On Saturday, February 24th, 2018, Northern Kentucky University hosted the 23th Science & Engineering Fair of Northern Kentucky (SEFNK). SEFNK is a regional fair affiliated with the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world’s largest international pre-college science competition. On the morning of the February 24th, 150 students ranging from grades 4-12, from 35 schools across the northern Kentucky region came to NKU to compete for numerous awards sponsored by SEFNK, NASA, Intel and more.
The overall winner from the Senior Division (grades 9-12), Molly Klier, received an all-expenses paid trip to Intel ISEF where they will compete against over 1,600 high school students from over 75 countries, regions & territories to showcase their research and for more than $4 million in awards. Intel ISEF is being held May 13 to 19th, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In addition, all students who received a 1st or 2nd place category award, grades 5-12, are invited to register for the state fair being held on March 24st, 2018 at Eastern Kentucky University.
Congratulations to all the Science and Engineering Fair of Northern Kentucky Winners!
| Elementary | Animal Sciences | 1st | Stella | Kenner |
| Elementary | Behavioral & Social Sciences | 3rd | Shane | Baynum |
| Elementary | Behavioral & Social Sciences | 2nd | Lilou | Rose |
| Elementary | Behavioral & Social Sciences | 1st | Alexandra | Hess |
| Elementary | Chemistry | 3rd | Anna | Smith |
| Elementary | Chemistry | 2nd | Olivia Phillips | Bailee Dennison |
| Elementary | Chemistry | 1st | Madelyn | Ryan |
| Elementary | Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical | 1st | Cole | Crowley |
| Elementary | Engineering: Materials & Bioengineering | 1st | Elijah | Moher |
| Elementary | Energy and Transportation | 1st | Aden | Russelberg |
| Elementary | Environmental Science | 1st | Skylar | Wiley |
| Elementary | Physics and Astronomy | 1st | Cade | Beaupre |
| Elementary | Plant Sciences | 1st | William | Haas |
| Junior | Animal Sciences | 3rd | Nate | Kraemer |
| Junior | Animal Sciences | 2nd | Weslee | Alsip |
| Junior | Animal Sciences | 1st | Chelsea | Collins |
| Junior | Behavioral & Social Sciences | 3rd | Caroline | Muck |
| Junior | Behavioral & Social Sciences | 2nd | Colin | Monohan |
| Junior | Behavioral & Social Sciences | 1st | Emily | Wright |
| Junior | Biochemistry | 3rd | Brent | Young |
| Junior | Biochemistry | 2nd | Molly | O’Connell |
| Junior | Biochemistry | 1st | Sophie | Rodino |
| Junior | Cellular and Molecular Biology | 2nd | Angelia | Lane |
| Junior | Cellular and Molecular Biology | 1st | Zoe | Doerger |
| Junior | Chemistry | 3rd | Ava | Summe |
| Junior | Chemistry | 2nd | Taelyn | Ackley |
| Junior | Chemistry | 1st | Avery | Lenihan |
| Junior | Computer Science | 3rd | Braxton Campbell | Marianne Smith |
| Junior | Computer Science | 2nd | Seth | Storer |
| Junior | Computer Science | 1st | Dimitri | Dunn |
| Junior | Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical | 3rd | Colin | Reusch |
| Junior | Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical | 2nd | Wayne | Ziegler |
| Junior | Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical | 1st | CJ | Tien |
| Junior | Engineering: Materials & Bioengineering | 3rd | Adele | France |
| Junior | Engineering: Materials & Bioengineering | 2nd | Anna | Dinius |
| Junior | Engineering: Materials & Bioengineering | 1st | Skyanna | Shepherd |
| Junior | Energy and Transportation | 3rd | Gabriel | Laffitte |
| Junior | Energy and Transportation | 2nd | Jack | Hovan |
| Junior | Energy and Transportation | 1st | Cole | Johnson |
| Junior | Environmental Management | 1st | Jase | Matheny |
| Junior | Environmental Science | 3rd | Carter | Abshire |
| Junior | Environmental Science | 2nd | Aidan | Middendorf |
| Junior | Environmental Science | 1st | Kira | Kent |
| Junior | Mathematical Sciences | 3rd | Emma | Perkins |
| Junior | Mathematical Sciences | 2nd | Jacob | Dickman |
| Junior | Mathematical Sciences | 1st | Ellie | Greenwell |
| Junior | Medicine & Health | 3rd | Paige | Yeary |
| Junior | Medicine & Health | 2nd | Elizabeth | Smith |
| Junior | Medicine & Health | 1st | Nicholas | Prospero |
| Junior | Physics and Astronomy | 3rd | Seth | Gruner |
| Junior | Physics and Astronomy | 2nd | Nathaniel Duncan | Samuel Sherrard |
| Junior | Physics and Astronomy | 1st | Grace | Heberling |
| Junior | Plant Sciences | 3rd | Abigail | Johnson |
| Junior | Plant Sciences | 2nd | Oliver | Schaefer |
| Junior | Plant Sciences | 1st | Megan | Chun |
| Senior | Biochemistry | 1st | Amber | Wu |
| Senior | Cellular and Molecular Biology | 2nd | Andrew Preston | Kinsey McDaniels |
| Senior | Cellular and Molecular Biology | 1st | Chandrahaas | Kona |
| Senior | Chemistry | 3rd | Ryan Griffith | Abigail Frazier |
| Senior | Chemistry | 2nd | Terence Oney | Evan Greene |
| Senior | Chemistry | 1st | Molly | Kleier |
| Senior | Computer Science | 2nd | Morgan | Weltzer |
| Senior | Computer Science | 1st | Mina & Ken | Ryumae |
| Senior | Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical | 1st | Kalyn | Obermeyer |
| Senior | Engineering: Materials & Bioengineering | 1st | Lily | Wade |
| Senior | Environmental Management | 1st | Samuel | Latz |
| Senior | Environmental Science | 1st | Colleen | Spellman |
| Senior | Mathematical Sciences | 1st | Nathaniel | Gillispie |
| Senior | Microbiology | 1st | Haydon | Ahlers |
| Senior | Physics and Astronomy | 2nd | Cameron Walker | Zachariah Tussey |
| Senior | Physics and Astronomy | 1st | Molly Lewis | Kash Stevens |
| Senior | Plant Sciences | 2nd | Roger Weeler | Hunter Morgan |
| Senior | Plant Sciences | 1st | Katelyn Pauley | Zayla Granillo |
| The CINSAM Award (MS) | Dalton | Sunday | ||
| The CINSAM Phil Schmidt Award (Elementary) | Cade | Beaupre | ||
| American Meteorological Society | Molly | Kleier | ||
| Broadcom MASTERS – Middle School competition | Aidan | Middendorf | ||
| Broadcom MASTERS – Middle School competition | Chelsea | Collins | ||
| Broadcom MASTERS – Middle School competition | Elizabeth | Smith | ||
| Broadcom MASTERS – Middle School competition | Anna | Popham | ||
| Broadcom MASTERS – Middle School competition | Jack | Cain | ||
| Broadcom MASTERS – Middle School competition | Dimitri | Dunn | ||
| Broadcom MASTERS – Middle School competition | Skyanna | Shepherd | ||
| Broadcom MASTERS – Middle School competition | Colin | Reusch | ||
| Broadcom MASTERS – Middle School competition | Ellie | Greenwell | ||
| Broadcom MASTERS – Middle School competition | Sophie | Rodino | ||
| Broadcom MASTERS – Middle School competition | Grace | Heberling | ||
| Broadcom MASTERS – Middle School competition | Megan | Chun | ||
| Intel Excellence in Computer Science | Mina & Ken | Ryumae | ||
| Mu Alpha Theta Award | Nathaniel | Gillespie | ||
| NASA Earth System Science Award | Aiden | Middendorf | ||
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Samuel | Latz | ||
| Newport Aquarium Award | Aiden | Middendorf | ||
| Office of Naval Research | MS | Sophie | Rodino | |
| Office of Naval Research | MS | Skyanna | Schepherd | |
| Office of Naval Research | MS | Adele | France | |
| Office of Naval Research | HS | Samuel | Latz | |
| Office of Naval Research | HS | Amber | Wu | |
| Ohio Valley Society of Toxicology | HS1 | Morgan | Wetzler | |
| Ohio Valley Society of Toxicology | HS2 | Samuel | Latz | |
| Ohio Valley Society of Toxicology | MS 1st | Aiden | Middendorf | |
| Ohio Valley Society of Toxicology | ES 1st | Skylar | Wiley | |
| Ricoh Americas Corporation | Molly | Kleier | ||
| Karen M. Ware Graphic Arts Award | Stella | Kenner | ||
| SEFNK Artistic Merit | Nate | Kraemer | ||
| SEFNK Photography | Chelsea | Collins | ||
| Society for In Vitro Biology | Ryan Griffith | Abagail Fraizer | ||
| Thomas More Scholarship Award | Molly | Kleier | ||
| Thomas More Scholarship Award | Chandrahaas | Kona | ||
| Thomas More Scholarship Award | Haydon | Ahlers | ||
| Tri-Beta Honors Award (NKU Biology) | Elementary /Middle | Megan | Chun | |
| Tri-Beta Honors Award (NKU Biology) | EM 2 | Zachary | Bush | |
| Tri-Beta Honors Award (NKU Biology) | Senior | Amber | Wu | |
| Tri-Beta Honors Award (NKU Biology) | sr2 | Samuel | Latz | |
| U.S. Metric Association | Wayne | Ziegler | ||
| US Air Force Award | Samuel | Latz | ||
| US Air Force Award | Matthew | Sunday | ||
| US Air Force Award | Grace | Heberling | ||
| US Air Force Award | Skylar | Wiley | ||
| Water Environment Federation | Samuel | Latz | ||
| Water Environment Federation | Amber | Wu | ||
| Water Environment Federation | Colleen | Spellman | ||
| Yale Science and Engineering Association | Kalyn | Obermeyer | ||
| School Award | MS Division | St. Agnes Elementary | ||
| School Award | HS Division | Notre Dame Academy | ||
| Best Overall in Life Sciences | 2nd | Katelyn Pauley | Zayla Granillo | |
| Best Overall in Life Sciences | 1st | Samuel | Latz | |
| Best Overall in Physical Sciences | 2nd | Amber | Wu | |
| Best Overall in Physical Sciences | 1st | Molly | Kleier | |
| ISEF | Alternate 2 | Samuel | Latz | |
| ISEF | Alternate 1 | Katelyn Pauley | Zayla Granillo | |
| ISEF | Winner | Molly | Kleier | |
| NKU Department of Chemistry | Hs1 | Molly | Kleier | |
| NKU Department of Chemistry | hs2 | Amber | Wu | |
| NKU Department of Chemistry | ms1 | Sophie | Rodino | |
| NKU Department of Chemistry | ms2 | Avery | Lenihan | |
| NKU Department of Chemistry | ms3 | Molly | O’Connell | |
| NKU Department of Chemistry | em1 | Madelyn | Ryan | |
| NKU Department of Chemistry | em 2 | Olivia Phillips | Bailee Dennison | |
| NKU Department of Chemistry | em3 | Anna | Smith | |
| NKU Department of Biological Sciences | EL 3d (25) | William | Haas | |
| NKU Department of Biological Sciences | EL 2nd (25) | Stella | Kenner | |
| NKU Department of Biological Sciences | EL 1st (50) | Skylar | Wiley | |
| NKU Department of Biological Sciences | MS 3d (25) | Megan | Chun | |
| NKU Department of Biological Sciences | MS 2nd (25) | Chelsea | Collins | |
| NKU Department of Biological Sciences | MS 1st (50) | Nicholas | Prospero | |
| NKU Department of Biological Sciences | HS 3d (25) | Zayla Granillo | Katelyn Pauley | |
| NKU Department of Biological Sciences | HS 2nd (25) | Samuel | Latz | |
| NKU Department of Biological Sciences | HS 1st (50) | Chandrahaas | Kona | |
| NKU Department of Physics, Geology & Engineering Technology | El 2nd | Aden | Russelberg | |
| NKU Department of Physics, Geology & Engineering Technology | El 1st | Cole | Crowley | |
| NKU Department of Physics, Geology & Engineering Technology | MS 2nd | Skyanna | Shepherd | |
| NKU Department of Physics, Geology & Engineering Technology | MS 1st | C.J. | Tien | |
| NKU Department of Physics, Geology & Engineering Technology | HS 2nd | Lily | Wade | |
| NKU Department of Physics, Geology & Engineering Technology | HS 1st | Molly Lewis | Kash Stephens | |
| NKU Department of Mathematics & Statistics | MS 2nd | Jacob | Dickman | |
| NKU Department of Mathematics & Statistics | MS 1st | Ellie | Greenwell | |
| NKU Department of Mathematics & Statistics | HS 1st | Nathaniel | Gillispie | |
| NKU College of Informatics | MS 3d (25) | Marianne Smith | Braxton Campbell | |
| NKU College of Informatics | Jr 2nd (25) | Dimitri | Dunn | |
| NKU College of Informatics | jr 1st (50) | Seth | Storer | |
| NKU College of Informatics | Sr 2nd (25) | Morgan | Weltzer | |
| NKU College of Informatics | Sr 1st (50) | Mina & Ken | Ryumae | |
| NKU Department of Psychological Sciences | 3 | Caroline | Muck | |
| NKU Department of Psychological Sciences | 2 | Colin | Monohan | |
| NKU Department of Psychological Sciences | 1 | Emily | Wright |
