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US Science Department Showcases Success at Science Expo

The Upper School’s Science Research Club hosted its Fourth Annual Science Expo in RSPA Panther Hall on Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Aside from projects entitled, “How the Human Body Heals," “Plotting Eclipses” and “Human Muscles," also on display at the Science Expo were several robots built by numerous participants in Ranney’s Robotics program. Members of the Robotics Club, Eric Chiang ’12, Raymond Moser ’15 and Sohum Pandey ’15, recently competed in a Garden State Robotics (GSR) Competition held in Ranney’s very own Dining Hall on February 25, where they earned a "Judges Award" and advanced to the NJ State Championships.
The Upper School’s Science Research Club hosted its Fourth Annual Science Expo in RSPA Panther Hall on Tuesday, February 28, 2012.

Each year, Ranney’s Science Expo provides students grades nine through 12 with opportunities to travel beyond the classroom and investigate topics of interest through in-depth research. Students are then asked to use their imagination to develop a working or simulated model of their findings, and relate the topics they have studied to the real world around them.

Among those 36 physics, biology and chemistry projects on display was one entitled “Stomach Cancer” by Neha Nayyar ’12 and Raaga Agraharam ’12. According to Neha, she chose the topic so as to better understand what her father, a gastroenterologist, deals with each and every day. “I learned treatments for different types of stomach cancers and discovered which ones yield the most promising results,” said Neha.

Meanwhile, the love for sports had by Omar Hozayen ’13 and his partner Paul Sondhi ’13 prompted them to research the role physics plays in both baseball and tennis for their project "Physics in Sports." Using the Conservation of Momentum theory, Omar and Paul soon discovered the speed a bat must be swung to hit a homerun at the infamous Fenway Park and how hard a racquet must be used to complete a serve in tennis.

Aside from other projects entitled, “How the Human Body Heals” by Andrew Aboujaoude ’14 and Marc Owitz ’14, “Plotting Eclipses” by Elinor Haney ’14 and “Human Muscles” by Alexander Rafiqi ’13, also on display at the Science Expo were several robots built by numerous participants in Ranney’s Robotics program — a member of the annual VEX Robotics Competition. Each VEX Robotics Competition includes teams comprised of three members each, who work together on a variety of challenges and obstacles that require them to develop new problem-solving skills both individually and collectively as they think, create and build a robot that will compete in one of many tournaments throughout the year.

Using these same robots being presented at the Science Expo on Tuesday, members Eric Chiang ’12, Raymond Moser ’15 and Sohum Pandey ’15 recently competed in a Garden State Robotics (GSR) Competition held in Ranney’s very own Dining Hall on February 25, 2012 as well. The Dining Hall became a technological hotspot complete with robots, laptops and digital video equipment as Ranney made room for two competitive arenas, an additional practice arena and more than 100 students and spectators on Saturday.

Among those 12 other schools in attendance at the event were Cherry Hill High School East, West Morris Mendham High School and the Passaic County Technical Institute. Combined, each school made up a total 24 teams, amongst which the Ranney Shorebots placed seventh overall. After undergoing interviews with three GSR judges, the Shorebots team also earned a “Judges Award” in recognition of its final robot design and program.

Ranney’s Robotics team will travel to East Brunswick High School for the VEX Robotics NJ State Championships — a qualifier for the Nationals — on Saturday, March 3, 2012. Currently, there are more than 4,000 teams from 20 countries that participate in over 250 VEX Robotics Competition events worldwide.
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