Congratulations to all the brilliant young minds who participated in this year's Science & Engineering Fair! We are incredibly proud of the hard work, curiosity, and innovation displayed by our students.

A special thank you goes out to Coordinator Corey Stevens, the volunteers, and judges who made this event a success.We are excited to announce that 25 projects and 40 students in total have been invited to move on to compete at the University of Utah Science & Engineering Fair (USEF). While our Senior and Junior divisions did not have enough projects to rank formally, all participants performed at a level high enough to earn an invitation to the state competition.

Elementary Division Overall Winners

• 1st Place: Sus Suspect: Exploring Potential Biases in Eyewitness Identification (Yogi)
• 2nd Place: Cookie Chemistry (Olive)
• 3rd Place: Ratio Reactions (Kinley)
• 4th Place: Rollback & Shoot (Danian and Jordan)
• 5th Place: Do Brown Apples Taste Bad? (Ruby)

USEF Qualifiers by School

Murray High School

• Twin/Friend Telepathy (Leo, Kristy, Ian)
• FAME Biodiesel Fuel: A biochemical and thermodynamic view into the world of renewable energy. ((Josh and Calvin)

Riverview Junior High

• Economically Scalable Advanced Wildfire Alert System (Milo)
• Gender Gap (Charlotte)
• Insta Kibbler (Shad)

Grant Elementary

• The Yeast Buffet (Maya)
• Rollback & Shoot Damian and Jordan)
• 3D-Car Time Trials (Tug)

Horizon Elementary

• Do Brown Apples Taste Bad? (Ruby)
• Human Behavior: Identifying AI Images (Vera and Kailyn)
• Floating (Atzin and Johan)
• The Power Within Potatoes (Ivy, Kalia, Annabelle)

Longview Elementary

• Small Push, Big Lift (Damon, Cooper)
• Ratio Reactions (Kinley)
• Keep It Bloomin' (Ava, Oakley)

McMillan Elementary

• Water Purification (Eli)
• Mento Mania (Zoya)
• Homopolor motor (Zade)
• H2O Rockets to the Max (Porter, Nolan)
• Sus Suspect: Exploring Potential Biases in Eyewitness Identification (Yogi)
• Carpet Cleaner Calamity (Archer, Sloan)
• The Scroll Effect (Callie)

Viewmont Elementary

• Cookie Chemistry (Olive)
• Fizz Factor (Lily)
• Marker Mayhem (Annie, Charlie)

We look forward to seeing our students represent Murray District at the next level. Great job to all our participants, and we hope to see you all again next year!