INTEL Science Talent Search Competition
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to these students, and to the faculty, post docs, graduate and undergraduate students
who helped them in their research!
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2007-2008 |
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HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS |
PROJECT
TITLES |
STONY
BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS |
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| Matthew Alpert Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst Intel semi-finalist |
Electron Transport through Self-Assembled Gold Alkanethiol Monolayers: The Observation of Coulomb Blockade at Room Temperature |
Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering |
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| Steven Anderson Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist |
Voice Separation: A Practical Solution to the Cocktail Party Problem | Dr. Marco Martens Mathematics |
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| Elie Bochner Yeshiva University HS for Boys, NYC Intel semi-finalis |
Improving the Feasibility of Avalanche Gain X-Ray Detectors | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering |
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| Ashok Chandran Smithtown HS East, St. James Intel finalist ***Read Intel announcement |
The Distinctive Molecular Signature of Nicotine in Breast Cancer Cells | Dr.
Marian Evinger Pediatrics |
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| Eric Cooper Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist |
Solvation Energetics of Electron Transfer Reactions in Face-to-Face Porphyrin-Quionone Dyads | Dr. Fernando Raineri Chemistry |
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| Isaac Degani Wellington C. Mepham HS, Bellmore Intel semi-finalist |
The Discrimination of Radio Signals Reflected by Atmospheric Ionization and Airborne Bodies | Dr.
Helio Takai Physics & Astronomy |
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| Patryk Marek Dziudziel Kings Park HS, Kings Park Intel semi-finalist |
Determination of the Spatial and Temporal Extent of High Energy Density Nuclear Matter Produced in Relativistic Au+Au Collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider |
Dr. Roy Lacey Chemistry |
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| Mary Freiss Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist |
Path Analysis of Brain Addiction Network | Dr.
Wei Zhu Applied Mathematics & Statistics |
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| Michael Gartner Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist |
Observation of a Sonic Boom in the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) Formed in Au+Au Collisions at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider |
Dr. Roy Lacey |
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| Herman Gudjonson Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel finalist ***Read Intel announcement |
Reduced Taste in Drosophila melanogaster Mutated for an Obesity Syndrome Protein | Dr. Maurice Kernan |
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| Jin Guo Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist |
Sirolimus 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 |
Dr. Hongye Li and Dr. Edward P. Nord Nephrology Div., Medicine |
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| Robert Hackett Sanford Calhoun HS, Merrick Intel semi-finalist |
Tumor-Targeting SWNT-based Drug Conjugate with Double Warheads | Dr.
Iwao Ojima Chemistry |
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| Bowei
(Sharon) Ji Jericho HS, New Hyde Park Intel semi-finalist |
High Flux Filtration Medium Based on Nanofibrous Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Substrate with UV-Curing | Dr.
Benjamin Chu & Dr. Wei, Chemistry |
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| Chun-Kai (Kenny) Kao George Schoolk Newtown, PA Intel finalist ***Read Intel announcement |
Nanoparticle Enhancement of PEM Fuel Cell Power Output | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering |
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| Yang Li Ward Melville HS, *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist |
Enhancement of Winter Mid-latitude Precipitation over North America by Upper Level Waves Propagating from the Pacific Ocean |
Dr. Edmund Chang Marine & Atmospheric Sciences |
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| Krista Mar Ward Melville HS, *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist |
Synthesis of a Molecular Nanostructure for Applications in Single-Electronics | Dr. Andreas Mayr Chemistry |
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| Mili Mehta The Wheatley School, Old Westbury Intel semi-finalist |
A Longitudinal Study Identifying and Tracking Depression in an Urban Dialysis Population | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering |
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| Elizabeth Min Stuyvesant HS, NYC Intel semi-finalist |
Synthesis of a Slow, Tight-Binding Inhibitor of InhA in Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Dr. Peter Tonge Chemistry |
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| Hillary Moss Ward Melville HS, *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist |
Hemophilia B and Glycosylation Sites on Human Clotting Factor IX: How Do Mutations on Factor IX Interact with the Body and Affect Glycosylation? |
Dr. Robert Haltiwanger Biochemistry & Cell Biology |
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| Alexander Penn Monta Vista HS, Cupertino, CA Intel semi-finalist |
Advancement of Printed Circuit Boards: Manipulating Metal Adhesion of Masked Polymer Thin Films through Exposure to Supercritical Carbon Dioxide |
Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering |
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| Anne
Polyakov Ward Melville HS, *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist |
SQIF Setup for Measurement of Extremely Low Absolute Magnetic Field | Dr.
Vasili Semenov Physics & Astronomy |
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| Radha
Ramjeawan Uniondale HS, Uniondale Intel semi-finalist |
Nanomedicine: Utilizing Nanofibers and Nanoparticles to Enhance Transplant Techniques and Cancer Therapy | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering |
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| Kalyan Ray-Mazumder Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist |
Do Perceptual Learning and Selective Adaptation Occur without Conscious Awareness? | Dr.
Arthur Samuel Psychology |
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| David
Rosengarten John L. Miller -Great Neck North HS, Great Neck Intel finalist/6th place ***Read Intel announcement |
Rotation Curves in Five Dimensions | Dr.
Martin Rocek Physics & Astronomy; C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics |
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| Hamsa Sridhar Kings Park HS, Kings Park Intel finalist ***Read Intel announcement |
A Novel Astigmatic Laser Mode Converter for Optical Vortex Tweezers | Dr.
John Noé & Dr. Harold
Metcalf Physics & Astronomy |
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| Ryan Terbush Smithtown West HS, Smithtown Intel semi-finalist |
Optimizing Carbohydrate Recognition by Cyanovirin-N through Computational Methods | Dr. David Green Applied Mathematics & Statistics |
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| Pooja
Vasudevan The Wheatley School, Old Westbury Intel semi-finalist |
Optimizing Cell Behavior Through Engineered Polymer Substrates | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering |
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| Dana
Zhu Half Hollow Hills HS West, Dix Hills Intel semi-finalist |
Protein Identification and Quantification via Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Novel Techniques | Dr.
Wei Zhu Applied Mathematics & Statistics |
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2006-2007 |
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HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS |
PROJECT
TITLES |
STONY
BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS | |
| Zeynep
Basaran Smithtown HS West, St. James Intel semi-finalist | Mechanistic Studies on Internalization and Drug Release of DHA-Taxoid Conjugates | Dr.
Iwao Ojima Chemistry | |
| Michael
Ding Glen Cove HS, Glen Cove Intel semi-finalist | DNA Electrophoresis on Nanoporous Polyethersulfone Membrane Surfaces | Dr.
Jonathan Sokolov Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Crystalee
Forbes Uniondale HS, Uniondale Intel semi-finalist | Cell Growth, Cytoskeletal Structure and Protein Expression in the Presence of Cloisite NA+ | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Kristin
Hall Smithtown HS East, St. James Intel semi-finalist | Inducing Stem Cell Differentiation and Detecting Cancer at the Single Cell Level Using Biomechanics | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Zachary
Hollander Great Neck North HS, Great Neck Intel semi-finalist | Genetic and Environmental Causes of Variation in Size and Growth Form in Dwarf and Normal Stature Pitch Pines, Pinus rigida, in Controlled and Field Experiments | Dr.
Jessica Gurevitch Ecology & Evolution | |
| Victoria
Hung Smithtown HS West, Smithtown Intel semi-finalist | A Novel Mathematical Model of Single and en masse Fibroblast Migration on Hydrogels | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Engineering Dr. Richard Clark, Biomedical Engineering, Dermatology | |
| Daniel
Katz Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns & Rockaway, Cedarhurst Intel finalist ***Read Intel announcement | Platinum Nanoparticles: From Hydrogen Storage to Cancer Treatment | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Rebecca
Kaufman Croton-Harmon HS, Croton-on Hudson Intel finalist/5th place ***Read Intel announcement | Androgen Modulation of Cognitive Functions Relevant to Schizophrenia in Rats | Dr.
Mary Kritzer Neurobiology & Behavior | |
| Sarah
Kirsch Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | Gender Differences in Hypersensitivity Behavior in a Rat Model of Autism | Dr.
Patricia Whitaker-Azmitia Psychology | |
| Esther
Kwak Jericho HS, Jericho Intel semi-finalist | Alginate Microspheres Combined with Pluronic Copolymers for a Controlled and Targeted Release of Lidocaine | Dr.
Benjamin Chu & Dr.
Benjamin Hsiao Chemistry | |
| Benjamin
Leibowicz Great Neck North HS, Great Neck Intel semi-finalist | The Tolman VII Solution and the Upper Limit to the Central Density of a Neutron Star | Dr.
James Lattimer Physics & Astronomy | |
| Emily
Levine Stella K. Abraham HS for Girls, Hewlett Bay Park Intel semi-finalist | Optimizing Recycled Polymer Blends Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Hillary
Lin Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | Sex Differences in Brain Activation During the Viewing of Facial Affect | Dr.
Turhan Canli Psychology | |
| Tina
Liu Ossining HS, Ossining Intel semi-finalist | The Impact of Vision-related Behavioral Factors on Myopia Development Within Each Level of Parental Myopia | Dr.
Leslie Hyman Preventive Medicine | |
| Samantha
Palmaccio Sachem HS East, Farmingville Intel semi-finalist | Longitudinal Evaluation of in vitro Osteoblast Biomineralization and Differentiation Using Alkaline Phosphatase Quantification and Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy | Dr.
Nadine Pernodet, Dr. Yizhi Meng & Dr. Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Rachel
Stephan Kings Park HS, Kings Park Intel semi-finalist | Development of a Novel Method of Eliminating Polychlorinated Biphenyls from the Environment | Dr.
Srinivas Pentyala, Anesthesiology, Physiology & Biophysics,
Urology ; and Dr. Mario Rebecchi, Anesthesiology | |
| Jason
Strauss North Shore Hebrew Academy HS, Great Neck Intel semi-finalist | Polymer Confinement in 3D: Impact on Nanolithography | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Nandini
Venkateswaran Herricks HS, New Hyde Park Intel semi-finalist | Synthesis of Cupric Oxide (CuO) Nanostructures for Gas Sensing and Catalysis Applications | Dr.
Perena Gouma Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Victor
Wang Great Neck South HS, Great Neck Intel semi-finalist | Seeing the Phase of Light: An Experimental Investigation of Doughnut-shaped Laser Beams Produced by a Few-Mode Optical Fiber | Dr.
John Noé & Dr. Harold
Metcalf Physics & Astronomy | |
| Debbie
Yee Great Neck North HS, Great Nck Intel semi-finalist | Using Thiol-functionalized Metallic Nanoparticles to Increase the Efficiency of the Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Rui
Hui (Rachel) Yu Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | Development of Molecular Single-Electron Device Components: Synthesis of Acetylide (Bisisocyanide) Rhenium Complex as a Corner of a Molecule Cage | Dr.
Andreas Mayr Chemistry | |
| Rui
Zhi (Rebecca) Yu Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | On the Brink of Chaos: Study of Fermi-Pasta-Ulam Effects in 2D | Dr.
Philip Allen Physics & Astronomy | |
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2005-2006 | |||
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HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS |
PROJECT
TITLES |
STONY
BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS | |
| Samantha
Baer Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | An Historical Correlation Between Increasing Acreage of a Flood Tide Delta and Tidal Wetland Loss Due to Long-term Anthropogenic Impacts | Dr. Glenn Richard, Geosciences /Mineral Physics Institute; and Dr. Fred Mushacke, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation | |
| Brittany
Bookbinder Kings Park HS, Kings Park Intel semi-finalist | Temporal Organization of Spontaneous Blinking and Its Modulation by Sensory Input | Dr.
Craig Evinger Neurobiology & Behavior; Ophthalmology | |
| Nicole
Brenner Lawrence HS, Cedarhurst Intel semi-finalist | Preparation of a Superparamagnetic Polymer Nanocomposite for Biomedical Applications | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Anand
Chandran Smithtown HS West, Smithtown Intel semi-finalist | Gene Profiling of Medulloblastomas: Molecular Windows into the Development of Pediatric Brain Tumors | Dr.
Marian Evinger Pediatrics | |
| Alan
Chou Great Neck South HS, Great Neck Intel semi-finalist | A Novel System to Study Multiple Double Strand Breaks in Arabidopsis thaliana | Dr.
Tzvi Tzfira Biochemistry & Cell Biology | |
| Jonathan
Espitia Sachem HS East, Farmingville Intel semi-finalist | The Effects of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles and Ultraviolet Light on Normal Skin Keratinocytes | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Rachel
Goldstein Half Hollow Hills HS West, Dix Hills Intel semi-finalist | An Association Between Dopamine and Serotonin System Related Genetic Polymorphisms in College Students | Dr.
Turhan Canli Psychology | |
| Jana
Hirsch Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | Seismic
Signature of Ocean Surf as it Relates to Wave Energy and Coastal Erosion | Dr.
Henry Bokuniewicz; and Dr.
Josephine Aller Marine Sciences Research Center | |
| Allyson
Ho William P. Clements HS, Sugar Land, Texas Intel semi-finalist | The Effects of Polymer Blending on Gas Permeability | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Rafael
Holzer Rambam Mesivta, Lawrence Intel semi-finalist | Modifying Surfaces of Polycarbonate to Achieve Enhanced Properties | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Gabriela
Jara Kings Park HS, Kings Park Intel semi-finalist | Design and Synthesis of a Biotin Ligand in Anti-Cancer Drug Conjugates Comprised of Fluorescent Probes and SB-T-1214 | Dr.
Iwao Ojima Chemistry | |
| Catherine
Kelso Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | Unusual Structures of RNA and Damaged DNA Probed through Molecular Simulation | Dr.
Carlos Simmerling Chemistry | |
| Daniel
Kiridly Smithtown HS West, Smithtown Intel semi-finalist | Spectral Dynamics of Inspiratory Motor Discharge During Augmented Breaths in C56BL/6 Mice in vivo | Dr.
Irene Solomon Physiology & Biophysics | |
| Albert
Ko Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | A Gravitational Effective Action on a Finite Triangulation | Dr.
Martin Rocek Physics & Astronomy C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics |
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| Stephen
Ko Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | Modifications to Jet Properties in a Strongly Interacting Quark Gluon Plasma | Dr.
Roy Lacey Chemistry | |
| Praneet
Korrapati Half Hollow Hills HS East, Dix Hills Intel semi-finalist | Development and Validation of a New Prostate Cancer Diagnostic Marker | Dr. Srinivas Pentyala, Anesthesiology/Physiology & Biophysics ; and Terry Whyard, Urology | |
| Evan
Lazer Northport HS, Northport Intel semi-finalist | A Study of the Effectiveness of Quantitative Ultrasound for Assessing Bone Heatlh | Dr.
Yi-Xian Qin Biomedical Engineering | |
| Hilana
Lewkowitz-Shpuntoff Great Neck South HS, Great Neck Intel semi-finalist | Behavioral and Neuroanatomical Chacterization of CIRL3-like Mutants | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Jerrold
Lieblich Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel finalist/5th place ***Read Intel announcement | When the Brain Doesn't Hear What the Mind Does: A Lexical Approach to McGurk Adaptation | Dr.
Arthur Samuel Psychology | |
| Gavin
Lund Comsewogue HS, Port Jefferson Station Intel semi-finalist | A DSP Implementation of Particle Filtering for Single-target Tracking by Wireless Sensors | Dr.
Petar Djuric Electrical & Computer Engineering | |
| Alexander
Luryi Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | Inconsistencies of the Logistic Growth Law: Gause Experiment Expanded | Dr.
Lev Ginzburg Ecology & Evolution | |
Eric
Meyerowitz | Probing the Conformation and Dynamics of Allatostatin Neuropeptides: A Structural Model for Functional Differences | Dr.
Smita Mohanty Biochemistry & Cell Biology | |
| Nora
Micheva Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | Design and Development of Fluorogenic Probes for Study of Fatty-Acid-Second Generation Taxoid Conjugate Internalization and Release | Dr.
Iwao Ojima Chemistry | |
| Amy
Richards Kings Park HS, Kings Park Intel semi-finalist | Metalloproteinase Inhibitors, Catechins from Green Tea, Block Anthrax Lethal Factor in vitro | Dr.
Sanford Simon Biochemistry & Cell Biology; Pathology | |
| John
Schulman Great Neck South HS, Great Neck Intel semi-finalist | On Einstein-Kahler Supermanifolds | Dr.
Martin Rocek Physics & Astronomy C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics |
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| Joshua
Seidman Wellington Mepham HS, Bellmore Intel semi-finalist | The Search for Cosmic Ray Induced Lightning Strokes | Dr.
Helio Takai
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| Patrick
van Nieuwenhuizen Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | Does Smoothing Matter? | Dr.
Martin Rocek Physics & Astronomy C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics |
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| Peidi
Wu Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | A Novel Approach to Analyzing of Polyoxomolybdate Growth Using Dynamic and Electrophoretic Light Scattering | Dr.
Benjamin Chu Chemistry | |
| Irina
Zaitseva Centereach HS, Centereach Intel finalist ***Read Intel announcement | Stability of Sunscreen to UV Radiation and Reduction of Photocatalytic Activity of Titanium Dioxide | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Harley
Zhang Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel finalist ***Read Intel announcement | Role of General Relativity in Core Collapse of Spherically Symmetric Supernovae | Dr.
F. Douglas Swesty Physics & Astronomy | |
2004-2005 | |||
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HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS |
PROJECT
TITLES |
STONY
BROOK FACULTY ADVISORS | |
| Aisha
Akhtar Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | Development of a Thermo-responsive Graft Copolymer | Dr.
Benjamin Chu Chemistry | |
| Brinda
Alagesan Manhasset HS, Manhasset Intel semi-finalist | Dynamics of Genomic DNA | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Ross
Altman Oceanside HS, Oceanside Intel semi-finalist | Synthesis of Kekulene on a Cyclodextrin Scaffold: Computational Analysis | Dr.
Nancy Goroff Chemistry | |
| Joan
Bosco Kings Park HS, Kings Park Intel semi-finalist | The Apoptotic Effect of Lipoic Acid Palladium Complex, A Novel Non-toxic Chemotherapy, on Breast Cancer Cells | Dr.
Frank Antonawich Neurology | |
| Katya
Botchkina Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | What Can be Done to Recover the Roseate Tern on Long Island? Sensitivity Testing on a Demographic Model of the Long Island Sterna dougallii Population | Dr.
Lev Ginzburg Ecology and Evolution | |
| Heather
Casper Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS, Plainview 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 | Carbonic Anhydrase: Expression in Dioscorea and Molecular Evolution in Arabidopsis thaliana, Oryza sativa, and Dioscorea Species | Dr.
R. Geeta Ecology & Evolution | |
| Stanley
Chiang John L Miller-Great Neck North HS, Great Neck Intel finalist ***Read Intel announcement | A Step Closer to the Quantum Computer: Fabrication of Novel Superconducting Josephson Junctions to Couple Multiple Flux States of a Quantum Bit | Dr.
James Lukens Physics & Astronomy | |
| Jeffrey
Fei Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | Mutagenic Bypass Pathway Involved in the Eukaryotic Cellular Response to Anticancer Drug Resistance | Dr.
Holly Miller Pharmacology | |
| Marissa
Goldblatt Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS, Plainview Intel semi-finalist | The Evolution of Male Courtship Behavior in Oriental Drosophila Species with Wing Spots | Dr.
John True Ecology and Evolution | |
| Jason
Goodman Roslyn HS, Roslyn Heights Intel semi-finalist | Investigation of Facial Recognition and Mechanical Properities of Aging Skin Through DIgital Image Speckle Correlation | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Chelsea
Gordon Half Hollow Hills HS E., Dix Hills Intel semi-finalist | A Novel Method of Polymer Metallization | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Tina
Ho Smithtown HS, Smithtown Intel semi-finalist | Design and Synthesis of Novel Cytotoxic Alkaloids by Mimicking the Taxoid Skeleton | Dr.
Iwao Ojima Chemistry | |
| Samuel
Hollander Great Neck North HS, Great Neck Intel semi-finalist | Manipulating DNA, Poly-L-Lysine, and PEO-PPO-PEO Triblock Copolymer Nanoparticles for Use in High Efficiency Gene Delivery Vehicle | Dr.
Benjamin Chu Chemistry | |
| Ben
Huang Longwood HS, Coram Intel finalist ***Read Intel announcement | Charged Particle Production in High Energy Nuclear Collisions | Dr.
Thomas Hemmick Physics & Astronomy | |
| John
Michael Iraci Kings Park HS, Kings Park Intel semi-finalist | Tri-blends: A Novel Procedure to Create Ideal Plastics Using Recycled Materials Exposed to Supercritical Carbon Dioxide | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Alexander
Kenigsberg Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | Biochemical and Genetic Studies of a Highly Attenuated Poliovirus: A Vaccine Candidate for the Post Poliovirus Eradication Era | Dr.
Aniko Paul Molecular Genetics & Microbiology | |
| Stephanie
Leventhal Hauppauge HS, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | Value Differences in the Age of the Internet | Dr.
Judith Tanur Sociology | |
| Eric
Mansfield Smithtown HS, Hauppage Intel semi-finalist | Optimization of Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for Wound Healing | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Amit
Mehta St. Anthony's HS, South Huntington Intel semi-finalist | DNA Electrophoresis of Mega-Base Pair and Circular DNA on MIcro-Patterned Surfaces | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Sagar
Mehta The Wheatley School, Old Westbury Intel finalist ***Read Intel announcement | Optimizing the Properties of Hyaluronic Acid (HA) Hydrogel Scaffolds for Wound Healing and Tissue Engineering | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Lauren
Mohr Miller Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | The Effects of High Concentrations of Petroleum Hydrocarbons on Growth Rate and bioaccumulation of the Polychaete Nereis succinea | Dr.
Bruce Brownawell Marine Science Research Center | |
| Samuel
Ocko Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | A Study of the Thermal Properties of the 1D Lennard Jones System | Dr.
Philip Allen Physics & Astronomy | |
| Andrei
Petrenko Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | Investigation of Nuclear Mass Formula Fits to the Liquid Drop Model of the Nucleus | Dr.
James Lattimer Physics & Astronomy | |
| Smita
Prakash Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | Grasping Einstein's Gravitational Waves | Dr.
Madappa Prakash Physics & Astronomy | |
| Feini
Qu Half Hollow Hills HS E., Dix Hillls Intel semi-finalist | Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide to Enhance Polymer Compatibility in Ultra-Thin Filrms | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Aditi
Ramakrishnan Ward Melville HS/ *InSTAR, E. Setauket Intel semi-finalist | Are Nanoparticles Safe? Cytotoxicity of Citrate Coated Gold Nanoparticles | Dr.
Nadine Pernodet Dr. Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| David
Rosenman Half Hollow Hills HS W., Dix Hills Intel semi-finalist | Analysis Through MD Simulations on the Effects of the Y88C Mutation in Bacillus stearothermophilius MutY Adenine Glycosylase on Its Repair of 8-oxoG: A DNA | Dr.
Carlos Simmerling Chemistry | |
| Matthew
Schlossberger Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy HS, Plainview Intel semi-finalist | Electrospinning of Polystyrene and POSS Nanofibers | Dr.
Miriam Rafailovich Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Jonathan
Scholl The Wheatley School, Old Westbury Intel semi-finalist | Surface Directed Crystallization of Polymer Thin Films in | ||