Science Fair Award

Each year the NIST Sigma Xi Chapter sponsors an annual awards for Excellence in Measurements Science at local Science Fairs.

2019 WINNER FREDERICK COUNTY SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR

Sanjana Jha from Gov. Thomas Johnson High School

"Development of Multiplex Bead Based Assay for Karposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpes Virus (KSHV) Immunoglobulin M (IgM)"

Shreya Shete (senior category)

"The Future of Portable Water and Production of Renewable Energy: Air Cathode Microbial Desalination Cells"

Frank Horrigan (junior category)

"The Ratio of Antioxidants to Glucose in Juice"

Vineet Ravichandran

"Prescription Opioid Epidemic in the USA: Building Risk Factor Classification Models Using GINI from the TREE!"

Divya Gandla and Adaya Bhaskaron from Poolesville High School, Poolesville, MD

"Analyzing the Efficacy of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells using Various Natural Dyes"

Eric Solender from Urbana High School, Ijamsville, MD

"Saturn Periodicity: Ring B-Field Perturbation Due to Differential Rotation."

Kushi Ranganath and Siri Ranganath from Wootton High School, Rockville, MD

"Tasting Shapes and Sounds: Does Synaesthetic Messaging Differ in Obesity?"

Fredericak Rentzeperis from Middletown High School, Middletown, MD

"Saturn Periodicity: Ring B-Field Perturbation Due to Differential Rotation."