South Side High School Students in Rockville Centre enter Siemen's Competition

Eight projects and nine South Side High school research students have submitted papers to the “Siemens Competition” (previously known as Westinghouse) in Math, Science & Technology. The Siemens Competition recognizes the best and brightest young scientific minds in America. This year, roughly 6,000 projects have registered to compete.

This prestigious competition has spotlighted the talents of many South Side students over the years. This year the following students submitted the following papers:

Ben Hawriluk - Leveraging Genome Wide Association Studies: A Novel Pancreatic Cancer Pathway Analysis through an Original and Integrative Multiple Variable Algorithm

Emily Passarelli and Lauren Joyce — An Evolutionary Study of Genetic Resistance Acquired by Mya arenaria After Exposure to Alexandrium spp.

Rachel Shenker – The Mechanical Properties of Wound Healing in the Amnioserosa During Dorsal Closure of Drosophila melanogaster

Maria Passarelli – Optimizing Expression of Chemokine CCL3 for use in tests of Cross-Reactivity and in Humanized Mice

Jesse Chait – Correlating Isobutyraldehyde Production with the Circadian Rhythm Cycle of Cyanobacteria S. Elongatus SA590

Kelsey McKenna – Three-Dimensional Molecular Imprinting and Potentiometric Detection of Viruses

Kyle Holzgruber – Engineering a Flexible Alternative Blend to PVC

Zachary Gottehrer Cohen – Low Temperature Photoluminescence Studies of ZnO Nanowires