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Shay Edwards, left,
discusses his project with attendees at IR/Info 2008
May 20, 2008--(Los Angeles,
CA) Shay Edwards, a 17 year old junior at Norco High
School, placed third at the 57th annual California State
Science Fair. The California State Science Fair was
held on May 19-20, 2008. Over 950 participants from
359 schools throughout the State competed for awards
totaling over $50,000.
 His
entry titled, Prospective Study of the Effectiveness
of Thermal Imaging in the Diagnosis of Arthritis
was chosen from nearly 1000 middle and senior high school
students during the final round of the state wide competition.
In order to compete at the State level,
students must first qualify at the regional level before
advancing to the State Fair. Edwards won first place
at the 4 county regional level on April 16th qualifying
him for the state competition. He was recognized at
the State fair for being one of only five students to
have accomplished 6 years of competition.
On March 15th, Edwards won third place
at the Junior Science and Humanities Symposia regional
competition held at the University of California
at Irvine. The JSHS is a regional and national symposium
held during the academic year and reaches over 10,000
high school students and teachers throughout the United
States, Puerto Rico, and the Department of Defense Schools
of Europe and the Pacific Rim. Each of 48 university-held
regional symposia invites the participation of secondary
schools within their region.
 Since
2002, Infraspection Institute of Burlington, NJ has
been providing support and guidance to Shay for his
annual science fair competition. Jim Seffrin, Director
of Infraspection, was especially proud of Shay’s
recent accomplishments. “Shay is a pleasure to
work with. He is both a critical thinker and dedicated
researcher. He represents the finest qualities in a
young adult and we are very proud of him.”
Shay adds, “I would like
to thank the staff of Infraspection Institute and attendees
of the IR/INFO 2008 conference for support and for volunteering
as subjects for my research. A special thanks goes to
Mr. Seffrin for his continued mentorship and guidance
in my research and use of thermal imaging.”
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