IRWD honors young scientists as part of annual IUSD Science Fair
IRWD recently honored students representing the top water-related projects from this year’s 43nd annual Irvine Unified School District Science Fair.
Innovative topics ranged from improving solar distillation to applying the Horton Infiltration Model.
The following students received a framed certificate during a recent IRWD Board of Directors meeting, but we congratulate all students who participated!
- Anchit Sinha and Neil Sundaray, Deerfield Elementary - Project: Improved Solar Distillation with a Fresnel Lens
- Joy Yan-Li, Deerfield Elementary - Project: Plastic Replacement Using Sodium Alginate
- Yunwoo (Ellie) Song and Colette Oentojo, Portola Springs Elementary - Project: Operation: Clean the Ocean
- Sharvil Buradkar, Lakeside Middle School - Project: Solar Powered Desalination Unit
- Sharanya Rao, Venado Middle School - Project: Can addition of hydrogels in soil truly reduce a plant’s dependence on water?
- Madison Price, Rancho San Joaquin Middle School - Project: It Must Be in the Water: The Effect of Stream Substrate on Water Chemistry and Plant Fertility
- Alexis Wong, Sierra Vista Middle School - Project: Calcium Carbonate Fights Ocean Acidification
- Joshua Malar, Jeffrey Trail Middle School - Project: Tapping Into Ocean Power
- Justin Pollack, University High School - Project: Forming Flash Floods: Changes in Infiltration Rates and Applying the Horton Infiltration Model Through an Arroyo’s Stream Course
