Chapin High SchoolAcademic Leadership Academy

Inaugural Graduating Class

2014-2015

Jared Adams

Biomedical Engineering

"A New Approach to Treating Gait Disabilities in Children"

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more- you are a leader.” ~ John Quincy Adams

Nate Blankenship

Mechanical Engineering

Frisbee Throwing Training Apparatus

“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you will be successful.”

Dominique Cain

Pre-med (Biology) & Anthropology

The Powerful Neurological Effects of Food on the Brain

“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once

but don't ever underestimate the importance you can havebecause history has shown us that courage can be contagious

and hope can take on a life of its own.” ― Michelle Obama

Breanna Cole

Biology / Pre Med

Do Grade Point Average and Class Rank have a Correlation with

Student Scores on End of Course Tests?

“Let your smile change the world, don’t let the world change your smile.” -Unknown

David Dunkelberg

Graphic DesignAdvertising

Marketing in Admissions: A Study on Chapin High ALA

"When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you.“ — Lolly Daskal

Abby Holdeman

Computer Science

Correlation Between SAT/ACT Scores and Myers

Briggs Types

“You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – Winnie the Pooh

Erik Klaas

Aerospace Engineering

A Material Analysis for a Prototype System of Launching Boats

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” –Douglas Adams

Sean Kruzner

Mechanical Engineering

Optimization of a Bent Arm Trebuchet

“A lion never loses sleep over the opinions of sheep.” - unknown

Katherine MeyersHonors Program at Emory & Henry College

Double MajorPolitical Science and Public Policy

Cost/Benefit Analysis of Hands Only CPR

“The sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light while it’s here is up to us.” –Journey Wisely

Stephen Page

Computer Engineering

Application for the Reading of Data from Training Glove

“Whenever there is a meeting, a parting is sure to follow. However, that parting need not last forever. Whether a parting be forever or merely for a short time, that is up to you.” -Happy Mask Salesman

Brandon Samples

International Studies

Magnet School Research

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” - Mahatma Gandhi

Jenna Schiferl

Marine Biology

Differences in Levels of Emotion in Response to Photoshopped Photos

“Everything that happens is from now on.” –Bon Iver

Drew Shealy

Mechanical Engineering

Creation of a Testing Device to TestMechanical Properties of Small-DiameterMaterials & Testing the MechanicalProperties of Decellularized and NormalMice Arteries

Veni, Vidi, Vici- Julius Caesar

Alexa Ussery

University of Alabama

ChemistryPerceived Legal Implications of

Substance Abuse in Early Teenagers

"I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason,

bringing something we must learn, and we are led to those who help us most grow." -Wicked the Musical