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Lansdale, Pennsylvania—June 5, 2013—The
Engineering Design and Development students
within the
Engineering Academy at North Penn High
School offered an engaging and exciting
presentation about their nanotechnology
research on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at North
Penn High School in Lansdale PA.
Engineering Design and Development, or EDD,
is the capstone course of a national
Pre-engineering program called
Project Lead the Way. In this course,
students work together to
research, design, and construct solutions to
engineering problems.
North Penn’s EDD course has modified this
approach by introducing their students to
pure and applied nanotechnology research
utilizing a polymer nanofiber production
process known as electrospinning as its
primary focus.
The study of nanotechnology is a true
convergence of disciplines; science,
technology, engineering and math (STEM).
This year, there were 28 seniors in two
Engineering Design and Development (EDD)
courses in North Penn High School’s
Engineering Academy.
The students this year have chosen research
topics in the
following areas:
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ABC Industries
Antibacterial nanofabrics
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Alex Schleshinger |
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Chris Day |
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Aero-McNetics
Piezoelectric Magnetic Polymer
Nanofibers
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Anthony Diberardino |
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Jackie Gartner |
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Alex Houpt |
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Matt McDonald |
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Mike Spencer |
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Hear-O inc.
Nano-Scale Sound Detection
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Hydro-Lex
Synthetic Photosynthesis
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Patrick Nicodemus |
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Nishidh Patidar |
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Mher Vartanian |
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Insulex, Inc.
Nanoscale Heatsink / Thermal
Management
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Mohammed Mondal |
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Anna Nguyen |
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Sahad Rafiuzzaman |
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Nanosense, Inc.
Antibaterial Enzyme Research
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Tim Dolan |
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Jackson Moses |
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Nick Ramocsai |
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P-ZO
Tech
Piezoelectric Core-Sheath Fabric
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Patricia Luciany |
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Moonim Mondal |
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Kathryn Murphy |
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Sculmer-Aid
Antibacterial Fabric
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Greg Schirmer |
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Ryan Schulze |
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Solarganics
Organic Solar Cells
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Mahidi Hassan |
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Ryan Schoell |
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patrick Thornton |
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Thermo-Harvest, Inc.
Thermoelectric Harvesting
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Derek Ellstrom |
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Matthew England |
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Brian O'Donnell |
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6/5/2013 |
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Introduction |
Mahidi Hassan |
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Polymer Preparation |
Nishidh Patidar |
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Electrospinning |
Brian O'Donnell, Ryan Schulze |
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Characterization |
Anthony DiBerardino, Michael Spencer |
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5th Period Research Summary |
Matt McDonald |
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8th Period Research Summary |
Zach Gery |
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2013
Invitation
2013 Program
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The Engineering Design and
Development students’ final
presentation was on June 5, 2013 at
the North Penn High School from
7:00pm to 9:00pm.
The first half of their presentation
was in the audion where the students
introduced the audience to concepts
such as nanotechnology, electrospinning and
a summary of the eleven research teams
findings.
Their presentations continued in the
auxiliary gymnasium from 8:00pm to 9:30pm
where they presented from their research
posters and offered demonstrations of their
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| EDD Presentation
Images: 6/5/2013 |
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Image 1: Formal Presentation: Mike Spence and Anthony DiBerardino.
Image 2: Formal Presentation: Zach Gery.
Image 3: Interpreter, Nathanael Davis.
Image 4: Students on stage after presentation.
Image 5: P-Zo Tech: Moonim Mondal, Kate Murphy
Image 6: Mr. Hynes, Solarganics: Mahidi hassan, Patrick Thornton, Ryan
Schoell
Image 7: Mher Vartanian, Jackie Gartner, Patrick Nicodemus, Mr. Boyer
Image 8: Anthony DiBerardino, Tim Dolan, Michael Spencer, Jackson Moses
Image 9: Anna Nguyen, Jackie Gartner
Image 10: 2013 EDD Seniors!
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| EDD Research Team
Summaries |
Image 1: ABC Industries
Image 2: AeroMcNetics
Image 3: Hydro-Lex
Image 4: ThermoHarvest
Image 5: NanoSense
Image 6: Shulmer-Aid
Image 7: P-ZO tech
Image 8: Solarganics
Image 9: Insulex
Image 10: Hear-O, Inc.
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