New Design High School

PROJECTS 2022

Silk Sharks

Janeda Fletcher, Michelle Sosa, Ahtesamul Chowdhury

This project proposes the use of silk filters that mimic the structure of shark gills to purify feces from water system in communities near animal farms.

Fungi Furniture

Jeslynn Cayetano, Melissa Minaya

The team proposes the use of mycelium to create sustainable furniture.

Gas-a-lator 3000

Fausto guzman, Cindy macancela, Andrew Adorno, Kayleena oliver

This project imagines a lamp post which also reduces air pollution from car exhaust.

Instructor 2022

**Joytrese George**

Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, **Joytrese George** is a tenured science educator at New Design High in NYC. Prior to teaching, Joytrese worked at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in clinical research, and with non-profit youth programs in the Washington, DC area. Joytrese was awarded a Master Teaching Fellowship with the prestigious Math For America; where she collaborates with other STEM educators to promote professional growth and continued learning. She has also facilitated domestic and international research trips with Earthwatch (organization committed to the reversal of climate change), taking students outside of the typical classroom and into a world of exploration in sustainability and conservation. Additionally, she was a STEM-Ed Innovator fellow, working to foster empathy and antiracism in the classroom atmosphere. Joytrese holds a Bachelors in Biology from Howard University, and a Masters in Education from St. John’s University.

ADVISORs 2022

Sara Heymont

Sara Heymont has been teaching high school chemistry for 8 years. With her art and theatre design background, a focus of Sara’s curriculum has been on incorporating art and design into her chemistry content. Her current curriculum work focuses on expanding this interdisciplinary work to engage students in engineering practices by incorporating problem-solving through use of an engineering design cycle.