Young scientific minds put on a show for judges at the regional competition of the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair in Griffin.

In addition to advancing 16 projects to the state competition next month and three to the international championship in May, judges also awarded 22 special recognitions.

Amy Wheble, Starr’s Mill High; Zenia Zheng, McIntosh High and Sonika Reddy and Sonya Jooma, Fayette County High, were chosen to automatically advance to the International Science and Engineering Fair that will be held in Atlanta May 11-16.

The following students placed first in the regional competition and will advance to the State Science and Engineering Fair at the University of Georgia April 3-5: Kensey Seidel, Bennett’s Mill Middle; Jackie Roshelli and Madeline Davis, Bennett’s Mill Middle; Rebecca Otwell, Fayette Middle; Arlene Wilckens, Rising Starr Middle; Jessica Richey and Allie Buchanan, Rising Starrr Middle; Shannon McKillip, Rising Starr Middle; Amy Hebel, Christopher Feigenbaum and Natalie Lemus, Fayette County High; Sonika Reddy and Sonya Jooma, Fayette County High; Michael Martin, Krishan Bhagat and Julian Urrego, Fayette County High; Christian Concepcion, Joni Barnard and Asad Abdulla, Fayette County High; Zenia Zheng, McIntosh High; Brahma Natarajan, McIntosh High; Sadie Mason, McIntosh High; Camara Carter and Poonim Daya, Sandy Creek High; Amy Wheble, Starr’s Mill High and Lauren Beatty, Starr’s Mill High.

Special awards were received by the following students: Amy Wheble, Starr’s Mill, from the ASM Materials Education Foundation, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army (bronze award); Amy Hebel, Christopher Feigenbaum and Natalie Lemus, Fayette County High, from the American Meteorological Society and Scientific American Award for Outstanding Achievement in Education; Sadie Mason, McIntosh High, Association for Women Geoscientists Award, UGA for highest first place score in environmental science and U.S. Army; Zenia Zheng, McIntosh High, the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association, National Society of Professional Engineers, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army; Sonika Reddy and Sonya Jooma, Fayette County High, Mu Alpha Theta and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Christian Concepcion, Joni Barnard and Asad Abdulla, Fayette County High, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Jessica Richey and Allie Buchanan, Rising Starr Middle, Ricoh; Scarlet Roland, Starr’s Mill High, U.S. Air Force; Arlene Wilckens, Rising Starr, U.S. Navy/U.S. Marines and Brahma Natarajan, McIntosh High, U.S. Navy/U.S. Marines.

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