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After months of preparation and planning, three Heritage students were internationally recognized at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
Sophomore Carolina Jaramillo, and juniors Anna Joykutty and Dylan Greaves were among 1600 students from around the world chosen to participate in this competition, which took place May 9-14 in San Jose, California.
Aside from presenting their research to a panel of judges, the participants had the opportunities to meet with PhDs in their specialized research subjects, admission directors of prestigious universities, and students who share interests in their fields of research.
Projects entered included a wide range of engineering and scientific projects. Jaramillo’s project examined how natural hormone fluctuation in women affected their behavior during their menstrual cycles, a process that took about three months for her to complete.
Although the competition displayed a great variety of projects, all projects of International Science and Engineering Fair caliber have two things in common:
“Creativity, lots of it,” said Jaramillo, “and more importantly, practicality. You have to keep in mind that whatever you are doing or researching must have an application to reality that can serve to improve lives; whether one or the globe’s population.”
Joykutty’s experiment won a second place medal, but the true prize was the experience.
“These participants really get a feel for what it means to have a global network with people of similar interests, talents, and goals,” said Jaramillo, “and that, to me, was worth far more than a medal.”
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