Technology giant Intel announced on Wednesday that 22 students from Rockland and Westchester counties are among 300 national semifinalists in the annual Intel Science Talent Search.
The local students were chosen from a pool of almost 2,000 applicants from across America for science projects ranging from those with a local focus, like how the Hudson River’s environment affects its American eel population, to research focused on subjects much farther afield — white dwarf stars in the depths of space, for instance.
Ossining High School boasted the most regional semifinalists — five — and was second statewide only to the Bronx High School of Science, from which eight finalists were selected.
“Being a semifinalist is a great feeling,” says Aaron Maxwell of Ossining High School. “Not only for me, but also I feel it’s a victory for the entire community, the school, the science research program, and obviously for the five semifinalists, too.”
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The semifinalists from Ossining High School introduce themselves and their projects |
Intel announces 40 finalists on January 21; they’ll be invited to Washington, D.C. in March to publicly display their projects and meet with science professionals. Three winners will be awarded $150,000 in prize money.
As the Journal News reports, this year’s batch of local finalists is larger than last year’s: In 2014, there were 21 regional semifinalists. Although none of them were chosen as winners, two honorable mentions with cash prizes were given to New York students from Nassau and Suffolk counties.
View a list of this year’s Rockland- and Westchester-based semifinalists and their projects below.
Armonk
Byram Hills High School
Greg Carlin, 17
The Development of a Query Cost Model for the Weakly Dependent Subquery Optimization of the Stack-Based Query Language
Chappaqua
Horace Greeley High School
Michael Doppelt, 17
Novel Zinc-Air Battery Current Collectors Using 3D-Printed Conductive ABS Plastic
Cross River
John Jay High School
Tess Woerner Tobin, 17
Determining the Superior Pheromone and Essential Oil for the Management of the Highly Invasive Brown Marmorated Stinkbug, Halyomorpha halys
Croton-on-Hudson
Croton-Harmon High School
Emily Mina Grossman, 18
Assessing the Range of Motion of the Upper Limb in a Modified Box and Block Test
Lincolndale
Somers High School
Dalia Laredo, 17
The Development of an Oil Filter that Uses Biowaste as the Sorptive Media
Montrose
Hendrick Hudson High School
Jazz Alexander Munitz, 17
Microfluidics-Facilitated Synthesis and Characterization of Apoptosis-Inducing Low-Cost Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapeutics
New Rochelle
New Rochelle High School
Christina Florakis, 18
The Possible Relationships between EphA1 and Alzheimer’s disease
Ossining
Ossining High School
Charles Gulian, 17
A Search for Tidally-Distorted White Dwarf Binaries in the Kepler Survey
Juliet Adela Ivanov, 17
Investigating the Protective Effects of Interleukin 22 on Intestinal Epithelium: Potential Novel Graft versus Host Disease Treatment
David Leibert, 17
Sleep-Dependent Consolidation of Spatial Memory Changes with Aging
Brinda Ramesh, 17
Examining the Development of Multisensory Integration in Speech Processing Through the McGurk Illusion
Aaron Maxwell Spring, 17
Sediment Size and River Bottom Composition Affects the Settlement of Juvenile Anguilla rostrata in the Hudson River
Pelham
Pelham Memorial High School
Max Pine, 17
Effect of Climate on the Spatial Distribution and Synchrony of Eight Irruptive Bird Species
Rye Brook
Blind Brook High School
Jack Broitman, 17
Comparing the Effects of an External Alpha Particle Beam with Antibody Delivered Alpha Radiation on the Survival and Metabolic Activity of Cryptococcus neoformans
Stanley James Vuong, 17
Driving Impairment and Injury Severity in Motor Vehicle Accidents: A Path Analysis
Scarsdale
Edgemont High School
Brian Kam, 17
Spatial and Temporal Regulation of the Microtubule Cytoskeleton in Interphase Cells via Motor Domain Phosphorylation of the Kinesin13 KLP10A
Samuel J. Lewis, 17
Activation of Pro-Inflammatory Genes Suggests Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern (PAMP) Component in Giardia lamblia Recognized by the Murine Innate Immune System
Scarsdale High School
David Frank, 17
The Relation of Cell Viability and Adaptability to the Alterations in Mitochondrial Metabolism that Occur in Alzheimer’s Disease
Upper Nyack
Nyack High School
Brooklyn Monica Grossbard, 17
Secretion of Organic Compounds from Tissue Engineered Adipose on Silk Scaffolds of Differing Sizes Compared to Differing Culture Periods
West Nyack
Clarkstown High School South
Richard Harris Adamovich-Zeitlin, 17
Steady State Visual Evoked Potential-Based Brain Computer Interface for Binary Communication
Yorktown Heights
Yorktown High School
Benjamin Child, 17
Solar Water Pasteurization for Use in Disaster Areas and Developing Nations
Catherine Chung, 17
A Novel Approach to a Low-Cost Solar Water Purification Device: Supplying Clean Drinking Water for Developing Countries
