Elsie DuBray, a senior from Timber
Lake High School, was the 2018 overall winner for her project, “Buffalo vs. Beef: Analyzing Lipid Content in
Search of Potential Health Benefits (Phase II).” DuBray will represent the High
Plains Region at the Intel
International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May
13-18, 2018.
RAPID CITY, SD (April 9, 2018) –
The 2018 High Plains Regional
Science and Engineering Fair included 550 registered students from around
the Black Hills region. Projects ranged from research on the health benefits of
buffalo, effects of Wi-Fi radiation on plant growth, dry ice hovercrafts,
alternative oils to run in cars, using macroinvertebrates to assess water
quality, and engineering a wearable EEG device plus many more.
Elsie DuBray, a senior from Timber
Lake High School, was the 2018 overall winner for her project, “Buffalo vs. Beef: Analyzing Lipid Content in
Search of Potential Health Benefits (Phase II).” DuBray will represent the High
Plains Region at the Intel
International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May
13-18, 2018. DuBray also represented the High Plains region at the 2017
international fair where
she took 3rd place in her category.
The runner-up qualifier for the
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair was Grayson Nelson of Sturgis
Brown High School was a close second place with his project “Superconductivity: Planar Weight Disparity
in Relation to Critical Temperature.”
Nelson will travel to the international fair if DuBray is unable to
attend.