Science Fair winners from Jackson and Cass counties

These students and teachers from Jackson and Cass counties won awards earlier this month at the 63rd Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair:

• Emily Gustafson: F. Gene Hampton Award of Excellence in the Life Sciences.

• Nikhil Kuppuswamy: Linda Hall Library Project Display Award, Missouri Department of Conservation, Mu Alpha Theta.

• Spencer Walz: Kansas City Garden Club, BioGeneius Honorable Mention.

• Kathryn Lundgren: Kansas City Garden Club,, Linda Hall Library Project Display, BioGeneius Honorable Mention, Society of American Military Engineers, Kansas City Post, Society of Women Engineers-Kansas City Section, Western Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers Auxiliary.

• Gia Golon: 2nd Place Senior Molecular Biology, United States Navy/Marine Corps Science Award.

• Amelia Smith: Air and Waste Management Association, Linda Hall Library Project Display Award, BioGeneius Honorable Mention.

• Luke Oldroyd: Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society Pi Eta Chapter-Graceland University.

• Ryan MoHamadi: Linda Hall Library Project Display.

• Nicolas Hansen: United States Navy/Marine Corps Science Award, Marie Miller Promisting Young Scientist Award.

• David Beier, teacher: Marie Miller Promising Young Scientist Teacher Award.

• Walker Phillips: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Patent, Trademark and Copyright Committees

• Sophie Yagan: 1st Place Intermediate 4th Grade Inventions.

• Ana Fonua, Sophia Zurillo and Alex Boldrige: United States Environmental Protection Agency.

• Billy Squire, Mason Meeks and Nolan Baker: Cordill-Mason Elementary, 2nd Place Intermediate Matter and Energy Team.

• Jack Dennis, Sean Carr-Metzger and Alec Butler: 1st Place Intermediate Botany and Zoology Team, Linda Hall Library Project Display.

• Lou Bellinghausen: Kansas City Garden Club.

• Luca Corazzo and J.P. Dunavant: Missouri Department of Conservation.

• Davin Lee, Sayf Nabulsi and Jack Johnson: 1st Place Computer Science and Mathematics Team, Linda Hall Library Project Display Award.

• Elizabeth Gudde: 2nd Place Intermediate Botany and Zoology.

• Beau Stephens: 1st Place Intermediate 5th Grade Chemistry.

• Samantha Whitaker and Allison Brown: Greater Kansas City Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.

• Payton Wilson: Marie Miller Promising Young Scientist Award.

• Corrie Clasen, teacher: Marie Miller Promising Young Scientist Teacher Award.

• Hannah Anderson and Alexis Boudreaux: US Green Building Council Central Plains Chapter, Western Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers.

• Drayton Lengyel and Eli Wilson: ASM International Kansas City Chapter, Federal Aviation Administration.

• Kaylan Richardson: 1st place Intermediate Force Motion.

• Sydney Clark: Medical Society of Johnson and Wyandotte Counties.

• Brooklyne Dover: 1st Place Intermediate Matter Energy.

• Noah Kaeding: Federal Aviation Administration.

• Tyler Vogler: 1st Place Intermediate Engineering, Burns and McDonnell.

• Nathan Tharp: 2nd Place Intermediate Matter Energy.

• Aubrey Tucker: 2nd Place Intermediate Behavioral and Social Sciences.

• Jeremiah Phillips: 2nd Place Intermediate 5th Grade Chemistry.

• Anna Mott: 3rd Place Intermediate 6th Grade Chemistry.

• Katlyn Pino: 1st Place Intermediate Earth Space Science, Association for Women Geoscientists, Linda Hall Library Project Display.

• Sydney Walker: Western Chapter of Missouri Society of Professional Engineers Auxiliary.

• Ashley Shelton: Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society Pi Eta Chapter-Graceland University.

• Christopher Donnici: Linda Hall Library Project Display, United States Environmental Protection Agency.

• Michael Pace: 1st Place Senior Matter Energy.

• Kendrey Yates and Matthew Harris: Linda Hall Library Project Display.

• Katelyn Jones: American Institute of Chemical Engineers Kansas City Section, Linda Hall Library Project Display.

• Kayla Lawrence: Linda Hall Library Project Display.

• Olivia Macko: 3rd Place Junior Chemistry.

• Evan Clark: Federal Aviation Administration.

Our Lady of the Presentation

• Michael Stufflebean: 1st Place Intermediate Environmental Science and Renewable Energy, IEEE Kansas City Section- PES/IAS Chapter.

• Victoria Scheuer: Medical Society of Johnson and Wyandotte Counties.

• Jackson Washeck: 3rd Place Intermediate Matter Energy, Medical Society of Johnson and Wyandotte Counties.

• Clare Scheier: 2nd Place Intermediate 5th Grade Chemistry.

• Josh Wood: 1st Place Intermediate Behavioral Social Sciences.

• Ava Hanon, Jordan Vahrenberg and Grace Church: United States Environmental Protection Agency.

• Maryn White: 1st Place Junior Molecular Biology, Medical Society of Johnson and Wyandotte Counties, United States Navy/Marine Corps Science Award, Google Fiber “Science in 60 Seconds” Video Contest, Linda Hall Library Project Display Award.

• Cameron Hurt: Linda Hall Library Project Display Award.

• Isaac Ziglinski: Linda Hall Library Project Display Award.

• Sarah Tappan and Hannah Jirousek: US Green Building Council Central Plains Chapter

• Grady Schmitz: National Society of Professional Engineers.

• Nicole Ficklin: Greater Kansas City Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.

• Ruby Rios: Google Fiber “Science in 60 Seconds” Video Contest

• Grace Oest: 2nd Place, Junior Matter Energy.

• Dylan Dale and Massimo Avelluto: 1st Place Junior Force Motion Team, Linda Hall Library Project Display.

• Kate Lyle: 3rd Place Intermediate Botany Zoology, Missouri Department of Conservation.

• Sule Tekin: ASM International-Kansas City Chapter.

• Kayte Case, Anoushka Makkad, and Morgan Mos: 1st Place Intermediate Force Motion Team.

This story was originally published March 25, 2014 at 3:50 PM with the headline "Science Fair winners from Jackson and Cass counties."