Dallas
Regional
Science &
Engineering
Fair

News Coverage

Science Fair - 2007

From the Dallas Morning News

Science, engineering fair this weekend at Fair Park
Ecology, energy drive science projects
Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair results

Helping is at heart of young scientists' work

Sophia Goreczky is a 17 year old junior at Plano West Senior High School -- like other Senior Division Grand Prize winners at the 2007 Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science Fair, she was sponsored by Beal Bank to compete in the International Science Fair.
Her project, called "L.I.S.S.A. 2.0: Light Intensity and Sonar Sensing Assistant, Evolved" received a 4th place Grand Award at the international fair in the category of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering together with a $120,000 scholarship offer!

In the lab, she's up to the test

After winning a Grand Prize at the 2007 Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science Fair, St. John's Episcopal School eighth-grade student Madeleine Ball went on to win Junior "Best of Fair" at the Texas Science and Engineering Fair held in San Antonio. Madeleine also won first grand prize in the life science category and was recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Congratulations to Alicia McClung of Seagoville H S in Dallas, who won the prestigious Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Young Scientist Award at the 2007 Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science Fair. She received a summer research fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and will have the opportunity to assist with ongoing experimentation in a laboratory at the center. The research stipend is funded by the Southwestern Medical Foundation.

After gaining a 3rd place in the Junior Biochemistry category at the 2007 Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science Fair, Anita Chandrahas, in the 8th grade at C M Rice Middle school in Plano, went on to win Grand Life Second prize at the Texas State Science Fair. Her project on "The Effect of Various Green Tea Components on Baker's Yeast" was researched to see the effect of three green tea extracts-caffeine, polyphenol #1, and polyphenol #2- on the number of Baker's yeast colonies when exposed to UV radiation. She found that caffeine extract had the greatest positive effect on the colony growth of yeast and could further be used as an antioxidant in humans to discourage the harmful effect of UV radiation.