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Vishak Meenachi of LISA Academy West Middle School in Little Rock has been selected as a Top 300 Broad-com Master. The Master designation which stands for Math, Applied Science, Technology and Engineering for Rising Stars is a national middle school science and engineering fair competition, according to the Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science. Meenachi’s project was “Cost Effective Pesticide/ Fertilizer Sprayer Attachment for Drones.” Overall, 1,807 students from 47 states and three territories (Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) competed. Meenachi is in sixth grade.