2025 Science Fair Winners

Congratulations to the 2025 North Museum Science & Engineering Fair Winners!

science fair grand champion Ansh Dwivedi

2025 Grand Champion

Ansh Dwivedi
Warwick High School
Grade 12

Category: Chemistry, Energy, & Materials Science


Senior Division Champion

Ethan Albright, Hempfield High School, 11th Grade
Earth & Environmental Sciences

 

Senior Division Reserve Champion

Ella Strickler, Elizabethtown Area High School, 12th Grade
Earth & Environmental Sciences

Junior Division Champion

Alden Hendricks, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade
Plant Science

Junior Division Reserve Champion

Jermaine Edwards, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade
Earth Science

Senior Division Category Winners

Animal & Behavioral Science

1st Place: Rachel Behringer, Warwick High School, 12th Grade

2nd Place: Alysia Vasquez, Conestoga Valley High School, 11th Grade

3rd Place: Andrew Marine, Conestoga Valley High School , 12th Grade

Honorable Mention: Josiah Casler, Conestoga Valley High School, 12th Grade

 

Biochemistry & Biomedical Science

1st Place: Alli Hubbard, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade

2nd Place: Brynn Straub, Conestoga Valley High School, 12th Grade

3rd Place: Jamie O’Flaherty Gilligan, Conestoga Valley High School, 10th Grade

Honorable Mention: Shamil Issayev, Conestoga Valley High School, 9th Grade

 

Chemistry & Materials Science

1st Place: Hailey Dougherty, Elizabethtown Area High School, 12th Grade

2nd Place: Brendan Morrell, Ephrata Senior High School, 10th Grade

3rd Place: Lincoln Winder, Anchor Christian Academy, 9th Grade

Honorable Mention: Julia Utley, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade

Earth & Environmental Sciences

1st Place: Zoe Wiker, Warwick High School, 12th Grade

2nd Place: Nyomi Longhi, Conestoga Valley High School, 12th Grade

3rd Place: Piper Rudy, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention: Lillian Ross, Elizabethtown Area High School, 12th Grade

Honorable Mention: Aldo Ferretti, Palmyra Area High School, 12th Grade

 

Environmental & Engineering Technology

1st Place: Luke McCune, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

2nd Place: Sarah Hensley, Ephrata Senior High School, 12th Grade

3rd Place: Timothy Breckbill, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention: Jeremiah Teklu, Conestoga Valley High School, 9th Grade

 

Microbiology

1st Place: Crystal Kirui, Warwick High School, 12th Grade

2nd Place: MacKenzie Thoeun, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade

3rd Place: Aldynne Snyder, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention: Amaya Jones, Ephrata Senior High School, 10th Grade

Honorable Mention: Rebecca Foard, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention: Addison Guise, Ephrata Senior High School, 10th Grade

Honorable Mention: Hadassah Knowles, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade

Physics & Robotics

1st Place: Kai Unwin-Wisnosky, McCaskey High School, 11th Grade

2nd Place: William Lee, Manheim Township High School, 11th Grade

3rd Place: Joseph Stauffer, Conestoga Valley High School, 9th Grade

Honorable Mention: Spencer Steed, Cocalico High School, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention: Breelyn Beyer, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention: Mykhailo Burdyn, Ephrata Senior High School, 10th Grade

Honorable Mention: Alek Teleguz, Conestoga Valley High School, 9th Grade

 

Plant Sciences

1st Place (tie): Sophie Burkey, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade

1st Place (tie): Ellie Eshleman, Ephrata Senior High School, 12th Grade

3rd Place: Leah Caldwell , Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention: Rylee Cicero, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade


Junior Division Category Winners

Consumer Science

1st Place: Ella Beth Hoover, Landisville Middle School, 7th Grade

2nd Place: Rose Burns, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

3rd Place: Sophia Newell, St. John Neumann, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention: Gabriel Stafford, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention: Mariel Pasternak-Post, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention: Arvind Jhaveri, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade

Honorable Mention: Catherine Savoie, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, 6th Grade

Honorable Mention: Harshleen Kullar, Ephrata Middle School, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention: Charlotte Parshley, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade

Earth Science

1st Place: Rowan Bushong, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade

2nd Place: Claire Fleckenstein, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

3rd Place: Cecelia Parrish, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention: Henry Lehman, St. John Neumann, 6th Grade

Honorable Mention: Jaxon Stoltzfus, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, 7th Grade

Honorable Mention: Sophya Nunez, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, 7th Grade

Engineering

1st Place: Jared Hopgood, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade

2nd Place: Joel Tambo, Lancaster Mennonite, 6th Grade

3rd Place: Graham Francey, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention: Evan Ciampanelli, Lancaster County Christian School, 7th Grade

Honorable Mention: Ozodbek Niyozov, Anchor Christian Academy, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention: Noelle Wolgemuth, Lancaster Mennonite, 6th Grade

Life Science

1st Place: Grace Sahd, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

2nd Place: Taven Paxson, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

3rd Place: Grace McMurtrie, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention: Jack Raudabaugh, St. John Neumann, 6th Grade

Honorable Mention: Marie-Ann Farrell, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention: Roxy Kaplan, St. John Neumann, 6th Grade

Honorable Mention: Stella Yarnes, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, 6th Grade

Physical Science

1st Place: Andrew Otto, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade

2nd Place: Samantha Cohen, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade

3rd Place: Anushka Kurian, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade

Honorable Mention: Madelyn Urglavitch , Anchor Christian Academy, 7th Grade

Honorable Mention: Caleb Oberholtzer, Ephrata Middle School, 7th Grade

Honorable Mention: Hailey Xayavongsithideth, Landisville Middle School, 7th Grade

Honorable Mention: Rose Sikorski, St. John Neumann, 6th Grade

 

Plant Science

1st Place: Eleanor Steuer, Manheim Township Middle School, 8th Grade

2nd Place: Jane Houser, St. John Neumann, 6th Grade

3rd Place: Olivia Kelsey, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade

Honorable Mention: Betty Jens, Sacred Heart, 7th Grade

Honorable Mention: Holt Carlson, Lancaster County Christian School, 7th Grade


Auxiliary Awards Winners

Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories: Achievement in Analytical Chemistry

Senior Division: Zoe Wiker, Warwick High School, 12th Grade

Junior Division: Anushka Kurian, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade

 

North Museum of Nature and Science Physical Science Award

Senior Division: Spencer Steed, Cocalico High School, 11th Grade

Junior Division: Caroline Coyne, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade

 

North Museum of Nature and Science Earth & Environmental Science Award

Senior Division: Ella Strickler, Elizabethtown Area High School, 12th Grade

Junior Division: Olivia Kelsey, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade

 

North Museum of Nature and Science Powering the Future Award

Nevin Bansal, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade

 

Union Fire Company Fire Science Award

Owen McCollum, St. John Neumann, 6th Grade

 

Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers – Lincoln Chapter Engineering Excellence Award

1st: William Lee, Manheim Township High School, 11th Grade

2nd: Breelyn Beyer, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade

3rd: Kai Unwin-Wisnosky, McCaskey High School, 11th Grade

Creative Solutions to Lancaster County Problems

Jackson Hogarth, Ephrata Middle School, 8th Grade

Alden Hendricks, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade

Jermaine, Edwards, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade

 

Longwood Gardens Award for Excellence in Horticulture & Plant Science

Alden Hendricks, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade

 

Farm & Home Foundation Award for Agriculture and Family Living Studies

Senior Division:

1st: Andy Flores, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade

2nd: Gwenyth Shaw, Lancaster Country Day School, 11th Grade

3rd: Clara Mohler, Anchor Christian Academy, 9th Grade

Junior Division:

1st: Eleanor Steuer, Manheim Township Middle School, 8th Grade

2nd: Mariel Pasternak-Post, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade

3rd: Jane Houser, St. John Neumann, 6th Grade

 

John S. Downs Memorial Prize for Agriculture / Farm Science

Harshleen Kullar, Ephrata Middle School, 8th Grade

 

Society of American Military Engineers

Senior Division: Timothy Breckbill, Ephrata Senior High School, 11th Grade

Junior Division: Noelle Wolgemuth, Lancaster Mennonite, 6th Grade

Southeastern Pennsylvania Section of the American Chemical Society

1st: Ansh Dwivedi, Warwick High School, 12th Grade

2nd: Zoe Wiker, Warwick High School, 12th Grade

3rd: Hailey Dougherty, Elizabethtown Area High School, 12th Grade

HM: Caroline Coyne, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade

HM: Brendan Morrell, Ephrata Senior High School, 10th Grade

HM: Lincoln Winder, Anchor Christian Academy, 9th Grade

 

Izaak Walton League of America, The Lancaster Red Rose Chapter

Ethan Albright, Hempfield High School, 11th Grade

Andrew Marine, Conestoga Valley High School, 12th Grade

Rowan, Bushong, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade

 

Einstein’s Grandmother Award for Excellence in Science Communication

Jermaine Edwards, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade

 

Regeneron Biomedical Science Award

Rachel Behringer, Warwick High School, 12th Grade

 

North Museum Science and Engineering Fair Student Choice Award

Senior Division: Josiah Casler, Conestoga Valley High School, 12th Grade

Junior Division: Anthony Fantazzi, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade



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