MAGIC

Mentee Presentation

August 31, 2024

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Agenda

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• Diya Narayanan
• Mira
• Dhatri Biruduraju
• Journey into the Brain
• Karen Ngan
• Interactive Finch Robot

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• Zooni Affreene
• STEM Career Pathways (website)
• Lauren Giane Gisch
• Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of the aqueous extract of the plant Luehea divaricata: an in vitro approach

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Diya Narayanan

10th Grade, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA

Ranjitha Introducing Diya

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Ranjitha Kulkarni

• A few bullet points about Ranjitha
• Works in Dropbox as a machine learning engineer
• Worked in AI since 2013
• Graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a masters in AI
• Lives in Sunnyvale, CA
• Likes to make jewelry, sing hindustani classical music, dance, and create art

• Mentor photo, preferably with mentee, goes here

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What is Mira?

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Stages of Mira - 1 - Set up MagicMirror

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Stages of Mira - 2 - Customized Messages

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Stages of Mira - 3 - Microphone

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Stages of Mira - 4 - Camera

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My Journey

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My MAGICal Experience

• Highlights
• Had a wonderful time bonding with my mentor, Ranjitha
• Building the hardware for Raspberry Pi and connecting wires
• Adding new features to the home screen (buttons, text, etc.)
• Lessons learnt
• Learned about ssh connection and different uses for Raspberry Pi
• How to code with java and javascript
• Learned how to create a website with HTML, CSS, and Javascript
• Challenges
• At the beginning, it was very difficult to establish the SSH connection from Raspberry Pi to the display
• It was difficult to create a new module and display code on the home screen

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Questions?

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Thank you!

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Dhatri Biruduraju

Grade 10, Washington High School, Fremont CA

Somya Introducing Dhatri

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Somya Panchal

All about Somya:

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• Grew up in Chicago

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• Studied Psychobiology at UCLA

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• Now is going to med school at NYITCOM

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• Loves to spend time with her family and visiting national parks

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• Her hobbies are cooking, hiking, and exploring new cafes

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My Project

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• Journey into the Brain
• Website with functions of brain
• Deep interest in neurology
• Functions of the brain, parts of the brain, lobes of the brain, html, css, claude.ai
• We figured out the basics of the website, how to code for each function and dive into learning more about each function
• We will be coding the animations for the interactive simulation

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My MAGICal Experience

• Highlights
• Bonded with my mentor Somya
• Completely changed my view on coding
• Worked with different platforms to bring together the website
• Lessons Learned
• Learned coding using Code Academy (HTML, CSS)
• Worked with different platforms to get the website running
• Looked at many examples of websites to have ideas for my website
• Challenges
• Scheduling conflicts happened w/ me and Somya
• Procrastinated a bit
• Doubted myself a few times

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More About Journey Into The Brain

• What’s in it?
• Website gives:
• Basic facts about the brain
• Quiz
• Info about lobes
• Future Plans
• Plan on adding simulations
• Research on diseases of brain,
• Ongoing cures
• 3D visual module of brain
• exercises to help brain

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Claude.ai

• Used lot of coding for website (HTML, CSS)
• Had difficulties making website with the way I wanted
• Found Claude.ai
• AI language model
• Helps with editing, writing, summarizing, conversing, and coding
• Used Claude.ai to tweak my coding and personalize my website
• Had problems with it a couple time, my command wasn’t too great or the coding wasn’t what I expected
• Helped debrief the code and gave preview of page

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Demo - Website

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Demo - Coding

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Demo - Claude.ai

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Questions?

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Thank you!

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Karen Ngan

Grade 10, Archbishop Riordan High School, San Francisco, CA

Pi-Chuan Introducing Karen

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My Mentor

• Pi-Chuan Chang
• Software Engineer at Google
• Currently lives in Mountain View, CA
• Originally from Taiwan and moved to the Bay Area 20 years ago
• Likes walking her dog and going to the gym

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My Project

• Program an interactive finch robot, designed for toddlers
• Wanted to learn how I could use robots to educate others
• Completed the Intro to JavaScript Course
• Helped me learn how to program my robot
• Interested in creating a more visually pleasing experience for users
• Was introduced to OpenProcessing
• Learned the basics of JavaScript

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My MAGICal Experience

• Highlights:
• Learning JavaScript and Snap
• Seeing each component being put together
• Getting to meet my mentor in-person
• Learnt:
• About different sensors and components of finch
• Create blocks for different tasks
• Importance of building up to create something big and creating strong foundations
• Always try resetting and doing it again

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Challenges

• Getting finch to connect via bluetooth
• Programming finch to draw a straight line (drawing shapes)
• Difficulty working with hardware
• Sensors did not behave as liked

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When Button A Pressed

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Code for the Shapes

Triangle

Circle

Square

Rectangle

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When Button B Pressed

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Code for Social Distancing + Colors of the Rainbow

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When Finch’s Beak Up

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Code for Lullaby + Random Colors

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• Drawing a Figure 8

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My Demo

• Interactive Finch Robot
• When button A pressed:
• Say name of shapes, display shapes on micro:bit display, and draw shapes
• When button B pressed:
• Display “Colors!” on micro:bit display, beak and tail show rainbow colors, and social distance
• When finch beak up:
• Play a lullaby, beak and tail shows random colors, move in a figure 8 motion

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Questions?

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Thank you!

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Zooni Affreene

Senior, Foothill High School, California

Ira Introducing Zooni

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My Mentor

• Ira Pramanick
• Currently a software engineer at Verily
• Worked for 14 years at Google, before Verily
• Loves mathematics
• Has a PhD in Electrical and Computer engineering
• Founder of the MAGIC program, president and CEO

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My Project

• STEM Career Pathways Website
• Provides various STEM career options, categories, resources(degrees, online courses, certificates), information
• 4 paged website
• Pages - Home, Careers, Resources, FAQs
• Learned HTML and CSS on Codecademy
• Also used W3 Schools, google.com
• Hosted my website on GitHub

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Home Page

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Resources Page

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Careers Page + Code

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FAQ Page + Code

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My MAGICal Experience

• Highlights
• Learning how to code in Codecademy
• Applying what I learned to change colors, pictures, and text to create a website that is organized and helpful
• Lessons Learnt
• Refreshed HTML skills
• Learned CSS styling
• The many different STEM career options to choose from�
• Challenges
• Learning how to use CSS
• Fixing up code in Github to make the pages more organized

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My Demo

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Questions?

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Thank you!

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Lauren Giane Gisch

Senior, Colégio Evangélico Alberto Torres,

Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Michelle Introducing Lauren

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My Mentor - Michelle Fowler

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• About my mentor
• GATX Corporation
• Director of IT
• Chicago, now living in Virginia.
• Visit aquariums and museums, spend time with friends and family and travel.

• Mentor photo, preferably with mentee, goes here

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My Project

• Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of the aqueous extract of the plant Luehea divaricata: an in vitro approach;
• Run an experiment and write a paper;
• My grandmother uses this plant, which is native plant from South Brazil. There are no research papers about the empirical methodology used by locals;

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Luehea divaricata

• Research Object: Luehea divaricata
• Microorganism Used: Staphylococcus aureus

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Methodology

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Infusion

Decoction

The bark of Luehea divaricata

The leaves of Luehea divaricata

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Vacuum Filtration

Filtrate in the Rotary Evaporator

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Crude extract

Vortex Mixer

Results and conclusion

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Microdilution

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Microdilution process

Results

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ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

OBJECTIVES

General Objective

Specific Objectives

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

Taxonomy, Nomenclature, and General Characteristics of the Luehea divaricata Tree:

Introduction to Antimicrobial Resistance:

Medicinal Plants and Their Extracts:

Luehea divaricata as a Medicinal Plant:

Studies on the Antimicrobial Action of Luehea divaricata:

METHODOLOGY

Standard Methodology for Producing an Aqueous Extract from the Plant Luehea divaricata

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

My MAGICal Experience

• Highlights
• Organization

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• Lessons Learnt
• Writing skills, running an independent experiment and lab skills.
• Time management
• Organization

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• Challenges
• Language barrier
• Scientific rigor
• Unexpected results

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Questions?

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Thank you!

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