End of Summer Research Symposium | Garcia Center for Polymers at Engineered Interfaces

Schedule of Events

Time	Presentation
9:15AM	Welcome Mr. Steve Vacarelli, Brown Bros Harriman and the Morin Charitable Trust
9:19AM	Musical Arrangement: “Vivaldi’s Spring Movement” Prof. John Luckner Jerome and the Garcia 2021 Orchestra Arrangement: Jamie Jerome
9:24-9:25AM	Opening Remarks Dr. Brooke Ellison, Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics
9:25-9:29AM	Symposium X: Ethical Engineering Chair: Jessica Guo, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, NY
	Ethical Analysis of the 2019-21 Locust Epidemic Anirudh Bharadwaj, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA Justin Shnayder, Staten Island Technical High School, Staten Island, NY Jansen Wong, Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, NY Alan Zhu, Livingston High School, Livingston, NJ
	Infodemic: Misinformation in the Age of COVID-19 Steven Luo, Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose, CA Jessica Guo, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, NY Sneha Sunder, Fairfield Warde High School, Fairfield, CT Jacob Zerykier, Rambam Mesivta-Maimonides High School, Lawrence, NY JunzhiXie, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, MD Matt Lim, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School, Plainview, NY
	Self-Driving Cars: A Moral Dilemma Andrew Ahn, Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Manlius, NY Eric Guan, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC Joshua Kaplan, The Frisch School, Paramus, NJ Lauren Yu, Brea Olinda High School, Brea, CA
9:30-9:39AM	Session I: The Influence of Nanoparticles on Human Cells: Chairs: Diya Rai-Gersappe, Vassar University & BharviChavre, Princeton University
	The Impact of TiO2 on the Network Mechanics of HUVEC The Effect of Titanium Dioxide on Cell Survival , Proliferation and Bacterial Infection Impact of SynOss on the Doubling Time of Dental Pulp Stem Cells SabreenAlam, Portola High School, Irvine, CA Prabuddha Ghosh Dastidar, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC Mira Rosovsky, SAR High School, Riverdale, NY Elizabeth Wang, BASIS Chandler, Chandler, AZ Daniel Xie, Panther Creek High School, Cary, NC
	The Influence of TiO2 and ZnO Nanoparticles on the Bacterial Infection of HeLa Cells Joanna Li, Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, NY William Strutton, Hastings High School, Hastings on Hudson, NY Emily Zhou, The Harker School, San Jose, CA
9:40-9:45AM	Session II: Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells Chair: Ayman Lone, University of Chicago
	The Effect of Hypochlorous on the Migration and Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells SabreenAlam, Portola High School, Irvine, CA Prabuddha Ghosh Dastidar, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC Mira Rosovsky, SAR High School, Riverdale, NY Elizabeth Wang, BASIS Chandler, Chandler, AZ Daniel Xie, Panther Creek High School, Cary, NC
	The Effect of Surface Chemistry on Dental Pulp Stem Cells in Neurogenic Differentiation Leigh Baratta, Smithtown High School East, Smithtown, NY Nikhil Mehta, Smithtown High School East, Smithtown, NY Claire Richter, South Side High School, Rockville Centre, NY Layla Shaffer, The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ Andrew Yuen, Jericho High School, Jericho, NY
9:46-9:54AM	Session III: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Co-Chairs: Rena Max, MidreshetLindenbaum Hugh Rosshirt, University of Notre Dame
	Deepfake Video Detection Using Biologically Inspired Geometric Deep Learning Yash Agarwal, Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, CA Eric Guan, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC Krish Jain, Redmond High School, Redmond, WA Steven Luo, Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose, CA Aayush Sheth, Tesla STEM High School, Redmond, WA Jansen Wong, Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, NY Eric Zhu, Princeton High School, Princeton, NJ
	Creating an Interface for the Operation of a Robotic Arm Matthew Garcia, Plainedge High School, North Massapequa, NY Dyllan Hofflich, Pelham Memorial High School, Pelham, NY David Tarrab, Ramaz Upper School, New York, NY Audrey Wong, Beckman High School, Irvine, CA Lauren Yu, Brea Olinda High School, Brea, CA
	Implementation of TTK for Control of Multiple Devices Ezra Reiss, Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, Uniondale, NY Ethan Pereira, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro Township, NJ Adin Moskowitz, Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, Uniondale, NY
9:55-10:06AM	Session IV: Thrombosis and Viral Infection Chair: Katie Rosshirt, University of Notre Dame
	Investigating How COVID-19 Induces Microthrombosis on Endothelial Cells The Effectiveness of P12: A Potential Anti-Thrombogenic Drug for COVID-19 Nicole Gabriel, South Side High School, Rockville Centre, NY Aarushi Mehrotra, Lynbrook High School, Lynbrook, NY Jia Lu (Angela) Sun, Lord Byng Secondary, Vancouver, Canada Sneha Sunder, Fairfield Warde High School, Fairfield, CT Serena Yang, Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, CA
	Investigating the Atomistic Mechanism of Fibrinogen Inhibition by P12 Sophia Cai, Barrington High School, Barrington, IL LeAnn Tai, Arnold O. Beckman High School, Irvine, CA
	Science At-Home Experiment Video 1
10:08-10:21AM	Session V: Modeling and Experiment of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Proteins Under Different Conditions Chair: Bernard Essuman, Stony Brook University
	Influence Of Temperature, And Salt Concentration On Molecular Structure Of SARS-Cov-2 Spike Protein Using Potentiometric Sensor Emily Vaysman, Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, Lawrence, NY Katherine Morse, Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, Lawrence, NY Chloe Lim, Portola High School, Irvine, CA
	Evaluating the Effectiveness of AI-Guided Coarse-Grained Modeling for More Efficient Molecular Dynamics Simulations Raaghav Malik, Columbus Academy, Gahanna, OH
	Protein-Ligand Binding Affinity Prediction by Multi-Representation based Neural Network EmirhanKurtuluş, Cağaloğlu Anatolian High School, Istanbul, Turkey
	Fogging H1N1 Virus to Quantify the Survival Rate on Various Surfaces Francis White, Houston Christian High School, TX Timothy Reinholdt, South Side High School, Rockville Centre, NY Qianhui Hong, Shenzhen Foreign Languages School, Shenzhen, China
	Interactions of Polylactic Acid with the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein Under Varying Temperatures Erika Flickinger, Saint Teresa High School, Decatur, IL Rebecca Hurwitz, Maine East High School, Park Ridge, IL Lydia Wang, Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, NY
10:21-10:29AM	Session VI: Nanocomposites Co-Chairs: Anna Cho, Stony Brook University & Vikash Persaud, Stony Brook University
	Creating Easily Processable, 3D-printable, and Biodegradable Flame Retardant Polymers Joshua Kaplan, The Frisch School, Paramus, NJ Katerina Popova, Hackley School, Tarrytown, NY Ethan Zuo, Saratoga High School, Saratoga, CA Abhishek Vangipuram, Novi High School, Novi, MI Miffy Liu, Shenzhen Middle School, Shenzhen, China
	Optimizing the PP/PS Blends for Conductive Polymer 3D Printing Forest Ho-Chen, George School, Newtown, PA Shuhe Liu, The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China Emma Savov, Mainland Regional High School, Linwood, NJ
	Implications of modifying the rheology of Rhizobium tropici EPS Grace Wang, Lexington High School, Lexington, MA Emily Xiao, Alexander Mackenzie High School, Richmond Hill, ON, Canada
10:30-10:41AM	Session VII: Nanocomposite Modeling & Simulation Chairs: Olias Christie, Stony Brook University Varun Nimmagadda, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
	Designing Copolymers for Reducing Interfacial Tension in Polymer Blends using Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Albert Tam, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA NathraRamrajvel, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA
	Simulating the Transport of Ions in Solid Electrolytes Using the Lattice-Boltzmann Method Jack Kugler, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH AishikDhori, Munster High School, Munster, IN SatvikLolla, Poolesville High School, Poolesville, MD
	Investigating the effect of interface morphologies on dendrite formation in lithium-metal batteries via the Lattice-Boltzmann MethodNeha Basu, BASIS Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ Anirudh Bharadwaj, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA
	Using Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics to Model Rheological Properties of Hydrogels with Rigid and Bonded Clay Fillers Varun Nimmagadda, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
	Science At-Home Experiment Video 2
10:41-10:50AM	Session VIII: Microorganisms and Materials Chair: Antony Deluxe, NYU, College of Arts and Science
	Analysis of microorganisms associated with failed in endodontic treatment in fifteen-year-old samples of root canals Antony Deluxe, New York University, College of Arts and Science, New York, NY
	Deweaving Cotton Cloth using Non-Toxic and Environmentally-Friendly Methods Functionalizing Fibers from Cotton Cloth Unweaved using Sodium Nitrate and Citric Acid Solutions Ayush Agrawal, Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, CA Tianyu Dong, Northview High School, Johns Creek, GA Amanda Xu, The Madeira School, McLean, VA Ivan Yuan, Shanghai High School International Division, Shanghai, China Jacob Zerykier, Rambam Mesivta-Maimonides High School, Lawrence, NY Elizabeth Zhang, Phillips Academy Andover, Andover, MA Guanchen Zhu, The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
	Science At-Home Experiment Video 3
10:51-11:02AM	Session IX: Embolic Agents, DNA, & Backscattering Co-Chairs: Anthony Del Valle, Stony Brook University Megha Gopal, Stony Brook University
	Application of Tn5 Transposase to Surface-immobilized DNA Combed on Grated Polydimethylsiloxane Film Robin Xiong, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, NY Hannah Saks, Walt Whitman High School, Huntington, NY JunzhiXie, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, MD Leon Zhou, Shenzhen Middle School, Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
	Observation of Coherent Backscattering for Detection of Physical State Changes Claire Yang, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, NY
	Optimizing Brain Aneurysm Treatment with a Reverse Thermo-Responsive Liquid Embolic Agent IfeoluwatobiAlao, High Technology High School, Lincroft, NJ Jessica Guo, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, NY Matt Lim, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School, Plainview, NY Chiara Mosca, East Islip High School, Islip Terrace, NY Hannah Tao, Academy for Information Technology, Scotch Plains, NJ Maya Vendhan, Colorado Academy, Denver, CO Harriet Zu, High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China, Beijing Aryan Roy, Cherry Creek High School, Denver, CO
	Science At-Home Experiment Video 4
11:03-11:17AM	Session X: Sustainable Energy Chair: John Calderon, Stony Brook University
	Use of Partially Reduced Graphene Oxide to Increase Power Efficiency in AEM Fuel Cells The Enhancement of AEMFCs using Bimetallic Ag3Ni and AgNi3 Nanoparticles Optimization of Membrane Electrode Assembly Using Silver Nanoparticles in Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Andrew Ahn, Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Manlius, NY Abhinav Madabhushi, Chirec International School, Hyderabad, Telangana, India Eyal Noy, Rochelle Zell Jewish High School, Deerfield, IL Audrey Zhan, Westminster School, London, UK Alex Zhang, Newton North High School, Newton, MA Alan Zhu, Livingston High School, Livingston, NJ
	Polymeric Hole Transport Layer in Perovskite Solar Cells Miller Liao, Shenzhen Middle School, Shenzhen, China Grace Kyoko Wong, St Paul’s Girls’ School, London, UK
	Methylammonium Chloride Assisted Growth of High Quality FAPbI3 Shiqi Cheng, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, IL Adin Moskowitz, Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, Uniondale, NY Justin Shnayder, Staten Island Technical High School, Staten Island, NY
	Science At-Home Experiment Video 5
	Adjourn

Garcia 2021 End of Summer Research Symposium

Friday, August 13th 9:15am-11:30am EDT

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