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Video montages from past years
YHS Science Research Foundation Home Page
The Awards won by the Yorktown Science Research students
for all competitions in the past are listed below
Congratulations to...
Priya Mohindra
on becoming a Siemens Science Competition Regional Finalist
She was the only student from Westchester and the surrounding areas to win this honor
and was able to present her research on better cancer detection methods
at Carnegie Melon University, in Pittsburgh PA this past November
The Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology recognizes remarkable talent early on, fostering individual growth for high school students who are willing to challenge themselves through science research. Through this competition, students have an opportunity to achieve national recognition for science research projects that they complete in high school. It is administered by The College Board funded by the Siemens Foundation.
Brief glimpse into Priya's 3 year research project
Novel Strategies for the PET Imaging of Colorectal Cancer Using the A33 Antibody
In recent years, there has been an increasing drive to develop improved methods of imaging: ones that simplify diagnoses and informed treatment decisions without sacrificing accuracy. Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a highly sensitive technology that has been considered to be ideal for monitoring molecular events in early stages of diseases as it gives researchers the ability to track the location of imaging agents within the body. PET scans utilize radiation given off by gamma ray emitters (that are injected into the subject) in order to generate images. In order for PET scans to image cancer accurately, the gamma ray emitters need to be modified in order to enable them to bind specifically to cancer cells. This research explored binding the A33 antibody, which targets colon cancer cells, to radionuclide 89Zr through the use of a chelator in order to form imaging agents that specifically target certain attributes of cells. Through experimentation, the radiolabeling of the A33 antibody was found successful and subsequent tests aimed to characterize the compound in order to gain more information about the stability and binding capabilities of the compound. The results from these experiments demonstrated that the compound is stable up to seven days in an environment comparable to that of humans and that the modification of the A33 antibody with chelators didn’t significantly compromise their ability to bind to colon cancer cells. In addition, imaging with the radiolabeled compounds in mice bearing colon cancer tumors indicated high uptake and localization of the compound in tumors as well as a good tumor-to-nontumor ratio – an important attribute of imaging agents. Through these series of experiments, the radiolabeled A33 antibody compound has been shown to hold much promise in the field of cancer diagnostics.
Thanks also to all of the dedication and guidance given to Priya by her mentors
Dr. Jason Lewis and Dr. Brian Zeglis of the Radiation Department at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NY
and to
Nithin Santhanam
Who was selected to present his research at the
The 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference
on Computers and Accessibility
in Dundee, Scotland this past October.
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The ASSETS conference explores the use of computing and information technologies to help persons with disabilities and older adults. ASSETS is the premier forum for presenting innovative research on the design and use of both mainstream and specialized assistive technologies.
Brief glimpse into Nithin's 3 year research project
A significant part of the population with disabilities has difficulty accessing the internet using traditional user input devices to a computer. Commercially available specialized assistive technologies, while useful, are not affordable for many people. The goal of this experiment was to develop a more cost effective alternative solution to utilize the internet. This involves the use of innovative software components and modification of the popular Wii remote. The study evaluated the use of this solution on individuals with cerebral palsy to assess its effectiveness against the traditional alternatives in performing various internet tasks. The results show statistically significant benefits seen as a reduction in the time taken to perform the tasks. The software components of the solution are publicly available on the internet free of charge for any one to use. This study demonstrates the potential for inexpensive assistive technology to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities.
Accompanying Nithin was his mentors:
Shari Trewin (Research staff member - IBM), Cal Swart (Senior Technical Staff Member - IBM)
and his father, Peter Santhanam(Senior Manager - IBM)
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A few months ago, over 250 students from 30 area high schools in Westchester and Putnam Counties
gathered to present their extensive research projects at the
11th annual Progenics - Regeneron – Acorda Westchester Science and Engineering Fair.
Thanks to generous donations by Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, and Acorda Therapeutics,
the top 8 individual projects and 4 team projects from WESEF,
won an all expense paid trip to compete in
Los Angeles, California
at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the “superbowl” of science fairs,
(http://www.societyforscience.org/isef)
This is the larger and more global of the two Intel sponsored events (the other being the Intel Science Talent Search).
At the Intel ISEF, more than 1,500 high school student, science fair winners,
from over 50 countries competed
for $4 million in prizes and scholarships.
In addition, a few students won the chance to present their research at the International Sustainable Project Olympiad (ISWEEEP).
This International fair is modeled after the Intel ISEF but focuses solely on projects in the Environmental, Engineering and Energy
areas that help us to promote a sustainable world. (www.ISWEEEP.org)
Of the 12 projects from the that won a chance to present in Los Angeles, California at the Intel ISEF,
4 were from the Yorktown High School Science Research Program.
In addition, 2 of the Yorktown projects won a spot to present at the ISWEEEP competition in Houston, Texas.
At the Intel ISEF....
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Matthew McIntyre of Yorktown High School won 2nd place in Microbiology ($1500.00) and the U.S. Army Award including a $4000.00 scholarship and a trip to London, England for his work on a
possible solution to the worldwide malaria epidemic by identifying the genetics of the parasite that causes
malaria like diseases that could be targeted by future pharmaceuticals
Michael Cerabona of Yorktown High School won 4th place in Engineering ($500.00) and the
GE Energy Award ($1000.00) for his work in creating a solar cell tracking device that uses a shape memory alloy known as “Muscle Wire” to guide a solar panel to follow the path of the sun.
Priya Mohindra of Yorktown High School and her partner Gabriel Weissmann from Horrace Greeley High School, won 4th place in Biochemistry ($500.00) for their project on early detection of breast cancer by finding a better way to bind a cancer detection chemical to early stage breast cancer cells.
While the team of Amanda Buonagurio of Yorktown High School and her partners, Morgan Blueglass and Elyse Blueglass from Somers High School, did not place this year, their project got a lot of attention from psychological and special needs organizations as it was focused on "Discovering the Keys to a Positive, Lifelong Relationship Between People with Special Needs and Their Nondisabled Siblings" In fact, their research became a Worldwide study that is currently helping parents and siblings with this challenging relationship since they presented their findings at the
International Sibling Conference this past summer.
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and at the International Sustainable Project Olympiad (www.isweeep.org) in Houston, Texas
600 global science fair winners in the areas of Engineering, Environmental, Energy
competed against each other.
Michael Cerabona from Yorktown High School won a 2nd place award in Engineering ($600) and the Naval research ($50) award for his work in creating a solar cell tracking device that uses a shape memory alloy known as “Muscle Wire” to guide a solar panel to follow the path of the sun.
And
Amanda Cesario from Yorktown High School won a 2nd place award in Environment ($600) for her work on determining the effect of a potential water purifying plant, Moringa, on removing substances such as E.coli in an effort to make the water drinkable. Her goals was to help people in developing nations that don’t have access to commercial water filtration systems.
and to ......
All of the YHS Science Research students
that presented their research in the
Progenics/Regeneron/Acorda Westchester Science & Engineering Fair (WESEF)
on March 12, 2011
at Sleepy Hollow High School.
The overwhelming success of the YHS students was unprecented !!
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Awards won by the Yorktown Science Research students for all competitions
in the past are listed below
Click on any title to find out more about
the competition.
Siemens Science Competition
- Priya Mohindra - 2011 Finalist
- Matthew McIntyre- 2010 Semfinalist
- Priya Mohindra (and Partner - Gabe Weissmann) - 2010 Semifinalist
- Kimberly Chen- 2009 Semfinalist
- Vivek Patel - 2008 Semfinalist
- Brianna Buonagurio - 2007 Semifinalist
- Andrew Wu - 2007 Semifinalist
- Ami + Ashley Amini (Team) / / 2004 Finalist
- Rajiv Perinbasekar / 2004 Semifinalist
Intel
Science Talent Search ( Intel STS)
- Michael Cerabona- 2011 Semifinalist
- Kavya Devarakonda - 2009 Semifinalist
- JJ Luceno - 2009 Semifinalist
- Andrew Wu - 2008 Semifinalist
- Kristie Charoen - 2006 Semifinalist
- Rhamey Elhosseiny - 2006 Semifinalist
- Rachel Pian - 2006 Semifinalist
- Vicky Wu - 2005 Semifinalist
- Sudar Purushothaman - 2004 Semifinalist
- Rajiv Perinbasekar - 2004 Semifinalist
- Rohini Rau-Murthy - 2004 Finalist
Westchester
Science & Engineering Fair (WESEF)
Intel
International Science & Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF)
2011
-Matthew McIntyre- 1st place Microbiology / WESEF 2011
-Amanda Buonagurio (with partners Morgan & Elyse Blueglass - Somers HS)
-------1st place Behavior / WESEF 2011
-Nisha Rath- 1st place Medicine & Health/ WESEF 2011
-Benjamin Strober- 1st place Biochemistry / WESEF 2011
-Megha Bhambri- 1st place Environment / WESEF 2011
-Alexei Naumann- 2nd place Microbiology / WESEF 2011
-Luke Nolan- 2nd place Astronomy+Physics / WESEF 2011
-Alex Trestyn- 2nd place Computer Science/ WESEF 2011
-Michael Cerabona- 2nd place Engineering / WESEF 2011
-Kathleen Mavrommatis- 2nd place Behavior / WESEF 2011
-David (Yide) Lu- 2nd place Medicine & Health/ WESEF 2011
-Priya Mohindra (with partner Gabe Weissmann - Horrace Greeley HS)
----- - 2nd place Biochemistry / WESEF 2011
-Amna Chaudhry- 2nd place Biochemisty / WESEF 2011
-Miwa Wenzel- 3rd place Environment / WESEF 2011
-Juliana Vigorito- 3rd place in Biochemistry/WESEF 2011
-Stephen Anderson- 3rd place in Medicine & Health/WESEF 2011
-Linus Hamann- 3rd place in Computer Science/WESEF 2011
-Tony Wang- 3rd place in Cell Biology/WESEF 2011
-Amanda Cesario- 3rd place in Environment/WESEF 2011
-Brian Pulling- 4th place in Medicine & Health/WESEF 2011
-Arya Viswanathan- 4th place in Behavior/WESEF 2011
-Nithin Santhanam- 4th place in Engineering/WESEF 2011
-Matthew McIntyre - 2nd place Internationally (Microbiology Category)
--- & US Navy Award and Trip to London, England/ Intel ISEF 2011?
- Michael Cerabona - 4th place Internationally (Engineering Category)
----& GE Energy Award
- Priya Mohindra (with partner Gabe Weissmann - Horrace Greeley HS)
-----4th place Internationally (Team Category)
-Amanda Buonagurio (with partners Morgan & Elyse Blueglass - Somers HS)
----- WESEF Finalist/Intel ISEF 2011 Representative
2010
-Tyler Lipperman (with partners Elyse & Morgan Blueglass - Somers HS)
----- 1st place in Behavior/WESEF 2010
-Matthew McIntyre - 1st place in Microbiology/WESEF 2010
-Rina Joshi - 2nd place Medicine & Health / WESEF 2010
-Kimberly Chen - 3rd place in Medicine & Health/WESEF 2010
-Jesse Yuan - 3rd place in Biochemistry/WESEF 2010
-Mike Cerabona - 3rd place in Engineering/WESEF 2010
-Amanda Cesario - 3rd place in Environmentaly/WESEF 2010
-David Lu - 3rd place in Medicine & Health/WESEF 2010
-Laya Rajan - 4th place in Biochemistry/WESEF 2010
-Ben Strober - 4th place in Biochemistry/WESEF 2010
-Alex Trestyn - 4th place in Computer Science/WESEF 2010
-Tyler Lipperman (with partners Elyse & Morgan Blueglass - Somers HS)
----- 3rd place Internationally (Team Category) at Intel ISEF 2010
-Matthew McIntyre - 4th place Internationally (Microbiology Category)
--- & US Air Force Research Award and "100 people award"/ Intel ISEF 2010
2009
-Josh Elkind - 1st place Medicine & Health / WESEF 2009
- Kyle McCann & Mohit Tiwari - 1st place Engineering/ WESEF 2009
- Becky Eidelman - 1st place Earth Science/ WESEF 2009
- Stephanie Capogna & Tara Bonanno - 2nd place Medicine & Health/ WESEF 2009
- JJ Luceno - 2nd place Plant Science/ WESEF 2009
- Kavya Devarakonda - 2nd place Behavior/ WESEF 2009
- Katie Donatelli - 2nd place Microbiology/ WESEF 2009
- Andrew Garcia - 3rd place Animal Science / WESEF 2009
-Vivek Patel - 4th place Biochemistry/ WESEF 2009
-Josh Elkind - WESEF Finalist/Intel ISEF 2009 Representative4th
-Kyle McCann & Mohit Tiwari - WESEF Finalist/Intel ISEF 2009 Representative
-Stephanie Capogna (with partner Tara Buonano - Sleepy Hollow HS)- WESEF Finalist/Intel ISEF 2009 Representative
2008
- JJ Luceno - 1st place Plant Sciences / WESEF 2008
-Caitlyn Curnyn - 1st place Biochemistry / WESEF 2008
-Katie Donatelli - 1st place Microbiology / WESEF 2008
-Svenja Schneider - 1st place Animal Science / WESEF 2008
-Becky Eidelman - 1st place Earth Science / WESEF 2008
-Kavya Devarakonda - 2nd place Behavioral / NYSSEF 2008
-Stephanie Iasiello & Shauna Purpura 1st place team - Animal Science
/ NYSSEF 2008
-Erika Nininger & Laya Rajan - 1st place team - Medicine/Health /
NYSSEF 2008
-Lacey Gleason - 2nd place Biochemistry / NYSSEF 2008
-Caitlin Curnyn - WESEF Finalist/Intel ISEF 2008 Representative
-JJ Luceno - WESEF Finalist/Intel ISEF 2008 Representative
2007
- Rebecca Glass - 3rd place Behavioral Sci./ WESEF 2007
- Rebecca Glass - 1st place Behavioral Sci./ NYSSEF 2007
- Tolly Moore - 2nd place Computers / NYSSEF 2007
- Wudan Yan - 1st place Computers / WESEF 2007 & NYSSEF 2007
- Luccie Wo / 1st place Biochemistry / NYSSEF 2007
- Brianna Buonagurio - 2nd place Medicine & Health / NYSSEF 2007
- Martin Mata & George Guo - 2nd place (Team) Medicine & Health
/ WESEF 2007
- Alexandria Ocasio - Cortez / 1st place Microbiology / NYSSEF 2007
- Thomas Lipscomb - 1st place Medicine & Health / WESEF 2007
- Martin Mata & George Guo - WESEF Finalist/Intel ISEF Representative
- Thomas Lipscomb - WESEF Finalist/Intel ISEF 2007 Representative
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - 2nd place Internationally / Intel ISEF 2007
2006
- Rachel Pian - 1st place Environmental / WESEF 2006
- Kristie Charoen - 2nd place Biochemistry / WESEF 2005 & 1st Place
Biochemistry / NYSSEF 2006
- Varian Bosch - 1st place Zoology / WESEF 2006
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - 1st place Microbiology / WESEF 2006 &
2nd place Microbio. NYSSEF 2006
- Brian Chin - 3rd place Biochemistry / WESEF 2006
- Tolly Moore - 3rd place Computers / WESEF 2006
- Rachel Pian - 3rd place Internationally / Intel ISEF 2006
- Kristie Charoen - 4th place Internationally / Intel ISEF 2006
2005
- Rohit Tejwani - 1st place Microbiology / WESEF 2005
- Kristie Charoen - 2nd place Microbiology / WESEF 2005
- Rachel Pian - 2nd place Environmental / WESEF 2005
- Tolly Moore - 3rd place Computer Science / WESEF 2005
- Ruonan Cheng - 1st place Biochemistry / WESEF 2005
- Ruonan Cheng - International Representative / Intel ISEF 2005
- Meredith Spadaccia - 2nd place Biochemistry / WESEF 2005
- Meredith Spadaccia - 3rd place Internationally / Intel ISEF 2005
- Jason Zhang - 3rd place Biochemistry WESEF 2005
- Jason Zhang - 4th place Internationally / Intel ISEF 2005
- Whitney Kramer & Lauren Patone - 3rd place (Team) Behavioral / WESEF
2005
- Lauren Toub & Anjuli Kannan - 1st place (Team) Med./Health / WESEF
2005
- Lauren Toub & Anjuli Kannan - 3rd place Internationally / Intel
ISEF 2005
- Christopher McCann & Richard Odlum - 1st place (Team) Med./Health
WESEF 2005
- Christopher McCann & Richard Odlum - 4th place Internationally /
Intel ISEF 2005
2004
- Sudar Purushothaman / 1st place Chemistry /WESEF 2004
- Amit Patel - 2nd Place Engineering / WESEF 2004
- Rohan Joshi - 2nd Place Biochemistry / WESEF 2004
- James An - 2nd Place Computers / WESEF 2004
- Diana Freedman - 2nd Place Chemistry / WESEF 2004
- Komal Shah - 1st Place Environmental / WESEF 2004
- Rohit Tejwani - 1st place Microbiology / WESEF 2004
- Vicky Wu - 2nd Place Medicine/Health / WESEF 2004
- Ashley + Ami Amini - 1st place (Team) Biochemistry / WESEF 2004
- Ashley + Ami Amini - 2nd place Internationally / Intel ISEF 2004
- Chris Modi - 3rd Place Engineering / WESEF 2004
- Chris Modi - 3rd Place Internationally / Intel ISEF 2004
2003
- James An - 1st Place Computers / WESEF 2003
- Sudar Purushothaman / 1st place Chemistry /WESEF 2003
- Alex Ryysylainen & Alex Vergo - 3rd place Team-Medicine/Health /
WESEF 2003
- Maria Gorodnitsky / 2nd place Biochemistry / WESEF 2003
- Maria Gorodnitsky / 2nd place Internationally / Intel ISEF 2003
- Ashley + Ami Amini / 1st place (Team) Biochemistry / WESEF 2003
- Ashley + Ami Amini - 3rd place Internationally / Intel ISEF 2003
International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering, Environment) Project Olympiad (ISWEEEP)
- Michael Cerabona - Regional Finalist 2011 + 2nd place Internationally (Engineering Category)
- Amanda Cesario - Regional Finalist 2011 + 2nd place Internationally (Environmental Category)
- Christopher Chung - Regional Finalist 2010 + 1st place Internationally (Engineering Category)
Junior
Science & Humanities Symposium (JSHS)
2011
-Ben Strober - Regional Finalist 2011
-Matthew McIntyre - Regional SemiFinalist 2011
- Arya Viswanathan - Regional SemiFinalist 2011
- Amanda Cesario - Regional SemiFinalist 2011
- Alex Trestyn - Regional SemiFinalist 2011
- Michael Cerabona - Regional SemiFinalist 2011 / NY State Poster Finalist
2010
-Laya Rajan - Regional Finalist 2010
- Jesse Yuan - Regional SemiFinalist 2010
- Chris Chung - Regional SemiFinalist 2010
- Elbert Heng - STATE Finalist 2010
2009
- Josh Elkind - Regional Finalist 2009
- Kavya Devarakonda - Regional Finalist 2009
- JJ Luceno - Regional Finalist 2009
- Katie Donatelli - Regional Finalist 2009
- Svenja Schneider - Regional SemiFinalist 2009
- Katherine Caswell - Regional SemiFinalist 2009
- JJ Luceno - STATE Finalist 2009
2008
- Stephanie Iasiello - Regional SemiFinalist 2008
- Colleen Costello - Regional SemiFinalist 2008
- Lacey Gleason- Regional SemiFinalist 2008
2007
- Tolly Moore - Regional Finalist 2007
- Thomas Lipscomb - Regional Finalist 2007
- George Guo - Regional Finalist 2007
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - Regional Finalist 2007
- Luccie Wo - Regional SemiFinalist 2007/ State Poster Finalist
- Rebecca Glass - Regional SemiFinalist 2007 / State Poster Finalist
- Lacey Gleason - Regional Poster Finalist 2007
- Brianna Buonagurio - Regional Poster Finalist 2007
- Andrew Wu- Regional Poster Finalist 2007
2006
- Rachel Pian - Regional Finalist 2006
- Kristie Charoen - Regional Finalist 2006
- Rhamey Elhosseiny - Regional Finalist 2006
- Tolly Moore - Regional Poster Finalist 2006
2005
- Lauren Toub - Regional Semifinalist 2005
- Jenna Lynch - Regional Semifinalist 2005
- Ruonan Cheng - State Semifinalist 2005
- Meredith Spadaccia - Regional Finalist 2005
2004
- Amit Patel - Regional Finalist 2004
- Rohini Rau-Murthy - Regional Semifinalist 2004
- Diana Freedman - Regional Semifinalist 2004
- Ami Amini - State Finalist 2004
2003
- Jonathan Herman - Regional Finalist 2003
Tri County Science Fair, STANYS Science Congress Competition, Manhattanville Science Fair
2011
- Luke Nolan- 1st place Space Science/ Tri-County Science Fair
2011
- Juliana Vigorito- 2nd place Biology/ Tri-County Science Fair
2011
- Miwa Wenzel- 2nd place Environment / Tri-County Science
Fair 2011
- Stephen Anderson- 3rd place Medicine & Health/ Tri-County Science Fair
2011
- Laura Anderson- 3rd place Psychology / Tri-County Science Fair
2011
2007
- Wudan Yan - 1st place Computer Sci./ Tri-County Science Fair Finalist
2007
- Luccie Wo - 1st place Biology / Top student overall / Tri-County Science
Fair Finalist 2007
- Rebecca Glass - 1st place Psychology / Tri-County Science Fair Finalist
2007
- Matthew Silverstein - 2nd place Chemistry / Tri-County Science Fair
2007
- Tolly Moore - 2nd place Computer Sci./ Tri-County Science Fair 2007
- Rebecca Glass - 1st place Psychology / Tri-County Science Fair Finalist
2007
2006
- Luke Novak - 1st place Engineering / Tri-County Science Fair Finalist
2006
- Nikolai Rakhilin - 3rd place Biochemistry / / Tri-County Science Fair
Finalist 2006
- Luccie Wo - 2nd place Biochemistry / Tri-County Science Fair Finalist
2006
- Rachel Pian - Finalist / Tri-County Science Fair Finalist 2006
- Wudan Yan - Finalist / Tri-County Science Fair Finalist 2006
- Wudan Yan - High Honors with distinction / STANYS Science Fair 2006
2005
- Jenna Lynch - Tri-County Science Fair Semifinalist 2005
- Ruonan Cheng - Tri-County Science Fair Finalist 2005
- Rohit Tejwani - Tri-County Science Fair Finalist 2005
- Ruonan Cheng - 2nd place STANYS Science Fair 2005
- Rohit Tejwani - 1st place STANYS Science Fair 2005
2004
- Amit Patel - Tri-County Science Fair / Finalist 2004
- Lauren Toub - Tri-County Science Fair Semifinalist 2004
- Chris Modi - Tri-County Science Fair Semifinalist 2004
- Rohan Joshi - Tri-County Science Fair Semifinalist 2004
- Komal Shah - Tri-County Science Fair Semifinalist 2004
- Ruonan Cheng - Tri-County Science Fair Semifinalist 2004
- Ashley Amini - Tri-County Science Fair Finalist 2004
2003
- Maria Gorodnitsky - 1st place Medicine/Health / Manhattanville Science
Competition 2003
- Chris Modi - Tri-County Science Fair Semifinalist 2003
- Sudar Purushothaman - Tri-County Science Fair Semifinalist 2003
- Amit Patel - Tri-County Science Fair Semifinalist 2003
- Maria Gorodnitsky - Tri-County Science Fair Semifinalist 2003