150 Students in Grades 5-12 Win Science Fair Honors

About 150 Ventura County students in grades 5 through 12 won awards at the Science Fair held this week at the Ventura County Fairgrounds.

Prizes were awarded in 16 categories. Each category had up to three divisions--grades 5 and 6, middle school and high school. The following is a list of first-place winners in all categories.

Applied Mechanics: Junior 7/8 Division, Michael Ikeda, Briggs School, Santa Paula.

Behavioral Sciences: Freshman 5/6 Division, Grant Wolfe, Pinecrest School-Thousand Oaks; Junior 7/8 Division, Ian J. Cross, Mesa Verde Middle School, Moorpark; Senior 9/12 Division, Antonio Reza, Hueneme High School, Oxnard.

Biochemistry/Molecular Biology: Freshman 5/6 Division, Kimberly Di Nardo, Pinecrest School-Simi Valley; Junior 7/8 Division, Barbie Bruton, Ocean View Junior High School, Oxnard; Senior 9/12 Division, Lauren Midthun, La Reina High School, Thousand Oaks.

Chemistry: Freshman 5/6 Division, Shalra Hameed, Westlake Elementary School, Westlake Village; Junior 7/8 Division, Andrea B. Warrick, Somis-Home School Program; Senior 9/12 Division, Lindsey Budny, La Reina High School, Thousand Oaks.

Earth Sciences/Planetary Sciences/Physical Environments: Freshman 5/6 Division, Brian Ingel, Mesa Verde Middle School, Moorpark; Junior 7/8 Division, Abby Johnson, Los Altos Intermediate School, Camarillo; Senior 9/12 Division, Dana Wisniewski, La Reina High School, Thousand Oaks.

Electricity and Electronics: Freshman 5/6 Division, Eryn Denney, Colina Middle School, Thousand Oaks; Junior 7/8 Division, Stephen Shaw, Colina Middle School, Thousand Oaks.

Environmental Sciences: Junior 7/8 Division, Dhivya Reghunathan, Colina Middle School, Thousand Oaks.

Fluid Mechanics/Aerodynamics/Thermophysics: Freshman 5/6 Division, Lauren Rowlands, Pinecrest School-Simi Valley; Junior 7/8, Victoria Ho, Los Cerritos Middle School, Thousand Oaks.

Mathematics & Software: Junior 7/8 Division, Allison Piehn, Chapparal Middle School, Moorpark; Senior 9/12 Division, Alexis Seegan, Calabasas High School.

Microbiology: Junior 7/8 Division, Tasneen Chithiwala, Mesa Verde Middle School, Moorpark.

Pharmacology/Toxicology: Freshman 5/6 Division, Crissy Orr, Ocean View Jr. High School, Oxnard; Junior 7/8 Division, Ashlee Scott, Mesa Verde Middle School, Moorpark; Senior 9/12 Division, Catherine M. Puno, Hueneme High School, Oxnard.

Physics and Astronomy: Freshman 5/6 Division, Garrett Mosley, Westlake Elementary School, Westlake Village; Junior 7/8 Division, Ary Amini, Colina Middle School, Thousand Oaks; Senior 9/12 Division, Holly Nguyen, Hueneme High School, Oxnard.

Physiology: Freshman 5/6 Division, Daniel Agarwal, Pinecrest Elementary-Thousand Oaks; Junior 7/8 Division, Megan Bucka, Mesa Verde Middle School, Moorpark; Senior 9/12 Division, Dominador Mendrez, Hueneme High School, Oxnard.

Plant Biology: Freshman 5/6 Division, Scott Maddux, Mesa Union School, Somis; Junior 7/8 Division, Matt Nibecker, Las Colinas School, Camarillo; Senior 9/12 Division, Anna Bartok, La Reina High School, Thousand Oaks.

Social Sciences: Junior 7/8 Division, Shannon Wood, Ocean View Junior High School, Oxnard; Zoology: Freshman 5/6 Division, Amy Geiger, Valley View Middle School, Simi Valley; Junior 7/8 Division, Matt Castle, Mesa Verde Middle School, Moorpark; Senior 9/12 Division, Sanda Heinz, Kim Shimasaki, La Reina High School, Thousand Oaks.