Broad Street Scientific 2022-2023

BROAD STREET SCIENTIFIC

The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Journal of Student STEM Research

TABLE of CONTENTS

4 Letter from the Chancellor

5 Words fromthe Editors

6 Broad Street Scientific Staff

7 Essay: Generative Art: Can Machines Be Creative?

JANE SHIN, 2024

9 Photography: Streets of Hawaii

GANNING XU, 2023

Biology

10 Modifying Naturally Sourced Flavonoids forIncreased Antioxidant Capacity and Antisickling Activity

OLUWAKAMISI ADETUNJI, 2023

18 Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model for the Effects of Stress on Transgenerational Psychological Disorders

PELAGIA MARTIN, 2023

29 Determining ifa Novel Combinationof Treatments Ibudilast and Interleukin 4 Can Treat Multiple Sclerosis Using Model Organism Lumbricus terrestris

OZIOMACHUKWU OBI, 2023

Chemistry

35 Synthesis ofHydroxyapatite Nanorods to Create Nanochannels in aSemipermeable Polyamide Membrane to Improve Water Flux inReverse Osmosis Filtration

NATHAN CONNOR BOST, 2023

40 Efficient Simultaneous Removal of Heavy Metal Ions Pb2+ and Cu2+ by a Reusable Hybrid Glycine-Functionalized Maghemite and ZincOxide Nanoparticle Decorated Biochar Model

AMELIA LINTON, 2023

45 QSPR Predictionof Non-Proteinaceous Chemical Toxicity

ABRAHAM SPIRA, 2023 ONLINE

Engineering

51 IdentifyingSensitivityof Cortical Regions for Pathological Burdenand Identifying Biomarkers for Parkinson's Patients Using Network Analysis

ISHA MAHADESHWAR, 2023

60 Near-Wall Vorticity as an Indicator ofMarfan Syndrome

NAVEEN RAMASAMY, 2023

Mathematics and Computer Science

69 An Ensemble Machine Learning-Based Approach for Automated Detection, Forecasting, and Type Classification of Epileptic Seizures

REYANSH BAHL, 2024 ONLINE

76 Utilizing Reinforcement Learningto Understand Decision-Making and Symptom Expressionin AnorexiaNervosa

MIHIKA GOTTIMUKKALA, 2023

Physics

87 A PhotometricSearchfor Atmospheres around Kepler/K2 Exoplanets through Comparison withTESS Data

IAN BRANIGAN, 2023

95 Effects of ChangingtheMaximum Camber Locationof a Wing onLeading-Edge Vortices and Lift

JOLIE DUQUENE, 2023

Featured Article

100 An Interviewwith Dr. Victoria "Tori"Miller

LETTER from the CHANCELLOR

WORDS from the EDITORS

BROAD STREET SCIENTIFIC STAFF

Editors-in-Chief

Publication Editors

Biology Editors

Chemistry Editors

Engineering Editors

Mathematics and Computer Science Editors

Physics Editors

Faculty Advisor

GENERATIVE ART: CAN MACHINES BE CREATIVE?

Jane Shin

PHOTOGRAPHY: STREETS OF HAWAII

Ganning Xu

MODIFYING NATURALLY SOURCED FLAVONOIDS FOR INCREASED ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY AND ANTISICKLING ACTIVITY

OluwakamisiAdetunji

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS AS A MODEL FOR THE EFFECTS OF STRESS ON TRANSGENERATIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

PelagiaMartin

DETERMINING IF A NOVEL COMBINATION OF TREATMENTS IBUDILAST AND INTERLEUKIN 4 CAN TREAT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS USING MODEL ORGANISM

Oziomachukwu Obi

SYNTHESIS OF HYDROXYAPATITE NANORODS TO CREATE NANOCHANNELS IN A SEMIPERMEABLE POLYAMIDE MEMBRANE TO IMPROVE WATER FLUX IN REVERSE OSMOSIS FILTRATION

Nathan ConnorBost

EFFICIENT SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL OF HEAVY METAL IONS PB2+ AND CU2+ BY A REUSABLE HYBRID GLYCINE-FUNCTIONALIZED MAGHEMITE

Amelia Linton

QSPR PREDICTION OF NON-PROTEINACEOUS CHEMICAL TOXICITY

Abraham Spira

IDENTIFYING SENSITIVITY OF CORTICAL REGIONS FOR PATHOLOGICAL BURDEN AND IDENTIFYING BIOMARKERS FOR PARKINSON’S PATIENTS USING NETWORK ANALYSIS

Isha Mahadeshwar

NEAR-WALL VORTICITY AS AN INDICATOR OF MARFAN SYNDROME

Naveen Ramasamy

AN ENSEMBLE MACHINE LEARNING-BASED APPROACH FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION, FORECASTING, AND TYPE CLASSIFICATION OF EPILEPTIC SEIZURES

Reyansh Bahl

UTILIZING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TO UNDERSTAND DECISION-MAKING AND SYMPTOM EXPRESSION IN ANOREXIA NERVOSA

Mihika Gottimukkala

A PHOTOMETRIC SEARCH FOR ATMOSPHERES AROUND KEPLER/K2 EXOPLANETS THROUGH COMPARISON WITH TESS DATA

Ian Branigan

EFFECTS

OF CHANGING THE MAXIMUM CAMBER LOCATION OF A WING ON LEADING-EDGE VORTICES AND LIFT

Jolie Duquene

AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. VICTORIA "TORI" MILLER