School Year 2023-2024
School Year 2022-2023
Carter Chaffin
Maya Elliott
National Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Michael Owen
1st in Category at OSEF
MJSHS Presenter
Sadie Rinck
1st in Category at OSEF
Chris Wadley
National JSHS - Virginia Beach
State Winner - MJSHS
State Winner - MJAS
1st Place in Category - OSEF
Torri Smith
Zana Jelovac
Alaina Semsch
MJSHS Presenter
Kameron Compton
Rainier Sode
Shelby Halstead
School Year 2021-2022
Mizzou - Plant Genetics
The Biofortification of Raphanus sativus With Calcium Through Irrigation With Ca2+ Solutions. (2022)
GRAND Champion first overall
ISEF Finalist
Women in Science award $25 gift card
Stan Howell Memorial botany award
The Snyder foundation $500 cash
Biology work-study award $1000 scholarship
MSU science fair scholarship $1000
Dr. Miles V Barnhart excellence in science and engineering award $2000 cash,
Student award of Geoscience excellence certificate.
Application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to soil to inhibit N uptake of weeds within crop fields. (2021)
Science Coach Stipend Recipient $1000
Missouri Junior Academy of Science State Finalist (2021)
MJAS State - Highly Superior (2021)
Published with JEI (2022 and 2023)
Missouri State - Student Researcher, Dr. Paul Durham Lab,
Currently in Grad School
Published Research on a method for cryopreserving primary trigeminal ganglion neurons and glia
Burn Injury Healing: An invertebrate model to determine antimicrobial properties of Taraxacum officinale.
Third in category (OSEF)
Mizzou - Food Science
Evaluating the functional and sensory properties of reduced-fat ice cream enriched with bacterial cellulose (2022)
George Washington University - Policical Science
The Use of Cinnamaldehyde to Prevent Inflammatory Reactions in Drosophila melanogaster exposed to Pseudomonas putida
Second Place in Category (OSEF)
The Effects of Rapid Climate Change and The Study of Aggressive Behaviors Based on the Temperature of the Aquatic Habitat of Cambarus
Kansas State University - Environmental Engineering
Novel Application of Ferrofluids in a River Filter for Microplastics
1st Place in category (OSEF)
1st Place Missouri Department of Conservation award
MSU science scholarship $1000
Snyder Foundation award $500 cash
Stockholm Junior Regional water prize
American meteorological Society outstanding achievement award.
School Year 2020-2021
Abram Barker
Use of low-frequency electromagnetic field on Turbellaria flatworms in relation to the efficiency of regeneration rate
Tala Wasmer
Sustainable use of Poultry feather keratin as a BIOabsorbant.
Kyle Maynor
Mo S&T - Engineering, Continuing study on a similar designed experiement.
Structurally Reducing Aerodynamic Drag on School Busses
STEM Signing Day - $1,000 Scholarship
UMR - Engineering
Austin Barber
Aquatic microfiber and the role in agonistic behavior of Procambarus clarkii
MSU Scholarship Award $1000 (2021)
Collin Cones
Photosynthetic Effects via Cellular Density Ibuprofen has on Green Microalgae Chlorella
UMR - Engineering Aerospace
School Year 2019-2020
Avery Hays
Currently investigating the effects of phytoestrogen, an endocrine disrupting chemical, on the fitness, physiology and fecundity of Drosophila melanogaster.Mansi Patel
Her research focuses on ecotoxicology using Daphnia magna as an indicator of hydrocarbon contaminated soil.Jenna Skeens
Currently investigating ecotoxicology of environmental contaminants using Caenorhabditis elegans as an indicator species.Natalie Shumate
Natalie is focusing on increasing funding opportunities and developing a local database of High School funding opportunities. She will be pursuing a GoCaps mentoring role in January.Grant Weaver
Grant's research currently focuses on ecotoxicology of alpha-Tocopherol acetate using Daphnia magna as an indicator species.Bailey Shockley
Bailey’s current research is a community based partnership with GOCAPS and focuses on the implementation of technology on perceived stress, personality and behavior in high school students.Zora Rowe
Zora's research is a community based partnership with GOCAPS and focuses on stress, personality and behavior in high school students.Carolyn Sterner
Currently researching the effectiveness and analysis of cellulase enzyme breakdown on cellulose material in wastewater applications.Alisa Rosen
Medical School at KCU
Thomas Cleveland
"Thomas's current research is an investigation on variations on mass & warping effects of space-time via the Higgs Mechanic due to non-uniform vector fields of the Higgs-Field."