Spring Valley High School DISCOVERY students participated in the 2020 South Carolina
Junior Academy of Science Written Research Paper Competition (The Oral Presentation
Competition originally scheduled for March 28, 2020 at Furman University in Greenville, SC
was cancelled due to COVID-19). The following 40 awards were won by DISCOVERY
students. Awards include a certificate and cash prize: $60 (1
st
); $40 (2
nd
) and $20 (3
rd
).
AMERICAN JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE (AJAS) /AAAS AWARDS (PHOENIX, AZ, FEBRUARY, 2021): NOMINEES TO PRESENT
THEIR RESEARCH AT THE 2021 AJAS/AAAS MEETING WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE.
WRITTEN PAPERS
MENTORED RESEARCH (ALL CATEGORIES
COMBINED):
2ND PLACE MENTORED (ENGINEERING)
SIRAWIT SHIMPALEE
3RD PLACE MENTORED (CHEMISTRY)
VAMSI GORREPATI
BIOCHEMISTRY
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: RONIT PATHAK
BOTANY
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: RIDHA FATIMA
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: EVELYN PLAKAL
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: SANJANA PARISE
CHEMISTRY
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: SYDNI MOORE
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: AISHA SIDDIQUE
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: TREMAYNE ANSANI
COMPUTER SCIENCE
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: ZACHARY HUANG
CONSUMER SCIENCE
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: ETHAN HO
ENGINEERING
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: SHYAM GANESH BABU
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: SHRIYA KAPOOR
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: SIMON WYATT
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: ANDREW MOTT
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: PAULINA TRIFINOVA
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: ANGEL HUANG
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: SREYA MADDIPATI
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: APURVA MITTA
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: ELLA BLALOCK
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: KATHLEEN DOTSON
MATHEMATICS
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: SPARSHO DE
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: WESLEY FLETCHER
WRITTEN PAPERS
MICROBIOLOGY
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: YASH PATEL
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: MADELINE NEALEY
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: EVA CAMLIN
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: BHAVANI TUPPALE
PHYSICS
2
ND
PLACE NON-MENTORED: SAHIL THAKKAR
PHYSIOLOGY & HEALTH
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: SPANDANA ANCHOORI
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: PARTH PATEL
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: SIMRAN TIPPABHATLA
PSYCHOLOGY
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: TAAHERA ISLAM
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: ZACHARY VEREEN
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: DYLAN CHAU
ZOOLOGY
1ST PLACE NON-MENTORED: PARTH DESAI
2ND PLACE NON-MENTORED: CHRISTINE ENCARNACION
3RD PLACE NON-MENTORED: ANDREW JUHN