34 Student Projects To Compete at Regional Science Fair
Thirty-four student science projects—20 at the high school level and 14 at the middle school level—will compete on March 4 at the Central Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair after earning top marks at the sixth annual Indian Springs School Science Fair.
High School Level (9th-12th grade) participants will include:
Energy and Transportation
Bela Patel ’18 | “Emerging Energy of the Future: An Organic Approach”
Engineering
Catherine Goodrich ’20 | “Burrito Glue”
Ryan Standaert ’20 and Ben Standaert ’20 | “Canine Activity Tracker”
Sabra Rogers ’20 | “Project ULDTV”
Physical Science
Deven Patel ’20 | “Long distance Wireless Transfer Of Energy For Use In Space”
Mike Jiang ’20 | “Effect of Wavelength on Solar Cell Efficiency”
Dylan Le ’20 and Emma Kieve ’19 | “Radiation around the ISS”
Chemistry
Labdhi Mehta ’20 | “A Potential Treatment For The Adsorption Of Arsenic From Contaminated Water Using Spent Coffee-Grounds In a Biosand Filter”
Evan Dunbar ’20 and Aidan Meador-Woodruff ’20 | “Effects of Various Micronutrients on E. Coli”
Environmental and Earth
Emma Wang ’20 | “Effectiveness of Algae Beads on CO2 Removal from Car Emissions”
Ariana Young ’20 and Frances Carraway ’20 | “Humidity: Water Conservation”
Dede Driscoll ’20 | “Chromium VI: Threat to our Water”
Behavioral Science
John David Haws ’20 | “Mnemonic [N]neurology”
Virginia Gray ’20 | “Testing for Bias in Photo Lineups”
Sophie Reiff ’20 and Grace McCarty ’20 | “Effects of Studying Music on Learning Types”
Medicine
Ken Jiao ’18 | “Retain CHD7, an Epigenetic Regulator, in the Nucleus to Combat Breast Cancer Metastasis”
Lucy Zheng ’19 | “How Does the FRETS-vWF73 Assay Help Diagnose and Monitor Patients with Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Purpura?”
Julia Goldberg ’20 | “Rapid Diagnosis of Kidney Cancer During Surgery”
Biology
Alek Ledvina ’20 and Miles Robinson ’20 | “Morphological and Population Structure Changes In Two Crayfish During The Reproductive Season”
Ben Mathis ’20 | “Mud Watt ... What??”
Middle School level (8th grade) participants will include:
Biology
Benjamin Appling ’21 | "E. Coli Contamination of Feline Water Bowls"
Janina Wu ’21 | "Effects of Sugar on Bacterial Acid Production"
Cameron Collier ’21 and Charlie Rueve ’21 | "Aquatic Respiration"
Chemistry
William Marshall ’21 | "Contraction and Dispersion Effects of Food Coloring"
Engineering
Wesley Simpson ’21 | "Computer Temperatures with Different Airflow Setups"
Environmental Science
Ethan Howell ’21 | "Artificial Light's Effect on Plant Growth"
Maggie Richards ’21 and Ellie Sabel ’21 | "Will it Grow? The Effects of Carbonated Water on Different Types of Plant Growth"
Medicine and Health
Hooper Markert ’21 | “Keep Calm and Test Your Glucose"
Will Miller ’21 and Bob Fu ’21 | "Blood Pressure and Video Games"
Physics
Sawyer Impello ’21 and JP Doucet ’21| "Blast Off"
Alex Forbes ’21 | "Armor Angle vs Projectile"
More than 90 projects competed in the Indian Springs School Science Fair on Jan. 21. Open to students in all five grades and judged by faculty and parent volunteers, the school fair follows Intel International Science and Engineering Fair guidelines and allows students to compete in all nine INTEL categories.
Three entries in each category are allowed to advance from the school fair to the regional fair, which will be hosted by the UAB Center for Community OutReach Development (CORD) on March 4 at the UAB Recreation Center. First- through third-place winners at the regional fair will advance to compete at the state fair in Huntsville, and the top four senior (high school) division winners at the regional fair will advance automatically to the Intel International Fair in Los Angeles.
“Our students explored a lot of innovative and relevant ideas, and really captured the essence of the scientific process and the creativity that goes along with it,” says science teacher Dr. Tanya Hyatt. “There were several projects that were of excellent quality that couldn’t advance due to the limits of number of entries per category, which speaks to the overall quality of all of our entries.”
Congratulations to those selected to advance, thanks so much to our volunteer judges, and best of luck to all at the regional fair!
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