2023 Georgia High School Level Science and Engineering Fair Awards Announced
Tuesday, June 13th, 2023
The SCCPSS Science Department is celebrating the achievements of Savannah-Chatham County Public School students at the recent State and Regional Fairs. A special congratulations and thank you to Antronella Duff of Jenkins High School and Kathleen Holliday of Tybee Island Maritime Academy for their dedication, guidance, and support of our highly celebrated students!
American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
With nearly 30,000 individual members from 91 countries, and 95 corporate members, AIAA is the world's largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession. Created in 1963 by the merger of the two great aerospace societies of the day, the American Rocket Society (founded in 1930 as the American Interplanetary Society), and the Institute of the Aerospace Sciences (established in 1933 as the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences), AIAA carries forth a proud tradition of more than 80 years of aerospace leadership.
SECOND PLACE SENIOR DIVISION AWARD WINNERS:
Ishant Singh & Matthew Wirick - Jenkins High School
Just Plane Fun
THIRD PLACE SENIOR DIVISION AWARD WINNER:
Jun Hao Lin - Jenkins High School
SiO2 Insulator: Heat Saving Solution
GEORGIA SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING
GSTA seeks to help expand the levels of student achievement as the premier organization for sharing best practices in science education in the state of Georgia.
JUNIOR DIVISION AWARD WINNER:
Etta Wade - Tybee Island Maritime Academy
Biomimicking Chimney Burrows
INSPIRING EXCELLENCE AWARD
Inspiring Excellence Inc. is a non-profit organization established in 1999 to encourage elementary and high school science fair participants and their teachers to continue their efforts in science. Inspiring Excellence, Inc gives monetary awards that recognize exceptional enthusiasm, effort, and scientific curiosity. Inspiring Excellence was founded by a science fair winner.
Etta Wade - Tybee Island Maritime Academy
Biomimicking Chimney Burrows
U.S. Air Force Achievement Award
The Air Force Research Laboratory is a global technical enterprise, boasting some of the best and brightest leaders in the world. The organization's mission is leading the discovery, development, and integration of affordable warfighting technologies for the air, space, and cyberspace force.
Ishant Singh & Matthew Wirick - Jenkins High School
Just Plane Fun
Honors Ribbons - Junior Division
Honors ribbons indicate a student's relative position in the overall fair. They do not take into consideration either project category or student's grade, although Junior and Senior divisions are calculated separately. First Honors go to projects with total scores ranking approximately at or above the 90th percentile based on overall scores, regardless of category. Second Honors go to the 80th to 90th percentiles. Third Honors go to the 70th to 80th percentiles. Fourth Honors go to the 60th to 70th percentiles.
THIRD HONORS
Oscar Edwards - Tybee Island Maritime Academy
Kamden Louis - Tybee Island Maritime Academy
Piper Mott - The STEM Academy at Bartlett
Etta Wade - Tybee Island Maritime Academy
FOURTH HONORS
Krisha Bodalia - The STEM Academy at Bartlett
Maggie Jo Roberts - Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts
Paloma Sanchez - The STEM Academy at Bartlett
2023 Regional Science & Engineering Fair Awards
| Student Names | Project Title | Competitor Group | PRIZE |
| Jun Hao Lin | Aerogel (SiO2 Insulator: Heat Saving Solution) | HS, Chemistry | 1st |
| Crystal Zheng, Miley Doan | Homemade Vs. Store Bought Sunscreen | HS, Biomedical Engineering | 1st |
| Ishant Singh, Matthew Wirick | Just Plane Fun | HS, Engineering Mechanics | 2nd |
| Siddartha Sarakadam, Tyler Thomas | Truss Triangles: How does the amount of trusses in a bridge affect its weight capacity? | HS, Engineering Mechanics | 1st |
| Victoria Zhang, NeeAli Scott, Emily Yeo | Effects of Natural and Artificial Sweeteners on Microbiome | HS, Microbiology | 1st |
| Callen Ingram, Austin Quasha | Bees and Fragrances | MS, Animal Sciences | 1st |
| Arden Fleishman | Effects of Soil Pore Water Salinity on Periwinkle Snail Abundance | MS, Animal Sciences | 3rd |
| Oscar Edwards, Kamden Louis | Oyster Science | MS, Animal Sciences | 2nd |
| Macy Watkins | Does a Spoonful of Sugar Make the Medicine go Down? | MS, Biochemistry | 2nd |
| Piper Mott | Preserving Avocados | MS, Biochemistry | 1st |
| Isabella Denton | Hints to the Fingerprints | MS, Biomedical and Health Sciences | 1st |
| Keshavi Bathula | The Amount of Plastic Broken Down With Chemicals | MS, Chemistry | 3rd |
| Layla Fennell | Which Lip Balm is Better? | MS, Chemistry | 2nd |
| Ziyue Chen | CO2 Observation: A Car's Emission Rate | MS, Earth and Environmental Sciences | 2nd |
| Paloma Sanchez | How Acid Rain Effects Limestone and Its Erosion | MS, Earth and Environmental Sciences | 1st |
| Advay Iyengar | Making Clean Energy using Magnetic Fields | MS, Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design | 2nd |
| Isaac Edris | The Stats on Thermostats | MS, Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design | 1st |
| Jaimee Harris, Jules Griffin | Which Type of Dance Footwear is the Least Slippiest on a Wooden Floor? | MS, Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design | 3rd |
| Etta Wade | Biomimicking Chimney Burrows | MS, Environmental Engineering | 1st |
| Jeremiah Wallace | Do You Need to Warm Up Your Car Engine Before You Drive? | MS, Engineering Mechanics | 2nd |
| Krisha Bodalia | Hydroplaning | MS, Engineering Mechanics | 1st |
| Gabrealla Nguyen | Flood or Fortified? | MS, Materials Science | 1st |
| Madison Orta | Growing Rock Candy Crystals | MS, Materials Science | 2nd |
| Nikhil Negi | Differences of Isopropyl Alcohol in Hand Sanitizer's Ability to Kill Bacteria in Different Concentrations | MS, Microbiology | 2nd |
| Brooklyn Linstroth | H2O on the Go | MS, Physics and Astronomy | 3rd |
| Maggie Jo Roberts | Noise is Unwanted Sound | MS, Physics and Astronomy | 1st |
| Ellie Ayala, Tallulah Pair | Spartina Growth and Excretion of Salts | MS, Plant Sciences | 3rd |
| Emerson Boeh | Creating a Self-Driving Car with ML-Agents | MS, Robotics and Intelligent Machines | 1st |
See photos of some of our award-winning students here.
