Congratulations go out to the 6 Midwood Science researchers who were finalists in the Terra NYC STEM Fair. They competed on Saturday, March 23 at New York University's Tandon School of Engineering and brought back 2 second awards, 2 third awards, and 1 special award. Each of the 4 winning projects was in a different category: Environmental Science, Plant Science, Physics, and Psychology. Diversity is our strength.
Second Awards
- Katelyn Martinez and Magaly Mendoza
Project: Analyzation of PM2.5 chemical correlations in classrooms using x-ray fluorescence
Mentor: Dr. Terry Gordon in the New York University Grossman School of Medicine - Joshua Coleman
Project: Animal fertilizer helps plants grow faster than normal fertilizer.
Supervising teacher: Mr. Glenn Elert
Third Awards
- Alejandro Velasquez (Midwood) and Darren Chen (Brooklyn Tech)
Project: Investigation of physical properties of a novel zinc chloride-butyramide deep eutectic solvent
Mentors: Dr. Sophia Suarez and Prof. Domenec Paterno in the Physics Department at Brooklyn College.
Alejandro and Darren also received the Ricoh Sustainable Development Award. - Diana Chen Feng and Jennifer-Runling Fan
Project: The effect of thermal stimulation on body ownership
Mentor: Dr. Shimon Edelman in the Psychology Department at Cornell University
Terra NYC is an International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) affiliated event sponsored by Terra Science and Education, a non-profit organization that sponsors regional science fairs across New York State.
