2016 University of South Carolina Region II Science & Engineering Fair Awards Sixty-eight Spring Valley High School DISCOVERY students participated in the South Carolina Region II Science and Engineering Fair on March 11, 2016. They earned 59 awards. GRAND MALE / PRESIDENT’S AWARDS: 1ST PLACE: 2ND PLACE:

LUKE MARAZZO* DEV RAMESH*

GRAND FEMALE / PRESIDENT’S AWARDS: 1ST PLACE: 2ND PLACE: 3RD PLACE:

SARAYU DAS* ISHITA KAPOOR * ALEKHYA MITTA

OBSERVER AWARDS: ISHITA KAPOOR*

MEDICINE AND HEALTH 1ST PLACE: 3RD PLACE:

SARAH MOTT PRIYANKA RAO

PHYSICS 1ST PLACE: 2ND PLACE: 3RD PLACE: HONORABLE MENTION:

MIKA MCANALLY MOHAMMAD ARAMMASH ANDREW “GRAHAM” SHROYER THEODORE “TJ” MYERS

DEV RAMESH* * SARAYU DAS AND LUKE MARAZZO WILL COMPETE AT THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA IN MAY. ISHITA KAPOOR AND DEV RAMESH WILL BE ATTENDING AS OBSERVERS.

CATEGORY AWARDS

SPECIALTY AWARDS INTEL DESIGN CENTER AWARD 1ST PLACE: 2ND PLACE: 3RD PLACE:

NICHOLAS JUNKER JENNING CHEN RISHISHANKAR SURESH

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

BARUCH INSTITUTE AWARD

1ST PLACE: 2ND PLACE: 3RD PLACE: HONORABLE MENTION:

U.S. ARMY DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

ALEKHYA MITTA SARAH MOTT WENXIN “LULU” FAN LAUREN GROSECLOSE

SIRILA PADI

GEOLOGY AND GENERAL SCIENCE 1ST PLACE: 2ND PLACE: 3RD PLACE:

SARAYU DAS LUKE MARAZZO SREEJA VARANASI

BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 2ND PLACE: 3RD PLACE: HONORABLE MENTION:

DEV RAMESH ANIRUTH SIVAKUMAR MOJI AWE

ENGINEERING 1ST PLACE: 3RD PLACE: HONORABLE MENTION:

ISHITA KAPOOR EVAN JOHNSON EDOARDO TREMOLADA

COMPUTER SCIENCE 1ST PLACE: 2ND PLACE: 3RD PLACE: HONORABLE MENTION: HONORABLE MENTION:

VINITA CHEEPURUPALLI THOMAS MCLEAN NICHOLAS JUNKER PRESTON CARLTON RISHISHANKAR SURESH

MATHEMATICS 1ST PLACE: 2ND PLACE:

SARAYU DAS

SARAYU DAS (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE)

CHEMISTRY 1ST PLACE:

1ST PLACE:

JENNING CHEN JAYANTH VEMULA

U.S. NAVY-MARINE CORPS DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD VINITA CHEEPURUPALLI (COMPUTER SCIENCE) JENNING CHEN (MATHEMATICS)

U.S. AIR FORCE DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST AWARD PRESTON CARLTON

USC-SUMTER TESTING AND METHODOLOGY AWARD DANDAVIKRANTH REDDY (PHYSICS) SIRILA PADI (CHEMISTRY)

AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION (BEST USE OF STATISTICS) LUKE MARAZZO

U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE AWARD SARAYU DAS

DISTINGUISHED VISION SCIENCE AWARD ALLISON STANEK

COLUMBIA GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY 2ND PLACE: 3RD PLACE:

SHASHWAT RAVI SREEJA VARANASI

CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK ROBERT MITCHELL YOUNG ECOLOGIST AWARD 1ST PLACE: SARAYU DAS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT: MOJI AWE ANDREW “GRAHAM” SHROYER

ROSEWOOD MARKET ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD 2ND PLACE: 3RD PLACE:

JASMINE FLORA VICTORIA HOPKINS

GARY L. ALLEN AWARD LISA QU JASMINE FLORA CHRISTOPHER KONG TYLAR WATSON

I-SWEEEP INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE WORLD (I-SWEEEP) EVAN JOHNSON ** (ENERGY) **EVAN JOHNSON WILL BE TRAVELING TO HOUSTON, TEXAS TO COMPETE IN THE INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE WORLD (ENERGY, ENGINEERING, & ENVIRONMENT) PROJECT OLYMPIAD (I-SWEEEP) IN MAY.