CURM Research Competition
Over the course of the Spring 2025 semester, we held a competition in collaboration with AlgoEd! We wanted to share the passion we had for research with middle school and high school students. Hundreds of students participated, the top submissions are below. We hope that each student learned that research can be for any person, any study!
High School Results
Original Research
Top 02
Epigenetic Insights Into how Temperature Impacts the Memory Choices of Oviposition in Drosophila melanogaster
Literature Review
Top 01
The Impact of Social Media on Intrapersonal Identity and Interpersonal Relationships
Top 02
Biologically Inspired Robots: Development of Behavioral and Morphological Characteristics Through Advanced Evolution
Top 03
PETase Enzyme for PET
Biodegradation in the Human Body
Middle School Results
Original Research
Top 01
The Impact of Eating Popcorn on Immediate and Delayed Recall of Word Lists
Top 02
Investigating Ophryocystis elektroscirrha
Infections in Monarch Butterflies
Top 03
Increasing Efficiency and Decreasing Contamination: Classifying images of Recyclables using Convolutional Neural Networks
Literature Review
Top 01
How do our First Names Influence our First Impressions?
Top 02
Art & Its Impact on Human
Psychology and Society