MPH Students Impress at Central New York Science & Engineering Fair

The 39th annual Central New York Science & Engineering Fair was held Sunday, March 25, 2018 at the SRC Arena on the Onondaga Community College campus. Students from Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Jefferson, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Tioga, and Tompkins counties participated and competed for $195,000 in cash and scholarship prizes.

MPH was represented by nine fifth graders, 28 middle school students, and senior Marina Cousins, who also presented her work at a recent American Chemical Society national meeting.

We are pleased to announce that Marina Cousins received the top honor of the day, an all-expense paid trip to the International Science & Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, PA May 13 – 18! Her other recognitions included High Honors, the Terra Science and Education Award, the SUNY Oswego Genius Olympiad Award (she advances to the Genius Olympiad on June 13, 2018), the Office of Naval Research – Naval Science Award and the U.S. Air Force Award. Marina is the seventh MPH student who has received this top honor since 2012.

MPH students had an impressive showing overall at the competition, with nearly 75% of our students receiving awards yesterday. According to Science Department Chair Sue Foster, a judge at the competition commented, “You guys at MPH are doing a great deal right. MPH students are poised, engaging, and find joy explaining their work.”

These students have spent months working on their research and have presented several times to a wide range of audiences. The enthusiasm they demonstrate for their projects, the confidence they possess when presenting, and the joy they experience in their accomplishments are sure signs of “The MPH Effect” in action. Congratulations to all of our students scientists.

5th Grade Awarded:
Alexa Rose Battaglia High Honors
Lizzie Berry Honors
Sebastian Deldicque High Honors
Arabella Ferris High Honors
Alexis Forster High Honors
Dash Goode High Honors
Berlin Hall Honors
Genevieve McGuire Griffin
Jacob Temes
Grade 6 Awarded:
Asriel Anderson High Honors
Emily Conrey
Mira Conrey
Elise Eng Highest Honors
Broadcom MASTERS Nomination – invitation to an additional competition
Rafael Jennings
Jeffrey Pisciarino
Evan Pollino
Molly Pratt Honors
Ayden Whitted High Honors
Lockheed Martin Award
Office of Naval Research – Naval Science Award
Grade 7 Awarded:
JJ Braverman Highest Honors
Broadcom MASTERS Nomination – invitation to an additional competition
Neha Chhablani High Honors
Broadcom MASTERS Nomination – invitation to an additional competition
Mathias Deldicque Honors
Margaret Fudo Honors
Vanessa Paradis
Maggie Stokes-Rees High Honors
Broadcom MASTERS Nomination – invitation to an additional competition
Evan Zimmerman High Honors
Office of Naval Research – Naval Science Award
Broadcom MASTERS Nomination – invitation to an additional competition
Grade 8 Awarded:
Ilena Anghel High Honors
Jake Aretsky Lockheed Martin Award
Heidi Biernacki Honors
Simon Fortner Honors
Lockheed Martin Award
Barrett Howard
Sergianni Jennings
Katherine Mezzalingua Honors
Kiru Morrissette Highest Honors
Broadcom MASTERS Nomination – invitation to an additional competition
Matthew Roberson High Honors
Broadcom MASTERS Nomination – invitation to an additional competition
Mary Smorol High Honors
Alpha Chi Sigma Chemistry Award
Broadcom MASTERS Nomination – invitation to an additional competition
Jack Sullivan
Grade 12 Awarded:
Marina Cousins High Honors
Terra Science and Education Award
SUNY Oswego Genius Olympiad Award
Office of Naval Research – Naval Science Award
U.S. Air Force Award
Selected to attend the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

 

The fair is organized by the MOST and supported by SRC Inc., Lockheed Martin, The Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation, IEEE, Saab Defense and Security, Syracuse University Engineering & Computer Science, and the Technology Alliance of Central New York.