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HAUPPAUGE MIDDLE SCHOOL'S 2016 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FAIR WINNERS

Hauppauge Middle School is pleased to announce the winning projects from the 2016 Science and Technology Fair. “Congratulations to all of this year’s Science and Technology Fair winners,” stated Robert Wankmuller, Hauppauge School District’s director of Science, Technology and Research. “We are very proud of their achievements and also of all of the students who participated in this year’s Science and Technology Fair.”

6th GRADE

First place: Kenneth Johansson, “Can Pine Tree Branches Help Stop Beach Erosion”

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Second Place: Anish Shenoy, “Fuel Feud”

Third Place: Abhiram Marisetti, “Best Bridge Wins”

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Honorable Mention: Matthew Dolce, “Video Game Effects”

Honorable Mention: Nicholas Oliveto, “Which Liquid Stains Teeth the Most”

7th GRADE

First Place: Alexander Rodriguez, “Rockin the Boat”

Second Place: Emma Vasilakopoulos, “Global Warming and its Effect on Sea Breezes”

Third Place: Jalaj Mehta, “The Filtration of Polyethylene Microbeads”

Honorable Mention: James Hachadoorian, “Leaf Litter and Soil pH”

Honorable Mention: Isabella Lewin, “Solar, Sea, then Safe”

8th GRADE

First Place: Devin Capece, “How Clean Are Your Cleaning Products?”

Second Place: Ritvik Chilakamarthy “Battle of the Cleaners, Environmentally Friendly

or Chemical”

Third Place: Thomas Mitchell, “Oil Spill Effects”

Honorable Mention: Kathryn Burke, “Dominant Hand vs. Non-Dominant Hand”

Honorable Mention: Keith Bauer, “The Cooling Effect of Mints”

The first and second place winners from 6th grade will participate in the Brookhaven National Lab Elementary Science Fair, which will be held on May 7, 2016 at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York. Winners from 7th and 8th grade will participate in the Long Island Science Congress, which will be held on April 12, 2016 at St. Anthony’s High School, Huntington Station, New York. Winners from 6th, 7th and 8th grade will participate in the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair-Society for Science and the Public Broadcom MASTERS Middle School Fair, which will be held on March 10, 2016, at the Crest Hollow Country Club, Woodbury, New York.

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