Karry Roberts, ASA-Detroit Chapter Secretary

ASA judges from left, top: Frank Murdock, Karry Roberts, David Doane, Xianggui (Harvey) Qu, Jacob Manis, Jessica Kohlschmidt, Bern DeBacker, Andrew Ekstrom, David Corliss, and Jennie Jester

Continuing their traditional joint chapter activity, members of the Detroit and Ann Arbor chapters and the District 3 vice chair served as a professional awards judging team at the Michigan Science and Engineering Fair, held virtually March 18–21.

The MSEF is the state level of the science fair, and there were 66 high-school projects that qualified from regional fairs to compete. Members of the judging team divided the projects for initial assessment with a scorecard, and then brought the best ones into their Zoom discussions. Winning projects showed an effective use of statistics.

The awards included one $200 Award of Excellence, six $50 awards of merit, and 16 recognition certificates. In giving these ASA awards, the chapters’ goal is to promote the practice and profession of statistics.

Seven of the ASA winners’ projects will continue to the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in May, having received grand awards in their field of science at the MSEF or regional fairs. Nine of the ASA award winners received grand through 4th-place category awards at the MSEF. Four of the students were repeat ASA winners from previous years.

The Award of Excellence went to Olivia Wagner for her project that emphasized innovative measurement techniques of Olympic uniforms and provided a detailed explanation of statistical analyses.

Detroit and Ann Arbor Chapters Student Fair Winners and Their Projects, Grades, and Teachers

$200 Award of Excellence

Olivia Wagner
Quantitative Graphic and WSRA to Determine Olympic Gender Differences
Midland HH Dow HS, Midland, MI
9
Teacher: Andrew Wagner

$50 Award of Merit

Vikram Goddla
AI Solution for Effective Treatment Planning for Brain Tumor Patients
Detroit Country Day Upper, Beverly Hills, MI
10
Teacher: Patricia Hanlan

Jad Habhab
Statistical Nature of Modern Music
Dearborn Center for Math, Science, & Technology, Dearborn Heights, MI
12
Teacher: Jennifer Gorsline

Batule Hamka
Exploring the Potential Effect of PFAS on Plant Growth and Health
Dearborn Center for Math, Science, & Technology, Dearborn Heights, MI
11
Teacher: Jennifer Gorsline

Rohit Mahesh
Can Your Shoe Detect Concussion?
Salem HS, Canton, MI
9
Teacher: Marcia Lizzio

Kush Parikh with Timothy Mathew
COVision: CNN for Classification of COVID-19 and Non-Viral Pneumonia Using CTs
Troy HS, Troy, MI
10
Teacher: Rebecca Brewer

Brian Zhang
Mental Stress Detection in Social Media: A Machine Learning Approach
Northville HS, Northville, MI
9
Teacher: Gabriel Pak

Certificate of Recognition

Rahul Barpanda
Tranilast Mitigates ER Stress: Induced RPE Cell Dysfunction in AMD
Detroit Country Day Upper, Beverly Hills, MI
12
Teacher: Karen Lamb

Charlie Chen with Dylan Agha
The Final Solar Eclipse
Detroit Country Day Upper, Beverly Hills, MI
11
Teacher: Patricia Hanlan

Kira Collins
Frictional Forte
Pioneer HS, Ann Arbor, MI
11
Teacher: Steve Armstrong

Vijay Daita
Indicators of Complications After Cardiac Surgery
Bloomfield Hills HS, Bloomfield Hills, MI
11
Teacher: Noelle Collis

Simran Gupta with Nurayda Albeez
Diving into the Great Lakes
International Academy – East Campus, Troy, MI
9
Teacher: Jackie Toepel

Dillan Lau
Pneumonia Detection Through Advanced Machine Learning
Detroit Country Day Upper, Beverly Hills, MI
12
Teacher: Rami Baroodi

Donald Liveoak
Schrödinger Bridges on Discrete Domains
Allen Park Senior High, Allen Park, MI
12
Teacher: Larry Dunlap

Ruisi Ma
Correlation Between Selective Hunger and Stress Level
Detroit Country Day Upper, Beverly Hills, MI
11
Teacher: Patricia Hanlan

Razzi Masroor
Matching Preclusion and Bipartite Dual-Cube-Like Networks
Detroit Country Day Upper, Beverly Hills, MI
10
Teacher: Mitchell Eithun

Angela Matta
Adolescents and Multilevel Marketing: How Susceptible Are They?
Dearborn Center for Math, Science, & Technology, Dearborn Heights, MI
12
Teacher: Jennifer Gorsline

Jett Miller
The Effect of Fracking on Thermal Conductivity and Seismic Wave Transmission
Saginaw Arts and Sciences, Saginaw, MI
10
Teacher: Matthew Miller

Harish Narayan
Optimal Design & Development of a Photovoltaic Panel
Salem HS, Canton, MI
9
Teacher: Marcia Lizzio

Arnav Nikam
Development and Statistical Validation of a Refined CAPE Ratio Algorithm
Salem HS, Canton, MI
11
Teacher: Marcia Lizzio

Mikul Saravanan
Novel Multipurpose Air Handling Robot with AI-Based Anomaly Detection
Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
11
Teacher: Stephanie Kokoszka

Andrew Wagner
Hydrogen and Oxygen Gas Production from Water for a Marine Engine
Nouvel Catholic Central HS, Saginaw, MI
11
Teacher: Mary Wagner

Margaret Yang
Engineering Compositionally Uniform Whole-Cell Biocatalyst for Biofuel
Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
12
Teacher: Stephanie Kokoszka