South Carolina’s 2023 Magnificent Nine – Columbia Star

 

9 college students who offered on the Division of Protection South Carolina Junior Science and Humanities Symposia ( JSHS) Friday, January 27, at USC have been acknowledged for his or her analysis.

The JSHS program is collectively sponsored by the US Departments of Military, Navy, and Air Pressure, in cooperation with main analysis universities all through the nation. The Nationwide Science Academics Affiliation (NSTA) is the headquarters for the Nationwide JSHS, directed by Andrea Malenya. The first goals of JSHS are to advertise unique analysis and experimentation in science, engineering, and arithmetic at the highschool degree, and to publicly acknowledge college students for excellent achievement.

The Division of Protection (DOD) South Carolina JSHS program is underneath the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at USC, Middle for Science Schooling. Fifty college students offered their analysis at USC January 27 in competitors for scholarships and journey to the 2023 Nationwide JSHS symposium JSHS Assembly Virginia Seashore, Va., Wednesday, April 12–Saturday, April 15, Founders Inn, Virginia Seashore, Va. 5 of those college students will symbolize South Carolina on the Nationwide JHSH Assembly. They’re Madison Han and Meghan Pasala, each of Spring Valley Excessive College; Andy Yang, Dutch Fork Excessive College; Carlynn Rychener, Chapin Excessive College; Henry Lewis of Porta-Gaud College in Charleston. Jisoo Lee, of Spring Valley Excessive College, was picked from South Carolina as a Presidential Scholar. Hats off to the academics who sponsored and mentored these college students— Michelle Wyatt, Heather Alexander, Michelle Spigner, and Lindsey Regan of Spring Valley Excessive College; Patrick Smallwood, Middle for Superior Technical Research; Lisa Maylath, Chapin Excessive College; Sarah Bauer, Porter-Gaud College; Katy Roop, Tutorial Magnet College, Charleston; and Gilbert Ramseur, Hilton Head Prep. The 9 college students:

 

Madison Han is a senior within the Discovery Magnet Program at Spring Valley Excessive College in Columbia. Her pursuits in biology and environmental points led her to review the usage of bioremediation to decontaminate the atmosphere.

Ansley Othersen is part of the Tutorial Management Academy at Chapin Excessive College. Throughout her junior and senior years, she accomplished two analysis papers, one in every of which in contrast bacterial hand contamination following the usage of both a shake dry or jet air dryer technique.

Andy Yang is a junior within the STEM Program at Dutch Fork Excessive College. He’s inquisitive about innovation with machine studying, particularly growing algorithms to boost objection recognition for fuzzy natured photographs.

Meghan Pasala is a senior within the Discovery Magnet Program at Spring Valley Excessive College. She has a ardour for understanding points within the courtroom, and he or she studied false confession circumstances in her analysis.

Carlynn Rychener is a senior within the Tutorial Management Academy program at Chapin Excessive College. Rychener’s ardour for shielding the atmosphere and world well being has led her to conduct two years of analysis.

Jisoo Lee is a junior at Spring Valley Excessive. Her analysis investigated whether or not there was a correlation between what motivated college students at Spring Valley to affix their magnet packages and the way profitable they have been of their packages.

Branner Umberger is a junior attending Spring Hill Excessive College. Branner has been researching the various kinds of photo voltaic photovoltaic know-how obtainable to shoppers. His analysis focuses on discovering which of the three main photo voltaic panel sorts is greatest fitted to properties wishing to additionally make the most of battery storage programs.

Scholar winners not from the Midlands

Gunnar Ternstrom is a senior at Hilton Head Preparatory College in South Carolina. Angela Mei is a senior at Tutorial Magnet Excessive College in Charleston. Henry Lewis attends Porter-Gaud College in Charleston.