Hauppauge Student Takes First Place, Sixth Grade, At BNL Elementary School Science Fair
Hauppauge Middle School sixth grader Navya Gautam recently won first place in her grade level at the Brookhaven National Lab Elementary Science Fair for her project titled: “Does Shape Matter?. The sixth-grade winner said she was curious why solar panels were always a rectangular shape. “I wanted to find out if different shapes might make the panels more effective, which would help the environment and in turn help our world,” said Gautam, who hopes to someday work in the medical field helping people.
Nearly 500 science projects from 108 Suffolk County schools were entered into the 2017 Elementary School Science Fair, which was held at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York. It was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and coordinated by the Lab’s Office of Educational Programs. BNL scientists, engineers, technical staff and teachers from local elementary schools judged the projects.
“Congratulations to Navya Gautam on winning first place for the entire sixth grade at the BNL Elementary School Science Fair,” said Robert Wankmuller, Hauppauge’s director of Science, Technology and Research. “We are very proud your outstanding achievement.”
Photo (l to r): Hauppauge Middle School Principal Maryann Fletcher, BNL Elementary School Science Fair 6th grade winner Navya Gautam and Robert Wankmuller, Hauppauge’s director of Science, Technology and Research.