BNL Collaboration for High School Trio
The opportunity to contribute to the scientific community was just one
of the highlights for three Port Jefferson students who participated in
Brookhaven National Laboratory’s High School Research Program.
Earl L. Vandermeulen High School senior Gavin Chambers, junior Grant
Samara and 2019 graduate Monica Alexander were each paired with a BNL
scientist who served as a mentor for the advanced high school program.
Gavin and Grant’s combined research was in the Collider-Accelerator
department, with a project that used artificial intelligence to find
chromaticity values from the lab’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and
extracting chromaticity using Python machine learning algorithms. Monica
worked with a leader in the Brand Management department in the highly
competitive six-week research program.
“Programs such as this are exceptional collaborative opportunities for
our students to further explore STEM studies at this world-renowned
institution,” Jessica Schmettan, assistant superintendent for curriculum
and instruction, said. “We share in the pride of their research and
continued efforts in pursuing these academic disciplines.”