NHSEE Expo 2016 was held on March 17, 2016. Congratulations to everyone for a great fair!  We had an enthusiastic crowd and there’s no doubt that science was kicked up to notches unknown. (thanks, Emeril!!)

First and Second place overall winners
2016 NHSEE overall winners (L to R): Shaan Bhandarkar (3rd), Mary Zhu (1st), Sara Mason and Matt Spettel (2nd)

Open Competition by Category

Behavioral Science
1st place; Mary Zhu; Nashua High School South for “Food for Thought: A Novel Computational Approach to Modeling the Impacts of School Meal Policies”
2nd place; Rebecca Croley, Sonya DiPietro and Benjamin Sontag; Nashua Christian Academy for “How Do Fears Change With Age?”

Biochemistry
1st place; Shea Roe; Nashua High School North for “Antibiotic Alternatives: Are They Effective?”
2nd place; Kylie M. Britton-Doucette and Anna E. Strong; Goffstown High School for “Are Sugar-Free Items Really Sugar-Free?”

Biology
1st place; Katherine Amrein; Nashua High School North for “Melodius Microbes”
2nd place; Ayla Wamser and Sarah Jackson; Goffstown High School for “Bacteria Cultivation in Washed Versus Unwashed Eggs”

Chemistry
1st place; Sihyun Min and Joshua Jinhan Kim; St. Paul’s School for “Examining the Physical Characteristics of Hearrt-shaped Effervescent Tablets”
2nd place; Joel D’Onofrio, Autumn Dillow and Carver Picard; Nashua Christian Academy for “Electrolyte Challenge: Orange Juice Vs. Sports Drinks”

Computers
1st place; Aashish Welling and Harshal Sheth; Nashua High School South for “An Implementation and Analysis of a Kernel Network Stack in Go with the CSP Style”
2nd place; Sarah Coffen; Winnacunnet High School for “Dites-Mois Le Sens”

Earth and Space Science
1st place; Kristina Fields; Nashua High School North for “Can Mars Be The New Earth?”

Engineering
1st place; Matt Spettel and Sara Mason; Merrimack High School for “The Applications of Peristaltic Pumping Systems in Chemistry Laboratories”
2nd place; Joshua Walsh; Farmington High School for “Egg Carrying Rocket”

Environmental Science
1st place; Emilie Veillieux and Hannah Oikovikas; Goffstown High School for “Energetic Waste”
2nd place; Mary Stewart; Salem High School for “The Effects of Temperature on the Resolution of a Footprint Casting”

Mathematics
1st place; Daniel Scott and Dima Golovko; Nashua Christian Academy for “Manipulating Sound Files”
2nd place; Sarah Birch, Jonathan Good and Seongho Choi; Nashua Christian Academy for “Geometry of Banking a Basket”

Physics and Electronics
1st place; Shaan Bhandarkar; Phillips Exeter Academy for “A Biophysical Model of the Neuroendocrine Circuit in the Pancreas: Towards Better Diabetes Care”
2nd place; Christopher Roy Bourgeois, Emily Grace Desaulniers and Joseph Thomas Fournier; Nashua Christian Academy for “See The Light by Making a Cell Phone Spectrophotometer”

 

Challenge Competition by event

Original Wind Instrument
Clara Moore; Farmington HS for “Project of Many Horns”

 

Overall Fair Winners

1st place   1st place for the fair went to Mary Zhu for “Food for Thought: A Novel Computational Approach to Modeling the Impacts of School Meal Policies”
 
2nd place   2nd place for the fair went to Matt Spettel and Sara Mason for “The Applications of Peristaltic Pumping Systems in Chemistry Laboratories”
 
3rd place   3rd place for the fair went to Shaan Bhandarkar for “A Biophysical Model of the Neuroendocrine Circuit in the Pancreas: Towards Better Diabetes Care”

 
Special Awards
In addition to competing for trophies, bragging rights and a chance to move on to international competition, students also may also win Special Awards. Specific companies and organizations will provide prizes and recognition for students that excel with projects that meet certain criteria.

This year, the NHSEE recognized five student teams for Special Awards.

Award    Student team
Arizona State University Walton Sustainability Solutions    Emilie Veilleux and Hannah Olkovikas from Goffstown High won in Environmental Science for “Energetic Waste”
Intel Excellence in Computer Science    Aashish Welling and Harshal Sheth from Nashua High South won in Computers for “An Implementation and Analysis of a Kernel Network Stack in Go with the CSP Style”
RICOH Sustainable Development Award    Emilie Veilleux and Hannah Olkovikas from Goffstown High won in Environmental Science for “Energetic Waste”
Yale Science and Engineering Association    Matt Spettel and Sara Mason from Merrimack High won in Engineering for “The Applications of Peristaltic Pumping Systems in Chemistry Laboratories”
Northeast Institute of Food Technologists    Ayla Wamser and Sarah Jackson from Goffstown High won in Biology for “Bacteria Cultivation in Washed Versus Unwashed Eggs”