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Main Room -
Opening Remarks and Recognition Ceremony
Key Note Speaker: Xiao-Yue Han, Surgical Resident at Oregon Health & Science University and ASE Alumni
About the Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Xiao-Yue (pronounced “shy-you”) Han is a 4th-year surgery resident at OHSU. A native Oregonian, he worked as an engineer in Bend, Oregon before attending OHSU for medical school and continues there for general surgery training. He is interested in pursuing pediatric surgery and continues to develop technology in the surgical environment as a “surgineer” in training.
He was a graduate of Westview High School in 2007 and participated in the Saturday Academy ASE Program under Dr. David Sahn at OHSU, developing an in vitro model to study cardiac mechanics and dynamics using ultrasound. His time in Dr. Sahn’s lab synthesized his early love of applied math and science and nurtured his great love of the outdoors.
Dr. Han loves to ski, bike, travel, cook, and spend time with his wife and two Siberian huskies in his home in SW Portland.
Room 1 (Linda Wolf)
- Amelia Kotamarti, Grant High School & Keya Pandya, Jesuit High School
Presentation title: Tracking Trk-B: A Follow Up Parkinson's Disease Study Proposal
Primary mentor: Charles Meshul
Mentor organization: VA Portland Healthcare Systems
- Emma Iwaniec, St. Mary's Academy
Presentation title: Improving the Functionality of Joints on a Monoarticular Quadruped Robot
Primary mentor: Alexander Hunt
Mentor organization: Portland State University
- Sarah Woods, Wilson High School
Presentation title: Design of Gastrocnemius Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Attachments on a Biomimetic Quadruped Robot
Primary mentor: Alexander Hunt
Mentor organization: Portland State University
- Aidan Vogt, Grant High School
Presentation title: Finding the Relationship Between Force and Pressure in Pneumatic Muscles
Primary mentor: Alexander Hunt
Mentor organization: Portland State University
- Jeffrey Burt, Catlin Gabel School
Presentation title: Design and Fabrication of Custom Testing Equipment for Legged Robots
Primary mentor: Alexander Hunt
Mentor organization: Portland State University
- Dania Khalid, David Douglas High School
Presentation title: How high will they go? Investigating methamphetamine consumption in a mouse model of binge-like methamphetamine intake.
Primary mentors: Tamara Richards & Cheryl Reed Williams
Mentor organization: VA Portland Healthcare Systems
- Jaanya Chadha, Westview High School
Presentation title: Playtime for the Little Ones : How Early Access Assistive Technology is Enabling Play and Mobility for Children with Disabilities
Primary mentors: Bethany Sloane & Carrie Phillipi
Mentor organization: Doernbecher Children's Hospital (OHSU)
Room 2 (John Gibbs)
Room 3 (Mike Dunn)
- Ivan Kasperovich, Portland Community College
Presentation title: From Source to Consumer: Electrical Engineering at Black and Veatch
Primary mentor: Derrick Draper
Mentor organization: Black and Veatch Corp
- Puja Pradhan, BASIS Ahwatukee
Presentation title: Use of sigB and Virulence Genes to Profile the Strains of Listeria monocytogenes Recovered from Produce Handling and Processing Environments in the Pacific Northwest
Primary mentors: Jovana Kovacevic & Stephanie Brown
Mentor organization: Food Innovation Center
- Colton Ramsey, Olympia High School
Presentation title: An evaluation of the Pathogen Environmental Monitoring (PEM) workshops for Listeria
Primary mentors: Jovana Kovacevic & Stephanie Brown
Mentor organization: Food Innovation Center
- Jayni Ram, Henry M. Gunn High School
Presentation title: Exploring relatedness and differences of Listeria monocytogenes strains from Canadian dairy processing facilities based on their stress and virulence genetic elements
Primary mentors: Jovana Kovacevic & Stephanie Brown
Mentor organization: Food Innovation Center
- Sophia Pi, Jesuit High School & Zane Othman-Gomez, Liberty High School
Presentation title: Graphical Analysis: Where Machine Learning Meets Mathematics
Primary mentors: Danny Aley
Mentor organization: Saltire Software
Sophia Wang, Lake Oswego High School
Presentation title: Off the Beaten tRACK: Discovering Mechanical Engineering at Yakima Products
Primary mentors: Ashley Hoch
Mentor organization: Yakima Products Inc.
Meher Khan, Sunset High School
Presentation title: Providing Exceptional Care Without Exception: Improving Hospice Care Based on National Survey Results
Primary mentors: Jessica Vizcarra
Mentor organization: Care Partners
Aidan LeBlanc, Jesuit High School
Presentation title: Design and Implementation of Power Apps Enabled Safety Training for WEIR ESCO
Primary mentors: Nicole LaTourette
Mentor organization: Weir Esco
Room 4 (Carolyne Haycraft)
Room 5 (Jennifer Henry)
- Theodore Abadilla, Crescent Valley High School
Presentation title: Vent Membrane Testing
Primary mentor: Brian Easton
Mentor organization: HP Inc.
- Simone Moulton, Crescent Valley High School
Presentation title: When in Doubt… Burn It! Lessons in Cutting Waste and Optimizing Yield from HP
Primary mentor: Perrin Mao
Mentor organization: HP Inc.
- Aaron Li, Sunset High School
Presentation title: Refining Computer Vision Program to Reduce False Negatives
Primary mentor: Tauha Khan
Mentor organization: HP Inc.
- Michael Gu, Crescent Valley High School
Presentation title: Skeleton-Based Deformations of Objects
Primary mentors: Yue Zhang & Eugene Zhang
Mentor organization: Oregon State University
- Jordan Kim, Westview High School
Presentation title: Using interpolation and blending functions to create perfect splines
Primary mentors: Yue Zhang & Eugene Zhang
Mentor organization: Oregon State University
Joshua Bishop, Homeschool
Presentation title: Putting Computing on the Table: Teaching CS with Board Games
Primary mentors: Dr. Martin Erwig
Mentor organization: Oregon State University
Anjana Sriram, Crescent Valley High School
Presentation title: Transmitting and Receiving Data in a Wired Communication System
Primary mentors: Tejasvi Anand
Mentor organization: Oregon State University
Sofia Alzugaray Orellana, Corvallis High School
Presentation title: Virulence Gene Regulation in Erwinia amylovora and Pantoea agglomerans -- Building a Reporter System for Sensing Host-Derived Type III Secretion-Inducing Signals and Its Application
Primary mentors: Jeff Anderson
Mentor organization: Oregon State University
Natalia Pereria, Corvallis High School
Presentation title: The Process Behind Making Pigments
Primary mentors: Mas Subramanian
Mentor organization: Oregon State University
Room 6 (Scott Olson)
- Nora Wu, Lincoln High School & Aysha Langer, Benson Polytechnic High School
Presentation title: Using Neutron Activation Analysis to Measure Heavy Metal Pollution in the Environment
Primary mentor: Toria Ellis
Mentor organization: Reed College
Valerie Lam, Sunset High School
Presentation title: A Storm is Worth a Thousand Numbers: Unraveling 70 Years of Snow and Ice Storm Data
Primary mentor: Andy Bryant
Mentor organization: NOAA National Weather Service
Akshaya Sakala, Camas High School
Presentation title: Exploring Governance and Internal Control at BPA
Primary mentor: Joe Carluccio
Mentor organization: Bonneville Power Administration
Lokesh Hariharan, Westview High School
Presentation title: BPA Internal Controls and Compliance
Primary mentor: Joe Carluccio
Mentor organization: Bonneville Power Administration
Nafizur Rahman, Westview High School
Presentation title: An Electric Experience
Primary mentor: Christine Lindner
Mentor organization: Bonneville Power Administration
Ethan Harter, Grant High School
Presentation title: Creating Animations for Technical Training Materials
Primary mentor: Christine Lindner
Mentor organization: Bonneville Power Administration
Zane Godil, Jesuit High School
Presentation title: Cyber security and CIP-12
Primary mentor: Deanna Phillips
Mentor organization: Bonneville Power Administration
Malika Shah, Sunset High School
Presentation title: How the Bonneville Power Administration Uses the Financial Analysis of Credit to Manage Risk
Primary mentor: Michael Henderson
Mentor organization: Bonneville Power Administration
Room 7 (Stacey Johnson)
- Oscar Alexander, Hillsboro High School
Presentation title: Developing Python Activities with Vernier Go Direct Sensors
Primary mentor: Tom Smith
Mentor organization: Vernier Software & Technology
- Deniz Erkok, Westview High School
Presentation title: Mutant Viruses From Hell
Primary mentor: Kenneth Stedman
Mentor organization: Portland State University
- Naomi Cassel, Corbett High School
Presentation title: Exploring the Link between Gaucher and Parksinon's Disease
Primary mentor: Jacob Raber
Mentor organization: Oregon Health & Science University
- Nariana Aldarondo, Corvallis High School & Aadil Mohamed, Muslim Educational Trust
Presentation title: Why The Shoe: Exploring Breathability & Wear Test Feedback
Primary mentor: Jennifer Polivka
Mentor organization: Nike, Inc.
- Sankrith Ramani, Langley High School
Presentation title: Targeting CD74 to Treat Inflammation and Neuropsychiatric Impairments in Methamphetamine Use Disorder
Primary mentor: Jennifer Loftis
Mentor organization: VA Portland Healthcare Systems
- Durga Desai, Westview High School
Presentation title: The Effect of Reward Context on Memory Integration
Primary mentor: Dasa Zeithamova-Demircan
Mentor organization: University of Oregon
- Spencer Chang, Mountainview High School
Presentation title: Sentiment Analysis on Machine Learning
Primary mentor: Jeff Sheadel
Mentor organization: HP, Inc.
- Raymond Gwilliam, Vancouver iTech Preparatory
Presentation title: Evaluation of Material Properties of Leading 3D Printing Technologies in a Practical Application
Primary mentor: Sheldon Barnard
Mentor organization: HP, Inc.
Room 8 (Duy Ha)
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