Awards were announced for 138 students during a March 2020 awards ceremony moved to YouTube due to CoVID-19 closures. Plaques, cash prizes and other awards were delivered to sponsoring schools in May.
Six middle school projects and six high school projects advanced to compete at the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences state science fair. These projects were:
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Name |
School |
Project Title |
Anuj Singh |
Kiewit Middle School |
Gut Dysbiosis and Health: Functional Characterization Using C. elegans as a Model |
Yonatan Clarke |
King Science & Technology Magnet |
Powering the Odes |
Ella Holtzclaw |
McMillan Magnet Center |
Let’s Clear the Air |
Pavithra Raghavan |
King Science & Technology Magnet |
Wrecking Radiation |
Ellis Yamamoto |
McMillan Magnet Center |
From Plant to Paper |
Hafsa Mohammed |
McMillan Magnet Center |
To Be or Not to Be, Mars Is the Question” |
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Name |
School |
Project Title |
Sydney Schilling |
Zoo Academy/Omaha Central |
Nutritional Formulation Study: Experimental Low-fat Diet for Captive Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) |
Anvitha Boosani |
Millard North High School |
Preventing LDL-induced Trained Immunity in Atherosclerosis through T-cell Engineering |
Audrey Anderson |
Zoo Academy/Omaha North |
Resilin Distribution and Abundance in Apis mellifera Wing Joints across Biological Age Classes |
Abigail Swoboda |
UNMC High School Alliance/Bellevue West |
Investigation of the Role of the Chlamydial Protease Ct441 |
Kaitlyn Engel |
Omaha Central HS |
A Case Study of the Platte: The Effect of Tributaries on a River's Water Quality |
Grace Turner |
Omaha Central HS |
Designing an App to Improve Diabetes Care for Those Without Access to Current Medical Technology |
In a special presentation during the awards ceremony, Omaha McMillan Magnet teacher John Huber was recognized for his contributions to support and inspire his students to conduct science research and for his willingness to assist colleagues at other schools.