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Week 06 (9 & 10 December 2023) :: DiscoverSTEM Sessions

Find out what our teams of innovators have been up to in their latest session!

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Discover the Teams!

DIP/ILM Year 1

Team Marie Curie

Team:

  1. Karan Verma
  2. Ayush Veer Davuluri
  3. Asher Sorin
  4. Maheen Rafique
  5. Taheea Raya Ahmed
  6. Ismaeel Zaidi
  7. Ashir Khan
  8. Ayaan Haq
  9. Abdur Rahman Bin Aslam
  10. Arnav Raghuvanshi
  11. Ayan Raghuvanshi

The team went through the foundation course module for STAR Analysis. For the remainder of class, they applied what they had learned by identifying and explaining reasons/causes of their primary problem. They split into teams of two and three to then intricately question and analyze the pinpointed reasons.

Research Assignment:
Complete STAR Methodology by developing questions concerning reasons and collecting verified answers.

 Team Nikola Tesla

Team:

  1. Daksha Jamallamudi
  2. Rithvik Kamesh
  3. Rishon Ishwa Rajesh
  4. Anvesha Nigam
  5. Farhan Haq
  6. Talha Bin Aslam
  7. Shaurya Mallur
  8. Aminah Mahmood

Team started their STAR Method template and found 11 reasons that could possibly be the cause of the primary problem. They explained each reason and started listing questions about each reason.

Research Assignment:
Answer questions for reasons 1-4 as a team, then develop questions and answer them for your assigned reason.

Team Thomas Edison

Team:

  1. Raj Veer Davuluri
  2. Aryaman Mishra
  3. Aariz Chaudhry
  4. Tanisha Raka Ahmed
  5. Kashyap Samudrala
  6. Anderson Aloy
  7. Risha Jamllamudii
  8. Anum Khan

This team was taught the foundation course module relating to STAR methodology and then proceeded to work on the STAR method of the innovation process for their primary problem. They collaborated to finish creating the reasons and questions for their primary problem.

Research Assignment:
Finish creating questions for their STAR method and then finish answering said questions.

Team Abdus Salam

Team:

  1. Shaheer Irfan Hammed
  2. Sana Naeem
  3. Reeva Joshi
  4. Sarah Nanam Kumar
  5. Anjhani Ramesh Kumar
  6. Daniel Yankovsky
  7. Sanjeev Venkatesh
  8. Rishi Sai Poola
  9. Aarush Siddabathuni
  10. Ibrahim Syed
  11. Suhani Sharma

This team went over the STAR Methodology module with the rest of the group and then started to work on STAR methodology with their own primary problem. They then started working on the reasons and questions for those reasons.

Research Assignment:
Finish creating questions for their reasons and then answer those questions.

Team Aryabhata

Team:

  1. Yusuf Abdellatif
  2. Zahrah Irfan Hameed
  3. Yusuf Mirza
  4. Aarna Shah
  5. Jaivardhan Chhawal
  6. Shazneen Sheik
  7. Aard Shah

The innovators began their session by choosing roles for themselves in their team then began STAR methodology for the primary problem. They began working on this by dividing and conquering. In STAR, they identified and listed their top reasons, followed by crafting nesting questions. Mr. Faizan approved their work.

Research Assignment:
Finish STAR methodology by formulating nesting questions for EACH reason and answer those questions.

Team Isaac Newton

Team:

  1. Sheraz Abdellatif
  2. Emaad Mallick
  3. Zaynab Rahmani
  4. Adam Ali Ghouri
  5. Rhea Jain
  6. Qasim Syed
  7. Chhayank Meena
  8. James C. Stewart
  9. Ayat Faizan
  10. Yousef Seyed Ghatari
  11. Aashna Chimata
  12. Azfar Sheik
  13. Sophia Abdellatiif

After the presentation on STAR methodology, the team began by conducting their STAR Analysis for their primary problem and finished the aims for the problem statement.

Research Assignment:
Finish answering all the questions for the STAR Method.


ILM Year 2+

Aerospace :: Team Wright Brothers

Team:

  1. Ashaz Haque
  2. Manan Sethi
  3. Joseph Jacob Kurian
  4. Ariv Kiran
  5. Eashaan Dispenza
  6. Advik Kothari
  7. Deen Adil Khan
  8. Francis Paul Kurian
  9. Akansh Kartik
  10. Dhruv Alamuri
  11. Prishaa Jain
  12. Temitope Oluwaji
  13. Tomisin Oluwaji
  14. Siddharth Rao
  15. Arini Kiran

The team continued the STAR Methodology process of conducting intense insight towards the reasons causing their primary problem. The subsequent review in class by Mr Faizan
allowed the team to better detail and grasp the answers to their questions.

Research Assignment:
Complete STAR Methodology with high quality.

Genomics :: Team Charles Darwin

Team:

  1. Sparsh Kamdar
  2. Advaita Piduri
  3. Isha Agrawal
  4. Manyatha Simhambhatla
  5. Yara Wael Abo-Auda
  6. Abrar Ameer
  7. Amra Ameer
  8. Diya Alamuri
  9. Rohini Saha
  10. Vishuddhi Makeshwaran

This team worked on answering all the questions for their STAR Methodology reasons. After they finished this, Mr. Faizan critiqued their STAR and determined the areas that the team needed to revise their STAR on. After this, the team worked on revising these areas.

Research Assignment:
Finish revising STAR methodology. Collaborate on this research assignment to ensure quality!

AI-ML & Autonomous Tech :: Team Raj Reddy

Team:

  1. Ishaaq Mohammad
  2. Ismail Mohammad
  3. Gautam Surapaneni
  4. Akshara Kommidi
  5. Simran Babaria
  6. Arjun Kommidi
  7. Aaina Mitchell
  8. Rohan Vanama
  9. Tarik Syed
  10. Mohammad Kamil Shadab
  11. Omar Mahasoom
  12. Taarush Adhikari
  13. Sarah K Francis
  14. Arjun Sriram

The innovators evaluated their STAR Methodology by verifying sources, correcting answers, accumulating more reasons for the problem’s existence, and developed even more questions in relation. STAR Methodology was approved and they proceeded with Root-Cause-Analysis.

Research Assignment:
Look over RCA & ponder where we are going with the problem. Solutions exist, so why does the problem still exist?

AI-ML & Autonomous Tech :: Team Ismail al-Jazari

Team:

  1. Abdullah Kabeer
  2. Nakshatra Piduri
  3. Rayhan Shanavas
  4. Iliyan Mithani
  5. Shayaan Shaik
  6. Sanchi Gabri
  7. Kaashvi Singh
  8. Aroush Fatima
  9. Aarifa Fatima
  10. Nityashri Ramesh
  11. Vishy Narayanan
  12. Fayez Naqvi
  13. Reva Agrahari
  14. Jiya Saanvi Singh
  15. Hadiya Sameen

The team finalized their reasoning in the STAR methodology process and cleaned up their formatting to make sure all information is organized. The innovators collaborated to make sure everybody is on the same page and refined the quality of the information.

Research Assignment:
Refine STAR methodology and RCA. Develop 10 solutions for primary problem.

Neurotechnology & Brain Computer Interface :: Team Elon Musk

Team:

  1. Niyantri Narayanan
  2. Zahra Khan
  3. Meher Saanvi Singh
  4. Eyad Ismail
  5. Reyansh Kumar Singh
  6. Shalaan Umar
  7. Zara Majid
  8. Omar Ismail
  9. Hidvika Dubey
  10. Mishaal Ayesha Umar
  11. Pramiti N. Navakiran
  12. Amreen Syed

This team revised their STAR methodology and then finished answering the questions for this. After this, Mr. Faizan came in and reviewed their STAR method slides and approved them. The team then started working on revising RCA.

Research Assignment:
Finish revising RCA and identify the top ten existing solutions for their problem.

CLAIM Team :: Ramanujan

Team:

  1. Zaynah Mithani
  2. Hitakrit Dubey
  3. Nathan Stewart
  4. Lucas Wang
  5. Maahi Chandra Singh
  6. Abdullah Zayd Syed

To start the morning, the kids were challenged with the idea of rebuilding a mountain out of pebbles and stones. They were prompted different questions, such as, how can we make it structurally sound? Why is this different from other mountains. The kids had fun imagining what their mountains could be!

CLAIM Team :: Ibn al-Haytham

Team:

  1. Asma Ali Ghouri
  2. Tobi Oluwaji
  3. Mustafa Syed
  4. Andrew Stewart

For the afternoon, the kids were prompted to design their own mountain out of stones and pebbles as well. Impressively, they came up with different designs and discussed why they each did things differently. The kids were challenged to make more than one
design.