Science Fair
Congratulations to all of the
2024 Windward District Science &
Engineering Fair Winners!
Senior Division
Congratulations to our Top 1st and 2nd place students overall in our Senior Division! They will be representing the Windward District and State of Hawaii in the 2024 Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF).
First Place
Amara Lewis
Linda Crawford
Kailua High School
Second Place
Tani-Lei Nishikawa
Kailua High School
Third Place
Noah Ling
Emi Nishimura
Kalāheo High School
Best in Category
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Kailana Young
Olomana School
Biomedical Engineering
Noah Ling
Emi NIshimura
Kalāheo High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Jackson Marshall
Ranson Tanibe
Kalāheo High School
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Brent Underwood
Kalāheo High School
Chemistry
Michael Krog
Kalāheo High School
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Kana Palmer
Joey Griffiths
Kailua High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Darwynn Ayling
Kalāheo High School
Energy:
Sustainable Materials and Design
Ahryanna McGuirk
Kalāheo High School
Environmental Engineering
Micah Eijzenga
David Holland, II
Kalāheo High School
Microbiology
Amara Lewis
Linda Crawford
Kailua High School
Physics and Astronomy
Zoey Taylor
Kailua High School
Plant Sciences
Tani-Lei Nishikawa
Kailua High School
Translational Medical Science
Kanoaomauloakai DaSilva
Kailua High School
Special Awards
American Psychological Association
Kailana Young
Olomana School
NASA Earth System Science Award
Sage Andrews
Sailor Crook
Kailua High School
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Darwynn Ayling
Kalāheo High School
Regeneron Biomedical Award
Amara Lewis
Linda Crawford
Kailua High School
State Finalists
Advancing to the Hawaiʻi State Science & Engineering Fair
Ammon Cheney
Kahuku High & Intermediate School
Kei Kajiyama Moses
Kahuku High & Intermediate School
Kiana Rauch
Kahuku High & Intermediate School
Melia Taeu
Kahuku High & Intermediate School
Sage Andrews
Sailor Crook
Kailua High School
Brayden Cowan
Kailua High School
Kaleb Cui
Selena Vixayvong
Kailua High School
Amara Lewis
Linda Crawford
Kailua High School
Tani-Lei Nishikawa
Kailua High School
Kana Palmer
Joey Griffiths
Kailua High School
Kiora Rosario
Maya Gilfillan
Kailua High School
Zoey Taylor
Kailua High School
Darwynn Ayling
Kalāheo High School
Michael Krog
Kalāheo High School
Noah Ling
Emi Nishimura
Kalāheo High School
Ahryanna McGuirk
Kalāheo High School
Emerie Mitchell-Butler
Bryson Mathre
Kalāheo High School
Braedan Powers
Kalāheo High School
Brent Underwood
Kalāheo High School
Sofia Valdivia
Kalāheo High School
Kailana Young
Olomana School
Junior Division
First Place
Augustus Peterson
Kailua Intermediate School
Second Place
Gabriel Sikahema
Kahuku High & Intermediate School
Third Place
Star Segi
Emie Hinazumi
Daisy Menhennet
King Intermediate School
Best in Category
Animal Sciences
Henry Willingham
Kailua Intermediate School
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Alina Padeken
Maunawili Elementary School
Biochemistry
Kailyn Cain
Zoey Forguson
Mōkapu Elementary School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Abbie Cluff
Kahuku High & Intermediate School
Chemistry
Star Segi
Emie Hinazumi
Daisy Menhennet
King Intermediate School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Augustus Peterson
Kailua Intermediate School
Embedded Systems
Kalen Vidimce
Kailua Intermediate School
Energy:
Sustainable Materials and Design
Keiko Kent
Christopher Bostic
Kailua Intermediate School
Engineering Technology:
Statics and Dynamics
Makalehua Pelletier
Kāneʻohe Elementary School
Environmental Engineering
Malia Plunkett
Talia Tipoti
InaMae Unga
Kahuku Elementary School
Materials Science
Kaehulani Heig-Woodward
Kaiana Lambert
Irie Walter
King Intermediate School
Microbiology
Amelia Rodriguez
Kenzie Fry
ʻAikahi Elementary School
Physics and Astronomy
Mia Granados
Sunset Beach Elementary School
Plant Sciences
Elias Casey
Kahuku High & Intermediate School
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Eliak Juett
Kahuku High & Intermediate School
Systems Software
Aaron Slade
Lāʻie Elementary School
Special Awards
Lemelson Foundation Early Inventory Prize
Makalehua Pelletier
Kāneʻohe Elementary School
Ricoh Sustainable Development Award
Henna Yen
Sury Kaio
Kyrrah Kahumoku
Kāneʻohe Elementary School
Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
Pierce Blanton
Ryan Doan
Wesley Medeiros
Enchanted Lake Elementary School
Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
Amelia Rodriguez
Kenzie Fry
ʻAikahi Elementary School
Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
Elias Casey
Kahuku High & Intermediate School
Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
Abbie Cuff
Kahuku High & Intermediate School
Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
Gabriel Sikahema
Kahuku High & Intermediate School
Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
Keiko Kent
Christopher Bostic
Kailua Intermediate School
Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
Augustus Peterson
Kailua Intermediate School
Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
Kalen Vidimce
Kailua Intermediate School
Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
Henry Willingham
Kailua Intermediate School
Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
Makalehua Pelletier
Kāneʻohe Elementary School
Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
Star Segi
Emie Hinazumi
Daisy Menhennet
King Intermediate School
Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
Mia Granados
Sunset Beach Elementary School
State Finalists
Advancing to the Hawaiʻi State Science & Engineering Fair
Elaura Hernandez
Kairi Hayasaka
ʻAikahi Elementary School
Amelia Rodriguez
Kenzie Fry
ʻAikahi Elementary School
Faith Barbieto
Emi Ibara
Zoe Martinez
Enchanted Lake Elementary School
Pierce Blanton
Ryan Doan
Wesley Medeiros
Enchanted Lake Elementary School
Aubree Machado
Enchanted Lake Elementary School
Mason Ishii
Ikaika Schilling
Hauʻula Elementary School
Kingston Kirschbaum
Hauʻula Elementary School
Inoke Tuifua
Hauʻula Elementary School
Alaka'i Ahue-Sumait
Keoki Kumai-Rivera
Tayzyn Jefferson
Kahuku Elementary School
Malia Plunkett
Talia Tipoti
InaMae Unga
Kahuku Elementary School
Elias Casey
Kahuku High & Intermediate School
Dylan Cashman
Kahuku High & Intermediate School
Abbie Cluff
Kahuku High & Intermediate School
Lilikoi DeMartini
Kahuku High & Intermediate School
Jonathan Draper
Kahuku High & Intermediate School
Gabriel Sikahema
Kahuku High & Intermediate School
Jude Munter Reimann
Kaʻelepulu Elementary School
Dana Kang
Genevieve Sendrey
Olivia Todaro
Kaʻōhao School
Keiko Kent
Christopher Bostic
Kailua Intermediate School
Augustus Peterson
Kailua Intermediate School
Hunter Robertson
Kailua Intermediate School
Kalen Vidimce
Kailua Intermediate School
Henry Willingham
Kailua Intermediate School
Makalehua Pelletier
Kāneʻohe Elementary School
Bryson Tanji
Nixon Ihu
Kāneʻohe Elementary School
Kaehulani Heig-Woodward
Kaiana Lambert
Irie Walter
King Intermediate School
Star Segi
Emie Hinazumi
Daisy Menhennet
King Intermediate School
Laakea Tani
Kamahao Tani
King Intermediate School
Aaron Slade
Lāʻie Elementary School
Khenzie Ayau-Paulos
Eve Strauss
Maunawili Elementary School
Zoey Ching
Maunawili Elementary School
Dustin Lim
Maunawili Elementary School
Alina Padeken
Maunawili Elementary School
Scarlet Ring
Mōkapu Elementary School
Julian Cole
Sunset Beach Elementary School
Mia Granados
Sunset Beach Elementary School
Aubree Siliado
Mystik Barbour
Nitrous Cayaban
Waiāhole Elementary School
Acknowledgements
Participating Schools
ʻĀhuimanu Elementary School
Aikahi Elementary School
Enchanted Lake Elementary School
Hauʻula Elementary School
Heʻeia Elementary School
Ka'a'awa Elementary School
Kaʻelepulu Elementary School
Kahaluʻu Elementary School
Kahuku Elementary School
Kahuku High & Intermediate School
Kailua Elementary School
Kailua High School
Kailua Intermediate School
Kainalu Elementary School
Kalāheo High School
Kāneʻohe Elementary School
Kaʻōhao School
Kapunahala Elementary School
Keolu Elementary School
King Intermediate School
Lāʻie Elementary School
Maunawili Elementary School
Mōkapu Elementary School
Olomana School
Parker Elementary School
Pope Elementary School
Pūʻōhala School
Sunset Beach Elementary School
Waiāhole Elementary School
Waimānalo Elementary & Intermediate School
Mahalo to our IRB & SRC Committees!
Martine Bissonnette
Applied Research Laboratory
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Cristyn Tamashiro
Department of Education - Windward District, Behavioral Health Specialist Supervisor
Mahalo to our Judges!
Preetha Anand
Alyssa Anderson
Sara Anglin
Rachael Aquino
Lauren Arnold
Gideon Berger
Martine Bissonnette
Jamee Black
Jerry Brennan
Michael Canute
Edward Cardona
Yongli Chen
Diana Chun
Seaenna Correa-Garcia
Joseph de Vega
Jolie Dollar
Taylor Ely
Paula Evans
Kai Fox
Kristen Gagesch
Mariah Garrison
Allie Hall
Kenneth Inn
Shari Ishikawa
Donald Kobayashi
Barbara Mayer
Jason Mehlinger
Christine Morales
Jason Nakasato
Jill Nakatsu
Charles Naumu
Gail Peiterson
Manuwai Peters
Jasmine Reddy
Derek Risch
Ann Sakaguchi
Jennifer Samson
Kainani Santos
Briana Shimada
Rampal Singh
Kimlynne Slagel
Cherise Spotkaeff
Tina Stall
Cindy Sutherland
Steve Szabo
Cristyn Tamashiro
Kisei Tanaka
Alvin Toda
Tim Tricas
Joel Vonnahme
Arnie Warshawsky
Maryann Webb
Brianne Yamada
Danyel Yogi
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