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Schedule -
Opening Remarks: 8:30 - 8:45 am
Keynote Address by Dr. Mollie Marr : 8:45 - 9:30 am
Recognition Ceremony: 9:30 - 10:00 am
Break: 10:00 - 10:15 am
Presentations in different Zoom Rooms:
Group A: 10:15 - 11:30 am
Lunch: 11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Group B: 12:15 - 1:30 pm
Each room will conclude with closing remarks when presentations are done.
Main Room -
Opening Remarks and Recognition Ceremony
Key Note Speaker: Dr. Mollie Marr, MD/PhD student at Oregon Health & Science University
About the Keynote Speaker: Mollie Marr is an MD/PhD student at Oregon Health & Science University. Her PhD (which was awarded in 2021) is in Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience, and her dissertation work focused on the effects of stress during pregnancy on offspring neurodevelopment and the intergenerational transmission of childhood maltreatment. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University with a second major in Psychology and a minor in Applied Theatre. She is currently completing her 3rd year of medical school AND a Master of Clinical Research, and is applying into child psychiatry for residency.
Read more about Mollie by visiting our blog!
Presentation Rooms -
We asked the interns “if ASE hosted a dinner party and you could invite any influential person (dead or alive) from the world of science, tech, engineering, or math, who would you invite?" You will see their answer listed for each student as "ASE Dinner Guest"
Room 1 (John Gibbs, Teacher Monitor & Cathy Warner, Instructor)
Group A - 10:15 AM
Group B - 12:15 PM
- Joel Maldonado-Ruiz, La Salle Catholic College Preparatory
Presentation Title: Vision-Based Violent Scene Detection for Surveillance Cameras
Primary Mentor: Christof Teuscher
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Alan Turing
- Sheyla Hernandez-Villegas, Reynolds High School
Presentation Title: Virtual Model World
Primary Mentor: Christof Teuscher
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Alan Turing
- Eliane Wang, Early College High School
Presentation Title: Food Identification Using Deep Learning
Primary Mentor: Christof Teuscher
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Bill Nye
- Surabhi Sharma, Jesuit High School
Presentation Title: Be Gone Jamiton: An Agent Based Modeling Approach to Model Phantom Traffic Jams
Primary Mentor: Christof Teuscher
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Elon Musk
Room 2 (Stacey Johnson, Teacher Monitor & Emily Whitacre, Communications & Development Coordinator)
Group A - 10:15 AM
- Miriam Micek, Corvallis High School
Presentation Title: On Demand Engineering
Primary Mentor: Bill Learn
Mentor Organization: HP Incorporated
ASE Dinner Guest: Mary Somerville
- Madi Cooper, Corvallis High School
Presentation Title: My Summer as a Product Engineer
Primary Mentor: Rachel White
Mentor Organization: HP Incorporated
ASE Dinner Guest: Eileen Collins
- Arden Lynch, Corvallis High School
Presentation Title: Creating a Human Machine Interface, Control Systems Engineering at HP, Inc.
Primary Mentor: Victor Selvey
Mentor Organization: HP Incorporated
ASE Dinner Guest: Takashi Amano
- Jessica Xiong, Mountainview High School
Presentation Title: Printer Development Process
Primary Mentor: Laurie Ramos
Mentor Organization: HP Incorporated - Vancouver
ASE Dinner Guest: John Nash
- Dayanara Rodriguez, Mountainview High School
Presentation Title: Data Verification and Visualization for Natural Language Processing
Primary Mentor: Paul Nama
Mentor Organization: HP Incorporated - Vancouver
ASE Dinner Guest: Geoffrey Hinton
Group B - 12:15 PM
- Acacia Hwang, Skyview High School
Presentation Title: Designing a Tool for a Consumer Inkject Printer Assembly
Primary Mentor: Tim Luedeman
Mentor Organization: HP Incorporated - Vancouver
ASE Dinner Guest: George Washington Carver
- Celia H'Almeida, Corvallis High School
Presentation Title: Developing a Production Method for Hydrogel Beads Containing Encapsulated Cells for Bioremediation
Primary Mentor: Skip Rochefort
Mentor Organization: Oregon State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Hedy Lamarr
- Emma Holden, Philomath High School
Presentation Title: Hemp-based, Sustainable, Compostable, and Affordable Menstrual Pads for Underserved Communities
Primary Mentor: Skip Rochefort
Mentor Organization: Oregon State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Lise Meitner
- Molly McNulty, Harrisburg High School
Presentation Title: Waste Plastic to Diesel Fuel in a Bench Scale Pyrolysis Reactor: Circularity in Plastics Recycling on the OSU Campus
Primary Mentor: Skip Rochefort
Mentor Organization: Oregon State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Frances Hamilton Arnold
Room 3 (Drew Lanthrum, Teacher Monitor & Eric Polgar, Director of Operations)
Group A - 10:15 AM
- Priya Gadhe, Health & Science School & Lekhana Vaddadi, Westview High School
Presentation Title: Accommodations are not charity: Qualitative Analysis and Community Based Participatory Research to Understand and Measure Successful Skilled Employment for Autistic Adults
Primary Mentor: Dora Raymaker
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Sarah Rav (Priya Gadhe) & Elizabeth Blackwell (Lekhana Vaddadi)
- Jenny Peng, Sunset High School
Presentation Title: Degradation of Forever Chemicals Through Ball Milling with Magnesium
Primary Mentor: Paul Tratnyek
Mentor Organization: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
ASE Dinner Guest: Rosalind Franklin
- Laura Kim, Westview High School & Ananya Lanka, Sunset High School
Presentation Title: Can Image Segmentation Improve Object Detection Accuracy?
Primary Mentor: Wu-chi Feng
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Steve Jobs (Laura Kim) & Rosalind Franklin (Ananya Lanka)
Group B - 12:15 PM
- Kali Whildin, Cleveland High School
Presentation Title: Photo-crosslinking Nerve Contrast Agents
Primary Mentor: Summer Gibbs
Mentor Organization: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
ASE Dinner Guest: Paula Hammond
- Mitali Chaudhari, Sunset High School
Presentation Title: Cut By Colors: The Future of Fluorescence Guided Surgery
Primary Mentor: Summer Gibbs
Mentor Organization: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
ASE Dinner Guest: Elizabeth Blackwell
- Megan Tian, Lakeridge High School & Menaka Wijeratne, Sunset High School
Presentation Title: Machine learning-guided design of novel adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors for human gene therapy
Primary Mentor: Hiroyuki Nakai
Mentor Organization: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
ASE Dinner Guest: Chien-Shiung Wu (Megan Tian) & Leibniz (Menaka Wijeratne)
Room 4 (Linda Wolf, Teacher Monitor & Emily Schneider, Operations Assistant)
Group A - 10:15 AM
- Susan Hong, Mountain View High School
Presentation Title: Effect of inhibitor treatment on CFTR expression in primary endocervical cells
Primary Mentor: Leo Han
Mentor Organization: Oregon National Primate Research Center (OHSU)
ASE Dinner Guest: Eric Lander
- Zinnia Potter, Riverdale High School
Presentation Title: Influence of Maternal Age on Placenta Development - Using a Mouse Model
Primary Mentor: Lisa Vrooman
Mentor Organization: Oregon National Primate Research Center (OHSU)
ASE Dinner Guest: Carl Gauss
- Tanush Sistla, Lincoln High School
Presentation Title: A Glimpse into the Vast World of Pediatric Physical Therapy Research
Primary Mentor: Bethany Sloane
Mentor Organization: Doernbecher Children's Hospital (OHSU)
ASE Dinner Guest: Niels Bohr
- Shrey Goel, Westview High School
Presentation Title: The Behavioral and Cognitive Effects of Paraquat in a Gaucher Gene Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease
Primary Mentor: Jacob Raber
Mentor Organization: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
ASE Dinner Guest: Friedrich Miescher
- Frances Alldrin, Northwest Academy
Presentation Title: Turning Intervention as a Form of Rehabilitation for Preventing Falls in Parkinson's Disease
Primary Mentor: Laurie King
Mentor Organization: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
ASE Dinner Guest: Jane Goodall
Group B - 12:15 PM
- Salem Solomon, Centennial High School
Presentation Title: Evaluating the effects of a novel therapeutic agent on pathology and neuroinflammation in an Alzheimer's mouse model
Primary Mentor: Nora Gray
Mentor Organization: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
ASE Dinner Guest: Jane Cooke Wright
- Jeannie Feng, Jesuit High School & Sophia Lewis, Grant High School
Presentation Title: Restorative Approaches to Parkinson's Disease
Primary Mentor: Charles Meshul
Mentor Organization: VA Portland Health Care System
ASE Dinner Guest: Katherine Johnson (Jeannie Feng) & Jane Goodall (Sophia Lewis)
- Rhea Wagh, Sunset High School
Presentation Title: Alpha-Synuclein and Parkinsonism in a Mouse Model of Neurotrauma
Primary Mentor: Miranda Lim
Mentor Organization: VA Portland Health Care System
ASE Dinner Guest: Rosalind Franklin
- Jordan Ullery, David Douglas High School
Presentation Title: Use of 2 bottle preference to measure avoidance of a selective trace amine associated receptor agonist
Primary Mentor: Tamara Richards & Cheryl Reed
Mentor Organization: VA Portland Health Care System
ASE Dinner Guest: Rosalind Franklin
Room 5 (Lisa Corrigan, Teacher Monitor & Jennifer Gwirtz, Instructor)
Group A - 10:15 AM
- Margaret Grace, South Eugene High School & Elena Wright, Corvallis High School
Presentation Title: The Prevention and Application of Fungal Decay
Primary Mentor: Gerald Presley
Mentor Organization: Oregon State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Louis Pasteur (Margaret Grace) & Rosalind Franklin (Elena Wright)
- Farren Groom, Corvallis High School
Presentation Title: A Return to Symbiosis: the use of artificially applied endophytes to increase yield in hybrid poplar 717
Primary Mentor: Steven Strauss
Mentor Organization: Oregon State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Alexander Von Humboldt
- Josh Fan, Crescent Valley High School
Presentation Title: Testing, Maintenance, and Plugins for an Adaptable Multi-Robot Decision Making Algorithm
Primary Mentor: Geoffrey Hollinger
Mentor Organization: Oregon State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Randall Munroe
- Micah Matthews, Philomath High School
Presentation Title: Using language instructions to guide robots in indoor environments
Primary Mentor: Geoffrey Hollinger
Mentor Organization: Oregon State University
ASE Dinner Guest: John Philip Sousa
Group B - 12:15 PM
Room 6 (Jennifer Henry, Teacher Monitor & Faith Scheenstra, Summer Camp Assistant)
Group A - 10:15 AM
- Alora Gudge, Philomath High School
Presentation Title: Creation of Nonuniform Lighting Effects with Procedural Normal Map in Blender
Primary Mentor: Dr. Eugene Zhang & Dr. Yue Zhang
Mentor Organization: Oregon State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Grace Hopper
- Ellie Ding, Crescent Valley High School
Presentation Title: Application of Texture Synthesis to 3D Animal Models
Primary Mentor: Dr. Eugene Zhang & Dr. Yue Zhang
Mentor Organization: Oregon State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Marie Curie
- Hannah Dempsey, South Albany High School
Presentation Title: Non-Photorealistic Rendering for Emphasizing Important Objects in 3D Visualization
Primary Mentor: Dr. Eugene Zhang & Dr. Yue Zhang
Mentor Organization: Oregon State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Ada Lovelace
- Bryan Chen, Crescent Valley High School
Presentation Title: Ray Tracing on Triangulated Surfaces
Primary Mentor: Dr. Eugene Zhang & Dr. Yue Zhang
Mentor Organization: Oregon State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Albert Einstein
- Kayna Smith, Crescent Valley High School
Presentation Title: Cool Pigments: Climate Change Mitigation Through Cool Pavements
Primary Mentor: Dr. Mas Subramanian
Mentor Organization: Oregon State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Dmitri Mendeleev
Group B - 12:15 PM
Room 7 (Scott Olson, Teacher Monitor & Maddy Lopez, Summer Camp Assistant)
Group A - 10:15 AM
Group B - 12:15 PM
- Surya Panyam, Jesuit High School
Presentation Title: Analyzing the Elements: Relationships Between Fire & Floods and Wind & Pressure
Primary Mentor: Andy Bryant
Mentor Organization: NOAA National Weather Service
ASE Dinner Guest: Galileo Galilei
- Diego Romero, Lincoln High School
Presentation Title: Wind Power on the Go: Designing and Building Portable Wind Turbines
Primary Mentor: Dr. Mahima Gupta
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Nikola Tesla
- Esther Solomon, Centennial High School
Presentation Title: A Pocket of Wind: Methods of Transportable Wind Energy
Primary Mentor: Dr. Mahima Gupta
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Annie Easley
- Rohan Sampangi, Westview High School
Presentation Title: My Experience at Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)
Primary Mentor: Michael Henderson
Mentor Organization: Bonneville Power Administration
ASE Dinner Guest: Albert Einstein
Room 8 (Hazel Valdez, SA Board Member & Maura Hand, ASE Program Manager)
Group A - 10:15 AM
Group B - 12:15 PM
- Tehya Galaviz, McDaniel High School
Presentation Title: Hospice improvement and patient satisfaction
Primary Mentor: Jessica Vizcarra
Mentor Organization: Care Partners
ASE Dinner Guest: Stephen Hawking
- Gauri Arora, Westview High School
Presentation Title: What Does ATP Hygiene Monitoring Tell Us About Dirty and Clean Surfaces in the Postharvest Produce Environment?
Primary Mentor: Dr. Jovana Kovacevic
Mentor Organization: Food Innovation Center
ASE Dinner Guest: Dr. Jennifer Doudna
- Alicia Li, Lake Oswego High School & Cynthia Yang, Catlin Gabel School
Presentation Title: Comparing Global Football Forefoot Stiffness Test Methodologies
Primary Mentor: Jennifer Polivka
Mentor Organization: Nike
ASE Dinner Guest: Steve Jobs (Alicia Li) & Johannes Kepler (Cynthia Yang)
Room 9 (Pratima Rao, SA Board Member & Iris Mairead, Instructor)
Group A - 10:15 AM
- Alice Bokman, Cleveland High School
Presentation Title: Microplastics in Moss
Primary Mentor: Dr. Elise Granek & Geoff Szafranski
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Rosalind Franklin
- Elise Yu, Lincoln High School
Presentation Title: Pretty in Pink: Analyzing Microplastic Contamination in Hawaiian Coastal Ecosystems
Primary Mentor: Dr. Elise Granek & Geoff Szafranski
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Katherine Johnson
- Lucas Haughton, Lincoln High School
Presentation Title: Black & Veatch: Power Delivery Engineering
Primary Mentor: Derrick Draper
Mentor Organization: Black & Veatch Corporation
ASE Dinner Guest: Gordon Moore
- Julia Chen, Early College High School
Presentation Title: Modernizing the Management of Water
Primary Mentor: Bob Thayne
Mentor Organization: Mead & Hunt, Inc.
ASE Dinner Guest: Zhan Chen
- Gordon Liu, Westview High School
Presentation Title: Coding with Vernier in Python
Primary Mentor: Tom Smith & Josh Ence
Mentor Organization: Vernier Software & Technology
ASE Dinner Guest: Willis Carrier
Group B - 12:15 PM
- Amiri Horn, McDaniel High School & Sunil Williams, Grant High School
Presentation Title: Designing An Inverted Pendulum
Primary Mentor: Dr. Alexander Hunt
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Nikola Tesla (Amiri Horn) & Albert Einstein (Sunil Williams)
- Clara Cywinski, Ida B. Wells High School
Presentation Title: Designing and Assembling an Artificial Tendon Attachment Mechanism for the Quadruped Robot
Primary Mentor: Dr. Alexander Hunt
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Rosalind Franklin
- Flora Huang, Westview High School
Presentation Title: Controlling Pneumatic Artificial Muscles in a Biomimetic Robotic Leg Through Adaptive Pulse Width Modulation
Primary Mentor: Dr. Alexander Hunt
Mentor Organization: Portland State University
ASE Dinner Guest: Marie Curie