Photography by Tucker White & Tony Velasco
For the 67th consecutive year, the FRSEF welcomed students from across an 11-county area, as well as any student not within an area associated with the International Science & Engineering Fair. More than 250 students grades 4-12 participated. The top 10% of Junior Division participants are eligible to enter the Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge, the largest international science competition for junior high students. The top four Senior Division winners receive all-expense-paid trips to the Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair, this year in Dallas, TX. The top three winners also received full four-year scholarships to UM-Flint, while the Fourth Place winner earned a one-year $5,000 scholarship. Kettering University and Lawrence Technological University also awarded prizes.
This year’s top winners are:
Elementary (Grades 4-5)
- Gold – Presley Johnson & Ada Osmon
- Silver – Aryn Hansen
- Silver – Owen Hudson Wolverton
Junior (Grades 6-8)
- 1st Place, Life Sciences – Nirmal Loganathan
- 1st Place, Earth, Environment, Chemistry – Adam Ghanem
- 1st Place, Physical Science & Engineering – Rylee Tedrick
Senior (Grades 9-12)
- 1st Place – Olivia & Andrew Wagner
- 2nd Place – Akhilesh Kanmanthreddy
- 3rd Place – Anthony Daoud
- 4th Place – Joseph Crachiola
