Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2011

Winner Announcement
Intel ISEF 2011 Grand Awards Ceremony
May 13, 2011, Los Angeles, California, USA Society for Science & the Public, in partnership with the Intel Foundation, this morning announced awards at the Intel ISEF 2011 Grand Awards Ceremony. Student winners are ninth through twelfth graders who earned the right to compete at the Intel ISEF 2011 by winning top prize at a local, regional, state or national science fairs.

The Gordon E. Moore Award

The Gordon E. Moore Award recognizes the Best of the Best among the outstanding students from around the world who participate in the Intel ISEF. The Finalist with the winning project is selected on the basis of outstanding and innovative research, as well as on the potential impact of the workin the field and on the world at large. Gordon E. Moore Award $75,000 ME316 Treatment of Simulated Cancer Cells with Compton Scattering-Produced Secondary Radiation Matthew Troy Feddersen, 17, Acalanes High School, Lafayette, California Blake Marggraff, 18, Acalanes High School, Lafayette, California

Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award

These Finalists were selected for their commitment to innovation in tackling challenging scientific questions, using authentic research practices, and creating solutions to the problems of tomorrow. Young Scientist Award of $50,000 EM315 Bio-based Packaging Plastics from Fish Scale Pornwasu Pongtheerawan, 16, Suratpittaya, Maung, Suratthani, Thailand Tanpitcha Phongchaipaiboon, 17, Suratpittaya School, Meung district, Suratthani, Thailand Arada Sungkanit, 17, Suratpittaya School, Meung district, Suratthani, Thailand

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Countering Nuclear Terrorism: Novel Active and Passive Techniques for Detecting Nuclear Threats Taylor Ramon Wilson, 17, The Davidson Academy of Nevada, Reno, Nevada

The award is disbursed in four equal installments to students enrolled at any accredited degree-granting institution of higher education, following their successful completion of high school. Students must provide proof of registration and good academic standing from the school's registrar each semester.

Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award

All-expense-paid trip awarded to three Finalists to attend the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar (SIYSS) (www.fuf.org/siyss/), which includes attendance at the Nobel Prize ceremonies, in Stockholm, Sweden. The Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award is a multi-disciplinary seminar highlighting some of the most remarkable achievements by young scientists from around the world. Students have the opportunity to visit scientific institutes, attend the Nobel lectures and press conferences, learn more about Sweden, and experience the extravagance of the Nobel festivities. Valid passport required for travel.

BE057

Epigenetic Factors Influence Drosophila Brain Function and Aggressive Behavior, Phase V Andrew Wooyoung Kim, 18, Cedar Shoals High School, Athens, Georgia Mimicking Wetting Behavior of Spider Silk: Studies on Water-Harvesting Efficiency According to the Fabrication of the Pattern of Wettability Gradient Jinyoung Seo, 18, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Busan, Busan, South Korea Dongju Shin, 18, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Busan, Busan, South Korea

EV323

The SIYSS will be held in Stockholm, Sweden in December. Students must be 18 years old prior to the Nobel ceremony in December to be considered. The history of SIYSS began as early as 1976 when the first seminar was organized by the Swedish Federation of Young Scientists together with the Nobel Foundation, with inspiration from Society for Science & the Public. This award is named for Dudley R. Herschbach, Harvard Professor and 1986 Nobel Laureate in chemistry. He is Emeritus Board Chair of Society for Science & the Public.

European Union Contest for Young Scientists

Trip to the EU Contest Trip to the EU Contest.

An all-expense-paid trip enables attendance at the European Union Contest for Young Scientistslocated in a new city each year.

CS030

Efficient Implementation of Tilt Compensated Compass and Depth Camera in Interactive Augmented Reality Lai Xue, 18, Chengdu International School, Chengdu, Sichuan, China Using Amino Acid Analysis to Distinguish Chondritic Meteorites from Rocks Launched into Space from Earth Jane M. Cox, 16, Timpview High School, Provo, Utah

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A Novel Approach to Mapping Protein Interactions during Pilus Biogenesis by Using in vivo Photocrosslinking Erica Brooke Portnoy, 17, Commack High School, Commack, New York

The EU Contest for Young Scientists was developed to promote the ideals of co-operation and interchange between young scientists. The Contest is the annual showcase of the best of European student scientific achievement. The team project must pass the EU Contest jury review prior to attending, and must be first time participants in the EU Contest. Valid passport required.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Lincoln Lab has partnered with SSP and the Intel ISEF to promote science education through the Ceres Connection. The names of first and second place category award winners at Intel ISEF will be submitted to the International Astronomical Union (IAU) for naming of a minor planet. All minor planets in the Ceres Connection have been discovered by the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) program, operated by MITs Lincoln Laboratory.

Animal Sciences
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner AS062 Effects of Food Types on Survival and Development of Larval California Spiny Lobsters, Panulirus interruptus Adrienne Brooke McColl, 18, San Pedro High School, San Pedro, California First Award of $3,000

AS023

The Effect of Urbanization on Occupancy and Detection Rates of Eastern Screech Owls in Suburban Areas Kyle Thomas Bardwell, 17, Ossining High School, Ossining, New York Effects of Food Types on Survival and Development of Larval California Spiny Lobsters, Panulirus interruptus Adrienne Brooke McColl, 18, San Pedro High School, San Pedro, California

AS062

Second Award of $1,500

AS044 AS051

Extracting Necromone Repellents from Food Oils Chase Carter Gross, 15, Solon High School, Solon, Iowa Using Ecological Niche Modeling to Predict Current and Future Ranges of Cryptic Phylogeographic Lineages Helen Yao, 18, Staten Island Technical High School, Staten Island, New York Glial Contributions to Circadian Timekeeping in the Drosophila Brain Chengzhen Li Dai, 17, Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Michigan

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Third Award of $1,000

Incipient Speciation of the Mustached Bat Pteronotus parnellii in the West Indies Bonnie Lei, 18, Walnut High School, Walnut, California

AS005

The Effects of Nicotinic Acid, Resveratrol, and Rapamycin on the Life Span, Reproduction, and Ability to Cope with Temperature Stress of Drosophila melanogaster Aaron Samuel Greenfield, 17, Keystone School, San Antonio, Texas Seeing What You Want to See: Visual Experience and Top-down Processing in Honeybee Kevin Sean Chen, 17, The Affiliated Senior High School of National Kaohsiung Norm, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei Biological Control of Ticks to Prevent Lyme Disease Using Entomopathogenic Nematodes Ryan Daniel Kerr, 16, Danbury High School, Danbury, Connecticut Analysis and Characterization of the Bioactive Antimicrobial Natural Products from Marine Sponges Bernadette Ann Hritzo, 18, Villa Joseph Marie High School, Holland, Pennsylvania Developmental and Behavioral Analysis of Wild and Captive-bred Tenodera sinensis Cameron Michael Jones, 18, Northwest Career and Technical Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada Birds of the Santa Cruz Sandhills Alexander Michael Rinkert, 18, San Lorenzo Valley High School, Felton, California Connor James Chesus, 19, San Lorenzo Valley High School, Felton, California

AS014

AS022

AS046

AS055

AS304

Fourth Award of $500

AS010

The Urogenital System of Male Rhyacotritonidae: An Anatomical and Phylogenetic Study Emily Rachel Wilson, 17, Parkway Central High School, Chesterfield, Missouri Copepod Culturing: Conditions for Maximum Yield per Generation Julian Ohiro Kimura, 17, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, California A Continuing Study of Aggression during Shelter Competition between Invasive and Indigenous Species of Crayfish Vincent Jacob O'Leary, 15, Wheeling Central Catholic High School, Wheeling, West Virginia Social Immunity of Apis mellifera as an Antimicrobial Indicator of CCD Ashley Nicole Sowder, 18, Southmoore High School, Moore, Oklahoma

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In Search of the Causative Genetic Element(s) Affecting Entropion Eyelid Development in New-born Lambs: Is It OAR16_14874751? Aerin Erika Towle, 17, Sumner High School, Sumner, Washington Population Census of Land Mollusks in a Xerophytic Forest Ecosystem: The Guanica State Forest in Puerto Rico Veronica Nieves, 16, Asuncion Rodriguez de Sala, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico The Mechanism of Lysophosphatidic Acid-induced Procoagulation in Human Erythrocytes An Ji Hun, 17, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Busan, South Korea Junha Park, 17, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Busan, South Korea Acmella oleracea: A Naturally Growing Weed as Effective Pest Controller Akansha Verma, 16, Maharaja Agarsain Public School, Delhi, Delhi, India Abhishek Khanna, 17, Maharaja Agarsain Public School, Delhi, Delhi, India

AS049

AS306

AS307

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner BE057 Epigenetic Factors Influence Drosophila Brain Function and Aggressive Behavior, Phase V Andrew Wooyoung Kim, 18, Cedar Shoals High School, Athens, Georgia First Award of $3,000

BE046

GOOPLAY! The Effectiveness of Educational Video Game in Improving Web-Searching Skills for Children Bayan Mohammed Mashat, 16, Dar Altarbia, Jeddah, Central, Saudi Arabia Epigenetic Factors Influence Drosophila Brain Function and Aggressive Behavior, Phase V Andrew Wooyoung Kim, 18, Cedar Shoals High School, Athens, Georgia

BE057

Second Award of $1,500

BE007 BE011

Epidemiology of Sugar Dependence Amongst Adolescents Alessio Pio Giuricich, 16, Bishops Diocesan College, Cape Town, An Analysis of Listener Perception and Visual Replication of Sonifications: A Third Year Study Neel Sanjay Patel, 16, Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida Audio-Visual HIV/AIDS Education in a Tanzanian Adolescent Population Lori Kim, 18, West High School, Salt Lake City, Utah

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The Effects of the Initial Transition from Shod to Barefoot Running on Tibial Shock and Muscle Activation Evan Daniel Olin, 16, Ossining High School, Ossining, New York Catherine Marie Conte, 16, Ossining High School, Ossining, New York

Third Award of $1,000

BE012

A Clinical and Epidemiological Approach to the Relationship between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Sleep/Wake Disorders Travis Coleman Sigafoos, 17, Champlin Park High School, Champlin, Minnesota An Investigation of the Economic, Social, and Consequential Factors that Affect Moral Decision-Making Katherine Michelle Mangialardi, 17, Ossining High School, Ossining Would You Do It for the Kids? Factors Involved in the Prediction of Intergenerational Preferences Sarah Susie Pak, 17, Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights, New York Strategies Utilized by People with Autism and Neuro-Typical Individuals to Determine Emotion in Faces Samantha Michelle Phillips, 18, William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, New York Regulation of Life Span Extension and Varied Muscle Behavior from the Intake of 2Propylpentanoic Acid through the Dietary Control of Caenorhabditis elegans Eugene Kim, 15, Lexington High School, Lexington, Massachusetts Mosquitoes Be Gone! Ruchi Jayesh Shah, 17, Sachem High School North, Lake Ronkonkoma, New York Growing Up 'In Sync': Connecting a Bridge to an Autistic Mind's World Adelina Corina Cozma, 15, Bayview Secondary School, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

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BE048 BE050
Fourth Award of $500

BE002

Determining the Effect of Distractions Behind the Wheel on Teenagers through the Use of Driving Simulation Callie Marie Johnson, 15, St. Joseph's Academy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Analyzing the Consistency of the Rorschach and Multiple Intelligences Correlation Katlyn Marie Firkus, 17, Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology, Conyers, Georgia The Influence of Phrase-Spaced Text on Reading Comprehension of Stroke Patients Lindsey Brooke Saunders, 17, Union County High School, Lake Butler, Florida

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The Constitutionality Index: A Judiciary and Macroeconomic Guidance for International Entrepreneurs When Investing in National Economies Ana Sofia Cardoso Monteiro, 16, Colegio Marista Sao Luis, Recife, PE, Brasil The Effect of Ear Dominance on Object Localization after Audio-Visual Conditioning Nadege Giraudet, 17, Institute for Collaborative Education, New York, New York Is Nephila clavata a New Species of Social Spiders? A Preliminary Study on Behaviors of Nephila clavata Jiaqi Duan, 16, Henan Experimental High School, Zhengzhou, Henan, China Zihan Zhang, 18, Henan Experimental Middle School, Zhengzhou, Henan, China Sihan Jiang, 17, Zheng Zhou Foreign Language School Campus, Zheng Zhou, HeNan, China Impulsivity, Obsessiveness, and School Grades Christina R. Wassef, 17, Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas Audrey Claire Wassef, 17, Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas Sonification: A Novel Approach to Data Representation Differentiation of Multiple Streams of Data Danielle Nguyen, 17, Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, California Michelle Xie, 16, Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, California

BE054 BE304

BE319

BE321

Biochemistry

Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award. Additionally a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner BI014 Computational Analysis of Specific Missense Mutations in the SMN Tudor Domain Dianna Hu, 18, Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills, New York First Award of $3,000

BI014 BI028

Computational Analysis of Specific Missense Mutations in the SMN Tudor Domain Dianna Hu, 18, Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills, New York From Models to Medications: Identification of Medication Leads for Treating Methamphetamine Addiction Yamini T. Naidu, 16, Valley Catholic High School, Beaverton, Oregon

Second Award of $1,500

BI018

The Effects of Methyl Jasmonate on Crown Gall Regression and Protein Production in Lycopersicon esculentum Chad Lawrence Harris, 18, Palm Bay High School, Melbourne, Florida Regulation of Nitric Oxide Expression as a Form of Neurotransmitter Plasticity Vaishnavi Lakshminarasimha Rao, 15, Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, California

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Research on Functional Dietary Fibre of Wheat Bran Fubin Li, 17, Zhengzhou No.11 Middle School, Zhengzhou, Henan, China Yakang Li, 18, Zhengzhou No.2 Middle School, Zhengzhou, Henan, China Zhongning Hao, 15, Henan Experimental High School, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Third Award of $1,000

BI011

Determination of Estrogen as a Trigger of Protandric Colony Formation of Amphiprion ocellaris Emily Marie Crisp, 18, Loudoun County Academy of Science, Sterling, Virginia Lipodystrophy Protein Seipin Functions in Lipid Droplet Biogenesis and Morphology Anita Sanjay Chandrahas, 18, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton, Texas Genetic and Genomic Analysis of TOR1 Signaling in Initiation of Cell Quiescence Lev Omelchenko, 18, Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York Effects of Fatty Acids on Skeletal Muscle Proliferation and Development Anji Li, 16, Pioneer High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan Evaluation of Fusarochromanone 101a: A Novel Fungus-Derived Anti-Cancer Drug Yoon Jee Kim, 18, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, Louisiana Daniel Christopher Felty, 18, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, Louisiana

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Fourth Award of $500

BI020 BI022

Grow Me Some Green! Brooke Suzanne Conley, 15, Hardee Senior High School, Wauchula, Florida Detection and Analysis of Point Mutations of the Oxidative Variety in the K-ras Gene Charles Preston Blakemore, 18, Academy for Math, Engineering and Science, Salt Lake City, Utah Milkfish (Chanos chanos Forsskal) Serum as an Alternative Media Supplement for Culture of A549 (Human Lung) and HCT 116 (Colon) Carcinomas Angeli Joyce Yap Dy, 16, Capiz National High School, Roxas, Capiz Province, Philippines Inhibition of the ATPase Activity of the Hepatitis C Virus NS3 Protein by Human Lactoferrin Sabrina Bouchard, 17, Seminaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada Gastro Microbial Fuel Cell: A Novel Implementation of a GMFC in Capsular Nanorobotics Raja Selvakumar, 16, Milton High School, Milton, Georgia

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The Use of Click-Chemistry and the Tetrazine-Norbornene Complex to Synthesize Herceptin Radiolabelled to Zr-89 and Ga-67 Gabriel Isaac Weissmann, 17, Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, New York Priya Mohindra, 16, Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, New York

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner CB004 Identifying Novel Mechanisms of Cytochrome-P450 2E1 Regulation Nithin Reddy Tumma, 17, Port Huron Northern High School, Port Huron, Michigan First Award of $3,000

CB004 CB011

Identifying Novel Mechanisms of Cytochrome-P450 2E1 Regulation Nithin Reddy Tumma, 17, Port Huron Northern High School, Port Huron, Michigan Correcting Dysregulated Splicing of the KLF6 Gene in Pancreatic Cancer Using Modified Antisense Oligonucleotides Blake Edward Smith, 17, Oceanside High School, Oceanside, New York

Second Award of $1,500

CB024

Development of a Low Cost Electroporator for High School and Developing World Applications Timothy D. Trippel, 18, Marian High School, Mishawaka, Indiana Novel Role of BAT3 in Regulation of Basal Macroautophagy Ishan Chatterjee, 16, Fox Chapel Area High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Identification of Ezrin as a Colonic Substrate for Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Sigma Howard Feng, 15, Bayview Secondary School, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

CB029 CB039

Third Award of $1,000

CB006 CB012

Genetic Targets in HPV-Induced Cancers Arun Brendan Dutta, 17, Western Albemarle High School, Crozet, Virginia The Effects of Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase Expression on Tumor-Induced Immunosuppression Bilal Ahmed Siddiqui, 17, Wellington C. Mepham High School, Bellmore, New York CD24 Induced Muscular Regeneration: Unraveling the Mystery behind Satellite Cell Differentiation Evan M. Chen, 17, Wayzata High School, Plymouth, Minnesota

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RNA Interference as an Effective and Environmentally-Friendly Method of Insect Population Control Joseph Corbett Ferguson, 18, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Lexington, Kentucky Roshan Palli, 17, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Lexington, Kentucky Expression of a Schizophrenia-Associated V321L-Nrg1 Protein Reduces Nrg1-ICD Nuclear Translocation and -7 nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Expression Savina Dine Kim, 17, Commack High School, Commack, New York Neil Mehta, 16, Jericho High School, Jericho, New York

CB304

Fourth Award of $500

CB002 CB019

The Role of the Retinoid X Receptor in Astrocytes in Alzheimer's Disease Adriana Elysse Zinn, 17, Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio The Effect of Vincristine on Transposon Mobilization-Induced Mutation Rates in Caenorhabditis elegans Smita Shukla, 18, Massachusetts Academy of Mathematics and Science at WPI, Worcester, Massachusetts Strain-Dependent Expression of the Mast Cell-Restricted Tryptase mMCP-7: Implications for Innate Immunity, Acquired Immunity, Inflammation, and Blood Coagulation Dominick Zheng, 17, Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts Inter--Trypsin Inhibitor Heavy Chain 4 Promotes Lung Injury but Inhibits Cell Migration Post Endotoxin Exposure Greeshma Somashekar, 17, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina A Novel Combinational Therapy Targeting Purine Salvage Pathways of Trichomonas vaginalis Mahmoud Motaz Ghulman, 16, Dar Al Thiker School, Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia Second Life: Novel and Interspecies Reprogramming of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Won Ik Lee, 18, Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey Hong Joon Park, 16, Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey

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Chemistry

Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner CH034 Drug Synthesis: Braving Legendary Challenges Raghavendra Ramachanderan, 16, St. John's International Residential School, Chennai, India First Award of $3,000

CH034

Drug Synthesis: Braving Legendary Challenges Raghavendra Ramachanderan, 16, St. John's International Residential School, Chennai, India Kinetic Analysis of Nanometallic Catalyst in Reduction of Nitrophenol: Investigation of a New Class of "Super Catalyst" Quoc-Bao Duy Nguyen, 16, Westwood High School and McNeil High School, Austin, Texas Mai-Anh N. Vu, 15, Westwood High School and McNeil High School, Austin, Texas

CH301

Second Award $1,500

CH012

Modeling Hydrogen Production Catalyzed by a Novel Electrocatalyst with Density Functional Theory Shubhro Saha, 18, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut Polyfunctionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Novel Scaffolds for Multimodal Tumor-Targeted Therapy and Biological Imaging Neil Pathak, 18, Herricks Senior High School, New Hyde Park, New York Synthesis and Manipulation of Silver and Gold Nano-Mirrors Michael Leonard Janner, 15, Redlands East Valley High School, Redlands, California

CH016

CH036
Third Award of $1,000

CH008

The Electrochemical Effects of Glucose and Sucrose on the Voltage Output of a Microbial Fuel Cell Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae Jack Erdozain, Jr., 16, Westminster Christian School, Palmetto Bay, Florida Lighting Insulin with Gold Nanodots Yun-Chen Chien, 17, Taipei First Girls' High School, Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C), Chinese Taipei The Investigation of the Key Steps of Detoxinine Total Synthesis Alexander Sergeevich Shved, 16, Moscow Chemical Lyceum 1303, Moscow, Russia Optimization and Mechanistic Investigation of a User and Eco-Friendly Protocol for Oxidative Cleavage of Alkenes Prem P. Thottumkara, 18, Macomb High School, Macomb, Illinois

CH010

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Fourth Award of $500

From Dusk to Dawn: Contact Lenses in the Night Tear Proteome Jack Huang, 17, Parkland High School, Allentown, Pennsylvania

CH006

Adventures in the Dendritric Crystallization of Potassium Bromide Jack Daniel Francis McCann, 16, Loreto College, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Photostabilization of an Organic Dye via Adsorption to Clay Minerals Maya Ellen Samuels, 17, Har Va'Gai Regional High School, Upper Galilee, Israel Investigation of Ideal Conditions to Retain Ascorbic Acid in Common Cooking Methods Alexander Scott Powers, 16, Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, California The Synthesis of Organometallic Complexes of Iridium (III) and Platinum (II) for OLED Applications Marek Buchman, 18, School for Extraordinary Gifted Children, Bratislava, Slovakia Asymmetric Total Synthesis of GlaxoSmithKline's Potent Phosphodiesterase Inhibitor Yaroslav Dmitrievich Boyko, 17, Moscow Chemical Lyceum 1303, Moscow, Russia A Study on the Photo-catalytic Disinfectant Effect of Substrate-Embedded, Annealed, and Anodized TiO2 Thin Films on E. coli Pranav Nagaraj Haravu, 16, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina Vipul Tushar Vachharajani, 17, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina

CH011 CH015

CH018

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CH312

Computer Science

Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner CS030 Efficient Implementation of Tilt Compensated Compass and Depth Camera in Interactive Augmented Reality Lai Xue, 18, Chengdu International School, Chengdu, Sichuan, China First Award of $3,000

CS009 CS030

Composing Frusta to Fold Polyhedral Origami Herng Yi Cheng, 18, NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, Efficient Implementation of Tilt Compensated Compass and Depth Camera in Interactive Augmented Reality Lai Xue, 18, Chengdu International School, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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CS004 CS047

Eye-Controlled Cursor Filip Naiser, 18, Gymnazium Aloise Jiraska, Litomysl, Czech Republic Increase in Speed of Interprocess Interaction in Microsoft Singularity Gadzhi Shamil'evich Osmanov, 16, Lyceum #572, Center of Mathematical Education, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia The Research on the Space Interactive 3D Mapping Method Yizheng He, 18, Northeast Yucai School, Shenyang, Liaoning, China Haoyan Kang, 18, North East Yucai School, Shenyang, China, Liaoning, China Jiayi Wang, 17, Northeast Yucai School, Shenyang, Liaoning, China The Multimodal Real-Time Recognition of Emotion in Human Speech Akash Krishnan, 16, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon Matthew Philip Fernandez, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon

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CS309

Third Award of $1,000

CS002 CS017

Creation and Navigation of a 3D Environment with Stereo Vision, a Continuation Dylan Cooper Dalrymple, 16, Pensacola High School, Pensacola, Florida Maintaining Viewing Quality with Lower Number of LEDs Yu-Jung Chen, 18, The Affiliated Senior High School of National Kaohsiung Norm, Kaohsiung City, Chinese Taipei Developing an Adaptive Disaster Evacuation Simulation Francis Xinghang Chen, 17, Penn High School, Mishawaka, Indiana Monte Carlo Simulation of a Serial Dilution PCR Experiment Jonah Milton Kallenbach, 16, Germantown Academy Upper School, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania SEOR:_Simulated Environment for Object Reconstruction Elliott Suk Chung, 18, Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Lawrenceville, Georgia Position and Vector Detection of Blind Spot Motion with Horn-Schunck Optical Flow Mike Wu, 16, Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, California Stephen Sia Yu, 17, Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, California

CS038 CS052

CS056

CS307

Fourth Award of $500

CS021

AILab - Scripting Language for Artificial Intelligence Ionut Alexandru Budisteanu, 17, High School "Liceul National Mircea cel Batran," Ramnicu Valcea, Valcea, Romania

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Optical Music Recognition of Printed Music Score Hyunjoon Song, 16, Novi High School, Novi, Michigan Virtual Private Network Using Peer-to-Peer Techniques Daniel Kasza, 18, Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science, Worcester, Massachusetts Enhanced Visual Acuity of Thalamic Visual Prosthesis Simulation Using Head and Eye Tracking Sameer Kailasa, 15, American Heritage School Plantation, Plantation, Florida Active Noise Cancellation in Human-Robot Speech Interaction Jao-ke Chin-Lee, 16, Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York A Genetic Algorithm Approach to Minimizing Beam Loss in High Power Particle Accelerators Scotty Allan Chung, 18, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee Yajit Kumar Jain, 17, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee Carlos E del-Castillo-Negrete, 17, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee Sound Wave Propagation: 3D Premises Model Konstantin Slavnov, 17, Lyceum of Information Technologies #1533, Moscow, Russia Ilya S Shoshin, 18, Lyceum of Information Technologies #1533, Moscow, Russia Dyadic Interaction Assistant for Tracking Head Gestures and Facial Expressions Varun Ramesh, 15, Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona Shantanu Bala, 16, Barry Goldwater High School, Phoenix, Arizona

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Earth & Planetary Sciences

Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner EA023 Using Amino Acid Analysis to Distinguish Chondritic Meteorites from Rocks Launched into Space from Earth Jane M. Cox, 16, Timpview High School, Provo, Utah First Award of $3,000

EA023

Using Amino Acid Analysis to Distinguish Chondritic Meteorites from Rocks Launched into Space from Earth Jane M. Cox, 16, Timpview High School, Provo, Utah

Second Award of $1,500

EA015

Characterizing Engineered TiO2 Nanoparticle Adhesion: Implications for Environmental Transport and Remediation Eric E. Fein, 17, John Adams High School, South Bend, Indiana

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Tracking Quaternary Sealevel with Corals and Molluscs: Cosmic Dose Rate Modeling and ESR Dating on San Salvador, Bahamas Aislinn Deely, 17, Francis Lewis High School, Fresh Meadows, New York

Third Award of $1,000

EA018

Gap in the Deep Sea?: Reconstruction of Sedimentary Environment of the Kurotaki Unconformity, Central Japan Based on Foraminifers Riou Tanaka, 16, Chiba High School, Chiba, Chiba, Japan Using Paleotemperature to Search for the Effects of El Nino Southern Oscillation in the Red Sea Based on a Temperature Model Derived from the Sr/Ca Ratio in Coral Ryan Shockey Davis, 16, Falmouth Academy, Falmouth, Massachusetts Nonlinear Parametric Modeling of Hurricane Landfall Decay Taide Ding, 16, Oxford High School, Oxford, Mississippi

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EA026
Fourth Award of $500

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A Device for Measuring the Vibrations and Earthquakes Mohamed Maamoon Sehimat, 15, Zaud Bin Al- Hareth, Karak, Jordan CA.WA.LE.C. Cave Water Level Control Cristofer Pezzetta, 18, Istituto Statale d'Istruzione Superiore Arturo Malignani, Udine, Udine, Italy Daniele Olivo, 19, Istituto Tecnico Arturo Malignani, Udine, Udine, Italy Mattia Olivier, 19, Istituto Tecnico Industriale Arturo Malignani, Udine, Udine, Italy Characterization of Volcanic Lightning and Modeling How Volcanic Lightning Occurs at Sakurajima Volcano in Kagoshima, Japan Nobutada Kawazoe, 17, Kagoshima Prefectural Kinkowan Senior High School, Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan Taiki Maehata, 17, Kagoshima Prefectural Kinkowan Senior High School, Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan Rushia Kanai, 17, Kagoshima Prefectural Kinkowan Senior High School, Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan

EA304

ENGINEERING: Electrical and Mechanical

Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner EE322 Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Using an Electrostatic Focusing Lens Demitri Joseph Hopkins, 18, Merlo Station High School, Beaverton, Oregon Forrest Evan Betton, 18, Merlo Station High School, Beaverton, Oregon Eric Michael Thomas, 18, Merlo Station High School, Beaverton, Oregon

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EE025 EE073 EE322

Electromagnetic Detection of Aquifers Alexander Kent Kendrick, 18, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico Indoor Ground Manifold Tracking through Low-Cost Stereoscopy Christopher Stephen Nielsen, 17, Home School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Using an Electrostatic Focusing Lens Demitri Joseph Hopkins, 18, Merlo Station High School, Beaverton, Oregon Forrest Evan Betton, 18, Merlo Station High School, Beaverton, Oregon Eric Michael Thomas, 18, Merlo Station High School, Beaverton, Oregon

Second Award of $1,500

EE003

Novel Oral Drug Inhaler Design to Optimize Drug Deposition in the Lungs Arnab Dey, 16, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts, Hot Springs, Arkansas Ball Robot - An Instable System in Balance Jan Kaeberich, 18, Campe-Gymnasium Holzminden, Holzminden, Niedersachsen, Germany Brain Computer Interface David Alexandre Joseph Campeau, 16, Mayo High School, Rochester, Minnesota Acoustic Imaging Using Optimized Beamforming Techniques Andrew Beekman Feldman, 16, Manalapan High School, Englishtown, New Jersey An Adsorption Chiller Prototype for Obtaining Green Refrigeration from Solar Heating Robert Huntington Verkuil, 16, Roy C. Ketcham High School, Wappingers Falls, New York Fabrication and Impact Optimization of Angular and Hydrostatic Body Armor Atif Javed, 18, Fairfax High School, Fairfax, Virginia Steven Donald Gillen, 17, Fairfax High School, Fairfax, Virginia

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Third Award of $1,000

EE020

Assistant of Walking Aid: Walking Aid Facility for the Old and the Relevant Patients Zehong Weng, 18, Guangdong Experimental High School, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China A Robotic Assistant for the Visually-Impaired (RAVI): A Novel System Employing Digital Image Processing and Sonar Range Detection Ishwarya Ananthabhotla, 18, Kings Park High School, Kings Park, New York A Stand-Off Seismo-Acoustic Method for Humanitarian Demining Marian Joan Bechtel, 16, Hempfield High School, Landisville, Pennsylvania

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Electrowetting for Novel Electromechanical Applications Andrey Sushko, 17, Hanford High School, Richland, Washington TouchingNotes II: Music for the Senses Vinicius Guilherme Muller, 19, Escola Tecnica Liberato Salzano Vieira da Cunha, Novo Hamburgo, RS, Brasil Water for the World: Developing a Portable, Solar Powered Desalination Unit Ryan Christopher Erickson, 17, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico Autonomous Robotic Vehicle, Saving Lives, Preventing Accidents One at a Time Jessica Alexis Richeri, 17, Centennial High School, Corona, California SunConditioning II Juan Carlos Gonzalez, 15, Fleming Island High School, Orange Park, Florida The Design, Development, and Testing of a Robotic Duct Sterilization System, Year 4 Spencer Steven Tuttle, 16, Palm Bay High School, Melbourne, Florida Dalton James Stanley, 17, Palm Bay High School, Melbourne, Florida

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Fourth Award of $500

EE002

Design of Portable X-ray and Computed Tomography Scanner Tomas Svoboda, 20, High School of Electrotechnical Studies, Brno, Bohemia, Czech Republic Set the Switch - Save Energy Oleg Dreval, 16, Kiev Lyceum #142, Kyiv, Ukraine Humanoid Gripper Helps Level the Playing Field, Year II Rachel Ann Aaronson, 16, Satellite High School, Satellite Beach, Florida The Liquid Piston Engine, Phase 3 Kelly Maria Kleier, 18, Notre Dame Academy, Park Hills, Kentucky Increasing the Efficiency of Solar Tracking Systems Michael Anthony Cerabona, 17, Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, New York GNut, III: An A.I.R.V.I.S. (Anthropometric Interactive Robot with Vision Intelligence & Speech) Arjun Aggarwal, 16, Lexington High School, Lexington, South Carolina Passive Solar Tracking Anthony Vladimir Surganov, 17, Albert Grannis Lane Technical College Preparatory High Schoo, Chicago, Illinois Dont Fear, Its Secure: Flexible and Secure RFID System Deployment Shayan J. Mohanty, 17, Plano Senior High School, Plano, Texas

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TongueMove: Barrier Tree Tongue Controller Ka Chon Leong, 18, Keang Peng School, Macau, SAR of the Peoples Republic of China Boosting Central Heat / Air Conditioning Efficiency through Evaporative Cooling Supplementation Trevor Kidder Monroe, 18, Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School, Winter Haven, Florida Construction of a Feasible Einstein: Szilard Absorption Refrigeration System Spencer Wilson, 18, Colquitt County High School, Moultrie, Georgia Enhanced Navigation System for Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle Io Tong Chan, 18, Keang Peng School, Macau, Macau, SAR of the Peoples Republic of China Chi Kit Cheong, 17, Keang Peng School, Macao, Macau, SAR of the Peoples Republic of China Ka Hong Lao, 17, Keang Peng School, Macau, Macau, SAR of the Peoples Republic of China

EE080 EE319

ENGINEERING: Materials and Bioengineering

Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner EN019 Celloidosomes: A Journey toward the Bioengineering of Artificial Micro-Glands and Micro-Bioreactors Samantha Marie Marquez, 15, Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and Intern, Richmond, Virginia First Award of $3,000

EN019

Celloidosomes: A Journey toward the Bioengineering of Artificial Micro-Glands and Micro-Bioreactors Samantha Marie Marquez, 15, Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies, Richmond, Virginia Algae-based Atmospheric Revitalization for Zero-G and Aerospace Application Alexander Raymond Crisara, 16, L. C. Anderson High School, Austin, Texas Alexander Jahan Rabii, 14, L. C. Anderson High School, Austin, Texas

EN301

Second Award of $1,500

EN022

Accounting for Cross-talk between Signaling Pathways Identifies Novel Model for Early and Late Post-transplant Acute Rejection Andrew Liu, 17, Henry M. Gunn Senior High School, Palo Alto, California

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Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Evaluation of a Novel Biomaterial for Post-Lumpectomy Breast Reconstruction Shyam Venkateswaran, 17, Herricks Senior High School, New Hyde Park, New York Synthesis and Characterization of Composite Plastics from Thermoplastic Starch and Nano-sized Calcium Phosphate for Film Packaging Miguel Arnold Silverio Reyes, 16, Philippine Science High School- Main Campus, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines Developing a Thermo/Hydrochromic Roadway Paint Application to Increase Driver Awareness during Hazardous Conditions Nicholas Michael Huey, 18, Camdenton High School, Camdenton, Missouri

EN027

EN034

Third Award of $1,000

EN018

An Investigation of the Porosity and Morphology of Fusion-Bonded Epoxy Rachel Alexandra Strauss, 17, Roanoke Valley Governor's School for Science and Technology, Roanoke, Virginia Regulatory Signatures of Cancer Cell Lines Inferred from Gene Expression Data Jayanth Krishnan, 17, Mahopac High School, Mahopac, New York Creating Porous TiO2 Nanoparticles to Improve the Charge Carrier Efficiency of Photoelectrochemical Cells Ayush Gupta, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon Study of Steels Suitable for Reactor Pressure Vessels Marek Kovar, 19, Gymnazium Karla Sladkovskeho, Prague, Czech Republic Tomas Petak, 19, Gymnazium Karla Sladkovskeho, Prague, Czech Republic Modeling and Characterization of Novel Heusler Magnetocaloric Effect Alloys Mathilda Marie Lloyd, 17, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee Yiwei Li, 18, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee The Plastic We Will Use in the Future (from Obtaining Bioplastics NOPAL Mucilage) Xhail Pineda Gonzalez, 17, Official Preparatory Annex to the Normal School of Teotihuac, Colony Nva., Teotihuacan, Mexico

EN025 EN035

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Fourth Award of $500

EN009

Towards More Efficient Very-Large-Scale Integrated Networks: Increasing the Degree of Parallelism and Semiconductance in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Devices Yosyp Shvab, 17, T. C. Williams High School, Alexandria, Virginia Can Recycled Rubber Materials Be Used in Concrete to: Reduce Environmental and Landfill Waste, Reduce Petroleum Usage, and Reduce the Carbon Footprint While Improving the Infrastructure of Bridges, Roads and Buildings? John Charles Boykin, 17, St. Peter Chanel, Bedford, Ohio

EN016

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The Algae-Mobile 3: Bioactive Energy and Carbon Dioxide Filtration in the Exhaust of a Car Param Jaggi, 17, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, Texas Developing a Urine Test for Tularemia through the Use of Cibacron Blue-Core Shell Nanoparticles to Sequester the Bacterial Antigen Tul4 Rithvik Raju Prasannappa, 17, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia Sameer Kumar Singh, 17, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia Preparation of Hyaluronic Acid Nanoparticles with A. chica for Applications in Wound Healing Lorraine da Silva Campos, 16, Escola Americana de Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brasil Vanessa Estefano Uriza, 16, Escola Americana de Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brasil Cellulose Crystals Clean and Cure Janelle Tam, 15, Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Vivienne Tam, 18, Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Utilization of Mucilage Derived from Lemon Basil Seeds as Coating Substance for Fruit Preservation Thanasup Gonmanee, 18, Princess Chulabhorn's College Phetchaburi, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand Worrada Junmook, 18, Princess Chulabhorn's College Phetchaburi, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand Narintadeach Charoensombut, 18, Princess Chulabhorn's College Phetchaburi, Chaam, Phetchaburi, Thailand Hatch an Egg with Insulation and Hot Pack Instead of Electricity Tae Young Roh, 16, Ju Yeop High School, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Yeon Ji Kim, 17, Paik Yang High School, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Beom Kwan Kim, 16, Ilsan Daejin High School, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

EN304

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Energy and Transportation

Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated fair they represent. Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner ET062 A Novel Biofuel Cell Based on Direct Electron Transfer-Type Bioelectrocatalysis Incorporating Photophosphorylation to Efficiently Create Sustainable Electrical Energy Nathan Sai Kondamuri, 16, Munster High School, Munster, Indiana

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ET021

Enhancing Algae Biofuels, Phase II: Stress Analysis of ACCase, an Enzymatic Factor of Lipid Production Sara Ellen Volz, 15, Cheyenne Mountain High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado A Novel Biofuel Cell Based on Direct Electron Transfer-Type Bioelectrocatalysis Incorporating Photophosphorylation to Efficiently Create Sustainable Electrical Energy Nathan Sai Kondamuri, 16, Munster High School, Munster, Indiana

ET062

Second Award of $1,500

ET001

The Engineering of a Novel Magnetic Levitation Train Propulsion System through the Application of a Coil Current Gradient Christopher Joseph Davlantes, 18, Bishop Kenny High School, Jacksonville, Florida Effects of Dopants on the Morphology and Efficiency of Conjugated Polymer OPV Devices Arjun Mathur, 17, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida Acoustic Cavitation at the Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell Cathode Layer for Sustainable Hydrogen Production Eric Lau, 16, Savannah Arts Academy, Savannah, Georgia Hydrolize: Kinetics of the Hydrogen Production of the Magnesium-Water Reaction in Aqueous Solution Tyler Trettel Howard, 18, Olathe Northwest High School, Olathe, Kansas Photoelectrochemical Approach to PEM Fuel Cells Using Hydrodynamic Voltammetry Dheevesh Arulmani, 15, Gordon Graydon Memorial Secondary School, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

ET002

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ET059

Third Award of $1,000

ET031 ET032

Synthesis of Complex Nanostructures for Solar Cells: Analysis Using Novel D-SCOPEn Shyamal Buch, 15, Vista del Lago High School, Folsom, California Optimization of a Microbial Fuel Cell to Drive a Bioelectrochemically Assisted Wastewater Treatment Reactor Ryota Ishizuka, 17, Greenwich High School, Greenwich, Connecticut Synthesizing Hydrocarbon Derivatives as an Alternative Fuel Source Utilizing Effluent Gas from a Catalytic Converter in a Two Stage Induction System with Cobalt Molybdenum Copper in a Hydrodesulphurization Process to Reduce Carbon Emissions Justin Kenrick Ramsaran, 17, Palm Bay High School, Melbourne, Florida Obtaining Bioethanol from Tuna (Opuntia ficus): An Alternative to the Use of Corn Clara Guadalupe Escarcega Ramirez, 19, Escuela Preparatoria Oficial Num. 19, Mexico, Estado de Mexico, Mexico

ET048

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Maximizing Algal Growth and Lipid Yields through Varying Iron3+ Concentration and Bioavailability: A Continued Investigation on Finding Optimal Growing Conditions for Scenedesmus sp. for Biofuel Production Yanqi Chen, 16, Central York High School, York, Pennsylvania Manufacturing an Improved Polymer Photovoltaic Cell Using Graphene and Graphene Oxide Nathan Akhavan, 18, Rambam Mesivta, Lawrence, New York Benjamin Joseph Goldman, 18, Rambam Mesivta, Lawrence, New York A Temperature-Controlled Investigation of Au/Pd Nanoparticle Catalysis for Applications in a PEM Fuel Cell Gurpreet Singh, 17, Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills, New York Karan Singh Sikka, 17, Syosset High School, Syosset, New York

ET305

ET308

Fourth Award of $500

ET004

Power Up!: Experimental Design and Mathematical Optimization of a Dual Rotor Wind Turbine Andrew Samuel Ylitalo, 15, Stillwater Area High School, Stillwater, Minnesota The Creation and Testing of a Fully Submersible Geared Water Turbine for Alternative Energy Production Gavin Grant Ovsak, 17, Eden Prairie High School, Hopkins, Minnesota Maximizing Hybrid Rocket Motor Efficiency for Evaluating Recyclable and Renewable Fuels Megan Lynn Perkins, 16, DuPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky Drag'n'ball: How the Humpback Whales Bumped Flippers Can Help Us to Renewable Energy Hanne Binder, 19, Vejle Technical High School, Vejle, Denmark Generating Clean Electrical Tidal Power, Year Three of an Ongoing Study Kyle Scott Saleeby, 16, Niceville High School, Niceville, Florida Algae as a Biofuel, Part II Daisuke Dennis Takeda, 19, Newman Smith High School, Carrollton, Texas Effect of Various Metal Cofactors on the Catalyzation Rate of Pyruvate to Ethanol by Pyruvate Decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.1) in Sacchararomyces cervisiae when Thiamine Pyrophosphate (TPP) Is Absent Arrush Choudhary, 15, Chantilly High School, Chantilly, Virginia Analysis of Conducting Polymer PEDOT (Poly (3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene)) and Nanostructured Titania for Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Akshai Baskaran, 18, Kennewick High School, WA, Washington

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Wave Power Plant Ennan Umerov, 15, Zagalno-osvitnya shkola I-III stupeniv, Mizhvodne, Crimea Autonomous Republic, Ukraine

Environmental Management

Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner EM315 Bio-based Packaging Plastics from Fish Scale Pornwasu Pongtheerawan, 16, Suratpittaya, Maung, Suratthani, Thailand Tanpitcha Phongchaipaiboon, 17, Suratpittaya School, Meung District, Suratthani, Thailand Arada Sungkanit, 17, Suratpittaya School, Meung District, Suratthani, Thailand First Award of $3,000

EM305

The Effects of Micro-algae Characteristics on the Bioremediation Rate of Deepwater Horizon Crude Oil Xiuqi Cao, 16, Century High School, Rochester, Minnesota Ying Xiong, 15, Century High School, Rochester, Minnesota Bio-based Packaging Plastics from Fish Scale Pornwasu Pongtheerawan, 16, Suratpittaya, Maung, Suratthani, Thailand Tanpitcha Phongchaipaiboon, 17, Suratpittaya School, Meung District, Suratthani, Thailand Arada Sungkanit, 17, Suratpittaya School, Meung District, Suratthani, Thailand The Effect of Ocean Acidification and Oil Spills on Emiliania huxleyi Transparent Exopolymer Particles Kunal Ashok Sangani, 16, Fayetteville Manlius High School, Manlius, New York Mishka Gidwani, 17, Neuqua Valley High School, Naperville, Illinois

EM315

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Second Award of $1,500

EM007

Clean Acres: Simulated in situ Bioremediation of Diesel Contaminated Soil Utilizing a Linoleic Acid and R. rhodochrous on Soil Type in and Uncontrolled Environment Morgan Walker Sinko, 17, John Jay Science and Engineering Academy, San Antonio, Texas Improving Pure Water Availability: Optimizing Flux in Reverse Osmosis Membranes Matthew Jaebol Kim, 17, Commack High School, Commack, New York Biochar Carbon Sequestration: The Effects of Feedstock and Temperature of Pyrolysis on Chemical and Physical Stability of Biochar Meghana Vijay Rao, 15, Jesuit High School, Portland, Oregon

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To Investigate the Adsorption Potential of Orange Peel Biosorbents for the Removal of Copper(II) Ions Qin Xiang Ng, 18, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), Singapore, Singapore Wei Liang Matthew Lee, 18, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), Singapore, Singapore Recycling Rexine Waste--A Novel and Economical Approach Hetal Kanjibhai Vaishnav, 18, Late Shree S. G. Dholakiya Memorial High School, Rajkot, Gujarat, India Ankur Kanjibhai Vaishnav, 16, Shree P.V Modi High School, Rajkot, Gujarat, India

EM332

Third Award of $1,000

EM012

The Impact of Anthropogenically Modified Wetlands on Anuran Populations: What Do Species Richness, Diversity, and Presence of Invasive Species Tell Us about Everglades Wetlands Restoration? Jamie Odzer, 15, Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School, Miami, Florida Determining the Starch Content of Lemna minor in Relation to Nitrate and Phosphate Levels, Year 2 Kristen Elaine Clayton, 15, Viera High School, Viera, Florida The Effect of E. crassipes on the Nitrate and Ammonia Levels from Sewage Treatment Waste Water Kelly M. Martins, 17, Langley High School, McLean, Virginia Monitoring the Disturbance of Soil Micro-Ecosystems in Dormant Topsoil Using Nematodes and Studying the Methods to Rehabilitate Soil for Effective Site Restoration Laura Bernadette Lane, 17, Aztec High School, Aztec, New Mexico Detecting Oil Spills Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Calvin Ling, 16, The Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School, Austin, Texas Mark Sands, 17, Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School, Austin, Texas Bioremoving of Chrome in Leather Shavings Marcelo Jung Eberhardt, 18, Fundacao Escola Tecnica Liberato Salzano Vieira da Cunha, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil Patrick Comassetto Fuhr, 18, Fundacao Escola Tecnica Liberato Salzano Vieira da Cunha, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil A Quantitative Study of Marine Bacteria of Dispersed and Undispersed Crude Oil and Potential for Enhancement of Biodegradation Rithika Marumagan Thirumal, 17, Ovey Comeaux High School, Lafayette, Louisiana Samantha Leigh Biddick, 17, Ovey Comeaux High School, Lafayette, Louisiana

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Eco-friendly Ink from Terminalia chebula Pramoda Nekkare Vishnumurthy, 15, Sri Ramakrishna High School, Puttur, India Bhargava Chakrakodii Subbanna, 14, Sri Ramakrishna High School, Puttur Karnataka, Karnataka, India

Fourth Award of $500

EM001 EM005

Soil Amendment Variations: Their Role in Improving Surface Mine Reclamation Travis Cole Sylvester, 17, Greybull High School, Greybull, Wyoming Viability of Bioremediation of Lake St. Marys, Ohio via Reintroduction of Native Mussels Andrew Benedict Favorito, 17, Paulding High School, Paulding, Ohio Biobased Ferrite Nanoparticles: A Novel Approach to Extract Organic Solvents and Heavy Metals from Water Atreya Shilbhadra Dey, 17, Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, Fairfield, Iowa Utilization of a Thermophilic Sulfate-Reducing Species for Bioremediation Purposes Kirsten Perry, 17, Elko High School, Elko, Nevada Investigating the Effectiveness of Indigenous Plant Solutions in Inhibiting Leaf Gall Insect Development Jorie Ann Moore, 16, Sanger High School, Sanger, California Dependence of Leaf Litter Decomposition and CO2 Release on Tree Species and Temperature Vincent Huang Lin, 16, Falmouth High School, Falmouth, Massachusetts To Clay or Not to Clay? Management of Algal Growth through Clay and Chitosan Flocculation Shefali Prashant Shah, 17, Great Mills High School, Great Mills, Maryland A Fishy Detector Haleeda Hilmi, 17, Tunku Kurshiah College, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia Nurul Amira Salehin, 17, Kolej Tunku Kurshiah, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia Oilchemistry: Recycling of Soybean Oil to Produce Alkyd Resins and Paint Adriana Ferreira Santana, 17, ETEC Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil Tiago Tolone Craveiro de Oliveira, 17, ETEC Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil An Investigation Into Sea Lettuce Briquettes Muireasa Anne Carroll, 17, Sacred Heart Secondary School, Co. Cork, Cork, Ireland Denise Marie Hurley, 17, Sacred Heart Secondary School Clonakilty, Co-Cork, Munster, Ireland Mairead Maeve Kingston, 17, Sacred Heart Seconday School, Co.cork, Cork, Ireland

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Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner EV323 Mimicking Wetting Behavior of Spider Silk: Studies on Water-Harvesting Efficiency According to the Fabrication of the Pattern of Wettability Gradient Jinyoung Seo, 18, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Busan, Busan, South Korea Dongju Shin, 18, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Busan, Busan, South Korea First Award of $3,000

EV033

An Experimental Study of the Impact of Airborne Pollutants on the Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF) Rate of Asthmatic Subjects PLUS A Novel Risk Assessment Model to Predict the Adverse Effect of PM10 and TVOCs on the PEF Rate Naomi C. Shah, 16, Sunset High School, Portland, Oregon Mimicking Wetting Behavior of Spider Silk: Studies on Water-Harvesting Efficiency According to the Fabrication of the Pattern of Wettability Gradient Jinyoung Seo, 18, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Busan, Busan, South Korea Dongju Shin, 18, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Busan, Busan, South Korea

EV323

Second Award of $1,500

EV001

The Assessment of Silver Nanoparticles in the Environment on Gene Expression in C. elegans Alexander Michael Cecil, 17, E.E. Waddell High School, Charlotte, North Carolina Embrace Air with Algae Repair Chloe Anassis, 15, The Study School, Westmount, Quebec, Canada Mussels, a Natural Approach to Sewage Treatment: Evaluating Geukensia demissa as Biofilters of Local Bay Pollution Arianne Elizabeth Papa, 17, Long Beach High School, Lido Beach, New York Jane Elizabeth Smyth, 17, Long Beach High School, Lido Beach, New York A.W.S.S. (Autonomus Water Sanitization System) David Varlotta, 19, Escuela Tecnica N012 "Libertador General Jose de San Martin", Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aire, Buenos Aires, Argentina Ruth Maurente Jamie, 17, Escuela Tecnica No12 D.E. 10 "Libertador General Jose de San, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aire, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aire, Argentina Elisa Bustamante, 20, Libertador General Jose de San Martin, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenas Aire, Argentina

EV021 EV309

EV313

Third Award of $1,000

EV015

A Cheaper Alternative to a Cleaner Future II: A Study to Optimize the Efficiencies of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Sirish Chandra Kamarajugadda, 17, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, Texas

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Green Based Conductive Polymer Sensor Zawin Najah Binti Zulkefli, 17, Tuanku Syed Putra Secondary Science School, Kangar, Malaysia Degradation of Environmental Pollutants with Nanocomposites Mehwish Ghafoor, 15, Federal Government College for Women G 10/4, Islamabad, Capital, Pakistan Ambreen Bibi, 15, Federal Government College for Women G 10/4, Islamabad, Capital, Pakistan Photoautotrophic Filtration: The Effects of Chlorella pyrenoidosa on the Reduction of CO2 Emissions Andrew Quinn Ross, 16, Clearfield High School, Clearfield, Utah Jed Donald Grow, 16, Clearfield High School, Clearfield, Utah Activation of the Hexose and Amino Acid Transport Systems in Chlorella protothecoides (vulgaris) for Enhanced Biomass Production via Amphitropic (Mixotrophic) Reaction Using Alternative Organic Carbon Sources Michael James Hulick, 18, Morristown Hamblen High School East, Morristown, Tennessee Andrew Michael Howington, 18, Morristown-Hamblen High School East, Morristown, Tennessee The Effect of Pollutants on Eisenia hortensis (Earthworm) and It's Potential as an Indicator Species Gillian Claire Gundersen, 17, Herndon High School, Herndon, Virginia Brenda Allison Perez, 17, Herndon High School, Herndon, Virginia

EV302

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EV321

Fourth Award of $500

EV028

Effects of Di-butyl phthalate (DBP) on Developing Medaka Embryos Yunqian Tang, 20, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina Nitrate Retention Chemistry - Development of an Environmentally-Friendly Manure Adam Joseph Dando, 16, Franklin Regional Senior High School, Murrysville, Pennsylvania Long-wavelength Light as a Catalyst for MS2 Photoinactivation by Cationic Porphyrins Marc Herman Webb, 18, Josephine Dobbs Clement Early College High School, Durham, North Carolina Red Tide Sensitivity to Ocean Acidification Matthew Philip Goldklang, 17, San Diego Jewish Academy, San Diego, California

EV035

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Research on Effect of Urban Rainfall Runoff Pollution on Water Environment and Amount Accounting Yixin Zhang, 17, Anhui Bengbu No. 2 High School, Bengbu, Anhui, China Yumeng Li, 16, Anhui Bengbu No. 2 High School, Bengbu, Anhui, China Anqi Wang, 17, Anhui Bengbu No. 2 High School, Bengbu, Anhui, China The Toxicity of Bioremediation Agents Catherine Rose Mitchell, 16, H. B. Woodlawn, Arlington, Virginia Andrea Elise Green, 15, H. B. Woodlawn, Arlington, Virginia Alternative Methods of Optimizing Food Production in "Red-Lined" and Urban Food Deserts Using Aquaponics and Hydroponics vs. Conventional Growing Methods Quantavious Yorel Griggs, 16, Benjamin E. Mays High School, Atlanta, Georgia Nouhayla Houssaini, 17, Benjamin E.Mays High School, Atlanta, Georgia The Way of CO2 Storage Using Formation of Carbonate Minerals by Aboriginal Microbes Woongui Hwang, 18, Cheonnam Science Highschool, Naju, Cheonnam, South Korea Doyeon Baek, 17, Cheonnam Science Highschool, Naju, Cheonnam, South Korea

EV305

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EV322

Mathematical Sciences

Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner MA002 Reformulating the Newton Direction Computation as a Linear Least Squares Problem for Smoothed Overdetermined L1 Functionals Matthew Russel Bauerle, 17, Bauerle Homeschool, Fenton, Michigan First Award of $3,000

MA002

Reformulating the Newton Direction Computation as a Linear Least Squares Problem for Smoothed Overdetermined L1 Functionals Matthew Russel Bauerle, 17, Bauerle Homeschool, Fenton, Michigan Linearly Many Faults in (n,k)-star Graphs Allen Yuan, 17, Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Michigan

MA017
Second Award of $1,500

MA031

A Novel Implementation of the Elliptic Curve Method, Stage 2: Using Weierstrass and Edwards Elliptic Curves for Faster Factorization Aishwarya Ananda Vardhana, 16, Jesuit High School, Portland, Oregon Integer Partitions and Sequences Manosij G Dastidar, 18, South Point High School, Kolkata, India

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Third Award of $1,000

On the Patterns Existing among Carousel Primes in Base n Simanta Gautam, 15, Albemarle High School, Charlottesville, Virginia

MA001 MA019 MA020 MA032

Developing Analytical Approaches to Forecast Wind Farm Production, Phase II Kate Alexandra Geschwind, 16, Mayo High School, Rochester, Minnesota On the Second Eigenvalue and Expansion of Bipartite Regular Graphs Wenyu Cao, 18, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts Properties of Hawkins Primes Aaron Lawrence Zweig, 14, Randolph High School, Randolph, New Jersey Method of Optimizing the Monte Carlo Statistical Algorithm to Increase Computational Efficiency in Multidimensional Integration Pratheek Nagaraj, 17, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida Lower Bounds for Odd Perfect Numbers Anirudh Prabhu, 16, West Lafayette Junior-Senior High School, West Lafayette, Indiana

MA050

Fourth Award of $500

MA026 MA029 MA036

New Triangle Centers Associated with a Triad of the Simulated Circumcircles Kang-Ying Liu, 18, Saint Andrew's Priory School, Honolulu, Hawaii A Creative Solution for Division by Zero Markus Robert Woltjer, 16, Wilsonville High School, Wilsonville, Oregon Rational Approximants for Euler-Gompertz Constant Vasily Sergeevich Bolbachan, 17, Advanced Science and Education Center A.N.Kolmogorov Schoo, Moscow, Moscow Region, Russia Mathematical Flowers: Patterns in Dots Generated by Intersection Points Vahid Fazel-Rezai, 14, Red River High School, Grand Forks, North Dakota Braid Group Representations and Braiding Quantum Gates Rebecca Chen, 16, Park Tudor School, Indianapolis, Indiana From the Around the World Sailing Record to Black Holes: Strange Geometries Clement Martinez, 15, College Albert Camus, Miramas, France Arnaud Vespa, 16, Adam de Craponne, Salon de Provence, France Marine Auriol, 15, College Albert Camus, Miramas, France

MA038 MA052 MA309

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Medicine and Health Sciences

Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner ME316 Treatment of Simulated Cancer Cells with Compton Scattering-Produced Secondary Radiation Matthew Troy Feddersen, 17, Acalanes High School, Lafayette, California Blake Marggraff, 18, Acalanes High School, Lafayette, California First Award of $3,000

ME054

New Smart Weapons: Theranostics-- A Novel NanoMedicine Approach to Combat Cancer Angela Zhang, 16, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California Risk Assessment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture Using Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations Sagar Hitendra Rambhia, 16, Jericho High School, Jericho, New York Treatment of Simulated Cancer Cells with Compton Scattering-Produced Secondary Radiation Matthew Troy Feddersen, 17, Acalanes High School, Lafayette, California Blake Marggraff, 18, Acalanes High School, Lafayette, California

ME083

ME316

Second Award of $1,500

ME004

Inhibition of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1: A Novel Therapeutic Approach for Diabetic Vascular Disease Samantha Renae Prabakaran, 15, Fort Myers High School, Fort Myers, Florida The Effects of Zinc Gluconate and Two Other Divalent Cationic Compounds on Olfactory Function Christopher Anthony Duncan-Lewis, 18, Winter Springs High School, Winter Springs, Florida Monocytic Gene Cell Therapy: Potential Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease Jasmine Samaiya Roberts, 18, Paul R. Wharton High School, Tampa, Florida Neural Network Diagnostics for Breast Cancer Brittany Michelle Wenger, 16, The Out-of-Door Academy, Sarasota, Florida A Novel Approach to Modeling Genetic Sensory Impairments through De Novo Prediction of Mutant Protein Structure Rebecca Faye Alford, 17, Commack High School, Commack, New York Inflammation Is Skin Deep with Gingerol and Transfersomes Kishore Balasubramanian, 14, Klein Oak High School, Spring, Texas

ME015

ME030 ME071 ME076

ME096

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Third Award of $1,000

ME017

Seeking Cures: An Evaluation of the Toxicity of MAP Kinase Inhibitor U0126 in an Animal Model Alexander Zhang, 14, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas Using the Degree of End Organ Damage to Predict the Outcomes of Heart Failure Patients after Mechanical Circulatory Support Device Implantation Qiaoyi Li, 18, Briarcliff High School, Briarcliff Manor, New York Silver Nanoparticles Affect Cell Messenger Delivery Anushua Bhattacharya, 16, East Ridge High School, Woodbury, Minnesota Testing the Correlation between B7-H1 and PTEN Signal Expression in Kidney Cancer Cells Michael Charles Zaiken, 17, Century High School, Rochester, Minnesota In silico Exploration of Aberrant Methylation Achutha Narayana Raman, 18, Dover-Sherborn Regional High School, Dover, Massachusetts Effects of Diabetes Mellitus on Vasculogenesis Capacities of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Shubha Srinivas Raghvendra, 17, Saint Francis High School, Mountain View, California Modeling of Human Non-Deletional Hereditary Persistence of Fetal Hemoglobin (HPFH) Conditions in Beta-Globin Locus Transgenic Mouse Models: The -175 (T to C) and -195 (C to G) A Gamma-Globin Gene Point Mutations Prarthana Jignesh Dalal, 17, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas KLF4 and KLF4-: Working Together to Fight Pancreatic Cancer Jiawen Wei, 18, Bellaire Senior High School, Bellaire, Texas Scaffolds that Baffle: A Study of in vitro Differentiation of Cells via Notch Signaling in a 2D/3D Biomaterial Environment Shantanu Abhishek Banerjee, 17, Westwood High School, Austin, Texas Varun Akella Koneru, 17, Westwood High School, Ausin, Texas Efficient Generation of Dopaminergic Neurons from Skin-derived Precursor Cells: Novel and Autologous Treatment for Parkinson's Disease Mohamed Reda Bensaidane, 18, Champlain College St. Lawrence, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Alexandre Lemieux, 18, Cegep de Sainte-Foy, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada

ME049

ME053 ME060

ME063

ME068 ME070

ME075 ME304

ME314

Fourth Award of $500

ME009

Intracellular Calcium and Prostate Cancer Dalia Martinez-Marin, 17, Lubbock High School, Lubbock, Texas

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CTLA4 Levels in T-Cells of Celiac Disease Patients Mary Olivia Richardson, 16, duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky Fabric to Health Treatments Impregnated of Zirconium Oxide and Silver Nanoparticles with Chitosan II Kawoana Trautman Vianna, 18, Fundacao Escola Tecnica Liberato Salzano Veira da Cunha, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil The Programming of and the Application of Automated Digital Microscopy in Analyzing Lung Inflammation and Cellular Imagery Joseph Darius Soltzberg, 18, Hawken School, Chesterland, Ohio Erythrocyte Dysfunction and Amelioration in Hypercholesterolemic Conditions Siddhartha Gautama Jena, 17, International Academy, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan A Novel Approach to Wound Therapy: The Effect of Plant Stem Cells on Mesenchymal Stem Cells When Exposed to UV Radiation Meagan-Helen Henderson, 16, Miss Edgar's and Miss Cramp's School, Westmount, Quebec, Canada Loss of Chaos in Parkinson's Disease: Using Fractal Mathematics to Understand the Effects of the Decoupling of the Basal Ganglia from the Cortex in Parkinson's Disease Leah Avi Balay-Wilson, 18, Lincoln Park High School, Chicago, Illinois Modulation of ERK5 in Inhibiting Breast Cancer Cell Migration and Invasion Grace Yang Wang, 17, A. B. Lucas Secondary School, London, Ontario, Canada A Novel Discovery: Thalamic Neurodegeneration in Huntington's Disease Bowei Deng, 17, White Station High School, Memphis, Tennessee 3-Dimensional Bio-imprinting of Proteins and Viruses Kelsey Skyler McKenna, 17, South Side High School, Rockville Centre, New York Alan Eyal Czemerinski, 18, The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, New York Tom Jie Wang, 16, The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, New York Neuroscience of Longevity: Effects of Stress and Antioxidant Genes on the Lifespan of Transgenic Drosophila melanogaster Lisa P Michaels, 15, Shepton High School, Plano, Texas Tess P Michaels, 17, Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas A Search for Reliable Molecular Cytogenetic Markers of Prostate Cancer Prognosis Alison Nicole Tradonsky, 17, San Diego Jewish Academy, San Diego, California Tammy Yetta Rubin, 18, San Diego Jewish Academy, San Diego, California

ME036

ME048 ME057

ME069

ME087 ME091 ME308

ME310

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Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner MI030 A Novel Approach to Mapping Protein Interactions during Pilus Biogenesis by Using in vivo Photocrosslinking Erica Brooke Portnoy, 17, Commack High School, Commack, New York First Award of $3,000

MI030

A Novel Approach to Mapping Protein Interactions during Pilus Biogenesis by Using in vivo Photocrosslinking Erica Brooke Portnoy, 17, Commack High School, Commack, New York The Protective Effects of the Violacein Pigment against UV-C Irradiation in Chromobacterium violaceum Andrew Nickolas Abboud, 18, Tippecanoe High School, Tipp City, Ohio

MI041

Second Award of $1,500

MI009

Identification and Characterization of Bacterial Endophytes as Novel Bio-inoculants for Jatropha Yuan Jin Tan, 17, Raffles Institution, Singapore, Singapore A Solution to the Worldwide Malaria Epidemic: T. gondii Mitochondria-Associated Proteins as Potential Drug Targets of Tomorrow Matthew Karmen McIntyre, 18, Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, New York Identification of the Target of the Antibiotic Salinamide A Katherine Yon Ebright, 17, North Brunswick Township High School, North Brunswick, New Jersey Beta Lactam Antibiotics Stimulate Non Typeable Haemophilus influenzae Biofilm Formation in vitro Kathleen Rose Maguire, 17, Marlborough School, Los Angeles, California

MI028

MI029

MI067

Third Award of $1,000

MI006

Investigating Acyl-homoserine Lactone Based Quorum Sensing Dependency in Mucoid and Nonmucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Development Spencer Chang, 16, West Linn High School, West Linn, Oregon Evaluating the Role of the HOG1 and ESCRT Pathways in Host/Cell Interaction and Stress Response of Candida albicans David Kenneth Tang-Quan, 18, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, California

MI024

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Analysis of the Bacterial Heat Shock Response to Photodynamic Therapy-Mediated Oxidative Stress Tyler Gordon St. Denis, 17, John Jay High School, Cross River, New York Plant Symbiotic Microfungi as Novel Forms of Cellulase and Ligninase Enzymes for Biofuel Production, a Two-Year Study Francisco Xavier Orozco, 18, Tucson Magnet High School, Tucson, Arizona Functional Characterization of Green Tea-responsive Proteins in Escherichia coli Peter Yin, 17, Ames High School, Ames, Iowa Microbial Explorations of a New Window into the Death Valley Deep Hydrological Flow System Alexandra Elane Wheatley, 18, Northwest Career and Technical Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada Bioengineered rASS Protein Treatment Mitigates Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide Toxicity Alvin Wang, 17, Oak Hall School, Gainesville, Florida Gabriel Enrique Molina, 17, Oak Hall School, Gainesville, Florida Apurv Suman, 17, Oak Hall School, Gainesville, Florida

MI040

MI050 MI061

MI305

Fourth Award of $500

MI014

The Effect of Holy Basil on the Growth of Respiratory Viruses (Adenovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus) Sangamithra Vardhan, 15, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, Melbourne, Florida FIGHTING BAC!!, Phase IV: The Isolation of Anti-proliferative Phytochemicals from Cranberries to Eradicate Escherichia coli Jordan Mark Grainger, 18, Rio Rancho High School, Rio Rancho, New Mexico Synthesis and Use of Gold Nanoparticle Therapeutics in Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Soyeun Yang, 16, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado Epstein-Barr Virus-Induced Alterations to Cellular Chromatin: A Potential Mechanism for Hit and Run Oncogenesis Ethan Traveny Skaggs, 17, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, Louisiana Investigating the Effects of Autoinducer Analogs on Quorum Sensing in Vibrio harveyi Felix F. Angelov, 17, Niles Township West High School, Skokie, Illinois Nipping Nephritis in the Bud Rahi Dilip Punjabi, 14, Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School, Marlborough, Massachusetts

MI021

MI031 MI032

MI037

MI043

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Interrupting Bacterial Conversation with Black Olive (Bucida buceras) Extracts Rohan Batra, 16, American Heritage School, Plantation, Florida Testing the Effect of Variable Surface Adhesiveness on the Movement Velocity of "Gliding" Cyanobacteria to Test Bacterial Gliding Theory for Cyanobacterial Motility Kevin Timothy Keller, 17, Battlefield High School, Haymarket, Virginia Abhinav Sai Venkat, 17, Battlefield High School, Haymarket, Virginia

Physics and Astronomy

Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner PH037 Countering Nuclear Terrorism: Novel Active and Passive Techniques for Detecting Nuclear Threats Taylor Ramon Wilson, 17, The Davidson Academy of Nevada, Reno, Nevada First Award of $3,000

PH010

The Flow Feature around Insects and Bionic Wing Based on Wind Tunnel Test Yimeng Shi, 18, The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China, Beijing, Beijing, China Countering Nuclear Terrorism: Novel Active and Passive Techniques for Detecting Nuclear Threats Taylor Ramon Wilson, 17, The Davidson Academy of Nevada, Reno, Nevada

PH037

Second Award of $1,500

PH015

Characterizing the Effects of Asteroid Belt Perturbations on the Orbits of the Inner Planets Nikita Michael Bogdanov, 17, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, New Mexico N-Body Computational Analyses of the Aerocapture of Planetesimals Using Symplectic Algorithms Ian Alexander Sohl, 16, DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts, Ogden, Utah Better Images, Fewer Samples: Optimizing Sample Distribution for Compressed Sensing in Radio Interferometry Clara Louisa Fannjiang, 17, Davis Senior High School, Davis, California Studies of Cell Elasticity by Nonlinear Damping Janet Yun-Chen Sung, 18, Taipei First Girls High School, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei Nai-Wen Hu, 16, Taipei First Girls High School, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei

PH027

PH062

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PH020

The Optimization of an Electrostatic Solar Sail through Three-Dimensional Plasma Simulation Austin Joseph Hess, 18, Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania The Construction of a Small Dense Plasma Focus Using a Novel Experimental Setup Adam Joseph Bowman, 15, Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville, Tennessee Characterizing the Spectral and Flow Characteristics of Microhollow Cathode Discharges Kamal Shah, 18, Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, Jersey City, New Jersey The Close Binary Fraction: A Bayesian Analysis of SDSS M Dwarf Spectra Benjamin Mathias Clark, 15, Penn Manor High School, Millersville, Pennsylvania Finding Harmonics in Plasma Dylan Edward Moore, 17, Alameda Community Learning Center, Alameda, California Effects of Cathode Composition on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Reactors Charles Douglas Ramey, 18, Northgate High School, Newnan, Georgia Light Curve and Orbital Analysis of Amor Asteroid 2000NF5 Weishuang Linda Xu, 17, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California

PH026 PH038

PH039 PH046 PH053

PH064
Fourth Award of $500

PH002 PH011 PH022 PH029 PH041

Size-Effects on Correlated Etching of Few-Layered Graphene Nanoribbons Arunita Kar, 17, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Lexington, Kentucky Multifunctional Scanner of the Angular Spectrum Polina Vladimirovna Shalaeva, 16, Lyceum # 40, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Determining "Hot Spots" through Correlations of CMEs and Solar Flares Travis Le, 16, Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii Nonlinear Modeling and Optimization of Opioid Peptide Delivery Stanley Paul Palasek, 16, Sonoran Science Academy, Tucson, Arizona Isolation and Optimization of the Radial Electric Field for the Proton Electric Dipole Moment Experiment Sahir Raoof, 17, Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, New York Extending the Motional Stark Effect Diagnostic to Low Magnetic Fields: Towards Implementing a Laser-induced Fluorescence Technique Nicole Yeechi Tsai, 17, High Technology High School, Lincroft, New Jersey

PH048

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The Desk Model of a Multilayer Magnetic Nanoparticle Lev Yurovskiy, 16, Lyceym #40, Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya, Russia Grigory Astretsov, 17, Lyceum # 40, Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya, Russia Determination and Modeling of the Shape of an Asteroid by Analysis of Its Light Curve Florian Livet, 17, LGT Leonard de Vinci, Montaigu, France Corentin Pasquier, 17, LGT Leonard de Vinci, Montaigu, France Titouan Coislier, 17, LGT Leonard de Vinci, Montaigu, France

PH310

Plant Sciences
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner PS011 The Use of Sodium Polyacrylate to Increase Crop Production in Dry-Land Farming Kira Elizabeth Powell, 16, Odessa High School, Odessa, Washington First Award of $3,000

PS011
Second Award of $1,500

The Use of Sodium Polyacrylate to Increase Crop Production in Dry-Land Farming Kira Elizabeth Powell, 16, Odessa High School, Odessa, Washington

PS033

Racing to Find Molecular Markers to Differentiate Pathogen Races Attacking Lentil Crops Rui Song, 15, Walter Murray Collegiate Institute, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Phyto Chemical and Ethnobotanical Studies of Acmella spilanthoides Cass (Buttonwood) and Its Importance in Medicine Kelvin Russell Cespedes Nano, 15, Educational Institution Divina Pastora, Oxapampa, Pasco, Peru Angel Francisco Solis Gozar, 16, Educational Institution Divina Pastora, Oxampampa, Pasco, Peru

PS303

Third Award of $1,000

PS001

Improving Environmental Stress Tolerance: The Genetic Engineering of the Oryza sativa Plant Carrying the Escherichia coli Genes Producing Trehalose (Year Two) Andrew Michael Joseph, 16, Episcopal High School of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida Enzyme-Mediated DNA Methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana: The Effect of Abiotic Stress on MET1, DRM2, and CMT3 Gene Expression Afia Zarrin Khan, 16, Spring Valley High School, Columbia, South Carolina The Agricultural Impact of Curlycup Gumweed on Barley Cultivars Tanner John Coppin, 17, Hankinson High School, Hankinson, North Dakota

PS020

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Investigation of a Novel Herbal Anti-Inflammatory Agent: Liquidambar formosana Hance Exudate, Bornyl Cinnamate Justine Li, 16, Jericho High School, Jericho, New York Serife E. Uzun, 16, Jericho High School, Jericho, New York

Fourth Award of $500

PS002

Efficacy of Chlorine on Salmonella Typhimurium LT2 in Irrigation Water on Produce Items Kelly Nicole Howard, 18, The Villages Charter High School, The Villages, Florida Rubus Endophytes: Application and Implication for Biological Control Ann C. Bernert, 18, West Linn High School, West Linn, Oregon The Effect of Intraspecific Cooperation in Sibling Plants Descended from the Same Parental Type on the Amount of Biomass Produced Kelsi Samantha Faley, 16, Heritage High School, Leesburg, Virginia Characterization of the Symbiotic Relationship between Sinorhizobium meliloti and Alfalfa Plants Fatima Nadeem Mirza, 17, Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan

PS004 PS010

PS019

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