math & science
Welcome to the Fall 2020 STEM Expo Math & Science Projects Page
Below you will find short videos describing the projects our students worked on this semester. Please enjoy the show!
We would love to hear from you. Please leave a comment or a question for the participants in the comments section at the bottom of this page. Be sure to note the title of the project if the comment is regarding a specific project. Participants will be checking the comment section daily from 12/14/2020 through 12/18/2020 and replying to questions and comments.
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Course / Club: BI110 Principles of Biology
Project Title: Gene Therapy: Hemophilia
Presenter Name: Eden Lifshatz
Faculty Name: Kuang-Ming Covitz
Brief Description: Gene therapy approaches for the treatment of Hemophilia, an X-linked genetic disorder.
Course / Club: MA202 Calculus III
Project Title: History and Aspects of the Divergence Theorem
Presenter Name: Daniel Murray
Faculty Name: Igor Baryakhtar
Brief Description: Vectors, vector fields, flux in multivariable calculus, the divergence theorem, an example of the divergence theorem, gauss's law, and some history of the origins of the divergence theorem
Course / Club: MA202 Calculus III
Project Title: Cycloids and Related Problems
Presenter Name: Joseph Remondi
Faculty Name: Igor Baryakhtar
Brief Description: An introduction to the calculus of one of the most famous curves - cycloid and related problems. Project description can be found here.
Course / Club: BT101 Introduction to Biotechnology
Project Title: Promise of Biotechnology at MassBay. Intro to Biotech – “In-person Class” Experience During Fall 2020
Presenter Name: Timothy David Caouette, Brian M Fenno, Juan Carlos Rey, Bonnie Stegmaier, Liam Eoin Kelleher, Lexus Hamilton, Gladys Mukasa, Katarina Pesic
Faculty Name: Nirmal Singh
Brief Description: Introduction to Biotechnology - overall class/lab learning experience
Course / Club: BT101 Introduction to Biotechnology
Project Title: Introduction to Biotechnology, In-person Lab Experience
Presenter Name: Michael Reilly, Alexander Gabriel Freeman, Benjamin Rico, Jamila Sharpe, Ramsey Brewer, Megan Walden, Hannah Williams
Faculty Name: Nirmal Singh
Brief Description: Intro to Biotech, FA 2020, Students’ perspective In-person Lab Experience
Course / Club: BI246 Molecular and Developmental Biology
Project Title: Detecting Epigenetic DNA Methylation in Arabidopsis
Presenter Name: Julia Afogho, Nathalia Goettert, Maggie Hennessy, Katarina Pesic, Thomas Regan, Sindy Tejada
Faculty Name: Nirmal Singh
Brief Description: DNA Methylation and Flowering in Model Plant – Arabidopsis thaliana
