2003 Cleveland Intel ISEF Special Award Organization Winners

ADA Foundation
For the best exhibit in the area of dental research.

Award of $1,000
ME036	Association Between Periodontal Disease and Heart Defects in Children Maria Isabel Guzman, 18, Academia del Perpetuo Socorro, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Acoustical Society of America
First Award of $500
BE015	*Absolute vs.* Relative Pitch: It's Music to My Ears! Or Is It to My Mind?** Sita Chandrika Palepu, 17, James Madison High School, Vienna, Virginia

Honorable Mention Awards
BE057	The McGurk Effect: Does Age Matter? Elisabeth Lee Crabtree, 17, Byng High School, Ada, Oklahoma
PH014	Sonoluminescence Samrat A. Amin, 18, Laramie Senior High School, Laramie, Wyoming
PH050	The Physics of Mallet Percussion: The Search for an Alternate Wood Ashley Renee Woodall, 15, North Garland High School, Garland, Texas

Each winner also receives a one-year ASA membership.

Agilent Technologies
Two paid summer internships at an Agilent Technologies Site. Each internship not to exceed eight weeks.

Summer internship
CS015	Artificial Creation of Music Using Music Theory Aadhar Mittal, 17, Montford School, Delhi, Delhi, India
EA042	Determining the Quantitative Characteristics of the Eclipsing Binary Star System V508 Ophiuchus Using Observational Astrometry Alan Nathan Calfee, 17, Folsom High School, Folsom, California
EV076	The Effect of Global Change on Decomposition: Light Availability, Standing Litter and Growth Environment Grace Hsu, 17, Saratoga High School, Saratoga, California
PH027	Effect of Static Electricity to "Rebound" of Droplets Against a Water Surface Hokuto Sunago, 18, Toyama-Tyubu High School, Toyama, Toyama, Japan

American Association for Artificial Intelligence
For the best projects in the area of computer science with an artificial intelligence component.

Award of $500
CS013	Nice Guys Dominate: A Computer Simulation Studying the Effect of Dominant-Recessive Genetics on a Population Michael Jason Diedrich, 16, Century High School, Rochester, Minnesota
CS014	Applying Genetic Algorithms to Dynamic Traitor Tracing Adam Charles Vogel, 18, Saint Charles West High School, St Charles, Missouri
CS024	Data Mining Network Traffic With Neural Networks Dmitry Kashlev, 19, The Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, New York
CS025	TensorFaces: A Multilinear Model for Computerized Face Recognition and Image Processing Tonislav Ivanov Ivanov, 19, Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York
CS033	Modeling the Ecological Success of Decision Rules Using Variants of the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma Katherine Harvard, 17, Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, New York
CS041	Implementation of Bayesian Statistical Spam-filtering Algorithm Jerry Ji Guo, 15, Riverside High School, Greer, South Carolina
CS051	Brain-Computer Interface for the Muscularly Disabled Elena Leah Glassman, 16, Central Bucks High School West, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
CS054	Training Neural Networks With Genetic Alogrithms Nhan Duy Nguyen, 15, Southside High School, Greenville, South Carolina
CS062	The Telltale Heart of Darkness - Differentiating Between Authors: Beyond Naive Bayesian Classification Brian Andrew Camley, 17, William J. Palmer High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado
EN102	Factors Affecting Cooperative Robotic Behavior Donald Eng, 15, Stanton College Preparatory School, Jacksonville, Florida
EN121	Robots to the Rescue: The Effect of Sensor Type on the Detection of Life Signs Brian Edward Pinkham, 17, Stone Bridge High School, Ashburn, Virginia
EN317	The Fish Robot Fransisco Selles de Almeida Junior, 20, ETEL - Escola Tecnica de Eletronica, Ipaussu, Sao Paulo, Brasil Nei Alcantara Junior, 17, ETEL - Escola Tecnica de Eletronica, Ipaussu, Sao Paulo, Brasil

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 of Physics Teachers and the American Physical Society
First Award of $1,000
PH053	Chaotic Fluids: An Examination of Phase Transitions in Taylor-Couette Flow Mairead Mary McCloskey, 17, Loreto College, Coleraine, Co Derry, Northern Ireland

Second Award of $400
PH039	Modeling the Dynamics of a Pneumatic Water Sprayer Ross Andrew Coleman, 18, Winner High School, Winner, South Dakota

Third Award of $300
PH017	Characterization of Bending Loss in Optical Fiber Jessica Rose Haney, 17, Oakton High School, Vienna, Virginia

Honorable Mention Awards of a Certificate
PH018	Spectroscopy Never Sounded So Good Andrew Jared Herron, 18, Dallastown Area High School, Dallastown, Pennsylvania
PH024	A Siphoned Flowing Soap Film as a Model for Density-stratified Fluid Systems Jonathan Jacques Kamler, 17, Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, New York
PH027	Effect of Static Electricity to "Rebound" of Droplets Against a Water Surface Hokuto Sunago, 18, Toyama-Tyubu High School, Toyama, Toyama, Japan

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
Priscilla and Bart Bok First Award of a $5,000 scholarship
EA005	A Rapid, Accurate Method of Determining the Distance to Near Earth Asteroids Lisa Doreen Glukhovsky, 17, New Milford High School, New Milford, Connecticut

Priscilla and Bart Bok Second Award of a $3,000 scholarship
EA041	Development of an Adaptively Controlled Telescope with Star-Pattern Recognition Pointing Jonathan Nicholas Sick, 17, Queen Elizabeth High School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

In addition each student's school science department will receive $1,000. Support for these awards have been provided by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

American Chemical Society
First Award of $1,000
CH020	Self-assembling Nanostructures Using Conductive DNA: A New Approach to Post-silicon Computer Processor Technology John Paul Sadowski, 18, North Shore High School, Glen Head, New York

Second Award of $500
CH028	A Novel Room Temperature Fuel Cell Utilizing a Carbonate Ionic Liquid Electrolyte Kunil Kaushik Raval, 17, Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy, Saginaw, Michigan

Third Award of $300
BI043	Determining the Presence of Heteroplasmy Through and Analysis of the Hypervariable Region of Mitochondrial DNA Charles Adaolph Jantzen, 18, Latta High School, Ada, Oklahoma

Fourth Award of $100
CH011	Effect of Varying Electrical Potential on Liesegang Rings Growth Adam Robert Brungardt, 17, Brush High School, Brush, Colorado

Honorable Mention Awards
BI001	Inhibition of Bacteria by Chemicals in Herbs Ekta A. Solanki, 18, Lake Brantley High School, Altamonte Springs, Florida
CH003	Palladium and Platinum Catalyzed Hydroselenation of Alkynes Denis Alexandrovich Malyshev, 16, Moscow Chemical Lyceum, Moscow, Russia
CH015	Carbon Nanotubes (CNT): A New Frontier in Nano-technology, Their Production from Vegetable Oils and Studying Their Applications Bhushan Prakash Mahadik, 16, Fr. Agnel Junior College, Maharashtra State, India
CH017	Uncovering a Method to Convert Borate Glass to Hydroxyapatite and Improving Applications Rachael Yvonne Nestor, 17, De Soto High School, De Soto, Missouri
CH031	Biomolecular Templating in the Growth of Minerals Thomas Henry Huynh, 17, Boston Latin Academy, Boston, Massachusetts
CH308	Quantum Yield Studies of Singlet Oxygen Production by Bis-cyclometalated Ir(III) Complexes Henry Fong, 16, Alhambra High School, Alhambra, California Allen Hing Tran, 15, Alhambra High School, Alhambra, California Johanna Tang, 15, Alhambra High School, Alhambra, California

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
EA029	Venus from the Outside in: Linking Surface Features to Changing Mantle Convection Patterns Carolyn Morgan Tewksbury, 17, Clinton Senior High School, Clinton, New York

First alternate for trip
PH040	Magnetoplasmadynamics: Ionization and Magnetic Field Ray Chengchuan He, 19, Hempfield High School, Landisville, Pennsylvania

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
EV085	Passive Remediation of Arsenic and Zinc Using Permeabile Reactive Barriers Douglas Calvin Naftz, 16, Park City High School, Park City, Utah

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
EA029	Venus from the Outside in: Linking Surface Features to Changing Mantle Convection Patterns Carolyn Morgan Tewksbury, 17, Clinton Senior High School, Clinton, New York

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".
EV049	Polymer Possibilities Phase III: Biodegradable Cellulose for Wind Erosion Control Vincent Tyler Metzger, 16, Cibola High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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.

Awards of $500
EN023	Testing Solar Cells for Space Applications: Phase I Ernestine Chaco, 18, Navajo Preparatory School, Farmington, New Mexico
ME027	Native American Herbs as Antibiotics Hannah Euphrates Woriax, 13, Purnell Swett High School, Pembroke, North Carolina

Award of $1,000
EN032	Artificial Intelligence Using a Shaped Memory Alloy, Flexinol 150 LT, MARCO (Mobile Activated Radio Controlled Observer) Alicia J. Ortega, 15, Pojoaque High School, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Winner also receives a plaque and AISES denim shirt for 1st place winner.

American Intellectual Property Law Association
First Award of $1,000 and a certificate
BO017	Diagnosis of Pregnancy in Cattle (Punyakoti Pregnancy Test) Varun Kumar Nagaraja, 14, Sri Vani Public School, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
CH008	Bugs Away! A Two Year Study Kegan Kade Crouch, 16, Mason High School, Mason, Texas

Second Award of $250 and a certificate
BE016	Identification of Absolute Pitch Possessors Without Bias in Musical Training: The Development of a Screening Procedure that Discerns Between Tones Priya Ashoke Rajdev, 16, Ossining High School, Ossining, New York
MI039	*Antibacterial Agent Obtained from the Midgut of Cattle Leeches (Hirudinaria manilensis)* Efrellene Talaver Galula, 16, Agusan del Sur National High School, Agusan del Sur, Philippines

American Mathematical Society
Karl Menger Awards of Excellence

First Place Award of $1,000
MA306	Fractals, Power-Laws and the Weibull Distribution: Mathematically Modeling Crumpled Paper Andrew Michael Leifer, 18, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado Raymund Chun-Hung To, 17, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado David Guillaume Pothier, 17, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado

Second Place Awards of $500
MA012	Polynomial Maps From Z_n to Z_n Alexandr V. Medvedev, 17, BSU Liceum, Minsk, Belarus
MA027	Continued Fractions of Quadratic Laurent Series Ethan James Street, 18, Winston Churchill High School, Livonia, Michigan

Third Place Awards of $250
MA001	Game Theory in Action: Proving and Computing Winning Strategies for "Nim" and Its Variants Hyeyoun Chung, 18, Saint Paul's Girl's School, London, United Kingdom
MA014	Computation of Quandle Cocycle Knot Invariants Anatoly Preygel, 17, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland
MA021	A Combinatorial Proof of Seymour's Conjecture for Regular Oriented Graphs With Almost Regular Outsets O'a and O"a Lester Wayne Mackey, 18, Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills, New York
MA302	Multifractal Dimension Functions of Rn and Qp Space Subsets Evgeniy E. Loharu, 17, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Russia Sergey O. Ivanov, 16, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Russia

Honorable Mention Awards
MA002	Mathematics Is Not Yet Ready for Such Problems: Collatz Conjecture Rationalized Robert Shea Bracco, 15, DuPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky
MA005	Random Walks and Handshakes Brian Todd Rice, 16, Southwest Virginia Governor's School, Dublin, Virginia
MA007	On Decompositions of Continuous and Differentiable Functions on Planar Sets Alexey V. Baran, 16, AES Centre of MSU, Moscow, Moscow City, Russia
MA301	Generalization of the Kuratovsky's Problem Evgeny A. Amosov, 16, Continous Math Education Center, St. Peterburg, St. Peterburg City, Russia Artem G. Viktorov, 17, Continous Math Education Center, St. Peterburg, St. Peterburg City, Russia
MA309	New Bounds for the Diameters of k-path Graphs Jeremy Takashi Warshauer, 16, Lyndon B. Johnson High School, Austin, Texas Alan Craig Taylor, 18, Lyndon B. Johnson High School, Austin, Texas Hannah Chung, 15, Lyndon B. Johnson High School, Austin, Texas

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
EA026	Heat of Condensation: A Natural Source of Protective Heat: A Third Year Study Shamsher Singh Samra, 16, Clovis West High School, Fresno, California

Second Award of $500
EA034	Global Climate Change and Antarctica Nicole Marie Hanney, 15, Saint Joseph's Academy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Third Award of $250
EV052	Aerosols and Climatic Change Ridhwaan Suliman, 16, Pretoria Boys High School, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Honorable Mention Awards
EA004	Idaho Tornado Climatology Paul Martin Hoffman, 17, Upper Arlington High School, Columbus, Ohio
EA030	*The Dependence of Weather in Kazakhstan from Climate Cycle Known as El Nino/ Southern Oscillation* Saule Sakenova, 17, Lycee #105, Almaty, Kazakhstan
EV011	The Implications of the Flow of Bacteria in the Atmosphere on Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Three Year Study Timothy Calvin Borden, 17, Canterbury School, Fort Myers, Florida

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
ME082	Gene Expression Analysis of Synovial Cells in Response to Impulsive Shock Irene Yuan Sun, 16, Ben Davis High School, Indianapolis, Indiana

Second Award of $500
ME028	Simvastatin Activation of Ryanodine Receptor Mediated Calcium Channels May Promote Myolysis Daniel Jacob Sachs, 17, John Jay High School, Cross River, New York

Third Award of $500
GN017	Effect of Age on B Cell Responsiveness to Stromal Cell-derived Factor-1 (SDF-1) and B-Lymphocyte Chemoattractant (BLC) Truc Thanh Pham, 18, Suncoast High School, Riviera Beach, Florida
ME092	Silencing Cancer With RNA Anila Madiraju, 17, Marianopolis College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Winners will receive a certificate and a one-year student membership in the APS.

American Phytopathological Society
First Award of $1,000
BO010	Xanthomonas campestris pv. Vesicatoria; A Study of the Relationship Between Extra Cellular Material and Heightened Host Response Lauren Marie Smith, 16, Rampart High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Second Award of $700
MI021	The Identification of Antimicrobial Volatile Compounds and Their Effects on Representative Species of Medically and Agriculturally Important Fungi Thomas Edgar Cleveland, 18, Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, Natchitoches, Louisiana

Third Award of $500
EV310	Clearing the Air: The Effects of Tropospheric Ozone on Live Oak Leaves from Various Levels of Urbanization in Texas Parker Fennell, 17, John B. Connally High School, Austin, Texas Emma Donaldson, 17, John B. Connally High School, Austin, Texas

Fourth Award of $200
EV051	An Alternative to Synthetic Nematicides: Brassica rapa as an Antagonistic Green Manure Against Meloidogyne arenaria Glenna Matthews Wink, 15, Mecosta Osceola Math, Science & Technology Center, Big Rapids, Michigan

American Psychological Association
First Award of $1,000 and a certificate
BE012	Media Mayhem: The Neurophysiological Reaction and Behavioral Effects of TV on Children Natalie Rose Mergler, 18, Chaminade-Julienne High School, Dayton, Ohio

Second Award of $500 and a certificate
BE020	The Influence of Physical and Neurological Trauma on Personality Zarabeth Lehr Golden, 16, Blanche Ely High School, Pompano Beach, Florida

Third Award of $125 and a certificate
BE003	HSDQ: A Decade Added to Life Elizabeth Fairchild Harding, 15, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida

Honorable Mention Award
BE007	A Look at Youth in Trouble: Using Simple Ethics to Detect Potentially Troubled Teens Alicia Lynn McDermott, 17, Grace Fellowship Christian School, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
BE018	Epilepsy Impact: Socio-demographic Study of Self-perception, Psychosocial Characteristics and Limitations of Patients With Intractable Epilepsy Alfredo Andres Medina, 18, Academia del Perpetuo Socorro, San Juan, Puerto Rico
BE035	Speed and Cell Phones: Are Male or Female Brains Better Suited for the Task? Elais M. Ponton, 17, Franklin High School, El Paso, Texas
BE050	Gender and Faculty Perception of Adolescent Adjustment Erin Margaret White, 16, Immaculata High School, Somerville, New Jersey
BE051	Social Cognition and Jury Bias Toward the Elderly in the Courtroom Michael Duane Buhrmester, 18, Plano Senior High School, Plano, Texas
BE307	Reaction Time Bradley Joel Baggett, 18, Cedarville High School, Cedarville, Arkansas Jon-Erik Ian Garrido, 18, Cedarville High School, Cedarville, Arkansas
BE309	*Aggressiveness of Stressed Crayfish (Procambarus clarkll): Effects of Photoperiod in the Maintenance of Dominance Hierarchies* Lynn Marie Torrech-Antonetty, 16, Isidro A. Sanchez High School, Luquillo, Puerto Rico Rafael Andres Torrech-Antonetty, 14, Isidro A. Sanchez High School, Luquillo, Puerto Rico Felix Javier Jorge-Garcia, 15, Isidro A. Sanchez High School, Luquillo, Puerto Rico
EN120	The Effects of Balance Training on Older Adults Christina Nicole Hobson, 17, Red Mountain High School, Mesa, Arizona
ME017	Hippocampal Volume and Memory in Schizophrenia Christopher F Recinella, 17, Baker County High School, Glen Saint Mary, Florida
ME068	Determining a Correlation Between Salivary Cortisol Concentrations, Socio-Economic Classes and At-Risk School-aged Children Chelsea Ray Keeney, 18, School of the Osage, Kaiser, Missouri

All behavioral science participants receive an APA/Intel ISEF pin, a pamphlet on career choices in psychology, a pamphlet on resilience in a time of war: adapting to wartime stress for the student and a companion pamphlet for the parents: resilience in a time of war, questions asked by children.

American Society for Horticultural Science
Each awardee and his/her school will receive a one-year subscription to ASHS's "HortScience" and "Hort Technology" plus a mounted certificate.

American Society of Agronomy
First Award of $1,000 in Crops
BO029	*The Rate of Infestation of Parasitoids (Bracon* cephi) and Wheat Stem Sawfly (Cephus cinctus) on Spring Wheat Compared to Barley** Laine Frances Lybeck, 18, Joplin-Inverness High School, Joplin, Montana

First Award of $1,000 in Soil
EV022	The Use of Modified Alumina Refinery Residues (Bauxsol TRADEMARK) for Acid Sulfate Soil Remediation Estelle Lela Weber, 16, Wollumbin High School, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia

First Award of $1,000 in Environment
EV076	The Effect of Global Change on Decomposition: Light Availability, Standing Litter and Growth Environment Grace Hsu, 17, Saratoga High School, Saratoga, California

A one-year subscription to the "Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education" is given to the libraries of the award winners' schools.

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.

Awards of $500
ME044	*Effects of Momordica* charantia and Curcuma longa Extracts on Normal and Cancerous Breast Cells** Kumkum Sarkar, 18, Roanoke Valley Governors School for Science and Technology, Roanoke, Virginia
MI021	The Identification of Antimicrobial Volatile Compounds and Their Effects on Representative Species of Medically and Agriculturally Important Fungi Thomas Edgar Cleveland, 18, Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, Natchitoches, Louisiana

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
First Award of $1,000
BE021	The Neurobiology of Lexical Processing: An Examination of a Model of the Comparison Process Megan Chaya Gross, 17, Hunter College High School, New York, New York

Second Award of $500
BE060	The Effects of Positive and Negative Space Reversal on Visual Perception in Children With and Without Dyslexia: Phase III Stephanie Alexandra Williams, 17, Pacific Collegiate School, Santa Cruz, California

Third Award of $250
BE027	Deaf, Not Dumb: Dispelling the Myth of a Mathematics Deficit Among Deaf Students Casey Ann Vaughn, 17, Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst, New York

Winners also receive a certificate, a career kit and a subscription to the "Journal of Speech and Hearing Research".

American Statistical Association
First Award of $500 and a plaque
MA033	When Direction Vanishes: Walking Straight or in Circles Andrea Lynn Axtell, 16, James Bowie High School, Austin, Texas

Second Award of $300 and a plaque
EV099	The Effects of Time and Thickness on the Concentration of Formaldehyde Emitted by OSB and the Absorption of Emissions by an Artificial Human Lung Katherine Douglas Van Schaik, 16, Spring Valley High School, Columbia, South Carolina

Third Award of $100 and a plaque
BO034	*The Potency of Brassica* rapa Pollen** Neha Chauhan, 17, R. Nelson Snider High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana
EN074	The Effects of Wing Shape and Sweep on Lift Benjamin Derek Gordon, 17, Amherst County High School, Amherst, Virginia

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
Award of $1000
ME087	Mechanisms by Which Lyme Disease and Cancer Cells Invade the Central Nervous System Parmita Pradip Dalal, 18, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, Kansas

Second award of $700
ME013	The Prevalence of Ehrlichiosis in Dogs from the Upper Midwest Carrie Calkins Rethlefsen, 16, Winona Senior High School, Winona, Minnesota
ZO014	A Mineral Study of Selected Pasture Sites and Bovine on the Lower Gillespie Ranch Lacy Ann Gillespie, 17, North Toole County High School, Sunburst, Montana
ZO030	*A Fecal Analysis of Equus caballus: Phase II* Stephanie Ann Arneson, 16, Rosholt High School, Rosholt, South Dakota
ZO053	Overo Lethal White Syndrome: Pedigree or Genetic? Amanda Dawn Cook, 18, Cody High School, Cody, Wyoming

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.

Award of $1,000 U.S. Savings Bond
MA021	A Combinatorial Proof of Seymour's Conjecture for Regular Oriented Graphs With Almost Regular Outsets O'a and O"a Lester Wayne Mackey, 18, Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills, New York
ME092	Silencing Cancer With RNA Anila Madiraju, 17, Marianopolis College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Award of $500 U.S. Savings Bond
BI017	Coconut Flower Extract as a Possible Remedy in Stopping Excessive Uterine Hemorrhage Maithili Prafulla Dalvi, 16, Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School, Thane, Maharashtra, India
BO041	A Taxonomic Reassessment of the Phaeophyceaen Orders Ectocarpales and Scytosiphonales Based on Ribosomal Small Subunit (18S) DNA Sequences Sudeep Banerjee, 16, Clovis West High School, Fresno, California
BO303	Suppression of Branches in Eucalyptus Trees Sharanya S, 16, Avila Convent Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India Senthalir P, 16, Avila Convent Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
CH028	A Novel Room Temperature Fuel Cell Utilizing a Carbonate Ionic Liquid Electrolyte Kunil Kaushik Raval, 17, Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy, Saginaw, Michigan
EV114	All in the Family: Using Phylogenetic Systematics to Develop a Family of Arsenic Hyperaccumulators Khaivchandra Ramjeawan, 17, Uniondale High School, Uniondale, New York
ME041	Sub-lethal Exposure of German Cockroaches to Pesticides Contributes to Increased Expression of Bla g 2, an Allergen Associated With Inner City Asthma Yi-Chen Zhang, 17, The Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, New York
MI008	*Characterization of the Secreted Aspartic Proteinases of Candida albicans* Using a Novel Combinatorial Approach** Jamie Elyce Rubin, 16, Canterbury School, Fort Myers, Florida
PH044	IV. Measurements of Internal Electrostatic Confinement Electron Density using Microwave Interferometry Tianhui Li, 18, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon

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
CS017	Can Natural Arachnid Movement Be Used to Model a Robot? Rudy Daniel Sandoval, 16, Bartlesville High School, Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Award of $500
CS067	Genetic Algorithms: A New Approach to Controlled Switched Networks Jeff Thompson, 18, Kinkaid High School, Houston, Texas

Award of $300
CS020	A New Method for 3-D Object Modeling and Optical Data Recognition Robert Earl Eunice, 18, Houston County High School, Warner Robins, Georgia

Honorable Mention Award of $200
CS022	Computer Generated Hydrocarbon Analysis Christopher John Mitchell, 17, Felix Varela Senior High, Miami, Florida
CS056	John Seth Thielemann's Operating System (JOST OS) John Seth Thielemann, 17, Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
CS059	Development of a Computer Language for Children Brittney Dyanne Black, 15, Black Homeschool, Williston, North Dakota

All winners will receive complimentary ACM Student Memberships (ACM's Student Portal Package which also includes ACM's Digital Library) for the duration of their undergraduate college careers (up to 5 years).

Association for Women Geoscientists
Award winner will receive a $1000 scholarship.

Award of $1,000
EA029	Venus from the Outside in: Linking Surface Features to Changing Mantle Convection Patterns Carolyn Morgan Tewksbury, 17, Clinton Senior High School, Clinton, New York

Honorable Mention Award of $100
EA021	Water on Mars: Where Was It, Where Is It Now? Erin Lynn Frey, 16, South River High School, Edgewater, Maryland
EA034	Global Climate Change and Antarctica Nicole Marie Hanney, 15, Saint Joseph's Academy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

All award winners will also receive AWG t-shirt and a one year newsletter subscription.

Bently Nevada, a GE Power Systems Company
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
EN028	Wind Turbine Energy Output Enhancement Using Electrohydrodynamic Principles Arthur Joseph Petron, 17, Dallastown Area High School, Dallastown, Pennsylvania

Second Award of $500
EN078	A Non-photolithographic Approach to the Construction of N-Type MOSFET Devices Using FIB Technology Ryna Karnik, 16, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon

Third Award of $250
CS044	Non-deterministic Polynomial Time Complete Calculations Using Synthetic Bubble Emulation Daniel Lennard Kluesing, 17, Leigh High School, San Jose, California

Caltech JPL
For outstanding projects in the areas of science, technology and engineering that contribute to Caltech and JPL's mission of robotic space exploration.

Special Achievement Award of $1,000 plus certificate
BI062	Protein Interactions Using Nano-Metallic Barcodes Zachary Philip Rice, 18, The Academy of Science & Technology, Conroe, Texas
CS051	Brain-Computer Interface for the Muscularly Disabled Elena Leah Glassman, 16, Central Bucks High School West, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
EA029	Venus from the Outside in: Linking Surface Features to Changing Mantle Convection Patterns Carolyn Morgan Tewksbury, 17, Clinton Senior High School, Clinton, New York

Special Achievement Award Certificate
CH028	A Novel Room Temperature Fuel Cell Utilizing a Carbonate Ionic Liquid Electrolyte Kunil Kaushik Raval, 17, Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy, Saginaw, Michigan
CH031	Biomolecular Templating in the Growth of Minerals Thomas Henry Huynh, 17, Boston Latin Academy, Boston, Massachusetts
EA021	Water on Mars: Where Was It, Where Is It Now? Erin Lynn Frey, 16, South River High School, Edgewater, Maryland
EN023	Testing Solar Cells for Space Applications: Phase I Ernestine Chaco, 18, Navajo Preparatory School, Farmington, New Mexico
PH002	MEMS: Optimization of a Novel Application of KOH Silicon Etching to the Construction of Single Degree of Freedom Optical Micromirrors Steven Christopher Seidel, 17, Astronaut High School, Titusville, Florida
PH040	Magnetoplasmadynamics: Ionization and Magnetic Field Ray Chengchuan He, 19, Hempfield High School, Landisville, Pennsylvania
PH054	Electron-Phonon Interactions in Carbon Nanotubes Edward Joesph Su, 18, William G. Enloe High School, Raleigh, North Carolina

Case Western Reserve University
Scholarship award which includes full tuition and room and board fees, renewable for each of four years of undergraduate study at CWRU. This scholarship will include an annual stipend of $2000 to support the awardee's participation in approved research projects.

Full scholarship tuition plus stipend
EN073	Don't Waste Energy Stopping Adam James Leiferman, 17, Kimball High School, Kimball, South Dakota

Cleveland State University
Awarded to a rising senior, this scholarship award will be for $5000 per year for 4 years.

The recipient must have achieved a 3.5 cumulative GPA or rank in the top 10% of their high school class. This recipient must also maintain GPA of 3.0 at CSU in order for the scholarship to be renewed each year.

Drexel University
For projects in the categories of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Environmental Science, Mathematics, Medicine and Health and Physics.

Full-tuition scholarships
BE038	A Strategic Approach to Multiple-winner Elections: Augmenting Voter Impact Through a Clever Strategy Brian Jeffrey Pepper, 16, Middletown High School, Middletown, Maryland
CH040	Synthesis and Evaluation of a Molecularly Imprinted Polymer for the Enantiomeric Resolution of L- and D- Phenylalanine Yvonne Joy Yamanaka, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon
CS005	*Ternary vs.* Binary** Natasha Rustom Irani, 17, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida
EN033	The Effect of an Induced Airflow on the Amount of Lift Produced by a Wing Paul Briede, 17, James Wood High School, Winchester, Virginia
EV108	Bioluminescence: The Role of ATP in Detecting Biocontamination Iyen Abdon Acosta, 16, Oxon Hill High School, Oxon Hill, Maryland
MA034	Data Detectives: A Second Year Study of CRC Generator Polynomials, 32-bit Alice Wan Chai, 16, Plano Senior High School, Plano, Texas
ME045	Restraining Restenosis: Combating Vascular Disease, Year Three Julian C. Hong, 17, Ronald Reagan High School, San Antonio, Texas
PH052	Is the Wind Predictable? Nolan Herman Reis, 16, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, California

Scholarships are renewable for up to 5 years pending maintenance of a 3.0 GPA and full-time status. Each scholarship is valued at $73,625. Winners of these scholarships will be given preferential consideration during the application process.

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
CS025	TensorFaces: A Multilinear Model for Computerized Face Recognition and Image Processing Tonislav Ivanov Ivanov, 19, Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York
EA005	A Rapid, Accurate Method of Determining the Distance to Near Earth Asteroids Lisa Doreen Glukhovsky, 17, New Milford High School, New Milford, Connecticut
MA305	Investigating Geometry of Gothic Window Lobes Lucie Lammelova, 19, Secondary School of Civil Engineering, Valasske Mezirici, Novy Jicin, Czech Republic Jana Svobodova, 19, Secondary School of Civil Engineering, Valasske Mezirici, Novy Jicin, Czech Republic
ME037	Is It Possible to Detect Color Deficiency Through the Consensual Pupillary Response? Andrew Allen Lenoir, 16, Gulliver Preparatory School, Miami, Florida
ZO048	Morphological Differences in Feather Microstructure Richard Winston Larson, 15, Springville Junior High School, Springville, Utah

Second Award of $500
BE006	*Human Perception of Image Manipulation: Original vs.* Real** John David Hays, 17, Wilcox High School, Wilcox, Nebraska
CH010	Organic Chemistry Without Solvents Amber Victoria Irish Hess, 16, Robert Lewis Stevenson School, Pebble Beach, California
CS049	Dynamically Displaying Data: Presenting Information Based Upon a User's Facial Reactions Saagar Bhupendrakumar Patel, 17, Celebration School, Celebration, Florida
EA021	Water on Mars: Where Was It, Where Is It Now? Erin Lynn Frey, 16, South River High School, Edgewater, Maryland
PH027	Effect of Static Electricity to "Rebound" of Droplets Against a Water Surface Hokuto Sunago, 18, Toyama-Tyubu High School, Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Honorable Mention Award of $250
BI019	A Novel Approach for Determining Nucleic Acid Structure Alexander Chow Mittal, 18, Greenwich High School, Greenwich, Connecticut
EN021	Surface Modification Using High Voltage, Low Current, Cold Plasma Trevor Elliot Powers, 16, Christian Academy of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
PH305	Toner Particles on an OHP Transparency Sheet as a Grating for Diffraction Mai Ikeda, 17, Niihama West High School, Niihama, Ehime, Japan Natsumi Kamioka, 18, Niihama West High School, Niihama, Ehime, Japan
ZO021	The Effect Sea Star Coelomocytes Have on Asteroidea Regeneration in vivo and Lumbricus terrestris Brain Cellular Proliferation in vitro Gregory Amend, 17, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New York
ZO057	The Role of Leukocytes in the Exacerbation of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Hypercholesterolemic Mice John Louis Gehrig, 18, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, Louisiana

In addition, each of these students and his/her sponsoring teachers will receive a one-year subscription to "Science News", a Society for Science & the Public publication and a Photo Kit containing an award certificate, information and tips on photography and Kodak cameras, films and systems which enable students and teachers to experience the leading edge of current imaging technology.

Endocrine Society
First Award of $1,000
ME051	Bioinformatic Analysis of Breast Cancer Associated Missense Mutations in the Carboxyl-terminal Domains of BRCA-1 Meaghan Alexandra Figge, 14, Albany Academy for Girls, Albany, New York

Second Award of $500
ME068	Determining a Correlation Between Salivary Cortisol Concentrations, Socio-Economic Classes and At-Risk School-aged Children Chelsea Ray Keeney, 18, School of the Osage, Kaiser, Missouri

Honorable Mention Award
BI017	Coconut Flower Extract as a Possible Remedy in Stopping Excessive Uterine Hemorrhage Maithili Prafulla Dalvi, 16, Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School, Thane, Maharashtra, India
BI053	Endocrine Control of Transaminases Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase (GOT) and Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase (GPT) in the Blue Claw Crab Vaidehita Vindhya Rajamani, 17, Riverdale High School, Jefferson, Louisiana
CS046	Mr. Fatty: A Knowledge-based Obesity Curing and Monitoring System Using Constitutional Medicine SeungKyun Ryu, 15, Jang Young Sil Science High School, Busan, Busan, South Korea
EN077	Design and Fabrication of Planar Glucose Sensor Arrays Parvathy Rama Menon, 16, Westview High School, Portland, Oregon
GN015	The Determination of a Correlation Between Diabetes Mellitus and Bone Mineral Density Loss in Senior Non-Black Women via Analysis of the Calcaneus and Radius Richard Edwin Taylor, 17, Port Huron High School, Port Huron, Michigan
ME022	INGAP Peptide: New Therapeutic Approach for Diabetes Anand Athiviraham, 17, Saint Thomas High School, Pte Claire, Canada
ME031	Determining the Effects of Bioactive Cinnamon Components on Blood Glucose Levels in Mus musculus Heather Nicole Wood, 18, Brookside High School, Sheffield, Ohio
ME042	Effect of ACTH on Chondrogenesis Jennifer Tze-Heng Choy, 17, Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, Bayside, New York
ME048	Inhibition of Cisplatin-induced Apoptosis by AKT2: Implication of AKT2 in Chemoresistance Gene Everett Sussman, 16, Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst, New York
ME061	Alternative Medicine: A Relief for Diabetes John Z. Luo, 15, Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick, Rhode Island
ME065	Potential Role of the PPAR-GAMMA-2 Pro12Ala Polymorphism in Coronary Artery Disease Nikhil Atul Shukla, 16, White Station High School, Memphis, Tennessee
ME321	Effect of Exam Stress on Student Cortisol Levels Rhea L. Edelman, 17, West Linn High School, West Linn, Oregon Erin Leigh Frantz, 17, West Linn High School, West Linn, Oregon

All winners will receive a certificate, a book on the Endocrine System and a t-shirt.

Florida Institute of Technology
Tuition Scholarships of $10,000 per year for four years, renewable annually, to be used at Florida Institute of Technology

$10,000 per year scholarships, renewable annually
BE020	The Influence of Physical and Neurological Trauma on Personality Zarabeth Lehr Golden, 16, Blanche Ely High School, Pompano Beach, Florida
BI001	Inhibition of Bacteria by Chemicals in Herbs Ekta A. Solanki, 18, Lake Brantley High School, Altamonte Springs, Florida
CS054	Training Neural Networks With Genetic Alogrithms Nhan Duy Nguyen, 15, Southside High School, Greenville, South Carolina
EA042	Determining the Quantitative Characteristics of the Eclipsing Binary Star System V508 Ophiuchus Using Observational Astrometry Alan Nathan Calfee, 17, Folsom High School, Folsom, California
EN014	Developing a Microsensor Array for the Monitoring of Glucose and Ketone Levels in Diabetics Kristin L. Butler, 17, Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio
EV029	The Effect of Different Types of Animal Waste on the Composition of Biogas Sherri Michelle Cook, 17, James Wood High School, Winchester, Virginia
EV098	Coral Propagation 3: The Effects of Water Temperature on the Growth of Actinodiscus Mushroom Anemones Lindsay Marine Quandt, 17, Algonac High School, Algonac, Michigan
EV104	Artificial Reefs Mariela E. Lugo, 16, Colegio Radians, Cayey, Puerto Rico
PH004	The Photoelectric Effect: A Second Year Study Paul McMillan Braswell, 17, Hedgesville High School, Hedgesville, West Virginia
ZO003	The Effects of cAMP and Light on the Biochemical Anatomy of Photoreceptors Kristin Suzanne Alligood, 17, Pedro Menendez High School, St. Augustine, Florida

Hiram College
Scholarship award of $8,000 per year for four years.
CH037	Stronger than Pain! Sara Wells Applegate, 16, Beach High School, Beach, North Dakota
CS017	Can Natural Arachnid Movement Be Used to Model a Robot? Rudy Daniel Sandoval, 16, Bartlesville High School, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
MI052	Pathogens in the Public Setting Travis Diaz, 17, Grants High School, Grants, New Mexico
PH041	Alteration of Fabric Strength and Texture by Exposure to Elevated Concentrations of Ozone Angy Nabil Mounir, 17, Notre Dame Academy, Park Hills, Kentucky

IEEE Foundation
The IEEE Foundation, Presidents 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 Presidents Scholarship of $10,000
EN027	A Magnetohydrodynamic Direct Current Transformer Elizabeth Van Cortlandt Varela, 16, West Potomac High School, Alexandria, Virginia

IEEE Foundation on behalf of IEEE Region 2 and the Cleveland Section, an award of $750
EN078	A Non-photolithographic Approach to the Construction of N-Type MOSFET Devices Using FIB Technology Ryna Karnik, 16, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon

IEEE Foundation award on behalf of IEEE Region 2 and the Cleveland Section, an award of $250
CS042	VLSI Design Automation Colin Pearse Sprinkle, 18, Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Michigan

The winner also receives an IEEE student membership and an IEEE Society membership for the duration of the scholarship, as well as an engraved brass and walnut plaque and framed certificate.

IEEE Computer Society
First Award of $700
CS008	The Integrated Graphic Application (Stareditor) Sergey Yu. Starkov, 17, Vyatka Humanitary Gymnasia, Kirov, Russia

Second Award of $500
CS016	Text Explorer Sangameswaran Tejeshwar Tandon, 14, S.B.O.A Schools and Junior College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
CS056	John Seth Thielemann's Operating System (JOST OS) John Seth Thielemann, 17, Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

Third Award of $350
CS030	An Ultra High Speed Method for the Multiple Comparison of 3-D Structures and Its Application to 3-D Protein Structure Pattern Recognition Kevin Chester Kuo, 18, Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York
CS051	Brain-Computer Interface for the Muscularly Disabled Elena Leah Glassman, 16, Central Bucks High School West, Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Team First Award of $500 for each team member
CS307	BEACON: Analytical Instrumentation Software for Identifying Fluorescent Oligonucleotides Used in Encoded Microbeads Andrew Gerard Ascione, 18, Broadneck Senior High School, Annapolis, Maryland Aaron David Schulman, 17, Broadneck Senior High School, Annapolis, Maryland David Edwyn Bennett, 17, Broadneck Senior High School, Annapolis, Maryland

Team Second Award of $400 for each team member
CS314	Clash of the Algorithms: Complex Gaming Strategies Simulated with Artificial Intelligence Dietrich Ian Bachman, 18, APS Career Enrichment Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico Noah Michael Shepard, 17, APS Career Enrichment Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico Charles James Brock, 17, APS Career Enrichment Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Winners will receive a framed certificate, a gift certificate for a publication (up to $75 value) from the CS catalog and a one-year free subscription to the CS magazine of their choice. Winner's photo is also published in an issue of "Computer" magazine.

Indiana University
Partial tuition scholarships in the following categories: Behavioral and Social Sciences, Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Sciences, Earth and Space Sciences, Environmental Sciences, 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
BE011	What Happened Here? Carson Alan Baughman, 17, White Pine County High School, Ely, Nevada
BI057	A Study of the Relationship Between Lymphocytes With Lymphomatoid Papulosis and Mucosal Cells from a Subject and Descendants Using PCR Identification Samuel James Amberson Howell, 16, Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy, Saginaw, Michigan
BO046	The Medicinal Effects of Devil's Club, Oplopanax horridum Brittany Noel Hales, 17, Polaris K-12 School, Anchorage, Alaska
CH038	H₂ And C₂H₄ Elimination Pathways in the Y + C₂H₆ Reaction Ann Chi, 16, Terre Haute South Vigo High School, Terre Haute, Indiana
CS017	Can Natural Arachnid Movement Be Used to Model a Robot? Rudy Daniel Sandoval, 16, Bartlesville High School, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
EA004	Idaho Tornado Climatology Paul Martin Hoffman, 17, Upper Arlington High School, Columbus, Ohio
EV018	A Comparison of Water Quality in Bear and Buck Creek in Relationship to Phosphates, Dissolved Oxygen and Turbidity Dawn Nicole Dietrich, 17, Eastern High School, Pekin, Indiana
MA003	The Order of Chaos Jay Stewart Anderson, 17, Paint Valley High School, Bainbridge, Ohio
ME026	A Possible Breast Cancer Treatment: Interferon Alpha Combined With Indole-3-Carbinol Diane Laura Gumina, 17, Merino High School, Merino, Colorado
MI048	The Effect of pH on Bioluminescent Dinoflagellates Peter Douglas Clark, 17, Saint Andrew's Episcopal School, Ridgeland, Mississippi
PH003	The Newtonian Physics of Asymmetrical Capacitive Propulsion Evan Eric Frank, 16, duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky
ZO056	Crossing the Divide: Using Acoustics and Geographic Location to Examine the Differences Between North and South American Frog and Toad Species Simeon McMillan, 17, Uniondale High School, Uniondale, New York

Institute of Food Technologists
For projects in microbiology, food chemistry or food engineering, with application to the food industry.

First Award of $1,000
MI011	Development of an Improved Enterovirus Detection Protocol for Tomatoes: A Second Year Study Hannah Mary Kaufman, 18, Newberry High School, Newberry, Florida

Second Award of $600
BO023	Natural Oils as Alternative Potato Sprout Inhibitors Dona Sarah Sharma, 17, Sunnyside Senior High School, Sunnyside, Washington

Third Award of $400
BO039	Effects of Corn Steep Liquor on Weed Seed Germination Jennifer Elizabeth Goedhart, 17, Unity Christian High School, Orange City, Iowa

Honorable Mention Award Certificate and a CD-Rom of the Journal of Food Science
MI306	The Efficiency of Poultry Irradiation Danielle Lauren Butler, 16, Hilton Head Preparatory School, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Carly Mills Rosser, 16, Hilton Head Preparatory School, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Top three winners will also receive a certificate and a one-year subscription to "Food Technology" magazine.

Intel Foundation Women in Engineering and Computational Sciences Award
Presented to a female finalist who has an exceptional project in the engineering or computational sciences categories.

Award of $2,500 and a high-performance computer
CS050	Artificial Intelligence: A Model of Perception by the Visual System Kimberly Elise Reinhold, 15, Saint Joseph Junior-Senior High School, Hilo, Hawaii
EN107	Nanoscopic Control of Protein Organization Madelyn Meng-Ling Ho, 17, William P. Clements High School, Sugar Land, Texas
PH007	An Investigation of the Steam Production in, and Extinction Limits of, Steady and Acoustically-strained Counter-flow Diffusion Flames Amy R. Kabaria, 17, Richlands High School, Richlands, Virginia

International Amateur-Professional Photoelectric Photometry
The Richard D. Lines Award is given to a student demonstrating outstanding research in astronomy.

Scholarship award of $5,000
EA025	Photometric Detection of an Extra-solar Planetary Transit Across the Sun-like Star HD 209458 Ved Chirayath, 16, California Academy of Mathematics and Science, Carson, California

In addition, the student's high school science department will receive a $1,000 grant. The student will also receive a certificate, a one-year membership in IAPPP, which includes a one-year subscription to the "IAPPP Communications" and an invitation to submit a paper on the winning research project to be published in the "Communications". This award is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

International Society for Optical Engineering
For the best project in the area of Optics and Photonics Engineering.

Award of $1000
EN062	Creating a Three-dimensional Model of an Object Anthony David Liechty, 18, Leo Junior-Senior High School, Leo, Indiana

Honorable Mention
CS020	A New Method for 3-D Object Modeling and Optical Data Recognition Robert Earl Eunice, 18, Houston County High School, Warner Robins, Georgia

Winners will also receive a free student membership and other items.

John Carroll University
Kent State University
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 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
ME088	Histone Protein Promotion With Trichostatin on Gene Expression of Human Bladder and Prostate Cancer Cells Samantha Megan Feingold, 17, Spanish River Community High School, Boca Raton, Florida

Scholarship award of $2,000
ME033	Disease Propagation Through Connective Paths: Application of the Small World Theory to Epidemic Modeling Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, 16, Brewster High School, Brewster, New York

Scholarship award of $1,000
ME080	Using Bioinformatics to Analyze the Effects of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms on Disease Nicholas Paul Semenkovich, 16, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Ladue, Missouri

Below for press release only!! For more information on the specific guidelines of this award, visit the National Anti-Vivisection Society's web site.

National Ground Water Association
First Award of $500
EV082	*Phytoremediation of Excess Nitrogen in Groundwater: Common Cattail vs.* Hard-stemmed Bulrush** Kristina Ann Ufer, 18, Bellarmine Preparatory School, Tacoma, Washington

Second Award of $250
EV084	A Study of the Phytoremediative Properties of the Water Hyacinth Jean Marie Folsom, 17, Yorktown High School, Arlington, Virginia

Third Award of $200
EV044	Lose the Ooze!: The Effects of Selected Bacteria on the Bioremediation of Heavy Metals Sarah Renee Woods, 16, Miami High School, Miami, Oklahoma

Winners will receive a plaque, their abstract published in the journal "Ground Water", a one-year student membership and the school gets a matching grant ground water science library.

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
ZO004	The Effects of Increased Filtration Requirements on Pacific Blue Mussel Byssal Thread Production Carl Harold Brodersen, 18, Juneau-Douglas High School, Juneau, Alaska

Second Award of $300
ZO024	*Habitat Feeding Preferences of Lagodon rhomboides: A Field Study* Stephanie Anne Hanisak, 17, Vero Beach High School, Vero Beach, Florida

Third Award of $200
EV321	Development & Water Quality Impairment Lydia Suzanne Weiskopf, 17, Ecole Secondaire Algonquin, North Bay, Ontario, Canada Rachelle Elizabeth Miron, 18, Ecole Secondaire Algonquin, North Bay, Ontario, Canada

All winners receive a one-year membership in the Society and a subscription to the "Journal of the North American Benthological Society".

Northeastern University
Notre Dame College
Scholarship award towards a first bachelors degree in the area of Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Mathematics, or Psychology.

These scholarships can be renewed 3 times, for up to four total years, as long as the student maintains a 3.00 cumulative GPA.

Oberlin College
Scholarship award of $5,000 per year for four years
BO058	*Proteolytic Enzyme Production in the Insectivorous Plant Sundew (Drosera adalae) in Response to Prey Stimulation* Samuel James Asarnow, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon
CH021	The Effect of Heating Elements on the Production and Residue Build-up of Acrylamide Emily Michele Kraft, 17, Signature School, Evansville, Indiana
MA036	Generalized Expansions of the Fibonacci Sequence and Their Covergents Andrew Lewis Matteson, 17, Randall High School, Amarillo, Texas

Ohio University
Undergraduate scholarship of $5,000 per year for four years
EN014	Developing a Microsensor Array for the Monitoring of Glucose and Ketone Levels in Diabetics Kristin L. Butler, 17, Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio

Optical Society of America
First Award of $1,000
EA041	Development of an Adaptively Controlled Telescope with Star-Pattern Recognition Pointing Jonathan Nicholas Sick, 17, Queen Elizabeth High School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Second Award of $500
PH054	Electron-Phonon Interactions in Carbon Nanotubes Edward Joesph Su, 18, William G. Enloe High School, Raleigh, North Carolina

Third Award of $200
PH056	Beamed Energy Propulsion by Means of Target Ablation Benjamin Arthur Rosenberg, 14, Hilton Head High School, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Honorable Mention Award
CS020	A New Method for 3-D Object Modeling and Optical Data Recognition Robert Earl Eunice, 18, Houston County High School, Warner Robins, Georgia
EN049	A Sensing System Based on Laser Intensity Changes Due to Optical Fiber Vibration Michelle Louie, 16, Kings Park High School, Kings Park, New York
EN062	Creating a Three-dimensional Model of an Object Anthony David Liechty, 18, Leo Junior-Senior High School, Leo, Indiana

Winners receive one-year student memberships in OSA plus a one-year subscription to "Physics Today" and "Optics Photonics News".

Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development
Presented to young scientists exhibiting projects in the categories of Earth & Space Sciences, Engineering, Chemistry, Physics and Computer Sciences, who demonstrate exceptional creativity, independence and initiative in problem selection, research design and project execution.

Award of $1,000 and a trip to meet Schlumberger scientists and an internship
EN027	A Magnetohydrodynamic Direct Current Transformer Elizabeth Van Cortlandt Varela, 16, West Potomac High School, Alexandria, Virginia
EN113	Liquid Energy: Prototype For Generating Electricity from Waves and Tidal Currents Austin James Shelton, 16, Father Duenas Memorial School, Agana, Guam

Award of $500
CS005	*Ternary vs.* Binary** Natasha Rustom Irani, 17, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida
CS050	Artificial Intelligence: A Model of Perception by the Visual System Kimberly Elise Reinhold, 15, Saint Joseph Junior-Senior High School, Hilo, Hawaii
EN022	Using Acetone Based Electrospun Nanofibers to Produce Inexpensive Water Filtration Systems Joseph Patrick Pudelka, 17, North Toole County High School, Sunburst, Montana
EN025	Microbubble Characterization for Drag Reduction in Pipe Flow Joline Marie Fan, 15, Upper Arlington High School, Upper Arlington, Ohio

Team award of $1000 USD to be divided among the team members
CS302	Software Framework for Creating Multi-agent Systems Vsevolod D. Ustinov, 17, Lyceum of Information Technologies, #153, Moscow, Moscow City, Russia Andrew S. Tatarinov, 16, Lyceum of Information Technologies, #153, Moscow, Moscow City, Russia Vasiliy G. Fedoseev, 16, Lyceum of Information Technologies, #153, Moscow, Moscow City, Russia

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
BI055	Controlling Gene Expression Through RNA Gene Therapy Matthew John Woloszyn, 17, Oak Ridge High School, Conroe, Texas

Second Award $100
EV315	Cigarette Butts as Toxicity Indicators? David Spencer Scoville, 17, American Fork High School, American Fork, Utah Tyler William Smith, 17, American Fork High School, American Fork, Utah

Third Award $50
CH016	Evaluation of Three Different Extraction Techniques in the Quantitative Analysis of Benzodiazepines in Postmortem Whole Blood Nicole Marie Hennessy, 18, North Miami Beach Senior High School, Miami, Florida

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
For the Team Projects that best exemplify the interdisciplinary aspects of scientific and engineering research.

First Award of $1000
EV325	Mass Production of Biodiesel, HySee 1005, With use of Microbes; Bacillus thuringienes and Streptomyces albus Wesley Ryan Fuller, 17, Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona Blair Elisabeth Kowalinski, 16, Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona Kyle Anthony Marsland, 18, Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona

Second Award of $450
CS304	Visualization of Tools for the Hearing Impaired Frank Emmanuel Block, 17, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas Lee Taylor Perry, 18, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas Satish Mahalingam, 17, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas

Third Award of $300
ZO310	*The Effect of Lumbricus terrestris* on Soil Bulk Density and Soil Nutrient Content in Worm Worked vs. Non-worm Worked Soils** Kirsti Hakala, 16, Cloquet Senior High School, Cloquet, Minnesota Jillian Rita Beaufeaux, 16, Cloquet Senior High School, Cloquet, Minnesota

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 Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
First Award of $1000
EA308	The Effects of Varying Mine Tailing and Sand Ratios on the Structural Strength of Concrete Laura C. Wysner, 17, Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona Denver L. Smith, 17, Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona

Second Award of $250
EA023	Analysis of Wave Characteristics of Seismic Waves Produced by Mine Blasts Christopher Michael Short, 18, Northview High School, Brazil, Indiana

Third Award of $100
EV307	A Study of Native Grass Growth in Contaminated Milltown Dam Sediments: Missoula, Montana Andrew B. Erickson, 17, Sentinel High School, Missoula, Montana Graham Kyle Meng, 16, Sentinel High School, Missoula, Montana

Honorable Mention Awards of $50
EA008	Compositional Controls on Soil Strength Under Static and Non-static Conditions Sarah Evelyn Brophy, 17, Bloomington High School North, Bloomington, Indiana
EV024	Mercury Analysis of Coal Mining Leachates in Unreclaimed and Reclaimed Locations in SW Indiana Using Low Level Detection and Multiparameter Relationships Aaron M. Ritter, 16, Bedford-North Lawrence High School, Bedford, Indiana
EV107	*The Application of Alternanthera philoxeroides* into Acid Mine Drainage as an Economical Remediation Contrivance of the Future** Mary Elizabeth Cole, 17, Demopolis High School, Demopolis, Alabama

Winners will receive certificate and a one-year subscription to "Mining Engineering". A feature article highlighting the winners will appear in the August issue of "Mining Engineering". The SME finalist's sponsoring teacher will also receive a one-year subscription to "Mining Engineering".

Society for Technical Communication
Award of $500 for Distinguished Technical Communication in a Written Report
PH053	Chaotic Fluids: An Examination of Phase Transitions in Taylor-Couette Flow Mairead Mary McCloskey, 17, Loreto College, Coleraine, Co Derry, Northern Ireland

Award of $250 for Excellence in a Written Report
MA035	Perfect Musical Harmony: A Mathematical Analysis of Four Historical Tunings Michael F. Page, 15, The Pingry School, Martinsville, New Jersey

Award of $100 for Merit in a Written Report
ME082	Gene Expression Analysis of Synovial Cells in Response to Impulsive Shock Irene Yuan Sun, 16, Ben Davis High School, Indianapolis, Indiana

Award of $500 for Distinguished Technical Communication in a Display Presentation
BO014	Investigations of the Fern Life Cycle and Its Implications Arie Anne Schiller, 17, Central Lee High School, Donnellson, Iowa

Award of $250 for Excellence in a Display Presentation
ZO019	Bucking a Trend: The Owls Miyuki Mashiko, 16, Mito First High School, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

Award of $100 for Merit in Display Presentation
EN020	The Power of Pitch II: Investigating the Use of a Variable-pitch Wind Turbine to Optimize Power Output Under Varying Wind Conditions Galen Daniel Maly, 17, Yorktown High School, Arlington, Virginia

Distinguished Team Award of $1,000
MI303	Aloe barbadensis and Allium sativum as Possible Bacteria Inhibitors on the Lids of Soft Drink Cans Jaime Eduardo Flores, 16, Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico Fernando Javier Nido, 16, Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

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
EV325	Mass Production of Biodiesel, HySee 1005, With use of Microbes; Bacillus thuringienes and Streptomyces albus Wesley Ryan Fuller, 17, Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona Blair Elisabeth Kowalinski, 16, Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona Kyle Anthony Marsland, 18, Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona

Second Place Award of $250
EV004	The Effect of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles on Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Toxicity in Cultured Brain Cells Andrew Gordon Cook, 16, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida

Third Place Award of $100
EV041	The Effects of Lead on Biological Models: Enzyme Function, Cell Membrane Permeability and Cell Growth Kristen Elaine Fenska, 15, Miami High School, Miami, Oklahoma

Student membership in SETAC

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
EA008	Compositional Controls on Soil Strength Under Static and Non-static Conditions Sarah Evelyn Brophy, 17, Bloomington High School North, Bloomington, Indiana

Award of Merit of $500
EA027	Relation of Physical Properties of Sands to the Water Pressure Needed to Produce Liquefaction Jessica Lynn Otten, 16, Notre Dame Academy, Park Hills, Kentucky
EN106	Taming the Quake's Shake: Using Magnetorheological Fluids for Structural Support and Seismic Mitigation Kyle Wilson Downum, 18, Welch High School, Welch, Oklahoma

Award of Merit of $250
EA023	Analysis of Wave Characteristics of Seismic Waves Produced by Mine Blasts Christopher Michael Short, 18, Northview High School, Brazil, Indiana
EA043	Annual Modulation of Earthquakes in Yellowstone National Park and Their Relation to Atmospheric Pressure and Snow Load Adam Orion Flaxman, 17, Massapequa High School, Massapequa, New York
EN049	A Sensing System Based on Laser Intensity Changes Due to Optical Fiber Vibration Michelle Louie, 16, Kings Park High School, Kings Park, New York
EV002	Mulch Ado About Nothing, Or Is It? A Quantitative Analysis of Arsenic Levels in Landscape Mulch Katharine Blaire Taylor, 14, Palatka High School, Palatka, Florida

United Technologies Corporation
United Technologies Corporation recognizes 8 projects for excellence in science and engineering. Each winning project will receive 30 shares of United Technologies Corporation common stock with a total value of approximately $2000.

UTC Stock
CH302	A Two-state DNA Nanomechanical Motor Powered by the Reversible Hybridization of a Unique DNA Strand Trigger Christopher Eric Kulawik, 16, Fox Lane High School, Bedford, New York Robert David Barish, 16, Fox Lane High School, Bedford, New York
CS051	Brain-Computer Interface for the Muscularly Disabled Elena Leah Glassman, 16, Central Bucks High School West, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
EN025	Microbubble Characterization for Drag Reduction in Pipe Flow Joline Marie Fan, 15, Upper Arlington High School, Upper Arlington, Ohio
EN027	A Magnetohydrodynamic Direct Current Transformer Elizabeth Van Cortlandt Varela, 16, West Potomac High School, Alexandria, Virginia
EN327	Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Tamsen Alicia Drew, 17, Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, California Nicholas Dorian Rapp, 18, Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, California
EV039	The Development of an Environmentally Friendly Ezyme-based Antifouling System Vaishali Kiran Grover, 15, Miami Coral Park Senior High School, Miami, Florida
PH040	Magnetoplasmadynamics: Ionization and Magnetic Field Ray Chengchuan He, 19, Hempfield High School, Landisville, Pennsylvania
PH053	Chaotic Fluids: An Examination of Phase Transitions in Taylor-Couette Flow Mairead Mary McCloskey, 17, Loreto College, Coleraine, Co Derry, Northern Ireland

Each winner will also receive a plaque, a pen, and the United Technologies Corporation Annual Report.

University of Akron
Scholarship award of $5000 per year for four years
BE003	HSDQ: A Decade Added to Life Elizabeth Fairchild Harding, 15, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida
CH026	Death by Chocolate Camilla Conette Burke, 18, Mount Vernon High School, Mt Vernon, Ohio
CS056	John Seth Thielemann's Operating System (JOST OS) John Seth Thielemann, 17, Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
EN057	Can the Formula for Aerodynamic Drag Be Verified in Miniature? Andrew Ryan Mizener, 17, Lehman Catholic High School, Sidney, Ohio
EN303	Space Flight Experiments to Evaluate Atomic Oxygen Erosion and Ultra-violet Radiation Damage to Man-made Materials in Low Earth Orbit Christiane Alisa Youngstrom, 17, Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio Allison Louise Rapoport, 15, Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio Maura Catherine Lillis, 17, Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio
MA003	The Order of Chaos Jay Stewart Anderson, 17, Paint Valley High School, Bainbridge, Ohio
MI048	The Effect of pH on Bioluminescent Dinoflagellates Peter Douglas Clark, 17, Saint Andrew's Episcopal School, Ridgeland, Mississippi
PH004	The Photoelectric Effect: A Second Year Study Paul McMillan Braswell, 17, Hedgesville High School, Hedgesville, West Virginia

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
BI049	Functional Analysis of Yeast Gene NOP14: Phase II Elizabeth Anne Germino, 16, Immaculata High School, Somerville, New Jersey
EV108	Bioluminescence: The Role of ATP in Detecting Biocontamination Iyen Abdon Acosta, 16, Oxon Hill High School, Oxon Hill, Maryland
ME048	Inhibition of Cisplatin-induced Apoptosis by AKT2: Implication of AKT2 in Chemoresistance Gene Everett Sussman, 16, Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst, New York

Scholarships 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
PH040	Magnetoplasmadynamics: Ionization and Magnetic Field Ray Chengchuan He, 19, Hempfield High School, Landisville, Pennsylvania

Second Award of $500
CH013	Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition Brandon Emerson Powers, 18, Christian Academy of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

Third Award of $250
EN025	Microbubble Characterization for Drag Reduction in Pipe Flow Joline Marie Fan, 15, Upper Arlington High School, Upper Arlington, Ohio

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.

Weed Science Society of America
First Award of $1,000 in the area of Weed Science
BO315	*Isolation and Characterization of Possible Allelo-Chemicals in Buffalo Grass (Buchloe dactyloides) and Ti(Cordyline terminalis), Second Year Study* Carrie Gemma Esaki, 15, Kapa'a High School, Kapa'a, Hawaii Samuel Isaac Hunter Moats-Messing, 16, Kapa'a High School, Kapa'a, Hawaii Jeremy Keola Masami Albano, 16, Kapa'a High School, Kapa'a, Hawaii

Second Award of $500
BO039	Effects of Corn Steep Liquor on Weed Seed Germination Jennifer Elizabeth Goedhart, 17, Unity Christian High School, Orange City, Iowa
BO304	Allelopathy in the Rhizosphere of Slicornia viiginicia Gwendolyn S. Reeve, 18, Savannah Country Day School, Savannah, Georgia Allison Margaret Gale, 17, Savannah Country Day School, Savannah, Georgia

Ohio State University
All of the best of category grand award winners announced in the Grand Award Ceremony are also being offered a scholarship award of $5000 per year for four years to Ohio State University.

The Ohio State University will contact the best of category award winners following the Intel ISEF.

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