The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) is pleased to announce the winners of the third annual National American Indian Virtual Science and Engineering Fair (NAIVSEF). The NAIVSEF is a Society for Science and the Public (SSP) affiliated science fair and as such is part of the larger SSP fair network.

1st and 2nd place Grand Award Winners, receive an all-expense paid trip that allows them to compete at the International INTEL ISEF in Phoenix, AZ May 8 -13, 2016. In the event that one of the winners cannot attend then the runner up will take their place. AISES also awards cash prizes to senior and junior division winners.

Congratulations to this year’s winners and thank you to our all NAIVSEF participants and judges.

Grand Award Winners

• 1^st Place: Randa Shaw 
• Oceaneering Pile Driving Infrastructure Technology: Mitigating Anthropogenic Underwater Noise Impacts On Coastal Marine Life
• Choctaw, 9^th Grade, FL 
   
• 2^nd Place: Anna Quinlan
• A Ketone Detecting Patch to Detect Type 1 Diabetes
• Cherokee Nation, 9^th Grade, CA 
   
• Runner-up: McKalee Steen
• "PLANT TALK” Cherokee Nation
• 12th Grade, OK 

• 1^st Place: Anna Quinlan ($350)
• A Ketone Detecting Patch to Detect Type 1 Diabetes
• Cherokee Nation, 9^th Grade, CA 
   
• 2^nd Place: McKalee Steen ($250)
• "PLANT TALK” Cherokee Nation
• 12th Grade, OK 
   
• 3^rd Place: Tyra Nicolay ($150)
• Field Testing and Water Quality Analysis of the Navajo Nation and San Juan County Rivers: Before, During and After the Gold King Mine Spill
• Navajo, 11^th Grade, NM 

• 1^st Place: Randa Shaw ($350)
• Oceaneering Pile Driving Infrastructure Technology: Mitigating Anthropogenic Underwater Noise Impacts On Coastal Marine Life
• Choctaw, 9^th Grade, FL 
   
• 2^nd Place: Nizhoni Talles ($250)
• Dual Purpose Solar Water Heater and Electric Generation
• Navajo, 11^th Grade, NM 
   
• 3^rd Place: Trentin Russell ($150)
• StratoMonitor: Developing an Andriod app to detect Cosmic rays using an image sensor
• Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe, 11^th Grade, MN 

Junior Division Winners

• 1^st Place: Marielle Gomez ($250)
• The Magic of Monarch Butterflies
• Taos Pueblo, 5^th Grade, NM 
   
• 2^nd Place: Stephany Miller, Raini Dawn Kingfisher and Michael D. Sullivan Jr. ($200)
• Tapping Methods
• Lac Courte Oreilles Lake Superior Ojibwe, 6^th Grade, WI
   
• 3^rd Place: Memengwaa Paap, Niizhoodewii D. Denomie and Little Bird Benton ($125)
• Crown size and Sugar Production
• Lac Courte Oreilles Lake Superior Ojibwe, 6^th Grade, WI