A Johns Creek high school student is in the running for $100,000 in college scholarships through a national STEM competition.
The Siemens Foundation announced earlier this week that Jasmin Gao, a student at Northview High School, is a regional finalist in this year's Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology.
Gao joins 95 other regional finalists across the country who submitted individual and team research projects for the competition. This year's competition had more than 1,600 research projects and 498 high school students were picked as semi-finalists, according the foundation.
“Every year, I look forward to seeing whether this will be the year when we’ll see a project that will lead to developing the cure for cancer — or identify tomorrow’s coolest technology,” said David Etzwiler, CEO of the Siemens Foundation.
The Siemens Competition started in 1999 as a way to link academically-gifted high school students to STEM-related fields.
Gao will compete next month in one of six regional competitions at top-tier research schools like Georgia Tech, the Massachusetts of Technology, the University of Notre Dame, the California Institute of Technology, Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Texas.
Regional winners advance to the national finals at The George Washington University in December. The foundation will award $500,000 in scholarships, including two top prizes of $100,000.
Oh, and if you're interested in Gao's project, it's called (brace yourselves): Effects of Fibrin Gel Scaffolds and Dexamethasone on the Differentiation of Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells for Applications in Regenerative Endodontics
Something to do with teeth, basically.
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