
Byram Hills High School seniors in the Authentic Science Research Program competed at the two-day Upstate Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, with several winning awards and one advancing to the national competition.
Ayaka Ammon, Jake Fenster and Yicheng Yang presented their work in the speaker presentation competition, and Ben Levy and Abby Cushman showed their work in the poster event.
In the Math, Physics, and Computer Science category, Yicheng placed first in one of the five simultaneous sessions, which earned him a spot at the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in May. He competed against the other first-place winners on the second day and finished fourth overall. Yicheng’s original research focused on the aerodynamics of automobiles.
Ben and Abby won second place in the poster session. Ayaka competed in the Environmental Science category and Jake competed in Biomedical Science.
“Yicheng’s achievement is an incredible accomplishment and we are proud of him and all of our students who presented their work at Upstate JSHS,” said Stephanie Greenwald, director of the Authentic Science Research Program.
Yicheng will be the 19th Byram Hill student to attend the national JSHS contest since 2007.
The symposium was Feb. 28-29 at the University at Albany.
The Junior Science and Humanities Symposium is a STEM competition sponsored by the Defense Department that encourages students to conduct original research and recognizes them for outstanding achievement.
Byram Hills High School seniors in the Authentic Science Research Program competed at the Upstate Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, with several winning awards and one advancing to the national competition. They are, from left, Abby Cushman, Ayaka Ammon, Ben Levy, Jake Fenster and Yicheng Yang.