2024 Science Fair Winners

Congratulations to the 2024 North Museum Science & Engineering Fair Winners!

2024 Grand Champion

Ella Stricker
Elizabethtown Area High School
Grade 11

Category: Earth & Environmental Sciences


Senior Division Champion

Austin Van Grouw, Warwick High School, Grade 10
Chemistry & Materials Science

Senior Division Reserve Champion

Dominick Baksh, Lancaster Catholic High School, Grade 11th
Biochemistry & Biomedical Science

Junior Division Champion

Alden Hendricks, Lancaster Country Day School, Grade 7
Life Science

Junior Division Reserve Champion

John Ryan, Marticville Middle School, Grade 8
Physical Science

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Senior Division Category Winners

Animal & Behavioral Science

1st Place: Lillia Alvarez, Elizabethtown Area High School, 12th Grade

2nd Place: Corinne Smith, Penn Manor High School, 12th Grade

3rd Place: Samantha Silvaggio, Conestoga Valley HS, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention: Caleb Nolt, Conestoga Valley HS, 11th Grade

 

Biochemistry & Biomedical Science

1st Place: Keegan Miller, Elizabethtown Area High School, 12th Grade

2nd Place: Natalie Mull, Ephrata High School, 11th Grade

3rd Place: Kaitlynn Himelright, Warwick High School, 12th Grade

Honorable Mention: Ethan Haupt, Ephrata High School, 11th Grade

 

Chemistry & Materials Science

1st Place: Jenna Jones, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

2nd Place: Brooklyn, Stauffer Ephrata High School, 11th Grade

3rd Place: Lizzy Matthews, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

Honorable Mention: Breana-Belle Wigren, Ephrata High School, 11th Grade

Earth & Environmental Sciences

1st Place: Sarah Taylor, Ephrata High School, 11th Grade

2nd Place: Amelie Breuninger, Lancaster Country Day School, 11th Grade

3rd Place: Josie Lynch, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

Honorable Mention: Sarah Trovinger, Warwick High School, 11th Grade
Honorable Mention: Marlee Lauris, Hempfield High School, 12th Grade

 

Energy

1st Place: Kai Unwin-Wisnosky, McCaskey High School, 10th Grade

2nd Place: Nicholas Rossi, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

3rd Place: Mikaela Condran, Elizabethtown Area High School, 12th Grade

Honorable Mention: Aidan Lamson, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

 

Environmental & Engineering Technology

1st Place: Rya McKain, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

2nd Place: Emily Stauffer, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

3rd Place: Todd Weist, Ephrata High School, 10th Grade

Honorable Mention: Jessica Wenrich, Ephrata High School, 11th Grade

Microbiology

1st Place: Hayden Eby, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

2nd Place: Emily Phillips, Elizabethtown Area High School, 12th Grade

3rd Place:  Hannah Rigg, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

Honorable Mention: Rachel Behringer, Warwick High School, 11th Grade
Honorable Mention: Elise Johnson, Ephrata High School, 11th Grade

 

Physics & Robotics

1st Place: Sabrina Phinitpapha, Ephrata High School, 10th Grade

2nd Place: Ava Knopsnyder, Ephrata High School, 11th Grade

3rd Place: Eddy Cordero, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

Honorable Mention: Jonathan (Jack) Myers, Elizabethtown Area High School, 10th Grade

 

Plant Sciences

1st Place: Nadia Drobot, Ephrata High School, 10th Grade

2nd Place: Jonathan Huntington, Ephrata high school, 11th Grade

3rd Place: Patrick van Dun, Ephrata High School, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention: Averiana Bender, Ephrata High School, 11th Grade


Junior Division Category Winners

Consumer Science

1st Place: Ava Richter, Saint John Neumann Catholic School, 8th Grade

2nd Place: Ayah Ismat, Lancaster Friends School, 8th Grade

3rd Place: Roisin Mulligan, Landisville Middle School, 7th Grade

Honorable Mention 1: Kathleen Dougherty, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention 2: Zoe Thurmond, Saint John Neumann Catholic School, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention 3: Addison Malek, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

Earth Science

1st Place: Kate Meyer, Centerville Middle School, 8th Grade

2nd Place: Dean Schlosser, Landisville Middle School, 8th Grade

3rd Place: Ashley Sudderth, Saint John Neumann Catholic School, 7th Grade

Honorable Mention 1: Cooper Martin, Landisville Middle School, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention 2: Milana Palomino, Landisville Middle School, 8th Grade

Engineering

1st Place: Nathaniel Kulfan-Cole, Ephrata Middle School, 8th Grade

2nd Place: Matthew Savage, Ephrata Middle School, 8th Grade

3rd Place: Ozodbek Niyozov, Anchor Christan Academy, 7th Grade

Honorable Mention 1: Paul Stefanow, Saint John Neumann Catholic School, 6th Grade

Honorable Mention 2: Patrick Landry, Our Mother of Perpetual Help School, 7th Grade

Honorable Mention 3: Jodi Bright-Walck, Lancaster Friends School, 8th Grade

Life Science

1st Place: Charles Lorenz, Saint John Neumann Catholic School, 8th Grade

2nd Place: Elijah Hoover, Landisville Middle School, 8th Grade

3rd Place: Harshleen Kullar, Ephrata Middle School, 7th Grade

Honorable Mention 1: Ryan Kong, Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention 2: Monica Algeo, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

Physical Science

1st Place: Celia Ives, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

2nd Place: Noelle Hooper, Landisville Middle School, 8th Grade

3rd Place: Aldin Binoy, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention 1: Melissa Kurian Lancaster Country Day School, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention 2: Jermaine Edwards II, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade

Honorable Mention 3: Christopher Farrell, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention 4: Gus Kleinberg, Lancaster Friends School, 8th Grade

 

Plant Science

1st Place: Ryan Garman, Ephrata Middle School, 8th Grade

2nd Place: Clara Mohler, Anchor Christan Academy, 8th Grade

3rd Place: Stephen Atteberry, Lancaster County Christian School, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention 1: Eleanor Veldheer, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention 2: Emily Sedlak, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, 6th Grade


Auxiliary Awards Winners

Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories: Achievement in Analytical Chemistry

Senior Division: Josie Lynch, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

Junior Division: Celia Ives, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

 

North Museum of Nature and Science Physical Science Award

Senior Division: Jenna Jones, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

Junior Division: Aldin Binoy, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

 

North Museum of Nature and Science Earth and Environmental Science Award

Senior Division: Sarah Taylor, Ephrata High School, 11th Grade

Junior Division: Kate Meyer, Centerville Middle School, 8th Grade

 

Donald Velkley, Ph.D & Madeline Pearl Peterson Discovery Award

Senior Division: Sabrina Phinitpapha, Ephrata High School, 10th Grade

Junior Division: Patrick Landry, Our Mother of Perpetual Help School, 7th Grade

 

PSPE – Lincoln Chapter Engineering Excellence Award

1st Place: Austin Van Grouw, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

2nd Place: Todd Weist, Ephrata High School, 10th Grade

3rd Place: Kai Unwin-Wisnosky, McCaskey High School, 10th Grade

 

Creative Solutions to Lancaster County Problems

1st Place: John Ryan, Marticville Middle School, 8th Grade

2nd Place: Sophie Preiss, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

3rd Place: Maria Trego, Saint John Neumann Catholic School, 8th Grade

Longwood Gardens Award for Excellence in Horticulture & Plant Science

Junior Division: Maria Trego, Saint John Neumann Catholic School, 8th Grade

 

Farm & Home Foundation Award for Agriculture and Family Living Studies

Senior 1st Place: Lyla Brenner, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

Senior 2nd Place: Nadia Drobot, Ephrata High School, 10th Grade

Senior 3rd Place: Lizzy Matthews, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

Junior 1st Place: Alden Hendricks, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade

Junior 2nd Place: Kate Meyer, Centerville Middle School, 8th Grade

Junior 3rd Place: Sahara Szpara-DeNisco, Lancaster Friends School, 7th Grade

 

John S. Downs Memorial Prize for Agriculture / Farm Science

Liam Cooper, Lancaster Friends School, 7th Grade

 

Society of American Military Engineers

Senior Division: Morgan Rudy, Elizabethtown Area High School, 12th Grade

Junio Division: Patrick Landry, Our Mother of Perpetual Help School, 7th Grade

 

Southeastern Pennsylvania Section of the American Chemical Society

Senior 1st Place: Brooklyn Stauffer, Ephrata High School, 11th Grade

Senior 2nd Place: Aidan Lamson, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

Senior 3rd Place: Lizzy Matthews, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

Honorable Mention 1: Taisiya McCarthy, Ephrata Area School District, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention 2: Daniel Dougherty, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

Honorable Mention 3: Emma Antonacci, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

Association of Women Geoscientists Foundation

Senior Division: Morgan Rudy, Elizabethtown Area High School, 12th Grade

Junior Division: Ashley Sudderth, Saint John Neumann Catholic School, 7th Grade

 

Izaak Walton League of America, The Lancaster Red Rose Chapter

Senior Division: Amelie Breuninger, Lancaster Country Day School, 11th Grade

Junior Division: Kate Meyer, Centerville Middle School, 8th Grade

 

Einstein’s Grandmother Award for Excellence in Science Communication

1st Place: James Clawson, Lancaster Country Day School, 7th Grade

 

North Museum Science and Engineering Fair Student Choice Award

Senior Division: Emily Stauffer, Warwick High School, 10th Grade

Junior Division: Celia Ives, St. Leo the Great, 8th Grade

 

North Museum Archaelogy Award

William Kimo Washington, Ephrata High School, 11th Grade


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