{"id":113942,"date":"2020-03-17T14:10:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T00:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=113942"},"modified":"2020-03-17T14:12:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T00:12:12","slug":"leeward-cc-science-engineering-fair-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/03\/17\/leeward-cc-science-engineering-fair-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> hosts science, engineering fair winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/leeward-science-fair-group.jpg\" alt=\"science fair winners and Leeward chancellor on stage\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-113956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/leeward-science-fair-group.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/leeward-science-fair-group-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/leeward-science-fair-group-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Winners of the 34th Annual Leeward District Science and Engineering Fair were announced in March in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/\">Leeward Community College<\/a> Theatre. More than 130 students from three high schools presented 84 projects at the fair, which was held in February. Projects from Pearl City, Waipahu and Campbell high schools were adjudicated by 83 judges as students displayed their research and answered the judges questions.<\/p>\n<p>The winning students will represent the Leeward district and State of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in May.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113955\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/leeward-science-fair-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"two people next to science fair exhibit\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/leeward-science-fair-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/leeward-science-fair-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/leeward-science-fair-1-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/leeward-science-fair-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the 84 projects at the 2020 fair.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Grand prize winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Winning Team Project:<\/strong> Investigating which natural materials can be used to create an environmentally friendly sanitary pad by Antoinette Consolascion Pinera and Christina Jayne Bayani from Waipahu High School<\/li>\n<li><strong>Winning Individual Project:<\/strong> Constructing solar asphalt collectors into Waipahu roads by Jeyan Francis Cornelio from Waipahu High School<\/li>\n<li><strong>Overall third place:<\/strong> Reef protection starts with the right protection by Kuualoha Andrade, Dean Cabato and Riki Nishizawa from Waipahu High School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Proud family and friends were joined by Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> Chancellor <strong>Carlos Pe\u00f1aloza<\/strong> and state lawmakers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/leewardcc\/albums\/72157713311799117\/with\/49602669256\/\">View photos from the fair.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The annual fair is coordinated by <strong>Andrea Herndon<\/strong> and <strong>Sandro Jube<\/strong>, faculty from Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2019s math and sciences division.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113958\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113958\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/leeward-science-fair-2.jpg\" alt=\"student explaining his science fair exhibit\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-113958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/leeward-science-fair-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/leeward-science-fair-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/leeward-science-fair-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeyan Cornelio explains his research to one of the judges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leeward Science and Engineering Fair winners chosen, will compete in state 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