ReconX
ReconX is High Technology High School's Experimental Research Club. The mission of our club is to provide opportunities for our students to:
engage in authentic scientific research and engineering design
collaborate with one another
Make connections with experts in their field(s) of interest
Learn from each other; teach one another
Communicate their scientific finding and innovations to the broader STEM community through science fairs, competitions and symposia
2022-2023 Club Officers
President - Jue Gong
Vice-President - Katherine Fang
Additional Officers - Yuvna Musuku and Shravani Vedagiri (Programming), Kevin Liu and Caitlyn Zito (Mentorship), Aravind Gunasekaran and Haley Deng (Fundraising), Amanda Guan and Blake Cregg-Wedmore (STEM Journal), and Arjun Tschand and Daniel Zlotnick (New Initiatives)
2021-2022 Club Officers
Co-Presidents - Sidharth Srivastava & Annie Wang
Additional Officers - David Chang, Kristen Park, Abhinav Ramidi
2020-2021 Club Officer
President - Jeffery Min
Recent Highlights
Guest Speakers, Seminars, & Activities
The ReconX seminar series focuses on giving students insight into the professional world through guest speakers. This year speakers included
2023
New Jersey School of Conservation Field Trip - October 2022
Dr. Chang Yaramothu, NJIT - November 2022
Biomedical Engineer, Asssistant Teacher, Principal Investigator: Sensorimotor Quantification and Rehabilitation Laboratory
Lecture and Q & A discussing how to formulate and select a research project and career opportunities for researchers
Dr. Andrew Babbin, MIT - February 2023
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Scientist, Environmental Researcher
Combined meeting with Gay-Straight Alliance
Discussion about being a queer man in STEM and personal research experiences
Mr. Arlin Nelson, Aerospace Engineer at Blue Origin - May 2023
Lecture and Q& A session discussing careers in Aerospace Engineering, and working for private sector aerospace industries in the 21st century.
2022
Dr. Swathi Arur, Research Scientist at MD Anderson Cancer Center
Lecture on Maternal Health and the multi-generational epigenetic markers found in maternal malnutrition studies.
Penn Nano Week Virtual Workshop
2021
Dr. Biju Parekkadan, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Co-founder Sentien Biotechnologies, Inc.
Center for Science, Medicine, and Entrepreneurial Outreach, Kumar Lab - New Jersey Institute of Technology
Seminar Series - Unconventional STEM career pathways
ReconX hopes to continue bringing in a variety of speakers to give students a wider perspective of the opportunities for their futures.
Mentoring Program
ReconX’s Mentorship program was created to foster community among the research students at High Technology High School. Although most students begin their research journey with Research Practicum’s independent research project, in most other cases, research involves teamwork. The Mentorship program paired underclassmen with an upperclassmen mentor with research experience in a shared area of interest. The mentors supported their mentees as they conducted their research and prepared for research competitions,. The pairs met with each other twice a month to work together on projects. Despite online learning conditions, there were 12 mentor/mentee pairings this year that met over 3 months. In the future, ReconX hopes to continue passing down the passion for research through the mentorship program.
Research Competitions
Members of ReconX participated in virtual research competitions this past year. Visit the Research Competition Pages to see all of our recent participants and results.