STEMM Hawks Garner Accolades at NEOSEF; Two Juniors Named Grand Prize Winners
Eleven Hawks did a stellar job representing Hawken School’s STEMM Program at last night’s 72nd Annual Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair (NEOSEF), where students presented their projects to esteemed experts in their respective STEM fields.
This year, 287 students from 50 schools in Northeast Ohio presented their projects to experts in their respective STEM fields. Our Hawken representatives brought home prizes in biology, behavioral science, environmental science, health and medicine, and engineering, as well as multiple prizes in several professional award categories. In addition, many students were invited to additional conferences. Every student either placed or received and Honorable Mention in their category.
This year, we brought home not one, but two Grand Prize finishes out of only seven spots! Our Grand Prize winners are Arielle Klein '26 for Health and Medicine and Lila Morley '26 for Biology. These students will travel to Regeneron’s International Science and Engineering Fair in Columbus in May.
See below for additional accolades earned by our STEMM Hawks.
Lila Morley ’26 – Grand Prize Winner!
- 1st Place, 11th-12th grade, Biology
- Cleveland Clinic Inflammation and Immunity – outstanding project in a biological science
- American Statistical Association – project with excellent use of statistical design and analysis
- Society for Applied Spectroscopy – project that best illustrates the principle or application of spectroscopy
- Invitation to the Bridging Engineering, Science, and Technology (BEST) Medicine conference
Arielle Klein ’26 – Grand Prize Winner!
- 1st Place, 11th-12th grade, Health and Medicine
- Society for In Vitro Biology – 11th grade student with outstanding research in plant or animal in vitro biology
Izzy Bashkin ’26
- 2nd Place, 11th-12th grade, Behavioral Sciences
- American Statistical Association – project with excellent use of statistical design and analysis
’26 Oliver Sekorky ’26
- 2nd Place, 11th -12th grade, Engineering
- Rockwell Automation – best project in the areas of automation, electrical engineering, or software
- Water Environment Federation Stockholm Junior Water Prize – invitation to compete at the SJWP competition
- Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society – Best project relating to birds and/or to conservation with emphasis in the local watersheds
- Invitation to the Bridging Engineering, Science, and Technology (BEST) Medicine conference
Sophia Pinto ’26
- 2nd Place, 11th-12th grade, Biology
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute – outstanding research project
- Invitation to the Bridging Engineering, Science, and Technology (BEST) Medicine conference
Brooke Gemechu ’26
- 2nd Place, 11th-12th grade, Environmental Science
- Case Western Reserve University Women Faculty School of Medicine – best project in Biology, Health/Medicine, or Behavioral Science
- Invitation to the Bridging Engineering, Science, and Technology (BEST) Medicine conference
Elias Sharifi ’26
- 3rd Place, 11th-12th grade, Health and Medicine
- Society for Applied Spectroscopy – project that best illustrates the principle or application of spectroscopy
- Invitation to the Bridging Engineering, Science, and Technology (BEST) Medicine conference
Ellie McAndrew ’26
- 2nd Place, 11th-12th grade, Health-Medicine
Liv Rudolph ’26
- 1st Place, 11th-12th grade, Behavioral Science
Ayat Jaffar ’27
- 2nd Place, 9th-10th grade, Environmental Science
- Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers – best project dealing with electrical and electronic engineering
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers – best engineering and environmental science project
- ASM International – best materials science related project
- FirstEnergy Corporation – best project dealing with energy and the environment
Samir Taliwal ’26
- Honorable Mention, Health and Medicine
- American Psychological Association – outstanding research in psychological science
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Early Childhood, Lower, and Middle Schools, 5000 Clubside Rd, Lyndhurst, OH 44124
Birchwood School of Hawken, 4400 West 140th Street, Cleveland, OH 44135
Upper School, PO Box 8002 (12465 County Line Rd), Gates Mills, OH 44040
Mastery School of Hawken, 11025 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
Gries Center, 10823 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
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