First graduating class of the ALA program.

1. Chapin High School
AcademicLeadershipAcademy
Inaugural Graduating Class
2014-2015

3. Jared Adams
Biomedical Engineering
"A New Approach to Treating
Gait Disabilities in Children"
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do
more, and become more- you are a leader.” ~ John Quincy Adams

4. Nate Blankenship
Mechanical Engineering
Frisbee Throwing Training Apparatus
“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to
breathe, then you will be successful.”

5. Dominique Cain
Pre-med (Biology) & Anthropology
The Powerful Neurological
Effects of Food on the Brain
“You may not always have a comfortable life and
you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once
but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have
because history has shown us that courage can be contagious
and hope can take on a life of its own.”
― Michelle Obama

6. Breanna Cole
Biology / Pre Med
Do Grade Point Average and Class
Rank have a Correlation with
Student Scores
on End of Course Tests?
“Let your smile change the world, don’t let the world
change your smile.” -Unknown

7. David Dunkelberg
Graphic Design
Advertising
Marketing in Admissions:
A Study on Chapin High ALA
"When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the
right things a chance to catch you.“ — Lolly Daskal

8. Abby Holdeman
Computer Science
Correlation Between
SAT/ACT Scores and Myers
Briggs Types
“You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem,
and smarter than you think.” – Winnie the Pooh

9. Erik Klaas
Aerospace Engineering
A Material Analysis for a Prototype
System of Launching Boats
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise
they make as they go by.” –Douglas Adams

10. Sean Kruzner
Mechanical Engineering
Optimization of a Bent Arm
Trebuchet
“A lion never loses sleep over the opinions of sheep.”
- unknown

11. Katherine Meyers
Honors Program at Emory & Henry College
Double Major
Political Science and Public Policy
Cost/Benefit Analysis of Hands Only CPR
“The sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do
with the light while it’s here is up to us.” –Journey Wisely

12. Stephen Page
Computer Engineering
Application for the Reading
of Data from Training Glove
“Whenever there is a meeting, a parting is sure to follow.
However, that parting need not last forever. Whether a parting
be forever or merely for a short time, that is up to you.” -
Happy Mask Salesman

13. Brandon Samples
International Studies
Magnet School Research
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you
were to live forever.” - Mahatma Gandhi

14. Jenna Schiferl
Marine Biology
Differences in Levels of
Emotion in Response to
Photoshopped Photos
“Everything that happens is from now on.” –Bon Iver

15. Drew Shealy
Mechanical Engineering
Creation of a Testing Device to Test
Mechanical Properties of Small-Diameter
Materials & Testing the Mechanical
Properties of Decellularized and Normal
Mice Arteries
Veni, Vidi, Vici- Julius Caesar

16. Alexa Ussery
University of Alabama
Chemistry
Perceived Legal Implications of
Substance Abuse in Early Teenagers
"I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason,
bringing something we must learn, and we are led to those who help
us most grow." -Wicked the Musical