BEST OF FAIR
HIGH SCHOOL – Life Sciences
First Place: Robi Bolli, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Saisha Dhar, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Third Place: Sonia Nagpal, duPont Manual High School
HIGH SCHOOL – Physical Sciences
First Place: David Vulakh, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Second Place: Elizabeth Gallagher, duPont Manual High School
Third Place: Lauren Sotingeanu, North Laurel High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL – Life Sciences
First Place: Anirudh Srinivasan, Meyzeek Middle School
Second Place: Emerson Wyatt, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
Third Place: Prisha Tyagi, Meyzeek Middle School
MIDDLE SCHOOL – Physical Sciences
First Place: Shraman Kar, Meyzeek Middle School
Second Place: Fahmeeda Mohammad, Nur Islamic School, Louisville
Third Place: Gerald Winkler, Morton Middle School
CATEGORY WINNERS
ANIMAL SCIENCES
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Lea Yiannikouris, Paul Laurance Dunbar High School
Second Place: Garret Ritchie, Kenott County Central High School
Third Place: TIE
Darby Tassell, Gatton Academy of Science & Mathematics
Darian Wicker, Ballard High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Emma Natof, Beaumont Middle School
Second Place: Brody Peters, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
Third Place: AnneGracy Liberal, Ayushi Yadav, Meyzeek Middle School
BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Sonia Nagpal, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Henry Blyth, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Third Place: Julia Werner, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Thomas Kang, Meyzeek Middle School
Second Place: Annemarie Murr, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
Third Place: Lucy Doyle, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
BIOCHEMISTRY
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Joe Jenkins, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Second Place: Mohammad Rashad, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Third Place: Rohin Dutt, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Margaret Beatty, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
Second Place: Haasini Beeram, SCAPA at Bluegrass
Third Place: Ellery Reynolds, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Ibrahim Jouja, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Nasim Mohammadzadeh, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Third Place: Peyton Varney, June Buchanan School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Prisha Tyagi, Meyzeek Middle School
Second Place: Chloe Nunn, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
Third Place: Leah Niemann, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Shreyas Kar, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Anna Engelman, Abigail Wilbers, Ignite Institute
Third Place: TIE
Varun Chandrashekhar, duPont Manual High School
Adam Lapinski, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Anirudh Srinivasan, Meyzeek Middle School
Second Place: Sargun Kaur, Meyzeek Middle School
Third Place: Laura Petruska, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Saisha Dhar, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Second Place: Aditi Kona, North Oldham High School
Third Place: Luke Mo, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Emerson Wyatt, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
Second Place: Katie Quinn, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
Third Place: Kiran Koul, Beaumont Middle School
CHEMISTRY
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Gia Mendiratta, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Lauren Cail, Ballard High School
Third Place: Fernando Macchiavello Cauvi, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Liam Amick, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
Second Place: Mahallah Saadiq, Morton Middle School
Third Place: Maria Becraft, Blessed Sacrament School
COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Alan Luo, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Second Place: Sarvesh Babu, Pranav Kanmadikar, duPont Manual High School
Third Place: Dhiraj Kanneganti,duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: —
Second Place: —
Third Place: —
(no Middle School projects entered at state fair)
EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Gokul Achaththekoot, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Tharanie Subramaniam, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Third Place: Phoebe Boylan, Brian Schwartz, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Gerald Winkler, Morton Middle School
Second Place: Sivani Babu, Nivedha Ramabadran, Meyzeek Middle School
Third Place: Aiden Vilo, Meyzeek Middle School
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Nimish Mathur, Demos Negash, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Mayukha Bhamidipati, duPont Manual High School
Third Place: Mason Steineker, North Oldham High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Fahmeeda Mohammad, Nur Islamic School Louisville
Second Place: Saveer Jain, Meyzeek Middle School
Third Place: Richard Lian, Meyzeek Middle School
ENERGY: SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS & DESIGN
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Viyathma Hapuarachchi, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Shirlin Kingston, duPont Manual High School
Third Place: Jackson Gabbard, Parker Stewart, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Kai Bauer, Model Laboratory School
Second Place: Amina Albarqawi, Shazia Shaik, Nur Islamic School Louisville
Third Place: —
ENGINEERING MECHANICS
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: William Ding, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Second Place: Murari Srinivasan, duPont Manual High School
Third Place: Ashrith Garimella, Cameron Watson, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Lars Myrup, Morton Middle School
Second Place: Douglas Lin, Meyzeek Middle School
Third Place: Ananya Polepalli, Meyzeek Middle School
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Lauren Sotingeanu, North Laurel High School
Second Place: Kiera Fehr, Henry Clay High School
Third Place: Aditi Talegaonkar, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Shraman Kar, Meyzeek Middle School
Second Place: Jordan Balsamo, Shraman Kar, Meyzeek Middle School
Third Place: Charlotte Blevins, Home School, Laurel County
MATERIALS SCIENCE
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Elizabeth Gallagher, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Sowmyan Viswanathan, duPont Manual High School
Third Place: Natalie Janzaruk, Notre Dame Academy High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Isaac Stroud, Saint Francis of Assisi
Second Place: Oliver Carmack, Saint Francis of Assisi
Third Place: Lucy Vanderhoff, Meyzeek Middle School
MATHEMATICS
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Shubh Gupta, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Jason Wang, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Third Place: Diamond Edwards, Valley High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Justin Huang, Meyzeek Middle School
Second Place: Bridget Yun, Morton Middle School
Third Place: Jackson Mulvihill, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
MICROBIOLOGY
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Elaina Render, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Anne Liang, duPont Manual High School
Third Place: Emma Jinright, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Lucy Teng, Meyzeek Middle School
Second Place: Mary Ballantine, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
Third Place: Nithin Senthilvel, Meyzeek Middle School
PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: James Gonzalez, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Rohan Rauch, Hugh Skinker, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Third Place: Molly Kleier, Notre Dame Academy High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Owen Hartmann, Daniel Lukyanchuk, Meyzeek Middle School
Second Place: Cooper Osborne, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
Third Place: Jonathan Ghazala, Saint Agnes Elementary School
PLANT SCIENCES
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Jamari Taylor, Henry Clay High School
Second Place: Jash Pola, duPont Manual High School
Third Place: Taylor Bellomy, Kendal Jones, Boyd County High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Mattie Diehl, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
Second Place: Taylor Webb, Christ the King Elementary School
Third Place: Iris Apple, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
ROBOTICS AND INTELLIGENT MACHINES
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Rohan Ghiya, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Nicole Wong, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Third Place: Matthew Diamond, Gracie Terry, Greenup County High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Shreyas Ghare, Meyzeek Middle School
Second Place: Zahra Chasmawala, Meyzeek Middle School
Third Place: Carissa Stahl, Saint Agnes Elementary School
SYSTEMS SOFTWARE
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: David Vulakh, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Second Place: Grace Goff, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Third Place: Shridha Rajeswar, duPont Manual High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Yash Pathak, Meyzeek Middle School
Second Place: Tanner Aslan, Kammerer Middle School
Third Place: Arjun Parmar, Meyzeek Middle School
TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Robi Bolli, duPont Manual High School
Second Place: Aysha Khan, duPont Manual High School
Third Place: Khalid Rashad, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Vedha Balamurugan, North Oldham Middle School
Second Place: Liv Ashley, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
Third Place: Harrison Jeffreys, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
SPECIAL AWARDS
Dr. Barbara Ramey Physical Sciences Award
Jaley Adkins and Madison Slone, Belfry High School
Dr. Robert Creek Life Sciences Award
Jaley Adkins and Madison Slone, Belfry High School
U. S. Armed Forces Awards
Army:
Seun Adekunle, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Phoebe Boylan, duPont Manual High School
Jackson Gabbard, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Parker Stewart, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Varun Hariprasad, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Air Force – High School:
Nimish Mathur, duPont Manual High School
Demos Negash, duPont Manual High School
Air Force – Middle School:
George Bryant, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
Arjun Parmar, Meyzeek Middle School
Navy – High School:
Varun Chandrashekhar, duPont Manual High School
Navy – Middle School:
Todd Prater, Duff-Allen Central Elementary
Amazon Innovation Award
HIGH SCHOOL
First Place: Seun Adekunle, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Second Place: Kierra George-Bonner, Central High School
Third Place: Jamari Taylor, Henry Clay High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
First Place: Jacob Estep, Jenkins Independent Elementary
Second Place: Isabella Eerenberg, Olivia Patton, Body County Middle School
Third Place: Kevin Stone, Carrithers Middle School
American Institute of Professional Geologists – Kentucky Chapter
Tharanie Subramaniam, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
American Meteorological Society
Murari Srinivasan, duPont Manual High School
American Psychological Association
Khalid Rashad, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
ASM Material Education Foundation
Jedidiah Tillman, Yafet Zewdie, Eastern High School
Association for Women Geoscientists
Tharanie Subramaniam, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Lemelson Early Inventor Prize – The Lemelson Foundation
Oliver Carmack, Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honor Society
Shubh Gupta, duPont Manual High School
NASA Earth System Science Award
Charlotte Blevins, Home School, Laurel County
NOAA – Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award
Shraman Kar, Meyzeek Middle School
Ricoh Sustainable Development Award
Leah Blevins, Joshuah, Boyd County High School
Society for In Vitro Biology
Renuka Gentela, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Shridha Rajeswar, duPont Manual High School
SJWP Nominees:
Bhanusri Satyavolu, Ballard High School
Allison Jones, Andrea Zeis, Notre Dame Academy High School
Bella Marita, Notre Dame Academy High School
U. S. Agency for International Development
Vedha Balamurugan, North Oldham Middle School
U. S. Metric Association
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Yale Science & Engineering Association
Lauren Cail, Ballard High School
Broadcom MASTERS
Tanner Aslan, Kammerer Middle School
Maria Becraft, Blessed Sacrament School
Oliver Carmack, Saint Francis of Assisi
Lucy Doyle, Saint Francis of Assisi
Justin Huang, Meyzeek Middle School
Shraman Kar, Meyzeek Middle School
Sargun Kaur, Meyzeek Middle School
AnneGracy Liberal, Meyzeek Middle School
Leah Niemann, Saint Francis of Assissi
Chloe Nunn, Saint Francis of Assisi
Yash Pathak, Meyzeek Middle School
Brody Peters, Saint Francis of Assisi
Katie Quinn, Saint Francis of Assisi
Ellery Reynolds, Saint Francis of Assisi
Mahallah Saadiq, Morton Middle School
Nighin Senthilvel, Meyzeek Middle School
Isaac Stroud, Saint Francis of Assisi
Ayushi Yadav, Meyzeek Middle School
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