Winners announced in Region I and IV Mississippi Science Fair

More than 120 elementary, middle, and high school students showcased their scientific research to judges in the Region I and IV Mississippi Science Fair on Thursday at USM Gulf Park Campus in Long Beach.

The winners will advance to the State Fair in Starkville on March 28, with a chance to represent Mississippi in the National Science Fair in California in May.

The annual event included participants from the coastal counties and Hattiesburg. Dr. Julie Cwikla, director of the Center for STEM Education, said she was inspired as she inspected the projects set up in Hardy Hall.

“It’s truly inspiring to walk around these projects and see the future scientists, engineers, and innovators of tomorrow,” said Dr. Cwikla.

Projects included categories in behavioral and social sciences, engineering and mechanics, microbiology, plant sciences, organic chemistry and more. The goal is to offer opportunities for students to engage in STEM education, independent work and develop critical thinking.

Here is a list of winners from Thursday’s Science Fair:

SPECIAL AWARDS

Army – Maliyah Lett
Navy – Brandon Longoria, Haley Longoria
Air Force 7th-8th Grade – De’Sean Carter, Lily Congleton, Addison Cuevas
9th –10th Grade – Kai Davis, Ka’miah Webb
11th-12th Grade – Adler Isabella Brogdon
AWG Award – Haley Longoria
EPA Award – De’Sean Carter, Lily Congleton, Addison Cuevas, Natalia Flores, Layton Peleaz, Cannon Parker, Alden Morris
Justice Manning Environmental Excellence Award – Elijah Balderas
NASA Award – Taylor Sutton
Office of Naval Research – 9-12 – Parker Talley, Elijah Balderas
7-8 – Zarian Holder, Vivianne Rogers
Regeneron Award – Kai Davis, Ka’miah Webb
RICOH Award – Brandon Longoria, Haley Longoria
US Metric Award – Brandon Longoria, Haley Longoria
USAID Award – Madilyn Dickinson
Yale Award – Alden Morris

International Science and Engineering Fair
Finalist – Madilyn Dickinson
Title: Illuminating Minds: Shining a Light on Atypical Dyslexia Therapies

Finalist – Adler Isabella Brogdon
Title: Efficacy of TAK-003 (Qdenga) Recombinant Chimeric Attenuated Vaccine Collated with Gross Environmental Reverberation of Bangladeshi Preventative EffortsAlternate – Ashleigh Sutton
Title: Radiopaque Squeaker

CATEGORY AWARDS

Class 1 – 1st-3rd grades
Behavioral & Social Sciences
1st Place Hadley Coker
Biochemistry
1st Place Ellen Hanley
Inorganic Chemistry
1st Place Griffin Young
2nd Place Edwin Seelye
Organic Chemistry
1st Place Sawyer DeoCampo
2nd Place Rose Miller
Earth and Environmental Science
2nd Place Harrison Markle
3rd Place Evelyn Markle
Animal Sciences
1st Place Mary Vic Sanderson
2nd Place Margie Gammon
3rd Place Charleston Gattis
Biomedical and Health Sciences
1st Place Olivia Mihnovets
2nd Place Andi Bertrand
Physics and Astronomy
1st Place Emerson Miller
2nd Place Clark Kowalewski
3rd Place Michael Ross
Engineering and Mechanics
1st Place George Sanderson
Math and Intelligent Machines
1st Place Piper Reese Walker
Class 2 – 4th-6th grades
Behavioral & Social Sciences
1st Place Symphony Jones
Inorganic Chemistry
1st Place Lilah Congleton
2nd Place Beau Pinson
3rd Place Anna Kowalewski
4th Place Joseph Hardy
5th Place Allie Rodgers
Organic Chemistry
1st Place Kyler Spicer
2nd Place Thomas Sanderson
3rd Place Dallas Gillum
Earth and Environmental Science
1st Place Maverick Buckner
2nd Place Riley Beasley
3rd Place Amelia Jones
4th Place Skyaja Choyce
5th Place Ella Snell
Animal Sciences
1st Place Isabella Thomas
1st Place Lennon Stevens
1st Place Katie Lynn Bynum
2nd Place Liam Frost
Biomedical and Health Sciences
1st Place Juliana Miller
2nd Place Beatrix Mallinger
Microbiology
1st Place Ella Clark
2nd Place Sadie Swann
3rd Place Wade Robertson
Physics and Astronomy
1st Place Cohen Bruni
2nd Place Jarret Hickman
3rd Place Luke Caldwell
4th Place Kenneth Dearman
5th Place Luke Perez
Engineering and Mechanics
1st Place Ariah Breland
2nd Place Rayce Harder
3rd Place Channing Bennke
4th Place Aiden Kintner
5th Place Damian Guice
Hon Men Jordan Cates
Math and Intelligent Machines
1st Place Colt Pearson Jr.
2nd Place Tatum Jean Walker
3rd Place Brayden Lard
Plant Sciences
1st Place Ainsley Davis
Class 3 – 7th-8th grades
Behavioral & Social Sciences
1st Place Nate Watson
2nd Place Zarian Holder
Inorganic Chemistry
1st Place Michael Hendrix
2nd Place Delilah Roussel
3rd Place Stella O’Keefe
Earth and Environmental Science
1st Place Vivianne Rogers
2nd Place De’Sean Carter, Lily Congleton, Addison Cuevas
3rd Place Natalia Flores, Layton Peleaz, Cannon Parker
4th Place Lola Elliot
5th Place Makaiah Lobach
5th Place Anna Mills Findley, Carianne Crosby, Jacob Bealer
HM Bret Newman
Physics and Astronomy
1st Place Lawson Eaton
Microbiology
1st Place Emily Ao
Engineering and Mechanics
1st Place Ishaan Kalluru
Plant Sciences
1st Place Gibson Jones
Class 4 – 9th-10th grades
Behavioral & Social Sciences
1st Place Kennedy Dubose, Taylor Thornton
2nd Place Maliyah Lett
Biochemistry
1st Place Donovan Marin, Bailey Madsen
2nd Place Andrew Crumbly, Robert Morales

Inorganic Chemistry
1st Place Frank “Ryland” Bertucci, Graham “Mac” Clark
2nd Place Juliana Flores, Jatziri Padila
Earth and Environmental Science
1st Place Aniyah Davis
Biomedical and Health Sciences
1st Place Julianna Branch, Ella Wert

Microbiology
1st Place Kai Davis, Ka’miah Webb
2nd Place Christy Stevenson, Isabella Ponder
Physics and Astronomy
1st Place Caroline Clark, Brax “Cook” Clark
2nd Place Cameron Broom, Peter Barhonovich
3rd Place Leah Alvarez, Mary Evelyn Jakubik
4th Place Jackson Williams
Engineering and Mechanics
1st Place Parker Talley
2nd Place Caleb Blanchard
3rd Place Jaythan McDonald
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
1st Place John Ray
2nd Place Elijah Balderas
Plant Sciences
1st Place Nhan LE
Class 5 – 11th-12th grades
Behavioral & Social Sciences
1st Place Madilyn Dickinson
2nd Place Ava Sutton, Juju Robertson
3rd Place Scott Acosta, Adam Baldwin
4th Place William Karcher
Biochemistry
1st Place Keira Galbraith
Inorganic Chemistry
1st Place Brandon Longoria, Haley Longoria
Organic Chemistry
1st Place Carsen Centanni, Gracie Chatelain
Earth and Environmental Science
1st Place Taylor Sutton
Animal Sciences
1st Place Ashleigh Sutton
Biomedical and Health Sciences
1st Place Adler Isabella Brogdon
Physics and Astronomy
1st Place Bennett Rimes, Andrew Lowery
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
1st Place Richard Okoniewski, Brian Skrmetti, Ella Nguyen
Plant Sciences
1st Place Savanna Wild
2nd Place Alden Morris