2020 Governor's School of New Jersey Program in Engineering & Technology Research Journal
Project Title: Decoding Emotions From Brain Signals
Mentors Name(s): Sabar Dasgupta
RTA Name(s): Rajas Karajgikar
Governor’s School Scholars: Raphaelle Hoang, Yuxuan Lu, Jos Parayil, Aaliyah Sayed, Jonathan Yao, & Eva Zhang
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/cKCNFm1ZFMs
Project Title: Random Forest Regression of Markov Chains for Accessible Music Generation
Mentors Name(s): Sabar Dasgupta
RTA Name(s): Claire Yan
Governor’s School Scholars: Vivian Chen, Jackson DeVico, Arianna Reischer, Leo Stepanewk, Ananya Vasireddy, & Nicolas Zhang
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/-Z6i4OrdEfc
Project Title: Analysis of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Mentors Name(s): Thomas Hodson
RTA Name(s): Nicholas Kravchenko
Governor’s School Scholars: Alexander Cho, Stephen Nah, Greyson Sapio, Daniel Vail, & Patrick Wang
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/vMIpWRwzcOQ
Project Title: At-Home Measurement for Surface Hydrophobicity
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Thomas Emge & Dr. Sanjeeva Murthy
RTA Name(s): Elizabeth Strother
Governor’s School Scholars: Evan Bretz, Tharun Chinnasamy, Ariana Di Landro, Lydia Park, & Phillip Trieu
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/UQyeQXt0XN0
Project Title: Detecting Fake News on Twitter Using Machine Learning Models
Mentors Name(s): Dayrene Martinez
RTA Name(s): Akila Saravanan
Governor’s School Scholars: Emma Cueva, Grace Ee, Akshat Iyer, Alexandra Pereira, & Alexander Roseman
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/TSfUUaSiqzc
Project Title: A Hybrid Approach to Noise-Reduced Pods in Urban Areas
Mentors Name(s): Michael J. DiBuono & Nicholas J. Calzaretto
RTA Name(s): Benjamin Lee
Governor’s School Scholars: Arjun Agarwal, Lasya Balachandran, Hannah Cherry, John Kellaher, & Ethne Laude
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/xZYuEme10U8
Project Title: Designing and Simulating a COVID-19 Air Purifier
Mentors Name(s): Michael J. DiBuono & Nicholas J. Calzaretto
RTA Name(s): Benjamin Lee
Governor’s School Scholars: Noah Bergam, Lily Chen, Sakshi Lende, Skyler Snow, & Julianna Zhang
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/a5zP7tkP9V0
Project Title: Using Closed Feedback Loops to Evaluate Autonomous Juggling Performance
Mentors Name(s): Kevin Ge
RTA Name(s): Steven Chen
Governor’s School Scholars: Tomás Collado, Hamzah Farooqi, Tashu Gupta, Ashwindev Pazhetam, & Robert Taylor
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/nOaadAqoePU
Project Title: Programming an Educational ChatBot to Support Virtual Learning
Mentors Name(s): Cory Brzycki
RTA Name(s): Nicholas Kravchenko
Governor’s School Scholars: Rachel Ai,, Disha Kohli, Lee Maina, Evelyn Manelski, Sarah Ramos, & Natasha Thussu Dhar
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/x8W4g0XbqDs
Project Title: Image Processing and Machine Learning to Optimize Security Checkpoint Systems
Mentors Name(s): Sonia Purohit
RTA Name(s): Steven Chen
Governor’s School Scholars: Sasha Callaway, Jeffrey Cheng, Alexander Contratti, David Fu, Harshika Gelivi, & Jacob Wachulec
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/SgH0ifBWbWI
Project Title: Arguments for USPTO Error in Granting U.S. Patent 9,904,924 to Square, Inc.
Mentors Name(s): Brandon Theiss
RTA Name(s): Elizabeth Strother
Governor’s School Scholars: Umar Ahmed Badami, Annabel Guo, Samantha Jackman, Kathryn Ng, & Sharon Samuel
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/oO4Yi2Xdwpo
Project Title: Smart Lock and Smart Thermostat Integration
Mentors Name(s): Daniel Hogan
RTA Name(s): Reshma Kopparapu
Governor’s School Scholars: Thomas Barkauskas, Alexander Huang-Menders, Karina Munjal, & Angela Zhang
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/MVER_hlqAUs
Project Title: Integrating Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision into an Interactive Learning Platform
Mentors Name(s): Jessica Kuleshov
RTA Name(s): Akila Saravanan
Governor’s School Scholars: Benson Liu, Rithesh Rajasekar, Aditya Shukla, Adina Solomon, & Lucy Xu
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/KEdNVQYrciE
Project Title: Copper-Infused COVID-19 Masks
Mentors Name(s): Shivani Shukla
RTA Name(s): Claire Yan
Governor’s School Scholars: Cristina Ciborowski-Escoffery, Isabella Dunn, Hemil Patel, & Sydney Yan
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/9HgYDWgEWC4