The 41st annual Central Virginia Regional Science Fair was held on March 3, 2018 at Central Virginia Community College. There were 85 students entered, representing Amherst County, Appomattox County, Bedford County, Campbell County and Lynchburg City. Chloe Seng and Ben McCarthy, both E. C. Glass students, were the Grand Winners and will be going to Pittsburgh to represent Lynchburg City Schools and the region at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
E. C. Glass and Heritage High School students placed in the following categories:
Category Winners
Behavior and Social Sciences
Axel Jablonski (APA Award): Effects of Social Schema on Perception of Criminality and Eyewitness Misidentification, CVGS / E. C. Glass
Marina Pantner (1st Place & Dental Award): The Correlation Between Boredom Proneness and Jury Verdicts, CVGS / E. C. Glass
Chemistry
Abigail Poindexter (Honorable Mention): Shining Light on Emergencies, Heritage
Chloe Seng (1st Place & Grand Physical Science, YALE, Air Force): The Effect of Sulfate Compounds on Perovskite Solar Cell Voltage Output, CVGS / E. C. Glass
Computer Science
Dakota Clark (1st Place & Intel Computer Science Award): The Effect of Audio Assistance on the High Scores of Visually Impaired Video Game Players, CVGS / E. C. Glass
Engineering
Trigg Anderson (VSPE 3rd place): Analysis of Styrofoam as an Acoustic Insulator, CVGS / E. C. Glass
Lila Hutchison (1st Place & Grand Alternate Physical Science, Mu Alpha theta, Air Force Award): The Effect of Temperature Change on the Yield Strength of Aluminum Alloys Used in Airplanes, CVGS / E. C. Glass
Environmental Science
Isaiah Brown (ASCE 3rd Place): The Effect of Brassica Juncea on Lead Levels in Soil, CVGS / Heritage
Sara Greene (ASCE 2nd Place): The Bioremediation of Lead (II) Acetate in an Aqueous Environment Via Pseudomonas fluorescens, CVGS / E. C. Glass
Maggie Kicklighter (Honorable Mention, Dental Award, 1st ASCE): The Effect of Roetech 106PS Bacteria on the Efficiency of Ammonia and Phosphate Removal in Floating Treatment Wetlands, CVGS / E. C. Glass
Meg Lloyd (NASA Award): How Increased Effluent Temperature Affects an Indicator Species, CVGS / E. C. Glass
Kate O'Connell (2nd Place): The Effect of Varying Green Algae on the Bioremediation of Lead (II) Acetate Concentrations in Water, CVGS / E. C. Glass
Anirudh Venkanagari (American Meteorology Society): The Effect of Air Pollution on the Efficiency of Solar Panels, CVGS / Heritage
Medicine and Health Sciences
Meg Gladieux (3rd Place): The Effect of Ginkgo biloba leaf extract on the Lifespan of wild-type Caenorhabditis elegans, CVGS / E. C. Glass
Minahil Syed (1st Place, Grand Dental Award): The Effect of Curcumin on Staphylococcus epidermidis, CVGS / E. C. Glass
Microbiology
Ben McCarthy (1st Place and Grand Biological Sciences): The Temperature-Dependent Inhibition of Pseudogymnoascus pannorum by Pseudomonas protegens, CVGS / E. C. Glass
Plant Sciences
Rick Smallshaw (1st Place, NABT award): The Extent of Lignin Degradation in Crop Residues by the Enzyme Cellobiase from Trametes versicolor, CVGS / Heritage