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The Thomas Alva Edison Regional Science and Engineering Fair Awards Ceremony took place Thursday evening. 

Due to the hurricane, the number of participants was down about 70%.  However, 15,000 projects were entered in the school level, and 120 made it to the regional competition.  Our students achieved incredible results: out of the six projects moving on to International Science Fair, three are from CSN.  Out of the 15 projects moving onto State Science Fair, seven are from CSN.  In addition, our students won special awards, which are donor-specific and included scholarships, cash prizes, recognition, and even tech prizes like speakers and vlog cameras.  Our winners are as follows:

International Science Fair Competitors

Best in Fair Winners:

Amaya Etcheverry ’24

Using Chlorella vulgaris and Spirulina major to Create an Open System Bioreactor Generating Electricity While Running a Dual Purpose Air Purification and Carbon Dioxide Sequestration System

2nd Place Best in Fair Physical Science

• 1st Place Environmental Engineering
• Ricoh Corporation Award
• Yale Science and Engineering Association Award
• “That’s Geography” National Geographic-Cultivating Empathy for the Earth Award
• 2,500 Scholarship to FGCU

Megan D’Souza ’25

Determining the Effect of Acetic Acid on Alginate Bead Membrane Permeability to Aid the Implementation of Allogeneic Transplantation Without Immunosuppression

2nd Place Best in Fair Biological Sciences

• 1st Place - Cellular and Molecular Biology
• FAST Award
• 2,500 Scholarship to FGCU

Sonia Patel ’24

Corneal Applanation Scleral Buckling Model (C.A.S.B.M)

3rd Place Best in Fair Biological Sciences

• 1st Place Biomedical Science
• Yale Science and Engineering Association Award
• Regeneron Biomedical Science Award
• 2,500 Scholarship to FGCU

Grand Award Winners

Florida State Science and Engineering Fair Competitors

Amaya Etcheverry ’24

• 2nd Place, Best in Fair Physical Science
• 1st Place Environmental Engineering
• Ricoh Corporation Award
• Yale Science and Engineering Association Award
• “That’s Geography” National Geographic-Cultivating Empathy for the Earth Award
• 2,500 Scholarship to FGCU

Megan D’Souza ’25

• 2nd Place Best in Fair in Biological Sciences
• 1st Place -Cellular and Molecular Biology
• FAST Award
• 2,500 Scholarship to FGCU

Sonia Patel ’24

• 3rd Place Best in Fair in Biological Sciences
• 1st Place Biomedical Science
• Yale Science and Engineering Association Award
• Regeneron Biomedical Science Award
• 2,500 Scholarship to FGCU

Caroline Guerra ’23

• 1st Place Engineering and Material Sciences
• Ricoh Award

Lucan Keyser and Sammy Sissman ’23

• 1st Place Intelligent Machines, Robotics, & Systems Software

Adrian Deonarine ’24

• 1st Place Microbiology
• US Stockholm Junior Water Prize
• US Air Force Award

Josie Byers ’25

• 1st Place Animal Science

Thomas Alva Edison Regional Science Fair Winners

Emmanuelle Gordan ‘25

• 2nd Place Behavioral Science
• US Navy/US Marine Corps. Award

Melita D’Souza ‘25

• 2nd Place Mathematics and Computational Sciences

Jack Cipperman ‘25

• 2nd Place Earth and Environmental Sciences
• NASA Earth System Science Award

Bianca Trope ‘24

• 3rd Place Chemistry
• US Stockholm Water Award

Zach Dahlquist ‘24

• 3rd Place Cellular and Molecular Biology
• Society for In-Vitro Science Award

Original source can be found here.