Science fair recognitions announced

The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts recognized students for their achievements in the 2018 West Central Regional Science Fair and Senior Research Symposium during an awards ceremony on Feb. 23.

ASMSA students work on a capstone project as part of their graduation requirements. Students who focus on science and mathematics subjects participate in the West Central Regional Science Fair. Students who focus on humanities subjects — including participants who choose to do a portfolio project in areas such as music, graphic arts and visual arts — compete in the Senior Research Symposium.

The top three overall winners in the science fair will compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair that will be held May 13-19 in Pittsburgh.

The top three finishers in individual categories in the science fair and Junior Academy of Sciences (project presentations) are eligible to compete at the Arkansas State Science Fair at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway on March 30-31. ASMSA has won the overall state science fair title the past five consecutive years.

Students who received recognition on Feb. 23 are:

Senior Research Symposium

Overall Senior Research Symposium Winner

Brock Rigsby, of Crows.

Overall Fine Arts Winner

Michael Engel, of Hot Springs.

Senior Research Symposium Certificates Best Humanities Backboard

Bushra Sardar, of Maumelle.

Best Poet

Hollie Hagler, of Ozark.

Best Prose

Kendall Sanders, of Little Rock.

West Central Regional Science Fair

Overall Winners

John Ostermuller of Little Rock, Sanidhya Tripathi of Conway, Sabrina Jones of Russellville, Halo Skinner of Sherwood.

Science Fair Special Awards

America Fisheries Society Best Aquatic Science Project

Ashton Walsh, of Mammoth Spring. Honorable mention, Rachel Stall, of Clarksville.

ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Award

John Ostermueller, of Little Rock, Autumn Bates, of Star City.

American Meteorological Society

Ethan Underhill, of Marion, Isabella Bolling-Wagler, of Clarksville.

U.S. Metric Association Best Use of SI Units

Tyler Vangsness, of Maumelle.

NOAA Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award

Isabella Bolling-Wagler, of Clarksville.

Ricoh Sustainable Development Award

Team of Saoirse Disney-McKeethan, of Fayetteville, and Morgan Russell, of Wilson.

Water Environment Federation Stockholm Junior Water Prize

Riddhi Modi, of Hot Springs, Halo Skinner, of Sherwood, Rachel Stall, of Clarksville.

Association of Women Geoscientists Best Earth Science Project by a Female Student

Rachel Stall, of Clarksville.

Yale Science and Engineering Association, Inc. Most Outstanding 11thGrade Exhibit

William Shaver, of North Little Rock.

NASA Earth System Science Award

Team of Holli Hagler, of Ozark, and Lily Ann Easley, of Garland City.

U.S. Air Force Award

Joshua Lay, of Royal, team of Jared Block, of Judsonia, and Worthy Fleming, of Little Rock, and John Ostermueller, of Little Rock.

Society for In Vitro Biology Best 11thGrade Project

Alex Kaye, of Conway.

U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Award

Elijah Felling, of Greenbrier, Callen Gast, of Cabot, Pooja Modi, of Malvern.

Soybean Science Challenge

Autumn Bates, of Star City, Jon Ruehle, project sponsor.

Society for Science and the Public Award for Community Innovation

Jessica Nunn, of Conway.