2023 Governor's School of New Jersey Program in Engineering & Technology Research Journal
Project Title: Accessible Framework for Automation in Precision Agriculture Leveraging Deep Learning and Boston Dynamics' SPOT
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Mohsen Jafari, Patrick Rudawski, & Michael Mesham
RTA Name(s): Aidan Ward
Governor’s School Scholars: Anthony Boyle, Rebecca Cui, William Dougherty, Ryan Lalani, & Apurva Parasher
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/3ajd4PXaI6I
Project Title: Arguments Invalidating U.S. Patent No.11,567,514 B2
Mentors Name(s): J.D. Brandon Theiss
RTA Name(s): Megha Senthil
Governor’s School Scholars: John Corradino, Abigail Crow, Anisa Uddin, & Bhavika Verma
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/W8HiQjognBk
Project Title: A Modern Secure Real-Time Audio Transmission System Featuring Chaos Maps and Wavelet Transformations
Mentors Name(s): Sabar Dasgupta
RTA Name(s): Aidan Ward
Governor’s School Scholars: Rohan Bhatia, Eshaan Debnath, Evan Merkov, Riya Pawar, & Kavya Venkatesan
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/CQ7n34y-_cQ
Project Title: Application of Nanoimprint Lithography to Conducting Polymers For Infrared Photonics
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Deirdre O’Carroll, Haydee Pacheco, & Yongqi Yang
RTA Name(s): Harry Gavilanes
Governor’s School Scholars: Nanda Guntupalli, David Man, Matthew Oliveira, Riya Sikand, & Yuki Wykoff
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/-dppDQPEjBM
Project Title: Battery Thermal Testing
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Amin Reihani & Dharun Manoharan
RTA Name(s): Trinity Pham
Governor’s School Scholars: Vibhav Chaturvedi, Juliette Cheng, Jonathan Mcaveety, & Ajay Raj
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/bpvI_uTTxKs
Project Title: Conversion of Waste Plastics to Luminescent Nanomaterials
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Deirdre O’Carroll, Haydee Pacheco, & Yongqi Yang
RTA Name(s): Vivian Liu
Governor’s School Scholars: Victoria Christianson, Daphne Rodas, Kai Song, Maxim Veksler, & Sofia Zhang
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/hKLgI5mP9ig
Project Title: Fabrication and Characterization of Electrospun Scaffolds for Nerve Regeneration
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Thomas Emge & Dr. Sanjeeva Murthy
RTA Name(s): Aryan Gandhi
Governor’s School Scholars: Shrey Agarwal, Bridget Heffernan, Cassandra Miller, Sareena Naganand, & Derek Wang
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/qmwAn4A0V-U
Project Title: Kernelytics: Multispectral Drone Imagery and Deep Learning for Early Corn Assessment
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Mohsen Jafari, Patrick Rudawski, & Michael Mesham
RTA Name(s): Trinity Pham
Governor’s School Scholars: Oliver Aplin, Kavya Famolari, Sophia Liu, Bhaumik Mehta, & Max Xiong
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/8WDzESTBZu4
Project Title: Machine Learning for Neural Decoding: Using EEG Signals to Detect Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Patients
Mentors Name(s): Sabar Dasgupta
RTA Name(s): Anaika Tyagi
Governor’s School Scholars: Ritvik Sawhney, Julia Cho, Ranajoy Gupta, Kaelyn Johnson, & Daniel Zeltser
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/HjIlE9Yz8AY
Project Title: Monitoring, Characterization, and Modeling of Stomatal Dynamic Behavior Under Climate Changes
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Qingze Zou
RTA Name(s): Daniel Bossett
Governor’s School Scholars: Kaitlyn Amanullah, Brianna Campbell, Gokulraj Kumarassamy, Katelyn Petak, & Natalia Wolinski
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/Fl61aEUBKMc
Project Title: SeBRUS: Mitigating Data Poisoning Attacks on Crowdsourced Datasets with Blockchain
Mentors Name(s): Benson Liu
RTA Name(s): Aryan Gandhi
Governor’s School Scholars: Anusha Iyer, Chloe Lee, Trisha Reddy, Cyrus Rosenberg, & Rebekah Wang
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/-2Jgc8Shbao
Project Title: Smart Cities: Reducing Noise Pollution Through an Adaptable Barrier
Mentors Name(s): Sophia Mayne-DeLuca & Benjamin Lee
RTA Name(s): Anaika Tyagi
Governor’s School Scholars: Elizabeth Gillen, Kaavya Kolli, Thomas Liu, Olivia Mei, & Thomas Wen
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/R3YyOI4kpsk
Project Title: Thermal Characterization of a Pouch Lithium Ion Battery by Measuring In-Plane and Through Plane Thermal Conductivity
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Amin Reihani & Dharun Manoharan
RTA Name(s): Daniel Bossett
Governor’s School Scholars: Agastya Kalagarla, Kevin Liu, Farhaan Shroff, & Elizabeth Van Der Schaar
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/fuB86QNKkrY
Project Title: Turning Food Waste to Glass
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Ashutosh Goel
RTA Name(s): Vivian Liu
Governor’s School Scholars: Anika Reddy Chapalapalli, Maxwell Duerr, Adrian Reyes, Tessa Weaver, & Sera Wong
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/9H1P-_tTmos
Project Title: Turning Nuclear Waste into Glass
Mentors Name(s): Dr. Ashutosh Goel & Nedgine Joseph
RTA Name(s): Megha Senthil
Governor’s School Scholars: Mariah Groff, Alex Harvey, Patricia Leoniuk, Caden Niziol, & Geoffrey Tillisch
Symposium Video: https://youtu.be/dBbJLDujzeg