2010 Midwood Science Fair
Posted on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 by Elert for Awards, Science Fair.
And the winners are …
Individual
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Team
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- Choi Chao
Hydrogen, the Combustible Fuel
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- Amanda Ye & Jacinda Zhou
There’s No Need to Fear, Garlic is Here!
- Joyce Lui & Emilee Yang
I scream, SUN SCREEN!
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- Joan Li
Oh Snap!
- Natalya Romanyak
You Don’t See Me But I Cu
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- Mert Kemal Keceli & Charli Frankel
The Secret Is in the Beads
- Amy Chen & Sandy Tam
A Convo to Die For!
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- Rebecca Khaimova
Intensifying the Hair Without it Dye-ing
- Mitchell Buslovich
Which Lettuce is the Safer Choice: Organic or Conventional?
- Matthew Chin
Testing the Effectiveness of Different Concentrations of Listerine
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- Karen Hui Wang & Nicole Almaraz
Experimenting With Water Wheel Paddle Angles to Generate Energy
- Vivian Ng & Albert Murzakhanov
The Phenomenon of Genetically Modified Organisms
- Maggie Lei & Candy Nguyen
Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice
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- Dong Hong Liang
Salty Ice
- Brandon Abrams
Do Free Radicals Affect Cell Division and Survival?
- Mohamed Adnan
Eco Bully
- Emanuel Bazov
The Ultimate Stealth Aircraft Revolution!!
- Tammy Jiang
Never Thought I’d See the Light
- Meral Kerim
Up, Up and Away!
- Andrew Dabydeen
The Evaporation Rates of Alcohols with Different Amounts of Carbon
- Andy Zhang
Caffeinated Plants: Get High or Die?
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- Irene He & Pinar Nur Kanay
Heartbeat, Heartbreak…
- Faryal Razzaq & Sadia Nusrat
Ready, Set, Apply: Take Action Against Dandruff
- Aneisha Goffin & Chelsea Gill
The Effect of Temperature on the pH of Juice
- Jiayi Li & Xiao Kuang
Meating Bacteria
- Vilanya Arriaga & Stephanie Chen
99.9% Germs Killed!
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2010 Brooklyn College Science Day: Midwood Students Bring Home Three Awards
Posted on Sunday, May 16, 2010 by Elert for Awards, Brooklyn College.
Friday, May 14th, 2010 marked the twentieth annual Science Research Day at Brooklyn College. More than one hundred posters created by college and high school students were exhibited in the Brooklyn College Student Center. Three Midwood students received awards in the high school division.
- Laura Cheng – Second Place
"Regulation of bone marrow cell differentiation in germfree rats by certain bacteria and bacterial cell wall components." Laura worked with Dr. Helen Durkin and Dr. Seto Chice in the Pathology Department of SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
- Rabia Iqbal – Second Place
"Study of the catalytic mechanisms of KatG: an enzyme involved in the virulence and antibiotic resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis." Rabia worked with Dr. Richard Magliozzo in the Chemistry Department of Brooklyn College.
- Farhana Pinki – Third Place
"Structural basis for histone acetyllysine readout by DPF3 double PHD finger." Farhana worked with Dr. Dinshaw Patel and Dr. Haitao Li of the Sloan-Kettering Institute.
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2010 NYC ACT-SO: Nafi Shabnam Wins Gold
Posted on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 by Elert for ACT-SO, Awards.
Nafi Shabnam was declared a First Prize Winner and Gold Medalist in the 2010 New York City ACT-SO (Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics) in the Medical & Health category. The award includes a $500 scholarship and the chance to compete in the National ACT-SO in Kansas City, Missouri July 7-10.
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2010 New York City Science and Engineering Fair (NYCSEF) Awards
Posted on Thursday, April 22, 2010 by Elert for Awards, NYCSEF.
NYCSEF Second Award
- Ying Yao Louie (Biochemistry )
Project: Provitamin A carotenoid conversion to vitamin A, in the liver, involves different hepatic cell types and their interactions.
Mentor: Dr. William S. Blaner, Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Medicine
- Kurnvir Singh (Earth & Planetary Sciences )
Project: Data on the Faunal Composition of the Bayn Shireh Formation from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.
Mentor: Dr. Alberto Prieto-Marquez, American Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleontology
- Lawrence Tse (Animal Sciences )
Project: Using a Khepera Robot to model the phototatic behavior of moths.
Mentor: Dr. Frank W. Grasso, Brooklyn College, Department of Psychology
NYCSEF Third Award
- Amanda Chan (Microbiology)
Project: The attempt to clone the activation-induced cytidine deaminase in nurse shark.
Mentor: Dr. Ellen Hsu, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Amanda also won the US Metric Association Award "for the best use of the SI metric system in a science fair project."
- Laura Cheng (Medicine & Health Sciences )
Project: Regulation of Bone Marrow Cell Differentiation in Germfree Rats by Certain Bacteria and Bacterial Cell Wall Components.
Mentor: Dr. Helen Durkin and Seto Chice, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Pathology
- Rabia Iqbal (Biochemistry )
Project: Study of the Catalytic Mechanisms of KatG: An Enzyme involved in the virulence and antibiotic resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Mentor: Dr. Richard S. Magliozzo, Brooklyn College, Department of Chemistry
- Nicholas Macaluso & Olga Gulyayeva (Behavioral & Social Sciences )
Project: Spatial Tagging in Locational Learning Through Memorization.
Mentor: Dr. John L. Kubie, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
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2010 New York City Metro Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS)
Posted on Saturday, March 20, 2010 by Elert for Awards, JSHS.
JSHS connects talented students, their teachers, and research professionals at affiliated symposia and rewards research excellence. This year’s New York City Metro JSHS was held at York College in Jamaica, Queens. Midwood had 2 award winners and 3 semifinalists.
- Ying Yao Louie
was awarded Second Place in Chemistry for her project "Provitamin A carotenoid conversion to vitamin A in the liver involves different hepatic cell types and their interactions." She worked with Dr. William S. Blaner in the Department of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center.
- Laura Cheng
was awarded Third Place in Biological Sciences for her project "Regulation of Bone Marrow Cell Differentiation in Germfree Rats By Certain Bacteria and Bacterial Cell Wall Components." She worked with Dr. Helen Durkin and Dr. Seto Chice in the Department of Pathology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
- Grace Chan
was a Semifinalist and presented her project "Pattern and Boundaries of Mutations in Nurse Shark Immunoglobulin Genes." She worked with Dr. Ellen Hsu in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
- Rabia Iqbal
was a Semifinalist and presented her project "Study of the Catalytic Mechanisms of KatG: An Enzyme involved in the virulence and antibiotic resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis."She worked with Dr. Richard S. Magliozzo in the Chemistry Department at Brooklyn College.
- Stacey Shulman
was a Semifinalist for her project "Immunoglobulin E Response to Chlamydia pneumoniae in Children with Asthma." She worked with Dr. Stephen Kohlhoff in the Department of Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
Laura Cheng, Ying Yao Louie, Grace Chan, Rabia Iqbal
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2010 NYC Metro FIRST Tech Challenge: Midwood Robotics Wins for NYC — Again!
Posted on Saturday, March 13, 2010 by Elert for Awards, Robotics.
The Midwood Robotics Team (a.k.a. The Botley Crue) were a part of the championship alliance for the second year in a row at the New York City FIRST Tech Challenge. They were also nominated for the PTC Design Award and the Rockwell Collins Innovate Award.
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2010 New York City Science and Engineering Fair (NYCSEF) Finalists
Posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 by Elert for Awards, NYCSEF.
NYCSEF is the New York City Department of Education’s annual science and technology research competition, coordinated by the City University of New York’s College Now program. On March 7, approximately 500 students from high schools across the city met at City College to display their scientific research projects. The top 20 to 25 percent in in each category were invited to participate in the Finals Event on March 23 at the American Museum of Natural History.
- Alex Afanasyev (Engineering)
Scanning of Acoustic Space Using a Model of a Bat Ear.
- Clarice Lee (Medicine)
Immunohistochemical Detection of Poly (ADP) Ribose Polymerase 1 (PARP-1) During Synaptic Plasticity on the Area CA1 of the Mouse Hippocampus.
- Ying Yao Louie (Biochemistry)
Provitamin A carotenoid conversion to vitamin A, in the liver, involves different hepatic cell types and their interactions.
- Farhana Pinki (Biochemistry)
Structural Basis for Histone Acetyllysine Readout by DPF3 double PHD finger.
- Kurnvir Singh (Earth Science)
Data on the Faunal Composition of the Bayn Shireh Formation from the Late Creataceous of Mongolia.
- Jason Tam (Social Science)
The Educational Expectation of Second and Third Generation American Students.
- Lawrence Tse (Animal Science)
Using a Khepera Robot to model the phototatic behavior of moths.
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2009 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology
Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 by Elert for Awards, Siemens.
The Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology is a national research competition for high school students. Midwood had one semifinalist in 2009.
Semifinalist
- Ying Louie
for her project "Provitamin A Carotenoid Conversion to Vitamin A, in the Liver, Involves Different Hepatic Cell Types and Their Interactions". She worked with Dr. William S. Blaner at the Columbia University Medical Center.
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2009 High School Poster Session at St. Joseph’s College
Posted on Monday, October 19, 2009 by Elert for Awards, St. Joseph's.
On Sunday October 19, 2009, St. Joseph’s College held a High School Poster Session sponsored by the New York Section of the American Chemical Society. Midwood sent 5 students to the competition and brought home 1 award.
- Farhana Pinki
received Honorable Mention for her project "Structural Basis for Histone Acetyllysine Readout by DPF Double PHD Finger." She worked with Dr. Haitao Li and Dr. Dinshaw Patel of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Lawrence Tse, Julian Yuen, Farhana Pinki, Alex Afanasyev, Kurnvir Singh
at St. Joseph’s College – New York
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2009 Miscellaneous Awards
Posted on Monday, June 22, 2009 by Elert for ACT-SO, Awards, Miscellaneous, NASA.
- Anika Ahmed
was awarded Honorable Mention in the DNA Day competition sponsored by the American Society of Human Genetics.
- Avner Aronov
was awarded first place in the Con Edison Go Green Essay Contest and received $200.
- Sadrach Pierre
was awarded Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry at the Brooklyn High School Chemistry Day held on October 23rd, 2009 (10/23 a.k.a. "Mole Day") at Brooklyn College.
- Sadrach Pierre
was also declared a First Prize Winner and Gold Medalist in the 2009 New York City ACT-SO (Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics) in the biochemistry category.
- The teams of Farhana Pinki & Lima Nusrat and Sharmin Rahman & Michael Pimpinella
were semifinalists in the NASA Dream Experience contest.
- Farhana Pinki
was selcted to participate in NASA’s INSPIRE Online Community and received a laptop computer. (INSPIRE stands for Interdisciplinary National Science Project Incorporating Research and Education Experience.)
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2009 Midwood Science Fair
Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 by Elert for Awards, Science Fair.
142 sophomores competed in the Midwood High School Science Fair on Thursday the 28th of May, 2009. They were judged by upperclassmen and alumni. This year was unique with over 40 students from robotics classes competing.
Individual
- Viktoriya Halkina
The Secret Code!
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Team
- Nicole Ng & Alice Lu
The Annihilation of the Flaming Pimples.
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- Amy Guan
Don’t Break!
- Olivia Berman
Build a Wind Turbine!
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- Rashed Siddique, Raza Alyas, Fuad Hamid
Hybrid Slfdr-01.
- Alex Kostka & Afaque Naveed
The Effect of Six Hand Sanitizers on Staphylococcus Epidermis.
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- Steven Mirochnik
Which Families of Plants Have the Greatest Propagative Abilities?
- Andy Feng
The Effect of Magnets on Magnetic Recording Media.
- Linda Kaplun
The Tangled Webs They Weave: A Study of the Strength of Spider Webs.
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- Sasha Haracksingh & Rebecca Leger
Indulge Yourself in Soap.
- Nathaly Ramirez & Ardiana Nikci
I Can See Clearly Now!
- Albert Mei & Georgia Mavrogeorgis
Auditory Memory of Males and Females.
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