Mamaroneck Students Win Awards at Westchester Science Fair

Sixteen students in the Mamaroneck High School's Original Science Research program won awards at the Regeneron Westchester Science and Engineering Fair.

Stefani Kim, Patch Staff

Posted Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 3:17 am ET|Updated Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 3:18 am ET

On March 9, over 350 students from Westchester and Putnam Counties participated in the Regeneron Westchester Science and Engineering Fair at Sleepy Hollow High School.

Sixteen Mamaroneck High School students in the Original Science Research (OSR) program won awards at the fair. Students "were judged by local experts in the fields of life science, physical science, environmental studies, psychology and engineering."

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Winners were as follows:

Jami Nicholson

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Second Place Medicine and Health

- Innovations in Science Award: Awarded to two student researchers whose passion for science may lead to the development of novel technologies or biological insights.

Elisha Haber

Third Place, Behavioral Science

Moni Kaneti

Third Place, Medicine and Health

Jen Gottfried

Fourth Place, Medicine and Health

Joseph Friedland , Benjamin Kaplan (Team)

Fourth Place, Environmental Science

Lauren Pfeffer

Fourth Place, Cell Biology

Gray Putnam

Fourth Place, Mathematics

- Mu Alpha Theta Award: Awarded to projects involving the use of mathematics in a challenging, original thorough and creative investigation

Danielle Zelin

- Visual Imapact Award: Awarded to the projects with the best visual representation of research

Joby Bernstein

The Walter Kass Award for excellent behavioral science projects

- Visual Imapact Award: Awarded to the projects with the best visual representation of research

Matthew Plaut

US Metric Association Award: For exceptional projects displaying significant use of metric measurement.

- Visual Imapact Award: Awarded to the projects with the best visual representation of research.

Valentine Olivier