New Hyde Park Memorial High School Science Research students in both the Junior
and Senior Divisions were recognized at the Long Island Science Congress award ceremony on June 11.
Seven 11th graders participated in the Senior Division of the Long Island Science Congress held at the Cradle of Aviation in April. Four of these students received an award for their work. Sanjay Chemban, Oishik Saha and Vishnu Suresh received Honors for their Behavioral Science research project, “A Low-Cost Electroencephalogram Analysis System Using Convolutional Neural Networks.” Clayton Yu received Highest Honors in the category of Biology-Microbiology/Genetic Research for his project, “Differential Expression Analysis on the Transcriptome of Immune-Stimulated Blood Cells of CHIP Carriers.”
Fifteen eighth and ninth graders participated in the Junior Division of the LISC. Six eighth grade students were recognized at the awards ceremony. Celine Mei, Bella Vyas and Alayna Vyas received Honors in the category of Behavioral Science for their research project on A.I. titled, “Rise Against the Machine.” Ethan Lin, Shree Patel and Mariam Rana placed First in the category of Ecology and received Highest Honors. In addition, their study on the “Development of a Neural Network Assisted Smart Recycling Bin” was selected to represent the Long Island region at the New York State Science Congress Fair that was held in Syracuse, NY, on June 9. Five ninth grade students were recognized at the awards ceremony, and all received High Honors for their research projects. Obed Glanson, Alphonse Jaison and Sameer Salehin received High Honors in the category of Medicinal Biology for their research project, “The Effectiveness of Herbal Medication Versus the Effectiveness of Modern Medicine When Used on Bacteria.” Yashvi Gupta received High Honors in the category of Ecology for her research project, “Analyzing Optimum Initial pH for The Removal of Methylene Blue by Adsorption using Spirulina Algae.” Dominic Cyril received High Honors within the category of Biology: Plant/Animal for his project, “Unveiling Nature's Hidden Glow: Exploring Chlorophyll Fluorescence and its Influence on Photosynthetic Efficiency.”
