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Pine Crest Middle School Students Earn Top Honors at Palm Beach County Science and Engineering Fair
January 12th 2026
Pine Crest Middle School science research students from the Boca Raton campus presented their original research at the Palm Beach County Science and Engineering Fair in December, joining more than 200 middle school students from across the county.
Pine Crest students earned top honors in multiple categories, with six students advancing to the Florida State Science and Engineering Fair in March. Their research spanned topics from artificial intelligence and microbiology to environmental engineering and neuroscience.
Congratulations to the following students for their outstanding achievements:
David Diaz-Padua ’30
“Effects of Probiotic Supplementation on Neural-Driven Behaviors in Planaria”
First Place – Behavioral and Social Sciences
Maximillian Hall ’30
“Enhancing Driver Decision-Making at Yellow Lights Using GPS Data”
First Place – Engineering & Materials Science
Masha Kuznetcova ’30
“AI-Based Gait Analysis for Detecting Feline Osteoarthritis”
First Place – Animal Sciences
Rhea Mahesh ’30
“Dietary Interventions to Mitigate Microplastic-Induced Stress in Daphnia Magna”
First Place – Cellular/Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
NAVY League Special Award
Rihaan Meher ’30
“Using Deep Neural Networks for the Early Prediction of Natural Disasters”
First Place – Intelligent Machines, Robotics & Systems Science
Florida Engineering Society Special Award
Advancing to State
Dilan Saverimuttu ’30
"Combating Antibiotic Resistance: Evaluating the Antimicrobial Efficacy of Tomato Juice and Shikonin in Combination With Standard Antibiotics"
First Place – Microbiology
Modzelewski Science Fair Excellence Award
The Fort Lauderdale campus Middle and Upper School students in the Science Research Program will submit their projects to the Broward County Science Fair the week of January 19.
Congratulations to all of our Middle School student researchers for their hard work, creativity and commitment to scientific discovery!
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