March 5, 2020
2019 Awards
Awards were presented to 103 students on Saturday, March 30, 2019, at Lauritzen Gardens. Dr. Cortney Cowley, an Agricultural Economist for the Federal Reserve, presented the keynote titled “How Research Has Impacted My Life and Career.”
Six middle school projects and six high school projects advance to compete at the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences state science fair on April 11, 2019, at Nebraska Wesleyan University.
Overall Top 6, Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
| Name | Grade | School | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keoni Anding | 8 | McMillan Magnet Center | Please Don’t Kill My Plants |
| Charlie McGovern | 7 | Alice Buffett Magnet | Riding On Air |
| Sofia Acosta | 7 | McMillan Magnet Center | Metronome Movements |
| Elijah Maas | 7 | Cornerstone Christian School | Stretching Out |
| Cameron Rohlfsen | 8 | Alice Buffett Magnet | Best of the Bats |
| Anuj Singh | 6 | Peter Kiewit Middle School | Self Sustained Digital Farming to Grow Superfood |
Overall Top 6, Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
| Name | Grade | School | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalen Hanquist | 12 | Zoo Academy | Effect of Histamine on Settlement Success of Mespilia globulous |
| Braydon Dreher | 12 | UNMC High School Alliance | Development and Prevention of Pancreatic Cancer Research |
| Anjali Pullabhotla | 11 | Millard North High School | An Artificial Neural Network Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding the Causes and Implications for Treatment |
| Heather Richard & Arya Pokhrel | 12 | UNMC High School Alliance | Regulation of Myc-N in Neuroblastoma |
| Samantha Wood | 12 | UNMC High School Alliance | Determining Interactions Between Host Cell Protein Syntaxin 10 and Chlamydial Inclusion Membrane Proteins |
| Abdulnaser Sheikh | 11 | Omaha Central High School | General Intelligence: A Modern Approach |
In a special presentation during the March 30 Awards Ceremony, Lifegate Christian School teacher Jackie Schneider was recognized for her contributions to support and inspire her students to conduct science research and to participate for many years at MSEF.
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