HTHS Research Showcase - Jersey Shore Science Fair 2023

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, fifty-one 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 25 advanced to DVSF.

9th Grade Participants

Sophia Gao - "Protein Structure Comparison of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor between X-ray Crystallography, AlphaFold and RoseTTAFold"
- - Awarded 1st place in category - Biochemistry
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Saketh Satti - "User Lending Risk Modeling and Transaction Monitoring using Support Vector Machines and Dense Neural Networks"

10th Grade Participants

Om Agrawal- "Effect of the Breakdown of Cereal Plant Straws on Algae Population Size, Oxygen Levels, and Carbon Dioxide Levels"
- - Awarded Honorable Mention in category - Microbiology
Eshaan Barkataki - "VNN: Variable Neural Networks for Variable Domain Space"
Suchit Basineni - "The Occurrence of Tornadogenesis by Analyzing Multiple Severe Weather Parameters"
- - Awarded 2nd place in category - Earth & Space Science
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Aarnav Baxi - "Effect of pH levels on Escherichia coli K12 enterobactin production rates"
Indus Boddu - "A Novel Two-Phase Switched Reluctance Motor Design Utilizing a Radial-Axial Layout and Modified Stator-Rotor Ratio to Reduce Torque Ripple"
- - Awarded 1st place in category - Physics
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Daniel D'Silva - "The Effects of Eclipta alba Extract on Planaria"
- - Awarded Honorable Mention in category - Medicine & Health
Eshan Guha - "Examining the relationship between the metallicities and masses of type K stars and the number of orbiting planets the stars contain"
Jasmine Guo - "Identifying Galaxy Mergers With Self-supervised Deep Learning"
- - Awarded 1st place in category - Earth & Space Science
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Raymond Jiang - "Effects of supplementation of ascorbic acid on the success and speed of phototropism in Lepidium sativum"
Abhinav Kartik - "Effect of Activating Phosphofructokinase 1 using Adenosine Monophosphate on Ethanol Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae"
- - Awarded Honorable Mention in category - Microbiology
Michelle Kim - "The Chameleon Effect: The Difference Between Which Parts of the Brain Are Active During Anatomical Mimicry and Mirrorwise Mimicry"
- - Awarded 1st place in category - Behavioral & Social Sciences
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Rohit Kottomtharayil - "The Effect of pH upon the Growth of Streptococcus salivarius"
Mia Mastroianni - "Modified Plastic Sports Water Bottle Cap Design to Deter Coenobita clypeatus"
- - Awarded 3rd place in category - Engineering
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Logan Mesh - "Collatz sequence generalizations’ speeds at reaching cycles"
- - Awarded 1st place in category - Mathematics
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Gajan Mohan Raj - "The Effect of Motor Oil Pollution on the Regeneration Rate of Dugesia tigrina (Brown Planaria) and Population Density of Brachionus plicatilis (Zooplankton)"
- - Awarded 3rd place in category - Earth & Space Science
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Anders Nielson - "Optimal Electrolysis Voltage for the Rate of Hydrogen Generation From Seawater"
- - Awarded 1st place in category - Chemistry
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Ayan Patel - "Using a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Network to Forecast the Future Trophic State of Lakes"
- - Awarded Honorable Mention in category - Computer Science
Prisha Rai - "The Effect of Quercetin on the Shrinkage and Behavior of Planaria"
- - Awarded 3rd place in category - Medicine & Health
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Jyothi Ramesh - "The Effect of E. coli K-12 on Planarian Regeneration"
- - Awarded 1st place in category - Microbiology
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Anusha Sharma - "Analysis of the correlation between temperature and precipitation quantities in Osaka, Japan in relation to Climate Change"
Ishani Singh - "Improving Sign Language Translation to Text Using Machine Learning"
- - Awarded 1st place in category - Computer Science
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Kriti Srivastava - "A Novel System to Improve Upon the Validity and Efficiency of the College Admissions Process Using Blockchain Technology"
- - Awarded 3rd place in category - Computer Science
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Pramya Surapaneni - "A Physics-Informed Neural Network with 3D Modeling Capabilities to Predict the Behavior of Tsunamis in Ocean Basins with Arbitrary Geometries "
Pranshu Suyal - "Investigating the effects of a high carbon dioxide environment on photosynthetic productivity and leaf characteristics in Epipremnum aureum"
Vishrut Thoutam - "Target Driven Visual Navigation to Find Objects based on Given Descriptions Using Reinforcement Learning"
Derek Wang - "The Effect of Different Wavelengths of Light on Ampicillin Susceptibility in Escherichia coli"
Bhargav Yerramsetty - "A Study of a Biodegradable Polysaccharide-based Hydrogel in an Energy-Dense, Cost-Efficient Aluminum Battery"
- - Awarded Honorable Mention in category - Engineering
Ethan Yung - "The size of kernels in a convolutional neural network and its effects on overfitting"

11th Grade Participants

Ishaan Akula - "Implementing an Offline Coordination System for Agricultural UAVs"
- - Awarded Honorable Mention in category - Environmental Science
Ayush Bobra - "Using Deep Learning with Advanced Optimization Algorithms to Efficiently Classify and Analyze White Blood Cells in Microscopic Blood Smear Images"
Evan Chang - "Asymptotic Estimate Of Number Of Letters Required To Be Appended Or Prepended To Create Unbordered Word"
- - Awarded 2nd place in category - Mathematics
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Haley Deng - "Role of 5-HTP Mediated Serotonergic Activity in Operantly Conditioned Memory Consolidation for D. tigrina"
- - Awarded 1st place in category - Behavioral & Social Sciences
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Katherine Fang - "Discovering Habitable Exoplanets Using Deep Learning "
- - Awarded 2nd place in category - Physics
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Varun Gabbita - "Examining How the Length and Material of a Baseball Bat Optimize its Center of Percussion"
- - Awarded 3rd place in category - Physics
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Animish Jain - "Applying Multiplicative Weights Update To Skin Cancer Classification Applications"
- - Awarded 3rd place in category - Computer Science
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Kevin Liu - "Automatic Speech Recognition and Transcription of Huntington's Disease Patients Utilizing Convolutional and Recurrent Neural Networks"
Ella Minsky - "Designing and Testing a Wetsuit With a Waterproof Attachment for an Insulin Pump"
- - Awarded Honorable Mention in category - Engineering
Nidhi Nair - "Genetic Modification of E. coli to produce PETase for Accelerated Degradation of PET Microplastics"
- - Awarded 1st place in category - Environmental Science
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Nikhil Osuri - "Effect of Varying Concentrations of Oldenlandia diffusa and Astragalus membranaceus on the Regeneration of D. tigrina"
- - Awarded 2nd place in category - Zoology
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Sreeja Paruchuri - "The Antibacterial Efficacy of Antibiotics Supplemented with Varying Sizes of Gold Nanoparticles on E. coli"
- - Awarded 1st place in category - Microbiology
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Arjun Tschand - "Realtime Drowning Detection Using a Motorized Machine Learning Monitor System"
- - Awarded 1st place in category - Engineering
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
Melina Varouhakis - "Effect of predator kairomones on the life history and inducible defenses of Daphnia pulex"
- - Awarded Honorable Mention in category - Zoology
Shravani Vedagiri - "Effects of Vitamin Supplements on the Impact of Blue Light Exposure on Glucose Metabolism in D. melanogaster"
- - Awarded Honorable Mention in category - Medicine & Health
Advika Vuppala - "Detection of Anemia Through Image Color Threshold Processing of Palpebral Eye Conjunctiva"
- - Awarded 2nd place in category - Computer Science
Rebecca Wang - "Reduce E-commerce Fulfillment Waste and Environmental Impact by Optimizing Shipment Packaging"
Caitln Zito - "Shoelace Locking Device for Individuals with RA in Finger Joints"
- - Awarded 2nd place in category - Engineering
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
  - Awarded Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) -Women in Engineering Award
Daniel Zlotnick - "A Comparison of Common Flooring Materials in Minimizing Head Injury Severity: A Follow Up Study"
- - Awarded 1st place in category - Physics
  - Advanced to Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF)
  - Awarded The Paul Sarduke, Jr. Upper Level Physics Award

12th Grade Participants

Amanda Guan - "Detecting Fake News"
Yuvna Musuku - "Refining a Novel Cost-Effective Device to Prevent Perineal Tears During Labor"
- - Awarded Honorable Mention in category - Earth & Space Science

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