Eight CSN STEM Fair projects were selected to represent CSN at the Thomas Alva Edison Kiwanis Regional Science and Engineering Fair.  The amazing results are as follows:

Caroline Guerra ‘23
Bioplastics from Banana Peels
$50 AIM Engineering  Award
Recognition and Certificate- ASM Materials Education Foundation
1^st Place in Engineering (Trophy)
Grand Award Winner (Edison Fair Trophy, Medallion, Sony Bluetooth Headphones, FGCU scholarship $2500, Invitation to the Florida State Science and Engineering Fair)
2^nd Place Runner up Best in Fair
(Edison Fair Trophy, Sony Extra Bass Bluetooth Speaker, Invitation to ISEF – Intel Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair)

Amaya Etcheverry ‘24
Phytoplankton in Air Purification: utilizing Novel Treatment Strategies to Improve Air Quality While Producing a Reliable Nutrient Supplement Using Coconut Husk and Charcoal with Chlorella vulgaris and Spirulina major
Commendation – Sunshine Institute of Argonauta Scholars
Recognition, Certificate, and Media Tool Kit-U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
1^st Place in Microbiology (Trophy)
Grand Award Winner (Edison Fair Trophy, Medallion, Sony Bluetooth Headphones, FGCU scholarship $2500, Invitation to the Florida State Science and Engineering Fair)

Loren Freedman ‘23
Producing Hydrogen Gas Using Magnesium and Zinc Metals and Hydrochloric and Sulfuric Acids at Varying Concentrations
Recognition and Certificate from the American Meteorological Society
$50 Science Society of Southwest Florida

Kate Kaplan ‘22
Examining the Effectiveness of Scutellaria lateriflora and Copaifera reticulata in Decreasing Physical Symptoms of Second-Stage General Adaptation Syndrome in Acheta domesticus
$25 Florida Association of Science Teachers
Honorable Mention in Behavioral Science

Megan D’Souza ‘25
Phytoremediation: Developing A Natural Method of Modeling Heavy Metal Removal
Recognition, Certificate, and Media Tool Kit-U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
$100 National Geographic Society Award “Empathy for the Earth”
Honorable Mention in Environmental Engineering (Medal)

Bianca Trope ‘24
Time Release: Finding a Pill Material to Deliver Microfauna to the Small Intestine
Recognition and Certificate – Award for sustainable development
3^rd place in Biomedical Science (Trophy)

Melita D’Souza ‘25
How do Common Emerging Contaminants impact Plant Learning in Mimosa pudica?
2^nd place in Plant Sciences (Trophy)