NC Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Recognitions
Posted by Jessica wells on 5/5/2022 10:40:00 AM
On Monday, March 21, 2022, OCS had 4 students participate in the 60th Annual NC Junior Science and Humanities Symposium held on the UNC-Charlotte campus. To participate in the symposium, students had to narrow down topics of interest to a research question, and then design and carry out their own investigation.
This work was completed during after-school hours and on designated Saturdays with assistance from teachers in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Martin and Greene counties along with staff from UNCC and Lenoir-Rhyne University. Onslow County Schools has been an active member in the STEM Research Academy East for five years.
We would like to recognize four students for their work in the symposium.
Madison Butts, a sophomore at Onslow Early College, completed a research investigation of the impacts of alfalfa and soybeans being used as a buffer crop to reduce nitrate runoff from fertilizer application. Madi plans to continue pursuing this project into the future by expanding her data collection and looking at numerous other variables. She looks forward to presenting her expanded work on this project again next year at the NC Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.
Joshua Olan, a freshman at NSHS, pulled from his experience as a student-athlete to identify his research question: “What is the most common method of motivating and tracking physical fitness in different age groups and is it seen as effective?” Next year, Joshua is planning to investigate how positive peer pressure plays a role in a person’s ability to complete a task.
Matthew Ayala and Khang Pham, juniors at Northside, combined their shared interests in physics, environmental science, and engineering to derive their research question. Through research, Matthew and Khang knew that the cost of ceramic used to make thermoelectric generators has consistently increased over the past few years, which inspired them to ask: “Would replacing the standard ceramic substrate of thermoelectric generators with a copper substrate improve efficiency?”
Matthew and Khang, placed 2nd in the state, which means their research project moved on to the national competition in Albuquerque, NM. As for next steps with their research, the team says, “We plan on exploring TEGs even further with potentially different materials and designs such as nanotechnology implementation, we are determined to improve on our study to find what is most effective.”
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