We would like to congratulate all of the Ray High School students who participated in the science fair. Every single last one of you won district and are now advancing to regionals!
Here are a list of the winners and their projects:
- Sharmada Palakurthi – Discovery and Development of Novel Metabotropic Glutamine Receptor 2 (mGluR2)
Agonists for Treatment of Nicotine Addiction: A Preclinical Study (our Editor-in-Cheif!) - Saara Bindingnavele – Acid and Bakes (our other Editor-in-Cheif!)
- Madeline Dye – Sodium Alginate Crosslinked Hydrogel for Enhanced Wound Healing
- Annabelle Taylor and Sarveen Vatankhah – Turning Mice Invisible: The Potential of Yellow 5 Dye
- Orli Pollack – Wind Tidal Wonders: Unlocking the Potential of Blue-Green Algae
- Nada Ahmed and Maria Mahmood – Catalysts in Action
- Aylin Garza and Claire Smith – UV Radiation Protection
- Xam Eroy – Investigating the Effects of Accretion Rates on Thermal Runaway in ONeMg White Dwarfs
- Caydenn Angeles, Naden Ramirez, and David Lee – The Halo on Your Head
- Unal McLauchlan – Novel Use of Paper for Light Energy Attenuation
At the CCISD Science and Engineering Fair this last Friday, Ray dominated all of the competition, with over twice the projects submitted and twice the number of wins as the next highest-performing school (*cough… cough… Vets). There were 10 projects and 15 students participating, all advancing to the regional science fair. Congratulations to all of the winners, and we wish you the best of luck at region!
