Past HSSP Winners

2024 HSSP Winners

1st place - Ian Lentz, Grade 11

School: Camp Hill High School, Camp Hill, PA, USA

Project Title: The Homemade Integration of Biodegradable Materials into Hydroponics: Using Sawdust and Tannins to Detoxify Greywater

2nd place - Emaan Ashfaq, Grade 11

School: Quaker Valley High School, Leetsdale, PA, USA

Project Title: The Impact of Oyster Mushrooms on Glyphosate Accumulation

3rd place - Shrividya Regadamilli, Grade 10

School: Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA

Project Title: HER3 and IDH1 Targeted Therapy in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

4th place - Kelsie Skinner, Grade 12, and Isabelle Rogerson

School: Fort LeBoeuf High School, Waterford, PA, USA

Project Title: Exercising vs. Stationary Effect on Memory

5th place - William Klos, Grade 10, and James Quinlan, Grade 12

School: Camp Hill High School, Camp Hill, PA, USA

Project Title: The Effect of pH on Photosynthetic Productivity in Aquatic Plants

6th place - Grace Waller, Grade 12

School: Quaker Valley High School, Leetsdale, PA, USA

Project Title: The Effects Daphnia Have on a Young and Old Algae Bloom

7th place - Julia Garvic, Grade 12

School: Quaker Valley High School, Leetsdale, PA, USA

Project Title: Analyzing the Effect of Oxygen on Wound Healing and Planarians Responses to Oxygenated Environments

8th place - Taylor Martin, Grade 12

School: Quaker Valley High School, Leetsdale, PA, USA

Project Title: Analyzing the Effects of Plastic on Sex Ratio and Geotaxis Responses in Fruit Flies

9th place - Eleana Cain, Grade 12

School: Quaker Valley High School, Leetsdale, PA, USA

Project Title: The Impact of Blue Dye 1 on Lactobacillus Composition Within the Gut Microbiome

10th place - Isabella Soderstrom, Grade 12

School: Quaker Valley High School, Leetsdale, PA, USA

Project Title: Analyzing the Effects of Sound Pollution on Growth and Germination of Basil Plants

Kelsie Skinner

William Klos