Stockdale senior Alor Sahoo and Stockdale sophomore Harjaisal Brar will advance to represent Kern County in the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) May 8-13 in Atlanta, Georgia, for their winning science fair projects. Sahoo and Brar will join 1,800 students worldwide for a chance to compete for nearly $5 million in awards and scholarships.
Congratulations to the following Kern County Science Fair winners in the High School Division:
Applied Mechanics and Structures
First Place — Emily Bell, Bakersfield High School
Second Place — Tapinder Dhaliwal, Ridgeview High School
Third Place — Benjamin Otto, Ridgeview High School
Behavioral and Social Sciences
First Place — Sanja Mizar, Stockdale High School
Second Place — Aarohi Patel, Stockdale High School
Third Place — Ekamjot Natt, Stockdale High School
Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
First Place — Anurag Banerjee, Kevin Tun, and Daniel Yuan, Stockdale High School
Biomedical Engineering
First Place — Harjaisal Brar, Stockdale High School
Chemistry
First Place — Alor Sahoo, Stockdale High School
Second Place — Alexis Doran and Madelyn Gayita, Ridgeview High School
Third Place — Andrej Dojcinovski, Stockdale High School
Computational Systems and Analysis
First Place — Mukul Anand, Stockdale High School
Second Place — Ella Gove, Stockdale High School
Third Place — Aditya Kakarla, Stockdale High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
First Place — Giselle Alamillo & Makenzie Cole, Ridgeview High School
Second Place — Alexsandra Lochridge, Dulce Rios, & Chloe Rogers, Ridgeview High School
Third Place — Graciela Diaz, Giselle Alamillo & Muskaan Grewal, Ridgeview High School
Honorable Mention — Jessica Ponce-Montano, Highland High School
Environmental Engineering
First Place — Janae Hutson, Ridgeview High School
Second Place — Krina and Pujan Ghadia, Stockdale High School
Third Place — Avni Kalra, Stockdale High School
Honorable Mention — Kaitlyn Corral, Brandon Natividad, and Jeffrey Wilson, Ridgeview High School
Plant Biology
First Place — Meleeya Omandam, Ridgeview High School
Second Place — Serenity Mejia, Ridgeview High School
Third Place — Yahaira Mata, Ridgeview High School
Honorable Mention — Simran Radhawa & Zoey Tapia, Ridgeview High School