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Published: March 01 2012

FORT LAUDERDALE - When the 57th annual Florida State Science and Engineering Fair gets underway next month in Lakeland, Florida, 17 students from Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) will demonstrate their scientific skills.

The middle and high school students earned their slots at the state competition by excelling at Broward’s annual fair, one of the largest fairs and science, technology, engineering and math expos in the state.  Results for all students and schools at the local level can be found at (www.browardscience.com).  

At the state fair, four high school students who demonstrate excellence will be selected to attend the International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania in May.

BCPS students who will participate at the state competition and their project categories are listed by school below.

Blanche Ely High School – Santiago Ramirez, Zoology

Cypress Bay High School – Felipe Gomez del Campo, Physics & Astronomy

Northeast High School – Lise-Clara Mabour, Zoology; Santiago Mayorga, Biochemistry; Samantha Sharland, Botany; Kiona Elliott, Environmental Science

Stoneman Douglas High School – Pratheek Nagaraj, Mathematics

Driftwood Middle School – Cara Axelrod, Botany

Falcon Cove Middle School – Guo Qian, Chemistry; Antares Tobelem, Engineering; Annika Ramnath, Physics & Astronom

Millennium Middle School – Tilka Persaud, Physics & Astronomy

Pioneer Middle School – Ryan Daugherty, Environmental Science

Sawgrass Springs Middle School – Sarju Patel and Sarung Patel, Computer Science (Team)

Silver Trail Middle School – Paul Leiva, Physics & Astronomy

Walter C. Young Middle School - Ashwin Mahenda, Medicine and Health

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