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March 28, 2024 3:41AM
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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.

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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

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