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Wehr and Lesser to attend state science/humanities symposium

Only 16 students were selected by Washington state to be delegates at the 52nd Washington Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. Every year, Washington students send between 150-200 research papers with the primary aim of promoting original research experimentation in the sciences, engineering and mathematics at the high school level and to publicly recognize students for outstanding achievement. Each of the 48 regional symposia, as well as the national program, provide a forum for high school students to present the results of their original research in science, engineering, and mathematics, psychology, and the social sciences. Students who participate in the symposium also have the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas, interact with practicing researchers, and explore future academic and career opportunities.

Each year, the Regional Symposium is held in Seattle at Seattle Pacific University (March 13-15 in 2015) and those hundreds of papers are narrowed down to only 16 presenters!

This year, Odessa High School senior Thorsen Wehr was selected by Dr. Ray Myers and the Symposium to be a PowerPoint oral presenter and delegate at the Washington Symposium. Wehr’s research this year is entitled: “The Generation and Analysis of Waves with Varying Nonlinearity.”

Along with Wehr, Odessa junior Stacia Lesser will also present her research in the form of a poster board. Her research project is entitled “Transgene Interleukin-37b Aiding Memory Consolidation Due to Sleep Disruption.” Research by both of these students has already earned awards at regional, state, national, and international science symposia.

Both Odessa students were selected for the Seattle symposium after preparing and submitting a written report in accordance with the symposium’s guidelines and will deliver a concise oral presentation to the symposium. The top three oral presentation winners as well as the top poster board presentation winner at the symposium will be invited to present their research at the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium to be held this year in Hunt Valley, Md.

Continued support from the administration, staff, school board and entire Odessa community have made it possible for all science students in the Odessa High School Science Department, as well as the Advanced STEM Research Laboratory, to have this opportunity.

 

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