The largest ever Westchester Science & Engineering Fair (WESEF) was held on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at Sleepy Hollow High School. 24 junior and senior students from the Edgemont Science Scholars program competed against more than 650 students from 41 high schools in our region and took home a good share of the prizes. Congratulations to all!
In addition to the specific awards listed below, some special shout outs:
Miranda Margulis-Ohnuma Triple Award Winner
Seniors who also won as juniors (Repeat Winners)
Anjali Nandakumar
Angie Jang
Ananya Gurumurthy
Akaash Saraf
Mina Mohammadi
Current Juniors Awarded:
Jacob Kang
Amar Sandhu
Alexander Mandadjiev
Category Winners:
2nd place-
Anjali Nandakumar (Sr)- Cellular and Molecular Biology- Immunology
Angie Jang (Sr)- Cellular and Molecular Biology- Cellular Biology
Lisa Morton (Sr)- Neuroscience
3rd place-
Miranda Margulis-Ohnuma (Sr)- Earth Science- Climatology and Weather
Mina Mohammadi (Sr)- Medicine and Health- Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
Joongoo (Jacob) Kang (Jr)- Medicine and Health- Molecular Biology of Diseases
4th place-
Ananya Gurumurthy (Sr)- Computer Science- Computational Science and Computer Graphics
Akaash Saraf (Sr)- Cellular and Molecular Biology- Cellular and Molecular Genetics
Special Awards from Sponsors:
Miranda Margulis-Ohnuma (Sr) - Association for Women Geoscientists Award
Miranda Margulis-Ohnuma (Sr) - NASA Earth System Science Award
Amar Sandhu (Jr) - Innovations in Biological Sciences Research Award
Sophia Guo (Sr) - Think STEAM Award
Alexander Mandadjiev (Jr) - Excellence in Medical Research Award
Andrew Lopreiato (Sr) - Office of Naval Research Award