Several students from the Mid-Columbia Regional Science and Engineering Fair participated in the 2021 Washington State Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF), which was also held as a virtual fair in 2021. Congratulations to the following Mid-Columbia students who earned awards at the 2021 Washington State Science and Engineering Fair!
1st Place Ribbons – grades 9-12
Jenna Barger, Nikhita Bontha, Mia Dang, Augustin Dulauroy, Nayeli Espinoza, Kaiden Frank, Anika Halappanavar, Sankar Harilal, Maria Herrera, Patrick Kovis, Daniel Li, Joshua Oliver, Haley Rodriguez, Hennessy Rodriguez, Flor Solis
1st Place Ribbons – grades 6-8
Morgan Brendel, Prayrona Choudhury, Ethan Gotthold, Ananya Gubba, Advaitha Motkuri, Navaj Nune, Owen Rothwell, Srithan Thallapally
Special Awards – grades 9-12
Association for Women Geoscientists ~ National Award for Geoscience Excellence : Celeste Vergara-Borges
Mu Alpha Theta ~ Mathematics Award : Joshua Olivier
Navy League of U.S. Bremerton/Olympic Peninsula Council ~ STEM Awards : Nikhita Bontha
Office of Naval Research ~ Naval Science Award : Nikhita Bontha, Sankar Harilal
Plant Sciences Achievement Award : Flor Solis
Puget Sound Institute of Food Technologists Award : Mia Dang
Water Environment Federation ~ U.S. Regional Stockholm Junior Water Prize : Hailey Schlosser
Wolfram Research, Inc. Award : Nikhita Bontha, Mia Dang, Maria Herrera, Joshua Oliver, Emma Schenck
Special Awards – grades 6-8
Broadcom MASTERS ~ Award Nominations : Morgan Brendel, Prayrona Choudhury, Ethan Gotthold, Ananya Gubba, Advaitha Motkuri, Navaj Nune, Owen Rothwell, Srithan Thallapally
Central Valley Garden Club ~ Earth & Planetary Sciences Award: Prayrona Choudhury, Srithan Thallapally
Robert M. Lugg M.D. ~ Exceptional Merit Award for Medicine and Health Sciences : Lillian Henley
Environmental Science Research Award : Srithan Thallapally
Health and Fitness Award : Leah Nguyen, Morgan Brendel
Margaret I Lugg Young Explorer Award: Lily Stout, Eden Henderson
City of Bremerton ~ Mayor Greg Wheeler’s Challenge : Prayrona Choudhury
Medicine and Health Award : Nicole Samaan
Modern & Medieval Woodturning ~ Best use of Wood Award : Owen Rothwell
Mildred and Mirko Misic Memorial Awards : Prayrona Choudhury
Navy League of the US Bremerton/Olympic Peninsula Council STEM Award: Prayrona Choudhury, Ananya Gubba
Origami Math and Science Award: Prayona Choudhury, Brooke Posada
Washington State Dental Association ~ Oral Health : Brynn Lenz
WSSEF Best of Category ~ Grade 6 : Prayrona Choudhury
WSSEF Best of Category ~ Grade 8 : Navaj Nune
Learn more about WSSEF at their website: https://wssef.org/