全美青少年科学与人文大赛 JSHS

全美青少年科学与人文大赛 Junior Science and Humanities Symposia (简称JSHS) Program 是一项由美国陆军、海军和空军三项赞助的 STEM 竞赛，旨在促进中学生对科学、技术、工程和数学的原创性研究和实验。每年近20,000名高中生在各州赛地区参加大赛选拔，以竞争最终进入全美决赛的入场券。JSHS参赛地区地区涵盖了美国的所有50个州、哥伦比亚特区、波多黎各以及欧洲和太平洋的国防部学校。

适合对象
9-12年级，对科学、技术、工程和数学等学科方向感兴趣，有自己的原创研究课题项目，来自全美、哥伦比亚特区、波多黎各以及欧洲和太平洋地区的同学们。

申报学科
环境科学、生物医学科学、生命科学、医药与健康/行为科学、工程与技术、物理科学、化学等学科类别。

比赛时间
9-12月 JSHS区域赛，竞选区域奖项/国赛入场券
1-3月 JSHS举行区域专题讨论会
4-5月 JSHS国赛，评选国赛奖项荣誉和颁发奖学金

提交内容
1、研究论文
2、摘要
3、Poster
4、定时presentation，个人陈述约 12 分钟，提问约 6 分钟
5、Statement on Outside Assistance

比赛奖项
区域决赛入围者奖
每个地区总共发放 4,500美元 的本科生学费奖学金。
第一名获得 $ 2,000
第二名将获得 $ 1,500
第三名将获得 $ 1,000

全国比赛奖
除了获得奖学金之外，陆军、海军和空军部还邀请每个地区研讨会的前五名入围者，参加全国JSHS研讨会，以介绍他们的原创研究。
第一名和第二名区域决赛入围者将在口头比赛中展示他们的研究，以争取国家JSHS奖学金。
区域决赛入围者的第三、第四和第五名将在海报竞赛中展示他们的研究，以争夺现金奖励。

全国决赛入围者
在全国研讨会研究论文的每项主题类别的前三名入围者中，共颁发了192,000美元的大学学费奖学金。
第一名入围者将获得 $ 12,000
第二名决赛入围者各获得 $ 8,000
第三名决赛入围者各获得 $ 4,000
在每个主题类别的国家研讨会研究海报竞赛中，入围决赛的决赛选手将获得总计 10,800美元 的现金奖励。
海报比赛的第一名决赛入围者每人将获得 $ 550
海报比赛第二名入围者各获得 $ 450
海报比赛第三名入围者各获得 $ 350

部分获奖课题
Environmental Science
Research Title: A Dual Sensor Machine Learning Approach to Sulfur Quantification of Lignite Coal
Biomedical Science
Research Title: Novel Preventative Strategies for Acute Kidney Injury & Chronic Kidney Disease

Medicine & Health/Behavioral Science
Research Title: Developing A Urinalysis Immunoassay for Cortisol Detection Year 2

Life Science
Research Title: Resilin Distribution and Abundance in Apis mellifera Wing Joints across Biological Age Classes

Engineering and Technology
Research Title: Development of a Fully Reusable and Autonomously Landing Suborbital Launch Vehicle

Physical Science
Research Title: Exploring the Wonders of the Early Universe: Green Pea Galaxies and Light Flux

Chemistry
Research Title: Synthesis of a Tau Aggregation Inhibitor in Relation to Alzheimer’s Disease

Mathematics and Computer Science
Research Title: X-Net: A Deep Convolutional Neural Model for X-Ray Threat Detection

Environmental Science
Research Title: The Application of Advanced Oxidation Using an Isopropyl Alcohol and β-Cyclodextrin Enhanced Fenton Reaction to Remove Pharmaceuticals from Synthetic Wastewater

Biomedical Science
Research Title: Designing, Prototyping and Testing of a Multi-lumen Urinary Catheter with Sustained Unidirectional Biocide Flow

Medicine & Health/Behavioral Science
Research Title: Using Drosophila melanogaster as an Integrated Model to Elucidate the
Cellular and Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Life Science
Research Title: North Atlantic Minke Whales Exhibit Spatially Varied Vocal Responses to Ambient Noise and a Novel Paradigm for Passive Acoustics Research

Engineering and Technology
Research Title: Guiding Device for the Visually Impaired using Artificial Intelligence Category: Engineering and Technology

Physical Science
Research Title: Computational Eye-Tracking Biomarker for Improved Neuropsychological
Evaluation via Deep Learning

Chemistry
Research Title: Evaluation of Isoheme: A Novel Replacement for Blood in Forensic Science

Mathematics and Computer Science
Research Title: An Enhanced Early Detection Model of Dengue Fever Outbreaks Using SEIR Infectious Disease Epidemiological Compartments, Generalized Linear Regression fRelationships, and Statistical Computing

Environmental Science
Research Title: Oil Adsorption Capacities of Organic Materials

Biomedical Science
Research Title: Grape Polyphenols Inhibit Dental Bacteria and Pro-Inflammatory Signaling

Medicine & Health/Behavioral Science
Research Title: The Potential Role of Trophoblast Slc20a2 Mutations in Vascular Calcification of the Placenta

Life Science
Research Title: Atmospheric Moisture Harvesting Device: Biomimicking Torrey Pine Needles

Engineering and Technology
Research Title: Embedded System for the Real-Time Fall Detection of Elderly Individuals using Thermal Imaging and Deep Learning

Physical Science
Research Title: An in vitro evaluation of the relationship between stress and mineralization through the use of a piezoelectric barium titanate composite

Chemistry
Research Title: Building an Efficient Reversible Fuel Cell Stack for Use as a Backup Power Source

Mathematics and Computer Science
Research Title: Deep Multimodal Learning for the Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder