Science Fair 2018 was a success!

Thanks to all of the judges, participants, teachers, and visitors of the Fair. We had a wonderful time learning STEM from each other.

All of the winners of the 2018 Merced College Science Fair

All of the winners of the 2018 Merced College Science Fair

Science Fair 2018 Winners

College Awards

Best College Level Programming Science Project Award Alvin Collier

For his Android game Knight Guy. He won a Fire HD 10 Tablet with Alexa. Check out his game: KNIGHT GUY

Second Best College Level Programming Science Project Award went to Gualberto, Andres, and Sofia

For their spiderbot and they won power chargers. Here is a link to a video showing their robot in action:

Honorable Mention for Programming Project went to Bryse Rochester

with his Arduino Controlled Light Show

Best College Level Science Project Award went to Jeff Kazmierski

For his Project on drone photogrammetry. And he received a DJI Tello. Here is a link to his web portfolio that has his photogrammetry work displayed: StarVec.net

Second Best College Level Science Project Award went to Sal, Shaun Flannigan, and Sukhpreet Singh

For their Engine Swap, and they won Power chargers

Honorable Mention went to Katie Tyler for her Quantom Dots Project

High School Awards

Best High School Level Programming Science Project Award went to Jenna

For her Cooking Game and she won a DJI Tello

Second Best High School Level Science Project Award Anna Leris

For her SpongeBob Game

Best High School Level Science Project Award went to the Robotics Club of Atwater High

For their Millenial Falcons Robot: Diego Castro, Teofilo Castro, Austin Escobar, Daisy Flores-Mota, Fabian Gonzalez, Everett Hill, Justin Hoyt, Johnny Leal, Kaleb Hund, and Luis Castro. They won a Fire HD 10 Tablet with Alexa

Second Best High School Level Science Project Award Alexis from Hilmar High School

For her Dodobot Virtual Pet. She won an Echo Dot

Entering the Science Fair Raffle

We had a lot of winners and they will be listed soon

Good Job Everyone!!

Rules

1. Scientific fraud and misconduct are not condoned at any level of research or competition. This includes plagiarism, forgery, use or presentation of other researcher’s work as one’s own and fabrication of data. Fraudulent projects will fail to qualify for competition

2. Each student is only allowed to enter one project. That project may include no more than 12 months of continuous research and may not include research performed before January 2017

3. Team projects must have no more than three members.

4. It is the responsibility of the student and the Adult Sponsor to evaluate the study to determine if the research will require forms and/or review and approval prior to experimentation, especially projects that include human participants, vertebrate animals, or potentially hazardous biological agents.

5. Introduction or disposal of non-native and/or invasive species (e.g. insects, plants, invertebrates, vertebrates), pathogens, toxic chemicals or foreign substances into the environment is prohibited. It is recommended that students reference their local, state or national regulations and quarantine lists.

6. Projects must adhere to local, state and U.S. Federal laws, regulations and permitting conditions. In addition, projects conducted outside the U.S. must also adhere to the laws of the country and jurisdiction in which the project was performed.

7. All projects must not be considered dangerous or harmful in any way.

Rules for entering as a High School student:

1. A student must:

a. be in grades 9-12 or equivalent;

b. not have reached age 20 on or before May 1

Rules for enentering as a College student:

1. A student must be currently enrolled as a student at an accreddited college for the Spring 2018 semester.