ISEF About ISEF Science Project Info Find a Fair Rules and Guidelines Info for Affiliated Fairs Info for Judges Past Results Press Information ISEF Sponsors Special Awards Forms & Document Library Program Information 66th Annual Intel Science Talent Search (STS) Science Talent Institute March 6-11, 2008 Washington, DC Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) May 11-17, 2008 Atlanta, GA Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC) October 19-24, 2007 Washington, DC | 2002 Intel ISEF Special Awards IEEE-Lexington Section Award of $100 EN003:A Self-contained Collision-avoidance Robot. Benjamin Josef Bohn, 16, Panola High School, Panola, Oklahoma EN040:Motors, Motors, and More Motors: Original Electric Motor Designs. Noel L. Lopez, 15, Mount Everest Academy, San Diego, California EN041:Tech A Sketch. Tony David Liechty, 17, Leo Junior-Senior High School, Leo, Indiana EN076:Improved Crossing for Physically Impaired Pedestrians. Marian Park Chaffe, 17, Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science, Worcester, Massachusetts EN079:Building an Autonomous Search and Rescue Robot. Ryan M Wistort, 18, Peninsula High School, Gig Harbor, Washington AARP Andrus Foundation All-expense-paid trips to the Gerontological Society of America's annual meeting to be held in Boston, Massachusetts, November 22-26, 2002 GN004:Saving Lives in Stereo?. Roman Garrick Eskue, 17, Willcox High School, Willcox, Arizona GN015:Assessment of Risk Factors Contributing to Falls in Elderly. Swalpa Udit, 16, Humboldt High School, Humboldt, Nebraska The student winners will have the opportunity to present their Intel ISEF research as a poster session during this conference. ASM International Foundation Award of $4,000 and a scholarship to attend Materials Camp held in the summer. EN017:Automatic Protected Gas Stove with Shape Memory Alloy Valve. Yan Hua, 17, Jinling High School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Award of $1000 and a scholarship to attend Materials Camp held in the summer. EN104:It's a Wrap. Andrew Charles Schlievert, 15, Algona High School, Algona, Iowa EN303:The Most Effective Material for Sleeping Bag Insulation Under Wet and Dry Conditions. Bryan Lee Steinkopf, 14, Roy Junior High School, Roy, Utah Award of $250 and a scholarship to attend Materials Camp held in the summer. CH012:Improvement in the Oxidation Resistance of Titanium Silicon Carbide Ceramics. Rachel Elizabeth Maire, 17, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland EN028:Heat Treatment Response of a Second Generation, Single Crystal Ni-base Superalloy: CMSX-4. Ryan Lee Scott, 17, Newberry Junior Senior High School, Newberry, Florida EN075:Effects of Reinforcing Materials in Concrete. Stuart Van Cortlandt Duncan-Smith, 15, Mohawk Trail Regional High School, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts Each finalist will attend the award-winning Materials Camp, receive membership in ASM for one year and a one year subscription to "Advanced Materials and Process" magazine. Acoustical Society of America First Award of $500 PH016:Bubble-based Resonance-Doppler Sensor for Liquid Characterization. Naveen Neil Sinha, 17, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico Honorable Mention Awards CS020:Using Hidden Dynamic Models to Predict Pitch in English and Mandarin. Yilin Nie, 18, Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, New York EN062:Vortex-induced Vibrations on Flexible Cylinders. Bryce Kittinger Campbell, 17, Academy of Science and Technology, Conroe, Texas ME038:Effect of Vibration and Calcium on Bone Density. Giselle M. Torres, 15, Academia Del Perpetuo Socorro, Miramar, Puerto Rico Each winner also receives a one-year ASA membership. Agilent Technologies Summer internship not to exceed 8 weeks. CS028:Implementing a Collective Knowledge System for Memetic Algorithms. Daniel Lennard Kluesing, 16, Leigh High School, San Jose, California CS031:IDMS - Intelligent Document Management System. Akshat Singhal, 17, St. Anselms Pink City Senior Secondary School, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India American Association for Artificial Intelligence Award of $1,000 BE018:Comparison of Traditional and ASR-mediated Literacy. Jessie Cheng, 17, Byram Hills High School, Armonk, New York CS007:Automated Detection of Boundaries in Microstructure Images. Robert Kang Xing Jin, 17, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland CS009:Like a Mouse to Cheese. Pascal Tom Getreuer, 18, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado CS020:Using Hidden Dynamic Models to Predict Pitch in English and Mandarin. Yilin Nie, 18, Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, New York CS024:Computer Recognition of Emotion in Speech. Yindong Yu, 16, Shanghai, China CS026:Finding Solutions to the Problem that Is Indicated for Last Twenty Years in IDA*. Youngki Park, 16, Kyongnam Science High School, Jinju, Kyongsangnam-do, South Korea CS034:Prediction of HIV Treatment Responses Using Neural Networks. Jennifer Pei-Kay Gee, 17, Frederick High School, Frederick, Maryland CS042:Artificial Neural Networks: Mechanisms of Pattern Recognition and Learning. Kimberly Elise Reinhold, 14, Saint Joseph Junior Senior High School, Hilo, Hawaii CS050:Autonomous Structural Engineering Through Genetic Algorithms. Grant A. Elliott, 17, Suncoast High School, Riviera Beach, Florida EA025:Evolution in Motion: Orbital Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms. Ulyana N. Horodyskyj, 16, Padua Franciscan High School, Parma, Ohio EN010:Cooperative Autonomous Robotics Utilizing Ant Pheromone Behavior. Joshua Brent Miller, 17, Eau Gallie High School, Melbourne, Florida EN086:Autonomous Hovercraft: Power of Neural Nets. Colin Patrick O'Flynn, 16, Westdale Secondary School, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada EN091:Speech Imitation Through Analysis, Synthesis and Optimization. Elena Leah Glassman, 15, Central Bucks High School West, Doylestown, Pennsylvania EN312:Creating More Efficient Multi-Robot Systems Using Peer-to-Peer Networking in Search and Retrieve Problems. Andrew Robert Pariser, 17, Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School, Port Washington, New York MA011:Winning Strategies for Games Played with Chips. Chun-Chen Yeh, 16, Taipei Municipal First Girls' Senior High School, Chineses Taipei All winners will receive a certificate. Winners and their schools will also receive a one-year membership in the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, including a subscription to AI Magazine. American Association for Clinical Chemistry A $50 prize and a one year subscription to all online publications. ME023:Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Protein Expression in Primary Peritoneal Carcinomas (PPC) in Women. Candas Pinar, 17, Toll Gate High School, Warwick, Rhode Island ME058:Inhibition of Membrane-bound Elastase as an Anti-metastatic Strategy: In Vitro Study. Ali John Zarrabi, 17, Northport High School, Northport, New York ME073:Real-time Analysis of Retinol Binding Protein in Rat cDNA. Catherine Nicole Burns, 17, Pittsford Sutherland High School, Pittsford, New York First Award of $1,000 BI307:Natural vs. Allopathic Medicine. Sandra M Trevino, 15, American School Foundation, Monterrey Nl, Mexico Second Award of $500 BI004:Cross Species Evaluation of Anti-immunoglobulin Antibody Reagents. Diana Sarah Weiner, 16, Canterbury School, Fort Myers, Florida Third Award of $300 BI043:Cholesterol Analysis of Various Poultry Species. Justin Tyler Deese, 17, Purnell Swett High School, Pembroke, North Carolina American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Physical Society First Award of $1,000 PH055:Applied Thermography II. German Horacio Sanguinetti, 18, Escuela de Educacion Tecnica No. 1, Rojas, Buenos Aires, Argentina Second Award of $400 EA019:Doppler Shift in Pulsating Super Giants: Cepheid Variables, Phase III. Bradley Bunnell, 16, Carbon High School, Price, Utah Third Award of $300 PH018:Witnessing the Drops Evaporating Event. Cheng-Hua Liu, 18, Kaohiung Municipal Tsoying Senior High School, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei Honorable Mention Awards of a Certificate PH027:Designing a Laser Jamin Interference Refractometer to Measure Gas Refractive Index. Stephen Harold Ingraham, 15, New Fairfield High School, New Fairfield, Connecticut PH059:Biefeld-Brown Effect. Daniel Vagberg, 18, DOMSJO, Vasternorrland, Sweden PH309:Drag Reduction Based Approaches for Steering Cavitation Based Torpedoes. John Patrick Bennett, 16, Manhasset Junior-Senior High School, Manhasset, New York Top award winners receive a one-year AAPT membership, a one-year APS student membership, a certificate from both AAPT and APS, as well as subscriptions to the AAPT "The Physics Teacher" Journal and other APS journals. Each sponsoring teacher of a student who receives an AAPT and APS award also receives certificates. American Astronomical Society and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Priscilla and Bart Bok First Award of a $5,000 scholarship. EA007:Effect of Observation Timing on Initial Orbit Determination Accuracy. Matthew Douglas Apau Jachowski, 16, Maui High School, Kahului, Hawaii Priscilla and Bart Bok Second Award of a $3,000 scholarship. EA024:Evidence for Decay of 44Titanium to 44Calcium in Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A. Harish Gautam Khandrika, 14, La Jolla High School, La Jolla, California In addition each student's school science department will receive $1,000. Support for these awards have been provided by a grant from the National Science Foundation. American Chemical Society First Award of $500 CH042:Selective Oxidative Transformations in Water Using a Novel Hypervalent Iodine Reagent. Arun Poothatta Thottumkara, 15, Macomb High School, Macomb, Illinois Second Award of $300 CH004:Just Skin Deep. David Michael Palko, 15, La Plata High School, La Plata, Maryland Third Award of $200 CH033:Improving the Performance of Nanocrystalline Solar Cells and the Discovery of a New Electrochemical Cell. Allison Ruth Morris, 15, Notre Dame Academy, Covington, Kentucky Fourth Award of $100 CH035:Fun with Fuels. James Patrick Whalen, 16, Xenia Christian Academy, Xenia, Ohio Honorable Mention Awards BI047:Validating an Ancient Remedy: Inhibition of Tumor Cell Proliferation In Vitro by Black Walnut Husk Extract (Juglans nigra L.) Through Apoptosis. John Bennett Ball Korman, 18, Riverside High School, Greer, South Carolina CH019:Bugs Away. Kegan Kade Crouch, 15, Mason High School, Mason, Texas CH030:Sharp Platinum-Iridium Tips for Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. Chun Ghee Tan, 17, Raffles Junior College, Singapore, Singapore CH044:Quantitative Comparison of Electrolytes in Bananas vs. POWERade: The Respective Amounts of Potassium in Each Using Ion-Exchange Resin and Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Martin Oman Evans, 17, Wasatch High School, Heber, Utah CH305:Application of Eco-friendly Natural Dyes on Natural Fibres. Srushti Mukesh Shah, 15, J.B. Vachha High School, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India EV069:Contamination of Playgrounds by Arsenic Leaching from CCA Pressure-treated Wood. Kevin Michael Cronin, 17, Sarasota High School, Sarasota, Florida All award winners and HMs receive a t-shirt and a subscription to "Chem Matters." The sponsoring teachers and schools of the winners and HMs also receive a certificate. American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science All expense paid trip for five weeks and scholarship to the Bessie Lawrence International Summer Science Institute at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel MA009:Nullhomotopic Knots in Real Projective Space. Nikita Rozenblyum, 18, Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York First alternate for trip. BO004:Photoperiod and Cytogenetics: Are They the Key to Successful Selective Breeding for Desired Traits in Bahiagrass cultivars?. Aaron Cole Richardson, 17, Walton High School, DeFuniak Springs, Florida Second place alternate for trip. MI057:Upregulation of IL-2 Protein Expression in EL-4 T Cells. Jessica Elizabeth Ann Kaae, 17, Charles M Russell High School, Great Falls, Montana The International Summer Science Institute provides students with an opportunity to work alongside top Weizmann Institute researchers, as well as to learn about life in Israel today. American Geological Institute First Award of $1,000 EN077:Water Mining: A Resource of the Future. Spencer George Hughes, 16, South Porcupine, Ontario, Canada Honorable Mention Award of $250 EA017:Developing Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Dating for Sharks' Teeth. Donovan Antonio Chaderton, 18, Springfield Gardens High School, Springfield Gardens, New York Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG) Award for the project that best demonstrates research in environmental and engineering geoscience in which the study incorporates the interpretation of the Earth and Earth processes and their interaction with the safe and effective human use and protection of the Earth's systems. The awardee receives a technical volume in Engineering Geology and the awardee's teacher receives a complimentary Membership in the Association for the following year. EA013:The Cosmic Early Warning. Adam Michael Curry, 17, Palisade Senior High School, Palisade, Colorado Winners also receive a book, "The Glossary of Geology", inscribed by the AGI Chief Judge, and a certificate. Each student and their teacher receive a one-year subscription to "Geotimes." American Indian Science and Engineering Society Award of $1,000 BI030:Establishing Evolutionary Relationships of Oklahoma Native Americans Through Mitochondrial DNA Analysis. Charles A. Jantzen, 17, Latta High School, Ada, Oklahoma Winner also receives a plaque and AISES T-shirt. American Mathematical Society First Place Award of $1,000 MA015:Rainbow Ramsey Theory: Rainbow Arithmetic Progressions and Anti-Ramsey Results. Jacob Licht, 17, William Hall High School, West Hartford, Connecticut Second Place Awards of $500 MA002:Is It a Knot or Not? A Study of Knot Theory. Matthew Aaron Tesch, 16, Northwest High School, Justin, Texas MA006:Period Doubling Route to Chaos in Driven Bouncing Ball Simulation. Andrew Michael Korth, 16, Morris Area High School, Morris, Minnesota Third Place Awards of $250 MA011:Winning Strategies for Games Played with Chips. Chun-Chen Yeh, 16, Taipei Municipal First Girls' Senior High School, Chinese Taipei MA014:Circle Packing. Liang Chen, 18, El Cerrito High School, El Cerrito, California MA022:New Proof of Transcendence of Mahler's Number. Ashum Karahanovich Kaibhanov, 15, Specialized School - Scientifical Center, Moscow, Russia MA030:Winter Wonderland: A Mathematical Analysis of Snowflakes. Amanda Bryce Shaw, 16, Seton School, Manassas, Virginia Honorable Mention Awards MA008:Odd Oscillations. Mary Augusta Brazelton, 16, BISHOP MCNAMARA HIGH SCHOOL, FORESTVILLE, Maryland MA009:Nullhomotopic Knots in Real Projective Space. Nikita Rozenblyum, 18, Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York MA016:Game Theory Models for Middle East Policy. Jonathan Charles Zweig, 17, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, Louisiana MA017:Crystallographic Restriction Theorem in the Euclidean Plane. Boris O. Figovsky, 18, Leo-Beck, Haifa, Israel MA026:Investigating the Distance Function on Centrally Symmetric Convex Surfaces. Ronli Phyllis Diakow, 18, Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School, Port Washington, New York A booklet on Karl Menger and a magazine will be given to each winner. American Meteorological Society First Award of $1,000 PH026:Study of Atmospheric Turbulent Cells Using Stellar Aberration. Kyle Brady Winkleman, 14, H. Louis Scott Junior High School, Winchester, Tennessee Second Award of $500 EA018:Investigating the Role of the Dynamic Pipe Effect in Tornadogenesis. Ashley Elizabeth Tidwell, 18, Westmoore High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Third Award of $250 CS307:Modeling Global Warming. Christopher Michael O'Brien, 17, Arkansas School for Mathematics & Sciences, Hot Springs, Arkansas Honorable Mention Awards EA301:Aircraft Icing: Why Does It Happen?. Kristen Lani Rasmussen, 16, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado MA030:Winter Wonderland: A Mathematical Analysis of Snowflakes. Amanda Bryce Shaw, 16, Seton School, Manassas, Virginia PH035:Effects of Electric Fields on the Growth of Ice Crystals. Grant Paul Teply, 14, Nicolet High School, Glendale, Wisconsin Winners receive a certificate, a CD-ROM, and a one-year subscription to the "Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society". American Physiological Society First Award of $1,000 ME033:Action of Indole-3-carbinol in Breast Cancer. Jennifer Oakley Tschorn, 18, John Jay High School, Katonah, New York Second Award of $500 ME047:The Role of Osteopontin Gene Expression on the Vasoprotective Effects of Estrogen on Vascular Injury. Philippe Andre Bouchard, 15, The Altamont School, Birmingham, Alabama Third Award of $500 BI016:Quercetin, A Nitric Oxide Inhibitor in Raw 264.7 Cells. Elizabeth Katherine Tronsor, 18, Ephrata Senior High School, Ephrata, Pennsylvania ME045:Effect of FGFR and EFGR Antibodies on the Growth Rate of HL-60 Cells. Megan Clarke Roberts, 17, Carlisle Area High School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania Winners will receive a certificate, and a one-year student membership in the APS. American Phytopathological Society First Award of $500 BO053:An Investigation of Fungal Pathogens and Their Adversaries. Magan Lynn Friskop, 16, Hankinson Public School, Hankinson, North Dakota Second Award of $350 MI001:Detecting the Genetic Variabilty in Xylella fastidiosa Strains. Mary Melissa Gardner, 16, Spalding High School, Griffin, Georgia Third Award of $250 BO018:Mathematical Analysis of 'Sudden Oak Death' Epidemiology. Raygen McKenzie Yantis, 18, Gold Beach High School, Gold Beach, Oregon Fourth Award of $100 BO001:Investigation of Percent Transmittance Rates and Cross Protection Phenomenon in Cabbage Leaf Curl Virus. Rachel Lauren Zelkowitz, 16, Lake Brantley High School, Altamonte Springs, Florida American Psychological Association First Award of $1,000 and a certificate BE001:Media Mayhem: Effects of Television Violence on Children. Natalie Rose Mergler, 17, Chaminade-Julienne High School, Dayton, Ohio Second Award of $500 and a certificate BE041:Retrieval Blocking Using Orthographically Related Primes. Rachel Nicole Denison, 17, Parkway Central High School, Chesterfield, Missouri Third Award of $125 and a certificate BE006:Understanding Gender Differences in Achievement Motivation in 6th-12th Grade Students. Emma Essock-Burns, 17, duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Kentucky BE021:Effects of Specific Motivational Strategies in Conjunction with Locus of Control on Performance Improvement. Matthew Alexander Fitzpatrick, 18, Ossining High School, Ossining, New York Honorable Mention Awards BE004:Catching Liars: An Innovative Study in Infrared Lie Detection. John Scott Newman, 16, Yorktown High School, Arlington, Virginia BE033:A New View of Negative Priming with Novel Shapes: The Role of Time. Deborah Elise Birnbaum, 18, John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School, Great Neck, New York BE037:Loss of Antipredatorial Behaviors in the Snail Caracollus marginella from Illegal Wastelands as an Indicator of Heavy Metal Pollution. Noelys M. Feliciano-Flores, 14, Manuel Pimentel y Castro, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico BE038:Linguistic Performance of Five-year-old Children from Rio Grande, Puerto Rico: On the Implications of the Socialeconomical Paradigm. Yasaira Santiago-Rivera, 14, SU Rafael Rexach Dueno, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico BE312:Brain Function and Lying Through Pre-frontal Cortex Imaging. An Thien Vo, 17, Central High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania BI061:Paranoid Genes. Ashleigh Corrine Morris, 15, Unami Middle School, Chalfont, Pennsylvania GN014:Remembered & Forgotten: Autobiographical Memory, Reminiscence and Cultural Influences on Memory. Michelle Elizabeth Keck, 18, Monte Vista Senior High School, Monte Vista, Colorado GN304:Generation Y: Attitudes and Perceptions Towards the Aging Process. Camille Beatriz Alvarez, 15, Academia Del Perpetuo Socorro, Miramar, Puerto Rico ME080:Macular Degeneration and Short Wavelength Macular Thresholds. Victoria Elizabeth Clark, 16, Ware County Senior High School, Waycross, Georgia All behavioral science participants receive an APA/Intel ISEF pin, a pamphlet on career choices on psychology and a dot com Sense pamphlet on internet privacy. American Society for Horticultural Science First Award of $1,000 BI040:From Food Preservation to Nanotechnology: Applications of the Mucilage-creating Properties of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum). Kavita M. Shukla, 17, Centennial High School, Ellicott City, Maryland Second Award of $150 BO027:Brassica Biofumigation: Screening of Glucosinolate Containing Plants for Anticarcinogenic Activity, Phase III. Heather Nicole Hannahan, 17, Clarkrange High School, Clarkrange, Tennessee Third Award of $100 BO044:Apple Thinning. Julia Elizabeth Frenette, 16, Horton District High School, Greenwich, Nova Scotia, Canada Each awardee and his/her school will receive a one-year subscription to ASHS's "HortScience", and Hort Technology" plus a mounted certificate. American Society of Agronomy First Award of $1,000 in Crops BO010:Analysis of a Possible Aphid Toxin in Zuuiki Taro (locasia gigantea), Year 2: Toxin Isolation and Trait Transference via Inter-specific Hybridization. Richard Jean Rodrick, 16, Kapa'a High School, Kapa'a, Hawaii First Award of $1,000 in Soil EV003:Nitrification Inhibition Using Benzotriazoles. Tanner M. Callender, 18, Wamego High School, Wamego, Kansas First Award of $1,000 in Environment EV322:Bioavailability: Will Metals in Sludge Budge?. Kevin Huang, 18, Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas A one-year subscription to the "Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education" is given to the libraries of the award winners' schools. American Society of Pharmacognosy Awards of $500 ME061:Hala and HELA: Inhibitory Effect of Pandanus odoratissimus on the Growth of Human Cervical Cancer Cells. Kiani Anela Jeniah Arkus, 16, Kamehameha Secondary School, Honolulu, Hawaii ME303:Medicinal Properties of Sambucus canadensis and Achillea millefolium. Jesse Donald Ranney, 15, Catholic High School, New Iberia, Louisiana American Speech-Language-Hearing Association First Award of $1,000 CS020:Using Hidden Dynamic Models to Predict Pitch in English and Mandarin. Yilin Nie, 18, Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, New York Second Award of $500 CS024:Computer Recognition of Emotion in Speech. Yindong Yu, 16, Shanghai, China Third Award of $250 BE050:Linguistic and Auditory Milestones of Spanish-speaking Infants and Toddlers. Jennifer Eve Shields, 18, Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, New York Winners also receive a certificate, a career kit and a subscription to the "Journal of Speech and Hearing Research." American Statistical Association First Award of $500 and a plaque EV102:The Effect of Time of Exposure and Concentration of CCA Preservative on the Amount of Arsenic Absorbed into Chicken Skin from Pressure-treated Lumber. Katherine Douglas Van Schaik, 15, Second Award of $300 BE031:Relationships Between Weight Locus of Control, Gender, Weight Satisfaction and Self-esteem. Allison Beth Pinchasick, 18, Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights, New York Third Award of $100 ME038:Effect of Vibration and Calcium on Bone Density. Giselle M. Torres, 15, Academia Del Perpetuo Socorro, Miramar, Puerto Rico Honorable Mention EN024:Magnetic Pulse Motors: Design and Output. Ray Chengchuan He, 18, Hempfield High School, Landisville, Pennsylvania MI314:Investigation of the Effects of 60 Hz Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation on T4 Bacteriophage Vectored pKK061 Transductions on E. coli. Tony Insoo Park, 18, Syosset High School, Syosset, New York All students receive one-year subscriptions of "STATS" and "Chance," data analysis computer software and books selected by the ASA. Their schools will also receive data analysis computer software and books and one-year school memberships in the American Statistical Association. American Veterinary Medical Association Awards of $500 and a plaque ZO002:Controlling Fire Ants by Preventing the Molting Process. Melanie Elizabeth Pyle, 18, Colquitt County High School, Moultrie, Georgia ZO003:Effects of Enrichment on Lontra canadensis in the Zoo Environment. Jonathan Linus Fiely, 17, Hayfield Secondary School, Alexandria, Virginia ZO005:Ants on the Beach: Year II. Brian Joseph Gast, 16, Titusville High School, Titusville, Florida ZO018:Variables Affecting Migrant Bird Collisions with Urban Skyscrapers. Noah Jasen Van Gilder, 18, Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York ZO042:A Comparative Study of Artificial Insemination and Embryo Transfer in Bovidae bos taurus. Dalee Anne Bridges, 17, Greene County High School, Leakesville, Mississippi Ashtavadhani Vidwan Ambati Subbaraya Chetty (AVASC) Foundation Award of $1,000 U.S. Savings Bond BI027:Molecular Modeling and the Identification of Functional Domains of a New Adhesive Molecule in Inflammatory Thrombosis. Tahir Ahmed, 17, Midwood High School at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York PH057:Study of Single Crystal Carbon Nanotubes. Saujan Venkat Sivaram, 17, Clear Brook High School, Friendswood, Texas Award of $500 U.S. Savings Bond CH030:Sharp Platinum-Iridium Tips for Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. Chun Ghee Tan, 17, Raffles Junior College, Singapore CH305:Application of Eco-friendly Natural Dyes on Natural Fibres. Srushti Mukesh Shah, 15, J.B. Vachha High School, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India CS010:Pattern Detection in Quasi-periodic Waveforms: Application to Speech Compression. Ezra Jacob Rapoport, 18, Horace Mann School, Bronx, New York EN066:Tracking the Expansion of Neural Stem Cells in Suspension Bioreactors. Neha Datta, 17, Calgary, Alberta, Canada MI009:Evolution of Nucleotide Skews and Chromosomal Inversions in Bacterial Genomes. Antardeb Guharay, 15, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia ZO044:Activation by Light of Plasticity-associated Protein Calcium/Calmodulin-dependent Kinase II. Neha Atul Mehta, 17, Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, New York Equivalent award available for non-U.S. Winners. An educational and medical service foundation dedicated to recognizing academic talent and providing services to the needy. Association for Computing Machinery First Award of $1,000 CS030:Digital Audio Enhancement via Harmonic Relationships. Allan Chu, 17, Saratoga High School, Saratoga, California Award of $500 CS304:Exploring 3-Dimensional Cellular Automata. Alexandr M. Ivlev, 17, Lyceum of Information Technologies, #1533, Moscow, Russia Award of $300 CS039:A Flexible Algorithm for Neurite Image Reconstruction and Model Generation. Vladislav Adzic, 17, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York Honorable Mention Award of $200 CS034:Prediction of HIV Treatment Responses Using Neural Networks. Jennifer Pei-Kay Gee, 17, Frederick High School, Frederick, Maryland CS305:Paper Computer Practical Application. James A Turner, 17, Dearborn High School, Dearborn, Michigan CS310:Algorithms for Determining Sequence-Specific DNA Chip Applied on Human Mitochondria DNA. Austin Jerome Minnich, 17, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico All winners will receive complimentary ACM Student Memberships (ACM's Student Portal Package which also includes ACM's Digital Library) for the duration of their undergraduate college careers (up to 5 years). Association for Women Geoscientists Award of $1,000 EA005:Contemporary and Ancient Hot Spring Deposits. Laura Ann Vietti, 17, Hot Springs County High School, Thermopolis, Wyoming Honorable Mention Award of $100 EA038:Tessera Rings on Venus: The Unrecognized Remnants of Crustal Plateaus. Carolyn Morgan Tewksbury, 16, Clinton Senior High School, Clinton, New York EA039:Petrology of the Bilanga Meteorite: Magmatic Evolution of Asteroid. Serena Ellice Kolar, 18, Canyon Del Oro High School, Tucson, Arizona All award winners will also receive AWG T-shirt and a one year newsletter subscription. Bently Nevada Award of $1,000 PH310:Using Shielding to Decrease Non-ionizing Radiation in Cellular Phones. Benjamin Paul Saur, 18, Marlborough High School, Marlborough, Massachusetts Award of $500 EN005:New Intelligent Refrigeration Technology: Research, Design and Testing. Bradley Warren Mathews, 17, Northcliff High School, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Award of $250 CS025:Where Am I? Minimizing Positional Error While Navigating and Mapping Using a Cooperative Robotic System. Laura Anne Wong, 15, Villa Victoria Academy, Ewing, New Jersey Conservation International First Place Award of $1,000 BO030:Interactive Effect of Sunlight and Phosphorus on the Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation in Cercocarpus montanus: Implications for Ponderosa Forest Management. Kirsten Ann Grimm, 17, Prescott High School, Prescott, Arizona Second Place Award of $500 EV315:Bird Populations as Indicators of Gulf Coast Environmental Quality. Hanh My Thi Nguyen, 17, John B. Connally High School, Austin, Texas Third Place Award of $250 ZO304:Stereotypic Behavior of Captive Giant Panda. Peng Lei, 17, High School No. 7 Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan, China Honorable Mention Awards ZO031:Genetic Variation in Mountain Whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) Across the Continental Divide in Western Montana. Julia Hazel Powers, 18, Big Sky High School, Missoula, Montana Conservation International is a non-profit, field based organization dedicated to protecting the earth's biodiversity and demonstrating that human societies can live harmoniously with nature. Eastman Kodak Company First Award of $1,000 BE004:Catching Liars: An Innovative Study in Infrared Lie Detection. John Scott Newman, 16, Yorktown High School, Arlington, Virginia BO064:The Maize Plant: Genetic Influence on the Stem Vascular Development and Its Aerodynamic Responses. Wayne Yuen Cheng, 17, Williamsville High School East, East Amherst, New York EN043:The Double-Bit Gray-Level Image Projecting System. Fu-Feng David Lee, 16, National Hsin-Chu Senior High School, Hsin-Chu, Chinese Taipei PH018:Witnessing the Drops Evaporating Event. Cheng-Hua Liu, 18, Kaohiung Municipal Tsoying Senior High School, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei ZO032:Biology and Behaviors of Hydra in Chromium Polluted Waters and Their Practical Application. Mingzhi Qu, 16, High School Attached to Fudan University, Shanghai, China Second Award of $500 CS001:Automatically Categorizing Commercial Segments Using Multiple Vision Techniques. Joseph Patrick Wilson, 17, Lake Brantley High School, Altamonte Springs, Florida CS007:Automated Detection of Boundaries in Microstructure Images. Robert Kang Xing Jin, 17, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland PH014:Dancer and Hurdlers Leap for Physics. Nicole Jean Carbonaro, 17, Great Mills High School, Great Mills, Maryland ZO039:There's a Time for Everything. Richard Cole Vaughn, 17, Winona High School, Winona, Mississippi ZO053:Effects of Vertebral Density on Terrestrial Lateral Undulation in Three Species of Snake. Robert Anthony Villa, 16, Tucson Magnet High School, Tucson, Arizona Honorable Mention Award of $250 CS013:A. I. Vision: 3-D Stereoscopic Environment Reconstruction. Robert Earl Eunice, 17, Houston County High School, Warner Robins, Georgia EN011:CEDRS (Cost Effective Digital Radiography System). Christopher Bligh Komanski, 17, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida EN053:Little Light, Big Effect. Adam James Leiferman, 16, Kimball High School, Kimball, South Dakota ME065:Expression of Constitutively Active Oncogene, c-Src, Disrupts Cell-cell Adhesion. Ankita C Baxi, 16, Houston High School, Germantown, Tennessee ZO043:Microstructure of the Shark's Jaw. Laura A. Mulvey, 16, Carle Place High School, Carle Place, New York In addition, each of these students and his/her sponsoring teachers will receive a one-year subscription to "Science News," a Society for Science & the Public publication and a Photo Kit containing an award certificate, information and tips on photography, and Kodak cameras, films and systems which enable students and teachers to experience the leading edge of current imaging technology. IEEE Computer Society First Award of $700 CS024:Computer Recognition of Emotion in Speech. Yindong Yu, 16, Shanghai, Shanghai, China Second Award of $500 CS014:Automatic Packet Reporting System: Building a Large Scale Geospatial Database. James J Jefferson, 17, Winona Senior High School, Winona, Minnesota CS052:Advanced Video Animation Compression. Colin Pierce Sprinkle, 17, Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Michigan Third Award of $350 CS003:IP Load Balancing Web Serving Cluster Implementations for Dummies. James Albert Reggio, 13, Liberty Christian School, Denton, Texas EN056:Design of a Cone Penetrometer Soil Sensor System Network. Michael Beroen Hart, 16, Alfred M. Barbe High School, Lake Charles, Louisiana Team First Award of $500 for each team member CS305:Paper Computer Practical Application. James A Turner, 17, Dearborn High School, Dearborn, Michigan Team Second Award of $400 for each team member CS306:Project Pathfinder: Development of a Genetic Navigation Algorithm. Devin Michael McCorry, 18, Centreville Secondary School, Clifton, Virginia Team Third Award of $300 for each team member Winners will receive a framed certificate, a gift certificate for a publication (up to $75 value) from the CS catalog, and a one-year free subscription to the CS magazine of their choice. Winners are also published in an issue of "Computer" magazine. IEEE Foundation College Scholarship of $10,000 CS014:Automatic Packet Reporting System: Building a Large Scale Geospatial Database. James J Jefferson, 17, Winona Senior High School, Winona, Minnesota Winner also receives an IEEE student membership and an IEEE Society Membership for the duration of the scholarship, an engraved brass and walnut plaque and framed certificate. IEEE-Louisville Section Award of $100 EN088:Designing a Linear Peristaltic Pump Using Ferrofluids. Craig John Wright, 16, Woodlin School, Woodrow, Colorado Award of $100 EN065:Fiber Optic Smart Skin. Pencilla Lang, 14, London, Ontario, Canada Award of $100 EN096:The Design of a Localized Positioning System. Brian Todd VanOsdol, 18, Glendale High School, Springfield, Missouri Institute of Food Technologists First Award of $1,000 BI033:Verifying the Origin of Gourmet Coffee Beans. Krista Patricia Taake, 18, Waterloo High School, Waterloo, Illinois Second Award of $600 BI040:From Food Preservation to Nanotechnology: Applications of the Mucilage-creating Properties of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum). Kavita M. Shukla, 17, Centennial High School, Ellicott City, Maryland Third Award of $400 BI041:Inhibitive Effect of the Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium) on Heterocyclic Aromatic Amine Formation in Cooked Ground Beef. Amy Lee Hart, 18, Port Huron High School, Port Huron, Michigan Top three winners will also receive a certificate and a one-year subscription to "Food Technology" magazine. Intel Foundation Best Use of Personal Computer Personal computer system BI022:Fractal Classification of DNA Sequences. Sasha V. Gusev, 17, Daniel Hand High School, Madison, Connecticut CS014:Automatic Packet Reporting System: Building a Large Scale Geospatial Database. James J Jefferson, 17, Winona Senior High School, Winona, Minnesota CS015:Real-time Radiosity Using Vertex Shader Process for 3-D Game Programming Innovation. Supasak Kulawonganunchai, 19, Thewphaingarm School, Bangkok, Thailand CS030:Digital Audio Enhancement via Harmonic Relationships. Allan Chu, 17, Saratoga High School, Saratoga, California EN091:Speech Imitation Through Analysis, Synthesis and Optimization. Elena Leah Glassman, 15, Central Bucks High School West, Doylestown, Pennsylvania Winners will receive a high-performance computer. All Intel ISEF Finalists are eligible regardless of the scientific or technical category of their project. Intel Foundation Women in Computer Science and Engineering Award Award of $2,500 and a high-performance computer EN310:Postural Stability Under Perturbation: Phase II. Christina Nicole Hobson, 16, Red Mountain High School, Mesa, Arizona EN311:Viscometer for Ultra Thin Films. Dora Sosnowik, 17, Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls, Hewlett Bay Park, New York International Amateur-Professional Photoelectric Photometry Scholarship award of $5,000 PH026:Study of Atmospheric Turbulent Cells Using Stellar Aberration. Kyle Brady Winkleman, 14, H. Louis Scott Junior High School, Winchester, Tennessee In addition, the student's high school science department will receive a $1,000 grant. The student will also receive a certificate, a one-year membership in IAPPP, which includes a one-year subscription to the "IAPPP Communications" and an invitation to submit a paper on the winning research project to be published in the "Communications." This award is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. International Society for Optical Engineering Award of $1000 BE049:A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: The Timing of Guidance in Visual Search. Nina Vasan, 18, Parkersburg High School, Parkersburg, West Virginia Honorable Mention EN043:The Double-Bit Gray-Level Image Projecting System. Fu-Feng David Lee, 16, National Hsin-Chu Senior High School, Hsin-Chu, Chinese Taipei Winners will also receive a free student membership, and other items. NACE International First Award of $500 CH054:Analysis of Electromotive Force Released in an Iron Half-Cell For Cathodic Protected Pipeline Testing. Bethran Chinedu Nnorom, 16, Catholic High School, Huntsville, Alabama Second Award of $300 CH055:Converting Carbon Directly into Electricity. Danielle DeLong Nangle, 15, South Fork High School, Stuart, Florida Third Award of $200 CH022:A Hydroquinone Electrochemical Cell. Isaac E. Lloyd, 18, Ogden Senior High School, Ogden, Utah Each winner will also receive a certificate, a one-year student membership in NACE, and copies of NACE publications. National Anti-Vivisection Society Award of $5,000 BI048:Can Metabolite Standards be Produced from Human Hepatic Cells for Use in Forensic Toxicology?. Megan Aimee Hamilton, 16, Timberland High School, Saint Stephen, South Carolina For more information on the specific guidelines of this award, visit the National Anti-Vivisection Societies web site. National Ground Water Association First Award of $500 EV032:Remediation of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) Utilizing Dried Eichhornia crassipes. Paul Daniel Rossman, 17, Deming High School, Deming, New Mexico Second Award of $250 EV041:Surfactant/Co-Solvent-enhanced Aquifer Remediation of DNAPLs. Tanner John Brunsdale, 18, Bountiful High School, Bountiful, Utah Third Award of $200 EV313:Salinity of Groundwaters in the Algarve. Nuno Miguel Dias, 19, Escola Secundaria de Tavira, Tavira, Algarve, Portugal Winners will receive a plaque, their abstract published in "Journal of Ground Water", a one-year student membership, and the school gets a matching grant ground water science library. National Taiwan Science Education Centre Trip to Taiwan to attend the 2003 Taiwan International Science Fair in February. CS001:Automatically Categorizing Commercial Segments Using Multiple Vision Techniques. Joseph Patrick Wilson, 17, Lake Brantley High School, Altamonte Springs, Florida CS030:Digital Audio Enhancement via Harmonic Relationships. Allan Chu, 17, Saratoga High School, Saratoga, California Award includes round trip ticket, $300(USD) allowance for food, accommodation and activities for each student. North American Benthological Society First Award of $500 EV303:Zebra Mussel Size Dynamics Resulting from Mississippi River Flooding. Noelle Joan Oas, 17, Winona Senior High School, Winona, Minnesota Second Award of $300 EV093:Macro-invertebrate Diversity in Stream Bionetworks. Rebecca Jennifer Miriam Krystosek, 17, Bagley Junior-Senior High School, Bagley, Minnesota Third Award of $200 ZO311:Communication and Aggressiveness of Stressed Crayfishes (Procambarus clarkii): Effects of Photoperiod in the Maintenance of Dominance Hierarchies. Lynn Marie Torrench-Antonetty, 15, Academia Adventista Metroplita, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico All winners receive a one-year membership in the Society, and a subscription to the "Journal of the North American Benthological Society." Optical Society of America First Award of $1,000 PH010:A Characterization of the Fluorescence Spectrum and Gain Capability of a Novel EDFA. Erin Kathleen Riley, 18, Palm Bay High School, Melbourne, Florida Second Award of $500 PH029:Surface-induced Coherence in Atomic Fluorescence Decay Rates. Suhan Li, 18, Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, New York Third Award of $200 PH027:Designing a Laser Jamin Interference Refractometer to Measure Gas Refractive Index. Stephen Harold Ingraham, 15, New Fairfield High School, New Fairfield, Connecticut Honorable Mention Award EN053:Little Light, Big Effect. Adam James Leiferman, 16, Kimball High School, Kimball, South Dakota EN065:Fiber Optic Smart Skin. Pencilla Lang, 14, London, Ontario, Canada PH056:Thrust Produced by Laser Ablation of Thin Foils. Kevin E. Claytor, 15, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico Winners receive one-year student memberships in OSA plus a one-year subscription to "Physics Today" and "Optics Photonics News". Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development Award of $1,000 and a trip to meet Schlumberger scientists and an internship. CS013:A. I. Vision: 3-D Stereoscopic Environment Reconstruction. Robert Earl Eunice, 17, Houston County High School, Warner Robins, Georgia EN065:Fiber Optic Smart Skin. Pencilla Lang, 14, London, Ontario, Canada Award of $500 EN005:New Intelligent Refrigeration Technology: Research, Design and Testing. Bradley Warren Mathews, 17, Northcliff High School, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa EN039:Design and Fabrication of a Peristaltic Micropump. Mark William Knight, 18, Catlin Gabel School The, Portland, Oregon EN052:Optimization of the Location for Two Drawpoint Holes in Conical Stockpiles. Qilei Hang, 16, Allegany High School, Cumberland, Maryland PH009:Slip Sliding Away: How Does the Electrical Conductivity of a Liquid Affect Friction When Lenz's Law Is Applied?. Michelle Elizabeth Doll, 18, Dallastown Area High School, Dallastown, Pennsylvania PH024:Length Dependent Polarization Mode Dispersion Measurement. Mirza Asim Baig, 18, McNair Academic High School, Jersey City, New Jersey PH046:"Red October" Continued. James William Corrigan, 15, Plymouth South High School, Plymouth, Massachusetts Showboard, Inc. First Award of $1,000 EV303:Zebra Mussel Size Dynamics Resulting from Mississippi River Flooding. Noelle Joan Oas, 17, Winona Senior High School, Winona, Minnesota Second Award $100 ME301:Overexpressed p35 Mediates ABETA-induced Tau Phosphorylation: A Pharmaceutical Vector for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease. Anant Ramesh Patel, 17, Astronaut High School, Titusville, Florida Third Award $50 EN058:Effects of Spray Coated Fiber Reinforcement on the Compressive Strength of Concrete: Year III. Sarah Elizabeth Gutman, 15, Mount De Chantal Academy, Wheeling, West Virginia Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society First Award of $1000 ME306:Bioengineering of an Artificial Blood Vessel. Benjamin Steel Scruggs, 18, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, Louisiana Second Award of $450 CS310:Algorithms for Determining Sequence-Specific DNA Chip Applied on Human Mitochondria DNA. Austin Jerome Minnich, 17, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico Third Award of $300 BO310:Effects of Artificial Gravity on Plants. Michael Ivan Judson, 16, Pleasant Grove High School, Pleasant Grove, Utah Each member of the winning team will receive a Certificate of Recognition and a one-year subscription to "American Scientist". The school library of each winning team member will also receive a one-year subscription to "American Scientist". Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. First Award of $1000 Second Award of $250 Third Award $100 Honorable Mention Awards of $50 Winners will receive certificate and a one-year subscription to "Mining Engineering." A feature article highlighting the winners will appear in the August issue of "Mining Engineering." The SME finalist's sponsoring teacher will also receive a one-year subscription to "Mining Engineering." Society for Technical Communication Award of $500 for Distinguished Technical Communication in a Written Report ME053:Cardiovascular Stents with Shape Memory Alloys. Mark Mohan Mazumder, 17, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas Award of $250 for Excellence in a Written Report CS025:Where Am I? Minimizing Positional Error While Navigating and Mapping Using a Cooperative Robotic System. Laura Anne Wong, 15, Villa Victoria Academy, Ewing, New Jersey Award of $100 for Merit in a Written Report EV069:Contamination of Playgrounds by Arsenic Leaching from CCA Pressure-treated Wood. Kevin Michael Cronin, 17, Sarasota High School, Sarasota, Florida Award of $500 for Distinguished Technical Communication in a Display Presentation CS025:Where Am I? Minimizing Positional Error While Navigating and Mapping Using a Cooperative Robotic System. Laura Anne Wong, 15, Villa Victoria Academy, Ewing, New Jersey Award of $250 for Excellence in a Display Presentation EN080:Which Truss Can You Trust? Third-Year Study. Robert William Hernandez, 18, Ellendale Public High School, Ellendale, North Dakota Award of $100 for Merit in Display Presentation EV069:Contamination of Playgrounds by Arsenic Leaching from CCA Pressure-treated Wood. Kevin Michael Cronin, 17, Sarasota High School, Sarasota, Florida Distinguished Team Award of $250 per team member CS302:MooBrick Artificial Intelligence Conversation System. David Edwyn Bennett, 16, Broadneck Senior High School, Annapolis, Maryland All winning students' high schools will also receive a one-year subscription to "Intercom." Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry First Award of $500 EV091:Cleaning the Chesapeake Bay with Oysters. Katherine Frances Holt, 18, Bruton High School, Williamsburg, Virginia Second Place Award of $250 EV015:Functional Tolerance and Accumulation of Lead: A Novel Approach to Understanding and Improving Uptake. Marc Anthony Burrell, 18, Nicolet High School, Glendale, Wisconsin Third Place Award of $100 MI036:Remediation of Berkeley Pit Water Using Genetically Modified Extremophilic Yeast: Phase III. Alexandra Hope Antonioli, 17, Butte High School, Butte, Montana Each winner will also receive a certificate of recognition. Society of Exploration Geophysicists Distinguished Achievement Award of $1,000 and a trip to the SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. EA026:Soil Liquefaction Mitigation. Emily Adelia Self, 18, Westmoore High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Award of Merit of $500 CS013:A. I. Vision: 3-D Stereoscopic Environment Reconstruction. Robert Earl Eunice, 17, Houston County High School, Warner Robins, Georgia Awards of Merit of $250 CS014:Automatic Packet Reporting System: Building a Large Scale Geospatial Database. James J Jefferson, 17, Winona Senior High School, Winona, Minnesota EA038:Tessera Rings on Venus: The Unrecognized Remnants of Crustal Plateaus. Carolyn Morgan Tewksbury, 16, Clinton Senior High School, Clinton, New York EN083:De-Miner. Andrew Lawrence Murphy, 17, Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas PH016:Bubble-based Resonance-Doppler Sensor for Liquid Characterization. Naveen Neil Sinha, 17, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico Team Award of Merit of $500 to be split among team members. EA302:Acoustic Thermetrics. Morgan Kathryn Habetz, 15, Catholic High School, New Iberia, Louisiana The Endocrine Society First Award of $1,000 ZO006:Examination of Sperm Morphology for Evidence of Homozygosity of Sex-determination Alleles in Diadegma insulare. Sonali Rajendra Hippalgaonkar, 18, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida Second Award of $500 BI059:cDNA Microarray-based Analysis of the Effects of Trichostatin A on the Gene Expression Profile of Human Prostate Cancer Cells. Samantha Megan Feingold, 16, Spanish River Community High School, Boca Raton, Florida Honorable Mention Awards BI007:Estrogen Effects on Dendritic Spine Density in Mouse Hippocampal Neurons. Jina Kim, 17, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia BI021:Etiology and Prevention of Cataracts in Diabetic Patients. Aman Kumar Jain, 17, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, Louisiana BI023:Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor: A Possible Regulator of Reg Gene Expression in the Pancreas. Sam Adler Golden, 18, John Jay High School, Katonah, New York BI051:Synchronization vs. Sensitization of Prostate Cancer Cells by Curcumin. David Nima Meigooni, 15, Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School, Lexington, Kentucky BI053:Molecular Cloning of Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 5A and Deoxyhypusine Synthase from a Bovine Testis cDNA Library. George H Huang, 16, Macomb High School, Macomb, Illinois GN013:Relationship Between Metabolic Rate and Lifespan. Emily Patricia Norwood, 17, Keystone School, San Antonio, Texas ME023:Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Protein Expression in Primary Peritoneal Carcinomas (PPC) in Women. Candas Pinar, 17, Toll Gate High School, Warwick, Rhode Island ME033:Action of Indole-3-carbinol in Breast Cancer. Jennifer Oakley Tschorn, 18, John Jay High School, Katonah, New York ME034:Diabetes: How Different Exercises Affect Blood Sugar. Alisha Brynn Martinez, 15, Carbon High School, Price, Utah ME041:Gene Expression in Liver of Rats Fed with Low and High Fat Diets for 120 Days and Treated with Lipitor or Pravachol. Tina Chiara Fregeolle, 17, Mast Academy, Key Biscayne, Florida ME074:Various Dosages of Dehydroepiandrosterone: Effects on Cholesterol, Weight Loss and Liver Conditions. Jessica Merrill Druce, 17, Episcopal High School of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida ZO021:Mating Game: How Quickly Acartia Respond to Changes in Their Feeding Environment with Changes in Egg Production. Kassandra Aurora Jackson, 16, Redwood High School, Larkspur, California All winners will receive a certificate, a book on the Endocrine System, and a t-shirt. United Technologies Corporation UTC Common Stock CH021:Nanoconstruction with Self-assembling DNA-PNA Complexes. Alexander C. Mittal, 17, Greenwich High School, Greenwich, Connecticut CS020:Using Hidden Dynamic Models to Predict Pitch in English and Mandarin. Yilin Nie, 18, Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, New York EA037:Adaptive Telescope Control Using Star-Pattern Recognition. Jonathan Nicholas Sick, 16, Queen Elizabeth Sr High School, Calgary, Canada EN014:Investigating Various Factors in Both a Liquid-electrolyte and Polymer-electrolyte Membrane Direct-methanol Fuel Cell to Maximize Total Power Output. Douglas George Lavanture, 15, John Adams High School, South Bend, Indiana EN105:Heat Transfer Enhancement of Drag Reducing Surfactants Using Ultrasonic Energy. Joline Marie Fan, 14, Upper Arlington High School, Upper Arlington, Ohio MA009:Nullhomotopic Knots in Real Projective Space. Nikita Rozenblyum, 18, Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York MA015:Rainbow Ramsey Theory: Rainbow Arithmetic Progressions and Anti-Ramsey Results. Jacob Licht, 17, William Hall High School, West Hartford, Connecticut PH018:Witnessing the Drops Evaporating Event. Cheng-Hua Liu, 18, Kaohiung Municipal Tsoying Senior High School, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei Each winner will also receive a plaque, a pen, and the United Technologies Corporation Annual Report. Vacuum Technology Division of the American Vacuum Society First Award of $750 PH312:Magnetoplasmadynamics: Creating Ion Propulsion. Matthew Ryan Leonard, 18, Garland High School, Garland, Texas Second Award of $500 PH054:Plasma Fusion in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Chamber. Rachel Lauren Rosenberg, 17, Governor School of Science & Math, Hartsville, South Carolina Third Award of $250 Each student will also receive a vacuum technology text chosen by the Vacuum Technology Division of the American Vacuum Society. The school science department of each winner will receive $750. The advisor of each winner will receive $250, and a vacuum technology text. Weed Science Society of America First Award of $1,000 in the area of Weed Science BO311:Do the Allelochemicals Produced by Kochia scoparia Directly or Indirectly Affect the Early Growth of Chic Peas, Cicer arietinum, Grown in North Toole County (NTC), Montana?. Daniel Ray Cox, 17, North Toole County High School, Sunburst, Montana Second Award of $500 BO050:Interactive Effects of Soil Nutrients, Natural Fertilizer, and Flumetsulam on the Emergence and Maturation of Wheat and Wild Mustard in a Competition: Phase V. Adam Richard Wohl, 17, Minot Senior High School, Minot, North Dakota MI004:Survival of Triazine-degrading Wild-type Organisms and Genetically-modified Microorganisms in Liquid Cultures. Aparna Noel Suri, 15, Harding High School, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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