BEST OF FAIR
HIGH SCHOOL – Life Sciences
First Place: Vishaal Balamurugan, North Oldham High School
Second Place: Madison Sneve, duPont Manual High School
Third Place: David Ma and Amy Wang, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
HIGH SCHOOL – Physical Sciences
First Place: Anjali Chadha, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Joshua Jacob, Saint Xavier High School
Third Place: Emily Liu, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL – Life Sciences
First Place: Andrew Wang, Meyzeek Middle School
Second Place: Elaina Render, St. Francis of Assisi
Third Place: Mary Claire Stukenborg, St. Francis of Assisi
MIDDLE SCHOOL – Physical Sciences
First Place: Shreeya Arora, Meyzeek Middle School
Second Place: Kyle Sanderfer, St. Francis of Assisi
Third Place: Sowmyan Viswanathan, Meyzeek Middle School
DIVISION WINNERS – LIFE SCIENCES
Animal Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Sundus (Sunny) Ghuneim, Paul Laurence Dunbar H.S.
Second Place: Nimrit Singh, duPont Manual High School
Third Place: Megan Slusarewicz, Paul Laurence Dunbar H.S.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Ella Diehl, St. Francis of Assisi
Second Place: Abigail Gay, Trinity Christian Academy
Third Place: Alice Beatty, St. Francis of Assisi
Behavioral and Social Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Betty Ngo, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Marco Munoz, duPont Manual High School
Third Place: Sarah Cecil, Ballard High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Eli Abernathy, Winburn Middle School
Second Place: Elke Coenders, Bryan Station Middle School
Third Place: Seth Spriggs-Dial, St. Francis of Assisi
Biochemistry
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Aman Mann, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Akhil Kesaraju, Paul Laurence Dunbar H.S.
Third Place: Arushi Gupta, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Vivienne Lucier, Tates Creek Middle School
Second Place: Rosemary Peters, St. Francis of Assisi
Third Place: Kristin Drummond, St. John School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Will Broomhead, Dixie Heights High School
Second Place: Bhargav Ramesh, duPont Manual High School
Third Place: Riya Shah, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Sarvesh Babu, Meyzeek Middle School
Second Place: Dorottya Gal, Winburn Middle School
Third Place (tie): Aliana Conway, St. Francis of Assisi
Third Place (tie): Tess Schrenger, St. Francis of Assisi
Cellular & Molecular Biology
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Madison Sneve, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Analisa Conway, Assumption High School
Third Place: Rohith Kesaraju, Paul Laurence Dunbar H.S.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Andrew Wang, Meyzeek Middle School
Second Place: Grace Hovekamp, St. Francis of Assisi
Third Place: Mark Schrenger, St. Francis of Assisi
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Gregory Schwartz, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Zsombor Gal, Paul Laurence Dunbar H.S.
Third Place: Amit Sahoo, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Jack Calvery, St. Francis of Assisi
Second Place: N/A
Third Place: N/A
Earth and Environmental Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Richard Haywood, Paul Laurence Dunbar H.S.
Second Place: Catherine Meadows, Notre Dame Academy
Third Place: Tanya Gupta and Natasha Gupta, Ballard H.S.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Gwyneth Thomas, St. Agnes Elementary School
Second Place: Sharini Shah, Meyzeek Middle School
Third Place: Anna Ackerman, Beaumont Middle School
Environmental Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Julia Radhakrishnan, Paul Laurence Dunbar H.S.
Second Place: Adithya Iyengar and Louis Yang, duPont Manual H.S.
Third Place: Conor Blackburn, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Murari Srinivasan, Meyzeek Middle School
Second Place: Shreya Solai, Meyzeek Middle School
Third Place: Wilson Spangler, School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Microbiology
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Tushar Sharma, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Srikhar Padmanabhan, duPont Manual
Third Place: Kelly Chen, Paul Laurence Dunbar H.S.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Mary Claire Stukenborg, St. Francis of Assisi
Second Place: Elaina Render, St. Francis of Assisi
Third Place: Anne Liang, Meyzeek Middle School
Plant Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Carson Harral and Mark Johannemann, Ballard H.S.
Second Place: Rhyan Moseley, Carter G. Woodson Academy
Third Place: Tanay Neotia, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Rob Player, St. Francis of Assisi
Second Place: Megan Crouch, St. Agnes Elementary School
Third Place: Isabella Squire, Leestown Middle School
Translational Medical Science
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Sophie Lai, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Amy Wang and David Ma, Paul Laurence Dunbar H.S.
Third Place: Vaitheesh Jaganathan, Ballard High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Sophia Bryant, St. Francis of Assisi
Second Place: Scott Dues, St. Francis of Assisi
Third Place: N/A
DIVISION WINNERS – PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Vishaal Balamurugan, North Oldham High School
Second Place: Ryan Folz, Praharshasai Paladugu, Abraham Reidel- Mishaan, duPont Manual High School
Third Place: Angelina Atieh, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Seth McAfee, St. Francis of Assisi
Second Place: Wynstin Perkins, Newburg Middle School
Third Place: N/A
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Felicia Zhong, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Kairav Kukkala, Ballard High School
Third Place: Eric Cao, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Eliza Gallagher, St. Francis of Assisi
Second Place: Kaitlin Calvery, St. Francis of Assisi
Third Place: Preeti Tanwani, Meyzeek Middle School
Embedded Systems
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Anjali Chadha, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Ben Jiang, duPont Manual High School
Third Place: Jan Balk, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Charlie Murr, St. Francis of Assisi
Second Place: Henry Murr, St. Francis of Assisi
Third Place: N/A
Energy: Chemical
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Sriram Satyavolu, Kentucky Country Day
Second Place: Maha Pattabiraman and Meena Pattabiraman, duPont Manual High School
Third Place: Mark Raj & Ruchi Sumanasekera, duPont Manual
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Fiona Gallagher, St. Francis of Assisi
Second Place: Nimish Mathur and Aakash Vadhanam, Meyzeek Middle School
Third Place: Amel Kredan and Rowann Zohary, Lexington Universal Academy
Energy: Physical
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Emma Heironimus, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Nicholas Meredith, St. Xavier High School
Third Place: Harshith Gontla, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Adrian Morris, St. Francis School
Second Place: Kayla Turney, Leestown Middle School
Third Place: Rishi Vinukonda, Meyzeek Middle School
Engineering Mechanics
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Joshua Jacob, St. Xavier High School
Second Place: Rachel Seevers, Paul Laurence Dunbar H.S.
Third Place: Rachel Spaulding, Eastern High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Jacob Deere, St. Agnes Elementary School
Second Place: Simon Li, Meyzeek Middle School
Third Place: Anna Dinius, Mary Queen of Heaven
Materials Science
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Brenna Wallin, Lafayette High School
Second Place: Krista Manche, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Third Place: Manasa Sunkara, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Sowmyan Viswanathan, Meyzeek Middle School
Second Place: Aidan Blakeman, Model Laboratory School
Third Place: Maggie Ferguson and Eleanor Badgett, Winburn Middle School
Mathematics
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Ken Ryumae, Larry A. Ryle High School
Second Place: Deev Talati, duPont Manual High School
Third Place: Henry Robbins, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Rohin Dutt, Meyzeek Middle School
Second Place: Ben Keeney, St. Francis of Assisi
Third Place: Jared Johnson, Holy Family Middle School
Physics and Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Emily Liu, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Ronit Kar, Paul Laurence Dunbar H.S.
Third Place: Zachary Waring, Ballard High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Hayden Harned, St. Francis of Assisi
Second Place: Kyle Sanderfer, St. Francis of Assisi
Third Place: Eric Turney, Leestown Middle School
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Diya Mathur and Sophia Korner, duPont Manual H.S.
Second Place: Nathan Rukavina, Kelly Kral, and Chris Duncan, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Third Place: Lokesh Nanthakumar, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Trisha Sexton, St. Francis of Assisi
Second Place: Mina Ryumae, Gray Middle School
Third Place: Melissa Hannemann, Winburn Middle School
Systems Software
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Josh Ashley and Muamer Bektic, duPont Manual H.S.
Second Place: Erin Markel, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Third Place: Nikhil Polepalli, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Ritesh Dhakal, St. Francis of Assisi
Second Place: Shreeya Arora, Meyzeek Middle School
Third Place: Vishnupriya Ramasamy, Highland Middle School
SPECIAL AWARDS
Dr. Barbara Ramey Physical Sciences Award
Josh Ashley and Muamer Bektic, duPont Manual High School, Systems Software
Dr. Robert Creek Life Sciences Award
Tushar Sharma, duPont Manual High School, Microbiology
ARMED FORCES AWARDS
Army Systems Software: Shreeya Arora, Meyzeek Middle School
Army Biomedical and Health Sciences: Will Broomhead, Dixie Heights High School
Army Energy – Chemical: Nimish Mathur and Aakash Vadhanam, Meyzeek Middle School
Army Materials Science: Brenna Wallin, Lafayette Senior High School
Air Force High School:
Jan Balk, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Rachel Seevers, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Air Force Middle School:
Sarvesh Babu, Meyzeek Middle School
Varun Hariprasad, Tates Creek Middle School
Navy High School:
Tanya Gupta and Natasha Gupta, Ballard High School
Jahnavi Sunkara, duPont Manual High School
Navy Middle School:
Gus Dillon, St. Francis of Assisi
Ellie English, St. Francis of Assisi
Dalton Sunday, Saint Pius X
KY-AIPG High School
Earth & Environmental Science: Richard Haywood, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Association for Women Geoscientists
Earth & Environmental Science: Catherine Meadows, Notre Dame Academy High School
American Meteorological Society
Earth and Environmental Science: Cindy Wan and Emma Cammack, duPont Manual High School
American Psychological Association
Behavioral & Social Sciences: Betty Ngo, duPont Manual High School
ASM Materials Education Foundation
Materials Science: Brenna Wallin, Lafayette Senior High School
ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions
Energy – Chemical: Sriram Satyavolu, Kentucky Country Day
Intel Excellence in Computer Science
Robotics and Intelligent Machines: Diya Mathur and Sophia Korner, duPont Manual High School
Kentucky Society of Natural History
First Place: Cindy Wan and Emma Cammack, duPont Manual
Second Place: Catherine Meadows, Notre Dame Academy
Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics
Mathematics: Ken Ryumae, Larry A. Ryle High School
NASA Earth System Science Award
Earth & Environmental Science: Tanya Gupta and Natasha Gupta, Ballard High School
NOAA – Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award
Earth & Environmental Science: Varun Hariprasad, Tates Creek Middle School
Ricoh Sustainable Development Award
Engineering Mechanics: Rachel Spaulding, Eastern High School
Society for In Vitro Biology
Translational Medical Science: Sophie Lai, duPont Manual
Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Environmental Engineering: Conor Blackburn, duPont Manual High School
Embedded Systems: Anjali Chadha, duPont Manual High School
Environmental Engineering: Adithya Iyengar and Louis Yang, duPont Manual High School
U.S. Metric Association
Mathematics: Deev Talati, duPont Manual High School
Yale Science and Engineering
Translational Medical Science: Sophie Lai, duPont Manual H.S.
Broadcom MASTERS Middle School Awards
Shreeya Arora, Meyzeek Middle School
Sarvesh Babu, Meyzeek Middle School
Sophia Bryant, St. Francis of Assisi
Elke Coenders, Bryan Station Middle School
Megan Crouch, St. Agnes Elementary School
Jacob Deere, St. Agnes Elementary School
Rohin Dutt, Meyzeek Middle School
Eliza Gallagher, St. Francis of Assisi
Abigail Gay, Trinity Christian Academy
Grace Hovekamp, St. Francis of Assisi
Vivienne Lucier, Tates Creek Middle School
Seth McAfee, St. Francis of Assisi
Adrian Morris, St. Francis School
Charlie Murr, St. Francis of Assisi
Mina Ryumae, Gray Middle School
Kyle Sanderfer, St. Francis of Assisi
Murari Srinivasan, Meyzeek Middle School
Gwyneth Thomas, St. Agnes Elementary School
Sowmyan Viswanathan, Meyzeek Middle School
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