Schedule
New England Northern Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
University of Maine – Orono
Wells Conference Center
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Parking permits are required on the day of the event. Display the printed permit that we sent you on your dashboard. You will be responsible for parking violations.
All activities for the day will be held at the Wells Conference Center, 2nd Floor
Registration and poster setup
10:30-11:30 a.m.
Please pick up your JSHS symposium packet at the registration table at the Wells Conference Center (2nd floor) and set your posters up. Poster boards and easels, including tacks, tape and clips, will be available for poster presenters to set up prior to the start of the symposium. * Please use the assigned poster number *
Please break down your easel and poster board after judging and plase the easels and poster boards on the carts provided.
Lunch
11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Lunch provided
Welcome and Introductions
12-12:10 p.m.
Shaleen Jain and Cary James, New England Northern Regional Directors
Dr. Giovanna Guidoboni, Dean, Maine College of Engineering and Computing (Invited)
Oral Presentations and Judging
12:15-4:50 p.m.
Oral presentation 1
12:15-12:35 p.m.
Improving the efficiency of nitrate removal in biosand filters using N. oculata | Sofie Rueter (ME)
Oral presentation 2
12:35-12:55 p.m.
The effect of storytelling on substance-use disorder recovery housing support | Roz O’Reilly (ME)
Oral presentation 3
12:55-1:15 p.m.
Modulation of TLR2-mediated innate immunity mitigates neurodegeneration of Alzheimer’s disease | Ethan Liu (NH)
Short Break
1:15-1:25 p.m.
Oral presentation 4
1:25-1:45 p.m.
Scoring radiography collimation: Quantifying background impact using neural networks | Viktor Osadsky (NH)
Oral presentation 5
1:45-2:05 p.m.
Historical traumas in displaced Palestinians outside of Israel: A generational comparative investigation | Saladin Wise (ME)
Oral presentation 6
2:05-2:25 p.m.
Low levels of bioaccumulated mercury in lobster (Homarus americanus) from Gulf of Maine are elevated during the early fishing seasons | Dan Stoicov (ME)
Oral presentation 7
2:25-2:40 p.m.
LLMs on Edge: Novel post-training quantization for education applications | Eric Buehler (NH)
Short Break
2:40-2:55 p.m.
Poster presentations and poster judging
2:55-4:45 p.m.
All students should be at their posters for judging. Please break down your easel and poster board after judging and place the easels and poster boards on the carts provided
Dinner & Announcements of Awards
5-6 p.m.
All teachers, students, judges and invited guests. Award winners will be called to the front for presentation of certificates. After all presentations are made, award winners and their teachers are requested to remain for pictures.
Oral Presentation Awards* are:
1st Place: $2,000 Scholarship
2nd Place $1,500 Scholarship
3rd Place $1,000 Scholarship
Additional Awards+ for 4th and 5th Place Oral Presenters and 1st and 2nd Place Poster Presenters $100 each.
*Sponsors: Office of the Secretary of Defense and the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, and the U.S. Air Force and Space Force
+Sponsor: Maine College of Engineering and Computing, University of Maine