East Baton Rouge Parish School System students had their share of wins at the March 23-24 Louisiana State Science and Engineering Fair, which took place at the Louisiana State University.  More than 500 students from throughout the state presented projects at the event and competed for awards and scholarships.  Although the district did not have any top winners moving on to represent Louisiana in the International Science & Engineering Fair held in Los Angeles in May, competing students from the School System still did quite well:

SENIOR DIVISION -- BATON ROUGE MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL
Biochemistry, Third Place – Anna E. Nesterova for “Determination of Total Fat Content and Fat Composition in Local Louisiana Food”
Engineering:  Electrical and Mechanical, First Place – Joshua D. Springer for “Stabilization of a Quadrotor Flight Using Process Control and Autonomous Tuning”
Mathematical Sciences, Second Place – Frank H. Luo for “Hide and Seek”
Special Award, Mu Alpha Theta – Springer
Special Award, National Association of Professional Engineers – Springer
Special Award, U.S. Army – Springer
Special Award, Intel Excellence in Computer Science – Bohyung K. Park
Special Award, U.S. Air Force – Jade A. Spearks (first place)

JUNIOR DIVISION -- GLASGOW MIDDLE SCHOOL
     ** TOP JUNIOR DIVISION SCHOOL AWARD
Behavioral and Social Sciences, First Place – Chet N. Herndon for “Seeing Eye to Eye:  A Gender Study on Optical Illusions”
Biochemistry, Third Place – Megna Mishra for “Don’t Cry Over Spoiled Milk”
Environmental Management, Second Place – Samhita D. Rao for “Concentration Makes It Happen”
Energy and Transportation, Third Place – Arshdeep Singh for “Green Machine”
Mathematical Sciences, Second Place – Louie D. Kam for “How Much Is in the Gulf?”
Special Award, U.S. Army – Vani Singh
For more information, go online to http://www.outreach.lsu.edu/sciencefair/default.asp?Home=1 or call (225) 578-1067.