Austin Energy Regional Science Festival Awards

Austin Energy Regional Science Festival 2012 Awards

The special awards lists for 2012 are now available. These will be updated as new sponsors and awards become available so check back regularly to stay informed.

Elementary Special Awards List - Updated: 11/23/2011
Junior/Senior Special Awards List - Updated: 11/23/2011

Alex Crisara & Jahan Rabii
- 1^st Place - Engineering: Materials & Bioengineering
  ($3000 award and an asteroid named in their honor)
- Gold at ISWEEEP the week before Intel ISEF
- Algae-based Atmospheric Revitalization for Zero-G and Aerospace Application
- Anderson High School
Quoc-Bao Nguyen & Mai-Anh Vu
- 1^st Place - Chemistry
  ($3,000 award & an asteroid named in their honor)
- Additional Honors: US Army Award and American Chemistry Society Award
- Kinetic Analysis of Nanometallic Catalyst in Reduction of Nitrophenol: Investigation of a New Class of "Super Catalyst"
- Westwood High School & McNeil High School
Shantanu Banerjee & Varun Akella Koneru
- 3^rd Place - Medicine & Health Sciences
  ($1,000 award)
- Additional Honors: Full tuition scholarships to Drexel University
- Scaffolds that Baffle: A Study of in vitro Differentiation of Cells via Notch Signaling in a 2D/3D Biomaterial Environment
- Westwood High School
Calvin Ling & Mark Sands
- 3^rd Place - Environmental Management
  ($1,000 award)
- Detecting Oil Spills Using Synthetic Aperture Radar
- Liberal Arts and Science Academy

Junior Division:The winner of a tie between Murchison Middle School and Walsh Middle School both with 82 points was decided by the tie-breaker formula (Number of scoring projects vs. number of points). With a Ratio of 13 to 82 for Murchison and 16 to 82 for Walsh, Murchison was announced the winner.
Senior Division: James Bowie High School

Below are the awards lists for 2011. Special Awards for 2012 will be updated in October 2011 but will be very similar to the lists below.