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Minnesota Academy of Science Award Winners

by , posted on 11:37 AM, April 15, 2021
The 2021 Minnesota State Science Fair and the 2021 National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium were held virtually. Award winners were announced at a live ceremony on March 30.
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Minnesota’s top high school projects at the State Science Fair were:

  • John Cardwell (Breck School), Testing the Waters: Engineering an Innovative Method of Water Health Analysis, Year II

  • Peyton Crest (Minnetonka High School), Investigating the effect of the severity of activity based anorexia in Drosophila melanogaster on the gut microbiome

  • Kyla Fung (Minnetonka High School), Pathway to a Sustainable Future: Economic and Technical Feasibility of a Hydrothermal Carbonization (HTC) Plant

  • Jack Hlavka (St. Paul Academy and Summit School), Treatment of Simulated Acid Mine Drainage with Desulfovibrio Desulfuricans

  • George Richards and William Sweeney (Breck School), A.L.M.E. Assistive Lifting Machine for Elders: Engineering a solution to fall-recovery-related injuries in seniors and caregivers

  • Shreshth Shrivastava (Eden Prairie High School), WI-C.A.R.E: Wifi Computer-Assisted Remote Eldercare, Year II

Also recognized were Christine Song (Mayo High School) and Annika Bartucz (Kellogg Middle School) winning the Seagate Rising Star Award.

Winning the Ecolab’s Water Vision Award were John Cardwell (Breck School) and Mercy March (Avail Academy).

Madison Andrews (Minnetonka High School) and Quinn Williams (Kellogg Middle School) took home the Food Safety Award from Ecolab.

The Broadcom Coding with Commitment Award went to Parker Sickmann (Cloquet Middle School).

You can find more information here: State Science and Engineering FairNational Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, Seagate Rising Star Award.