17, 2020 Toms River, NJ

JSJSS Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium

March 16 - 17, 2020 Toms River, NJ www.ocean.edu

4th Annual Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium

Dear Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium Students: Welcome to Ocean County College, New Jersey’s first and finest community college, for the 4th Annual Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium. As a student selected to participate in this Symposium, you represent New Jersey’s finest. Your interest in and understanding of the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics are outstanding, as exhibited in your research projects selected for presentation.

The wide-ranging and comprehensive subjects being highlighted at this two-day Symposium are impressive; more importantly, they represent the commitment you have made, the knowledge you have gained as a result of your hard work, and the success you will enjoy as you move into the future.

Please enjoy your time at Ocean County College. We are all delighted that you, your parents, your teachers, and your sponsors are here. You have my best wishes for a productive and successful Symposium.

Jon H. Larson, Ph.D. President, Ocean County College

Program Contents

Schedule Agenda...... 3 Introductory Remarks...... 6 Reviewers, Mentors, and Judges of Student Papers...... 9 Acknowledgements...... 11 Director, Moderators, and Master of Ceremonies...... 15 Speakers...... 18 Executive Committee...... 19 Student Presenters...... 20 Student Poster Presenters...... 31 Participating Schools and Students Submitting Research Papers...... 35 Ocean County College Campus Map...... Back Page

JSJSS • Ocean County College 3 Monday, March 16 (Day Schedule)

LOCATION: Ocean County College • Grunin Theatre, Bldg. 11a & 11b

8:00–9:00 am REGISTRATION

9:00–9:05 am GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Dr. Mary-Ellen Rada Director, Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium Ocean County College

9:05–9:10 am WELCOME Dr. Sylvia Riviello Dean, School of STEM Ocean County College

9:10–9:20 am INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Dr. Jon Larson President, Ocean County College

FIRST TECHNICAL SESSION MODERATOR: Carolyn Showalter Assistant Dean, School of STEM Ocean County College

9:20–11:45 am STUDENT PRESENTERS 9:20–9:45 am Ryan Park X-Net: A Deep Convolutional Neural Model for X-Ray Threat Detection Millburn High School, Millburn NJ 9:45–10:10 am Jessica Yatvitskiy Real-Time Detection of High-Frequency Oscillations and Computations of Coherence from MEG Signals to Facilitate the Prediction of Epileptic Seizures Pingry School, Basking Ridge, NJ 10:10–10:35 am Raehash Shah The Role of Glycoproteins and HLA markers in Fibrosis of Rheumatic Valvular Disease Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ 10:35–10:55 am BREAK 10:55–11:20 am Crystal Pan Development of Polymer Composites Reinforced with Recycled Carbon Fibers Toms River High School North, Toms River, NJ 4 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 11:20–11:45 am Jason Ping Enabling Personalized Medicine: A Novel Deep Learning Tool for Classifying Genetic Mutations Using Text from Clinical Evidence Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ

LOCATION: Ocean County College • HPEC Bldg. 29, Gym

11:45 am–12:30 pm LUNCH

12:30–4:00 pm JSJSS GENERAL POSTER SESSION/ STUDENT SCAVENGER HUNT

Monday, March 16 (Evening schedule)

LOCATION: Ramada Toms River • 2373 Highway Rt. 9, Toms River, NJ

6:00–9:30 pm BANQUET 6:00–7:00 pm POSTER PRESENTATIONS 7:00--7:10 pm Welcome: Dr. Mary-Ellen Rada PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS NJ-782 Air Force Junior ROTC Group, Jackson Memorial High School 7:10–7:15 pm United States of America National Anthem William Simmons 7:10–9:30 pm MASTER OF CEREMONIES COL John L. Booth, P.E., PMP, USA (ret.)

Tuesday, March 17

7:00 am–8:30 am BREAKFAST Participants staying overnight will have breakfast at the Ramada Toms River • Highway Rt. 9, Toms River, NJ

LOCATION: Ocean County College • Grunin Theatre, Bldg. 12 8:55 am–9:05 am GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Dr. Mary-Ellen Rada Director, Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium Ocean County College

JSJSS • Ocean County College 5 8:55 am–9:05 am SECOND TECHNICAL SESSION MODERATOR: Thomas McGrath

9:05 am–11:35 am STUDENT PRESENTERS 9:05–9:30 am Sourish Jasti Wastewater Purification: Fabrication Of A Low-Cost Water Filtration System To Remove Heavy Metal Ions In Wastewater Using Waste Tea & Coffee Holmdel High School, Holmdel, NJ

9:30–9:55 am Edward Kim Incorporating Kinesthetic Illusion with Force-Sensitive Device to Aid Hand Grasp During Space Travel Tenafly High School, Tenafly, NJ

9:55–10:20 am Kannammai Pichappan The Role of Ascorbic Acid in PNS Neurodegenerative Disease Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ

10:20–10:45 am BREAK

10:45–11:10 am Haocheng Yang Using Multi-Length Tokens for Optimization of Information Leakage in BlindBo Tenafly High School, Tenafly, NJ

11:10–11:35 am Ju Young Lee Unraveling the Potential Role of MZF1 in Erastin-induced Ferroptosis: Novel Approach to Treat Iron-Addicted Breast Cancer Cells Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ

11:35 am–12:30 pm INVITED SPEAKER Lieutenant Commander Jack Smock

LOCATION: Ocean County College • HPEC Bldg. 29, Gym 12:35–2:15 pm LUNCHEON AND AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENTS

2:15 pm DEPARTURE

6 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Captain Pierre A. Fuller Commanding Officer Naval Weapons Station Earle

On behalf of the United States Navy and the Officers, Chief Petty Officers, Sailors and civilian support staff assigned to Naval Weapons Station Earle, I take great pleasure in co-sponsoring this prestigious event with our distinguished neighbors at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and Ocean County College.

This year marks the 58th anniversary of the symposium. Now, more than ever, it is clear that developing our nation’s future scientists, engineers and researchers is a critical mission. Only through continued innovation and technological breakthroughs will our country be able to retain its place as the world’s leader. Those of you here today are the future of our nation. We are counting on your continued enthusiasm, passion and dedication to lead us into that future.

By your participation in this symposium, and as evidenced by the papers and posters you worked on so diligently, you have clearly demonstrated that you are up to the task. Keep up the good work.

Congratulations to the symposium participants and thank you to the parents, educators and mentors who encouraged you along the way. I wish all of you continued success in your future endeavors.

JSJSS • Ocean County College 7 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Ms. Kathleen P. Donnelly Naval Air Systems Command Executive Director of Engineering, Support Equipment, Aircraft Launch & Recovery Equipment

On behalf of the United States Navy & Marine Corps and the dedicated professional military and civilian employees of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division at Lakehurst, we are again honored to be cosponsors in the Annual Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium at Ocean County College. This regional competition has continued to inspire the next generation of New Jersey high school students to use their creativity and push their minds in advancing the knowledge and application of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

There are many to witness and participate in this wonderful event, whether a contributing student, a teacher or academic advisor, a supportive parent or sibling, a symposium judge or volunteer, or an eyewitness member of the audience. You are all collectively creating this rich, wonderful environment in which this Symposium has been able to flourish and showcase the best and brightest of New Jersey.

Encouragement is a vital ingredient that fosters the pursuit of knowledge and understanding for anyone of any age, but most notably for early learners who are developing their way of synthesizing the seemingly infinite threads of information presented throughout their education. Reach out and speak to as many students as possible—inspire them to become the unique individuals they are meant to be.

Along with our cosponsors from the Army, Air Force, fellow Navy organizations, Department of Homeland Security, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, it is you, the participating students of this Symposium, and your youthful curiosity and deep desire for learning, that we dedicate ourselves to support your journey of discovery. We look forward to engaging each and every one of you, whether a general poster presenter, a banquet poster presenter, or a final presenter. 8 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 REVIEWERS, MENTORS, AND JUDGES OF STUDENT PAPERS

Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance And Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center______Jesus Barista, Ph.D. MPH Priya Nembhard Corbin Borrero Kevin Fraizer Thomas Newsome Alena Calm Tara Goldberg Alex Nieves Matthew Casey Gayle Grant Jin Park Heather Cook, PharmD Gabriel W. Intano, Ph.D. Charles Seal, AUSA Tyler Cook Karen Kaminsky Nancy Severns Freida Dale Thomas Kesolits Apurva Shah Sorin Davidovici, CACI Dr. Jenna Klubnick, MD Shailesh Shah Danielle Duff, PMP Christopher Kramer Karla K. Simon, MSPH, Thomas Duffe Richard Lo, Veterans MSIT Annjanette T. Ellison, Affairs Edward Thomas D.M. Walt Lucchesi, Ph.D. Brandon L. Underwood Mary Jo Egbert, PMP, Bing Mak Eugene Vickers DynoVelocity Doug Mayo Steven Witt, EHS Bradley Farnsworth, Rinnetta McGhee Joe Zaroff, Aspen CACI Dr. Carolynn A. Moore, Consulting Group, Michael Ferraro Ph.D. Association of Old Dr. Steven Fischer, MD MAJ Derek Monthei, MS Crows

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)______Patrick Brannick Justin Garr Gaetan Mangano Michael Donovan Ari Goodman Steve McLaughlin Gil Espinoza Jesse Hubler Lori Nace Valerie Fabretti Kevin Larkins Dorothy Peters Naval Weapons Station Earle______Armen Amirian Ryan Broderick Stacey Roberts Greg Barkley AJ Cappeto John Rosendale Matthew Barrett Elizabeth Lee David Walsh Dennis Blazak Stephan Perlas Naval Surface Warfare Center______Armen Amirian Eric Hoover Stephen Perlas Danielle Carfaro Elizabeth Lee Nicholas Zecchino Department of Homeland Security______Bridget Baker Valerie Lively CDR Lisa Lee Mo Haliwa

JSJSS • Ocean County College 9 Ocean County College (OCC)______Pam Bogdan Dr. John McElroy Dr. Sylvia Riviello Dr. Angel Camilo Micheal Pezzimenti Vandana Saini Scott Farrell Sam Pinkava Lincoln Simmons Dr. Caterina Gibson Dr. Mary-Ellen Rada Dr. Maria Steblyanko Neesha Gunnis RN, BSN Vijay Ramdeen Monmouth University______Dr. Dottie Lobo

NOAA - James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory at Sandy Hook_ Karen Greene Donna Johnson Dr. Beth Phelan Ursula Howsen Ken Keene John Rosendale NJ Sea Grant Consortium (NJSGC)______Gary Buchanan, Rutgers University Maria Montes-Matias, NJ Department Denise Gemmellaro, Union County College of Environmental Kean University Jean Parry, Georgian Protection (NJDEP) Gene Hall, Rutgers Court University Karen Bemis, Rutgers University Joel Pecchioli, NJDEP University Lucas James Kirby, Ling Ren, George Sara Bender Kean University Mason University Diana Burich Nancy LaFleur, Kean Jody Sackett Nikita Burrows, University Melanie Schroer, Monmouth University Lori Lester, NJDEP Stockton University Michael Danko Lee Lippincott, NJDEP Amy Williams, Ocean Carisa Davis, Kean Laura Lorentzen, Kean County Vocational and University University Technical School Michelle Esposito, Massoumeh Nahvi, Andres Zavaleta, Union Georgian Court Union County College County College University Dan Milleman, NJDEP Fanglin Zhang, Stevens Nicole Fahrenfeld, Institute of Technology

Stockton University______Adam Aguiar, Ph.D. Guy Barbato, Ph.D. David Burleigh, Ph.D.

continued, next page 10 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium gratefully acknowledges the following for offering awards to the student paper presenters: • The U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force for undergraduate tuition scholarships that are distributed by the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium for a total of $4,500. • Scholarships awarded at $2,000, $1,500, and $1,000 to the top three Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium (JSJSS) finalists. Scholarships are payable upon matriculation and upon meeting the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) scholarship conditions. • An expense-paid trip to the National JSHS awarded to the top five JSJSS finalists. The National JSHS brings together over 400 participants in a program of educational and scientific exchange. (A list of JSHS national-level scholarships is available at www.jshs.org.) • An invitation to present their original research investigation at the 2020 National JSHS in Norfolk, Virginia will be extended to the top two JSJSS finalists. • Teacher Award. • National Scholarship. AFCEA GREATER MONMOUTH CHAPTER independently chooses and awards up to three outstanding papers in AFCEA-related fields (computer science, electronic engineering, and communications): 1st Place - $300, 2nd Place - $200, 3rd Place - $100. AOC (ASSOCIATION OF OLD CROWS) GARDEN STATE CHAPTER for awards of $140 to each student paper presenter ($1,400) and a 4-year AOC Student Membership. ASPEN CONSULTING GROUP for awards of $75 Gift Card to each student paper presenter ($7500). L3Harris Technologies $150.00 to each student paper presenter ($1500). NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, LAKEHURST for award plaques to the paper presenters in recognition of their novel research and experimentation. NAVAL WEAPONS STATION EARLE for award certificates to each student paper presenter. NDIA (NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION) CENTRAL NEW JERSEY CHAPTER for awards of $100 to each student paper presenter ($1,000). The NEW JERSEY SAME (SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MILITARY ENGINEERS) for awards of $50 to each student paper presenter ($500). • All scholarships and awards are funded independently of Ocean County College and are subject to change. • To qualify for the regional and national scholarships, U.S. citizenship or proof of permanent residency will be required. • U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force scholarships are payable upon college matriculation, meeting the JSHS scholarship conditions, and are subject to the availability and release of government funding.

JSJSS • Ocean County College 11 The Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium gratefully acknowledges the following for offering awards to the student poster presenters: ASPEN CONSULTING GROUP for NCMA (LAKEHURST CHAPTER OF awards of $50 Gift Card to each THE NAVAL CIVILIAN MANAGERS student paper presenter ($300). ASSOCIATION) NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS AOC (ASSOCIATION OF OLD CROWS)- COMMAND for awards plaques to each GARDEN STATE CHAPTER for awards of the six poster presenters. of $100 to each poster presenters NAVAL WEAPONS STATION EARLE for ($600), 4-year student membership. award certificates to each of the six AUSA (MONMOUTH CHAPTER OF THE student poster presenters. ASSOCIATION OF THE U.S. ARMY) NDIA (NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL for awards of $100 to each poster ASSOCIATION) CENTRAL NEW JERSEY presenters ($600). CHAPTER for awards of $50 to each L3Harris Technologies for awards of of the six poster presenters ($300). $100 to each student poster presenter ($600). Additional Awards AAAA Scavenger Hunt Awards L3Harris Technologies, CLIFTON, NJ for $100 award for the Evening Poster Session Student Choice Award. NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, LAKEHURST to award plaques to the top 3 winners for the General Poster Competition in each of the 7 categories, as well as each of the winners in the areas of: Most Outstanding Field Work, Best Use of Photography, Most Artistic, and Best Home Based Scientist.

THE NEW JERSEY SEA GRANT CONSORTIUM ENVIRONMENTAL POSTER PRESENTER AWARD. The NJSGC independently chooses and awards the Top two outstanding papers in Environmental related study. The 1st Place Environmental paper will receive $300 and 2nd Place Environmental paper will receive $200.

Ocean County College, School of STEM. First place trophies for the top student presenter and poster presenter, and “Overall Winner” in the General Poster session.

• All other scholarships and awards are funded independently of Ocean County College and are subject to change. • To qualify for the regional and national scholarships, U.S. citizenship or proof of permanent residency will be required. • U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force scholarships are payable upon college matriculation, meeting the JSHS scholarship conditions, and are subject to the availability and release of government funding

12 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 JSJSS gratefully acknowledges the following: THE NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHING ASSOCIATION, Arlington, Virginia for all of their help and support in making this a successful program.

THE JUNIOR SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES SYMPOSIA (JSHS) Program (www.jshs.org) is jointly sponsored by the United States Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, in cooperation with leading research universities throughout the nation. The Department of Defense generously provides funding for the national symposium and JSHS scholarships.

THE OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH, Arlington, Virginia, the U.S. Army Research Office, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Bolling AFB, Washington, DC for having joined forces to encourage and reward the next generation of scientific and engineering talent. Resulting from this tri-science partnership, scholarships will be annually awarded to outstanding high school students who compete in symposia affiliated with the Army/ Navy-sponsored Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS). Additional tri- service sponsored awards include the faculty award and participant certificates.

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (www.principals.org) has placed JSHS on its National Advisory List of Student Contests and Activities.

NARCISSUS FLORALS is owned by Ken Malagiere, Executive Director of the Ocean County College Foundation. Special thanks to NARCISSUS FLORALS for providing the Banquet center pieces.

College Drive, Toms River, NJ 08754-2001 Ocean County College is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution.

JSJSS • Ocean County College 13 DEAN

Dr. Sylvia Riviello Dean, School of STEM Ocean County College

A native to the tri-state area, Dean Riviello was born in Philadelphia and lived in the surrounding areas for many years. She received her undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Immaculata University and Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Bryn Mawr College. Dean Riviello’s professional career is quite diverse. She entered academia as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Rosemont College. Her next career led to Lockheed Martin where she was an engineering manager for 10 years. At Lockheed Martin, Dean Riviello assisted in the development of 4th generation materials for GPS and many communication satellites used today for our cell phones. And if you ask her the ‘infamous’ question she is a bonafide, rocket scientist. A small hiatus from rocket science, Dean Riviello entered the family business and eventually became the sole owner of a multi-million dollar manufacturing facility. After 15 years in manufacturing Dean Riviello came full circle and returned to her first passion which was her love of teaching and her students’ success. She re-entered academia and became Department Head of Science and Math at Neumann University. Dean Riviello spent seven years teaching at Neumann University and several of the Community Colleges in the area; namely Camden County College, Burlington County College and Delaware County Community College. At the request of her immediate family, who by this time had transplanted to Florida, Dean Riviello accepted the position of Associate Dean of Science and Math for the Online Campus at Broward College. Even though the sun shines almost every day, after three years she decided to return to her roots and accepted the offer as the Dean of the School of STEM at OCC. As soon as Dean Riviello stepped foot on the OCC campus she knew she had arrived home.

14 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 DIRECTOR

Dr. Mary-Ellen Rada College Lecturer II: Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology, Holistic Health and Wellness, Study Abroad-Global Education Ocean County College

Dr. Mary-Ellen Rada is a graduate of Stockton University and a summa cum laude graduate of Sherman College of Chiropractic where she was awarded the Garfunkel Valedictory Award, the Academic Achievement Award and the B.J. Palmer Philosophy Distinction Award. While at Sherman College she was named to the National Dean’s List, and Outstanding Young Women of America. She maintains a private practice from 1990 to the present in Jackson, New Jersey.

In 2001, Dr. Rada was appointed by Governor Whitman to the New Jersey State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and served for ten years. She was elected as the first female president in 2003. Dr. Rada was also elected by her peers to serve on the Board of Directors for the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners as well as on their executive committee from 2006-2009. Dr. Rada served on the Sherman College of Chiropractic Board of Trustees 2010-2011. She continues to be an active member and provides yearly continuing education seminars for the Garden State Chiropractic Society. Dr. Rada has been a guest speaker at the Harvard/MIT Conference on Alternative Medicine and at Yale University, Alternative Medicine Conference.

Dr. Rada began her tenure at Ocean County College as an Adjunct Professor in 2012 and was hired as a full time College Lecturer II in 2014. She teaches across three disciplines; Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology, and Holistic Health & Wellness wherein she authored and teaches ten courses and developed the Holistic Health & Wellness Certificate Program. Dr. Rada also conducts Global Science Education through a study abroad course to Italy, The Science of the Renaissance. She was named Director of the Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium in 2019.

JSJSS • Ocean County College 15 MODERATOR

Carolyn Showalter Assistant Dean, School of STEM Ocean County College

Ms. Showalter has been a member of the Ocean County College family for thirty-five years. She was an Assistant Professor of Mathematics for thirty years as well as Dean of Mathematics for five years before being named Assistant Dean in August 2018. Also, she is a 30-year advisor to Tau Iota which is OCC’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the International Honor Society for 2-year colleges. Carolyn served as an officer of the Faculty Association of Ocean County College for over 15 years, including six years as President and chief Negotiator. She enjoys teaching Statistics and Calculus. Carolyn was the first faculty member selected by the College to attend the Virginia Master Teacher Seminar. Ms. Showalter holds two degrees from The Ohio State University – a Master of Arts in Mathematics, and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics Education.

16 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 MODERATOR

Thomas McGrath Branch Supervisor Naval Surface Warfare Center Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

Thomas McGrath is a Branch Supervisor for the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division, Systems Integration Department, Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Transportation Division. In his work for the Navy at Picatinny Arsenal, Mr. McGrath leads a team of engineers and technicians responsible for support of shipboard ordnance handling equipment and material handling equipment, and for the generation of technical documentation supporting fleet training, equipment maintenance, and explosives safety. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from LaSalle University. Mr. McGrath served on active duty in the United States Navy as a Supply Corps Officer from 1984 through 1989. He served in the Navy Reserve from 1992 through 2014 and retired as a Captain.

JSJSS • Ocean County College 17 MASTER OF CEREMONIES

COL John L. Booth P.E., PMP, F.SAME USA (ret)

Mr. Booth served on active duty with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from September 1969 to February 1996 and retired as a colonel. During his military career, he served in a number of positions, culminating in his last tour as deputy commander, North Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in New York City. He holds a Master of Science degree in civil engineering in construction management from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Maine. He is a registered professional engineer in Maine, and he is a Project Management Professional (PMP).

Mr. Booth is a member of several professional organizations, including the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), the Army Engineer Association (AEA), and the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA). He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Junior Science Symposium.

18 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 SPEAKER: March 17 • 11:35 am

Lieutenant Commander Jack Smock Executive Officer of Weapons Naval Station Earle

Lieutenant Commander Jack L Smock Jr. is a native of Peterstown, West Virginia. He graduated from Peterstown High School in May 1986 and enlisted in the Navy in July of 1990. In March of 1991 he attend boot camp in Great Lakes IL, and later attended Basic Enlisted Submarine School, Basic Electronic Rate Training and Fire Control Technician “A” school in Groton, Connecticut.

His first assignment was USS KENTUCKY SSBN 737 (B) home ported in Kings Bay, Georgia. In February of 1997 he reported to Trident Training Facility as a Fire Control Tactics instructor, certifying as a Master Training Specialist.

In January 2000, he reported to his next assignment onboard USS RHODE ISLAND SSBN 740 (G), where, in September of 2003, he was promoted to Chief Petty Officer.

In September 2003, he was assigned to USS NEBRASKA SSBN 739 (G) as the Torpedo Fire Control Leading Chief Petty Officer, where he found his next big challenge in executing a change of homeport move from Kings Bay GA to Bangor WA.

In February 2006 he was selected for a Commission in the Limited Duty Officer Program. After attending Officer Indoctrination School in Pensacola FL and Basic Officer Submarine School in Groton Connecticut, he reported onboard the USS ALASKA SSBN 732 (B) as the Assistant Weapons Officer. While assigned to ALASKA the ship conducted a change of homeport to Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth VA for an Engineering Refueling Overhaul. In May 2008 he transferred to Strategic Weapons Facility as the Nuclear Weapons Security Officer in Kings Bay Georgia.

In December 2011 LT Smock reported to PMA 280 in Patuxent River Maryland as the Deputy Program Manager for the retirement of the Nuclear Tomahawk Missile. He also received his Bachelor’s Degree from Grantham University at this time.

In February 2014 LT Smock served as Weapons Officer onboard USS EMORY S LAND AS39 home ported in Diego Garcia. In January 2015 he reported to the Navy Submarine Torpedo Facility as the Production Officer at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown Virginia. In July, 2016 he was promoted to LCDR and assigned as the Executive Officer at NSTF Yorktown. June 2019 LCDR Smock reported to Naval Weapons Station Earle New Jersey as the installation Executive Officer. LCDR Smock’s awards include a Meritorious Service Medal, 3 Navy Commendation Medals, 7 Navy Achievement Medals and numerous other commendations and citations.

JSJSS • Ocean County College 19 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Dr. Mary-Ellen Rada James Danch Director, Jersey Shore Junior Science Science Research Teacher, Colonia Symposium; Ocean County College High School, Woodbridge Township School District Dr. Sylvia Riviello Dean, School of STEM, Ocean County Michael Danko College Assistant Director of Extension, Marine Recreation Agent - Fisheries Kelly Aker and Boating, New Jersey Sea Grant Supervisor of Science Grades K-12, Consortium Woodbridge Township School District; District Chemical Hygiene Gayle Grant Programs and Guidance U.S. Army C5ISR I2WD, Fight Activity, Lakehurst, NJ, Branch Chief, past Adam Aguiar president of AFCEA Garden State Assistant Professor of Biology Chapter, past president AOC Garden School of Natural Sciences and State Chapter Mathematics Stockton University Pamela Dixon Kuhn Toms River North High School, COL John L. Booth, P.E., Science Research Teacher (retired) PMP, USA (ret) Member, Board of Directors, NJ Gaetan P. Mangano Post SAME; Member, Board of NAVAIR Technology Transfer and Directors, Monmouth Chapter of the Education Outreach Site Leader, Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA); Lakehurst, NJ Chair, Fort Monmouth Chapel Alumni Association (FMCAA) Thomas A. McGrath Supervisor, Naval Packaging, Dennis Blazak Handling, Storage, and Community Plans & Liaison Officer Transportation Center, NSWC Weapons Naval Station Earle IHEODTD Det., Picatinny

John Rosendale NOAA Fisheries - Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Ken Zimms National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)

20 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 2020 Student Presenters JSJSS Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium

JSJSS • Ocean County College 21 Student Paper Presenter: Sourish Jasti

Holmdel High School Holmdel, NJ Advisor: Dr. Josephine Blaha

Wastewater Purification: Fabrication Of A Low-Cost Water Filtration System To Remove Heavy Metal Ions In Wastewater Using Waste Tea & Coffee

Sourish Jasti is an active student researcher at Holmdel High School who has been working to create solutions to the water problems that attack third world countries. For the past two years, Sourish has successfully utilized coffee and tea wastes (which are found in high quantities in the third world) to remove heavy metal ions from contaminated water. Using his research scholarships and fundraising (over $5000 from science fairs and donations), Sourish founded Jasti Clean Water Initiative (JCWI), a non-profit organization that provides access to water filtration systems to over 7,500 students across three states in India. Sourish also spoke directly with N. Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Minister of the state of Andhra Pradesh, about the issue of water pollution.

Next year, Sourish will be attending The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to pursue a business education with a focus on Social Impact & Responsibility. He seeks to combine his research and scientific achievements (for which he has a provisional patent) with a business/finance background to create a large-scale social impact. Sourish is also the President of CompanyRoots, a business blog run by high-school students across the US, and has interviewed influential change makers from passionate entrepreneurs to Nobel Prize winners with the goal of spreading valuable experiences to the next generation.

22 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 Student Paper Presenter: Edward Kim

Tenafly High School Tenafly, NJ Advisor: Anat Firnberg

Incorporating Kinesthetic Illusion with Force-Sensitive Device to Aid Hand Grasp During Space Travel

Among his pursuits, Edward considers science research to be especially unique in that it gives him the opportunity to hone specific technical skills while still allowing significant freedom to imagine and innovate his own. As such, Edward is interested in finding ways to understand and approach his projects from a broader societal standpoint. He believes that a merging of scientific and humanistic disciplines is crucial for the advancement of a society being dramatically altered by the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

In his research, Edward is focused on approaching the topic of neural and cognitive function from distinctly varying perspectives. He has worked at an NJIT Animal Sciences lab to study the behavior and evolutionary history of Astyanax mexicanus, and his most recent project seeks to manipulate human cognitive perception to help make long-term manned space travel possible. In the future, he hopes to find new ways of exploring the many unknowns in neuroscience.

Outside of research, Edward is involved in his school’s Philosophy Club and likes debating controversial issues with his peers. He also swims on his school’s varsity team and plays violin in the New York Youth Symphony. In his free time, he likes watching Netflix and listening to Sam Harris in the Making Sense podcast.

JSJSS • Ocean County College 23 Student Paper Presenter: Ju Young Lee

Bergen County Academies Hackensack, NJ Advisor: Rachel Stott

Unraveling the Potential Role of MZF1 in Erastin-induced Ferroptosis: Novel Approach to Treat Iron-Addicted Breast Cancer Cells

Driven by innate inquisitiveness, Jessie has interests in a wide range of academic fields to understand the scope of modern scientific advancements. Being an avid student of the sciences, she joined the research lab to pursue her breast cancer research. Jessie hopes that her research can contribute expanding the current knowledge and suggesting new implications of ferroptosis.

Jessie strives to understand the “inside” problems of society so that future scientists and engineers can build models incorporating both humanistic and technological approaches. Not only does she enjoy solving problems, she also loves writing. With her penchant for medical anthropology books, Jessie wants to contextualize biomedical problems with both engineering and the humanities.

Besides research, Jessie is an active member of the school’s chamber choir and a lead editor of student-led scientific journal club called Academy Scientific. She also goes to a local rehabilitation center to sing and play the violin every week in hopes of spreading the power of music and healing within the diverse nursing home community. As Jessie continues to pursue her multidisciplinary areas of interests and remain open to future topics, she makes sure to bring her own philosophy to approach issues with a unique perspective to create a commonwealth in the society.

24 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 Student Paper Presenter: Crystal Pan

Toms River High School North Toms River, NJ Advisor: Christine Girtain

Development of Polymer Composites Reinforced with Recycled Carbon Fibers

With a natural affinity towards STEM, Crystal has always hoped to one day change the world through the power of Science. Throughout her high school career, she has been greatly involved in her three-year Authentic Science Research class in which she studies scientific journals and conducts her own research.

Over the summer, Crystal attended the four week NJ Governor’s School of Engineering and Technology at Rutgers University. Because of her interest in Computer Science, Crystal has also attended BioCoding Workshops and the TR Ready Coding Programs over the summers of her Sophomore and Junior years. In addition, Crystal is a Waksman Student Scholar and has been published on the NCBI database for her duckweed sequence. In October, Crystal attended the MIT IEEE URTC where she presented and is to be published in the IEEE Xplore Journal.

Outside of STEM, Crystal is also greatly involved in her school as the Vice President of Student Council, a qualifier for the FBLA State Leadership Conference in Business Communications, and an active member of NHS and TEAM where she volunteers her time to benefit the community. In her free time she likes to bullet journal, watch YouTube, play instruments, and browse Twitter for the news.

JSJSS • Ocean County College 25 Student Paper Presenter: Kannammai Pichappan

Bergen County Academies Hackensack, NJ Advisor: Rachel Stott

The Role of Ascorbic Acid in PNS Neurodegenerative Disease

With a firm belief that research can bring healthcare access to underserved populations, Kanna’s research focuses on a cost-effective treatment for Peripheral Nervous System disorders analogous to Multiple Sclerosis in the Central Nervous System.

Kanna explores her passion for research as a volunteer at the Valley Hospital laboratory and has accepted a research internship at the Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine. She is on the executive board for Bergen Sci Challenge, a student-run middle school science fair with over 100 participants each year. Furthermore, she is the project manager of MeshCare, a mesh designed to prevent post-operative adhesions in inguinal hernioplastics, at Provita Pharmaceuticals, a start-up company at her school and has presented her team’s work to the FDA.

Aligning with her belief in service, Kanna has been invited as a motivational speaker to a multitude of elementary and middle schools, nonprofits, and community projects. She has been a student of Vivekananda Vidyapith, an institute of character development and Indian philosophy for the past eight years. In addition to helping others through research, Kanna aspires to serve her country as a military doctor. In her free time, Kanna loves watching Indian movies with her family and enjoys playing ice hockey.

26 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 Student Paper Presenter: Ryan Park

Millburn High School Millburn, NJ Advisor: Dr. Susan Arrigoni

X-Net: A Deep Convolutional Neural Model for X-Ray Threat Detection

Ryan has always been interested in computer science since middle school, teaching himself programming and math through MIT video lectures. This interest has turned into a passion: over the past year, Ryan has become fascinated with artificial intelligence and machine learning. Despite a lack of AI courses and instruction at his high school, Ryan has managed to pursue his passion. Through an independent science research program, he has conducted original research in deep-learning-oriented computer vision. Within his high school, Ryan has created a high school artificial intelligence organization of which he is the program head and course author. He also leads a team currently developing facial recognition software to be employed in his school as a security enhancement, allowing him to garner significant experience in AI development and production deployment.

Outside of his STEM interests, Ryan is a starting member of the school varsity fencing team and recently placed 3rd in State Districts. He also plays piano and enjoys watching Korean dramas in his free time.

JSJSS • Ocean County College 27 Student Paper Presenter: Jason Ping

Bergen County Academies Hackensack, NJ Advisor: Donna Leonardi

Enabling Personalized Medicine: A Novel Deep Learning Tool for Classifying Genetic Mutations Using Text from Clinical Evidence

Jason is passionate about harnessing technology to advance medicine and increase haelthcare accessibility. His current project, aimed at utilizing artificial intelligence to predict mutation effects, improve patient diagnosis and enable personalized medicine, has been recognized as Best of Category and 1st Place at Intel’s International Science and Engineering Fair. Additionally, MIT’s Lincoln Lab named a minor planet after Jason, and he has been invited by Ellen Degeneres to present his work on a new HBOMax show.

Jason is also a research intern at Colombia University’s Department of Biomedcal Informatics where he is investigating machine learning’s ability to virtually generate histological stains. He’s also involved in a student-led biotech startup, leading a team in developing a more affordable EpiPen alternative.

Jason also serves as the Student Body President, Co-President of Model UN, and President of ChinaCare. Additionally, he’s heavily engaged within Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA), Technology Student Association (TSA), and his school’s science research program. Jason plans to study computer science in college and aims to change the world through harnessing AI.

In his spare time, Jason is an award-winning photographer and a hobbyist hip-hop dancer. For fun, you can often find him binging Netflix shows, going thrifting for clothes, or making TikToks.

28 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 Student Paper Presenter: Raehash Shah

Bergen County Academies Hackensack, NJ Advisor: Ravi Bajwa

The Role of Glycoproteins and HLA markers in Fibrosis of Rheumatic Valvular Disease

From a young age, Raehash has always been fascinated in understanding the world around him. His interest in problem solving stemmed from his love of Legos and puzzles as a kid and transformed to a passion in investigating and improving current patient care in high school. His project, inspired by his own personal experience with Rheumatic Heart Disease, has been nominated as Top 300 in the Regeneron competition and Top 3 at the New Jersey Academy of Science. Beyond his recent project, Raehash has been interning at the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell where he has been predicting tumor neoantigens from alternate splicing events measured by RNAseq data. He hopes that by the end of this year, he can summarize his work on the changes in gene expression that occur of tumor organoids over time. Raehash has a publication in identifying viromes present in the sample called Virome Sniff and has a publication pending on the bacterial genome sequencing of the Pittsburgh Rivers microbiome.

Beyond academics, Raehash is an active member of his community. As President of the South Asian Club and Vice President of National Spanish Honor Society, Raehash fundraises for foundations aiding the South Asian and Hispanic community. Raehash has also co-directed a research competition for middle school students interested in exploring the STEM field. As a volunteer swim instructor at his local swim club for seven years, Raehash has provided swim lessons for young beginners.

In the future, Raehash hopes to continue pursuing his passion in scientific research and serving his community throughout college and future career.

JSJSS • Ocean County College 29 Student Paper Presenter: Haocheng (Roger) Yang

Tenafly High School Tenafly, NJ Advisor: Helen Coyle

Using Multi-Length Tokens for Optimization of Information Leakage in BlindBox

With an avid passion for anything computer related, from games to coding, Roger aims to make the internet a safer place for everyone that is using it. He is involved with research that is primarily concerned with middleboxes and information leakage that results from using them. He has been working on this with his mentor from Carnegie Mellon University ever since his sophomore year and is looking to make further progress in the future. After getting his Club Panguin aqccount stolen a couple of years ago, Roger has since been trying to find solutions to improve the security of cyberspace in order to help out the world in his own ways.

As the president of his school’s programming club, Roger frequently hosts events such as Hackathons for students that are eager to dive into the world of computers. He is also the vice president of his school’s chemistry club and the treasurer of the physics club. He also enjoys playing hockey and the clarinet, and has been a member of both the Varsity hockey team and the marching band ever since his Freshman year. With helping out his community as one of his primary goals, he also volunteers frequently at the Englewood Hospital. During his free time and as a way to relax, he enjoys playing League of Legends, browsing through memes and eating KBBQ with his friends.

In the future, Roger is aiming to pursue a cereer in computer science. He hopes that he can somehow help out his community and those around him through his own efforts and hardwork.

30 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 Student Paper Presenter: Jessica Yatvitskiy

The Pingry School Basking Ridge, NJ Advisor: Azadeh Samadani

Real-Time Detection of High-Frequency Oscillations and Computations of Coherence from MEG Signals to Facilitate the Prediction of Epileptic Seizures

Jessica Yatvitskiy is a junior at the Pingry School in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Her passion for math and computer science, as well as creative interdisciplinary problem solving led her to volunteer at the Dystonia Speech and Motor Control Laboratory in Boston. There, she focused on developing methods to facilitate the real-time prediction of epileptic seizures.

In addition to her research, Jessica loves to participate in math and computer science summer programs and competitions. Taking the United States of America Computing Olympiad for her first time this fall, she passed the bronze level with a perfect score and moved up to the silver level. Further pursuing her passion for math, she attends mathematical courses at the Columbia Science Honors program each week. Because of her enthusiasm for computer science, she became the founder and president of the Pingry Hacks Cybersecurity Circle, in which she collaborates with other students in learning about cybersecurity and solving challenges.

She is also a member of the Pingry Girl Code Club, the Pingry Student Technology Committee, the Pingry Varsity Math Team, the Pingry STEM Tutoring Group, and the Pingry Robotics Team (which has participated in the FRC Robotics World Championship for two years in a row). Jessica holds seven varsity letters in cross country and track and field at Pingry and helped her cross country team take bronze in Rhode Island, last fall.

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Samuel Anchipolovsky Bergen County Academies Hackensack, NJ Advisor: Donna Leonardi Doxycycline: A Repurposed Therapy for Combating Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation in Parkinson’s Disease

Samuel believes that true scientific breakthroughs come from an interdisciplinary approach, and it is this belief that first inspired him to delve into the field of neurodegenerative diseases. He hopes that by synergistically pursuing fields like biology, chemistry, economics, and statistics, an applicable treatment for Parkinson’s Disease can be developed that can improve the lives of the patients most in need of innovation.

When he is not doing research, Samuel can often be found at the ice rink playing hockey, as well as tennis. Samuel also enjoys singing in his school’s Concert and Chamber Choirs, as well as organizing a chess camp for teens at a local summer camp. Samuel hopes to further his research, as well as more deeply immersing himself in neuroscience studies in college.

32 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 Sophia Grace Capili Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science High School Manahawkin, NJ Advisor: John Wnek Simulating Red and White Muscles Using Networks of Identical, Linear Artificial Muscle Units Perceiving research as a dynamic opportunity in catering progress and affecting change, Sophia is currently developing prosthetics that utilize origami-inspired muscles with the ultimate goal of providing an affordable yet powerful device to assist prosthetic patients with limited resources. Diligently studying the application of novel inventions for solving complex problems, Sophia strives to pursue the engineering of biomedical tools.

Awarded in 2019 with the best IEEE engineering project and specially recognized by the Society of Women Engineers, Sophia envisions herself as a future biomedical engineer focused on the use of simple components for sophisticated equipment.

She is likewise practicing the application of 2D and 3D graphic designing software, aiming to apply her skills to advanced presentations of engineering designs. Moreover, she is a violinist at church and in various nursing home activities as well as a member of the Garden State Symphonic Orchestra. She also plays for the Toms River High School East tennis varsity team and volunteers at a medical center. Most importantly, Sophia is in the planning stages of establishing a community of Asian-American students within her school system.

JSJSS • Ocean County College 33 Apollo Lee High Technology High School Lincroft, NJ Advisor: Michael Roche Exploring the Antineoplastic Properties of Zingiber officinale Compounds Through Inhibition on S. cerevisiae Proliferation

A thinker with a passionate curiosity for the “why”, Apollo sees himself utilizing scientific research as a tool to help others around the world. His research, which focusses on the proliferation of neoplastic cells, stems from both a long family history of cancers and a deep interest in the biomedical sciences. Apollo enjoys the way research can propagate innovative solutions to real-world problems and the numerous hands-on experiences it gives him. In the future, Apollo plans to expand his studies through college and ultimately help procure novel methods for disease diagnosis and treatment.

Outside of the laboratory, Apollo loves classical music and is deeply committed as a pianist. He is a member of the Bravura Youth Orchestra. He regularly performs in communities across New Jersey through youth music groups and initiatives such as the Back-to-Bach Project. He recently co-founded the Classical Music Club at his school and is also an active member of Technology Student Association and Finance Club. Apollo is also a varsity swimmer for Manalapan High School. In his free time, he likes to hike, bike, and hang with the boys.

34 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 Arya Tshand High Technology High School Lincroft, NJ Advisor: Michael Roche A Novel and Affordable RNN Based Autonomous Irrigation System Optimized With Integrated Axial Flux for Power Self-Sufficiency

With a strong background in software development, Arya is passionate about tying his non-technical interests with computer science to solve real-world problems. After experiencing the effects of the global water crisis in India and hearing of its worldwide impact, Arya designed and patented an autonomous IoT-based irrigation system utilizing cutting-edge artificial intelligence to maximize irrigation efficiency in developing countries.

Arya has also released multiple iOS apps on the Apple App Store to help his community. His most downloaded app, Lineupz, is built to help coaches in his community’s recreation basketball league easily manage their teams and quickly create lineups. The app has accumulated hundreds of downloads in his community and Arya hopes to expand it for compatibility with recreation sports leagues nationwide. He also enjoys competing in hackathons and has won multiple high school and college level hackathons with his friends.

He is a member of his school’s Math Modeling team and Coding Council, as well as the Co-President of the Experimental Research (ReConX) Club. In his free time, Arya posts weekly on his fantasy football blog, is a die-hard New England Patriots fan and plays Junior Varsity volleyball and Recreational basketball.

JSJSS • Ocean County College 35 Jordan Wang Bergen County Academies Hackensack, NJ Advisor: Donna Leonardi Understanding the Use of Lipoteichoic Acid as a Defense Mechanism in Bacillus subtilis

Interested in environmental science and microbiology, Jordan plans to dedicate his life to conserving the environment through utilization of microorganisms. While he has spent lots of time learning about microbiology through his research and environmental science through his experiences as Vice President of his school’s Environmental Science Club and Geographic Information Systems Intern at the Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute, Jordan plans to allocate time towards studying politics. While last year he travelled to Israel to broaden his STEM knowledge, this year he will be exploring the origins of Western Democracy in Greece.

While much of Jordan’s time is spent on school assignments and academic extracurricular activities, he always finds time for the things he loves. As Captain of the Varsity Volleyball team, Jordan always gives it his all and motivates others to excel as well. He has also recently taken up playing the ukulele. Jordan understands the importance of giving back to the community and can be found tutoring underprivileged students and teaching young kids basketball on the weekends.

36 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 Maximilian Zhang Bergen County Academies Hackensack, NJ Advisor: Ravi Bajwa PIF1 Gene Integration: A Novel Chemosensitizing Approach in Cancer

Max is a Senior at the Bergen County Academies and lives in Emerson with his parents and sister. Firstly, Max is captain of the Titanium Knights Robotics team and co-established the BCA FTC robotics chapter, overseeing robot design and creation. He is also heavily involved in Boy Scouts, earning Eagle Scout this year by organizing a STEM expo to promote career awareness. Additionally, Max has recently started exploring the clinical side of medicine as an intern of the department of orthopedics at the Jersey City Medical Center where he shadows surgeons and assists in patient examinations. For the past three years, Max has been conducting an independent research project that looks to use a novel gene integration mechanism to combat lung cancer. Current treatments such as high dosage chemotherapeutics have been demonstrated to induce cytotoxicity in normal cells, reduce quality of life, and promote secondary cancer lineages to form. In lieu of this, Max has modeled the effects of the PIF1 gene, which shows promise in sensitizing cancer to chemotherapeutics and has presented this work at the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), International BIO convention, and has been named a Regeneron Scholar and Semi-Finalist.

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Bergen County Academies Central Regional High School Colonia High School High Technology High School Holmdel High School Ivy Mind Academy Jose Marti Academy Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science Millburn High School The Peddie School The Pingry School Tenafly High School Toms River High Schools Complete list of 2020 Student Research Papers Submitted

BERGEN COUNTY ACADEMIES______Anchipolovsky, Samuel | Doxycycline: Kwen, Woohyun | Diabetic A Repurposed Therapy for Combating Retinopathy: The Role Of High Glucose Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation in Mediated Astrogliosis In Photoreceptor Parkinson’s Disease Degeneration Ahn, Hannah | TIron Determination by Laszcz, Julia | Inducing Cell Apoptosis Caco-2 Cells With Tetrandrine And Chloroquine Bratu, Teodora | A Protein with Combinations In Hepg2 Groundbreaking Implications: Novel Effect Lee, Ju Young | Unraveling The of APOE 4 on Astrocyte-Mediated Synaptic Potential Role Of Mzf1 In Erastin-Induced Pruning Ferroptosis: Novel Approach To Treat Cho, Sohyun | Use of Curcumin Enolate Iron-Addicted Breast Cancer Cells as Al3+ Chelator: Combating Metal Toxicity Mcfadden, Maeve | Role Of Pyruvate in Alzheimer’s Patients Supplementation In Genetic Juvenile- Choe Erica | The Effect of Human Onset Parkinson’s Disease Hepcidin and Pseudosciaena crocea Mustafa, Sammy | Ptenp1: A Pivotal Hepcidin on the Prevention and Inhibition Pseudogene In Glioblastomas of Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilm Pichappan, Kannammai | The Role Of Formation Ascorbic Acid In Pns Neurodegenerative Krivitsky, Olivia | 3-Hydroxybutyrate: Disease Novel Treatment for Aberrant Conditions Ping, Jason | Enabling Personalized in the Diabetic Eye Medicine: A Novel Deep Learning Tool For Classifying Genetic Mutations Using Text From Clinical Evidence Breast Cancer Cells

continued, next page 38 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 BERGEN COUNTY ACADEMIES (CONT.)______Shah, Raehash | The Role Of Yazeji, Amal | Modeling The Effects Of Glycoproteins And Hla Markers In Fibrosis Lycopene On Preosteoblast Differentiation Of Rheumatic Valvular Disease And Proliferation Song, Andrew | Employing Bacterial Yuan, Angela | Testing Media For Inoculants During Composting To Optimal Harvest In Hydroponics Enhance The Macronutrient Ratio Of Final Zatz, Benjamin | Sonication To Increase Product B-Carotene Production Wang, Jordan | Understanding The Zhang, Maximilian | Pif1 Gene Use Of Lipoteichoic Acid As A Defense Integration: A Novel Chemosensitizing Mechanism In Bacillus Subtilis Approach In Cancer Xu, Ryan | Testing Aquaponics Systems For Optimal Biomass And Nutrient Content

CENTRAL REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ______AKERMAN, EMILY | An Introduction To A Superior Flame Retardant Comprised Of Spider Silk Proteins

COLONIA HIGH SCHOOL______Covert, Angela | The Effect Of Galvez, Skylar | The Effect Of Moving Fields On Seed Germination Magnetoreception On Crayfish Magnetopriming Gouda, Jeremiah | The Inorganic Fioravanti, Zachary | The Effect Of Synthesis Of The Wilkes Formation Carbon-Based Biochar On Radish Growth Coprolites Cycle

HIGH TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL______Chen, Roy | Modbot: A Modular Robotics Makin, Thomas | A Prototype For Lidar- System With Extension Capabilities Assisted Braking In Consumer Bicycles And Compatibility With Specialized Min, Jeffrey | A Real-Time Gait Modules For Exploration, Search-Rescue Parameter Measurement And Correction Operations, And Military Use System Using Doshi, Aarya | The Effect Of Pocket Size Radu, Natalie | Addressing The On How Female Students Value Garments Urban Food Desert Crisis Through The Development Of A Novel Cost-Effective Dym, Micaeli | The Effect Of Different Classroom-Friendly Aeroponics Unit Media-Based Vertical Hydroponic Systems Rao, Abhay | A Novel and Accessible On The Wet Biomass Of Brassica Oleracea Approach to Mitigation of Respiratory Lee, Apollo | Uexploring The Diseases Through the Use of Dietary Antineoplastic Properties Of Zingiber Nitrate Supplements Officinale Compounds Through Inhibition Teitelbaum, Marissa | Creation of a On S. Cerevisiae Proliferation novel child resistant, elder friendly, cost Li, Winston | The Effects Of Cellular effective pill container Metabolism On Macrophage Phenotype Luo, Emily | Testing The Efficacy Of The Sediment-Microplastic Isolation Unit Protocol Against Extraction Method 1 In Filtering Microplastics From Sediment Samples continued, next page

JSJSS • Ocean County College 39 HIGH TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL (CONT.)______Tschand, Arya | A Novel and Affordable Zhang, Sophie | Developing a RNN Based Autonomous Irrigation System Microporous Hydrophobic Membrane Optimized With Integrated Axial Flux for from Hydrophilic Cellulose for Membrane Power Self-Sufficiency Distillation Wang, Annie | The Affect of Sleep Deprivation on Working and Resting Heart Rates

HOLMDEL HIGH SCHOOL______Davis, Spencer | The Effects of a Zhang, Claudia | The Use of Multiplexed Checklist on Postoperative Incisional Proteomic Approaches and Machine Infection Rates in Gastrointestinal Foreign Learning Algorithms to Drive the Design of Body Surgery In Dogs Personalized Cancer Vaccines Jasti, Sourish | Wastewater Purification: Fabrication Of A Low-Cost Water Filtration System To Remove Heavy Metal Ions In Wastewater Using Waste Tea & Coffee

IVY MIND ACADEMY______An, Isabella | Use of Additive Manufacturing A systematic analysis of SLC9A9 SNP sites and their association with human disease

JOSE MARTI STEM ACADEMY______Antuna, Sachely | Water Contamination in the Tri-State Area Castillo, Irving | Nanoscale Ramos, Devan | Applications of Neural Ferrimagnetic Particles as a Drug Delivery Networks System Saber, Ramzi | Discovery and Ceballos, Natan | Collecting Drone CO2 Spectroscopy of a Young Jovian Exoplanet Data for Environmental StudyKate Killian | with the ALADIN and Systemic Database The Effects of Cleaning Agents on Luminol Test Accuracy Zuniga, Andres | Creating an Inexpensive and Reusable Grey Water Diaz, Dahlia | Anti-proliferative Effect of Filter Orange Oil on Cells

MARINE ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE______Capili, Sophia Grace | Simulating Red Van Note, Lana | : Implications of and White Muscles Using Networks of Poly(1-phenylethylene) upon Generational Identical, Linear Artificial Muscle Units Biodegradation Rates of Pseudomonas sp. in vitro

MILLBURN HIGH SCHOOL______Nisita, Giulia | Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Tagle, Eliza | Analyzing the Effects of Arrests: Improving Survival Rates Extreme Weather Events on River Deltas Palawat, Purnima | The Correlation Weiss, Aoife | The Effects of Cyfip1 Between CR and GAD67 Haploinsufficiency on the Dopamine Park, Ryan | X-Net: A Deep Convolutional System Neural Model for X-Ray Threat Detection Xiong, Cindy | Creating a Novel Fusion Quane, Corinne | Use of Raspberry Pi Protein for In Vivo Proximity Labeling to Create a Deep Sea Camera System: Methods and ApplicationsIsabelle Kang | Forming Gel Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites for Catalytic Scaffolded Frameworks

40 Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium • March 2020 PEDDIE SCHOOL ______Yu, Junbo | A Novel Approach to Single Tube Irrigation System with Adaptive Water Control

TENAFLY HIGH SCHOOL______Davis, Madeline | Using Morphometry To Park, Elliot | Biological mechanisms of Analyze The Effects Of E-cigarette Smoke stress response and the risk of Alzheimer’s Exposure In The Lungs of Mus Musculus disease Jung, Lindsey | Strategy for Identifying Reiner, Daphne | Fluorescence Studies Potential Cannabinoid Type 1 Receptor of Lipofuscin Formation Determined by (CB1) Ligands Virtual Screenings using a Variants Including Tyrosinase Structure-based Pharmacophore Mode Sandiford, Oliver | Employing Solar Kapelyan, David | Accelerating a Hankel Energy and Geothermal Insulation to Matrix SVD Calculation using Hardware Extend the Growing Season Accelerators for Real Time Radar Smolyak, Julia | Effect of nutritional Processing intervention on placental biomarkers for Kim, Christine | PdG Adducts in Culture inflammation, neurodevelopment, and Cells from Second Hand Electronic oxidative stress Cigarette Smoke Tenenbaum, Jonathan | Targeting NRF2 Kim, Edward | Incorporating Kinesthetic for Regulation of Chemokine Gene CCL2 in Illusion with Force-Sensitive Device to Aid the Promotion of Diabetic Wound Healing Hand Grasp During Space Travel Through ChIP Liu, Yuxuan | : Implementing PDE5 Weiss, Ryan | Association of Extensivity Inhibitors to Recover LTP Signals in Mice of Lymph Node Dissection with Positive Hippocampi Treated with Oligomerized Lymph Node Risk During Robotic Assisted Amyloid-beta Proteins Radical Prostatectomy Oelsner, Itamar | Coding for Yakar, Noam | Design and Construction Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: of a cost effective full-arm prosthesis with The Role of Timing in Using TDCS to Computer Vision Facilitate Speech Motor Learning Yang, Haocheng | Using Multi-Length Tokens for Optimization of Information Leakage in BlindBox

THE PINGRY SCHOOL ______Yatvitskiy, Jessica | Real-Time Detection of High-Frequency Oscillations and Computations of Coherence from MEG Signals to Facilitate the Prediction of Epileptic Seizures

TOMS RIVER HIGH SCHOOLS______Pan, Crystal | Development of Polymer Diaz, Dahlia | Anti-proliferative Effect of Composites Reinforced with Recycled Orange Oil on Cells Carbon Fibers

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The Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, disability, religion, ethnic, or national origin, or sexual orientation in its programs and activities.

Ocean County College is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution.

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