Grand Champion, 1-4th Place, and Special Award Results from 2025
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Senior Division - Grand Champion
Richard Xu - SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Interacts with KCNA5 Potassium Channel: Potential Implications for Cardiac Ion Function and Arrhythmic Risk (New Hartford Senior High School)
Senior Division - Runner-up Grand Champion
Trent Jenny - Rebuilding the Rhizosphere: The Effect of Endomycorrhizal Fungi Inoculant on the Growth of Triticum aestivum in Soil Samples with Various Management Histories (Remsen Senior High School)
Junior Division - Grand Champion
Mason LaBella and Jacob Southwick - Gliding Golf Balls! (Remsen Junior High School)
Senior Division - Physical Science
1st -Cooper Rorick - Effectiveness of a Homemade Calorimeter (Clinton Senior High School)
2nd - Eliana Bentley - Calculating the Speed of Light with your Microwave (Clinton Senior High School)
3rd - Ella Brehaut - Rolling Friction on Different Surfaces (Clinton Senior High School)
4th - Robert Wilson - Hardwood Pellets vs Softwood Pellets (Poland Senior High School)
Senior Division - Natural Science
1st - Richard Xu - SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Interacts with KCNA5 Potassium Channel: Potential Implications for Cardiac Ion Function and Arrhythmic Risk (New Hartford Senior High School)
2nd - Daniel Gus - The Effect Of Music Genres on Heart Rate (Clinton Senior High School)
3rd - Trent Jenny - Rebuilding the Rhizosphere: The Effect of Endomycorrhizal Fungi Inoculant on the Growth of Triticum aestivum in Soil Samples with Various Management Histories (Remsen Senior High School)
4th - Ella Kelly - Whack-A-Mole: How age affects hand-eye coordination (Clinton Senior High School)
Senior Division - Math, Computer, and Engineering
1st - Calvin Cooley - The Impact of Areodynamics and the Design of Engineering in Varying Conditions of Gaseous Fluids (Whitesboro High School)
2nd - Mark Greben - Paper Airplanes: More Than Just a Fold (Poland Senior High School)
3rd - Evangeline Gwilt - How Does Accepting Cookies Correlate to Data Tracking? (Whitesboro High School)
4th - Sohayla Mohamed - Advanced Farming (Utica Academy of Science)
Junior Division - Physical Science
1st - Anna Becker & Reese Rowlands - Cookie Monster (Remsen Junior High School)
2nd - Sarah Hoyos - Different Reactions of Oobleck (Utica Academy of Science)
3rd - Arynn Day & Sophia Yager - Balloon Bottle (Remsen Junior High School)
4th - Arianna Paniagua - Copper Plated Coins (Utica Academy of Science)
Junior Division - Natural Science
1st - Norbert Bankert & Chase Helmer What - Happens to a Plant When Given Microwaved Water (Remsen Junior High School)
2nd - Kareem Alyafai & Serin Aws Answor - Steam Boat (Utica Academy of Science)
Junior Division - Math, Computer, and Engineering
1st - Mason LaBella & Jacob Southwick - Gliding Golf Balls! (Remsen Junior High School)
2nd - Waylon Rapson & Zachary Yousey - Which Glue Is Stronger (Remsen Junior High School)
3rd - Aliyah Marie Bentley - Drink up, Fuel up (Clinton Middle School)
4th - Alaina Meyer - Timbercrete: The Green Concrete (Poland Junior High School)
Special Awards
Alaina Meyer - AFCEA Awards Supported by the Local Air Force Research Laboratory-Junior Level 1st Place - Monetary award received at the fair
Aliyah Marie Bentley - AFCEA Awards Supported by the Local Air Force Research Laboratory-Junior Level 2nd Place - Monetary award received at the fair
Lars van Hoesel - AFCEA Awards Supported by the Local Air Force Research Laboratory-Junior Level 3rd Place - Monetary award received at the fair
Calvin Cooley - AFCEA Awards Supported by the Local Air Force Research Laboratory-Senior Level 1st Place - Monetary award received at the fair
Harper Hawkridge - AFCEA Awards Supported by the Local Air Force Research Laboratory-Senior Level 2nd Place - Monetary award received at the fair
Sohayla Mohamed - AFCEA Awards Supported by the Local Air Force Research Laboratory-Senior Level 3rd Place - Monetary award received at the fair
Daniel Gus - American Psychological Association Award-Senior or Junior Level - Certificate and complimentary one-year student affiliate membership in the APA
Norbert Bankert & Chase Helmer Bankert - Asa Gray Biological Society Award - Junior Level - 25.00
Sofia Protasovitskiy - Asa Gray Biological Society Award - Senior Level - 100.00
Alaina Meyer - Association for Women Geoscientists Award-Senior or Junior Level - Certificate and honorary AWG membership for the current year
Hannah Winghart & Alexis Petteys Winghart - Doc Aaronson Award - Junior Level - 25.00
Nicholas Venero - Doc Aaronson Award - Senior Level - 25.00
Ku Ku Hser & Ker Hai Hser - Doris Miga Award - Junior Level - 25.00
Evangeline Gwilt - Doris Miga Award - Senior Level - 50.00
Calvin Cooley - NASA Earth System Science Award-Senior or Junior Level - Certificate and invitation to a NASA scientist webinar
Alaina Meyer - NOAA’s Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award-Senior or Junior Level - Certificate
Phone Pyae Sone Zaw & Uqbah Zaid Zaw - Norman P. Bernstein Award - Junior Level - 25.00
Sohayla Mohamed - Norman P. Bernstein Award - Senior Level - 25.00
Aliyah Marie Bentley - Office of Naval Research Science Award - Junior Level - Certificate, medallion
Alaina Meyer - Office of Naval Research Science Award - Junior Level - Certificate, medallion
Richard Xu - Office of Naval Research Science Award - Senior Level - Certificate, medallion, Gift Card
Trent Jenny - Office of Naval Research Science Award - Senior Level - Certificate, medallion, Gift Card
Richard Xu - Regeneron Biomedical Science Award - Senior level - Certificate and $375
Alaina Meyer - RICOH Sustainable Development Award-Senior or Junior Level - Certificate
Ajout Ajang - Society for In Vitro Biology Award-Senior Level - Certificate, membership to the society, and electronic journal access
Norbert Bankert & Chase Helmer Bankert - The “Doc” Aaronson Award in Biology-Junior Level - 25.00
Ajout Ajang - The “Doc” Aaronson Award in Biology-Senior Level - 50.00
Arianna Colon & Serenity Hinkley Colon - The Adam and Bertha Lachut Award - Junior Level - 25.00
Arianna Castro - The Adam and Bertha Lachut Award - Senior Level - 50.00
Jacob Southwick & Mason LaBella Southwick - The Copernicus Award - Junior Level - 25.00
Ella Brehaut - The Copernicus Award - Senior Level - 50.00
Lars van Hoesel - The Madame Curie Award - Junior Level - 25.00
Sohayla Mohamed - The Madame Curie Award - Senior Level - 50.00
Alaina Meyer - The Sally Lachut Majka '61 and Donald Majka Award in Earth Science or Conservation - Junior Level - 25.00
Trent Jenny - The Sally Lachut Majka '61 and Donald Majka Award in Earth Science or Conservation - Senior Level - 50.00
Cooper Rorick - U.S. Metric Association Award-Senior or Junior Level - Certificate and free 1-year individual membership to the USMA
Sophia Yager & Arynn Day Yager - United States Air Force Research Laboratory -Junior level - Certificate and a Sling pack, Power Bank, USB Flash Memory Drive, and USB Car Charger
Evangeline Gwilt - United States Air Force Research Laboratory -Senior level - Certificate and a Sling pack, Power Bank, USB Flash Memory Drive, and USB Car Charger
Richard Xu - Yale Science and Engineering Association Award-Senior Level - Certificate and an e-book