Ohio Junior Science Humanities Symposium recognizes students' STEM research

3/25/2024

Recently, 67 high school students from across Ohio presented research projects at the 2024 Ohio Junior Science Humanities Symposium.

The Junior Science and Humanities Symposium engages and publicly recognizes students who are conducting research in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM). At the Ohio regional symposium, individual students compete for scholarships and recognition by presenting the results of their original research efforts before a panel of judges and an audience of their peers.

The following students received awards at the symposium:

Poster Presentations

• Gavin Sheppard, University School, Hunting Valley, Ohio;
• Ingrid Hoffman, Hilltop High School, Millcreek-West Unity Local School District, West Unity, Ohio;
• Clarisse Wee, Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio;
• Ali Sedige, Ottawa Hills High School, Ottawa Hills Local School District, Ottawa Hills, Ohio; and
• Nandita Srikumar, Solon High School, Solon City School District, Solon, Ohio.

Oral Presentations

• Justice Arai, University School, Hunting Valley, Ohio;
• Anshul Sharma, University School, Hunting Valley, Ohio;
• Ryan Wang, University School, Hunting Valley, Ohio;
• Audrey Lu, Columbus Academy, Gahanna, Ohio; and
• Vishwum Kapadia, University School, Hunting Valley, Ohio

The oral presentation award winners will represent Ohio in the national Junior Science Humanities Symposium May 1-4 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

View the regional event program, which includes student presentation abstracts.