The Central Utah Science and Engineering Fair was held on March 26th and 27th at the BYU Conference Center. Nebo had 145 students participate at the Central Utah Fair.
The following awards were presented to Nebo School District students:
JUNIOR DIVISION AWARDS (7th - 8th Grade)
Grand Awards
Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge
Spring Canyon Middle: Ruby Jimenez, Effects of Vitamin D₃ Supplementation and Mushroom Extract in a Capsicum annum Model
Category Awards 1st Place
Biomedical, Medicine, & Health Sciences
Spring Canyon Middle: Ruby Jimenez, Effects of Vitamin D₃ Supplementation and Mushroom Extract in a Capsicum annum Model
Category Awards 2nd Place
Behavioral & Social Science
Valley View Middle: Porter Thompson, Running to the rhythm: does music make you faster
Earth & Environmental Science
Valley View Middle: James Draper, Weather Watch
Energy: Chemical & Physical
Spanish Fork Jr. High: Stephen Petersen, Bursting Bonds
Engineering: Materials & Mechanical
Maple Grove Middle School: Haylee Johnson, Investigating the Best Electronic Construction for Mars Rovers in Extreme Temperature Changes
Category Awards 3rd Place
Animal & Plant Sciences
Salem Junior High: Saatchi Truscott, Words Matter
Behavioral & Social Science
Maple Grove Middle School: Cambria Smith, Is Brand Name Always Best? (Chip testing)
Engineering: Electrical & Computer Science
Spring Canyon Middle: Emmanuel Jensen & Quinton McClean, School Game Site
Engineering: Materials & Mechanical
Spring Canyon Middle: Dallin Young, The Unbreakable Print
Special Awards
Office of Naval Research - U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps: Valley View Middle: James Draper
Research Design: Mapleton Jr. High: Eliza Baker, Eilzabeth Murdock & Linden Baker
US Air Force: Maple Grove Middle School, Haylee Johnson
SENIOR DIVISION AWARDS (9th - 12th Grade)
Scholarships
BYU Scholarship -Department of Geological Science, 1-year Full Tuition
Salem Hills High: Talmage Wallace, Phytoremediation at the Goshen Tintic Mill
Category Awards 2nd Place
Earth & Environmental Science
Salem Hills High: Talmage Wallace, Phytoremediation at the Goshen Tintic Mill
Special Awards
NASA Earth System Science Award: Salem Hills High, Talmage Wallace
Ricoh Sustainable Development Award: Maple Mountain High: Abe Tanner
U.S. Stockholm Jr. Water Prize: Salem Hills High, Talmage Wallace
US Air Force: Maple Mountain High, Abe Tanner
