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M-DCPS STUDENTS WINNERS AT TWO INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE
COMPETITIONS
May 20, 2004
Six Miami-Dade County Public Schools students were winners
of the recent Intel International Science and Engineering
Fair in Portland, Ore. Over 1,400 students from 38 countries
competed for $3 million in awards.
Alexandra Marraccini of MAST Academy won a first place award
of $3,000 and a medallion from the United States Army for
her project Close Primes and RSA Selection Procedures.
Reshma Ramachandran of Coral Reef Senior High School won a
$3,000 first place award in the Medicine and Health category
for her project Immunostimulating Properties of a Herbal
Polysaccharide from Tinospora cordifolla for Biodense
Treatment. She was also awarded an $8,000 Naval Research
Award from the United States Navy/Marine Corps and a second
place $500 bond from Ashtavadhani Ambiti, Subbaraya Chetty
Foundation.
Parijata Mackey of Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School
won a fourth place $500 award in the Biochemistry category
for her project An Evaluation of the Effects of Temperature
Increase and High Energy Photon Beams on Drosophila
melanogaster.
Monica Simo of MAST Academy won a fourth place $500 award in
the Earth and Space Science category for her project The
Effect of Tropical Cyclones on Global Tropical Rainfall.
Jennifer Ledon won an Honorable Mention Award Certificate
from the American Psychological Association for her project
Neurochemical and Behavioral Effects of Nicotine and Cocaine
on Periadolescent and Adult Rats.
Lisha Constantine of American Senior High School won the
NASA Certificate Award for her project Characterization of a
Truncated Form of Slow Skeletal Troponin T that Causes
Nemaline Myopathy.
In a separate competition, four district students
participated in the recent International Bridge Building
contest in Baltimore. Gabriel Hernandez of Southwest Miami
Senior High School received second place and John Fregeolle
of Miami Coral Park Senior High School placed fourth. Julian
Cotero of Miami Senior High School placed 23rd and Kevin Pan
of Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School placed 34th.
Bridge Awards were determined by the efficiency of the
bridge.
For additional information, contact Joyce Bervaldi at
305-995-1976.
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