Novel inventions and exciting experiments lined the classrooms and hallways at the University of Guam during the 40th Annual Guam Science Fair last May 5.<\/p>\n
A total of 612 participants representing all on island public, private, U.S. Department of Defense schools and schools from CNMI competed in the science fair with 521 projects. <\/p>\n
This year’s overall winner will represent Guam at the International Science and Engineering Fair with the assistance of major sponsors, such as Delta, MEC, IP&E Shell Guam, and the University of Guam Sea Grant and EPSCoR programs.<\/p>\n
The first-place winner in the high school division will also receive a free trip to NASA Space Camp in honor of Navy commander William C. McCool (deceased), the naval aviator and NASA astronaut who piloted space shuttle Columbia mission STS-107 and was the first-place winner of the science fair in 1975.<\/p>\n
Other division winners will receive computers and category winners will receive trophies at the awards ceremony to be held May 19, 2018, at the Guam Hilton Hotel beginning at 6pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The overall winner in the high school (division 4) was Daniel Kang from John F. Kennedy High School, with his project called \u201cNovel Graphene Nanoplatelet Embedded Pigmentless Acrylic Emulsions.\u201d<\/p>\n
In middle school (Division 3), the overall winner was Talia Kriegel of St. John\u2019s School, with his project called \u201cAnalyzing the Effects of Antigonan Leptopus on Metabolic Rates.\u201d<\/p>\n
In Grades K-2 (Division 2), the overall winner was home-schooled student Kazu Friebert, with his project called \u201cFrom Wind to Voltage.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard Tang of Cmd. McCool Elementary\/Middle School was the overall winner in Grades 3-5 (Division 1), with his project called \u201cBattle of the Mops.\u201d (PR)<\/p>\n