Two Chatham High School students, Ranvir Iyngar and Kelly Nie, won awards in two different recent New Jersey-based STEM competitions.
Ranvir Iyngar won Second Place in the Biostatistics Category at the Terra North Jersey STEM Fair, which took place March 21-22 at Kean University in Union.
Ranvir explained his project: “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. This is important because MRIs are a much more precise and accurate method of delineation, but it is also much more expensive and time-consuming, having negative effects on patients.”
Ranvir was mentored by Dr. Edward Dee, 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 on Saturday, April 11th at Kean University.
Kelly said, “I created an AI powered system, RallyCoach, that analyzes tennis match footage and generates personalized, data driven feedback to help players improve. I used computer vision and large language models to extract data from the videos, and used that data to give playing recommendations. My mentor's name is Abhinav Agarwal. 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.”
Kelly’s mentor, Abhinav Agarwal, is the Chief Technology officer at Clair, a healthcare technology company.
**by Shannon Falkner