Region 7 Mississippi Science and Engineering Fair Awards

Awards of Excellence

Best of Class (Class III):
Alexandra Ritchie
Oxford Middle School
Topic: Effects of E-Liquids on Planarian: Regeneration

Best of Class (Class III) Alternate:
Prajwal Murthy
Oxford Middle School
Topic: Delivering Fever Medication Through Skin in Children

Best of Fair - ISEF Finalist (Class IV/V):
Vayd Ramkumar and Jackson Flowers
Mississippi School for Math and Science
Topic: Assimilation of Global Tropospheric Pollution Data: A Novel Spatiotemporal Model for Widespread Classification of Atmospheric Particulate Clusters (Year 2)

Best of Fair – ISEF Finalist (Class IV/V):
Keerthin Karthikeyan
Oxford High School
Topic: Styro-carbon 2.0: Enhancing the Adsorption Efficiency and Various Applications

Best of Category

Class III

Animal Sciences
James West
Grenada Middle School
Topic: Bones

Behavioral and Social Sciences
Elliot Bruce
Oxford Middle School
Topic: Uneasy Animations

Biochemistry
Mennah Ibrahim
Oxford Middle School
Topic: Linking Home Remedies to Recent Medicines

Biomedical and Health Services
Alexandra Ritchie
Oxford Middle School
Topic: Effects of E-Liquids on Planarian: Regeneration

Earth and Environmental Science
Darshi Kher
Grenada Middle School
Topic: Why Doesn’t the Ocean Freeze?

Organic Chemistry
Faith Henderson
Grenada Middle School
Topic: How Does Paper Change its Color?

Physics and Astronomy
John Dolan
Oxford Middle School
Topic: Capturing Cosmic Rays at Light Speed in a Cloud

Plant Sciences
Rishi Nautival
Oxford Middle School
Topic: Bitter Melon, a Miracle Fruit to Control Diabetes: Its Cultivation and Selection of High Yielding Varieties

Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Brianna Armstrong
Sacred Heart School
Topic: Line Following Blue Robotic

Class IV/V

Biochemistry
William Berry
Oxford High School
Topic: The Effects of the Enzyme Invertase on a Given Beverage’s Glucose Concentration Level

Biomedical and Health Services
Srujana Murthy
Oxford High School
Topic: Developing a Product to Minimize Secondhand Exposure of Nicotine in Children

Earth and Environmental Science
Jackson Flowers and Vayd Ramkumar
Mississippi School for Math and Science
Topic: Assimilation of Global Tropospheric Pollution Data: A Novel Spatiotemporal Model for Widespread Classification of Atmospheric Particulate Clusters (Year 2)

Engineering Mechanics
Trevor Allen
Mississippi School for Math and Science
Topic: Simulation of Low-Velocity Fluid Flow Over Airfoils to Optimize Use in Ion-Propulsion Systems

Inorganic Chemistry
Edmund Doerksen
Oxford High School
Topic: Ab Initio Calculations Reveal Unexpected Bonding Behavior in Hydrides: Insight into the Formation of Terrestrial Planets

Mathematics and System Software
Jesse Tran and Nathan Lechner
Mississippi School for Math and Science
Topic: Predicting the North Atlantic Oscillation Index Using Machine Learning Algorithms

Microbiology
Shanay Desai
Mississippi School for Math and Science
Topic: Evaluating the Efficacy of Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles with Aminopenicillians, Carbapenems, Third/Fourth Generation Cephalosporins, and Intracellular Antibiotics Against Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria

Physics and Astronomy
Jay Patel
Grenada High School
Topic: The Effects of Electricity on Plant Growth

Plant Sciences
Jay Patel
Grenada High School
The Effects of Electricity on Plant Growth

Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Luke Zhang
Oxford High School
Topic: K-6 Math Practice Bank