GraviSim
GraviSim is a user-friendly gravity simulation for multibody interactions. It allows for creation of different sized planets, the changing of gravity’s strength, and pausing of the interactions. The entire system is governed by actual gravitational properties.
Sounds of Sustainability
PennApps XXII Winner: Top 10 Award & Best Sustainability Hack
This app allows users to add clothing that they already have in their closet by selecting the type of clothing (shirt, pants, shorts, jacket, etc.) and then picking the brand. The user can then take a picture of the clothing item and the app then generates their sustainability score and gives them outfit recommendations that are more sustainable for their closet, which would take them to the store’s website and purchase it on-app.
PlanMee Auto Planner
PlanMee.com is a simple, automated scheduling tool I created to help keep teachers and students stay on track while remote learning. It has been shared with and used by the Freehold Regional High School District, comprised of 6 high schools.
To read Channel 12 News Coverage of PlanMee click here
Manalapan HS student develops self-organizer program to assist students with remote learning
News 12 Staff Dec 09, 2020, 12:18pm EST
A Manalapan High School junior made good use of his time before the coronavirus pandemic hit, developing a program to help keep people organized, and now others are finding out how well it works.
“I tried to convert it from my personal program to a larger website so I could distribute it to tell students and teachers at other schools they can use it to manage their time,” says Seth Shoneman.
Shoneman, then a sophomore at Manalapan High School, put his skills in action, creating a rough outline of what was to be PlanMee.com -- a simple-to-use organization tool for computers.
“Time management is critical,” says superintendent of the district, Chuck Sampson. “The day is very different than what folks are used to and I think Seth took the bull by the horns here to really make sense of his day in the pandemic.”
Sampson recognized the possibilities of Shoneman’s program throughout the district.
“He's one example of how the students really have taken ownership of their own learning to make sense of this pandemic and make the most of it,” says Sampson.
Shoneman’s school is on a hybrid schedule. His program was first developed before the pandemic, but being home all last spring, Shoneman had some time to make adjustments and build on his idea.
The program is best used on a laptop or desktop computers on a Chrome browser. Simply plug in what your schedule will be that day, organize by topic or subject, add in some breaks and that's it. Students and teachers are finding it to be a great tool.
“I can see it becoming an actual tool companies could use in the future,” says Shoneman. “I can make deals with if they want to use it past COVID, have it easily accessible and usable program they can plan anything they need to around using it.”
The program is free and easy to use -- there's even a tutorial video Shoneman put together. Looking ahead, Shoneman says he will continue to develop his program and hopefully be able to sell the platform to all sorts of companies and schools in a post-COVID-19 world.
Shoneman says he also had help from his high school principal and computer skills instructor making PlanMee accessible to the public.
