RESEARCH

behavioral science and mental health

Regional and State-level Fair 2026

Personal Goal:

  1. research an area of curiosity

  2. propose a unique solution

  3. compete to gain exposure

  4. and explore interests

  5. have no expectations or pressure to win

Outcome:

*at regional fair*

  1. won honorable mention award

  2. earned Air Force award for project's potential for application in US Air Force

  3. qualified to State-level Northwest Science Expo

*at state-level fair*

  1. won fourth in my category

  2. earned Naval Research award (given to projects with applications int he US navy)

Project:

leveraging machine learning to detect early warning signals of suicide risk on social media posts through personalized longitudinal analysis

Future Steps:

  1. work further with Professor Mohr of PSU to further examine clinical accuracies of AI model

  2. conference with distinguished Data Scientist to increase F1 score and precision of model

  3. explore further implications of model

  4. prepare for State-level competition

More to come soon!