WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 3 American Meteorological Society Award Certificates are given to projects for creative scientific endeavor in atmospheric, oceanic and hydrologic sciences. Animal Sciences Westlake High School Lee Cohen Animal Sciences Harrison HS Julia Kischkat Animal Sciences Sleepy Hollow High Stella Vercesi School Animal Sciences Ossining High School Julia Piccirillo-Stosser Sabrina Piccirillo-Stosser Kiara Taveras Engineering Yorktown High School Arjay Mirchandani Environmental Pelham Memorial Bernadette Russo Sciences High School Morgan McLean Physics and Yorktown High School William Branca Astronomy WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 4 American Psychological Association Award Certificates are given to students for their outstanding research in psychological science. Behavioral and Social Pelham Memorial Grace Anderson Sciences High School Behavioral and Social Harrison HS Julia Kindler Sciences Behavioral and Social Horace Greeley High Alexa Krugel Sciences School Behavioral and Social Byram Hills High Jenna Pfeffer Sciences School Behavioral and Social Ossining High School Mishal Zia Sciences WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 5 ASM Materials Education Foundation Award A certificate is awarded to recognize outstanding projects in materials engineering. Engineering Horace Greeley High Nathan Huang School Engineering John Jay High School Amanda Huang Engineering Eastchester High Juliet Liao School Engineering Somers High School Peter MacNeil Engineering Scarsdale High Yingjue Sun School WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 6 Association for Women Geoscientists Award A certificate will be awarded to female students whose projects exemplify high standards of innovativeness and scientific excellence in the geosciences. Earth Science Edgemont High Miranda Margulis-Ohnuma School Earth Science Ossining High School Anne Stein Environmental Carmel High School Shreya Chopra Sciences Environmental Somers High School Sarah Siemers Sciences Plant Sciences Harrison HS Cassidy Urban WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 7 Mu Alpha Theta Award The following students will be awarded a certificate for projects involving the use of mathematics in a challenging, original, thorough and creative investigation. Behavioral and Social Harrison HS Haley Amann Sciences Computer Science Fox Lane High School Theodore Grossberndt Computer Science New Rochelle High Nathaniel Roth School Engineering Briarcliff Manor High Benjamin Harris School Mathematics Hastings High School Elliot Riesman-Tremonte WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 8 NASA Earth System Science Award A certificate will be awarded to students whose projects offer insight into Earth's interconnected systems. Chemistry New Rochelle High Jack Schlamkowitz School Earth Science Edgemont High Miranda Margulis-Ohnuma School Environmental Pelham Memorial Andrew Terraciano Sciences High School Evan Sefchick Plant Sciences Bronxville High Jay Burstein School WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 9 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award A certificate will be given to projects whose research emphasizes NOAA's mission of Science, Service and Stewardship in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts. Animal Sciences Fox Lane High School Natasha Heisenberg Environmental Carmel High School Meghan Dillon Sciences Environmental Hastings High School Alexandra Noia Sciences Physics and Eastchester High Alya Campbell Astronomy School Physics and Putnam Valley High Dora Rippon Astronomy School WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 10 Ricoh Sustainable Development Award The following students will receive a certificate for outstanding efforts in addressing issues of environmental responsibility and sustainable development. Behavioral and Social Somers High School Aliza Hackmyer Sciences Cellular and Byram Hills High Brent Perlman Molecular Biology School Chemistry Scarsdale High Harrison Liu School Engineering Westlake High School Paul Gschneidner Environmental Carmel High School Shreya Chopra Sciences WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 11 Society for In Vitro Biology Award The next award is a certificate for 11th grade students in recognition of their outstanding research in the areas of tissue or cell culture of plants or animals. Cellular and Briarcliff Manor High Massimo Fante Molecular Biology School Cellular and Eastchester High Enzali Myint Molecular Biology School Medicine and Health Dobbs Ferry High Miraj Pithadia School Medicine and Health Ossining High School Tej Verma Neuroscience Fox Lane High School Prema Tareque WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 12 Stockholm Junior Water Prize The following students will receive a certificate and a nomination to enter the state water prize competition for their outstanding water science projects. Animal Sciences Mahopac High School Max Haklay Animal Sciences Byram Hills High Ethan Jacobs School Animal Sciences Ossining High School Caroline Reed Chemistry Harrison HS Danielle Bucci Computational Irvington High School Anna Horowitz Biology/Bioinformatics Earth Science Croton-Harmon High Aadish Velmani School Engineering Ossining High School Deborah Johnston Environmental Pelham Memorial Lance Brady Sciences High School Environmental Pelham Memorial Lukas Glist Sciences High School Environmental Hastings High School Emma McCormack Sciences Environmental Yonkers Partners in Citlalli Rojas Huerta Sciences Education Environmental New Rochelle High Ruqiyah Syed Sciences School Environmental Mamaroneck High Jesse Ward Sciences School Environmental Peekskill High School Nicolas Holman Sciences Environmental Pelham Memorial Andrew Radvany Sciences High School Luke Diffley WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 13 Yale Science and Engineering Association Award One student in 11th grade will win a certificate and medallion for his or her top scores in the categories of Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, and/or Chemistry. Engineering Mamaroneck High Oliver Rayner School WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 14 United States Air Force Award A gift package will be given to top projects in the following categories: engineering, mathematics, computer science, life science and/or physical science. Behavioral and Social New Rochelle High Jillian Stokes Sciences School Medicine and Health Ardsley High School Jaclyn Dron Microbiology Yorktown High School Anna Kunz Neuroscience Port Chester High Savannah Langenbach School WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 15 Innovations in Biological Sciences Research Award A certificate and $25 will be awarded to outstanding projects in the biological sciences. This award was donated by WESEF alumni. Cellular and Valhalla High School Amy He Molecular Biology Cellular and Hastings High School Jiarui Hu Molecular Biology Cellular and Mamaroneck High Ali James Molecular Biology School Cellular and Scarsdale High Jenny Liu Molecular Biology School Cellular and Sleepy Hollow High Ella McGovern Molecular Biology School Cellular and Ossining High School Jacqueline Mundadan Molecular Biology Cellular and Horace Greeley High Sarah Platkin Molecular Biology School Cellular and Mamaroneck High Lisa Toudic Molecular Biology School Computational Ardsley High School Neha Goel Biology/Bioinformatics Computational Briarcliff Manor High Nathaniel Martinez Biology/Bioinformatics School Computational Edgemont High Amar Sandhu Biology/Bioinformatics School Medicine and Health Pelham Memorial Olivia Min High School Medicine and Health Peekskill High School Sarai Sales Medicine and Health Yorktown High School Sophie Vernik Neuroscience Somers High School Robin Masterson WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 16 Mianus River Gorge Ecology Award A certificate and $25 will be awarded to outstanding projects that study ecosystems. Animal Sciences John Jay High School Mikaela Marcotullio Animal Sciences Hastings High School Catrina Spinozzi Environmental Somers High School Ethan Cukaj Sciences Environmental Fox Lane High School Sara Parmet Sciences WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 17 Think STEAM Award The ThinkSTEAM award is awarded to 4 female students who have an outstanding project in science, technology, engineering, arts, and/or mathematics. ThinkSTEAM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to bridge the gender gap in STEAM, through various initiatives including awarding student researchers at WESEF. ThinkSTEAM has its upcoming all-day STEAM-A-THON next Saturday, March 23rd for any middle school girls in the crowd who are interested in attending. There will be various fun workshops, including one on drones. ThinkSTEAM’s founder, Ms Jothi Ramaswamy from Lakeland High School, is a participant at WESEF this year! The four $25.00 awards given today are… Computational Putnam Valley High Karina Davis Biology/Bioinformatics School Computational Sleepy Hollow High Samantha Livingston Biology/Bioinformatics School Medicine and Health Edgemont High Sophia Guo School Medicine and Health Yorktown High School Nicole Pennella Medicine and Health Yorktown High School Shrila Shah WESEF 2019 AWARDS PAGE 18 Critica Behavioral Science Achievement Award This $25.00 award is donated by Critica, a community committed to making rational decisions about health and security, and is given to outstanding projects in the Behavioral Science category. Behavioral and Social Ardsley High School Olivia Coca Sciences Behavioral and Social Mamaroneck High Caroline Allen Sciences School Behavioral and Social New Rochelle High Casandra Chen Sciences School Behavioral and Social Byram Hills High Alessandra Colella-Albino Sciences School Behavioral and Social Yorktown High School Debra Dobransky Sciences Behavioral and Social Harrison HS Victoria Lendino Sciences Behavioral and Social Dobbs Ferry High Isabel