2014 Governor's School of New Jersey Program in Engineering & Technology Research Journal
Project Title: Application of the Properties of Nano-Silica Gel Coatings Modification of the Styrofoam Cup
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Lisa Klein(Rutgers), Dr. Sukanya Murali(Rutgers), Eleni Temeche, Chau Trana, & James Davanzo
RTA Name(s): Edmund Han
Governor’s School Scholars: Cliff Chao, Ananya Joshi, Emma McKee, Emily Weng, & Samuel Yoon
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/lE7Fs-qkg9s
Project Title: Autonomic Green Computing!
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Javier Diaz-Montes (Rutgers) & Dr. Ivan Rodero(Rutgers)
RTA Name(s): Daniel Hillman
Governor’s School Scholars: Nikhil Gahlot, Neil Philip, Liam Stewart, & Kristian Wu
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/XyJh_h5JyVM
Project Title: Biomechanics of Human Body Motion
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Noshir A. Langrana(Rutgers) & Catherine Connolly
RTA Name(s): Eamon Collins
Governor’s School Scholars: Ezra Brooks, Justin Perez, Ilse Sweldens, Annie Wang, Lucy Zhang
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/Ts9OMzqIbn0
Project Title: Developing Plastic Composites
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Jennifer Lynch(Rutgers), Agrim Bhalla, Arya Tewatia, Riti Khamgaonkar, Meredith Taghon, Rachit Mehta, & Laz Pacheco
RTA Name(s): Kelly Ruffenach
Governor’s School Scholars: Mahaa Ahmed, Jonathan Cotler, & Kaitlyn Mullin
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/JLEzZtdRU88
Project Title: Development of Affordable, Aspirational Sanitation Products for Sub-Saharan Africa
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Jim McHale(Rutgers) & Daigo Ishiyama
RTA Name(s): Taylor Au
Governor’s School Scholars: Mary Dwyer, Linda Luo, Maia Mirchandani, Yuji Sugimoto, Harrison Young
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/RIl3aX-RYQk
Project Title: Economic and Environmental Costs of Polymer Optoelectronics
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Deirdre O'Carroll(Rutgers), Catrice Cater, Zeqing Shen, Gary Cheung, & Benjamin Agyei-Tuffour
RTA Name(s): Kelly Ruffenach
Governor’s School Scholars: YeonHo Cho, Aaron Glanzer, Nikola Kamcev
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/50mIER2hPYo
Project Title: Elastomeric Actuators for Kite-based Energy Harvesting
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Aaron Mazzeo(Rutgers), Chen Yang, Ke Yang, & Jingjin Xie
RTA Name(s): Alexander Hobbs
Governor’s School Scholars: Amber Lin, Melody Njoku, Morgan Taylor, Sherry Bai
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/OPqBeCItOhs
Project Title: Environmental Sensor Network
Mentors Name(s): Josef Grossmann, Ryan Flynn, & Edward Kahn
RTA Name(s): Maya Saltzman
Governor’s School Scholars: Arthur Belkin, Shweta Dutta, Yunhee Kang, Hope McGovern, & Matthew Scalamandre
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/J9TQtZZEf_g
Project Title: Fabricating and Characterizing Polymers and Composites
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Sanjeeva Murthy(Rutgers) & Dr. Thomas Emge(Rutgers)
RTA Name(s): Edmund Han
Governor’s School Scholars: Jenna Barton, Hyeri Cho, Sara Lee, & Ryan Oakley
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/mkw1FBd6MVk
Project Title: Formal Verification with Dafny
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Santosh Nagarakatte(Rutgers) & David Menendez(Rutgers)
RTA Name(s): Anthony Yang
Governor’s School Scholars: Cedric Abano, Gordon Chu, Gabriel Eiseman, Justin Fu, & Tiffany Yu
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/stGFSyk6rm4
Project Title: Combining Electrowetting and Magnetic Bead Manipulations for Use in Microfluidic Immunoassays
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Jeffrey Zahn(Rutgers)
RTA Name(s): Eamon Collins
Governor’s School Scholars: Amanda Barbour, Ronit Langer, Tiffany Li, Katherine Tsang, & Rose Yin
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/wZ5qZzlkV80
Project Title: Mechanical Snake
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Stephen Tse(Rutgers)
RTA Name(s): Alexander Hobbs
Governor’s School Scholars: James Lee, Isha Mehrotra, Robert Phillips, Christopher Chung, & Owen France
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/3ABjur1Se_A
Project Title: Optimization of a Chem-E-Car
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Fuat E. Celik(Rutgers), Ingrid J. Paredes, Christian Tabedzki, Nicholas Ngai, Joanne Horng, Mercedes Wu, & Shriram Sundarraj
RTA Name(s): Laura Gunderson
Governor’s School Scholars: Michael Amoako, David Fan, Wendy Ide, Nina Lin, & Marcus Loo
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/tVm0GXV1wUs
Project Title: Pharmaceutical Engineering: Optimization of a pharmaceutical formulation
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Bill Engisch (Rutgers) & Sarang Oka
RTA Name(s): Daniel Hillman
Governor’s School Scholars: Michelle Bai, Melissa Gordon, Amolika Gupta, & Aditya Kommi
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/W3MMpL-s-mw
Project Title: Robotic Hand in Motion Using Arduino-Controlled Servos
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Kang Li(Rutgers), Dr. William Craelius, Mohit Chaudhary, & Julian Hsu
RTA Name(s): Mary Reiter
Governor’s School Scholars: Nicholas Bonini, Nithya Iyer, David Kim, Katherine Mathison, Lauren Wellons
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/AOBioOvZbrw
Project Title: Smart Cane
Mentors Name(s): Joe Mirizio, Daniel Moskowitz, & Nicholas LoFaso
RTA Name(s): Laura Gunderson
Governor’s School Scholars: Whitney Huang, Hunter McNamara, Diana Molodan, Amol Pasarkar, Rachel Rizzo
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/Oi7lG0kvsEg
Project Title: Smart Pick Bins for Reinforcement Steel Installation in Silver Line
Mentors Name(s): Scott Steurer & Wanda Duran
RTA Name(s): Taylor Au
Governor’s School Scholars: Nelson Dong, Benjamin Mazel, & Steven Viola
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/NIzIIX_Kih8
Project Title: Soaring to Spec: Designing a Concept Aircraft for Cargo Deployment
Mentors Name(s): Jonathan Holzsager, Jeet Panchal, & Jim Vigani
RTA Name(s): Maya Saltzman
Governor’s School Scholars: Yunseok Choi, Robert Cohen, Trisha Datta, Sumita Rajpurohit, & Navin Rao
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/UIrKoChKldw
Project Title: Strength Testing of Hybrid Carbon Composites for Automotive Structures
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Assimina Pelegri(Rutgers), & Max Tenorio
RTA Name(s): Mary Reiter
Governor’s School Scholars: Michael Capasso, Anthony Polo, & Stephanie Tu
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/WdxGIT36duA
Project Title: The Next Step in Computing: Wearable Devices
Mentors Name(s): Victor Kaiser-Pendergrast
RTA Name(s): Anthony Yang
Governor’s School Scholars: Rupesh Chinta, Roland Fong, William Kang, Isabel Murdock, & Quinn Williamson
Symposium Video: http://youtu.be/WBaanhf0g1Y