Congratulations to the Sycamore High School students who competed in yesterdays UC College of Applied Science Tech Expo.

Seniors Jennifer Andrews & Brent Gargano won Best of High School Capstone Projects – 1st Place ($1,000) with their project Degradation of Recombinant Human Skin by Means of Sodium Hydroxide and Hydrochloric Acid.

Seniors Chelsea Haas & Garret Listo won Best of High School Capstone Projects – 2nd Place ($500) with their project The Creation of Sycamore’s Virtual Lab.

RENO BOUND

Jennifer and Brent will be representing UC at the International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) next week in Reno, Nevada. Joining them are juniors Michael Di Mascio from Waynesville High School and Alex Chernyakhovsky from Mason High School. At the UC Science Fair Michael was awarded the $6,100 in cash and scholarships with his project Can a Polymer be Made to Act like a Metal and Exhibit Magnetic Properties? Alex’s project Designing Heterologous Influenza Vaccine for New Pandemic Pathogen Emerging in Humans Infected with Avian Influenza was recently awarded a $50,000 prize at the Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Competition. We want to wish the group the best of luck next week in Reno!