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Saturday, February 6, 2016 marked the 21st High School Poster Session for scientific research at St. Joseph’s College New York. Midwood Science students excelled once again, collecting half of all the awards — one first place, one second place, and five honorable mentions.

1. Mie Abouelkheir
   was awarded First Prize and a $75 Amazon gift card for her project "How does the type of substrate affect the size of monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) nests?" Mie worked under the supervision of Dr. Frank Grasso in the Department of Psychology at Brooklyn College.
2. Bilal Azhar
   was awarded Second Prize and a $50 Amazon gift card for his project "Comparison of heat to work conversion in first order and second order magnets." Bilal worked under the supervision of Dr. Karl Sandeman in the Department of Physics at Brooklyn College.

8. Urooj Ansari
   was awarded Honorable Mention for her project "The physical and chemical warfare between Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sanguinis." Urooj worked under the supervision of Dr. Nicolas Biais in the Department of Biology at Brooklyn College.
8. Leutrim Cahani
   was awarded Honorable Mention for his project "The role of vitamin D in Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in human epithelial cells." Leutrim worked under the supervision of Dr. Nicolas Biais in the Department of Biology at Brooklyn College.
8. Nga Ying Lo
   was awarded Honorable Mention for her project "Development of an efficient synthesis of aryl trifluoromethylated compounds and the purification of products produced from reactions with vinylketenes." Nga Ying worked under the supervision of Dr. Wayne F.K. Schnatter in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Long Island University.
8. Joshua Pilipovsky
   was awarded Honorable Mention for his project "Accuracy of the Ising approximation in quantum computation." Josh worked under the supervision of Dr. Vladimir Tsifrinovich in the Department of Applied Physics at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
8. Kai Saunders
   was awarded Honorable Mention for her project "Urban soils: Metal content in artifacts." Kai worked under the supervision of Dr. Zhongqi (Joshua) Cheng in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Brooklyn College.