AJAS Annual Meeting 2022

©2021 National Association of Academies of Science

The American Junior Academy of Sciences (AJAS) is a national honor society recognizing outstanding scientific research by high school students across the U.S. AJAS meets annually in conjunction with The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest scientific organization in the world. AJAS delegates are exposed to cutting-edge research and have the opportunity to interact with world renowned scientists.

The following HTHS students attended the 2022 AJAS/AAAS Annual meeting virtually as delegates from the New Jersey Academy of Science 2021 Fair:

Sidharth Srivastava

Project Title: Detecting Parkinson's Disease using Force Sensors and Machine Learning

Daniel Lin

Project Title: Inhibiting Fungi Growth with Copper-based Solutions

David Chang

Project Title: New Exoplanet Discovered! Deep Learning Enables the Fastest, Most Sensitive Detections to Date

John Claussing

Project Title: Adding Sand or Wood Ash to Habanero Plant Soil Promotes Greater Fruit Production

Jue Gong

Project Title: Tennis Balls with Spin Travel Less Far than Those without Spin

Katherine Fang

Project Title: The SARS-COV-2 S-protein impacts cell survival via apoptosis, a programmed cell death pathway.

Anastasia Samets

Project Title: The Effect of Foam and Gel on Vibration Absorption through Bearing Ball Displacement