Prince
William
County
Public
Schools
(PWCS)
had
a
strong
showing
at
the
2022
Virginia
State
Science
and
Engineering
Fair
(VSSEF).
Congratulations
to
the
team
of
Tony
Bright,
Arman
Lateef,
and
Gabriel
Ralston,
students
at
Charles
J.
Colgan
Sr.
High
School
and
The
Governor's
School
at
Innovation
Park
for
winning
a
grand
prize.
Out
of
the
16
categories
at
VSSEF,
PWCS
students
took
first
place
in
five
of
them.
Congratulations
to
the
winning
students:
-
Animal
Sciences:
Rania
Lateef,
Charles
J.
Colgan
Sr.
High
School
-
Dozing
off
with
Drosophila:
The
effect
of
Circadian
Dysfunction
and
Sleep
Deprivation
on
Mortality,
Mood,
and
Addiction
in
Fruit
Flies
-
Biochemistry,
Cellular,
and
Molecular
Biology:
Jadesola
Akinbi
and
Comfort
Ohajunwa,
Osbourn
Park
High
School
and
The
Governor's
School
at
Innovation
Park
-
A
Study
on
Biofuel
Production:
Investigating
Methods
to
Enhance
Fermentation
in
the
Production
of
Bioethanol
-
Biomedical
and
Health
Sciences:
Tony
Bright,
Arman
Lateef,
and
Gabriel
Ralston,
Charles
J.
Colgan
Sr.
High
School
and
The
Governor's
School
at
Innovation
Park
-
Concussion
Recovery
in
Youth
Optimized
using
a
Comprehensive
App-based
Program
(CRYO
CAP)
-
Microbiology:
Gabriella
La
Cour,
Alahna
Moreno,
and
Anisha
Ramakrishnan,
Osbourn
Park
High
School
and
The
Governor's
School
at
Innovation
Park
-
Creating
Novel
Bacteriophage
Solutions
as
a
Preventative
Measure
for
Escherichia
coli
Biofilm
Formation
on
Elastomer
Biomaterials
in
Medically
Relevant
Settings
In
Vitro
-
Plant
Sciences:
Naman
Agarwal,
Patriot
High
School
and
The
Governor's
School
at
Innovation
Park
-
A
Low-Cost
Deep
Learning
Solution
for
Early
Detection
of
Lettuce
Stress
in
Indoor
Farms
In
addition,
congratulations
to
Desmen
Boykin
from
Forest
Park
High
School
and
The
Governor's
School
at
Innovation
Park
for
winning
a
grand
prize
and
the
Regeneron
Biotechnology
Award
at
the
2022
National
American
Indian
Science
and
Engineering
Fair.
Overall,
PWCS
is
sending
six
projects
to
the
2022
Regeneron
International
Science
and
Engineering
Fair
in
May.
Good
luck
to
the
competing
students:
-
Rania
Lateef,
Charles
J.
Colgan
Sr.
High
School
-
Dozing
off
with
Drosophila:
The
effect
of
Circadian
Dysfunction
and
Sleep
Deprivation
on
Mortality,
Mood,
and
Addiction
in
Fruit
Flies
-
Tony
Bright,
Arman
Lateef,
and
Gabriel
Ralston,
Charles
J.
Colgan
Sr.
High
School
and
The
Governor's
School
at
Innovation
Park
-
Concussion
Recovery
in
Youth
Optimized
using
a
Comprehensive
App-based
Program
(CRYO
CAP)
-
Gabriella
LaCour,
Alahna
Moreno,
and
Anisha
Ramakrishnan,
Osbourn
Park
High
School
and
The
Governor's
School
at
Innovation
Park
-
Creating
Novel
Bacteriophage
Solutions
as
a
Preventative
Measure
for
Escherichia
coli
Biofilm
Formation
on
Elastomer
Biomaterials
in
Medically
Relevant
Settings
In
Vitro
-
Naman
Agarwal,
Patriot
High
School
and
The
Governor's
School
at
Innovation
Park
-
A
Low-Cost
Deep
Learning
Solution
for
Early
Detection
of
Lettuce
Stress
in
Indoor
Farms
-
Ebru
Ayyorgun,
Battlefield
High
School
-
A
Novel
Visualization
Tool:
Application
to
RNA-Sequence
Classification
-
Desmen
Boykin,
Forest
Park
High
School
and
The
Governor's
School
at
Innovation
Park
-
The
Effect
of
Casein
Polymers
on
the
Filtration
of
Heavy
Metals
and
Containments
in
Well
Water