Middle school students from Uintah County had a successful weekend at the 2024 Ritchey Science and Engineering Fair at Weber State University. An announcement from Uintah School District shares that Sophia Hanifin earned the Regeneron International SEF Student Observers Award, which includes an all-expense paid trip to Los Angeles in May. She’ll be a non-competing student-observer at the International Science and Engineering Fair. Hanifin and Easton Brunson also won the Young Scientist\Engineer Award, which comes with a $300 dollar cash prize for each winner. Hanifin, Brunson, Trevor Caldwell, Claire Davies, Melody Liebhardt, Elizabeth Marshall, David Pierce, and Austin Taylor won the Thermo Fisher Junior Innovator Challenge. Ryker Madson and Bridger Taylor won a Weber State University Spirited Science Student Award. Claire Davies won a U.S. Agency for International Development Award. Porter Barnes won an Office of Naval Research Award. In the Botany category, David Pierce placed 1st. In the Environmental Science category, Sophia Hanifin placed 1st. In the Medical and Health category, Easton Brunson placed 1st. A complete list of the placements and awards is shared on the Uintah School District Facebook page. Congratulations to all the local middle school students that competed on their success!
