Victory Place @ Coppell - Cowboys

On Feb. 15, CISD middle and high school students competed at the Regional Science and Engineering Fair held at Fair Park. Several CISD students placed in the top three and earned advancement to the Texas Science and Engineering Fair at Texas A&M, scheduled for March 28–30. Students also received special award recognitions. Two middle school projects also qualified for the prestigious Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge — the highest level for middle schoolers in the nation — based on their 1st place wins.

All 1st–3rd place winners are invited to a special awards banquet at SMU in April, where they will be recognized with certificates, prize money and may also receive additional monetary special awards. Below is a list of CISD winners organized by school:

CMS East

• Ishaa Ram (6) & Nithya Velineni (6) – Social Media's Effects in Middle Schoolers – 3rd Place

• Teacher Adviser: Alan Neri

CMS North

• Avantika Goyal (7) – Mint-al Reaction – 1st Place

  • Advanced to State

  • Qualifies for Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge

• Teacher Adviser: Jenny Portier

CMS West

• Suhaas Senivarapu (7) & Holly Millar (7) – VNS Seizure Prevention Tech – 1st Place

  • Advanced to State

  • Qualifies for Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge

• Teacher Adviser: Holly Millar

CHS9

• Shreya Chapagain & Ananya Ram – Red Planet, Green Future – 2nd Place

  • Advanced to State

  • Special Awards

    • Space Exploration Scholarship (2nd Place – National Space Society of North Texas)

• Sindhoora Vemula – Curiosity Award – The Mars Society DFW Chapter

• Saadhvi Thatipally – Silence in Space

  • Special Award: Space Exploration Scholarship (3rd Place – National Space Society of North Texas)

• Teacher Adviser: Laronna Doggett

CHS

• Anandhitha Arasu (11) – BeRadiant – 3rd Place

  • Advanced to State

• Aarna Mhashelkar (11) – Antibody-Mediated Detection of Claudin-5 – 3rd Place

• Aarav Munjal (10) – ParkinPatch – 2nd Place

  • Advanced to State

• Sree Harsha Surapaneni (11) – Enhancing CAR T-cell Precision

  • Special Award: Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Award – Southwestern Medical Foundation

• Mahek Verma (11) – Targeting of CD80 Receptors

  • Special Award: Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Award – Southwestern Medical Foundation

• Anvi Agiwal (10) – Phrase Craze

  • Special Award: Best Electronics or Computing Project – Texas Instruments

• Teacher Adviser: Holly Anderson