
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 |
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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 Chu, Dr. 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 |
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 Chu, Dr. 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 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
FACULTY MENTORDr. Benjamin Chu, Dr. 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 |
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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,
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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 |
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
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PROJECT TITLESData Sonification of the Seismic Signature of Ocean Surf | STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
Dr. Henry Bokuniewicz |
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
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STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miguel Garcia-Diaz Pharmacological Sciences |
Intel STS 2013
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS | PROJECT TITLES | STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS |
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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 |
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
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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 |
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
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
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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
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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
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STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. William Holt Geosciences |
Intel STS 2012
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS | PROJECT TITLES | STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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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 Qin, Dr. Wei Lin, Dr. 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 Noé & Dr. 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 Qin, Dr. Wei Lin, Dr. 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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
PROJECT TITLESDevelopment of an Optimal Polymer Coating Through Crystalline Modification | STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering |
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Steven Lubin |
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 |
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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 |
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
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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
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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, |
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
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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 |
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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Peter Amendola |
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 |
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 |
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 |
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Arthur Hall |
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 |
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 |
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Vinitha Anne Jacob |
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 |
PROJECT TITLES
Promotion of Bony Ingrowth by Frequency and Pressure Specific Fluid Flow Stimulation |
STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Yi-Xian Qin |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
PROJECT TITLESMasses of Black Holes in X-ray Binaries | STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
Dr. Madappa Prakash |
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJoshua Ruderman Syosset High School, Syosset, NY Intel semi-finalist |
PROJECT TITLES
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STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Frederick Walter Physics & Astronomy |
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Ali Zarrabi |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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
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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 |
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Elizabeth Reitano |
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 |
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 |
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 , |
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 |
Intel STS 2000 *incomplete
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS | PROJECT TITLES | STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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