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On April 3 & 4, 2007, the College of Science hosted the Texas Junior Academy of Science on the campus of Texas A&M University. On the first day of competition, each student presented a paper on research results completed during the previous year in one of the eligible categories. After the judges had selected the winners in each category, these students made their presentations again in the Finals the following day.
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Participating
Schools |
| Alamo Heights High School |
San Antonio |
| Clark High School |
Plano |
| Harmony Science Academy |
Austin |
| Health Careers High School |
San Antonio |
| Jasper High School |
Plano |
| John Jay Science and Engineering Academy |
San Antonio |
| John Marshall High School |
San Antonio |
| Plano East Senior High |
Plano |
| Plano Senior High School |
Plano |
| Seguin High School |
Seguin |
| Shepton High School |
Plano |
| Tom C. Clark HS |
San Antonio |
| Warren High School |
San Antonio |
| William P. Clements High School |
Sugar Land |
| Williams High School |
Plano |
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Natural
Science Division |
1st
Place
Andrew Emerald
John Marshall High School
"A First Step in Vaccine Design: Cloning the Major Outer Membrane Protein (MOMP) of Chlamydia trachomatis into Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Expression Vectors"
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2nd Place
Kenneth Barshop
Alamo Heights High School
"AIDS Susceptibility on the Human Genome: TSG101" |
3rd
Place
Chang-woo Lee
William P. Clements High School
"Effect of Plants on the Relative Abundance of BTEX Catabolic Genes in a Contaminated Soil" |
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Physical
Science Division |
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1st
Place
Kevin Mader
Tom C. Clark High School
"Simulating Efficiently Boarding Humans Onto a Commercial Aircraft Using Java" |
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2nd Place
Christina Chang
Plano Senior High School
"The Synthesis and Properties of an Electrochemical Sensor for Mercury (II)" |
3rd Place
Alexander Huang
Plano Senior High School
"Van der Pol Oscillator Studies and Applications to Heartbeat Regulations" |
| Award recipients above are pictured with Dr. Jane Schielack, Associate Dean for Assessment and PreK-12 Education, College of Science, Texas A&M University. |
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| This
event is sponsored by the Texas Academy of Science, an affiliate
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. |
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