Dallin Taggart of Tooele High School won third place in the Senior Division, Engineering: Materials and Civil category and an award from the American Society of Civil Engineers for his project titled “Bend Until You Break.”
Mirae Parker, who commutes from Tooele to West High School, won first place in the Senior Division, Microbiology category for her project titled “Zap! MALDI-TOF Analysis of Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance.”
Spencer Fairbanks of Tooele Junior High School won third place in the Junior Division, Animal Sciences category for his project titled “To Infest or Not to Infest: That is the Question.”
Mikelle Rogers of Excelsior Academy won second place in the Junior Division, Engineering: Materials and Civil category and an award from the Association for Women Geoscientists for her project titled “The Effect of Building Material Weight on Buildings Susceptibility to Liquefaction.”
Sean Strech and Casin Ferny of Tooele High School won third place in the Senior Division, Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical category and a scholarship from the United States Air Force for their project titled “Magnetic Muscle.”
Raegen Root of Tooele Junior High School won second place in the Junior Division, Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical category for her project titled “Wind Energy.”
James Miles of Tooele Junior High School won third place in the Junior Division, Environmental Sciences category for his project titled “Getting The Grit Out.”
Kyndal Eardley of Tooele Junior High School won second place in the Junior Division, Mathematical Sciences category and an award from Elphel Inc. for her project titled “Shutter Speed vs. Light Exposure.”
Justin Kenison of Tooele Junior High School won first place in the Junior Division, Earth and Planetary Science category for his project titled “Water Infiltration Rates Through Soil.”
Makayla Komer of Middle Canyon Elementary won an honorable mention in the Elementary Division, Medicine and Health Sciences category for her project titled “Knee Power.”
Jordan Lords of Copper Canyon Elementary won an honorable mention in the Elementary Division, Behavioral and Social Sciences category for his project titled “The Impact of Physical Disabilities on Self-Esteem.”
Ashlee Sizemore of Clarke Johnsen Junior High School won third place in the Junior Division, Behavioral and Social Sciences category and was nominated to compete in the national Broadom Masters Competition for her project titled “How Many Tries to Memorize?”
Jennifer Howa and Hannah Bennett of Stansbury High School won second place in the Senior Division, Animal Sciences category as well as awards from Roots and Shoots and Nature High Summer Camp for their project titled “Here Today Gone Tomorrow: Comparing the Migration Paths of the Swainson’s Hawk.”
Connor Smith of Stansbury Park Elementary won an honorable mention in the Elementary Division, Physics, Astronomy and Math category for his project titled “Lightning in a Bottle.”
Bailey Griffith of Clarke Johnsen Junior High School won awards from the Utah Chapter of the Society for Advanced Materials and Processes (SAMPE) and U.S. Navy/Office of Naval Research for her project titled “Bridge Strength.”
Alexandria Wood of Excelsior Academy won an honorable mention in the Elementary Division, Environmental Sciences category for her project titled “Insulation Comes Naturally.”
Ema Parker, who commutes from Tooele to West High School, won one of the five overall grand prize awards for the competition, and will be representing Tooele Valley at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix in May. She also won first place in the Senior Division, Plant Sciences category as well as an $80,000 scholarship from Westminster College and awards from the biophysics society, Elphel Inc., University of Utah Department of Biology, United States Air Force and the U.S. Metric Association.
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Loading...The following student winners placed first, second and third place or received an honorable mention in their respective categories at the Salt Lake Valley Science and Engineering Fair held earlier this month in Salt Lake City. In order to compete at the regional level, students had to initially place at the top of their category in competitions held at both the school and district levels.
