Jersey Shore Science Fair 2022

The Jersey Shore Science Fair (JSSF) has been held at Stockton University since 1975. It is one of fourteen local fairs that feed into the Delaware Valley Regional Science Fair (DVSF) which then leads to the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).

Each year, the JSSF attracts over 600 students from over 40 schools from our state's coastal counties (Cape May, Atlantic, Ocean and Monmouth). Students compete in fifteen categories ranging from biological sciences to engineering, to behavioral science. The JSSF follows the rules and guidelines of the the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).

This year, the JSSF was once again back to an "in-person" format. Twenty-seven HTHS students traveled to Stockton University in Galloway, NJ to present their research and engineering designs to a panel of judges. Our students represented HTHS very well at the fair and 20 advanced to DVSF.

10th Grade Participants

• Ranvith Adulla - "Using Artificial Intelligence to Classify Diseases in Various Plant Species"

  • • Awarded 2nd Place in category - Computer Science

    • Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)

• Ayush Bobra - "The Effect of Soil Acidity on the Hatch Rate of Eisenia hortensis Eggs"

  • • Awarded 3rd Place in category- Zoology

    • Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)

• Blake Cregg-Wedmore - "Improved, Affordable Pulse Oximeter for Accurate Readings in People With Poor Circulation"

  • • Awarded 1st Place in category- Medicine & Health

    • Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)

• Haley Deng - "Role of Serotonin in Regeneration of Planarian Anterior and Posterior Segments"

  • • Awarded Honorable Mention in category - Medicine & Health

• Gordon Fan - "The Effectiveness of Deet vs Non-Deet Repellents on Ants"

  • • Awarded Honorable Mention in category - Medicine & Health

• Katherine Fang - "Surveying Water Surface and Wetlands in Delaware Bay Using Cloud-Removed LandSat Data"

  • • Awarded 1st Place in category - Environmental Science

    • Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)

• Varun Gabbita - "The Effect of Plant Extracts Compared to Different Everyday Household Disinfectants on Various Types of Bacteria"

  • • Awarded 1st Place 9 in category - Microbiology

    • Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)

• Syona Gupta - "The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Tap Water Microplastics in Monmouth County, NJ Towns"

  • • Awarded Honorable Mention in category - Environmental Science

• Animish Jain - "Innovating An Assembly Required Table For Individuals With Limited Hand Gripping Function"

  • • Awarded Honorable Mention in category - Engineering

• Kevin Liu - "A Study Into the Effect of AP-Certified Permachrome Ink on C. elegans Populations"

  • • Awarded Honorable Mention in category - Medicine & Health

• Nikhil Osuri - "Novel Design that Prevents Classroom Chairs from Causing Head Injuries"

  • • Awarded Honorable Mention in category - Engineering

• Sreeja Paruchuri - "The Effect of the Foliar Application of Selenium and Zinc on the Growth of Strawberry Plants Undergoing Drought Stress"

  • • Awarded 2nd Place in category - Botany

    • Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)

• Arjun Tschand - "Early Detection and Insight into Air Quality Degradation Using a Compound Neural Network-Based Substance Concentration Measurement System"

  • • Awarded 1st Place in category - Engineering

    • Awarded Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) Award

    • Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)

• Shravani Vedagiri - "Comparing the Effects of Varying Light Intensities on Glucose Production in Wildtype and Ilp2 Mutant D. melanogaster"

  • • Awarded 3rd Place in category - Medicine & Health

    • Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)

• Advika Vuppala - "The Effect of Rhizobacteria and Mycorrhizae Seed Inoculation on the Development of Hydroponically Grown Microgreen Plants"

  • • Awarded 3rd Place in category - Botany

    • Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)

• Brian Ye - "Effects of Human Impact on Bird Feathers' Hydrophobicity"

• Caitlyn Zito - "Shoelace Locking Device for Individuals with RA in Finger Joints"

  • • Awarded 2nd Place in category - Engineering

    • Awarded Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) -Women in Engineering Award

    • Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)

• Daniel Zlotnick - "A Flooring Materials Comparison in Minimizing Head Injury Severity from Falls"

  • • Awarded 1st Place in category - Physics

    • Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)