Bartlesville Public Schools students competed at three levels of science fair competition this spring — the Bartlesville District Science Fair (BDSF), the Oklahoma State Science and Engineering Fair (OSSEF), and the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) — earning category awards, state placements, and international recognition across a wide range of scientific disciplines.
"Our students earned multiple category awards across a wide range of scientific disciplines in both the junior and senior divisions," said Shelley Brown, science teacher at Bartlesville High School. "Most notably, several students qualified for the International Science and Engineering Fair, and 6 of the 10 Oklahoma students attending ISEF this year were from Bartlesville High School."
Science fair participation gives students hands-on research experience and builds skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, data analysis, and communication — skills that extend well beyond the classroom and into everyday life.
Bartlesville District Science Fair Results
Junior Division (Middle School)
Chemistry — 1st: Lishitha Kollati, CMS
Earth and Space Science — 1st: Leah Prince, MMS; 2nd: EllaJo Fowler, MMS
Environmental — 1st: Visveswaran Senthil Kumar, MMS
Medical and Health Sciences — 1st: Sanjan Alla, CMS
Physics — 1st: Mannie Jimenez, CMS
ThermoFisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge — Lishitha Kollati, Mannie Jimenez, Sanjan Alla (all CMS)
Senior Division (High School)
Behavioral and Social Sciences — 1st: Nick Du; 2nd: Andrew Pan; 3rd: Jack Ihrig and Karsten Proctor
Biological Sciences — 1st: Nidhi Sreelatha Rajesh; 2nd: Brendan Benyshek; 3rd: Afton Miller and Kayden Swisher; 3rd: Heidi Millemon; 3rd: Henry Tedstrom
Chemistry — 1st: Jonathan Lai; 2nd: Karis Shamhart; 3rd: Nandana Sreelatha Rajesh; 3rd: Caroline Boudreaux
Earth and Space Sciences — 1st: Isabel Thoreson; 2nd: Daniel Chupp and Justin Gornall; 3rd: Heiley Capricciulo
Engineering — 1st: Carson Lee and Caylen Lee; 2nd: Tanvi Gupta; 3rd: Zachary Barnett
Environmental — 1st: Mathimalar Jayaprasad; 2nd: Ragavarsha Karuppan Chetty; 3rd: Lyndsey Lief and Cheyenne True; 3rd: Benton Lightfoot
Mathematical and Computer Sciences — 1st: Nathan Leyda and Gavin Zhu; 2nd: Adit Paul and Griffin Salerno; 3rd: Eric Wu
Medical and Health Sciences — 1st: Ridhima Narain; 2nd: Everleigh Tippett; 3rd: Holden Hodge and Gavin Thomas
Physics — 1st: Maci Alleman, Moses Gujjarlapudi, and Mielle Haley; 2nd: Evvy Marton; 2nd: Lilly Decker
Oklahoma State Science and Engineering Fair Results
Junior Division
Biochemistry and Chemistry — 1st: Lishitha Kollati
Biomedical Health Sciences — 3rd: Sanjan Alla
Senior Division
Animal Sciences — 3rd: Heidi Millemon; 3rd: Henry Tedstrom
Behavioral and Social Sciences — 2nd: Nick Du
Biochemistry and Chemistry — 1st: Jonathan Lai
Biomedical Health Sciences — 2nd: Ridhima Narain
Earth and Environmental Sciences — 1st: Ragavarsha Karuppan Chetty; 2nd: Eric Wu
Engineering — 2nd: Carson and Caylen Lee
Mathematics and Computer Science — 1st: Adit Paul and Griffin Salerno; 3rd: Nathan Leyda and Gavin Zhu
Microbiology — 1st: Nidhi Sreelatha Rajesh
Physics and Astronomy — 1st: Isabel Thoreson; 2nd: Karis Shamhart
Plant Sciences — 3rd: Benton Lightfoot
International Science and Engineering Fair
Three Bartlesville students advanced as ISEF finalists from the district fair: Jonathan Lai, Carson Lee, Caylen Lee, and Mathimalar Jayaprasad. Two additional students — Ragavarsha Karuppan Chetty and Isabel Thoreson — qualified through OSSEF.
At ISEF, Mathimalar Jayaprasad earned 4th place in Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Congratulations to all students who participated, and thank you to the teachers, families, and staff who supported them throughout the process.