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Leia Cannon Amelia Cripps
Project Number: J-ANIM-001T
Raving Roaches in your Residence!
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Category: ANIM – Animal Sciences
Greenwich Central School District
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Alexa Jansen
Project Number: J-BEHA-001
The effect of Tik Tok on self esteem
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Category: BEHA – Behavioral and Social Sciences
Greenwich Central School District
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Kenadee Culver
Project Number: J-BMED-001
pH v.s. Painkillers The effect of pH on the solubility of Advil
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Category: BMED – Biomedical and Health Sciences
Greenwich Central School District
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Keagan Wert
Project Number: J-EAEV-001
Getting the Oil out of your soil the study of mycoremediation
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Category: EAEV – Earth and Environmental Sciences
Greenwich Central School District
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Claire Fowler
Project Number: J-EGSD-001
The Impact of Partial vs. Full Discharge on AA Lithium-Ion Battery Longevity
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Category: EGSD – Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Greenwich Central School District
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Ella Celani
Project Number: J-ENEV-001
Vacation Or Evacuation. Is There A Way To Prevent Erosion Or Runoff?
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Category: ENEV – Environmental Engineering
Greenwich Central School District
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Jacob Lavoo Gabriel Radovich, Jake Davis-Barron
Project Number: J-ETSD-001T
There’s an ex-plane-ation: The effect of the length of wings on how far airplanes fly
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Category: ETSD – Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics
Greenwich Central School District
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Tejas Jacob
Project Number: J-ETSD-002
Improving the Aerodynamic Efficiency of Airplanes Using a Nature-Inspired Adaptive Wing
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Category: ETSD – Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics
Van Antwerp Middle School
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Juno Catlin
Project Number: J-MCRO-001
Do acne cleansers really work?
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Category: MCRO – Microbiology
Greenwich Central School District
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Mya Saunders
Project Number: J-MCRO-002
The Good Gut: The Effect of Lactobacillus and E. Coli on Pathogenic Bacteria Population Growth
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Category: MCRO – Microbiology
Greenwich Central School District
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Claire Smith
Project Number: J-MCRO-003
The Effect of microorganisms on removing Nitrates from Wastewater.
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Category: MCRO – Microbiology
Greenwich Central School District
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Noah Speanburg
Project Number: J-MCRO-004
The Effect of ozone water vs topical disinfectant on bacteria
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Category: MCRO – Microbiology
Greenwich Central School District
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Morgan Colby Isabel Pelech, Richard Coon, Jr.
Project Number: J-PLNT-001T
Turn the lights down low
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Category: PLNT – Plant Sciences
Greenwich Central School District
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Cameron Boardman
Project Number: J-PLNT-002
My Plants Be-Leaf In Me
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Category: PLNT – Plant Sciences
Greenwich Central School District
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Rogan Kelly
Project Number: J-PLNT-003
The Effect of Biodegradable Hydrogels on Plants During Farming
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Category: PLNT – Plant Sciences
Greenwich Central School District
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Brennen Michel
Project Number: J-PLNT-004
The effect of cover crops on soil erosion
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Category: PLNT – Plant Sciences
Greenwich Central School District
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Django Accardi
Project Number: S-ANIM-001
Frequency-Dependent Batesian Mimicry in Northern Water Snakes (Nerodia sipedon) and Eastern Copperheads (Agkistrodon Contortrix) in Sympatric and Allopatric Regions of the Hudson Valley in New York State
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: ANIM – Animal Sciences
Rondout Valley High School
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Eliza Howenstein
Project Number: S-ANIM-002
Effects of long-term white LED light exposure and sleep deprivation on Drosophila Melanogaster that model the function of a teenage brain
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: ANIM – Animal Sciences
Saratoga Springs High School
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Nicole Boyea
Project Number: S-BEHA-001
Visible or Invisible Runners? Studying the Effect Reflective Vests Have on Driver Reactions
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: BEHA – Behavioral and Social Sciences
Burnt Hills – Ballston Lake CSD
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Catherine Cheng
Project Number: S-BEHA-003
Late Adolescents’ Perceptions of Social Media Platform Toxicity: A Comparative Study of User Opinions on the Harmfulness of Specific Platforms Compared to Others
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: BEHA – Behavioral and Social Sciences
Shaker High School
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Marysa Colvin
Project Number: S-BEHA-004
Maladaptive Daydreaming and its Effect on High Schoolers’ Executive Functioning
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: BEHA – Behavioral and Social Sciences
Hudson Falls Central School District
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Alexandria Conway
Project Number: S-BEHA-005
Using Expressive Art in the Form of Mandalas to Reduce Teachers Stress at Taconic Hills CSD, Caryville, NY
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: BEHA – Behavioral and Social Sciences
Taconic Hills High School
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Hailey Lanari
Project Number: S-BEHA-007
Mother-Child Relationships and Child Social Development through the Lens of Work-Life Balance and Role Theory
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: BEHA – Behavioral and Social Sciences
Monroe-Woodbury High School
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Nirvana Monsur
Project Number: S-BEHA-008
Lies and Truth Exist in the Stare
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: BEHA – Behavioral and Social Sciences
Shaker High School
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Lucy Ray
Project Number: S-BEHA-009
Sensory stimulation as an academic Intervention in High school students
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: BEHA – Behavioral and Social Sciences
Hudson Falls Central School District
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Alex Snedaker
Project Number: S-BEHA-010
Social and Parental Involvement and the Impact on Risk of Compulsive Exercise and Body Physique Internalization
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: BEHA – Behavioral and Social Sciences
Columbia High School
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Neena Bisconti
Project Number: S-BMED-001
The Effect of Vitamin C Supplementation on Cognitive Function in Postmenopausal Women
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: BMED – Biomedical and Health Sciences
Monroe-Woodbury High School
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Luke Kotsides
Project Number: S-BMED-005
An Observational Study Investigating the Association Between Regional Socioeconomic Status and Availability of COVID-19 Testing in Upstate New York Counties
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: BMED – Biomedical and Health Sciences
Rondout Valley High School
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Ariel Koyfman
Project Number: S-BMED-006
Thyroseq II Predicted Thyroid Cancer Rates in a Community Setting
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: BMED – Biomedical and Health Sciences
Monroe-Woodbury High School
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Jillian Meyers
Project Number: S-BMED-007
Relationship between Dry Eye Disease and Myopia with the Increased Use of Electronic Devices in Adolescents
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: BMED – Biomedical and Health Sciences
Monroe-Woodbury High School
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Liliana Panasci
Project Number: S-BMED-008
The impact of obesity, physical activity, and nativity status on ADL and IADL
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: BMED – Biomedical and Health Sciences
Columbia High School
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Emily Pearson
Project Number: S-BMED-009
Neuroprotective Role of Focused Ultrasound of the Celiac Plexus in a Rat Model of Parkinson’s Disease
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: BMED – Biomedical and Health Sciences
Burnt Hills – Ballston Lake CSD
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Arath Seckin
Project Number: S-BMED-010
Can We Trust Anesthetics? Supporting the Legitimacy of Neuraxial Injections on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Patients
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: BMED – Biomedical and Health Sciences
Nyack High School
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Ezra Seckin
Project Number: S-BMED-011
Efficacy of cervical facet joint injections in Cervicogenic Tinnitus Treatment
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: BMED – Biomedical and Health Sciences
Nyack High School
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Tehreem Fatima
Project Number: S-CBIO-001
Identification of Key Long Non-Coding RNAs (LncRNAs) Effecting Alternative Splicing and Gene Expression in the Frontal Cortex of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Patients
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: CBIO – Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Shaker High School
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Hridaanshu Gusain
Project Number: S-CBIO-002
Nuclei Segmentation Using Deep Learning and Hyperspectral Imaging for High Accuracy
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: CBIO – Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Shaker High School
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Edward Li
Project Number: S-CBIO-003
Examination of Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells using Differential Gene Expression and Gene Ontology Enrichment Analysis of Dap5 protein
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: CBIO – Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Shenendehowa High School
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Aaditya Ojha
Project Number: S-CBIO-004
Development of a Bioinformatics Pipeline for Serogroup Identification in Neisseria meningitidis
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: CBIO – Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Bethlehem Central High School
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Zayd Bhatti
Project Number: S-CELL-002
The Effect Of Exercise Training On Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Patients Level Of Gene Expression
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: CELL – Cellular and Molecular Biology
Shaker High School
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Honora LaRock
Project Number: S-CELL-003
The Impact of Formin Homology Genes on the Sex Myoblast Pathway in C. elegans
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: CELL – Cellular and Molecular Biology
Greenwich Central School District
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Kaitlin Munro
Project Number: S-CELL-004
Known and proposed role of peripheral myelin protein 2 in schwann cells during myelination
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: CELL – Cellular and Molecular Biology
Saratoga Springs High School
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April Ren
Project Number: S-CELL-005
Assess the Effect of Inhibition of DNA Replication Stress Replicators on Human Colon Cancer Cells
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: CELL – Cellular and Molecular Biology
Shaker High School
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Carolyn Stum
Project Number: S-CELL-006
The effect of inhibiting nuclear export on glial and fibrotic scar formation as related to wound healing during spinal cord injury in rats
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: CELL – Cellular and Molecular Biology
Academy of Holy Names
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Arin Khare
Project Number: S-CHEM-001
The Simulated Sea: A Molecular Dynamics Study of Salt Ion Hydration
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: CHEM – Chemistry
Niskayuna High School
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Lucia Sushynski
Project Number: S-CHEM-002
Iodine Degradation Study
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: CHEM – Chemistry
Saratoga Springs High School
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Sarah Nune
Project Number: S-CHEM-003
Bio Roll-Up: Maintaining Uniformity and Implementing Rinse Step
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: CHEM – Chemistry
Shaker High School
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Saad Ashar
Project Number: S-EAEV-001
Machine Learning Model for Cloud Classification Using NYS Mesonet Images
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: EAEV – Earth and Environmental Sciences
Shaker High School
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Ella Bagchi
Project Number: S-EAEV-002
Do fertilizer regulations reduce algal bloom occurrences?
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: EAEV – Earth and Environmental Sciences
Shaker High School
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Jakob Baron
Project Number: S-EAEV-003
Effectiveness of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) in Locating Fossils and Artifacts in Assorted Sediment Types
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: EAEV – Earth and Environmental Sciences
Rondout Valley High School
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Molly Beauregard
Project Number: S-EAEV-004
The Effect of Road Salts (MgCl2, NaCl) Concentration on Heartrate and Mortality in Daphnia Magna using Bioassay
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: EAEV – Earth and Environmental Sciences
Saratoga Springs High School
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Talia Co-Mided
Project Number: S-EAEV-005
Drinking Forever Chemicals: Investigation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Drinking Water in Rockland County
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: EAEV – Earth and Environmental Sciences
Nyack High School
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Inara Ilse
Project Number: S-EAEV-006
Microplastic analysis of high-flow and low-flow streams located in Rensselaer County
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: EAEV – Earth and Environmental Sciences
Columbia High School
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Maeve McCarthy
Project Number: S-EAEV-007
Crustal Thickness and Vp/Vs Ratios in Western Canada through H-k Stacking of P-wave Receiver Functions
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: EAEV – Earth and Environmental Sciences
Bethlehem Central High School
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Simon Rieffel
Project Number: S-EAEV-008
Relative Distribution of Invasive and Native Groundcover Plants in Upstate New York Forests
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: EAEV – Earth and Environmental Sciences
Burnt Hills – Ballston Lake CSD
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Paul Shannon
Project Number: S-EAEV-009
Rhizofiltration of an induced Microcystis bloom using the common water hyacinth (E. crassipes) within a constructed wetland model
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: EAEV – Earth and Environmental Sciences
Hudson Falls Central School District
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Samuel Szerlip
Project Number: S-EAEV-010
Saving the World: Effect of pH and axial stress on the hydration of MgO as an analog for the mineralization reaction of MgO
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: EAEV – Earth and Environmental Sciences
Nyack High School
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Simran Utturkar
Project Number: S-EAEV-011
An Association between Urban Electric Vehicle Adoption and Childhood Asthma Hazard Rates
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: EAEV – Earth and Environmental Sciences
Niskayuna High School
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Sophia Xin
Project Number: S-EAEV-012
The Effect of Suburbanization on Black-capped Chickadees in the Albany Pine Bush, NY
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: EAEV – Earth and Environmental Sciences
Columbia High School
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Hyunseo Kim
Project Number: S-EGSD-001
Effectiveness and Assessment of Aerogel and Light Variability on Thermal Collection
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: EGSD – Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Shaker High School
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Kush Malwatkar
Project Number: S-EGSD-002
Harvesting Atmospheric Electricity
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: EGSD – Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Shaker High School
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Tarun Jacob
Project Number: S-ENBM-001
TonoSense: A Novel Device for Intraocular Pressure Measurement
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: ENBM – Biomedical Engineering
Niskayuna High School
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Thomas Bundy
Project Number: S-ETSD-001
Proof of Concept: Analyzing the Structure and Durability of an Autonomy-Supportive Skiing Aid.
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: ETSD – Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics
Saratoga Springs High School
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Alexander Chyla
Project Number: S-ETSD-002
From Whales to Wings: How Humpback Whale Tubercles Inspired Aerodynamic Design
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: ETSD – Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics
Nyack High School
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Calista Hardesty
Project Number: S-ETSD-003
Using a Mindwave Neurosky to Assess Differences in the Brainwaves that Control a Mini Racing Drone
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: ETSD – Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics
Academy of Holy Names
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Pavithra Jayakumar
Project Number: S-ETSD-004
The Application of Graphene Oxide and Methyltrimethoxysilane Hydrophobic Aerogels on the Adsorption of Oil Spills
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: ETSD – Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics
Shaker High School
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Lilly Mertzlufft
Project Number: S-ETSD-005
An Investigation of Jet Assisted Surface Mounted Actuators in Laminar and Turbulent Boundary Layers
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: ETSD – Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics
Burnt Hills – Ballston Lake CSD
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Shane Baker
Project Number: S-MCRO-001
The Effect of E-cigarette Vapor Condensate (ECVC) on Population Growth of Tetrahymena thermophila
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: MCRO – Microbiology
Columbia High School
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Sreeram Vudayagiri
Project Number: S-MCRO-002
Effect of TUBB2A and TUBB3 Knockdown on Paclitaxel Sensitivity of Ovarian Cancer Cells
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: MCRO – Microbiology
Shaker High School
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Adeline Delessio
Project Number: S-PHYS-001
Irradiating amino acids in the presence of salt to investigate amino acid lifetimes and degradation rates on the surface of Europa
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: PHYS – Physics and Astronomy
Rondout Valley High School
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Jocelyn Elphick
Project Number: S-PHYS-002
Are Galaxy Tendrils Consistent with the Standard Model of Cosmology?
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: PHYS – Physics and Astronomy
Saratoga Springs High School
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Sanvi Gawad
Project Number: S-PHYS-003
Dynamical Measurements of Filament Masses: The PPS Filament
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: PHYS – Physics and Astronomy
Shaker High School
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Jack Stuhlman
Project Number: S-PHYS-005
N-body Simulation of a Binary Dwarf galaxy infall and applications to the sagittarius tidal stream
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: PHYS – Physics and Astronomy
Burnt Hills – Ballston Lake CSD
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Arthur Leung Jad Richani
Project Number: S-ROBO-001T
An Artificially Intelligent Alternative for Visually Impaired Individuals
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: ROBO – Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Niskayuna High School
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Julia Landres
Project Number: S-ROBO-002
Background Replacement in Sign Language Recognition: Creation and Evaluation of Augmented Dataset
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: ROBO – Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Monroe-Woodbury High School
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Akshay Muppidi
Project Number: S-ROBO-003
Synthetic Robotic Manipulation Data Generation using Large Language Models to Train Real-World Language-Conditioned Robotic Manipulation Agents
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: ROBO – Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Guilderland High School
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James Lian Jason Lian
Project Number: S-SOFT-001T
LegiBERT: Applying Abstractive Text Summarization to Legislative Texts
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: SOFT – Systems Software
Niskayuna High School
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Ethan Reyes
Project Number: S-SOFT-002
An Algorithm for Edge Generation in Graphs of Real World Vertex Fields for Travel with Momentum Constraints
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: SOFT – Systems Software
Burnt Hills – Ballston Lake CSD
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Allison Wu
Project Number: S-TMED-001
VoiceAD: A Multilingual Speech Based Classifier for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease
Senior Division (Grades 9-12)
Category: TMED – Translational Medical Science
Emma Willard School
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Gabriel Radovich
Project Number: See -> J-ETSD-001T
There’s an ex-plane-ation: The effect of the length of wings on how far airplanes fly
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Category: ETSD – Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics
Greenwich Central School District
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Jake Davis-Barron
Project Number: See. -> J-ETSD-001T
There’s an ex-plane-ation: The effect of the length of wings on how far airplanes fly
Junior Division (Grades 6-8)
Category: ETSD – Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics
Greenwich Central School District
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