The Future Is Theirs - Commack HS Award Winning Students Explain Research Projects To Rotarians

Photo by Arthur Olmstead: From left to right: Dr. Philip Facquet III, Rotary Club President; Dr. Barbara Kruger, CHS Science Mentor; Justin Cheung, Joshua Zweig, Anthony Bisulco, science research competition winners; Dr. Fred Kruger, CHS Science Mentor.

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Three award winning students in the Commack High School Science Research Program were invited to the Commack-Kings Park Rotary Club meeting to present and discuss their science research projects to the assembled group. Each student presented his research details and explained how his investigation can/will contribute to the improvement of our everyday life. Each of these young men translated complex scientific details into language that all present could understand.

Justin, Anthony, and Joshua have received recognition locally, regionally, and at the national and international levels.

Justin Cheung’s project, Gold Nanoparticles: Efficient Synthesis of Catalytically Active Nanoparticles using a One-Pot Method, also took fourth place at Intel’s International Science and Engineering Fair(ISEF) in Los Angeles. His project involved synthesizing non-spherical gold nanoparticles for possible use in targeting drug delivery to specific areas in the body.

Anthony Bisulco’s research led to the development of an early warning notification system of incoming solar flares titled:  Development of a Practical Notification System to Identify Solar Disturbances. Anthony earned a trip to the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, National Level, in Washington, DC,  to present his research. Also, he received the American Radio Relay League $2000 Scholarship toward his college education.

Joshua Zweig spent last summer working on his project: Classification of Abnormalities in 3-Dimesional Mammograms via an Artificial Neural Network.  He developed an artificial intelligence diagnostic system that greatly improves the detection rate of breast cancer in 3D mammograms, created on his computers in his bedroom and the high school’s research lab. He took third place at ISEF (Computer Science) and also won two special awards; the Ashtavadhani Vidwan Ambati Subbaraya Chetty Foundation Award for a student who has a project that shows outstanding creativity, ingenuity, and has the potential to alleviate world problems, and the World Economic Forum Future Scientist Award for projects that are directed towards helping humanity. This award is an all-expense paid trip to attend the World Economic Forum in Tien Jin, China in the fall.