3 South Brunswick High Students Present At MIT

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — Three seniors at South Brunswick High School were invited to present their research projects at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT.

The three students are Praveen Parthasarathy, Mihir Laud and Allison Ali; they presented their research this past weekend, Oct. 12 and 13, at the IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The conference is a venue where undergraduate college students and exceptional high school students meet to present, discuss and develop solutions to advance technology for humanity.

The conference theme was “Meet Innovative Technology;" the eight technical focus tracks were: 1. Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence (AI) 2. Security and Communications 3. Human-Computer Interaction and Graphics 4. Robotics and Controls 5. Biological and Biomedical Engineering (BioEECS) and Applied Physics 6. Computer Systems 7. Circuits, Materials and Nanotechnologies 8. Theoretical Computer Science and Mathematics

Mihir Laud’s presentation was titled “Using Facial Analysis to Combat Distracted Driving in Autonomous Vehicles” in the human-computer interaction and graphics track.

Allison Ali’s presentation was titled “Integrating Electronics with Solid Structures Using 3D Circuits” in the Circuits, Materials and Nanotechnologies track.

Praveen Parthasarathy’s presentation was titled “Piezoelectric Characterization of a Zinc Oxide Fibrous Composite for Tissue Engineering Applications” in the BioEECS and Applied Physics track.