The 2019 Westchester Science & Engineering Fair was held on Saturday, March 16th, 2019 at Sleepy Hollow High School. This was our biggest and best event ever with over 650 students competing!
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AWARDS & Finalists
During our incredible and exciting awards ceremony, a total of 448 awards were given out including special awards, 1st – 4th place category awards and grand awards which included 9 students being selected to attend the International Genius Olympiad and 18 students who will attend the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Phoenix, AZ.
A complete list of the awards and recipients can be found here.
The top WESEF Finalists who will represent our region at the International Science & Engineering Fair in Phoenix are:
| Behavioral and Social Sciences | Yorktown High School | Joseph Atherall |
| Behavioral and Social Sciences | Ossining High School | Kellen Cooks |
| Behavioral and Social Sciences | Ossining High School | Giovanni Santucci |
| Biochemistry | Ossining High School | Magdalene Ford |
| Cellular and Molecular Biology | Somers High School | Sun Graham |
| Cellular and Molecular Biology | Yorktown High School | Ryan Onatzevitch |
| Cellular and Molecular Biology | Byram Hills High School | Brent Perlman |
| Engineering | Somers High School | Rachel Joseph |
| Medicine and Health | Byram Hills High School | Renner Kwittken |
| Microbiology | Yorktown High School | Cheryl Luo |
| Neuroscience | Byram Hills High School | Samantha Abbruzzese |
| Neuroscience | Dobbs Ferry High School | Jed Katzenstein |
| Computational Biology/Bioinformatics | Yorktown High School | Janani Rajadurai Pooja Rajadurai |
| Engineering | Ardsley / Hackley | Isha Brahmbhatt Anastasia Popova |
| Medicine and Health | Ardsley High School | Adeel Arif Amber Arif |
Additionally, our Genius Olympiad Finalists who will attend the International Genius Olympiad are:
| Animal Sciences | Sleepy Hollow High School | Molly Brennan |
| Behavioral and Social Sciences | Pelham Memorial High School | Isabelle Anderson |
| Behavioral and Social Sciences | Briarcliff Manor High School | Christopher Li |
| Cellular and Molecular Biology | Ossining High School | Fanny Zhang |
| Computational Biology/Bioinformatics | Ossining High School | Hammad Hassan |
| Computational Biology/Bioinformatics | Horace Greeley High School | Alec Xiang |
| Medicine and Health | Ardsley High School | Gillian Gold |
| Medicine and Health | Yorktown High School | Anna Prybylski |
| Neuroscience | Hastings High School | Mia Veefkind |
Congratulations to all who attended! You are all to be celebrated for taking on the world’s biggest problems and conducting scientifically rigorous studies in search of solutions. You are change makers! You ensure our future is bright!