2026 SC Region 1 Science Fair Program - Flipbook - Page 6
Senior Life, Human & Environmental Science
Senior Behavioral
Science
Senior Engineering & Physical Science
2026 South Carolina Region 1 Science Fair Participants
Project No.
Student
Project
School
BCNC - 102
Ritesh Babu
Pharmacoperone-Mediated Rescue of MC4R: Evaluating
SM-001 in Restoring Intracellular cAMP Signaling
D. W. Daniel High School
ETSM - 110
Yuhang Wu
Physics-Guided Generative Inverse Design
of Thermally Anisotropic Microstructures via
FEM-Validated Conditional GANs
D. W. Daniel High School
ETSM - 111
Karthik Arumugam
Development of a Smart Lid Device for
Real-Time Detection of Milk Spoilage Using
Volatile Organic Compounds
Mauldin High School
MACO - 112
Arjun Jain
Supporting Earlier Infectious Disease
Signal Detection Through LLM-Extracted
Symptom Patterns
D. W. Daniel High School
PHYS - 113
Shreyasi Shreyasi
EchoVision - acoustic echolocation
for spatial reconstruction
JL Mann High School
PHYS - 114
Dhyey Patel
Impact of Reduced Reflectivity on the Magnitude
of SRP‚ÄëInduced Torque in Solar Sails
Mauldin High School
BEHA - 103
Avantika Anoop
Perceptions and Concerns of Dentists,
Pre-dental Students, and Patients on
Application of AI in Dentistry
D. W. Daniel High School
BEHA - 104
Laurel Garst
Differences in Doctors’ and Nurses‚ a Perceived Respect from Patients,
and Associated Effects on Health Care Provider Mental HealthRelevant
and Complex Genes, Such as GPI on Chromosome 19, with the Production
of Novel Gene Transcripts and Its Influence on Gene Expression
D.W. Daniel High School
BEHA - 105
Caton Tsao
Examining The Effect of Chess Participation
on Cognitive Functioning
D. W. Daniel High School
ANIM - 101
Harper Warwick
Analyzing Runs of Homozygosity Associated
with Cancer Risk in German Shepherds
and Labrador Retrievers
D. W. Daniel High School
BNBM - 106
Arwa Abdelaziz
Using Good Bugs to Fight Bad Bugs:
Can Probiotics Replace Antibiotics for
Preventing and Treating Bacterial Food Poisoning
D. W. Daniel High School
Bacterial Resistance to Chlorine Disinfection
through Exposure to Sub-inhibitory Doses
in Water Distribution Systems
D. W. Daniel High School
ESES - 107 Nicolas Fonseca-Borda
ESES - 108
Lilly Tidwell
Environmental Implications of Nootropic
Supplements on Daphnia magna
in Freshwater Aquatic Environments
D. W. Daniel High School
ESES - 109
Raina Parette
& Jinnie Kim
The Effects of Limestone as a pH
Neutralizer on Local Bodies of Water
Mauldin High School
PLNT - 115
Tinisha Singh
Determining the Effect of Salt Stress
on Two Diverse Cotton Varieties
D.W. Daniel High School
ANIM - 401
Judah Kershner
Fluorescent Fowl
Classical Conversations
of TTR
