{"id":5637,"date":"2024-02-26T10:40:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polytechtalk.com\/?p=5637"},"modified":"2024-02-26T10:43:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:43:19","slug":"poly-seniors-place-1st-and-2nd-in-maryland-science-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polytechtalk.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/26\/poly-seniors-place-1st-and-2nd-in-maryland-science-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Poly Seniors Place 1st and 2nd in Maryland Science Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5637\" class=\"elementor elementor-5637\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b26464 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b26464\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6706d10\" data-id=\"6706d10\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c982c42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c982c42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>By Miya Mese-Jones and Maya Molina<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0365e1b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0365e1b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-841a0c4\" data-id=\"841a0c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48bec1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"48bec1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/polytechtalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_9064.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5642\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/polytechtalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_9064.jpg 640w, https:\/\/polytechtalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_9064-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b6eb90\" data-id=\"1b6eb90\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b811eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b811eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On February 24th, four Poly seniors journeyed to California, Maryland to present their research at the Department of Defense\u2019s annual Maryland Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS), four of twenty selected students in the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Three students exhibited their research through a twelve minute oral presentation: Camille Coffey, on abnormal production of lipoproteins that can lead to heart disease; Louis Lapp, on using machine learning to predict arctic sea ice melt; and Maya Molina, on plant reactions to extreme drought. Miya Mese-Jones presented her research on novel treatments of coarctation of the aorta through a poster.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0cae93e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0cae93e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d22940\" data-id=\"8d22940\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbd4b73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbd4b73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Louis Lapp and Camille Coffey placed 1st and 2nd respectively in the competition, winning scholarships. They will advance to the National JSHS in May in Albuquerque, New Mexico.\u00a0<\/p><p>The first place winner, Louis Lapp, notes that \u201cin recent decades, the arctic has undergone a lot of warming, with consequential declines in arctic sea ice. As the first step to understanding is modeling, my research integrated various mathematical formulas with machine learning to forecast arctic sea ice extent with improved accuracy to current models.\u201d In regard to his win, Lapp states that he is \u201cexcited to go to Albuquerque because it is a completely different landscape from what I\u2019ve seen.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6978f7c\" data-id=\"6978f7c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bb9db4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"3bb9db4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 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.elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside .elementor-testimonial-image{padding-right:15px}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside .elementor-testimonial-details{text-align:left}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-details,.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-image{display:block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-image{margin-bottom:20px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">I am excited to go to Albuquerque because it is a completely different landscape from what I\u2019ve seen.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Louis Lapp<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">Designer<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf1339a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf1339a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c9c146\" data-id=\"8c9c146\" 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data-id=\"912a3b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Coffey and Mese-Jones presenting their research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3609acb\" data-id=\"3609acb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-730d8fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"730d8fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/polytechtalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_9042-rotated.jpg\" 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elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91f6a4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91f6a4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary );\">Camille Coffey, who won 2nd place, uses \u201czebrafish as models to understand how humans might respond to genetic mutations that would cause heart disease.\u201d Coffey praises the JSHS experience, saying she \u201cwas really excited to learn about all the fascinating different STEM fields that are out there.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ava Pevsner, a fellow research student, says \u201cCamille\u2019s come a long way from when she killed all the fish embryos in our seventh grade BioEyes project.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c67ef04\" data-id=\"c67ef04\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97ab8ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"97ab8ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-column 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class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Camille Coffey<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">Designer<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47e1715 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47e1715\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-373b887\" data-id=\"373b887\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db3aff0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db3aff0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>JSHS is funded through the Department of Defense (DoD) and gives students an opportunity to showcase research they&#8217;ve done in STEM fields. Dr. Nicole Rosen, the students\u2019 research mentor, says \u201cI love it&#8230;I really like the regional competitions because students, one, get to meet students in the area, you know, see what other schools are doing, and then if they\u2019re acknowledged at the regional level, they get to go on to the national level. Just the fact that they got to the regional level is awesome-sauce.\u201d Rosen says the competition is \u201canother opportunity for students to work on their science communication, public speaking, and hopefully some networking.&#8221;<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOne of the best parts of my job is that I get to meet students sophomore year and see them shine senior year as they get recognized for their years of research.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3bb6e6e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3bb6e6e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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