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Schedule -
Opening Remarks: 9:30 - 9:45 am
Keynote Address: 9:45 - 10:30 am
Speaker: K S Venkatraman, Sr. Director, AI Computing at NVIDIA
Recognition Ceremony: 10:30 - 11:00 am
Break: 11:00 - 11:15 am
Intern presentations will occur simultaneously in 8 different Zoom Rooms, all following this schedule:
Group A: 11:15 - 12:15 pm
Break: 12:15 - 12:30 pm
Group B: 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Each room will conclude with closing remarks when presentations are done.
Main Room -
Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84357123160
About the Keynote Speaker: K S Venkatraman, Sr. Director, AI Computing at NVIDIA
K S Venkatraman is Sr. Director for Artificial Intelligence Computing at NVIDIA Corporation, and an Executive member of the Workforce and Talent Development advisory board to the Governor of Oregon. His teams develop products that enable self-driving cars, natural language models for Generative AI, and recommendation systems. Venkat moved to Oregon in 1997 and has since hired, mentored, and trained hundreds of students in STEM, high-performance computing, and AI. Prior to NVIDIA and a brief stint at a startup company building systems-on-a-chip for digital televisions, he was a computer architect at Intel Corporation, responsible for developing innovative technologies for Pentium®4 and Core™ processors.
Venkat grew up in an academic family with a strong love for science and tinkering with electronic gadgets. He is passionate about career connected learning that enables adoption of rapidly evolving technologies. Venkat co-chaired an AI task force for the state of Oregon, advising leaders from economic sectors across the state with specific recommendations on adapting to technological advances. Representing business, he leads the Technology Industry Consortium which guides Oregon’s Future Ready implementation. As adjunct faculty, Venkat taught engineering courses at Portland Community College and Oregon Institute of Technology. He holds a Master’s degree in Electrical engineering from Villanova University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication engineering from Birla Institute of Technology in India. Venkat’s interests include Amateur Radio (callsign: K7VKT), career-connected education, electronic and DIY projects, long bicycle rides, macroeconomics, and renewable energy.
Presentation Rooms
Explore the schedule for the 7 presentation rooms to find the presentations you want to see. Each presentation will be around 15 minutes (for single students) or 30 minutes (for a pair of students).
We asked the interns “What famous STEM figure would you choose to sit down and watch your Favorite Show with?" You will see their answer listed for each student as "TV Guest" and "TV Show".
Room 1 (Presider: Drew Lanthrum)
ZOOM Link: bit.ly/ZOOMASE24RM1
Group A - 11:15 AM
Sai Harshith Kodali, Westview High School
Presentation Title: Investigating Causal Genetic Variants for a Non-Human Primate Model of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Primary Mentor: Dr. Samuel Peterson
Mentor Organization: Oregon National Primate Research Center (OHSU)
TV Guest: Michael Gazzaniga TV Show: Suits
Margot Kitzis, Oregon Episcopal School
Presentation Title: Exploring the Genetic Basis for a Novel Head Tilt Phenotype in Rhesus Macaques
Primary Mentor: Dr. Samuel Peterson
Mentor Organization: Oregon National Primate Research Center (OHSU)
TV Guest: Katherine Johnson TV Show: Grey's Anatomy
Rishab Madhusudhan, Westview High School
Presentation Title: Flood Inundation Mapping at the National Weather Service
Primary Mentor: Mr. Andy Bryant
Mentor Organization: NOAA National Weather Service
TV Guest: James Clerk Maxwell
Yuxuan Liu, Mountainside High School
Presentation Title: Automating Protection against Prompt Injections for Large Language Models
Primary Mentor: Dr. Wu-chang Feng
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
TV Guest: Rachel Carson TV Show: The Good Place
Group B - 12:30 PM
Annette Avendano, Forest Grove High School
Presentation Title: Investigating how in vitro fertilization affects placental cells
Primary Mentor: Dr. Lisa Vrooman
Mentor Organization: Oregon National Primate Research Center (OHSU)
TV Guest: Rosalind Franklin TV Show: Criminal Minds
Ben Morrison, Grant High School
Presentation Title: Generating Audible Waveforms With a Custom Printed Circuit Board (PCB)
Primary Mentor: Matthew Howe
Mentor Organization: Biamp Systems, LLC
TV Guest: Adam Savage TV Show: Attack on Titan
Ashton Vasquez, Lincoln High School and Pablo Riffel, Grant High School
Presentation Title: Developing a Test Platform for Bi-pedal Balance Experiments
Primary Mentor: Dr. Alexander Hunt
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
Ashton
TV Guest: Neil deGrasse Tyson TV Show: One Punch Man
Pablo
TV Guest: Mark Zuckerberg TV Show: Bocci the Rock!
Room 2 (Presider: Ellen Regal)
ZOOM Link: bit.ly/ZOOMASE24RM2
Group A - 11:15 AM
Group B - 12:30 PM
Annice Han, Westview High School
Presentation Title: Science: The Process, The Imperfections, And The Beauty
Primary Mentor: Dr. Elise Granek, Mr. Sam Gaty
Mentor Organization: NW Documentary
TV Guest: My Dad TV Show: Lost
Ivy Le, Clackamas High School and M Wilson, Tigard High School
Presentation Title: Enemies of Anemones: How environmentally relevant pesticides affect Arthropleura elegantissima symbionts and reproductive ability
Primary Mentor: Dr. Elise Granek, Bria Bleil
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
Ivy
TV Guest: Mary Whiton Calkins TV Show: Criminal Minds
M
TV Guest: Michio Kaku TV Show: Vox Machina
Varshinee Venkatesan, Newport High School (Bellevue)
Presentation Title: BepE and Blood Pond Hell: A Viral Origin Story
Primary Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Stedman
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
TV Guest: Barbara McClintock TV Show: The West Wing
Room 3 (Presider: John Gibbs)
ZOOM Link: bit.ly/ZOOMASE24RM3
Group A - 11:15 AM
Group B - 12:30 PM
Storm Cooper, Clackamas Web Academy
Presentation Title: Vernier Science Education: Using Google Colab as a Format for Coding Education
Primary Mentor: Mr. Tom Smith
Mentor Organization: Vernier Science Education
TV Guest: Enrico Fermi TV Show: The Good Place
Zora Drake, David Douglas High School
Presentation Title: Investigating Dynein: Studying the Dynein-Dynactin Binding Region
Primary Mentor: Dr. Nikolaus Loening
Mentor Organization: Lewis & Clark College
TV Guest: Mae Jemison TV Show: Community
Emily Gu, Crescent Valley High School
Presentation Title: Confidence-Accuracy Correlation in Memory for Schematically Related Objects
Primary Mentor: Dr. Dasa Zeithamova-Demircan
Mentor Organization: University of Oregon
TV Guest: Nancy Kanwisher TV Show: Big Bang Theory
Phoebe Sandholm, La Salle Catholic College Preparatory
Passive Avoidance and Extinction of Fear Memory in Parkinson’s Mouse Models
Primary Mentor: Dr. Jacob Raber
Mentor Organization: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
TV Guest: Albert Einstein
Room 4 (Presider: Linda Wolf)
ZOOM Link: bit.ly/ZOOMASE24RM4
Group A - 11:15 AM
Meadow Mertsching, Ida B. Wells High School
Presentation Title: Environmental Chemistry: Degradation of Forever Chemicals with Magnesium
Primary Mentor: Dr. Paul Tratnyek
Mentor Organization: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
TV Guest: Edith Clarke TV Show: Monk
Claire Zhang, Catlin Gabel School
Presentation Title: Test, Drink, Test: Operant Set-shifting in High and Low Alcohol Preferring Mice
Primary Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Reed-Williams, Dr. Tamara Phillips
Mentor Organization: VA Portland Health Care System
TV Guest: Jane Goodall TV Show: Friends
Isha Garg, Jesuit High School
Presentation Title: Hearing loss may be a novel risk factor for Parkinson's Disease: An analysis of Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative data
Primary Mentor: Dr. Lee Neilson, Dr. Gregory Scott
Mentor Organization: VA Portland Health Care System
TV Guest: Rosalind Franklin TV Show: The Originals
Lauren Blank, Sunset High School
Presentation Title: I Like to Move It Move It: Pediatric Physical Therapy Research on Assistive Technology for Children with Motor Disabilities
Primary Mentor: Dr. Bethany Sloane
Mentor Organization: Doernbecher Children's Hospital (OHSU)
TV Guest: Ada Lovelace TV Show: The Office
Group B - 12:30 PM
Srija Attur, Sunset High School and Suhaani Garg, West Linn High School
Presentation Title: Advancing Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV)-Mediated Gene Therapy for Human Diseases
Primary Mentor: Dr. Hiroyuki Nakai
Mentor Organization: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
Srija
TV Guest: Dr. Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati TV Show: Grey's Anatomy
Suhaani
TV Guest: Jeanette Epps TV Show: Psych
Lydia Nguyen, Clackamas High School
Presentation Title: Does fall history effect Tele-rehabilitation outcomes in people with Parkinson's Disease?
Primary Mentor: Dr. Laurie King, Kathleen Scanlan, Jennifer Wilhelm
Mentor Organization: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
TV Guest: Jane Goodall TV Show: Blue Lock
Saanvi Telkar, Westview High School
Presentation Title: Improving Hospice Care Through Data
Primary Mentor: Ms. Jessica Vizcarra
Mentor Organization: Care Partners
TV Guest: Jonas Salk TV Show: Bridgerton
Room 5 (Presider: Scott Olson)
ZOOM Link: bit.ly/ZOOMASE24ROOM5
Group A - 11:15 AM
Brayden Forcum, Seattle Academy
Presentation Title: Trail Eyes: An App to Monitor Forest Park through Public Reports
Primary Mentor: Dr. John Lipor
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
TV Guest: Bill Gates
Nina Liu, Westview High School and Sahit Jayaweera, Sunset High School
Presentation Title: Planning for the Clean Energy Future (Gresham High School Version)
Primary Mentor: Mr. Andy Eiden
Mentor Organization: Portland General Electric (PGE)
Nina
TV Guest: Rosalind Franklin TV Show: Breaking Bad
Sahit
TV Guest: Elon Musk TV Show: The Big Bang Theory
Claire Cao, Jesuit High School
Presentation Title: A Retrieval Augmented Generative AI Application for Social Services
Primary Mentor: Dr. Wu-chang Feng
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
TV Guest: Ada Lovelace
Group B - 12:30 PM
Alex McNutt, Camas High School
Presentation Title: Seeing 3D in the Dark with Stereo Cameras
Primary Mentor: Prof. Atul Ingle
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
TV Guest: Fei-Fei Li TV Show: Black Mirror
Arjun Ramakrishnan, Lake Oswego High School
Presentation Title: The 5 C's of Credit: What Bonneville Taught Me
Primary Mentor: Melissa Rodrigues, Michael Henderson
Mentor Organization: Bonneville Power Administration
TV Guest: Srinivasa Ramanujan TV Show: The Office
Elliot D'Alessandro, Ida B. Wells High School
Presentation Title: Understanding the Power of Computing Complicated Functions
Primary Mentor: Dr. Shravas Rao
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
TV Guest: Ada Lovelace TV Show: Dark
Heeseo Kim, Westview High School
Presentation Title: VR Application Development with Unity
Primary Mentor: Dr. Ehsan Aryafar
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
TV Guest: Ada Lovelace
Room 6 (Presider: Brianna McCoy)
ZOOM Link: bit.ly/ZOOMASE24RM6
Group A - 11:15 AM
Caris Aster, Tigard High School and Elijah Green, Southridge High School
Presentation Title: Getting a Leg Up: Redesigning and Revising the Design of a Biomimetic Quadruped
Primary Mentor: Dr. Alexander Hunt
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
Caris
TV Guest: Bill Nye TV Show: Paradise Kiss
Elijah
TV Guest: Carl Sagan
Samantha Jensen, Tigard High School
Presentation Title: How do in-person and virtual assessments of balance in Parkinson's Disease relate?
Primary Mentor: Dr. Laurie King, Kathleen Scanlan, Jennifer Wilhelm
Mentor Organization: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
TV Guest: Rosalind Franklin TV Show: Stranger Things
Shriya Pai, Jesuit High School
Presentation Title: Degree of Spinal Cord Inflammation at the Onset of Cognitive Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis
Primary Mentor: Dr. Larry Sherman
Mentor Organization: Oregon National Primate Research Center (OHSU)
TV Guest: Katalin Karikó
Group B - 12:30 PM
Dylan Nguyen, Centennial High School
Presentation Title: Designing and testing a magnetic spring with adjustable stiffness and torque cancellation
Primary Mentor: Prof. Jonathan Bird
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
TV Guest: Nikola tesla TV Show: Avatar the Last Airbender
Luke Rowe, Ida B. Wells High School
Presentation Title: Inverted Pendulum Wave Energy Generator.
Primary Mentor: Prof. Jonathan Bird
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
TV Guest: Richard Feynman TV Show: Myth Busters
Esrom Emnetu, Centennial High School and Levi Meyers, Grant High School
Presentation Title: Axial Electromagnetic Wheel Drone
Primary Mentor: Prof. Jonathan Bird
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
Esrom
TV Guest: Jane Cooke Wright TV Show: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Levi
TV Guest: Michael from Vsauce TV Show: Gravity Falls
Room 7 (Presider: Rey Browning)
ZOOM Link: bit.ly/ZOOMASE24RM7
Group A - 11:15 AM
Levi Garza, Crescent Valley High School
Presentation Title: The Bee's Knees: Monitoring Pollinators in Willamette Valley Prairies
Primary Mentor: Ms. Denise Giles-Johnson
Mentor Organization: Institute for Applied Ecology
TV Guest: Neil deGrasse Tyson TV Show: Criminal Minds
Wyatt Catz, Crescent Valley High School
Presentation Title: What species of native plant is the most effective at growing in Oregon prairie habitats after a controlled burn?
Primary Mentor: Ms. Denise Giles-Johnson
Mentor Organization: Institute for Applied Ecology
TV Guest: Nikola Tesla TV Show: Lost
Avery Lundin, Forest Grove High School
Presentation Title: The Relationship Between Behavior and the C. elegan Microbiome
Primary Mentor: Dr. Molly Matty
Mentor Organization: University of Portland
TV Guest: Rachel Louise Carson TV Show: Scavengers Reign
Samantha Guerra Nuñez, David Douglas High School
Presentation Title: Withania somnifera (ashwagandha) treatments effect on oxidative stress in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease
Primary Mentor: Dr. Nora Gray
Mentor Organization: VA Portland Health Care System
TV Guest: Hank Green TV Show: Love is War
Group B - 12:30 PM
Bianca John, Union High School (Camas) and R. M., Sunset High School
Presentation Title: Planning for the Clean Energy Future (Centennial High School's Version)
Primary Mentor: Mr. Andy Eiden
Mentor Organization: Portland General Electric (PGE)
Bianca
TV Guest: Mary Barra TV Show: Better Call Saul
R.
TV Guest: Werner Karl Heisenberg TV Show: Breaking Bad
Lauren Brenner, Oregon City High School
Presentation Title: Using Light to Uncover the Dark: Applications of Immunofluorescence Technology toward Patient-Derived Circulating Hybrid Cells (CHC)
Primary Mentor: Dr. Summer Gibbs
Mentor Organization: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
TV Guest: Sally Ride TV Show: The Good Place
Simone Del Carlo, West Linn High School
Presentation Title: Finding the Needle in a Haystack: Hybrid Cells in Pancreatic Tumor Tissue
Primary Mentor: Dr. Summer Gibbs
Mentor Organization: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
TV Guest: Rosalind Franklin