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Association of Old Crows (AOC) Garden State Chapter Supports The 2nd Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium of New Jersey

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ASSOCIATION OF OLD CROWS (A0C) GARDEN STATE CHAPTER SUPPORTS THE 2nd JERSEY SHORE JUNIOR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM OF NJ’S MOST GIFTED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO COMPETE AT DOD JUNIOR HUMANITIES & SCIENCE REGIONAL COMPETITION

Association of Old-Crow Garden State Chapter (AOC-GCS) participated in the 1st Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium (JSJSS) on March 23, 2018 at Ocean County College and April 20, 2018 at Ramada Suites, Toms River, NJ. Ocean County College proudly selected to participate in this Symposium, you represent New Jersey’s finest. Student’s interest in and understanding of the sciences, engineering, and mathematics are outstanding, as were exhibited in their

research projects selected for Paper, Banquet Poster, and General Poster presentations. The wide-ranging and comprehensive subjects highlighted at this two-day Symposium were impressive; more importantly, they represent the commitment student’s made, the knowledge they gained as a result of their hard work, and their success as they become our future doctors, scientists, engineers, and professionals.

The Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium is one of 48

regional symposia held nationwide and coordinated by the Junior Science

& Humanities Symposia (JSHS) division of the Academy of Applied

Science, NH. JSJSS is funded by Ocean County College, the United

States Departments of the Army, Navy and Air Force. The JSJSS

recognizes students for their original research achievements in STEM.

From 10 NJ High Schools, 76 students submitted their research papers for

participation in the JSJSS competition. After an extensive review process,

10 finalists were chosen to present their papers at the JSJSS to an

audience topping 150 including students, teachers and individuals

involved in various STEM disciplines. A group of 17 judges selected the

top five presenters who were awarded an expense-paid trip to the 56th

National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) in Hunt

Valley, MD, May 2-5, 2018. The JSJSS audience topping 150

academically talented and scientifically inclined high school students and

dedicated high school science teachers representing schools from New

Jersey. The JSHS awards over $340,000 in scholarships and cash

awards to regional and national winners each year making the program an

attractive opportunity for motivated students who want to pursue higher

education in the areas of science, engineering, and mathematics,

www.jshs.org.

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Continued from page 1 The Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium is one of 48 regional symposia held nationwide and coordinated by the Junior Science & Humanities Symposia (JSHS) division of the Academy of Applied Science, NH. JSJSS is funded by Ocean County College, the United States Departments of the Army, Navy and Air Force. The JSJSS recognizes students for their original research achievements in STEM. From 10 NJ High Schools, 76 students submitted their research papers for participation in the JSJSS competition. After an extensive review process, 10 finalists were chosen to present their papers at the JSJSS to an audience topping 150 including students, teachers and individuals involved in various STEM disciplines. A group of 17 judges selected the top five presenters who were awarded an expense-paid trip to the 56th National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) in Hunt Valley, MD, May 2-5, 2018. The JSJSS audience topping 150 academically talented and scientifically inclined high school students and dedicated high school science teachers representing schools from New Jersey. The JSHS awards over $340,000 in scholarships and cash awards to regional and national winners each year making the program an attractive opportunity for motivated students who want to pursue higher education in the areas of science, engineering, and mathematics, www.jshs.org. The two-day symposium included presentations of 10 student research papers, 6 banquet poster, and over 40 General Poster Session presentations. The Jersey Shore Junior Science Symposium is co-sponsored by Ocean County College, Naval Weapons Station Earle, NAVAIR, and Picatinny Arsenal. JSJSS would also like to thank support from U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Command (CERDEC), professional organizations and industry partners for their wonderful support to include Association of Old Crows (AOC) Garden State Chapter; NJ Sea Grant Consortium (NJSGA), National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Army Picatinny Chapter; NDIA Central Jersey Chapter; New Jersey Post Society of American Military Engineers (SAME); Jersey Shore Chapter of the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA); and Naval Civilian Managers Association (NCMA) Lakehurst Chapter NCMA); Harris Corporation, Clifton, NJ; and Aspen Consulting Group, Manasquan, NJ. The Association of Old Crows-Garden State Chapter members proudly served many JSJSS activities and provides Student Awards and a free 1-yr GSC membership to each of the sixteen Student Paper ($140) and Poster Presenters ($100). JSJSS Executive Board members include AOC-GSC members Gayle Grant of CERDEC Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate, JB-MDL, Lakehurst, NJ and Nicole Zaretski of Harris, Clifton, NJ. Gayle Grant leads the CERDEC and professional community volunteers, Technical Papers, Student Mentor, Symposium Judge, Poster Session, and General Poster Session. Nicole additionally provided teacher/student, and General Poster Session support during the 2-day event. Also special thanks to the additional AOC-GSC members volunteers who participated as papers reviewers and judges. AOC members John Albanese, Brian Charnick, Sorin Davidovici, Tom Hoose, Tom Kesolits, Tom Newsome, and Joe Zaroff each reviewed and scored paper submissions. AOC GSC members Gayle Grant, Tom Kesolits, and Joe Zaroff participated as a Student Mentor, Symposium Technical Paper judge and General Poster Session judge. A special thanks to you all for your personal support.

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The 2018 JSJSS Paper winners are 1st Place – Tiffany Fang of High Technology High School,

Lincroft, NJ, “The Studies of Human and Road Characteristics on Road Safety Evaluation, 2nd Place -

Eric Zheng of High Technology High School, Lincroft, NJ, “An underactuated PASA finger capable of

perfectly linear motion with compensatory displacement”, 3rd Place – Anjali Chakradhar of High

Technology High School, Lincroft, NJ, “Synthesis and Evaluation of Boron-based Natural Product

Derivatives as Anti-Cancer Agents”, and Honorable Mentions to Isabella Impalli of Bergen County

Academies, Hackensack, NJ, “Applications and Mechanism of RNAIII-Inhibiting Peptide on

Staphylococci” and Lucas Goldman of Tenafly High School, Tenafly, NJ, “Targeting the Adenosine

A2A Receptor to Mediate Inflammation in Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis”. Additional JSJSS 2018

Paper presenters were Julienne Chaqour, of High Technology High School, Lincroft, NJ, “Abscisic

acid: An Antiangiogenic Phytohormone that Modulates the Phenotypical Plasticity of Endothelial Cells

and Macrophages”, Katherine Dai of Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ, “A Targetted

Pharmalogical Approach for Treating Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by suppressing tumor Growth with

3-Bromopyruvate (3-BP)”, Ahri Han of Tenafly High School, Tenafly, NJ, “Adsorption Capacity of

Magnetite Nanoparticles for the Removal of Copper Ions from an Aqueous System”, Sadie Wolfarth of

the Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science, Stafford Township, NJ, “Biological

Impact of Sunscreen Active Ingredients on Gammarus Species”, Daphne Yang of High Technology

High School, Lincroft, NJ, “The Effects of Playing a Musical Instrument on Multitasking Ability”.

The 2018 JSJSS Banquet Poster winners are 1st Place – Emily Mayo of Bergen County Academies,

Hackensack, NJ, “Constricting Diabetes: How harnessing the extreme physiology of the Burmese

python could lead to novel alternative diabetes treatments”; 2nd Place – Clairisse Whang of Bergen

County Academies, Hackensack, NJ, “Hidden in plain sight: Lipid droplets, a new culprit in Alzheimer’s

pathology”; and 3rd Place - Sharmi Shah of Colonia High School, Colonia, NJ, “Analysis of

Transmitted and Reflected Laser Signal Disruption via Transparent Irregular Surfaces”.

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Left to right: 1st row JSJSS Paper Winners: Tiffany Fang, Isabella Impalli; Anjali Chakradhar,

Lucas Goldman, Eric Zheng; 2nd row JSJSS Executive Committee: Doug Wong, Gaetan

Mangano, Gayle Grant, Paul Silberquit, John Rosendale, Mike Danko, Pam Dixon-Kuhn

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Honorable Mentions were awarded to Eric Chai of High Technology High School, Lincroft, NJ,

“Developing a Novel Method of Measuring Analog Signals Without Analog Circuits”; Yuri Han of

Tenafly High School, Tenafly, NJ “Ocean Wave Modeling and Wave Power Calculation Using

Wave Height and Period Data from the National Data Buoy Center Database”; and Adithya

Paramasivam of High Technology High School, Lincroft, NJ, “Investigating a Novel

Immunotherapeutic Approach to diffuse large B-cell Lymphoma through ANN-based Neoantigen

Prediction in MHC I Receptor Immune Escape”.

Additional awards were presented for Student Choice – Matt Dreyer for his paper titled

“Evolution of Phasic Cycles in Army Ants”; Physical Sciences 1st Place - Esha Shah of Colonia

HS; Mathematics & Computer Science 1st Place - Michael Grantham of Marine Academy of

Technology and Environmental Sciences; Environmental Science 1st Place - Lily Brouder of

Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Sciences, 2nd Place - Stephanie Shue of

Bergan County Academies, 3rd Place - Rory Hogan of Toms River HS South, and Honorable

Mentions to Alexis Meier of Toms River HS South and Denia Diaz of Union City HS; Engineering

& Technology 1st Place - Sathya Edamadaka of High Technology HS , 2nd Place - Ankit Yande

of Colonia HS, 3rd Place - Jai Yoon Chung of Tenafly HS; and in Medicine & Health, Biomedical

Sciences 1st Place – Maximilan Eimbinder of Tenafly HS; 2nd Place - Daphne Zhou of Tenafly

HS, 3rd Place – Zemei Zhou of Tenafly HS. The Most Outstanding Field Work Award was

awarded to Jordyn Pagnozzi of Colonia HS; The Best use of Photography Award - Rachael

Staino of Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Sciences; The Most Artistic Award

- Janelle Jean-Louis of Toms River HS South; and The Best Home Based Scientist Award -

Sean Huston of Toms River HS South.

The JSHS is a highly accomplished Department of Defense National program that sets a

standard for academic excellence. It connects researchers and educators located in university

settings, government laboratories and private research centers with talented and motivated high

school students and their teachers. Every year, more than 10,000 students participate in the

forth-eight Regional Symposiums held on university campuses across the country including

Alaska, and the Department of Defense, schools in Europe and the Pacific. Participating in the

Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) program offers students and their teachers

many benefits.

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Left to right: sitting: Yuri Han, Adithya Paramasivam, Eric Chai, Sharmi Shah, Clairisse Whang,

Emily Mayo; standing: Gayle Grant, Paul Silberquit, Roy Smith, Dennis Blazak, COL (R) Sam

Fuoco, Gaetan Mangano

ArmyinSpace–TheEarlyYears-Part1

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Operation Paperclip Toward the end of WWII in Europe, Werner Von Braun and his staff

surrendered to the Americans at Peenemunde and were taken to Fort

Bliss, TX and ul�mately Redstone Arsenal, AL to con�nue research on

rockets based on the V-2 model. Many successful and unsuccessful

launches took place there. But these were sub-orbital flights rather

than “space” efforts. True space programs originated in the Army with

the Signal Corps projects at Fort Monmouth and Camp Evans.

Project Diana

The Signal Corps opened up the space age electronically by

bouncing radio signals off the moon from its Diana radar at the

Evans Signal Laboratory in Wall Township, N.J., on Jan. 10, 1946.

The project was the first demonstra�on that ar�ficially-created

signals could penetrate the ionosphere, opening the possibility

of radio communica�ons beyond the Earth for space probes and

human explorers.

A large transmi�er, receiver, and antenna array were construct-

ed at the lab for the project. The transmi�er, a highly modified

World War II SCR-271 radar set, provided 3,000 wa�s at 111.5 MHz in quarter-second pulses, while the

"bedspring" dipole array antenna provided 24 dB of gain. Reflected signals were received about 2.5

seconds later, with the receiver compensa�ng for Doppler modula�on of the reflected signal.

The ability to bounce radio waves off a si�ng target like the moon, or later, an ar�ficial satellite–would

make it possible to maintain wireless communica�ons even during solar flares or geomagne�c storms.

There was also interest in using such a system to track radio signals from the Soviet Union and Eastern

Europe early in the Cold War, when diploma�c rela�ons with the US were becoming rather testy. Pow-

erful radar receivers had already been picking up stray radio signals from Europe and Japan during World

War II–a phenomenon referred to as “anomalous propaga�on.”

Plans were made for a system designed to intercept Soviet radar signals by detec�ng the transmissions

that bounced off the Moon. This program, codenamed "Joe," began making regular observa�ons in

August 1949. Within a year, "Joe" was made an official Navy intelligence program, the Passive Moon

Relay (PAMOR).

Sputnik Tracking

History changed on October 4, 1957, when the former Soviet

Union successfully launched Sputnik I. Besides the bruising to

na�onal pres�ge it started the “Space Race”. A part of the

race was a push to ‘catch-up’ and exceed the Soviets in the

fields of space science and science educa�on.

To the U.S. Army Signal Corps scien�sts at Camp Evans in

Wall Township and Deal Test site in Ocean Township, the

launch was a very personal life changing event. For weeks

they labored marathon hours tracking this ‘invader’ from the Soviet Union in TOP-SECRET. Using the

tracking equipment at Diana Site on Marconi Road and antennas at Deal they characterized the Sputnik.

Harold Jaffe and his team, including First Lieutenant Herb Hovey, operated special equipment from the

Countermeasures Division (later the Electronic Warfare Laboratory) and became one of the first teams

to track and verify that Sputnik was indeed successfully launched. They accomplished this by receiving

the satellite’s 40-Mhz beacon, and reported the results to the Pentagon.

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Von Braun and Team at

Peenemunde

Diana Test Site with modified SCR-271 Antenna

Sputnik 1 Satellite

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