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Science And Engineering Fair Results

The results of the 2016 West Panhandle Science and Engineering Fair were announced his week an awards ceremony held at University of West Florida. The annual Science and Engineering Fair is a partnership of the College of Science and Engineering and the Escambia and Santa Rosa County School Districts.

Students who qualified to compete at the Florida State Science Fair will have an asterisk  by their name. Grand winners (two senior winners) are eligible to compete at the International Science and Engineering Fair, May 8-13 in Phoenix, AZ, and won $6000 scholarships from the University of West Florida. Junior Grand winners are eligible to compete at State.

Winners of specific events in the high school and middle school categories were:

Animal Sciences

1^st place – Skyler Flynn & Chase Creech – WFHS *

2^nd place – Serena Green, Grace Menzies & Kayla Lycus – BTWHS

Behavioral & Social Studies

GRAND – 1^st Place – Patricia McAuley, Holley Meany & Lauren Beall – PHS *

2^nd Place – Lillian Wiggins & Virginia Beall – PHS *

3^rd Place – Delaney McCall & Carly Fraser – PHS

Biomedical & Health Sciences

1^st Place – Eva DeSoi – PHS *

2^nd Place – Wesley Delware – EHS

3^rd Place – Ariana Evans – BTWHS

Cellular/Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

1^st Place – Sohail Mirza – PHS *

2^nd Place – Kinan Alsheikh & Carla Dias – PHS *

HM – MacKenzie Sutt & Elizabeth Teets – BTWHS

Chemistry

1^st Place – John Dixon & Justin Liu – PHS *

2^nd Place – Daniel Duong – BTWHS (* Senior Alternate)

3^rd Place – April Mendez – BTWHS

HM – Raymond Brown – EHS

HM – Rebecca Weatherspoon – BTWHS

Earth & Environmental Sciences

1^st Place – Kelly Wu – PHS *

2nd Place – Jonathan Billingslea – PHS *

3^rd Place – Reid Harwell – PHS

HM – Alexis Evans & Miya May – BTWHS

Engineering

GRAND 1^st Place – Alexander Pope – PHS *

2^nd Place – Matthew Arellano, Teri Laird & Sarah Quinlan – EHS

3^rd Place – Dakota Davison & Bailey Wilson – EHS

Environmental Engineering

1^st Place – Elleon Forty & Jeffrey Sutherland – PHS *

Intelligent Machines, Robotics & System Software

1^st Place – Geneva Anderson – WFHS *

2^nd Place Dina Razek, Drew Jimenez & Kareem Bataineh – PHS *

HM – Olivia Stanhope – WFHS

Mathematics & Computational Sciences

1^st Place – Omari Harris – BTWHS

HM – Henry Kimberi – WFHS

Microbiology

1^st Place – Greer Coffey  & Emily Dawson– BTWHS

2^nd Place – Jennifer Dean & Heidi Neumann – PHS

Physics & Astronomy

1^st Place – Xuan Ho & Joseph McCormack – PHS *

2^nd Place – Jacob Ferris – PHS (* Senior alternate)

3^rd Place – Rachael Chase & Samantha Cherry – EHS (* Senior Alternative)

HM – Amy Peterson – BTWHS

Plant Sciences

2^nd Place – Ashlyn Whittington – BTWHS

3^rd Place – Kyndall Rideau – BTWHS

Animal Sciences

1^st Place – Dana Amin – Saint Paul *

2^nd Place – Sarah Hamilton – Saint Paul (*Junior Alternate)

3^rd Place – Mariah Mack – Bellview Middle

3^rd Place – Cody Thomas – Ernest Ward Middle

HM – Kyla Brewer – Holley Navarre

Behavioral & Social Sciences

1^st Place – Hannah Meyers – Saint Paul *

2^nd Place – Emily Wentzel, Hope Fell & Lauren Lacour – Saint John’s *

3^rd Place – Gisel Martinez – Holley Navarre

HM – Seth Menzer – Holley Navarre

Biomedical & Health Sciences

1^st Place – Kaylee McDonald – Holley Navarre

2^nd Place – Madeline Mauzy – Holley Navarre

3^rd Place – Olivia Coleman – Holley Navarre

HM – Zhikembria Williams – Bellview Middle

HM – Mya Clegg – Bellview Middle

HM – Darah Schumpert – Holley navarre

Cellular/Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

1^st Place – Brooke Rayborn – Holley Navarre *

2^nd Place – Zachary Oestmann – Holley Navarre *

HM – Logan Wallace – Holley Navarre

HM – Lauren Miller – Holley Navarre

Chemistry

1^st Place – Mary Beloat – Holley Navarre *

2^nd Place – John Middleton – Saint Paul

3^rd Place – Emily White – Saint John’s

HM – Jessica Olson – Holley Navarre

HM – Jasmine Galvez – Saint Paul

Earth & Environmental Sciences

1^st Place – Chase Turner – Holley Navarre *

2^nd Place – Darcy Sullivan – Saint Paul *

3^rd Place – Meghan McGilley – Saint Paul

HM – Peter Mougey – Saint Paul

Engineering

1^st Place – Quin Baker, Jr. – Saint Paul *

2^nd Place – Katherine Fey – Holley Navarre (* Junior Aternate)

3^rd Place – Cameron Lange – Holley Navarre

HM – Mya Hamilton – Holley Navarre

Environmental Engineering

1^st Place – Claire Han – Brown Barge Middle *

2^nd Place – Kaleb Barrett – Holley Navarre

3^rd Place – Nathaniel Merrill –Gulf Breeze

Intelligent Machines, Robotics & System Software

GRAND 1^st Place – Regan Rudzki – Holley Navarre *

GRAND 1^st Place – Ravi Raj – Brown Barge Middle *

3^rd Place – Maddox DeMars – Holley Navarre

HM – D.Connor Vickery – Holley Navarre

Mathematics & Computational Sciences

1^st Place – Chance Cunningham – Holley Navarre *

HM – Mikael Patriarca – Bellview Middle

Microbiology

1^st Place – Payden Mouritsen – Brown Barge Middle *

2^nd Place – Mary Galloway – Saint Paul *

3^rd Place – Angelia Morris – Holley Navarre

HM – Olivia West – Saint Paul

HM – Callista Salazar – Holley Navarre

Physics & Astronomy

1^st Place – Kori Vertz – Warrington Middle *

2^nd Place – Timmy Hodges – Saint Paul *

3^rd Place – Julianna Cannon – Holley Navarre

HM – Meredith McGhee – Ernest Ward Middle

Plant Sciences

1^st Place – Isaiah Gurule-Rat – Saint John’s *

2^nd Place – Lillian Sylvia – Holley Navarre (* Junior Alternate)

3^rd Place – Austin Anderson – Holley Navarre

HM – Noah Buenaflor – Holley Navarre

Additional  Special Awards were also announced to include:

American Chemical Society–$100 to Sr. and $50 to Jr. Chemistry & Biochemistry for outstanding achievement in chemistry.  The winners for chemistry are Senior: team project of John Dixon & Justin Liu (PHS); junior, Mary Beloat (Holley Navarre). The winners for Biochemistry are senior, Sohail Mirza (PHS) and junior, Brooke Rayborn (Holley Navarre)

American Meteorological Society–A certificate of outstanding achievement in the field Meteorology is awarded to Jasiana Edwards (Holley Navarre), Miya May (BTWHS) and Alexis Evans (BTWHS).

American Psychological Association — The world’s largest association of psychologists, works to advance the creation, communication, and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people’s lives. A certificate for outstanding research in psychology is awarded to Patricia McAuley, Holley Meaney, and Lauren Beall (all PHS).

American Society of Civil Engineers/Pensacola Branch — Supporting this science fair for the first time this year, presented  with the following awards:

1^st place Sr. Division: Alexander Pope- $50 gift card and medal (PHS)

2^nd place Sr. Division: Jeffrey Sutherland & Elleon Forty – medals (PHS)

3^rd place Sr. Division: Bailey Wilson & Dakota Davison – medals (EHS)

1^st place Jr. Division: Claire Han-$50 gift card and medal (BBMS)

2^nd place Jr. Division: Quin Baker – medal (St. Paul)

3^rd place Jr. Dividsion: Ezra McKenna – medal  (Holley Navarre)

ASM Materials Education Foundation—Provided an award for the most outstanding exhibit in materials science. A certificate & a medallion for the best materials engineering project is awarded to Alexander Pope (PHS).

ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives: Recognized two Sr. projects for striving to find innovative solutions to humanity’s most challenging problems.  Geneva Anderson (WFHS) and Kelly Wu (PHS)will receive a certificate and will be nominated to enter for the Grand Prize, a trip to Arizona for the 2016 Sustainability Solutions Festival.

Association for Women Geoscientists: Awarded a Certificate of Achievement to recognize a female student whose project exemplifies high standards of innovativeness and scientific excellence in the geosciences was presented to Darcy Sullivan (St. Paul).

Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International: Awarded projects for their excellence in the categories of EAEV, ENMS, IMRS, and PHYS.  Each of the top three projects will receive $15 iTunes Cards. Top 3 will compete for a $500 award for the best project from the Three Rivers, East Panhandle and West Panhandle regional fairs. The top projects: Alexander Pope (PHS), Geneva Anderson (WFHS), Jonathan Billingslea (PHS).  Additionally, five more projects earned certificates of merit. Certificates were presented to: Kareem Bataineh (PHS), Drew Jiminez (PHS), Dina Razek (PHS), Ezra McKenna (Holley Navarre), Regan Rudzki (Holley Navarre), Samantha Cherry (EHS), Rachael Chase (EHS), Maddox DeMars (Holley Navarre) .