Congratulations to Jesse Shepherd, Spanish Fork High, for winning Grand Champion at the recent Central Utah Science and Engineering Fair. After the "Stay Home, Stay Safe" orders were issued, BYU decided to continue to hold the science fair. However, rather than doing all of the judging in person like they had previously planned, BYU decided to have all of the students submit images of their project concept board, as well as their research plans, abstracts, and answers to prompts from the judges. This process took about a week, after which the judges made final decisions on awards.
Jesse was selected the winner of the U.S. Metric Association Award for the extensive use of the Metric System, First Place Plant and Animal Science Winner, and CUSF Grand Champion. Along with these awards, CUSF is presenting Jesse with a $300 check.
“Because I won the Grand Champion, I will have the opportunity to travel to Anaheim, California for the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair. This would be my second time attending the fair, along with 2,000 other students from 82 countries throughout the world. Sadly, because of the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, Regeneron and the Society for Science and the Public have decided to cancel the fair for this year. The Society has made us Alumni and the title of "Finalist" to Regeneron ISEF 2020,” stated Jesse. “I hope to return to the fair next year after testing for four more infectious poultry diseases and viruses, as well as refining the current egg yolk test, and testing the shelf-life of blood serum for the detection of antibodies--all of this equating to over 3,000 data points. Thank you for all of the assistance that you offered me through this whole process. I appreciate it!”
Nebo is proud of you, Jesse Shepherd.
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