Students from James Madison High School, George C. Marshall High School and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology captured grand-prize awards at the 2024 Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair, held at Old Dominion University.
Grand-prize-winnings students have qualified to compete at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles, running May 12-17.
The grand prize winners were:
> Wesley Kang of Madison for the project “A Novel Mathematical Model to Predict Wastewater Induced Earthquakes.”
> Anant Khandelwal, Sritan Motati and Siddhant Sood of Thomas Jefferson for the project “Diffusion-Based Conditional Mesh Synthesis for Efficient 3D Prototyping.”
> Gabriela Konde of Marshall School for the project “Optimal Sound Frequencies for Targeted E. coli Biofilm Eradication on Medical Devices.”
> Valeria Novoa of Madison for the project “Optimizing Graphitic Carbon Nitride to Create a Safe, Effective, and Economic Form of Hydrogen Storage.”
Seventy-eight students from Fairfax’s school system participated in the state-level competition. Find a complete list of awards won by local students at bit.ly/44tQdYR.
