Young Scientists Shine At Hauppauge Middle School Fair

HAUPPAUGE, NY — Hauppauge Middle School hosted its annual science fair on Jan. 21, the school district announced.

Students in grades six through eight enrolled in science research, along with any interested Hauppauge Middle School students, participated in the competition. After selecting the top students from each grade, students were interviewed to determine their placement.

In sixth grade, Jack Corso and Aleena Vasquez earned honorable mentions for their projects titled, "Are there varying levels of toxicity in the Nissequogue River?" and "Purify Life: One Drop at a Time," respectively.

Ella Oury earned third place for her project, “CO2, is it harming you?" and Aiden Napolitano earned second place for, "The Effects of Aging on Reaction Time."

Khushi Shah took home first place with "Battle of the Sunscreens."

Seventh graders Chris Michels, Ella Muilenburg and Pranav Ramkumar won honorable mentions, while Regan Ashby earned third for her project titled, "Magnet Dropping." Seventh grader Rehan Ali earned second place for, "How can hydrogels conserve water in farming?" and Aditri Arun earned first place with "Slow-Release Fertilizer vs. Fast Release Fertilizer."

Lastly, eighth graders Crosby Cadmus and Bruch Langlois both earned honorable mentioned for their projects, "Burning Water" and "Catch the Wave! The Science of Tsunamis," respectively. In third place, Ishaan Maheshkumar won for "Eco-Safe and Strong Concrete," and in second place was Vaibhavi Hegde with her project, "Eco-Friendly Hydrogels: A Sustainable Solutions for Water Consumption in Farming."

Eighth grader Mihir Sathish Kumar came in first for his project, “Future in Every Drop: Harvesting Blue Energy from Rainwater."

Select students will move on to regional competitions such as the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovation Challenge, the Long Island Science Congress and the Brookhaven National Laboratory Elementary Science Fair Competition.

"The district congratulates these young scientists on their great work," the district wrote.