2005 Phoenix Intel ISEF Grand Award Winners

Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award
The winners of this award are the top three students at the Intel ISEF. They each receive a $50,000 scholarship.

A Scholarship of $50,000.
BE037	Prototype for Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind Ameen Abdulrasool, 18, Lane Technical High School, Chicago, Illinois
CH012	From Synthesis to Analysis of Radical Inhibitors Stephen Schulz, 19, Gesamtschule Buer-Mitte, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Germany
SP001	Fractal Dimension Analysis of Putative Martian Coastlines Gabrielle Alyce Gianelli, 17, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida

The scholarship is awarded in eight equal installments upon matriculation from high school. Students must have proof of registration and good standing from the university registrar each semester.

Seaborg SIYSS Award
All expense-paid trip awarded to three senior finalists to attend the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar during the Nobel Prize Ceremonies in December.

The SIYSS is a multi-disciplinary seminar highlighting some of the most remarkable achievements by young scientists from around the world. The students have the opportunity to visit scientific institutes, attend the Nobel lectures and press conferences, learn more about Sweden and experience the extravagance of the Nobel festivities.
BE037	Prototype for Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind Ameen Abdulrasool, 18, Lane Technical High School, Chicago, Illinois
CH012	From Synthesis to Analysis of Radical Inhibitors Stephen Schulz, 19, Gesamtschule Buer-Mitte, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Germany
CS010	Leonar3Do 3D for All! Daniel Ratai, 19, John von Neumann Computer Science High School, Budapest, Hungary

The SIYSS will be held in Stockholm, Sweden in December, 2005. Students must meet the 18-year age requirement to be considered. The history of SIYSS began as early as 1976 when the first seminar was organized by the Swedish Federation of Young Scientists together with the Nobel Foundation, with inspiration from Society for Science & the Public.

European Union Contest for Young Scientists
For a top team project, an all-expense paid trip to attend the European Union Contest for Young Scientists in September.

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

The EU Contest for Young Scientists was set up to promote the ideals of co-operation and interchange between young scientists. The Contest is the annual showcase of the best of European student scientific achievement. (The team project must pass the EU Contest jury review prior to attending.)

MILSET
For a team project, a trip to the International Youth Science Exhibition ESI 2005 to be held in Santiago, Chile.

Trip to International Youth Science Exhibition "ESI 2005"
BO309	The Influence of Mycorrhizal and Fertilizer Treatments on Tree Seedlings in Fire-Affected Soils Chad Avery Schlottmann, 18, Gold Beach High School, Gold Beach, Oregon Michael R. Olson, 18, Gold Beach High School, Gold Beach, Oregon

International Movement for Leisure in Science and Technology (MILSET) was founded in 1987 in Quebec. MILSET unites youth organizations, research associations and clubs from more than 60 countries. Expo-Science Exhibition is a non-political event, contributing to peace, respect and better knowledge of all people.

Intel Foundation Achievement Awards
For outstanding work in any field.

Award of $5,000
BE040	Sounds into Syllables: A Teaching System for Autistic Children Kayla Marie Cornale, 15, Assumption Roman Catholic Secondary School, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
BO017	Mechanisms of Flower-Stalk Lay-Down After Fertilization and Re-Erection After Seed Naturation in Dandelion Miho Ishikawa, 17, Yachiyo Shoin High School, Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
CH012	From Synthesis to Analysis of Radical Inhibitors Stephen Schulz, 19, Gesamtschule Buer-Mitte, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Germany
CS010	Leonar3Do 3D for All! Daniel Ratai, 19, John von Neumann Computer Science High School, Budapest, Hungary
EN033	Low Reynolds Number Aerodynamics, Phase 4: Development and Optimization of a Micro Air Vehicle John Pease Moore, IV, 17, Dayton Christian High School, Miamisburg, Ohio
EN309	The Portable Emergent Piping Dealer Zhang Xu, 18, No. 1 Middle School of Yuanjiang City, Yuanjiang, Hunan, China Guo Yuanyuan, 19, No. 1 Middle School of Yuanjiang City, Yuanjiang, Hunan, China Xiao Xiao, 18, No. 1 Middle School of Yuanjiang City, Yuanjiang, Hunan, China
EN339	Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide to Enhance Polymer Compatibilization and Metallization in Ultra-Thin Films Chelsea Gloria Gordon, 17, Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, New York Feini Qu, 17, Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, New York
MA034	Discrepancy of Planar Parallelelipipedal Meshes Valentina N. Dobrovolskaya, 16, Advanced Education and Science Center of Moscow St, Moscow, Moscow, Russia
ME019	The Beneficial Effects of Fish Oil on Breast Cancer: A Fourth-Year Study Triparna Ghosh-Choudhury, 17, Northside Health Careers High School, San Antonio, Texas
MI001	Keeping Antibiotics Working, II: Effects of pH and Bacterial Growth Modulation by Daily Consumables on the Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus to Antibiotics Maryam Khadijah Mohammed, 14, Niceville Senior High School, Niceville, Florida
PH028	Consumable Oil Encapsulated Spheroids (COES): Discovery and Applications Michael J. Pizer, 16, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
SP012	A New Algorithm for Multiple Hypothesis-based Tracking and Discovery of Potentially Hazardous Near Earth Objects Anand M. Palaniappan, 17, David H. Hickman High School, Columbia, Missouri
ZO027	*Nest Site Microhabitat Influences Nest Temperature and Offspring Sex Ratio of the Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)* Maria Malgorzata Wojakowski, 18, Townsend Harris High School at Queens College, Flushing, New York
ZO032	A Statistical Comparison of a New Morphological Characteristic Between Male and Female Kokanees Susannah Lee Clary, 13, Los Lunas High School, Los Lunas, New Mexico

Each winner will receive a $5,000 award.

Behavioral and Social Sciences - Presented by Intel Foundation
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated fair they represent.

Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner
BE037	Prototype for Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind Ameen Abdulrasool, 18, Lane Technical High School, Chicago, Illinois

First Award of $3,000
BE022	The Bi-Orbital Rotational Therapy Swing: A New Hope for Children with ADHD Elizabeth Anne Baker, 16, University High School, Tucson, Arizona
BE037	Prototype for Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind Ameen Abdulrasool, 18, Lane Technical High School, Chicago, Illinois

Second Award of $1,500
BE018	Liar, Liar, Your Stomach's on Fire Trisha Satya Pasricha, 16, Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas
BE050	An Examination of the Effects of 5-Methoxy-N,N-Di(iso)propyltryptamine Hydrochloride on Neuropsychological Development in Rattus norvegicus Melissa C. Selinger, 18, Wellington High School, Wellington, Florida
BE052	The Psychopharmacological Effects of Antidepressants on Procambarus clarkii Nissa Leigh Schmidt, 18, Merino High School, Merino, Colorado

Third Award of $1,000
BE010	Comparative Analysis of the Health Related Quality of Life of Breast and Prostate Cancer Patients, Phase II: Treatment Impact and Management Issues Antonio Javier Pietrantoni, 16, Academia del Perpetuo Socorro, Miramar, Puerto Rico
BE012	Video Games: Friend or Foe? Peter David Allen, 17, York Catholic High School, York, Pennsylvania
BE026	Rehteaed Aphlaebt Suop Kayelon Lee Easterday, 17, Eustis-Farnam Public Schools, Eustis, Nebraska
BE039	"My Brother's Keeper": Well-Being and Relationship Effects of Having a Sibling with Autism Christina Marie Amoroso, 17, Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst, New York
BE040	Sounds into Syllables: A Teaching System for Autistic Children Kayla Marie Cornale, 15, Assumption Roman Catholic Secondary School, Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Fourth Award of $500
BE009	Does Visual, Auditory, or Gustatory Perception Have the Greatest Affect on a Supertaster, Mediumtaster, or a Nontaster? A Fifth Year Study Jessica Caroline Stanton, 15, Columbia High School, Lake City, Florida
BE011	Quantitative EEG as an Identifier of Learning Modality Ilang Mae Guiroy, 17, The York School, Monterey, California
BE023	Standard Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Protocol for the Study of Neuronal Responses to Food Stimuli in Humans Daniel E Katz, 18, Ossining High School, Ossining, New York
BE041	The Effects of External Loans on the Economic Performance of Latin American Countries: An Integrated Statistical Approach Daniel Nikbakht, 16, Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills, New York
BE043	Edge Integration in Human Brightness Perception Jonathan Yong An, 19, Emerald Ridge High School, Puyallup, Washington
BE044	A State by State Analysis of the Benefits Derived from State Lottery Programs Vanessa Elizabeth Esch, 17, Skyview High School, Vancouver, Washington

Biochemistry - Presented by Agilent Technologies
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and an Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated fair they represent.

Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner
BI075	Bioinformatics Discovery of Novel Stem Cell Regulatory Mechanisms Michael Segal, 17, Central High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

First Award of $3,000
BI053	Logic Genomics Adrian Veres, 15, Jean de Brebeuf College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
BI075	Bioinformatics Discovery of Novel Stem Cell Regulatory Mechanisms Michael Segal, 17, Central High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Second Award of $1,500
BI037	Probing Gap Junction Dynamics in Cells Ching Zhu, 17, Academic Magnet High School, North Charleston, South Carolina
BI038	Testing the Effects of Peacilomyces lilacinus and French Marigolds (Tagetes patula) Tea Extract on the Pecan Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne partityla) Eric Ragnarson Malmquist, 17, Westside High School, Macon, Georgia
BI054	Regulation of Telomere Lengths During Stem Cell Differentiation Anneke Ellen Schwob, 16, Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts
BI063	An Evaluation of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) within Gene EP300 of Human Chromosome 22q to Assess their Role in Pediatric Brain Tumors Samantha Leigh Schneider, 18, Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, New York
BI082	Identification of Bacterial Adhesion Antagonists for Contact Lens and Intraocular Lens Fan Yang, 17, Davis Senior High School, Davis, California

Third Award of $1,000
BI002	Ascorbic Acid Induced Enhancement of Laminin in Schwann Cells: Application for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration Yahya Maqsood Mohammed, 16, Okaloosa-Walton CC Charter High School, Niceville, Florida
BI014	Environment-friendly Mold Retardant: Ancient Chinese Herbal Medicine in Modern Life Ka Yan Man, 19, Skh Li Ping Secondary School, Hong Kong, Region of China
BI045	Investigating the Role of PTEN in Modulating the Insulin Signaling Pathway to Treat Type 2 Diabetes Meredith Regan Spadaccia, 17, Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, New York
BI047	*Analysis of the Antibiotic Properties of the Epidermal Mucus of the Atlantic Stingray, Dasyatis sabina, Conferred by Associated Bacterial Symbionts* Benjamin Colby Powell, 18, Sarasota High School, Sarasota, Florida
BI048	The Recombination of RNA by Azoarcus Ribozyme in a Compartmentalized System: An Origin-of-Life Study Sergio-Francis Mellejor Zenisek, 16, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon
BI059	The Glucose Dependence of CD4⁺ T-Lymphocytes Rebecca Joy Vitale, 16, duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky
BI076	Unwrapping Myelination: Myelination Regulation in TM-NRG1+/- Transgenic Mice Lev A. Shaket, 16, Chamblee Charter High School, Chamblee, Georgia

Fourth Award of $500
BI007	Animal Attraction: To What Extent Do Demographic Factors Predict a Female Human's Ability to Detect Male Human Pheromones? Kyrie K Bourgeois, 16, Lutcher High School, Lutcher, Louisiana
BI011	*Simultaneous Detection of E. coli* O157:H7 Toxin Genes by Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification** Jennifer Jing Huang, 17, Oak Grove High School, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
BI026	Using Absorbance Difference Spectroscopy to Study Interactions of Selected Inhibitors on Breast Cancer Molecular Target Cytochrome P450 Aromatase Jonathan Lloyd Priester, 17, William B. Murrah High School, Jackson, Mississippi
BI029	Use of Homology Modeling and Molecular Docking to Map Retinoid Binding Sites on Protein Kinase C Jijun Chow, 18, The Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, New York
BI032	Radiation Shield: Using Biological Molecules to Prevent or Repair DNA Damage Caused by Radiation in Drosophila melanogaster Parijata Desiree Mackey, 17, Dr. Michael M. Krop High School, Miami, Florida
BI033	Inhibitors Modulate E-cadherin N-glycosylation: Structure-Function Relationships and Implications for Antimetastasis Xiaoyun Nong, 18, Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Pinecrest, Florida
BI034	What Types of Biomass Have the Greatest Glucose Yield Through Enzymatic Hydrolysis? Erin Marie Rosswurm, 18, Columbus East High School, Columbus, Indiana
BI046	The Development of a Novel Gene Knock-Out Technique Utilizing RNA-Interference Jason Chao Zhang, 16, Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, New York
BI061	Identification of Promoter Elements Required for Transcriptional Induction of Motility Related Genes Tyler Thomas Rosensteel, 18, Brophy College Preparatory, Phoenix, Arizona

Botany - Presented by Intel Foundation
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and an Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated fair they represent.

Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner
BO053	The Agricultural Impact of Detrimental Weeds on Wheat Cultivars Andrew John Friskop, 18, Hankinson High School, Hankinson, North Dakota

First Award of $3,000
BO053	The Agricultural Impact of Detrimental Weeds on Wheat Cultivars Andrew John Friskop, 18, Hankinson High School, Hankinson, North Dakota
BO056	New Challenges to Fight Against Fungal Diseases of Plants Zuzana Tvaruzkova, 18, Gymnazium Kromeriz, Kromeriz, Czech Republic

Second Award of $1,500
BO019	*The in vitro* Propagation of A. palmatum and Its Various Cultivars** Michael James Bernert, 15, West Linn High School, West Linn, Oregon
BO021	*The Structural Analysis of Polka Dot and Wild Type Ceratopteris richardii* by Electrophoretic Protein Comparison** Anna Pilishvili, 16, Forest Hills High School, Forest Hills, New York
BO035	*Examining Foreign Germplasm to Control Fusarium head* Blight** Kimberly Skye Richards, 16, Walter Murray Collegiate, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Third Award of $1,000
BO003	*Free Radical Reduction within the Glycine max* with Aeroponically Induced Antioxidants** Justin Andrew Townley, 16, Okaloosa-Walton Collegiate Charter High School, Niceville, Florida
BO024	The Effects of Triclosan Dioxins (TD's) from Biome Chemical Soil Runoff Bioaccumulation: An Investigation for an Innovative Use of Crinum americanum as Bioremediation Zachary Mason Sandoval, 16, Dr. Michael M. Krop High School, Miami, Florida
BO048	*The Killer in the Garden: The Allelopathic Effects of Acer saccharum* Marsh, Cornus florida L., and Magnolia grandiflora L.** Amanda Josephine Compadre, 17, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas
BO050	`Ohelo: Inhibition of Bacterial Growth Jessie Ann Ka`iulani Pa`ahana, 16, Kamehameha High School, Honolulu, Hawaii
BO058	The Effects of Wounding on the Induction of Agrobacterium tumefaciens Nahid Aftab Shaikh, 16, Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst, New York

Fourth Award of $500
BO001	The Effects of Different Growing Conditions on the Firmness, Diameter, Sugar Content, and pH of Ripening Grape Berries Megan Kathleen Bartlett, 17, F. W. Springstead High School, Spring Hill, Florida
BO007	Peroxidase Activity in Fruits and Vegetables Javid Gulmahamad, 18, McArthur High School, Hollywood, Florida
BO011	Surviving Production Quotas and Free Trade Agreements: The Effects of Tillage Reduction on Sugarcane Yields in First Year Stubble Tate Benton-Michael Guillotte, 17, Catholic High School, New Iberia, Louisiana
BO012	Tabernaemontana pandacaqui Poir (PANDAKAKI) as Rice Bug (Leptocorisa acuta) Eradicator Daisy Bayani Galapia, 16, Sinait National High School, , Ilocos Sur, Philippines
BO045	Nutraceutical Intervention of the NFKB Pathway to Reduce Adverse Effects of Inflammation and Tumorigenesis Aaron Tuc-Lon Cheung, 16, South Carolina Governor's School for Science and M, Hartsville, South Carolina
BO055	*Determining Gamma Sensitivity of Double Mutant Arabidopsis thaliana* for DNA Repair Genes XPF and ERCC1** Vibha Mahendra, 17, Mira Loma High School, Sacramento, California

Chemistry - Presented by Intel Foundation
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and an Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated fair they represent.

Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner
CH012	From Synthesis to Analysis of Radical Inhibitors Stephen Schulz, 19, Gesamtschule Buer-Mitte, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Germany

First Award of $3,000
CH012	From Synthesis to Analysis of Radical Inhibitors Stephen Schulz, 19, Gesamtschule Buer-Mitte, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Germany
CH014	Digitally-Enhanced Thin-Layer Chromatography: An Inexpensive, New Technique for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis Amber Victoria Irish Hess, 18, Robert Louis Stevenson School, Pebble Beach, California

Second Award $1,500
CH005	Synthesis of Fullerene Derivatives for Design of Donor-Acceptor Dyads Aleksey Borisovich Kornev, 16, Bryansky Lyceum #1, Bryansk, Bryansky Region, Russia
CH010	Isolation, Characterization of Beta-Chitin from Squid Pens and Calcium Carbonate Crystallization on the Chitin Scaffold YouJia Zhong, 17, Raffles Junior College, Singapore, Singapore
CH015	Oxidation of Dopamine by High-Valent Manganese: A Link to Neurodegenerative Disorders? Smita Mascharak, 15, Santa Cruz High School, Santa Cruz, California
CH061	Development of Novel DNA Sensitive Dye Sensors Using Combinatorial Approach Rohan Kirit Panchamia, 17, Herricks Senior High School, New Hyde Park, New York

Third Award of $1,000
CH013	Natural Dyes: The Delicious Way Hoi Lam Anne Tsang, 18, St. Paul's Convent School, Hong Kong, Region of China
CH022	A Study Involving the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Filters in the Macrosclae with Measurements Concerning the Effectiveness of Metal Derived Catalysts Jennifer Lee Nagel, 17, Dekalb High School, Waterloo, Indiana
CH032	Fundamental Properties of O2(-) Charles Henry Herder, 18, The Kinkaid School, Houston, Texas
CH043	pH-Triggered Assembly of Gold Nanorods Patrick Leon Hankins, 17, Irmo High School, Columbia, South Carolina
CH068	A Viable Method of Extraction of 12-ALPHA Fumitremorgin C from A. fumigatus Srikanth Aravamuthan, 17, Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan
CH069	Rambutan Ink from Fruit Rinds of Naphelium lappaceum Esther Chiew Yee Chiong, 17, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Batu Lintang, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Fourth Award of $500
CH002	Synthesis and Characterization of Size- and Shape- Selected Metal Nanoparticles Using Inverse Diblock Copolymer Micelles Grady Clark Slane, 17, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida
CH017	Stable Dispersions of Crystalline Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Suhail Malhotra, 15, duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky
CH018	Implication and Formulation of Silane Based Optical Coatings with Organic and Inorganic Compounds to Prohibit UV Radiation Chen Wang, 16, Huron High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
CH029	Preparation of Hollow Spheres of TiO₂ Nanocrystals as Highly Efficient Photocatalyst and Its Applications Qizhe Shao, 19, No.2 Secondary School Attached to ECNU, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
CH035	Synthesis of Porous Platinum Nanowires for Gas Sensing and Catalysis Stephanie Michelle Livers, 17, Sidney High School, Sidney, Montana
CH052	Interfacial Phenomena in -(Ni-Fe-Cu)- Giant MagnetoResistance Systems Dylan Reed Conradson, 17, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico
CH058	Toward Self-Assembling Nanocircuitry Using Liquid Crystal Solvents Karl James Plank, 17, Squalicum High School, Bellingham, Washington

Computer Science - Presented by Intel Foundation
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and an Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated fair they represent.

Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner
CS010	Leonar3Do 3D for All! Daniel Ratai, 19, John von Neumann Computer Science High School, Budapest, Hungary

First Award of $3,000
CS010	Leonar3Do 3D for All! Daniel Ratai, 19, John von Neumann Computer Science High School, Budapest, Hungary
CS051	Identification of Differential Surface Properties on a Triangle Mesh for Facial and Object Recognition Justin Moore Solomon, 17, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Tech, Alexandria, Virginia

Second Award of $1,500
CS028	Construct a Kernel-Service-Accelerator with SW&HW Meshing and Reality Multi-Threading Parallel Processing for FPGA-based Reconfigurable Systems Yizhong Zhang, 19, Kongjiang Senior High School, Shanghai, China
CS049	Artificial Cognition and Memory: Tissue Image Analysis for Tumor Diagnosis Kimberly Elise Reinhold, 17, Saint Joseph's High School, Hilo, Hawaii
CS052	Collaborative Nurse Scheduling: A Novel Approach to Improve Utilization of Existing Nurse Resources through Secure Data Transactions and Hospital Clustering Sonia Nijhawan, 16, duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky

Third Award of $1,000
CS003	UDC: Multifunctional Cryptanalytic Tool Rostislav Igorevich Chutkov, 16, Centre of Mathematical Education, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
CS005	Discretization-polymorphic Data Concealment and Protection System "Stealth" Danil Aleksandrovich Somsikov, 16, Gymansium #1, Alla Bystrina, Odessa, Ukraine
CS033	Modeling Environment for Particles Configuration Control in Magnetic and Electric Fields Maxim S. Tkachenko, 17, Lyceum of Information Technologies #1533, Moscow, Russia
CS047	The Anitra Computer: A Complete Minimalist Computer System Designed, Built and Programmed at a Low Level of Abstraction Eirik Bakke, 20, Bergen Katedralskole, Bergen, Norway
CS055	A New Multidimensional Feature-Mapping Algorithm Ocan Sankur, 19, Galatasaray Lisesi, Istanbul, Turkey

Fourth Award of $500
CS004	Novel Investigations for N-Gram-Based Automatic Identification of Written Language Marek Blahus, 18, Gymnazium Uherske Hradiste, Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic
CS020	An Intensity Equalization Procedure to Improve the Display of Color Images Katharine Anne Symanow, 16, Divine Child High School, Dearborn, Michigan
CS025	A Practical Implementation of Gradient-Based Convolutional Neural Networks in Handwriting Recognition Yuetian Xu, 18, Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York
CS034	15-Passenger Vans: Predicting the Probability and Timing of Rollovers Using Artificial Neural Networks Nicholas Samir Ekladyous, 13, Cranbrook Kingswood School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
CS037	VORTECS 3D: VLSI Object Recognition Trainable Embedded CMOS System Malcolm Christopher Ross Stagg, 16, Calgary Christian School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
CS044	Smart Soaring: Flocks of Autonomous Airplanes Elliot Robert Kroo, 14, Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto, California

Earth Science - Presented by Shell Oil
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and an Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated fair they represent.

Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner
EA018	Phytoplankton Community Response to Nutrient Enrichment Nicholas Robert Apau Jachowski, 18, West Potomac High School, Alexandria, Virginia

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

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

Third Award of $1,000
EA002	Geochemistry of the Southern Juan de Fuca Ridge: Isotopic Mantle Source Investigations Sarah Rose Langberg, 18, Canterbury School, Fort Myers, Florida
EA010	Mining the Past: Geochemical Analyses of Fossil Teeth and Sediment Illuminate Ancient Environments Yingqiuqi Lei, 18, Robert F. Kennedy Community High School, Flushing, New York

Fourth Award of $500
EA011	Breaking Strength and Porosity of Prehistoric Ceramic Reproductions: Assessing Variation in Clay Sources and Tempering Materials, Phase Five Amy Elizabeth Marquardt, 18, Mediapolis High School, Mediapolis, Iowa
EA016	The Derivation and Interpretation of Geochemical Ratios Generated by Meteoritic Impact Terik Daly, 15, Oak Grove High School, San Jose, California

Engineering - Presented by Intel Foundation
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and an Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated fair they represent.

Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner
EN009	The Evaluation of a Multi-Freewing UAV with the Concurrent Development of a Flying Test Platform to Assist in Evaluation of Turbulence Reduction and Flight Performance Ryan Thomas Olson, 18, Southwest Virginia Governor's School, Dublin, Virginia

First Award of $3,000
EN009	The Evaluation of a Multi-Freewing UAV with the Concurrent Development of a Flying Test Platform to Assist in Evaluation of Turbulence Reduction and Flight Performance Ryan Thomas Olson, 18, Southwest Virginia Governor's School, Dublin, Virginia
EN038	Elevating Wheelchair Seat Richard William Entwisle, 18, Canford School, Dorset, United Kingdom
EN069	Digital Compass Clinometer Peter Jonathan Kirkland, 19, Dalriada School, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
EN084	Factors Affecting Cooperative Robotic Behavior, Year Three Donald Stuart Eng, 17, Stanton College Preparatory School, Jacksonville, Florida

Second Award of $1,500
EN013	Camera Stabilization: Take Two Adam Daniel Sidman, 17, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado
EN017	Dynamic Balance Function and Surface Adaptation for General Humanoid Robot Platform Yang Ge, 17, Beijing Jingshan School, Beijing, Beijing, China
EN033	Low Reynolds Number Aerodynamics, Phase 4: Development and Optimization of a Micro Air Vehicle John Pease Moore, IV, 17, Dayton Christian High School, Miamisburg, Ohio
EN058	Development of a Planar Perfused Tumor Bioreactor Lucas Hudson Hofmeister, 16, Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet High School, Nashville, Tennessee
EN059	Enhanced Stability Effects of Micro-Foils on Supercavitating Torpedoes Robert Francis Minehart, III, 16, Sterling, Virginia
EN079	Ion Thruster Development and Analysis Thomas Andrew Trudel, 17, Muhlenberg High School, Laureldale, Pennsylvania
EN100	Iris Recognition for Individual Identification Nina Maria Huffman, 17, Langley High School, McLean, Virginia

Third Award of $1,000
EN014	Design and Characterization of a Littrow Configuration External Cavity Diode Laser Wenxian Hong, 17, Raffles Junior College, Singapore, Singapore
EN015	Self-control Deformity-assistance Reader Wanxu Lin, 18, Liaoning Provincial Experimental Middle School, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
EN021	The Googler George Francis Hotz, 15, Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, New Jersey
EN025	The Detection of Alkaline Phosphatase Using an Electrochemical Sensor Joanne Helen Wang, 15, Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio
EN044	Modifying Factors in the Proton Exchange Membrane of the Direct Methanol Fuel Cell, Including the Evaluation of a Carbon Nanofoam Electrode, to Maximize Power Densities Jordan Andrew Hurwich, 17, John Adams High School, South Bend, Indiana
EN048	A Computer Model for Optimization of a Non-Isothermal Chlorination Reactor Raj Gautam Ranade, 17, East Lyme High School, East Lyme, Connecticut
EN078	Predicting Material Failure Correlation Between Deformation Luminescence and Hysteresis Geoffrey Hubert Woo, 16, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, California
EN092	The Effects of Blade Design and Angles on Wind Turbine Energy Performance Andrew Charles Schlievert, 18, Algona High School, Algona, Iowa
EN093	Foot Operated Vehicle Device for the Physically Challenged Malavika Vinod Tiwari, 16, St Mary's Convent High School, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
EN095	Preventing Degradation in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: A Novel, Multi-cartridge Air Contaminant Control System Jonathan Brandon Burke Cross, 17, James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School, Fairfax, Virginia
EN107	Nano-Fibrous Poly (L Lactic Acid) Scaffolds Jacquelyn A Gold, 18, Spanish River Community High School, Boca Raton, Florida

Fourth Award of $500
EN008	Utilizing Audio Profile Matching Technology for Replicating Body Kinesis Robert Vaughan Glissmann, 17, Peak to Peak Charter School, Lafayette, Colorado
EN010	Adjustable Prosthetic Socket Craig Dean Hawes, 18, Perham High School, Perham, Minnesota
EN018	Gravity Pressing Roller Skate Rong Huang, 17, Bengbu No.2 Senior Middle School, Anhui, China, Bengbu, Anhui, China
EN032	Automotive Innovation: Wireless AutoAttendant Marc L. Ingram, 18, Ballard High School, Louisville, Kentucky
EN045	Induced EMF Generator: The Creation of a Magnetic Induction Regenerative Energy Capture Device Richard Lee Shillington, 17, Dr. Michael M. Krop High School, Miami, Florida
EN056	Enzymatic Electrodes for Biofuel Cells Daniel Clayton Appel, 18, Eldorado High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico
EN060	F.I.N.D.-2: The Development of an Autonomous Surveying Vessel Benjamin Thomas Unsworth, 16, Kingswood Academy, Sulphur, Louisiana
EN075	The Development of a Bandage Using a Polymer, Polyvinyl Pyrrolidone, and an Antibiotic, Polysporin Cuong Viet Nguyen, 17, Sarasota High School, Sarasota, Florida
EN091	Fuel Cell System Using Hydrogen from Aqueous Sodium Borohydride Solution for Portable Communication Applications Shengbo Xu, 17, Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona
EN097	Extracting Melody from MIDI Files Benjamin Min-Jia Chang, 16, Sewanhaka High School, Floral Park, New York
EN099	Innovations in Prosthetics for Complete and Partial Phalanges: Approximation of Complex Arcs and Simulation of Human Movement in Engineering Brandon Joseph Peart, 17, Hillcrest High School, Midvale, Utah
EN101	Communal Aptitude Evolution System for Autonomous Robots Jessica Lauren Malone, 17, Berea High School, Berea, Ohio
EN117	Residential Cogeneration Alex J. Doll, 15, Mandan High School, Mandan, North Dakota
EN119	High-Speed FSO Data Link Jan Svab, 19, Gymnazium Jaroslava Heyrovskeho, Prague, Czech Republic

Environmental Sciences - Presented by Ricoh
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Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner
EV097	Hydroponic Phytofiltration of Arsenic in Drinking Water Stephen Goodwin Honan, 16, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, Virginia

First Award of $3,000
EV023	Stream Riparian Zone Influence on Drift-Feeding Fish and Their Terrestrial Invertebrate Prey, Phase III Christina Lynn Faust, 17, Cedar Shoals High School, Athens, Georgia
EV075	*Methodology of Phytomining by Growing Avena sativa* and Medicago sativa to Nucleate Gold Nanoparticles for Nanoapplications, Phase II** Rachael Ann Scott, 17, Northwest Mississippi Home Educators Association, Como, Mississippi
EV097	Hydroponic Phytofiltration of Arsenic in Drinking Water Stephen Goodwin Honan, 16, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, Virginia
EV106	Bio-electromagnetism: Sustainable Electricity Production Using a Magnetic Field Generated by Magnetotactic Bacteria in a Microbial Generator Kartik Madiraju, 15, Centennial Regional High School, Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada

Second Award of $1,500
EV011	The Use of Barley Straw to Control Algal and Macrophyte Growth on Wild Rice Lake: Pre and Post Eutrophic Conditions, Phase V Elizabeth Jean Welsh, 17, Proctor High School, Proctor, Minnesota
EV025	A Novel, Cost Effective Approach for Removing Arsenic from Drinking Water in Bangladesh Douglas Calvin Naftz, 18, Park City High School, Park City, Utah
EV066	Inhibition of Photosynthesis by Air Pollutants Quantified by the Photoacoustic Method Aaron Tzeyang Kuan, 17, Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, New York
EV068	Black Murex Snails (Hexaplex nigritus) as a Habitat for Juvenile Pacific Calico (Catrina) Scallop, Argopecten ventricosus Chelsey Ann Yingling, 17, Tucson Magnet High School, Tucson, Arizona
EV074	Determination of Antibiotic Presence in the Tennessee River and Inflowing Waters Jennifer Ann Taylor, 17, Florence High School, Florence, Alabama
EV090	Ammonia Emissions from Agricultural Waste Tara Ellen Gloyna, 16, Temple High School, Temple, Texas
EV099	Design for Biodegradation: Harnessing Natural Decay by Managing Physical and Chemical Dynamics David I. Marash-Whitman, 13, Kehillah Jewish High School, San Jose, California

Third Award of $1,000
EV004	Assessing the Risk of a Potential Biological Control Agent: Oviposition Tests on Wetland Plants Sheena Bhalla, 15, Lincoln Park Academy, Fort Pierce, Florida
EV005	The Effects of Increased Nutrient Levels on Aquatic Organisms: A Bioassay of Cave Springs Branch and Honey Creek Molly Katheryn Steen, 15, Grove High School, Grove, Oklahoma
EV007	Effect of Salinity on Benthic Foraminifera in the Indian River Lagoon Phaedra Calista Tinder, 16, Sebastian River High School, Sebastian, Florida
EV027	A Comprehensive Analysis of Insect Diversity as a Result of Terrestrial Features and Aquatic Vegetation Elise Laine Larson, 18, Bagley High School, Bagley, Minnesota
EV035	Contamination of Proximate Wells in the Piedmont Region Afton Kerry Vechery, 15, Glenleg High School, Glenelg, Maryland
EV049	Boards and Branches: A Multivariable Study of Snow Interception Erica Elizabeth David, 15, Pinedale High School, Pinedale, Wyoming
EV057	Multi-Tiered Wetlands: A Technique for Improving the Efficiency of Artificial Wetlands Andrew James Stewart, 17, Karabar Distance Education Centre, Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
EV076	Dyeing to Keep a Safe Environment Reya Jessica Das, 16, Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona
EV084	It's Raining . . . Carbon? Dustin George Harwood Hughes, 16, Timmins High and Vocational School, Timmins, Ontario, Canada
EV103	Analysis of Macroinvertebrate Population and Diversity with Hydrological Parameters and Their Influence on Water Quality: A Watershed Study, Phase Three Christine Weizer Li, 17, Cookeville High School, Cookeville, Tennessee
EV110	Growing Energy: The Production of Hydrogen from the Green Algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Radha Ramjeawan, 15, Uniondale High School, Uniondale, New York

Fourth Award of $500
EV009	Potential Amelioration of Fescue Toxicosis by Inclusion of Clays in Diet Loren Kaye Liebrecht, 17, Southwest Virginia Governor's School, Dublin, Virginia
EV022	*Germination and Seed Viability of Coleogyne ramosissima* (Blackbrush)** Kristin Sorensen, 18, Pine View High School, Saint George, Utah
EV032	*Immobilization of Hazardous Materials Utilizing Gallionella sp., Klebsiella sp., and Desulfovibrio sp.* Bacteria** Morgen Elizabeth Anyan, 17, Selah High School, Selah, Washington
EV056	Effects of Toxic Riparian Weeds on the Survival of Aquatic Invertebrates David Colin Conway Llewellyn, 17, Great Lakes College, Tuncurry Senior Campus, Tuncurry, New South Wales, Australia
EV060	Determination of the Ability to Use Pontederia cordata (Blue Broad Leaf Pickerel Rush) Plants as Biomonitors for Monitoring Trace Heavy Metal Contaminants in Drainage Canals Elizabeth Anne Lopez, 17, East Jefferson High School, Metairie, Louisiana
EV062	An Investigation of Titanium Dioxide Suspensions for Use in a Flowing Catalytic Heavy Metal Reduction Apparatus Megan Moulding, 14, Wahlquist Junior High School, Ogden, Utah
EV092	Efficient and Environmentally Safe Removal of Toxic Ammonia Using Aquatic Plants Catharina Rose Grubaugh, 16, White Station High School, Memphis, Tennessee
EV094	The Effects of Nitrogen Inputs on Microbial Activity in Bark Beetle Infested Forests: Implications for Global Carbon Cycling Kevan Lew Christensen, 17, Corona del Sol High School, Tempe, Arizona
EV107	Establishment of a New Cultivation Method Using Deep Ocean Water and Slightly Acidic Electrolyzed Water Tomoyuki Suzuki, 18, Kanagawa Prefecture Hiratsuka Senior High School, Kanagawa, Japan
EV116	Scorched Earth - Toxic Water: An Investigation of Atmospheric Mercury Deposition and Wildfires Kyle Nathan Jaffa, 15, Sandia High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico
EV117	Water Purification Systems for Rural Areas Sarah DeWitt Nagel, 15, Mecosta Osceola Math, Science & Technology Center, Big Rapids, Michigan
EV118	A Study of the Effects of Selected Treatments of Oilfield Water on the Vascular Contractions and Behavior of California Blackworms Kari Lynn Gillespie, 17, North Toole County High School, Sunburst, Montana
EV121	Biological Oxygen Demand at International Paper's Point Source Discharge Lauren Wooten Smith, 16, John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School, Augusta, Georgia
EV122	*Effects of Temperature on Dietary Accumulation and Toxic Effects of Methylmercury in Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)* William Patrick Jagoe, 17, A. R. Johnson Health Sciences and Engineering High, Augusta, Georgia

Mathematics - Presented by Science News
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Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner
MA044	Complete Sequences of Positive Integers Kledin Dobi, 16, Julia R. Masterman High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

Second Award of $1,500
MA003	Programmable Quantum Computing: A New Framework with von Neumann Type Architecture Nimish Pradipkumar Ramanlal, 16, Seminole High School, Sanford, Florida
MA015	On Universality Properties of Positive-Definite Integral Quadratic Forms Scott Duke Kominers, 18, Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, Maryland
MA019	Car Parking Made Hard! Chun-Ju Lai, 18, Taipei Municipal Chien-Kuo Senior High School, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei

Third Award of $1,000
MA025	Generalizations of Koch Curve and Its Applications XinRan Zhu, 17, Shanghai Southwest Weiyu Middle School, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
MA031	Monids of Endomorphisms Alexey Yu. Shubnikov, 16, Mathematical Education Centre, St. Petersburg, Russia
MA037	Durer's Unsolved Geometry Problem Daniel Bezdek, 15, St. Brigid Elementary and Junior High School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
MA042	Nonagonal Numbers in the Fibonacci Sequence and Related Diophantine Equations John Michael Sillcox, 18, Jericho High School, Jericho, New York

Fourth Award of $500
MA009	A New Algorithm for Digital Signatures Gerold Gruenauer, 18, Kepler Gymnasium, Weiden, Bavaria, Germany
MA020	Classification of Determinantal Sequences Samuel Mohun Bhagwat, 16, Winston Churchill High School, Livonia, Michigan
MA026	Some Results on Inclusive and Exclusive Partitions of Complete Graphs Robert Thomas Cordwell, 18, Manzano High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico
MA027	Some Results of the 3x+1 Conjecture Daniel Zi Wang, 15, Jasper High School, Plano, Texas
MA030	Graph Isomorphic Lattice Paths Paul Francis Jacobs, 18, Good Hope School, St Croix, Virgin Islands

Medicine and Health - Presented by Merck Research Laboratories
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and an Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated fair they represent.

Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner
ME079	Comprehensive Evolutionary Study of Disease-Causing Amino Acid Substitutions Using Computational Analysis Jeffrey M. Bhasin, 18, Rocky River High School, Rocky River, Ohio

First Award of $3,000
ME071	Modulation of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome Complex Via Morphine Coupled Nitric Oxide Release: A Possible Mechanism for the Prevention of Neurodegenerative Diseases Suraj Hitendra Rambhia, 17, Jericho High School, Jericho, New York
ME079	Comprehensive Evolutionary Study of Disease-Causing Amino Acid Substitutions Using Computational Analysis Jeffrey M. Bhasin, 18, Rocky River High School, Rocky River, Ohio
ME091	The Matrix Probe - Evolution: Co-registration of Digital Mammography with 3Dimensional Breast Ultrasound Using a Full-Field Matrix of Piezoelectric Crystal Transducers Chetley L. C. Gervais, 17, Sandwich Secondary School, LaSalle, Ontario, Canada

Second Award of $1,500
ME006	Curbing the Embryonic Stem Cell Controversy: Cardiac Differentiation of Adult Bone Marrow Stem Cells Following Epigenetic Modification Shiv Mukesh Gaglani, 16, West Shore High School, Melbourne, Florida
ME037	Implications of Nicotine's Pro-Angiogenesis Activities: The Good and the Bad Sarah S. Mousa, 17, Columbia High School, East Greenbush, New York
ME041	The Cytotoxic Effects of Frankincense Oil in Malignant Glioblastoma: A Mechanistic Approach Carrie Elizabeth Shaw, 17, Career Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
ME058	Therapeutic Efficacy of Serotonin Precursor Loading to Mitigate MDMA-Induced Neurotoxicity: Rescue of Serotonin Neurons and Treatment of Anxiogenesis Diana Lynn Eheart, 18, Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona
ME063	Dopaminergic Neurons from Bone Marrow Stem Cells: An Acceptable, Potential Therapy for Parkinson's Disease Sami Obaid, 16, College Regina Assumpta, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
ME085	An Analysis of Brain Tissue Sections for Proteins Targeted by the Genotoxicant Methylazoxymethanol (MAM) Allison Shelton Rhines, 16, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon

Third Award of $1,000
ME019	The Beneficial Effects of Fish Oil on Breast Cancer: A Fourth-Year Study Triparna Ghosh-Choudhury, 17, Northside Health Careers High School, San Antonio, Texas
ME029	Dendritic Polymer-Insulin Conjugates/Nanodevices for Oral Insulin Delivery: A System for Optimal Bioavailability in Type 1 Diabetes Shilpa Naresh Raja, 17, West Bloomfield High School, West Bloomfield, Michigan
ME031	Gene Therapy Meets Chemotherapy: Exposure of Malignant Glioma Cells to Transgenic Embryonic Stem Cells and Temozolomide Milana Zaurova, 17, The Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, New York
ME035	The Effects of Betaseron and Pycnogenol on Nitric Oxide Levels in Multiple Sclerosis Cells Katherine Joy Nicholas, 17, Ephrata Senior High School, Ephrata, Pennsylvania
ME045	Improving Cancer Treatment Through Telomerase Inhibition Jimmy Chen Yang, 17, Plano Senior High School, Plano, Texas
ME062	*Using Viruses to Kill Cancer: Investigating the Role of in vitro* Cell Differentiation in HSV-1 Double-Mutant KM110red Infection of hFOB and U2OS Cells** Natalie Mary Raso, 16, St. Thomas More Secondary School, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
ME086	Saliva: The Stress Code Ketaki Rawal, 15, Centennial Regional High School, Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
ME088	Effect of Vitamin E on Ultraviolet Induced Mutagenesis Kawakahi Kaeo Amina, 18, Kamehameha Secondary School, Honolulu, Hawaii
ME096	Novel Genetic Analysis of Disease Susceptibility and Hereditary Patterns Using a Multi-Population Data Set Nicholas Paul Semenkovich, 18, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Ladue, Missouri

Fourth Award of $500
ME024	Exploring the Borreliacidal Factor of Various Blood Sera on Borrelia burgdorferi, the Agent of Lyme Disease, and Borrelia lonestari, the Putative Agent of Lyme-like Illness Chelsea Nicole Grigery, 18, Sikeston High School, Sikeston, Missouri
ME033	*Significance of M. tuberculosis* Lipoprotein Processing in TLR2 Stimulation, Macrophage Proinflammatory Response, and Mycobacterial Growth** Jacob Hill Bagley, 17, Stuyvesant High School, New York, 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
ME040	In vitro Analysis of Sugar Substitute Mutagenicity via a Mouse Lymphoma Thymidine Kinase Gene Mutation Assay Kaleb Markus Naegeli, 17, Northwestern High School, Kokomo, Indiana
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
ME072	Delayed Apoptotic Cell Clearance Induces Autoantibody to hnRNP P2 Kinjal S. Shah, 18, Ridgeway Jr-Sr High School, Memphis, Tennessee
ME074	An Investigation into Multiple Sclerosis: Antibodies to CD44 and Integrin ALPHA₄BETA₁ Differentially Affect Myelin-specific T-Cell Responses June-Ho Kim, 17, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California
ME081	Preservative Efficacy of Garlic (Allium sativum) on Meat and Eggs to Prevent Food Borne Illnesses Caused by Salmonella and E. coli Nandini Sarma, 15, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
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
ME099	Modeling the Spread of Infectious Diseases, Phase II: Flu Vaccination Strategies in a Structured Village Laura Mcbride Glass, 14, Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico
ME102	Silencing of Staphylococcus Virulence Genes Using siRNAs Shaleen Tarun Cholera, 18, White Station High School, Memphis, Tennessee

Microbiology - Presented by Intel Foundation
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Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner
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

First Award of $3,000
MI033	The Role of Arp8, a Chromatin Remodeling Protein, in DNA Repair and Its Implications to Cancer Aditya Krishna Denduluri, 18, Saint Pius X School, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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

Second Award of $1,500
MI002	Mechanism of Action of Retrocyclins: Circular Minidefensins with Anti-HIV-1 Ability Andrew David Warren, 15, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida
MI007	Optimizing the Growth Impediment Properties of Pure Garlic Oil in Serial Dilutions of Agrobacterium tumefaciens Benjamin Wayne Brewer, 18, Eastern High School, Pekin, Indiana
MI019	Kinetic Analysis of Viral Fusion Using Peptide Inhibitors Amanda Kay Leatherman, 17, Urbana High School, Ijamsville, Maryland
MI034	*Relationship Between Ticks and a Common Imperfect Fungus, Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, Featuring Its Life Cycle in a Tick Host* Seth Asa Murray, 18, Northeastern High School, Springfield, Ohio

Third Award of $1,000
MI011	Biologically Potent Broad Spectrum Antibiotics Obtained from Tetrodotoxin-Rich Organs of Puffer Fishes (Arathron hispidus, Arathron manillensis, Chelenodon patoca) Joey Dacula Mangadlao, 16, Agusan del Sur National High School, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur, Philippines
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
MI044	Synthesis and Evaluation of New Analogs of Triclosan and Triclocarbon, Phase II Chelsey Ryan Hall, 18, Seneca High School, Seneca, Missouri
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
MI052	Engineering 3-Dimensional Skeletal Muscle Tissue Nikhil Gupta, 17, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New York

Fourth Award of $500
MI001	Keeping Antibiotics Working, II: Effects of pH and Bacterial Growth Modulation by Daily Consumables on the Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus to Antibiotics Maryam Khadijah Mohammed, 14, Niceville Senior High School, Niceville, Florida
MI020	Analysis of Mutations in the AMP Pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Alexander Michael Hincker, 17, Roanoke Valley Governor's School for Science and T, Roanoke, Virginia
MI035	*Selection of Essential Oil Components to Inhibit Candida* Without Affecting Normal Microbiota** Karli Oberg, 17, Weber High School, Pleasant View, Utah
MI041	Modulating Murine Leukemia Virus Infection with MCAT-1 Receptor-Masked Liposomes Encapsulating Viral Inhibitors Salvatore Mottillo, 18, Marianopolis College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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
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
MI060	Sinorhizobium meliloti Inositol Catabolism Genes and Their Role in Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation Yiqian Zheng, 18, Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Physics - Presented by Intel Foundation
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and an Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated fair they represent.

Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner
PH028	Consumable Oil Encapsulated Spheroids (COES): Discovery and Applications Michael J. Pizer, 16, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

First Award of $3,000
PH028	Consumable Oil Encapsulated Spheroids (COES): Discovery and Applications Michael J. Pizer, 16, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Second Award of $1,500
PH006	Raising the Rayleigh Number: Plumes and Circulation in Turbulent Thermal Convection Meredith Ann MacGregor, 16, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado
PH008	Ultrasonic Detector for Gas Chromatography Mario Chemnitz, 18, Paul-Gerhardt-Gymnasium Graefenhainichen, Graefenhainichen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
PH009	Optimization Research on Dye-sensitized Solar Cells YiRan Wang, 19, High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

Third Award of $1,000
PH002	Super Cool Super Strong, Year Two Catherine Nicole Bewerse, 18, Satellite High School, Satellite Beach, Florida
PH005	A Vibroacoustical Study Comparing the Out-of-Plane Motion of Violin Bridges Under Different Boundary Conditions Using Holographic Inferometry Emily Rae Drabek, 18, Eastern High School, Pekin, Indiana
PH025	A Novel Simulation of Gravitational Lensing Aliza Ilana Malz, 17, Hunter College High School, New York, New York
PH039	*Analysis of Network Motifs in the C. elegans* Nervous System** Eric Louis Paniagua, 17, Massapequa High School, Massapequa, New York

Fourth Award of $500
PH013	The Electrical Conductivity of Cobalt and Iron-Nickel Based Amorphous Metal Ribbons at Cryogenic Temperatures Jonathan Joseph Naber, 15, Waterloo High School, Waterloo, Illinois
PH018	Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Germanium Manganese Thin Film Semiconductors Lynwood James Walker Jr., 17, Hahnville High School, Boutte, Louisiana
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
PH036	Strength and Ductility of Silk Thread from Nephila clavipes Rodolfo Sebastian Norniella Parache, 16, Colegio Sagrado Corazon, San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina
PH047	The Effect of Magnetic Field Strength on Flow Rate in a Magnetohydrodynamic Pump Robert S. Arthur, 17, John Handley High School, Winchester, Virginia

Space Science - Sponsored by Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5000 for Top Place Winner
SP001	Fractal Dimension Analysis of Putative Martian Coastlines Gabrielle Alyce Gianelli, 17, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida

First Award of $3000
SP001	Fractal Dimension Analysis of Putative Martian Coastlines Gabrielle Alyce Gianelli, 17, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida

Second Award of $1,500
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
SP022	The Martian Balloon John Thomas Hagen, 17, Ayersville High School, Defiance, Ohio

Third Award of $1,000
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
SP026	The Onset of Enhanced Ejection in Hypervelocity Impacts by Jetting Yuan Zhu, 17, Liverpool High School, Liverpool, New York

Forth Award of $500
SP005	Phaseolus lunatus Growth Patterns in a Simulated Mars Environment Sasha Annalicia Rohret, 15, Keystone School, San Antonio, Texas
SP013	Mars or Bust, II: Further Investigation of Selected Exploration Sites Based on Radiation Exposure Prevention Tiffany Amelia Legg, 17, Duncan Senior High School, Duncan, Oklahoma
SP020	The Design and Testing of a Shuttle Inspection Vehicle's Guidance and Imaging Systems Cameron Alexander Martin, 17, Imlay City High School, Imlay City, Michigan

Zoology - Presented by Intel Foundation
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and an Intel(R) Centrino(tm) mobile technology-based notebook computer. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated fair they represent.

Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner
ZO040	*Olfactory Learning and Brain Plasticity in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) in the Absence of Visual Cues* Lesley Elizabeth Ash, 17, Tucson Magnet High School, Tucson, Arizona

First Award of $3,000
ZO024	Testing Adaptive Models of Sex Allocation in a Polymorphic Species Tiffany Sain-Yee Ko, 16, Terre Haute South Vigo High School, Terre Haute, Indiana
ZO040	*Olfactory Learning and Brain Plasticity in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) in the Absence of Visual Cues* Lesley Elizabeth Ash, 17, Tucson Magnet High School, Tucson, Arizona

Second Award of $1,500
ZO029	Irritating, Itchy, and Ugly Casey Nicole McDonald, 18, Hedgesville High School, Hedgesville, West Virginia
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
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

Third Award of $1,000
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
ZO025	*Movement Behaviors of Jumping Spider Hasarius adansoni* Is Elicited by Visual But Not Olfactory Signals** Wen Hao Liu, 17, The Affiliated Senior High School of NKNU, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei
ZO039	Successional Species Composition of Birds at Black Mountain, Pre-fire to Post-fire Carey Marie Phelan, 16, Big Sky High School, Missoula, Montana
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
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

Fourth Award of $500
ZO010	Genetic Analysis of Meiotic Mutants in Drosophila Neha Anil Deshpande, 15, South Brunswick High School, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey
ZO012	Biological Control of a Common Corn Criminal: Phase II DJ Ray Horton, 16, Hotchkiss High School, Hotchkiss, Colorado
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
ZO028	Inhibition of Cell Recognition and Reaggregation by Chitin and Chitinase in the Sponge Microciona prolifera: A Possible Model for the Cause and Effects of RAD Vinay Tripuraneni, 16, Clovis West High School, Fresno, California
ZO042	*Light Requirements for Growth in Oreochromis aureus* x O. niloticus Hybrids, Phase Two** Annette Mendivil, 16, Casa Grande Union High School, Casa Grande, Arizona
ZO060	Developing an Experimental Method to Determine If There Is a Non-random Preference for Edge Habitat by the Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) at Tyson Research Center Ryan Matthew Turnquist, 18, Rockwood Summit High School, Fenton, Missouri

Team Projects - Presented by Ricoh
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Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner
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

First Award of $3,000
BO309	The Influence of Mycorrhizal and Fertilizer Treatments on Tree Seedlings in Fire-Affected Soils Chad Avery Schlottmann, 18, Gold Beach High School, Gold Beach, Oregon Michael R. Olson, 18, Gold Beach High School, Gold Beach, Oregon
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
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
MA308	Serial Numerical Recombinations, Phase Two Daniel B. Beksha II, 18, Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, Massachusetts Matthew J. Hall, 18, Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, Massachusetts
ME307	*The Effects of Suppressing Genes on Lysosomal Production in Wild Type and cup-5 Mutant C. elegans* as Model for the Human Disease Mucolipidosis Type IV** Elise Marie Adcock, 16, Keystone School, San Antonio, Texas Marilynn Tedja, 16, Keystone School, San Antonio, Texas Elizabeth Nicole Monier, 16, Keystone School, San Antonio, Texas
MI304	*The Isolation of Antibiotic-like Proteins from Insect Larvae of Musca domestica, Housefly Maggots, and Three Other Species of Insects* Shana Marie Wolff, 15, Cheyenne Central High School, Cheyenne, Wyoming Elizabeth Jean Cochran, 15, Cheyenne Central High School, Cheyenne, Wyoming
PH322	Numerical Solutions of Hamilton's Equations Francis Wasser, 17, Synge Street CBS Secondary School, Dublin, Ireland Michael Mulhall, 17, Synge Street CBS Secondary School, Dublin, Ireland

Second Award of $1,500
BI303	A Study of Teratogenesis in Oryzias latipes Sohan Venkat Mikkilineni, 16, Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Michigan Shravani Mikkilineni, 14, Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Michigan
BO304	The Effect of Supplemental Plant Signaling Compounds on Stress Response in Oryza sativa Basil Harbi Shadfan, 18, Keystone School, San Antonio, Texas David Brooks Kaufman, 18, Keystone School, San Antonio, Texas Khannan Kameshvaran Athreya, 18, Keystone School, San Antonio, Texas
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
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
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
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
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
ME314	Lobitonin in Cancer Treatment, Phase II Andrew Lacson Guardamano, 18, Archbishop MacDonald High School, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Julia Caroline Grochowski, 16, Archbishop MacDonald High School, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
MI313	Fish Mucus: Factors Affecting Bacterial Growth on the Hawaiian Eleotris sandwicensis Taryn Mahealani Takahashi, 17, Henry Perrine Baldwin High School, Wailuku, Hawaii Alayna Rachelle Betsill, 16, Henry Perrine Baldwin High School, Wailuku, Hawaii Genevieve C. Pang, 16, Henry Perrine Baldwin High School, Wailuku, Hawaii
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
PH312	Attenuation of Microwave Powder Filters Tara Anne McCarron, 18, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, Maryland Tristan Guha-Gilford, 17, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, Maryland
ZO305	Potential for Vertical Transmission of West Nile Virus and Western Equine Encephalitis in Culex tarsalis and Culex quinquefasciatus Priscilla Yvette Mendoza, 18, Americas High School, El Paso, Texas Gabriel Joel Mendoza, 17, Americas High School, El Paso, Texas
ZO306	Methods of Deterring Sharks in Both Invasive and Noninvasive Situations Kaitlin Maria Luther, 17, Henry Perrine Baldwin High School, Wailuku, Hawaii Alana Marie Yurkanin, 17, Henry Perrine Baldwin High School, Wailuku, Hawaii

Third Award of $1,000
BE315	Detecting the Aggregation Pheromone of Armadillidium vulgare Clara Grace Watson, 17, Grenada High School, Grenada, Mississippi Jason Lavar Anderson, 18, Grenada High School, Grenada, Mississippi
BI304	In vitro Simulation of Immunological and Biochemical Attack on Pancreatic Cancer-Specific Antigen, PaCa-Ag1 Genna Anne Ableman, 17, Midwood High School at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York Maya Barsky, 17, Midwood High School at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York
BO305	The Effect of Age and Succession Type on Forest Overstory and Understory Composition Robert Joseph Bosworth, 16, Juneau-Douglas High School, Juneau, Alaska Erika Ann O'Sullivan, 15, Juneau-Douglas High School, Juneau, Alaska
BO310	*Carbonic Anhydrase: Expression in Dioscorea and Molecular Evolution in Arabidopsis thaliana, Oryza sativa, and Dioscorea Species* Heather Ann Casper, 18, Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, Plainview, New York Benjamin Alan Pollack, 16, Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, Plainview, New York
BO312	*The Effects of Allelochemicals Produced by Lepidium latifolium* on Selected Crops Grown in North Toole County, Montana** Chris Lee McFadden, 18, North Toole County High School, Sunburst, Montana Ben Harmon Dubbe, 18, North Toole County High School, Sunburst, Montana
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
CS311	Collaborating Robots in Virtual Environment: Multi-Agent Approach Vladimir A. Bazhin, 17, Lyceum of Information Technologies #1533, Moscow, Russia Ivan S. Zakharov, 17, Lyceum of Information Technologies #1533, Moscow, Russia
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
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
EN327	A Pressure Suit for the Handicapped Daniel Mazor, 18, Maayan-Shahar, Emeq Hefer, Israel Harel Victor Cohen, 18, Maayan-Shahar, Emeq Hefer, Israel
EN335	Study of Safe and Comfortable Electric Wheelchair that Overcomes Road Conditions:-Development of a Wheel that Can Easily Climb Curbs Kentaro Yoshifuji, 17, Nara Prefecture Oji Technical High School, Nara, Japan Yuki Miura, 16, Nara Prefecture Oji Technical High School, Nara, Japan Tsuyoshi Hino, 16, Nara Prefecture Oji Technical High School, Nara, Japan
EV324	Moringa oleifera: Nature's Coagulant Shane Suazo, 18, Hillsdale High School, San Mateo, California Yo Miyamoto, 17, Hillsdale High School, San Mateo, California
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
EV327	Development of a Qualitative TNT Sensor by Using Natural Cow Gelatine and TNT Determination Enis Eray Ercag, 17, Private Fatih Science Highschool, Istanbul, Turkey Ismail Sizer, 16, Private Fatih Science Highschool, Istanbul, Turkey
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
ME316	Proteomics Analysis of Osteosarcoma Cells Lalith Kumar Polepeddi, 16, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, Colorado Michael McCord Polmear, 17, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, Colorado
ME322	New Cancer Gene? Analyzing Mutations in Protein Kinase that Induce Cancer Arif Ali Awan, 17, Marianopolis College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Hamza Mohaimeen Bari, 18, Marianopolis College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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
SP306	The Effect of Size and Charge on the Electrodynamic Screen Kuo-Jui Ray Huang, 16, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas Matthew Clinton Baldwin, 17, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas Xuan Yi, 16, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas
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

Fourth Award of $500
BO302	*Understanding Roles of Gene Families Through Studies of Gene At1g68780 in Arabidopsis thaliana* Development** Varun Rajendra Hippalgaonkar, 15, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida John James Hutchison, 15, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida
CH306	Atmospheric Chemical Instabilities Sharat Ganapati, 18, Skyview High School, Vancouver, Washington Shiliang Chen, 18, Skyview High School, Vancouver, Washington
CH309	Characterization of Cyclometalated Ir(III) and Pt(II) Complexes as Efficient Singlet Oxygen Sensitizers Henry Fong, 18, Alhambra High School, Alhambra, California Allen Hing Tran, 17, Alhambra High School, Alhambra, California
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
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
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
CS306	Multi-Frequency Optical Data Storage System Rodrigo Luger, 17, Escola Americana de Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brasil Giuliano Sider, 17, Escola Americana de Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brasil
EA302	The Likelihood of Exotic Earthworm Invasions on Forest Ecosystems Due to Leaf Pact Type, Phase III Jillian Rita Beaufeaux, 18, Cloquet Senior High School, Cloquet, Minnesota Kirsti Anna Hakala, 18, Cloquet Senior High School, Cloquet, Minnesota
EN313	Development of a Continuously Variable Transmission Hendrik Petrus Becker, 17, St. John's College, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Kieran George Mace, 18, St. John's College, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
EN314	The Incorporation of Nanofiber Materials in Air Filtration Applications James Z. Wang, 17, North Canton Hoover High School, North Canton, Ohio Albert Roberts Christian, 18, North Canton Hoover High School, North Canton, Ohio
EN320	Increasing the Efficiency of a Robotic System Using a Visual Aid Program Richard William Odlum, 17, Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, New York Christopher Denis McCann, 18, Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, New York
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
EN324	MT - Milk Tester Carlos Augusto Bugs, 20, Fundacao Escola Tecnica Liberato Salzano Vieira da, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil Clodoaldo de Borba Lambiase, 19, Fundacao Escola Tecnica Liberato Salzano Vieira da, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil Pedro Turibeo Castagna, 19, Fundacao Escola Tecnica Liberato Salzano Vieira da, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
EN336	Create a Collapsible Wheelchair Joshua Robert Turner, 17, Hiram High School, Hiram, Georgia William Caleb Rodgers, 17, Hiram High School, Hiram, Georgia Shawn Ryan Matthews, 17, Hiram High School, Hiram, Georgia
EV306	An Inferential Study of the Efficiency of the Natural Filtration Process of the OES Wetlands as Determined by the Bioluminescent Capabilities of the Dinoflagellate P. noctiluc Matthew Aaron McKinney, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon Cole Thomas Streiff, 16, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon
EV311	*The Relationship of the Behavior of Tadpole of Rana omeimontis* with the Concentrations of the Water in Rice Paddy** Xiang Shi, 17, Chendu Number 7 High School, Chendu, Sichuan, China Fei Duan, 17, Chendu Number 7 High School, Chendu, Sichuan, China Yi Wang, 17, Chendu Number 7 High School, Chendu, Sichuan, China
EV329	Bioremediation of Polluted Water with Hydrocarbons Marisol Perez Rangel, 19, Cecyteg, Irapuato, Gto., Mexico Maria del Rocio Duarte Castillo, 19, Cecyteg, Irapuato, Gto., Mexico
MA303	The Power Domination Problem on Trees and Other Bipartite Graphs Edward Fu Schmerling, 16, Lyndon B. Johnson High School, Austin, Texas Jennifer Fu Schmerling, 17, Lyndon B. Johnson High School, Austin, Texas Sarah Daphna Spikes, 17, Lyndon B. Johnson High School, Austin, Texas
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
ME313	Circadian Stage-Dependent Effects of Exercising on the Time Structure of Blood Pressure Ryan Kimlong Huynh, 16, Champlin Park High School, Champlin, Minnesota Richie Kimlong Huynh, 16, Champlin Park High School, Champlin, Minnesota
MI311	*Effects of Ultraviolet-A Rays on the Growth of Escherichia coli* Bacteria** Jonah Randolph Parker, 18, Central Lee High School, Donnellson, Iowa Jesse Christopher Dodds, 18, Central Lee High School, Donnellson, Iowa
PH302	Isolating and Enhancing Design Parameters of an Ambient Temperature Magnetohydrodynamic Generator to Determine Scalability for Commercial Power Production Ryan Paul Jones, 17, Astronaut High School, Titusville, Florida Eric Anthony Smith, 17, Astronaut High School, Titusville, Florida
PH319	The Efficiency of Photomultiplier Tube Cosmic Ray Detectors Rudy William Resch, 18, Lincoln High School, Lincoln, Nebraska Kent Robert Shirer, 17, Lincoln High School, Lincoln, Nebraska
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
ZO303	Chick Calls: Engineering a Device to Recognize the Calls of Young Pullets Laura Michelle Fisher, 15, Westview High School, Portland, Oregon Amber Nichole Shinsel, 16, Westview High School, Portland, Oregon
ZO309	*Using Wing Characteristics of Drosophila* to Map Evolutionary Modes and Patterns** Marissa Fawn Goldblatt, 17, Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, Plainview, New York Karthik Vellore Sabapathy, 17, Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, Plainview, New York

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