ISEF
Program Information
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| ADA Foundation |
| For the best exhibit in the area of dental
research |
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| Award of $1,000 |
| ME003 |
Analysis of Acid Content in Sodas and the
Effect on Human Teeth
Jonathan William Parramore, 16, Union Grove High School,
McDonough, Georgia
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| Acoustical Society of America |
| First Award of $500 |
| EN010 |
Acoustic Excitation for Enhancing Interfacial
Dynamics of Mesobubbles
Joline Marie Fan, 16, Upper Arlington High School, Upper
Arlington, Ohio
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| EN040 |
SMART: Static Microphone Arrays for Robot
Tracking
Benjamin Alexander Schmidt, 15, Centre Wellington District
High School, Fergus, Ontario, Canada
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| |
| Honorable Mention Award |
| EA029 |
Sound Wave Propagation in Brine Pools
Alison Karee Slowey, 16, Saint Michael's Academy, Bryan,
Texas
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| EN071 |
Dampening the Modes of Vibration of Multistory
Scale Models Due to Seismic Waves
Jonathan Brooks Bell, 15, R. Nelson Snider High School, Fort
Wayne, Indiana
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| PH044 |
The Effects of Acoustic Pressure Disturbances
on Refraction of Visible Light in Gases
Alexander William Dillard, 17, Bradshaw High School, Florence,
Alabama
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| Each winner also receives a one-year ASA
membership. |
| |
| Agilent Technologies |
| Paid summer internship at an Agilent Technologies
site. Each internship not to exceed eight weeks. |
| |
| Paid Summer Internship |
| BI017 |
Rice Ethylene Receptor Gene: Constrution
of the Expression Vector and Protein Localization
Dinghao Tang, 18, Beijing No.166 High School, Beijing, China
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| CS014 |
An Algorithmic Approach to DNA-based Data
Storage and Error Correction
Ho Seung Ryu, 17, Pacific Grove High School, Pacific Grove,
California
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| CS059 |
Computer Haptics: Giving Computers the
Sense of Touch
Sonia Singhal, 16, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California
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| EN070 |
Noise-Proof Headphone
Jiayao Zhou, 18, Shanghai Jinyuan High School, Shanghai,
China
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| EV085 |
Phytoremediation of Lead Using Brassica nigra:
A Solution for the Fort Ord Clean-up?
Smita Mascharak, 17, Santa Cruz High School, Santa Cruz,
California
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| ME083 |
Context-Dependent Binding by the MYC Oncoprotein:
The Cellular Basis for Sustainable Tumor Regression
Michael Yu-horng Lin, 18, Saratoga High School, Saratoga,
California
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| PH001 |
Discrimination of Violin Qualities Through
Frequency Time Analysis
Linden Ruth Webster, 17, Beeslack Community High School,
Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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| PH026 |
Low-cost Scanning Tunneling Microscope
Uwe Treske, 18, Paul Gerhardt Gymnasium, Grafenhainichen,
Sachsen Anhalt, Germany
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| |
| Albany College of Pharmacy of Union University |
| The "Albany College of Pharmacy-Biomedical
Sciences Excellence Award" is presented to selected individual(s)
demonstrating outstanding achievement in the area of biomedical
sciences at the Intel ISEF. This award, along with an annual
$5,000 scholarship, is valued at $20,000. |
| |
| Scholarship award |
| ME008 |
The Holy Grail of Tissue Engineering: Rapid
Angiogenesis for Effective Organ Perfusion
Shiv Mukesh Gaglani, 15, West Shore High School, Melbourne,
Florida
|
| ME020 |
Alternative Medicine: A Relief for Diabetes,
Phase 3
John Zeqi Luo, 16, Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick,
Rhode Island
|
| ME031 |
Hemodynamics, Hormones, and Heart Failure:
Software Design, ICG Reliability Testing and Utilization;
Year 1
Winston Harmon Messer, 17, Presbyterian Christian High School,
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
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| ME068 |
Effect of Parathyroid Hormone on Tartrate-Resistant
Acid Phosphatase Activity: Osteoporosis
Cesar Marquez, 16, Lane Technical High School, Chicago, Illinois
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| |
| The tuition scholarship is renewable for
four years and requires maintenance of a 3.0 grade point
average and full time enrollment status. |
| |
| American Association for Artificial Intelligence |
| For the best projects in the area of computer
science with an artificial intelligence component. Finalists
in other areas with significant computer science components
are also eligible. |
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| Award of $500 |
| CS006 |
Neural Networks and Speciation Genetic
Algorithms
Craig Andrew Wilson, 16, Lake Travis High School, Austin,
Texas
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| CS020 |
Fault-Tolerant Behavior-Based Robots
Laura Anne Wong, 17, Villa Victoria Academy, Ewing, New Jersey
|
| CS022 |
Evaluating the Ability of a Genetic Algorithm
to Find an Optimal Investment Portfolio
Jordan Strong Wilson, 15, Math and Science High School at
Clover Hill, Midlothian, Virginia
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| CS033 |
A New Approach to the Identification of
Computer Viruses Using Artificial Neural Networks
Benjamin Alan Frison, 16, Carlisle Area High School, Carlisle,
Pennsylvania
|
| CS053 |
Artificial Visual Perception: An Integrated
Approach to Neuroadaptive Modeling
Kimberly Elise Reinhold, 16, Saint Joseph Junior-Senior High
School, Hilo, Hawaii
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| CS057 |
Brain-Computer Interface for the Muscularly
Disabled
Elena Leah Glassman, 17, Central Bucks High School West,
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
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| CS064 |
E-Canister: A Reliable Anti-spamming Server
Based on Voting and Learning
Sung-Jin Hong, 16, Daejon Science High School, Daejon, South
Korea
|
| CS306 |
Resource Allocation by Integration of Dispatching
Heuristics with Genetic Algorithms
Yen Tung Yeh, 18, Avondale, Arizona
Christina Grace Kwong, 18, Phoenix, Arizona
Dean Wong Thongkham, 18, Mesa, Arizona
|
| EN036 |
Development and Comparison of Biologically
Based Robots
Zachary Michael Walchuk, 16, Mankato West High School, Mankato,
Minnesota
|
| EN083 |
Factors Affecting Cooperative Robotic Behavior:
Year 2
Donald Eng, 16, Stanton College Preparatory School, Jacksonville,
Florida
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| All winners will receive a certificate.
Winners and their schools will also receive a one-year
membership in the American Association for Artificial Intelligence,
including a subscription to AI Magazine. |
| |
| American Association for Clinical Chemistry |
| For the projects that best demonstrate the
use of chemistry to diagnose diseased or abnormal states
in humans and/or animals |
| |
| First Award of $1,000 |
| ME095 |
Stem Cell Proteomic and Genomic Signatures
from a Tumor Suppressor Gene Mutation that Predisposes
to Colon Cancer
Mazell Tetruashvily, 18, Cherokee High School, Marlton, New
Jersey
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| |
| Second Award of $500 |
| ME063 |
Accurate Diagnosis of Lymphoid Malignancies
by Real-Time PCR Amplification of Clonal Immunoglobulin
Heavy Chain Gene Rearrangements
Anita Mary Kulangara, 18, John Jay High School, Katonah,
New York
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| |
| Third Award of $300 |
| BI032 |
Analysis of the Pancreatic Cancer-Specific
3C4-Ag Using a Novel Directly Labeled Monoclonal Antibody
3C4 (FITC-mAb3C4)
Ghulam Dastgir, 17, Midwood High School, Brooklyn, New York
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| |
| Honorable Mention Award $50 |
| BI013 |
The Effects of Mullerian-Inhibiting Substance
(MIS) and Insulin on Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein
(StAR) Expression
Rebecca Joy Vitale, 15, duPont Manual High School, Louisville,
Kentucky
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| CH026 |
The Effect of Heating Methods on the Production
and Residue Build-up of Acrylamide: Phase II
Emily Michele Kraft, 18, Signature School, Evansville, Indiana
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| ME078 |
Cytotoxic Effects of Therapeutic Grade
Essential Oils in Malignant Glioblastoma Cells
Carrie Elizabeth Shaw, 16, Mount Tabor High School, Winston-Salem,
North Carolina
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| |
| American Association of Physics Teachers
and the American Physical Society |
| First Award of $1,000 |
| PH052 |
A Novel Technique for the Quantification
of Trapping Forces in Optical Tweezers
Yiyi Deng, 17, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket,
New York
|
| |
| Second Award of $400 |
| PH031 |
Tunable Refractive Index of Magnetic Fluid
Films and Their Applications
Yun-Hsin Chao, 17, Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo Senior High
School, Taipei, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei
|
| |
| Third Award of $300 |
| PH022 |
Centigrade 4.0: Turbulent Penetrative Convection
in Chilled Water
Meredith Ann MacGregor, 15, Fairview High School, Boulder,
Colorado
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| |
| Certificate of Honorable Mention |
| PH011 |
Antibubbles: The Search for Practical Use
Michael J. Pizer, 15, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
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| PH015 |
Thrust Optimization of Asymmetrical Capacitors
Evan Eric Frank, 17, duPont Manual High School, Louisville,
Kentucky
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| PH017 |
Laser Acoustic Materials Analysis
Kevin E Claytor, 17, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos,
New Mexico
|
| |
| Top award winners receive a one-year AAPT
membership, a one-year APS student membership, a certificate
from both AAPT and APS, as well as subscriptions to the
AAPT "The Physics Teacher" Journal and other APS journals.
Each sponsoring teacher of a student who receives an AAPT
and APS award also receives certificates. |
| |
| American Astronomical Society and the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
| The Priscilla and Bart Bok Awards are given
jointly by the American Astronomical Society (AAS) and
the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP). The main
criterion for selecting the two Bok Awards is scientific
merit. Observational, instrumental, or theoretical projects
are all eligible, as are interdisciplinary projects involving
physics, math, computer science, and engineering, etc. |
| |
| Priscilla and Bart Bok First
Award of a $5,000 scholarship |
| EA032 |
The Relationship Between Sunspots and Solar
Flares
Eric M. Sauder, 16, Hempfield High School, Landisville, Pennsylvania
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| |
| Priscilla and Bart Bok Second
Award of a $3,000 scholarship |
| EA043 |
In Pursuit of Population III
Julie Ann Krugler, 18, Grosse Pointe North High School, Grosse
Pointe, Michigan
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| |
| The awarded funds are intended to be used
by the recipients to further their education and research
efforts. A modest sum is also awarded to their high school
science departments for use in enhancing their science
education programs. These awards are funded by a grant
from the National Science Foundation and are subject to
their approval. |
| |
| American Chemical Society |
| First Award of $1,000 |
| CH016 |
The Challenging NMR Puzzle: Three Novel
Antigenic Structures Elucidation
Ivan S. Bushmarinov, 16, Mocsow Chemical Lyceum, Moscow,
Russia
|
| |
| Second Award of $500 |
| CH028 |
Mechanistic Investigations of Oxidative
Transformations Using Water-Soluble Hypervalent Iodine
Reagents
Arun Poothatta Thottumkara, 18, Macomb High School, Macomb,
Illinois
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| |
| Third Award of $300 |
| CH014 |
A New Method for the Synthesis of Substituted
3-alpha-haloalkyl-5,6-dihydro-[4H]-1,2-oxazines
Michael Sergeevich Klenov, 16, Moscow Chemical Lyceum, Moscow,
Russia
|
| |
| Fourth Award of $100 |
| CH311 |
Atmospheric Chemical Instabilities
Thomas Chen, 17, Skyview High School, Vancouver, Washington
Sharat Ganapati, 17, Sunset High School, Portland, Oregon
|
| |
| Honorable Mention Award |
| CH005 |
Metallic Monomer Ligation of Manganese
Complexes and a Novel Synthetic Route to [Mn4O2(O2CR)6(bipy)2]
Brian Andrew Sparling, 18, Blanche Ely High School, Pompano
Beach, Florida
|
| CH012 |
The Detection of Cholesterol Using Lipid
Modified Platinum Electrodes and Its Applications
Carrie Ann McDonough, 17, Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights,
Ohio
|
| CH021 |
New Findings: Chemical Oscillation Using
Iron Wire
Ayaka Iwami, 17, Urawa Daiichi Girls High School, Saitama,
Japan
|
| CH038 |
Carbon Sequestration by Bauxite Residue
from Industrial Waste to Mitigation of Global Warming
Di Zhen Ye, 17, Mount Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
| |
| All award winners and HMs receive a t-shirt
and a subscription to "Chem Matters". The sponsoring teachers
and schools of the winners and HMs also receive a certificate. |
| |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute
of Science |
| All expense paid trip for five
weeks and scholarship to the Bessie Lawrence International
Summer Science Institute at the Weizmann Institute of Science
in Rehovot, Israel |
| MA016 |
A Novel Set of Representations of the Two-Component
Link Group and Consequent Link Invariants
Sam Jay Lewallen, 17, Stuyvesant High School, New York City,
New York
|
| |
| First alternate for trip |
| CH005 |
Metallic Monomer Ligation of Manganese
Complexes and a Novel Synthetic Route to [Mn4O2(O2CR)6(bipy)2]
Brian Andrew Sparling, 18, Blanche Ely High School, Pompano
Beach, Florida
|
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| The International Summer Science Institute
provides students with an opportunity to work alongside
top Weizmann Institute researchers, as well as to learn
about life in Israel today. |
| |
| American Geological Institute |
| AGI is pleased to recognize three projects
that best reflect the study of Earth and the mission of
AGI. Founded in 1948, AGI strives to increase public awareness
of the vital role of the geosciences to mankind and society. |
| |
| First Award of $1,000, a certificate
and the book "Origins, the Evolution of Continents, Oceans
and Life" by Ron Redfern, inscribed by the AGI Chief Judge |
| EA005 |
Transmission Electron Microscopy Investigations
of Triggered-Lightning Oxide Fulgurites
Britta Elyse Jones, 17, Eastside High School, Gainesville,
Florida
|
| |
| Second Award of $250, a certificate
and the book "Origins, the Evolution of Continents, Oceans
and Life" by Ron Redfern, inscribed by the AGI Chief Judge |
| EA002 |
Petrology, Morphology, and Geochemistry
of the Southern Juan de Fuca Ridge: Evidence for Off-Axis
Volcanism
Sarah Rose Langberg, 17, Canterbury School, Fort Myers, Florida
|
| EA029 |
Sound Wave Propagation in Brine Pools
Alison Karee Slowey, 16, Saint Michael's Academy, Bryan,
Texas
|
| |
| Recognized by AGI on behalf
of the Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG) this
awardee will receive a subscription to the AEG journal, "Environmental
and Engineering Geosciences". |
| EV335 |
Research on Transportation and Characteristic
of Yellow Sand
Seung Chan Lim, 18, Daejeon Science High School, Daejeon,
South Korea
Min Ho Hong, 17, Daejeon Science High School, Daejeon, South
Korea
Jee Yeon Kim, 17, Daejeon Science High School, Daejeon, South
Korea
|
| |
| Each student and their teacher receive a
one-year subscription to AGI's magazine "Geotimes". |
| |
| American Indian Science and Engineering
Society |
| For the project that best represents the
relationship between science, mathematics, technology,
engineering and American Indian culture |
| |
| Award of $1,000 |
| ME093 |
Kukaepua'a: The Anti-Inflammatory Properties
of Digitaria ciliaris, Phase 3--Targeting Protein
Kinase-C Dependent Processes
Amanda Momilaniho'olehua Garcia, 18, Kamehameha High School,
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
| |
| Winner will also receive a plaque and AISES
denim shirt. |
| |
| American Intellectual Property Law Association |
| First Award of $1,000 and a
certificate |
| MI019 |
A Novel Approach of Gene Knockdown in Zebrafish
Through Targeted mRNA Cleavage
Leslie Yee Ming Beh, 18, Raffles Junior College, Singapore,
Singapore
|
| ZO031 |
A Possible Alternative Method for Controlling
Termites
Valerie Rose Hernandez, 17, Tafuna High School, Pago Pago,
American Samoa
|
| |
| Second Award of $250 and a
certificate |
| BI055 |
A New Way to Send DNA
Jenna Rae Parisien, 18, Turtle Mountain High School, Belcourt,
North Dakota
|
| ME019 |
A Novel Method of Enhancing Prostate Cancer
Radiosensitization by Natural Compound Curcumin
David Nima Meigooni, 17, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School,
Lexington, Kentucky
|
| |
| American Mathematical Society |
| Karl Menger Award of Excellence |
| |
| First Award of $1,000 |
| MA032 |
A Proof of Seymour's Conjecture for All
Oriented Graphs
Brett Alexander Harrison, 15, Half Hollow Hills High School
West, Dix Hills, New York
|
| |
| Second Award of $500 |
| MA038 |
On the Properties of Jump Points in the
Game of n-times Nim
Brian Todd Rice, 17, Marion Senior High School, Marion, Virginia
|
| PH047 |
Deviations from an Isotropic and Homogeneous
Expansion of the Universe
Ilya Gurwich, 18, Amit State Religious/Municipal Comprehensive
School, Beer-Sheva, Israel
|
| |
| Third Award of $250 |
| MA001 |
An Investigation of Irreducible Polynomials
Over Zp Using Abstract Algebra
Brianna Rachel Satinoff, 18, Palm Harbor University High
School, Palm Harbor, Florida
|
| MA016 |
A Novel Set of Representations of the Two-Component
Link Group and Consequent Link Invariants
Sam Jay Lewallen, 17, Stuyvesant High School, New York City,
New York
|
| MA022 |
mxn Admissible Boards
Huan-Chun Yeh, 16, Taipei Municipal Junior High School, Taiwan,
Taiwan
|
| MA025 |
Research on the Number-Reasoning Problem
Ning Zhang, 18, The High School Affiliated to Fudan University,
Shanghai, China
|
| |
| Honorable Mention Award |
| MA019 |
The Membership Problem for Ideals in the
Ring of Polynomials Over the Integers Z[x]
Carlos Eduardo Arreche-Aguayo, 17, University Gardens High
School, San Juan, Puerto Rico
|
| MA030 |
Diophantine Equations: Which Numbers Are
Linear Combinations?
Ginger Beardslee Howell, 18, Trinity Collegiate School, Darlington,
South Carolina
|
| MA031 |
A Quantum Algorithm for the Simultaneous
Evaluation of Functions: A Combinatorics Solution with
Fractal Properties
Nimish P. Ramanlal, 15, Seminole High School, Sanford, Florida
|
| MA039 |
The Snake Lemma and Its Applications to
Graph Theory
Allison Paige Berke, 15, Mira Loma High School, Sacramento,
California
|
| MA312 |
Constructing Boxes with N-tetracubes
Tair Assangali, 16, Kasakh-Turkish Lycee, Aktobe, Kazakhstan
Nurlan Bakitzhanov, 16, Kasakh-Turkish Lycee, Aktobe, Kazakhstan
|
| |
| A booklet on Karl Menger and a magazine
will be given to each winner. |
| |
| American Meteorological Society |
| For the best exhibits in the area of atmospheric,
oceanic and hydrologic sciences |
| |
| First Award of $1,000 |
| EA023 |
Ozone Event Days: The Effect of Meteorology
and Topography on Formation and Transformation of Ozone
in the Lower Atmosphere
Chen-Jui Liang, 19, National Taichung Second Senior High
School, Taichung, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei
|
| |
| Second Award of $500 |
| EA028 |
A Multi-Spectral Analysis of Atmospheric
Transmission
Aneesh Keshav Venkat, 18, York High School, Yorktown, Virginia
|
| |
| Third Award of $250 |
| EA014 |
The Location and Characteristics of Atmospheric
Inversions Over Lakeview, Oregon
Timothy Paul Kendrick, 17, Lakeview Senior High School, Lakeview,
Oregon
|
| |
| Honorable Mention Award |
| EA004 |
Analyzing the Connection Between Solar
Variability and Annular Modes
Thomas Franklin Christian III, 16, Houston County High School,
Warner Robins, Georgia
|
| EA049 |
Original and Compelling Evidence of Over
100 Years of Climatic Warming in Antarctica
Matthew E. Peneston, 18, Phoenix High School, Phoenix, New
York
|
| PH309 |
Simulating the Properties of a Mirage
Bailey Alan Stewart, 15, Springville Junior High School,
Springville, Utah
Lauren Rose Richey, 15, Springville Junior High School, Springville,
Utah
|
| |
| Winners receive a certificate, a CD-ROM,
and a one-year student membership to the AMS. The student
membership includes a subscription to the "Bulletin of
the American Meteorological Society" or "Weatherwise" magazine. |
| |
| American Physiological Society |
| For the best projects in the physiological
sciences which include cellular physiology, animal physiology
and neurophysiology |
| |
| First Award of $1,000 |
| ME072 |
The Effects of the Relaxin Hormone on the
Laxity of Male and Female Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tissue, in
vitro
Allison Jaye Landstrom, 17, Southridge High School, Beaverton,
Oregon
|
| |
| Second Award of $500 |
| ME049 |
Effect of Chlorine on Lung Function of
Oudoor Swimmers
Samuel Gregory Finlayson, 15, San Ramon Valley High School,
Danville, California
|
| |
| Award of $500 |
| ME020 |
Alternative Medicine: A Relief for Diabetes,
Phase 3
John Zeqi Luo, 16, Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick,
Rhode Island
|
| ME061 |
Analysis of Metformin's Effect on Brain
Insulin Receptors
Jason Scott Pellegrino, 17, Manhasset High School, Manhasset,
New York
|
| |
| Winners will receive a certificate and a
one-year subscription to APS publications. |
| |
| American Phytopathological Society |
| First Award of $1,000 |
| BO018 |
Influence of Leaf Characteristics on "Sudden
Oak Death" Susceptibility
Allison Marie Blackwell, 17, Gold Beach High School, Gold
Beach, Oregon
|
| |
| Second Award of $700 |
| BO010 |
Treatment of Xanthomonas campestris
pv. vesicatoria Induced Bacterial Blight with UV-altered
Bacteriophages
Lauren Marie Smith, 17, Rampart High School, Colorado Springs,
Colorado
|
| |
| Third Award of $500 |
| BO049 |
The Pesticidal Attributes of Noxious Weeds
Andrew John Friskop, 17, Hankinson Public School, Hankinson,
North Dakota
|
| |
| Fourth Award of $200 |
| BO042 |
Inoculation Studies with Gaeumannomyces graminis Variety graminis on
Zoysiagrass Varieties
Alexander Kenneth Biholar, 17, Plano High School, Plano,
Texas
|
| |
| All winners will receive a one year membership
in the APS, includes on-line access to all three APS journals,
image database, and numerous educational materials. |
| |
| American Psychological Association |
| First Award of $1,000 and a
certificate |
| BE036 |
Counting Features: Quantifying Discrete
Parts in Visual Object Identification
Henny Admoni, 18, John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School,
Great Neck, New York
|
| |
| Second Award of $500 and a
certificate |
| ZO006 |
The Effects of Lead on Neurological Models:
Motor Neuron Proficiency, Learning and Memory Retention,
Nervous System Development, and Glial Cell Function
Kristen Elaine Fenska, 16, Miami High School, Miami, Oklahoma
|
| |
| Third Award of $125 and a certificate |
| ZO049 |
The Buzz on Bees: The Effects of Alcohol
and Nicotine on the Distribution of Biogenic Amines in
the Brain of the Apis mellifera
Russell Thomas Burrows, 15, Health Careers High School, San
Antonio, Texas
|
| |
| Honorable Mention Award |
| BE016 |
Neurochemical and Behavioral Effects of
Nicotine and Cocaine on Periadolescent and Adults Rats
Jennifer Alicia Ledon, 17, Dr. Michael M. Krop High School,
Miami, Florida
|
| BE027 |
Myth and Ergon in Kom and Wichi Indians:
The Past Survives in a Changing Environment
Lucrecia Cecilia Teran, 15, Colegio Pablo Apostol, Yerba
Buena, Tucuman, Argentina
|
| BE034 |
The Effect of Visual Images and Power Phrases
on Contributions to a Hunger Prevention Charity
Michael Jason Sloyer, 18, Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights,
New York
|
| EV106 |
What Are the Effects of Antihistamines
on Avoidance Behavior in Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus
clarkii)?
William Patrick Jagoe, 16, A.R. Johnson Health, Augusta,
Georgia
|
| GN013 |
Eliminating Acute Ischemic Stroke
Ashley Lauren Foster, 17, Evans High School, Evans, Georgia
|
| |
| Every Behavioral Science ISEF finalist is
given a booklet called "Careers in Psychology", a congratulatory
letter from APA, ISEF/APA pin and a pencil and pen. |
| |
| American Society of Pharmacognosy |
| For projects involving the study of natural
products that are in any relevant category areas including
biochemistry, botany, chemistry, medicine, microbiology
and zoology |
| |
| Award of $500 |
| BI056 |
The Effect of Plant Polyphenols Ameliorating
Oxidative Stress in NGF-Beta Differentiated PC-12 Cells
Daniel Shing-shun Tse, 18, David H. Hickman High School,
Columbia, Missouri
|
| ME093 |
Kukaepua'a: The Anti-Inflammatory Properties
of Digitaria ciliaris, Phase 3--Targeting Protein
Kinase-C Dependent Processes
Amanda Momilaniho'olehua Garcia, 18, Kamehameha High School,
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
| |
| American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
| First Award of $1,000 |
| EN070 |
Noise-Proof Headphone
Jiayao Zhou, 18, Shanghai Jinyuan High School, Shanghai,
China
|
| |
| Second Award of $500 |
| ME094 |
Genetic Causes of Hearing Loss
Rachel Choi, 15, Central High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
| |
| Third Award of $250 |
| BE002 |
Improving Cognitive Function After Chronic
Brain Injury with Hyperbaric Oxygen
Zarabeth Lehr Golden, 17, Blanche Ely High School, Pompano
Beach, Florida
|
| |
| Winners also receive a certificate, a career
kit and a subscription to the "Journal of Speech and Hearing
Research". |
| |
| American Statistical Association |
| REMOVE FROM AWARD SCRIPT>>>Honorable
Mention |
| BE019 |
The Effects of Music Types on Driving Ability
Rebecca Elizabeth Wilder, 18, Mentor High School, Mentor,
Ohio
|
| BE034 |
The Effect of Visual Images and Power Phrases
on Contributions to a Hunger Prevention Charity
Michael Jason Sloyer, 18, Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights,
New York
|
| BI020 |
An Examination of the Medicinal Value of Aloe
barbadensis miller (Aloe Vera) on Cell Proliferation
Alix Beth Stelly, 16, Catholic High School, New Iberia, Louisiana
|
| EV106 |
What Are the Effects of Antihistamines
on Avoidance Behavior in Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus
clarkii)?
William Patrick Jagoe, 16, A.R. Johnson Health, Augusta,
Georgia
|
| EV327 |
The Effect of Distance from Source on the
Concentration and Toxicity of Atmospheric Chlorine Above
Hot Tubs
Jason Philip Stein, 16, Los Gatos High School, Los Gatos,
California
Jonathan Terry Gelber, 16, Los Gatos High School, Los Gatos,
California
|
| |
| First Award of $1000 |
| MA021 |
2x2 Contingency Tables: Jackknife Evaluations
of Asymptotic and Exact Tests
Michael F. Page, 16, The Pingry School, Martinsville, New
Jersey
|
| |
| Second Award of $500 |
| BI077 |
The Effect of GATA-1 on Vitamin D Receptor
Promoter Activity
Deepa Iyer, 16, Mills E. Godwin High School, Richmond, Virginia
|
| |
| Third Award of $250 |
| EN316 |
Understanding and Applying Nanofiber Technology
in Air Filtration Applications
Theodore John Rogers, 17, Hoover High School, North Canton,
Ohio
Albert Roberts Christian, 17, Hoover High School, North Canton,
Ohio
|
| |
| All students receive one-year subscriptions
of "STATS" and "Chance". Their schools will also receive
a one-year school membership in the American Statistical
Association. |
| |
| American Veterinary Medical Association |
| First Award of $1,000 |
| ME026 |
Biologically-Guided Isolation of the Antimicrobial
Component on the Sea-Snake Laticauda colubrina Schneider
Venom
Joy Anne Lim Aquino, 15, E. Rodriguez Junior High School,
Quezon City, Philippines
|
| |
| Second Award of $700 |
| BE025 |
The Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
Vocalization Project: Rediscovering a Lost Form of Communication
Elizabeth Anne Baker, 16, University High School, Tucson,
Arizona
|
| ZO013 |
Exploring the Role of Protein Tailoring
in Mussel Adhesion
Edwin Anthony Krumeich, 18, Croton-Harmon High School, Croton-on-Hudson,
New York
|
| ZO040 |
The Utilization of Rare SNPs within the
Canine Genome as a Means of Breed Identification
Marla Naomi Diakow, 18, Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port
Washington, New York
|
| ZO045 |
The Analysis of Natural Products on the
Growth Rate of Turkeys
Matthew David Muehler, 18, Hankinson Public School, Hankinson,
North Dakota
|
| |
| All winners will also receive a plaque. |
| |
| Ashtavadhani Vidwan Ambati Subbaraya
Chetty (AVASC) Foundation |
| For projects that display outstanding creativity,
ingenuity and have the potential to alleviate the human
condition or mark a substantive advance in the scientific
field. |
| |
| First Award of $1,000 U.S.
Savings Bond |
| EN082 |
Stem Cell Tissue Engineering with a Nanowire-Hydrogel
Matrix
Mitali Thakor, 16, River Hill High School, Clarksville, Maryland
|
| MA031 |
A Quantum Algorithm for the Simultaneous
Evaluation of Functions: A Combinatorics Solution with
Fractal Properties
Nimish P. Ramanlal, 15, Seminole High School, Sanford, Florida
|
| |
| Second Award of $500 U.S. Savings
Bond |
| CH028 |
Mechanistic Investigations of Oxidative
Transformations Using Water-Soluble Hypervalent Iodine
Reagents
Arun Poothatta Thottumkara, 18, Macomb High School, Macomb,
Illinois
|
| CH038 |
Carbon Sequestration by Bauxite Residue
from Industrial Waste to Mitigation of Global Warming
Di Zhen Ye, 17, Mount Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
| CS013 |
PESDOC: A Farmer Friendly Software for
Pest Diagnosis of Crops
Kanishka Raajkumar, 14, Shreerang Vidyalaya, English Medium,
Thane, Maharashtra, India
|
| EN006 |
A Non-Photolithographic Approach to the
Construction of N-Type MOSFET Devices Using Focused Ion
Beam Technology
Ryna Karnik, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon
|
| EN099 |
Autonomous Gyroscopic Ocean-Wave-Powered
Generator: Invention of a New Energy Conversion Technology
Aaron Sargent Goldin, 16, San Dieguito High School Academy,
Encinitas, California
|
| ME032 |
Immunostimulating Properties of a Herbal
Polysaccharide from Tinospora cordifolia for
Biodense and Treatment
Reshma Ramachandran, 16, Coral Reef Senior High School, Miami,
Florida
|
| ME069 |
Structure Guided Drug Design Using Virtual
Screening to Find an Inhibitor for M. tuberculosis 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropteroate
Synthase
Kanya Balakrishna, 16, Lausanne Collegiate School, Memphis,
Tennessee
|
| PH052 |
A Novel Technique for the Quantification
of Trapping Forces in Optical Tweezers
Yiyi Deng, 17, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket,
New York
|
| |
| Equivalent award available for non-U.S.
winners. AVASC is an educational and medical service foundation
dedicated to recognizing academic talent and providing
services to the needy. |
| |
| Association for Computing Machinery |
| First Award of $1,000 |
| CS038 |
Real-Time Remeshing with Optimally Adapting
Domain: A New Scheme for View-Dependent Continuous Levels-of-Detail
Mesh Rendering
Yuanchen Zhu, 19, Shanghai Foreign Language School, Shanghai,
China
|
| |
| Second Award of $500 |
| CS057 |
Brain-Computer Interface for the Muscularly
Disabled
Elena Leah Glassman, 17, Central Bucks High School West,
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
|
| |
| Third Award of $300 |
| CS053 |
Artificial Visual Perception: An Integrated
Approach to Neuroadaptive Modeling
Kimberly Elise Reinhold, 16, Saint Joseph Junior-Senior High
School, Hilo, Hawaii
|
| |
| Honorable Mention Award of
$200 |
| CS037 |
The Enhancement of Password Security System
Using Keystroke Verification
Taweetham Limpanuparb, 17, Mahidol-Wittayanusorn School,
Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
|
| CS042 |
An Extension of the Dining Cryptographers
Protocol to Multiparty, Simultaneous Sender-Recipient Anonymous
Communication
Bruce David Halperin, 17, Half Hollow Hills High School East,
Dix Hills, New York
|
| CS046 |
Collaborative Nurse Scheduling: A Novel
Approach to Improve Utilization of Existing Nurse Resources
Sonia Nijhawan, 15, duPont Manual High School, Louisville,
Kentucky
|
| |
| All winners will receive one year complimentary
ACM Student Memberships (ACM's Student Portal Package which
also includes ACM's Digital Library) |
| |
| Association for Women Geoscientists |
| Award winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship |
| |
| Award of $1,000 |
| EA002 |
Petrology, Morphology, and Geochemistry
of the Southern Juan de Fuca Ridge: Evidence for Off-Axis
Volcanism
Sarah Rose Langberg, 17, Canterbury School, Fort Myers, Florida
|
| |
| Honorable Mention Award of
$100 |
| EA022 |
A Comparative Study of Facies Sequences
in the Pennsylvanian Oquirrh Basin: The Thorpe Hills and
Cascade Mountain
Caroline Victoria Larson, 14, Provo High School, Provo, Utah
|
| EV039 |
Troubled Waters: A Six Month Longitudinal
Water Quality Study of the Spanish Fork River Drainage
System and Remediation Strategies
Shannon Lisa Babb, 16, American Fork High School, American
Fork, Utah
|
| |
| All award winners will also receive AWG
T-shirt and a student membership in the AWG organization
which includes a newsletter subscription. |
| |
| Caltech JPL |
| For outstanding projects in the areas of
science, technology and engineering that contribute to
JPL's mission of robotic space exploration |
| |
| Special Achievement Award Certificate |
| CS004 |
Development of a Genetic Programming Oriented
Software with Added Population Efficiencies for the Autonomous
Creation of Complex C-Based Programs
Nicholas Robert Carson, 16, Bayside High School, Palm Bay,
Florida
|
| CS053 |
Artificial Visual Perception: An Integrated
Approach to Neuroadaptive Modeling
Kimberly Elise Reinhold, 16, Saint Joseph Junior-Senior High
School, Hilo, Hawaii
|
| EA008 |
Electrodynamic Shield to Hinder Mars Dust
Depostition on Solar Panels
Rachel Marie Harpool, 16, Little Rock Central High School,
Little Rock, Arkansas
|
| EA033 |
Mars or Bust: Determining Suitable Locations
for Colonization Based on Terrain Characteristics
Tiffany A Legg, 16, Duncan Senior High School, Duncan, Oklahoma
|
| EA038 |
Chaotic Terrain on Europa: Evidence for
Hydrological Resurfacing
Megan Middendorf Van Ness, 16, Salem, Oregon
|
| EA040 |
A Study in the Correlation Between the
Movement Rates of Sunspots and Active Solar Magnetic Regions
Using a Novel Measurement Method
Elyse Autumn Hope, 16, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland,
Oregon
|
| EA309 |
The Influence of Non-Synchronous Rotation
on Patterns in the Orientation of Ice Fractures on the
Surface of Europa
Emily Louise Ricq, 16, Red Mountain High School, Mesa, Arizona
Kyle Robert Strom, 18, Red Mountain High School, Mesa, Arizona
|
| EN083 |
Factors Affecting Cooperative Robotic Behavior:
Year 2
Donald Eng, 16, Stanton College Preparatory School, Jacksonville,
Florida
|
| EN317 |
Designing a System for Versatile Semi-Autonomous
Robots
Ashish M. Bakshi, 15, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New
York
Eshin Jolly, 15, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New York
|
| |
| Special Achievement Award of
$1,000 plus certificate |
| EA042 |
Asteroid Occultations: The Occultation
and Description of the Asteroid 208-Lacrimosa
Elizabeth English Turner, 15, Oak Ridge High School, Conroe,
Texas
|
| |
| Special Achievement Award of
$500 plus certificate |
| EA016 |
Water on Mars: How Much Then, How Much
Now?
Erin Lynn Frey, 17, South River High School, Edgewater, Maryland
|
| EA046 |
Noisy Jupiter Phase II: Peak Burst Temperature
and Flux Density
Kyle Nathan Jaffa, 14, Sandia High School, Albuquerque, New
Mexico
|
| EN024 |
A Faraday Effect Optical Modulator for
Use in the Detection of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic
Waves
Mark Philip Croce, 17, Langley High School, McLean, Virginia
|
| |
| China Association for Science and Technology |
| Award winner will receive a trip to visit
the "China Adolescents Science and Technology Innovation
Contest" in July or August. The award includes round trip
flights, accommodations and activities for the students. |
| |
| Trip to China to attend the
CASTIC |
| BI050 |
Characterization of Mus81/Mms4's Role in
Homologous DNA Repair During S-Phase Mitotic Cellular Division
Shamsher Singh Samra, 17, Clovis West High School, Fresno,
California
|
| CS027 |
The Automatic Information Catching System
by Mobile Phone
Azusa Isomura, 18, Tokyo Gakugei Univ. Senior High School
Oizumi Campus, Tokyo, Japan
|
| EN037 |
Development and Construction of a Digital
Inertial Sensor
Andreas Neuzner, 18, Weidigschule Butzbach, Butzbach, Hesse,
Germany
|
| EV109 |
Optimization of a Novel Process of Removal
of Arsenic Residues from Drinking Water Treatment Waste
Balaji V Sridhar, 16, Cherry Creek High School, Englewood,
Colorado
|
| ZO036 |
Habitat Preference and Age Distribution
of Road Mortality Snakes in the Killdeer Plains Wildlife
Area, Wyandot County, OH
Nathan Jacobs Yaussy, 17, Buckeye Valley High School, Delaware,
Ohio
|
| |
| Concordia University |
| Scholarship in the amount of 50% of tuition
costs for one finalist in any Intel ISEF Category. This
scholarship is renewable for four years based upon successful
participation in the Honors Program and the maintenance
of a 3.00 GPA. |
| |
| Scholarship award of at least
$9,300 per year (50% of tuition) for four years |
| BI025 |
Bean Beacons
Janet Michelle Freilich, 16, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary
School, Vancouver, BC, Canada
|
| |
| Drexel University |
| For projects in the categories of computer
science, engineering and medicine and health. |
| |
| Tuition scholarship of $105,000 |
| CS028 |
LANCache: A Distributed and Co-operative
Client Side Web Proxy Caching Architecture and Performance
Yogesh V. Saletore, 16, Olympia High School, Olympia, Washington
|
| CS048 |
Adaptive Interference Rejection in Wireless
Networking
Tarang Luthra, 16, Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, California
|
| CS053 |
Artificial Visual Perception: An Integrated
Approach to Neuroadaptive Modeling
Kimberly Elise Reinhold, 16, Saint Joseph Junior-Senior High
School, Hilo, Hawaii
|
| EN036 |
Development and Comparison of Biologically
Based Robots
Zachary Michael Walchuk, 16, Mankato West High School, Mankato,
Minnesota
|
| EN099 |
Autonomous Gyroscopic Ocean-Wave-Powered
Generator: Invention of a New Energy Conversion Technology
Aaron Sargent Goldin, 16, San Dieguito High School Academy,
Encinitas, California
|
| EN101 |
A Clean Break: A Polycarbonate-Clay Nanocomposite
as a Glass Substitute
Blake Allen Campbell, 17, Stevens High School, Rapid City,
South Dakota
|
| EN115 |
Nanocomposite Enzymatic Electrodes for
Biofuel Cell Applications
Daniel Clayton Appel, 17, Eldorado High School, Albuquerque,
New Mexico
|
| EN128 |
Simplifying the Preparation of Hemostatic
Agents
Allison Lindsey Lloyd, 17, Friendswood High School, Friendswood,
Texas
|
| |
| Scholarships are renewable for up to 5 years
pending maintenance of a 3.0 GPA and full-time status.
Each scholarship is valued at $105,000. Scholarships will
go into effect upon admission to the University. |
| |
| Eastern Oregon University |
| Full tuition scholarship award (up to 15
credits per term) renewable for up to 12 terms of undergraduate,
on-campus study to a high school senior. |
| |
| Full tuition scholarship $3,500
per year for four years in state, or $5000 per year for
four years out-of-state |
| BO007 |
Green Manure vs. Meloidogyne
chitwoodi
Heather Renae Messick, 17, Sargent High School, Monte Vista,
Colorado
|
| |
| Recipient must complete at least 36 hours
per year and earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5. |
| |
| Eastman Kodak Company |
| For the best use of photography to gather
data, solve a problem, or to clearly explain the essence
of their science project. |
| |
| First Award of $1,000 |
| CS044 |
A New Algorithm for Rapid Computer Recognition
of Circular and Near-Circular Objects
Jacob Reynolds Darby, 16, Home Educator's Science Partnership,
Plano, Texas
|
| EA304 |
Investigating Stars and Nebulae Through
the Construction and Operation of an Astronomical Spectrograph
Mary Masterman, 14, Classen School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma
Mimi Thuy Nguyen, 14, Classen School of Advanced Studies,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Sarah Louise Howell, 14, Classen School of Advanced Studies,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
| EN109 |
The Design and Evaluation of Multi-Freewing
Aircraft
Ryan Thomas Olson, 17, Giles High School, Pearisburg, Virginia
|
| PH317 |
Self Organized Criticality in the Dynamics
of Granular System
Roisin McCloskey, 16, Lumen Christi College, Derry, Ulster,
Ireland
Breandan Mac Chnoic, 18, Lumen Christi College, Derry, Ulster,
Ireland
|
| ZO005 |
As the Worm Turns
Jon Roger Fichtelman, 17, Vero Beach High School, Vero Beach,
Florida
|
| |
| Second Award of $500 |
| BE311 |
Gender Roles in Northern Paiute Shamanism:
An Analysis Through the Rock Art Record
William Thomas Hallett, 18, West Salem High School, Salem,
Oregon
Marie Christine Sakai, 18, West Salem High School, Salem,
Oregon
Stefanie Gayle Price, 17, West Salem High School, Salem,
Oregon
|
| EA022 |
A Comparative Study of Facies Sequences
in the Pennsylvanian Oquirrh Basin: The Thorpe Hills and
Cascade Mountain
Caroline Victoria Larson, 14, Provo High School, Provo, Utah
|
| EN039 |
Optical Tactile Sensors for Medical Palpation
Pencilla Lang, 16, A.B. Lucas Secondary School, London, Ontario,
Canada
|
| EV319 |
Theory and Practice on Ecological Restoration
in Small Shallow Eutrophic Waters
Chen Lin, 19, Wusong High School, Shanghai, China
Yi Zhang, 18, Wusong High School, Shanghai, China
Yajia Lu, 19, Wusong High School, Shanghai, China
|
| ZO026 |
Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave: The Effects
of Alcohol on the Web Spinning Abilities of Orb Weaver
Spiders
Victor Edward Cross, 16, Central High School, Phenix City,
Alabama
|
| |
| Honorable Mention Award of
$250 |
| CS061 |
Real-time Calculation of the Rocket Roll
Attitude Using the On-Board Video Camera
Alexander Thomas Woods, 16, Fairview High School, Boulder,
Colorado
|
| ME030 |
Comparison of Teeth Whitening Methods Using
Digital Grayscale Technique: Phase II
Thomas Elliott Marshall, 17, Statesboro High School, Statesboro,
Georgia
|
| MI028 |
Utilizing Bacterial Carpets for Bionanotechnology
Applications
Mahlet Kabtamu Woldemariam, 18, Deming High School, Deming,
New Mexico
|
| PH019 |
The Effects of Spin on a Volleyball
Kimberly Marie Sutterer, 17, Terre Haute North Vigo High
School, Terre Haute, Indiana
|
| PH025 |
Near Infrared Detection of Phytophthora palmivora Infection
in Carica papaya Through the Implementation
of Multispectral Fluorescence Imaging
Chelsey Lauren Villanueva, 17, Kapolei High School, Kapolei,
Hawaii
|
| |
| For student team awards, the team members
will split the award. In addition, each student and his/her
sponsoring teachers will receive a one-year subscription
to "Science News", a Society for Science & the Public publication. |
| |
| Endocrine Society |
| First Award of $1,000 |
| ME072 |
The Effects of the Relaxin Hormone on the
Laxity of Male and Female Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tissue, in
vitro
Allison Jaye Landstrom, 17, Southridge High School, Beaverton,
Oregon
|
| |
| Finalist Award of $500 |
| BI057 |
Microarray Analysis Reveals Glucocorticoid-regulated
Survival Genes that Are Associated with Inhibition of Apoptosis
in Breast Epithelial Cells
Shamita Chaudhuri, 18, Lincoln Park High School, Chicago,
Illinois
|
| ME061 |
Analysis of Metformin's Effect on Brain
Insulin Receptors
Jason Scott Pellegrino, 17, Manhasset High School, Manhasset,
New York
|
| |
| Honorable Mention Award |
| BI013 |
The Effects of Mullerian-Inhibiting Substance
(MIS) and Insulin on Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein
(StAR) Expression
Rebecca Joy Vitale, 15, duPont Manual High School, Louisville,
Kentucky
|
| ME005 |
The Correlation Between Folic Acid, Homocysteine
Levels and Blood Pressure: A Two-Year Study
Tristan Emil Gonzalez-Sanz, 17, Dunbar High School, Fort
Myers, Florida
|
| ME020 |
Alternative Medicine: A Relief for Diabetes,
Phase 3
John Zeqi Luo, 16, Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick,
Rhode Island
|
| ME068 |
Effect of Parathyroid Hormone on Tartrate-Resistant
Acid Phosphatase Activity: Osteoporosis
Cesar Marquez, 16, Lane Technical High School, Chicago, Illinois
|
| |
| All winners will receive a certificate,
a book on the Endocrine System and a T-shirt. |
| |
| Florida Institute of Technology |
| Tuition scholarship of $10,000 per year
for four years, renewable annually, to be used at Florida
Institute of Technology |
| |
| $10,000 per year scholarship,
renewable annually |
| BE012 |
How Do Linguistic and Logical Intelligence
Correlate to Practical Intelligence?
Joshua Damian Salvi, 17, York Catholic High School, York,
Pennsylvania
|
| BE048 |
Thoughtful Gestures: Do Hand Motions Affect
Your Memory?
David Christopher Organiscak, 16, Burkburnett High School,
Burkburnett, Texas
|
| EA005 |
Transmission Electron Microscopy Investigations
of Triggered-Lightning Oxide Fulgurites
Britta Elyse Jones, 17, Eastside High School, Gainesville,
Florida
|
| EA053 |
Cepheid Stars as Distance Indicators
Vanessa Marie Mahoney, 17, Stevens High School, Rapid City,
South Dakota
|
| EN089 |
Which Truss Design Will Make the Strongest
Truss Bridge?
Elaine Chan, 16, Braintree High School, Braintree, Massachusetts
|
| EN091 |
Up, Up, and Away: A Quantitative Comparison
of Rocket Propellants
Christopher Cody Sheppard, 16, Hedgesville High School, Hedgesville,
West Virginia
|
| EV007 |
Nitrogen and Sediment Loading to the Upper
Mississippi River: Assessments of 27 Watersheds in Minnesota
and Wisconsin
Erik Dale Mundahl, 17, Winona Senior High School, Winona,
Minnesota
|
| EV089 |
Does Inlet Relocation Improve Tidal Flushing
in Adjacent Tidal Creeks? A Case Study of Mason Inlet
Meredith Alana Parr, 17, Laney High School, Wilmington, North
Carolina
|
| MI027 |
What Is the Effect of Percent Medium Used
for Incubation on Hypnospore Zoosporulating of Perkinsus marinus Found
on Crassostrea virginica?
Kayla Marie Green, 16, John Ehret High School, Marrero, Louisiana
|
| MI037 |
Dustbusters: An Analysis of Agricultural
Dust
Amanda Nicole Hartman, 17, China Spring High School, China
Spring, Texas
|
| |
| GE |
| For projects that demonstrate originality
in specifying a research problem or defining an engineering
project; as well as creativity in executing the project
and utilizing engineering principles/methods to solve the
problem |
| |
| First Award of $1,000 |
| EN308 |
Increased Channel Capacity in Fiber Optics
Through Transmission of Multiplexed Orbital Angular Momentum
States
Christopher Michael Alexander Verlinden, 17, School of Science
and Technology, Beaverton, Oregon
Philip Alejandro Munoz, 17, School of Science and Technology,
Beaverton, Oregon
|
| |
| Second Award of $500 |
| EN099 |
Autonomous Gyroscopic Ocean-Wave-Powered
Generator: Invention of a New Energy Conversion Technology
Aaron Sargent Goldin, 16, San Dieguito High School Academy,
Encinitas, California
|
| |
| Third award of $250 |
| CS053 |
Artificial Visual Perception: An Integrated
Approach to Neuroadaptive Modeling
Kimberly Elise Reinhold, 16, Saint Joseph Junior-Senior High
School, Hilo, Hawaii
|
| |
| George Fox University |
| Scholarship award of $10,000 per year to
an individual with an outstanding project in biology, chemistry
or engineering. |
| |
| Scholarship award of $10,000
per year for four years |
| CH023 |
Effect of Solvent Composition on the Solubility
of Alcohols
Parisa Marie Toghiani, 16, Starkville Academy, Starkville,
Mississippi
|
| |
| The scholarship will be renewable for up
to four years pending full time enrollment at George Fox
University and maintenance of a 3.4 cumulative GPA. |
| |
| IEEE - Oregon and Seattle Sections |
| The IEEE Seattle Section partnered with
Oregon in providing $5,000 for their top award; the two
sections donated equal amounts. This is the largest single
award ever given by IEEE Sections at the Fair. In addition
there will be 10 regional awards of merit, donated by Region
6 individuals, each for $50. |
| |
| An educational award of $5,000.
The IEEE Oregon and Seattle sections equally support technical
and gifted students in education with outstanding achievement
in the area of engineering. |
| EN039 |
Optical Tactile Sensors for Medical Palpation
Pencilla Lang, 16, A.B. Lucas Secondary School, London, Ontario,
Canada
|
| |
| Sharp Labs Inc. donates an
educational award of $2,500. Sharp supports on behalf of
IEEE the technical and gifted students in education with
outstanding achievement in the area of engineering. |
| EN006 |
A Non-Photolithographic Approach to the
Construction of N-Type MOSFET Devices Using Focused Ion
Beam Technology
Ryna Karnik, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon
|
| |
| Meridian Technology Group donates
an award of $250. Meridian Technology Group supports on
behalf of IEEE the technical and gifted students in education
with outstanding achievement in the area of engineering. |
| EN076 |
Energy for the Future
Cassie Arien Lynn Abel, 15, Hobson Public School, Hobson,
Montana
|
| |
| IEEE Regional Award of Merit,
from individual donations, on behalf of IEEE Regional Activities
of $50 each per regional winner. IEEE Regional Activities
regional winners are young technical and gifted students
who have demonstrated an aptitude in an IEEE technical
area of interest and represent the transnational nature
of IEEE. |
| CS033 |
A New Approach to the Identification of
Computer Viruses Using Artificial Neural Networks
Benjamin Alan Frison, 16, Carlisle Area High School, Carlisle,
Pennsylvania
|
| CS047 |
T-Web: The Talking Web Browser for the
Blind and Visually Impaired
Ahmad Shakir Manshad, 14, Las Cruces High School, Las Cruces,
New Mexico
|
| CS051 |
Invisible Cryptography: A Medical Application
Anthony Paul Chiarelli, 15, St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary
School, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
|
| CS054 |
Digital Video Compression Enhancement with
Reduced Psychovisual Redundancy
Wooi Meng Chin, 18, Chung Ling High School, Georgetown, Penang,
Malaysia
|
| EN049 |
Finding the Faulty Frays in Aircraft Wiring
Brittany Baker, 18, Jordan High School, Sandy, Utah
|
| EN050 |
Mapping Robot
George Francis Hotz, 14, Academy for Engineering and Design
Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey
|
| EN083 |
Factors Affecting Cooperative Robotic Behavior:
Year 2
Donald Eng, 16, Stanton College Preparatory School, Jacksonville,
Florida
|
| PH026 |
Low-cost Scanning Tunneling Microscope
Uwe Treske, 18, Paul Gerhardt Gymnasium, Grafenhainichen,
Sachsen Anhalt, Germany
|
| PH033 |
Generating Giant Pulses Through Intracavity
Chopping
William L. Hennessey, 17, Escola Americana de Campinas, Campinas,
Sao Paulo, Brasil
|
| PH040 |
Superconductivity: The Effect of the Amount
of Current Flowing Through a Superconductor on the Resistivity-Temperature
Relationship
Jonathan Joseph Naber, 14, Waterloo High School, Waterloo,
Illinois
|
| |
| In all 13 students will be recognized as "technical
and gifted students in education with outstanding achievement
in the area of engineering." Each award winner will receive
a plaque and framed certificate. |
| |
| IEEE Computer Society |
| First Award of $700 |
| CS053 |
Artificial Visual Perception: An Integrated
Approach to Neuroadaptive Modeling
Kimberly Elise Reinhold, 16, Saint Joseph Junior-Senior High
School, Hilo, Hawaii
|
| MA031 |
A Quantum Algorithm for the Simultaneous
Evaluation of Functions: A Combinatorics Solution with
Fractal Properties
Nimish P. Ramanlal, 15, Seminole High School, Sanford, Florida
|
| |
| Second Award of $500 |
| CS014 |
An Algorithmic Approach to DNA-based Data
Storage and Error Correction
Ho Seung Ryu, 17, Pacific Grove High School, Pacific Grove,
California
|
| CS038 |
Real-Time Remeshing with Optimally Adapting
Domain: A New Scheme for View-Dependent Continuous Levels-of-Detail
Mesh Rendering
Yuanchen Zhu, 19, Shanghai Foreign Language School, Shanghai,
China
|
| |
| Third Award of $350 |
| EN050 |
Mapping Robot
George Francis Hotz, 14, Academy for Engineering and Design
Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey
|
| |
| Team First Award of $500 for
each team member |
| CS305 |
Robot Motion Planning
Soner Yilmaz, 18, Private Samanyolu High School, Ankara,
Turkey
Enver Kayaaslan, 19, Private Samanyolu High School, Ankara,
Turkey
|
| |
| Team Second Award of $400 for
each team member |
| EN312 |
Orthopedic Robotics Bed
Jose Alejandro Riedel, 19, Technician School No.9 Ing. L.A.
Huergo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Daniel Martin Rubino, 18, Technician School No.9 Ing. L.A.
Huergo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
|
| |
| Winners will receive a framed certificate,
and a one-year free subscription to the CS magazine of
their choice. Winner's group photo will also be published
in an issue of "Computer" magazine. |
| |
| IEEE Foundation |
| The IEEE Foundation supported President's
Scholarship is awarded by the IEEE, which is the world's
largest technical professional society, with over 375,000
members in 150 countries. For outstanding achievement in
the area of engineering, this largest single special award
is a $10,000 scholarship. |
| |
| The IEEE Foundation President's
Scholarship of $10,000 |
| CS057 |
Brain-Computer Interface for the Muscularly
Disabled
Elena Leah Glassman, 17, Central Bucks High School West,
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
|
| |
| The winner also receives an engraved brass
and walnut plaque and framed certificate. |
| |
| InFocus Corporation |
| The "Excellence in Display Optics Award" recognizes
the best optics or photonic engineering project relevant
to the field of information display. |
| |
| The award will consist of an
InFocus projector valued at roughly $1000. |
| PH052 |
A Novel Technique for the Quantification
of Trapping Forces in Optical Tweezers
Yiyi Deng, 17, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket,
New York
|
| |
| This award will be given to projects in
optics or photonic engineering-related fields, including
technical quality and originality. The relevance of this
project to the information display and quality presentation
will also be considered. |
| |
| Indiana University |
| Partial tuition scholarships in the following
categories: behavioral and social sciences, biochemistry,
botany, chemistry, computer sciences, earth and space sciences,
environmental sciences, gerontology, mathematics, medicine
and health, microbiology, physics and zoology |
| |
| Tuition scholarship of $5,000
per year for 4 years for a total value of $20,000 |
| BE020 |
A Comparative Analysis of the Health Related
Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors
Antonio Javier Pietrantoni, 15, Academia del Perpetuo Socorro,
San Juan, Puerto Rico
|
| BI044 |
Disruption of Connexin43 and ZO-1 Interaction
Results in Increased Gap Junction Size in Rat Neonatal
Cardiomyocytes
Ching Zhu, 16, Academic Magnet High School, North Charleston,
South Carolina
|
| BO054 |
The Effects of Genetic Modification with
the Bt Gene on Corn's Ability to Resist Disease
Emma Leigh Flemmig, 17, Glidden-Ralston Community School,
Glidden, Iowa
|
| CH009 |
The Feasibility of Producing Hydrogen by
Photoelectrolysis for Large-scale Applications
David Michael Palko, 16, La Plata High School, La Plata,
Maryland
|
| CS049 |
What Effects Do Home Appliances Have on
Wireless Computer Networks?
Anna Maria Hall, 18, Andrean High School, Merrillville, Indiana
|
| EA042 |
Asteroid Occultations: The Occultation
and Description of the Asteroid 208-Lacrimosa
Elizabeth English Turner, 15, Oak Ridge High School, Conroe,
Texas
|
| EV071 |
Carbon Exchange Dynamics Phase IV: Effects
of Elevated CO2 on the Productions of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate
Carboxylase/Oxygenase and Chlorophyll Compounds in C3 and
C4 Plants
Kellen Marie Calinger, 16, Mount De Chantal Academy, Wheeling,
West Virginia
|
| GN005 |
A Microarray Analysis of Aged and Young
Mouse Muscle Tissue: The Genetic Causes of Sarcopenia
Tice P. Brown, 16, Batesville High School, Batesville, Arkansas
|
| MA034 |
Determinantal Sequences of Polynomials
Samuel Mohun Bhagwat, 15, Winston Churchill High School,
Livonia, Michigan
|
| ME012 |
Analysis of Sugar Substitutes' Neurological
and Mutagenic Effects via the Ames Test and Dugesia
tigrina
Kaleb Markus Naegeli, 16, Northwestern High School, Kokomo,
Indiana
|
| MI008 |
A Chromatographic Constituency Analysis
of the Ethanolically Extracted Compounds of Raw Texan Propolis
and Their Antimicrobial Effects
Richard Joseph Romeo, 17, Douglas MacArthur High School,
San Antonio, Texas
|
| PH008 |
A Vibroacoustical Study Comparing the Out-of-Plane
Motion of Violin Bridges Using Modal Analysis
Emily Rae Drabek, 16, Eastern High School, Pekin, Indiana
|
| ZO005 |
As the Worm Turns
Jon Roger Fichtelman, 17, Vero Beach High School, Vero Beach,
Florida
|
| |
| Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores
de Manterrey, Campus Guadalajara |
| Award of 90% paid scholarship for selected
students who major in engineering |
| |
| 90% paid tuition scholarship
award |
| CS003 |
Autonomous Obstacle Evasion Robot
Juan Carlos Villa, 16, Southwestern Educational Society,
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
|
| EN131 |
Machine Tool Cleaner Devide
Rosa Iliana Vinas Oliva, 18, Centro de Bachillerato Tecnologica
Ind. Y. Serv.13, Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
|
| MA018 |
Patterns for Irrational Roots 1
Luis Alexander Luciano, 18, Especializada University Gardens,
San Juan, Puerto Rico
|
| |
| International Amateur-Professional Photoelectric
Photometry |
| The Richard D. Lines Special Award in Astronomy
is presented to a student whose project best reflects the
mission of the IAPPP (collaboration between amateurs, students
and/or professionals) as well as in observational and/or
instrumental astronomy. |
| |
| Scholarship award of $5,000 |
| EA304 |
Investigating Stars and Nebulae Through
the Construction and Operation of an Astronomical Spectrograph
Mary Masterman, 14, Classen School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma
Mimi Thuy Nguyen, 14, Classen School of Advanced Studies,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Sarah Louise Howell, 14, Classen School of Advanced Studies,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
| |
| The award funds are intended to be used
by the recipients to further their educational and research
efforts. A modest sum is also awarded to their high school
science departments for use in enhancing their science
education program. These awards are funded by a grant from
the National Science Foundation and are subject to their
approval. |
| |
| International Society for Optical Engineering |
| For the best project in the area of Optics
and Photonics Engineering |
| |
| First Award of $1,000 |
| EA304 |
Investigating Stars and Nebulae Through
the Construction and Operation of an Astronomical Spectrograph
Mary Masterman, 14, Classen School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma
Mimi Thuy Nguyen, 14, Classen School of Advanced Studies,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Sarah Louise Howell, 14, Classen School of Advanced Studies,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
| |
| Second Award of $200 |
| PH052 |
A Novel Technique for the Quantification
of Trapping Forces in Optical Tweezers
Yiyi Deng, 17, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket,
New York
|
| |
| Winners receive a one-year student membership
with all benefits. |
| |
| Lewis & Clark College |
| Scholarship award of $5,000 per year for
four years. Recipients will be individuals who exhibit
the desire to pursue serious science study at a liberal
arts college. |
| |
| Scholarship award of $5,000
per year for 4 years |
| BI037 |
Bioluminescence of Dinoflagellates
Austin Andrew Chick, 17, Hanford High School, Richland, Washington
|
| MA006 |
Investing in Stocks by Random, Technical,
and Fundamental Selection
Alyssa Anne Grant, 17, Wilsonville High School, Wilsonville,
Oregon
|
| MA032 |
A Proof of Seymour's Conjecture for All
Oriented Graphs
Brett Alexander Harrison, 15, Half Hollow Hills High School
West, Dix Hills, New York
|
| MA037 |
A Prime Number Determining Algorithm in
Polynomial Time
Anarghya Ananda Vardhana, 15, Jesuit High School, Portland,
Oregon
|
| MA043 |
A Remarkable Property of the Geometric
Center of Mass for Points on a Conic Section
Boris L. Hanin, 16, Pittsford Sutherland High School, Pittsford,
New York
|
| PH011 |
Antibubbles: The Search for Practical Use
Michael J. Pizer, 15, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
|
| ZO029 |
Investigating Qualitative Indicators of
Relative Metabolic Rate in Phidippus sp.,
Phase II: Establishing Validity Using Quantitative Methodology
Erin Louise Moulding, 16, Fremont High School, Plain City,
Utah
|
| ZO054 |
Do Sharks Favor a Color?
Kyle William Beighle, 17, Conroe High School, Conroe, Texas
|
| |
| Recipients must be admitted to the college
for enrollment in the fall 2004, 2005, or 2006 semester.
Scholarships are renewable for up to eight semesters provided
the recipient maintains at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA. |
| |
| Linfield College |
| $5,000 scholarship, renewable for four academic
years, awarded to selected finalists in the general areas
of biology, chemistry, computer science and physics |
| |
| Scholarship award of $5,000
per year for four years |
| CH027 |
Reversible Membrane Cell: Phase 2
Lacey Lloyd, 16, Saint Josephs High School, Ogden, Utah
|
| CS048 |
Adaptive Interference Rejection in Wireless
Networking
Tarang Luthra, 16, Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, California
|
| PH024 |
JavaPsi: Simulating and Visualizing Quantum
Mechanics
Marcel Schmittfull, 16, Celtis-Gymnasium, Schweinfurt, Bavaria,
Germany
|
| ZO054 |
Do Sharks Favor a Color?
Kyle William Beighle, 17, Conroe High School, Conroe, Texas
|
| |
| These scholarship awards will be in addition
to any and all scholarship aid for which the winning student
may qualify when the college assesses other financial aid
awards after the student is admitted to Linfield College. |
| |
| Mu Alpha Theta, The National High School
and Two-Year College Mathematics Honor Society |
| The Mu Alpha Theta Award of $1,000 is given
to the most challenging, thorough, and creative investigation
of a problem involving modern mathematics. Components of
the investigation may include but are not limited to mathematical
proof, mathematical modeling, statistical analysis, visualization,
simulation, and approximation. |
| |
| Scholarship award of $1,000 |
| MA026 |
Generalizations of Schur's Problem and
the Search for S(5)
Andrew Lewis Matteson, 18, Randall High School, Amarillo,
Texas
|
| |
| In addition the winner and his or her project
advisor will receive up to $500 each to attend the National
Mu Alpha Theta convention upon petition for Mu Alpha Theta
membership. |
| |
| NACE Foundation |
| For projects in the areas of influencing
corrosion awareness and/or control |
| |
| Each winner will also receive a certificate,
a one-year student membership in NACE and copies of NACE
publications. |
| |
| National Academy of Neuropsychology |
| The largest organization in the United States
and worldwide which serves the interest of practicing neuropsychologists.
The Academy supports extensive educational programs to
improve the practice of neuropsychology and helps represent
the needs of practitioners and their clients. |
| |
| Honorable Mention Award |
| GN013 |
Eliminating Acute Ischemic Stroke
Ashley Lauren Foster, 17, Evans High School, Evans, Georgia
|
| ME071 |
Cognitive Degeneration Due to Epilepsy
Max Lawrence Christie, 16, Ossining High School, Ossining,
New York
|
| |
| Second Award of $500 |
| BE007 |
Second Language Processing by Adult Native
Spanish-Speakers: Gender Differences in the Declarative/Procedural
Model of Lexicon and Grammar
Olivia Andrews Gilliatt, 18, Sleepy Hollow High School, Sleepy
Hollow, New York
|
| ME090 |
Novel Nonpeptide Inhibitors of Caspase-3
for Neurodegenerative Diseases
YunXiang Chu, 18, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Saint
Louis, Missouri
|
| |
| First Award of $1,000 |
| BE002 |
Improving Cognitive Function After Chronic
Brain Injury with Hyperbaric Oxygen
Zarabeth Lehr Golden, 17, Blanche Ely High School, Pompano
Beach, Florida
|
| ZO006 |
The Effects of Lead on Neurological Models:
Motor Neuron Proficiency, Learning and Memory Retention,
Nervous System Development, and Glial Cell Function
Kristen Elaine Fenska, 16, Miami High School, Miami, Oklahoma
|
| |
| This award recognizes students working in
the area of the relationship between the functioning of
the brain and behavior. Preference will be given to the
studies which have the greatest potential impact on the
clinical practice of neurophyscology. Winners will also
be invited to submit their projects for presentation at
the annual meeting of the Academy. |
| |
| National Anti-Vivisection Society |
| For the project that best promotes scientific
advancement through methods that do not harm animals, that
work to replace live animals with non-animal methodologies
or for animal-based research that benefits animals using
non-invasive techniques or in an observational setting |
| |
| Scholarship award of $5,000 |
| BI057 |
Microarray Analysis Reveals Glucocorticoid-regulated
Survival Genes that Are Associated with Inhibition of Apoptosis
in Breast Epithelial Cells
Shamita Chaudhuri, 18, Lincoln Park High School, Chicago,
Illinois
|
| |
| Scholarship award of $2,000 |
| BI010 |
Indole-3-Carbinol Protects Normal Neuronal
Cells (HCN-1) and Kills Brain Cancer Cells (SK-N) by Downregulating
Clyclooxygenase-2 and Nuclear Factor KAPPA B: In vitro Analyses
Lascelles Ewen Lyn-Cook, 18, Little Rock Hall High School,
Little Rock, Arkansas
|
| |
| Scholarship award of $1,000 |
| CS057 |
Brain-Computer Interface for the Muscularly
Disabled
Elena Leah Glassman, 17, Central Bucks High School West,
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
|
| |
| For more information on the specific guidelines
for this award, visit the National Anti-Vivisection Society's
web site. |
| |
| National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators
Alliance/The Lemelson Foundation |
| This prize is awarded for creativity, technological
innovation and commercial promise. The prize will take
the form of a scholarship for use in higher education. |
| |
| Scholarship award of $1,500 |
| CS054 |
Digital Video Compression Enhancement with
Reduced Psychovisual Redundancy
Wooi Meng Chin, 18, Chung Ling High School, Georgetown, Penang,
Malaysia
|
| EN013 |
Ortho Klean Braces Brush
Thomas Meskell Hauser Jr., 15, Bradenton Academy, Bradenton,
Florida
|
| EV306 |
Paperwood- Paper from Wood? No, Wood from
Paper!
Shriram Jayaraman, 15, Modern English School, Mumbai, Maharashtra,
India
Srividya Swaminathan, 15, Modern English School, Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India
|
| ME008 |
The Holy Grail of Tissue Engineering: Rapid
Angiogenesis for Effective Organ Perfusion
Shiv Mukesh Gaglani, 15, West Shore High School, Melbourne,
Florida
|
| ZO034 |
A Study of the Sensory Perception Skills
of the Dermacentor variabilis, Amblyomma americanum and Rhipecephalus sanguineus Tick
Species
Chelsea Nicole Grigery, 17, Sikeston High School, Sikeston,
Missouri
|
| |
| National Ground Water Association |
| First Award of $500 |
| EV028 |
Pre and Post Storm Event Comparisons of
Pesticides, Anions, and Coliforms in Amish and non-Amish
Wells
Andrew I Ritter, 15, Bedford-North Lawrence High School,
Bedford, Indiana
|
| |
| Second Award of $250 |
| EV058 |
Testing and Development of a Treatment
Cell to Remove Arsenic from Drinking Water
Douglas Calvin Naftz, 17, Park City High School, Park City,
Utah
|
| |
| Third Award of $200 |
| EA016 |
Water on Mars: How Much Then, How Much
Now?
Erin Lynn Frey, 17, South River High School, Edgewater, Maryland
|
| |
| Winners will receive a plaque, their abstract
published in the journal "Ground Water", a one-year student
membership and the school will receive a matching grant
ground water science library. |
| |
| National Taiwan Science Education Center |
| Trip to Taiwan to attend the
Taiwan International Science Fair in February, 2005 |
| BI004 |
The Characterization of Human Epidermal
Stem Cells
Stefan Vitorovic, 19, Blanche Ely High School, Pompano Beach,
Florida
|
| BI057 |
Microarray Analysis Reveals Glucocorticoid-regulated
Survival Genes that Are Associated with Inhibition of Apoptosis
in Breast Epithelial Cells
Shamita Chaudhuri, 18, Lincoln Park High School, Chicago,
Illinois
|
| |
| This award includes round trip ticket, food,
accommodations and activity expense for each student. |
| |
| North American Benthological Society |
| For projects related to the "benthos" -
organisms living at the bottom of streams, lakes, estuaries
and oceans. |
| |
| First Award of $500 |
| EV116 |
Stream Riparian Zone Influence on Terrestrial
Invertebrates: Part II
Christina Lynn Faust, 16, Cedar Shoals High School, Athens,
Georgia
|
| |
| Second Award of $300 |
| EV039 |
Troubled Waters: A Six Month Longitudinal
Water Quality Study of the Spanish Fork River Drainage
System and Remediation Strategies
Shannon Lisa Babb, 16, American Fork High School, American
Fork, Utah
|
| |
| Third Award of $200 |
| ZO306 |
A Study of Group Dynamics and Variation
in the Beadlet Anemone (Actinia equina)
Darran Joseph Treanor, 16, Abbey Grammar School, Newry, Ireland
Fergal Daniel Garvey, 16, Abbey Grammar School, Newry, Ireland
|
| |
| Honorable Mention Award |
| ZO027 |
Antennules Use and Flicking Rate Variations
of the Northern Crayfish (Orconectes virilis)
When Exposed to Alarm and Physiological Signals
Felix J. Jorge-Garcia, 16, Isidro A. Sanchez High School,
Luquillo, Puerto Rico
|
| ZO309 |
Ecology of the Intertidal Zone: A Study
of the Impact of Mussels on the Biodiversity of Conspicuous
Biota
Sarah G Wood, 17, San Lorenzo Valley High School, Felton,
California
Michele L Lanctot, 17, San Lorenzo Valley High School, Felton,
California
|
| |
| All winners receive a one-year membership
in the Society and a subscription to the "Journal of the
North American Benthological Society". |
| |
| Oregon Institute of Technology |
| The Science and Engineering Special Scholarship
will be awarded for projects in engineering, computer systems,
renewable energy or health sciences. |
| |
| In-state tuition, approximately
$3,500 per year for four years |
| EN006 |
A Non-Photolithographic Approach to the
Construction of N-Type MOSFET Devices Using Focused Ion
Beam Technology
Ryna Karnik, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon
|
| |
| Out of state tuition, approximately
$5,000 per year for four years |
| CS053 |
Artificial Visual Perception: An Integrated
Approach to Neuroadaptive Modeling
Kimberly Elise Reinhold, 16, Saint Joseph Junior-Senior High
School, Hilo, Hawaii
|
| |
| Recipients must maintain a 3.0 GPA and full
time status. |
| |
| Oregon State University |
| Scholarship Awards to Oregon State University
of $5,000 per year for four years will be offered to 14
individuals in the various Intel ISEF categories. An additional
scholarship award of $2,000 per year for four years will
be given to students who enroll in the OSU College of Engineering. |
| |
| Scholarship award of $5,000
per year for four years |
| BI024 |
Genetic Variation in the Abies procera: Abies magnifica Complex
Holland Marie MacLaurie, 18, Gold Beach High School, Gold
Beach, Oregon
|
| BO049 |
The Pesticidal Attributes of Noxious Weeds
Andrew John Friskop, 17, Hankinson Public School, Hankinson,
North Dakota
|
| CH311 |
Atmospheric Chemical Instabilities
Thomas Chen, 17, Skyview High School, Vancouver, Washington
Sharat Ganapati, 17, Sunset High School, Portland, Oregon
|
| EA038 |
Chaotic Terrain on Europa: Evidence for
Hydrological Resurfacing
Megan Middendorf Van Ness, 16, Salem, Oregon
|
| EN076 |
Energy for the Future
Cassie Arien Lynn Abel, 15, Hobson Public School, Hobson,
Montana
|
| EN308 |
Increased Channel Capacity in Fiber Optics
Through Transmission of Multiplexed Orbital Angular Momentum
States
Christopher Michael Alexander Verlinden, 17, School of Science
and Technology, Beaverton, Oregon
Philip Alejandro Munoz, 17, School of Science and Technology,
Beaverton, Oregon
|
| EN308 |
Increased Channel Capacity in Fiber Optics
Through Transmission of Multiplexed Orbital Angular Momentum
States
Christopher Michael Alexander Verlinden, 17, School of Science
and Technology, Beaverton, Oregon
Philip Alejandro Munoz, 17, School of Science and Technology,
Beaverton, Oregon
|
| EV050 |
Economical Removal Bacteria from Storm
Water
Reagan Laura Munn, 18, Weber High School, Pleasant View,
Utah
|
| EV052 |
The Construction and Energy-Efficiency
of Windows
Kathryn Lee King, 16, McNary Senior High School, Keizer,
Oregon
|
| EV078 |
Wildfire Affected Soils and Rhizosphere
Recovery: Year Two
Michael Richard Olson, 17, Gold Beach High School, Gold Beach,
Oregon
|
| MA037 |
A Prime Number Determining Algorithm in
Polynomial Time
Anarghya Ananda Vardhana, 15, Jesuit High School, Portland,
Oregon
|
| MI037 |
Dustbusters: An Analysis of Agricultural
Dust
Amanda Nicole Hartman, 17, China Spring High School, China
Spring, Texas
|
| PH055 |
A Novel Growth Method for Silicon Oxide
Nanowires
Michael Edward Coulter, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland,
Oregon
|
| |
| Students must enroll full time and maintain
a 3.0 cumulative GPA. |
| |
| Pacific University |
| Scholarship award $9,000 per year, renewable
for up to four consecutive academic years |
| |
| Scholarship award of $9,000
per year for four years |
| EA001 |
Transit Eclipse Method: Detecting an Extra
Solar Planet Around HD209458
Jenna Bianca Dionisio, 16, Kalaheo High School, Kailua, Hawaii
|
| EV014 |
How Soil Affects the Persistence of the
Herbicide Rounduptm
Kevin Crossland Heffern, 16, Juneau Douglas High School,
Juneau, Alaska
|
| ME318 |
The Effects of Aspartame Observed in the
Mass of Mus musculus
Elaine Adelman Hulteng, 16, Wilsonville High School, WILSONVILLE,
Oregon
Rachel Lynn Reitmeyer, 18, Wilsonville High School, WILSONVILLE,
Oregon
|
| ME318 |
The Effects of Aspartame Observed in the
Mass of Mus musculus
Elaine Adelman Hulteng, 16, Wilsonville High School, WILSONVILLE,
Oregon
Rachel Lynn Reitmeyer, 18, Wilsonville High School, WILSONVILLE,
Oregon
|
| MI054 |
Effect of Antioxidants on DNA Repair of
Ultraviolet-Induce Mutagenesis
Kawakahi Kaeo Amina, 17, Kamehameha High School, Honolulu,
Hawaii
|
| ZO042 |
Use of Microsatellite DNA to Ascertain
the Origin of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhyncus mykiss)
Found in an Anomalous Location
Conor Louis Jacobs, 17, Sentinel High School, Missoula, Montana
|
| |
| Recipient must enroll at Pacific University
as a freshman. |
| |
| Portland State University |
| For projects in the categories of science,
mathematics, engineering and computer science, a scholarship
of $6,000 per year for four years. |
| |
| Scholarship award |
| EA038 |
Chaotic Terrain on Europa: Evidence for
Hydrological Resurfacing
Megan Middendorf Van Ness, 16, Salem, Oregon
|
| EV017 |
Reducing Sedimentary Run-off: A Study of
Native Ground Surfaces and Their Relation to Sediment Movement
Jason Fredrick Kniss, 17, Southridge High School, Beaverton,
Oregon
|
| EV093 |
Ecological Time Bomb: Acid Mine Drainage
- A Study, New Design Technology, and Application for Cleaning
up Acid Mine Drainage
Shannon Elizabeth Ward, 17, Childersburg High School, Childersburg,
Alabama
|
| ME072 |
The Effects of the Relaxin Hormone on the
Laxity of Male and Female Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tissue, in
vitro
Allison Jaye Landstrom, 17, Southridge High School, Beaverton,
Oregon
|
| |
| Scholarship award |
| |
| Portland State University - Department
of Physics |
| Scholarship award in the amount of $5,000
per year toward a first bachelor's degree in the area of
physics at Portland State University. |
| |
| Renewable scholarship award
of $5,000 per year up to four years |
| PH008 |
A Vibroacoustical Study Comparing the Out-of-Plane
Motion of Violin Bridges Using Modal Analysis
Emily Rae Drabek, 16, Eastern High School, Pekin, Indiana
|
| PH010 |
Dynamic Holography in Photorefractive Polymer
Composites with Metal Nanoparticles
Elysa Wolf Chao, 17, Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights,
Ohio
|
| |
| This scholarship can be renewed 3 times,
for up to four total years, as long as the student maintains
a 3.0 cumulative GPA. |
| |
| Showboard, Inc. |
| For the best use of scientific method on
a project display board taking in to account structure,
scientific method, titles and overall appearance of project
display |
| |
| First Award of $1,000 |
| BO307 |
A Study of Poison Ivy Extracts and Their
Effects on Test Organisms
Tyler William Smith, 18, American Fork High School, American
Fork, Utah
David Spencer Scoville, 18, American Fork High School, American
Fork, Utah
|
| |
| Second Award of $100 |
| ME060 |
Mechanism of Glial Activation by S100B
with Relevance to Alzheimer's Disease
Sehar Sultana Gafoor, 17, Lincoln Park High School, Chicago,
Illinois
|
| |
| Third Award of $50 |
| CH007 |
Fuel for Thought: A Study of Cathode Efficiency
in Producing Hydrogen Through Electrolysis
Justin Matthew Bourg, 17, South Terrebonne High School, Bourg,
Louisiana
|
| |
| Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society |
| For the team projects that best exemplify
the interdisciplinary aspects of scientific and engineering
research |
| |
| First Award of $1,000 |
| MA311 |
Walking with a Millipede
Jarupon Sathirapongsasuti, 18, Triamudom Suksa School, Hatyai,
Songkla, Thailand
Poomyos Wimonkittiwat, 18, Triamudom Suksa School, Hatyai,
Songkla, Thailand
Natdanai Punnanithi, 17, Triamudom Suksa School, Hatyai,
Songkla, Thailand
|
| |
| Second Award of $450 |
| EV319 |
Theory and Practice on Ecological Restoration
in Small Shallow Eutrophic Waters
Chen Lin, 19, Wusong High School, Shanghai, China
Yi Zhang, 18, Wusong High School, Shanghai, China
Yajia Lu, 19, Wusong High School, Shanghai, China
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| Third Award of $300 |
| PH317 |
Self Organized Criticality in the Dynamics
of Granular System
Roisin McCloskey, 16, Lumen Christi College, Derry, Ulster,
Ireland
Breandan Mac Chnoic, 18, Lumen Christi College, Derry, Ulster,
Ireland
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| |
| Each member of the winning team will receive
a certificate of recognition and a one-year subscription
to "American Scientist". The school library of each winning
team member will also receive a one-year subscription to "American
Scientist". |
| |
| Society for Technical Communication |
| Distinguished Team Award of
$1,000 |
| BO311 |
Cross-pollination Between Transgenic and
Organic Papaya Plants
Leanne Ta, 16, McKinley High School, Honolulu, Hawaii
Sharon D. Lum, 17, McKinley High School, Honolulu, Hawaii
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| |
| Excellence Team Award of $250 |
| ME302 |
Using Duplex Doppler Ultrasound Technique
to Reduce the Risk of Deep-Vein Thrombosis Formation During
Periods of Prolonged Sitting
Marcus Noel Cannon, 16, Redeemer Baptist School, North Parramatta,
New South Wales, Australia
Simeon David Cannon, 16, Redeemer Baptist School, North Parramatta,
New South Wales, Australia
|
| |
| Merit Team Award of $100 |
| EV319 |
Theory and Practice on Ecological Restoration
in Small Shallow Eutrophic Waters
Chen Lin, 19, Wusong High School, Shanghai, China
Yi Zhang, 18, Wusong High School, Shanghai, China
Yajia Lu, 19, Wusong High School, Shanghai, China
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| |
| All winning students' high schools will
also receive a one-year subscription to "Intercom". |
| |
| Society of Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry |
| Awards are given to the best projects in
environmental toxicology and chemistry. |
| |
| First Award of $500 |
| EV039 |
Troubled Waters: A Six Month Longitudinal
Water Quality Study of the Spanish Fork River Drainage
System and Remediation Strategies
Shannon Lisa Babb, 16, American Fork High School, American
Fork, Utah
|
| |
| Second Award of $250 |
| EV319 |
Theory and Practice on Ecological Restoration
in Small Shallow Eutrophic Waters
Chen Lin, 19, Wusong High School, Shanghai, China
Yi Zhang, 18, Wusong High School, Shanghai, China
Yajia Lu, 19, Wusong High School, Shanghai, China
|
| |
| Third Award of $100 |
| EV331 |
The Effects of Varied Concentrations of
a Cooling Tower Water Treatment Chemical on the Population
and Diversity of Soil Microbes
Kevin Y.W. Luu, 16, Maryknoll High School, Honolulu, Hawaii
Vaseem Basilio Anwar, 17, Maryknoll High School, Honolulu,
Hawaii
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| |
| Student membership in SETAC |
| EV058 |
Testing and Development of a Treatment
Cell to Remove Arsenic from Drinking Water
Douglas Calvin Naftz, 17, Park City High School, Park City,
Utah
|
| EV084 |
Biofiltration of Environmental Pollutants
Megan Beth Cornelius, 17, Sunnyside Senior High School, Sunnyside,
Washington
|
| EV095 |
The Effect of Residential and Agricultural
Run-off on the Microbiology of a Hawaiian Ahupua'a, Phase
III: Molecular Microbial Ecology of Water Systems
Kiana Laieikawai Frank, 17, Kamehameha Secondary School,
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
| |
| Each winner will also receive a certificate
of recognition. |
| |
| Society of Exploration Geophysicists |
| For projects that display excellence related
to the geophysical sciences |
| |
| Distinguished Achievement Award
of $1,000 and a trip to the SEG International Exposition
and Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas |
| EA002 |
Petrology, Morphology, and Geochemistry
of the Southern Juan de Fuca Ridge: Evidence for Off-Axis
Volcanism
Sarah Rose Langberg, 17, Canterbury School, Fort Myers, Florida
|
| |
| Award of Merit of $500 |
| PH017 |
Laser Acoustic Materials Analysis
Kevin E Claytor, 17, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos,
New Mexico
|
| |
| Award of Merit of $250 |
| CS038 |
Real-Time Remeshing with Optimally Adapting
Domain: A New Scheme for View-Dependent Continuous Levels-of-Detail
Mesh Rendering
Yuanchen Zhu, 19, Shanghai Foreign Language School, Shanghai,
China
|
| EA052 |
Driving on the Beach: A Comparison of Total
Petroleum Hydrocarbon Levels
Cristina Theresa White, 17, Spruce Creek High School, Port
Orange, Florida
|
| EN040 |
SMART: Static Microphone Arrays for Robot
Tracking
Benjamin Alexander Schmidt, 15, Centre Wellington District
High School, Fergus, Ontario, Canada
|
| PH044 |
The Effects of Acoustic Pressure Disturbances
on Refraction of Visible Light in Gases
Alexander William Dillard, 17, Bradshaw High School, Florence,
Alabama
|
| |
| Team Award of Merit of $500
to be divided among team members |
| PH317 |
Self Organized Criticality in the Dynamics
of Granular System
Roisin McCloskey, 16, Lumen Christi College, Derry, Ulster,
Ireland
Breandan Mac Chnoic, 18, Lumen Christi College, Derry, Ulster,
Ireland
|
| |
| Southern Oregon University |
| A public liberal arts and sciences university
located in Ashland, Oregon is pleased to offer full tuition
scholarships for an Oregon resident or a $5,000 per year
scholarship for a non-resident. Projects for consideration
will be in the field of biological sciences, materials
science, chemistry, computer science, environmental science,
mathematics, earth science, or physics. |
| |
| Scholarship award of up to
$5,000 per year for four years |
| EV078 |
Wildfire Affected Soils and Rhizosphere
Recovery: Year Two
Michael Richard Olson, 17, Gold Beach High School, Gold Beach,
Oregon
|
| |
| Scholarship is renewable for up to four
years pending maintenance of a 3.0 GPA and full time status
in one of the mentioned programs. |
| |
| Tektronix, Inc. |
| As a world leader in test, measurement and
monitoring, Tektronix is one of the principal players in
enabling the coming together of computers and communications.
We are proud to be sponsoring two awards in the engineering
category for the best projects in measurement, monitoring
and circuit design. The winners will receive $300 in travelers
checks and a briefcase of school supply gifts. A Tektronix
TDS2004 - 2 GS/s color digital storage scope, valued at
$2,795, will also be donated to their high school. |
| |
| Scholarship award of $300 in
travelers checks |
| EN037 |
Development and Construction of a Digital
Inertial Sensor
Andreas Neuzner, 18, Weidigschule Butzbach, Butzbach, Hesse,
Germany
|
| PH307 |
Nanoconductance: The Quantization of Conductance
in Metallic Wires
Si Yue Guo, 16, College Regina Assumpta, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada
Raphael Gervais, 16, Ecole Secondaire Pierre-Laporte, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada
|
| |
| United Technologies Corporation |
| United Technologies Corporation recognizes
8 projects for excellence in science and engineering. Each
winning project will receive shares of United Technologies
Corporation common stock with a total value of approximately
$2,000. Each winner will also receive a plaque, a pen,
and the United Technologies Annual Report. |
| |
| UTC Stock |
| CH019 |
Isotactic Polypropylene Superhydrophobic
Coatings on Fabric Substrates
Melissa Ann Barber, 18, Dekalb High School, Waterloo, Indiana
|
| CS020 |
Fault-Tolerant Behavior-Based Robots
Laura Anne Wong, 17, Villa Victoria Academy, Ewing, New Jersey
|
| EN010 |
Acoustic Excitation for Enhancing Interfacial
Dynamics of Mesobubbles
Joline Marie Fan, 16, Upper Arlington High School, Upper
Arlington, Ohio
|
| EN070 |
Noise-Proof Headphone
Jiayao Zhou, 18, Shanghai Jinyuan High School, Shanghai,
China
|
| EN318 |
Using Nanoparticles to Enhance Polymer
Properties for Improved Commercial Applications: Space
Lubricants to Nanolithography
Sean Kshitij Mehra, 17, Jericho High School, Jericho, New
York
Jeffrey Scott Reitman, 17, Jericho High School, Jericho,
New York
|
| PH011 |
Antibubbles: The Search for Practical Use
Michael J. Pizer, 15, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
|
| PH026 |
Low-cost Scanning Tunneling Microscope
Uwe Treske, 18, Paul Gerhardt Gymnasium, Grafenhainichen,
Sachsen Anhalt, Germany
|
| PH031 |
Tunable Refractive Index of Magnetic Fluid
Films and Their Applications
Yun-Hsin Chao, 17, Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo Senior High
School, Taipei, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei
|
| |
| Each winner will also receive a plaque,
a pen, and the United Technologies Corporation Annual Report. |
| |
| University of Oregon |
| Scholarship award $5,000 per
year, renewable for four years in any area of natural sciences
and mathematics |
| BI006 |
Designing Organic Blockers Which Mitigate
Protein Ligand Binding Between HIV-1 and CD4+T Cells
Frank Michael Selb, 16, Astronaut High School, Titusville,
Florida
|
| EV027 |
Acid Mine Drainage Concentrations of As,
Cd, Cr, Pb, Zn, and Cu in Water and Sediments, Related
to Distance and Discharge in Pike County, Indiana
Aaron M Ritter, 17, Bedford-North Lawrence High School, Bedford,
Indiana
|
| ME038 |
Comparative Evolutionary Study of Mendelian
Inherited Diseases Using Computational Analysis
Jeffrey M. Bhasin, 17, Rocky River High School, Rocky River,
Ohio
|
| PH032 |
The Effects of Extreme Pressure and Temperature
on the Nematic Phase of a Liquid Crystal
Aliza Ilana Malz, 16, Hunter College High School, New York,
New York
|
| ZO049 |
The Buzz on Bees: The Effects of Alcohol
and Nicotine on the Distribution of Biogenic Amines in
the Brain of the Apis mellifera
Russell Thomas Burrows, 15, Health Careers High School, San
Antonio, Texas
|
| |
| Fellowship for summer research
in the University of Oregon laboratories: one in chemistry,
physics and biology. Fellowships include room and board
on campus plus a stipend of $300/per week for 8-12 weeks. |
| BI031 |
Directed Evolution of Hydrocarbon Utilizing
Bacteria
Vladislav Igorevich Lavrovsky, 17, Queen Elizabeth Senior
High School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
|
| PH061 |
A Study on the Mpemba Effect
Jacob Lee Stricherz, 16, South Shore High School, South Shore,
South Dakota
|
| ZO026 |
Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave: The Effects
of Alcohol on the Web Spinning Abilities of Orb Weaver
Spiders
Victor Edward Cross, 16, Central High School, Phenix City,
Alabama
|
| |
| University of Portland |
| $12,000 scholarship award renewable per
year for four years |
| |
| Scholarship award of $12,000
per year for four years |
| EV017 |
Reducing Sedimentary Run-off: A Study of
Native Ground Surfaces and Their Relation to Sediment Movement
Jason Fredrick Kniss, 17, Southridge High School, Beaverton,
Oregon
|
| ME324 |
Gastric Sarcoma: An Investigation of the
Effectiveness of Cannabinoids as Treatment for Rhabdomyosarcoma
Kristen Maria Wells, 16, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs,
Colorado
Karen Marie Jones, 16, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs,
Colorado
|
| |
| Recipients must maintain a minimum of a
2.5 GPA, and are not eligible for any other University
of Portland merit scholarship. |
| |
| University of the Sciences in Philadelphia |
| Scholarships to students from the following
categories: biochemistry, botany, chemistry, environmental
science, medicine & health, microbiology or zoology |
| |
| Scholarship award of $7,000
per year for four, five or six years depending upon the
degree program |
| BI053 |
SmartGEN siRNA Libraries: Bridging the
Gap Between RNAi Technology and Human Gene Therapy
Josh Max Silverman, 16, North Shore High School, Glen Head,
New York
|
| MI040 |
Exploration of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
Oncoprotein Latent Membrane Protein 1 (LMP-1) Interaction
with Inhibitor {KAPPA}B Kinase{EPSILON} (IKK{EPSILON})
and TBK1
Shahriar Akbar Khan, 16, North Attleboro High School, North
Attleboro, Massachusetts
|
| ZO033 |
A Comparison of Habitat Suitability Index
Models for Barred Owls (Strix varia) in Loudoun
County, Virginia, USA
Alexander Wilson Seebeck, 17, Loudoun Valley High School,
Purcellville, Virginia
|
| |
| Scholarship will go into effect upon the
recipient's admission to any one of the degree programs
offered at USP and are renewable for the length of the
degree program provided the recipient maintains a cumulative
GPA of 3.0. |
| |
| Vacuum Technology Division of the American
Vacuum Society |
| First Award of $750 |
| EN025 |
Nanowire Synthesizer
Trevor Elliot Powers, 17, James 1:5 Home School, Louisville,
Kentucky
|
| |
| Second Award of $500 |
| EN055 |
Electromagnetic Reciprocating Pump
Matthew James Mokler, 18, Tucson Magnet High School, Tucson,
Arizona
|
| |
| Third Award of $250 |
| PH011 |
Antibubbles: The Search for Practical Use
Michael J. Pizer, 15, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
|
| |
| Each student will also receive a vacuum
technology text chosen by the Vacuum Technology Division
of the American Vacuum Society. The school science department
of each winner will receive $750. The advisor of each winner
will receive $250 and a vacuum technology text. |
| |
| Western Oregon University |
| A full tuition (up to 15 credits per term)
scholarship, renewable for up to 12 terms of undergraduate,
on campus study. |
| |
| Scholarship award |
| BI024 |
Genetic Variation in the Abies procera: Abies magnifica Complex
Holland Marie MacLaurie, 18, Gold Beach High School, Gold
Beach, Oregon
|
| |
| Scholarship will be presented to a high
school senior. To maintain eligibility for this award the
student must complete 36 hours per year and earn a minimum
cumulative GPA of 3.0 |
| |
| Willamette University |
| Scholarship award of $13,000; renewable
for each of four years of undergraduate study |
| |
| Scholarship award |
| PH008 |
A Vibroacoustical Study Comparing the Out-of-Plane
Motion of Violin Bridges Using Modal Analysis
Emily Rae Drabek, 16, Eastern High School, Pekin, Indiana
|
| |
| In addition this student may apply for a
Willamette University research grant for independent, undergraduate
research during a summer or during the academic year. |
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