Record Entries Lead to 33 Science Fair Awards for Students
Central student Ankita Chatterjee won first place in the cellular and molecular biology category.
Des Moines Public Schools students qualified a district record 100 entries for the State Science Fair, held on March 28th at Hilton Coliseum on the campus of Iowa State University, and twenty-three students brought home a total of 33 awards.
Highlighting the haul was Ankita Chatterjee, who won a first place medallion for her project entitled Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma Detection Through Usage of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms.
Today the Iowa State Science Fair, tomorrow the Nobel Prize. Congratulations to all of the young scientists!
The following is a list of students, their school, the title of their project, and the award they earned:
| Award Name | Place | Student Name | School | Project Title |
| U.S. Metric Association | James Simmons-Waters | Brody Middle School | Electric Lead | |
| 7th Grade Physical | Honorable Mention | John Goode | Brody Middle School | The Effect of Roller Coaster Type on the Speed of the Car |
| 7th Grade Physical | Sixth Place | Samuel Berg | Brody Middle School | The Effect of Different Filters on the Cleanliness of Water |
| BROADCOM MASTERS | Samuel Berg | Brody Middle School | The Effect of Different Filters on the Cleanliness of Water | |
| US Stockholm Junior Water Prize Sponsored by the Iowa Water Environment Federation | Samuel Berg | Brody Middle School | The Effect of Different Filters on the Cleanliness of Water | |
| 7th Grade Biological | Sixth Place | Chloe O’Connor | Cowles Montessori | CONFORMITY |
| BROADCOM MASTERS | Chloe O’Connor | Cowles Montessori | CONFORMITY | |
| 7th Grade Biological | Fifth Place | Louise Bequeaith | Cowles Montessori | Antibiotic Resistance |
| BROADCOM MASTERS | Louise Bequeaith | Cowles Montessori | Antibiotic Resistance | |
| 6th Grade Biological | Fourth Place | Madeline Moody | Cowles Montessori | Reaction Time |
| BROADCOM MASTERS | Madeline Moody | Cowles Montessori | Reaction Time | |
| 6th Grade Biological | Fifth Place | Risa Vandegrift | Cowles Montessori | What’s in a Name? |
| BROADCOM MASTERS | Risa Vandegrift | Cowles Montessori | What’s in a Name? | |
| Category of Cellular & Molecular Biology | Honorable Mention | Akanksha Chilukuri | Central Campus | Sweet Results from the Cacao Genome: Marker Assisted Selection |
| Excellence in Integrated Pest Management | Akanksha Chilukuri | Central Campus | Sweet Results from the Cacao Genome: Marker Assisted Selection | |
| Category of Cellular & Molecular Biology | First Place | Ankita Chatterjee | Central Campus | Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma Detection Through Usage of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms |
| Category of Microbiology | Honorable Mention | Anna Brown | Central Campus | The Effectiveness of Hand Sanitizer |
| Category of Cellular & Molecular Biology | Second Place | Caitlyn McGrew | Central Campus | Liquid Soap vs.Sanitizer |
| Category of Cellular & Molecular Biology | Second Place | Mikolina Lowe | Central Campus | Feeding Cups; Are they Really Clean? |
| ISU College of Agriculture & Life Sciences | Mikolina Lowe | Central Campus | Feeding Cups; Are they Really Clean? | |
| 6th Grade Biological | Honorable Mention | Aleck O’Brien | Merrill Middle School | Nitrates In Iowa Waterways |
| ISU Program for Women in Science & Engineering | Faiza Naseer | Merrill Middle School | How Does Heat Affect the Frequency of Sound? | |
| 7th Grade Biological | Second Place | Gabriel Vald | Merrill Middle School | Is Gaming Speeding You Up? |
| BROADCOM MASTERS | Gabriel Vald | Merrill Middle School | Is Gaming Speeding You Up? | |
| 7th Grade Biological | Fourth Place | Helena Anderson | Merrill Middle School | The Water Quality of the Raccoon River Watershed |
| BROADCOM MASTERS | Helena Anderson | Merrill Middle School | The Water Quality of the Raccoon River Watershed | |
| 6th Grade Biological | Second Place | Luke Beeman | Merrill Middle School | Selective Attention |
| BROADCOM MASTERS | Luke Beeman | Merrill Middle School | Selective Attention | |
| 6th Grade Physical | Honorable Mention | Rezin Tempero | Merrill Middle School | Computer Memory of a Character |
| Category of Chemistry | Third Place | Abby Espinosa-Gonzalez Bellolio | North High School | Testing the Durability of Transformed Styrofoam |
| ISU Program for Women in Science & Engineering | Abby Espinosa-Gonzalez Bellolio | North High School | Testing the Durability of Transformed Styrofoam | |
| Category of Energy & Transportation | Third Place | Benny Nielsen | Roosevelt High School | eShades: Photovoltaic Energy Blinds |
| ASM Materials Education Foundation | Benny Nielsen | Roosevelt High School | eShades: Photovoltaic Energy Blinds |
