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
Special Recognition Reception for 2011 Finalists
International Award winners 2011
- Alex Crisara & Jahan Rabii
- 1st 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
- 1st Place - Engineering: Materials & Bioengineering
- Quoc-Bao Nguyen & Mai-Anh Vu
- 1st 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
- 1st Place - Chemistry
- Shantanu Banerjee & Varun Akella Koneru
- 3rd 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
- 3rd Place - Medicine & Health Sciences
- Calvin Ling & Mark Sands
- 3rd Place - Environmental Management
($1,000 award) - Detecting Oil Spills Using Synthetic Aperture Radar
- Liberal Arts and Science Academy
- 3rd Place - Environmental Management
Texas State Competition 2011
Category and Special Awards 2011
- Junior Category Places
- Senior Category Places
- Secondary Special Awards
- Elementary Special Awards
- Elementary Ribbons by School
Sweepstakes Award 2011
- 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
Best of Fair Projects 2011
- Blaine Oldham Bowie
- Shantanu Banerjee & Varun Koneru Westwood
- Alex Crisara & Jahan Rabii Anderson
- Mark Sands & Calvin Ling LASA
- Quoc-Bao Nguyen & Mai-Anh Vu Westwood & McNeil
Photos from AERSF 2011
Austin Energy Regional Science Festival Special Awards
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.
