Clear Creek ISD is pleased to announce the student winners, at the secondary level, of the 65th Annual CCISD Science and Engineering Fair Award Ceremony held on January 29 at the Clear Springs High School. 131 CCISD students will now advance to the Science and Engineering Fair of Houston in February.
Click here to view a photo gallery and the complete list of secondary winners of the 2025 CCISD Secondary Science and Engineering Fair Awards Ceremony.
Two hundred eighty-seven intermediate and high school students advanced to the District-level competition, with 172 learning an award. Students compete in Life Science, Physical Science, or Engineering.
“We are fortunate that our Bay Area Houston region is home to diverse and thriving industries including aerospace, maritime, specialty chemical, and cutting-edge healthcare and life sciences,” said Superintendent of Schools Karen Engle, Ed.D. “Because of the initiative and critical thinking you have clearly demonstrated through your projects, it is my hypothesis that each of you will be able to take your pick among these fields when it comes time to join the workforce.”
For the 12th consecutive year, SAIC served as a Presenting Sponsor whose contributions have supported the students and programming of the CCISD Science and Engineering Fair. New to the fair this year, several business and industry partners sponsored awards in special categories ranging from the “Women in STEM Award” to the “Environmental Impact Award.” Joining long-time special award sponsors iYar Fine Arts were Aegis Aerospace, Arrow Science and Technology, Barrios, Galveston Bay Foundation, and Harris County Precinct 2, who each provided a monetary prize to award winners.
Dr. Engle also expressed her appreciation, and that of the Board of Trustees, to a strong and supportive community of teachers, parents, and science fair judges.
The CCISD 2025 District Science Fair Grand Award Winners and Runners Up are featured below:
Jesse A. Dorrington 2025 Grand Award
Life Science
Melina Kumar Clear Lake High School
“One Blood Drop to New Hope: A Novel Test Method to Improve Fertility Assessment”
Jesse A. Dorrington 2025 Grand Award
Physical Science
Caden Pohlkamp,
Brookside Intermediate School
“Is More Green Better? Does Littoral Vegetation Enhance Habitat Suitability of Local Retention Ponds?”
Jesse A. Dorrington 2025 Grand Award
Engineering
Katelyn Zahner, Seabrook Intermediate School
“Training and Developing a Computer Vision System to Prevent Drowning”
Jesse A. Dorrington 2025 Grand Award
Runner Up
Life Science
Abigail Locklin, Seabrook Intermediate School
“Social Battery”
Jesse A. Dorrington 2025 Grand Award
Runner Up
Physical Science
Azhmeer Jesani, Clear Creek High School
“Mitigating the Curse of Dimensionality: A Parallel Sub-Circuit Quantum k-Nearest Neighbors Approach for High-Dimensional Data Classification.”
Jesse A. Dorrington 2025 Grand Award
Runner Up
Engineering
Emmanuel Abhilash, Brookside Intermediate School
“Self Driving Cars Are The Future”
CCISD recognizes students who participated in the fair for 12 years. The following students received this esteemed recognition: Cara Anderson, Azhmeer Jesani, Francisco Delgado, Allan Patrolia, William Collura, Nuha Dhuka, Jonathan Zwart, and Akhil Rajarathnam. The following students received the Lucky 13 participation award for 13 consecutive years competing in the fair: Anistacia Beatty, Teddy Garza, Christopher Creedon, Alex Buerstinghaus, Melina Kumar, Rhea Wadhwa, and Ayush Ganapathy.
The 116 CCISD secondary projects eligible to advance to the Science & Engineering Fair of Houston will compete on February 15, 2025, at the Fort Bend Epicenter.
