Torrey Pines students shine at Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair

The following Torrey Pines High School students earned honors at the Science Fair held March 20 - 25:

• Apoorva Mylavarapu (10) - First place in Animal Science and Sweepstakes winner, qualifying to go on to the INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair.

• Mike Wu (12) and Madhu Krishnan (12) - First place in computer science and Sweepstakes runner-up.

• Other first place winners: Melodyanne Cheng (11) - Biochemistry; Charulata Sinha (9) - Microbiology; and Seung Hwan Lee (11) - Electrical & Mechanical Engineering.

• Second place winners: Amanda Gao (11) - Chemistry; Alison Chan (11) and Jake Leung (11) - Biochemistry; Joshua Send (10) - Electrical and Mechanical Engineering; Sarah Bhattacharjee (10) and Peter Khaw (10) - Medicine and Health; Justin Lio (10) - Biochemistry; Pin-Cheng Chen (10) - Chemistry; and Ching Hwa (Anita) Chen (11) - Environmental and Transportation Engineering.