Academic and Research Fair Past Winners

Spring 2022 Winners

Science and Math
  1. Owen Rockenbach – Aquaponics
  2. Adrianna Sasser – tRNA
  3. Wilson Myers – Astronomy (Impact)
Honorable Mention
  1. Halie Moon – Cells

Fall 2022 Winners

STEM Division
  1. Miriam Galindo – “Commonalities of tRNA present in Cluster A mycobacteriophage genomes and their effects on M. tuberculosis infection”
  2. Michaela Taylor – “Regeneration and Regenerative Medicine”
  3. Jaeden Kennedy – “Dewormer Resistance in Goats”
HS Division
  1. Leslie Ezelle – “Plant-based Diet and Cancer”
  2. Heather Smart – “How Social Media Use Can Impact Our Mental Health”
  3. Abby Suh McLallin – “The Importance of the Timeout before Surgical & Non-surgical Procedures”

Spring 2023 Winners

STEM Division
  1. Miriam Galindo – “Analysis of Newly Sequenced Phage Magritte: A New Singleton on the Block”
  2. Brendan Mincey – “The Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Speech and Social Development of Children”
  3. Julie Mattson – “Food Marketing and Diversity of Gene Expressions in the Population”
Health Sci/HASS Division
  1. Annaleisa Matzirakis – “The Perpetuation and Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease”
  2. Mollie Bedwell – “The Stroop Effect”
  3. Abby Pitts – “Ted Bundy”

Fall 2024 Winners

Science and Math
  1. Shawn Pinote,  Targeting MRSA with Bacteriophages: A Solution to the Antibiotic Resistance Crisis
  2. Shy’Ana Moore, Benefits of Human Breastmilk and Breastfeeding.
  3. Addison Sweeney, The Gut Brain Connection
Economics
  1. Taylor Deaton and Jeremy Dunlap, Macroeconomics of Transitioning to Alternative Energy
  2. John Kriesel and Bao Tran, AI Could Reintroduce Monopolies into our Economy
  3. (tie) Fynn Sternagel, Rise of AI; Lucas McClain and Ellie Lindsey, COVID impact on the US Economy
HASS
  1. Nishoni Harvey, Inside the mind of Children of Undocumented Immigrants
  2. Isadora Swingle  - Napoleon’s Empresses: a Historical Comparison