Tran earned
the Gold Medal for “Conditioning
of Mus musculus to Overcome Innate
Behavior.”
Jeel Shah and Tanushri
Shah accepted Silver Medals for their project, “Continuation of Effect of
Cellular Radiation on the Behavior of Apis
mellifera,” which also earned them the Dr. Irving Shulman Medical Award. Since their previous research concentrated on the
negative effects of cellular radiation on honey bees, this year’s research
focused on finding a viable solution supported by the experiment, namely, to
integrate weak and strong hives—via brooding, honey production, and
communication patterns—to create balance within the respective hives.
Last but not least, Kumar and Virani’s
project, “Road Rage Reduction: Effects of Driving Experience When AMTAM is
Utilized,” earned them Bronze Medals. Their
experiment consisted of testing an RGB LED Matrix board preprogrammed with
phrases such as “Sorry,” “New Driver,” and “Emergency” to promote human to
human communication and prevent driver aggression. Their results support the conclusion that
younger drivers benefited the most from the AMTAN, as their aggressive feelings
had reduced by more than 50%.
Other High Tech student participants include Reika
Hayashi of Bayonne, who presented her research project, “Experimentation of
Pathogenic Bacterial Attachment on Soft Contact Lenses”; North Bergen resident Veeraj
Shah, who offered his research project, “Determining the Optimal Fibrous
Scaffold for the Formation of a Tissue-Engineered Blood Vessel with Endothelial
Cells”; and Muhammad Umar of Bayonne, who presented his research project, “The
Effect of Various Neurotransmitters on the Behavior of Mus musculus.”
“I’m very proud of our
students and program,” says Dr. Arun Srivastava, veteran High Tech instructor
and Science Fair coordinator. “We instructors
teach [our students] that every idea is a good idea, but often, some ideas are difficult
to implement. Our students overcome
difficulties to offer us their great ideas.”
Sponsored this year by Jersey
City Medical Center RWJ Barnabas Health, the 2018 Hudson County STEM Showcase offered
students the opportunity to present their projects at Liberty Science Center on
March 12th. In the past 60
years, the Hudson County STEM Showcase has been the culmination of a long quest
for young scientists to improve, progress, and widen the range of their
scientific and communicative skills, whilst making new discoveries along each
point along the journey.
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| (from left to right: Tanushri Shah, Jeel Shah, Smriti Sukesh Kumar, Mahek Virani ,and Dr. Arun Srivastava) |
