Alpharetta, Milton Student Projects Going to State Fair

More than 200 student scientists and engineers recently displayed their exhibits at the 2012 Fulton County Schools Regional Science and Engineering Fair, including students from Alpharetta and Milton schools.

Many students worked in teams, and the junior division (grades 6-8) drew 93 projects and the senior division (grades 9-12) drew 78 projects. After earning first place at the county competition, 45 Fulton projects now advance to the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair, to be held March 29-31 at the University of Georgia.

The regional competition was open to students in middle school and high school whose research projects were deemed exemplary at their school fair. Projects that advance to the state competition include (Fulton County Schools has the complete list of science fair winners posted online. Also, schools outside of the two cities but that draw students from them are listed.):

Senior Division

1st Place- all projects have qualified to compete at state

Younji Lee –

Suhana Elamsenthil - Chattahoochee

Frank Chen – Chattahoochee

Themiya Chandraratha and Paul Chen – Chattahoochee

Laura Kraft –

Anna Mathews – Milton

Dhara Patel – Milton

Raja Selvakumar – Milton

Anirudh Tadanki and Gil Goldshlager – Milton

Ethan Jones – Milton

Meghana Nallajerla – Milton

* Additional senior projects in the second place category designated with an * have also qualified for state competition.

2nd Place

Emma Beaty-Livernois, Elaine Bradley, and Ismar Miniel – Alpharetta*

Kaylyn Crawford – Alpharetta

Tevor Hackman and Bowen Gui – Alpharetta

Annie Wang – Alpharetta

Byce Culver and Ricky Barillas – Alpharetta

Nikhil Kulkarni and Taron Nadimpalli – Alpharetta*

Albert Shaw – Chattahoochee

Sarah Ghalayini –

Monique Bagwell – *

Sunidhi Ramesh – Chattahoochee

Abhinav Reddy and Matthew Jung – Chattahoochee

Monisha Narayanan – Chattahoochee

Aliye Karakoyun – Fulton Science Academy Charter

Junior Division

1st Place – all projects have qualified to compete at state

Alice Romanov, Sitara Shirol, Nishat, Rioj, and Claire Peoples – Crabapple Middle

Diya Sharma –

Parth Kumar – Hopewell

Suraj Masand –

* Additional junior projects in the second place category designated with an * have also qualified for state competition.

2nd Place

Meghan Kelly, Rachel Zeiler, and Lauren Keaton – Crabapple

Abby Jones, Avery Frank, and Holly Goolsby – Crabapple

Jessica Perkins –

Charlotte Densmore – Hopewell

Mira M. Jani – Hopewell

Akshaya Uthayakumar – Hopewell*

Man Poruthoor – Webb Bridge

Shubhom Bhattacharya, Arnav Arora, Achintya Arora – Webb Bridge

Christina Mathis – Webb Bridge