Clear Creek ISD Science Fair Grand Award winners show off their trophies as they stand with SAIC Program Manager and former astronaut Kenneth D. Cameron, left. They are, from left, Grand Award winner Kevin Cyr and runner up winners Allen Hu and Kushal Kadakia. Grand Award winner Perry Alagappan is not pictured.
The results have been tallied and the Clear Creek School District had some good news for about a hundred students as the winners of the 2012-2013 CCISD Science Fair were announced. More than 400 4th and 5th graders competed at the district level science fair.
“We had teacher volunteers from each of our 26 elementary schools who helped make the district fair a success,” said elementary science coordinator Anne Smith. “Our community of judges worked very hard to evaluate the projects and assign the awards.”
At the intermediate and high school level, 270 students competed in four divisions and 14 different categories. Winners were announced during a special award ceremony after projects were evaluated by teams of volunteer judges from the community.
They selected Grand Award winners and place winners. Approximately 100 Junior, Ninth and Senior division winners are eligible to advance to the Science Engineering Fair of Houston.
Winners of the Jesse A. Dorrington 2013 Grand Award are:
Jesse A. Dorrington 2013 Grand Award
Life Science – Kevin Cyr
Bridging the Gap Between in Vitro and in Vivo
Jesse A. Dorrington 2013 Grand Award
Physical Science – Perry Alagappan
Optical Characterization of SWNTS in a Magnetic Field
2013 Grand Award Runner Up
Life Science – Kushal Kadakia
Heavy Metal Removal Using Fe3O4 Nanoparticles II
2013 Grand Award Runner Up
Physical Science – Allen Hu
Effects of Calix(4) Pyrrole on Dye-Sensitized Cells
2013 CCISD Science Fair Special Awards
Swaralayam Arts Forum: Sound Music Through Science
9th/Senior Division
Sulochana Pattabhiraman Award
Rosie Fasullo
Drumming It Up
Honorable Mention
John Lin
Identifying Corresponding Sheet Music and Audio
Junior Division
Pattu Rajagopalan Award
Megan Flores and Ankita Rao
Shop the Beat: Effect of Music Tempo on Purchase Intentions
Honorable Mention
Isha Parupudi
The Effect of Music on HR and BP
CCISD District Fair Special Awards 2013 CCISD District Fair Special Awards also were given to students who completed a science fair project every year from Kindergarten through 12th grade. The “Lucky13” winners:
- Anne Arceneaux- CLHS
- Travis Banneyer – CBHS
- Brittney Butler – CBHS
- Allen Hu – CLHS
- Julia Kuchenmeister – CSHS
- Rohan Limaye – CBHS
- Chamali Raigama – CLHS
- Ryan Sharpe – CBHS
12-Year winners:
Amanda Bradley – CLHS
Elizabeth Craft – CFHS
Christopher Fleming – CFHS
Shyam Gaudhi – CBHS
Jasmin Gildere – CLHS
Harsh Gupta – CLHS
Patrick Harold – CLHS
Eric Ho – CLHS
Andrew Hood – CLHS
Sabrina Hussain – CLHS
Brenna Johnson – CLHS
Jacob Kantara – CSHS
Deeksha Madala – CLHS
Ellen Martin – CBHS
Nick Motamedi – CLHS
Sarah Pierce – CSHS
Homais Qadri – CLHS
Kaanan Shah – CLHS
Pieryn Sinwiroon – CFHS
Mauricio Sotamayor – CLHS
Rishi Suresh – CBHS
Adam Verma – CLHS
Karen Yen – CLHS
Amanda Zhao – CLHS
Additional winners are listed on the CCISD website.
