Brevard Wins Big at 2016 State Science Fair

Brevard Students Bring Home Top Awards in the 2016 Florida State Science and Engineering Fair ~ Seventy-eight Brevard students participated in the Florida State Science and Engineering Fair at the Lakeland Convention Center from March 29 through April 1, 2016. Brevard students brought home four Best of Show awards, eight first place awards, and a total of fifty-nine place awards. Brevard students won 55 additional special awards, totaling more than $405,760 in cash and scholarships.  

Daniella Bernadel and Ceili Masterson, both from Palm Bay Magnet High School, were each selected as Senior Best of Show winners with a $1,000 cash award, a trophy as a Nelson Ying Scholar, and an all-expenses paid invitation to compete at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair to be held in Phoenix, Arizona, from May 8 through May 14, 2016.  

Ritika Jeloka from Stone Magnet Middle School was named Junior Best of Show winner with a $500 cash award and a bid to the National Broadcom Masters competition. Kyle Bramblett from Sculptor Charter School was also selected as a Junior Best of Show winner with a $500 cash award and a bid to the National Broadcom Masters competition.  

Eight BPS students won first place awards as follows: 

Senior Animal Sciences 

1st Place, River Grace, West Shore Jr./Sr. High School 

Junior Biomedical & Health Sciences 

1st Place, Ritika Jeloka, Stone Magnet Middle School 

Senior Chemistry 

1st Place, Daniella Bernadel, Palm Bay High School 

Junior Chemistry 

1st Place, Noah Huff, Edgewood Jr./Sr. High School 

Junior Environmental Engineering 

1st Place, Kyle Bramblett, Sculptor Charter School 

Junior Intelligent Machines, Robotics & Systems Software 

1st Place, Matthew Larracas, Cocoa High School 

Junior Mathematics & Computational Sciences 

1st Place, Nathan Foo, West Shore Jr./Sr. High School 

Senior Microbiology 

1st Place, Ceili Masterson, Palm Bay High School