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Cherokee Seniors Present Research at MIT’s Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Undergraduate Research Technology Conference

Seniors Amanda Butler and Ashna Jain authored research papers that were submitted and accepted to be presented formally at the MIT Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 1, 2022.

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Cherokee High School Seniors, Amanda Butler and Ashna Jain, completed research at the NJ Governor’s School of Engineering and Technology (GSET) this summer at Rutgers University.


GSET is an intensive residential summer program that brings together some of New Jersey’s most talented high school students.

During enrollment at the GSET, Butler and Jain authored research papers that were submitted and accepted to be presented formally at the MIT Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 1, 2022.

The 2022 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference is a venue where undergraduate students come together from around the world to present and discuss solutions to advance technology for humanity.

Butler presented a paper on the Mechanical-Based Design for Airfoil Structural Morphing and Jain presented a paper on Producing a Flight Profile for Drone-Based Zero Gravity Experiments with a Python Script.

Butler and Jain were thrilled to have been part of the Conference; Butler specifically stated: “I’m honored to have spoken at MIT. Attending this conference was a wonderful step in my academic journey, and I am equally inspired to conduct further research and to share my discoveries with the world.”

About LRHSD

The Lenape Regional High School District’s four high schools – Lenape, Shawnee, Cherokee and Seneca – as well as the Sequoia Alternative Program, educate approximately 6,850 students from eight communities in Burlington County.

The communities served include Evesham, Medford, Medford Lakes, Mount Laurel, Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle, and Woodland.

The Lenape Regional District is among the highest-achieving districts in the state, with an average graduation rate of 97.4% and an average combined SAT score of 1139.

A leader in progressive education, the LRHSD’s mission is to develop physically and emotionally healthy students who excel in an ever-changing world.