Broadcom MASTERS 2012 Semifinalists
The 2012 Broadcom MASTERS (Math, Applied Science, Technology, and Engineering for Rising Stars) semifinalists come from 290 middle schools across the United States and Puerto Rico, and represent 117 SSP-affiliated science fairs in those communities.听
The semifinalists of the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS are:
Allen, Ryan Grade: 6
St. Anne School – San Juan Capistrano, CA
Project Title: 听Steer; Don’t Veer
Ambati, Vardhaan Grade: 7
Stratford Middle School San Jose – San Jose, CA
Project Title: 听Effect of the Electrolyte鈥檚 pH on the Efficiency of Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Amin, Jay Grade: 8
Ames Middle School – Ames, IA
Project Title: 听What Makes Your Voice Unique?: Characteristics and Comparisons of Vowels
Amusin, Daniel Grade: 8
Wood Oaks Junior High School – Northbrook, IL
Project Title: 听Go H2O Go
Anderson, Jonny Grade: 7
St. Barnabas School – Martinsville, IN
Project Title: 听尝耻产谤颈肠补苍迟蝉
Asirvatham, Roshini Grade: 8
Friedell Middle School – Rochester, MN
Project Title: 听Cardiac Devices and Solar Phenomenon: Need for a New Sunscreen?
Badalamente, Griffin Grade: 7
Takoma Park Middle School – Potomac, MD
Project Title: 听Influencing Ants:听 The Effect of Magnetic Fields on the Tunneling Activities of Western Harvester Ants (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis)
Bai, Robin Grade: 8
Tabb Middle School – Yorktown, VA
Project Title: 听Measuring Spectral Properties of Various Light Sources Based on the Grating Diffraction of CD/DVD
Balaji, Yash Grade: 8
Timberlane Middle School – Pennington, NJ
Project Title: 听Gills:听 The Final Barrier Between Man and Sea
Banerjee, Neehar Grade: 8
Friedell Middle SChool – Rochester, MN
Project Title: 听Water Water Everywhere but Not a Drop to Spare: Water Conservation through a Computer-Based Sprinkler System
Baral, Jessika Grade: 7
Hopkins Junior High School – Fremont, CA
Project Title: 听A Novel Way to Strengthen Eye Muscles and Enhance Peripheral Vision
Bari, Ahsan Grade: 8
Vanguard Preparatory School – Apple Valley, CA
Project Title: 听Bioremediation a Solution to Pollution: Enhancing the Bioremediation of POL Contaminated Soils
Bartley, Anthony Grade: 8
Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School – Chicago, IL
Project Title: 听The Effect of Resveratrol on the Development of Dictyostelium
Bau, David Grade: 8
Lincoln Public Schools – Lincoln, MA
Project Title: 听贵颈濒别触厂辞谤迟
Becker, Drew Grade: 6
Timpanogos Intermediate School – Heber City, UT
Project Title: 听Solar vs. Snow
Becker, Michael Grade: 7
Liberty Christian School – Flower Mound, TX
Project Title: 听Temperature of the Zone, Affects the Pitch of a Trombone
Belanger-Giguere, Kelly Grade: 7
Malcolm Bridge Middle Scool – Bogart, GA
Project Title: 听Effect of the Rating of Air Filters on Dust Removal
Bell, Ian Grade: 7
Garfield Middle School – Lakewood, OH
Project Title: 听How Does Solution Concentration Affect Color Density in Cyanotype Paper Production?
Bender, Sophie Grade: 8
Niu Valley Middle School – Honolulu, HI
Project Title: 听Main Belt Comets: Water from Space?
Benedict, Annie Grade: 7
St. John Fisher Parish School – Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Project Title: 听Wave Hello to “Blue-Green” Energy: The Effect of Blowhole Cavern Depth on Water Ejection from a Simulated Oceanic Blowhole
Benveniste, Noa Grade: 7
Chamblee Middle School – Atlanta, GA
Project Title: 听The Speed of the Rotation of the Sun
Berleant, Evalyn Grade: 7
LiSA Academy West – Little Rock, AR
Project Title: 听Heating Strategies for Making Solar Cells
Best, Tanner Grade: 8
Lubbock Cooper Middle School – Lubbock, TX
Project Title: 听Cotton Yield Response to Varying Water Replacement Levels
Betts, Sarah Grade: 6
Our Lady of Grace Catholic School – Minneapolis, MN
Project Title: 听Memory Development and Myelin Growth
Bhattacharjee, Smita Grade: 7
Lamar Louise Curry Middle School – Miami, FL
Project Title: 听Energy Efficient House: How Do Different Building Structures Affect Energy Conservation?
Bollt, Scott Grade: 8
A.A. Kingston Middle School – Potsdam, NY
Project Title: 听Trajectory Calculator
Bolsius, London Grade: 8
Walsh Middle School – Round Rock, TX
Project Title: 听Cube Solving Robot
Buynak, Adam Grade: 8
Tippecanoe Middle School – Tipp City, OH
Project Title: 听Flood Control: What Is the Best Alternative Material for Sandbags?
Challa, Anup Grade: 7
White Station Middle School – Cordova, TN
Project Title: 听How Green is Your Green?
Chandler, Emma Grade: 8
Absarokee High School – Absarokee, MT
Project Title: 听An Ant Hill with a Temperature!
Chandra, Rishabh Grade: 8
The Harker School – San Jose, CA
Project Title: 听The Effect of Temperature Variation on the Power Output of Photovoltaic Panels
Chang, Stephanie Grade: 7
Medea Creek Middle School – Oak Park, CA
Project Title: 听Activated Charcoal: The Environmental Savior
Chaudhry, Humna Grade: 7
C.C.A. Baldi Middle School – Philadelphia, PA
Project Title: 听The Effects of Vitamin E on UV-B Exposure on Drosophila
Chiu, Daniel Grade: 7
Stoller Middle School – Portland, OR
Project Title: 听Empty Oceans: How to Prevent Overfishing and Fisheries Collapse
Chiu, Le-en Grade: 7
Home School – Columbus, OH
Project Title: 听Removing Sodium Phosphate from a Sample of Water Using FGD Material
Choi, Alex Grade: 8
Holdrum Middle School – River Vale, NJ
Project Title: 听The Adverse Effects of Microwaved Plastic Wraps on the Heart Rate of Daphnia magna
Cormier, Emily Grade: 8
Oakview Middle School – Lake Orion, MI
Project Title: 听Cool Roofs – Green Is In and Heat Is Out
Coulson, Samuel Grade: 8
West Platte High School – Weston, MO
Project Title: 听A Futuristic Study of the Effects of Microgravity on the Biomass and Variation of Stems from Perpendicular of Raphanus sativus
Courtney, Elya Grade: 8
Monument Academy – Monument, CO
Project Title: 听Is the Drag Force on a Supersonic Projectile Proportional to Air Density?
Cox, Kevin Grade: 8
St Margarets – Laguna Niguel, CA
Project Title: 听Cosmic Bullets: Does Local Weather Affect the Intensity of Cosmic Radiation at Sea Level?
Criscione, Lisa Grade: 8
Incarnate Word Academy – Seven Hills, OH
Project Title: 听Rusty Concrete: Will Too Much Water Corrode Concrete Faster?
D’Agnese, Ashley Grade: 8
The Classical Academy – Colorado Springs, CO
Project Title: 听The Heat Is On
Dahl, Andrea Grade: 7
Pioneer Trail Middle School – Overland Park, KS
Project Title: 听Do My Eyes Help Me Stay on My Toes?
Darling, Amelia Grade: 8
Cedarbrook Middle School – Wyncote, PA
Project Title: 听Does Birth Order Affect Personality Type?
Das, Arnob Grade: 6
Summa, Stoller Middle School – Portland, OR
Project Title: 听Cost-Effective Catalyst in Polymeric Membrane Fuel Cell
Dasarathy, Dhweeja Grade: 7
Birchwood School – Cleveland, OH
Project Title: 听Body Composition and Sleep Patterns in an Urban Pediatric Population: A Prospective Study
Dasgupta, Disha Grade: 8
Mission Trail Middle – Olathe, KS
Project Title: 听Curing Movement Problems Caused by a Neural Disorder in C. clegans
Dawson, Maxwell Grade: 7
The Rhoades School – Carlsbad, CA
Project Title: 听Insulation Innovation: Putting Phase Change Materials to the Test
DeBok, Teren Grade: 8
Trailridge Middle School – Shawnee, KS
Project Title: 听Energy Forever? The Answer Could Be Blowing in the Wind-How Rotor Blade Lengths Affect the Energy Output of a Wind Turbine
Devanathan, Nirupama Grade: 8
Summit Middle School – Fort Wayne, IN
Project Title: 听When Pathways Go Wrong…
Dholakia, Shashank Grade: 7
Marian A. Peterson Middle School – Santa Clara, CA
Project Title: 听The Sky Is No Limit – A Photometric Comparison of the Variable Stars Beta Lyra and Delta Cephei
Dholakia, Shishir Grade: 7
Marian A. Peterson Middle School – Santa Clara, CA
Project Title: 听The Sky Is No Limit – A Photometric Comparison of the Variable Stars Beta Lyra and Delta Cephei
Doepner, Mary Travis Grade: 7
River Springs Charter School – Riverside, CA
Project Title: 听Findings from the Field: A Study of Pervious Materials in the Low Impact Development Project at Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
Donaldson, Cristin Grade: 6
Lincoln Park Academy – Fort Pierce, FL
Project Title: 听How Nutrient Levels Affect Batch Culture Production of Tetraselmis (Green Microalgae)
Draper, Scott Grade: 7
Stone Middle School – Palm Bay, FL
Project Title: 听Rescue Bot: Programming a Robot and a Snow Removal System to Locate and Rescue Victims of Avalanches
Drummond, Trail Grade: 7
Tuskawilla Middle School – Winter Park, FL
Project Title: 听Behavioral Affects on Different Ant Species When Competing for a Food Source
Drury, Cassa Grade: 7
St. Francis of Assisi – Louisville, KY
Project Title: 听Exploring Cell Signaling in Wound Healing
Dutt, Devika Grade: 7
Chapel Hill Middle School – Douglasville, GA
Project Title: 听The Art and Science of Dyeing Eggs
Duvvoori, Lekha Grade: 6
Mount Madonna School – Gilroy, CA
Project Title: 听I See What Eye See:听 Low Light Color Vision, Assessing Its Impact on Technology and in Daily Life
Dwyer, Aidan Grade: 8
Northport Middle School – Northport, NY
Project Title: 听The Mystery of the Fibonacci Sequence: An Investigation of Phyllotaxic Architecture to Increase Photovoltaic Efficiency
Ebesu, Evan Grade: 7
Hawaii Baptist Academy – Waipahu, HI
Project Title: 听Arsenic in Rice
Eltohamy, Farah Grade: 6
BASIS Chandler – Chandler, AZ
Project Title: 听Nitrify or Denitrify?
Emmerth, Emily Grade: 7
St. Michael Parish School – Wheeling, WV
Project Title: 听Daphnia Diluted
Farmer, Nathaniel Grade: 7
Stillwater Junior High School – Lake Elmo, MN
Project Title: 听Children’s Exposure to Black Carbon Pollution in a Suburban School Setting
Felizarta, Philip Grade: 7
Earl Warren Junior High School – Bakersfield, CA
Project Title: 听Ethanol Producing Potential of Mouse Barley (Hordeum murinum subspecies leporinum) and Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne)
Fennell, Katherine Grade: 7
The Montessori Middle School – New York, NY
Project Title: 听Could a Small Aquatic Plant Have Reversed Global Warming 49 Million Years Ago?
Filler, Elan Grade: 8
Rolling Hills Country Day School – Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Project Title: 听What is the Environmental Source of Cryptococcus gattii?
Fish, Madison Grade: 8
Everitt Middle School – Panama City, FL
Project Title: 听The Affect of Humidity on the Volume of Viscid Glue
Fisher, Elizabeth Grade: 8
Park Christian School – Fargo, ND
Project Title: 听Can Vision Be Improved in a Coloboma Eye?
Fisk, Kaatje Grade: 6
Salt Lake Center for Science Education – Cottonwood Heights, UT
Project Title: 听Monitoring the Effects of Drought on Tree Mortality
Fo, Katie Grade: 8
Whitford Middle School – Beaverton, OR
Project Title: 听Combination Wind Turbine Design and Implementation
Follett V, William Grade: 7
Medea Creek Middle School – Agoura, CA
Project Title: 听Microbes + Waste Water = Free Electricity
Franxman, Logan Grade: 7
St. Pius X School – Crestview Hills, KY
Project Title: 听Steep Hills Make Big Thrills: Impact of Track Slope/Height and Vehicle Mass/Density on Roller Coasters with Loops
Freedman, Emma Grade: 7
Meadowridge Home School – Corralitos, CA
Project Title: 听Testing the Effects of Deforestation on the Water Quality of the Kinabatangan River
Freeman, Julia Grade: 6
Turtle Rock Elementary School – Irvine, CA
Project Title: 听UV or Not UV – How Does the Type and Color of a Material Affect Its Ability to Block UV Radiation?
Fregly, Christopher Grade: 8
Abraham Lincoln Middle School – Gainesville, FL
Project Title: 听Estimated Muscle Loads During Squat Exercise in Microgravity Conditions
Fujimura, Jasmine Grade: 7
Studebaker Middle School – Huber Heights, OH
Project Title: 听Hair Dryers Today, Hearing Aids Tomorrow?
Fukunaga, Julie Grade: 8
Elkhorn Middle School – Lodi, CA
Project Title: 听Weedfinder, an Eco-Friendly Herbicide Sprayer (Year Two)
Fuller, Cole Grade: 7
Rimrock Expeditionary Alternative Learning Middle School听 (REALMS) – Bend, OR
Project Title: 听Silky Smooth Science: Temperature’s Effect on Development of Bombyx mori
Fung, Jonathan Grade: 8
John F. Kennedy Middle School – Cupertino, CA
Project Title: 听Tachycardia, Intoxication, and Coma: The Physiological Effects of Caffeine on Daphnia magna and Humans
Galligher, Ryan Grade: 7
Canyon Ridge Middle School – Austin, TX
Project Title: 听How Does the Composition of a Fossil Affect the Chemical Weathering Process over Time?
Garcia, Gabriella Grade: 6
Chandler Preparatory Academy – Chandler, AZ
Project Title: 听Time of Day Effect on GPS Accuracy
Gardner, Victor Grade: 8
White Station Middle School – Memphis, TN
Project Title: 听The Dynamics of Ionizing Radiation
Garimella, Mihir Grade: 7
Dorseyville Middle School – Pittsburgh, PA
Project Title: 听Tumor Diagnosis with Image Processing
Gentry, Paige Grade: 7
Irion County Intermediate School – San Angelo, TX
Project Title: 听Reducing Rabies Responsibly
Gibson, Jennifer Grade: 8
St. Margaret Mary Catholic School – Winter Park, FL
Project Title: 听What’s In Your Makeup?
Giglia, Molly Grade: 8
Walnut Hills High School – Cincinnati, OH
Project Title: 听Algae as Biofuel: Does Baking Soda Affect Algal Growth and Enhance Biofuel Viability
Gill, Alec Grade: 8
Sheffield Middle School – Sheffield Village, OH
Project Title: 听Nanocrystalline Solar Cells:听 How Different Organic Dyes Affect Voltage Production
Gilmartin, Raymond Grade: 8
South Pasadena Middle School – South Pasadena, CA
Project Title: 听Spare the Environment, Spoiler the Car:听 The Effect of Rear Spoilers on Drag and Lift
Gilmore, Claire Grade: 7
Frankford Middle School – Dallas, TX
Project Title: 听Do the Wave!听 How Does Tsunami Barrier Shape Affect Tsunami Wave Height?
Girish, Govind Grade: 8
Canyon Vista Middle School – Austin, TX
Project Title: 听Alternative Fluids for Efficient Heat Exchange in Pressurized Water Reactors
Godlewski, Erik Grade: 8
Saint Anastasia Catholic School – Westchester, CA
Project Title: 听It Burns!听 Do Our Clothes Protect Our Skin from Harmful Ultraviolet Rays?
Godse, Hersh Grade: 8
Summa North Academy, Meadow Park Middle School – Portland, OR
Project Title: 听Temperature Alarm to Detect Improper Storage and Prevent Food Contamination in the Food Industry
Gonzalez, Hondo Grade: 8
St. Hyacinth Academy – Hemet, CA
Project Title: 听Will Positive Subliminal Messages Placed in the Instruction of Learning Improve Test Scores?
Gramer, Allison Grade: 8
Oakridge Middle School – Naples, FL
Project Title: 听Shrouded Wind Turbine
Green, Haley Grade: 6
Sage Creek Elementary School – Springville, UT
Project Title: 听Will the Presence of Oil in Water Reduce the Oxygen Production of an Aquatic Plant?
Gregg, Jordan Grade: 7
Quest Academy – North Barrington, IL
Project Title: 听Griping about Grapes:听 Does Veggie Wash Remove Pesticides?
Grell, Jessyka Grade: 8
Roland Park Elementary Middle School – Baltimore, MD
Project Title: 听The Tooth about Decay
Grimmett, Maria Elena Grade: 8
The Weiss School – Jupiter, FL
Project Title: 听H2Oh No!听 Pharmaceuticals Are in My Groundwater:听 Sulfamethazine Adsorption/Desorption Isotherms and Kinetics Using Purolite Resin MN250
Gupta, Vikul Grade: 8
Oregon Episcopal School – Tualatin, OR
Project Title: 听Cracking the RSA Encryption System
Gustafson, J. Andrew Grade: 7
Homer Central Junior High School – Cortland, NY
Project Title: 听Soybean Survival: How Well Can the Seeds of Wild Soybean Species Tolerate Ocean Water?
Gustafson, Julia Grade: 6
Homer Central Intermediate School – Cortland, NY
Project Title: 听The Amazing Race… Soybean Style: Does Seed Size Affect Germination Rates of Wild Soybeans?
Haddad, Martha Grade: 7
St. Joseph School – Danbury, CT
Project Title: 听Designing an Effective Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell
Hall, Lauren Grade: 8
School of Science and Technology – Corpus Christi, TX
Project Title: 听Revealing the Past, Year 3
Hammond, William Grade: 8
Aspire Middle School – Olympia, WA
Project Title: 听A Robotic Simulated Lunar Terrain Transportation Challenge
Hand, Michael Grade: 7
C.T. English Middle School – Los Gatos, CA
Project Title: 听Heat Transfer in an Incandescent Lamp: An Investigation by Computer-Controlled Experiment
Hansel, Paul Grade: 8
Eastern Middle School – Old Greenwich, CT
Project Title: 听An Investigation Into Hydrogen-Producing Green Algae
Hasan, Sara Grade: 7
Salam Academy – Albuquerque, NM
Project Title: 听Solar and Hydro Energy
Hatch, Lindsey Grade: 6
Barratt Elementary School – American Fork, UT
Project Title: 听Urine My Garden:听 Dump Your Diapers Here
Hathaway, Lisa Grade: 8
Palmetto Middle School – Miami, FL
Project Title: 听Ampicillin vs. E.Coli: Who’s the Real Winner?
Henderson, Olivia Grade: 8
St. Columban School – Loveland, OH
Project Title: 听The Tsunami Safety System: Deploying the Barrier
Hnath, Sean Grade: 8
Muhlenberg Middle School – Reading, PA
Project Title: 听Ride the Wave to Power: Building and Testing an Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Generator
Hogaboam, Octavia Grade: 7
Meadow Park Middle School – Beaverton, OR
Project Title: 听Making Rochelle Salt and Testing for Relationships between the Mass and the Voltage Produced
Hsu, Claire Grade: 8
Fairmont Private Schools- Edgewood Campus – Irvine, CA
Project Title: 听鈥淕ive Me a Brake鈥� 鈥� A Study of How Various Brake Pad Patterns and Other Factors Affect the Braking Performance of a Bike
Hueckel, Emma Grade: 7
Ascension Catholic School – Melbourne, FL
Project Title: 听Optimal Oil Absorption for Environmental Cleanup in Aquatic Systems
Hughes, Aeleia Grade: 7
Canterbury School – Fort Wayne,, IN
Project Title: 听Do You Have a Rockin’ Horse?
Humphreys, Genevieve Grade: 7
St. Cyril of Alexandria – Tucson, AZ
Project Title: 听Exploring Alternative Wind Energy
Iyer, Varun Grade: 8
Benjamin Franklin Middle School – Springfield, IL
Project Title: 听Energy: The Sound Way: The Effects of Various Configurations of Heat Stack on the Energy Output of a Thermoacoustic Piezoelectric Generator
Jackson, Nathan Grade: 8
St. Benedict Elementary School – Quaker City, OH
Project Title: 听Hog Manure Management
Jain, Anirudh Grade: 8
Summa Academy North – Portland, OR
Project Title: 听Use of Diatoms as Biological Indicators for Silver Nanoparticle Pollution
Jensen, Marissa Grade: 8
Holy Rosary School – Duluth, MN
Project Title: 听Does Diphenhydramine Affect Daphnia Survival and Reproduction?
Joardar, Tiasha Grade: 8
Renner Middle School – Plano, TX
Project Title: 听Comparison of Infrared and Visible Light Absorption Properties of Water and Its Application in Filtering Heat Energy from Solar Radiation
Jog, Aditya Grade: 7
Mason Middle School – Mason, OH
Project Title: 听Waste Heat Recovery Using Thermo-Electric Power
Jons, Carolyn Grade: 8
Central Middle School Eden Prairie – Eden Prairie, MN
Project Title: 听The Effect of Oxygen Removal Treatments on the Mold Growth of Blueberries
Kalyanasundaram, Gokul Grade: 7
Challenger School, Sunnyvale – Sunnyvale, CA
Project Title: 听Can Coriander Make Antibiotics More Effective?
Kanadibhotla, Snigdha Grade: 7
Summa, Stoller Middle School – Portland, OR
Project Title: 听A Burning Need: Collagen Gels
Karamchedu, Chaitanya Grade: 7
Stoller Middle School – Portland, OR
Project Title: 听Degrading a Hurricane- An Attempt to Reduce the Strength of a Hurricane through Premature Cloud Condensation
Karandikar, Akhil Grade: 6
Lake Mary Montessori Academy – Longwood, FL
Project Title: 听Saving Energy by Minimizing the Use of the Pool Filter Pump
Karmarkar, Ishani Grade: 7
Stratford Middle School San Jose – San Jose, CA
Project Title: 听Unlocking Nature’s Secret to Green and Efficient Solar Energy
Karras, Christopher Grade: 8
Wilmington Christian Academy – Wilmington, NC
Project Title: 听Could Our Addiction to Fossil Fuels Be Killing Our Coral Reefs?
Karthik, Anjini Grade: 8
Challenger School, Sunnyvale – Sunnyvale, CA
Project Title: 听Green Nanotechnology: Novel Environmentally Benign Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles for Bioapplications
Karthikeyan, Dhuvarakesh Grade: 8
Iron Horse Middle School – San Ramon, CA
Project Title: 听Microbial Fuel Cells: Step 1 to a Self-Sufficient Planet
Kasthuri, Viknesh Grade: 7
Carmichael Middle School – Richland, WA
Project Title: 听One Hot Race
Khan, Saima Grade: 8
Renaissance Academy – Round Rock, TX
Project Title: 听Revolutionary Drugs; Beta Blockers and their Affect on Daphnia Magna
Kim, Brandon Grade: 8
Abraham Lincoln Middle School – Gainesville, FL
Project Title: 听Estimated Muscle Loads During Squat Exercise in Microgravity Conditions
Kim, Donghan Grade: 8
Hudson Middle School – Hudson, OH
Project Title: 听Understanding the Water Light Bulb by Using Reflection and Refraction Concepts
Kohn, Jonah Grade: 8
San Diego Jewish Academy – San Diego, CA
Project Title: 听Good Vibrations: Improving the Experience of Music for People with Hearing Loss Using Multi-Frequency Tactile Sound
Kopp, Fionna Grade: 6
Centennial Middle School – Boulder, CO
Project Title: 听Sugar Tasting for Yeast
Korner, Sophia Grade: 7
Meyzeek Middle School – Louisville, KY
Project Title: 听Don’t Turn Your Back to the Problem of Backpacks!
Koskelo, Nicholas Grade: 8
Los Alamos Middle School – Los Alamos, NM
Project Title: 听The Effect of Windmill Blade Pitch and Surface Area on Energy Production
Kralovetz, Avery Grade: 8
Frankford Middle School – Dallas, TX
Project Title: 听“Green” Green Beans: The Potential Water-Conserving Effects of Hydrogels during the Growth of Phaseolus vulgaris
Kumar, Nidhi Grade: 8
George H. Moody Middle School – Glen Allen, VA
Project Title: 听The Effect of Oil Pulling on Plaque and Gingivitis
Kumar, Rahul Grade: 7
Home School – Lewis Center, OH
Project Title: 听Removing Sodium Phosphate from a Sample of Water Using FGD Material
Lam, Andrew Grade: 7
Saint Mary School (Fishkill) – Wappingers Falls, NY
Project Title: 听Solar Cells from Berries: Improving Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
Lane, Emily Grade: 7
Douglas Intermediate Elementary School – Douglas, MA
Project Title: 听Peel Power
Lascar, Emma Grade: 7
West Valley Junior High School – Yakima, WA
Project Title: 听GMO in Different Varieties of Frozen Corn
Lee, Benjamin Grade: 7
Chinese American International School – San Francisco, CA
Project Title: 听Repulsive Fruits
Lee, Thomas Grade: 7
Lowcountry Preparatory School – Pawleys Island, SC
Project Title: 听Can You Replace Sugar with a FAKE…and Get Away With It?
Lewis, Alexis听Grade: 6
Lewis School – Chapel Hill, NC
Project Title: 听Nitrocellulose: Speedy as a Flash
Li, David Grade: 8
Commack Middle School – Commack, NY
Project Title: 听The Impact of a Parabolic Reflector on Wi-Fi Reception at Different Angles: A Compromise Between Signal Strength and Angle
Li, Shixuan Grade: 8
Bay Haven Charter Academy – Lynn Haven, FL
Project Title: 听No Mo Squitoes:听 Repellent Formulation Development with Natural Ingredients Using Design of Experiments on Aedes aegypti via the K & D in vitro Method
Lieberman, Rami Grade: 8
San Diego Jewish Academy – San Diego, CA
Project Title: 听Biomimetics and the Lotus Effect
Lincoln, Kennedy Grade: 6
Saratoga Shores Elementary School – Saratoga Springs, UT
Project Title: 听Bearly Believable
Lindbloom, Kelsey Grade: 8
Salida Middle School – Poncha Springs, CO
Project Title: 听Fueling the Future
Link, Guy Grade: 6
Coyote Trail Elementary School – Tucson, AZ
Project Title: 听Using the Sun for More Pool Fun
Liu, Fan Grade: 8
Central Middle School – Quincy, MA
Project Title: 听Fly Why? Will Irradiation Produce Mutations on Drosophila melanogaster?
Liu, Jett Grade: 7
The Rhoades School – Encinitas, CA
Project Title: 听Investigating the Properties of Computer Generated Holograms
Lohr, Valentina Grade: 8
Williamsburg Middle School – Arlington, VA
Project Title: 听Relationship Between Greywater Application and Earthworm Food Supply
Lopreiato, Elizabeth Grade: 7
Saint Paul School – New Britain, CT
Project Title: 听The Eco-Friendly Diaper, Landfill Design: The Type of Cloth versus the Rate of Decomposition
Lou, Anna Grade: 7
Oxford Academy – Anaheim, CA
Project Title: 听Can ‘Artificial’ Intelligence Be More Intelligent than Human Doctors and Professors in Playing Blokus?
Lu, Daniel Grade: 8
Carlisle Public Schools – Carlisle, MA
Project Title: 听Psychoacoustics: The Perception of Volume
Lynn, Ansley Grade: 8
Glenwood School – Phenix City, AL
Project Title: 听Is Seeing Worth Believing? An Analysis of Eyewitness Credibility
Ma, Jonathan Grade: 8
The Harker School – San Jose, CA
Project Title: 听The Effect of Temperature Variation on the Power Output of Photovoltaic Panels
Mandalapu, Aniruddh Grade: 8
Challenger School – Union City, CA
Project Title: 听Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: Lighting the Path to Our Future
Martin, Elena Grade: 7
Saint Mary’s Catholic School – Oak Ridge, TN
Project Title: 听Color vs. Light
Martinez, Michael Grade: 7
Northern Lights ABC School – Anchorage, AK
Project Title: 听An Ancient Atlatl
Masterson, Ceili Grade: 8
Stone Middle School – Palm Bay, FL
Project Title: 听The Effects of Reduced pH Levels on the Growth and Survival of the Calcareous Shelled Bivavle, Mercenaria mercenaria
Mathur, Diya Grade: 7
Meyzeek Middle School – Louisville, KY
Project Title: 听Don’t Turn Your Back to the Problem of Backpacks!
Maynard, Eric Grade: 8
Pottsgrove Middle School – Pottstown, PA
Project Title: 听Efficiency of Electrolysis of Water
McGinn, Holly Grade: 7
Cloquet Middle School – Cloquet, MN
Project Title: 听Frog Symmetry: What Effect Does Frog Body Symmetry Have on the Likelihood of a Limb Mutation?
Meiler, Ilse Grade: 8
Peak to Peak Charter School – Longmont, CO
Project Title: 听Splat!: An Investigation into the Splatter Patterns of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids
Mercado, James Grade: 8
Southwestern Educational Society – Aguada, PR
Project Title: 听How Stuff Works: Nanowires
Messier, Ethan Grade: 6
New England Christian Academy – Assonet, MA
Project Title: 听Wave to the Future: The Utilization of Marine Waves Using Wave Buoys to Generate Electricity
Meyer, Autumn Grade: 8
Calvary Academy – Springfield, IL
Project Title: 听Do Most Girls with Turners Syndrome Have Non-Verbal Learning Disorder?
Miller, Megan Grade: 8
Western Alamance Middle School – Elon, NC
Project Title: 听Don’t Be a Drag: Improving the Aerodynamics of Tractor-Trailer Trucks
Millet, Alon Grade: 8
Franklin Avenue Middle School – Franklin Lakes, NJ
Project Title: 听The Shock Absorption of Various Polycaprolactone Geometric Figures Before and After Heating
Miranda, Katherine Grade: 7
Grafton Home School – Grafton, MA
Project Title: 听Nuclear Energy: How Can We Make It Safer?
Mirchandani, Suvir Grade: 7
Dorseyville Middle School – Pittsburgh, PA
Project Title: 听The Greener Drain Cleaner
Mohiyuddin, Kareem Grade: 8
Swanson Middle School – Arlington, VA
Project Title: 听Gluminate-Chemiluminescence and Glow Sticks
Monts, William Grade: 8
Cross Schools – Bluffton, SC
Project Title: 听Sail Away
Moya, Kevin Grade: 7
Middlebrook听 School – Wilton, CT
Project Title: 听Improving Efficiency of Solar Energy: The Effect of Magnification, Tilt-Angle, and Temperature on the Power Output of a Silicon Solar Cell
Mucci, Tyler Grade: 7
Windsor Middle School – Binghamton, NY
Project Title: 听Going Green with Algae
Mudipalli, Rachana Grade: 7
Montgomery School – Downingtown, PA
Project Title: 听The Final Cell Count/Biomass, and Lipid Level of Nannochloropsis oculata as a Function of an Added Nitrogen Source at Various Growth Stages
Murphy, Mackenzie Grade: 7
Frontier Middle School – O Fallon, MO
Project Title: 听Freeze Frame
Nahar, Rishub Grade: 7
Urbana Middle School – Frederick, MD
Project Title: 听The Oxygen Production of Various Aquatic Plants and their Potential Use in the Chesapeake Bay
Nandy, Dyuti Grade: 7
Washington Middle School – Olympia, WA
Project Title: 听Green Way to Boost Ethanol Fuel Energy
Nanni, Olivia Grade: 7
Emily Gray Junior High School – Tucson, AZ
Project Title: 听Crassulacean Acid Metabolism and Stomata Area
Narain, Anchit Grade: 8
Granite Ridge Intermediate – Fresno, CA
Project Title: 听Preparing for Biofuels: Finding Alternate Sources for Cellulosic Ethanol
Nayak, Siddharth Grade: 8
Roberto Clemente Middle School – Germantown, MD
Project Title: 听Cancer Genomics
Nelakanti, Sujana Grade: 8
Robinson Middle School – Plano, TX
Project Title: 听The Effects of Acid on Algae
Nguyen, Mai Grade: 8
Memorial Middle School – Conyers, GA
Project Title: 听Surgical Instruments
Nickles, Tanner Grade: 8
Coronado K-8 School – Oro Valley, AZ
Project Title: 听Quadricep Tendon Strain
Nirgudkar, Ninad Grade: 8
Roberto Clemente Middle School – Germantowm, MD
Project Title: 听The Affect of Skyscraper Structure on Amount of Sway
Odzer, Nicole Grade: 8
Highland Oaks Middle School – North Miami Beach, FL
Project Title: 听Can Reef-Building Corals Adapt to the Stress of Global Warming? The Effect of Global Warming and PAR on Coral Bleaching in Montastrea cavernosa
Oei, Maura Grade: 8
Oei Home School – Hebron, CT
Project Title: 听Development of a Prototype Pendulum Wave Energy Conversion Device
Oliver, Isabella Grade: 7
Summit Academy – Draper, UT
Project Title: 听Growth in 12, 18, and 24 Hours of Light
Orozco, Jose Grade: 8
George W. Carver Middle School – Coral Gables, FL
Project Title: 听Spidrons: A Mathematical Analysis of Spiraling Triangles
Palaparty, Grace Grade: 8
Fairfield Middle School – Fairfield, OH
Project Title: 听Extract & Identify DNA Using Gel Electrophoresis at Genetic Level
Pande, Swapnil Grade: 8
George H. Moody Middle School – Glen Allen, VA
Project Title: 听The Effect of Passive Cooling on the Performance of Solar Cells
Parker, Ema Grade: 8
Tooele Junior High School – Tooele, UT
Project Title: 听Splish Splash!
Pate, Jeremiah Grade: 7
Basis Oro Valley – Oro Valley, AZ
Project Title: 听The Way the Wind Blows Project AerSat I: Exploration of High Altitude Wind Distribution
Patel, Druv Grade: 8
Rice Middle School – Plano, TX
Project Title: 听The Comparison of Pre-Washed and Hand-Washed Foods
Patel, Maya Grade: 8
McCullough Junior High School – The Woodlands, TX
Project Title: 听Gauging Inferno Sprawl
Patel, Sapna Grade: 6
Jackson Heights Middle School – Geneva, FL
Project Title: 听Heat Lock: An Innovative Way To Heat and Cool Buildings Using Solar Energy
Pauca, Sofia Grade: 7
Hanes Magnet School – Winston-Salem, NC
Project Title: 听Autism in Flies Year 2: Testing a Medication for Autism – Effects of MPEP on Repetitive Grooming Behaviors of 2 Copy and Stubby 1 Copy Dfmr1 Mutants in Drosophila Melanogaster
Perkowski, Mark Grade: 8
Saint Anne Catholic School – Inverness, IL
Project Title: 听Soft Drinks+Diabetes: A Global Epidemic
Pest, Marshall Grade: 7
Woodrow Wilson Middle School – Roanoke, VA
Project Title: 听The Effect of Lubricants on the Coefficient of Friction in a Simulated Artificial Snow and Ski Base Material System
Pinner, Keanu Grade: 8
Hilo Intermediate School – Hilo, HI
Project Title: 听Arsenic in Hawaii’s Hyper-Accumulators:听 Watercress and Warabi
Plesser, Mitchell Grade: 8
Oceanside Middle School – Oceanside, NY
Project Title: 听How Do Artificially Applied Neodymium Magnetic Fields Affect the Rate of Regeneration in Dugesia Tigrina (Brown Planarian)?
Pulaski, Katherine Grade: 7
St. John Vianney Catholic School – Swartz Creek, MI
Project Title: 听Cane vs. Synthetic Reeds:听 A Double Blind Study of Tone Quality
Pulavarty, Akshay Grade: 8
Meadow Park Middle School – Beaverton, OR
Project Title: 听Analyzing Hydrogen Production from Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii, Wild Type, and Mutant Cyanobacteria
Raleigh, Mariya Grade: 8
Walsh Middle School – Round Rock, TX
Project Title: 听The Pointe Shoe Project
Raman, Shreya Grade: 8
Andrew Jackson Middle School – Titusville, FL
Project Title: 听Population = Pollution?
Ramesh, Rahul Grade: 7
Challenge School – Centennial, CO
Project Title: 听Got Fuel? Constructing A Microbial Fuel Cell to Generate Electricity from Cow Dung
Ramirez, Isaac Grade: 7
Memphis School of Excellence – Memphis, TN
Project Title: 听Rescue Mission
Ramsaran, Alexandria Grade: 8
Stone Middle School – Palm Bay, FL
Project Title: 听Optimizing the Thermo听 Electric Effect of a Peltier Cell by Manipulating the Thermal Differential Gradient to Increase Electrical Output
Rana, Yaseem Grade: 8
Harmony Science Academy Fort Worth – Fort Worth, TX
Project Title: 听Solar Integrated Infrastructure: The Effect of the Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio on Harnessing Solar Energy
Ranalli, Meahan Grade: 6
Van Wyck Junior High ScoolL – Fishkill, NY
Project Title: 听Geothermal Energy
Ratnam, Kumaran Grade: 7
R.J. Grey Junior High School – Acton, MA
Project Title: 听A Study of Macular Degeneration and a Design of an Ultrasonic Guiding Device to Aide the Patients
Rauzi, Joseph Grade: 8
Woodland Middle School – Duluth, MN
Project Title: 听Oil and Water: How Did the BP Oil Spill Affect the Temperature of the Gulf of Mexico’s Water?
Regan, Barron Grade: 6
American Martyrs School – Manhattan Beach, CA
Project Title: 听The Effects of Antioxidants on Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Induced Plant Tumors
Risk, Tre’ Grade: 8
Desert Ridge Academy – Indio, CA
Project Title: 听Waste Not, Want Not: Reducing Aquifer Depletion through Increased Recycled Water Consumption
Rogan, Corey Grade: 8
Rice Middle School – Plano, TX
Project Title: 听A Study of the Effect of Angling Car Seats on Protection Against Injury in Car Accidents
Rohde, Saskia Grade: 7
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Day School – San Mateo, CA
Project Title: 听Wind Turbine Powered Bicycle Lights
Rowland, Sammie Grade: 8
Tippecanoe Middle School – Tipp City, OH
Project Title: 听Impact Test Comparisons of Multiple Materials on the G-Force of Helmets
Ryan, William Grade: 7
JE Cosgriff Memorial Catholic School – Salt Lake City, UT
Project Title: 听It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s…Gone?
Sah, Ashwin Grade: 7
Stoller Middle School – Portland, OR
Project Title: 听A Novel, Efficient Pattern Matching Algorithm for the DNA Alphabet
Sancheti, Rajiv Grade: 8
Harker School – Redwood City, CA
Project Title: 听Portable Milk Purification System
Sankar, Venkat Grade: 7
The Harker School – Redwood City, CA
Project Title: 听Using Astragalus purshii var. tinctus to Inhibit Growth of Invasive Thistles (Centaurea ssp.)
Sauer, Julienne Grade: 7
Windemere Ranch Middle School – San Ramon, CA
Project Title: 听Reducing Drag of Metal Objects through Water Using the Leidenfrost Effect
Savage, Evan Grade: 7
Boulder Country Day School – Boulder, CO
Project Title: 听Growing Algae for Biodiesel in the Desert
Sawant, Nilay Grade: 7
John F. Kennedy Middle School – Cupertino, CA
Project Title: 听A Comparison of Viscosities of Different Biodiesels at Various Temperatures
Sayana, Anin Grade: 8
Challenger School, Sunnyvale – Cupertino, CA
Project Title: 听A Novel Configuration of Carbon Nanotubes to Inhibit ABCG2 and Selectively Target Chemotherapy-Resistant Cancer Stem Cells
Schmillen, Lauren Grade: 7
St. Mary’s School – Metamora, IL
Project Title: 听Heating with Biofuels
Schneider, Brandon Grade: 8
Delaura Middle School – Melbourne, FL
Project Title: 听Radiate that Cancer Away!
Schrank, Alec Grade: 7
Admiral Byrd Middle School – Winchester, VA
Project Title: 听The Effect of Weight on Kid’s Walking
Schwartz, Nick Grade: 7
Saint Columban – Loveland, OH
Project Title: 听Cooling Your House: A Green Solution
Schwartz, Sarah Grade: 8
Meyzeek Middle School – Louisville, KY
Project Title: 听How Large Is the Decrease in Peripheral Vision with the Use of Wired Field Hockey Goggles?
Sepulveda, Jonathan Grade: 6
Sanford Middle School – Apopka, FL
Project Title: 听Trends in Rainfall and Temperature Moving Averages in Central Florida May Support the Theory of Global Warming
Shacker, Andrew Grade: 8
Merryhill School – San Jose, CA
Project Title: 听Aerial Twist – Effects of Extreme In-Flight Stresses on Aircraft
Shaikh, Fizzah Grade: 8
George H. Moody Middle School – Glen Allen, VA
Project Title: 听The Effect of Ultraviolet Light Radiation on the Survival Rate of Pseudomonas syringae as Compared to Escherichia Coli
Sharma, Priyansh Grade: 7
Stoller Middle School – Portland, OR
Project Title: 听Consistency of COR: An Investigation of the Coefficient of Restitution
Shutthanandan, Swetha Grade: 8
Camichael Middle School – Richland, WA
Project Title: 听Nano Energy: Effect of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle Sizes on the Performance of the Dye Sensitized Nanoparticle Solar Cell
Singhal, Arpita Grade: 8
Challenger School, Sunnyvale – Cupertino, CA
Project Title: 听Herbalism as a Hypoglycemic Agent: Evaluation of Alpha Amylase Activity by Different Medicinal Plants
Sinha, Kapil Grade: 8
Buena Vista Middle School – Salinas, CA
Project Title: 听An Organic Remedy for Tomato Plants: Effects of Vicia sativa and Rye Secale cereale AGS104 for Protection from Verticillium dahliae
Sisodia, Hirsh Grade: 8
Indian Valley Middle School – Harleysville, PA
Project Title: 听The Increased Efficiency of a Solar-Tracking Photovoltaic Cell
Siveyer, Jonathan Grade: 7
Thurgood Marshall Middle School – Monroe, CT
Project Title: 听Peel Power: Using Banana Peels to Reduce Metal Contamination of Water
Slusarewicz, Joanna Grade: 8
Winburn Middle School – Lexington, KY
Project Title: 听The Effects of Classical Music on Abstract Reasoning Performance
Somawardana, Isuru Grade: 7
Keystone School – San Antonio, TX
Project Title: 听The Effect of Cell Phone Radiation on Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sorge, Matthew Grade: 7
Santa Fe Christian Schools – Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Project Title: 听Do Cool Temperatures Impact the Parasitism Rate of Psyttalia humilis?
Southall, William Grade: 8
Lexington Christian Academy – Versailles, KY
Project Title: 听Soil vs. Soil for Urban Dwellers: Selection of Commercial Soils for Maximum Green Bean Production
Sproch, Hannah Grade: 8
Susquenita Middle School – Duncannon, PA
Project Title: 听OxiClean鈥he Solution to Your Pollution
St. Laurent, Andrea Grade: 8
St. Philomena – Tiverton, RI
Project Title: 听Does the Three Tributary Brooks Leading into Nanaquaket Pond Justify the Entrance of an Oyster Farm?
Stahlhut, Katherine Grade: 8
Duran North Junior High School – Birmingham, AL
Project Title: 听Ball of Lightning
Stanley, Taylor Grade: 8
Stone Middle School – Valkaria, FL
Project Title: 听The Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Endosymbiotic Zooxanthellae in the Pink-Tipped Sea Anemone, Condylactis gigantea
Steen, McKalee Grade: 8
Grove Middle School – Grove, OK
Project Title: 听Rain, Rain Come This Way: Testing the Effectiveness of Bioretention Cells through Chemical Analysis, Daphnia Toxicity & Planarian Regeneration Rate
Steiner, Leo Grade: 8
Winterhaven School – Portland, OR
Project Title: 听Hydrolysis with Steel, Copper, and Aluminum Electrodes
Stewart, Nicholas Grade: 7
Saint Gregory the Great School – Cranbury, NJ
Project Title: 听Down the Nanotubes: Tiny Innovation Has Huge Impact on Safe Drinking Water
Subraveti, Vamsi Grade: 7
Martin Luther King Junior Magnet High School for the Health Sciences and Engineering – Nashville, TN
Project Title: 听Gravitational Slingshots: The Roundabouts in Space
Sundar Rajan, Chandrasekhar Grade: 8
Coppell Middle School East – Irving, TX
Project Title: 听Trash to Cash!
Swintosky, Megan Grade: 7
Penn View Christian School – Hatfield, PA
Project Title: 听DNA in Cases of Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Syed, Zain Grade: 6
Crockett Intermediate School – Paris, TX
Project Title: 听The Effects of Ibuprofen on the Growth of Grass
Tewari, Rahul Grade: 8
Challenger School – San Jose, CA
Project Title: 听Traffic Flow Improvement Using Automated Braking Distance Control
Thai, Claire Grade: 6
Thai Home School – Tucson, AZ
Project Title: 听The Poison Apple
Tilley, Evan Grade: 6
St. Francis Xavier School – Rochester, MA
Project Title: 听Salt Water Desalination
Tilley, Jaren Grade: 7
Fairhaven Middle School – Bellingham, WA
Project Title: 听Which Oil Kills More Daphnia?
Tu, Karissa Grade: 8
Chief Joseph Middle School – Bozeman, MT
Project Title: 听How Temperature Changes the Structure of Bacteriophage P22
Tumey, Jania Grade: 6
Rogers Park Elementary School – Anchorage, AK
Project Title: 听What Bubbles Below: Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Aquatic Plants and Shells
Turner, Gary Grade: 7
Ascension Catholic School – Melbourne, FL
Project Title: 听Optimal Oil Absorption For Environmental Cleanup in Aquatic Systems
Vallejo, Josephine Grade: 8
Urbana Middle School – Frederick, MD
Project Title: 听Could Cell Phones Be Dangerous?
Varma, Maya Grade: 8
Sam H. Lawson Middle School – Cupertino, CA
Project Title: 听Arduino-Based Foot Neuropathy Analyzer
Vasisht, Anjali Grade: 7
NOVA Middle School – Olympia, WA
Project Title: 听The Effects of Various Stimuli on the Cirri Beats of Balanus glandula
Vassa, Nirva Grade: 8
Sanford Middle School – Lake Mary, FL
Project Title: 听I Got C: A Stability Study of Vitamin C in Sonicated Fresh Orange Juice under Deaeration Using Titration
Velasquez, Esmeralda Grade: 8
Hinkley School – Hinkley, CA
Project Title: 听What Is the Effect of Physa acuta Breeding Population on Egg Maturation and Hatchling Count?
Venglar, Sean Grade: 7
School of Science and Technology – Alamo – San Antonio, TX
Project Title: 听What’s Up With the Sun?
Vishnubhatla, Sasank Grade: 8
Meyzeek Middle School – Louisville, KY
Project Title: 听Accuracy of Weather Predictions
Vitenson, Daniel Grade: 7
The Rhoades School – Encinitas, CA
Project Title: 听Influence of Tides on Behavior of Light-footed Clapper Rails
Vought, Olivia Grade: 7
Edward Smith School – Syracuse, NY
Project Title: 听Evaluating Ice Melt Products
Wallin, Amanda Grade: 7
Lexington Traditional Magnet School – Lexington, KY
Project Title: 听Hidden Heat: An Investigation for Thermal Energy Storage Using Latent Heat of Fusion in Super-Cooled Liquids
Walton, Francesca Grade: 8
Episcopal School of Jacksonville – Jacksonville, FL
Project Title: 听The Effect of Water Temperature on the Reproduction and Growth of the Arbacia punctulata
Wang, Dayle Grade: 8
Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School – Sherborn, MA
Project Title: 听Gusty Discoveries
Waychoff, James Grade: 7
Parkland Magnet Middle School – Bethesda, MD
Project Title: 听The Variation of the Number of Cosmic Rays Bombarding the Earth at Day Compared to at Night: Cosmic Ray Analysis Using a Cloud Chamber
Wentling, Mary Elizabeth Grade: 8
Landisville Middle School – Silver Spring, PA
Project Title: 听A Comparison of Nitrate, Phosphate, Temperature and Turbidity Levels in the Conestoga River (Urban versus Rural) and their Impact on Dissolved Oxygen Levels
West, Allessandra Grade: 8
St. Peter School – Geneva, IL
Project Title: 听Music Memory
Wheeler, Mabel Grade: 6
Cherry Hill Elementary School – Orem, UT
Project Title: 听Sunburnt Polymers
Wiley, Mary Grade: 7
St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School – Acworth, GA
Project Title: 听What Kind of Wood Makes the Best Campfire?
Wilkins, John Grade: 6
Keystone School – San Antonio, TX
Project Title: 听The Effects of Changing the Moon’s Eccentricity on High Tide Height (the Maximum and Minimum High Tide in One Year) in Boston, Massachusetts Coastal Area
Winger, Zachary Grade: 8
Summa South Academy – Tigard, OR
Project Title: 听Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
Wolfe, Triton Grade: 8
Chisholm Trail Middle School – Olathe, KS
Project Title: 听Robotic Imitation of a Human Smile Using Compact, Low Cost Servo Motors
Wright, John Grade: 7
Home School – Westerville, OH
Project Title: 听Removing Sodium Phosphate from a Sample of Water Using FGD Material
Wu, Mingjia Grade: 8
LISA Academy – Hershey, PA
Project Title: 听Conventional vs. Organic: How Organic Farming Affects Free Fatty Acid Composition of Milk
Xiao, Michael Grade: 8
Karl G. Maeser Preparatory Academy – Pleasant Grove, UT
Project Title: 听Increased Mutagenic Effects of Particulate Matter on DNA when Induced by Ultraviolet Radiation
Xu, Lillian Grade: 8
Joseph Terrence Henley Middle School – Crozet, VA
Project Title: 听Derivation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Lines from Refractory Strains
Yang, Jiazhen Grade: 7
Meyzeek Middle School – Louisville, KY
Project Title: 听Sunglasses Protection of UV Light on Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells
Yardumian, Emily Grade: 7
Home School – Normandy, TN
Project Title: 听Light Intensity: A Joly Experience
Yates, Quinn Grade: 6
Harrison Middle School – Sunnyside, WA
Project Title: 听What Effect Will Different Weights of Car Oils Have on the Life Span of Brine Shrimp?
Yoke, Camille Grade: 8
Manchester Middle School – Midlothian, VA
Project Title: 听The Effect of Boat Hull Shape, Height of Center of Gravity, and Degree of Incline on Amount of Restoring Torque Produced
Yu, Jennifer Grade: 7
William Hopkins Junior High School – Fremont, CA
Project Title: 听The Effects of Absorption on Greenhouse Temperature
Zhang, Sharon Grade: 8
Summa South Academy at Whitford Middle School – Portland, OR
Project Title: 听Silver Nanoparticles as an Antibiotic Against Pathogenic, Nosocomial Infection-Inducing Bacteria
Zhao, Alan Grade: 7
Frankford Middle School – Plano, TX
Project Title: 听The Effect of Oxygen on Growth of Breast Cancer Cells