Riverside, CA. – Students from Corona-Norco Unified School District (CNUSD) showcased their innovation and problem-solving skills at the 2025 Riverside County Science and Engineering Fair, held on February 28 and March 1, at the Riverside Convention Center. The annual event brought together 487 students presenting 343 projects across 22 subject categories, with top winners advancing to the California State Science and Engineering Fair and the prestigious Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).

CNUSD submitted 50 projects and 62 students participated in the County Competition. 

• 18 students received gold medals.  16 students from the Junior and Senior divisions will advance to the state competition.

• 23 students received silver medals

• 11 students received bronze medals

CNUSD students also receive the following awards:

Thermo Fisher Award:

• Sophia Lai, Philistine Rondo School of Discovery

• Vienna Zhou, El Cerrito Middle School

• Shreyansh Medatati, Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate School

EPA Award:

• Ruilin Li, Eastvale STEM Academy/Eleanor Roosevelt High School

• Dev Patel, Garretson Elementary School

• Dylan Tran, Garretson Elementary School

• Gracelyn Chu, Norco Intermediate School

• Peyton Gonzales, Norco Intermediate School

• Caitlin Buensuceso, Centennial High School 

• Brayden Goytia, Centennial High School

Community Award:

• Broadcom Foundation Award:
  Shreyansh Medatati, Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate School

• STEP Board Award:
  Natalya Benor, Clara Barton Elementary School

• STEP Board Award:
  Shreyansh Medatati, Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate School

• STEP Board Award:
  Harleen Virk, Eastvale STEM Academy/Eleanor Roosevelt High School

ISEF Regional Award:

• Harleen Virk, Eastvale STEM Academy/Eleanor Roosevelt High School

• Derek Zhang, Eastvale STEM Academy/Eleanor Roosevelt High School

Fourteen CNUSD projects submitted by the gold medal winners will advance to the California State Science and Engineering Competition.

Our CNUSD students also won all three sweepstakes awards for the most outstanding projects across all categories.

Sweepstakes Award Winners:

• Elementary Division:
  Natalya Benor, Clara Baron Elementary School

• Junior Division:
  Shreyansh Medatati, Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate School

• Senior Division:
  Harleen Virk, Eastvale STEM Academy/Eleanor Roosevelt High School
  

Finally, we are excited to announce that two of the three projects advancing to the  International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) to be held in May in Columbus, OH were submitted by the following CNUSD students.

• Ava George a sophomore at Centennial High School for her project titled: A Novel Approach to Fall Prediction and Prevention: Integrating Machine Learning and IoT for Elderly Safety
  

• Rayyan Khalique, Trevon Nguyen, and Dylan Patel also all sophomores  from Centennial High School for their group project titled: Combining Accessibility with Machine Learning: Utilizing Machine Learning to Create a User Friendly Medical Application to Process and Detect Histopathological Images of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  

Please explore the RCOE 2025 Science and Engineering Fair link for more details on all winners and additional photos.

For a list of all CNUSD medals and awards, click here.

Thank you to our District Math and Science Teachers on Special Assignment, the Science Fair Site Coordinators, teachers, and families for all your efforts and support.

Congratulations to all of our CNUSD Student Scientists!