Scholars Students Earn Grand Awards at the 61st Ozarks Science and Engineering Fair
Scholars students Rishi Janakiraman and Sohum Dua earned the top awards in the Junior Division of the 61st Ozarks Science and Engineering Fair, which was held virtually March 8-12 with judges from across the country. Scholars students earned numerous placement awards and special awards, and six have qualified to advance to the national Broadcom MASTERS competition in May.
“These projects represent months of work and application of inquiry and engineering learning standards,” said Scholars Science advisor Denise Vinton.
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Junior Division Placement Award Winners
Grand Award Winner
Rishi Janakiraman, who presented "Lefty or Righty: the Effect of Handedness on Ambidexterity"
Alternate Grand Award
Sohum Dua, who presented "Algae's Effect on Air Quality"
Behavioral and Social Sciences
First place: Rishi Janakiraman
Third place: Emma Lewis
Botany
Second place: Gavin Luo
Third place: Jake Eckstein
Honorable Mention: Keegan Adams and Wilson Johnson
Chemistry
First place: Ben Garrett
Second place: Zain Saquer
Environmental Science
First place: Sohum Dua
Medicine and Health
First place: Erica Fernandez
Second place: Paige Bodnar
Microbiology
First place: Ethan Johnson
Second place: Chase Brodeur
Physics
Second place: Grant Hudson
Second place: Jack Wegrzyn
Third place: J.J. Myers
Third place: Lael Kennedy
Honorable Mention: Bijayesh Pradhan
Honorable Mention: Bella Goodfriend
Zoology
First place: Madeline O’Toole
Second place: Reese Wood
Special Awards Recognition
American Chemical Society-Ozarks Chapter
Ben Garrett
American Society of Mammalogists
Madeline O’Toole
ASM Materials Education Foundation
Paige Bodnar
Broadcom MASTERS Advancement to National Competition
Rishi Janakiraman
Ben Garrett
Sohum Dua
Erica Fernandez
Ethan Johnson
Madeline O’Toole
DoD STEM Leadership Prize
Reese Wood
Lemelson Early Inventor Prize
David McDowell
Office of Naval Research
Rishi Janakiraman
Sohum Dua
Schneider Foundation Award
Rishi Janakiraman
Sohum Dua
Ben Garrett
Madeline O’Toole
U.S. Metric Association Award
Chase Brodeur