah Pearcy
2nd place in Junior Physics goes to:
From Orlando Science School, Landon Dabney
From Trinity Preparatory School, Lena Mortimer
And from Trinity Preparatory School, Sarah Lin
2nd place in Junior Plant Sciences goes to:
From Cornerstone Charter Academy, Hannah Parks
And from International Community School, Emily Mills
3rd place Junior Division
3rd place in Junior Animal Sciences goes to:
From Maitland Middle School, Mackenzie McDaniel
3rd place in Junior Behavioral and Social Science goes to:
From Orlando Science School, Isaiah Sloan, Sabah Irfan and Sloan Rasmy
From Orlando Science School, Pragna Talluri and Tanvi Chirumamilla
And from Cornerstone Charter Academy, Ella Ristorcelli
3rd place in Junior Biomedical and Health Sciences goes to:
From Trinity Preparatory School, Danush Singla
From Orlando Science School, Tarang Gaddam
And from St. John Vianney Catholic School, Martha Mavrofrides
3rd place in Junior Cellular/Molecular Biology & Biochemistry goes to:
From International Community School, Brooke DeMoor
3rd place in Junior Chemistry goes to:
From Maitland Middle School, Jessica Zhou
From Leaders Preparatory School, Amina Galaydh
From Maitland Montessori School, Jeren Moss
From Lake Eola Charter School, Claire O’Brien
From St. Margaret Mary Catholic School, Benjamin Foerstner
From Cornerstone Charter Academy, Kaitlyn Grimshaw
And from Lake Eola Charter School, Fabian Taylor
3rd place in Junior Earth & Environmental Sciences goes to:
From International Community School, Max Shaw
From Maitland Middle School, Amy Phan
From Leaders Preparatory School, Yazan Chafke
From Orlando Science School, Isma Faisal
And from St. John Vianney Catholic School, Rylee McDaid
3rd place in Junior Engineering goes to:
From South Creek Middle School, Camila Ragsdale
From St. John Vianney Catholic School, Ethan Rocco
From Lake Eola Charter School, Jillian Cumming
From Lake Eola Charter School, Bryce King
And from Lake Eola Charter School, Angelina Marcus
3rd place in Junior Environmental Engineering goes to:
From St. Margaret Mary Catholic School, Katie Meyers
From Cornerstone Charter Academy, Brooke Blythe
And from South Creek Middle School, Kalli Hodges
3rd place in Junior Intelligent Machines, Robotics and Systems Software to:
From Maitland Montessori School, Alexander Kahli
3rd place in Junior Mathematics & Computational Sciences goes to:
From Leaders Preparatory School, Zaid Hassani
3rd place in Junior Physics and Astronomy goes to:
From Orlando Science School, Alyssa Kim
From Leaders Preparatory School, Huda Shehadeh
From International Community School, Taylor Burman
From International Community School, Rachel Olson
And from International Community School, Luke Higgins
3rd place in Junior Plant Sciences goes to:
From Cornerstone Charter Academy, Hailey Lampshire
From International Community School, Amarige Champion
From Trinity Preparatory School, Isha Shukla
And from Lake Eola Charter School, Megan Ward
4th place Junior Division
4th place, honorable mention in Junior Animal Sciences goes to:
From Lake Eola Charter School, Lucia Sanchez de Fuentes
4th place, honorable mention in Junior Behavioral and Social Science goes to:
From Lake Eola Charter School, Regan Elliott
From Leaders Preparatory School, Ayah Benallai
From Leaders Preparatory School, Aqsa Hasan
From Westridge Middle School, Ana Cruz
And from International Community School, Caleb Simard
4th place, honorable mention in Junior Biomedical & Health Sciences goes to:
From St. Margaret Mary Catholic School, Caitlyn Camchong
From South Creek Middle School, Christina Gatti
From Lake Eola Charter School, Erin Ross
From St. John Vainney Catholic School, Sofia Hernandez
And from Lake Eola Charter School, Lorna Truett
4th place, honorable mention in Junior Chemistry goes to:
From International Community School, Sydney Wattles
From Cornerstone Charter Academy, Lauren James
From St. John Vianney Catholic School, Tano Schoeckler
From Leaders Preparatory School, Moudadh Bouazizi
From Leaders Preparatory School, Eschal Subhani
From Cornerstone Charter Academy, Zoe Taylor
From St. John Vianney Catholic School, Katrina Tiqui
From Leaders Preparatory School, Naveen Roldan
From Orlando Science School, Serena Lopez
And from Orlando Homeschools, Richard Schuessler
4th place, honorable mention in Junior Earth & Environmental Sciences to:
From Lake Eola Charter School, Lindley Minton
From Orange County Preparatory School, Sofia Rodriguez
From Leaders Preparatory School, Aiva Awada
From Leaders Preparatory School, Kareem Subhan
From Lake Eola Charter School, Sydney Wright
From College Park Middle School, Dalton Barie
From Maitland Middle School, Katie Halligan
From Lake Eola Charter School, Alexis Cunningham and Clare Balmer
And from Passport Charter School, Armani Johnson and Spencer Aramburu-Perkins
4th place, honorable mention in Junior Engineering goes to:
From Leaders Preparatory School, Ibrahim Hasan
From Westridge Middle School, Ruth Reyes
From St. Margaret Mary Catholic School, Diego Lindauer and Carl Azar
From Maitland Motessori School, Reagan Talbert
From College Park Middle School, Matthew Norato
From Cornerstone Charter Academy, Eliot Estevez
From Lake Eola Charter School, Yuselly Hincapie
And also from Lake Eola Charter School, Jackson Lynch
4th place, honorable mention in Junior Environmental Engineering goes to:
From St. Margaret Mary Catholic School, Culen Marin
From Leaders Preparatory School, Ahmed Taman
And from St. John Vianney Catholic School, Diego Nolasco-Troconis
4th place, honorable mention in Junior Intelligent Machines, Robotics and Software Systems goes to:
From Leaders Preparatory School, Abdelrahman Hamid
4th place, honorable mention in Junior Mathematic and Computational Sciences goes to:
From Lake Nona Middle School, Andrew Ryan-Drago
4th place, honorable mention in Junior Physics and Astronomy goes to:
From Walker Middle School, Jakob Bishop
From St. John Vianney Catholic School, Josefina Ontivero
From Orlando Science School, Kayra Akin and Ananya Vittal
From Maitland Middle School, Kaleb Heyliger-Colon
From Lake Eola Charter School, Elias Pack
From Passport Charter School, Camille Melendez and Carla Velez
And from Lake Eola Charter School, Jasmynne Gibson
4th place, honorable mention in Junior Plant Sciences goes to:
From St. John Vianney Catholic School, Leah Fountain
From Lake Nona Middle School, Anastasia Fox
From Westridge Middle School, Thuy Ahn Dang
And from South Creek Middle School, Madison Silva
SENIOR PROJECTS
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS IN THE SENIOR DIVISION RECEIVE $1,000, A LARGE PLAQUE AND AN EXPENSE PAID TRIP TO THE INTEL INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR. SENIOR DIVISION ALTERNATES RECEIVE $500
In the division of Senior Biological Sciences the alternate is:
For her project titled, “Development of a Novel Chitosan-Based Drug Delivery System”, from Lake Highland Preparatory School, Sanjana Konda
And in the division of Senior Physical Sciences the alternate is:
For her project titled, “Analysis of Erythocyte Poykilocytosis Caused by Environmental Changes in Sickle Cell Amenia”, from Lake Highland Preparatory School, Priyanka Khushal.
In the division of Senior Biological Sciences there are two Senior Ying Scholar Grand Prize Award winners.
For her project titled, “The Role of Sarcolipin Protein on Energy Expenditures and Obesity Prevention”, from Lake Nona High School, Kadambari Vyas.
With her project titled, “Differential Inflammatory Genes Expression Between the Inflamed and the Unaffected Gut Tissues of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients”, from Lake Highland Preparatory School, Radhika Desai
In the division of Senior Physical Sciences there are two Senior Ying Scholar Grand Prize Award winners.
With her project titled, “Hydrogen and the OER Electrode”, from Trinity Preparatory School, Madison Autrey.
With his project titled, “Novel Agarose Processing Techniques: Design and Characterization of a Sturdy, Porous Foam for Controlled Topical Drug Delivery”, from Lake Highland Preparatory School, Hamzah Jhaveri.
1st Place Senior Projects
Animal Sciences
From Lake Nona High School, Hannah Breed
Behavioral & Social Sciences
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Pooja Kanumalla
Biomedical & Health Sciences
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Radhika Desai
Cellular/Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
From Lake Nona High School, Kadambari Agrawal
Chemistry
From Orlando Science School, Hashita Uppada
Earth & Environmental Sciences
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Priyanka Khushal
Engineering
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Hamzah Jhaveri
Environmental Engineering
From Trinity Preparatory School, Madison Autrey
Intelligent Machines, Robotics & Systems Software
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Varun Aggarwal
Mathematics and Computational Sciences
From Timber Creek High School, Daniel Wu
Microbiology
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Sanjana Konda
Physics and Astronomy
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Emily Goldin
Plant Sciences
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Jaya Dayal
2nd place Senior Division
2nd place in Senior Animal Sciences goes to:
From Trinity Preparatory School, Ella Saffran
2nd place in Senior Behavioral and Social Science goes to:
From Orlando Science School, Meghana Talluri
2nd place in Senior Biomedical and Health Sciences goes to:
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Rithvik Seela
2nd place in Senior Cellular/Molecular Biology & Biochemistry goes to:
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Parnika Agrawal
2nd place in Senior Chemistry goes to:
From Trinity Preparatory School, Jonathan Gant
2nd place in Senior Earth & Environmental Sciences goes to:
From Florida Virtual School, Uma Menon
2nd place in Senior Engineering goes to:
From Trinity Preparatory School, Anusha Karandikar
2nd place in Senior Environmental Engineering goes to:
From Trinity Preparatory School, Alissa Vuillier
2nd place in Senior Intelligent Machines, Robotics & Systems Software to:
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Alexander Carnes
2nd place in Senior Mathematics & Computational Sciences goes to:
From Trinity Preparatory School, Sumer Sao
2nd place in Senior Microbiology goes to:
From Trinity Preparatory School, Cecelia Miller
2nd place in Senior Physics and Astronomy goes to:
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Sachin Shah
And 2nd place in Senior Plant Sciences goes to:
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Meghana Ganjam
3rd place Senior Division
3rd place in Senior Animal Sciences goes to:
From Foundation Academy, Talia Levine and Larissa Polanco
3rd place in Senior Behavioral and Social Science goes to:
From Leaders Preparatory School, Fatimah Cheema
3rd place in Senior Biomedical & Health Sciences goes to:
From Trinity Preparatory School, Daniel Galvez
And from Trinity Preparatory School, Ishan Perera
3rd place in Senior Cellular/Molecular Biology & Biochemistry goes to:
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Seran Lyou and Meghana Srinivassa
3rd place in Senior Chemistry goes to:
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Julia Wu
3rd place in Senior Engineering goes to:
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Core Ireland
3rd place in Senior Environmental Engineering goes to:
From Orlando Science School, Devin Singh
And from Orlando Science School, Karima Itaymen
3rd place in Senior Intelligent Machines, Robotics and Systems Software to:
From Trinity Preparatory School, Zijie Yang
3rd place in Senior Microbiology to:
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Jeanette Gu
3rd place in Senior Physics and Astronomy goes to:
From Trinity Preparatory School, Levon Tabirian
3rd place in Senior Plant Sciences goes to:
From Lake Nona High School, Hae Jean Kwun
And from Lake Nona High School, Liznette Guzman and Justin Ayala
4th place, honorable mention Senior Division
4th place, honorable mention in Senior Biomedical & Health Sciences goes to:
From Orlando Science School, Maleeha Shaikh and Ameena Malik
From Trinity Preparatory School, Sumayah Mustaphalli and Anique Zakers
From Foundation Academy, Kathryn Hoenstine and Kaylee Mullarney
And from Trinity Preparatory School, Pranav Uppalapati
4th place, honorable mention in Senior Cellular/Molecular Biology & Biochemistry goes to:
From Lake Highland Preparatory School, Andrew Witter
4th place, honorable mention in Senior Chemistry to:
From Timber Creek High School, Mark Wasawanich
And from Lake Highland Preparatory School, Sonia Shah
4th place, honorable mention in Senior Plant Sciences goes to:
From Lake Nona High School, Samantha Scaletta
Dr. Nelson Ying Orange County Science Exposition Special Awards
The American Meteorological Society offers a certificate and the Dr. Nelson Ying Orange County Science Exposition adds a $25.00 Visa gift card to a junior and to a senior student whose projects earned recognition for the study of atmospheric conditions or related oceanic and hydrologic sciences.
From Trinity Prep – Andrew Zhang
And from Lake Eola Charter School – Sydney Wright
The American Psychological Association offers a certificate and the Dr. Nelson Ying Orange County Science Exposition offers a $25.00 Visa gift card to a student who best met their criteria in the area of Behavioral Science.
From Lake Eola Charter School – Carly Tambor
Ardaman and Associates awards a plaque and a $100 Amazon.com gift card to one student for outstanding research in Environmental Science
From St. John Vianney – Alejandro Conti
Association for Women Geoscientists – A certificate awarded to a female student whose project exemplifies high standards of innovativeness and scientific excellence in the geosciences. In addition, the Dr. Nelson Ying Orange County Science Exposition adds a $25.00 Gift Card.
From South Creek Middle School – Camila Ragsdale
ASM Materials Education Foundation – A certificate and medallion are awarded to a project demonstrating the materials paradigm and clarity in presentation.
From Lake Highland Preparatory School – Hamzah Jhaveri
CDM Smith – Awards a $25 gift card and a CDM Smith Logo “Swing Bag” containing sports accessories to the student who best met their criteria in the area of Environmental Science
From Lake Highland Prep – Rithvik Seela
CDM Smith – Awards another $25 gift card and a CDM Smith Logo “Swing Bag” containing sports accessories to the student who best met their criteria in the area of Engineering.
From Florida Virtual School – Uma Menon
The Florida Association of Science Teachers (F.A.S.T.) awards a certificate and $25.00 to two students: one in the Junior Division and one in the Senior Division, whose projects exemplify outstanding research in any area.
From St. John Vianney – Rylee McDaid
And from Trinity Preparatory School – Daniel Galvez
Intel Excellence in Computer Science – A certificate and $200 is awarded to a student in the senior division who has an outstanding computer science project.
From Lake Highland Preparatory School – Varun Aggarwal
Leaders Preparatory School offers $30 and a certificate to three students who performed thorough research that potentially could impact science and society.
From Leaders Prep – Zeina Delati
From Leaders Prep – Aqsa Hasan
And from Orlando Science School – Siyona Mishra
The Metro Plan Orlando Student Clean Air Award of a plaque and a $50.00 Gift Card is offered to a student who best meets their criteria in the category of Environmental Science
From Florida Virtual School – Uma Menon
Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society – Awards a certificate and congratulatory letter to a senior division student whose project displays a challenging, original, thorough, and creative investigation of a problem involving mathematics. In addition, the Dr. Nelson Ying Orange County Science Exposition adds a $25.00 Visa gift card to this award.
From Orlando Science School – Miscia Fortna
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) offers a certificate and the Dr. Ying Orange County Science Exposition offers a $25.00 gift card to the student who demonstrates insight into Earth’s interconnected systems (atmosphere, climate, geosciences, environment, etc.)
From Maitland Middle School – Margaret Conti
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): awards a certificate and a medallion to a team of students, and a congratulatory letter to the students’ teachers. The projects involve research that emphasizes climate, weather, oceans, coasts, and conservation of aquatic ecosystems
From The Orlando Science School – The team of Isma Faisal and Emal Ali.
The Office of Naval Research awards a certificate and medallion to the following junior division students:
From Lake Nona Middle School – Guy Fox
From Orlando Science School – Landon Dabney
From Leaders Prep – Ahmed Elimairi
From Lake Eola Charter School – David Cole
And from Lake Nona Middle School – Ranson Shiver & Matthew Freeman
The Office of Naval Research also awards a certificate, medallion, and a gift card to the following senior division students:
From Trinity Preparatory School – Levon Tabirian
From Trinity Preparatory School – Sumer Sao
And from Lake Highland Prep. – Varun Aggarwal
Peterbrook Chocolate of Winter Park offers a $25.00 gift card to two projects in the Junior Division that best meet their criteria of outstanding research in the area of Behavioral Science
From Westridge Middle School – Anna Cruz
And from International Community School – Caleb Simard
Ricoh Americas Corporation awards a certificate and publicity on the RICOH website and the Dr. Nelson Ying Orange County Science Exposition adds a $25.00 Visa gift card to the student whose project displays technological and scientific innovations that best reflect the principles of sustainability.
From Trinity Preparatory School – Madison Autrey
And a new award of a $50 gift card, The Dr. Alan J. Saffran Memorial Award, is offered by the family of Dr. Alan Saffran. Dr. Saffran was a Winter Park surgeon who lost his battle with pancreatic cancer in 2013. This award is offered to a student whose project focuses on cancer prevention or treatment.
From Orlando Science School – Siyona Mishra
The Society for In Vitro Biology awards a certificate, congratulatory letter, gift card, and publicity in their newsletter to the student or team whose project exhibits plant or animal in vitro biology or tissue culture.
From Lake Highland Prep – Priyanka Khushal
The Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition awards a certificate, and the Dr. Nelson Ying Orange County Science Exposition adds a $25.00 Visa gift card to a junior division student who exhibits an outstanding water-related project.
From International Community School – Max Shaw
U. S. Air Force – The U. S. Air Force encourages studies in mathematics, sciences, and engineering and endorses projects that offer Air Force applicability. Winners will receive a certificate enclosed in an Air Force folder, a sling pack, power bank charger, dog tag, USB flash memory drive, and a dual USB car charger.
From Lake Eola Charter School – Angelina Marcus
From Lake Eola Charter School – Nicholas Patrizio
From Orlando Science School – Kayra Akin
From International Community School - Luke Higgins
From International Community School – Rachel Olson
From Avalon Middle School – Dylan Morton
From Orlando Science School – Shreya Bhat
And from Walker Middle School – Jakob Bishop
The U. S. Metric Association awards a certificate and the Dr. Nelson Ying Orange County Science Exposition adds a $25.00 Visa gift card to two students who use the greatest variety of metric measurements and symbols, and uses them properly.
From Avalon Middle School – Dylan Morton
And from Lake Highland Prep – Julia Wu
The Yale Science and Engineering Association awards a certificate and a pewter medallion to an outstanding Senior Division student in one of the following categories: Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or Chemistry
From Timber Creek High School – Mark Wasuwanich
For sixty years, the Orlando Science Center has been a place that inspires curiosity and exploration. Truly one of the great activities for Orlando families, the Science Center encourages learning in a fun way. We’re the perfect educational activity, fun and knowledge all under one roof. They have two awards for students in the Junior Division whose projects were outstanding in the Physical Science field.
Our first winner, winning four tickets to the Orlando Science Center: From Orlando Science School – Shreya Bhat
And our second winner, winning an annual family membership to the Orlando Science Center: From Lake Eola Charter School – Summer Bolling