Six Students Receive Beckman-Chapman Special Awards At OCSEF

Beckman Foundation presented Beckman-Chapman special awards to six students during the Orange County Science and Engineering Fair Awards Ceremony held at Chapman University on March 10. This special award recognized science projects that exemplified the Foundation’s mission to support the development of novel tools, new materials, and new methods that underlie the search for new discoveries. Congratulations to our 2024 winners (in alpha order by last name):

Sebastian Alexis, Mathematics/Software

Matthew Chang, Microbiology/Cell Biology

Sophia Dai, Electricity/Electronics

Anton Grun, Zoology

Diya Sreedhar, Physiology/Medical Biology (not pictured)

William Yuan, Environmental Science/Environmental Engineering