Science ForumNovember 19, 2018

Room 115

Shadowing a Surgeon

Dr. Jethwa➢ Neurosurgeon and Physician at

the Jersey Shore Medical Center

➢ Focuses primarily on the brain

and spinal cord

➢ NA Alum Class of ‘98

What I Did➢ Watched surgeries like

aneurysm repairs and

treatments for hydrocephalus

up close

➢ Observed doctor-patient

interactions

➢ Experienced what doctors did

during their free time

Identifor Internship Ethan Chee, Sophia Chen, Warren Sunada-Wong

What is Identifor?It is a company founded by Cuong Do and Lori Rickles to develop a better way to address the needs of children and adults on the autism spectrum. It has two parts: the companion app and the identifor games app.

Abby - Companion App Abby is an artificial intelligence avatar who can assist the user with any questions that can be challenging in everyday life.

Unified Platform

Prototyping a gameIn order to present an idea for a game to be made for the identifor website, first a prototype version must be made.

I used java in order to create a concept for a logic game.

Coding the Game

Finished Game

Brick Breaker Game

Connect Four Game

Artificial Intelligence - A Time Problem

➢ Goal: Determine the best move to play

➢ Problem: Over 4.5 trillion possible

board positions

○ Analysing all ways the game

could go is impossible

A Human Approach

➢ How do people play Connect-4 well?

○ Humans look at ways the game is

likely to go

Example: Red to Play

Human Thinking ProcessExample: Red to Play

How to make Computers think like Humans➢ How can a computer think like this?

○ Monte Carlo Tree Search

○ Randomized Play Outs determine likely candidate moves

Coding the AI

Playing the AI

ESSYI - Environmental Studies Summer Youth Institute

Suie Choi

ESSYI● Hobart and William Smith Colleges -

Geneva, NY● 2 week interdisciplinary summer program

for high school students entering their junior or senior year

● Introduces students to environmental issues and interdisciplinary techniques for addressing environmental problems.

● This program is based on a one college credit (4 semester hour) course that serves as an introduction to environmental studies.

What I did● Lectures from different

professors○ Broadened the scope of

environmental studies● Hands on learning

○ Seneca Lake○ Solar farm○ Zurich bog○ Adirondack National Park

Typical Day● Woke up around 7:00-8:00● Breakfast● 3 hour lecture● Lunch● Hands on learning (field trips)● Free time● Dinner● 1-2 hour lecture● Free time● Sleep

MIT LAUNCHX - Entrepreneurship Camp

Molly Cantillon

LaunchX● 4 week program at MIT that motivates high school students to become involved

in entrepreneurship and build their own companies

● 79 other students from Kuwait, Egypt, Venezuela and Tanzania

● Diverse community of students with different skill sets (builder, brander, business

developer)

My ExperienceComing up with an problem and potential solution (Market Research, Extensive

Interviews)

Each Day: Pitching that idea, Interviewing some more, Tweaking the idea, Repeat

Finally→ Rentagz

Final Pitch to angel investors

Continuing after Launch

Reflection

Furthered my interest in entrepreneurship

Supportive Community

Led me to other amazing opportunities

Multifunctional Reactive Electrochemical

Membrane(REM) Filtration of Organic Dye Removal

By Tyler Kung

Background•Emerging water contaminants in natural waters such as rivers/groundwater aquifers are a widespread problem•Caused by the release of chemical residuals, surface runoffs, and untreated wastewater. •Issues–Resistant to degradation –Highly soluble –Difficult to treat–Harm Human Health

Problem Statement

•Can we use batch/continuous REM filtration membranes with electrochemistry to remove organic pollutants from water sources?•What types of organic pollutants are most successfully degraded by REM filtration and electrochemistry?

Significance•Dyes negatively impact the environment because more than 10–15% of synthetic dyes produced are lost as effluent and pose a major threat to the health of ecosystem.•Dyes can cause severe damage to human beings- dysfunction of kidney, reproductive system, liver, brain and central nervous system.2

•dyes upset the biological activity in water bodies. •Dye-contaminated water is usually chemically stable, non-biodegradable, and potentially carcinogenic.5 •Furthermore, dyes inhibit photosynthesis because they reduce light penetration. 

Conventional Treatments

•activated carbon adsorption,

•chemical oxidation,

•reverse osmosis and ion exchange.

• anaerobic treatment

•trickling filters

•flotations

•chemical coagulation

•membrane separation,

•advanced operation processes

Specific Objectives•to investigate the potential for multifunctional reactive electrochemical membrane (REM) Filtration of Organic dye removal using electrochemistry. •Investigate the degradation rates using 2 methods: Batch and Continuous Flow•Experiment with the Optimal Current density

EAOP● Electrochemical Advanced Oxidation Process● Utilizes hydroxyl radicals to oxidize hazardous contaminants driven by

electricity●

REM

•has high removal efficiency .•Has a long lifetime and high resistance toward chemical or mechanical stresses.•REM proactively removes surface foulants on membrane filter surfaces. •Ceramic Membrane Filtration

Batch Reaction

Continuous Flow

Experimental Design and Methods

Results- General

•Both the Batch Reaction and Continuous Flow were effective in degrading all three dyes•DC Filtration- all 3 of the samples turned clear

Results- MB•MB concentration 5.12 ppm -> 3.33 ppm in 60 minutes with 12.53

mA∙cm-2 current density

•and from 5 ppm to 0.118 ppm in the same time with 25.3 mA∙cm-2

current density

Results- RB•RB (Batch) concentration 5.049 ppm ->1.914 ppm with lower current density 5.339 ppm -> 0.152 ppm with higher current density.

Results -Orange II•dark orange -> clear color. (continuous)•54%/78% degradation rate for 500 mA Trial 1/Trial 2 respectively•84% degradation rate for 250 mA •14% degradation rate for 100 mA

Conclusion

•Ti4O7REM under direct current was demonstrated to be highly

effective for the degradation of organic dye in aqueous solution.•For every dye, both methods worked successfully at degrading the dye.

•Ti4O7REM appears as a valuable treatment for purifying and

reusing colored aqueous effluents.