Here are the students from this year, project titles, and a link to their portfolios
Latifa | Empowering Bahraini women to stay in the workforce after they graduate high school | https://bahrainiwomenpower.home.blog/ |
Alicia | Improving wellbeing of children at youth detention centers and preventing other youths from succumbing to criminal behavior | https://aliciasignature.home.blog/ |
Georgia | Stem cell research for helping people with spinal cord injuries, and developing my understanding of being a neuroscientist in the research field | https://georgianeuroscience.wordpress.com/ |
Sophia | Interviewing students, faculty, and alumni about their experience at Emma, their backgrounds, interests, etc. Humans of EWS. (Partners with Julia) | https://humansofemmawillard.school.blog/ |
Carolina | Changing the Emma Willard School daily schedule for the efficiency of its students’ brains | https://schedulechange.wordpress.com/ |
Jess | Studying the effects of microplastics on the Lake George ecosystem. STEAM Research at RPI. | https://jess-signature.weebly.com/ |
Khadija | Beyond Words: An illustrated collection of personal essays | http://khadija.home.blog/ |
Brighton | Discovering Yourself Through Sports at Emma and Beyond | http://brightonewssignature.weebly.com/ |
Nicole | Using the CRISPR Gene Editing Tool to Knockout the Cox-2 Gene and Observe the Effect on Levels of the Integrin α3β1 Associated with Breast Cancer Progression. STEAM Research at Albany Medical College. | https://negsignature.weebly.com/ |
Rachel | Yummity Yum Yum: Reviewing Restaurant Delivery for Emma | https://yummityyumyum.weebly.com/ |
Isaac | Researcing disease ecology and anthrax in Namibia’s Etosha National Park. STEAM Research at University at Albany. | https://goo.gl/Kw7HhT |
Angel | Investigating correlations among diseases and creating a network system of traditional Chinese medicine. STEAM Research at RPI. | https://networkanalysisonetcm.home.blog/ |
Palak | The science behind natural cosmetics: Analyze their effectiveness using literature research, surveys, interviews with professionals, and running a product review | https://palakjsignature.weebly.com/ |
Varsha | Learning about the marketing and management of my Bollywood dance company | https://varshasignature.weebly.com/ |
Amy | Designing music activities and teaching music classes to children, ages 5-7 at the RISSE center in Albany, NY | https://rissemusic.weebly.com/ |
Judy | Making politics and current events more accessible and more relevant for the Emma Willard community, including teenagers, both domestic and international | https://judysignature.weebly.com/ |
Jannah | Testing out different materials and solutions, and the efficiency and power produced by a galvanic cell | https://galvaniccell.wordpress.com/ |
Do Youn | Creating a personal water filtration prototype, and a concept device | http://signaturepurify.weebly.com/ |
Grace | Creating a documentary about the adaptive rowing community | http://rowingtogether.weebly.com/ |
Sadye | Exploring Diversity: Diversity Within the Emma Willard Community | http://sadyesignature.weebly.com/ |
Nichapa | State of mind and illness. Exploring the relationship between how the state of mind impacts illness. | http://bambamsignature.weebly.com/ |
Jennifer | Into China’s Frontiers: An Art Exhibit on Three Ethnic Minority Groups in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia | http://jli-signature.weebly.com/ |
Songman (Felicity) | Growing crystals of CsBiNb2O7 and studying their ferroelectric properties. STEAM Research at RPI. | https://felicitysteam.wordpress.com/ |
Esther | Programming a liquid-handling robot to decrease pipetting time. STEAM Research at RPI. | https://esthersteamproject.home.blog/ |
Jolin | Impact of air pollution on people’s mental health | http://jolinsignature.weebly.com/ |
Ema | Designing and creating a magazine featuring restaurants in Downtown Troy | http://emable.weebly.com/ |
Anne | Information Accessibility: Website accessibility optimization and research on assistive technologies | https://accessibilityandann.wordpress.com/ |
Do Hyun | Survive and Thrive: Comparitive study of children from developed and developing countires | http://sigdohyun1.weebly.com/ |
Phebe | Exploring the lives of disadvantaged people through the transformative and versatile means of storytelling, inspired by The Moth | https://storiesforchangenys.weebly.com/ |
Olivia | A project on why there is no biomedical device to replace livers that can go into humans | http://artificiallivertransplants.weebly.com/ |
Stella | Art lessons at RISSE and an exhibition of children’s work in a Troy gallery | http://paintinginspiration.weebly.com/ |
Andrea | Studying the composition of metals by varying the temperature, pressure, and electrical charge of the environment the metals are formed in. STEAM Research at RPI. | https://rpisteam201819.home.blog/ |
Julia | Interviewing students, faculty, and alumni about their experience at Emma, their backgrounds, interests, etc. Humans of EWS. (Partners with Sophia) | https://humansofemmawillard.school.blog/ |
Hannah | A project to supply menstrual cups to the high school girls who are a part of the Kakamega Care Centre program, and teach a feminine hygiene class, including a section about how to properly use the menstrual cups | http://changing-the-cycle.weebly.com/ |
Kiran | Increasing depression awareness on campus by providing resources to both students and faculty, by utilizing a blog and student groups on campus | http://kiransignature19.wordpress.com/ |
Yoosong | Studying how defects in different stages of the development of stem cells in the vomeronasal organ affect the maturation and the function of the reproductive system. STEAM Research at University at Albany. | http://yoosongsignature.home.blog/ |
Alexandra | Writing a book about the historical architecture of Emma Willard School | http://architecturesignature.weebly.com/ |
Audrey | Planning and building a hydroponic system at Emma Willard to grow leafy greens, to distribute to our school and Troy communities | http://audrey-signature.weebly.com/ |
Olivia | A study of fashion history and its reflection in film and theatre | https://ojwksignature.wordpress.com/ |
Ruoshan (Bianca) | Developing a music social media network system, and exploring the world of entrepreneurship | http://paradise2018.weebly.com/ |
Sarah | Investigating how therapy dogs help people mentally, including stress and sociability | http://sarahsignature.strikingly.com/ |
Stephanie | Apples and Pesticides: To find the most effective way(s) to remove pesticides from apple at the NY State Food Lab. | https://stephaniehjzhang.wordpress.com/ |