On Saturday, March 15, 2025, our team of dedicated Monterey High student scientists under the leadership of teacher Jason Nicholson were recognized with various awards at the 2025 MCOE Science and Engineering Fair.
Join us in congratulating our amazing students noted below.
- Radmehr Tehranipoor (11th grade) Turning Energy: The Modular Hand-Cranked Generator
- 1st place Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
- Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Award
- Qualifies for California State Science & Engineering Fair
- Vrishabh Gupta (11th grade) Text-Based Emotional Analysis of Social Media Posts
- 1st place Systems Software
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Award
- Qualifies for California State Science & Engineering Fair
- Maryam Mousa (11th grade) Mathematical Modeling of Glioblastoma Cell Diffusion and Its Impact on Tumor Spread in Brain Tissue
- 1st place Mathematics
- Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Award
- Qualifies for California State Science & Engineering Fair
- Natalie Gera (10th grade) Essential Oils vs. Eschereichia coli: Nature's Remedy for Bacterial Infections
- 1st place Microbiology
- Qualifies for California State Science & Engineering Fair
- Eunyul Kim (9th grade) Degradation Rate of Biodegradable Microplastics Based on pH Level Using Lactobacillus plantarum
- 2nd place Earth & Environmental Sciences
- U.S. Metric Association Award
- Melissa Sariles (9th grade), Elizabeth Tinoco (11th grade), and Grace Torres (11the grade) The Impact of Silica Gel on the Soil, Moisture, Retention, and pH Levels in Salinas Valley Agricultural Soil
- 2nd place Plant Sciences
- CSUMB Excellence in Education Award
