NJRSF Project List
March 09, 2000
Hypertext Index:
- BOTANY
- BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
- CHEMISTRY
- ENGINEERING
- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
- MICROBIOLOGY
- MATHEMATICS and COMPUTERS
- MEDICINE and HEALTH
- PHYSICS and EARTH SCIENCE
- ZOOLOGY
BO.02: Michael Scott
- Determining whether length affects grass
growth
- The purpose of this research is to determine
whether the length at which grass is cut
affects its growth.
BO.03: Damini Shah
- Chlorination Treatment on Pythium Aphanidermatum Fungi Infected Glycine Max
- To determine the effects of a chlorination treatment in controlling root rot fungi on soybean plants.
BO.04: Angela Michelle Nordin
- A Fungus Fertilizer?
- Commercial fertilizer solution or distilled water applied by misting to the mushroom growing kits. Recommended amount of water to one kit as a control. Height, width of caps and weight of the harvest (both wet and dry)were taken.
BO.05: Rebekkah Zimmermann
- The Effects of Touch on African Violets
- If touch affects the growth of African violets.
BO.08: Rebecca Hancock
- The Effects of Weather and the Environment on
Oak Leaves
- Five leaves surface areas were tested 4 days
a week, and then results were compared.
BO.10: Jamie Granger
- An Examination of Fern Populations in the
Ken Lockwood Gorge
- The purpose of this experiment is to locate, identify, and classify the habitats of ferns in the Ken Lockwood Gorge.
BO.11: Tiffani Stevens
- Can Oil Be Used As a Humus?
- Lima Beans Will Be Planted in Cups. the Soil Will Be Moistened. Oil Will Be Added Once to the Top of the Soil. the Growth of the Control and Trials Will Be Compared.
BO.12: David Grundy
- Grass Growth
- Different Components of Fertilizer Will Be Appied to Kentucky Blue Grass to Determine Which Will Promote Better Root Growth.
BS.01: Sammy Lee
- Effects of Ginkgo Biloba and PS-100 on Mammalian memory
- Mice are being tested to study the effects of memory-enhancing drugs on mammals. One group of mice has a diet supplemented with Ginkgo Biloba; another group with PS-100. Mice are tested on their abiliby to remember their way through a maze.
BS.02: Aliyah Shabazz
- Does Breast Feeding Impact Independence?
- A Survey Will Be Given to Determine Whether the Subject Was Breast Fed or Bottle Fed. a Questionaire Will Be Given to Determine the Amount of Independence Each Subject Shows.
BS.03: Carl Gaspar
- A Set of Twenty Mazes Using the Shortest Route.
- Ants tested to go from start to finish in
mazes using the shortest route and less time.
BS.06: Carlene Young
- Are Horoscopes True or Not?
- A Sample Population Will Be Polled to Determine Those That Believe and Those That Do Not Belive in Horoscopes. the Participants Will Be Given Daily Horscopes, Some Will Be Th Correct Horoscope and Some Will Be Switched.
BS.08: Xica Andrews
- Does Television Effect the Mood of a Child?
- Children of Various Ages Will Be Allowed to Watch Tv and Then the Childrens Behavior Will Be Observed
BS.09: Kalin Gerald
- What Effect Does Caffeine Have on Sea Monkeys?
- The Objective of Theis Project Is to Determine Whether or Not Caffeine Effects the Behavioral Patterns of Sea Monkeys.
CH.01: Mamilda Poe
- How Does Hydrogen and Oxygen Combine Into Water?
- I am going to perform this experiment by using a method similar to electrolysis, but not electrolysis because it separates and doesnt combine gases.
CH.02: Aseera Butler
- Analysis of 17th and 18th Century Maps
- A NON DESTRUCTIVE TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF OLD MAP PAPER AND PRINT USED IN THE 17th AND 18TH CENTURY.
CH.03: Domenica Ricciardi
- A Study of the Decomposition of Aspartame.
- Project description not provided on NJRSF
Form, Page 2.
CH.04: Jaime Abril
- Synthesis of Ruthenium Compounds
- New Ruthenium Compounds Ill Be Produced By Using Refux, Column Chromatography, and Recrystallization.
CH.05: Eric Cheng
- A Kinetics Study of the Iodination of Acetone.
- Not provided on Registration Form.
CH.07: Louis George DeAngelo
- The Super-Soaker-Uppers
- The absorbency of the super-absorbent polymer sodium polyacrylate was tested with a variety of chemicals and molar concentrations.
CH.08: Innocent Oleforo
- Synthesis of a Positive Photoresist
- A Positive Photoresist Will Be Produced From 1-6hexanediol and Adamatyl Isocyanate.
CH.09: Elizabeth Pearson
- How to Make Coal in a Toaster Oven.
- Coal does not require millions of years to
form, but can be produced quickly. I am
trying to make a precurser to coal by heating
it to 16C.
CH.10: Jennifer Karen Schwartz
- The effect of light on the ripening process in bananas
- In what light will bananas be preserved
the longest. This may help in the development
of the ripening process and may go on to
help prolong the time it takes for a fruit to
overripen. This in turn will impede the process
of overripening.
EN.01: Andrew Farrell Magenheim
- The Perfect Tanner
- The Perfect Tanner is a device that
calculates how long an individual can stay
in the sun without receiving a sunburn. It
does this by integrating the skin type of
an individual, the spf of the sunblock that
a person is using, and the intensity of the
UV rays on a particular day.
EN.02: Nicholas Anthony Taro
- Exit Velocity of Baseballs using Photocells
- I am investigating the different velocities that which baseballs undergo when hit with wood or aluminum bats through the use of photocells.
EN.03: Jose Martinez
- Solar Power Watch
- A Solar Cell Will Be Used in Place of a Battery
EN.04: Jeevan Mathew Puthiamadathil, and Shant Paul Stepanian
- EZ Jammin
- This device is a visual aid to help people
learn how to play the guitar. The device
is a visual display of a guitar handle that
has LEDs that light to show where to play
the notes on the guitar.
EN.05: Ryan Gondeck
- What is the Strongest Kind of Tennis Racket Out There?
- I took four different tennis racquets made
of different composite material and served
with them for comparisons.
EN.06: Timothy Laurence Murphy
- Remote Controlled Robot
- My project is a robot that can be controlled
remotely to do various functions.
EN.08: Teresa Nicole Allegretta
- Sounding Out Surroundings (SOS)
- SOS is a handheld battery operated device
for the visually impaired that detects
obstacles in the path of movement and relays
a message to the user via sound signals.
The user receives a new pitch every
second. This pitch changes in a musical scale
progression as the object moves closer or
further away.
EN.09: Anthony Gargiulo
- Strength of Materials
- An experiment to test the pressure/weight
resistance of five types of material in five different conditions.
EN.10: Yervant Dermenjian
- The AutoAlarm
- An electronic device which allows passengers
on public transportation vehicles to be
individually alerted when their respective
stops arrive so that they do not have to
constantly check what stop they are at.
EN.12: Alissa Heather Friedman
- Give Me A Brake!
EN.13: Bobby Johnson
- The effect of natural terrain on cell phone signal strength
- To determine what natural terrain blocks
cell phone signals and why.
EN.14: Nir Harish
- EasySpeak
- EasySpeak is a portable text-to-speech
synthesizer, developed to aid persons with
speech difficulties.
EN.16: Amy Jia-Zhen Tsao
- A.D.A.P.T. (A Doorlight with A Personal
Touch)
- The Doorlight is a device that provides a
supplementary light source to see the keyhole
during unlit hours. It is triggered by
someone touching the doorknob.
EN.18: Vikas Shrivastava, and Shivam V. Parikh
- S.I.G.N.A.L (System Integrating GPS to Nullify Absence and Lateness)
- Through the use of GPS, cellular phone, and paging technologies, a person is alerted to when their bus is approaching.
EN.19: Artem Gleyzer
- Web-Controlled Robotic Assistant
- The Web-Controlled Robotic Assistant is a robotic arm that can be of assistance to a partially disabled person and that can in addition be programmed and controlled remotely over the Internet.
EN.20: Robert Schroeter, and Neil Weijer
- Portal: A New Mars Polar Lander
- Designing a state-of-the-art Mars lander to look
for life in the ice caps.
EV.01: Geoffrey Dolan
- A Better Deer Repellent
- It is a test of 5 different deer repellents
to find which one works the best.
EV.02: Michael Thomas
- The Effects of Polyaspartic Acid When Used
As A Soil Enhancement
- Polyaspartic acid, obtained from disposable
diapers, will be used as a soil enhancement.
Radish seeds will be exposed to
three different conditions: the polyaspartic
acid alone, potting soil alone, and the
polyaspartic acid mixed with potting soil.
Radish germination and biomass will be
measured and used to determine whether or not
polyaspartic acid is a beneficial artificial
fertilizer.
EV.03: Melanie Fickas
- What causes high carbon dioxide levels in
the home and classrooms?
- The purpose of this project is to test
different rooms in the home and classrooms
and determine what causes their high carbon
dioxide levels.
EV.04: Alexander Dunham
- Development of ideal filtration system for
purification of pond water
- Water from a local pond is being treated with
various homemade filtration systems. Chemical
analysis of water before and after filtration
will determine the most efficient system.
EV.05: Jonathan Cotton
- Which is the Best Buffer?
- Testing lime versus soduim bicarbonate for buffering
capabilities using brassica fast plants and simulated
acid rain.
EV.06: MaryBeth Jakubowski
- Controlling Deer with Flowers
- Testing the efficiency of the deer
EV.07: Elaine Lustado
- Brown Hydra Utilized as Toxicity Test Animals.
- Brown hydra were used as test organisms to
determine the effects of roundup.
EV.08: Cawley Holzwarth
- Carbon Dioxide Study of Trees in Pennsylvania
and New Jersey
- The purpose of this experiment was to
determine which species of trees in each of
the Pennsylvania and New Jersey regions
reduced carbon dioxide levels the most.
EV.09: Shilpa Patel
- Phytoextracation of Selenium Contaminated Soils Using Mustard Plants
- Mustard plants will be used in an attempt to phytoextract selenium from soil that has been contaminated with the chemical.
EV.10: Dania Siddiqui
- The Direct Effects of Herbicides on
Earthworms
- The purpose of this study is to determine
the effects of various herbicides on
earthworms.
EV.11: Amy Schmelzer
- Earthworms and Their Effects on Plants
- To test the effectiveness of earth worms, spinach plants were planted, and varied amounts of worms were added to each.
EV.13: Jeffrey Stevens
- Air Pollution Study in the Iselin, NJ Area
- Air samples will be analyzed in order to determine if a correlation
exists between particulate matter and air speed/direction and temperature.
EV.14: Jessica Crane
- Squirrel-Proof Bird Feeders: Fact or Fiction?
- The purpose of this project was to test
various squirrel-proof feeders (and their methods of keeping squirrels out) that are
currently on the market.
MB.01: Kinga Eve Chucherko
- The effect of Valeriana Offincinalis on reproductive patterns of Ceanorhabditis elegans.
- The project will determine if the addition of valerian will have an effect on the fertility rate of C_elegans. Based on the data collected, valerian may have an effect on higher level organisms.
MB.02: Amy Marie Lopez
- How does Calcium Propionate affect mold growth in bread?
- When Calcium Propionate, a preservative, is added in different proportions to bread, is there a distinguishable rate of growth in mold production.
MB.03: Janine Torian
- Fighting Bacteria With Selenium
- E.coli WILL BE TREATED WITH DIFFERENT CONCENTRATIONS OF A SELENIUM COMPOUND TO DETERMINE IF THE COMPOUND RETARDS THE GROWTH OF THE E.coli
MB.04: Jennifer Boxter
- Developing Antibody-base Therapies
- The purpose of this project is to determine
if genetically constructed fragments with
specificity for a tumor cell and an immune
effector cell target the tumor cell to be
destroyed in the prescence of the immune
effector cell.
MB.06: Latoy Smith
- Temperature and Bacteria Growth in Mascara
- Samples of Mascara Will Be Innoculated With Bacteria and Storedat Various Temperatures to Determine the Optimum Temperature For Storage.
MB.07: Melanie Byrd
- Anibiotics: Which Ones Work Better?
- Antibiotics Will Be Tested on Bacteria. the Ability of the Antibiotic to Kill the Bacteria Will Be Measured By Comparing the Zones of Inhibition.
MC.01: Kurt Robinson
- Solar Computer
- A Computer Will Be Built and the Power Will Be Provided By Solar Cells
MC.02: Scott Louis Gentile II
- Extending the Binet Formula for the Fibonacci
Sequence from the Discrete Case to the
Continuous Case
- The Binet formula for determining the value of
the nth term of the Fibonacci sequence
(previously used only with whole number
values of n) is expanded for use with all
rational values of n to explore new
Fibonacci numbers.
MC.03: Vimal M. Bhalodia
- Optimizing Time Critical Multistage Decision
Processes - A Two-year Study
- In the first year of the research, I
proposed a new algorithm to optimize time
critical multistage decision processes,
and mathematically evaluated it for a system
where the decision stages are independent of
each other. This year, I extended the study
to a system characterized by a first order
Markov chain.
MC.04: Sameer Padala
- Distributed Computing Through Java Applets
- I used Java applets embeded on web pages to
combine the resources of various computers
in order to accomplish a single, but complex
task very quickly.
MC.05: ffolkes OO. Sedneff
- Auto Navigation Intelligent Robot
- I built a computer controlled motorized
robotic vehicle that is able to follow a
course line, and can be programmed to
respond to external conditions, and react
appropriately.
MC.06: Vincent James Rubino
- Development of Java Software to Expedite GIS
Data Transfer and Analysis through the
Internet.
- This project describes the implementation of Java software in order to extend the Geographic Information System (GIS) to users worldwide, and allow them to integrate their own data into the existing mapping software. The scope of this project includes not only the development of a client-end Java applet, but also the integration of new capabilities into Java server programs and file transfer capabilities. The end result is a Java applet that runs in a web browser, and allows a user to efficiently view maps on the Geographic Information System without having to purchase any new software, or invest in a new Unix-based system to run the software.
MC.07: Brian Cwiek
- Simulating the white-tailed deer population
of Hunterdon County
- A computer program was created and then used
to simulate the white-tailed deer population
of Hunterdon County in order to use it to
predict population trends.
MC.08: Jared Paul Cordasco, and Lars Erik Holzman
- RevTelnet: TCP/IP Stream Piping and Redirection
- RevTelnet is a combination of applications and daemon that allows rerouting, filtering, and screening of tcp/ip connections.
MC.09: Peter Tom-Wolverton
- A Comparison of the Mathematical Pattern of
Pine Cones
- Pine cones of 11 species were collected and
measured; the results were then studied for
patterns.
MH.01: Megan Rose Meehan, and Sora Lee
- Counter Oscillating Waves (COW) for Pain Control.
- COWs is a comprehensive study of the way pain can be interpretated and eliminated in respect to mathetical waveforms.
MH.02: Gerald Christopher Boyle
- Muscle Cramps: The most affective way of alleviating them
- I have researched many ways to alleviate muscle cramps and which technique(s) have worked the best according to a survey I have held and my own conclusions.
MH.03: Jacinta Monique Bennett
- The Effectiveness of Sun Screens As Protection From Uv.
- Sunscreens Will Be Applied to a Clear Surface and Exposed to Uv Light. a Substance Sensitive to Uv Will Be Placed Behind the Clear Surface and the Changes Noted.
MH.04: Kathryn Shi-Hui Auw, and John Forgrieve Schroeder
- The Cardiovascular Health of High School
Students at MKA
- MKA volunteer students blood pressure, lung
capacity, and working and resting heart rates
are correlated to their weekly athletic
involvement to determine if there is a
statistical relation between activity and
cardiovascular health.
MH.06: Julia Shih
- The Effects of Nitrates, Phosphates, Potassium,
and Various Group E Metals on the Production
of Chlonophyll.
- Plants were grown in various concentrations
of nitrates, phosphates, potassium, and group
E metals and their chlorophyll analyzed.
MH.08: Michele Naa-Aku Mensah
- The characteristcs of DNA extracted from a diabetic patient.
- An expalation of the characteristcs of the extracted DNA from the patient along with data, abstract, and research information.
MH.10: Pinal Ashok Patel
- At What Temperature Do Different Flies Become Dormant?
- At what temperature do the three different flies (house flies, fruit flies, sarcophaga) become dormant?
MH.11: Jiaxin Jackie Tran
- eMassager: The search for a better device to accomplish the task of compression therapy
- This project is a quest to design and build a prototype of eMassager. eMassager shall use its incredibly genuine kneading motion and heat to discharge excessive fluids accumulated in the limbs, a complication of many diseases that leads to amputation or neuropathy (loss of feelings).
MH.12: Diana Hazard Taft
- The Effectiveness of Sunscreen at Blocking UV Radiation
- Using sunprint paper determine which type of sunscreen is most effective at blocking UV radiation.
PE.01: Michael N. Beregovsky
- Can Orbital Umbrellas Save the Earth from
Global Warming ?
- We explore a plausible idea of global warming
control, make estimates of its technological
and economic feasibility, and verify
experimentally and computationally the
possibility of using solar wind in the
implementation of our idea.
PE.02: Garrett Joseph Young
- Isolating Plasma Species -
Initiating Internal Electrostatic Fields for
Plasma Heating
- In this work the objective is to quantify
the effect that different densities of
isolated electrons have on the initiated
electrostatic fields and resulting plasma
heating when the electrons are re-entered
into the ion plasma.
PE.03: Stacy Straczynski
- Why is Weekend Weather Worse?
- To research if ground level ozone
measurements affect weekend precipitation.
PE.04: Walter Lucas
- The Effects Upon Weather From the Relation Between Wind and Clouds
- I will study and record how wind and clouds are interrelated weather patterns and how they can effect the weather.
PE.05: Jane Yoon
- Get up & Go!
- Get up & Go! is the newest device in alarm clock technology. Its unique pressure sensory pad is specifically designed to make the user physically get out of bed in order to cease the alarm.
PE.07: Gregory Strzepek
- Does Extreme Temperatures Affect the Birefringence of Plexi-Glass?
- Plexi glass subjected to extreme temperatures using a polarized light technique.
PE.08: Shalini Shah
- Effects of Light at Various Wavelengths on Penicillium Rogueforti.
- To determine how different lights with varying wavelenghts will effect the growth of penicillium rogueforti.
PE.09: Christie Gomes
- Determining the Accuracy of The Farmers Almanac Weather Predictions.
- Temperature and precipitation measurements
were recorded for 16 regions of the USA and
were compared to the data in the Farmers
Almanac.
ZO.02: Deaglan McNamara
- Attraction of common mosquitos to different
colors under various environments
- The purpose of this study is to examine the
attraction and lack thereof of the common
mosquito to nine different colors in three
different environments.
ZO.03: Tracy Thomas
- Ecdysone and Fruit Fly Reporductive Rate
- Fruit Flies Will Be Treated Will Ecdysone and the Reproductive and Mortality Rate Will Be Compared to the Control Group.
ZO.04: Shih-Yi Kim
- The Effects of Commercial Fungicide on Lady Bugs.
- Question: To find out if a popular fungicide is harmful
to a helpful insect.
Spraying different concentrations of fungicide
on ladybugs and recording their effects.
ZO.05: Kwan Franklin
- The Behavior of Fruit Flies Raised on Food Containing Caffeine
- The Behavior of Fruit Flies Raised on Food Containing Caffeine Will Be Compared With Those Raised on Food With No Caffeine.
ZO.06: Bunty Shah
- The Decline in the Freshwater Mussel
Population of the Raritan River
- A study to find the reason for the decline of
freshwater mussels in the Raritan River.
ZO.07: Derek Jun
- Evidence for Emmetropization by Trial and Error
- A study of how the eye adjusts to an imposed
defocus.
ZO.08: Heather Brooks Hodge
- The Effect of Temperature on Cynthia virginiensis Larvae
- To determine the affects on Cynthia virginiensis, when I change the temperature they live in when larvae, and study the affects on their physical growth.