31st Annual St Lucie County Regional Science and Engineering
Fair (STEM) Competition Awards List
The 31st Annual STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Fair was host to over 240 middle and high school student projects. In the wide array of quality projects submitted, judges identified the top projects in each category based on rigorous rubrics accessing content and process.
PLACE AWARDS
Animal Science ANIM
Junior Division
- 1st Place – Emma Farr LPA
- 2nd Place – Farzeen Chagani LPA
- 3rd Place – Makinsie Hanson MAN
Senior Division
- 1st Place – Malaica Ashley LPA
- 2nd Place – Dakota Robinson TCHS
- 3rd Place – Alicia Torres TCHS
Behavioral & Social Science BEHA
Senior Division
- 1st Place – Justin McKinney FPWHS
- 2nd Place – Ariel Rubel and Alysa Santoro FPCHS
Biomedical & Health Science BMED
Junior Division
- 1st Place – Evelyn Hiller PPK
- 2nd Place – Bethany Clare and Lillian Demarias MDA
- 3rd Place – Autumn Thomas LPA
- Honorable Mention – Kiley Hsu MAN
Senior Division
- 1st Place – Yegor Bushnev and Kailee Larmon LPA
- 2nd Place – Ellyn Delano FPWHS
- 3rd Place – Gabriel Yrjola FPWHS
Chemistry CHEM
Junior Division
- 1st Place – Gabriela Barnabei MAN
- 2nd Place – Alexis Bentinganan LPA
- 3rd Place – Andrea Puentes NPK
- Honorable Mention – Ryan Rodriguez SLWK
Senior Division
- 1st Place – Liberty Juno FPWHS
- 2nd Place – Matthew Heady FPWHS
- 3rd Place – William Nelson LPA
- Honorable Mention – Niko Gavoni LPA
Cellular/Molecular Biology & Biochemistry CMBI
Junior Division
- 1st Place – John Melvin SLWK
- 2nd Place – Alexia Morgan PPK
- 3rd Place – Lundyn Smith APF
Senior Division
- 1st Place – Nagely Cruz and Nicole Vargas TCHS
- 2nd Place – Ibrahim Gheit LPA
- 3rd Place – Andrea Mottau LPA
- Honorable Mention- Nabila Rashid and Sumauria Hunter LPA
- Honorable Mention- Gabriel Foss FPWHS
Earth & Environmental Sciences EAEV
Junior Division
- 1st Place – Amaya Hernandez PPK
- 2nd Place – Melyna Vaudrin FGM
- 3rd Place – Milani Carpenter LPA
Senior Division
- 1st Place – Haley O’Connor FPCHS
- 2nd Place – Brooke Adam LPA
- 3rd Place – Jillian Markle PSLHS
- Honorable Mention – Brian Wu LPA
Environmental Engineering ENEV
Junior Division
- 1st Place – Robert Sansone WGK
- 2nd Place – Ethan Hatton SLWK
- 3rd Place – Kathryn Pinto LPA
- Honorable Mention: Gillian Ellis LPA
Senior Division
- 1st Place – Mariana Solanilla and Valerie Collins FPCHS
- 2nd Place – Kristiina Huhtamaki LPA
- 3rd Place- Aliyah Dan FPCHS
Engineering ENMS
Junior Division
- 1st Place – Annarose Hilhorst LPA
- 2nd Place – Nachbi Pierre LPA
- 3rd Place – Jayden Nargen LPA
- Honorable Mention – Maria Sierra Meza NPK
Senior Division
- 1st Place - Kieran Yarberry LPA
- 2nd Place – Vivek Talati LPA
- 3rd Place – Andrew Johnson LPA
- Honorable Mention – Leigh-Ann Spalding FPWHS
Intelligent Machines, Robotics & Systems Software IMRS
Junior Division
- 1st Place – Jonathan Thomas MDA
- 2nd Place – Landen Davis SOM
Senior Division
- 1st Place – Riley Holtzclaw SLWCHS
- 2nd Place – Christian Johnson FPCHS
- 3rd Place – Robert Thompson TCHS
Mathematics & Computational Sciences MACO
Junior Division
- 1st Place – Christian Keough WGK
- 2nd Place - Luke Retutal LPA
- 3rd Place – Nathan Kline WGK
Senior Division
- 1st Place – Sreya Banik LPA
- 2nd Place – Joseph Parr STA
Microbiology MICR
Junior Division
- 1st Place – Madison Adkins LPA
- 2nd Place – Ashwin Dhar PPK
Senior Division
- 1st Place – Nichapa Dancharnjitt LPA
- 2nd Place – Vraj Parikh LPA
- 3rd Place – Emily Persuad and Nicholas Bradley PSLHS
Physics & Astronomy PHYS
Junior Division
- 1st Place – Calum Kingery LPA
- 2nd Place – Madison Davis LPA
- 3rd Place – Tomas Bhathena LPA
- Honorable Mention – Bhodi Wigglesworth LPA
- Honorable Mention – Thurston Boulay LPA
Senior Division
- 1st Place – Taygen Pannella FPWHS
- 2nd Place – Jennifer Lugo FPWHS
- 3rd Place – Krystyna Medina, Tyler Lugus de Leon, and Giovonnie Lewis TCHS
- Honorable Mention – Kate Casey FPCHS
Plant Sciences PLNT
Junior Division
- 1st Place – Madison Eldridge MAN
- 2nd Place – Sarah Stouky LPA
- 3rd Place – Taylor Copeland FGM
- Honorable Mention – Trevor Harris and Jansell Tielve OAK
Senior Division
- 1st Place – Callie Zheng LPA
- 2nd Place – Lillian Crawford LPA
- 3rd Place – Samantha Johnson FPWHS
2018 SPECIAL AWARDS
American Meteorological Society Award
- Kieran Yarberry LPA
- Samantha Johnson FPWHS
American Psychological Association Award for Achievement in Research in Psychological Science
- Alysa Santoro, and Ariel Rubel FPCHS
Association for Women Geoscientists
- Jillian Markle PSLHS
ASM—Materials Education Foundation
- Robert Sansone WGK
Broadcom MASTERS
- Emma Farr LPA
- Evelyn Hiller PPK
- Gabriela Barnabei MAN
- John Melvin SLWK
- Amaya Hernandez PPK
- Robert Sansone WGK
- Annarose Hilhorst LPA
- Jonathan Thomas II MDA
- Christian Keough WGK
- Madison Adkins LPA
- Calum Kingery LPA
- Madison Eldridge MAN
F.A.S.T. Award (Florida Association of Science Teachers)
- Robert Sansone WGK
Florida Water & Pollution Control Operators Association (FWPCOA) Region V (209)
Junior Projects
- Reis Wigglesworth LPA
- Bhodi Wigglesworth LPA
Senior Projects
- Mason Kozac LPA
- Aliyah Dan FPCHS
Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award
- Christian Johnson FPCHS
Mu Alpha Theta Award
- Lilian Crawford LPA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): “Taking the Pulse of the Planet” Award”
- Robert Sansone WGK
NASA Earth System Science Award (Intel)
- Kieran Yarberry LPA
Office of Naval Research
- Junior Project: Thomas Bhathena LPA
- Senior Project: Riley Holtzclaw SLWCHS
Publix Super Markets (4) Good Science Award
- Alysia Magana CAST
- Arianna Goycochea CAST
- John Melvin SLWK
- Melyna Vaudrin FGMS
- Brian Wu LPA
- Samantha Johnson FPWHS
- Emily Persuad PSLHS
- Nicholas Bradley PSLHS
Regeneron Science Talent Search
- Nicole Vargas and Nagley Cruz TCHS
- Sreya Banik LPA
- Joseph Parr STA
- Callie Zheng LPA
- Jolene Megino TCHS
RICOH Americas Corporation: Regional Ricoh Sustainable Development Award
- Andrea Herrara-Brizuela and Courtney Wallace TCHS
Sherry Reed Marine Biology Award
- Robert Sansone WGK
Society for In Vitro Biology
- Callie Zheng LPA
St. Lucie County Fair
Mega Pass
- Nicole Vargas TCHS
- Nagly Cruz TCHS
2 Mega Passes
- Dominic Bowen SGA
- Demari Bowen SGA
2 Gate Passes
- Haley O’Connor FPCH
- Ziyaas Mohammed LPA
- Nathan Brewer DMMS
- Guerloisha Desir MAN
- Juline Presuma OAK
- Amber Hobbs OAK
- Corbin Braverman OAK
- Aiden Sheenan OAK
St. Lucie County Master Naturalist Environmental Award – 2 awards ($75 each)
- Riley Holtzclaw SLWCHS
- Vraj Parikh LPA
St. Lucie Soil and Water Conservation District Award ($50 each)
- Junior Project: Robert Sansone WGK
- Senior Project: Haley O’Connor FPCHS
GRACE STOCK ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD
- Robert Sansone WGK
- Sophia Frey MDA
- Krystyna Medina, Tyler Lugus de Leon, and Giovonnie Lewis TCHS
US Air Force
- Serya Banik LPA
Stockholm Jr. Water Prize
- Samantha Johnson FPWHS
- Riley Holtzclaw SLWCHS
- Kristina Huhtamaki LPA
UF/IFAS College of Agriculture & Life Science Award
- Junior Sophia Frey MDA (800)
- Senior Callie Zheng LPA (1352)
Wal-Mart Distribution Center
- Nathan Brewer DMMS
- Robert Sansone WGK
US Metric Association
- Nicole Vargas and Nagely Cruz TCHS
YALE Science and Engineering Association - 11th Grade
- Jolene Megino TCHS
FLORIDA STATE SCIENCE FAIR QUALIFIERS
Junior Division
- Robert Sansone WGK
- Annarose Hilhorst LPA
- Jonathan Thomas MDA
- Madison Adkins LPA
- Luke Retutal LPA
- Ashwin Dhar PPK
Senior Division
- Nichapa Dancharnjitt LPA
- Sreya Banik LPA
- Nicole Vargas TCHS
- Nagely Cruz TCHS
- Joseph Parr STA
- Vraj Parikh LPA
- Callie Zheng LPA
- Lilian Crawford LPA
INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FAIR QUALIFIERS
- Nichapa Dancharnjitt LPA
- Sreya Banik LPA
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