Three Students National Semifinalists
By Dr. Don M. Jordan, USC Professor

The USC Region II Science & Engineering Fair, along with the College of Arts and Sciences, the Office of Research, The College of Engineering, and USC School of Medicine announced three semifinalists selected for the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge chosen as the three of the top 400 semifinalists from over 7,000 students who won a DCYSC nomination at their local, regional or state fair. The three Region II semifinalists are Arjun Aggarwal, Ian Wright, and Emily Bakaj.

National evaluators and judges spent the summer reading and reviewing the entries looking for those students with projects that demonstrated scientific merit and originality and who were able to communicate this process clearly and creatively to the judges via the entry form. The result of their difficult job is the selection of the 400 DCYSC national semifinalists.

These talented students represent three of the nine semifinalists from the state of South Carolina. By the time of this announcement these students will have advanced to the next grade level.