2021 Science Fair Winners

Congratulations to the 2021 North Museum Science & Engineering Fair Winners!

2021 Grand Champion

Lilly Heilshorn
Hempfield High School
Grade 12

Project: The Effect of Ground Composition on the Efficiency of Solar Pavers


Senior Champion

Joshua Rennekamp, Conestoga Valley High School, Grade 12
Project: Using Bivalve Mollusks to detect Contaminants in Water

Senior Reserve Champion

Xavier Flaiz, Warwick High School, Grade 10
Project: The Effect of Manure from Cows, Horses, and Chickens on the Activity of Methanogens

Junior Champion

Amelie Breuninger, Lancaster Country Day School, Grade 8
Project: Analyzing the Impact of the Global COVID-19 Lockdown on Microplastics

Junior Reserve Champion

Lyla Brenner, Warwick Middle School, Grade 7
Project: Increasing Degradation of Plastics Using Natural Enzymes

Senior Division Category Winners

Animal Science

1st place: Kamryn Andes, Ephrata High School, 11th grade 

2nd place: Chloe Thompson, Conestoga Valley High School, 12th grade 

3rd place: Harrison Booth, Conestoga Valley High School, 12th grade 

 

Behavioral and Social Sciences

1st place: Delainey Varela-Keen, Conestoga Valley High School, 11th grade 

2nd place: Jayden Rice, Conestoga Valley High School, 11th grade 

3rd place: Olivia Deebel, Conestoga Valley High School, 10th grade 

Honorable Mention: Dante Velasio, Conestoga Valley High School, 11th grade

 

Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology

1st place: Asher Sabbagh, Warwick High School, 11th grade

2nd place: Grace Hershey, Conestoga Valley High School, 12th grade 

3rd place: Matthew Mercer, Lancaster Catholic High School, 10th grade 

 

Biomedical, Health, and Translational Medical Science

1st place: Delanie Edwards, Lancaster Country Day High School, 9th grade

2nd place: Joy Singer, Warwick High School, 10th grade

3rd place: Iyana Nissley, Ephrata High School, 10th grade 

Honorable Mention: Mary Ribbick, Ephrata High School, 11th grade
Honorable Mention: Joys William, Conestoga Valley High School, 10th grade
Honorable Mention: Taylor Cassidy, Ephrata High School, 11th grade

Chemistry

1st place: Christa Lowthert, Warwick High School, 10th grade

2nd place: Mei Mei McGrath, Warwick High School, 10th grade 

3rd place: Arianna VanderWal, Ephrata High School, 12th grade

Honorable Mention 1: Haily Seifert, Ephrata High School, 11th grade

Honorable Mention 2: Emilie Arsenault, Anchor Christian Academy, 11th grade

Honorable Mention 3:  Leah Kreider, Ephrata High School, 11th grade

Honorable Mention 4:  Alexa Ovalle, Warwick High School, 10th grade

 

Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Engineering

1st place: Daniel Wang, Independent, 10th grade

2nd place: Hannah Kline, Elizabethtown Area High School, 12th grade 

3rd place: Alex Bischoff, Ephrata High School, 11th grade

 

Earth and Environmental Sciences

1st place: Jared Charles-Cirilo, Conestoga Valley High School, 11th grade 

2nd place: Ning Liu, Lancaster Country Day School, 11th grade 

3rd place: Paul Sensenig, Ephrata High School, 11th grade 

Honorable Mention 1: Samantha Ehrhart, Ephrata High School, 11th grade

Honorable Mention 2: Larissa Harnish, Conestoga Valley High School, 10th grade

 

Energy: Physical

1st place: Elysa Abdelmassih, Ephrata High School, 11th grade

2nd place: Carter Hain, Warwick High School, 10th grade 

3rd place: Isaac Sedimyer, Warwick High School, 10th grade

Environmental and Mechanical Engineering

1st place: Ava Howard, Ephrata High School, 10th grade 

2nd place: Braelyn Huff, Ephrata High School, 10th grade 

3rd place: Molly Heilshorn, Lancaster Country Day High School, 10th grade 

 

Material Sciences

1st place: Allison Plowright, Conestoga Valley High School, 12th grade 

2nd place: Hannah Logue, Ephrata High School, 10th grade

3rd place: Savannah Stauffer, Ephrata High School, 10th grade

Honorable Mention: Ethan Zipco, Warwick High School, 10th grade

 

Mathematics

1st place: Marcial Limas, Elizabethtown Area High School, 12th grade

Microbiology

1st place: Mallory Kline, Ephrata High School, 11th grade 

2nd place: Sarina Brelvi, Ephrata High School, 11th grade 

3rd place: Emma Huber, Ephrata High School, 11th grade 

Honorable Mention 1: Christiana Uzoije, Conestoga Valley High School, 11th grade 

Honorable Mention 2: Logan Bitner, Ephrata High School, 11th grade

 

Physics and Astronomy

1st place: Jake Forgione, Warwick High School, 10th grade 

2nd place: Connor Henry, Warwick High School, 10th grade 

3rd place: Liam Zee, Warwick High School, 10th grade

Honorable Mention 1: Renee Watts, Warwick High School, 10th grade

Honorable Mention 2: Stirling McFarlane, Warwick High School, 10th grade

 

Plant Sciences

1st place: Yesenia Vasquez, Conestoga Valley High School, 9th grade 

2nd place: Brooklyn Hambrick, Ephrata High School, 11th grade 

3rd place: Annika Galen, Ephrata High School, 11th grade

Honorable Mention: Alyssa Weaver, Ephrata High School, 11th grade


Junior Division Category Winners

Consumer Science

1st place: Leah Brighter, St. Leo the Great Middle School, 8th grade 

2nd place: Evelyn Sahd, St. Leo the Great Middle School, 8th grade 

3rd place: Benjamin Reasner, St. Leo the Great Middle School, 8th grade 

Honorable Mention: Emma Trout, Lancaster Country Day Middle School, 8th grade

Earth Science

1st place: Stephen Scott, Sacred Heart Middle School, 7th grade 

2nd place: Elise Maurer, St. Leo the Great Middle School, 8th grade 

3rd place: Anna Grove, Lancaster Country Day Middle School, 8th grade

Engineering

1st place: Dominick Baksh, St. Leo the Great Middle School, 8th grade 

2nd place: Raphael Andreae, Lancaster Country Day Middle School, 8th grade 

3rd place: Catherine Weaver, Sacred Heart Middle School, 7th grade 

Honorable Mention: Lydia Card, St. Leo the Great Middle School, 8th grade

Life Science

1st place: Kenny Box, St John Neumanns Middle School, 7th grade 

2nd place: Joe Hobson, St. Leo the Great Middle School, 8th grade 

3rd place: Colby Starr, St. Leo the Great Middle School, 8th grade

Honorable Mention: Kathleen Lucks, St. Leo the Great Middle School, 8th grade

Physical Science

1st place: Andrew Laudeman, St. Leo the Great Middle School, 8th grade 

2nd place: Julia Odell, St. Leo the Great Middle School, 8th grade 

3rd place: Michael Scheaffer, Our Mother of Perpetual Help Middle School, 7th grade 

Honorable Mention: Ava Thurmond, St John Neumann, 7th grade

 

Plant Science

1st place: Ellis Ramos, St. Leo the Great Middle School, 8th grade 

2nd place: Amelia Argyropoulos, Sacred Heart Middle School, 7th grade 

3rd place: Sydney Kozak, St. Leo the Great Middle School, 8th grade

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