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Intel Science Talent Search (STS) through 2016

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Congratulations to these students, and to the faculty, post docs, graduate and undergraduate students who helped them in their research!

 

 Intel STS 2016

 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT  PROJECT TITLE  FACULTY MENTOR
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTEleni Aneziris
Ward Melville HS, E. Setauket, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLEEffects of Predictability on the Startle Reflex in Anticipation of Emotionally-evocative Pictures  FACULTY MENTORDr. Greg Hajcak
Psychology
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTLee Blackburn
Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst, NY
Intel semi-finalist

 PROJECT TITLEIncorporation of Platinum and Gold Partially Reduced Graphene Oxide into Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells for Increased Output Power and Carbon Monoxide Tolerance  FACULTY MENTORDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTArthur Chen
Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLEThe Effect of Graphene Oxide/Reduced Graphene Oxide Functionalized with Metal Nanoparticles on Dermal, Bacterial, and Cancerous/Non-cancerous Epidermal Cells  FACULTY MENTORDr. Marcia Simon, Oral Biology & Pathology
Dr. Miriam Rafailovich
, Materials Science & Engineering
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTKrista Chen
The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLENovel Combination Chemotherapy Targeting Cancer Stem Cells with a Tumor Targeted Drug Delivery System Potentiated by Natural Remedies, EGCG and/or Curcumin  FACULTY MENTORDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTAudrey Cheng
Henry M. Gunn HS, Palo Alto, CA
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLEEnhancing the Efficiency of Self-assembled Organic Solar Cells with the Addition of a Second Electron Donor and Graphene  FACULTY MENTORDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTAyesha Chhugani
Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLEA Novel Magnetic Field Trap Using Superconductors for Transporting Polarized Ions for Medical Imaging  FACULTY MENTORDr. Abhay Deshpande
Physics & Astronomy
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSophia Chen
Ward Melville HS, E. Setauket, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLEOn Steady Super-Kähler Ricci Solitons  FACULTY MENTORDr. Martin Rocek
Physics & Astronomy
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTPatrick Chi
Niskayuna HS, Niskayuna, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLEUsing Power Dissipation as a Novel Approach to Rank and Categorize Tropical Cyclones   FACULTY MENTORDr. Brian Colle
SoMAS
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTDessie DiMino
Garden City HS, Garden City, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLEProduction of a 3D Printed Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogel Scaffold through Optimization of the Molecular Weight, Functional Domains, and Viscoelastic Properties of Bioink  FACULTY MENTORDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTEmma Feldman
Paul D. Schreiber HS,
Port Washington, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLEElectrospun Hydrophobic Nanofibrous Membranes for Use in Membrane Distillation  FACULTY MENTORDr. Benjamin ChuDr. Benjamin Hsiao,
Chemistry
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTDaniel Guo
Homestead HS, Cupertino, CA
Intel semi-finalist

 PROJECT TITLEAnalysis of Heterochiasmy and Recombination Rates in Gibbons  FACULTY MENTORDr. Krishna Veeramah
Ecology & Evolution
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTAdarsh Karnati
Redmond HS, Redmond, WA
Intel semi-finalist

 PROJECT TITLEA Novel Design of an Ocean Wave Energy Harvester Using a Linear Cam Release Approach  FACULTY MENTORDr. Ya S. Wang
Mechanical Engineering
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTAriel Leong
Ward Melville HS, E. Setauket, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLESystematic Discovery of Genes and Networks in Colon Cancer Stem Cells Implicated in Chemoresistance  FACULTY MENTORDr. Jingfang Ju
Pathology
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTDavid Li
Commack HS, Commack, NY
Intel semi-finalist

 PROJECT TITLEA Wireless Tracking System for At-home Durable Medical Equipment during Natural Disasters  FACULTY MENTORDr. Fan Ye
Electrical & Computer Engineering
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTEmily Li
Hunter College HS, New York, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLEThe Role of No tail and Wnt in Regulating Stem Cell Division in the Zebrafish Tailbud  FACULTY MENTORDr. Benjamin Martin
Biochemistry & Cell BIology

 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTMichael Li
James M. Bennett HS, Salisbury, MD
Intel finalist
 PROJECT TITLEDeciphering Neural Coding for Sensorimotor Decision-making  FACULTY MENTORDr. Il Memming Park
Neurobiology & Behavior
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT

Emily McDermott
Smithtown HS East, Saint James, NY
Intel semi-finalist

 PROJECT TITLEDeveloping an Experimental Model for Natural Variation in Genetic Robustness  FACULTY MENTORDr. Joshua Rest
Ecology & Evolution
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTHarriet O'Brien
Ward Melville HS, E. Setauket, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLEThe Characterization of Immunomodulatory and Remyelinating Agents on Microglial Polarization  FACULTY MENTORDr. Stella Tsirka
Pharmacological Sciences
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTBenjamin Schiffer
University of Illinois Laboratory HS, Urbana, IL
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLEElucidating the Mechanism of a Human Transcription Factor’s Movement Along DNA with Molecular Dynamics Simulations  FACULTY MENTORDr. Carlos Simmerling
Chemistry
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTKameron Sedigh
Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLEStructural and Kinetic Analysis of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MenE, an acyl-CoA Synthetase of the Bacterial Menaquinone Biosynthesis Pathway as a Novel Antibacterial Target  FACULTY MENTORDr. Peter Tonge
Chemistry
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTAnu Sharma
Oak Hall School, Gainesville, FL
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLESustainable Green Production of Carboxycellulose Nanofibers   FACULTY MENTORDr. Benjamin ChuDr. Benjamin Hsiao,
Chemistry 
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTMatthew Sun
Thomas Jefferson HS for Science & Technology, Alexandria, VA
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLEHyperacute Temporal Resolution with a Neural Population for Biologically Plausible Firing Rate Change Detection  FACULTY MENTORDr. Il Memming Park
Neurobiology & Behavior
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTFangrui Tong
Ward Melville HS, E. Setauket, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLEA New Approach to Chemical Sensing Using Tunable Optical Properties of Unique Nanostructures of TiO2 Coated Morpho peleides Butterfly Scales  FACULTY MENTORDr. Alexander Orlov
Materials Science & Engineering

 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTZiheng Wang
St. Paul's School, Concord, NH
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLEHigh Throughput Drug Design by a Novel Grid-based Computational Method  FACULTY MENTORDr. Carlos Simmerling
Chemistry
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTDavid Yang
Academy for the Advancement of Science & Technology, NJ
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLERole of APOBEC3 in the Diversity and Evolution of Herpes Simplex Virus 1  FACULTY MENTORDr. Thomas MacCarthy
Applied Mathematics & Statistics
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTRachel Zhang
Parkway South HS, Manchester, MO
Intel finalist
 PROJECT TITLEStatistics of Intersections of Curves on Surfaces  FACULTY MENTORDr. Moira Chas
Mathematics
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTRichard Zhang
Redmond HS, Redmond, WA
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLEThe Effect of Asymmetrically Coated Nafion Membranes on the Performance and CO-poisoning Resistance of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells  FACULTY MENTORDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT   PROJECT TITLE   FACULTY MENTOR 

 

Intel STS 2015

 
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT  PROJECT TITLE  FACULTY MENTOR
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTAswin Bikkani
Westlake HS, Westlake, OH
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLERegulatory Interactions of Lipid Droplet Associating Perilipin Orthologs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae  FACULTY MENTORDr. Aaron Neiman
Biochemistry & Cell Biology
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTEmma Dong
Manhasset HS, Manhasset, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLE

Custom Multilayered Nanoparticles in Targeted Hyperthermia for Cancer Treatment Using
COMSOL Multiphysics Modeling and Near-Infrared Plasmonic Photothermal Therapy

 FACULTY MENTORDr. Ya Wang
Mechanical Engineering

 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTCharles Gulian
Ossining HS, Ossining, NY
Intel finalist
 PROJECT TITLEA Search for Tidally-Distorted White Dwarf Binaries in the Kepler Survey  FACULTY MENTORDr. Michal Simon
Physics & Astronomy
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTRobbin Jang
William Shine Great Neck S. HS, Great Neck, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLE

Synthesis and Observations of Novel Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase Inhibitors: Precursors to Bivalent Compounds

 FACULTY MENTORDr. Peter Tonge
Chemistry
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTJessica Ju
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, 
E. Setauket, NY
Intel semi-finalist 
 PROJECT TITLE

Using Python to Apply Phonological Rules for the Transcription of Korean

 FACULTY MENTORDr. Jiwon Yun
Linguistics
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTArjun Kapoor
The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLE

The Construction of Low Entropy Quasi-Optimal Interconnection Network Topologies

 FACULTY MENTORDr. Yuefan Deng
Applied Mathematics & Statistics
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTJessica Kim
Manhasset HS, Manhasset, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLE

Enhancing the Power Conversion Efficiency of Inverted Organic Photovoltaics with GoldFunctionalized
Reduced Graphene Oxide and Phase-Separated Polymer Morphology

 FACULTY MENTORDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTIen Li
Jericho HS, Jericho,NY
Intel finalist
 PROJECT TITLEStatistical Modeling of Major Depression: Bridging the Gap between Brain and Behavior  FACULTY MENTORDr. Christine DeLorenzo 
Psychiatry
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTZak Marcone
Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLE

The Influence of Anomalous Gauge Coupling on Diphoton Fusion Induced W-boson
Production in the Forward Direction at the Large Hadron Collider

 FACULTY MENTORDr. Michael Rijssenbeek
Physics & Astronomy
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTScott Massa
Commack HS, Commack,NY
Intel finalist
 PROJECT TITLEThe Importance of Endocytosis to Neuregulin1 Back Signaling: Implications in Neuropsychiatric and Neurodegenerative Disorders  FACULTY MENTORDr. David Talmage, Pharmacological Sciences; 
Dr. Lorna Role, Neurobiology
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSaranesh Prembabu
Dougherty Valley HS, CA
Intel finalist

 PROJECT TITLECoupled Electric and Magnetic Properties in Artificially-Layered Perovskite Thin Films  FACULTY MENTORDr. Matthew Dawber 
Physics & Astronomy
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTIlana Radinsky
Stella K Abraham HS for Girls, Hewlett Bay Park, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLE

Effects of Carbon Chain Length in Thiol-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles Coating a Nafion® Membrane on PEM Fuel Cell Efficiency

 FACULTY MENTORDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering

 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTVaishnavi Shrivastava
Mission San Jose HS, CA
Intel semi-finalist

 PROJECT TITLE

A Noninvasive Regenerative Stem Cell Treatment for Osteoporosis through an Injectable
Nanocomposite Orthopedic Implant and Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound Stimulation

 FACULTY MENTORDr. Yixian Qin 
Biomedical Engineering
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTEric Wang
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, 
E. Setauket, NY
Intel semi-finalist 
 PROJECT TITLE

A Novel Approach to Water Desalination: Reverse Osmosis by Fabrication of Graphene Oxide Membranes

 FACULTY MENTORDr. Benjamin Chu,  Dr. Benjamin Hsiao, &
Dr. Hongyang Ma, Chemistry
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTJi Whan (Kevin) Yoon 
Oxford Academy, Cypress, CA
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLE

Fabrication and Modification of Nanofibers with Superhydrophilic- Superhydrophobic
Surface for Membrane Distillation

 FACULTY MENTORDr. Benjamin ChuDr. Benjamin Hsiao, &
Dr. Hongyang Ma, Chemistry
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTGlenn Yu
Hunter College HS, NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLENaturalistic Painkillers: Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel Fatty Acid Binding Protein Inhibitors  FACULTY MENTORDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry 
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTGina Yuan 
Dougherty Valley HS, San Ramon, CA
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLEDesigning Tablets for Personalized Medicine  FACULTY MENTORDr. Dilip Gersappe
Materials Science & Engineering
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTVivian Zhong
Syosset HS, Syosset NY
Intel semi-finalist
 PROJECT TITLEDescribing Images: The Effect of Modern Communication on Personal Lexicon  FACULTY MENTORDr. Arthur Samuel
Psychology
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTJay Zussman
William Shine Great Neck S. HS, Great Neck, NY
Intel semi-finalist

 PROJECT TITLE

Zip1 C-terminal Phosphorylation Promotes Zip1-Sgs1 Interaction in Meiotic Cells

 FACULTY MENTORDr. Nancy Hollingsworth
Biochemistry & Cell Biology
 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT   PROJECT TITLE   FACULTY MENTOR 

 Intel STS 2014

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROJECT TITLES STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSCameron Akker
Redmond HS, Redmond, WA
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLES

Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene-Oxide Coated Nafion Membranes For Enhanced Performance in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPriya Alegesan 
Manhasset HS, Manhasset, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Defining Region-Specific Interactions of Members of the Leading Edge Protein Complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Aaron Neiman
Biochemistry & Cell Biology 
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBhavani Ananthabhotla 
Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY
Intel semi-finalist 
PROJECT TITLESThe Efficacy of Mechanical Stimulation to Improve Cortical Bone Quality in a Diet-Induced Obesity Model, as Determined by an Investigation of Mechanical, Areal and Material Property STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Clinton Rubin & Dr. Ete Chan, Biomedical Engineering 
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKathy Camenzind 
California HS, San Ramon, CA
Intel finalist
PROJECT TITLESQuantifying Trapping Forces in a Simplified Optical Tweezers Setup STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé & Dr. Marty Cohen, Laser Teaching Center-Physics & Astronomy 
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAustin Cao 
Homestead HS, Mequon, WI
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Evaluating the Developmental Toxicity and Genotoxicity of Oxygenated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Relative to Their Parent Compounds in Oryzias latipes

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Anne McElroy
Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, School of (SOMAS)
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Aaron Coraor 
Huntington HS, Huntington, NY
Intel finalist - 6th place
PROJECT TITLES

Pressure Dependent Azeotropic Melting Relations in the Mg2SiO4-Fe2SiO4-NaAlSi3O8-CaAl2Si2O8  System: A Critical Role in Lunar Highlands Formation?

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Donald Lindsley,
Geosciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSCatherine Feldman
Smithtown HS,  Smithtown,  NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESPhylogenetic and Dietary Signals in the Dentition and Mandible of Carnivora (Mammalia, Placentalia): A Geometric Morphometric Approach STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSMatthew Borths (Ph.D. Student) in research group of Dr. Erik Seiffert , Anatomical Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Evangeline Giannopoulos 
Great Neck South HS, 
Great Neck, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Identification of Novel Runt and Even-Skipped Transcriptional Co-factors in Drosophila  STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. J. Peter Gergen 
Biochemistry & Cell Biology 
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Anika Gupta 
The Harker School, San Jose , CA
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESNovel Drug Delivery Systems Targeting Cancer Stem Cells for Next-Generation Chemotherapy STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry 
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Luran He
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, 
E. Setauket, NY
Intel semi-finalist 
PROJECT TITLESEmergence of Chaos in a Scattering System  STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Philip Allen
Physics & Astronomy 
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Harrison Li
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, 
E. Setauket, NY
Intel semi-finalist 
PROJECT TITLES

Multidecadal Changes in the Frequency and Ambient Conditions of Warm Season Convective Storms over the Northeastern United States

 
STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Brian Colle
Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, School of (SOMAS)
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Michelle Moffa
Holy Spirit HS, Absecon, NJ
Intel semi-finalist 
PROJECT TITLES

 A Point-of-Use Water Filter for Developing Countries - Year III: Improving Effectiveness,
Practicality, and Sustainability of Arsenic-Removing Biosand Filters

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu & Dr. Benjamin Hsiao
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Dohee (Diane) Na
Jericho HS, Jericho, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESElucidation of Racial Disparity Between Caucasian and African American Prostate Cancer for the Development of Personalized Pharmacogenetics

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jennie Williams
Medicine
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Emily Pang
Dougherty Valley HS,
San Ramon, CA
Intel finalist

PROJECT TITLES

The Opposing Roles of Tumor Suppressive cC1qR and Oncoprotein gC1qR as Mechanisms for Inhibiting Cancer Pathogenesis

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Berhane Ghebrehiwet
Medicine
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Parth Shah
Chatham HS, Chatham, NJ
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLES

Underrepresentation of Cytidine Deaminase Hotspots Reveals Key Genes and Tropism
for Herpesviruses

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Tom MacCarthy
Applied Mathematics & Statistics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Sachit Singal 
Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY
Intel semi-finalist 
PROJECT TITLES

Chemical and Computational Biology Approach to Identifying the Binding Site of Novel Anti-Tubercular Agents Targeting Mtb-FtsZ

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Rahul Sridhar 
The Harker School, San Jose , CA
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Understanding the Effect of Hinge Mutations on Domain-swapping in Antiviral Lectin Cyanovirin-N

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. David Green
Applied Mathematics & Statistics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Yongpeng (Bill) Tang
Smithtown East HS, St. James, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESData Sonification of the Seismic Signature of Ocean Surf  STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. Henry Bokuniewicz
Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, School of (SOMAS)                               Timothy Vallier (PhD Student), Music

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Kent Ueno 
Earl Vandermeulen HS, Port Jefferson, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDesign and Synthesis of Tumor-Targeting Drug Conjugates for Imaging Study  STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry 
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Jessica Yamada 
The Winsor School, Boston, MA
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

For Want of an Arginine, the Termination Was Lost: Characterizing the Structure and
Function of the R169Q MTERF1 Variant

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miguel Garcia-Diaz
Pharmacological Sciences

 Intel STS 2013

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROJECT TITLES STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEliana Applebaum
Ma'ayanot Yeshiva HS for Girls, Teaneck, NJ
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

A New Approach to Cancer: The Effects of Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) Nanoparticles
on Human Cervical Adenocarcinoma (HeLa) Cell Membrane Mechanics

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPuja Bansal 
Half Hollow Hills HS East,
Dix Hills, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThree Dimensional Molecular Imprinting for the Detection of Viral Pathogens STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAndrew Chen
Dougherty Valley HS, San Ramon, CA
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Utilizing Novel Graphene Oxide Langmuir-Blodgett Film Catalysts to Enhance the Cost Efficiency of a PEM Fuel Cell

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAndrew Chen
Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Incorporation of Graphene into Organic Polymer Solar Cells via Chemical Functionalization with Metal Nanoparticles

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKevin Chen 
Mission San Jose HS, 
Fremont, CA
Intel finalist
PROJECT TITLESDevelopment of a Low-Cost Analyzer for Ferroelectric Characterization STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Matthew Dawber 
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDeriam Chirinos
John L. Miller Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThrowing Dice in QCD: Using Random Matrices to Study the QCD Hadron Spectrum STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jacobus Verbaarschot
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSWesley Cox
Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDesign of an Electromagnetic Energy Harvester for Wildlife Tracking STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Lei Zuo
Mechanical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSYonatan David
North Shore Hebrew Academy HS, Great Neck, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Exploration of the Chiral Magnetic Effect in Quark Gluon Plasma via Charge-Separation
Measurements

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Roy Lacey
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNicholas Fiacco
Manhasset HS, Manhasset, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Localization of Pkc1p with the Septins in Sporulating S. cerevisiae Is Dependent
on GIP1 Expression

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Aaron Neiman
Biochemistry & Cell Biology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJohn Gee
Calhoun HS, Port Lavaca, TX
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Developing an Automated Event Detection Algorithm for HIV-1 Protease’s Flap Backbone
Dihedral Change

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Carlos Simmerling
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNakul Gupta
Farmindale HS, Farmingdale, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Employing siRNA to Recruit KCNQ1 through microRNA Pathways: Implications
for Long QT Syndrome

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Peter Brink
Physiology & Biophysics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKavita Jain
Smithtown HS West,
Smithtown, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Demonstrating Relationships between the Morphology of the Trigeminal System and Feeding Performance in the American Alligator: A New Tool for Understanding Feeding Evolution

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Alan Turner & Dr. Paul Gignac
Anatomical Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSTammy Jin 
Half Hollow Hills HS East, 
Dix Hills, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESVariable M3-S2 Linker Tension Modulates N-Methyl D-Aspartate Receptor Activity in a Subunit Specific Manner STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Lonnie Wollmuth
Neurobiology & Behavior
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMinah Kim
Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESInhibition of the FabI Enoyl-ACP Reductase from Burkholderia pseudomallei STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Peter Tonge
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSArvind Kumar
Roslyn HS, Roslyn, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

A Model of Dropout Propensity Among Heterogeneous Adolescents: The Role of Resilience

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Debra Dwyer
Health Technology & Management
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBrendan Liu
Jericho HS, Jericho, NY
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLES

Polyvinylamine Grafted Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Membranes for Cr(VI) Adsorption

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu & Dr. Benjamin Hsiao
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJerry Liu
Los Altos HS, Los Altos, CA
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Modeling the Lithiation of Crystalline-Amorphous Silicon Nanowires using
the Lattice Boltzmann Method

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Dilip Gersappe
Material Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPrady Manepalli
Smithtown HS, Smithtown NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

An Effective Application of Graphene Oxide Nanoribbons as a Chemotherapeutic
Drug Delivery System

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Balaji Sitharaman
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPhoebe McAuliffe
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, 
E. Setauket, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Understanding the Connection between Metabolism and the HPG Axis by Linking Kisspeptin and Akt and Mapping p110g in Female Mouse Brains

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Maricedes Acosta-Martinez
Physiology & Biophysics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRebecca Monastero
Sayville HS, W. Sayville, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESInteractions of Mercury and Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Avid Seafood Consumers STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jaymie Meliker
Graduate Program in Public Health
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKenan Mutlu
Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

The effects of Shifting the Subject of Suspense during Cognitive Appraisal in Relation to Suggestibility and Cued Recall Capacity

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Nancy Franklin
Psychology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlexander Nie
Livingston HS, Livingston, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Gelatin Hydrogels as a Cellular Scaffold: The Effect of Glucose on Gel Structure
and Fibroblast Behavior

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Material Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGrace Pan
Dougherty Valley HS, San Ramon, CA
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESInvestigating Effects of Ferroelectricity on Current Properties in Electron Tunneling Junctions STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Matthew Dawber 
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBenjamin Pleat
Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Novel Approach to Locating Geothermal Systems in Relation to Geodetic Crustal Deformation and Strain Rate Tensors STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. William Holt 
Geosciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJames Shamul
Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS, 
Plainview, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Search for Novel MicroRNAs Triggering Liver Cancer Development STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Valentina Schmidt
Medicine

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAvigael Sosnowik
Stella K. Abraham HS for Girls, Hewlett Bay Park, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

The Coactivation of Positive and Negative Feelings: Film Genres’ Effects on Adolescent
Emotions

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Material Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNicholas Spiezio
Smithtown HS East, St. James,  NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESCellular Delivery of Gene-Silencing Products STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Peter Brink
Physiology & Biophysics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMayuri Sridhar
Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY
Intel finalist
PROJECT TITLESComputational Analysis of the DNA-Binding Mechanism of the p53 Tumor Suppressor and its Inactivation through the R249S Mutation STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Carlos Simmerling
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRaghav Tripathi
Westview HS, Portland, OR
Intel finalist
PROJECT TITLESDesign and Synthesis of Novel Fatty Acid Binding Protein Inhibitors for Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Effects through Increases in Endogenous Anandamide Concentrations STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlexandra Tse
Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Grit vs. IQ: Assessing the Relative Impacts of Effort & Intelligence in Academic Success
Among “Tweens”

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJacob Wax
Harborfields HS, Greenlawn, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESInvestigating the Sensitivity and Specificity of the Potentiometric Biosensor Mechanism 
through Bacteria and Bacterial Spore Cross Testing
STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJared Weiss
Syosset HS, Syosset, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAutomatic Annotation of Large Image Datasets via Human Gaze STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Dimitris Samaras
Computer Science
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichael Zhang
Smithtown HS East, St. James,  NY
Intel finalist
PROJECT TITLESRole-Inducted Perspective Visual Behavior during Scene Free-Viewing STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Gregory Zelinsky
Psychology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGloria Zheng
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, 
E. Setauket, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES The Potentiation of Human Glycine Receptor Channels in HEK-293 Cells by Sevoflurane STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Dilger
Anesthesiology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJulia Zhuang
John L. Miller Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Analysis of Cascadia Episodic Tremor and Slip Events using Time-Dependent Displacement
and Strain Fields Derived from GPS Data

 
STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. William Holt 
Geosciences

 Intel STS 2012

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROJECT TITLES STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEmily Bai 
William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, 
Great Neck, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDesign and Synthesis of a Novel Diphenyl Ether Targeting InhA from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis to Aid Future Drug Discovery STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Peter Tonge
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSean Ballinger 
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESEnhancing a Hydrogen PEM Fuel Cell Stack with Gold-Dodecanethiolate Core-Shell Nanoparticles STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAsia Brown 
Sanford Calhoun HS, Merrick, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAnalysis of Altered Gene Expression in Human Colon Cancer Cells Exposed to the Methylation Inhibitor 5-aza-2’deoxycytidine STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Ellen Li
Medicine
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSarah Chapin 
Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESComputer-Aided Drug Discovery: Structure-Based Design and Evaluation of Small Molecule Botulinum Neurotoxin Inhibitors STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJuliana Coraor 
Huntington HS, Huntington, NY 
Intel finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Impact of Compressive Misfit Strain on Improper Ferroelectricity in Lead Titanate/Strontium Titanate Superlattices STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Matthew Dawber 
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRachel Davis 
Smithtown HS East, St. James, NY
Intel finalist
PROJECT TITLESEngineering Biodegradable Flame Retardant Polymers STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSamantha Garvey 
Brentwood HS, Brentwood, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Effects of the Physical Environment and Predators on Phenotypic Plasticity in Geukensia demissa STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Dianna Padilla
Ecology & Evolution
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHannah Kenagy 
Half Hollow Hills HS East, 
Dix Hills, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESUnderstanding the Pathogenesis of Acid-Resistant E. coli: Computational Modeling of pH-Dependent Conformational Changes in GadB STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Carlos Simmerling
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSavina Kim 
Commack HS, Commack, NY
Intel finalist
PROJECT TITLESCognitive Deficits in Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Schizophrenia Model Associated with Neuronal Alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Localization STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. David Talmage, Pharmacological Sciences 
Dr. Lorna Role, Neurobiology & Behavior 
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSClaire Leibowicz
John L. Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Neuropsychology of Social Instincts: A Behavioral and Information-Theoretic Analysis of the Cues Involved in Trustworthiness Evaluations STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Lilianne Mujica-Parodi
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRyan Lindeborg 
Dana Hills HS, Dana Point, CA 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Effects of Surface Modification of PMMA Scaffolds through Plasma Etching andDifferent Media on the Proliferation and Migration of Fibroblasts STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNeil Mehta 
Jericho HS, Jericho, NY 
Intel finalist
PROJECT TITLESCo-Restoration of Type III Nrg1 Back Signaling through Depolarization: Implications for Schizophrenia STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. David Talmage, Pharmacological Sciences 
Dr. Lorna Role, Neurobiology & Behavior
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRocco Morra 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, 
E. Setauket, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDevelopment of a Novel Human Serum Albumin Nanoparticle Formulation for DHA-SB-T-1214 STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJin Pan
Henry Gunn Sr. HS, Palo Alto, CA
Intel finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Novel Protein Translation Kinetics Model Supports the Ribosomal Pause Theory STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Bruce Futcher
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEric Parigoris
Kings Park HS, Kings Park , NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESLow-Intensity Vibration as a Potential Treatment for Wound Healing through Modulation of the Inflammatory Response and the Differentiation of Macrophage Progenitor Cells Under the Challenge of a Bacterial Endotoxin STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Clinton Rubin
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSApril Pun 
Jericho HS, Jericho, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDNA Repair Mechanisms: Investigations of BER in Differentiated CAD Cells STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Bruce Demple 
Pharmacological Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSagar Rambhia 
Jericho HS, Jericho, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESRupture Risk Assessment of Cardiovascular Pathologies: Patient-Based Fluid-Structure
Interaction Simulation Study
STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Danny Bluestein
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKunal Sangani 
Fayetteville-Manlius HS, Manlius, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESModeling and Environmental Analysis of Hydraulic Fracturing in Upstate New York STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSArjan Saraon 
Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Effect of Social Media on Grassroots Movements: Analysis on the Usage of Twitter STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Michael Schwartz
Sociology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAnna Sato 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, 
E. Setauket, NY
Intel finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Novel Adsorptive Filtration Approach for the Removal of Radioactive Isotopes of Iodine and Cesium from Water STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu & Dr. Benjamin Hsiao
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEvan Schneider 
Roslyn HS, Roslyn Heights, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESTargeted Delivery of Toxic Nanoparticles: A Novel Innovation for Cancer Treatment STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSShubha Sekar 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, 
E. Setauket, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESOn the Usability and Security of Graphical Password Schemes STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Rob Johnson
Computer Science
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Nithin Tumma
Port Huron N. HS, Port Huron, MI
Intel finalist - 1st PLACE 

PROJECT TITLESElucidating Pathways in Cancer Pathogenesis: Establishment of Interaction Between TGF-b/Ras Pathways and Identification of gC1qR as an Oncoprotein STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Berhane Ghebrehiwet
Medicine
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSShannon Wetzler 
Kings Park HS, Kings Park , NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESNovel Determination of the Stopping Power and Other Characteristics of the Quark Gluon Plasma Based on Several Jet Modification Measurements STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Roy Lacey
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSusan Wu 
John L. Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESReactive Transport Model of Anthropogenic Carbon Sequestration STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. William Holt 
Geosciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJesse Xing
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, 
E. Setauket, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSynthesis of Diblock Copolymers PEG-PLA for Drug Delivery STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu , Dr. Benjamin Hsiao & Dr. Robert Grubbs 
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGarima Yadav 
Sachem HS North, Lake Ronkonkoma , NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDiscovery of Novel Benzimidazole-based Antibacterial Agents Targeting FtsZ for Potential Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJeong Yun Yang 
John L. Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESCytotoxicity of Graphene Oxide Nanoribbons on Human Breast Cancer Cells STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Balaji Sitharaman
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Alissa Zhang 
Saratoga HS, Saratoga , CA 
Intel finalist - 9th place 

PROJECT TITLESMolecular Fingerprinting of Glucose with Raman and SERS for Noninvasive Diabetes Monitoring STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJack Zhou
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, 
E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESMultiplexed Molecular Imaging of Esophageal Cancer Using Molecularly Targeted SERS Nanoparticles and a Novel Endoscopic Probe STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jonathan Liu
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS  PROJECT TITLES  STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS 

 Intel STS 2011

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROJECT TITLES STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNathan Akhavan 
Rambam Mesivta, Lawrence, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESEnhancing Organic Polymer Solar Cell Efficiency through the Incorporation of Graphene and Graphene Oxide STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSIshwarya Ananthabhotla
Kings Park HS, Kings Park , NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Robotic Assistant for the Visually Impaired (RAVI): A Novel Autonomous System Employing Digital Image Tracking and Sonar Range Detection STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yu Zhou
Mechanical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNorman Cao
Brentwood HS, Brentwood , NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESProbabilistic Path Planning in Cooperative Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Chasing STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yu Zhou
Mechanical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJulie Chang
Herricks HS, New Hyde Park , NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESUltrasound Characterization of Progressive Bone Loss Using Quantitative Acoustic Imaging, Micro-CT, and Mechanical Testing STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yixian QinDr. Wei LinDr. Jiqi Cheng 
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKevin Chen 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, 
E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Pair-Rule Response Element for Wingless in the Drosophila Embryo STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. J. Peter Gergen 
Biochemistry & Cell Biology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHarry Chiang 
John L. Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESNew Determination of the Transport and Thermodynamic Coefficients of the Quark Gluon Plasma STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Roy Lacey
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJoshua Cohen 
John F. Kennedy HS, Bellmore, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAtmospheric Properties of Biogenic Aerosols Produced by Mangroves STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Josephine Aller
Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, School of
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKendra Cornejo
Brentwood HS, Brentwood, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESRevisiting Centaurea Phylogenetics with the Utilization of ITS Primers to Resolve the Phylogeny of C. nigrescens in the Jacea Clade STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSRebeca Grella (PhD. student) -Gurevitch lab, Ecology & Evolution
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNevin Daniel 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, 
E. Setauket, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESNovel Asymmetric Trojan Horse PAMAM Dendrimer Conjugates as Model Systems for Optimal Anticancer Taxoid Drug Delivery STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Goldman 
Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS, 
Plainview, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Novel Framework for Quasi-Dynamic Task Scheduling on Parallel Computers STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yuefan Deng
Applied Mathematics & Statistics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDianna Hu 
Half Hollow Hills HS East, 
Dix Hills, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESComputational Analysis of Specific Missense Mutations in the SMN Tudor Domain STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Carlos Simmerling
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJohn Kelly 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Possible Indication of Local Strong Parity Violation via Charge Asymmetry Measurements STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Roy Lacey
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAbraham Killanin 
Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESPlatinum and Gold Nanoparticles’ Permeability and Effects on Dental Pulp Stem Cell Growth
and Differentiation
STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJessica Lee 
York HS, Yorktown, VA 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Effect of Amyloid Beta on Protein SUMOylation in Murine Astrocytes STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Holly Colognato
Pharmacological Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBonnie Lei 
Walnut High School, Walnut, CA 
Intel finalist
PROJECT TITLESCryptic Species and Synonyms: A Reclassification of the Spurilla Genus Based on Morphological and Molecular Phylogeography STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Liliana Davalos 
Ecology & Evolution
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAditi Malhotra
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, 
E. Setauket, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESGender-Specific Impact of Body Mass Index on Left Atrial Size and the Presence
of Atrial Fibrillation
STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Luis Gruberg & Dr. Smadar Kort 
Medicine / Cardiology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBrian Miranda 
William A. Shine Great Neck South, Great Neck, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESMolecular Dynamics Simulations Suggest a Structural Basis for the Slow-onset Inhibition of KasA by Thiolactomycin and Provide insights for TB Drug Discovery STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Carlos Simmerling
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Nachman 
North Shore Hebrew Academy HS, 
Great Neck, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESGreen Micropatterning: Stamping Candida antarctica Lipase-B onto Poly(-caprolactone) STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHannarae Annie Nam 
Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESCreating a Robust Optical Vortex Beam with a Single Cylinder Lens STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John NoéDr. Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSWendi Oppenheim 
Pine Crest, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESOut of Sight, Out of Mind: The Effects of Dispersants and Their Surfactants on Cyprinodon variegatus Embryos STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Bruce Brownawell
Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, School of (SOMAS) 
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSarah Pak
Roslyn HS, Roslyn Heights, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESTo Log or Not to Log: The Effect of Mandatory Reading on Children’s Intrinsic Motivation to Read STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Christian Luhmann 
Psychology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNeil Pathak 
Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESPolyfunctionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Multimodal Tumor-Targeted Therapy
and Biological Imaging
STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSArpon Raksit 
Commack HS, Commack, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESModelling Heat Transport in Multiphase Materials STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich and Dr. Dilip Gersappe 
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBrian Ralph 
Smithtown HS West, Smithtown, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Evolution of Body Mass in Basal Dinosauria STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Alan Turner 
Anatomical Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAaron Rosenthal 
Smithtown HS West, Smithtown , NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAn Eigenshape Analysis of Snake Vertebral Morphology and Its Correlation with Habitat STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSJacob McCartney (Ph.D. student)-Kley lab 
Anatomical Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSIlana Scandariato 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESChildren’s Attachment Narratives: A Window into Secure Base Scripts in Middle Childhood STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Harriet Waters
Psychology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKaran Sikka 
Syosset HS, Syosset, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Temperature Controlled Investigation of Gold and Palladium Nanoparticle Catalysis for the Performance Enhancement of a PEM Fuel Cell STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSarah Toledano 
North Shore Hebrew Academy HS, Great Neck, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESStrychnine Distinguishes between Two Populations of Homomeric Glycine Receptors Expressed in HEK cells STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Dilger
Anesthesiology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSharon Varghese 
Brentwood HS, Brentwood, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAssessing Population Variation of the Introduced Plant Species Centaurea nigrescens (Tyrol Knapweed) in Eastern North America, Using cpDNA trnT(UGA), trnL(UAA), and trnF(GAA) Genes STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSRebeca Grella (PhD. student) -Gurevitch lab , Ecology & Evolution
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSStephanie Wang 
Monta Vista HS, Cupertino, CA 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESEffect of Trabecular Bone Orientation on Quantitative Ultrasound and Fracture Risk Prediction STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yixian QinDr. Wei LinDr. Jiqi Cheng 
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPamela Wax 
Harborfields HS, Greenlawn, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESExploring the Dose-Dependent Activity of the Drosophila Fushi-tarazu (Ftz) Homeodomain Protein STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. J. Peter Gergen 
Biochemistry & Cell Biology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJenny Wu
Sanford Calhoun HS, Merrick, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSynthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Potential Synergism of Taxoid SB-T-1214 and Topotecan in Tumor-Targeting Drug Conjugates Bearing Dual-Warheads STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry

 Intel STS 2010

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROJECT TITLES STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKayla Applelbaum 
Ma'ayonot Yeshiva HS for Girls, Teaneck, NJ 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Protective Effects of a Multicomponent Polymer Coated Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) on Human Adiocytes and Lambda DNA in the Presence of Ultraviolet (UVA/UVB) Radiation STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDylan Assael 
Syosset HS, Syosset, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAn Unexpected Role for Picocyanobacteria in the Marine Silicon Cycle STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Stephen Baines
Ecology & Evolution
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDeborah Boktor 
Bay Shore HS, Bay Shore, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESElectrospinning PVA: The Effects of Solution Conditions and Voltage on the Morphology and Fiber Diameter STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu & Dr. Benjamin Hsiao
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSYuval Calev 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel finalist
PROJECT TITLESLanguage Perception, Production, and Memory: A Comparison of Older and Younger Adults STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Arthur Samuel
Psychology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJason Chaves 
Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESInaccuracies in the Single Nucleus Approximation Due to the Presence of Light Nuclei STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Lattimer 
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSStephanie Chiang 
John L. Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESCharacterization of Aerosolized Particles during a Cyanobacterial Bloom in Lake Agawam, NY: Implications for Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) Formation STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Josephine Aller
Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, School of
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEverett Coraor 
Huntington HS, Huntington , NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESExperimental Insights into Evolved Magmas on Olympus Mons, Mars STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Hanna Nekvasil & Dr. Donald Lindsley
Geosciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSConor Diviney 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Synthesis of Compounds as Inhibitors of the Menaquinone Biosynthetic Pathway in Mycobacterium tuberculosis STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Peter Tonge
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJohn Dodaro 
Smithtown HS East, Smithtown, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSearch and Identification of Cosmic Rays in Radar Echo STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Helio Takai
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSCarly Emmer 
Half Hollow Hills HS East, 
Dix Hills, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESTime Series Study of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds in Sewage Sludge during Peak H1N1 Media Coverage at Various Treatment Facilities with Alternative Sewage Pressing Methods STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Bruce Brownawell
Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, School of (SOMAS)
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSReena Glaser 
Smithtown HS West, Smithtown, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESUtilizing Cell-Surface Interactions for Adipose-derived Stem Cell Biomineralization STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Marcia Simon
Dental School
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRuoyi Jiang 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel finalist
PROJECT TITLESTargeting Loop Dynamics in βI/βIII Isotype Tubulin: The Application of in silico Techniques in Combating Chemotherapy Drug Resistance STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Carlos Simmerling
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPragya Kakani 
Jericho HS, Jericho, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Novel Use of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) to Observe Apoptosis in Oligodendrocytes STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Joel Levine
Neurobiology & Behavior
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJenny Kang 
Belmont HS, Belmont, MA 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESIdentification and Analysis of a Novel Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Antigen-4 Binding Partner in T-cells STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yixian Qin and Dr. Wei Lin
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDaniel Katz 
John L. Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESUsing the Transport Coefficient to Probe the Coupling of the Quark Gluon Plasma Produced in Au + Au Collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Roy Lacey
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBrian Kelly 
Oceanside HS, Oceanside, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAn Evaluation of the Toxicity and Binding Affinity of Curcumin and Curcumin Sulfate on Cancer Cell Lines STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Wolfgang Quitschke
Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSahil Khetpal (Plano)
Texas Academy of Math and Science , Denton, TX 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESPolyfunctionalized Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes as a Versatile Platform for Cancer Detection and Tumor-Targeted Dual Therapy STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSErica Lai 
Holmdel HS, Holmdel, NJ)
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDensity and Size Effects in Liquid Water: The Formation of Nanobubbles, Source of Water Anomalies STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Marivi Fernandez-Serra
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAndrew Li 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAn Estimate of the Viscosity of the Quark-Gluon Plasma via Anisotropic Flow Measured in Au + Au Collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Roy Lacey
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBrandon Li
Jericho HS, Jericho, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESPore Size Reduction of Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) Scaffolds for High Performance Microfiltration STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu & Dr. Benjamin Hsiao
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJason Littman 
Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS, 
Plainview, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Development of siRNA Delivery Systems for Oncogene Suppression in Human Cancers STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. Valentina Schmidt
Medicine

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPaul Masih Das 
Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst, NY 
Intel finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Novel Chemical Synthesis for >1 μm2 Graphene Sheets STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGeorgios Mourdoukoutas
Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS, Plainview, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAnesthetic Action of Isoflurane on Human Glycine Receptor Channels STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Dilger
Anesthesiology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNeil Muir 
Uniondale HS, Uniondale, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESEngineering Non Halogen Based Biodegradable Flame Retardants STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPooja Mysore
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESEffects of Algorithmically Derived Calcitonin Receptor Peptide on the Formation of Bone Matrix STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Srinivas Pentyala
Anesthesiology, Physiology & Biophysics, Urology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJoshua Pfeffer
North Shore Hebrew Academy HS, 
Great Neck, NY
Intel finalist
PROJECT TITLESSuper Kähler-Ricci Flow STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Martin Rocek
Physics & Astronomy
C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRashmi Rao 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESPattern Classification of fMRI Data for Understanding Brain Activity in Drug Users STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Dimitris Samaras, Computer Science &
Dr. Rita Goldstein, BNL
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlyssa Reimer 
Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS, 
Plainview, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDesign and Synthesis of 11C-Labeled Tumor-Targeting Modules and a Taxoid-Based Drug Conjugate Containing Dual Tumor-Targeting Modules STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlexander Spangher 
Smithtown HS East, St. James, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESGold Nanoparticle Catalysis of CO- in PEM Fuel Cell STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSCharles Starr
William A. Shine Great Neck South, Great Neck, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Effect of N-Terminal Mutations on Rad54 Function STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Nancy Hollingsworth
Biochemistry & Cell Biology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSolomon Swartz 
North Shore Hewbrew Academy HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDevelopment of a Novel Thermoresponsive Hydrogel for Post-Lumpectomy Breast Reconstruction STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu & Dr. Benjamin Hsiao
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlexis Tchaconas
Commack HS, Commack, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Genetic Investigation of Autism: The Role of Type III Neuregulin-1/ErbB4 Signaling and Contactin4 Expression in Neurodevelopment STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Lorna Role, Neurobiology & Behavior 
Dr. David Talmage, Pharmacological Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNimali Weerasooriva 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESInhibition of Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Towards a Novel Tuberculosis Chemotherapeutic STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Peter Tonge
Chemistry

 Intel STS 2009

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROJECT TITLES STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPatrick Abejar
Smithtown HS West, Smithtown, NY 
Intel finalist

PROJECT TITLESUtilizing Boron Isotopic Secular Variation as a Proxy to Assess Climate Change STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. E. Troy Rasbury
Geosciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSWenting Cao 
Mission San Jose HS, Fremont, CA 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESOptimization of Methane Hydrate Formation and Stability: Unlocking an Abundant Source of Alternative Energy via Organic Matter within Seawater STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRe-I Chin 
Walter Johnson HS, Bethesda, MD 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSynthesis of Precursor to [11C]-labeled DHA-Taxoid for Studies of Drug Pharmacokinetics and Evaluations of DHA as a Tumor-Targeting Moiety STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMitchell Feinberg 
Smithtown HS East, St.  James, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESRescuing Electrical Function in the Diseased Heart: A Gene Therapy Approach to Sodium Ion Channel Optimization STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Emilia Entcheva 
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSTalia Fox 
Ossining HS, Ossining, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAssessing the Accuracy of an Analytical Method to Determine the Shape of Rotating Neutron Stars STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Lattimer 
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDavid Gittin 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDifferential Requirements for Human CBFβ Homologues Bro and Bgb in Drosophila Development STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. J. Peter Gergen 
Biochemistry & Cell Biology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEvan Goldaper 
Kings Park HS, Kings Park , NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESUnderstanding Cyclone Predictability Over the Data Sparse Pacific through an Examination of Temporal and Flow Patterns STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Brian Colle
Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichael Gurevich 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe General Anesthetic Propofol Prolongs Deactivation and Blocks Peak Current of Human Alpha1 Glycine Receptors STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Dilger
Anesthesiology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRobert Kaminski 
Kings Park HS, Kings Park , NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAnalysis of Lithospheric Deformation in the Western United States Using Localized Velocities, Strain, Dilatation and Shear Rates STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. William Holt 
Geosciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJason Karelis 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESMechanistic Studies of MenD, A Novel Drug Target for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Peter Tonge 
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEsther Lee 
Jericho HS, Jericho, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSustained Release of Lidocaine via Thermoresponsive Hydrogel STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu & Dr. Benjamin Hsiao
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSari Levy 
John L. Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESInvestigating Confocal Ultrasound Stimulation as an Osteogenic Stimulus: A Novel Physical Modality
for Accelerating Fracture Healing and Bone Regeneration
STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yixian Qin & Dr. Wei Lin
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAmy Lin 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESEffect of Body Mass Index on Early Outcomes in Female Patients Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Luis Gruberg
Cardiology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGlen Meyerowitz 
Northport HS, Northport, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESUncovering Elusive Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays: Development of a Method to Detect Cosmic Rays STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Helio Takai
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJie Min 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESMetabolic Change and FAS Expression During Adipocyte Differentiation in 3T3-L1 Cells STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Irwin Kurland & Dr. Gustavo Palacios, 
Medicine / Endocrinology Div.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNityan Nair 
Hastings HS, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDiffraction with a Twist: Forming Optical Vortices Using Spiral Zone Plates STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé
Physics & Astronomy/Laser Teaching Center
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNaureen Osman 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESEffect of Cognitive Load and Depressive Symptoms on Heart Rate Variability STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Greg Hajcak 
Psychology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSTaejoong Park 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESModeling of a Spark Ignition Direct Gasoline Injection Engine with T2C and Direct Water/Methanol Injection STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Lin-Shu Wang 
Mechanical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNeil Patel 
Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Mechanical Enhancement of Electrospun Fibers with Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPreya Shah 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel finalist - 8th place 

PROJECT TITLESCombating Cancer: Design and Synthesis of Dual-Warhead Tumor-Targeting Drug Conjugates STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSChristine Shrock 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel finalist

PROJECT TITLESEffects of Lid Dynamics on the Binding of MDM2 to the Tumor Suppressor Protein p53: Implications for Cancer Therapeutics STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Carlos Simmerling
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAleksandr Sinelnikov 
Earl L. Vandermeulen HS, Port Jefferson, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESTesting Plastic Packages with Mid-IR Emitters for Presence of Food Bubbles in the Seal Area STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Dmitri Donetski 
Electrical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJordan Urbach 
Roslyn HS, Roslyn Heights, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Effect of Extracellular Signaling Molecules on Oligodendrocytes: Differentiation, Morphology, Proliferation and Survival STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Holly Colognato
Pharmacological Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSYuanchi (Victor) Zhao 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESImplementing Thermal Feedback Control of a Helium-Neon Laser for Frequency Stabilization STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé
Physics & Astronomy/Laser Teaching Center
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKatherine Zhu
Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS, Plainview, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESElectrospun PLLA-PEG Multiblock Copolymer for Anti-Adhesion STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu & Dr. Benjamin Hsiao
Chemistry

 Intel STS 2008

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROJECT TITLES STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMatthew Alpert 
Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESElectron Transport through Self-Assembled Gold Alkanethiol Monolayers: The Observation of
Coulomb Blockade at Room Temperature
STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSteven Anderson 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESVoice Separation: A Practical Solution to the Cocktail Party Problem STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Marco Martens
Mathematics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSElie Bochner
Yeshiva University HS for Boys, New York, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESImproving the Feasibility of Avalanche Gain X-Ray Detectors STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAshok Chandran 
Smithtown HS East, St. James, NY 
Intel finalist

PROJECT TITLESThe Distinctive Molecular Signature of Nicotine in Breast Cancer Cells STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Marian Evinger 
Pediatrics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEric Cooper 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSolvation Energetics of Electron Transfer Reactions in Face-to-Face Porphyrin-Quionone Dyads STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Fernando Raineri 
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSIsaac Degani 
Wellington C. Mepham HS, Bellmore, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Discrimination of Radio Signals Reflected by Atmospheric Ionization and Airborne Bodies STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Helio Takai 
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPatryk Marek Dziudziel 
Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDetermination of the Spatial and Temporal Extent of High Energy Density Nuclear Matter Produced
in Relativistic Au+Au Collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Roy Lacey
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMary Freiss 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESPath Analysis of Brain Addiction Network STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Wei Zhu
Applied Mathematics & Statistics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichael Gartner 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESObservation of a Sonic Boom in the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) Formed in Au+Au Collisions
at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. Roy Lacey
Chemistry

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHerman Gudjonson 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel finalist

PROJECT TITLESReduced Taste in Drosophila melanogaster Mutated for an Obesity Syndrome Protein STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. Maurice Kernan
Neurobiology & Behavior

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJin Guo 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSirolimus Blunts CD40/CD154 Mediated IL-8 and MCP-1 Stimulation and ICAM-1 Production
via the SAPK/JNK MAPK, NF-κB and p70 S6 Kinase Signaling Pathways in Human Proximal Tubule Cells
STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Hongye Li & Dr. Edward P. Nord 
Nephrology Div., Medicine
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRobert Hackett 
Sanford Calhoun HS, Merrick, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESTumor-Targeting SWNT-based Drug Conjugate with Double Warheads STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBowei (Sharon) Ji 
Jericho HS, New Hyde Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESHigh Flux Filtration Medium Based on Nanofibrous Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Substrate with UV-Curing STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu & Dr. Wei, 
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSChun-Kai (Kenny) Kao 
George Schoolk Newtown, PA 
Intel finalist

PROJECT TITLESNanoparticle Enhancement of PEM Fuel Cell Power Output STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSYang Li 
Ward Melville HS, *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESEnhancement of Winter Mid-latitude Precipitation over North America by Upper Level Waves
Propagating from the Pacific Ocean
STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Edmund Chang 
Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKrista Mar 
Ward Melville HS, *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSynthesis of a Molecular Nanostructure for Applications in Single-Electronics STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Andreas Mayr 
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMili Mehta 
The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Longitudinal Study Identifying and Tracking Depression in an Urban Dialysis Population STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSElizabeth Min 
Stuyvesant HS, New York, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSynthesis of a Slow, Tight-Binding Inhibitor of InhA in Mycobacterium tuberculosis STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Peter Tonge 
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHillary Moss 
Ward Melville HS, *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESHemophilia B and Glycosylation Sites on Human Clotting Factor IX: How Do Mutations
on Factor IX Interact with the Body and Affect Glycosylation?
STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Robert Haltiwanger
Biochemistry & Cell Biology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlexander Penn 
Monta Vista HS, Cupertino, CA 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAdvancement of Printed Circuit Boards: Manipulating Metal Adhesion of Masked Polymer Thin
Films through Exposure to Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAnne Polyakov 
Ward Melville HS, *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSQIF Setup for Measurement of Extremely Low Absolute Magnetic Field STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Vasili Semenov 
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRadha Ramjeawan 
Uniondale HS, Uniondale, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESNanomedicine: Utilizing Nanofibers and Nanoparticles to Enhance Transplant Techniques and Cancer Therapy STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKalyan Ray-Mazumder 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDo Perceptual Learning and Selective Adaptation Occur without Conscious Awareness? STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Arthur Samuel
Psychology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDavid Rosengarten
John L. Miller -Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel finalist - 6th place 

PROJECT TITLESRotation Curves in Five Dimensions STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Martin Rocek 
Physics & Astronomy; 
C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHamsa Sridhar
Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY 
Intel finalist

PROJECT TITLESA Novel Astigmatic Laser Mode Converter for Optical Vortex Tweezers STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé & Dr. Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRyan Terbush 
Smithtown West HS, Smithtown, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESOptimizing Carbohydrate Recognition by Cyanovirin-N through Computational Methods STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. David Green
Applied Mathematics & Statistics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPooja Vasudevan 
The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESOptimizing Cell Behavior Through Engineered Polymer Substrates STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDana Zhu 
Half Hollow Hills HS West, Dix Hills, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESProtein Identification and Quantification via Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Novel Techniques STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Wei Zhu
Applied Mathematics & Statistics

 Intel STS 2007

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROJECT TITLES STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSZeynep Basaran
Smithtown HS West, St. James, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESMechanistic Studies on Internalization and Drug Release of DHA-Taxoid Conjugates STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichael Ding
Glen Cove HS, Glen Cove, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDNA Electrophoresis on Nanoporous Polyethersulfone Membrane Surfaces STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jonathan Sokolov 
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSCrystalee Forbes
Uniondale HS, Uniondale, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESCell Growth, Cytoskeletal Structure and Protein Expression in the Presence of Cloisite NA+ STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKristin Hall
Smithtown HS East, St. James, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESInducing Stem Cell Differentiation and Detecting Cancer at the Single Cell Level Using Biomechanics STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSZachary Hollander 
Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESGenetic and Environmental Causes of Variation in Size and Growth Form in Dwarf and Normal Stature Pitch Pines, Pinus rigida, in Controlled and Field Experiments STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jessica Gurevitch 
Ecology & Evolution
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSVictoria Hung
Smithtown HS West, Smithtown, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Novel Mathematical Model of Single and en masse Fibroblast Migration on Hydrogels STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Engineering; & 
Dr. Richard Clark, Biomedical Engineering, Dermatology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDaniel Katz 
Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns & Rockaway, Cedarhurst, NY 
Intel finalist

PROJECT TITLESPlatinum Nanoparticles: From Hydrogen Storage to Cancer Treatment STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRebecca Kaufman
Croton-Harmon HS, Croton-on Hudson, NY 
Intel finalist - 5th place

PROJECT TITLESAndrogen Modulation of Cognitive Functions Relevant to Schizophrenia in Rats STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Mary Kritzer 
Neurobiology & Behavior
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSarah Kirsch 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESGender Differences in Hypersensitivity Behavior in a Rat Model of Autism STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Patricia Whitaker-Azmitia
Psychology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEsther Kwak 
Jericho HS, Jericho, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAlginate Microspheres Combined with Pluronic Copolymers for a Controlled and Targeted Release of Lidocaine STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu & Dr. Benjamin Hsiao
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBenjamin Leibowicz 
Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Tolman VII Solution and the Upper Limit to the Central Density of a Neutron Star STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Lattimer
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEmily Levine 
Stella K. Abraham HS for Girls, Hewlett Bay Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESOptimizing Recycled Polymer Blends Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHillary Lin 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSex Differences in Brain Activation During the Viewing of Facial Affect STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Turhan Canli
Psychology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSTina Liu 
Ossining HS, Ossining, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Impact of Vision-related Behavioral Factors on Myopia Development Within Each Level of Parental Myopia STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Leslie Hyman
Preventive Medicine
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSamantha Palmaccio
Sachem HS East, Farmingville, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESLongitudinal Evaluation of in vitro Osteoblast Biomineralization and Differentiation Using Alkaline Phosphatase Quantification and Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Nadine Pernodet, Dr. Yizhi Meng
Dr. Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRachel Stephan 
Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDevelopment of a Novel Method of Eliminating Polychlorinated Biphenyls from the Environment STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Srinivas Pentyala, Anesthesiology, Physiology & Biophysics, Urology ; &
Dr. Mario Rebecchi, Anesthesiology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJason Strauss
North Shore Hebrew Academy HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESPolymer Confinement in 3D: Impact on Nanolithography STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNandini Venkateswaran 
Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSynthesis of Cupric Oxide (CuO) Nanostructures for Gas Sensing and Catalysis Applications STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Perena Gouma
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSVictor Wang 
Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSeeing the Phase of Light: An Experimental Investigation of Doughnut-shaped Laser Beams Produced by a Few-Mode Optical Fiber STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé & Dr. Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDebbie Yee 
Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESUsing Thiol-functionalized Metallic Nanoparticles to Increase the Efficiency of the Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRui Hui (Rachel) Yu
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDevelopment of Molecular Single-Electron Device Components: Synthesis of Acetylide (Bisisocyanide) Rhenium Complex as a Corner of a Molecule Cage STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Andreas Mayr 
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRui Zhi (Rebecca) Yu
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESOn the Brink of Chaos: Study of Fermi-Pasta-Ulam Effects in 2D STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Philip Allen
Physics & Astronomy

 Intel STS 2006

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROJECT TITLES STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSamantha Baer
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAn Historical Correlation Between Increasing Acreage of a Flood Tide Delta and Tidal Wetland Loss Due to Long-term Anthropogenic Impacts STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Glenn Richard, Geosciences /Mineral Physics Institute; and Dr. Fred Mushacke, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBrittany Bookbinder 
Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESTemporal Organization of Spontaneous Blinking and Its Modulation by Sensory Input STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Craig Evinger
Neurobiology & Behavior; Ophthalmology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNicole Brenner 
Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESPreparation of a Superparamagnetic Polymer Nanocomposite for Biomedical Applications STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAnand Chandran 
Smithtown HS West, Smithtown, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESGene Profiling of Medulloblastomas: Molecular Windows into the Development of Pediatric Brain Tumors STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Marian Evinger 
Pediatrics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlan Chou
William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, 
Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Novel System to Study Multiple Double Strand Breaks in Arabidopsis thaliana STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Tzvi Tzfira 
Biochemistry & Cell Biology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Espitia 
Sachem HS East, Farmingville, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Effects of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles and Ultraviolet Light on Normal Skin Keratinocytes STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRachel Goldstein
Half Hollow Hills HS West, Dix Hills, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAn Association Between Dopamine and Serotonin System Related Genetic Polymorphisms in College Students STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Turhan Canli
Psychology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJana Hirsch
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSeismic Signature of Ocean Surf as it Relates to Wave Energy and Coastal Erosion STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Henry Bokuniewicz & Dr. Josephine Aller
Marine Sciences Research Center
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAllyson Ho 
William P. Clements HS, Sugar Land, TX
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Effects of Polymer Blending on Gas Permeability STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRafael Holzer
Rambam Mesivta, Lawrence, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESModifying Surfaces of Polycarbonate to Achieve Enhanced Properties STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGabriela Jara 
Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDesign and Synthesis of a Biotin Ligand in Anti-Cancer Drug Conjugates Comprised of Fluorescent Probes and SB-T-1214 STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSCatherine Kelso 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESUnusual Structures of RNA and Damaged DNA Probed through Molecular Simulation STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Carlos Simmerling
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDaniel Kiridly 
Smithtown HS West, Smithtown, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSpectral Dynamics of Inspiratory Motor Discharge During Augmented Breaths in C56BL/6 Mice in vivo STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Irene Solomon
Physiology & Biophysics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlbert Ko 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Gravitational Effective Action on a Finite Triangulation STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Martin Rocek
Physics & Astronomy
C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSStephen Ko
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESModifications to Jet Properties in a Strongly Interacting Quark Gluon Plasma STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Roy Lacey
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPraneet Korrapati
Half Hollow Hills HS East, Dix Hills, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDevelopment and Validation of a New Prostate Cancer Diagnostic Marker STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Srinivas Pentyala, Anesthesiology/Physiology & Biophysics ; &Terry Whyard, Urology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEvan Lazer 
Northport HS, Northport, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Study of the Effectiveness of Quantitative Ultrasound for Assessing Bone Heatlh STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yi-Xian Qin
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHilana Lewkowitz-Shpuntoff 
William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESBehavioral and Neuroanatomical Chacterization of CIRL3-like Mutants STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJerrold Lieblich
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel finalist- 5th place

PROJECT TITLESWhen the Brain Doesn't Hear What the Mind Does: A Lexical Approach to McGurk Adaptation STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Arthur Samuel
Psychology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGavin Lund
Comsewogue HS, Port Jefferson Station, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA DSP Implementation of Particle Filtering for Single-target Tracking by Wireless Sensors STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Petar Djuric 
Electrical & Computer Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlexander Luryi 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESInconsistencies of the Logistic Growth Law: Gause Experiment Expanded STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Lev Ginzburg
Ecology & Evolution
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Eric Meyerowitz
Northport HS, Northport, NY 
Intel finalist

PROJECT TITLESProbing the Conformation and Dynamics of Allatostatin Neuropeptides: A Structural Model for Functional Differences STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Smita Mohanty
Biochemistry & Cell Biology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNora Micheva
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDesign and Development of Fluorogenic Probes for Study of Fatty-Acid-Second Generation Taxoid Conjugate Internalization and Release STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAmy Richards
Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESMetalloproteinase Inhibitors, Catechins from Green Tea, Block Anthrax Lethal Factor in vitro STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Sanford Simon
Biochemistry & Cell Biology; Pathology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJohn Schulman 
William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESOn Einstein-Kahler Supermanifolds STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Martin Rocek
Physics & Astronomy
C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJoshua Seidman
Wellington Mepham HS, Bellmore, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Search for Cosmic Ray Induced Lightning Strokes STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. Helio Takai
Physics & Astronomy, SBU & BNL

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPatrick van Nieuwenhuizen
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDoes Smoothing Matter? STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Martin Rocek
Physics & Astronomy
C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPeidi Wu 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Novel Approach to Analyzing of Polyoxomolybdate Growth Using Dynamic and Electrophoretic Light Scattering STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSIrina Zaitseva
Centereach HS, Centereach, NY 
Intel finalist

PROJECT TITLESStability of Sunscreen to UV Radiation and Reduction of Photocatalytic Activity of Titanium Dioxide STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHarley Zhang
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel finalist

PROJECT TITLESRole of General Relativity in Core Collapse of Spherically Symmetric Supernovae STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. F. Douglas Swesty 
Physics & Astronomy

 Intel STS 2005

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROJECT TITLES STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAisha Akhtar 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDevelopment of a Thermo-responsive Graft Copolymer STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBrinda Alagesan 
Manhasset HS, Manhasset, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDynamics of Genomic DNA STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRoss Altman 
Oceanside HS, Oceanside, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSynthesis of Kekulene on a Cyclodextrin Scaffold: Computational Analysis STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Nancy Goroff
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJoan Bosco 
Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Apoptotic Effect of Lipoic Acid Palladium Complex, A Novel Non-toxic Chemotherapy, on Breast Cancer Cells STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Frank Antonawich
Neurology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKatya Botchkina 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESWhat Can be Done to Recover the Roseate Tern on Long Island? Sensitivity Testing on a Demographic Model of the Long Island Sterna dougalliiPopulation STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Lev Ginzburg
Ecology & Evolution
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHeather Casper 
Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS, Plainview, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
***Third place in Intel's International ISEF Fair for team project with Benjamin Pollack, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS, Plainview, May 2005
PROJECT TITLESCarbonic Anhydrase: Expression in Dioscorea and Molecular Evolution inArabidopsis thaliana, Oryza sativa, and Dioscorea Species STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. R. Geeta
Ecology & Evolution
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSStanley Chiang 
John L Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel finalist

PROJECT TITLESA Step Closer to the Quantum Computer: Fabrication of Novel Superconducting Josephson Junctions to Couple Multiple Flux States of a Quantum Bit STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Lukens
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJeffrey Fei 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESMutagenic Bypass Pathway Involved in the Eukaryotic Cellular Response to Anticancer Drug Resistance STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Holly Miller
Pharmacology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMarissa Goldblatt 
Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS, Plainview, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Evolution of Male Courtship Behavior in Oriental Drosophila Species with Wing Spots STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John True
Ecology and Evolution
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJason Goodman
Roslyn HS, Roslyn Heights, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESInvestigation of Facial Recognition and Mechanical Properities of Aging Skin Through DIgital Image Speckle Correlation STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSChelsea Gordon 
Half Hollow Hills HS E., Dix Hills, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Novel Method of Polymer Metallization STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSTina Ho
Smithtown HS, Smithtown, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDesign and Synthesis of Novel Cytotoxic Alkaloids by Mimicking the Taxoid Skeleton STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSamuel Hollander
Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESManipulating DNA, Poly-L-Lysine, and PEO-PPO-PEO Triblock Copolymer Nanoparticles for Use in High Efficiency Gene Delivery Vehicle STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBen Huang
Longwood HS, Coram, NY 
Intel finalist
 
PROJECT TITLESCharged Particle Production in High Energy Nuclear Collisions STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Thomas Hemmick
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJohn Michael Iraci 
Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESTri-blends: A Novel Procedure to Create Ideal Plastics Using Recycled Materials Exposed to Supercritical Carbon Dioxide STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlexander Kenigsberg 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESBiochemical and Genetic Studies of a Highly Attenuated Poliovirus: A Vaccine Candidate for the Post Poliovirus Eradication Era STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Aniko Paul
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSStephanie Leventhal 
Hauppauge HS, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESValue Differences in the Age of the Internet STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Judith Tanur
Sociology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEric Mansfield 
Smithtown HS, Hauppage, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESOptimization of Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for Wound Healing STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAmit Mehta 
St. Anthony's HS, South Huntington, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDNA Electrophoresis of Mega-Base Pair and Circular DNA on MIcro-Patterned Surfaces STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSagar Mehta 
The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY 
Intel finalist
 
PROJECT TITLESOptimizing the Properties of Hyaluronic Acid (HA) Hydrogel Scaffolds for Wound Healing and Tissue Engineering STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSLauren Mohr Miller 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Effects of High Concentrations of Petroleum Hydrocarbons on Growth Rate and bioaccumulation of the Polychaete Nereis succinea STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Bruce Brownawell
Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, School of (SOMAS)
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSamuel Ocko 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Study of the Thermal Properties of the 1D Lennard Jones System STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Philip Allen
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAndrei Petrenko 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESInvestigation of Nuclear Mass Formula Fits to the Liquid Drop Model of the Nucleus STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Lattimer
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSmita Prakash 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESGrasping Einstein's Gravitational Waves STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Madappa Prakash
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSFeini Qu 
Half Hollow Hills HS E., Dix Hillls, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESUsing Supercritical Carbon Dioxide to Enhance Polymer Compatibility in Ultra-Thin Filrms STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAditi Ramakrishnan 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAre Nanoparticles Safe? Cytotoxicity of Citrate Coated Gold Nanoparticles STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Nadine Pernodet
Dr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDavid Rosenman 
Half Hollow Hills HS West, Dix Hills, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAnalysis Through MD Simulations on the Effects of the Y88C Mutation inBacillus stearothermophilius MutY Adenine Glycosylase on Its Repair of 8-oxoG: A DNA STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Carlos Simmerling
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMatthew Schlossberger 
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESElectrospinning of Polystyrene and POSS Nanofibers STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Scholl 
The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSurface Directed Crystallization of Polymer Thin Films in Supercritical Fluids STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSZachary Travis 
North Shore HS, Glen Head, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Development of a New Vertebral Loading Model Based on the Effects of Prolonged Hind Limb Suspension STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Stefan Judex
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNeal Wadhwa 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel finalist
 
PROJECT TITLESOn Super Calabi-Yau Manifolds STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Martin Rocek
Physics & Astronomy
C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSLily Wang 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESHow Much Heat Can Charmonium Take? STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Madappa Prakash
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJohn Wei 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESConstruction of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase (IDO) Expressing Keratinocytes STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Marcia Simon
Dental School
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Wu 
William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY 
IIntel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Beauty of Less Perfect Light: A High Resolution Interferometer for Characterizing Broadband Light Sources STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé & Dr. Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAngela Yang 
Jericho HS, Jericho, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Relationship Between the Normal and Mutated Expression of Connexin 43 and Oculodentodigital Dysplasia (ODDD) STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Thomas White & Dr. Peter Brink 
Physiology & Biophysics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSTiffany Yeh 
Syosset HS, Syosset, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESHuman Dermal Fibroblast Growth and Response to Polybutadiene-Cloisite 6A Nanocomposite Surfaces STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering

 Intel STS 2004

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROJECT TITLES STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Birnbaum
John L Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Comparison of Flow Through Monoleaflet and Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valves Utilizing in vitro Digital Particle Imaging Velocimetry and Computational Fluid Dynamics STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Danny Bluestein
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJennifer Braverman 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Novel Method of "On-On" Cell Patterning on Polymer Surfaces STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKatherine Chiang
John L Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Novel Study of Oceanic Bacterial Activity: ALPHA-Proteobacteria Enrichment in Aerosolsand the Microlayer STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Josephine Aller
Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, School of
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDaniel Choi 
Syosset HS, Syosset, NY 
Intel finalist
 
PROJECT TITLESDNA Microarray Analysis of Shewanella oneidensis Grown for Fuel Cell Use STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Anil Dhundale & Melissa Monaghan
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSharon Chou
William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Design of Drug Release Profile Using Polyelectrolyte Complexes

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSYiyi Deng
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Novel Technique for the Quantification of Trapping Force in Optical Tweezers STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé & Dr. Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMaanit Desai
John L Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Simplified Method for Characterizing Complex Media by the Coherent Backscattering of Light STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé & Dr. Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMatthew Di Pasquale
Kent School, Kent, CT
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSingle Electron Devices Using Gold Nanoparticle Monolayers STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSarah Fink
Commack HS, Commack, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDesign and Synthesis of Novel Taxoid-Fatty Acid Conjugates as Tumor Specific Anticancer Agents STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichelle Forman 
Stella K. Abraham HS for Girls, Hewlett Bay Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESNanostructured Thin Films for Hydrogen Storage STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNeil Haranhalli
Syosset Sr. HS, Syosset, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAnalysis of Orthology and Molecular Evolution of the Carbonic Anhydrase (CAH) Gene of Dioscorea Species, Arabidopsis thaliana, and Oryza sativa STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. R. Geeta
Ecology & Evolution
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Hefter 
Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva HS for Boys, Woodmere, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

The Thermally Stabilizing Effects and Mechanisms of Clay Fillers on Acrylic Paints, Coatings, and Adhesives

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Madelyn Meng-Ling Ho
William P. Clements HS, Sugar Land, TX
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLESActin Organization Response to Micro- and Nano-Scale Topography STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSXiaodong (Jessica) Jiang
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSynthesis of Fe-Cr Core/Shell Nanoparticles in Pluronic(R) by Thermal Decomposition STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSamuel John
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDifferential Effects of Blockade of GABAA Receptors on Inspiratory Phase Fast Oscillatory Rhythms STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Ki Chon
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMaiko Kume 
Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESIs PCR a Revelant Tool for the Analysis of Microbial Diversity? STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jackie Collier
Marine Sciences Research Center
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Vivek Kuncham 
The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY 
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLESDevelopment of an Optimal Polymer Coating Through Crystalline Modification STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Steven Lubin 
West Islip High School, West Islip, NY 
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLESApplications of Supercritical Fluid Technology to Polymer Blends STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKristen Lurie 
Oceanside HS, Oceanside, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESInhibition of the Cell Division Protein FtsZ: A Novel Target for Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Discovery STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Peter Tonge and Dr. Iwao Ojima 
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSOleg Polyakov
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Femtotesla Optical Magnetometer Suitable for Applications in Multi-channel Magnetic Imaging STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé & Dr. Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEric Petersen 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDNA Electrophoresis on Micro-Patterned Surfaces STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJeremy Price 
Jericho HS, Jericho, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESCell Culture Studies as a Model of the Interaction Between Two Inflammatory Diseases: Periodontitis and Coronary Artery Disease STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Lorne Golub
Oral Biology and Pathology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNikhilesh Ray-Mazumder 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSuccessful Transfection Using Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEduard Reznik 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel finalist/5th place
 
PROJECT TITLESNew Exact Solutions to Einstein's Equations STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Lattimer
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSXiaojing (Sunny) Tang 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDevelopment of a Novel Ibuprofen Film for the Prevention of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Glenn Gaudette
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSChristopher Tingue 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Ground-Penetrating Radar Survey of the Ashley Schiff Preserve, Stony Brook, New York STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Daniel Davis
Geosciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlexander Slade 
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Expression of Connexin 36 in GABAergic Neurons in Respiratory Related Brainstem Regions of Adult Rat STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Irene Solomon
Physiology & Biophysics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKevin Wang 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel finalist
 
PROJECT TITLESA Novel Simulation Method for Protein Structure Prediction STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Carlos Simmerling
Chemistry

 Intel STS 2003

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROJECT TITLES STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNina Bai 
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSynthesis and Characterization of Well-ordered Thin Films of Decanethiolated Gold Nanopartarticles STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHyeyeon Choi 
Half Hollow Hills HS East, Dix Hills, NY 
Intel finalist
 
PROJECT TITLESThe Effect of Supercritical Fluids on Polymer Thin Films STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Stephen Dawson-Haggerty
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLES

Diffraction: Experiment, Simulation and Application to Polymer Fibers

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Christian Burger
Dr. Benjamin Chu
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJessica Dickenson
Earl L. Vandermeulen HS, Port Jefferson, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSizing Neutron Stars STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Madappa Prakash
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlexander Ellis
Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Design and Performance of an Astigmatic Laser Mode Converter STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé & Dr. Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRobert Neil Fisher
Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, Uniondale, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESImproving Plastic Recycling Using Modified Organoclays STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHilary Fleischer
South Side HS, Rockville Centre, NY 
Intel finalist
 
PROJECT TITLESOptical Analysis of a Flowing Soap Film STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé & Dr. Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSVikas Gupta
Comsewogue HS, Port Jefferson Station, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Synthesis of Second Generation Taxoids as Potential Treatments for Malaria, Leishmaniasis,and Trypanosomiasis STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSStacey Kallem 
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSelf-esteem and Schematic Processing as Precursors of Depression in Children STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. Daniel Klein
Psychology

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSTara Kelly 
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESGenetic Variation in a Sexually Selected Male Trait in Drosophila STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John True
Ecology and Evolution
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSirish Kondabolu 
Half Hollow Hills HS West, Dix Hills, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESIdentification of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks: Implications in Safe Epidural Anesthesia STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Srinivas Pentyala
Anesthesiology; Physiology & Biophysics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKerry Lanigan
Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Design and Synthesis of Water-soluble Taxoids for Tumor-activated Prodrugs in Cancer Chemotherapy STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Rachel Lavon
John L Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLESTesting the Mechanical and Adhesive Properties of Hyaluronic Acid for Its Use on Vascular Stents STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
Dr. Miriam Rafailovich

Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Karen Law 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLESThe Effect of Age on Emotional Brain Reactivity STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Turhan Canli
BioPsychology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJoshua Levine
Ramaz school, New York, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESPolymer-Cell Interactions: Analysis of Polymer Elastomer Feedback and Cardiac Resynchronization on Micro- and Nanofabricated Polymers in vitro STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEvan Marshak
Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Optically-stimulated Luminescence in Al203:C

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. John Noé & Dr. Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJanaki Parameswaran 
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESIInitiation of Vascular Tissue in the Primordia of Dioscorea alata and Dioscorea Nipponica STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. R. Geeta
Ecology & Evolution

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNeil Patel
John Glenn HS, Elwood, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESPhoton Orbits Around a Black Hole STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Madappa Prakash
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAnh Pham
Jericho HS, Jericho, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Effect of Epsilon D173A Mutation on Antagonism of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors by Pancuronium and Cistracurium STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Dilger
Anesthesiology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKenneth Schultz 
William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESStar Searching in the Orion OB1a Association: Photometric Analysis, Identification, and Determination of Characteristics of Low-mass Pre-Main Sequence Stars STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Frederick Walter
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSTedhar Setton
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESIsolating the Effect of Polymer Mechanical Properties on Cardiac Fibroblasts Morphology, Proliferation and Growth STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSFarheen Shaikh 
Half Hollow Hills HS East, Dix Hills, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Effects of Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy on the Sleep Architecture of Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Marta Maczaj
Psychiatry/Sleep Disorders Center
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSLimor Spector 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Novel DNA Delivery Vehicle: Smart Biodegradable Electrospun Membranes STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. Kwang-sok Kim, Dr. Liang Dehai,
Dr. Benjamin ChuDr. Benjamin Hsaio 
Chemistry

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSWolodymyr Szczupak 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESTrapping Force Studies in a Low-power Optical Tweezers Device STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé & Dr. Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRui Tang 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESThe Relationship Between the Velocity of Fluid Flow and the Amplitude of the Sound Generated and the Development of a Novel Acoustic Non-invasive Flow Meter STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. David Ebin
Math Department
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAmit Moshe Taylor
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESModulation of Apoptotic Regulatory Gene Expression as a Function of the Apoptotic Cascade of the Pathogenesis of Huntington's Disease STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Frank Antonawich
Neurology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Mandeep Virdi
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY 
Intel semi-finalist

 

PROJECT TITLESThe synthesis of a Taxoid Porphyrin Conjugate for Selective Drug Delivery STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry

 Intel STS 2002

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROJECT TITLES STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Peter Amendola
Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLESDesign and Construction of Optimized Optical Tweezers STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé & Dr. Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMinou Arjomand 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES Are Attachment Relationships the Prototype for Adolescent Relationships? STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Harriet Waters
Psychology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJason Beiger
Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDesign and Synthesis of Anticancer Taxoid-Porphyrin Conjugate SB-T-1103001 STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Molly Bright
Bayport-Blue Point HS, Bayport, NY 
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLESCharacterizing Turbid Media Using Mueller Matrix STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé & Dr. Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMordechi Bronner
Rambam Mesivta HS, Lawrence, NY 
Intel finalist 
 
PROJECT TITLESImproving Adhesion at Polymeric Interfaces Containing Carbon Black STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSVladimir Djuric 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Analysis of Gamma-ray Burst Photon Count Data by Continuously Time-varying Poisson and Bernoulli Models

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Ralph Wijers
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Courtney Drayer
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Petrographic and Geochemical Analysis of Mesozoic Fossils to Evaluate Potential for Direct Dating with Emphasis on Uranium

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. E. Troy Rasbury
Geosciences &
Dr. Catharine Forster
Anatomical Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKristen Goodrich
West Islip HS, West Islip, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Influence of Common Organic Nitrogen Species Introduced by Groundwater Underflow on Aureococcus anophagefferens and Competing Phytoplankton

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. Gordon Taylor
Marine Sciences Resaerch Center

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Arthur Hall
Ossining HS, Ossining, NY 
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLES

Comparison Between the Extrasolar Planet System and an Unbiased Sample to Determine the Statistical Distributions of the Extrasolar Planet System's Eccentricity Period and Sub-Stellar Mass Function

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Michal Simon
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Cristina Hung
Commack High School, Commack, NY 
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLES

Synthesis of Novel Taxoid-Porphyrin Conjugates SB-T-110711, SB-T-110712, SB-T-110713 for Cancer Chemotherapy

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Vinitha Anne Jacob
Hicksville Senior HS, Hicksville, NY Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLES

DNA Electrophoresis Without Topological Constraints

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSherman Jia
Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Synthesis and Analysis of Molybdenum Oxide Nanostructures Created via Water-soluble Polymers and Organic Molecules

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

 Rahal Kahanda 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLES

Promotion of Bony Ingrowth by Frequency and Pressure Specific Fluid Flow Stimulation

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. Yi-Xian Qin
Biomedical Engineering/Orthopaedics

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSStephanie Kaszuba 
Smithtown HS, Smithtown, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESFibronectin Fibrillogenesis on Sulfonated Polystyrene Surfaces: Properties of Synthetic Protein Growth STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDhruva Kumar Kothari
Jericho Senior HS, Jericho, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Effect of Acridine Orange on the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Channel

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. James Dilger
Anesthesiology

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichael Laufer 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Gamma-ray Bursts: X-ray and Optical Band Afterglow Decay of Dark Bursts and the Fireball Model

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Ralph Wijers
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSYang Li 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel finalist 
 
PROJECT TITLESDiscovery of a Unique Protective Epitope on Outer Surface Protein C of Lyme Disease Agent Borrelia burgdorferi: Implications for First OspC Peptide Vaccine STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. Benjamin Luft
Medicine/ Infectious Diseases

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSahil Viplov Mehta
Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Mechanical Testing of EPON SU-8, a High Aspect Ratio Resist for Microelectromechanical Systems Using Scanning Interferometry with Electron Microscope

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Fu-pen Chiang
Mechanical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSLukasz Oleszak 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Using Computer Aided Speckle Interferometry to Determine Regional Deformation in the Beating Rabbit Heart

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Fu-pen Chiang
Mechanical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Edmund Palermo 
Bay Shore HS, Bay Shore, NY 
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLES

Improving the Properties of Polymer Blends with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich

Materials Science & Engineering

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Kathryn Rhindress
New Hyde Park Memorial HS, New Hyde Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLESMasses of Black Holes in X-ray Binaries STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. Madappa Prakash
Physics & Astronomy

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJoshua Ruderman
Syosset High School, Syosset, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES


Spectroscopy in Orion's Belt: Discovery of New S
STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Frederick Walter
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Ali Zarrabi
Northport HS, Northport, NY 
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLES

Inhibition of Membrane-bound Neutrophil Elastase as an Anti-Metastatic Strategy: In Vitro Study

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Sanford Simon
Biochemistry & Cell Biology; Pathology

 Intel STS 2001

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROJECT TITLES STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSCraig Berman 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel finalist
 
PROJECT TITLES

Characterization of Ultrasound in Osteoporotic-like Bone Tissue and its Clinical Application as a Non-Invasive Diagnostic System

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

 

Dr. Yi-Xian Qin
Biomedical Engineering

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJoel Gedalius 
Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Comparison of NCEP, UKMO, and NCEP Reanalysis Models of Antarctic Upper-Atmospheric Temperatures: Discovery of an Annual Summer

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Robert de Zafra 
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDina Gewaily 
Jericho HS, New Hyde Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDroplet Morphology and Its Application for DNA Electrophoresis on a Chip STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAaron Goldman 
Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

The Fabrication of a Porous Layer of Metal Through Plasma Based Nano-Patterning

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Heidi Hsieh 
Smithtown HS, Great Neck, NY 
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLESFormation of Nano-scaled Super Zeolite-like Meso-structure by Various Block Copolymer Matrices STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHila Katz 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESParents: You Can't Live with Them, You Can't Live without Them: Harmony, Independence, Maturity, and Closeness in Gender-based Parent-child Relationships STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS 
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAndrew Koller 
Brien McMahon HS, S. Norwalk, CN 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESMagneto-optical Tachometer Based on the Faraday STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

 

Dr. John Noé & Dr. Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMiriam Lense 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESComputer Aided Speckle Interferometry as a Novel Technique for Measuring Myocardial Deformation with High Spatial Resolution STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Irwin Krukenkamp & Dr. Glenn Gaudette -Surgery, Physiology & Biophysics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Lubin 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist

 

PROJECT TITLESEffect of Gonadal Hormone Deficiency on the Acetylcholine Innervation of the Hippocampus and Possible Implications for Alzheimer's Disease STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Mary Kritzer 
Neurobiology & Behavior
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichele Nudelman 
Commack HS, Commack, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Computer Analysis and Simulation of Thermal Spray Processes to Optimize Efficiency and Coverage

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Christopher Berndt
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSLindsey Paluska 
Northport HS, Northport, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESIn vitro Effects of Mucin on the Inhibitors of Human Neutrophil Elastase STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Sanford Simon, 
Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Pathology & Elizabeth Roemer, Pathology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMike Polyakov 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy of Living Tissue and its Application for Medical Diagnostics

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. John Noé & Dr. Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Elizabeth Reitano 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLES

Effects of Aspirin on the Cardioprotective Benefits of Arachidonic Acid in Ischemic Preconditioning and Myocardial Infarction

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Irwin Krukenkamp & Dr. Glenn Gaudette,
Surgery, Physiology & Biophysics
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAnshul Shah 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalis
PROJECT TITLES

Effect of Fillers on Adhesion at Polymer Interfaces

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPeter Stone 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESFormation of Hollow Gold Nanospheres by a Block Copolymer Matrix STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Karen Wu 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist

PROJECT TITLESOsteoporosis Educational Initiative through Dental Practices: A Pilot Program STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Elinor Schoenfeld
Preventive Medicine
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSXiaoti Xu 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESFunctional Domains of the Runt Protein Drosophila melanogaster STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

 

Dr. J. Peter Gergen 
Biochemistry & Cell Biology

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDavid Yao 
Jericho HS, Jericho,NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSegregation of Long and Short Chain Polystyrene STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. Miriam Rafailovich , Dr. Jonathan Sokolov , 
Dr. Dilip Gersappe 
Materials Science & Engineering

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJohn Yoon 
Jericho HS, Jericho,NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLES

Cross-sectional Assessment of Fluid Perfusion in Simulated Osteoporotic Bone

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS

Dr. Yi-Xian Qin
Biomedical Engineering

 

 Intel STS 2000 *incomplete

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROJECT TITLES STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDaniel Alliance 
Roslyn HS, Roslyn Heights, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESEffects of Electric Fields on Protein Adsorption on Different Surfaces STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich , Dr. Jonathan Sokolov , 
Materials Science & Engineering; & 
Dr. Kenneth McLeod
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGrace Cheung 
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESCompatibilization of Polymer Blends in Clay STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich & Dr. Jonathan Sokolov
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMedha Goyal 
St. Anthony's HS, South Huntington, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESMetallic Nanoparticles and Dendritic Thin Films STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich & Dr. Henry White 
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Hertz 
Half Hollow Hills HS East, Dix Hills, NY 
Intel finalist
 
PROJECT TITLESFactors Controlling Desorption and Assimilation Efficiencies of Sediment-Associated Contaminants in Deposit Feeding Polychaetes STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Glenn Lopez 
Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKenneth Hung 
Kings Park HS , Kings Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESSynthesis of Taxanes as Potent New MDR Reversal Agents for Cancer Chemotherapy

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDorothy Jean 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESFormation of Multi-Functional Molybdenum Oxide Nanoscaled Meso-Structures by Various Block Copolymer Matrices STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDavid Kahne 
Syosset HS, Syosset, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAutoregulation of Serotonin Development: Behavioral Studies in an Autism Model

STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Patricia Whitaker-Azmitia
Psychology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKeon-Kyu Rhee 
Jericho HS, Jericho, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESPreparation and Performance of Smart Polymeric Hydrogels STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBrian Rosenfeld 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Novel Method for Measuring Brain Aneurysms Using CT Scans STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yi-Xian Qin
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEric Schrag 
Kings Park HS , Kings Park, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESA Study of the Properties of Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) as a Function of the Percentage of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silesquioxane (POSS) Added to the PMMA STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich & Dr. Jonathan Sokolov
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSElizabeth Scordato 
Horace Greeley HS , Chappaqua, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESUsing 16S rRNA Targeted Fluorescent Probe Hybridization as a Tool for Examining the Activity of Sedimentary Bacteria in Wet Tropical Marine Food Webs STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Josephine Aller & Dr. Paul Kemp 
Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMonica Sharma 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDifferential Influence of Fibronectin Surface Coatings vs. Fibronectin on CellMorphology STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Engineering; & Dr. Kenneth McLeod
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSTina Shih
Townsend Harris HS , Flushing, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESDoubling the Frequency of Light: Second Harmonic Generation in Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSChia-Jung Tsay 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESEvaluating Changes in Density of Synaptic and Dendritic Markers after Chronic THC Treatment in Adult Rats: New Methods of Quantifying Dendrites and Cells STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Patricia Whitaker-Azmitia
Psychology

 Intel STS 1999 *Incomplete

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROJECT TITLES STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSChristina Costa 
Garden City HS, Garden City, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESBioaccumulation of Benzo(A)Pyrene in the Worm Nereis Succinea STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Bruce Brownawell 
Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSandra Nudelman 
Commack HS, Commack, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESInvestigation, Design, and Development of Fully-Steerable Optical Tweezers STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJustin Paluska 
Northport HS, Northport, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAnalysis of Factors Affecting Success of Consensus-Based Environmental Protection Programs: Investigation into
National Estuary Program
STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Scholz, Political Science
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEllan Spero 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESChemically Modified Tetracyclines on the Inhibition of Sputum Elastase in the Presence of Polyanions STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Sanford Simon, 
Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Pathology

 Intel STS 1998 *Incomplete

 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROJECT TITLES STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Arbeit 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESRedesign, Maintenance, and Retesting of a Prototype Hadron Blind Detector STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Thomas Hemmick
Physics & Astronomy
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJames Cascione 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESGlaciotectonic Formations of End Moraines: Model of the Ronkonkoma Moraine STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. William J. Meyers 
Geosciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSChris Gerson 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel finalist
 
PROJECT TITLESAnalog Modeling of Oblique Margin Strain STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Daniel Davis
Geosciences
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAdam Gottlieb 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESAdding a Recognizable FLAG Epitope to the NH2 Terminus of the runt Transcriptional Regulator on Early Drosophila embryogenesis STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. J. Peter Gergen 
Biochemistry & Cell Biology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGrace Lau 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel finalist

PROJECT TITLESProtease-Antiprotease Interactions and the Use of Green Tea as an Elastase Inhibitor STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Sanford Simon, 
Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Pathology
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSClyde Law 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel finalist

PROJECT TITLESCompressions of Nuclear Matter Through the Elliptic Flow of Protons in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Roy Lacey
Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSThomas Petersen 
Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY 
Intel finalist
 
PROJECT TITLESDynamics of Polymers in Free-Standing Thin Films STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich & Dr. Jonathan Sokolov
Materials Science & Engineering
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJamie Tong 
Flushing HS , Flushing, NY 
Intel semi-finalist
PROJECT TITLESFactors Affecting Speckle Patterns and a New Method of Measuring Its Size STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy

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