Last week, Wellington College had eleven students take part in the 61st NIWA Wellington Regional Science & Technology Fair, held at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington.

The Fair aims to inspire young people to change the world through science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics and to celebrate their hard work and novel discoveries.

Presenting their innovative research across a range of categories, seven WC students picked up prizes at the awards ceremony.

Congratulations to all of our entrants and winners!

WC Prize Winners:

Jesse Rumball-Smith, Year 13
Baa-rilliant Climate Solution: Passive CO2 Capture with New Zealand Wool

• Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, Te Wāhanga a Manaia—Faculty of Science and Engineering Innovation Prize

• Te Kauru-Ferrier Research Institute Life Science’s Summit Prize

• New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Prize

• Second place in Class 5

Dylan Rama, Year 9
Waste Wise – A Garbage Tracking App

• Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington School of Engineering and Computer Science Prize

Jacob Allison, Year 10

Stable Storage: Prevention of Corrosion in Unstable Environments

• Australasian Corrosion Association Prize

Karthik Sethuramalingam & Gavin Wang, Year 11

PenSync: Turning Handwriting into Digital Text

• NumberWorks’nWords Prize

Thomas Taylor, Year 9

Best Base for your Beats

• Highly Commended

Jonah Liu, Year 10

Hijacked Attention: Reclaiming Teen Focus with Smart Screen AI

• Third place in Class 4

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