Holmdel

May 23, 2018

Research Students Excel at Science Fair

Seventeen Holmdel High School students competed at the Jersey Shore Science fair on March 17 at Stockton University and all received ribbons for their projects.

Holmdel science teacher and advisor, Dr. Josephine Blaha, had nothing but praise for the students who participated as part of an Honors Advanced Research (HAR) class. Dr. Blaha was impressed that all seventeen students competing scored ribbons, with five grabbing first place, three second place, three third place, and six honorable mentions. This included three first place and one second place ribbon for the four 10th graders competing.

First Place:

Sourish Jasti: I-Chemistry: Also a special cash award from Dow Chemical.

Daniel Tobengauz:  I- Environmental Science:

Claudia Zhang: I-Botany:

Cyrus Majd: U-Computer Science:

Joyce Wang: U-Botany:

Second Place:

Spencer Davis: I-Behavioral and Social Sciences

Hamzah Shaikh: U-Biochemistry

Erica Wu: U-Microbiology

Third Place:

Eric Celenti: U-Behavioral and Social Sciences

Sameer Erramilli: U-Biochemistry:

Wallis Toscarelli: U-Botany

Honorable Mention:

Shayna Ahteck: U- Behavioral and Social Sciences

Lujia Chen: U- Behavioral and Social Sciences

Michael Dasaro: I-Computer Science

Jonathan Marty: U- Engineering

David Wu: U- Engineering

Emily Yasharpour: U- Engineering