Students Succeed at Science Fair

The Salt Lake School District conducted a two science fairs January 31st and February 1st.   The ELP students competed virtually on Wednesday. High school students competed all day in person at the State Fair park on Thursday. The winners from West High advance to the University of Utah Science and Engineering Fair.

The following students were recognized for their achievement:

Senior Division (grades 9-12)

Ian Kim , Third Place, Biology & Microbiology for “Evaluation of the Difference Between Two Biological Groups by Statistical Analysis”

Aidan Yu , First Place, Chemistry & Biochemistry for “Streamlined Approaches for Biomedically Functional Glycosides”

Eva Dvoretsky , Second Place, Chemistry & Biochemistry for “Impact of botulinum toxin type A in different dilution on elasticity in an artificial skin model”

Chinmay Goutham , Third Place, Chemistry & Biochemistry for “Halotolerant Bacteria”

Krishnam Goel , First Place, Civil & Environmental Engineering for “How do Cyanobacteria Flourish in Nutrient Deficient Conditions? – A Genomic Understanding”

Alex Hernandez and Cole Chu , First Place, Computer Science & Applied Computational Methods for “Translating ASL Through Machine Learning”

Aadarsh Kuberan , Second Place, Computer Science & Applied Computational Methods for “Evaluation of Image Learning as a Replacement for ECFP6 Fingerprinting”

Natalie Germanov and Sanskriti Negi , Third Place, Computer Science & Applied Computational Methods for “Rendering Higher Dimensions with Ray Tracing”

Anda Xie , First Place, Electrical Engineering for “Silver Convo Flow: A Novel Implementation of ChatGPT (GPT-3.5) Based Turn-Taking Conversational Intelligent Assistance Technology (IAT) for Seniors”

Shalin Mahate, Ivan Turan and Mikhail Starykh , Second Place, Electrical Engineering for “The Aquatic Heater”

Angela Zhou , First Place, Medicine, Health Sciences, & Biomedical Engineering for “Histological Analysis of Ron SF Function in Regulation of T Cell Immune Response in Metastatic Breast Cancer”

Nina Zhu , Second Place, Medicine, Health Sciences, & Biomedical Engineering for “Antler Regeneration-Associated Proteins Promote Regenerative Cell Behaviors in Mouse Osteocytes”

Mingchuan Cheng , Third Place, Medicine, Health Sciences, & Biomedical Engineering for “Unraveling Cognitive Load in Prosthetic Tasks via Detection Response Task Analysis”

Aadhi Umamageswaran , First Place, Physics, Astronomy, & Math for “Silhouettes of Sound”

Dan Jiang , Second Place, Physics, Astronomy, & Math for “The Implications of Fractal Geometry in Plants”

Shurik Rajeev , Honorable Mention, Computer Science & Applied Computational Methods for “Detecting Genome Mutations Through Reducing Hash Table Collisions”

Bala Naga Sahasra Tella , Honorable Mention, Medicine, Health Sciences, & Biomedical Engineering for “Advancing Drug Discovery: Integrating Ligand-Based Screening with Predictive Modeling and Computational Techniques”

Junior Division(grades 7-8)

Peter Kim , Second Place, Behavioral & Social Sciences for “Can Cannabis Legalization for Adults Lead to a Rise in Adolescent Use?”

Atharv Khemka and Sohum Krishna , First Place, Biology & Microbiology for “Algal Cultivation and Carbon Sequestration to Prevent Climate Change”

Elijah Johnson , Second Place, Biology & Microbiology for “The Effects of Heavy Metals from the Great Salt Lake on Animals”

Karthik Chaganti , First Place, Computer Science & Applied Computational Methods for “Memory Game for Alzheimer's Patients”

Joshya Yerrapureddy , Second Place, Computer Science & Applied Computational Methods for “Stock Strategist: Unveiling the Future Stock Market through AI”

Ethan Kim , First Place, Earth & Environmental Sciences for “Evaluating the Impact of Free Fare February on Air Quality in Salt Lake City”

Jayden Roos , Second Place, Earth & Environmental Sciences for “Foreverglades: How Nutrient Pollution is Killing the Everglades”

Adwita Mandiwal , First Place, Medicine, Health Sciences, & Biomedical Engineering for “Smart Self-Administering Artificial Pancreas”

Aaditya Kuberan , Second Place, Medicine, Health Sciences, & Biomedical Engineering for “A Chemical Analysis of Sewage Water in the Salt Lake Region”

Jason Kim , Honorable Mention, Medicine, Health Sciences, & Biomedical Engineering for “Disparities in Food Insecurity by Race and Ethnicity in the US”

Aashita Mandiwal , First Place, Physics, Astronomy, & Math for “Using Fractal Dimension to Detect Abnormalities in Cancerous Cells”

West's success was made possible by parents, Science Fair Club officers (Cole Chu and Alex Hernandez Juarez), Crystal King, Enrique Arce-Laretta and other science teachers that helped students submit and work on their projects this year. Candace Penrod and Kristen Bonner from the district served as event directors.