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Josephians Present Research Findings at School-Based Science Mentorship Programme

1 March 2021

Eighteen Josephians presented science research findings from six selected projects.

Six of the 10 teams that submitted their Science research projects for the 2020-2021 School-Based Science Mentorship Programme (SBSMP) were selected to present their research findings and video presentations in February 2021. Congratulations to these 18 Josephians:

  1. Li ShaoKai (ML403)

  2. Tanishq Gunasekaran (ML403)

  3. Ho Justin (ML403)

  4. Zachary Mak (FN401)

  5. Mahessen Subra (ML403)

  6. Emmanuel Mark Heng (ML403)

  7. Michael Yang (LE403)

  8. Karthik Nodu (LE403)

  9. Tan Kieran (LE403)

  10. Rangasamy Rupesh (ML403)

  11. Royce Manikandan (FN401)

  12. Ha Yujian (ML403)

  13. Sean Gerard Chin (FN401)

  14. Princeton Toh (LE403)

  15. Andrew Tay (ML403)

  16. Kevin Benedict (ML403)

  17. Keevan Kanagalingam (LE403)

  18. Aeden Chng (LE403)

They have been working on their research findings based on these topics from April - December 2020:

  1. Study on increasing safety of consumption of Sashimi

  2. How can the Environmental Sustainability of Oral Drug Packaging be improved on?

  3. The effect of varying essential oils on homemade isopropyl-based hand sanitisers

  4. Investigation of natural corrosion inhibitors and their effectiveness on iron in NaCl solution as compared to inorganic corrosion inhibitors

  5. Efficiency of different methods of microplastic removal

  6. The effectiveness of fermentation-derived natural cleaning substances

During the course of their research, two scientists from A*STAR under the Scientist-In-School (SIS) Programme - Dr Judice Koh and Dr Low Joo Leng, acted as consultants to answer their questions via Google Classroom during the COVID-19 lockdown. Besides the two scientists, the science teachers who were involved in mentoring the students include Mr Raymond Wong, Ms Tan Sia Hui, Mrs Josephine Lee, Ms Gina Tan, Ms Kassandra Lim and Dr Sergei Prokopenko. Our lab technicians, Mr Raymond Fontelera, Ms Jennifer Sia and Ms Denyse Beh were of immense help to the boys in helping them with the equipment and materials that they needed.