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That topped the school's previous record of 12, from 2018.</p> <p>These top students now have the opportunity to compete in the National JSHS May 1–4 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as well as a chance to compete at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering.</p> <p>"This is the largest group we have ever sent to JSHS," Mr. Elert said. "The seniors this year are a very competitive bunch."</p> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/IMG_3804.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/IMG_3804-small.jpg" alt="Group photo in front of a chrome-plated York College sign"></a><br>JSHS semifinalists gather for a photo at York College, where the competition took place. Photo: Glenn Elert.</p> <p>Diana Chen Feng '24 and her partner Jennifer-Runling Fan '24 researched the effect of thermal stimulation on body ownership, as measured by the rubber hand illusion (RHI).</p> <p>"The judges were very engaging and asked a lot of questions," said Feng. "Their sincere interest made me less nervous compared to the time I presented at the St. Joseph's High School Poster Session."</p> <p>"I was definitely surprised at how many semifinalists there were," she added. "It was quite interesting to learn about the variety of projects that were done by students from other schools."</p> <p>Another semi-finalist, senior Emely Rivas, who studied solar flares and sunspot numbers, said the competition was "weird because everyone was very professional and no one was reading off of cards."</p> <p>"It was a new competition for me," said Rivas. "I had never really done anything like it."</p> <p>Humayrah Hossain '24 worked with Nuzhat Tabassum '24 to research the impact hijabs have on hair loss. "My partner and I wanted to make our project more inclusive and see which lifestyle choice would contribute the most to alopecia caused by hijabs," she said. "Being a semifinalist was honestly nerve-racking and exhilarating at the same time."</p> <p>The other senior semifinalists included Eman Shabbir, who studied racial implicit bias among physicians; Huiying Chen, who studied omission neglect; Chloe Wu, who studied the effect of makeup on perception; Rusanna Korotich and Christian Gabelman, who studied the effect of copper contamination in macroalgae environments; Batool Kamal, Ashley Castillo Mendez, and Hailey Lau, who studied neural synchrony within friendship; and Victoria Ronan and Lucy Guo, who studied the correlation between particulate matter (PM) 2.5 and working memory in adolescents.</p> <p>The students belong to Midwood's Science Research team, a STEM program coordinated by Mr. Elert. They meet a few times a month to work on exciting experiments, write reports on their findings, and participate in annual science fairs.</p> <p>Students in the program need to be responsible enough to do independent work, be willing to work hard and come up with solutions if anything doesn't work out, and most importantly, like science!</p> <p>If you're a Med-Sci freshman and are interested in joining the program, ask about selecting the Science Research track. If enrolled, you will study research techniques in your sophomore year, after which you can apply to the actual Science Research program for your junior and senior years, where you can move on to bigger projects and set even higher records for Midwood, like our semifinalists at JSHS did this year!</p> <p class="source">Written by Lizi Sokhadze (Class of 2025)<br>This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://www.midwoodargus.com/blog/2024/4/16/jshs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May 2024</a> issue of <a href="https://www.midwoodargus.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Argus</a>.</p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6882" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Research Semifinalists Set School Record at JSHS">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6882</a></p> <article> <div class="post-6808 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-awards category-jshs" id="post-6808"> <h2>15 Semifinalists at the NYC Metro JSHS, largest number ever</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=24" rel="category">Awards</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=7" rel="category">JSHS</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><p>Sunday February 11 was a special day for Midwood Science. 15 students were declared Semifinalists at the <a href="https://www.york.cuny.edu/se/jshs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City Metro Junior Science and Humanities Symposium</a> (JSHS). This beats our previous record of 12 set back in <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5104">2018</a>. JSHS is a series events held across the United States sponsored by the <a href="https://www.usaeop.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Army Educational Outreach Program</a> (AEOP). Semifinalists at our regional JSHS represent the top 175 science research projects in the 5 boroughs.</p> <h3>Semifinalists</h3> <ul> <li><b>Emely Rivas</b><br>Project: Sun magnetic activity: Statistics of solar flare and sunspot numbers<br>Mentor: Dr. Daniel Groselj in the Astronomy Department at Columbia University</li> <li><b>Eman Shabbir</b><br>Project: Racial implicit bias among physicians in New York City<br>Mentor: Dr. Denis Pelli in the Psychology Department at new York University</li> <li><b>Huiying Chen</b><br>Project: Shopping wisely: Navigating strategies to conquer omission neglect<br>Supervising teacher: Mr. Glenn Elert</li> <li><b>Chloe Wu</b><br>Project: The effect of makeup on the perception of one's attributes<br>Supervising teacher: Mr. Glenn Elert</li> <li><b>Rusanna Korotich</b> and <b>Christian Gabelman</b><br>Project: The effect of copper contamination in different macroalgae environments<br>Mentor: Dr. Ileana Friedman in the Biology Department at CUNY Brooklyn College</li> <li><b>Humayrah Hossain</b> and <b>Nuzhat Tabassum</b><br>Project: The hijab's impact on hair loss<br>Supervising teacher: Mr. Glenn Elert</li> <li><b>Jennifer Fan</b> and <b>Diana Chen Feng</b><br>Project: The effect of thermal stimulation on body ownership<br>Mentor: Dr. Shimon Edelman in the Psychology Department at Cornell University</li> <li><b>Batool Kamal</b>, <b>Ashley Castillo Mendez</b>, and <b>Hailey Lau</b><br>Project: Neural synchrony within friendship<br>Mentor: Dr. Richard Angle in the Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research at Columbia University</li> <li><b>Victoria Ronan</b> and <b>Lucy Guo</b><br>Project: The correlation between PM2.5 and working memory in adolescents<br>Supervising teacher: Ms. Stacy Goldstein</li> </ul> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/IMG_3804.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/IMG_3804-small.jpg" alt="Group photo in front of a chrome-plated York College sign"></a></p> <table style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td style="width:35%;"><a href="https://jshs.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/JSHS-Logo.svg" class="icon" style="width:100%;" alt="JSHS logo"></a></td> <td style="width:65%;"><a href="https://www.york.cuny.edu/se/jshs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/york-college-cuny.svg" class="icon" style="width:100%;" alt="York College logo"></a></td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6808" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 15 Semifinalists at the NYC Metro JSHS, largest number ever">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6808</a></p> <article> <div class="post-6758 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-awards category-jshs category-media category-terranyc" id="post-6758"> <h2>Senior Researchers Grab JSHS and Terra NYC Honors</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Saturday, May 27, 2023 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=4" title="Posts by A Student" rel="author">A Student</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=24" rel="category">Awards</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=7" rel="category">JSHS</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=30" rel="category">Media</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=11" rel="category">Terra NYC</a>.</p> <div class="entry"> <p class="centeredimage"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2023/Terra.jpg" alt=""><br>Lucas Paschke and Mykhaelia Clarke pose with Mr. Elert and Ms. Goldstein at the Terra NYC STEM Fair. Photo: Midwood Science</p> <p>Three Midwood seniors — Lucas Paschke, Mykhaelia Clarke, and Kaitlynn Mau — presented their research projects in the semifinal round of the NYC Metro Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) at York College on February 12, the first in-person event since the pandemic. Paschke and Clarke also received third-place awards for their work in the Terra NYC STEM Fair on March 26.</p> <p>The NYC Metro JSHS is a regional science research competition funded by the Department of Defense. Of the 300 applicants, 100 are selected as semi-finalists. The Terra NYC STEM Fair is hosted by the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, a non-profit organization in Syracuse, New York.</p> <p>"[The competitions] taught me a lot," said Paschke, "like how to actually research in the field with another expert, coming into a situation where you don't know the most, and making your own conclusions instead of reading it from someone else. It was very fulfilling."</p> <p>Paschke researched "multivariable analysis on stock price and trade volume trends in the post-Covid-19 stock market shutdown era." His project was a remote study to find trends between the pandemic's aftermath and its impacts on U.S. stock prices.</p> <p>He created a code to collect data and organize multiple conclusions. Paschke worked with Professor Allison Bishop and said he wants to "follow in her footsteps."</p> <p>Paschke concluded that the pandemic had a large impact on the stock market and that "the change in volume [how much a stock was being traded] influenced prices the most, so people were selling off their stocks at a large rate, which crashed the prices."</p> <p>Clarke's project was titled "Exploring the Feasibility of a Fluorescence Imaging-Based Brain-Machine Interface (BMI)." Her project consisted of trying out different BMI, which are categorized two ways: the first are implantables (devices that touch the brain),which have a higher performance, and the others are non-invasive (not touching the brain), which don't cause tissue damage or raise concerns for biocompatibility (being compatible with living tissue).</p> <p>"If you are going to choose one then you'd have to sacrifice performance or safety in the process," Clarke explained. She also tried another technique, called optical imaging, which combines the benefits of both implantable and non-invasive BMIs.</p> <p>Clarke, who also worked with Professor Bishop, started her project in March 2022 and finished it in November. Throughout her research, she has concluded that functional near-infrared spectroscopy imaging has proven feasible.</p> <p>Due to a lack of funds, Clarke used LEDs instead of a full-time microscope, limiting her imaging to only the top layer of the brain. If she could use multiphoton microscopy, she could penetrate to the neocortex, the part of the brain that is responsible for sensation, language, and movement.</p> <p>"The brain has so many unanswered questions," she said. "Our consciousness doesn't play as much of a role that we thought it does." In the future, Clarke said she would like to participate in neurosurgery and neuroscience research for clinical trials.</p> <p>Mau was a semifinalist in the JSHS. Having growth up with a family garden, she decided to research the "impact of Lactobacillus casei on corn, pea, and radish plants in sterilized and non-sterilized soil." Her project involved testing the credibility of claims surrounding this type of bacteria, which was said to enhance plant growth.</p> <p>"There was just some random guy on the internet saying that his thing is going to help your plants grow," she said. "I was skeptical of it."</p> <p>Mau experimented with four soil treatments and concluded that adding the bacteria made almost no difference. Mau worked on her experiment for almost the whole month of May, starting during AP season, coming in nearly every day to measure her plants' growth.</p> <p>"I felt so nervous [about the competition]," Mau said. "There were only like three Midwood students that got in. I got into my room and we presented in front of the judges, and there were ten people from Bronx Science and I was the only Midwood person."</p> <p>Becoming a semifinalist was a pleasant surprise. "I felt like, wow, I feel so accomplished! I did this," she said.</p> <p>Her work has played a major role in her career plans."I found an interest in lab research and hands-on experiences," Mau said. "In the future, I know I want to be in the lab. That helped me decide my college and which program at a specific college is going to help me."</p> <p>The research track is provided to rising tenth-grade students. It's a three-year-long course in which research is incorporated into a student's class schedule. The research class has helped these three Hornets embrace their interests without having to find an internship or wait until college to start exploring.</p> <p>Mr. Glenn Elert, the science research coordinator, said, "If you want to do something where you get a hands-on, minds-on kind of activity that's going to take some time, you should join research."</p> <p>"You get to do something you're passionate about," said Ms. Stacy Goldstein, a research and chemistry teacher. "Not what someone tells you to do, but something that you're interested in. You get to spend time on something that is directed by your own creativity."</p> <p class="source">Written by Emely Rivas and Vienna Chen (Class of 2024)<br>This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://www.midwoodargus.com/blog/2023/5/27/jshs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 2023</a> issue of <a href="https://www.midwoodargus.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Argus</a>.</p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6758" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Senior Researchers Grab JSHS and Terra NYC Honors">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6758</a></p> <article> <div class="post-6671 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-awards category-jshs" id="post-6671"> <h2>3 semifinalists at the NYC Metro JSHS, 2nd IRL event of 2023</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Monday, February 27, 2023 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=24" rel="category">Awards</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=7" rel="category">JSHS</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><p>On Sunday, February 12, 2023 three Midwood Science seniors presented their work at the semifinals round of the <a href="https://www.york.cuny.edu/se/jshs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City Metro Junior Science and Humanities Symposium</a> (JSHS). Semifinalists at JSHS are recognized for being among the top 100 science research projects in the five boroughs. This regional event has been hosted at York College in Queens on the second Sunday of February since 2009. 2023 marks its post-pandemic return to an in-real-life competition.</p> <ul> <li><b>Mykhaelia C.</b><br>Category: Life and Behavioral Science<br>Project: Exploring the Feasibility of a Fluorescence Imaging-Based Brain-Machine Interface<br>Mentor: Dr. Ben Scott at Boston University</li> <li><b>Lucas P.</b><br>Category: Mathematics and Computer Science<br>Project: Multivariable analysis on stock price and trade volume trends in the post-COVID-19 stock market shutdown era<br>Mentor: Dr. Allison Bishop at Proof Trading, Inc.</li> <li><b>Kaitlynn M.</b><br>Category: Environmental Science<br>Project: Impact of <i>Lactobacillus casei</i> on corn, pea, and radish plants in sterilized and non-sterilized soil</li> </ul> <table style="margin:auto; width:98%;"> <tr> <td style="width:33%;"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2023/jshs_0_big.jpg" title="Kaitlynn M." target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2023/jshs_0.jpg" style="max-width:100%;" alt="Student standing next to a York College welcome sign"></a><br>Kaitlynn M.</td> <td style="width:33%;"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2023/jshs_1_big.jpg" title="Mykhaelia C." target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2023/jshs_1.jpg" style="max-width:100%;" alt="Student standing next to a York College welcome sign"></a><br>Mykhaelia C.</td> <td style="width:33%;"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2023/jshs_2_big.jpg" title="Lucas P." target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2023/jshs_2.jpg" style="max-width:100%;" alt="Student standing next to a York College welcome sign"></a><br>Lucas P.</td> </tr> </table> <p><a href="https://jshs.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JSHS is a nationwide program</a> sponsored by the US Department of Defense that encourages high school students to conduct original research in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and publicly recognizes them for outstanding achievement. By connecting talented students, their teachers, and research professionals at affiliated symposia and by rewarding research excellence, JSHS aims to widen the pool of trained talent prepared to conduct research and development vital to our nation.</p> <table style="margin:auto; width:96%;"> <tr> <td style="width:50%;"><a href="https://www.york.cuny.edu/se/jshs" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2023/imgbin-york-college.png" class="icon" style="width:50%;" alt="York College logo"></a></td> <td style="width:50%;"><a href="https://jshs.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2023/JSHS-Logo-RGB-1.png" class="icon" style="width:75%;" alt="JSHS logo"></a></td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6671" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 3 semifinalists at the NYC Metro JSHS, 2nd IRL event of 2023">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6671</a></p> <article> <div class="post-6557 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-jshs category-media" id="post-6557"> <h2>Six science projects win recognition at Metro JSHS; Senior’s ‘Emo’ robot takes first place in engineering</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Wednesday, June 1, 2022 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=4" title="Posts by A Student" rel="author">A Student</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=7" rel="category">JSHS</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=30" rel="category">Media</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><div class="floater"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2022/image6.png" alt=""><figcaption>Bintia Keita '22 holds Emo, her robotics toy for children with autism.</div> <p>Six projects made by Midwood students made it into the semifinals for the NYC Metro Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) held virtually at York College this February. Senior <b>Bintia Keita</b> won First Place in Engineering, earning a spot as one of five students representing New York City at the 60th National JSHS. She brought her robot "Emo" to Albuquerque, New Mexico, this April.</p> <p>"The competition was amazing from day one," said Keita. "My delegation was full of awesome, really smart people from New York City. It was great to be around people who were motivated and dedicated and brilliant in the field that they were studying. It was amazing."</p> <p>The JSHS is a U.S. Department of Defense-sponsored high school STEM competition. The National Symposium brings together 245 high school students who qualified at regional symposiums held at partnered universities and organizations nationwide.</p> <p>Emo is Keita's robotics toy for children with autism, designed to improve their interactions and emotional interpretation. Emo's screen is used to play guessing games with three levels of difficulty: emoji, cartoon, and realistic.</p> <p>After the child successfully matches the emoji to the emotion, Emo uses positive reinforcement through confetti, animations, and movement. Through a slow evolution, autistic children who can identify the correct emotion can better recognize it in a live person.</p> <p>Keita coded the elements of the display such as the guessing game, animations, and movements using Javascript and a free web editor, P5JS. "I would create a 3D model using Fusion 360, and then I would print it at school and assemble it using stuff I found in my dad's toolbox," she said.</p> <p>Currently, Keita is working on making Emo mobile and is thinking about sending it to different clinics.</p> <p>Semifinalists <b>Michelle Yang</b> '22 and <b>Zitong Liu</b> '22 worked on veganism and plant-based alternatives to meat after they noticed plant-based meat as the only option on the shelves after meat shortages in Ohio supermarkets during the pandemic.</p> <p>They cooked and tested multiple batches and recipes and assessed each recipe's environmental impact, computing factors such as water consumption and atmospheric carbon release. "I think the public should be educated on the benefits of vegan meat," said Yang.</p> <p>Being able to share findings with the public is one of the fun parts of the JSHS, she added. "It's just really exciting to share our project with other schools," said Yang. "Most of my group were from Bronx Science, and the other one was from Stuy[vesant]. It was interesting seeing their projects and then secretly comparing them with mine."</p> <p><b>Samarpreet Singh</b> '22 ran an experiment to find a relationship between social media use and a person's levels of optimism or pessimism. He found that students who excessively use social media are more likely to be pessimistic.</p> <p>Singh found that the Midwood student body averages around six hours of social media use per day. Previous studies recommended 30 minutes to be a healthy amount. "I feel like in today's generation, the repercussions have to be considered," said Singh. "Midwood students specifically need to lower their social media use."</p> <p><b>Lian Hao Zheng</b> '22, working with seniors <b>Benny Dong</b> and <b>Jason Wu</b>, conducted a survey-based study to find the effect of gratitude on a person's mental and physical health, specifically on sleep quality and depression.</p> <p>"Gratitude is the ability to stay in the present," said Zheng, "to be attentive to your surroundings, to be grateful for the things that are happening around you. Being a more empathetic person is definitely the way to increase your gratitude."</p> <p>He found that increased gratitude leads to lower levels of depression and higher levels of sleep quality. "If there is a significant correlation, then it may have a potential use as a medical treatment," said Zheng.</p> <div class="floater"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2022/IMG_0779-small.jpg" alt=""><br>Midwood also had five other semifinalist projects at the NYC Metro JSHS.</div> <p>Zheng said it felt great becoming a semifinalist. "I'm happy that this topic is being recognized, as well as my follow-up study about mindfulness," he said. "I'm just happy both of them got the grant from NYT, which shows people actually care."</p> <p><b>Muhammad Sharjeel</b> '22 studied the difference between extroverts and introverts and their homework behavior. Homework behavior was measured by time, effort, and performance.</p> <p>"When you think of extraversion, like how social someone is, you wouldn't connect that to homework, so that's why it was interesting," said Sharjeel.</p> <p>He conducted an experiment using questionnaires and an experimental implicit association test, both testing which side of the introversion / extraversion spectrum the participants were on based on their identification-related words (shyness), phrases, and questions.</p> <p>In his first study, he found a weak negative correlation but no correlation between extraversion and homework time in his second study. He also found that procrastination and homework performance had no correlation with extraversion. Using these findings might help teachers better understand how students learn, he explained.</p> <p><b>Enaya Ahmad</b> '22 studied the "other-race effect": how people are better able to recognize faces from their own race than faces from other races. She sought to answer the question "Is there a presence of the other-race effect in teenagers, and is the trend similar to infants and adults?"</p> <div class="floater"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2022/jshs+3.png" alt=""><br>Keita was one of five students from NYC who got to attend the national symposium in Albuquerque, New Mexico.</div> <p>"When I walked outside, I was able to remember faces of my own race and not other faces," said Ahmad. "Sometimes I misidentify my white neighbors as somebody else, which is something that I found odd because it didn't happen with me for other South Asians."</p> <p>Ahmad showed African American, White, and Asian faces to people and later made them find the original face that was shown with two altered versions of that face.</p> <p>Those who lived in a less racially diverse neighborhood were better at recognizing their own race than other races. The other-race effect was present only in 14-16-year-olds; 17-18 year-olds recognized other races better, she found.</p> <p>Within the behavioral psychology category, Ahmad was with nine other students, all of whom were from Bronx Science. "It was definitely intimidating, but I felt proud to be there, representing Midwood," said Ahmad. "That was a really proud moment because I put a lot of effort into my project."</p> <p>"I thought we had really good results this year," said Mr. Glenn Elert, the research teacher. "We did really well because Bintia got to go to nationals, and that hasn't happened in – it might be 10 years. So that's an awesome accomplishment on Bintia's part and something she should really be proud of."</p> <p>All the finalists recommended the three-year science research class at Midwood. "Colleges want to see you do something that requires independence, creativity, and responsibility," said Mr. Elert. "The thing we need are people who are interested in working on a long-term project on their own."</p> <p>"We had an alumnus who graduated in the '80s, Fritz Francois," said Mr. Elert. "He is now the dean of admissions at the NYU School of Medicine. He came back, and he was talking to our students, and he said, 'We routinely reject people from the NYU School of Medicine who have 4.0 averages because they don't have anything else.' A research class sets you apart."</p> <p class="source">Written by Rachel Dong (Class of 2023)<br>This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://www.midwoodargus.com/blog/2022/5/24/jshs-needs-headline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 2022</a> issue of <a href="https://www.midwoodargus.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Argus</a>.</p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6557" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Six science projects win recognition at Metro JSHS; Senior’s ‘Emo’ robot takes first place in engineering">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6557</a></p> <article> <div class="post-6497 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-awards category-jshs" id="post-6497"> <h2>6 semifinalists at 2022 Metro NYC JSHS, Bintia Keita going to National JSHS in April</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Thursday, March 3, 2022 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=24" rel="category">Awards</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=7" rel="category">JSHS</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><p>On Sunday, February 6, 2022 York College hosted the latest (virtual) installment of the <a href="https://www.york.cuny.edu/se/jshs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NYC Metro Junior Science and Humanities Symposium</a> (JSHS). JSHS is a nationwide collection of <a href="https://www.jshs.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">48 regional competitions</a> sponsored by the US Department of Defense whose aims are to promote original STEM research at the high school level and to publicly recognize students for outstanding achievement. </p> <p>Six projects by Midwood students made it to the semifinals round this year. <b>Bintia Keita</b> won <a href="https://www.york.cuny.edu/se/jshs/winners-metro-region-jshs-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First Place in Engineering</a> and impressed the judges so much that she is one of five students <a href="https://www.york.cuny.edu/se/jshs/jshs-2022-nyc-li-delegates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">representing New York City</a> at the <a href="https://jshs.org/national-symposium/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">60th National JSHS In Albuquerque, New Mexico</a> in April.</p> <h4>National JSHS delegate</h4> <ul> <li><b>Bintia Keita</b><br>Category: Engineering<br>Project: "Emo's" potential application for children with autism<br>Mentors: Dr. Kathleen McDermott and Dr. Scott Fitzgerald in the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University</li> </ul> <h4>NYC Metro JSHS semifinalists</h4> <ul> <li><b>Enaya Ahmad</b><br>Category: Behavioral & Social Sciences<br>Project: The presence of the other race effect in teenagers<br>Mentor: Dr. Grit Herzmann in the Department of Psychology at The College of Wooster</li> <li><b>Muhammad Sharjeel</b><br>Category: Behavioral & Social Sciences<br>Project: Association between extroversion and homework behavior among NYC high school students<br>Mentor: Dr. Jason Young in the Department of Psychology at Hunter College</li> <li><b>Samarpreet Singh</b><br>Category: Behavioral & Social Sciences<br>Project: Social media usage and the degree of optimistic bias in adolescents<br>Mentor: Dr. Steven Anolik in the Department of Psychology at St Francis College</li> <li><b>Benny Dong</b> & <b>Jason Wu</b> & <b>Lian Hao Zheng</b><br>Category: Behavioral & Social Sciences<br>Project: How does gratitude affect one's quality of sleep and level of depression?<br>Mentor: Dr. Steven Anolik in the Department of Psychology at St Francis College</li> <li><b>Michelle Yang</b> & <b>Zitong Liu</b><br>Category: Environmental Sciences<br>Project: Veganism saves the world: Plant-based meat alternatives</li> </ul> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2022/IMG_0779-large.jpg" title="Back row: Samarpreet Singh, Lianhao Zheng, Muhammad Sharjeel, Mr. Glenn Elert; Front row: Michelle Yang, Zitong Liu, Enaya Ahmad, Bintia Keita" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2022/IMG_0779-small.jpg" alt="Group photo on the Midwood bridge over Bedford Avenue"></a></p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6497" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 6 semifinalists at 2022 Metro NYC JSHS, Bintia Keita going to National JSHS in April">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6497</a></p> <article> <div class="post-6472 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-jshs category-seniors" id="post-6472"> <h2>JSHS application open for one week</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Friday, November 12, 2021 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=7" rel="category">JSHS</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=18" rel="category">Seniors</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><p>Applications are now being accepted for the <a href="https://www.york.cuny.edu/se/jshs">New York City Metro Junior Science and Humanities Symposium</a> (JSHS). Anyone with a research report that is finished (or even just close enough) can enter. Teams can enter together, but only one team member presents.</p> <p>The application is done through a web form. You type your info into the fields, upload a PDF of your latest and greatest research report, upload some additional forms and other documentation, and then hit the "submit" button. Easy peasy. This has to be completed in the Research Room with me witnessing it on or before <span style="color:red;">Friday, November 19</span>. (Don't blame me for the short notice, this is how they operate.) Completing the application is worth +4 points of extra credit.</p> <div class="floater"><a href="http://york.cuny.edu/news/jshs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/jshs.gif" class="icon" alt="JSHS logo"></a></div> <p>The top 120 projects will be invited to York College to present at the Symposium on <span style="color:red;">Sunday, February 6, 2022</span>. If COVID restrictions are still in effect at CUNY campuses in February, the event will be held virtually. Presenting at the Symposium will be worth +10 points. In the case of team projects, the presenter will get +10 points and the other team members will receive +5 points.</p> <p>Contact me quickly if you are interested in applying. I have paperwork to do that requires the Principal's signature (JSHS Form C) and I am not doing it on the day it's due. If you are working with a mentor, you also need their signature on one form (JSHS Form B). They would probably appreciate it if you contacted them as soon as possible. They would probably appreciate it even more if you partially filled out the form for them. There is also a form for projects involving human subjects (JSHS Form A), but you can give them your IRB form instead.</p> <p>Read the <a href="https://www.york.cuny.edu/se/jshs/student-applications">Student Registration page</a> for details on what is needed for the application. Contact me if you have questions.</p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6472" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to JSHS application open for one week">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6472</a></p> <article> <div class="post-6037 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-awards category-jshs" id="post-6037"> <h2>Tahreem Sittar and Maham Ghori take 3rd at NYC Metro JSHS</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2021 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=24" rel="category">Awards</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=7" rel="category">JSHS</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><p>On Sunday, February 7, 2021 York College hosted the latest (virtual) installment of the <a href="https://www.york.cuny.edu/se/jshs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NYC Metro Junior Science and Humanities Symposium</a> (JSHS). JSHS is a nationwide collection of <a href="https://www.jshs.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">48 regional competitions</a> sponsored by the US Department of Defense whose aims are to promote original STEM research at the high school level and to publicly recognize students for outstanding achievement. Four projects by Midwood students were elegible this year and one brought home an award.</p> <table class="listicle"> <tr> <td style="background-image:url(https://midwoodscience.org/images/2021/image_67142401_MT-small.jpg); width:16em; height:16em;"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2021/image_67142401_MT.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/untitled.png" alt="Maham, Tahreem, and a Long-Evans rat" title="Maham Ghori, Tahreem Sittar"></a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>Tahreem Sittar</b> and <b>Maham Ghori</b> were <b>Third Place Winners</b> in Behavioral and Social Sciences for their project "Role of uncertainty in governing attraction to food cues". Maham and Tahreem worked under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Delamater in the Department of Psychology at Brooklyn College. The photo on the left shows Maham (left) and Tahreem (right) with one of their experimental subjects, a Long-Evans laboratory rat.</td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6037" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Tahreem Sittar and Maham Ghori take 3rd at NYC Metro JSHS">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6037</a></p> <article> <div class="post-5768 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-awards category-jshs" id="post-5768"> <h2>Almedina Mulic is a finalist at the 2020 NYC Metro JSHS, Tanisa Rahman wins 2nd in chemistry</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Thursday, February 13, 2020 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=24" rel="category">Awards</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=7" rel="category">JSHS</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><div class="floater" style="max-width:25%;"><a href="https://www.york.cuny.edu/se/jshs" title="New York City Metro Junior Science and Humanities Symposium" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2016/jshs_logo.png" alt="JSHS logo" style="border-radius:100%;"></a></div> <p>The <a href="https://www.york.cuny.edu/se/jshs" title="New York City Metro Junior Science and Humanities Symposium" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NYC Metro Junior Science and Humanities Symposium</a> (JSHS) only accepted about 120 projects citywide for this year's competition. On Sunday, February 8, 2020, 6 Midwood students made it to the semifinals round. Almedina Mulic was declared first place in environmental science and a finalist overall. Tanisa Rahman received second place in chemistry. 4 additional Midwood students were declared semifinalists. Wish Almedina good luck as she prepares for the finals round in one week. Send congrats to all 6 of our winners. JSHS set a high bar that these 6 students deftly surmounted.</p> <h3>Finalist and first place in environmental science</h3> <ul> <li><b>Almedina Mulic</b> (environmental science)<br>Project: Do <i>Geukensia demissa</i> change how they feed in the presence of predators?<br>Mentor: Dr. J. Stephen Gosnell, Department of Environmental Science, Baruch College</li> </ul> <h3>Semifinalist and second place in chemistry</h3> <ul> <li><b>Tanisa Rahman</b> (chemistry)<br>Project: Novel method of cycloaddition of cyclooctyne and trapping with a vinylketene complex and other cycloaddition reactions using benzyne precursors<br>Mentor: Dr. Wayne F.K. Schnatter, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Long Island University</li> </ul> <h3>Semifinalist</h3> <ul> <li><b>Ashley Chin</b> (behavioral science)<br>Project: How does body awareness and parental bonding differ among black and non-black young adults?<br>Mentor: Dr. Sara Chiara Haden, Department of Psychology, Long Island University</li> <li><b>Henry Hua</b> (environmental science)<br>Project: Food consumption rates of <i>Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis</i> (green sea urchin) in a high CO<sub>2</sub>, low pH environment<br>Mentor: Dr. Kestrel Perez, Department of Biology, St. Joseph's College</li> <li><b>Jasmine Huang</b> (behavioral science)<br>Project: Effects of reversed Pavlovian learning in differentiating sex<br>Mentor: Dr. Andrew Delamater, Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College</li> <li><b>Mariyum Jahan</b> (behavioral science)<br>Project: Male and female fiddler crabs prefer to group with members of the opposite sex<br>Mentor: Dr. Frank Grasso, Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College</li> </ul> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2020/Image.jpg" title="Almedina Mulic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2020/Image.jpg" alt="Finalist Almedina Mulic"></a><br>Finalist Almedina Mulic</p> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2020/DSC_2026.jpg" title="Tanisa Rahman, Henry Hua, Mariyum Jahan, Ashley Chin, Jasmine Huang, Almedina Mulic, Mr. Glenn Elert" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2020/DSC_2026.jpg" alt="All 6 semifinalists"></a><br>All 6 semifinalists plus one teacher</p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5768" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Almedina Mulic is a finalist at the 2020 NYC Metro JSHS, Tanisa Rahman wins 2nd in chemistry">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5768</a></p> <article> <div class="post-5487 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-jshs category-st-joes category-terranyc" id="post-5487"> <h2>Science research update</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Thursday, March 28, 2019 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=7" rel="category">JSHS</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=21" rel="category">St. Joseph's</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=11" rel="category">Terra NYC</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><p>Dear friends of Midwood Science. Sorry I haven't posted much lately. Here's several news items to satisfy your thirst for knowledge. (Number 6 will amaze you.) Follow the links to see more words and images.</p> <table class="listicle"> <tr> <td style="background-image:url(https://midwoodscience.org/images/2019/jshs1-small.jpg);"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5434" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/untitled.png" alt="Group photo" rel="bookmark"></a></td> <td><b>5 Midwood students compete at the 2019 JSHS semifinals, Ahmad Choudry takes 3rd place in chemistry</b><p class="posted">Posted on Friday, February 8, 2019 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=24" rel="category">Awards</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=7" rel="category">JSHS</a>.</p><p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5434" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 5 Midwood students compete at the 2019 JSHS semifinals, Ahmad Choudry takes 3rd place in chemistry">midwoodscience.org/?p=5434</a></p></td> </tr> </table> <table class="listicle"> <tr> <td style="background-image:url(https://midwoodscience.org/images/2019/stjoes-small.jpg);"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5436" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/untitled.png" alt="Group photo" rel="bookmark"></a></td> <td><b>Midwood seniors capture half the awards at 2019 St. Joseph's College Poster Session, Rana Mohamed takes first place</b><p class="posted">Posted on Saturday, February 9, 2019 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=24" rel="category">Awards</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=21" rel="category">St. Joseph's</a>.</p><p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5436" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Midwood seniors capture half the awards at 2019 St. Joseph's College Poster Session, Rana Mohamed takes first place">midwoodscience.org/?p=5436</a></p></td> </tr> </table> <table class="listicle"> <tr> <td style="background-image:url(https://midwoodscience.org/images/2019/epa2-small.jpg);"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5438" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/untitled.png" alt="Students standing in front of their poster" rel="bookmark"></a></td> <td><b>4 Midwood students present for the 2019 Eastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting</b><p class="posted">Posted on Friday, March 1, 2019 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=14" rel="category">Publications</a>.</p><p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5438" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 4 Midwood students present for the 2019 Eastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting">midwoodscience.org/?p=5438</a></p></td> </tr> </table> <table class="listicle"> <tr> <td style="background-image:url(https://midwoodscience.org/images/2019/nycsef4-small.jpg);"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5440" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/untitled.png" alt="Group photo at Shepard Hall, City College, CUNY" rel="bookmark"></a></td> <td><b>Midwood Science at the 2019 NYCSEF preliminaries</b><p class="posted">Posted on Sunday, March 3, 2019 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=11" rel="category">NYCSEF</a>.</p><p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5440" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Midwood Science at the 2019 NYCSEF preliminaries">midwoodscience.org/?p=5440</a></p></td> </tr> </table> <table class="listicle"> <tr> <td style="background-image:url(https://midwoodscience.org/images/2019/nycsef6-small.jpg);"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5442" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/untitled.png" alt="" rel="bookmark"></a></td> <td><b>5 Midwood students take awards at NYCSEF finals. Robots, parrots, and mice lead the way.</b><p class="posted">Posted on Monday, March 25, 2019 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=24" rel="category">Awards</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=11" rel="category">NYCSEF</a>.</p><p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5442" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 5 Midwood students take awards at NYCSEF finals. Robots, parrots, and mice lead the way.">midwoodscience.org/?p=5442</a></p></td> </tr> </table> <table class="listicle"> <tr> <td style="background-image:url(https://midwoodscience.org/images/2019/fair3-med.jpg);"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5430" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/untitled.png" alt="" rel="bookmark"></a></td> <td><b>Two months to the Midwood Science Fair</b><p class="posted">Posted on Saturday, March 30, 2019 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=16" rel="category">Science Fair</a>.</p><p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5430" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Two months to the Midwood Science Fair">midwoodscience.org/?p=5430</a></p></td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5487" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Science research update">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5487</a></p> <article> <div class="post-5434 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-awards category-jshs" id="post-5434"> <h2>5 Midwood students compete at the 2019 JSHS semifinals, Ahmad Choudry takes 3rd place in chemistry</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Friday, February 8, 2019 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=24" rel="category">Awards</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=7" rel="category">JSHS</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><div class="floater" style="max-width:25%;"><a href="https://www.york.cuny.edu/se/jshs" title="New York City Metro Junior Science and Humanities Symposium" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2016/jshs_logo.png" alt="JSHS logo" style="border-radius:100%;"></a></div> <p>Sunday, February 3, 2019 was the 11th occurrence of the <a href="https://www.york.cuny.edu/se/jshs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">New York City Metro Junior Science and Humanities Symposium</a> (JSHS) at York College in Queens. JSHS is a program sponsored by the US Department of Defense to promote original STEM research and experimentation at the high school level. Select students present their findings to their peers and a panel of expert judges at regional symposia held across the US.</p> <p>The NYC Metro JSHS only accepted about 120 projects for this year's competition. 5 Midwood students representing 4 projects made it to the Semifinals round with the team of Ahmad Choudhry and Daniel Gaft taking Third Place in Chemistry.</p> <h3>Third Place</h3> <ul> <li><b>Ahmad Choudhry</b> and <b>Daniel Gaft</b> (Chemistry)<br>Project: Synthesis and cycloadditions of vinylketene iron (0) complexes using 2,4,6-triisopropylbenzenesulfonyl hydrazones.<br> Mentor: Dr. Wayne F.K. Schnatter, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Long Island University</li> </ul> <h3>Semifinalists</h3> <ul> <li><b>Rana Mohamed</b> (Engineering)<br>Project: Energy monitoring systems for mobile robotic systems.<br> Mentor: Mr. William Zhiren Peng and Dr. Joo H. Kim, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering</li> <li><b>Fizza Nayab</b> (Animal Sciences)<br> Project: Monk to monk communication: Do monk parakeet calls influence conspecific behaviors?<br> Mentor: Dr. Frank Grasso, Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College</li> <li><b>Annabel Xie</b> (Animal Sciences)<br> Project: Monk parakeets (<i>Myiopsitta monachus</i>) prefer to nest in greenspace in New York City compared to other types of land.<br> Mentor: Dr. Frank Grasso, Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College</li> </ul> <table class="gallery2"> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2019/jshs1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="../images/2019/jshs1-small.jpg" title="Group photo" alt="Group photo on a balcony"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2019/jshs2.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="../images/2019/jshs2-small.jpg" title="Group photo" alt="Group photo in a lecture hall"></a></td> <td><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2019/jshs3.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="../images/2019/jshs3-small.jpg" title="Group photo" alt="Group photo in a lecture hall"></a></td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5434" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 5 Midwood students compete at the 2019 JSHS semifinals, Ahmad Choudry takes 3rd place in chemistry">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5434</a></p> <article> <div class="post-5104 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-awards category-jshs" id="post-5104"> <h2>Midwood at the 2018 JSHS, more semifinalists than ever</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Friday, February 9, 2018 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=24" rel="category">Awards</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=7" rel="category">JSHS</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><p>February 4, 2018 was a busy Sunday morning for Midwood Science. As has been custom for the last 10 years, York College in Queens hosted the annual <a href="https://www.york.cuny.edu/se/jshs" target="_blank">New York City Metro Junior Science and Humanities Symposium</a> (JSHS). 12 Midwood students representing 9 projects made it to the Semifinals round — the largest number we’ve ever had. Benjamin Nguyen (Engineering) and Saba Iqbal (Environmental Sciences) placed Second in their respective categories. Katie Nikishina (Engineering) and the team of Kathy Mania and Beien Lin (Environmental Sciences) placed Third.</p> <h4>Second Place</h4> <ul> <li><b>Benjamin Nguyen</b> (Engineering)<br />"Climate controlled Raspberry Pi Model B video looper via temperature sensor and PC fan controlled by Arduino Uno." Benjamin worked under the supervision of Dr. Xiaohai (Richard) Li in the Department of Computer Engineering Technology at New York City College of Technology.</li> <li><b>Saba Iqbal</b> (Environmental Sciences)<br />"Indicating an atmospheric mercury pollution source using moss as a biomonitor." Saba worked under the supervision of Dr. Anthony Carpi and Dr. Erin Mann in the Department of Sciences at John Jay College.</li> </ul> <h4>Third Place</h4> <ul> <li><b>Katie Nikishina</b> (Engineering)<br />"Capillary action on 20% polystyrene in dimethylformamide nanofibers partially immersed in paraffin wax." Katie worked under the supervision of Dr. Ping Lu and Ms. Simone Murray in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Long Island University.</li> <li><b>Kathy Mania</b> & <b>Beien Lin</b> (Environmental Sciences)<br />"Soil structure and heavy metals in engineered soils for storm water management." Kathy and Beien worked under the supervision of Dr. Zhongqi (Joshua) Cheng and Dr. Maha Deeb Collet in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Brooklyn College.</li> </ul> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2018/IMG_2908-large.jpg"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2018/IMG_2908-small.jpg" alt="Midwood's 2018 NYC Metro JSHS Semifinalists"></a><br />Back row: Beien Lin, Joyce Chow, Benjamin Nguyen, Kathy Mania. Front row: Naila Mirza, Saba Iqbal, Vincent Wang, Jessie Zheng, Aushna Saleem, Jennifer Duong, Ivy Li, Katie Nikishina</p> <h4>Semifinalist</h4> <ul> <li><b>Naila Mirza</b> (Behavioral and Social Sciences)<br />"Effect of season on the group size of the <i>Myiopsitta monachus</i>." Naila worked under the supervision of Dr. Frank Grasso in the Department of Psychology at Brooklyn College.</li> <li><b>Aushna Saleem</b> (Behavioral and Social Sciences)<br />"The effects of age on monk parakeet aggressive and social behavior." Aushna worked under the supervision of Dr. Frank Grasso in the Department of Psychology at Brooklyn College.</li> <li><b>Joyce Chow</b> & <b>Ivy Li</b> (Engineering)<br />"The effects of different simulated environmental factors on the voltage performance of microbial fuel cells with varying anode-embedding depths." Joyce and Ivy worked under the supervision of Dr. Sophia Suarez and Mr. Domenec Paterno in the Department of Physics at Brooklyn College.</li> <li><b>Jennifer Duong</b> (Engineering)<br />"Loading lauric acid into electrospun polystyrene nanofibers." Jennifer worked under the supervision of Dr. Ping Lu and Ms. Rawan Ghaban in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Long Island University.</li> <li><b>Vincent Wang</b> & <b>Jessie Zheng</b> (Engineering)<br />"Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue using electrospun nanofibers." Jessie and Vincent worked under the supervision of Dr. Ping Lu and Ms. Simone Murray in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Long Island University.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5104" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Midwood at the 2018 JSHS, more semifinalists than ever">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=5104</a></p> <article> <div class="post-4719 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-awards category-isef category-jshs category-media category-ocean category-robotics category-st-joes category-intel" id="post-4719"> <h2>News update from Midwood Science</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2017 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=24" rel="category">Awards</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=6" rel="category">ISEF</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=7" rel="category">JSHS</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=30" rel="category">Media</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=31" rel="category">Ocean Science</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=15" rel="category">Robotics</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=21" rel="category">St. Joseph's</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=5" rel="category">STS</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><p>Here’s what we’ve been up to in 2017 so far (plus one story from 2016 I finally got around to writing). More good news is sure to follow.</p> <table class="listicle"> <tr> <td style="background-image:url(https://midwoodscience.org/images/2017/st_joes_winners_0585_32332690190_small.jpg);"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4665" title="Permanent Link to Midwood collects top awards at St, Joseph's College"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/untitled.png" alt="" rel="bookmark"></a></td> <td><b>Midwood collects top awards at St. Joseph’s College</b></p> <p class="posted">Posted on Sunday, February 5, 2017 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=4" title="Posts by A Student" rel="author">A Student</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=21" rel="category">St. Joseph’s</a>.</p> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4665" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Midwood collects top awards at St, Joseph's College">midwoodscience.org/?p=4665</a></p> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="listicle"> <tr> <td style="background-image:url(https://midwoodscience.org/images/2017/jshs_IMG_5662_small.jpg);"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4675" title="Permanent Link to Nomon Mohammad and Hufsa Tasnim are 2017 JSHS Semifinalists"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/untitled.png" alt="" rel="bookmark"></a></td> <td><b> Nomon Mohammad and Hufsa Tasnim are JSHS Semifinalists</b></p> <p class="posted">Posted on Friday, February 10, 2017 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=4" title="Posts by A Student" rel="author">A Student</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=7" rel="category">JSHS</a>.</p> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4675" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Nomon Mohammad and Hufsa Tasnim are 2017 JSHS Semifinalists">midwoodscience.org/?p=4675</a></p> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="listicle"> <tr> <td style="background-image:url(https://midwoodscience.org/images/2017/robotics2b.jpg);"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4647" title="Permanent Link to Robotics Team Rolls into Victory at FTC"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/untitled.png" alt="" rel="bookmark"></a></td> <td><b>Robotics Team Rolls into Victory at FTC</b></p> <p class="posted">Posted on Sunday, January 22, 2017 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=4" title="Posts by A Student" rel="author">A Student</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=15" rel="category">Robotics</a>.</p> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4647" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Robotics Team Rolls into Victory at FTC">midwoodscience.org/?p=4647</a></p> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="listicle"> <tr> <td style="background-image:url(https://midwoodscience.org/images/2017/ocean_20170304_200941.jpg);"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4663" title="Permanent Link to Ocean Science Team prepares for competiton"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/untitled.png" alt="" rel="bookmark"></a></td> <td><b>Ocean Science Team prepares for competiton</b></p> <p class="posted">Posted on Sunday, January 22, 2017 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=4" title="Posts by A Student" rel="author">A Student</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=31" rel="category">Ocean Science</a>.</p> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4663" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Ocean Science Team prepares for competiton">midwoodscience.org/?p=4663</a></p> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="listicle"> <tr> <td style="background-image:url(https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2017/STS_050_16_D.png); background-color:transparent; box-shadow:none;"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4701" title="Permanent Link to Nomon Mohammed receives 2 badges in the 2017 Regeneron STS"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/untitled.png" alt="" rel="bookmark"></a></td> <td><b>Nomon Mohammed receives 2 badges in the 2017 Regeneron STS</b></p> <p class="posted">Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=24" rel="category">Awards</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=5" rel="category">STS</a>.</p> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4701" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Nomon Mohammed receives 2 badges in the 2017 Regeneron STS">midwoodscience.org/?p=4701</a></p> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="listicle"> <tr> <td style="background-image:url(https://midwoodscience.org/images/2016/vlcsnap-142.jpg);"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4713" title="Permanent Link to Urooj Ansari and Bilal Azhar appear on News 12 Brooklyn"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/untitled.png" alt="" rel="bookmark"></a></td> <td><b>Urooj Ansari and Bilal Azhar appear on News 12 Brooklyn</b></p> <p class="posted">Posted on Friday, May 6, 2016 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=6" rel="category">ISEF</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=30" rel="category">Media</a>.</p> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4713" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Urooj Ansari and Bilal Azhar appear on News 12 Brooklyn">midwoodscience.org/?p=4713</a></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4719" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to News update from Midwood Science">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4719</a></p> <article> <div class="post-4675 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-awards category-jshs" id="post-4675"> <h2>Nomon Mohammad and Hufsa Tasnim are JSHS Semifinalists</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Friday, February 10, 2017 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=4" title="Posts by A Student" rel="author">A Student</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=24" rel="category">Awards</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=7" rel="category">JSHS</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><div class="floater"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2017/jshs_IMG_5662_large.jpg"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2017/jshs_IMG_5662_small.jpg" alt="Husfsa and Nomon standing in front of stairs holding certificates" title="Hufsa Tasnim and Nomon Mohammad"></a></div> <p>On Sunday, February 5th, 2017 two Midwood Students — Hufsa Tasnim and Nomon Mohammad — were chosen as semifinalists to present in front of judges and other semifinalists at <a href="https://www.york.cuny.edu" target="_blank">York College</a> for the <a href="https://www.york.cuny.edu/se/jshs" target="_blank">New York City Metro Junior Science and Humanities Symposium</a> (JSHS). Both students won second place in their individual categories. Nomon Mohammad was chosen to move forward as one of the top 10 finalists in the city. Once again, our research students have not failed to make Midwood proud!</p> <ul> <li><b>Nomon Mohammad</b><br />"Anthraquinone as an effective electrolyte for redox flow batteries." Nomon worked under the supervision of Dr. Sophia Suarez and Mr. Domenec Paterno in the Department of Physics at Brooklyn College.</li> <li><b>Hufsa Tasnim</b><br />"Epistatic interaction between sgo‑1 and htp‑2 mutants in chromosome and centrosome inheritance." Hufsa worked under the supervision of Dr. Mara Schvarzstein in the Department of Biology at Brooklyn College</li> </ul> <p class="source">Written by Noor Asif and Pauletta Lazarevskiy (Class of 2017).</p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4675" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Nomon Mohammad and Hufsa Tasnim are JSHS Semifinalists">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4675</a></p> <article> <div class="post-4293 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-jshs category-media" id="post-4293"> <h2>Kai Saunders earns recognition for Science Research</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=4" title="Posts by A Student" rel="author">A Student</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=7" rel="category">JSHS</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=30" rel="category">Media</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><p></p> <p>Moving onto nationals, Kai Saunders ‘16 has gained recognition in the <a href="http://www.jshs.org/" target="_blank">Junior Science and Humanities Symposium</a> for her project "Urban Soils: Metal Content in Artifacts".</p> <p>On February 27, Saunders took part in the regional finals and won Now she is advancing to the National Symposium in Dayton, Ohio from April 27 to 30.</p> <p>Saunder’s journey began in a research class at Midwood, where Ms. Shaniece Mosley introduced her to the JSHS competition. The inspiration for her project was gained at an internship at Brooklyn College. Saunders was under the guidance of <a href="http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/academics/faculty/faculty_profile.jsp?faculty=479" target="_blank">Dr. Zhongqi (Joshua) Cheng</a> and <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hermine_Huot" target="_blank">Dr. Hermine Huot</a> in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.</p> <p>Saunders said, "Hermine was like a mother to everyone." She continued to explain that Huot guided everyone with their projects, as it was more than just Saunders in the internship.</p> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2016/03-kai.png"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2016/03-kai.jpg" alt="Portrait of Kai Saunders outdoors"></a><br />Kai Saunders will represent NYC at the <a href="http://www.jshs.org/" target="_blank">National JSHS</a> in April</p> <p>The project began as Saunders and other researchers studied the papers of Richard V. Pouyat and El Khalil. These papers were on topics similar to what she went on to research for her project. It inspired her and informed her a lot on urban soil and the metal contents.</p> <p>Saunders met up with her professors on a weekly basis, around twice a week depending on her lacrosse schedule. She managed her time wisely and had a weekly plan. Ms. Mosley, Saunders’ supervising teacher, monitored her project by checking on her research logbook when Midwood research students meet up once a week.</p> <p>Ms. Mosley would ask her research students to explain their projects to her. If they are able to, then it is implied that the students understood their topic fully and can present their projects elsewhere.</p> <div class="floater"><a href="http://www.jshs.org/" target="_blank"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2016/jshs_logo.png" alt="JSHS logo" style="border-radius:100%;"></a></div> <p>"When the research is out of my field, one of the easiest things I can do is have the students explain to me what they are doing because they can relate their research to anyone in any discipline when they share their findings. I also think having students explain their research to me ensures that they really understand the concepts and the experimental procedures associated with their projects," said Ms. Mosley.</p> <p>As Ms. Mosley sees how her students have changed, she is proud to see them establish better communication skills and become successful in their research. This includes Saunders, as she proceeds on to the National JSHS.</p> <p>"I am glad to see my students grow as individuals and see their hard work pay off They far exceeded my expectations, by just being able to stand in front of their peers and other scientists and a talk at length about their research is astonishing feat," she continued.</p> <p>Through the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, her public speaking improved and she gained confidence. She was able to meet other researchers and learn about their experiences from their projects.</p> <p class="source">Written by Michelle Li and Jenna Palme (Class of 2017).<br />This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://midwoodargus.wordpress.com/2016/03/" target="_blank">March 2016</a> edition of <a href="https://www.midwoodargus.com" target="_blank">Argus</a>.</p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4293" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Kai Saunders earns recognition for Science Research">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4293</a></p> <article> <div class="post-4297 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-jshs category-media" id="post-4297"> <h2>Research students thrive at JSHS competition</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Saturday, March 5, 2016 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=4" title="Posts by A Student" rel="author">A Student</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=7" rel="category">JSHS</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=30" rel="category">Media</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><p></p> <p>Seniors have once again taken the annual Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) competition by storm.</p> <p>Both Kai Saunders ’16 and Josh Pilipovsky ’16 were recognized for their outstanding work and represented our school with prestige. With 11Midwood students entered into this competition, seven of them made it to the finals round. Pilipovsky ’16 went ahead and won third place in the Physics category while Saunders ’16 was a finalist and won first in the Chemistry category.</p> <p>JSHS is a competition which focuses around STEM in grades 9–12 but Midwood has decided to only enter seniors. Entrants must comprise a project with the help of their mentor and supervising research teacher. Individuals then compete in JSHS for scholarships and recognition by presenting to a panel of judges and an audience of peers.</p> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2016/IMG_3787.jpeg" target="_blank"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2016/IMG_3787.jpg" alt="Group Photo" title="Midwood's 7 JSHS Semifinalists"></a><br />Midwood’s 7 JSHS Semifinalists: Kieran Bissessar, Joshua Pilipovsky, Nga Ying Lo, Victor Lee, Kai Saunders, Quetourah Dalencourt, Christine Ly</p> <p>These top students had the help of their science research teachers who include Mr. Glenn Elert, the Research Coordinator and physics teacher, Ms. Shaniece Mosley, chemistry teacher, and Ms. Jennifer Sullivan, biology teacher. All three teachers have an immense amount of knowledge in their field of study and can provide students with insight that will lead them to success.</p> <p>The process of choosing eleven students out of the entire senior research class was long and demanding. Students were chosen to represent Midwood by having intricate and well-designed projects.</p> <p>"The best projects balance background research with laboratory skills." stated Mr. Elert.</p> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2016/03-kai.png"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2016/03-kai.jpg" alt="Portrait of Kai Saunders outdoors"></a><br />Kai Saunders will represent NYC at the National JSHS in April</p> <p>Saunders ’16 project regarding the study of heavy metal content of artifacts found in urban soil helped her not only advance to the National JSHS but also expand her knowledge about the environment itself.</p> <p>Students could not have completed these intricate projects without the help of their laboratory mentors.</p> <p>Kieran Bissessar ’16 said that his project would have gotten nowhere without his mentor, Dr. Donald Gerber from the SUNY Downstate Medical Center, as he is very knowledgeable. Research students are allowed to intern at any location most suitable for them and favorable for their field of study. Colleges that many of the seniors participate at include but are not limited to Brooklyn College, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, and NYU.</p> <p>Individuals had access to immense amount of information provided by both their mentors and the research teachers. Even when Ms. Mosley is not familiar with the topic that a student is researching, she still manages to aid them in the process of perfecting their research.</p> <p class="source">Written by Abeer Naeem and Clifford Young (Class of 2017).<br />This article originally appeared in the <a href="https://midwoodargus.wordpress.com/2016/03/" target="_blank">March 2016</a> edition of <a href="https://www.midwoodargus.com" target="_blank">Argus</a>.</p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4297" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Research students thrive at JSHS competition">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=4297</a></p> <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=7&paged=2" >Older Posts ☞</a>  <footer> <div class="signature"> <table class="science"> <tr> <td><a href="https://midwoodscience.org"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/signature.jpg" alt="Midwood Science banner" title="Midwood Science Research"><br>Midwood Science Research Program<br>Stacy Goldstein — Coordinator</a></td> </tr> </table> <table class="midwood"> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.midwoodhighschool.org"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/midwood.png" alt="Midwood High School logo" title="Midwood High School at Brooklyn College"></a></td> <td style="white-space:normal;"><a href="https://www.midwoodhighschool.org">Midwood High School at Brooklyn College<br>Dr. Robert Quinlan — Principal<br>2839 Bedford Avenue<br>Brooklyn NY 11210<br>(929‬) 390-2688</a></td> </tr> </table> </div><table class="vibrant directory"> <tr> <th>teachers</th> <th>office</th> <th>em</th> <th>ail</th> <th>extension</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Ms. Goldstein (Coordinator)</td> <td>A214</td> <td>sgoldstein11@</td> <td>schools.nyc.gov</td> <td>2141</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ms. Cunningham</td> <td>A300</td> <td>acunningham12@</td> <td>schools.nyc.gov</td> <td>3001</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ms. Katzoff</td> <td>A300</td> <td>skatzoff@</td> <td>schools.nyc.gov</td> <td>3001</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ms. Alvarez</td> <td>A317</td> <td>kalvarez8@</td> <td>schools.nyc.gov</td> <td>3172</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mr. Elert (on leave)</td> <td>n/a</td> <td>elert@</td> <td>midwoodscience.org</td> <td>n/a</td> </tr> <tr> <th>administrators</th> <th>office</th> <th>em</th> <th>ail</th> <th>extension</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Dr. Quinlan (Principal)</td> <td>127</td> <td>rquinlan@</td> <td>schools.nyc.gov</td> <td>1270</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ms. Kornaker (Assistant Principal)</td> <td>A300</td> <td>jkornaker@</td> <td>schools.nyc.gov</td> <td>3003</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mr. Rosenfeld (Assistant Principal)</td> <td>A200</td> <td>trosenf@</td> <td>schools.nyc.gov</td> <td>2004</td> </tr> </table><table class="gallery4 socials"> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.facebook.com/midwoodscience" target="_blank"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/social-facebook.svg" class="icon" style="height:2em;" alt="Facebook"></a></td> <td><a href="https://www.instagram.com/midwoodscience/" target="_blank"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/social-instagram.svg" class="icon" style="height:2em;" alt="Instagram"></a></td> <td><a href="https://www.threads.net/@midwoodscience" target="_blank"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/social-threads.svg" class="icon" style="height:2em;" alt="Threads"></a></td>  </tr> </table></footer> </body></html>