March 3, 2018
The following students competed in the 2018 Louisiana Region I Science and Engineering Fair and placed within their categories as indicated. Students who placed 1st or 2nd in their categories are eligible to compete at the Louisiana State Science and Engineering Fair to be held March 21st at LSU Baton Rouge. Caddo Magnet won the 1st place Sweepstakes Award.
CMHS students received 19 first place awards, 8 second place awards, and 3 third place awards. Additionally, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st places overall went to Lilly Kamberov, Sunjay Letchuman, and Christopher Ferrier, respectively. These three students will represent Caddo Magnet at the 2018 International Science and Engineering Fair to be held May 13-18 in Pittsburgh, PA. Please congratulate all of these students on jobs well done.
| Category | Name | Place | Special Awards |
| Animal Sciences | Sophie Wiener | 1 | |
| Behavioral & Social Sciences | Ruth Bodily | 3 | |
| Biochemistry | Grace Sun | 1 | American Chemical Society |
| Tobias Kallenberg | 2 | American Chemical Society | |
| Biomedical Engineering | Joseph Clary | 1 | |
| Biomedical & Health Sciences | Lilly Kamberov | 1 | |
| Aila Yurochko | 2 | ||
| Cellular & Molecular Biology | Srikhar Chilukuri | 2 | |
| Jemma Clary | 1 | ||
| Chemistry | David Yu | 1 | |
| Computational Biology & Bioinformatics | Christopher Ferrier | 1 | Women’s & Children’s Center for Mental Wellness Honorable Mention |
| Lawrence Shi | 2 | ||
| Earth & Environmental Sciences | Kristen Adams & Sarah Salvatore | 1 | Arklatex Gem & Mineral Society, $50; Walter B. Jacobs Nature Park; Stockholm Junior Water Prize |
| Energy: Chemical | Grace Shin | 1 | |
| Saad Tanveer | 2 | ||
| Energy: Physical | Xiang Tang | 1 | STARBASE LA; Society for Science & the Public,
$500; Shreveport Geological Society |
| Engineering Mechanics | Sloan Hall | 3 | Air Force |
| Environmental Engineering | Merritt Shemwell | 2 | Shreveport Geological Society; Stockholm Junior Water Prize |
| Materials Science | Jacqueline Van | 1 | |
| Mathematics | Rachel Holman | 2 | |
| Johnum Palado | 1 | Women’s & Children’s Center for Mental Wellness Honorable Mention | |
| Microbiology | Blaise Willis | 1 | |
| Pooja Veerareddy | 2 | ||
| Physics & Astronomy | Taylor Rosen | 1 | Shreveport Geological Society |
| Plant Sciences | Emile Zabaneh | 1 | |
| Robotics & Intelligent Machines | Diya Desai | 1 | |
| Systems Software | Jordan Fong | 1 | Cyber Reef Solutions, 2nd; Intel Excellence in Computer Science, $200 |
| Translational Medicine | Sunjay Letchuman | 1 |