Several BPSD students advanced from the District Science Fair that was held in February to compete at the Oklahoma State Science and Engineering Fair in Stillwater on March 24-25, 2023. State fair award winners included:
Jackson Boudreaux, BHS, 1st Place in Biochemistry and Chemistry, Division I; Office of Naval Research Award; U.S. Metric Assoc. Award; U.S. Air Force Award; 1st Place, Division I, American Chemical Society
David and Kevin Contreras, Central, 1st Place, Biochemistry and Chemistry, Division II; Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge; Dept. of Defense STEM Leadership Award; 1st Place, Division II, American Chemical Society
David Cooper, BHS, 1st Place, Biomedical and Health Sciences, Division I
Will Dorris, BHS, 2nd Place, Biochemistry and Chemistry, Division I; 2nd Place, Division I, American Chemical Society
Nick Du, Madison, 2nd Place, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources, Division II; Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge
Ingeyla Ghori, BHS, 1st Place in Plant Sciences, Division I; RICOH Sustainable Development Award; Oklahomans for Excellence in Science Education Award; OSU Dept. of Plant & Social Sciences Scholarship
Emilee Hancock, BHS, OSU Earth & Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources Scholarship
Ian Holdman, BHS, 1st Place in Mathematics and Systems Software, Division I
Jonathan Lai, Central, 3rd Place in Biochemistry and Chemistry, Division II; Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge; 3rd Place, Division II, American Chemical Society
Lauren Lee, BHS, 2nd Place in Mathematics and Systems Software, Division I; Regeneron Biomedical Science Award
Adit Paul, 1st Place in Physics and Astronomy, Division I
Chloe Robbins and Rylee Ruddick, BHS, 3rd Place in Earth and Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources, Division I; Stockholm Junior Water Prize; OSU Earth & Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources Scholarship
Robert Ryan, Madison, 1st Place in Mathematics and Systems Software, Division II
Fin Salerno, BHS, 2nd Place in Microbiology, Division I
Sabriea Smith, 3rd Place in Microbiology, Division I
Isabel Thoreson, 3rd Place in Physics and Astronomy, Division II
Eve Vaclaw, 3rd Place in Biomedical and Health Sciences, Division I
Cade Winter, BHS, 2nd Place in Earth and Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources, Division I; U.S. Air Force Award; OSU Earth & Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources Scholarship
International Science and Engineering Fair
Chloe Robbins and Rylee Ruddick were selected to compete at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in Dallas in May. Their project was on the effects of FeHEDTA pesticide on cell regeneration.
Ingeyla Ghori, Saskia Pehmoeller, and Fin Salerno had already qualified for the International Fair at the Bartlesville District Fair. Ghori’s project was on hydroponic methods, Pehmoeller’s was titled The window to the soul, and Salerno’s was on preventing food waste via preservatives.
