IRWD honors young water scientists

IRWD recently honored students representing the top four of 20 water-related projects from this year’s 42nd annual Irvine Unified School District Science Fair.

Innovative topics ranged from grey water irrigation systems to growing hydroponic lettuce.

The following eight students received a framed certificate during the May 22 IRWD Board of Directors meeting, but we congratulate all students who participated!

Tanav Gopalakrishna, 7th grade, Jeffrey Trail Middle School
Project: The Trash Trap, a contraption invented to prevent trash from flowing into storm drain inlets.

Kratika Katara, 9th grade, Northwood High School
Project: Soil Moisture Sensor for Plants, a sensor invented to check the moisture levels of soil.

Max Chen, Jace Jackson, and Gavin Meng, 6th grade, Brywood Elementary School
Project: A Tiny Change, A Huge Difference, a case study on the effects of diverse environments on microorganisms.

Chakrika Kandepu, Jimin Hong, and Maria Black, 6th grade, Eastshore Elementary School
Project: How Plants Affect Water, experiments showing plants take up nitrogen, which improves water quality.

All the water-related projects were quite impressive. Click on each link to view the Google Slides presentation.

Middle/high school students
School	Project title	Student name	Grade
Venado Middle School	Greywater Irrigation System	Neil Dedhia	7th
Venado Middle School	Designing Houses Resistant to Hurricanes	Abhijith Sivaprakash	7th
Rancho San Joaquin Middle School	Forecast the Future and Save the Rural!	Ashvik Nacham	8th
Rancho San Joaquin Middle School	Take A Break	Derek Jindong Sha	8th
Rancho San Joaquin Middle School	Stopping the Solidification	Aryan Sharma	8th
Elementary school students
School	Project title	Student name(s)	Grade
Santiago Hills	Compact Grey Water System	Anish Pashikanti, Nesara Shetty, Ritvik Garg	6th
Deerfield	Hydroponic Farming	Soham Shah, Nihaar Pinninti, Jayavardhan Tummalapali	6th
Turtle Rock	Natural Water Filter	Ayaan Mozaffar	6th
Cypress Village	U.S.A Water Filter	Urja Patil, Sia Miglani, Akshara Gurram	6th
Deerfield	Utilizing Sea Water for Agriculture	Sathvik Dornala, Allen Georgy, Arka Mandal	6th
Westpark	A Shell Story' ~Fighting Against the Osteoporosis of the Sea	Kino Yahagi	6th
Eastwood	Growing Hydroponic Lettuce: What Water is Best?	Mira Scheele, Christine Jeon	6th
Bonita Canyon	The Effect of Healthy Vegetation On Soil Erosion	Madison Price	6th
University Park	Sea vs. Oil Spills	Rajarshi Paul	6th
College Park	Water Evaporation Under Different Natural Circumstances	Ashley Esmond, Claire Kim	6th
Stonegate	Cleaning up after oil spills: The best material that cleans up oil spills	Valerie Hwang	6th