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2005 Intel ISEF Grand Awards

Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award
The winners of this award are the top three students at the Intel ISEF. They each receive a $50,000 scholarship.
 
A Scholarship of $50,000.
BE037 Prototype for Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind
Ameen Abdulrasool, 18, Lane Technical High School, Chicago, Illinois

CH012 From Synthesis to Analysis of Radical Inhibitors
Stephen Schulz, 19, Gesamtschule Buer-Mitte, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Germany

SP001 Fractal Dimension Analysis of Putative Martian Coastlines
Gabrielle Alyce Gianelli, 17, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida

 
The scholarship is awarded in eight equal installments upon matriculation from high school. Students must have proof of registration and good standing from the university registrar each semester.
 
Seaborg SIYSS Award
All expense-paid trip awarded to three senior finalists to attend the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar during the Nobel Prize Ceremonies in December.
 
The SIYSS is a multi-disciplinary seminar highlighting some of the most remarkable achievements by young scientists from around the world. The 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.
BE037 Prototype for Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind
Ameen Abdulrasool, 18, Lane Technical High School, Chicago, Illinois

CH012 From Synthesis to Analysis of Radical Inhibitors
Stephen Schulz, 19, Gesamtschule Buer-Mitte, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Germany

CS010 Leonar3Do 3D for All!
Daniel Ratai, 19, John von Neumann Computer Science High School, Budapest, Hungary

 
The SIYSS will be held in Stockholm, Sweden in December, 2005. Students must meet the 18-year age requirement 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.
 
European Union Contest for Young Scientists
For a top team project, an all-expense paid trip to attend the European Union Contest for Young Scientists in September.
 
Trip to the EU Contest.
EN308 Enhanced Cooling of Microelectronic Devices by Using the Thermoacoustic Effect
Pen-Yuan Hsing, 18, Taipei Municipal Lishan Senior High School, Taipei, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei
Wei-Kang Huang, 18, Taipei Municipal Lishan Senior High School, Taipei, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei

 
The EU Contest for Young Scientists was set up 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.)
 
MILSET
For a team project, a trip to the International Youth Science Exhibition ESI 2005 to be held in Santiago, Chile.
 
Trip to International Youth Science Exhibition "ESI 2005"
BO309 The Influence of Mycorrhizal and Fertilizer Treatments on Tree Seedlings in Fire-Affected Soils
Chad Avery Schlottmann, 18, Gold Beach High School, Gold Beach, Oregon
Michael R. Olson, 18, Gold Beach High School, Gold Beach, Oregon

 
International Movement for Leisure in Science and Technology (MILSET) was founded in 1987 in Quebec. MILSET unites youth organizations, research associations and clubs from more than 60 countries. Expo-Science Exhibition is a non-political event, contributing to peace, respect and better knowledge of all people.
 
Intel Foundation Achievement Awards
For outstanding work in any field.
 
Award of $5,000
BE040 Sounds into Syllables: A Teaching System for Autistic Children
Kayla Marie Cornale, 15, Assumption Roman Catholic Secondary School, Burlington, Ontario, Canada

BO017 Mechanisms of Flower-Stalk Lay-Down After Fertilization and Re-Erection After Seed Naturation in Dandelion
Miho Ishikawa, 17, Yachiyo Shoin High School, Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

CH012 From Synthesis to Analysis of Radical Inhibitors
Stephen Schulz, 19, Gesamtschule Buer-Mitte, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Germany

CS010 Leonar3Do 3D for All!
Daniel Ratai, 19, John von Neumann Computer Science High School, Budapest, Hungary

EN033 Low Reynolds Number Aerodynamics, Phase 4: Development and Optimization of a Micro Air Vehicle
John Pease Moore, IV, 17, Dayton Christian High School, Miamisburg, Ohio

EN309 The Portable Emergent Piping Dealer
Zhang Xu, 18, No. 1 Middle School of Yuanjiang City, Yuanjiang, Hunan, China
Guo Yuanyuan, 19, No. 1 Middle School of Yuanjiang City, Yuanjiang, Hunan, China
Xiao Xiao, 18, No. 1 Middle School of Yuanjiang City, Yuanjiang, Hunan, China

EN339 Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide to Enhance Polymer Compatibilization and Metallization in Ultra-Thin Films
Chelsea Gloria Gordon, 17, Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, New York
Feini Qu, 17, Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, New York

MA034 Discrepancy of Planar Parallelelipipedal Meshes
Valentina N. Dobrovolskaya, 16, Advanced Education and Science Center of Moscow St, Moscow, Moscow, Russia

ME019 The Beneficial Effects of Fish Oil on Breast Cancer: A Fourth-Year Study
Triparna Ghosh-Choudhury, 17, Northside Health Careers High School, San Antonio, Texas

MI001 Keeping Antibiotics Working, II: Effects of pH and Bacterial Growth Modulation by Daily Consumables on the Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus to Antibiotics
Maryam Khadijah Mohammed, 14, Niceville Senior High School, Niceville, Florida

PH028 Consumable Oil Encapsulated Spheroids (COES): Discovery and Applications
Michael J. Pizer, 16, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

SP012 A New Algorithm for Multiple Hypothesis-based Tracking and Discovery of Potentially Hazardous Near Earth Objects
Anand M. Palaniappan, 17, David H. Hickman High School, Columbia, Missouri

ZO027 Nest Site Microhabitat Influences Nest Temperature and Offspring Sex Ratio of the Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)
Maria Malgorzata Wojakowski, 18, Townsend Harris High School at Queens College, Flushing, New York

ZO032 A Statistical Comparison of a New Morphological Characteristic Between Male and Female Kokanees
Susannah Lee Clary, 13, Los Lunas High School, Los Lunas, New Mexico

 
Each winner will receive a $5,000 award.
 
Behavioral and Social Sciences - Presented by Intel Foundation
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. 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
BE037 Prototype for Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind
Ameen Abdulrasool, 18, Lane Technical High School, Chicago, Illinois

 
First Award of $3,000
BE022 The Bi-Orbital Rotational Therapy Swing: A New Hope for Children with ADHD
Elizabeth Anne Baker, 16, University High School, Tucson, Arizona

BE037 Prototype for Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind
Ameen Abdulrasool, 18, Lane Technical High School, Chicago, Illinois

 
Second Award of $1,500
BE018 Liar, Liar, Your Stomach's on Fire
Trisha Satya Pasricha, 16, Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas

BE050 An Examination of the Effects of 5-Methoxy-N,N-Di(iso)propyltryptamine Hydrochloride on Neuropsychological Development in Rattus norvegicus
Melissa C. Selinger, 18, Wellington High School, Wellington, Florida

BE052 The Psychopharmacological Effects of Antidepressants on Procambarus clarkii
Nissa Leigh Schmidt, 18, Merino High School, Merino, Colorado

 
Third Award of $1,000
BE010 Comparative Analysis of the Health Related Quality of Life of Breast and Prostate Cancer Patients, Phase II: Treatment Impact and Management Issues
Antonio Javier Pietrantoni, 16, Academia del Perpetuo Socorro, Miramar, Puerto Rico

BE012 Video Games: Friend or Foe?
Peter David Allen, 17, York Catholic High School, York, Pennsylvania

BE026 Rehteaed Aphlaebt Suop
Kayelon Lee Easterday, 17, Eustis-Farnam Public Schools, Eustis, Nebraska

BE039 "My Brother's Keeper": Well-Being and Relationship Effects of Having a Sibling with Autism
Christina Marie Amoroso, 17, Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst, New York

BE040 Sounds into Syllables: A Teaching System for Autistic Children
Kayla Marie Cornale, 15, Assumption Roman Catholic Secondary School, Burlington, Ontario, Canada

 
Fourth Award of $500
BE009 Does Visual, Auditory, or Gustatory Perception Have the Greatest Affect on a Supertaster, Mediumtaster, or a Nontaster? A Fifth Year Study
Jessica Caroline Stanton, 15, Columbia High School, Lake City, Florida

BE011 Quantitative EEG as an Identifier of Learning Modality
Ilang Mae Guiroy, 17, The York School, Monterey, California

BE023 Standard Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Protocol for the Study of Neuronal Responses to Food Stimuli in Humans
Daniel E Katz, 18, Ossining High School, Ossining, New York

BE041 The Effects of External Loans on the Economic Performance of Latin American Countries: An Integrated Statistical Approach
Daniel Nikbakht, 16, Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills, New York

BE043 Edge Integration in Human Brightness Perception
Jonathan Yong An, 19, Emerald Ridge High School, Puyallup, Washington

BE044 A State by State Analysis of the Benefits Derived from State Lottery Programs
Vanessa Elizabeth Esch, 17, Skyview High School, Vancouver, Washington

 
Biochemistry - Presented by Agilent Technologies
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and an Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. 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
BI075 Bioinformatics Discovery of Novel Stem Cell Regulatory Mechanisms
Michael Segal, 17, Central High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 
First Award of $3,000
BI053 Logic Genomics
Adrian Veres, 15, Jean de Brebeuf College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

BI075 Bioinformatics Discovery of Novel Stem Cell Regulatory Mechanisms
Michael Segal, 17, Central High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 
Second Award of $1,500
BI037 Probing Gap Junction Dynamics in Cells
Ching Zhu, 17, Academic Magnet High School, North Charleston, South Carolina

BI038 Testing the Effects of Peacilomyces lilacinus and French Marigolds (Tagetes patula) Tea Extract on the Pecan Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne partityla)
Eric Ragnarson Malmquist, 17, Westside High School, Macon, Georgia

BI054 Regulation of Telomere Lengths During Stem Cell Differentiation
Anneke Ellen Schwob, 16, Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts

BI063 An Evaluation of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) within Gene EP300 of Human Chromosome 22q to Assess their Role in Pediatric Brain Tumors
Samantha Leigh Schneider, 18, Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, New York

BI082 Identification of Bacterial Adhesion Antagonists for Contact Lens and Intraocular Lens
Fan Yang, 17, Davis Senior High School, Davis, California

 
Third Award of $1,000
BI002 Ascorbic Acid Induced Enhancement of Laminin in Schwann Cells: Application for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Yahya Maqsood Mohammed, 16, Okaloosa-Walton CC Charter High School, Niceville, Florida

BI014 Environment-friendly Mold Retardant: Ancient Chinese Herbal Medicine in Modern Life
Ka Yan Man, 19, Skh Li Ping Secondary School, Hong Kong, Region of China

BI045 Investigating the Role of PTEN in Modulating the Insulin Signaling Pathway to Treat Type 2 Diabetes
Meredith Regan Spadaccia, 17, Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, New York

BI047 Analysis of the Antibiotic Properties of the Epidermal Mucus of the Atlantic Stingray, Dasyatis sabina, Conferred by Associated Bacterial Symbionts
Benjamin Colby Powell, 18, Sarasota High School, Sarasota, Florida

BI048 The Recombination of RNA by Azoarcus Ribozyme in a Compartmentalized System: An Origin-of-Life Study
Sergio-Francis Mellejor Zenisek, 16, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon

BI059 The Glucose Dependence of CD4+ T-Lymphocytes
Rebecca Joy Vitale, 16, duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky

BI076 Unwrapping Myelination: Myelination Regulation in TM-NRG1+/- Transgenic Mice
Lev A. Shaket, 16, Chamblee Charter High School, Chamblee, Georgia

 
Fourth Award of $500
BI007 Animal Attraction: To What Extent Do Demographic Factors Predict a Female Human's Ability to Detect Male Human Pheromones?
Kyrie K Bourgeois, 16, Lutcher High School, Lutcher, Louisiana

BI011 Simultaneous Detection of E. coli O157:H7 Toxin Genes by Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification
Jennifer Jing Huang, 17, Oak Grove High School, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

BI026 Using Absorbance Difference Spectroscopy to Study Interactions of Selected Inhibitors on Breast Cancer Molecular Target Cytochrome P450 Aromatase
Jonathan Lloyd Priester, 17, William B. Murrah High School, Jackson, Mississippi

BI029 Use of Homology Modeling and Molecular Docking to Map Retinoid Binding Sites on Protein Kinase C
Jijun Chow, 18, The Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, New York

BI032 Radiation Shield: Using Biological Molecules to Prevent or Repair DNA Damage Caused by Radiation in Drosophila melanogaster
Parijata Desiree Mackey, 17, Dr. Michael M. Krop High School, Miami, Florida

BI033 Inhibitors Modulate E-cadherin N-glycosylation: Structure-Function Relationships and Implications for Antimetastasis
Xiaoyun Nong, 18, Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Pinecrest, Florida

BI034 What Types of Biomass Have the Greatest Glucose Yield Through Enzymatic Hydrolysis?
Erin Marie Rosswurm, 18, Columbus East High School, Columbus, Indiana

BI046 The Development of a Novel Gene Knock-Out Technique Utilizing RNA-Interference
Jason Chao Zhang, 16, Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, New York

BI061 Identification of Promoter Elements Required for Transcriptional Induction of Motility Related Genes
Tyler Thomas Rosensteel, 18, Brophy College Preparatory, Phoenix, Arizona

 
Botany - Presented by Intel Foundation
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and an Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. 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
BO053 The Agricultural Impact of Detrimental Weeds on Wheat Cultivars
Andrew John Friskop, 18, Hankinson High School, Hankinson, North Dakota

 
First Award of $3,000
BO053 The Agricultural Impact of Detrimental Weeds on Wheat Cultivars
Andrew John Friskop, 18, Hankinson High School, Hankinson, North Dakota

BO056 New Challenges to Fight Against Fungal Diseases of Plants
Zuzana Tvaruzkova, 18, Gymnazium Kromeriz, Kromeriz, Czech Republic

 
Second Award of $1,500
BO019 The in vitro Propagation of A. palmatum and Its Various Cultivars
Michael James Bernert, 15, West Linn High School, West Linn, Oregon

BO021 The Structural Analysis of Polka Dot and Wild Type Ceratopteris richardii by Electrophoretic Protein Comparison
Anna Pilishvili, 16, Forest Hills High School, Forest Hills, New York

BO035 Examining Foreign Germplasm to Control Fusarium head Blight
Kimberly Skye Richards, 16, Walter Murray Collegiate, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

 
Third Award of $1,000
BO003 Free Radical Reduction within the Glycine max with Aeroponically Induced Antioxidants
Justin Andrew Townley, 16, Okaloosa-Walton Collegiate Charter High School, Niceville, Florida

BO024 The Effects of Triclosan Dioxins (TD's) from Biome Chemical Soil Runoff Bioaccumulation: An Investigation for an Innovative Use of Crinum americanum as Bioremediation
Zachary Mason Sandoval, 16, Dr. Michael M. Krop High School, Miami, Florida

BO048 The Killer in the Garden: The Allelopathic Effects of Acer saccharum Marsh, Cornus florida L., and Magnolia grandiflora L.
Amanda Josephine Compadre, 17, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas

BO050 `Ohelo: Inhibition of Bacterial Growth
Jessie Ann Ka`iulani Pa`ahana, 16, Kamehameha High School, Honolulu, Hawaii

BO058 The Effects of Wounding on the Induction of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Nahid Aftab Shaikh, 16, Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst, New York

 
Fourth Award of $500
BO001 The Effects of Different Growing Conditions on the Firmness, Diameter, Sugar Content, and pH of Ripening Grape Berries
Megan Kathleen Bartlett, 17, F. W. Springstead High School, Spring Hill, Florida

BO007 Peroxidase Activity in Fruits and Vegetables
Javid Gulmahamad, 18, McArthur High School, Hollywood, Florida

BO011 Surviving Production Quotas and Free Trade Agreements: The Effects of Tillage Reduction on Sugarcane Yields in First Year Stubble
Tate Benton-Michael Guillotte, 17, Catholic High School, New Iberia, Louisiana

BO012 Tabernaemontana pandacaqui Poir (PANDAKAKI) as Rice Bug (Leptocorisa acuta) Eradicator
Daisy Bayani Galapia, 16, Sinait National High School, , Ilocos Sur, Philippines

BO045 Nutraceutical Intervention of the NFKB Pathway to Reduce Adverse Effects of Inflammation and Tumorigenesis
Aaron Tuc-Lon Cheung, 16, South Carolina Governor's School for Science and M, Hartsville, South Carolina

BO055 Determining Gamma Sensitivity of Double Mutant Arabidopsis thaliana for DNA Repair Genes XPF and ERCC1
Vibha Mahendra, 17, Mira Loma High School, Sacramento, California

 
Chemistry - Presented by Intel Foundation
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and an Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. 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
CH012 From Synthesis to Analysis of Radical Inhibitors
Stephen Schulz, 19, Gesamtschule Buer-Mitte, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Germany

 
First Award of $3,000
CH012 From Synthesis to Analysis of Radical Inhibitors
Stephen Schulz, 19, Gesamtschule Buer-Mitte, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Germany

CH014 Digitally-Enhanced Thin-Layer Chromatography: An Inexpensive, New Technique for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
Amber Victoria Irish Hess, 18, Robert Louis Stevenson School, Pebble Beach, California

 
Second Award $1,500
CH005 Synthesis of Fullerene Derivatives for Design of Donor-Acceptor Dyads
Aleksey Borisovich Kornev, 16, Bryansky Lyceum #1, Bryansk, Bryansky Region, Russia

CH010 Isolation, Characterization of Beta-Chitin from Squid Pens and Calcium Carbonate Crystallization on the Chitin Scaffold
YouJia Zhong, 17, Raffles Junior College, Singapore, Singapore

CH015 Oxidation of Dopamine by High-Valent Manganese: A Link to Neurodegenerative Disorders?
Smita Mascharak, 15, Santa Cruz High School, Santa Cruz, California

CH061 Development of Novel DNA Sensitive Dye Sensors Using Combinatorial Approach
Rohan Kirit Panchamia, 17, Herricks Senior High School, New Hyde Park, New York

 
Third Award of $1,000
CH013 Natural Dyes: The Delicious Way
Hoi Lam Anne Tsang, 18, St. Paul's Convent School, Hong Kong, Region of China

CH022 A Study Involving the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Filters in the Macrosclae with Measurements Concerning the Effectiveness of Metal Derived Catalysts
Jennifer Lee Nagel, 17, Dekalb High School, Waterloo, Indiana

CH032 Fundamental Properties of O2(-)
Charles Henry Herder, 18, The Kinkaid School, Houston, Texas

CH043 pH-Triggered Assembly of Gold Nanorods
Patrick Leon Hankins, 17, Irmo High School, Columbia, South Carolina

CH068 A Viable Method of Extraction of 12-ALPHA Fumitremorgin C from A. fumigatus
Srikanth Aravamuthan, 17, Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan

CH069 Rambutan Ink from Fruit Rinds of Naphelium lappaceum
Esther Chiew Yee Chiong, 17, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Batu Lintang, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

 
Fourth Award of $500
CH002 Synthesis and Characterization of Size- and Shape- Selected Metal Nanoparticles Using Inverse Diblock Copolymer Micelles
Grady Clark Slane, 17, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida

CH017 Stable Dispersions of Crystalline Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles
Suhail Malhotra, 15, duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky

CH018 Implication and Formulation of Silane Based Optical Coatings with Organic and Inorganic Compounds to Prohibit UV Radiation
Chen Wang, 16, Huron High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan

CH029 Preparation of Hollow Spheres of TiO2 Nanocrystals as Highly Efficient Photocatalyst and Its Applications
Qizhe Shao, 19, No.2 Secondary School Attached to ECNU, Shanghai, Shanghai, China

CH035 Synthesis of Porous Platinum Nanowires for Gas Sensing and Catalysis
Stephanie Michelle Livers, 17, Sidney High School, Sidney, Montana

CH052 Interfacial Phenomena in -(Ni-Fe-Cu)- Giant MagnetoResistance Systems
Dylan Reed Conradson, 17, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico

CH058 Toward Self-Assembling Nanocircuitry Using Liquid Crystal Solvents
Karl James Plank, 17, Squalicum High School, Bellingham, Washington

 
Computer Science - Presented by Intel Foundation
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and an Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. 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
CS010 Leonar3Do 3D for All!
Daniel Ratai, 19, John von Neumann Computer Science High School, Budapest, Hungary

 
First Award of $3,000
CS010 Leonar3Do 3D for All!
Daniel Ratai, 19, John von Neumann Computer Science High School, Budapest, Hungary

CS051 Identification of Differential Surface Properties on a Triangle Mesh for Facial and Object Recognition
Justin Moore Solomon, 17, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Tech, Alexandria, Virginia

 
Second Award of $1,500
CS028 Construct a Kernel-Service-Accelerator with SW&HW Meshing and Reality Multi-Threading Parallel Processing for FPGA-based Reconfigurable Systems
Yizhong Zhang, 19, Kongjiang Senior High School, Shanghai, China

CS049 Artificial Cognition and Memory: Tissue Image Analysis for Tumor Diagnosis
Kimberly Elise Reinhold, 17, Saint Joseph's High School, Hilo, Hawaii

CS052 Collaborative Nurse Scheduling: A Novel Approach to Improve Utilization of Existing Nurse Resources through Secure Data Transactions and Hospital Clustering
Sonia Nijhawan, 16, duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky

 
Third Award of $1,000
CS003 UDC: Multifunctional Cryptanalytic Tool
Rostislav Igorevich Chutkov, 16, Centre of Mathematical Education, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

CS005 Discretization-polymorphic Data Concealment and Protection System "Stealth"
Danil Aleksandrovich Somsikov, 16, Gymansium #1, Alla Bystrina, Odessa, Ukraine

CS033 Modeling Environment for Particles Configuration Control in Magnetic and Electric Fields
Maxim S. Tkachenko, 17, Lyceum of Information Technologies #1533, Moscow, Russia

CS047 The Anitra Computer: A Complete Minimalist Computer System Designed, Built and Programmed at a Low Level of Abstraction
Eirik Bakke, 20, Bergen Katedralskole, Bergen, Norway

CS055 A New Multidimensional Feature-Mapping Algorithm
Ocan Sankur, 19, Galatasaray Lisesi, Istanbul, Turkey

 
Fourth Award of $500
CS004 Novel Investigations for N-Gram-Based Automatic Identification of Written Language
Marek Blahus, 18, Gymnazium Uherske Hradiste, Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic

CS020 An Intensity Equalization Procedure to Improve the Display of Color Images
Katharine Anne Symanow, 16, Divine Child High School, Dearborn, Michigan

CS025 A Practical Implementation of Gradient-Based Convolutional Neural Networks in Handwriting Recognition
Yuetian Xu, 18, Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York

CS034 15-Passenger Vans: Predicting the Probability and Timing of Rollovers Using Artificial Neural Networks
Nicholas Samir Ekladyous, 13, Cranbrook Kingswood School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

CS037 VORTECS 3D: VLSI Object Recognition Trainable Embedded CMOS System
Malcolm Christopher Ross Stagg, 16, Calgary Christian School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

CS044 Smart Soaring: Flocks of Autonomous Airplanes
Elliot Robert Kroo, 14, Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto, California

 
Earth Science - Presented by Shell Oil
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and an Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. 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
EA018 Phytoplankton Community Response to Nutrient Enrichment
Nicholas Robert Apau Jachowski, 18, West Potomac High School, Alexandria, Virginia

 
First Award of $3,000
EA018 Phytoplankton Community Response to Nutrient Enrichment
Nicholas Robert Apau Jachowski, 18, West Potomac High School, Alexandria, Virginia

 
Second Award of $1,500
EA007 Investigations of Oxide-Reduction During Lightning-Induced Fulgurite Formation
Britta Elyse Jones, 18, Eastside High School, Gainesville, Florida

 
Third Award of $1,000
EA002 Geochemistry of the Southern Juan de Fuca Ridge: Isotopic Mantle Source Investigations
Sarah Rose Langberg, 18, Canterbury School, Fort Myers, Florida

EA010 Mining the Past: Geochemical Analyses of Fossil Teeth and Sediment Illuminate Ancient Environments
Yingqiuqi Lei, 18, Robert F. Kennedy Community High School, Flushing, New York

 
Fourth Award of $500
EA011 Breaking Strength and Porosity of Prehistoric Ceramic Reproductions: Assessing Variation in Clay Sources and Tempering Materials, Phase Five
Amy Elizabeth Marquardt, 18, Mediapolis High School, Mediapolis, Iowa

EA016 The Derivation and Interpretation of Geochemical Ratios Generated by Meteoritic Impact
Terik Daly, 15, Oak Grove High School, San Jose, California

 
Engineering - Presented by Intel Foundation
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and an Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. 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
EN009 The Evaluation of a Multi-Freewing UAV with the Concurrent Development of a Flying Test Platform to Assist in Evaluation of Turbulence Reduction and Flight Performance
Ryan Thomas Olson, 18, Southwest Virginia Governor's School, Dublin, Virginia

 
First Award of $3,000
EN009 The Evaluation of a Multi-Freewing UAV with the Concurrent Development of a Flying Test Platform to Assist in Evaluation of Turbulence Reduction and Flight Performance
Ryan Thomas Olson, 18, Southwest Virginia Governor's School, Dublin, Virginia

EN038 Elevating Wheelchair Seat
Richard William Entwisle, 18, Canford School, Dorset, United Kingdom

EN069 Digital Compass Clinometer
Peter Jonathan Kirkland, 19, Dalriada School, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

EN084 Factors Affecting Cooperative Robotic Behavior, Year Three
Donald Stuart Eng, 17, Stanton College Preparatory School, Jacksonville, Florida

 
Second Award of $1,500
EN013 Camera Stabilization: Take Two
Adam Daniel Sidman, 17, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado

EN017 Dynamic Balance Function and Surface Adaptation for General Humanoid Robot Platform
Yang Ge, 17, Beijing Jingshan School, Beijing, Beijing, China

EN033 Low Reynolds Number Aerodynamics, Phase 4: Development and Optimization of a Micro Air Vehicle
John Pease Moore, IV, 17, Dayton Christian High School, Miamisburg, Ohio

EN058 Development of a Planar Perfused Tumor Bioreactor
Lucas Hudson Hofmeister, 16, Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet High School, Nashville, Tennessee

EN059 Enhanced Stability Effects of Micro-Foils on Supercavitating Torpedoes
Robert Francis Minehart, III, 16, Sterling, Virginia

EN079 Ion Thruster Development and Analysis
Thomas Andrew Trudel, 17, Muhlenberg High School, Laureldale, Pennsylvania

EN100 Iris Recognition for Individual Identification
Nina Maria Huffman, 17, Langley High School, McLean, Virginia

 
Third Award of $1,000
EN014 Design and Characterization of a Littrow Configuration External Cavity Diode Laser
Wenxian Hong, 17, Raffles Junior College, Singapore, Singapore

EN015 Self-control Deformity-assistance Reader
Wanxu Lin, 18, Liaoning Provincial Experimental Middle School, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

EN021 The Googler
George Francis Hotz, 15, Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, New Jersey

EN025 The Detection of Alkaline Phosphatase Using an Electrochemical Sensor
Joanne Helen Wang, 15, Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio

EN044 Modifying Factors in the Proton Exchange Membrane of the Direct Methanol Fuel Cell, Including the Evaluation of a Carbon Nanofoam Electrode, to Maximize Power Densities
Jordan Andrew Hurwich, 17, John Adams High School, South Bend, Indiana

EN048 A Computer Model for Optimization of a Non-Isothermal Chlorination Reactor
Raj Gautam Ranade, 17, East Lyme High School, East Lyme, Connecticut

EN078 Predicting Material Failure Correlation Between Deformation Luminescence and Hysteresis
Geoffrey Hubert Woo, 16, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, California

EN092 The Effects of Blade Design and Angles on Wind Turbine Energy Performance
Andrew Charles Schlievert, 18, Algona High School, Algona, Iowa

EN093 Foot Operated Vehicle Device for the Physically Challenged
Malavika Vinod Tiwari, 16, St Mary's Convent High School, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

EN095 Preventing Degradation in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: A Novel, Multi-cartridge Air Contaminant Control System
Jonathan Brandon Burke Cross, 17, James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School, Fairfax, Virginia

EN107 Nano-Fibrous Poly (L Lactic Acid) Scaffolds
Jacquelyn A Gold, 18, Spanish River Community High School, Boca Raton, Florida

 
Fourth Award of $500
EN008 Utilizing Audio Profile Matching Technology for Replicating Body Kinesis
Robert Vaughan Glissmann, 17, Peak to Peak Charter School, Lafayette, Colorado

EN010 Adjustable Prosthetic Socket
Craig Dean Hawes, 18, Perham High School, Perham, Minnesota

EN018 Gravity Pressing Roller Skate
Rong Huang, 17, Bengbu No.2 Senior Middle School, Anhui, China, Bengbu, Anhui, China

EN032 Automotive Innovation: Wireless AutoAttendant
Marc L. Ingram, 18, Ballard High School, Louisville, Kentucky

EN045 Induced EMF Generator: The Creation of a Magnetic Induction Regenerative Energy Capture Device
Richard Lee Shillington, 17, Dr. Michael M. Krop High School, Miami, Florida

EN056 Enzymatic Electrodes for Biofuel Cells
Daniel Clayton Appel, 18, Eldorado High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico

EN060 F.I.N.D.-2: The Development of an Autonomous Surveying Vessel
Benjamin Thomas Unsworth, 16, Kingswood Academy, Sulphur, Louisiana

EN075 The Development of a Bandage Using a Polymer, Polyvinyl Pyrrolidone, and an Antibiotic, Polysporin
Cuong Viet Nguyen, 17, Sarasota High School, Sarasota, Florida

EN091 Fuel Cell System Using Hydrogen from Aqueous Sodium Borohydride Solution for Portable Communication Applications
Shengbo Xu, 17, Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona

EN097 Extracting Melody from MIDI Files
Benjamin Min-Jia Chang, 16, Sewanhaka High School, Floral Park, New York

EN099 Innovations in Prosthetics for Complete and Partial Phalanges: Approximation of Complex Arcs and Simulation of Human Movement in Engineering
Brandon Joseph Peart, 17, Hillcrest High School, Midvale, Utah

EN101 Communal Aptitude Evolution System for Autonomous Robots
Jessica Lauren Malone, 17, Berea High School, Berea, Ohio

EN117 Residential Cogeneration
Alex J. Doll, 15, Mandan High School, Mandan, North Dakota

EN119 High-Speed FSO Data Link
Jan Svab, 19, Gymnazium Jaroslava Heyrovskeho, Prague, Czech Republic

 
Environmental Sciences - Presented by Ricoh
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and an Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. 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
EV097 Hydroponic Phytofiltration of Arsenic in Drinking Water
Stephen Goodwin Honan, 16, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, Virginia

 
First Award of $3,000
EV023 Stream Riparian Zone Influence on Drift-Feeding Fish and Their Terrestrial Invertebrate Prey, Phase III
Christina Lynn Faust, 17, Cedar Shoals High School, Athens, Georgia

EV075 Methodology of Phytomining by Growing Avena sativa and Medicago sativa to Nucleate Gold Nanoparticles for Nanoapplications, Phase II
Rachael Ann Scott, 17, Northwest Mississippi Home Educators Association, Como, Mississippi

EV097 Hydroponic Phytofiltration of Arsenic in Drinking Water
Stephen Goodwin Honan, 16, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, Virginia

EV106 Bio-electromagnetism: Sustainable Electricity Production Using a Magnetic Field Generated by Magnetotactic Bacteria in a Microbial Generator
Kartik Madiraju, 15, Centennial Regional High School, Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada

 
Second Award of $1,500
EV011 The Use of Barley Straw to Control Algal and Macrophyte Growth on Wild Rice Lake: Pre and Post Eutrophic Conditions, Phase V
Elizabeth Jean Welsh, 17, Proctor High School, Proctor, Minnesota

EV025 A Novel, Cost Effective Approach for Removing Arsenic from Drinking Water in Bangladesh
Douglas Calvin Naftz, 18, Park City High School, Park City, Utah

EV066 Inhibition of Photosynthesis by Air Pollutants Quantified by the Photoacoustic Method
Aaron Tzeyang Kuan, 17, Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, New York

EV068 Black Murex Snails (Hexaplex nigritus) as a Habitat for Juvenile Pacific Calico (Catrina) Scallop, Argopecten ventricosus
Chelsey Ann Yingling, 17, Tucson Magnet High School, Tucson, Arizona

EV074 Determination of Antibiotic Presence in the Tennessee River and Inflowing Waters
Jennifer Ann Taylor, 17, Florence High School, Florence, Alabama

EV090 Ammonia Emissions from Agricultural Waste
Tara Ellen Gloyna, 16, Temple High School, Temple, Texas

EV099 Design for Biodegradation: Harnessing Natural Decay by Managing Physical and Chemical Dynamics
David I. Marash-Whitman, 13, Kehillah Jewish High School, San Jose, California

 
Third Award of $1,000
EV004 Assessing the Risk of a Potential Biological Control Agent: Oviposition Tests on Wetland Plants
Sheena Bhalla, 15, Lincoln Park Academy, Fort Pierce, Florida

EV005 The Effects of Increased Nutrient Levels on Aquatic Organisms: A Bioassay of Cave Springs Branch and Honey Creek
Molly Katheryn Steen, 15, Grove High School, Grove, Oklahoma

EV007 Effect of Salinity on Benthic Foraminifera in the Indian River Lagoon
Phaedra Calista Tinder, 16, Sebastian River High School, Sebastian, Florida

EV027 A Comprehensive Analysis of Insect Diversity as a Result of Terrestrial Features and Aquatic Vegetation
Elise Laine Larson, 18, Bagley High School, Bagley, Minnesota

EV035 Contamination of Proximate Wells in the Piedmont Region
Afton Kerry Vechery, 15, Glenleg High School, Glenelg, Maryland

EV049 Boards and Branches: A Multivariable Study of Snow Interception
Erica Elizabeth David, 15, Pinedale High School, Pinedale, Wyoming

EV057 Multi-Tiered Wetlands: A Technique for Improving the Efficiency of Artificial Wetlands
Andrew James Stewart, 17, Karabar Distance Education Centre, Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

EV076 Dyeing to Keep a Safe Environment
Reya Jessica Das, 16, Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona

EV084 It's Raining . . . Carbon?
Dustin George Harwood Hughes, 16, Timmins High and Vocational School, Timmins, Ontario, Canada

EV103 Analysis of Macroinvertebrate Population and Diversity with Hydrological Parameters and Their Influence on Water Quality: A Watershed Study, Phase Three
Christine Weizer Li, 17, Cookeville High School, Cookeville, Tennessee

EV110 Growing Energy: The Production of Hydrogen from the Green Algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Radha Ramjeawan, 15, Uniondale High School, Uniondale, New York

 
Fourth Award of $500
EV009 Potential Amelioration of Fescue Toxicosis by Inclusion of Clays in Diet
Loren Kaye Liebrecht, 17, Southwest Virginia Governor's School, Dublin, Virginia

EV022 Germination and Seed Viability of Coleogyne ramosissima (Blackbrush)
Kristin Sorensen, 18, Pine View High School, Saint George, Utah

EV032 Immobilization of Hazardous Materials Utilizing Gallionella sp., Klebsiella sp., and Desulfovibrio sp. Bacteria
Morgen Elizabeth Anyan, 17, Selah High School, Selah, Washington

EV056 Effects of Toxic Riparian Weeds on the Survival of Aquatic Invertebrates
David Colin Conway Llewellyn, 17, Great Lakes College, Tuncurry Senior Campus, Tuncurry, New South Wales, Australia

EV060 Determination of the Ability to Use Pontederia cordata (Blue Broad Leaf Pickerel Rush) Plants as Biomonitors for Monitoring Trace Heavy Metal Contaminants in Drainage Canals
Elizabeth Anne Lopez, 17, East Jefferson High School, Metairie, Louisiana

EV062 An Investigation of Titanium Dioxide Suspensions for Use in a Flowing Catalytic Heavy Metal Reduction Apparatus
Megan Moulding, 14, Wahlquist Junior High School, Ogden, Utah

EV092 Efficient and Environmentally Safe Removal of Toxic Ammonia Using Aquatic Plants
Catharina Rose Grubaugh, 16, White Station High School, Memphis, Tennessee

EV094 The Effects of Nitrogen Inputs on Microbial Activity in Bark Beetle Infested Forests: Implications for Global Carbon Cycling
Kevan Lew Christensen, 17, Corona del Sol High School, Tempe, Arizona

EV107 Establishment of a New Cultivation Method Using Deep Ocean Water and Slightly Acidic Electrolyzed Water
Tomoyuki Suzuki, 18, Kanagawa Prefecture Hiratsuka Senior High School, Kanagawa, Japan

EV116 Scorched Earth - Toxic Water: An Investigation of Atmospheric Mercury Deposition and Wildfires
Kyle Nathan Jaffa, 15, Sandia High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico

EV117 Water Purification Systems for Rural Areas
Sarah DeWitt Nagel, 15, Mecosta Osceola Math, Science & Technology Center, Big Rapids, Michigan

EV118 A Study of the Effects of Selected Treatments of Oilfield Water on the Vascular Contractions and Behavior of California Blackworms
Kari Lynn Gillespie, 17, North Toole County High School, Sunburst, Montana

EV121 Biological Oxygen Demand at International Paper's Point Source Discharge
Lauren Wooten Smith, 16, John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School, Augusta, Georgia

EV122 Effects of Temperature on Dietary Accumulation and Toxic Effects of Methylmercury in Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)
William Patrick Jagoe, 17, A. R. Johnson Health Sciences and Engineering High, Augusta, Georgia

 
Mathematics - Presented by Science News
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and an Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. 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
MA044 Complete Sequences of Positive Integers
Kledin Dobi, 16, Julia R. Masterman High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 
First Award of $3,000
MA044 Complete Sequences of Positive Integers
Kledin Dobi, 16, Julia R. Masterman High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 
Second Award of $1,500
MA003 Programmable Quantum Computing: A New Framework with von Neumann Type Architecture
Nimish Pradipkumar Ramanlal, 16, Seminole High School, Sanford, Florida

MA015 On Universality Properties of Positive-Definite Integral Quadratic Forms
Scott Duke Kominers, 18, Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, Maryland

MA019 Car Parking Made Hard!
Chun-Ju Lai, 18, Taipei Municipal Chien-Kuo Senior High School, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei

 
Third Award of $1,000
MA025 Generalizations of Koch Curve and Its Applications
XinRan Zhu, 17, Shanghai Southwest Weiyu Middle School, Shanghai, Shanghai, China

MA031 Monids of Endomorphisms
Alexey Yu. Shubnikov, 16, Mathematical Education Centre, St. Petersburg, Russia

MA037 Durer's Unsolved Geometry Problem
Daniel Bezdek, 15, St. Brigid Elementary and Junior High School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

MA042 Nonagonal Numbers in the Fibonacci Sequence and Related Diophantine Equations
John Michael Sillcox, 18, Jericho High School, Jericho, New York

 
Fourth Award of $500
MA009 A New Algorithm for Digital Signatures
Gerold Gruenauer, 18, Kepler Gymnasium, Weiden, Bavaria, Germany

MA020 Classification of Determinantal Sequences
Samuel Mohun Bhagwat, 16, Winston Churchill High School, Livonia, Michigan

MA026 Some Results on Inclusive and Exclusive Partitions of Complete Graphs
Robert Thomas Cordwell, 18, Manzano High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico

MA027 Some Results of the 3x+1 Conjecture
Daniel Zi Wang, 15, Jasper High School, Plano, Texas

MA030 Graph Isomorphic Lattice Paths
Paul Francis Jacobs, 18, Good Hope School, St Croix, Virgin Islands

 
Medicine and Health - Presented by Merck Research Laboratories
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and an Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. 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
ME079 Comprehensive Evolutionary Study of Disease-Causing Amino Acid Substitutions Using Computational Analysis
Jeffrey M. Bhasin, 18, Rocky River High School, Rocky River, Ohio

 
First Award of $3,000
ME071 Modulation of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome Complex Via Morphine Coupled Nitric Oxide Release: A Possible Mechanism for the Prevention of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Suraj Hitendra Rambhia, 17, Jericho High School, Jericho, New York

ME079 Comprehensive Evolutionary Study of Disease-Causing Amino Acid Substitutions Using Computational Analysis
Jeffrey M. Bhasin, 18, Rocky River High School, Rocky River, Ohio

ME091 The Matrix Probe - Evolution: Co-registration of Digital Mammography with 3Dimensional Breast Ultrasound Using a Full-Field Matrix of Piezoelectric Crystal Transducers
Chetley L. C. Gervais, 17, Sandwich Secondary School, LaSalle, Ontario, Canada

 
Second Award of $1,500
ME006 Curbing the Embryonic Stem Cell Controversy: Cardiac Differentiation of Adult Bone Marrow Stem Cells Following Epigenetic Modification
Shiv Mukesh Gaglani, 16, West Shore High School, Melbourne, Florida

ME037 Implications of Nicotine's Pro-Angiogenesis Activities: The Good and the Bad
Sarah S. Mousa, 17, Columbia High School, East Greenbush, New York

ME041 The Cytotoxic Effects of Frankincense Oil in Malignant Glioblastoma: A Mechanistic Approach
Carrie Elizabeth Shaw, 17, Career Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

ME058 Therapeutic Efficacy of Serotonin Precursor Loading to Mitigate MDMA-Induced Neurotoxicity: Rescue of Serotonin Neurons and Treatment of Anxiogenesis
Diana Lynn Eheart, 18, Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona

ME063 Dopaminergic Neurons from Bone Marrow Stem Cells: An Acceptable, Potential Therapy for Parkinson's Disease
Sami Obaid, 16, College Regina Assumpta, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

ME085 An Analysis of Brain Tissue Sections for Proteins Targeted by the Genotoxicant Methylazoxymethanol (MAM)
Allison Shelton Rhines, 16, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon

 
Third Award of $1,000
ME019 The Beneficial Effects of Fish Oil on Breast Cancer: A Fourth-Year Study
Triparna Ghosh-Choudhury, 17, Northside Health Careers High School, San Antonio, Texas

ME029 Dendritic Polymer-Insulin Conjugates/Nanodevices for Oral Insulin Delivery: A System for Optimal Bioavailability in Type 1 Diabetes
Shilpa Naresh Raja, 17, West Bloomfield High School, West Bloomfield, Michigan

ME031 Gene Therapy Meets Chemotherapy: Exposure of Malignant Glioma Cells to Transgenic Embryonic Stem Cells and Temozolomide
Milana Zaurova, 17, The Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, New York

ME035 The Effects of Betaseron and Pycnogenol on Nitric Oxide Levels in Multiple Sclerosis Cells
Katherine Joy Nicholas, 17, Ephrata Senior High School, Ephrata, Pennsylvania

ME045 Improving Cancer Treatment Through Telomerase Inhibition
Jimmy Chen Yang, 17, Plano Senior High School, Plano, Texas

ME062 Using Viruses to Kill Cancer: Investigating the Role of in vitro Cell Differentiation in HSV-1 Double-Mutant KM110red Infection of hFOB and U2OS Cells
Natalie Mary Raso, 16, St. Thomas More Secondary School, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

ME086 Saliva: The Stress Code
Ketaki Rawal, 15, Centennial Regional High School, Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada

ME088 Effect of Vitamin E on Ultraviolet Induced Mutagenesis
Kawakahi Kaeo Amina, 18, Kamehameha Secondary School, Honolulu, Hawaii

ME096 Novel Genetic Analysis of Disease Susceptibility and Hereditary Patterns Using a Multi-Population Data Set
Nicholas Paul Semenkovich, 18, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Ladue, Missouri

 
Fourth Award of $500
ME024 Exploring the Borreliacidal Factor of Various Blood Sera on Borrelia burgdorferi, the Agent of Lyme Disease, and Borrelia lonestari, the Putative Agent of Lyme-like Illness
Chelsea Nicole Grigery, 18, Sikeston High School, Sikeston, Missouri

ME033 Significance of M. tuberculosis Lipoprotein Processing in TLR2 Stimulation, Macroph