2 Chatham Students Earn Awards For AI, Medical Research Projects

CHATHAM, NJ - Two Chatham High School students earned second-place awards at separate New Jersey STEM competitions this spring, the School District of the Chathams said Wednesday.

Ranvir Iyngar won second place in the Biostatistics category at the Terra North Jersey STEM Fair, held March 21-22 at Kean University in Union. His project focused on developing statistics-driven algorithms to enhance CT scan imaging to a level of precision comparable to MRI scans in identifying liver tumors.

"My research focused on implementing novel statistics-driven algorithms that would assist in the enhancement of CT scans, making the results comparable to that of an MRI in delineating tumors of the liver," Iyngar said, according to school district news. "MRIs are a much more precise and accurate method of delineation, but also much more expensive and time-consuming, having negative effects on patients."

Iyngar was mentored by Dr. Edward Dee, a resident physician in radiation oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Kelly Nie won second place in the Math and Computer Science category at the NJ Academy of Science meeting, held April 11 at Kean University. Her project, RallyCoach, is an AI-powered system that analyzes tennis match footage and generates personalized, data-driven coaching feedback using computer vision and large language models.

"I created an AI-powered system, RallyCoach, that analyzes tennis match footage and generates personalized, data-driven feedback to help players improve," Nie said, according to district news. "I had a lot of fun building my project and learned more about the capabilities and applications of AI to make an impact on my community."

Nie was mentored by Abhinav Agarwal, chief technology officer at Clair, a healthcare technology company.

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