Apprentice Research Program

The Apprentice Research Program has been in existence for the past 14 years at Bangor High School. Students choose to participate after consultation and approval by the Science Department Head. The criteria for participation, expectations, and evaluation are established in this Apprentice Mentorship Program overview.

The success of the Apprentice Research Program is the foundation of the new BHS STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Academy which will begin operating in the fall of 2012. Our goal is to provide the apprenticed research mentorship experience to more Bangor High School students. Click the following link for specific information on the BHS STEM Academy.

Bangor High School students involved in the Apprentice Research Program have presented at the New England and the National Junior Science Symposium as well as the National Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition, the most prestigious youth award for a water-related science project. BHS graduate Rebecca Ye was named National SJWP winner at a ceremony in St. Louis in June, 2010.

In 2011, BHS student Leila Musavi qualified for the National Stockholm Junior Water Prize as the Maine state winner and also was named a finalist at the National Symposium in Chicago, earning a $1,000 scholarship. SJWP officials awarded Musavi the inaugural Bjorn von Euler Innovation in Water Scholarship for her project titled Development and Optimization of Gold-Nanoparticle Modified Carbon Electrode Biosensor for Detection of Listeria Monocytogenes. The award recognizes projects that demonstrate a unique passion for education and awareness of sustainable water management.

Sample papers from BHS students involved in Apprentice Research Mentorship Program:

Nanoparticle-amplified immunobiosensor enables excellent sensitivity in rapid detection of viable E. coli O157:H7 / Entry to the Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2010 Rebecca Ye Maine
Development and Optimization of Gold Nanoparticle-Modified Carbon Electrode Biosensor for Detection of Listeria monocytogenes / Leila Musavi Entry to the Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2011 Maine
Effects of codon bias and choice of regulatory small subunit on expression of zebrafish calpain activity in E. coli / Biological Sciences: Biochemistry Mara Shapero Bangor High School
Development of a Rapid Predictive Model for the Assessment of Microbial Concentration on Various Food Products Using Catalase Assay / Rebecca J. Ye Bangor High School
Identifying Estrogen Receptor Agonists in Sewage Treatment Facilities / Jen Rowe Bangor High School
Detection of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in 3 Maine Lakes by Synchronous-Scan Fluorescence Spectroscopy (SFS) / Anne Marie Lausier Bangor High School
The Effect of Light on Patulin Over Time / Amy Hackett Bangor High School
Experiments with the internet worm model / Josh Audibert Bangor High School

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