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INPERSON The Appliance of Science Nicole Munne Peters Township High School senior Nicole Munne wins third place in Carnegie Science Center’s 79th Annual Covestro Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair. BY NICOLE TAFE 34 724.942.0940 TO ADVERTISE ❘ icmags.com P eters Township’s Nicole Munne is a natural when it comes to science. Presenting her research project, titled “Development of an in-vitro Human Liver Model for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD),” at this year’s Covestro Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair (PRSEF), Nicole placed third in the prestigious competition. The Covestro PRSEF is a competition for student researchers in grades 6 through 12 from schools across 22 counties in Western PA and Maryland. More than 1,000 students competed in this year’s Carnegie Science Center’s 79th annual Covestro Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair—one of the oldest and largest science fairs in the nation. This was Nicole’s fourth year as part of PRSEF.