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Oak Ridge students compete in Southern Appalachian Science, Engineering Fair

Posted at 2:36 pm April 16, 2017
By Holly Cross Leave a Comment

Ryan Armstrong earned second place for his project titled “Quantifying the Evolution of Gas from Li-ion Battery Materials” under the mentorship of Gabriel Veith of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Along with a $750 scholarship and trophy, Ryan will travel to Los Angeles, California in May to compete at the International Science and Engineering Fair. (Submitted photo)

Ryan Armstrong earned second place for his project titled “Quantifying the Evolution of Gas from Li-ion Battery Materials” under the mentorship of Gabriel Veith of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Along with a $750 scholarship and trophy, Ryan will travel to Los Angeles, California, in May to compete at the International Science and Engineering Fair. (Submitted photo)

 

Seven research students from Oak Ridge High School competed in the 66th Annual Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair hosted at the University of Tennessee. The competition was held March 27-30 with the awards ceremony on Thursday evening. There were 55 Senior Division projects in competition, a press release said.

Five of the students were part of the Math, Science, and Computer Science Thesis course at ORHS that is advised by Tammy Carneim and Jessica Williams. The remaining two did their research independently with the help of teachers Deni Sobek and Sharon Thomas.

Ryan Armstrong earned second place for his project titled “Quantifying the Evolution of Gas from Li-ion Battery Materials” under the mentorship of Gabriel Veith of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Along with a $750 scholarship and trophy, Armstrong will travel to Los Angeles, California, in May to compete at the International Science and Engineering Fair.

Jasleen Narula earned fourth place and $100 for her project titled “Rapid High-Throughput Toxicity Screening of East Tennessee Water Samples Using Autobioluminescent Yeast Assay” under the mentorship of Steven Ripp. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, K-12, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Alex Shanafield, Alexandra Shanafield, Amelia Thomson, Bradley Lokitz, Center for Nanophase Materials, Deni Sobek, Dylan Payne, Gabriel Veith, Holly Cross, International Science and Engineering Fair, Jasleen Narula, Jefferson Middle School, Jessica Williams, Jim Franklin, John Beard, Kayla King, Lara Blokland, Laura Pullum, Logan Rumbaugh, Michael Ma, Nickolay Lavrik, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORHS, Richard Archibald, Ryan Armstrong, SASEF, Sharon Thomas, Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair, Steven Ripp, Tammy Carneim, Tyr Hondorf, University of Tennessee, Vig Sherrill, Wilson Huang

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