Congratulations to the New Rochelle High School Science Research Program! Twenty young scientists in the program took home 24 awards – including two grand prizes – and more than $3,300 in cash and prizes at the prestigious Westchester Science and Engineering Fair Thursday night. “I am ecstatic about the achievements of our talented, dedicated students!” said Jeff Wuebber, director of the program and a science teacher at the high school. “Their incredible curiosity, motivation and tenacity were on display in each of their projects. Recognition at this elite science fair further validates their amazing efforts.” The students celebrated their successes with a pizza party after school last Friday.
The grand-prize winners:
- Anna Barlis was selected as an International Genius Olympiad Finalist and will compete this spring in a virtual contest against 1,200 students from 75 countries and 39 states. Her project observes the prevalence of adolescent trauma in a hospital setting as well as looking at trends across these pediatric cases.
- Senior Ella Harshman was selected as a finalist for Regeneron’s International Science and Engineering Fair, and will compete in person in Atlanta, Ga., May 7-13 against over 1,800 students from 75 countries at what is known as the Olympics of Science Fairs. Her project investigated placental tissue samples to assess differences between villus branching in placentas of children with Autism and placentas of children who do not have Autism.
Additional winners:
- Ella Harshman: First Place in Medicine and Health Sciences
- Andy Nunez: First Place in Biochemistry
- Anna Barlis: First Place in Behavioral Science
- Jessica Shapiro: Second Place in Behavioral Science
- Izzy Balachandran: Third Place in Medicine & Health
- Andrew Rittenberg: Third Place in Computational Bio/Bioinformatics
- Amanda Cao: Third Place in Behavioral Science
- Lila Ferrucci: Third Place in Behavioral Science
- Elena Adams: Third Place in Behavioral Science
- Alessandra Pappalardi: Fourth Place in Behavioral Science
- Maya Minnitti: Fourth Place in Behavioral Science
- Ariel Rosencrantz: Fourth Place in Behavioral Science
- Aviva Segal: Fourth Place in Animal Science
- Anthony D'Amato: Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Engineers Award, presented to students who exhibit the enthusiasm, desire, and intellect to engineer a better tomorrow
- Andy Nunez: Momentive: Solutions for a Sustainable World Award, awarded to outstanding projects in chemistry, biochemistry, and engineering
- Dylan Sadow: Office of Naval Research Award, for an outstanding project in science, technology, engineering, and/or mathematics
- Riley Fullerton: Office of Naval Research Award, for an outstanding projects in science, technology, engineering, and/or mathematics
- Sophia Pak: Excellence in Medical Research Award, for being a top research project in medicine and health, biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, microbiology, and neuroscience
- Julia Ecker: Excellence in Medical Research Award, for being a top research project in medicine and health, biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, microbiology, and neuroscience
- Jobin Binu Daniel: U.S. Agency for International Development Science Champion Award, for a project that has the potential to make an impact on addressing international development challenges
- Aviva Segal: American Meteorological Society Award, for creative scientific endeavors in atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrological sciences
Congratulations again to the entire New Rochelle High School science research team, their families, and program Director Wuebber!