See the table below of what presenters need to have to be ready for state.

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Important Information for Teachers, Participants and Parents:

• • Any participants at state must have completed  local competition requirements to qualify for finals.
    
    

  • Registration for Non-Participants:
    Anyone coming to the competition who is not a student participant (teachers, parents, siblings, etc.) must register via the AAS website so that Falkner knows who’s on campus.

  • Scimix and banquet (Feb 27 optional) : Registration is at 4:00 PM.   See Dr. Jones for registration.  You sign off on your category (listed below) and give me 2 copies of your paper and SOA.  If you are having any issue, please do not turn in one or the other but wait till you have both.  You can catch up to me during or after the sci mix or after the banquet.  There will be a fun, optional Sci Mix poster presentation around 4:45 PM, followed by a banquet.

  • Banquet & Lunch: Participants and school-employed teachers (including homeschool teachers) are free, including Saturday lunch. Others (e.g., parents) need to order banquet tickets and lunch on the AAS website.
  • Hotel info is on the AAS page; feel free to choose any hotel though.
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  • Competition Day (Sat 2/28):
    • If you didn’t register on Thursday, do so at 7 AM – 7:30 AM. Orientation starts at 7:30 AM (see rooms below). Please be on time.  IF YOU HAVE MISSED ME for REGISTRATION, your judges in your category will need 1 copy of your SOA and PAPER, or you will not be allowed out of the first round.
    • Participants must submit 2 hard copies of their paper and SOA for the judges (turn in at registration).  Bring a thumb drive and a backup of your presentation (we’ve had issues with non-PowerPoint formats).
    • The competition is divided by category in different rooms.  This list will not be changed.  It was based on first and second choices and making the categories even and manegable.  Lunch follows a group photo.  Finalists (first in each category) will be announced at 1:15 and finals will begin soon after.  The awards ceremony starts as soon as judges deliberate and may be around 3:30 PM.
      *Dr. Jones email jonesmt@troup.org

Total list of things you need to know or do:

 

1	Register for State to indicate Feb 27 poster, banquet and 28th lunch.
2	Link to 2026 state program to see cat. and order of presentation. This list is not able to be changed.
3	Statement of outside assistance form and print out 2 copies – make sure you have the signatures you need.  Note, information in the SOA must be congruent with the researchers presentation or the presenter is disqualified.
4	Prepare lab report and print out 2 copies as your paper.  Papers are used by judges to rank presenters who are tops in their category and to break ties.  Failure to have a paper disqualifies a participant from finals.
5	Remind teacher and mentors to register for state to indicate banquet or lunch options.
6	Remind guests, family and peers who are coming to state on F, to register for a banquet ticket for F (optional) and pay for lunch if needed.
7	F (optional) and Sa program for AJAS
8	Falkner University in Montgomery map
9	Friday “Scimix” poster session per state registration TBA
10	STEMM officer information
11	Core rules of competition
12	State Judging rubric

ALABAMA JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
Friday, February 27^th Harris-Parker Hall (optional)

4:00 – 5:00 PM	Registration – turn in 2 copies of paper and SOA	Rotunda
4:30 – 5:45 PM	Poster Set-up and Orientation	Rotunda
4:45 – 5:45 PM	“Sci Mix” Viewing of AJAS and Gorgas Scholars’ Posters	Rotunda
6:00 PM	Joint AJAS/AAS Banquet	Rotunda, Auditorium

ALABAMA JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
Saturday, February 28^th Harris-Parker Hall
Faulkner University, Montgomery -Breakfast on your own; Parking is available in front and side of Harris-Parker Hall

7:00 AM	Registration (if you did not on F) – turn in two copies of SOA and paper.	Entry, Harris-Parker Hall
7:15 AM	ALL AJAS & Gorgas Judges Orientation	Room 117, Harris-Parker Hall
7:30 AM	Paper Reading Orientation (Students)	Room 135, Harris-Parker Hall
8:00 AM	Paper Competition
	Environmental Science	Room 108, Harris-Parker Hall
	Physical Sciences	Room 117, Harris-Parker Hall
	Life Science	Room 128, Harris-Parker Hall
	Medicine, Health and Social Science	Room 130, Harris-Parker Hall
	Engineering, Math, and Computer Science	Room 135, Harris-Parker Hall
11:30 AM	Elections and Business Meeting	Room 135, Harris-Parker Hall
12:00 Noon	AJAS-Gorgas Group Photo	Entry, Harris-Parker Hall
12:00 Noon	Box Lunches	Pick up in Room 130, Harris-Parker Hall and return to 135
1:15 PM	AJAS Paper Competition Finals	Room 135, Harris-Parker Hall

*Dr. Jones email jonesmt@troup.org

 

Papers by Category.  Order is is valid and * means Gorgas
*Note – must have competed in a local to finish state requirements

Engineering Math and Computer Science

1. *Nathan Dinh, Digitizing Handwriting with the help of AI, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka
2. *Mason Hilburgh, Torpedo Bats, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka
3. Isabella Harwell, Power Paths, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka
4. Joseph LeFevre, A Momentum Realization Formulation of Aerodynamic Lift, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka
5. Dominic Vilardi and Jackson Taylor, Up Up and Away 2, The EDGE, Wetumpka
6. Jessica Shu, ThermalPvpils: A Passive Power-Saving Artificial Intelligence Driven Shell that Makes your Building Cooler in Summer and Warmer in Winter, Auburn High School, Auburn
7. Jude Alabsi and Malak Alabsi, Darth Vader, Islamic Academy of Alabama, Homewood
8. Mia Hall and Michael Mazur, Parametric Evaluation of a Deployable Kresling Origami Lattice Structure for Enhanced Automotive Crashworthiness, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham 

 Life Science

1. Neil Srikantha, Comparative Longitudinal Analysis of Antimicrobial Activity, Hoover High School, HooverZubayr Rasheed, Evaluating CRISPR-Cas12a Efficacy in E. coli Using Blue-White Screening, Islamic Academy of Alabama, Homewood
2. Harsha Bheemanathini, The Effects of Mentrual Product Leachates on Planarian Survival, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
3. Parker Fields, , New Century Technology High School, Huntsville
4. Leen Zidan, Evaluating CRISPR-Cas12a Efficacy in E. coli Using Blue-White Screening, Islamic Academy of Alabama, Homewood
5. Yasmina ghannoum, Pure Enough?, Islamic Academy of Alabama, Homewood
6. Annabelle Johnson, Significance of Caffeine Reliance among Adolescents, Central Freshman Academy, Phenix City
7. Mays Mango, Antiparasitic properties of honey, Islamic Academy of Alabama, Homewood
8. Minlu Wang-He, Identification and Experimental Verification of Key Microbial Interactions Relevant to Bacterial Spot Disease in the Tomato Plants, Davidson Academy Online, Auburn 

Medicine, Health and Social Science

1. *Parker Thompson, Perceived Access vs. Actual Access: Mental Health Resource Utilization among College Students, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka
2. *Finley Davisson, The Effects of Herbal Tinctures and Plant Salves on E.coli, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka
   
3. *Rhyana Mahatsente-Tewelde, Voxel-Based Morphometry and Time Frequency Analysis of Epilepsy for Detection of Ictal Impaired Consciousness, Northridge High School, Tuscaloosa
4. 4. Colyn Cole, Does Distraction Affect Reaction Time?, Wetumka High School, Wetumpka
5. Advitiya Kana, Social Communication and Neural Correlates of Autism, Hoover High School, Hoover
6. Nikita Prabhakar, A Low Cost Portable Electrography Monitoring System for Rapid Diagnosis of Coagulopathy, Bob Jones High School, Madison
7. Alexis Linschoten, Mass Media: It’s Influence in Parasocial Relationships and Celebrity Worship, New Century Technology High School, Huntsville
8. Gabriel Mark, From Personality to Pathology: Identifying Trauma in SAGEs through the Presence of Low Extraversion, New Century Technology High School, Huntsville
9. Imisioluwa Alonge, Sickle Cell Disease Mortality: The Role of Awareness and Early Screening, Hoover High School, Hoover
10. Shreyas Keshava, Methyltransferase identified to decrease sensitivity to menin inhibition in Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
11. Gehad Khuzimy, Does Multitasking Affect Memory and Focus Compared to Doing One Task at a Time?, Islamic Academy of Alabama, Homewood
12. Jasra Star Pfannkuch, Manifestations of Antisocial Personality Disorder in Female Adolescents’ Romantic Relationships, New Century Technology High School, Huntsville

Physical Sciences

1. *Corbin Hawkes, Using low-cost Circuitry to detect Quantum Entanglement, Covenant Christian Academy, Huntsville
2. Maryam Rasheed, Microplastic Imaging : Does Filtering Your Water Really Work? – Testing the Efficiency of Widely used Filtration Method against Microplastic at a Micro Level, Islamic Academy of Alabama, Homewood
3. Jackson Gilmore and Jackson Taylor, Up Up and Away, Wetumpka high school, Wetumpka
4. Madeline Harper, Stabilization of Anthocyanin for Natural Food Color, St. John the Baptist Catholic Middle School, Madison
5. Noor Abouhouli, The Effect of Wind Speed and Internal Baffle Geometry on Airflow and Cooling Performance in an Adobe Windcatcher Model, Islamic Academy Of Alabama, Homewood
6. Mira Menon, Dynamic Modulation of Axonal Trafficking of Synaptic Vesicles in Activity-Dependent Presynaptic Function, Loveless Academic Magnet School, Montgomery
7. Leen Dabbous, Microplastic Imaging: Does Filtering Your Water Really Work?, Islamic Academy Of Alabama, Homewood
8. Junehyuk Lee, Use of Leucomethylene Blue to Detect Bleach, Auburn Junior High School, Auburn
9. Greeshma Vinoy, Fabrication of Laser-induced Carbon-based Interdigitated Electrodes for Vitamin B12 Sensing via Impedance change, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham

Environmental Science

1. Jeremiah Ray and Jackson Hutto, Simulating Narcotic Introduction in a Micro-Ecosystem: Effects of Diphenhydramine on Crickets and Worms, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka
2. Kira LeFevre, Will Different Volume of Tanks Affect the Size of Fish Growth? A Space Comparison for Increasing Meat Production, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka
3. Margot Beukelman and Leah Imbragulio, The Effects of Land Usage and MS4 Capacities on PFAS in the Cahaba River, Hoover High School, Hoover
4. Naanya Kana, Silent Seas: Anthropogenic Vessel Noise and Marine Mammal Communication, Hoover High School, Hoover
5. Anushka Behara, Epigenetic Memory of Environmental Pollution: Long-Term Effects of Urban Toxicants on Planarian Regeneration, Vestavia Hills High School, Vestavia Hills
6. Saisha Sahoo, Investigating the Phytoremediation Abilities of Pontederia Cordota in the Metals Cobalt, Lead, and Lithium, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
7. Rania Masri, The Effects of Olive Oil on the Growth and Life Span of Caenorhabditis Elegans, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
8. Tennae Chowfen, Scrolling into the Season Early: How TikTok Shapes Gen Z’s Emotional Experience of Christmas, New Century Technology High School, Huntsville

*Gorgas Finalist