With science research revving up this year, director Mrs. Leya Joykutty and research mentor Dr. Juliana Caulkins led their high school researchers to victory in several competitions, including prestigious science society Sigma Xi’s inaugural conference iFoRE and Harvard University’s annual science research conference.
Students who participated in science research in years prior were obligated to submit their projects for consideration at both conferences before being invited to present for judging.
Harvard’s Student Research Conference (HCURA), held from Oct 22-23, saw senior Alejandra Abramson honored with first place for her presentation, “Machine Learning for Psychiatric Patients.” Junior Amara Okpala, meanwhile, won third place for her presentation “The Food Forecast – Using AI to Reduce Food Waste.”
During iFoRE — held Nov. 3-6 in Alexandria, VA — sophomore Likhitha Selvan clinched first in the interdisciplinary health sciences category with her poster, while fellow sophomore Calvin Mathew won first in interdisciplinary biomaterials and adaptive manufacturing with his.
Today, students in science research are looking to the future with goals to compete in the University of Florida’s Junior Science, Engineering and Humanities Symposium (JSEHS), taking place Jan 29-31, and the American Junior Academy of Science conference starting March 1 in Crystal City, VA.
