Several Mid-Columbia students presented their projects at the Washington State Science and Engineering Fair in early April. Congratulations to the following students who won 1st place awards for their work:
High School:
| Luis | Alvarez | 9 | Do Organic and Non-organic potatoes have the same nutrients? |
| Aashrita | Bhamidimarri | 10 | Controlling Agricultural Pollution: ‘Root’ for Success |
| Prayrona | Choudhury | 9 | AquaScope: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Multimodal AI in Diagnosing Water Quality Based on Environmental Context, Sensor Data and Visual Assessments |
| Noah | Collyer | 9 | How do different types of homemade fertilizer affect a plants growth and soils health. |
| Cade | Mears | 9 | How much bacteria can find in Dairy water troughs? |
| Advaitha | Motkuri | 11 | A Eye Intelligence: The Future of Disease Detection Through the Eyes |
| Navaj | Nune | 11 | A Comprehensive Evaluation of AI Frameworks for Accurate Object Detection and Enumeration of Visual Data for Environmental Remediation |
| Isabella | Pinto | 11 | How Magnetically Suspended Tires Utilizing High-Temperature Superconductivity and Electromagnetism Creates the Most Eco-Friendly Vehicle |
| Owen | Rothwell | 9 | Comparing Recycled Soda Bottle PET Plastic 3D Printing Filament Created With a Homemade Pultrusion Machine vs. Commercial New Material PETG Filament |
| Nicole | Samaan | 11 | Microgrid Optimization: The Future of Efficient, Reliable, and Autonomous Renewable Energy |
| Claire | Sheehan | 11 | Which form of biodegradable hydrogels will help conserve irrigation water in the farming industry? |
| Aylin | Sosa | 11 | How do additives affect a non-newtonian fluid? |
| Srithan | Thallapally | 10 | Rethinking Waste! Bioplastics from Banana Peels! |
| Marisabel | Zarazua Gomez | 12 | How do different vibration frequencies affect Nematoda and Annelida behavior? |
| Joslin | Zurita | 11 | How does ultraviolet radiation affect the amount of bacteria on synthetic skin substitutes? |
Middle School:
| Chloe | Custodio | 7 | Can Laundry Greywater be Reused for Hydroponics? |
| Theodore | Maier | 7 | The Best Shape for Ice Stupas |
| Akshath | Motkuri | 8 | Nail Ninja AI: Detecting Disorders Digitally |
| Rohan | Nune | 8 | Powering the Future: Iron-Based Batteries for Sustainable Energy Storage |
| Samuel | Wang | 7 | Sonic Fire Suppression: Investigating the Impact of Low-Frequency Waves to Revolutionize Fire Mitigation |