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On April 1 & 2, 2008, 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 |
| A&M Consolidated High School |
College Station |
| Clark High School |
Plano |
| Health Careers High School |
San Antonio |
| Jasper High School |
Plano |
| John Jay Science & Engineering Academy |
San Antonio |
| John Marshall HS |
San Antonio |
| Plano East Senior High |
Plano |
| Plano Senior High School |
Plano |
| Plano West Senior High |
Plano |
| Roosevelt High School |
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| Seguin High School |
Seguin |
| Shepton High School |
Plano |
| Vines High School |
Plano |
| 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
Tess Michaels
Shepton High School
"Diet & Longevity: A comparative study assessing the effectiveness of antioxidants and dietary supplements on the lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster"
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2nd Place
Varun Sambhariya
Clark High School
"Testing the Affect of Enzymes on the Amount of Ethanol Produced by Yeast" |
3rd
Place
Amruth Venkatraman
Clark High School
"A Mathematical Modeling and Analysis and Modeling of the Human Perception of Random" |
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Physical
Science Division |
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1st
Place
Jean Shiao
Plano Senior High School
"Some Results on the Barker Code and Cidulant Hadamard Matrix Conjectures" |
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2nd Place
Thomas Heriford
Warren High School
"The NAV. R.O.S. M.V.S. A.R.R.O." |
3rd Place
Mary Yang
Plano West Senior High School
"The Effects of D-Sorbitol on the Efficiency of a Polymeric Light Emitting Diode" |
| 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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