Fifteen Indian Springs School students received awards at the 2018 Central Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair on March 3 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Ten student projects—five at the high school level and five at the middle school level—will advance to the state fair on April 6-7 at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Special Awards:
Hooper Markert ’21 — Mu Alpha Theta Award, Mathematics and Computer Sciences | “Shot Optimization and Analysis Using Calculus Methods”
Josh Dobelbower ’21 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award, Biology |“The Effects of Radiation on Green Bean Seeds”
Jerry Zheng ’22 — United States Metrics Association Award, Mathematics and Computer Science | “Radiation Emitted by Cell Phones”
High School Level (9th-12th grade) Awards:
Janina Wu ’21 — 2nd Place, Biology | “Effects of Dietary Sugars on Streptococcus Mutans Colonization in Fruit Flies”
Maya Cassady ’19 — 2nd Place, Medicine and Health Sciences | “The Effect of Flow Rate, Media, and Maturation on Esophageal Stimulus-Induced Upper Aerodigestive Reflexes in Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia”
Alex Forbes ’21 — 3rd Place, Engineering | “Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and Patient Care”
Hooper Markert ’21 — 3rd Place, Mathematics and Computer Science | “Shot Optimization and Analysis Using Calculus Methods”
Jack Markert ’19 — 3rd Place, Medicine and Health Sciences | “The Relationship Between IOP, IOP Transient Impulse, OPP and MAP in Nonhuman Primates (NHP) Instrumented with Telemetry”
Josh Dobelbower ’21 — Honorable Mention, Biology | “The Effects of Radiation on Green Bean Seeds”
Devin Patel ’20 — Honorable Mention, Energy and Transportation | “Wireless Transfer of Energy Using Magnetic Inductive Coupling to Transfer Through Space”
Labdhi Mehta '20 — Honorable Mention, Energy and Transportation | “Converting Solar Energy into Electromagnetic Energy to Power Devices Wirelessly”
Tenniel Miao ’19 — Honorable Mention, Mathematics and Computer Science | “Versatile Forest: An Extended Framework of Decision Forests”
Middle School Level (8th grade) Awards:
Shadie Shrestha ’22 and Rosie Otter ’22 — 1st Place, Behavioral and Social Sciences | “How Different Dogs React to Different Audible Stimuli”
Virginia Slaughter ’22 and Zola Thompson ’22— 1st Place, Medicine and Health Sciences | “Color Opticarum”
Harshil Mehta ’22 — 1st First Place, Physical Sciences | “Increasing the Distance of Wireless Energy Transfer for Potential Use in Future Technology”
Max Hull ’22 and Luke Poole ’22 — 2nd Place, Biology | “Water Purification with Coins”
Jerry Zheng ’22 — 2nd Place, Mathematics and Computer Science | “Radiation Emitted by Cell Phones”
Simon Ma ’22 — Honorable Mention, Chemistry | “Comparing the Polyphenols and the PH of Teas”
Congratulations to all our competitors on their outstanding work, and best of luck at the state fair!