Organic Chemistry Seniors Make Presentations

Posted Date: 05/10/2022

On Thursday April 26, students in the HS Organic Chemistry course, taught by Darin Cousens & Jennifer Cole, participated in the 2nd annual STEM Night. The students presented their SR research projects to a panel of judges composed of Union alum & former teachers. #WAYTOREPTHEU! pic.twitter.com/wbiM1rwrkf

— Union High School (@UnionHSTulsa) May 9, 2022

On Thursday April 26, students in the High School Organic Chemistry course, taught by Darin Cousens and Jennifer Cole, participated in the 2nd annual STEM Night. The students presented their senior research projects to a panel of judges composed entirely of Union alumni and former teachers.

• • 1st Place: Tammy Dao & Julie Phung – Comparing the Neutralizing Ability of Active Ingredients in Antacids on Hydrochloric Acid
• • 1st Place: Eduardo Barreda & Trenton VonHartitzsch – Egg-based Bio-Nanocomposite Fruit Coating as a Substitute for Wax-based Fruit Coating
• • Honorable Mention: Payton Jarrett – Effect that Shape has on the time it Takes Ice to Melt
• • Ankit Jallipalli – Suspending Fat Molecules in Coconut Milk Using Flaxseed
• • Nicholas Bremer – Tensile Strength of Ten Dry Toilet Papers Compared to their Prices
• • Jacob Wise – Effect of Grain Flour Choice on Contaminant Growth in Bread
• • Swetha Anand & Duy Nguyen – Effectiveness of Handmade Soaps
• • Ryan Lee – Effects on Polyurethane vs. Water-Activated Polyurethane on the Strength of Glues

Panel

• --Jennifer Kneafsey – former AP Biology teacher at UHS, Associate Professor, Life Sciences & OK-INBRE Community College Coordinator
• --Penny Leary –retired AP Chemistry/AP Physics teacher at UHS
• --Maureen Haynes – alumni, PhD student/fellow at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
• --Ashley Craine – alumni, Children First Nurse Tulsa Health Department
• --Hana Barzak – alumni, nursing/special education at OU
• --Jessica (Beach) Kinghorn – alumni, BSN/MSN, Edmond Public Schools
• --Varuna Rao – alumni, MS biomedical engineering, NxStage Medical Staff Engineer