Brookdale STEM Internships by New Jersey Space Grant Consortium
A NASA-Sponsored Program
Previous Cohorts and Projects
Cohort 11 (2024-2025)
Sitting down from left to right:
Arthur Fumarola, Steven DelCuore, Rhiannon Ryan, Leana Vitale. On Zoom is Ava Marszalek.
Cohort 11 (2024-2025)
Arthur Fumarola
Major: Computer Science
Mentor: Kevin Squires and John Magliacane
The Effects of the Solar Eclipse on Radio Waves
Presentations and Reports
Ava Marszalek
Major: Physics
Mentor: Thomas Riley
Evaluating Consumer Water Filter Performance for Ion Removal and Ion Exchange Resin Recharge Potential
Presentations and Reports
Leana Vitale
Major: Chemistry
Mentor: Tanner Obrzut
Photoinitiator Polymer Systems: Multisurface Variance and Spectral Analysis
Presentations and Reports
Rhiannon E. Ryan
Major: Biology
Mentor: Gitanjali Kundu and Tanner Obrzut
Mycoremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons Using Oyster Mushrooms
Presentations and Reports
Steven D. DelCuore
Major: Engineering
Mentor: Michelle Paci
Photovoltaic Arrays with Optimization to Martian Environments
Presentations and Reports
Cohort 10 (2023-2024)
Jonathan Davis
Major: Computer Science
Mentor: Dr. Christopher Ochs
Modeling Rocket Launch Physics with Programming
Presentations and Reports
Ashley Carrasco
Major: Computer Science
Mentor: Kevin Squires and Dr. Christopher Ochs
Calculating the Solar Radiation Intensity from a Sun to Planets
Presentations and Reports
Jessica Polyanskiy
Major: Civil Industrial Engineering
Adviser: Professor Ana Teodorescu and Professor Thomas Riley
SpaceGuard Blanket Initiative
Presentations and Reports
Cohort 9 (2022-2023)

Abbey Isaac
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Siobain Duffy
Re-emergence of Specialized Φ6 Bacteriophages
Presentations and Reports

Anthony Nesbitt
Major: Physics
Mentor: Dr. Raul Armendariz
Designing a Low-Energy, Narrow-FoV, Gamma Ray Observatory
Presentations and Reports

Eddy Perez Carrillo
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Kevin Squire & Dr. Christopher Ochs
Designing and Implementing a Self-Driving Car
Presentations and Reports

Nicole Cassandra Tagle
Major: Chemistry
Mentor: Lori Uffer & Tom Riley
A Spectroscopic Analysis of a Multiglaze Blend
Presentations and Reports
Cohort 8 (2021-2022)

Jack Arteaga
Major: Computer Science
Helping the Visually Impaired with Object Detection
Presentations and Reports
Poster Presentation
Project Report
PowerPoint Slides
Christine Mayo
Major: Mathematics
The Physics of Flight
Presentations and Reports
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