Frederick, MD – Frederick County Public Schools held the Frederick County Secondary Science and Engineering Fair on March 23 at Tuscarora High School. More than 100 judges from the area reviewed dozens of projects.
The overall high school fair winners qualify to compete at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles from May 12-17. ThermoFisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge nominees are also eligible to compete nationally.
Top prizes are summarized below:
Overall High School Fair Winners:
Grand Prize: Urbana High’s Tarun Malarvasan, Karthik Muthukkumar and Pranav Sristy: “SAAR – Surgical Aid for Anatomical Reconstructions using Projector Based Augmented Reality and Computer Vision Systems”
Runner-up: Middletown High’s Neha Nair: “The Effect of Solar Proton Events on the Magnetic Field Strength in the South Atlantic Anomaly.”
Overall Middle School Fair Winners:
Grand Prize: Urbana Middle’s Bhargav Gobburu: “Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Automobile Safety”
Runner-Up: Urbana Middle’s Amrutha Thalla: “Comparing the Effect of Different Factors on the Separation of the DNA using Gel Electrophoresis.”
ThermoFisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge nominees:
- Daniel Augustine (Urbana Middle)
- Jathon Chen (Urbana Middle)
- Meera Datta (West Frederick Middle)
- Bhargav Gobburu (Urbana Middle)
- Sanjay Gobu (Windsor Knolls Middle)
- Shashvat Hariharan (Windsor Knolls Middle)
- Chase Johnson (Ballenger Creek Middle)
- Naga Kanchibhotla (Windsor Knolls Middle)
- Vrishabh Kolluru (Urbana Middle)
- Owen Liu (Urbana Middle)
- Nikhil Neelagiri (Urbana Middle)
- Nidav A Sojan (Urbana Middle)
- Amrutha Thalla (Urbana Middle)
First Place Cover Art Design Winners:
Urbana High’s Sophia Richards and New Market Middle’s Bella Webb