CEHS students recently participated, along with 250 other Maine students, at the 2026 Maine State Science Fair in Orono.
The following students placed:
Skye Teelham - 3rd place in Animal Sciences
The Prevalence of PFO Channels in Ovine Hearts
Finn Zwintscher - 2nd place in Animal Sciences
The Feeding Method Preference for Eastern Grey Squirrel Based on Amount of Food Taken
Addie Miller & Franny Haydar - 1st place in Behavioral and Social Sciences
The Impact of Participants’ Age on Accuracy in Distinguishing AI-Generated From Human-Taken Photographs
Henry Boucher - 3rd place in Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Effects of Caffeine and CBD on Daphnia magna
Jonah Chang - 3rd place in Engineering and UMaine Engineering Scholarship
IRIS: Intelligent Robotic Identification & Sorting
Kelsie Law - 2nd place in Environmental Science
The Effect of Dryer Lint Accumulation on Broad Bean (Vicia faba) Leaves
Amelia Welborn - 3rd place in Environmental Science
Subnivean Environments in Southern Maine
The following participants also showed their work:
Rubina Anker
Student Cell Phone Use During School
Olive Blouin & Avery Forsyth
Perception of Stress in Terms of Pressure and Time Management in High School Athletes
Finley Digiovanni
Does danger outweigh the importance of heading the ball in soccer?
Abigael Francis
Different Genres of Classical Music and their Effect on Memory
Cece Fremont
Assessing Menstrual Cycle Awareness Among Female Athletes
Luca Kleeman
How Scent Affects Memory Recall
Phoebe Evans
Difference in the Decomposition of Foods with Different Levels of Processing
Finn Gilbert
Making Ink from Maine Invasive Plants
Jonah Milton
Developing a Hydrogen PEM Fuel Cell with a Fe-N-C Catalyst
Noah Scott & Miles Vettese
Testing the Thermally Insulating Properties of Different Materials With Silica Aerogel Particle-Infused Paint
Elizabeth Adams
Sand Layers and Wave Energy
Aral Azis
Effect of Microclimates on Weather Patterns
Isabelle Bam
Relationship Between Larval Plankton and Month of the Year
Hailey Fallon
Exploring Microplastic Distribution in the Casco Bay based on Gnome Current Simulations
Wenshin Lu
Microplastics in Maine Sea Salt
Callie McCarley
Impact of Impervious Surface Runoff on Coastal Water Quality
Keaton Mosunic
The Impact of Selective Breeding on Petunia Traits Compared to Parent Plants