2005 Phoenix Intel ISEF Special Award Organization (SAO) Winners

Acoustical Society of America
Award of $1,000
EN308	Enhanced Cooling of Microelectronic Devices by Using the Thermoacoustic Effect Pen-Yuan Hsing, 18, Taipei Municipal Lishan Senior High School, Taipei, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei Wei-Kang Huang, 18, Taipei Municipal Lishan Senior High School, Taipei, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei

Honorable Mention Award
EN065	An Ear to the Track: An Ultrasonic Train Wreck Avoidance System Courtney Anne Rafes, 17, Northwest High School, Justin, Texas
ZO026	Phylogenetic Analysis of Crickets by Acoustic Behavior and Mitochondrial DNA Sequencing Jhe-Rong Wu, 18, Taipei Municipal Chien-Kuo Senior High School, Taipei City, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei

Each winner will also receive a one-year ASA membership.

ADA Foundation
For the best exhibit with application to dental research.

Award of $1,000
MI046	Inhibition of HIV Production in Genetically Generated HIV Model Through HIV TAT TAR RNA Binding Domain Michael Mi, 17, Mount Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Agilent Technologies
Paid summer internship at an Agilent Technologies site. Each internship not to exceed eight weeks.

Paid Summer Internship
BI062	The Effects of Oxidative Damage on Protein Translation Efficiency Steven Siyi Hao, 17, Silver Creek High School, San Jose, California
CH012	From Synthesis to Analysis of Radical Inhibitors Stephen Schulz, 19, Gesamtschule Buer-Mitte, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Germany
CH014	Digitally-Enhanced Thin-Layer Chromatography: An Inexpensive, New Technique for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis Amber Victoria Irish Hess, 18, Robert Louis Stevenson School, Pebble Beach, California
CH029	Preparation of Hollow Spheres of TiO₂ Nanocrystals as Highly Efficient Photocatalyst and Its Applications Qizhe Shao, 19, No.2 Secondary School Attached to ECNU, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
EN013	Camera Stabilization: Take Two Adam Daniel Sidman, 17, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado
EN017	Dynamic Balance Function and Surface Adaptation for General Humanoid Robot Platform Yang Ge, 17, Beijing Jingshan School, Beijing, Beijing, China
EN069	Digital Compass Clinometer Peter Jonathan Kirkland, 19, Dalriada School, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
ME069	Examining the Effectiveness of Treating Down Syndrome with a 5-HT1a Receptor Antagonist Elizabeth Carey Banks, 16, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore, Maryland

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 International Science and Engineering Fair.

Scholarship Award of $5000 per year for four years
CH051	Cyanide Detection Using a Myoglobin Biosensor Daniel James Cromer, 17, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, Colorado
EV059	*Do Livestocks Antibiotics Affect Soil Bacteria? A Comparison of Oxytetracycline-Resistance in Organic vs.* Commercial Cattle Farms** Laura Ann Huppert, 17, Piedmont High School, Piedmont, California
ME035	The Effects of Betaseron and Pycnogenol on Nitric Oxide Levels in Multiple Sclerosis Cells Katherine Joy Nicholas, 17, Ephrata Senior High School, Ephrata, Pennsylvania
ZO013	The Buzz on Bees: The Effects of Alcohol and Nicotine on Protein Expression in the Brain of the Apis mellifera Russell Thomas Burrows, 16, Northside Health Careers High School, San Antonio, Texas

This annual $5000 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.

Award of $500
CS004	Novel Investigations for N-Gram-Based Automatic Identification of Written Language Marek Blahus, 18, Gymnazium Uherske Hradiste, Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic
CS018	*Handwritten Number Recognition: Ants vs.* Templates** Holly Kristine Zelnio, 17, Chaminade-Julienne Catholic High School, Dayton, Ohio
CS025	A Practical Implementation of Gradient-Based Convolutional Neural Networks in Handwriting Recognition Yuetian Xu, 18, Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York
CS029	Age of Acquisition in Facial Identification: A Connectionist Approach Brenden Manker Lake, 17, Torrey Pines High School, Encinitas, California
CS049	Artificial Cognition and Memory: Tissue Image Analysis for Tumor Diagnosis Kimberly Elise Reinhold, 17, Saint Joseph's High School, Hilo, Hawaii
EN017	Dynamic Balance Function and Surface Adaptation for General Humanoid Robot Platform Yang Ge, 17, Beijing Jingshan School, Beijing, Beijing, China
EN021	The Googler George Francis Hotz, 15, Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, New Jersey
EN084	Factors Affecting Cooperative Robotic Behavior, Year Three Donald Stuart Eng, 17, Stanton College Preparatory School, Jacksonville, Florida
EN100	Iris Recognition for Individual Identification Nina Maria Huffman, 17, Langley High School, McLean, Virginia
EN311	Electricity Load Forecasting Using the Support Vector Machine Adam Shabti Charles, 17, Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York Yuriy Novodvorskiy, 17, Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York David Dengyu Wang, 17, Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York

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.

Award of $1,000
ME053	ScFc Antibodies for the Therapy of IgA Nephropathy Christina Eloisa Tartaglia, 17, Rye Neck High School, Mamaroneck, New York

Award of $500
ME007	The Effect of p53 on the Sensitivity of Cancer Cells to Chemotherapy Jennifer Jody Chen, 16, Upper Arlington High School, Upper Arlington, Ohio

Award of $300
ME043	Can Lasers Be Used to Measure Blood Glucose Levels? Julie Krystine Loza, 15, Kouts High School, Kouts, Indiana

Honorable Mention Award $50
BI011	*Simultaneous Detection of E. coli* O157:H7 Toxin Genes by Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification** Jennifer Jing Huang, 17, Oak Grove High School, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
BI039	DNA Damage from Acrylamide: Hold the Fries! Lindsey Marie Hubley, 16, Woods Cross High School, Woods Cross, Utah
CH014	Digitally-Enhanced Thin-Layer Chromatography: An Inexpensive, New Technique for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis Amber Victoria Irish Hess, 18, Robert Louis Stevenson School, Pebble Beach, California

American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Physical Society
The following awards are in celebration of the "World Year of Physics 2005": 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 AAPT and APS journals.

First Award of $3,000
PH006	Raising the Rayleigh Number: Plumes and Circulation in Turbulent Thermal Convection Meredith Ann MacGregor, 16, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado

Second Award of $2,000
PH008	Ultrasonic Detector for Gas Chromatography Mario Chemnitz, 18, Paul-Gerhardt-Gymnasium Graefenhainichen, Graefenhainichen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

Third Award of $1,000
PH028	Consumable Oil Encapsulated Spheroids (COES): Discovery and Applications Michael J. Pizer, 16, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Certificate of Honorable Mention
PH001	Characterization of Nanoscale Structures on Semiconductor: A Novel Technique in Fabrication of Nanowires Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Zihao Richard Zhang, 17, West Shore High School, Melbourne, Florida
PH018	Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Germanium Manganese Thin Film Semiconductors Lynwood James Walker Jr., 17, Hahnville High School, Boutte, Louisiana
PH317	Development of a Helium Neon Laser-Based Optical Spanner Anirudh Venkat Ramesh, 17, Sachem High School East, Farmingville, New York Yaagnik Doraiswamy Kosuri, 18, Sachem High School East, Farmingville, New York

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 receive a certificate.

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 inter disciplinary projects involving Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, and Engineering, etc.

Priscilla and Bart Bok First Award of a $5,000 scholarship
SP001	Fractal Dimension Analysis of Putative Martian Coastlines Gabrielle Alyce Gianelli, 17, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida

Priscilla and Bart Bok Second Award of a $3,000 scholarship
SP012	A New Algorithm for Multiple Hypothesis-based Tracking and Discovery of Potentially Hazardous Near Earth Objects Anand M. Palaniappan, 17, David H. Hickman High School, Columbia, Missouri

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
CH048	Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of Metal Fluoride Complexes Daniel Jonathan Smaltz, 17, Wachusett Regional High School, Holden, Massachusetts

Second Award of $500
CH015	Oxidation of Dopamine by High-Valent Manganese: A Link to Neurodegenerative Disorders? Smita Mascharak, 15, Santa Cruz High School, Santa Cruz, California

Third Award of $300
CH033	Remediation of Trichloroethylene Contaminants via Fenton's Reagent Nicole Eglin Pappano, 17, Dominion High School, Sterling, Virginia

Fourth Award of $100
CH013	Natural Dyes: The Delicious Way Hoi Lam Anne Tsang, 18, St. Paul's Convent School, Hong Kong, Region of China

Honorable Mention Award
BI066	A Silk of Color Don Lawrence Plattner, 16, Webb School of Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee
CH051	Cyanide Detection Using a Myoglobin Biosensor Daniel James Cromer, 17, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, Colorado
CH303	Hydrogen Fuel Cell with Use of Stainless Steel Cathode that Bears Palladium "Thorn" Shigenori Imafuku, 17, Awa High School, Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan Yutaro Nagai, 17, Awa High School, Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan Atsushi Miyazaki, 17, Awa High School, Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
CH311	You Are Now in the Zone: Investigating the Factors that Influence Liesegang Rings Aaron Mark Weaver, 15, Miami High School, Miami, Oklahoma Skylar Davis Williams, 17, Miami High School, Miami, Oklahoma
CH312	Microscale Analytical Systematic Method in Non-Sulfhidric Acid Conditions Claudia Marily Gonzalez, 18, Colegio de Estudios Cientificos y Tecnologicos, San Pablo Apet, Tlaxcala, Mexico Isaura Velasquez Bautista, 18, Colegio de Estudios Cientificos y Tecnologicos, San Pablo Apet, Tlaxcala, Mexico
CH313	Inhibiting the Growth of Microbes Through the Application of a Colloidal Silver-Based Paint Miki Duruz, 16, Long Beach High School, Lido Beach, New York Kara Morgenstern, 16, Long Beach High School, Lido Beach, New York

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. The dates of the program are July 4th-July 29th.
ME058	Therapeutic Efficacy of Serotonin Precursor Loading to Mitigate MDMA-Induced Neurotoxicity: Rescue of Serotonin Neurons and Treatment of Anxiogenesis Diana Lynn Eheart, 18, Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona

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 place award from the Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG). This awardee will receive a subscription to the AEG journal "Environmental and Engineering of Geosciences".
EA017	Friction Limited Landslide Model: An Analysis of Historic Landslides in the Central Idaho Batholith Paul Jaewook Park, 16, Massapequa High School, Massapequa, New York

First Award of $1,000 and a certificate.
EA010	Mining the Past: Geochemical Analyses of Fossil Teeth and Sediment Illuminate Ancient Environments Yingqiuqi Lei, 18, Robert F. Kennedy Community High School, Flushing, New York

Second Award of $250 and a certificate.
EA007	Investigations of Oxide-Reduction During Lightning-Induced Fulgurite Formation Britta Elyse Jones, 18, Eastside High School, Gainesville, Florida

Honorable mention award from the Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG). This awardee will receive a subscription to the AEG journal, "Environmental and Engineering Geosciences".
EA002	Geochemistry of the Southern Juan de Fuca Ridge: Isotopic Mantle Source Investigations Sarah Rose Langberg, 18, Canterbury School, Fort Myers, Florida

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
ZO048	*The Effect of Nonylphenol, an Endocrine Mimicker, on Daphnia magna* Reproduction** Matthew Brian Hammitt, 17, Cloquet Senior High School, Cloquet, Minnesota

Winner will also receive a plaque and an AISES denim shirt.

American Intellectual Property Law Association
First Award of $1,000 and a certificate
BE040	Sounds into Syllables: A Teaching System for Autistic Children Kayla Marie Cornale, 15, Assumption Roman Catholic Secondary School, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
SP006	Creating a Novel Program for Determining the Three-Dimensional Movement Rates of Sunspots and Active Solar Magnetic Regions, Year Two Elyse Autumn Hope, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon

Second Award of $250 and a certificate
EN326	The Development of an Aquatic Prosthesis for SCUBA and Skin Diving Rhett Lee Rumery, 19, Chillicothe High School, Chillicothe, Missouri Lucas James Cavin, 18, Chillicothe High School, Chillicothe, Missouri John Thomas Thurmon, 18, Chillicothe High School, Chillicothe, Missouri
EV025	A Novel, Cost Effective Approach for Removing Arsenic from Drinking Water in Bangladesh Douglas Calvin Naftz, 18, Park City High School, Park City, Utah

American Mathematical Society
Karl Menger Award of Excellence

First Award of $1,000
MA015	On Universality Properties of Positive-Definite Integral Quadratic Forms Scott Duke Kominers, 18, Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, Maryland

Second Award of $500
MA020	Classification of Determinantal Sequences Samuel Mohun Bhagwat, 16, Winston Churchill High School, Livonia, Michigan
MA044	Complete Sequences of Positive Integers Kledin Dobi, 16, Julia R. Masterman High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Third Award of $250
MA010	Finding Varieties in Nonlinear Systems Using Algebraic-Geometry and Maple Matthew Ryan Tierney, 17, Westview High School, Portland, Oregon
MA038	A New Look at Cayley's Problem: Investigation of the Convergence of the Newton Algorithm Using Quaternions Elad Oster, 18, Israeli Arts and Science Academy, Jerusalem, Israel
MA042	Nonagonal Numbers in the Fibonacci Sequence and Related Diophantine Equations John Michael Sillcox, 18, Jericho High School, Jericho, New York
MA305	On Structures Determined by Configurations on R^n Carlos Manuel Fonseca, 18, Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico Manuel Luis Rivera, 16, Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Honorable Mention Award
MA018	Investigating the Changes in the Poincar Algebra and Group by Enlarging the Space-Time Dimensions Niket Ranjan Pandey, 16, Bethel High School, Hampton, Virginia
MA026	Some Results on Inclusive and Exclusive Partitions of Complete Graphs Robert Thomas Cordwell, 18, Manzano High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico
MA030	Graph Isomorphic Lattice Paths Paul Francis Jacobs, 18, Good Hope School, St Croix, Virgin Islands
MA034	Discrepancy of Planar Parallelelipipedal Meshes Valentina N. Dobrovolskaya, 16, Advanced Education and Science Center of Moscow St, Moscow, Moscow, Russia
MA302	Classification of Rational Associative Operations Vladimir N. Trubnikov, 17, Centre of Mathematical Education, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Oleg V. Mikhaylovsky, 16, Centre of Mathematical Education, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Mikhail A. Ptichkin, 17, Centre of Mathematical Education, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

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
SP025	And the Forecast Is. . . Analyzing Martian Temperatures Elizabeth Anne Bendycki, 16, Laurel School, Shaker Heights, Ohio

Second Award of $500
EA304	Vortex Shedding: A Possible Driving Force for El Nino? Yu-Chun Yeh, 17, Kaohsiung Municipal Girl Senior High School, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei Yen Chun Lin, 17, Kaohsiung Municipal Girl Senior High School, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei

Third Award of $250
EA008	Wind-Renewable Alternative Energy: It's About Time! Kasey Blythe Painter, 17, Enid High School, Enid, Oklahoma

Honorable Mention Award
EA001	Eye of the Storm: A Comparative Study of the Relationship Between Sea Surface Temperature and Hurricane Intensity John Christopher Turner, 15, Lincoln High School, Tallahassee, Florida
EA009	The Connection Between Solar Variability and Annular Modes Thomas Franklin Christian III, 17, Houston County High School, Warner Robins, Georgia
SP006	Creating a Novel Program for Determining the Three-Dimensional Movement Rates of Sunspots and Active Solar Magnetic Regions, Year Two Elyse Autumn Hope, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon

Winners receive a certificate, an AMS Journal/Bulletin Archive 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
ME037	Implications of Nicotine's Pro-Angiogenesis Activities: The Good and the Bad Sarah S. Mousa, 17, Columbia High School, East Greenbush, New York

Second Award of $500
BI002	Ascorbic Acid Induced Enhancement of Laminin in Schwann Cells: Application for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration Yahya Maqsood Mohammed, 16, Okaloosa-Walton CC Charter High School, Niceville, Florida

Third Award of $500
ME086	Saliva: The Stress Code Ketaki Rawal, 15, Centennial Regional High School, Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
ME310	The Possible Role of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins in the Effect of the Choroid Plexus on Cortical Neurons Lauren Nicole Toub, 17, Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, New York Anjuli Patricia Kannan, 17, Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, New York

Winners will receive a certificate, a denim shirt, and a one-year subscription to APS publications.

American Phytopathological Society
First Award of $1,000
MI047	Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 Effectors' Effects on Plant Cells: Hypersensitive Response or Disease Daniel Abraham Blumenthal, 17, Jones College Preparatory High School, Chicago, Illinois

Second Award of $700
BO043	In Search of a Natural Treatment for Puccinia hemerocallidis Kyle James Yawn, 14, Warner Robins High School, Warner Robins, Georgia

Third Award of $500
BO058	The Effects of Wounding on the Induction of Agrobacterium tumefaciens Nahid Aftab Shaikh, 16, Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst, New York

Forth Award of $200
MI314	A Study on the Bio-control of Pear-Scab by Using the Soil-Fungi Cheong Ha Park, 18, Chonnam Science High School, Naju, Chonnam, South Korea Su Bin Min, 18, Chonnam Science High School, Naju, Chonnam, South Korea

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 Society for Horticultural Science
First Award of $1,000
BO011	Surviving Production Quotas and Free Trade Agreements: The Effects of Tillage Reduction on Sugarcane Yields in First Year Stubble Tate Benton-Michael Guillotte, 17, Catholic High School, New Iberia, Louisiana

Second Award of $500
BO014	The Use of Seaweed Compost as Organic Fertilizer Augusto Raul Perez, 17, Colegio San Jose, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Third Award of $250
BO042	A Comparative Study for Marketability of the F1 Generation of Cucurbita pepo Laura Jo Bruner, 18, Pettisville High School, Pettisville, Ohio

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

American Psychological Association
First Award of $1,000 and a certificate
BE052	The Psychopharmacological Effects of Antidepressants on Procambarus clarkii Nissa Leigh Schmidt, 18, Merino High School, Merino, Colorado

Second Award of $500 and a certificate
BE025	Origins of Mass Polarization in the Tucson Electorate William Amado Green, 16, Rio Rico High School, Rio Rico, Arizona

Third Award of $250 and a certificate
BE037	Prototype for Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind Ameen Abdulrasool, 18, Lane Technical High School, Chicago, Illinois

Honorable Mention Award
BE011	Quantitative EEG as an Identifier of Learning Modality Ilang Mae Guiroy, 17, The York School, Monterey, California
BE040	Sounds into Syllables: A Teaching System for Autistic Children Kayla Marie Cornale, 15, Assumption Roman Catholic Secondary School, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
BE043	Edge Integration in Human Brightness Perception Jonathan Yong An, 19, Emerald Ridge High School, Puyallup, Washington

All Intel International Science and Engineering Fair finalists in the Behavioral Science Category will receive a student membership.

American Society for Microbiology
For the most outstanding project in the Microbiological Sciences, a $1000 scholarship award; a one year student membership in the Society (including monthly membership magazine "ASM News" and access to Members-Only web resources); and the book "Intimate Strangers" inscribed personally from the President of ASM.

Award of $1,000
MI047	Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 Effectors' Effects on Plant Cells: Hypersensitive Response or Disease Daniel Abraham Blumenthal, 17, Jones College Preparatory High School, Chicago, Illinois

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.

First Award of $500
BI055	Influence of the Green Tea Polyphenol EGCG on Macrophage Inflammatory Function Iddoshe Haile Hirpa, 15, duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky
EV043	*A Comparison of Herbs and Bti as Larvicides on Culex pipiens* and Their Effect on Daphnia magna, Year Two** Abigail Marie Hines, 15, Orchard Day School, Fort Wayne, Indiana

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Award of $1,000
ME089	The Effect of the Frequency Response of the Skull on Intelligibility of Speech from Piezoelectric Transducers Erin Marie Fischell, 17, High Technology High School, Lincroft, New Jersey

Award of $500
ME014	Tracking Dyslexia with a DNA Probe Patrick A. Herklotz, 18, Pine Creek High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Award of $250
BE040	Sounds into Syllables: A Teaching System for Autistic Children Kayla Marie Cornale, 15, Assumption Roman Catholic Secondary School, Burlington, Ontario, Canada

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

American Statistical Association
First Award of $1,000
EV066	Inhibition of Photosynthesis by Air Pollutants Quantified by the Photoacoustic Method Aaron Tzeyang Kuan, 17, Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, New York

Second Award of $500
EV007	Effect of Salinity on Benthic Foraminifera in the Indian River Lagoon Phaedra Calista Tinder, 16, Sebastian River High School, Sebastian, Florida

Third Award of $250
ZO013	The Buzz on Bees: The Effects of Alcohol and Nicotine on Protein Expression in the Brain of the Apis mellifera Russell Thomas Burrows, 16, Northside Health Careers High School, San Antonio, Texas

Honorable Mention Award
EV031	Bioremediation of Crude Oil in Pristine and Contaminated Soil Environments with Natural Enhancement of Degradation Srishti Deepak Mirchandani, 15, duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky
MI027	A Study of the Presence of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Fitness Centers and Their Susceptibility to a Variety of Antibiotics Jillian Rae Schroeder, 17, Latta High School, Ada, Oklahoma

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
EV082	Muskrats and Wild Rice, Phase II Aurelia Eugenia-Glory DeNasha, 14, Fond du Lac Ojibwe School, Cloquet, Minnesota

Second Award of $700
BI019	*The Effects of As205 on the DNA of Equus caballus: A Second-Year Study* Jennifer Erin Gutman, 15, Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy, Wheeling, West Virginia
ZO027	*Nest Site Microhabitat Influences Nest Temperature and Offspring Sex Ratio of the Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)* Maria Malgorzata Wojakowski, 18, Townsend Harris High School at Queens College, Flushing, New York
ZO032	A Statistical Comparison of a New Morphological Characteristic Between Male and Female Kokanees Susannah Lee Clary, 13, Los Lunas High School, Los Lunas, New Mexico
ZO057	Decline in Blue Jay Population in Churchville, PA Due to West Nile Virus Molly K. Hritzo, 14, Villa Joseph Marie High School, Holland, Pennsylvania

All winners will also receive a plaque.

ANATEK Electronics, LLC
The S. Barbara Katz Hearty Electronic Hardware Design Award will be presented to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair participant who demonstrates outstanding talent and passion for the design and development of electronic hardware.

Award of $1000
EN119	High-Speed FSO Data Link Jan Svab, 19, Gymnazium Jaroslava Heyrovskeho, Prague, Czech Republic

This annual award is presented by ANATEK Electronics in honor of the late S. Barbara Katz who valued excellence in Science, Mathematics and the Arts.

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
ME031	Gene Therapy Meets Chemotherapy: Exposure of Malignant Glioma Cells to Transgenic Embryonic Stem Cells and Temozolomide Milana Zaurova, 17, The Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, New York
ME071	Modulation of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome Complex Via Morphine Coupled Nitric Oxide Release: A Possible Mechanism for the Prevention of Neurodegenerative Diseases Suraj Hitendra Rambhia, 17, Jericho High School, Jericho, New York

Second Award of $500 U.S. Savings Bond
CH058	Toward Self-Assembling Nanocircuitry Using Liquid Crystal Solvents Karl James Plank, 17, Squalicum High School, Bellingham, Washington
EV322	Traditional Spices as Biopesticides Mallika Dhillon Desai, 16, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Goa, India Suvrata Desai, 16, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Goa, India
MA033	Minimizing Inconvenience in Directed Meshes: A Model for Traffic Optimization Matthew Huang, 16, Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, New York
ME079	Comprehensive Evolutionary Study of Disease-Causing Amino Acid Substitutions Using Computational Analysis Jeffrey M. Bhasin, 18, Rocky River High School, Rocky River, Ohio
MI029	Development and Standardization of a Novel Approach to Detect the Infectious Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathic Prion Content in Paraffin-Embedded Tissues Megan Lakshmi Srinivas, 17, Fort Dodge Senior High School, Fort Dodge, Iowa
PH025	A Novel Simulation of Gravitational Lensing Aliza Ilana Malz, 17, Hunter College High School, New York, New York
SP001	Fractal Dimension Analysis of Putative Martian Coastlines Gabrielle Alyce Gianelli, 17, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida
SP012	A New Algorithm for Multiple Hypothesis-based Tracking and Discovery of Potentially Hazardous Near Earth Objects Anand M. Palaniappan, 17, David H. Hickman High School, Columbia, Missouri

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

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

Third Award of $300
CS020	An Intensity Equalization Procedure to Improve the Display of Color Images Katharine Anne Symanow, 16, Divine Child High School, Dearborn, Michigan

Honorable Mention Award of $200
CS051	Identification of Differential Surface Properties on a Triangle Mesh for Facial and Object Recognition Justin Moore Solomon, 17, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Tech, Alexandria, Virginia
CS052	Collaborative Nurse Scheduling: A Novel Approach to Improve Utilization of Existing Nurse Resources through Secure Data Transactions and Hospital Clustering Sonia Nijhawan, 16, duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky
CS055	A New Multidimensional Feature-Mapping Algorithm Ocan Sankur, 19, Galatasaray Lisesi, Istanbul, Turkey

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 of $1,000
EA019	Measuring Resistivity Using Subsurface Features to Find a Thrust Fault Hannah Louise Wolf, 14, Parkland High School, Allentown, Pennsylvania

Award of $100
EA002	Geochemistry of the Southern Juan de Fuca Ridge: Isotopic Mantle Source Investigations Sarah Rose Langberg, 18, Canterbury School, Fort Myers, Florida
EA015	Comparison of Growth Rate Between Modern Corals and Fossil Corals of the Species Montastrea faveolata and Siderastrea siderea Andreica Maldonado, 17, Ines Maria Mendoza High School, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

All award winners will also receive a certificate, an AWG group winner's photograph, AWG T-shirt and a student membership in the AWG organization which includes a newsletter subscription.

Bureau of Reclamation/U.S. Department of the Interior
For exhibits related to water resources development and management, including hydroelectric and electric power generation, engineering design, construction materials, irrigation, water management and conservation, water quality, fisheries and aquatic ecology and wetlands.

First Award of $500 and a matching $500 award to the winner's school
EV017	Proactive Treatment of Agricultural Nitrate Runoff: Improving the Practicality and Efficiency of Riparian Buffers for Sustainable Water Quality and Watershed Health Jason Frederick Kniss, 18, Southridge High School, Beaverton, Oregon

Second Award of $300 and a matching $300 award to the winner's school
EV057	Multi-Tiered Wetlands: A Technique for Improving the Efficiency of Artificial Wetlands Andrew James Stewart, 17, Karabar Distance Education Centre, Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Third Award of $200 and a matching $200 award to the winner's school
EN060	F.I.N.D.-2: The Development of an Autonomous Surveying Vessel Benjamin Thomas Unsworth, 16, Kingswood Academy, Sulphur, Louisiana

Honorable Mention Award
EN046	Determination of Efficient Blade Geometry for Use with Marine Current Turbines Nicholas David Araujo, 18, Dr. Michael M. Krop High School, Miami, Florida
EN309	The Portable Emergent Piping Dealer Zhang Xu, 18, No. 1 Middle School of Yuanjiang City, Yuanjiang, Hunan, China Guo Yuanyuan, 19, No. 1 Middle School of Yuanjiang City, Yuanjiang, Hunan, China Xiao Xiao, 18, No. 1 Middle School of Yuanjiang City, Yuanjiang, Hunan, China

Each student receives a certificate of achievement and a tote bag from the Bureau of Reclamation.

China Association for Science and Technology
Award winners will receive a paid trip to China for a week to attend the 20th China Adolescents Science and Technology Innovation Contest to be held in Beijing August 4th - 9th. The award includes round trip flights, accommodations and activities for the students.

Trip to China to attend the CASTIC
CH012	From Synthesis to Analysis of Radical Inhibitors Stephen Schulz, 19, Gesamtschule Buer-Mitte, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Germany
EN013	Camera Stabilization: Take Two Adam Daniel Sidman, 17, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado
EN069	Digital Compass Clinometer Peter Jonathan Kirkland, 19, Dalriada School, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
EN100	Iris Recognition for Individual Identification Nina Maria Huffman, 17, Langley High School, McLean, Virginia
EV059	*Do Livestocks Antibiotics Affect Soil Bacteria? A Comparison of Oxytetracycline-Resistance in Organic vs.* Commercial Cattle Farms** Laura Ann Huppert, 17, Piedmont High School, Piedmont, California

Coalition for Plasma Science (CPS)
These awards will be given to the two best projects in the broad area of plasmas. Topics include (but are not limited to) plasma-related topics in lighting, display, materials processing, space physics, terrestrial phenomena (lighting, aurora, etc.), fusion, and basic plasma science. Criteria include overall scientific merit, understanding of problem, and approach to the topic.

Award of $500
EN079	Ion Thruster Development and Analysis Thomas Andrew Trudel, 17, Muhlenberg High School, Laureldale, Pennsylvania
PH035	A Non-Intrusive Investigation of a Simulated Ball Lightning Phenomenon in My Microwave Oven Joshua David Kalin, 18, Catholic High School, Huntsville, Alabama

Drexel University
For projects in the categories of Computer Science, Engineering, Medicine and Health and Physics.

Tuition Scholarship of $105,000
CS019	Braille Accessible Learning System: A Distance Learning Approach Ahmad Shakir Manshad, 15, Las Cruces High School, Las Cruces, New Mexico
CS020	An Intensity Equalization Procedure to Improve the Display of Color Images Katharine Anne Symanow, 16, Divine Child High School, Dearborn, Michigan
CS053	Reverse Engineering the Microsoft Xbox to Enable Linux-based Clusters: Analyzing the Efficiency of Processing Distribution Over an Xbox Cluster Bennet Grill, 17, Rio Rancho High School, Rio Rancho, New Mexico
EN008	Utilizing Audio Profile Matching Technology for Replicating Body Kinesis Robert Vaughan Glissmann, 17, Peak to Peak Charter School, Lafayette, Colorado
EN013	Camera Stabilization: Take Two Adam Daniel Sidman, 17, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado
ME080	Got Dielectrics? Simulating Electrical Properties of Muscle Stephanie Baker, 16, Hillcrest High School, Midvale, Utah
ME085	An Analysis of Brain Tissue Sections for Proteins Targeted by the Genotoxicant Methylazoxymethanol (MAM) Allison Shelton Rhines, 16, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon
PH028	Consumable Oil Encapsulated Spheroids (COES): Discovery and Applications Michael J. Pizer, 16, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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.

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
ME003	Estimation of Percent Body Fat Using a Stereoscopic Photogrammetric Technique Alex Conway Buchanan, 16, Myers Park High School, Charlotte, North Carolina
PH007	Investigation into the Relationship Between Impinging Water Droplets and the Leidenfrost Phenomenon Adreanne Laree Brungardt, 15, Brush High School, Brush, Colorado
ZO021	Color Changes During Fighting in the Steatocranus casuarius Yin Yin Wu, 16, J.M. Atherton High School, Louisville, Kentucky
ZO047	*A New Oecanthus* of Puerto Rico: Morphology, Ecology, and Geographical Distribution, Espectrography and Musical Chining Study** Johiry Huertas, 17, Jose Santos Alegria, Dorado, Puerto Rico
ZO302	The Method for Calculating the Daily Food Intake of a Wild White-Headed Langur Yue Du, 17, The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China, Beijing, Beijing, China Boqin Zhang, 18, Beijing No. 5 High School, Beijing, Beijing, China

Second Award of $500
EN030	To Build a Better Harbor Elise Dawn Sorum, 16, Valdez High School, Valdez, Alaska
ME072	Delayed Apoptotic Cell Clearance Induces Autoantibody to hnRNP P2 Kinjal S. Shah, 18, Ridgeway Jr-Sr High School, Memphis, Tennessee
PH019	Resonance Patterns of Vibrated Soap Water Droplets Po-Chun Kuo, 17, National HsinChu Senior High School, Taiwan, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei
SP001	Fractal Dimension Analysis of Putative Martian Coastlines Gabrielle Alyce Gianelli, 17, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida
ZO034	Mapping Mosquito Biomarkers of Hormonal Manipulation Kelydra Elizabeth Welcker, 16, Parkersburg South High School, Parkersburg, West Virginia

Honorable Mention Award of $250
CS037	VORTECS 3D: VLSI Object Recognition Trainable Embedded CMOS System Malcolm Christopher Ross Stagg, 16, Calgary Christian School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
EA006	Characterizing Martian Soil Analogues with Optical Microscopy Paul Macdonald Magyar, 17, Classical High School, Providence, Rhode Island
EN021	The Googler George Francis Hotz, 15, Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, New Jersey
ME091	The Matrix Probe - Evolution: Co-registration of Digital Mammography with 3Dimensional Breast Ultrasound Using a Full-Field Matrix of Piezoelectric Crystal Transducers Chetley L. C. Gervais, 17, Sandwich Secondary School, LaSalle, Ontario, Canada
PH321	Designing a Multipurpose Fundus Camera in Order to Use in Medicine and Security Systems Emir Konuk, 19, Izmir Fen Lisesi, Izmir, Turkey Emre Yilmaz, 19, Izmir Fen Lisesi, Izmir, Turkey

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

Second Award of $500
ME093	The Effects of Ipriflavone on Human Osteoclastic Bone Resorption and Cell Morphology in vitro Lindsay Rachel MacLeod, 18, Suffern High School, Suffern, New York
ZO034	Mapping Mosquito Biomarkers of Hormonal Manipulation Kelydra Elizabeth Welcker, 16, Parkersburg South High School, Parkersburg, West Virginia

Honorable Mention Award
ME009	*Does Consumption of Supplemental Folic Acid Affect Reproductive Success in Senescent Drosophila melanogaster?* Kyla Davis Horn, 14, Cocoa Beach High School, Cocoa Beach, Florida
ME018	Deducing Comparable Metabolic Pathways Through Hormone Fluctuations in Drosophila melanogaster Dominique Hazard Eghlidi, 17, Southridge High School, Beaverton, Oregon
ME029	Dendritic Polymer-Insulin Conjugates/Nanodevices for Oral Insulin Delivery: A System for Optimal Bioavailability in Type 1 Diabetes Shilpa Naresh Raja, 17, West Bloomfield High School, West Bloomfield, Michigan
ME043	Can Lasers Be Used to Measure Blood Glucose Levels? Julie Krystine Loza, 15, Kouts High School, Kouts, Indiana

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

Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Tech tuition scholarship of $40,000 to be distributed over 4 years, renewable annually.

Scholarship Award of $10,000 per year, renewable annually
BE005	Memorization, Duration, and Motivation Cristina Maria Canfield, 17, Crawford Mosley High School, Lynn Haven, Florida
BI048	The Recombination of RNA by Azoarcus Ribozyme in a Compartmentalized System: An Origin-of-Life Study Sergio-Francis Mellejor Zenisek, 16, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon
EN048	A Computer Model for Optimization of a Non-Isothermal Chlorination Reactor Raj Gautam Ranade, 17, East Lyme High School, East Lyme, Connecticut
EV046	Effects of Paper Sludge on Effluent from Reclaimed Surface Mine Sites Jared Benjamin Steed, 16, Buckeye Valley High School, Delaware, Ohio
EV109	Sampling and Analysis of Agriculture Related Chemicals in Bulloch County Farm Ponds as Indicators of Accumulation from Runoff, Phase II Abby C. Blocker, 17, Statesboro High School, Statesboro, Georgia
MA036	An Exploration of Archimedes' Stomachion Kaitlyn Tuley, 16, Mathematics and Science High School at Clover Hill, Midlothian, Virginia
MI003	Enhancing the Electrochemical Output of Benthic Microbial Fuel Cells, Year Two Shannon Noel Nangle, 16, Martin County High School, Stuart, Florida
PH001	Characterization of Nanoscale Structures on Semiconductor: A Novel Technique in Fabrication of Nanowires Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Zihao Richard Zhang, 17, West Shore High School, Melbourne, Florida
SP001	Fractal Dimension Analysis of Putative Martian Coastlines Gabrielle Alyce Gianelli, 17, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida
SP004	First Measurements of Size and Surface Temperature for Eclipsing Binary Star 1ES 1959+650 #5 Kristen Nicole Donahue, 16, Waterloo High School, Waterloo, Illinois

Geological Society of America
The Society will award prizes for science and engineering projects investigating the earth and related sciences. The winners and their schools will receive a free subscription to "GSA Today", the GSA monthly newsletter. Projects will be judged on their demonstration of a high level of understanding of earth science concept(s), how the earth is a system, and use the innovative methods to explain concepts.

Award $1,000
EA010	Mining the Past: Geochemical Analyses of Fossil Teeth and Sediment Illuminate Ancient Environments Yingqiuqi Lei, 18, Robert F. Kennedy Community High School, Flushing, New York

Award $750
EA006	Characterizing Martian Soil Analogues with Optical Microscopy Paul Macdonald Magyar, 17, Classical High School, Providence, Rhode Island

Award $250
EA014	The Amount of Particulate Matter of Iron Creek in the Sweet Grass Hills to Determine Erosion Meghan Combs, 17, Joplin-Inverness Public Schools, Joplin, Montana

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 365,000 members in more than 150 countries. For outstanding achievement in the area of engineering, this award is a $10,000 scholarship.

The IEEE Foundation President's Scholarship Award of $10,000
EN013	Camera Stabilization: Take Two Adam Daniel Sidman, 17, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado

The winner also receives an engraved brass and walnut plaque and framed certificate.

IEEE Computer Society
First Award of $700
CS010	Leonar3Do 3D for All! Daniel Ratai, 19, John von Neumann Computer Science High School, Budapest, Hungary

Second Award of $500
CS019	Braille Accessible Learning System: A Distance Learning Approach Ahmad Shakir Manshad, 15, Las Cruces High School, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Third Award of $350
BE037	Prototype for Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind Ameen Abdulrasool, 18, Lane Technical High School, Chicago, Illinois

Team First Award of $500 for each team member
CS303	Search for Tomorrow: A Study of Associative Linguistics to Optimize Search Technology Jason Hamid Rezvanian, 18, duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky Harish Mayur Srinivasan, 17, duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky

Team Second Award of $400 for each team member
CS301	Generating 3D Anatomical Virtual Models for Medical Training Systems, Phase III Alexa Danielle Sider, 16, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida Neha Rajendra Hippalgaonkar, 16, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida

Team Third Award of $300 for each team member
CS304	A Content-Based Grayscale Image Retrieval System Based on Vector Quantization Guan-Long Wu, 16, National Taichung First Senior High School, Taichung, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei Hsiao-Ting Yu, 16, National Taichung First Senior High School, Taichung, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei

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.

Indiana University
Partial tuition scholarships in the following categories: Behavioral and Social Sciences, Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Sciences, Earth Science, Space Science, Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, Medicine and Health, Microbiology, Physics and Zoology.

Tuition Scholarship Award of $5,000 per year for 4 years for a total value of $20,000
BE022	The Bi-Orbital Rotational Therapy Swing: A New Hope for Children with ADHD Elizabeth Anne Baker, 16, University High School, Tucson, Arizona
BI059	The Glucose Dependence of CD4⁺ T-Lymphocytes Rebecca Joy Vitale, 16, duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky
BO037	*The Effect of Bark Peelings and Marrow Extracts from the Four Types of Mangroves in Puerto Rico on Infections Caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Phase II* Abimael Cruz-Maldonado, 15, Padre Anibal Reyes Belen, Hatillo, Puerto Rico
CH022	A Study Involving the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Filters in the Macrosclae with Measurements Concerning the Effectiveness of Metal Derived Catalysts Jennifer Lee Nagel, 17, Dekalb High School, Waterloo, Indiana
CS019	Braille Accessible Learning System: A Distance Learning Approach Ahmad Shakir Manshad, 15, Las Cruces High School, Las Cruces, New Mexico
EA017	Friction Limited Landslide Model: An Analysis of Historic Landslides in the Central Idaho Batholith Paul Jaewook Park, 16, Massapequa High School, Massapequa, New York
EV104	A Comparative Study of Nitrates and Phosphates Due to Blue River Watershed Runoff Angie Marie Sells, 16, Eastern High School, Pekin, Indiana
MA018	Investigating the Changes in the Poincar Algebra and Group by Enlarging the Space-Time Dimensions Niket Ranjan Pandey, 16, Bethel High School, Hampton, Virginia
ME006	Curbing the Embryonic Stem Cell Controversy: Cardiac Differentiation of Adult Bone Marrow Stem Cells Following Epigenetic Modification Shiv Mukesh Gaglani, 16, West Shore High School, Melbourne, Florida
MI051	A Quantitative Study of Viral Genomes with a Focus on Rapid Identification of Unknown Strains Benjamin Albert Schwank, 17, James Madison High School, Vienna, Virginia
PH020	Polarization Dynamics of Ytterbium Doped Silica Fiber Laser Alexander Chernyak, 17, International Academy, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
SP027	A Study of V380 Ori Jennifer Lee Wolochow, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon
ZO053	The Effects of a Serotoninergic System Altered by PCPA on Behavior and Development in Drosophila melanogaster Clay Ashby Turner, 17, Lafayette High School, Lexington, Kentucky

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
SP302	Analyzing Astronomical Spectra Using the SBIG SGS Mary Masterman, 15, Westmoore High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Sarah Louise Howell, 15, Westmoore High School, 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

Award of $1,000
EN100	Iris Recognition for Individual Identification Nina Maria Huffman, 17, Langley High School, McLean, Virginia

Award of $200
EN007	Image Quality Megan Marie Pendleton, 16, Vista Ridge High School, Cedar Park, Texas

Winners receive a one-year Student Membership with all benefits.

Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara
Award of 100% paid scholarship for selected students who major in Engineering

100% paid tuition scholarship award.
CH063	Obtaining Fuel by Electrolytic Decomposition of Sea Water Claudio Bravo, 16, Eagle School, Antofagasta, Chile
CS035	"Darshan" Command Interpreter for the Blind Catalina Sanchez Navarro, 18, CBTis No. 139, San Francisco del Rincon, Fuanajuato, Mexico
EN321	Convertible Wheel Chair Martin Nicolas Bricchi, 18, Technician School NO. 9 "Ing. Luis A. Huergo", Buenos Aires, Argentina Leandro Gabriel Martinez, 20, Technician School NO. 9 "Ing. Luis A. Huergo", Buenos Aires, Argentina
EN321	Convertible Wheel Chair Martin Nicolas Bricchi, 18, Technician School NO. 9 "Ing. Luis A. Huergo", Buenos Aires, Argentina Leandro Gabriel Martinez, 20, Technician School NO. 9 "Ing. Luis A. Huergo", Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mu Alpha Theta, 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.

Award of $1,000
MA002	Diophantine Rectangular Parallelepiped Lasha Emannuel Margishvili, 18, Georgian-American High School, Tbilisi, Georgia Republic
MA019	Car Parking Made Hard! Chun-Ju Lai, 18, Taipei Municipal Chien-Kuo Senior High School, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA
"The Pulse of the Planet" award will be awarded to the student who's project best relates to NOAA's mission goals. This student will receive a paid summer internship to work in NOAA's Environmental Technology Laboratory (ETL) in Boulder, CO. The student will be paired with a NOAA scientist to work on current environmental research projects. ETL research focuses on weather, climate, and air quality utilizing the laboratory's unique expertise in remote sensing of the geophysical environment. Winner will also receive a certificate signed by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and a NOAA Administrator.

Environmental Technology Laboratory internship in Boulder, CO.
EA012	Global Warming: The Effects of Increased Temperature and Carbon Dioxide Ryan Reynolds Neely, 18, North Carolina School of Science and Math, Durham, North Carolina

A stipend, travel and housing allowance will be provided. Financial support for a travel escort to assist the student to move to Boulder will also be available.

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
BE022	The Bi-Orbital Rotational Therapy Swing: A New Hope for Children with ADHD Elizabeth Anne Baker, 16, University High School, Tucson, Arizona
BE040	Sounds into Syllables: A Teaching System for Autistic Children Kayla Marie Cornale, 15, Assumption Roman Catholic Secondary School, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
ME014	Tracking Dyslexia with a DNA Probe Patrick A. Herklotz, 18, Pine Creek High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Award $500
BE011	Quantitative EEG as an Identifier of Learning Modality Ilang Mae Guiroy, 17, The York School, Monterey, California

Award of $750
ME069	Examining the Effectiveness of Treating Down Syndrome with a 5-HT1a Receptor Antagonist Elizabeth Carey Banks, 16, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore, Maryland

Award of $1,000
BE050	An Examination of the Effects of 5-Methoxy-N,N-Di(iso)propyltryptamine Hydrochloride on Neuropsychological Development in Rattus norvegicus Melissa C. Selinger, 18, Wellington High School, Wellington, Florida

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
MI018	Metastable Conformations in the Secondary Structure of the Poly(A) Signal in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 Alan Ho-Yin Gee, 17, Frederick High School, Frederick, Maryland

Scholarship Award of $2,000
BI029	Use of Homology Modeling and Molecular Docking to Map Retinoid Binding Sites on Protein Kinase C Jijun Chow, 18, The Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, New York

Scholarship Award of $1,000
ME094	Evaluation of MMP and TIMP Expression in Human Pediatric Brain Tumors Jeff Silpe, 16, Long Beach High School, Lido Beach, New York

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
Prizes are awarded for creativity, technological innovation and commercial promise. The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance will award prizes in 11 different categories. Five prizes will recognize innovation and invention that addresses critical basic human needs: health, water, food, shelter, and transportation. An additional six prizes will be awarded to one project in each of the following areas: Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Microbiology, Medicine and Health & Computer Science.

Scholarship Award of $1,000
CH001	*A Comparative Analysis of Ethanol Production Potential: Recycled Cellulose vs.* Innovative Biomass** Ashley Nicole Sylvester, 16, Greybull High School, Greybull, Wyoming
CH058	Toward Self-Assembling Nanocircuitry Using Liquid Crystal Solvents Karl James Plank, 17, Squalicum High School, Bellingham, Washington
CS055	A New Multidimensional Feature-Mapping Algorithm Ocan Sankur, 19, Galatasaray Lisesi, Istanbul, Turkey
EN329	Improvised Artifical Limb Mihir Tandon, 15, Modern School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India Riddhiman Yadava, 15, Modern School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India
EV325	Engineering Environmentally Safe Self Extinguishing Polymers Daniel Hefter, 16, Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School for Boys, Woodmere, New York Aryeh Sokolov, 16, Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School for Boys, Woodmere, New York
ME038	Immunostimulation Through NF-kB Activated Cytokine Synthesis from an Herbal Polysaccharide from Tinospora cordifolia Reshma Ramachandran, 17, Coral Reef Senior High School, Miami, Florida
MI032	Use of Probiotic Bacteria to Inhibit the Growth of Pathogenic Bacteria Cory John Millmier, 14, Central Lee High School, Donnellson, Iowa
MI049	Putting a Silver Lining on Solar Disinfection: The Additive Effect of Silver Nitrate on a Solar Disinfection Model Cameron Thomas Gross, 15, Solon High School, Solon, Iowa
MI062	In vitro Assay of Calcium Sulfate and Polymethylmethacrylate Beads Impregnated with Vancomycin Claire Elise Clothiaux, 17, Greenwood Laboratory School, Springfield, Missouri
PH010	*Commissioning a DPD-3 Diode System for in vivo* Dose Verification of Radiotherapy Treatment** Gurjit Singh Sidhu, 17, Saint John's Roman Catholic High School, Dundee, Scotland
PH311	A Simple Answer Just Isn't Probable: The Effects of Uncertainty on the Development of Complexity in Cellular Automata Stephanie Anne Stoughton, 15, Shepton High School, Plano, Texas Michael Yenting Wu, 15, Shepton High School, Plano, Texas

National Ground Water Association
Award of $500
EV035	Contamination of Proximate Wells in the Piedmont Region Afton Kerry Vechery, 15, Glenleg High School, Glenelg, Maryland

Award of $250
EV008	An Analysis of Shallow Groundwater Chemistry in Betsch Fen Sara K. Sullivan, 17, Unioto High School, Chillicothe, Ohio

Award of $200
EV025	A Novel, Cost Effective Approach for Removing Arsenic from Drinking Water in Bangladesh Douglas Calvin Naftz, 18, Park City High School, Park City, Utah

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, 2006
ME019	The Beneficial Effects of Fish Oil on Breast Cancer: A Fourth-Year Study Triparna Ghosh-Choudhury, 17, Northside Health Careers High School, San Antonio, Texas
ME072	Delayed Apoptotic Cell Clearance Induces Autoantibody to hnRNP P2 Kinjal S. Shah, 18, Ridgeway Jr-Sr High School, Memphis, Tennessee

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

Award of $500
EV056	Effects of Toxic Riparian Weeds on the Survival of Aquatic Invertebrates David Colin Conway Llewellyn, 17, Great Lakes College, Tuncurry Senior Campus, Tuncurry, New South Wales, Australia

Award of $300
ZO017	The Effects of Warm Temperatures on Zebra Mussels Nicole Kristine Ward, 17, Century High School, Rochester, Minnesota

Award of $200
EV008	An Analysis of Shallow Groundwater Chemistry in Betsch Fen Sara K. Sullivan, 17, Unioto High School, Chillicothe, Ohio

Honorable Mention Award
EV007	Effect of Salinity on Benthic Foraminifera in the Indian River Lagoon Phaedra Calista Tinder, 16, Sebastian River High School, Sebastian, Florida
EV015	*Selective Feeding of Procambarus clark* on Three Dominant Submerged Macrophytes** Sai Ge, 17, Wuchang Experimental High School, Wuhan, Huibei, China
EV023	Stream Riparian Zone Influence on Drift-Feeding Fish and Their Terrestrial Invertebrate Prey, Phase III Christina Lynn Faust, 17, Cedar Shoals High School, Athens, Georgia
EV072	A Watershed in Recovery? Sarah Katherine Fisher, 16, Catholic High School, Huntsville, Alabama
EV103	Analysis of Macroinvertebrate Population and Diversity with Hydrological Parameters and Their Influence on Water Quality: A Watershed Study, Phase Three Christine Weizer Li, 17, Cookeville High School, Cookeville, Tennessee
EV305	A Nutritional Comparison of Historic Lesser Scaup Foods to the Zebra Mussel Matt Moraco Weegman, 16, Winona Senior High School, Winona, Minnesota Mitch Dale Weegman, 16, Winona Senior High School, Winona, Minnesota

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

Oregon State University
Scholarship Award for 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.

Tuition Scholarship of $5,000 per year for four years
BE020	A Statistical Evaluation of Northern Paiute Rock Art from the Guano Valley Region Grant Jeffery Snitker, 16, McNary High School, Keizer, Oregon
BO016	*The Anti-Microbial Properties of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae, a Species of Micro-algae from Upper Klamath Lake* LueAnn Melinda Zaske, 17, Klamath Union High School, Klamath Falls, Oregon
BO038	*Environmental Differentiation of Pinus contorta* on Serpentine Soil** Sheila Marie Van Prooyen, 15, Gold Beach High School, Gold Beach, Oregon
CH016	The Use of Denitrifying Bacteria in the Removal of Nitric Oxides from Biomass Power Generation Emissions Timothy Paul Kendrick, 18, Lakeview High School, Lakeview, Oregon
CS019	Braille Accessible Learning System: A Distance Learning Approach Ahmad Shakir Manshad, 15, Las Cruces High School, Las Cruces, New Mexico
EN008	Utilizing Audio Profile Matching Technology for Replicating Body Kinesis Robert Vaughan Glissmann, 17, Peak to Peak Charter School, Lafayette, Colorado
EN334	Computer Analysis of Bacterial Colony Growth Over Time Devin Lane, 17, Benson Polytech High School, Portland, Oregon Ben Wilson Buford, 18, Benson Polytech High School, Portland, Oregon
EN334	Computer Analysis of Bacterial Colony Growth Over Time Devin Lane, 17, Benson Polytech High School, Portland, Oregon Ben Wilson Buford, 18, Benson Polytech High School, Portland, Oregon
MA043	Primality Testing: Utilizing Characteristics of Prime Numbers that Allow for Optimal Deterministic and Probabilistic Primality Testing Algorithms in Polynomial Time Anarghya A Vardhana, 16, Jesuit High School, Portland, Oregon
ME084	Changes in Brain Function Following High/Low Novelty-Seeking Saate Saiyara Shakil, 16, Benson Polytechnic High School, Portland, Oregon
MI051	A Quantitative Study of Viral Genomes with a Focus on Rapid Identification of Unknown Strains Benjamin Albert Schwank, 17, James Madison High School, Vienna, Virginia
SP006	Creating a Novel Program for Determining the Three-Dimensional Movement Rates of Sunspots and Active Solar Magnetic Regions, Year Two Elyse Autumn Hope, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon
ZO038	These Bugs Are Chillin'! Elizabeth Marie Rezac, 17, Avon High School, Avon, South Dakota
ZO041	Pacific Meiofauna: Life Between Sand Grains Heather Michelle Jevning, 17, West Salem High School, Salem, Oregon

Students must enroll full time and maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA.

Patent and Trademark Office Society
Awards in eight subject categories: Earth Science, Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Microbiology, Medicine and Health, Computer Science, and Space Science

Second Award of $150
CH032	Fundamental Properties of O2(-) Charles Henry Herder, 18, The Kinkaid School, Houston, Texas
CS028	Construct a Kernel-Service-Accelerator with SW&HW Meshing and Reality Multi-Threading Parallel Processing for FPGA-based Reconfigurable Systems Yizhong Zhang, 19, Kongjiang Senior High School, Shanghai, China
EN032	Automotive Innovation: Wireless AutoAttendant Marc L. Ingram, 18, Ballard High School, Louisville, Kentucky
EV025	A Novel, Cost Effective Approach for Removing Arsenic from Drinking Water in Bangladesh Douglas Calvin Naftz, 18, Park City High School, Park City, Utah
ME045	Improving Cancer Treatment Through Telomerase Inhibition Jimmy Chen Yang, 17, Plano Senior High School, Plano, Texas
MI025	Do Lichens Have Antimicrobial Properties? Rebecca Renee Alexander, 14, Grants High School, Grants, New Mexico
PH032	Can Carbon Nanotubes Improve Material Strength? Improving Bulletproof Vest Strength: Year Two Graham Edward Gintz, 14, Hilton Head Preparatory School, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
SP001	Fractal Dimension Analysis of Putative Martian Coastlines Gabrielle Alyce Gianelli, 17, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida

First Award of $200
CH012	From Synthesis to Analysis of Radical Inhibitors Stephen Schulz, 19, Gesamtschule Buer-Mitte, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Germany
CS010	Leonar3Do 3D for All! Daniel Ratai, 19, John von Neumann Computer Science High School, Budapest, Hungary
EN010	Adjustable Prosthetic Socket Craig Dean Hawes, 18, Perham High School, Perham, Minnesota
ME086	Saliva: The Stress Code Ketaki Rawal, 15, Centennial Regional High School, Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
MI059	*Developing a Method of Plant Extract Usage in Feed to Reduce the Levels of Clostridium perfringens* in the Digestive System of Chickens to Promote Healthy Growth** Joseph Robert Stunzi, 15, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia
PH050	Brownian Motors Kimberly Paige Farris, 17, Jefferson County International Baccalaureate Schoo, Birmingham, Alabama
SP012	A New Algorithm for Multiple Hypothesis-based Tracking and Discovery of Potentially Hazardous Near Earth Objects Anand M. Palaniappan, 17, David H. Hickman High School, Columbia, Missouri

Grand Award of $1,000
EV106	Bio-electromagnetism: Sustainable Electricity Production Using a Magnetic Field Generated by Magnetotactic Bacteria in a Microbial Generator Kartik Madiraju, 15, Centennial Regional High School, Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada

Grand Award includes a framed copy of the first patent granted in the United States of America

Ricoh
The Sustainable Development Award, first presented at the 2005 Intel ISEF, will go to the entries, selected from among all award categories, whose principles and technical innovations offer the greatest potential for increasing our ability to grow environmentally friendly and socially responsible businesses. The award combines a hosted trip to the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi, Japan and $50,000 in scholarship awards to be shared by two finalists or a team.

Honorable Mention Award of $5,000
EV080	Sustainable Development in an Unstable World: Helping Economically Disadvantaged Families Produce Their Own Food Travis Lopez, 17, Skyline Technical High School, Phoenix, Arizona
EV110	Growing Energy: The Production of Hydrogen from the Green Algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Radha Ramjeawan, 15, Uniondale High School, Uniondale, New York

Scholarship Award and trip to the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi, Japan.
EN332	The Peltier Effect: Eliminating the Use of Freon in Automobile Air-conditioning Systems Tyler Glen Lyon, 18, Riverton High School, Riverton, Utah Daniel Rees Winegar, 18, Riverton High School, Riverton, Utah

The Ricoh Sustainable Development Award - for ideas that balance the economic and social needs of today with the environmental needs of tomorrow.

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
ME049	Cord Blood Stem Cells Alter Cytokines in the Blood and Thymus After a Stroke Justus Roberts II, 17, Paul R. Wharton High School, Tampa, Florida

Second Award of $100
ME061	Preventing Diabetic Complications Through Endothelial Cell Research Mark G. Evans, 16, Hillcrest High School, Midvale, Utah

Third Award of $50
EN339	Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide to Enhance Polymer Compatibilization and Metallization in Ultra-Thin Films Chelsea Gloria Gordon, 17, Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, New York Feini Qu, 17, Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, New York

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
For the team projects that best exemplify the interdisciplinary aspects of scientific and engineering research

Award of $1,000
EN317	Milk Pasteurizer Hugo Gualterio Chiardola, 19, Technical School NO. 139 De Produccion Agro-Ind., Viale, Entre Rios, Argentina Ignacio Gabriel Rodriguez, 19, Technical School NO. 139 De Produccion Agro-Ind., Viale, Entre Rios, Argentina

Award of $450
EV325	Engineering Environmentally Safe Self Extinguishing Polymers Daniel Hefter, 16, Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School for Boys, Woodmere, New York Aryeh Sokolov, 16, Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School for Boys, Woodmere, New York

Award of $300
SP304	Harvesting Electrons from E. coli Quinn Alexander Morris, 16, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina May Liu, 16, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina Courtney Henrietta Fox, 17, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina

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
EN308	Enhanced Cooling of Microelectronic Devices by Using the Thermoacoustic Effect Pen-Yuan Hsing, 18, Taipei Municipal Lishan Senior High School, Taipei, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei Wei-Kang Huang, 18, Taipei Municipal Lishan Senior High School, Taipei, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei

Excellence Team Award of $250
CS309	DespertARTE Jose Alberto Medina Hernandez, 17, CBTis No. 168, Aguascalientes, Mexico Jobad Adbeel Sayas Hernandez, 19, CBTis No. 168, Aguascalientes, Mexico

Merit Team Award of $100
EN332	The Peltier Effect: Eliminating the Use of Freon in Automobile Air-conditioning Systems Tyler Glen Lyon, 18, Riverton High School, Riverton, Utah Daniel Rees Winegar, 18, Riverton High School, Riverton, Utah

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. In addition all winners will receive a certificate of recognition.

First Award of $500
EV095	Toxic Nanoparticles? Annick Michelle McIntosh, 17, Academy of Science and Technology at Oak Ridge High School, Conroe, Texas

Second Award of $250
EV059	*Do Livestocks Antibiotics Affect Soil Bacteria? A Comparison of Oxytetracycline-Resistance in Organic vs.* Commercial Cattle Farms** Laura Ann Huppert, 17, Piedmont High School, Piedmont, California

Third Award of $100
EV122	*Effects of Temperature on Dietary Accumulation and Toxic Effects of Methylmercury in Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)* William Patrick Jagoe, 17, A. R. Johnson Health Sciences and Engineering High, Augusta, Georgia

Student Membership in SETAC
EV090	Ammonia Emissions from Agricultural Waste Tara Ellen Gloyna, 16, Temple High School, Temple, Texas
ZO003	The Effects of Esfenvalerate on the Fertilization and Early Development of Eucidaris tribuloidesis Kimberly May Sparling, 15, Blanche Ely High School, Pompano Beach, Florida
ZO052	The Effects of Selected Chelators on the Ability of Cellular Models to Recover from Lead Exposure Kristen Elaine Fenska, 17, Miami High School, Miami, Oklahoma

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
SP023	The Influence of Non-Synchronous Rotation on Patterns in the Orientation of Ice Fractures on the Surface of Europa II Emily Louise Ricq, 17, Chandler High School, Chandler, Arizona

Award of Merit of $500
EA019	Measuring Resistivity Using Subsurface Features to Find a Thrust Fault Hannah Louise Wolf, 14, Parkland High School, Allentown, Pennsylvania

Award of Merit of $250
CS051	Identification of Differential Surface Properties on a Triangle Mesh for Facial and Object Recognition Justin Moore Solomon, 17, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Tech, Alexandria, Virginia
EA011	Breaking Strength and Porosity of Prehistoric Ceramic Reproductions: Assessing Variation in Clay Sources and Tempering Materials, Phase Five Amy Elizabeth Marquardt, 18, Mediapolis High School, Mediapolis, Iowa
PH008	Ultrasonic Detector for Gas Chromatography Mario Chemnitz, 18, Paul-Gerhardt-Gymnasium Graefenhainichen, Graefenhainichen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
PH025	A Novel Simulation of Gravitational Lensing Aliza Ilana Malz, 17, Hunter College High School, New York, New York

Team Award of Merit of $500 to be divided among team members
PH303	Non-linearity of Solitary Waves: What Can You Get Instead of Pleasant Holiday on the Coast of the Indian Ocean? Alena A. Abramava, 17, Lyceum of Belarus State University, Minsk, Belarus Ann V. Mukhortava, 17, Lyceum of Belarus State University, Minsk, Belarus

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.

UTC Stock with an approximate value of $2000.
CS035	"Darshan" Command Interpreter for the Blind Catalina Sanchez Navarro, 18, CBTis No. 139, San Francisco del Rincon, Fuanajuato, Mexico
EN013	Camera Stabilization: Take Two Adam Daniel Sidman, 17, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado
EN036	Alarm Triggered Shut Off Appliance System (ATSAS) Yunchao Susan Lou, 16, Wylie E. Groves High School, Beverly Hills, Michigan
EN044	Modifying Factors in the Proton Exchange Membrane of the Direct Methanol Fuel Cell, Including the Evaluation of a Carbon Nanofoam Electrode, to Maximize Power Densities Jordan Andrew Hurwich, 17, John Adams High School, South Bend, Indiana
EN069	Digital Compass Clinometer Peter Jonathan Kirkland, 19, Dalriada School, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
EN339	Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide to Enhance Polymer Compatibilization and Metallization in Ultra-Thin Films Chelsea Gloria Gordon, 17, Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, New York Feini Qu, 17, Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, New York
EV325	Engineering Environmentally Safe Self Extinguishing Polymers Daniel Hefter, 16, Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School for Boys, Woodmere, New York Aryeh Sokolov, 16, Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School for Boys, Woodmere, New York
PH027	Propellantless Propulsion: The Effect of Electrode Geometry on the Thrust Output of an Asymmetrical Capacitor Stephen Jerome Trettel, 15, New Prague Senior High School, New Prague, Minnesota

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

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Scholarships to finalists from the following categories: Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Medicine & Health, Microbiology or Zoology.

Tuition Scholarship of $7,000 per year for four, five or six years depending upon the degree program
BI054	Regulation of Telomere Lengths During Stem Cell Differentiation Anneke Ellen Schwob, 16, Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts
ME037	Implications of Nicotine's Pro-Angiogenesis Activities: The Good and the Bad Sarah S. Mousa, 17, Columbia High School, East Greenbush, New York
MI051	A Quantitative Study of Viral Genomes with a Focus on Rapid Identification of Unknown Strains Benjamin Albert Schwank, 17, James Madison High School, Vienna, 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
Award of $750
SP022	The Martian Balloon John Thomas Hagen, 17, Ayersville High School, Defiance, Ohio

The school science department of each winner will receive $750. The winner's advisor will receive $250. Both the winner and their advisor will also receive a vacuum technology text.

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