25 Student Projects To Compete at Regional Science Fair

Twenty-five student science projects—12 at the high school level and 13 at the middle school level—will compete on March 3 at the Central Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair after earning top marks at the seventh annual Indian Springs School Science Fair.

(1st Place) Janina Wu ’21 | “Effects of Dietary Sugars on Streptococcus Mutans Colonization in Fruit Flies”

(2nd Place) Josh Dobelbower ’21 | “The Effects of Radiation on Green Bean Seeds”

Energy and Transportation
(1st Place) Labdhi Mehta ’20 | “Converting Solar Energy into Electromagnetic Energy to Power Devices Wirelessly”

(2nd Place) Devin Patel ’20 | “Wireless Transfer of Energy Using Magnetic Inductive Coupling to Transfer Through Space”

(1st Place) Alex Forbes ’21 | “Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and Patient Care”

(2nd Place) Benjamin Appling ’21 and Sawyer Impello ’21 | “The Effect of Different Amylose to Amylopectin Ratios in Starch-based Bioplastics”

(1st Place) Catherine Edwards ’21 and Nyssa Youhn ’21 | “The Effects of Sunscreen on Basil Plants”

(1st Place) Tenniel Miao ’19 | “Versatile Forest: An Extended Framework of Decision Forests”

(2nd Place) Hooper Markert ’21 | “Shot Optimization and Analysis Using Calculus Methods”

(3rd Place) Alexandra Lohrke ’18 | “Adrestira Colony: A Future Mars Simulation”

(1st Place) Maya Cassady ’19 | “The Effect of Flow Rate, Media, and Maturation on Esophageal Stimulus-Induced Upper Aerodigestive Reflexes in Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia”

(2nd Place) Jack Markert ’19 | “The Relationship Between IOP, IOP Transient Impulse, OPP and MAP in Nonhuman Primates (NHP) Instrumented with Telemetry”

(1st Place) Rosie Otter ’22 and Shadie Shrestha ’22 | “How Different Dogs React to Different Audible Stimuli”

(2nd Place) Liam Falconer ’22 and Seth Walton ’22 | “Wii You Improve”

(1st Place) Max Hull ’22 and Luke Poole ’22 | “Water Purification with Coins”

(2nd Place) Grace Flowers ’22 | “Testing the Truth Behind the Five Second Rule”

(3rd Place) Sophia Monteleone ’22 and Genevieve Doucet ’22 | “The Possession of Color Vision and Memory Among Freshwater Turtles”

(1st Place) Hayden Schell ’22 and Caroline Gill ’22 | "Do Fabric Softeners Increase the Flammability of Clothing?"

(2nd Place) Addy Miller ’22 | “The Effect of Heat on the Reaction Between Acids and Bases”

(3rd Place) Simon Ma ’22 | “Comparing the Polyphenols and the PH of Teas”

(1st Place) Harshel Mehta ’22 | “Increasing the Distance of Wireless Energy Transfer for Potential Use in Future Technology”

(1st Place) Reece Youhn ’22 and Sid Jetty ’22 | “What Materials Best Insulate Heat in a Contained Environment”

(2nd Place) Nate Tozzi ’22 and Wellington Jiang ’22 | “The Aerodynamics of Various Modern Skyscrapers”

(1st Place) Jerry Zheng ’22 | “Radiation Emitted by Cell Phones”

(1st Place) Virginia Slaughter ’22 and Zola Thompson ’22 | “Color Opticarum”

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 3 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 Pittsburgh.

Congratulations to those selected to advance, thanks so much to our volunteer judges, and best of luck to all at the regional fair!