The New York City Science and Engineering Fair (NYCSEF) is the city’s largest high school research competition. More than 700 students from around the city submitted applications in 2016. The top 130 projects were selected to advance to the Finals Round on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at the American Museum of Natural History. Midwood High School sent 13 students to this year’s competition under the big blue whale. Awards will be presented on Friday, April 1, 2016 in the Gerald W. Lynch Theatre at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice from 3:00–5:00 PM.
- Yusra AbdurRob (Medicine & Health Sciences)
Project: Photoreceptor layer thickness in Parkinson’s disease during circadian rhythm
Mentor: Dr. Ivan Bodis-Wollner, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Neurology - Urooj Ansari (Microbiology)
Project: Physical and chemical warfare between Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sanguinis
Mentor: Dr. Nicolas Biais, Brooklyn College, Department of Biology - Bilal Azhar (Physics & Space Sciences)
Project: Comparison of work output from first order and second order magnets during magnetic heat transitions
Mentor: Dr. Karl Sandeman, Brooklyn College, Department of Physics - Kieran Bissessar (Biochemistry)
Project: A new perspective on the lupus malady
Mentor: Dr. Donald Gerber, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Medicine - Xiao Jun Cao (Microbiology)
Project: The effect of tenofovir on bone homeostasis
Mentors: Dr. Aránzazu Mediero Muñoz and Dr. Bruce Cronstein, NYU Langone Medical Center, Department of Pharmacology - Emily Hui (Animal Sciences)
Project: Paternal investment in male-pregnant pipefish Syngnathus fuscus
Mentor: Ms. Frieda Benun Sutton and Dr. Tony Wilson, Brooklyn College, Department of Biology - Victor Lee (Animal Sciences)
Project: Variations and similarities of nest construction behaviors amongst monk parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) of identical and different nest sites
Mentor: Dr. Frank Grasso, Brooklyn College, Department of Psychology - Nga Ying Lo (Chemistry)
Project: Development of an efficient synthesis of aryl trifluoromethylated compounds and the purification of products produced from reactions with vinylketene complexes
Mentor: Dr. Wayne F.K. Schnatter, Long Island University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Joshua Pilipovsky (Physics & Space Sciences)
Project: Accuracy of the Ising approximation in quantum computation
Mentor: Dr. Vladimir Tsifrinovich, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Department of Applied Physics - Kai Saunders (Earth & Environmental Sciences)
Project: Urban soils: Metal content in artifacts
Mentor: Ms. Hermine Huot and Dr. Zhongqi (Joshua) Cheng, Brooklyn College, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences - Colleen Simon (Earth & Environmental Sciences)
Project: How does the presence of Stropharia rugoso-annulata in different types of soil affect the growth of ryegrass?
Mentor: Ms. Jan Mun and Dr. Zhongqi (Joshua) Cheng, Brooklyn College, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences - Xiu Ling Weng (Chemistry)
Project: Cycloaddition of tricarbonyl iron(0) vinylketene complex with methyl 3-iodopropiolate
Mentor: Dr. Wayne F.K. Schnatter, Long Island University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - William Xie (Physics & Space Sciences)
Project: Resiliency of proton transport in Nafion 117 after exposure to select solvents
Mentors: Dr. Sophia Suarez and Mr. Domenec Paterno, Brooklyn College, Department of Physics