On March 15, many of Godwin’s SMT Center students traveled to Clover Hill High School to participate in the Metro Richmond STEM Fair (MRSF).  Some of the students who went to MRSF placed high enough to move on to the Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair (VSSEF) on March 28 at Virginia Military Institute and three Godwin students placed high enough to earn a ticket to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) held May 10-15 in Pittsburgh.

“Effectively, we (Godwin and its Specialty Center) are the 2015 State Science Champions,” said SMT Center director Todd Phillips.

Below are the winners:

 MRSF Awards                                                         VSSEF Awards

Suraj Bala                                       2^nd Place Zoology                                                                –

Nidhi Kumar                                 1^st Place Environmental Science                                NOAA Award

David Lu                                          1^st Place Biochemistry                                             1^st Place Biochemistry

Grand Prize Winner (ticket to ISEF)                  1^st Place Laconta Biotechnology Award

Jennifer Mak &                          2^nd Place Medicine & Health                                          –

Mouni Talari

Hallie Miller                                 2^nd Place Behavioral & Social Sciences                        –

Mihir Paithane                            2^nd Place Environmental Science                                 –

Swapnil Pande                             1^st Place Mathematics                                        Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Award

Grand Prize Winner (ticket to ISEF)

Uday Patil                                        1^st Place Computer Science

Charles Reiter                               1^st Place Zoology

Matthew and Michael Retchin    1^st Place Medicine & Health                         1^st Place Medical & Health Science

Grand Prize Winner (ticket to ISEF)                     Office of Naval Research Award

2^nd Place Laconta Biotechnology Award

1^st Place OVERALL

Abby Taye                                          2^nd Place Microbiology                                        3^rd Place Microbiology

Sahana Tharakan                           1^st Place Microbiology