Several Mid-Columbia students presented their projects at the Washington State Science and Engineering Fair March 28-29, 2025.
Isabella Pinto, from Hanford HS, was named WSSEF’s Silver Grand Champion, winning an all-expenses paid trip to present her project at ISEF!
Samuel Wang, from Enterprise MS, won the overall Best of Grade 8 Award!
Congratulations to the following students who won 1st place awards for their work:
High School
| Aashrita | Bhamidimarri | 11 | An AI Based Personalized Allergy Alert System |
| Dayanara | Bracamontes | 10 | How does the amount of sugars vary in fallen leaves? |
| Leonardo | Campos | 9 | How do environmental factors affect the physiology of crickets? |
| Prayrona | Choudhury | 10 | AquaLink -Determining Freshwater Species Abundance Using the Multiscale Convergence of Chemical and Biological Processes |
| Angel | Joshi | 11 | From Mutation to Malignancy: Informatic Investigation of Glioblastoma Protein Alterations |
| Ethan | Lopez | 10 | What are the effects of mulch on different types of soil? |
| Jimena | Mondragon | 11 | Can fruit extracts from field waste be used to create a low-cost biofertilizer? |
| Advaitha | Motkuri | 12 | ASDetect: Detecting Early Signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder Using AI-Based Facial Recognition Techniques |
| Rohan | Nune | 9 | Bridging Health: Revealing the Connection Between Periodontal Disease and Diabetes |
| Isabella | Pinto | 12 | How a High-Temperature Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage System Can Be Implemented in Vehicles as an Exceptionally Eco-Friendly Power Supply |
| Sonali | Santhosh | 11 | Cracking the Seizure Code: A Deep Learning Approach to Neonatal Seizure Detection Utilizing Hybrid Architecture for Multi-Scale EEG Analysis |
| Aarav | Shrivastava | 9 | Applying Deep Learning for Wildfire Identification: Economical and Accessible Solutions Leveraging Small Datasets |
| Sydney | West | 12 | The Design and Engineering of an Intelligent Remotely Operated Vehicle for Coral Reef Research and Monitoring |
Middle School
| Chloe | Custodio | 8 | Creating a Fish Trap Structure to Capture Microplastics |
| Sophia | Samaan | 7 | Wind Turbine Efficiency: How Does Shape and Angle of Wings Yield Maximum Power in Producing Green Hydrogen? |
| Samuel | Wang | 8 | Sonic Fire Suppression: Multimodal Acoustic Frequency Modulation and Fire Dynamics Analysis |
