Team Members:
Apexa M.
Archanna R.
Bhasha M.

School:
Bergen County Academies
Academy for Medical Science Technology

State:
New Jersey

Grade: 10

Teacher Advisor:
Mrs. Evelyn Rios

Mentors:
Dr. Bjourn Bauer
Ms. Kitu Kumar

About the Team:

Apexa M. was born in Garfield, NJ on August 10. She moved to Elmwood Park, NJ from Garfield when she was 5 years old. Apexa currently attends Bergen County Academies, in which she is in the Academy for Medical Science Technology. She is learning about art and has been taking drawing classes since the beginning of the year. Apexa has an uncanny love for reading and tennis. Her goal is to become a doctor or surgeon in the neurology field. She always strives to broaden her horizons and learn about the different aspect of science. Apexa was in charge of the construction of the website and product design. Apexa was also involved with editing grammar and constructing graphics.

Archanna R. was born in Hackensack, NJ on September 13. She moved to Mahwah, NJ from Hackensack when she was about 2 or 3 years old. She currently attends the Bergen County Academies, in which she is in the Academy for Medical Science Technology. Archanna enjoys playing basketball and the flute, which she has been learning since the fourth grade. Archanna, just like Bhasha, has been learning Indian Classical dance, however, she has been learning since she was seven years, and she has been learning a different form of Indian Classical Dance called Bharatnatyam. She envisions herself becoming a pediatrician after attending and graduating medical school. As always, she is willing to learn about anything that is put in front of her. Archanna was in charge of writing and editing the components, mentor interactions, and the design of the product. Archanna was also involved with editing grammar and constructing graphics.

Bhasha M. was born in Bronx, NY on September 21. She moved to Leonia, NJ from the Bronx on July 1, 2000. Bhasha currently attends the Bergen County Academies, in which she is in the Academy for Medical Science Technology. She has been learning Kathak, an Indian Classical Dance form, since she was three years old. She also enjoys swimming and reading. Her dream is to attend medical school and become a pediatrician. She is always interested in learning more. Bhasha was in charge of mentor interactions in her team, as well as writing, editing, and formatting the various components, editing grammar, the design of the product, and constructing graphics.


Bhasha, Archanna, and Apexa have been great friends, since meeting in ninth grade, and hope to continue being friends for years to come! We hope to win ISTF 2008-2009!



About the Technical Advisor:

Mrs. Evelyn Rios:

Mrs. Rios has been in the technology department at Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, NJ since it opened. She is currently a technology teacher.

About the Mentors:

Dr. Bjourn Bauer:

Bjoern Bauer, Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Dr. Bauer is Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota. He received his B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Heidelberg, Germany in 1996 and his pharmacy license after a one-year residency in 1997. In 2002, he received his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences/Pharmacology from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. From 2002 to 2007, Dr. Bauer completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in pharmacology/physiology at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health in Research Triangle Park, NC. He joined the College of Pharmacy at the University of Minnesota in 2007, where he is an active member of a recently-launched "Brain Barriers Research Center". Dr. Bauer's research is focused on the regulation of drug efflux transporters at the blood-brain barrier to improve treatment of brain disorders, including drug-resistant epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, and brain tumors.

Website: www.pharmacy.umn.edu/faculty/bauer_bjoern/home.html

Ms. Kitu Kumar:

Graduate Student, Stevens Institute of Technology

Kitu Kumar is a Ph.D. student in the Mechanical Engineering department at Stevens Institute of Technology. Her research area is in the design, fabrication and characterization of nanoscale sensors and actuators with applications in nanoelectronics, micro- and nano-manipulation ,and biomedical systems. She wishes she could have learned about nanotechnology in high school!

We would like to thank:

Mrs. Rios for being our technical advisor

Mr. Bruce Furino and Staff

The Board of Education for Bergen County Techical Schools

Dr. Bauer for helping us with our components

Ms. Kumar for helping us with our components

Mr. Guthrie for helping us with our website

A Special Thanks to the Judges