Students win science and engineering awards

Special to the Journal

 

The Houston Regional Science and Engineering Fair was held in

February with more than 750 projects submitted by secondary students from

Houston and Peach public schools, home schools and Sacred Heart. Forty-four

students won first place and qualified to compete at the state competition in

March at the University of Ga. In addition, four students won individual grand

prizes, with the high school students qualifying for the international competition

which will be in May in Phoenix.

 

Congratulations to all 44 winners, especially the grand champion, “best of the

best” winners:

« Ben

Gibbs, Bonaire Middle, for “The Effect of Household Items on a Powerline

Ethernet Network”

« Morgan

Carr, Feagin Mill Middle, for “Fantasy Fuels”

« Navin

Buxani, Houston County High, for “The Efficiency of Biodiesels from Various Oil

Sources”

« Namrata

Buxani, Houston County High, for “Proteolysis and Lipolysis of Goat and Cow

Yogurt.  (Namrata and Navin are brother and sister.)

 

The Fair is dedicated to the promotion of science exploration and

experimentation for students attending middle and high school.

 Professionals judged the students’ work, looking for scientific, creative

presentations, projects that contribute new information and projects that

reflect the student’s understanding of the topic. Many thanks to the businesses

that were Gold Sponsors: Lockheed Martin; Robins Regional Chamber of Commerce

Aerospace Industry Committee; and Peachbelt Medical Society.

Congratulations to the first-place

winners who qualified to compete at the 65th Georgia Science and Engineering

Fair which will be held in Athens at the University of Ga., March 21-23, 2013.

They are named below by school.

«   Bonaire Middle: Ben Gibbs, Hannah McClellan,

Savannah Stone, Kyle Kicklighter, Ebonie Crittenden, Mitchell Groover, Daniel

Hawthorne, Ashley Peek, Rebecca Grantham, Hannah Elliott, Celeste Chipman and

Katrina Ducre.    

«   Feagin Mill Middle: Morgan Carr, Tayelor Camp, Mary

Goodwin, George Liu, Amanda Lilley, Emily Pickens, Justin Hall, Heath Henry,

Hunter Henry, Adam Conway, Brent Hamm and Alisha Patel.

   

«   Huntington Middle: Peyton Goodman, Alyssa Etheridge, Scott Cummings,

Natalie Smith and Sabatino Miller.

«   Mossy Creek Middle: Aiza Aslam, Aaron Stinebaugh and Nick Chalout.

   

«   Northside Middle: Kaitlyn May, Princess Wynn and

Katie Keen. 

«   Perry Middle: Lauren Resetar.

«   Thomson Middle: Jared Cottrell, Brian Kelly and Kaylynn Wallace.

  

«   Warner Robins Middle: Maya Commodore and Caroline Bond.

   

«   Houston County High: Navin Buxani and Namrata Buxani. 

«   Warner Robins High: Tarah-Anne Abrigo, Juleva Doan and Phillip Loan.

   

Dr. Ann Williams-Brown, coordinator of

science, served as the director of the regional fair.

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