ESRP Projects Archive - 2024

Educational Programs and Outreach has led the Exemplary Student Research Program (ESRP) for over 10 years, and many bright and inventive high school teams have shared their in-depth scientific research with Argonne National Laboratory.

We have collected the abstracts of past teams’ research in this archive, so that you may look back at all the many discoveries that high school students have made here at the Lab. Every ESRP project makes a significant difference for Argonne as a whole and in the STEM pathways of all students and faculty involved.

2024 ESRP Teams:

• Bolingbrook High School - Study of the Invariant Speed of Light Using Interferometry
• DePaul College Prep - Investigating a Wadsley Roth Structure and Battery Performance
• Glenbrook South High School - Atomic-Scale Study of Boron-Based Carbon Removal Materials
• Lemont High School - Root Uptake of Iron in Common Plants and Vegetables
• Lincoln-Way East High School - Measuring the Response of Soil Microbial Communities to Chemicals in Pesticides and Herbicides Using 16S rRNA Sequencing
• Lockport Township High School - Shell Model of the Atomic Nucleus and Some Quirky Behavior in ​“Exotic” Nuclei
• Lyons Township High School - Not So ​“Forever” Chemicals: A Study on Removing PFAs From Contaminated Water Through Various Filtration Materials
• Mundelein High School - Identification and Characterization of a Metal Binding Site in a Protein Crystal
• Naperville Central High School - The Uptake and Effects of Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots in Broccoli and Mustard Seedlings
• Romeoville High School - Comparative Study of Lithium-Ion Batteries with an Organic Based Carbon Anode
• West Aurora High School - Bioremediation of Polyurethane in Water Using P. Microspora
• West Aurora High School - Comparing Microwaved Rubies to Mined Rubies
• Whitney M. Young Magnet High School - Analysis of V-Doped Wadsley-Roth Phase Nb4W7O31 as a Battery Anode