107 students earned gold medals, including three sweepstakes winners, while dozens of prizes and entries into state, national, and international fairs were awarded at the conclusion of the 2022 Virtual Riverside County Science and Engineering Fair which was held online on March 15, 2022.
A total of 398 students from 25 affiliate fairs represented public, charter, and private schools, and presented their findings in 307 projects spanning 19 subject matter categories from Biochemistry and Behavioral and Social Sciences, to Microbiology and Robotics and Intelligent Machines.
Gold, silver (runner-up), and bronze (third place) medals were presented, along with community donor awards. Within each of the 19 subject matter categories, students competed in the Elementary division (grades 4-5), Junior division (grades 6-8), and Senior division (high school). Winners in the Junior and Senior division advance to the California State Science and Engineering Fair to be held April 12, 2022.
Sweepstakes awards were presented to one project in Grades 4/5 combined, one project in the Junior Division, and one project in the Senior Division:
Elementary Division Sweepstakes (Grades 4-5)
Emma Budai - Carrillo Ranch Elementary School, Desert Sands USD
A Simple and Affordable Method to Study the Food Preference of Mosquitoes Using Food Dyes
Junior Division Sweepstakes (Grades 6-8)
Renzo Paunil - St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish School, Diocese of San Bernardino
Biodegradability of Commercial Cleaning Wipes
Senior Division Sweepstakes (Grades 9-12)
Sarah Stutsman - Corona High School, Corona-Norco USD
Auto-Dissemination: Analyzing the Function of a Novel Tool in Mosquito Control
Four Senior Division students advanced to the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) to be held virtual May 7-13, 2022:
Sarah Stutsman
Corona High School, Corona-Norco USD
Auto-Dissemination: Analyzing the Function of a Novel Tool in Mosquito Control
Ishan Gonehal
Martin Luther King High School, Riverside USD
Simulate to Innovate: Cell Signaling Simulations of Stem Cell Mutants with Enhanced Transcription Factor Binding to Optimize Crop Productivity
Daniel Link & Andrew Yin
Martin Luther King High School, Riverside USD
Evaluation of Static Machine Learning Malware Classifiers
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