NOVA Students Present at Honors Conference!

Seven students presented academic-style papers on a variety of topics, from the psychology of art forgery to the use of nanotechnology in the treatment of diabetes. Additionally, several students presented academic posters.

Congratulations to:

• JR Bontrager, “Creating Inclusive STEM Learning Through 3D Printing” (paper)
• Tayven Stover, “Nationwide Calibration of Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors Using GeoAI: Enhancing PM2.5 Monitoring During Wildfire Events” (paper)
• Francis Saba, “Nanotechnology (The end to the future of Chronic Diseases)” (paper)
• Niaz Ghaznawy, “Ethical Hacking in Cybersecurity” (poster)
• Benjamin Yam, “Understanding Earth’s Historical Temperature Record Through the Lens of the Wavelet Transform” (paper)
• Luciana Mercado, Triet Truong, Mohammed Al-Zaidi, Harshita Lnu, Dieter Montano “The Center of Mass of a NACA Airfoil” (poster)
• Madi Zatzkin, “Han van Meegeren: The Master Forger” (paper)
• William Ashton, “Gothic Architecture” (paper)
• Rachel Rogers-Rodgers, “Student Report: Archaeological Excavations at Everhart Mill” (paper)

Please join us in congratulating these students on their hard work and insightful research!

The Honors Conference was sponsored by NOVA’s Honors Program. Email honors@nvcc.edu with any questions.

Submitted by:
Jeanette Nicewinter, Lead Honors Faculty, JNicewinter@nvcc.edu