MN State Science & Engineering Fair
Example Project Videos
The 30 projects presented here represent a sample of top scoring projects from the 2020 Virtual MN State Science & Engineering Fair. The top 5% of projects presented at SSEF receive the Gold Award. The next 10% of projects receive the Silver Award and the next 15% of projects receive the Bronze Award.
The intent of this page is to demonstrate models at the middle school and high school levels from a variety of grade levels and project categories, for educational purposes, and provide students with an opportunity for networking.
The videos presented here were submitted to MAS by Minnesota students in March 2020. View videos below.
Middle School - Grade 6
Biomedical Engineering
WISP - Wearable, Individualized, Sensory Product - A Therapy Tool for Those with Autism & Sensory Processing Challenges
By Ella Lynn Holleran
Gold Award Winner
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fired Up!
By Olivia Hamann
Silver Award Winner
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Are you a ticking Lyme Bomb?
By Paige Jacobson & Adam Jacobson
Bronze Award Winner
Middle School - Grade 7
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fueling the Planet with Coffee: Engineering a Better Biofuel with Synergistic Enzymatic Compounds
By Quinn Hughes & Tyler Clair
Gold Award Winner
Materials Science
Pharma Pack: Engineering a Medicine Packaging Container using Insulation to Transport Medicines to Homes
By Maryam Shahkhan
Gold Award Winner
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Residual Pesticides on Produce
By Sriram Sureshkumar
Silver Award Winner
Materials Science
What's the Pointe?
By Abby Loney
Bronze Award Winner
Chemistry
The Effect of Betulinic Acid on Strawberry Mold Growth
By Ginger Giddings
Bronze Award Winner
Middle School - Grade 8
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Beauty is the Better Buffer
By Reed Johnson
Gold Award Winner
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Masculinity, Femininity, and Androgyny Associated with Musical Preference
By Misha Montgomery
Gold Award Winner
Chemistry
Currently Knocking On Wood: Toward a Biodegradable Piezoelectric Transducer From Rochelle Salt and Wood
By Maggie Banks
Silver Award Winner
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Does personality type affect attention and short term memory in adults?
By Isha Kapoor
Silver Award Winner
Biochemistry
Cellulosic Biofuel Production Via Acid Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis
By Josiah Butler
Silver Award Winner
Environmental Engineering
Drains on the Brain: How can we reduce the amount of water and contaminants entering our lakes and rivers through our storm drains, which are increasingly overloaded due to climate change?
By Oskar Helgen
Bronze Award Winner
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Speed Accuracy Tradeoff in Video Games
By Tristan Engelmann
Bronze Award Winner
High School - Grade 9
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cure of Breast Cancer (Year III): Discovering Inflammation Inhibitors as a Novel Approach to Treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer using 3D Organoid Culture System
By Christine Song
Gold Award Winner
Plant Sciences
Using Environmental Enhancements to Increase Vitamin-C Production in Spinacia oleracea in Varied Agricultural Environments
By Vaughn Hughes
Silver Award Winner
Materials Science
SCOBY-Dooby-Doo, Bioplastics Where Are You?
Trisha Samba & Amira Sinclair
Bronze Award Winner
High School - Grade 10
Plant Sciences
Does Honeybee Hive Distance Affect Apple Quality as Measured by Seed Count?
By Grace Finnerty
Biomedical and Health Sciences
An Active Role for Machine Learning in the Diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation
By Quentin Hughes
Plant Sciences
Creating Auto-luminescent Plants with Fungal Bioluminescence Pathway
By Elisa Guo
Silver Award Winner
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Prediction Modeling and Longitudinal Trends to Assess for Residential Radon Exposure in Olmsted County
By Tanmay Iyer
Bronze Award Winner
High School - Grade 11
Systems Software
Development of WALTER: A Route Planning System That Analyzes Accident Data to Determine Safer Driving Routes in Saint Paul, Minnesota
By Mani Chadaga & Akshay Nambudiripad
Gold Award Winner
Physics and Astronomy
Exploring the Wonders of the Early Universe: Green Pea Galaxies and Light Flux
By Mina Mandic
Silver Award Winner
Behavioral and Social Sciences
I’ll Be There For You: Digital Assistants for Mental Health
By James L. Kung
Silver Award Winner
Engineering: Mechanics
Custom Power Solutions: Exploring the efficiencies of a stackable 3-phase brushless motor design
By Kyle Ledermann
Bronze Award Winner
Microbiology
Degradation of Microplastics: The Efficacy of Various Bacteria in Breaking Down Microplastics in the Environment
By Maya Choi
Bronze Award Winner
High School - Grade 12
Microbiology
Mycoremediation of Organic Environmental Contaminants
By Aidan Lanz
Gold Award Winner
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Understanding the effects of disinhibition: Analyzing the impact of synaptic disinhibition on neural activities and patterns
By Gautham Nair
Silver Award Winner
Cellular and Molecular Biology
An analysis of TRF2 protein involvement in the telomere position effect over long distances
By Jacob Bridge
Bronze Award Winner
