Summer 2021 MAGIC

Mentee Presentation

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Final Presentation: Monday, August 30th at 4pm Pacific

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Agenda

• Sahana Iyer (7th grade)
• The Emotions Behind the Female Reproductive System
• Anya Singh (11th grade)
• Mobile App for Konnekt Global
• Luanna Quinalha (11th grade)
• Warping Spacetime: When Theoretical Physics Meets Science Fiction

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• Naomie Metelus (11th grade)
• Metly Real Estate (Website)
• Ava Ferrentino (12th grade)
• Password Generator
• Nahla Wright (12th grade)
• Women of Computer Science

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Sahana Iyer

7th, Coppell Middle School North, Coppell, TX

Link to Mentor Intro

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Dr. Bishakha Mona

• Science Philanthropy Alliance
• Neuroscientist by training
• Originally from India
• Hobbies are Reading, yoga

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The Emotions Behind the Female Reproductive System

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• I’ve always been interested in medical related topics and this one interests me.
• Topic idea: How do the hormone levels differ from each other during ovulation, menstruation, and egg fertilization
• Reading assignments (endocrinology, reproductive system), science research paper and conducting a survey

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The Emotions Behind the Female Reproductive System

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• I have learned how to put together a survey, and about different reproductive hormones including the other estrogen hormones
• Survey Link

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• I have conducted a survey and analyzed the data.

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Hormonal changes in female reproductive cycle

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Brain

Hormonal changes in female reproductive cycle

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Pre-Menstrual-Syndrome

Hormonal changes in female reproductive cycle

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Childbirth

Snapshot of Survey

How many days before your period do you experience PMS?

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On a scale of 1-5, 5 being the worst, how angry, sad, or irritated, do you feel during PMS (Pre-Menstrual-Syndrome)?

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Do you feel cramps and body pain? If so, on a scale of 1-5, 5 being the worst, how intense do they get?

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On a scale of 1-5, 5 being the worst, how bad are your cramps, body ache, and bloating while menstruating?

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If you’ve been pregnant, in which trimester did you feel these emotions? (Opt.)

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On a scale of 1-5, 5 being the worst, how painful was your body ache if you had it?

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If you have given birth, how intense were these emotions 5 being the most intense?

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On a scale of 1-5, 5 being the worst, how painful were your contractions during childbirth?

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AGE GROUP: 11-18

AGE GROUP: 19-40

AGE GROUP: 41-65

Pre-Menstrual Syndrome

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AGE GROUP: 11-18

AGE GROUP: 19-40

AGE GROUP: 41-65

Menstruation

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AGE GROUP: 19-40

AGE GROUP: 41-65

Pregnancy

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AGE GROUP: 19-40

AGE GROUP: 41-65

Childbirth

My MAGICal Experience

Highlights

• Reading about the hormones behind the female reproductive system.
• Sending out the survey and reading the responses. (Thank you for taking the survey.)

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Lessons learnt

• How to make graphs using Google Sheets.
• How to design a survey.

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Challenges

• Reading the science paper.
• Analyzing the data and turning it into graphs.�

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Thank you!

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Questions?

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Anya Singh

11th grade, Montclair Kimberley Academy, Montclair, NJ, USA

Link to Mentor Intro

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My Mentor - Komal Gyanani

• A few bullet points about your mentor
• Company: Microsoft, Redmond WA
• Role: Software Engineer
• Origin: India
• Hobbies: Reading, cooking

• Mentor photo, preferably with mentee, goes here

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Konnekt Global - The Mobile Experience

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What I learned

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XCode

Swift

GitHub

My MAGICal Experience

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Collaboration

Real World Problem Solving

Challenges + Lessons Learnt

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Code for Main Page and Navigation Page

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Storyboard for

Main Page and Navigation Page

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Future Goals

• Continue and Complete
• Incorporate on-site sign up and donation links
• Continue learning Swift

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Thank you!

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Questions?

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Luanna Quinalha

11th grade, Colégio Marista Anjo da Guarda, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Link to Mentor Intro

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My Mentor

• Lives in Springfield, Virginia
• Two sons: Patrick, 8, and Casey, 4
• Loves pets! Two rescue dogs (Wolfie and Nilla) and quarantine cat (Simon)

• Engineering Duty Officer in the Navy
• Majored in Ocean Engineering, minored in German and went to graduate school to study physics in Germany
• Likes running, yoga, and travelling!

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My Project

• Warping Spacetime: When Theoretical Physics Meets Science Fiction
• Literature review on warp drives
• Purposes: evaluate plausibility of warp drives;
• Understand importance of warp drive research
• Why this project
• Sci-fi related topic
• Background in General Relativity (GR)
• Had already worked with wormholes
• “Warp Drive News. Seriously!”

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My Project

• General Relativity: spacetime is curved
• Alcubierre Drive: Expand spacetime behind bubble, contract in front of it
• Other plots: different wall thickness, different velocity
• Allows for superluminal travel
• But not locally!

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R=1

R=2

My Project

Physics

• Reviewed GR
• Alcubierre drive
• Quantum Inequality, 3+1 formalism

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Tools

• Python+Numpy+Matplotlib.pyplot (in Jupyter notebooks): volume element plots
• LaTeX+Overleaf: review article

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My Project

• Warping Spacetime: When Theoretical Physics Meets Science Fiction
• Conclusion: likely not plausible or technologically useful; good thought experiment in GR and quantum gravity
• Future work
• Polish and publish article
• Dive into 3+1 formalism and numerical relativity

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My MAGICal Experience

• Highlights
• Connecting physics and sci-fi
• Quantum inequality, 3+1 formalism
• Expert mentor in another subfield
• LaTeX
• Lessons Learnt
• Get comfortable with being uncomfortable!
• Challenges
• Understanding volume element plot
• Accessibility

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Thank you!

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Questions?

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Naomie Metelus

11th Grade, William E. Grady CTE High School, Brooklyn New York

Link to Mentor Intro

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My Mentor’s name is Jammie!

• Here are a few things I know about Jammie
• Jammie is from Denver Colorado
• Works as a software engineer for Slack.
• Majored in psychology in college.
• Loves art.
• Has three cats.
• Likes gardening.

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• Mentor photo, preferably with mentee, goes here

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My Project

• My project is a real estate website.
• Website name: “Metly Real Estate”

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• Inspiration: zillow.com and realtor.com

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• I wanted to create a real estate website because real estate is my favorite field in

business.

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• Took real estate classes and plan on becoming a real estate agent.

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• I wanted to learn how to code because I want to be able to create my own website in the future.

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My MAGICAL Experience

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• I am glad that I participated in the GetMagic program this summer because I’ve learned a lot that will help me in the future with coding. Not only that but I had something to keep me busy this summer.

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• First when started building my website I focused on how the website should look. I did a lot of CSS coding which is the code for styling the website. The HTML is the structure of the website. Next we started working with JavaScript which is the code that makes the website function properly.

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• Learning how to code was a challenge for me because before I started the GetMagic program I tried to learn coding myself but I still found it difficult to write code for a website. The most tricky part of creating this website was adding houses and its information on the website because I mostly used JavaScript.�

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Sources

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/8008-78th-Ave_Glendale_NY_11385_M41444-98914

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/6728-Bell-Blvd_Bayside_NY_11364_M34490-95608

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1879-Suydam-St_Ridgewood_NY_11385_M31588-57779

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/4690-Utopia-Pkwy_Flushing_NY_11358_M49658-01798

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More Sources

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/261-Crocus-Ave_Floral-Park_NY_11001_M42723-28985

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/170-Whitewood-Dr_Massapequa-Park_NY_11762_M49986-93287

https://www.sololearn.com/home

https://codepen.io/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClb90NQQcskPUGDIXsQEz5Q

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Thank you!

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Questions?

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Ava Ferrentino

Senior, Marymount, NYC

Link to Mentor Intro

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Laney Strange

• Lives in Boston, MA
• Works as a Computer Science Professor at Northeastern University
• Hobbies include running and coding
• Has a dog named Grizz

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My Project

Password Generator

• What it is: An app that generates new and secure passwords for every account that you have (Gmail, Instagram, etc)
• I selected this project because my aunt said that she has the same, unsecure password for every account and she told me to code an app
• Topics and technologies learned
• Learned how to better use Xcode and the language Swift
• Researched app security, combinatorics, debugging, randomly generating strings with a for loop, etc
• How far you got
• Finished the app
• Future work
• I want to make the app nicer looking

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My MAGICal Experience

• A few bullet points about your experience
• Being able to spend summer doing something that I enjoy, which is coding
• Working with a mentor who has a lot of knowledge and experience in the field of Computer Science
• Seeing the finished product!
• I learned that you can use coding to help others, which is what the app is doing
• I also learned how much time is required to design, create, and debug an app
• At times the app did not run, so I would have to a lot of debugging and research�

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Thank you!

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Questions?

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Nahla Wright

12th, Brooklyn Lab High School, Brooklyn, NY

Link to Mentor Intro

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My Mentor: Michelle Fowler

• Lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Majored in computer science and engineering physics at the University of Michigan
• Working as a Director of IT at GATX Corporation
• Likes aquariums, museums, and jigsaw puzzles
• Loves to travel

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My Project

About

• Name: Women of Computer Science
• Type: Website
• Reason: Giving the women who shaped this study a spotlight
• TOC: HTML/CSS
• Difficulty: Medium
• GitHub Link: https://github.com/gracious0wl/WomenofCS.git

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My Progress

• Created two mock pages
• Started to code
• Started to make a more functional site
• Added a second page
• Made two functional pages

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Mock Pages

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My Code (First and Second Page)

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My Demo

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Finished Product (First Page)

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Second Page

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My MAGICal Experience

• Enjoyed it!
• Highlights: Getting to know my mentor and being able to rely on them
• Lessons: Always look at things in a different angle and never be afraid to ask for help
• Challenges: Computer problems, scheduling issues
• Advice: Use your mentor’s experience to help guide you. With their help, they can guide towards a good career goal (STEM or not!)

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Thank you!

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Questions?

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