Science Talent Search (STS) 

Below are listings of students who did their research with Stony Brook mentors (including participants in the Garcia Center Research Summer program, the Simons Summer Research Program; and independent research students). 
Congratulations to these students, and to the SB faculty, post docs, graduate and undergraduate students who helped them in their research! 

Please contact Karen Kernan if you have additional information. We rely on you to help keep this listing up-do-date.

• 2025
   

  Regeneron STS 2025

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDaanish Baasi Smithtown HS East Saint James, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES Assessing Novel RIPK2-MKK7 Interaction Inhibitors in Prostate Cancer Cell Lines	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Wei Yang Pathology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRichard Chai Smithtown HS East Saint James, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESOptimizing the Nitro-Oxidation Process To Convert Lignocellulosic Waste Into Fertilizers and Nanocellulosic Materials	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDean Chen Paul D. Schreiber HS Port Washington, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESImproving the Precipitation Distribution Around Synthetic Tropical Cyclone Tracks Using Radar, P-CLIPER Precipitation Model and Deep Learning	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Brian Colle SoMAS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSLauren Hedges Kings Park HS  Kings Park, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES Antemortem Associations Between Grey Matter Volume and Montreal Cognitive Assessment Item Scores in a Sample Stratified by the Presence of Postmortem Lewy Body Pathology	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Minos Kritikos Program in Public Health and the World Trade Center Health Program
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDaniel Liang Ward Melville HS East Setauket, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES Radiomic Feature Engineering for Automated Colorectal Polyp Classification Using Deep Learning Architectures	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yuefan Deng Applied Mathematics & Statistics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKaiyan Ling Cherry Hill HS East Cherry Hill, NJ Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESModel Touch Pointing and Detect Parkinson’s Disease via a Mobile Game	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Xiaojun Bi  Computer Science
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSusie Lu Sammamish Homeschool, Sammamish, WA Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESFast Consensus Topology Design via Minimizing Laplacian Energy	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Ji Liu Electrical & Computer Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNatalie Osorio H. Frank Carey HS  Franklin Square, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESBiophysical Investigations Into the Structure and Function of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Nitric Oxide Signaling System	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Elizabeth Boon Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Mengnan Sun Cosumnes Oaks HS  Elk Grove, CA Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES Sustainable Hydrogel Beads for Removal and Recovery of Phosphate From Wastewater	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEmma Wen John L. Miller Great Neck North HS  Great Neck, NY Regeneron STS Finalist	PROJECT TITLESAUM-302, A Novel Triple PIM/PI3K/mTOR Inhibitor, Offers Promising Potential in Reducing the Growth of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Spheroids and Organoids	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Agnieszka Bialkowska Medicine
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEvan Xie Deerfield Academy Deerfield, MA Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESFine-Tuning Dual Single-Atom Metal Sites on Graphene for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Chemical Engineering

• 2024
   

  Regeneron STS 2024

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAidan Cazalet Saint Anthony's High School, Melville, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESExamination of the Effects by a Salinity and Temperature Gradient on Microcystis aeruginosa Morphology: A Keyence Fluorescence Microscope Analysis S	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Christopher Gobler Ronojoy Hem School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRohan Dalal Johns Creek High School, Johns Creek, GA Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESNeuromesodermal Progenitor Cells Give Rise to Blood Through a Myoblast/ Hemangioblast Bipotential Intermediate	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Martin Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSophie D'Halleweyn Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY Regeneron STS Finalist	PROJECT TITLESAlleviating the Energy Crisis: A Novel Multi-Task Machine Learning Algorithm for Designing Efficient Nanocatalysts To Reduce Industrial Energy Impact	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Anatoly Frenkel Dr. Prahlad Routh Materials Science & Chemical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGracelynne Hao Bridgewater-Raritan HS Bridgewater, NJ Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESGreen Synthesis of Black TiO2 Nanoparticles:  A Promising Candidate for Solar-Driven Photocatalytic Water Decontamination	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSVincent Huang Syosset HS Syosset, NY Regeneron STS Finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Smart Computer Program LauePt4 for Recognizing and Simulating Laue Patterns and Its Applications	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Michael Dudley Dr. Balaji Raghothamachar Materials Science & Chemical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBradley Kelton Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESGeochronologic and Dynamic Constraints on the Topographic Evolution and Critical Mineral Deposits of the Southwestern United States	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. William Holt Geosciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEric Tang River Hill HS Clarksville, MD Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESBuilding Redundancy for Resilient Distributed Optimization	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Ji Liu Electrical & Computer Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAngelika Wang Cary Academy, Cary, NC Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESConstruction of Modified Speckle Optical Tweezers for Horizontal Particle Trapping in Air	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Eric Jones Laser Teaching Center, Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRichard Wong Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS , Plainview, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESTemporal Phage Therapy: A Strategy for Managing MRSA Resistance Utilizing Bacteriophage Sb-1	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Sangeet Honey Microbiology & Immunology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJulianne Wu University HS, Irvine, CA Regeneron STS Finalist	PROJECT TITLESSex-Related Signaling of the Angiotensin II Pathway in Primary Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry, Institute for Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery

• 2023
   

  Regeneron STS 2023

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSamir Batheja Half Hollow Hills HS, Dix Hills, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESAssociation Between Sleep and Fatigue in Depression: Role of GABA and Glutamate	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Christine DeLorenzo Center for Understanding Biology using Imaging Technology (CUBIT); Psychiatry; Biomedical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHiral Chavre George W. Hewlett HS, Hewlett, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESNMDA Receptor Mutation and KCC2 Inhibition Induce Changes in Brain Development Associated With Neurodevelopmental Diseases	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Howard Sirotkin, Amalia Napoli, Neurobiology & Behavior
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJames Hou Bishops School, CA Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESNear Real-Time Seismic Human Fatality Information Retrieval From Social Media With Few-Shot Large-Language Models	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Susu Xu Civil Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEmily Kim Jericho High School, Jericho, NY Regeneron STS Finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Dual Roles of Activated Carbon as an Adsorbent and Photocatalyst for Azo Dye Removal	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Taejin Kim Materials Science & Chemical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAshley Lam Herricks HS New Hyde Park, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESNovel Zinc Oxide/Nanocellulose Composite as a Photocatalyst for Water Purification	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAnna Liu Rancho Bernardo HS, San Diego, CA Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESA Selective Removal of Carboxylated Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) via Silver-Assisted Coagulation	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Kiele Morgan Bronx HS of Science, Bronx, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESThe Effect of NMDA Receptor Blockade on Neurogenesis and Neural Crest Development	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Howard Sirotkin Amalia Napoli, Neurobiology & Behavior
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Amit Saha William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESDeep Learning Accelerated Lattice-Boltzmann Simulations for Multiscale Modeling of Thrombosis	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Yuefan Deng, Y. Zhu, P. Zhang , Applied Mathematics & Statistics; M. Rafailovich, Materials Science & Chemical Eng.
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Holy Mary Zaher Smithtown HS Saint James, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES The Correlation Between Peroxisome Levels and Short-Term Memory Loss in a PINK1 -/- Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Mary Kritzer Neurobiology & Behavior

• 2022
   

  Regeneron STS 2022

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSabrina Chen Syosset HS, Syosset, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESNegative Charges at T168, S169, and/or S170 of ECM11 Promote Wild-Type Meiotic Progression and Synapsis in Meiotic Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Nancy Hollingsworth  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBen Choi Potomac School, McLean, VA Regeneron STS Finalist	PROJECT TITLESAn Ultra-Low Cost, Mind-Controlled Transhumeral Prosthesis Operated via a Novel Artificial Intelligence-Driven Brainwave Interpretation Algorithm	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Ji Liu Electrical & Computer Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Chung Smithtown HS East, St. James, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESMicrobial Associations Constrain Coral Adaptations to Heat Stress: An Integrative Multi-Dataset Analysis	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Robert Thacker Ecology & Evolution
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAmy Feng Pittsford Sutherland HS, Pittsford, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESExtending Choice Probability to High Dimensional Neural Data	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr.  Il Memming Park Neurobiology & Behavior
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJessica Liang Coppell HS, Coppell, TX Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESCS-VAE: Compressive Sensing-Based Variational Autoencoder: Theory and Design	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Wei Zhu Applied Mathematics & Statistics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Roberto Lopez Brentwod HS, Brentwood, NY Regeneron STS Finalist	PROJECT TITLESEvaluating Phragmites australis Wrack Accumulation in a Long Island Salt Marsh Ecosystem and Assessing Its Effect on Carbon Sequestration, the Nitrogen Cycle, and Sediment Biota	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Dianna Padilla Ecology & Evolution; Dr. Rebecca Grella Brentwood HS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Ricardo Lopez Brentwod HS, Brentwood, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESEvaluating Salt Marsh Restoration at Sunken Meadow: Analysis of Sediment Loss and Accretion	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Dianna Padilla Ecology & Evolution; Dr. Rebecca Grella Brentwood HS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Yash Narayan The Nueva School, San Mateo, CA Regeneron STS Finalist	PROJECT TITLES DeepWaste: Applying Deep Learning on a Mobile Device for Accurate, Low Cost, and Ubiquitous Waste Classification	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. William Holt,  Dr. E. Troy Rasbury Geosciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSarah Schubel Smithtown HS, East Saint James, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESLoss of NMDA Receptor Signaling Results in Excess Proliferation of CNS and Neural Crest-Derived Cells	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Howard Sirotkin; Neurobiology & Behavior
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHarshita Sehgal Roslyn HS, Roslyn, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES Understanding the Evolutionary Development of Radio-Resistance in the Brassicae Family	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSNicolette Sipperly, Ph.D. candidate - Ecology & Evolution (Davalos research group)
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEmily Zhou The Harker School, San Jose, CA Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES Computer-Assisted Detection of Intracranial Aneurysms Using a Transformer Deep Neural Network in 3D MR Angiography	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Chemical Engineering

• 2021
   

  Regeneron STS 2021

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAshley AlcantaraBrentwod HS, Brentwood, NYRegeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESFarming Biodegradable Packaging Using Pleurotus ostreatus Mycelium	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Dianna Padilla Ecology &Evolution and Dr. Rebecca Grella Brentwood HS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichael Batavia Bronx HS of Science, Bronx, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESNew Computational Model For Mitosis to Save Lives from Cancer	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yuefan DengApplied Mathematics & Statistics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDerek Chien The Davidson Academy of Nevada, Reno, NV Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESCuring COVID-19: Novel Design and Computational Evaluation of Potential SARS-CoV-2 Helicase Inhibitors	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEthan Ocasio The New School of Northern Virginia, Fairfax, VA Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESDeep Learning Prediction of Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer’s Disease Conversion at 3 Years Using Longitudinal and Whole-Brain 3D MRI	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Tim DuongRadiology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJulia Salatti Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESUtilizing MR Imaging to Analyze Tumor Texture and Its Effects on Long Term Survival in Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Tim DuongRadiology

• 2020
   

  Regeneron STS 2020

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS William Borges Roslyn HS, Roslyn, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESAn Innovative Approach to Recover Nitrogen from Wastewater Using Nanostructured Cellulose Sulfate	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSIsha Brahmbatt Ardsley HS, Ardsley, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESRemoval of Rare Earth Metal Ions from Contaminated Water by Sustainable Carboxycellulose Nanofibers Derived from Agave through Nitro Oxidation Process	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSFeiyang Dai Jericho Senior HS, Jericho, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESPredicting Major Depressive Disorder Treatment Response: Examining Pretreatment Biomarkers GABA and Glx	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Christine DeLorenzo Psychiatry, Biomedical Engineering, CUBIT
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSArushi Dogra Del Norte HS, Del Norte, CA Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES The Role of C1q and CD4+ T-cells in the Pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Berhane Ghebrehiwet Medicine
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMaximilian Du Fayetteville-Manlius HS,  Manlius, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESDecreasing Renewable Energy-Induced Power Grid Instability Through the Improvement of LSTM Neural Networks for Better Short-Term Wind Power Predictions	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Zhenhua Liu Applied Mathematics & Statistics, Computer Science
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAshley Guo Palo Alto HS, Palo Alto, CA Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESMetabolic Regulation in Neuronal Morphogenesis	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Shaoyu Ge ,  Dr. Qiaojie Xiong Neurobiology & Behavior
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSejal Gupta Hicksville HS, Hicksville, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESDevelopment of a Machine Learning Algorithm to Predict the Path of Joints for Gait Rehabilitation	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Anurag Purwar Mechanical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSCarrie Hsu Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES Development of a Frustrated Total Internal Reflection Biosensing System for Noninvasive Terahertz Imaging and Detecting Cell Growth	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Hassan Arbab Biomedical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Jordan Klein Ward Melville HS, East Setauket, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESPrevalence of Tick-Borne Diseases in Fire Island Deer Ticks	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jorge Benach Dr. Santiago Sanchez-Vicente Microbiology & Immunology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Jeffrey Li Gilman School Baltimore, MD Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESBiopolymer-based Pore Fluids for Sustainable Geotechnical and Civil Engineering Applications	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Dilip Gersappe Materials Science & Chemical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Stephanie Lin Smithtown HS, Smithtown, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESConvolutional Neural Network of Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI Detects Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer Patients Pre Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Tim Duong Radiology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Nithin Parsan William P. Clements HS, Sugar Land, TX Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESExamining the Role of Chromatin Remodeler skp-1(snw1) During C. elegans Anchor Cell Invasion	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. David Q. Matus  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Mariam Quraishi Ward Melville HS, East  Setauket, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESThe Effect of Sibling Status of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder on Symptom Severity and Social Development	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Matthew Lerner Psychology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Abishek Ravindran Tresper Clarke HS , Westbury, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESImplementation of Novel Sector Weight and Google Trends Data Objectives using MOEA/D Curtails Systematic Risk for Quintessential Investors	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yuefan Deng Applied Mathematics & Statistics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Kreena Totala Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESThe Novel Quantification of White Matter Microstructural Alterations in Thalamocortical Tracts as a Predictive Measure of ADHD Behavior and Subtype in a Pediatric Population	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Tim Duong Radiology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Caitlin Wilkinson Smithtown HS, Smithtown, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESRates and Traits: The Potential for Utilizing Above-ground Plant Traits to Predict Denitrification in Long Island Salt Marshes	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Stephen Baines Ecology & Evolution
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Janice Yang Dougherty Valley HS, San Ramon, CA Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESA Novel Machine Learning Method to Predict Breast Cancer Patient Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Progression Free Survival from Axillary Lymph Node MRIs	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Tim Duong Radiology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Sophie Zhang High Technology HS, Lincroft, NJ Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESDeveloping a Microporous Hydrophobic Membrane from Hydrophilic Cellulose for Membrane Distillation	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Lucy Zou East Brunswick HS, East Brunswick, NJ Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESThe Computational Development of a Novel Class of Boronic Acid-Containing Chalconoids and Cis-Restricted Combretastatin A-4 Analogs for Tumor Vasculature Disruption	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry

• 2019
   

  Regeneron STS 2019

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAnthony D'Amore Smithtown HS East, Saint James, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESHabitat Preference Drives Brain Shape in Crocodylomorphs	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Alan Turner Anatomical Sciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKelsey Ge Ward Melville HS, East  Setauket, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES Multidecadal Trends in Tropical Cyclone Behavior within North Atlantic Sub-Basins	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Brian Colle School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJulia Grossman George W. Hewlett HS, Hewlett, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESUse of Fluorine as a Proxy to Determine the Effect of Geothermal Fluids on Strain Rate, Effective Crustal Viscosity and Landscape Evolution in the Great Basin	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. E. Troy Rasbury Dr. William Holt Geosciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAngie Jang Edgemont HS, Scarsdale, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES Investigating the Role of Cell Cycle State During Convergent Extension in D. rerio	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Martin Dr. David Q. Matus Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSe Ri Lee Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESA Study on the Correlation Between the Structure and Desalination Efficiency of Reverse Osmosis Membranes Fabricated by Interfacial Polymerization	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSerena Lee Syosset HS, Syosset, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESThe Effect of Hydroxychloroquine on Oral Regeneration in Nematostella vectensis	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Gerald Thomsen Dr. Patricia Bossert Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSArianna Pahlavan Jericho HS, Jericho, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES Discretizing a Hybrid Cardiac Reconstruction: A Novel Simulation of Sustained Fibrillation	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Glimm Applied Mathematics & Statistics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Maya Peña-Lobel Ward Melville HS, East  Setauket, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES Changes in Gene Expression of Ion Regulatory Proteins in Developing Atlantic Silverside (Menidia menidia) Subjected to Ocean Acidification Conditions	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Janet Nye  Dr. Nolwenn Dheilly School of Marine & Atmospheric Science
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Ahmad Perez Brentwood HS, Brentwood, NY Regeneron STS Finalist	PROJECT TITLESAssessing Marsh Degradation in Two Long Island Salt Marshes and a Method for Restoration	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Sherif Abdelaziz Civil Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Stefan Philip Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESForecasting the Progression of Temporal Orientation Through the Language of Social Media Using Machine Learning	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Andrew Schwartz Computer Science
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Alexander Rodriguez Smithtown HS, Smithtown, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESA Genomic and Pharmacological Analysis of Adenosine Receptors in the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Joshua Rest Ecology & Evolution Dr. James Dilger Anesthesiology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSShruthi Shekar Jericho HS, Jericho, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESMALAT1 & SOX: Understanding Progression of Cancer Metastasis Post Application of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Tumor Resected Wound Beds	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Gurtej Singh Surgery
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKatie Sierra Northport HS, Northport, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES  Effects of Multiple Stressors on Survivorship and Growth in Juvenile Mytilus edulis	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Dianna Padilla Ecology & Evolution
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMegan Specht Ward Melville HS, East  Setauket, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESEffect of Micronutrient Consumption in Association with p53 status on Colon Cancer Progression: A Prospective Study in Racial Health Disparity	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jennie Williams Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSElizabeth Wang Ward Melville HS, East  Setauket, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESA Novel Effect of Cannabidiol (CBD) on Microglial Activation in the Presence of Epileptic Activity	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Styliani-Anna Tsirka  Pharmacological Sciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMatthew Weltmann Half Hollow Hills HS East, Dix Hills, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESPalbociclib Treated MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells Exhibit Increased Invasive Behavior in Zebrafish Xenograft Model	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Martin Dr. David Q. Matus Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSVincent Zhang Sachem HS East, Sachem, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESMRI Texture Analysis for Detection of Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer Patients	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Tim Duong Radiology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBrandon Zhu The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES Efficient Zero-Knowledge Using Garbled Circuits Under the Plain Model	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Omkant Pandey & Allen Kim (PhD student), Computer Science

• 2018
   

  Regeneron STS 2018

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSarah Adamo Smithtown HS West, Smithtown, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESAcetylcholine and Nicotine Potentiate Currents in Cells Isolated from the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Dilger Anesthesiology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMutahara Bhuiyan Jericho HS, Jericho, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESSustainability in Water Treatment: Heavy Metal Remediation via Nitro-Oxidized Carboxycellulose Nanofibers	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Sydney Bracht Smithtown HS East, St. James, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES A Reverse Genetic Approach to Identify Novel Regulators of Cell Invasive Behavior	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. David Matus Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBethany Chen Winston Churchill HS, Potomac, MD Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES Generation of a Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody for Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Employing the U937 Cell Line as a Surrogate Antigen	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Berhane Ghebrehiwet Medicine
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSChelsea Chen Hunter College HS, New York, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES Design of Optimal Network Topologies for Supercomputers	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yuefan Deng Applied Mathematic & Statistics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBrendon Choy Hunter College HS, New York, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESCutting off Cancer - Design, Analysis, and Synthesis of Novel Vascular Disrupting Agents	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHannah Cole Newton South HS, Newton, MA Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESSR-18662 Targets Krüppel-Like Factor 5 (KLF5) and Tumor Growth in Colorectal Cancer	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Vincent Yang Medicine
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Ella Feiner Horace Mann School, Bronx, NY Regeneron STS Scholar & Finalist	PROJECT TITLESExploring Posterior Growth in D. rerio Using a Live Cell Cycle Biosensor	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Martin Dr. David Q. Matus Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Rose Hong Del Norte HS, San Diego, CA Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESModeling 3D Bioprinting: Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Fluid Flow and Shear Stress Forces on Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Keratinocyte, and Fibroblast Suspensions Sheared in Polyethylene Glycol Solutions	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Chemical Engineering Dr. Marcia Simon Oral BIology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Brian Huang Hunter College HS, New York, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESOn Sufficient Conditions for Trapped Surfaces in Spherically Symmetric Spacetimes	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Marcus Khuri Mathematics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Kavya Kopparapu Thomas Jefferson HS for Science & Technology, Alexandria, VA Regeneron STS Scholar& Finalist	PROJECT TITLESGlioVision: A Platform for the Automatic Assessment of Glioblastoma Tumor Features, Molecular Identity, and Gene Methylation from Histopathological Images Using Deep Learning K	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Fusheng Wang Computer Science
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Chiu Fan Bowen Lo Jericho HS, Jericho, NY Regeneron STS Scholar & Finalist	PROJECT TITLESNear-Field Nanoscopy Simulation by Incorporating Harmonic Demodulation and Cone-Shaped Probing Tip	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Mengkun Liu Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Michael Lu Ward Melville HS, East  Setauket, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESMicroRNAs Contribute to Angiotensin II-Mediated Electrical Remodeling of the Heart	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Ira Cohen Physiology & Biophysics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Gilbert Spencer Half Hollow Hills HS West, Dix Hills, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESA Novel Method to Deconvolute the Ice Core Record of Carbon Dioxide	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Mak School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Kenneth Stier Academy for Medical Science Technology, Hackensack, NJ Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESBlockade of gC1qR at the C1q Binding Site Inhibits Growth in a Biphasic Mesothelioma Cell Line Expressing gC1qR but not C1q.	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Berhane Ghebrehiwet Medicine
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Sreyans Tanga Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville NJ Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESA Novel Procedure Using Algae-Based Cationized Dialdehyde Cellulose to Improve the Dewatering Stage in Wastewater Treatment	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Shrey Thaker Smithtown HS East, St. James, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESThe Role of miR-34a in Colorectal Cancer Racial Health Disparity	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jennie Williams Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Cindy Wang William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESObservation of the Chiral Magnetic Effect in the Quark-Gluon Plasma Produced in Au+Au Collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Roy Lacey Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Yunyan Wu Jericho HS, Jericho, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESCiliogenesis Facilitated by Ciliopathy Genes Wdpcp and Rpgrip1l: A Requirement for Hair Follicle Development	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jiang Chen Pathology, Dermatology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Michelle Xing William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESDirect Functionalization of Algal Nanocellulose to Enhance Biosorption for Lead(II) Remediation	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Sherry Xu Troy HS, Fullerton, CA Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESIntraspecific Genome Size Variation in Draba verna	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jesse Hollister Ecology & Evolution
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Andre Yin Westview School, San Diego, CA Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESA Novel Approach to Increasing the Permeability of Desalination Membranes	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry

• 2017
   

  Regeneron STS 2017

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAnnette Chang Woodbridge HS, Irvine, CA Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESElucidating a Relationship Between Ligand-Flap Interactions and Drug Potency in HIV-1 Protease with Molecular Dynamics Simulations	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Carlos Simmerling Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAurnov Chattopadhyay University HS, Irvine, CA Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESSustainable Heavy Metal Remediation Through Novel Nanocellulose Coagulants Synthesized Directly from Raw Biomass	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlan Chen Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESUnderstanding the Mobility of Important Trace Elements During Basalt Weathering with Implications for the Mars 2020 Rover Mission	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Joel Hurowitz Dr. Troy Rasbury Geosciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAbbigayle Cuomo Commack HS, Commack, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESA Study of Westward Recurving Tropical Cyclone Tracks in the Atlantic	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Brian Colle School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGrace Hu Jericho Senior HS, Jericho, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESAdvanced Au-SPIONs: Synthesis and Comparison of Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Personalized Nanomedicine	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Ya S. Wang Mechanical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlby Joseph Walter Tresper Clarke HS, Westbury, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESOptimized Fatty Acid Binding Protein Inhibitors: Augmenting the Viability of a Novel Pain-Relief Mechanism	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMatthew Ko John L. Miller Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESExtraction of the Specific Shear Viscosity of the Quark-Gluon Plasma from Measurements of Flow Harmonics in Au + Au Collisions at 200 GeV	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Roy Lacey Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSandra Li Jericho HS, Jericho, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESElucidating Cancer Racial Health Disparities: The Differential Response of African and Caucasian American Colon Cancer Cells to Vitamin E	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jennie Williams Medicine-Cancer Prevention
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSVeda Murthy Lexington HS, Lexington, MA Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESTowards a More Accurate Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to Classify Glioma Nuclear Images	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Dimitris Samaras Computer Science
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichael Nachman Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESAn Analysis of Presidential Primaries as General Election Predictors	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Helmut Norpoth Political Science
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKirti Nath Ward Melville HS, E. Setauket, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESAssessing the Developmental and Metabolic Toxicity of Neuroactive Pharmaceuticals Using Early Life Stage Zebrafish (Danio rerio)	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Anne McElroy School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSErika Nemeth Smithtown HS East,  Saint James, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESCell-Based Delivery of Gene-Silencing Products via Gap Junction	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Peter Brink Physiology & Biophysics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEmily Peterson Smithtown HS East,  Saint James, NY Regeneron STS Finalist	PROJECT TITLESLecithin-Retinol Acyl Transferase in Squamous Cell Carcinoma: The Relationship Between Oncology and Wound Repair	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Marcia Simon School of Dental Medicine Dr. Miriam Rafailovich,  Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBen Rhee Syosset HS, Syosset, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESAn Analysis of Power Dissipation in Extratropical Cyclones	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Brian Colle School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlia Rizvon Half Hollow Hills HS East, Dix Hills, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESA Potential Role for CCDC11 in Cytokinesis Evidenced Through Colocalization with Acetylated a-Tubulin Adjacent to Midbody During Abscission	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Ken-Ichi Takemaru Pharmacological Sciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSYash Samantaray Syosset HS, Syosset, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESImpact of Coating Dithiocarbamate-Protected Ruthenium Nanoparticles on the Nafion® Membrane in the Performance of a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell – a Novel Approach	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich,  Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRubin Smith William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESModeling Topography and Mammal Species Diversity within the Western U.S Basin and Range from 36Ma	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. William Holt Geosciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSArjun Subramaniam The Harker School, San Jose, CA Regeneron STS Finalist	PROJECT TITLES CadML: A New, Computational Approach to Optimizing Antibody Affinity for Design of Antibody Therapeutics	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Tom MacCarthy Applied Math & Statistics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNatalie Tan Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESThe Effect of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle Exposure on Undifferentiated and Differentiated U937 Cell Susceptibility to Staphylococcus aureus infection and Dextran Bacterial Antiadhesive Properties in Adipose-derived Stromal Cells	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich  Materials Science & Engineering Dr. Stephen Walker Dental Medicine
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKavya Tangella Ward Melville HS, E. Setauket, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESHearing Sounds, and the Illusion of Seeing Longer-Lasting Shapes	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Arthur Samuel Psychology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJessica Tian Del Norte HS, San Diego, CA Regeneron STS Finalist	PROJECT TITLES Antibacterial Property of Cellulose Paper Decorated with Ag/TiO2 Nanocomposites	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNestor Tkachenko Ward Melville HS, E. Setauket, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLESCan Cars Fly? Eddy Current Levitation as Viable Technology	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Sergey Suchalkin Electrical & Computer Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRuisi Zhong Smithtown HS East,  Saint James, NY Regeneron STS Scholar	PROJECT TITLES Activation of Ventral Subiculum Neurons by Cued Emotional Learning	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. David Talmage Pharmacological Sciences Dr. Lorna Role Neurobiology & Behavior

• 2016
   

  Intel STS 2016

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT	PROJECT TITLE	FACULTY MENTOR
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTEleni Aneziris Ward Melville HS, E. Setauket, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLEEffects of Predictability on the Startle Reflex in Anticipation of Emotionally-evocative Pictures	FACULTY MENTORDr. Greg Hajcak Psychology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTLee Blackburn Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLEIncorporation of Platinum and Gold Partially Reduced Graphene Oxide into Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells for Increased Output Power and Carbon Monoxide Tolerance	FACULTY MENTORDr. Miriam Rafailovich  Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTArthur Chen Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLEThe Effect of Graphene Oxide/Reduced Graphene Oxide Functionalized with Metal Nanoparticles on Dermal, Bacterial, and Cancerous/Non-cancerous Epidermal Cells	FACULTY MENTORDr. Marcia Simon, Oral Biology & Pathology  Dr. Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTKrista Chen The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLENovel Combination Chemotherapy Targeting Cancer Stem Cells with a Tumor Targeted Drug Delivery System Potentiated by Natural Remedies, EGCG and/or Curcumin	FACULTY MENTORDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTAudrey Cheng Henry M. Gunn HS, Palo Alto, CA Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLEEnhancing the Efficiency of Self-assembled Organic Solar Cells with the Addition of a Second Electron Donor and Graphene	FACULTY MENTORDr. Miriam Rafailovich  Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTAyesha Chhugani Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLEA Novel Magnetic Field Trap Using Superconductors for Transporting Polarized Ions for Medical Imaging	FACULTY MENTORDr. Abhay Deshpande Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSophia Chen Ward Melville HS, E. Setauket, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLEOn Steady Super-Kähler Ricci Solitons	FACULTY MENTORDr. Martin Rocek Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTPatrick Chi Niskayuna HS, Niskayuna, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLEUsing Power Dissipation as a Novel Approach to Rank and Categorize Tropical Cyclones	FACULTY MENTORDr. Brian Colle SoMAS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTDessie DiMino Garden City HS, Garden City, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLEProduction of a 3D Printed Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogel Scaffold through Optimization of the Molecular Weight, Functional Domains, and Viscoelastic Properties of Bioink	FACULTY MENTORDr. Miriam Rafailovich  Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTEmma Feldman Paul D. Schreiber HS,  Port Washington, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLEElectrospun Hydrophobic Nanofibrous Membranes for Use in Membrane Distillation	FACULTY MENTORDr. Benjamin 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 Smithtown HS East, Saint James, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLEDeveloping an Experimental Model for Natural Variation in Genetic Robustness	FACULTY MENTORDr. Joshua Rest Ecology & Evolution
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTHarriet O'Brien Ward Melville HS, E. Setauket, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLEThe Characterization of Immunomodulatory and Remyelinating Agents on Microglial Polarization	FACULTY MENTORDr. Stella Tsirka Pharmacological Sciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTBenjamin Schiffer University of Illinois Laboratory HS, Urbana, IL Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLEElucidating the Mechanism of a Human Transcription Factor’s Movement Along DNA with Molecular Dynamics Simulations	FACULTY MENTORDr. Carlos Simmerling Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTKameron Sedigh Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLEStructural and Kinetic Analysis of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MenE, an acyl-CoA Synthetase of the Bacterial Menaquinone Biosynthesis Pathway as a Novel Antibacterial Target	FACULTY MENTORDr. Peter Tonge Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTAnu Sharma Oak Hall School, Gainesville, FL Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESustainable Green Production of Carboxycellulose Nanofibers	FACULTY MENTORDr. Benjamin 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

  
  

   

• 2015
   

  Intel STS 2015

   

   

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT	PROJECT TITLE	FACULTY MENTOR
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTAswin Bikkani Westlake HS, Westlake, OH Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLERegulatory Interactions of Lipid Droplet Associating Perilipin Orthologs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	FACULTY MENTORDr. Aaron Neiman Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTEmma Dong Manhasset HS, Manhasset, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLE Custom Multilayered Nanoparticles in Targeted Hyperthermia for Cancer Treatment Using COMSOL Multiphysics Modeling and Near-Infrared Plasmonic Photothermal Therapy	FACULTY MENTORDr. Ya Wang  Mechanical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTCharles Gulian Ossining HS, Ossining, NY Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLEA Search for Tidally-Distorted White Dwarf Binaries in the Kepler Survey	FACULTY MENTORDr. Michal Simon Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTRobbin Jang William Shine Great Neck S. HS, Great Neck, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLE Synthesis and Observations of Novel Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase Inhibitors: Precursors to Bivalent Compounds	FACULTY MENTORDr. Peter Tonge Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTJessica Ju Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR,  E. Setauket, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLE Using Python to Apply Phonological Rules for the Transcription of Korean	FACULTY MENTORDr. Jiwon Yun Linguistics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTArjun Kapoor The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLE The Construction of Low Entropy Quasi-Optimal Interconnection Network Topologies	FACULTY MENTORDr. Yuefan Deng Applied Mathematics & Statistics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTJessica Kim Manhasset HS, Manhasset, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLE Enhancing the Power Conversion Efficiency of Inverted Organic Photovoltaics with GoldFunctionalized Reduced Graphene Oxide and Phase-Separated Polymer Morphology	FACULTY MENTORDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTIen Li Jericho HS, Jericho,NY Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLEStatistical Modeling of Major Depression: Bridging the Gap between Brain and Behavior	FACULTY MENTORDr. Christine DeLorenzo   Psychiatry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTZak Marcone Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLE The Influence of Anomalous Gauge Coupling on Diphoton Fusion Induced W-boson Production in the Forward Direction at the Large Hadron Collider	FACULTY MENTORDr. Michael Rijssenbeek Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTScott Massa Commack HS, Commack,NY Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLEThe Importance of Endocytosis to Neuregulin1 Back Signaling: Implications in Neuropsychiatric and Neurodegenerative Disorders	FACULTY MENTORDr. David Talmage, Pharmacological Sciences;  Dr. Lorna Role, Neurobiology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSaranesh Prembabu Dougherty Valley HS, CA Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLECoupled Electric and Magnetic Properties in Artificially-Layered Perovskite Thin Films	FACULTY MENTORDr. Matthew Dawber  Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTIlana Radinsky Stella K Abraham HS for Girls, Hewlett Bay Park, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLE Effects of Carbon Chain Length in Thiol-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles Coating a  Nafion® Membrane on PEM Fuel Cell Efficiency	FACULTY MENTORDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTVaishnavi Shrivastava Mission San Jose HS, CA Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLE A Noninvasive Regenerative Stem Cell Treatment for Osteoporosis through an Injectable Nanocomposite Orthopedic Implant and Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound Stimulation	FACULTY MENTORDr. Yi-xian Qin  Biomedical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTEric Wang Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR,  E. Setauket, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLE A Novel Approach to Water Desalination: Reverse Osmosis by Fabrication of  Graphene Oxide Membranes	FACULTY MENTORDr. Benjamin Chu,    Dr. Benjamin Hsiao, & Dr. Hongyang Ma, Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTJi Whan (Kevin) Yoon  Oxford Academy, Cypress, CA Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLE Fabrication and Modification of Nanofibers with Superhydrophilic- Superhydrophobic Surface for Membrane Distillation	FACULTY MENTORDr. Benjamin 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

• 2014
   

   Intel STS 2014

  
  

   

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSCameron Akker Redmond HS, Redmond, WA Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene-Oxide Coated Nafion Membranes For Enhanced Performance in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPriya Alegesan  Manhasset HS, Manhasset, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Defining Region-Specific Interactions of Members of the Leading Edge Protein Complex in  Saccharomyces cerevisiae	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Aaron Neiman Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBhavani Ananthabhotla  Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Efficacy of Mechanical Stimulation to Improve Cortical Bone Quality in a Diet-Induced Obesity Model, as Determined by an Investigation of Mechanical, Areal and Material Property	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Clinton Rubin & Dr. Ete Chan, Biomedical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKathy Camenzind  California HS, San Ramon, CA Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESQuantifying Trapping Forces in a Simplified Optical Tweezers Setup	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé & Dr. Marty Cohen, Laser Teaching Center-Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAustin Cao  Homestead HS, Mequon, WI Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Evaluating the Developmental Toxicity and Genotoxicity of Oxygenated Polycyclic Aromatic  Hydrocarbons Relative to Their Parent Compounds in Oryzias latipes	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Anne McElroy Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, School of (SOMAS)
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Aaron Coraor  Huntington HS, Huntington, NY Intel finalist - 6th place	PROJECT TITLES Pressure Dependent Azeotropic Melting Relations in the Mg2SiO4-Fe2SiO4-NaAlSi3O8-CaAl2Si2O8   System: A Critical Role in Lunar Highlands Formation?	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Donald Lindsley,  Geosciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSCatherine Feldman Smithtown HS,  Smithtown,  NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESPhylogenetic and Dietary Signals in the Dentition and Mandible of Carnivora (Mammalia, Placentalia): A Geometric Morphometric Approach	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSMatthew Borths (Ph.D. Student) in research group of  Dr. Erik Seiffert, Anatomical Sciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Evangeline Giannopoulos  Great Neck South HS,  Great Neck, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Identification of Novel Runt and Even-Skipped Transcriptional Co-factors in Drosophila	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. J. Peter Gergen   Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Anika Gupta  The Harker School, San Jose , CA Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESNovel Drug Delivery Systems Targeting Cancer Stem Cells for Next-Generation Chemotherapy	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Luran He Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR,  E. Setauket, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESEmergence of Chaos in a Scattering System	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Philip Allen Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Harrison Li Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR,  E. Setauket, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Multidecadal Changes in the Frequency and Ambient Conditions of Warm Season Convective  Storms over the Northeastern United States	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Brian Colle Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, School of (SOMAS)
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Michelle Moffa Holy Spirit HS, Absecon, NJ Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES  A Point-of-Use Water Filter for Developing Countries - Year III: Improving Effectiveness,  Practicality, and Sustainability of Arsenic-Removing Biosand Filters	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu &  Dr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Dohee (Diane) Na Jericho HS, Jericho, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESElucidation of Racial Disparity Between Caucasian and African American Prostate Cancer for the Development of Personalized Pharmacogenetics	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jennie Williams Medicine
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Emily Pang Dougherty Valley HS,  San Ramon, CA Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLES The Opposing Roles of Tumor Suppressive cC1qR and Oncoprotein gC1qR as Mechanisms for  Inhibiting Cancer Pathogenesis	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Berhane Ghebrehiwet Medicine
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Parth Shah Chatham HS, Chatham, NJ Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Underrepresentation of Cytidine Deaminase Hotspots Reveals Key Genes and Tropism  for Herpesviruses	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Tom MacCarthy Applied Mathematics & Statistics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Sachit Singal  Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Chemical and Computational Biology Approach to Identifying the Binding Site of NovelAnti-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 LectinCyanovirin-N	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. David Green Applied Mathematics & Statistics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Yongpeng (Bill) Tang Smithtown East HS, St. James, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESData Sonification  of the Seismic Signature of Ocean Surf	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Henry Bokuniewicz Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, School of (SOMAS)                               Timothy Vallier (PhD Student), Music
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Kent Ueno  Earl Vandermeulen HS, Port Jefferson, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDesign and Synthesis of Tumor-Targeting Drug Conjugates for Imaging Study	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Jessica Yamada  The Winsor School, Boston, MA Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES For Want of an Arginine, the Termination Was Lost: Characterizing the Structure and  Function of the R169Q MTERF1 Variant	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miguel Garcia-Diaz Pharmacological Sciences

   

• 2013
   

   Intel STS 2013

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEliana Applebaum Ma'ayanot Yeshiva HS for Girls, Teaneck, NJ Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES A New Approach to Cancer: The Effects of Titanium Dioxide (TiO 2 ) Nanoparticles  on Human Cervical Adenocarcinoma (HeLa) Cell Membrane Mechanics	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPuja Bansal  Half Hollow Hills HS East,  Dix Hills, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThree Dimensional Molecular Imprinting for the Detection of Viral Pathogens	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAndrew Chen Dougherty Valley HS, San Ramon, CA Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Utilizing Novel Graphene Oxide Langmuir-Blodgett Film Catalysts to Enhance the Cost Efficiency of a PEM Fuel Cell	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAndrew Chen Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Incorporation of Graphene into Organic Polymer Solar Cells via Chemical Functionalization with Metal Nanoparticles	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKevin Chen  Mission San Jose HS,  Fremont, CA Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESDevelopment of a Low-Cost Analyzer for Ferroelectric Characterization	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Matthew Dawber   Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDeriam Chirinos John L. Miller Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThrowing Dice in QCD: Using Random Matrices to Study the QCD Hadron Spectrum	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jacobus Verbaarschot Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSWesley Cox Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDesign of an Electromagnetic Energy Harvester for Wildlife Tracking	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Lei Zuo Mechanical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSYonatan David North Shore Hebrew Academy HS, Great Neck, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Exploration of the Chiral Magnetic Effect in Quark Gluon Plasma via Charge-Separation  Measurements	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Roy Lacey Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNicholas Fiacco Manhasset HS, Manhasset, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Localization of Pkc1p with the Septins in Sporulating S. cerevisiae Is Dependent  on GIP1 Expression	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Aaron Neiman Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJohn Gee Calhoun HS, Port Lavaca, TX Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Developing an Automated Event Detection Algorithm for HIV-1 Protease’s Flap Backbone  Dihedral Change	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Carlos Simmerling Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNakul Gupta Farmindale HS, Farmingdale, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Employing siRNA to Recruit KCNQ1 through microRNA Pathways: Implications  for Long QT Syndrome	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Peter Brink Physiology & Biophysics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKavita Jain Smithtown HS West,  Smithtown, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Demonstrating Relationships between the Morphology of the Trigeminal System and Feeding Performance in the American Alligator: A New Tool for Understanding Feeding Evolution	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Alan Turner & Dr. Paul Gignac Anatomical Sciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSTammy Jin  Half Hollow Hills HS East,  Dix Hills, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESVariable M3-S2 Linker Tension Modulates N-Methyl D-Aspartate Receptor Activity in a Subunit Specific Manner	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Lonnie Wollmuth Neurobiology & Behavior
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMinah Kim Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESInhibition of the FabI Enoyl-ACP Reductase from Burkholderia pseudomallei	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Peter Tonge Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSArvind Kumar Roslyn HS, Roslyn, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES A Model of Dropout Propensity Among Heterogeneous Adolescents: The Role of Resilience	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Debra Dwyer Health Technology & Management
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBrendan Liu Jericho HS, Jericho, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Polyvinylamine Grafted Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Membranes for Cr(VI) Adsorption	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu & Dr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJerry Liu Los Altos HS, Los Altos, CA Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Modeling the Lithiation of Crystalline-Amorphous Silicon Nanowires using  the Lattice Boltzmann Method	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Dilip Gersappe Material Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPrady Manepalli Smithtown HS, Smithtown NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES An Effective Application of Graphene Oxide Nanoribbons as a Chemotherapeutic  Drug Delivery System	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Balaji Sitharaman Biomedical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPhoebe McAuliffe Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR,  E. Setauket, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Understanding the Connection between Metabolism and the HPG Axis by Linking Kisspeptin and Akt and Mapping p110g in Female Mouse Brains	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Maricedes Acosta-Martinez Physiology & Biophysics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRebecca Monastero Sayville HS, W. Sayville, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESInteractions of Mercury and Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Avid Seafood Consumers	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jaymie Meliker Graduate Program in Public Health
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKenan Mutlu Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES The effects of Shifting the Subject of Suspense during Cognitive Appraisal in Relation to Suggestibility and Cued Recall Capacity	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Nancy Franklin Psychology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlexander Nie Livingston HS, Livingston, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Gelatin Hydrogels as a Cellular Scaffold: The Effect of Glucose on Gel Structure  and Fibroblast Behavior	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Material Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGrace Pan Dougherty Valley HS, San Ramon, CA Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESInvestigating Effects of Ferroelectricity on Current Properties in Electron Tunneling Junctions	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Matthew Dawber  Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBenjamin Pleat Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Novel Approach to Locating Geothermal Systems in Relation to Geodetic Crustal Deformation and Strain Rate Tensors	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. William Holt  Geosciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJames Shamul Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS,  Plainview, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Search for Novel MicroRNAs Triggering Liver Cancer Development	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Valentina Schmidt Medicine
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAvigael Sosnowik Stella K. Abraham HS for Girls, Hewlett Bay Park, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES The Coactivation of Positive and Negative Feelings: Film Genres’ Effects on Adolescent  Emotions	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Material Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNicholas Spiezio Smithtown HS East, St. James,  NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESCellular Delivery of Gene-Silencing Products	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Peter Brink Physiology & Biophysics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMayuri Sridhar Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESComputational Analysis of the DNA-Binding Mechanism of the p53 Tumor Suppressor and its Inactivation through the R249S Mutation	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Carlos Simmerling Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRaghav Tripathi Westview HS, Portland, OR Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESDesign and Synthesis of Novel Fatty Acid Binding Protein Inhibitors for Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Effects through Increases in Endogenous Anandamide Concentrations	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlexandra Tse Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Grit vs. IQ: Assessing the Relative Impacts of Effort & Intelligence in Academic Success  Among “Tweens”	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJacob Wax Harborfields HS, Greenlawn, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESInvestigating the Sensitivity and Specificity of the Potentiometric Biosensor Mechanism  through Bacteria and Bacterial Spore Cross Testing	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJared Weiss Syosset HS, Syosset, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESAutomatic Annotation of Large Image Datasets via Human Gaze	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Dimitris Samaras Computer Science
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichael Zhang Smithtown HS East, St. James,  NY Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESRole-Inducted Perspective Visual Behavior during Scene Free-Viewing	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Gregory Zelinsky Psychology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGloria Zheng Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR,  E. Setauket, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES The Potentiation of Human Glycine Receptor Channels in HEK-293 Cells by Sevoflurane	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Dilger Anesthesiology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJulia Zhuang John L. Miller Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Analysis of Cascadia Episodic Tremor and Slip Events using Time-Dependent Displacement  and Strain Fields Derived from GPS Data	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. William Holt  Geosciences

   

• 2012
   

   Intel STS 2012

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEmily Bai  William A. Shine Great Neck South HS,  Great Neck, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDesign and Synthesis of a Novel Diphenyl Ether Targeting InhA from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis to Aid Future Drug Discovery	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Peter Tonge Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSean Ballinger  Phillips Academy, Andover, MA  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESEnhancing a Hydrogen PEM Fuel Cell Stack with Gold-Dodecanethiolate Core-Shell Nanoparticles	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAsia Brown  Sanford Calhoun HS, Merrick, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESAnalysis of Altered Gene Expression in Human Colon Cancer Cells Exposed to the Methylation Inhibitor 5-aza-2’deoxycytidine	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Ellen Li Medicine
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSarah Chapin  Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESComputer-Aided Drug Discovery: Structure-Based Design and Evaluation of Small Molecule Botulinum Neurotoxin Inhibitors	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJuliana Coraor  Huntington HS, Huntington, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Impact of Compressive Misfit Strain on Improper Ferroelectricity in Lead Titanate/Strontium Titanate Superlattices	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Matthew Dawber  Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRachel Davis  Smithtown HS East, St. James, NY Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESEngineering Biodegradable Flame Retardant Polymers	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSamantha Garvey  Brentwood HS, Brentwood, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Effects of the Physical Environment and Predators on Phenotypic Plasticity in Geukensia demissa	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Dianna Padilla Ecology & Evolution
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHannah Kenagy  Half Hollow Hills HS East,  Dix Hills, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESUnderstanding the Pathogenesis of Acid-Resistant E. coli: Computational Modeling of pH-Dependent Conformational Changes in GadB	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Carlos Simmerling Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSavina Kim  Commack HS, Commack, NY Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESCognitive Deficits in Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Schizophrenia Model Associated with Neuronal Alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Localization	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. David Talmage, Pharmacological Sciences  Dr. Lorna Role, Neurobiology & Behavior
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSClaire Leibowicz John L. Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Neuropsychology of Social Instincts: A Behavioral and Information-Theoretic Analysis of the Cues Involved in Trustworthiness Evaluations	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Lilianne Mujica-Parodi Biomedical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRyan Lindeborg  Dana Hills HS, Dana Point, CA  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Effects of Surface Modification of PMMA Scaffolds through Plasma Etching andDifferent Media on the Proliferation and Migration of Fibroblasts	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNeil Mehta  Jericho HS, Jericho, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESCo-Restoration of Type III Nrg1 Back Signaling through Depolarization: Implications for Schizophrenia	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. David Talmage, Pharmacological Sciences  Dr. Lorna Role, Neurobiology & Behavior
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRocco Morra  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR,  E. Setauket, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDevelopment of a Novel Human Serum Albumin Nanoparticle Formulation for DHA-SB-T-1214	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJin Pan Henry Gunn Sr. HS, Palo Alto, CA Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Novel Protein Translation Kinetics Model Supports the Ribosomal Pause Theory	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Bruce Futcher Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEric Parigoris Kings Park HS, Kings Park , NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESLow-Intensity Vibration as a Potential Treatment for Wound Healing through Modulation of the Inflammatory Response and the Differentiation of Macrophage Progenitor Cells Under the Challenge of a Bacterial Endotoxin	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Clinton Rubin Biomedical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSApril Pun  Jericho HS, Jericho, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDNA Repair Mechanisms: Investigations of BER in Differentiated CAD Cells	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Bruce Demple   Pharmacological Sciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSagar Rambhia  Jericho HS, Jericho, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESRupture Risk Assessment of Cardiovascular Pathologies: Patient-Based Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulation Study	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Danny Bluestein Biomedical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKunal Sangani  Fayetteville-Manlius HS, Manlius, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESModeling and Environmental Analysis of Hydraulic Fracturing in Upstate New York	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSArjan Saraon  Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Effect of Social Media on Grassroots Movements: Analysis on the Usage of Twitter	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Michael Schwartz Sociology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAnna Sato  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR,  E. Setauket, NY Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Novel Adsorptive Filtration Approach for the Removal of Radioactive Isotopes of Iodine and Cesium from Water	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu &  Dr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEvan Schneider  Roslyn HS, Roslyn Heights, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESTargeted Delivery of Toxic Nanoparticles: A Novel Innovation for Cancer Treatment	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSShubha Sekar  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR,  E. Setauket, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESOn the Usability and Security of Graphical Password Schemes	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Rob Johnson Computer Science
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Nithin Tumma Port Huron N. HS, Port Huron, MI Intel finalist - 1st PLACE	PROJECT TITLESElucidating Pathways in Cancer Pathogenesis: Establishment of Interaction Between TGF-b/Ras Pathways and Identification of gC1qR as an Oncoprotein	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Berhane Ghebrehiwet Medicine
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSShannon Wetzler  Kings Park HS, Kings Park , NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESNovel Determination of the Stopping Power and Other Characteristics of the Quark Gluon Plasma Based on Several Jet Modification Measurements	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Roy Lacey Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSusan Wu  John L. Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESReactive Transport Model of Anthropogenic Carbon Sequestration	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. William Holt  Geosciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJesse Xing Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR,  E. Setauket, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSynthesis of Diblock Copolymers PEG-PLA for Drug Delivery	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu ,  Dr. Benjamin Hsiao &  Dr. Robert Grubbs  Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGarima Yadav  Sachem HS North, Lake Ronkonkoma , NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDiscovery of Novel Benzimidazole-based Antibacterial Agents Targeting FtsZ for Potential Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJeong Yun Yang  John L. Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESCytotoxicity of Graphene Oxide Nanoribbons on Human Breast Cancer Cells	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Balaji Sitharaman Biomedical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Alissa Zhang  Saratoga HS, Saratoga , CA  Intel finalist - 9th place	PROJECT TITLESMolecular Fingerprinting of Glucose with Raman and SERS for Noninvasive Diabetes Monitoring	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJack Zhou Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR,  E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESMultiplexed Molecular Imaging of Esophageal Cancer Using Molecularly Targeted SERS Nanoparticles and a Novel Endoscopic Probe	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jonathan Liu Biomedical Engineering

   

• 2011

  
  Intel STS 2011

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNathan Akhavan  Rambam Mesivta, Lawrence, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESEnhancing Organic Polymer Solar Cell Efficiency through the Incorporation of Graphene and Graphene Oxide	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSIshwarya Ananthabhotla Kings Park HS, Kings Park , NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Robotic Assistant for the Visually Impaired (RAVI): A Novel Autonomous System Employing Digital Image Tracking and Sonar Range Detection	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yu Zhou  Mechanical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNorman Cao Brentwood HS, Brentwood , NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESProbabilistic Path Planning in Cooperative Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Chasing	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yu Zhou  Mechanical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJulie Chang Herricks HS, New Hyde Park , NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESUltrasound Characterization of Progressive Bone Loss Using Quantitative Acoustic Imaging, Micro-CT, and Mechanical Testing	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yixian 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

   

• 2010
   

  Intel STS 2010

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKayla Applelbaum  Ma'ayonot Yeshiva HS for Girls, Teaneck, NJ  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Protective Effects of a Multicomponent Polymer Coated Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) on Human Adiocytes and Lambda DNA in the Presence of Ultraviolet (UVA/UVB) Radiation	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDylan Assael  Syosset HS, Syosset, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESAn Unexpected Role for Picocyanobacteria in the Marine Silicon Cycle	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Stephen Baines  Ecology & Evolution
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDeborah Boktor  Bay Shore HS, Bay Shore, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESElectrospinning PVA: The Effects of Solution Conditions and Voltage on the Morphology and Fiber Diameter	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu &  Dr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSYuval Calev  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESLanguage Perception, Production, and Memory: A Comparison of Older and Younger Adults	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Arthur Samuel Psychology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJason Chaves  Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESInaccuracies in the Single Nucleus Approximation Due to the Presence of Light Nuclei	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Lattimer  Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSStephanie Chiang  John L. Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESCharacterization of Aerosolized Particles during a Cyanobacterial Bloom in Lake Agawam, NY: Implications for Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) Formation	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Josephine Aller  Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, School of
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEverett Coraor  Huntington HS, Huntington , NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESExperimental Insights into Evolved Magmas on Olympus Mons, Mars	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Hanna Nekvasil &  Dr. Donald Lindsley  Geosciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSConor Diviney  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Synthesis of Compounds as Inhibitors of the Menaquinone Biosynthetic Pathway in Mycobacterium tuberculosis	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Peter Tonge Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJohn Dodaro  Smithtown HS East, Smithtown, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSearch and Identification of Cosmic Rays in Radar Echo	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Helio Takai Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSCarly Emmer  Half Hollow Hills HS East,  Dix Hills, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESTime Series Study of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds in Sewage Sludge during Peak H1N1 Media Coverage at Various Treatment Facilities with Alternative Sewage Pressing Methods	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Bruce Brownawell  Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, School of (SOMAS)
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSReena Glaser  Smithtown HS West, Smithtown, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESUtilizing Cell-Surface Interactions for Adipose-derived Stem Cell Biomineralization	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Marcia Simon  Dental School
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRuoyi Jiang  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESTargeting Loop Dynamics in βI/βIII Isotype Tubulin: The Application of in silico Techniques in Combating Chemotherapy Drug Resistance	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Carlos Simmerling Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPragya Kakani  Jericho HS, Jericho, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Novel Use of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) to Observe Apoptosis in Oligodendrocytes	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Joel Levine  Neurobiology & Behavior
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJenny Kang  Belmont HS, Belmont, MA  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESIdentification and Analysis of a Novel Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Antigen-4 Binding Partner in T-cells	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yixian Qin and Dr.  Wei Lin Biomedical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDaniel Katz  John L. Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESUsing the Transport Coefficient to Probe the Coupling of the Quark Gluon Plasma Produced in Au + Au Collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Roy Lacey Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBrian Kelly  Oceanside HS, Oceanside, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESAn Evaluation of the Toxicity and Binding Affinity of Curcumin and Curcumin Sulfate on Cancer Cell Lines	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Wolfgang Quitschke  Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSahil Khetpal (Plano) Texas Academy of Math and Science , Denton, TX  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESPolyfunctionalized Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes as a Versatile Platform for Cancer Detection and Tumor-Targeted Dual Therapy	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSErica Lai  Holmdel HS, Holmdel, NJ) Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDensity and Size Effects in Liquid Water: The Formation of Nanobubbles, Source of Water Anomalies	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Marivi Fernandez-Serra  Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAndrew Li  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESAn Estimate of the Viscosity of the Quark-Gluon Plasma via Anisotropic Flow Measured in Au + Au Collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Roy Lacey Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBrandon Li Jericho HS, Jericho, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESPore Size Reduction of Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) Scaffolds for High Performance Microfiltration	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu &  Dr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJason Littman  Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS,  Plainview, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Development of siRNA Delivery Systems for Oncogene Suppression in Human Cancers	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Valentina Schmidt Medicine
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPaul Masih Das  Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Novel Chemical Synthesis for >1 μm2 Graphene Sheets	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGeorgios Mourdoukoutas Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS, Plainview, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESAnesthetic Action of Isoflurane on Human Glycine Receptor Channels	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Dilger Anesthesiology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNeil Muir  Uniondale HS, Uniondale, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESEngineering Non Halogen Based Biodegradable Flame Retardants	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPooja Mysore Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESEffects of Algorithmically Derived Calcitonin Receptor Peptide on the Formation of Bone Matrix	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Srinivas Pentyala,  Anesthesiology, Physiology & Biophysics, Urology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJoshua Pfeffer North Shore Hebrew Academy HS,  Great Neck, NY Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESSuper Kähler-Ricci Flow	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Martin Rocek Physics & Astronomy C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRashmi Rao  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESPattern Classification of fMRI Data for Understanding Brain Activity in Drug Users	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Dimitris Samaras, Computer Science & Dr. Rita Goldstein, BNL
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlyssa Reimer  Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS,  Plainview, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDesign and Synthesis of 11C-Labeled Tumor-Targeting Modules and a Taxoid-Based Drug Conjugate Containing Dual Tumor-Targeting Modules	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlexander Spangher  Smithtown HS East, St. James, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESGold Nanoparticle Catalysis of CO- in PEM Fuel Cell	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSCharles Starr William A. Shine Great Neck South, Great Neck, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Effect of N-Terminal Mutations on Rad54 Function	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Nancy Hollingsworth  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSolomon Swartz  North Shore Hewbrew Academy HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDevelopment of a Novel Thermoresponsive Hydrogel for Post-Lumpectomy Breast Reconstruction	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu &  Dr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlexis Tchaconas Commack HS, Commack, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Genetic Investigation of Autism: The Role of Type III Neuregulin-1/ErbB4 Signaling and Contactin4 Expression in Neurodevelopment	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Lorna Role, Neurobiology & Behavior  Dr. David Talmage, Pharmacological Sciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNimali Weerasooriva  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESInhibition of Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Towards a Novel Tuberculosis Chemotherapeutic	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Peter Tonge Chemistry

   

• 2009
   

  Intel STS 2009

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPatrick Abejar Smithtown HS West, Smithtown, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESUtilizing Boron Isotopic Secular Variation as a Proxy to Assess Climate Change	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. E. Troy Rasbury Geosciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TAB SECTION ITEM	PROJECT TITLES2009	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  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 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

   

• 2008
   

  Intel STS 2008

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMatthew Alpert  Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESElectron Transport through Self-Assembled Gold Alkanethiol Monolayers: The Observation of Coulomb Blockade at Room Temperature	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSteven Anderson  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESVoice Separation: A Practical Solution to the Cocktail Party Problem	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Marco Martens Mathematics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSElie Bochner Yeshiva University HS for Boys, New York, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESImproving the Feasibility of Avalanche Gain X-Ray Detectors	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAshok Chandran  Smithtown HS East, St. James, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Distinctive Molecular Signature of Nicotine in Breast Cancer Cells	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Marian Evinger  Pediatrics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEric Cooper  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSolvation Energetics of Electron Transfer Reactions in Face-to-Face Porphyrin-Quionone Dyads	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Fernando Raineri  Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSIsaac Degani  Wellington C. Mepham HS, Bellmore, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Discrimination of Radio Signals Reflected by Atmospheric Ionization and Airborne Bodies	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Helio Takai  Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPatryk Marek Dziudziel  Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDetermination of the Spatial and Temporal Extent of High Energy Density Nuclear Matter Produced  in Relativistic Au+Au Collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Roy Lacey Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMary Freiss  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESPath Analysis of Brain Addiction Network	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Wei Zhu Applied Mathematics & Statistics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichael Gartner  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESObservation of a Sonic Boom in the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) Formed in Au+Au Collisions at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Roy Lacey Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHerman Gudjonson  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESReduced Taste in Drosophila melanogaster Mutated for an Obesity Syndrome Protein	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Maurice Kernan Neurobiology & Behavior
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJin Guo  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSirolimus Blunts CD40/CD154 Mediated IL-8 and MCP-1 Stimulation and ICAM-1 Production via the SAPK/JNK MAPK, NF-κB and p70 S6 Kinase Signaling Pathways in Human Proximal Tubule Cells	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Hongye Li &  Dr. Edward P. Nord  Nephrology Div., Medicine
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRobert Hackett  Sanford Calhoun HS, Merrick, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESTumor-Targeting SWNT-based Drug Conjugate with Double Warheads	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBowei (Sharon) Ji  Jericho HS, New Hyde Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESHigh Flux Filtration Medium Based on Nanofibrous Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Substrate with UV-Curing	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu & Dr. Wei,  Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSChun-Kai (Kenny) Kao  George Schoolk Newtown, PA  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESNanoparticle Enhancement of PEM Fuel Cell Power Output	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSYang Li  Ward Melville HS, *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESEnhancement of Winter Mid-latitude Precipitation over North America by Upper Level Waves  Propagating from the Pacific Ocean	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Edmund Chang  Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKrista Mar  Ward Melville HS, *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSynthesis of a Molecular Nanostructure for Applications in Single-Electronics	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Andreas Mayr  Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMili Mehta  The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Longitudinal Study Identifying and Tracking Depression in an Urban Dialysis Population	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSElizabeth Min  Stuyvesant HS, New York, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSynthesis of a Slow, Tight-Binding Inhibitor of InhA in Mycobacterium tuberculosis	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Peter Tonge  Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHillary Moss  Ward Melville HS, *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESHemophilia B and Glycosylation Sites on Human Clotting Factor IX: How Do Mutations on Factor IX Interact with the Body and Affect Glycosylation?	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Robert Haltiwanger Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlexander Penn  Monta Vista HS, Cupertino, CA  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESAdvancement of Printed Circuit Boards: Manipulating Metal Adhesion of Masked Polymer Thin  Films through Exposure to Supercritical Carbon Dioxide	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAnne Polyakov  Ward Melville HS, *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSQIF Setup for Measurement of Extremely Low Absolute Magnetic Field	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Vasili Semenov  Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRadha Ramjeawan  Uniondale HS, Uniondale, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESNanomedicine: Utilizing Nanofibers and Nanoparticles to Enhance Transplant Techniques and Cancer Therapy	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKalyan Ray-Mazumder  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDo Perceptual Learning and Selective Adaptation Occur without Conscious Awareness?	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Arthur Samuel Psychology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDavid Rosengarten John L. Miller -Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel finalist - 6th place	PROJECT TITLESRotation Curves in Five Dimensions	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Martin Rocek  Physics & Astronomy;  C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHamsa Sridhar Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Novel Astigmatic Laser Mode Converter for Optical Vortex Tweezers	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé &  Dr. Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRyan Terbush  Smithtown West HS, Smithtown, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESOptimizing Carbohydrate Recognition by Cyanovirin-N through Computational Methods	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. David Green Applied Mathematics & Statistics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPooja Vasudevan  The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESOptimizing Cell Behavior Through Engineered Polymer Substrates	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDana Zhu  Half Hollow Hills HS West, Dix Hills, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESProtein Identification and Quantification via Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Novel Techniques	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Wei Zhu Applied Mathematics & Statistics

   

  
  

   

   

• 2007

  Intel STS 2007

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSZeynep Basaran Smithtown HS West, St. James, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESMechanistic Studies on Internalization and Drug Release of DHA-Taxoid Conjugates	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichael Ding Glen Cove HS, Glen Cove, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDNA Electrophoresis on Nanoporous Polyethersulfone Membrane Surfaces	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jonathan Sokolov  Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSCrystalee Forbes Uniondale HS, Uniondale, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESCell Growth, Cytoskeletal Structure and Protein Expression in the Presence of Cloisite NA+	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKristin Hall Smithtown HS East, St. James, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESInducing Stem Cell Differentiation and Detecting Cancer at the Single Cell Level Using Biomechanics	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSZachary Hollander  Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESGenetic and Environmental Causes of Variation in Size and Growth Form in Dwarf and Normal Stature Pitch Pines, Pinus rigida, in Controlled and Field Experiments	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jessica Gurevitch  Ecology & Evolution
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSVictoria Hung Smithtown HS West, Smithtown, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Novel Mathematical Model of Single and en masse Fibroblast Migration on Hydrogels	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Engineering; &  Dr. Richard Clark, Biomedical Engineering, Dermatology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDaniel Katz  Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns & Rockaway, Cedarhurst, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESPlatinum Nanoparticles: From Hydrogen Storage to Cancer Treatment	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRebecca Kaufman Croton-Harmon HS, Croton-on Hudson, NY  Intel finalist - 5th place	PROJECT TITLESAndrogen Modulation of Cognitive Functions Relevant to Schizophrenia in Rats	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Mary Kritzer  Neurobiology & Behavior
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSarah Kirsch  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESGender Differences in Hypersensitivity Behavior in a Rat Model of Autism	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Patricia Whitaker-Azmitia Psychology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEsther Kwak  Jericho HS, Jericho, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESAlginate Microspheres Combined with Pluronic Copolymers for a Controlled and Targeted Release of Lidocaine	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu &  Dr. Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBenjamin Leibowicz  Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Tolman VII Solution and the Upper Limit to the Central Density of a Neutron Star	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Lattimer Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEmily Levine  Stella K. Abraham HS for Girls, Hewlett Bay Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESOptimizing Recycled Polymer Blends Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHillary Lin  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSex Differences in Brain Activation During the Viewing of Facial Affect	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Turhan Canli Psychology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSTina Liu  Ossining HS, Ossining, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Impact of Vision-related Behavioral Factors on Myopia Development Within Each Level of Parental Myopia	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Leslie Hyman  Preventive Medicine
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSamantha Palmaccio Sachem HS East, Farmingville, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESLongitudinal Evaluation of in vitro Osteoblast Biomineralization and Differentiation Using Alkaline Phosphatase Quantification and Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Nadine Pernodet, Dr. Yizhi Meng &   Dr. Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRachel Stephan  Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDevelopment of a Novel Method of Eliminating Polychlorinated Biphenyls from the Environment	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Srinivas Pentyala, Anesthesiology, Physiology & Biophysics, Urology ; &  Dr. Mario Rebecchi, Anesthesiology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJason Strauss North Shore Hebrew Academy HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESPolymer Confinement in 3D: Impact on Nanolithography	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNandini Venkateswaran  Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSynthesis of Cupric Oxide (CuO) Nanostructures for Gas Sensing and Catalysis Applications	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Perena Gouma Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSVictor Wang  Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSeeing the Phase of Light: An Experimental Investigation of Doughnut-shaped Laser Beams Produced by a Few-Mode Optical Fiber	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé &  Dr. Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDebbie Yee  Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESUsing Thiol-functionalized Metallic Nanoparticles to Increase the Efficiency of the Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRui Hui (Rachel) Yu Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDevelopment of Molecular Single-Electron Device Components: Synthesis of Acetylide (Bisisocyanide) Rhenium Complex as a Corner of a Molecule Cage	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Andreas Mayr  Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRui Zhi (Rebecca) Yu Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESOn the Brink of Chaos: Study of Fermi-Pasta-Ulam Effects in 2D	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Philip Allen Physics & Astronomy

   

   

• 2006

  
  Intel STS 2006

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSamantha Baer Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESAn Historical Correlation Between Increasing Acreage of a Flood Tide Delta and Tidal Wetland Loss Due to Long-term Anthropogenic Impacts	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Glenn Richard, Geosciences / Mineral Physics Institute; and Dr. Fred Mushacke, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBrittany Bookbinder  Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESTemporal Organization of Spontaneous Blinking and Its Modulation by Sensory Input	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Craig Evinger Neurobiology & Behavior; Ophthalmology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNicole Brenner  Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESPreparation of a Superparamagnetic Polymer Nanocomposite for Biomedical Applications	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAnand Chandran  Smithtown HS West, Smithtown, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESGene Profiling of Medulloblastomas: Molecular Windows into the Development of Pediatric Brain Tumors	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Marian Evinger  Pediatrics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlan Chou William A. Shine Great Neck South HS,  Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Novel System to Study Multiple Double Strand Breaks in Arabidopsis thaliana	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Tzvi Tzfira  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Espitia  Sachem HS East, Farmingville, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Effects of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles and Ultraviolet Light on Normal Skin Keratinocytes	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRachel Goldstein Half Hollow Hills HS West, Dix Hills, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESAn Association Between Dopamine and Serotonin System Related Genetic Polymorphisms in College Students	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Turhan Canli Psychology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJana Hirsch Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSeismic Signature of Ocean Surf as it Relates to Wave Energy and Coastal Erosion	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Henry Bokuniewicz &  Dr. Josephine Aller Marine Sciences Research Center
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAllyson Ho  William P. Clements HS, Sugar Land, TX Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Effects of Polymer Blending on Gas Permeability	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRafael Holzer Rambam Mesivta, Lawrence, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESModifying Surfaces of Polycarbonate to Achieve Enhanced Properties	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGabriela Jara  Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDesign and Synthesis of a Biotin Ligand in Anti-Cancer Drug Conjugates Comprised of Fluorescent Probes and SB-T-1214	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSCatherine Kelso  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESUnusual Structures of RNA and Damaged DNA Probed through Molecular Simulation	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Carlos Simmerling Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDaniel Kiridly  Smithtown HS West, Smithtown, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSpectral Dynamics of Inspiratory Motor Discharge During Augmented Breaths in C56BL/6 Mice in vivo	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Irene Solomon Physiology & Biophysics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlbert Ko  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Gravitational Effective Action on a Finite Triangulation	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Martin Rocek Physics & Astronomy C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSStephen Ko Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESModifications to Jet Properties in a Strongly Interacting Quark Gluon Plasma	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Roy Lacey Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPraneet Korrapati Half Hollow Hills HS East, Dix Hills, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDevelopment and Validation of a New Prostate Cancer Diagnostic Marker	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Srinivas Pentyala, Anesthesiology/Physiology & Biophysics ; &Terry Whyard, Urology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEvan Lazer  Northport HS, Northport, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Study of the Effectiveness of Quantitative Ultrasound for Assessing Bone Heatlh	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yi-Xian Qin Biomedical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHilana Lewkowitz-Shpuntoff  William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESBehavioral and Neuroanatomical Chacterization of CIRL3-like Mutants	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJerrold Lieblich Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel finalist- 5th place	PROJECT TITLESWhen the Brain Doesn't Hear What the Mind Does: A Lexical Approach to McGurk Adaptation	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Arthur Samuel Psychology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGavin Lund  Comsewogue HS, Port Jefferson Station, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA DSP Implementation of Particle Filtering for Single-target Tracking by Wireless Sensors	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Petar Djuric  Electrical & Computer Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlexander Luryi  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESInconsistencies of the Logistic Growth Law: Gause Experiment Expanded	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Lev Ginzburg Ecology & Evolution
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Eric Meyerowitz Northport HS, Northport, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESProbing the Conformation and Dynamics of Allatostatin Neuropeptides: A Structural Model for Functional Differences	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Smita Mohanty Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNora Micheva Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDesign and Development of Fluorogenic Probes for Study of Fatty-Acid-Second Generation Taxoid Conjugate Internalization and Release	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAmy Richards Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESMetalloproteinase Inhibitors, Catechins from Green Tea, Block Anthrax Lethal Factor in vitro	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Sanford Simon Biochemistry & Cell Biology; Pathology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJohn Schulman  William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESOn Einstein-Kahler Supermanifolds	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Martin Rocek Physics & Astronomy C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJoshua Seidman Wellington Mepham HS, Bellmore, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Search for Cosmic Ray Induced Lightning Strokes	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Helio Takai Physics & Astronomy, SBU & BNL
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPatrick van Nieuwenhuizen Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDoes Smoothing Matter?	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Martin Rocek Physics & Astronomy C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPeidi Wu  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Novel Approach to Analyzing of Polyoxomolybdate Growth Using Dynamic and Electrophoretic Light Scattering	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSIrina Zaitseva Centereach HS, Centereach, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESStability of Sunscreen to UV Radiation and Reduction of Photocatalytic Activity of Titanium Dioxide	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHarley Zhang Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESRole of General Relativity in Core Collapse of Spherically Symmetric Supernovae	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. F. Douglas Swesty  Physics & Astronomy

   

  
  

   

   

• 2005
   

   Intel STS 2005

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAisha Akhtar  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDevelopment of a Thermo-responsive Graft Copolymer	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBrinda Alagesan  Manhasset HS, Manhasset, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDynamics of Genomic DNA	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRoss Altman  Oceanside HS, Oceanside, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSynthesis of Kekulene on a Cyclodextrin Scaffold: Computational Analysis	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Nancy Goroff Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJoan Bosco  Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Apoptotic Effect of Lipoic Acid Palladium Complex, A Novel Non-toxic Chemotherapy, on Breast Cancer Cells	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Frank Antonawich Neurology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKatya Botchkina  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESWhat Can be Done to Recover the Roseate Tern on Long Island? Sensitivity Testing on a Demographic Model of the Long Island Sterna dougalliiPopulation	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Lev Ginzburg Ecology & Evolution
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHeather Casper  Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS, Plainview, NY  Intel semi-finalist ***Third place in Intel's International ISEF Fair for team project with Benjamin Pollack, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS, Plainview, May 2005	PROJECT TITLESCarbonic Anhydrase: Expression in Dioscorea and Molecular Evolution inArabidopsis thaliana, Oryza sativa, and Dioscorea Species	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. R. Geeta  Ecology & Evolution
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSStanley Chiang  John L Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Step Closer to the Quantum Computer: Fabrication of Novel Superconducting Josephson Junctions to Couple Multiple Flux States of a Quantum Bit	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Lukens Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJeffrey Fei  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESMutagenic Bypass Pathway Involved in the Eukaryotic Cellular Response to Anticancer Drug Resistance	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Holly Miller Pharmacology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMarissa Goldblatt  Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS, Plainview, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Evolution of Male Courtship Behavior in Oriental Drosophila Species with Wing Spots	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John True Ecology and Evolution
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJason Goodman Roslyn HS, Roslyn Heights, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESInvestigation of Facial Recognition and Mechanical Properities of Aging Skin Through DIgital Image Speckle Correlation	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSChelsea Gordon  Half Hollow Hills HS E., Dix Hills, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Novel Method of Polymer Metallization	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSTina Ho Smithtown HS, Smithtown, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDesign and Synthesis of Novel Cytotoxic Alkaloids by Mimicking the Taxoid Skeleton	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSamuel Hollander Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESManipulating DNA, Poly-L-Lysine, and PEO-PPO-PEO Triblock Copolymer Nanoparticles for Use in High Efficiency Gene Delivery Vehicle	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBen Huang Longwood HS, Coram, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESCharged Particle Production in High Energy Nuclear Collisions	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Thomas Hemmick Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJohn Michael Iraci  Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESTri-blends: A Novel Procedure to Create Ideal Plastics Using Recycled Materials Exposed to Supercritical Carbon Dioxide	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlexander Kenigsberg  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESBiochemical and Genetic Studies of a Highly Attenuated Poliovirus: A Vaccine Candidate for the Post Poliovirus Eradication Era	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Aniko Paul Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSStephanie Leventhal  Hauppauge HS, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESValue Differences in the Age of the Internet	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Judith Tanur Sociology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEric Mansfield  Smithtown HS, Hauppage, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESOptimization of Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for Wound Healing	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAmit Mehta  St. Anthony's HS, South Huntington, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDNA Electrophoresis of Mega-Base Pair and Circular DNA on MIcro-Patterned Surfaces	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSagar Mehta  The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESOptimizing the Properties of Hyaluronic Acid (HA) Hydrogel Scaffolds for Wound Healing and Tissue Engineering	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSLauren Mohr Miller  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Effects of High Concentrations of Petroleum Hydrocarbons on Growth Rate and bioaccumulation of the Polychaete Nereis succinea	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Bruce Brownawell Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, School of (SOMAS)
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSamuel Ocko  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Study of the Thermal Properties of the 1D Lennard Jones System	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Philip Allen Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAndrei Petrenko  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESInvestigation of Nuclear Mass Formula Fits to the Liquid Drop Model of the Nucleus	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Lattimer Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSmita Prakash  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESGrasping Einstein's Gravitational Waves	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Madappa Prakash Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSFeini Qu  Half Hollow Hills HS E., Dix Hillls, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESUsing Supercritical Carbon Dioxide to Enhance Polymer Compatibility in Ultra-Thin Filrms	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAditi Ramakrishnan  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESAre Nanoparticles Safe? Cytotoxicity of Citrate Coated Gold Nanoparticles	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Nadine Pernodet Dr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDavid Rosenman  Half Hollow Hills HS West, Dix Hills, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESAnalysis Through MD Simulations on the Effects of the Y88C Mutation inBacillus stearothermophilius MutY Adenine Glycosylase on Its Repair of 8-oxoG: A DNA	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Carlos Simmerling Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMatthew Schlossberger  Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESElectrospinning of Polystyrene and POSS Nanofibers	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Scholl  The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSurface Directed Crystallization of Polymer Thin Films in Supercritical Fluids	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSZachary Travis  North Shore HS, Glen Head, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Development of a New Vertebral Loading Model Based on the Effects of Prolonged Hind Limb Suspension	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Stefan Judex Biomedical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNeal Wadhwa  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESOn Super Calabi-Yau Manifolds	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Martin Rocek Physics & Astronomy C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSLily Wang  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESHow Much Heat Can Charmonium Take?	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Madappa Prakash Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJohn Wei  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESConstruction of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase (IDO) Expressing Keratinocytes	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Marcia Simon Dental School
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Wu  William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY  IIntel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Beauty of Less Perfect Light: A High Resolution Interferometer for Characterizing Broadband Light Sources	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé &  Dr. Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAngela Yang  Jericho HS, Jericho, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Relationship Between the Normal and Mutated Expression of Connexin 43 and Oculodentodigital Dysplasia (ODDD)	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Thomas White &  Dr. Peter Brink  Physiology & Biophysics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSTiffany Yeh  Syosset HS, Syosset, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESHuman Dermal Fibroblast Growth and Response to Polybutadiene-Cloisite 6A Nanocomposite Surfaces	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering

   

  
  

   

   

• 2004
   

  Intel STS 2004

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Birnbaum John L Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Comparison of Flow Through Monoleaflet and Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valves Utilizing in vitro Digital Particle Imaging Velocimetry and Computational Fluid Dynamics	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Danny Bluestein Biomedical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJennifer Braverman  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Novel Method of "On-On" Cell Patterning on Polymer Surfaces	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKatherine Chiang John L Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Novel Study of Oceanic Bacterial Activity: ALPHA-Proteobacteria Enrichment in Aerosolsand the Microlayer	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Josephine Aller Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, School of
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDaniel Choi  Syosset HS, Syosset, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESDNA Microarray Analysis of Shewanella oneidensis Grown for Fuel Cell Use	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Anil Dhundale & Melissa Monaghan Biomedical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSharon Chou William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Design of Drug Release Profile Using Polyelectrolyte Complexes	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSYiyi Deng Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Novel Technique for the Quantification of Trapping Force in Optical Tweezers	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé &  Dr. Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMaanit Desai John L Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Simplified Method for Characterizing Complex Media by the Coherent Backscattering of Light	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé &  Dr. Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMatthew Di Pasquale Kent School, Kent, CT Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSingle Electron Devices Using Gold Nanoparticle Monolayers	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSarah Fink  Commack HS, Commack, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDesign and Synthesis of Novel Taxoid-Fatty Acid Conjugates as Tumor Specific Anticancer Agents	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichelle Forman  Stella K. Abraham HS for Girls, Hewlett Bay Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESNanostructured Thin Films for Hydrogen Storage	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNeil Haranhalli Syosset Sr. HS, Syosset, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESAnalysis of Orthology and Molecular Evolution of the Carbonic Anhydrase (CAH) Gene of Dioscorea Species, Arabidopsis thaliana, and Oryza sativa	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. R. Geeta  Ecology & Evolution
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Hefter  Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva HS for Boys, Woodmere, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES The Thermally Stabilizing Effects and Mechanisms of Clay Fillers on Acrylic Paints, Coatings, and Adhesives	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Madelyn Meng-Ling Ho William P. Clements HS, Sugar Land, TX Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESActin Organization Response to Micro- and Nano-Scale Topography	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSXiaodong (Jessica) Jiang Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSynthesis of Fe-Cr Core/Shell Nanoparticles in Pluronic(R) by Thermal Decomposition	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSamuel John Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDifferential Effects of Blockade of GABAA Receptors on Inspiratory Phase Fast Oscillatory Rhythms	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Ki Chon  Biomedical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMaiko Kume  Paul D. Schreiber HS, Port Washington, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESIs PCR a Revelant Tool for the Analysis of Microbial Diversity?	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Jackie Collier Marine Sciences Research Center
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Vivek Kuncham  The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDevelopment of an Optimal Polymer Coating Through Crystalline Modification	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Steven Lubin  West Islip High School, West Islip, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESApplications of Supercritical Fluid Technology to Polymer Blends	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKristen Lurie  Oceanside HS, Oceanside, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESInhibition of the Cell Division Protein FtsZ: A Novel Target for Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Discovery	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Peter Tonge and  Dr. Iwao Ojima  Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSOleg Polyakov Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Femtotesla Optical Magnetometer Suitable for Applications in Multi-channel Magnetic Imaging	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé &  Dr. Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEric Petersen  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDNA Electrophoresis on Micro-Patterned Surfaces	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJeremy Price  Jericho HS, Jericho, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESCell Culture Studies as a Model of the Interaction Between Two Inflammatory Diseases: Periodontitis and Coronary Artery Disease	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Lorne Golub Oral Biology and Pathology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNikhilesh Ray-Mazumder  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSuccessful Transfection Using Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEduard Reznik  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel finalist/5th place	PROJECT TITLESNew Exact Solutions to Einstein's Equations	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Lattimer Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSXiaojing (Sunny) Tang  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDevelopment of a Novel Ibuprofen Film for the Prevention of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Glenn Gaudette Biomedical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSChristopher Tingue  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Ground-Penetrating Radar Survey of the Ashley Schiff Preserve, Stony Brook, New York	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Daniel Davis Geosciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlexander Slade  Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Expression of Connexin 36 in GABAergic Neurons in Respiratory Related Brainstem Regions of Adult Rat	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Irene Solomon Physiology & Biophysics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKevin Wang  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Novel Simulation Method for Protein Structure Prediction	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Carlos Simmerling Chemistry

   

  
  

   

   

• 2003
   

  Intel STS 2003

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNina Bai  Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSynthesis and Characterization of Well-ordered Thin Films of Decanethiolated Gold Nanopartarticles	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHyeyeon Choi  Half Hollow Hills HS East, Dix Hills, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Effect of Supercritical Fluids on Polymer Thin Films	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Stephen Dawson-Haggerty Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Diffraction: Experiment, Simulation and Application to Polymer Fibers	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Christian Burger Dr. Benjamin Chu Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJessica Dickenson Earl L. Vandermeulen HS, Port Jefferson, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSizing Neutron Stars	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Madappa Prakash Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAlexander Ellis Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Design and Performance of an Astigmatic Laser Mode Converter	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé &  Dr. Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRobert Neil Fisher Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, Uniondale, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESImproving Plastic Recycling Using Modified Organoclays	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHilary Fleischer South Side HS, Rockville Centre, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESOptical Analysis of a Flowing Soap Film	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé &  Dr. Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSVikas Gupta Comsewogue HS, Port Jefferson Station, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Synthesis of Second Generation Taxoids as Potential Treatments for Malaria, Leishmaniasis,and Trypanosomiasis	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSStacey Kallem  Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSelf-esteem and Schematic Processing as Precursors of Depression in Children	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Daniel Klein Psychology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSTara Kelly  Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESGenetic Variation in a Sexually Selected Male Trait in Drosophila	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John True Ecology and Evolution
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSirish Kondabolu  Half Hollow Hills HS West, Dix Hills, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESIdentification of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks: Implications in Safe Epidural Anesthesia	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Srinivas Pentyala Anesthesiology; Physiology & Biophysics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKerry Lanigan  Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Design and Synthesis of Water-soluble Taxoids for Tumor-activated Prodrugs in Cancer Chemotherapy	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Rachel Lavon John L Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESTesting the Mechanical and Adhesive Properties of Hyaluronic Acid for Its Use on Vascular Stents	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Karen Law  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Effect of Age on Emotional Brain Reactivity	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Turhan Canli BioPsychology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJoshua Levine Ramaz school, New York, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESPolymer-Cell Interactions: Analysis of Polymer Elastomer Feedback and Cardiac Resynchronization on Micro- and Nanofabricated Polymers in vitro	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEvan Marshak Herricks HS, New Hyde Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Optically-stimulated Luminescence in Al203:C	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. John Noé &  Dr. Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJanaki Parameswaran  Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESIInitiation of Vascular Tissue in the Primordia of Dioscorea alata and Dioscorea Nipponica	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. R. Geeta  Ecology & Evolution
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSNeil Patel  John Glenn HS, Elwood, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESPhoton Orbits Around a Black Hole	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Madappa Prakash Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAnh Pham Jericho HS, Jericho, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Effect of Epsilon D173A Mutation on Antagonism of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors by Pancuronium and Cistracurium	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. James Dilger Anesthesiology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKenneth Schultz  William A. Shine Great Neck South HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESStar Searching in the Orion OB1a Association: Photometric Analysis, Identification, and Determination of Characteristics of Low-mass Pre-Main Sequence Stars	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Frederick Walter Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSTedhar Setton Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESIsolating the Effect of Polymer Mechanical Properties on Cardiac Fibroblasts Morphology, Proliferation and Growth	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSFarheen Shaikh  Half Hollow Hills HS East, Dix Hills, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Effects of Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy on the Sleep Architecture of Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Marta Maczaj Psychiatry/Sleep Disorders Center
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSLimor Spector  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Novel DNA Delivery Vehicle: Smart Biodegradable Electrospun Membranes	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Kwang-sok Kim, Dr. Liang Dehai, Dr. Benjamin Chu,  Dr. Benjamin Hsaio  Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSWolodymyr Szczupak  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESTrapping Force Studies in a Low-power Optical Tweezers Device	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé &  Dr. Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSRui Tang  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe Relationship Between the Velocity of Fluid Flow and the Amplitude of the Sound Generated and the Development of a Novel Acoustic Non-invasive Flow Meter	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. David Ebin  Math Department
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAmit Moshe Taylor Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESModulation of Apoptotic Regulatory Gene Expression as a Function of the Apoptotic Cascade of the Pathogenesis of Huntington's Disease	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Frank Antonawich Neurology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Mandeep Virdi Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESThe synthesis of a Taxoid Porphyrin Conjugate for Selective Drug Delivery	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry

   

  
  

   

   

• 2002
   

  Intel STS 2002

   

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Peter Amendola Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDesign and Construction of Optimized Optical Tweezers	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé &  Dr. Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMinou Arjomand  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES  Are Attachment Relationships the Prototype for Adolescent Relationships?	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Harriet Waters Psychology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJason Beiger Kings Park HS, Kings Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDesign and Synthesis of Anticancer Taxoid-Porphyrin Conjugate SB-T-1103001	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Molly Bright Bayport-Blue Point HS, Bayport, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESCharacterizing Turbid Media Using Mueller Matrix	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. John Noé &  Dr. Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMordechi Bronner Rambam Mesivta HS, Lawrence, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESImproving Adhesion at Polymeric Interfaces Containing Carbon Black	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSVladimir Djuric  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Analysis of Gamma-ray Burst Photon Count Data by Continuously Time-varying Poisson and Bernoulli Models	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Ralph Wijers Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Courtney Drayer Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Petrographic and Geochemical Analysis of Mesozoic Fossils to Evaluate Potential for Direct Dating with Emphasis on Uranium	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. E. Troy Rasbury Geosciences & Dr. Catharine Forster Anatomical Sciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKristen Goodrich West Islip HS, West Islip, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Influence of Common Organic Nitrogen Species Introduced by Groundwater Underflow on Aureococcus anophagefferens and Competing Phytoplankton	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Gordon Taylor Marine Sciences Resaerch Center
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Arthur Hall Ossining HS, Ossining, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Comparison Between the Extrasolar Planet System and an Unbiased Sample to Determine the Statistical Distributions of the Extrasolar Planet System's Eccentricity Period and Sub-Stellar Mass Function	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Michal Simon Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Cristina Hung Commack High School, Commack, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Synthesis of Novel Taxoid-Porphyrin Conjugates SB-T-110711, SB-T-110712, SB-T-110713 for Cancer Chemotherapy	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Vinitha Anne Jacob Hicksville Senior HS, Hicksville, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES DNA Electrophoresis Without Topological Constraints	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSherman Jia Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Synthesis and Analysis of Molybdenum Oxide Nanostructures Created via Water-soluble Polymers and Organic Molecules	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS  Rahal Kahanda  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Promotion of Bony Ingrowth by Frequency and Pressure Specific Fluid Flow Stimulation	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Yi-Xian Qin Biomedical Engineering/Orthopaedics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSStephanie Kaszuba  Smithtown HS, Smithtown, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESFibronectin Fibrillogenesis on Sulfonated Polystyrene Surfaces: Properties of Synthetic Protein Growth	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDhruva Kumar Kothari Jericho Senior HS, Jericho, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Effect of Acridine Orange on the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Channel	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. James Dilger Anesthesiology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichael Laufer  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Gamma-ray Bursts: X-ray and Optical Band Afterglow Decay of Dark Bursts and the Fireball Model	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Ralph Wijers Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSYang Li  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESDiscovery of a Unique Protective Epitope on Outer Surface Protein C of Lyme Disease Agent Borrelia burgdorferi: Implications for First OspC Peptide Vaccine	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Benjamin Luft Medicine/ Infectious Diseases
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSSahil Viplov Mehta Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Mechanical Testing of EPON SU-8, a High Aspect Ratio Resist for Microelectromechanical Systems Using Scanning Interferometry with Electron Microscope	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Fu-pen Chiang Mechanical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSLukasz Oleszak  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Using Computer Aided Speckle Interferometry to Determine Regional Deformation in the Beating Rabbit Heart	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Fu-pen Chiang Mechanical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Edmund Palermo  Bay Shore HS, Bay Shore, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Improving the Properties of Polymer Blends with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Kathryn Rhindress New Hyde Park Memorial HS, New Hyde Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESMasses of Black Holes in X-ray Binaries	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Madappa Prakash Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJoshua Ruderman Syosset High School, Syosset, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES   Spectroscopy in Orion's Belt: Discovery of New S	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Frederick Walter Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Ali Zarrabi Northport HS, Northport, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Inhibition of Membrane-bound Neutrophil Elastase as an Anti-Metastatic Strategy: In Vitro Study	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Sanford Simon Biochemistry & Cell Biology; Pathology

   

  
  

   

   

• 2001
   

   Intel STS 2001

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSCraig Berman  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLES Characterization of Ultrasound in Osteoporotic-like Bone Tissue and its Clinical Application as a Non-Invasive Diagnostic System	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS   Dr. Yi-Xian Qin Biomedical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJoel Gedalius  Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Comparison of NCEP, UKMO, and NCEP Reanalysis Models of Antarctic Upper-Atmospheric Temperatures: Discovery of an Annual Summer	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Robert de Zafra  Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDina Gewaily  Jericho HS, New Hyde Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDroplet Morphology and Its Application for DNA Electrophoresis on a Chip	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAaron Goldman  Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES The Fabrication of a Porous Layer of Metal Through Plasma Based Nano-Patterning	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Heidi Hsieh  Smithtown HS, Great Neck, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESFormation of Nano-scaled Super Zeolite-like Meso-structure by Various Block Copolymer Matrices	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHila Katz  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESParents: You Can't Live with Them, You Can't Live without Them: Harmony, Independence, Maturity, and Closeness in Gender-based Parent-child Relationships	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAndrew Koller  Brien McMahon HS, S. Norwalk, CN  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESMagneto-optical Tachometer Based on the Faraday	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS   Dr. John Noé &  Dr. Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMiriam Lense  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESComputer Aided Speckle Interferometry as a Novel Technique for Measuring Myocardial Deformation with High Spatial Resolution	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Irwin Krukenkamp & Dr. Glenn Gaudette -Surgery, Physiology & Biophysics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Lubin  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESEffect of Gonadal Hormone Deficiency on the Acetylcholine Innervation of the Hippocampus and Possible Implications for Alzheimer's Disease	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Mary Kritzer  Neurobiology & Behavior
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichele Nudelman  Commack HS, Commack, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Computer Analysis and Simulation of Thermal Spray Processes to Optimize Efficiency and Coverage	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Christopher Berndt Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSLindsey Paluska  Northport HS, Northport, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESIn vitro Effects of Mucin on the Inhibitors of Human Neutrophil Elastase	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Sanford Simon,  Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Pathology & Elizabeth Roemer, Pathology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichael Polyakov  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy of Living Tissue and its Application for Medical Diagnostics	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. John Noé &  Dr. Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Elizabeth Reitano  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Effects of Aspirin on the Cardioprotective Benefits of Arachidonic Acid in Ischemic Preconditioning and Myocardial Infarction	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Irwin Krukenkamp & Dr. Glenn Gaudette, Surgery, Physiology & Biophysics
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAnshul Shah  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalis	PROJECT TITLES Effect of Fillers on Adhesion at Polymer Interfaces	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPeter Stone  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESFormation of Hollow Gold Nanospheres by a Block Copolymer Matrix	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Karen Wu  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESOsteoporosis Educational Initiative through Dental Practices: A Pilot Program	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Elinor Schoenfeld  Preventive Medicine
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSXiaoti Xu  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESFunctional Domains of the Runt Protein Drosophila melanogaster	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS   Dr. J. Peter Gergen  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDavid Yao  Jericho HS, Jericho,NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSegregation of Long and Short Chain Polystyrene	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Miriam Rafailovich ,  Dr. Jonathan Sokolov ,  Dr. Dilip Gersappe  Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJohn Yoon  Jericho HS, Jericho,NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLES Cross-sectional Assessment of Fluid Perfusion in Simulated Osteoporotic Bone	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS Dr. Yi-Xian Qin Biomedical Engineering

  
  

   

  
  

   

   

• 2000
   

  Intel STS 2000 *incomplete

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDaniel Alliance  Roslyn HS, Roslyn Heights, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESEffects of Electric Fields on Protein Adsorption on Different Surfaces	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich ,  Dr. Jonathan Sokolov ,  Materials Science & Engineering; &  Dr. Kenneth McLeod
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGrace Cheung  Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESCompatibilization of Polymer Blends in Clay	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich &  Dr. Jonathan Sokolov Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMedha Goyal  St. Anthony's HS, South Huntington, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESMetallic Nanoparticles and Dendritic Thin Films	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich &  Dr. Henry White  Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Hertz  Half Hollow Hills HS East, Dix Hills, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESFactors Controlling Desorption and Assimilation Efficiencies of Sediment-Associated Contaminants in Deposit Feeding Polychaetes	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Glenn Lopez  Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKenneth Hung  Kings Park HS , Kings Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESSynthesis of Taxanes as Potent New MDR Reversal Agents for Cancer Chemotherapy	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Iwao Ojima Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDorothy Jean  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESFormation of Multi-Functional Molybdenum Oxide Nanoscaled Meso-Structures by Various Block Copolymer Matrices	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSDavid Kahne  Syosset HS, Syosset, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESAutoregulation of Serotonin Development: Behavioral Studies in an Autism Model	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Patricia Whitaker-Azmitia Psychology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKeon-Kyu Rhee  Jericho HS, Jericho, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESPreparation and Performance of Smart Polymeric Hydrogels	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Benjamin Chu Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSBrian Rosenfeld  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Novel Method for Measuring Brain Aneurysms Using CT Scans	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Yi-Xian Qin Biomedical Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSEric Schrag  Kings Park HS , Kings Park, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESA Study of the Properties of Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) as a Function of the Percentage of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silesquioxane (POSS) Added to the PMMA	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich &  Dr. Jonathan Sokolov Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSElizabeth Scordato  Horace Greeley HS , Chappaqua, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESUsing 16S rRNA Targeted Fluorescent Probe Hybridization as a Tool for Examining the Activity of Sedimentary Bacteria in Wet Tropical Marine Food Webs	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Josephine Aller &  Dr. Paul Kemp  Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMonica Sharma  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDifferential Influence of Fibronectin Surface Coatings vs. Fibronectin on CellMorphology	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Engineering; & Dr. Kenneth McLeod
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSTina Shih Townsend Harris HS , Flushing, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESDoubling the Frequency of Light: Second Harmonic Generation in Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSChia-Jung Tsay  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESEvaluating Changes in Density of Synaptic and Dendritic Markers after Chronic THC Treatment in Adult Rats: New Methods of Quantifying Dendrites and Cells	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Patricia Whitaker-Azmitia Psychology

   

• 1999
   

  Intel STS 1999 *Incomplete

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

  
  

   

   

• 1998
   

  Intel STS 1998 *Incomplete

  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	PROJECT TITLES	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJonathan Arbeit  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESRedesign, Maintenance, and Retesting of a Prototype Hadron Blind Detector	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Thomas Hemmick Physics & Astronomy
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJames Cascione  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESGlaciotectonic Formations of End Moraines: Model of the Ronkonkoma Moraine	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. William J. Meyers  Geosciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSChris Gerson  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESAnalog Modeling of Oblique Margin Strain	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Daniel Davis Geosciences
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSAdam Gottlieb  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESAdding a Recognizable FLAG Epitope to the NH2 Terminus of the runt Transcriptional Regulator on Early Drosophila embryogenesis	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. J. Peter Gergen  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGrace Lau  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESProtease-Antiprotease Interactions and the Use of Green Tea as an Elastase Inhibitor	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Sanford Simon,  Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Pathology
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSClyde Law  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESCompressions of Nuclear Matter Through the Elliptic Flow of Protons in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Roy Lacey Chemistry
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSThomas Petersen  Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket, NY  Intel finalist	PROJECT TITLESDynamics of Polymers in Free-Standing Thin Films	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Miriam Rafailovich &  Dr. Jonathan Sokolov Materials Science & Engineering
  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSJamie Tong  Flushing HS , Flushing, NY  Intel semi-finalist	PROJECT TITLESFactors Affecting Speckle Patterns and a New Method of Measuring Its Size	STONY BROOK FACULTY ADVISORSDr. Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy

  
  

   

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