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61st Annual STS (2001-2002)
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  Lower Moreland High School, Huntingdon Vly, PA
Abaluck, Jason Todd (18)
Mathematical Models of HIV/AIDS in South Africa

  Bartlesville High School, Bartlesville, OK
Adams, Christina Lynn (17)
Adjustable Matrix Wheelchair Seat

  Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, NY
Adzic, Vladislav (17)
A Flexible Algorithm for Neurite Image Reconstruction and Model Generation

  Midwood High School at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Ahmed, Tahir (17)
Molecular Modeling and the Identification of Functional Domains of a New Adhesive Molecule in Inflammatory Thrombosis

  Northgate High School, Walnut Creek, CA
Almasi, Elizabeth Ann (18)
SPIRIT: New Monte Carlo Electron-gamma Shower Simulation Code

  Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Alyono, Jennifer Christy (17)
Development of an Electrochemical Biosensor for Phospholipase C Based on Supported Hybrid Lipid Bilayer Membranes

  Kings Park High School, Kings Park, NY
Amendola, Peter William (18)
Design and Construction of Optimized Optical Tweezers

  The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY
Ames, John Keith (17)
Differential Elliptic Flow: Using New Constraints On the Incompressibility Constant for Nuclear Matter

  Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights, NY
Arduini, Monica (17)
Hicks, Rednecks, and Yuppies: Regional Stereotypes Within the United States

  Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, NY
Arjomand, Minou (17)
Are Attachment Relationships the Prototype for Adolescent Relationships?

  Manhasset High School, Manhasset, NY
Ayarza, Elisa Lauren (17)
Choosing a Doctor: Does Affirmative Action Matter?

  Harvest Christian Academy, Barrigada, GU
Balakrishnan, Jennifer Sayaka (17)
On Generators of Zero-dimensional Homogeneous Gorenstein Ideals

  Eden Prairie High School, Eden Prairie, MN
Bann, Maralyssa Angelique (18)
Developing the Bann Alzheimer Risk Assessment Tool and Measuring Surrogate Response Accuracy

  Tappan Zee High School, Orangeburg, NY
Barak, Michael (17)
Effect of North Atlantic Oscillation on Atlantic Hurricanes

  Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA
Barusch, Margaret Camilla D (16)
NRL/USNO Infrared Supernovae Search

  Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst, NY
Behm, Alan (17)
Alumina Ceramic Foam: A New Method for Cleaning Oil Spills

  Kings Park High School, Kings Park, NY
Beiger, Jason James (17)
Design and Synthesis of Anticancer Taxoid-Porphyrin Conjugate SB-T-1103001

  Humanities and Sciences Institute, Phoenix, AZ
Berens, Theresa Joan (17)
Fn14 Is Upregulated in Glioma Migration and Tumorigenesis

  Shawnee Mission West High School, Shawnee Mission, KS
Bhatia, Priya (17)
Pheromone Communication in Caenorhabditis elegans

  River Hill High School, Clarksville, MD
Bhat, Suneel (18)
Humoral Immune Responses to Recombinant P. falciparum Antigens in Malaria-naive Individuals After Experimental Challenge

  Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY
Blackman, David Lawrence (17)
Design Pattern Analysis in Web Development: A Database Content Description Language Using XML and Perl

  Lexington High School, Lexington, MA
Bobrow, Laurel Hope (17)
Wandering Aimlessly: Exploring the Causes and Effects of Various Strategies for Learning Routes, II

  Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, CT
Bonelli, Alison Marie (16)
Effects of Lipids on the Aggregation of Alpha-Synuclein

  River Hill High School, Clarksville, MD
Boras, Britton Warren (17)
Sonoluminescence Stability in Levitation Cells

  Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY
Boyar, Daniel Choy (17)
Hebbian Coincidence Detection by Voltage-gated Calcium Channels in Dendritic Spines

  Syosset High School, Syosset, NY
Breidbart, Emily Nicole (17)
Comparison of Parental and Sibling Perceptions of the Sibling Relationship in Families of Children with Autism and Families of Typically Developing Children

  Bayport-Blue Point High School, Bayport, NY
Bright, Molly Gallogly (17)
Characterizing Turbid Media Using Mueller Matrix Images

  Breck School, Minneapolis, MN
Brinda, Beth Anne (18)
Analyzing the Response of Glutathione Reductase Activity in Taxus cuspidata to Thermal Stress

  Rambam Mesivta, Lawrence, NY
Bronner, Mordechai Joseph (17)
Improving Adhesion at Polymeric Interfaces Containing Carbon Black

  Evanston Township High School, Evanston, IL
Brothers, Kathryn Jean (17)
Preliminary Investigations of Vertical and Horizontal Mixing Properties in Vertically Vibrated Granular Materials

  Bellarmine Preparatory School, Tacoma, WA
Brown, Ian Candlish (18)
Measuring Changes in Antarctic Blue Ice Extent with Landsat Imagery

  Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY
Buchinsky, Natalie Sara (17)
Induction of Early Lesions in Ovarian Carcinoma

  Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Burnim, Jacob Samuels (17)
On the Scaling of Electronic Charge-storing Memory Down to the Size of Molecules

  Nicolet High School, Glendale, WI
Burrell, Marc Anthony (17)
Phytoextraction of Lead from Contaminated Soils Using Triticum asetivum: Effects of Chelate Application Time and Soil Acidification

  John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School, Great Neck, NY
Cadieu, Ian Leslie (17)
Megnetically Generated Light Pulses for Use in Fiber Optic Communications

  Naperville Central High School, Naperville, IL
Cai, Wenyi (17)
Deconvolution Modeling and Numerical Analysis of Highly Transient Gasoline Sprays by X-radiography

  National Cathedral School, Washington, DC
Carr, Katharine Marie (18)
Effect of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids on Cell Proliferation and Expression of Fatty Acid Binding Proteins in Breast Cancer Cells

  Garden City Senior High School, Garden City, NY
Catalano, Lisa Marie (17)
Effect of HIV on the Adhesion of Leukocytes to the Extracellular Matrix of Transgenic Cells

  Central High School, Philadelphia, PA
Chandra, Jyothi Satish (17)
Role of Maternal Antibodies in Protecting Neonatal Mice from Measles Virus Infection of the Brain

  Lyndon B. Johnson High School, Austin, TX
Chang, Mary P. (17)
Generation of a Cosmid for Complementation Cloning of Genes from Chlamydomonas

  Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Char, Radhika Usha (17)
Radiolytic and Photolytic Degradation of Hexachlorobenzene as a Model for Polychlorinated Biphenyls

  Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Chemtob, Steven Michael (17)
Atmospheric and Microbial Influences on the Kinetics of Chemical Weathering of Ultramafic Rocks

  Belmont High School, Belmont, MA
Chen, Feng (17)
Suppressing Mutations of apl-1, a C.elegans Gene Related to the Human APP Gene Implicated in Alzheimer's Disease

  Byram Hills High School, Armonk, NY
Cheng, Jessie (17)
Comparison of Traditional and ASR-mediated Literacy

  Williamsville High School East, East Amherst, NY
Cheng, Wayne Yuen (17)
Comparative Analysis of Stem Vascular Development in the Wild Type and Mutants of Maize (Zea mays L.)

  Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, NY
Chen, Sarah (17)
Optimization of Indium Oxide/Silicon Dioxide/Silicon Solar Cell Operation

  Texas Academy of Mathematics & Science, Denton, TX
Chen, Stephen Suo (17)
Deuteration of Layered Double Hydroxides for Neutron Beam Diffraction

  Forest Hills High School, Forest Hills, NY
Cheung, Eric H (17)
Bayesian Estimation of Levy Process Volatility in Black-Scholes Model for Option Pricing

  Millburn High School, Millburn, NJ
Cheung, Ross Che-Jen (17)
Precipitation of Calcium Carbonate into Tufa Towers

  Sachem High School, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY
Chin, Cassandra Wai-Chee (17)
Do the Groundcovers Ajuga reptans and Vinca minor Have Allelopathic Effects?

  Clarkstown High School South, West Nyack, NY
Chin, Christopher Mark (17)
Detecting Cosmetic Treatments on Hair Fibers Through Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

  Plano Senior High School, Plano, TX
Choy, Carol Patricia (17)
Putative Tumor Suppressor RASSF1A: Searching for Interacting Proteins

  Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Chu, Enoch Sung Hay (17)
Optical Characteristica of Silicon Photodetectors

  Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, FL
Clayton, Fred Bowden (18)
Microstructure of Red Abalone (Haliotis rufescens)

  Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, NY
Cohen, Leslie Erin (17)
Presence of the Golden Ratio (Phi) in Facial Proportions of Ancient Egyptian Mummies and Famous Western Portraits: Two-year Study of the Connection Between Perceptions of Beauty and Mathematics

  Herricks Senior High School, New Hyde Park, NY
Cook, Jonathan Steven (17)
Efficacy of Electromagnetic Induction Without Inductive Loading as a Means of Achieving Magnetic Levitation

  William Hall High School, West Hartford, CT
Cutiongco, Johann Frederick (17)
Competing Models for IP3 Receptor Channel Regulation Using the Virtual Cell Modeling Framework

  Dwight Englewood School, Englewood, NJ
Dave, Reshma Kiran (17)
Cellular Targets of Acetylcholinesteras Inhibitors: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease

  Oceanside High School, Oceanside, NY
Degen, Natasha Theresa (17)
Genetic and Physiological Characterization of the D1-18 and D1-21 Auxin-resistant Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana

  R. Nelson Snider High School, Fort Wayne, IN
DeSanto, Spencer Charles (18)
Improving the Performance of Magnetoplasmadynamic Thrusters

  East Lyme High School, East Lyme, CT
Deshmukh, Swati Devendra (17)
Organic Synthesis of Monomer Precursors for Piezoelectric Polymers

  Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, NY
Djuric, Vladimir (17)
Analysis of Gamma-ray Burst Photon Count Data by Continuously Time-varying Poisson and Bernoulli Models

  Alhambra High School, Alhambra, CA
Dong, Timothy Allen (17)
Rate Constants of the Oxidation of Substituted Phosphines with Singlet Oxygen

  Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, Plainview, NY
Drayer, Courtney (17)
Petrographic and Geochemical Analysis of Mesozoic Fossils to Evaluate Potential for Direct Dating with Emphasis on Uranium

  Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Drumheller, Byron Corey (17)
Optimization of Liquid Solvent Extractions for Forensic Analysis of Human Scalp Hair Using Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

  Locust Valley High School, Locust Valley, NY
Ehrenberg, Michael Jeffrey (17)
Expression of Metal Binding Proteins in Transgenic Algae

  Latin School of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Emanuel, Rebekah Hannah (17)
Mechanism of PEGF Anti-angiogenic Activity in Endothelial Cells

  Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY
Ernst, Philip Andrew (17)
Numerical Simulations of Magnetic Field Distributions from Radio-frequency Coils for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, NY
Espinoza, Oswald Ivan (17)
Children's Short-term Memory Retrieval Abilities in Relation to the Content of Information

  Ramapo Senior High School, Spring Valley, NY
Fajardo, Vanessa Cruz (17)
Induction of M30 Protein Triggers Epithelial Cell Proliferation: A Mechanism for Conversion to Cancer

  New Rochelle High School, New Rochelle, NY
Fanelli, Benjamin (18)
Quantitative Analysis of the Kochen Specker No-Go Theorem in Three Dimensional Space Using Computer Simulations to Find the Smallest Solution that Maintains the Contradiction Between Noncontextuality and Value Definiteness

  MAST Academy, Key Biscayne, FL
Fantes, Francisco Eduardo (17)
Optimum Conditions for Hydrogen Production Through Solar Electrolysis

  Great Neck North High School, Great Neck, NY
Farzan-Kashani, Raphael (17)
Identification of Tripartite Motif 9 as Novel Onconeural Antigen Implicated in the Pathogenesis of Paraneoplasia-associated Autoimmune Neurological Degeneration

  Parsippany Hills High School, Parsippany, NJ
Fernandez, Nina Marie (17)
Effects of Retinol Acetate on Induced Tumor Growth on Kalanchoe diagremontiana Caused by Agrabacteruim tumefaciens

  Ossining High School, Ossining, NY
Fitzpatrick, Matthew Alexander (17)
Effects of Specific Motivational Strategies in Conjuction with Locus of Control on Performance Improvement

  Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst, NY
Frank, Tiffany Lynn (17)
Am I my Brother's Keeper? Birth Order as a Factor Influencing Intelligence, Achievement and Work Ethic

  Westlake High School, Austin, TX
Frieda, Kirsten Linnea (17)
Molecular Interactions During Collision Approach

  Miami Beach Senior High School, Miami Beach, FL
Fuks, Daniel Aaron (17)
Variety Evaluation of Containerized Cherry Tomato (Lycopersicum Esculentum) Mill

  Elmira High School, Elmira, OR
Galloway, Melissa Marie (17)
Lead Concentration of Oyster Shells and Calcium Supplements

  John B. Connally High School, Austin, TX
Gao, Kevin Kuan (17)
Bactericidal Activity in vitro of Chihuahuan Desert Plants and a Synergistic Approach to Overcoming Broad-spectrum Antibiotic Resistance

  Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, CT
Garner, Robin Thai (17)
Artificial Neural Network Analysis of Nitrogen Removal in Stamford Wastewater Treatment Plant and University of Connecticut Bench Scale Study

  Lexington High School, Lexington, MA
Gillmor, Michael Plunket (18)
Social Choice: A Comparison of Condorcet Completion Voting Methods

  Manhasset High School, Manhasset, NY
Giovine, Allegra Elizabeth (18)
Relational vs. Positional Female Social Behavior in Same-Sex and Mixed-Sex Competitive Academic Situations

  Smithtown High School, Smithtown, NY
Glick, Alexander Farrell (17)
Development of a Method to Determine the Invasive Potential of Plant Species

  Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, MD
Gollapalli, Santhi Janakiram (17)
Interferon-inducible GTPase MxA Inhibits Cell Motility

  Division Avenue High School, Levittown, NY
Gomez, Leonardo (17)
Probiotics, the Killing Agent Found Inside Leaves

  West Islip High School, West Islip, NY
Goodrich, Kristen Ann (17)
Influence of Common Organic Nitrogen Species Introduced by Groundwater Underflow on Aureococcus anophagefferens and Competing Phytoplankton

  Lake Brantley High School, Altamonte Springs, FL
Goodwin, Angela Christine (17)
Cabbage Leaf Curl Virus Response to Systemic Activated Resistance

  Oceanside High School, Oceanside, NY
Gordon, David (17)
Determination of Radiation Induced Chromosomal Aberrations in Cells Deficient for ATM Function

  John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School, Great Neck, NY
Gordon, Rebecca Jacobs (17)
Comparative Computer-assisted Analysis of Resting Tremor in Parkinson's Disease Patients

  Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, New York, NY
Greisman, Laura Rose (17)
Structural Sexual Demorphisms in a Weakly Discharging Electric Fish (Gnathonemus petersii)

  Prescott High School, Prescott, AZ
Grimm, Kirsten Ann (17)
Phosphorus Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation in Cercocarpus montanus: Implications for Ponderosa Forest Management

  Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY
Gronim, William Wesley (17)
Efficient Resource Location on Distributed, Heterogeneous Networks Through Dynamic Creation of Sub-Networks

  Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn, NY
Gupta, Anurag (17)
Sonochemical Synthesis of II-VI Semiconductor Nanocrystallites and their Characterization

  Sayville High School, Sayville, NY
Hahn, Katherine J. (17)
Efficacy of a Simple Screening Question in Ascertaining the Prevalence of Cognitive Deficits and Depression in Peri-menopausal Women

  Ossining High School, Ossining, NY
Hall, Arthur Samuel (17)
Comparison Between the Extrasolar Planet System and an Unbiased Sample

  New Rochelle High School, New Rochelle, NY
Halperin, Anthony Lionel (17)
Downregulation of Anti-Apoptotic Proteins, PKC-a and Bcl-2,by Antisense Phosphorothioate Oligonucleotides and Their Effects on the Cellular Viability of T24 Bladder, PC3 and DU145 Prostate Cancer Cells

  Midwood High School at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Hamill, Jonathan Paul (17)
Analysis of the Dental Pathologies Affecting Ancient Sirmium

  Clarkrange High School, Clarkrange, TN
Hannahan, Heather Nicole (17)
Brassica juncea as a Biofumigant II: Effect of Planting Date on Glucosinolate Production & Effect of Fumigation on Bacterial and Fungal Communities

  Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY
He, Jane (17)
Influence of Duration on the Detection Thresholds of Global Structure in Glass Patterns

  Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Helgeson, Jennifer Freya (17)
Damping Capacity of the Magnetoelastic Materials Galfenol and Terfenol-D

  John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School, Great Neck, NY
Hersh, Sarah Lindsay (17)
The Relationship Between Apparent Spatial Orientation and Perceived Albedo

  David H. Hickman High School, Columbia, MO
Hess, Gaelen Thomas (17)
Towards a Model of How Electrostatic Forces Bend Asymmetrically Neutralized DNA

  Smithtown High School, Smithtown, NY
Ho, Amy (17)
Abandoned Scrub Oak Gall Refugia: Biodiversity Analysis in the Dwarf Pine Barrens of West Hampton Beach, Long Island

  Bruton High School, Williamsburg, VA
Holt, Katherine Frances (17)
Competition Between the Native Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) and the Non-Native Oyster, (Crassostrea ariakensis) and Implications for the Chesapeake Bay

  West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro, NJ
Hou, Jennifer H (17)
Development and Implementation of the Quantum Analog of the Mach-Zehnder Interferometer via Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

  Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY
Ho, Vivian C. (17)
Expert and Novice Differences in Perception of Musical Tones

  Northside Health Careers High School, San Antonio, TX
Hsiung, Debra Ting (17)
Measles Virus Nucleocapsid Gene Enhances the 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin-D3 Sensitivity of Osteoclast Precursors from Patients with Paget's Disease

  Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY
Hsu, Jukay (17)
Relationship Between Effort and Preference Towards Deterministic and Stochastic Rewards

  Commack High School, Commack, NY
Hung, Christina (17)
Synthesis of Novel Taxoid-Porphyrin Conjugates SB-T-110711, SB-T-110712, SB-T-110713 for Cancer Chemotherapy

  McIntosh High School, Peachtree City, GA
Hung, Tony (17)
Biochemical Insight of Hop2 into Mechanism of Homologous Chromosome Synapsis During Meiosis

  Irondale Senior High School, New Brighton, MN
Hu, Susan Shanke (17)
Measuring the Size of the X-ray Emitting Accretion Flow onto Sagittarius A*

  The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY
Ip, Chee-Ling Francoise (18)
Possible Role of L-glutamate as a Desensitizing Odor for Florida Spiny Lobsters Panulirus argus

  White Plains High School, White Plains, NY
Jacob, Kevin James (17)
Chemical and Physical Properties of Copper Acetylides (R-C=C-Cu)

  Central Bucks High School West, Doylestown, PA
Jacobson, Lucy Ann (18)
Fountain Effect in Superfluid Helium-4

  Hicksville Senior High School, Hicksville, NY
Jacob, Vinitha Anne (17)
DNA Electrophoresis Without Topological Constraints

  Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA
Jang, Mee-Jung (17)
Synergistic Effects in Binary Solvent Mixtures as Evidenced by the Effect on the Rate of Ring Closing in a Spiropyran, Using These Results to Select the Most Appropriate Solvent Parameter

  The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY
Jia, Sherman (18)
Synthesis and Analysis of Molybdenum Oxide Nanostructures Created via Water-soluble Polymers and Organic Molecules

  Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Jin, Robert Kang Xing (17)
Automated Detection of Grain Boundaries in Microstructure Images Using Gabor Wavelets and Edge-linking

  Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, MI
Joshi, Dipa Mayur (17)
Clinical Significance of Maternal Left-lateral Position in Fetal Umbilical Blood Flow

  Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Jou, Fun-Chen Jesse (17)
Effects of Thickness and Ultraviolet Crosslinking on Polymer Adhesion

  W.C. Mepham Senior High School, Bellmore, NY
Jozkowski, Kristen Nicole (17)
Relationships Among Caloric Intake, Calorie Compensation & Fat Intake on the Development of Obesity in Prepubescent Children

  Bloomington High School North, Bloomington, IN
Kaganovich, Mark (17)
Reiterative Copying of RNA Sequences by a Viral RNA Polymerase

  Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, NY
Kahanda, Rahal (17)
Promotion of Bony Ingrowth by Frequency and Pressure Specific Fluid Flow Stimulation

  Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Landue, MO
Kalishman, Michael (17)
Identification of Molecular Marker for blu2 Mutant in Arabidopsis

  Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights, NY
Kanis, Margaux Jenna (17)
Construction of Gene-targeting Fragments for Generation of DBC2 Knockout Mice

  Midwood High School at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Kapelner, Adam David (17)
Brain Activity Due to Intravenous Secretin Infusion and Its Pharmacological Value in the Treatment of Autism

  Smithtown High School, Smithtown, NY
Kaszuba, Stephanie (18)
Fibronectin Fibrillogenesis on Sulfonated Polystyrene Surfaces: Properties of Synthetic Protein Growth

  Aquinas Institute, Rochester, NY
Keegan, Joshua Matthew (17)
Numerical Modeling of Optical Parametric Chirped Pulse Amplification to Design a Petawatt Laser Front End

  Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, NY
Kim, Angela Soeun (17)
HIV-1 gp120 Increases Ligand-dependent Transcriptional Activation of Estrogen Receptors

  Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, NY
Kim, Grace Yun (17)
DNA-Binding Properties of Hemolysin II Regulatory Protein

  Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA
Kim, Jina (17)
Effects of Estrogen on the Dendritic Spine Development of Mouse Hippocampal Neurons

  Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY
Kim, Paul (17)
Contribution of Electro-Osmosis to Fluid Transport Across Corneal Endothelium

  Cold Spring Harbor High School, Cold Spring Hrbr, NY
Kleiner, Ariel Jacob (17)
Distribution of the Difference Between the Maximum and Minimum Cell Counts in the Combinatorial Occupancy Arrangements

  Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, FL
Koch, Alison C. (17)
We Don't See Things as They Are, We See Them as We Are: The Relationship Between Observational Accuracy and a Person's Race and Experiential Background

  Malverne Senior High School, Malverne, NY
Korber, Jonathan E. (17)
Tornado Occurrences and Their Relationships to Latitude and Sunspot Activity

  Riverside High School, Greer, SC
Korman, John Bennett Ball (18)
Comparative Effect of Black Walnut Husk Extract (Juglans nigra L.) on Human Breast and Cervical Cancer Cell Lines

  Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, NY
Kothari, Dhruva Kumar (17)
Effect of Acridine Orange on the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Channel

  Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY
Krepkin, Konstantin (17)
Higher-order Statistics of Visual Textures: Implications of Scaling and Occlusion

  Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, CA
Krishnamurthy, Chithra (17)
Nitrogen Form and Solution pH Influence Nitrogen Uptake in Woody Ornamentals

  Suffern High School, Suffern, NY
Krishnan, Shekar (16)
Turmeric from Various Sources Around the World: Identification and Tentative Characterization of an Unknown Yellow Component

  Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Ku, Nancy H. (17)
Thermal Stability of Self-assembled DNA Monolayers on Gold

  Midwood High School at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Lai, Irene (17)
New Catalysts by Combining Lipases with Organometallics and Their Use for the Preparation of Novel Bioresorbable Polyesters

  University High School, Irvine, CA
Lakhanpal, Amit (17)
Mass Profile of the Galaxy Cluster A2029 Revealed by the Chandra X-ray Observatory: Implications for Theories of Dark Matter and Cosmological Formation

  Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, NY
Laufer, Michael Robert (17)
Gamma-ray Bursts: X-ray and Optical Band Afterglow Decay of Dark Bursts and the Fireball Model

  Briarcliff Manor High School, Briarcliff Manor, NY
Lean, Richard C. (17)
Physics and Performance Optimization of Electric Paper

  Ramapo Senior High School, Spring Valley, NY
Lee, Frank (17)
Implications of Intrinsic Brightness vs. Redshift in Gamma-ray Bursts

  Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Miami, FL
Lee, Katherine (18)
Effect of Human Cardiac Troponin I S199N and K183 Mutants on Cardiac Muscle Physiology

  Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY
Lee, Moon Hee (18)
Combining Orientations to Identify Letters

  Fox Lane High School, Bedford, NY
Lee, Olivia (17)
Potential Interactions Between Drosophila Torsin-like Protein and Aggregating Proteins

  John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School, Great Neck, NY
Leiberman, David Ethan (17)
Forecasting Neuronal Death: Evidence for an Active Zn2+ Transporter in Mammalian Cortical Cells that can Be Noninvasively Monitored Through Application of a Self-referencing Zinc-selective Microelectrode

  Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, OR
Le, Thu Thuy Thu (18)
Effect of Time on the Physical Structure and Chemical Properties of Andesitic Volcanic Soils from Mount Hood

  Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY
Leung, Albert W. (17)
Model of Light-affected Coupling in Oscillators of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

  Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst, NY
Levine, Stacey Cara (17)
Building Blocks or Barbie Dolls? Gender as a Predictor of Mathematical Aptitude and Achievement as Determined by Random Number Generation

  Texas Academy of Mathematics & Science, Denton, TX
Liang, Vivian Lee (18)
Characterization of Nanometer-sized Metal Particle Deposits on Carbon Films Formed from Pyrolyzed Photoresist on Silicon Substrates

  Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY
Liang, Yan Xiang (18)
Readers Beware! Effects of Visual Noise on the Channel for Reading

  William Hall High School, West Hartford, CT
Licht, Jacob (17)
Rainbow Ramsey Theory: Rainbow Arithmetic Progressions and Anti-Ramsey Results

  Manhasset High School, Manhasset, NY
Lii, Jonathan (17)
Cross Cultural Doll Study of Young Ethnic Chinese Females in Tawnier and the United States

  Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Li, Jean (17)
Chemical Origins of Extraterrestrial Organic Macromolecules in Carbonaceous Chondritic Meteorites

  Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Li, John Yuanson (17)
Nanocomposite Oxide Garnets for the Magnetic Refrigeration Application

  Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY
Li, Lei Billy (17)
Blockade of ERK Signaling Selectively Sensitizes Human Tumor Cells to Ecteinascidin 743 Through Enhancing Dissipation of Mitochondria Membrane Potential Triggered by ET 743-generated Reactive Oxygen Species

  Saint Francis Preparatory School, Fresh Meadows, NY
Lin, Albert King (17)
A Survey of the Public Chandra Data Archive (CDA) in Search of Serendipitous X-ray Pulsars

  Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Lin, Edward Felix (17)
Characterizing the Influence of Microcracks on the Residual Stress Distribution and the Thermal Expansion Coefficients of Alumina

  Plano West Senior High School, Plano, TX
Lin, Stephen Wen-Jei (17)
A Neurocomputational Model for Spatial and Chromatic Opponency in the Retina

  The Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY
Li, Suhan (18)
Surface-induced Coherence in Atomic Flourescence Decay Rates

  Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, IL
Liu, Zhihao (18)
The Nearest Neighbor Rule Representation of Boolean Functions

  Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, NY
Li, Wanqing (17)
Adaptive and Active LSB Image Steganography

  Alhambra High School, Alhambra, CA
Li, Wing Y. (17)
Interaction Between Integrin Alpha3-Beta1 and Laminin-5 Modulates Alveolar Epithelial Barrier Formation

  Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, NY
Li, Yang (17)
Discovery of a Unique Protective Epitope on Outer Surface Protein C of Lyme Disease Agent Borrelia burgdorferi: Implications for First OspC Peptide Vaccine

  Troy High School, Fullerton, CA
Lonyai, Anna (17)
Production of Molecular Halogen Gases from Reactions of Halogen Nitrates with Sea Salt

  Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School, Port Washington, NY
Ly, Erin Kathryn (17)
Alzheimer's Disease With and Without Lewy Bodies: Synergy of Co-existing Pathologies

  Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA
Lyu, Jee-Hyun (18)
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Genes Associated with Breast Cancer

  Brewster High School, Brewster, NY
Macreery, William Frank (17)
A Timing-oriented Model of Avian Song Learning

  Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst, NY
Malinowski, Beth Lauren (17)
Evidence of a Hereditary Component in Intermediate Hybrid Behavior of a Cercocebus torquatus atys x Mandrillus sphinx Hybrid

  Marlborough School, Los Angeles, CA
Manasson, Julia (17)
Correlation Dynamics in Circuit Molecules with Chaotic Links

  Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Rockville, MD
Marcus, Jonathan Avraham (17)
Context-free Grammar Inference Using Random Mutation with a Simplicity Bias

  Rye Country Day School-Upper School, Rye, NY
McClure, Douglas Templeton (17)
Real-Time Feedback for a Laser Pointing System

  Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, LA
McGaha, Rebecca A. (17)
Regulation of Tumor Angiogenesis and Apoptosis via Suppression of the Translation Initiation Factor eIF4E in Prostate Cancer

  Laguna Blanca School, Santa Barbara, CA
Mehra, Chaitanya (16)
Spatial Effects of an Environmental Disturbance Based on an Analysis of Power Plant Entrainment

  The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY
Mehta, Sahil Viplov (17)
Mechanical Testing of EPON SU-8, a High Aspect Ratio Resist for Microelectromechanical Systems Using Scanning Interferometry with Electron Microscope

  South Side High School, Rockville Centre, NY
Melillo, Katherine (18)
Expression of the Auxin-related Genes BA3-GUS and SAUR-GUS in Adult Plants of Arabidopsis thaliana

  Saint Francis Preparatory School, Fresh Meadows, NY
Milcetic, Maria Renee Anne (17)
Effects of ALPHA-Synuclein on Neuromelanin Formation: Implications for Parkinson's Disease

  Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, NY
Milnor, Thomas A. (17)
Creation of an Infinite Series of Non-trivial Knots Characterized by Trivial Conway Polynomials

  Syosset High School, Syosset, NY
Miu, Kevin (18)
Adaptive Topographical Handwriting Recognition Utilizing Eight Directional Codes

  Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY
Montero, Jose (17)
Characterization of 2944, a laf Mutant ofArabidopsis Disrupted in the Capacity for Phytochrome a Signal Transduction

  Avon Grove High School, West Grove, PA
Mousa, Ahmed Shaker (17)
Discovery of Anti-Angiogenesis & Anti-Cancer Efficacy of Natural Products Derived from Garlic Enhancement by Antioxidants: Cellular & Genetic Mediators

  Westlake High School, Westlake Village, CA
Mukku, Roy Bharath (17)
Effect of Selenium Deficiency on Oxidative Stress and the Expression of a Microsomal Glutathione S-transferase in RAW 264.7 Murine Macrophage Cell Culture

  Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY
Mundi, Prabhjot Singh (17)
HIV-1 Vaccine Development: The V3-Loop Domain

  Manhasset High School, Manhasset, NY
Musalo, Raymond Michael (17)
Characterization of the Imprinted Gene Ipl

  Kenwood Academy, Chicago, IL
Mustafi, Debarshi (17)
Kinetic and Molecular Modeling Studies of BETA-Lactamases: Structural Basis of Inhibition of Non-BETA-Lactam Based Inhibitors

  Winsor School, Boston, MA
Nagurney, Justine Meredith (17)
In-situ Fabrication of Superconducting MgB2 Thin Films

  Ossining High School, Ossining, NY
Nandyala, Anil (16)
Photoyield Optimization in Organic Scintillators

  Albany Academy for Girls, Albany, NY
Nigmatulina, Karima Robert (17)
Stability of an Inverted Pendulum with a Vibrating Base

  Parkway West High School, Ballwin, MO
Ni, Yihong (18)
Analysis of Macrophage Recruitment and Afferent Neuron Innervation in the Avian Utricle During Hair Cell Regeneration

  Murphy High School, Mobile, AL
Oertli, Nicole Anne (18)
Atmospheric Gas Detection by Non-dispersive Infrared Analysis of Solar Radiation

  Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, NY
Oleszak, Lukasz K (17)
Using Computer Aided Speckle Interferometry to Determine Regional Deformation in the Beating Rabbit Heart

  Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, OH
Onitskansky, Elina (17)
Invention of an Automated Micro-Electrochemical Sensor and Plating System to Detect and Remove Metallic Ion Pollutants from Water

  John Jay High School, Katonah, NY
Ossher, Joel Philip (18)
Creation of a Perfect Computer Player for Three-dimensional Tic-Tac-Toe

  Central High School, Philadelphia, PA
Ovetsky, Alexandra (17)
Surreal Dimensions and Their Applications

  David H. Hickman High School, Columbia, MO
Palaniappan, Krishnan Kanna (17)
High Resolution Image Analysis of Growth in Roots of Arabidopsis thaliana

  Bay Shore High School, Bay Shore, NY
Palermo, Edmund Francis (17)
Improving the Properties of Polymer Blends with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

  Mayo High School, Rochester, MN
Palmen, Brandon Michael (18)
Engineering Tropism of Edmonston B Measles Vaccine Virus to Target and Destroy Melanoma Cells

  The Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY
Parihar, Raminder Kaur (17)
Glutamate Receptor Subtype 1 May Contribute to Toxicity in Dopaminergic Neurons

  Booker T. Washington High School, Tulsa, OK
Park, Daniel Sungwon (17)
Performance Analysis of Diffrentiated Services in MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) Networks Applying the M/M/m/K Queueing Model

  Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School, Burnt Hills, NY
Partyka, Olivia Alexsandra (17)
Testing of a Measurement Probe Designed to Analyze the Ag Cap Layer and Its Interactions with YBCO Superconductors Fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition and Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition

  W.C. Mepham Senior High School, Bellmore, NY
Patel, Mayur (17)
Effects of Developmental, Physiological, Biomechanical, and Environmental Factors on Leaf Function, Morphology, and Evolution

  Central High School, Grand Junction, CO
Patterson, Ryan Randall (18)
American Sign Language Translator

  Greens Farms Academy, Greens Farms, CT
Paul, Benjamin Curman (18)
Effects of Attention Deficit Disorder Medications on Superior Oblique Palsy

  Saint Edward's School, Vero Beach, FL
Pechter, Patricia M. (17)
Purifying Secondary Metabolites of the Gorgonian Swiftia exerta for the detection of Cytoskeleton Interactive Avents to Aid in Cancer

  Los Altos High School, Los Altos, CA
Pelc, Jason Scott (17)
Volume Rendering of Tendon-Bone Relationships Using Non-contrast Computerized Tomography

  Evanston Township High School, Evanston, IL
Pelzer, Justin Raymond (18)
Influence of Water Jet Structure on Hydraulic Jump Profile

  Byram Hills High School, Armonk, NY
Perretta, Donato Joseph (17)
Construction of a Recombinant Vaccinia Virus Expressing CD30 Ligand for Use in Cancer Immunotherapy

  W.C. Mepham Senior High School, Bellmore, NY
Peters, William Charles (17)
Effects of Injector Core Opening Size on Blockerless Engine Thrust Reverser Technology

  Byram Hills High School, Armonk, NY
Petri, Brendan Francis (17)
Cognitive Similarities in the Identification of Fractal Images and Musical Compositions Created from the Same Equations

  Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, PA
Pomerantz, Rebecca Gail (17)
Pilot Project: Measurement of Facial Muscle Strength

  W.C. Mepham Senior High School, Bellmore, NY
Pope, Patricia Anne (17)
Isolation of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinases in Beta vulgaris

  Cedar Falls High School, Cedar Falls, IA
Power, Alexander Philip (15)
Chromatic Polynomials and the Properties of Their Chromatic Growth Ratios

  New Rochelle High School, New Rochelle, NY
Provenzano, Frank Anthony (17)
Effect of Electrode Composition and Distance in Producing Striations in the Positive Column of a Glow Discharge Tube Plasma

  Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, NY
Rafii, Daniel (18)
Recruitment of Bone Marrow-derived Stem Cells Are Essential for Tumor Growth

  Northport High School, Northport, NY
Raince, Jagdeep Kour (18)
Effect of the Inhibition of Tbx5 Protein Expression on ANF Expression in Xenopus laevis

  Horace Mann School, Bronx, NY
Rapoport, Ezra Jacob (18)
Pattern Detection in Quasi-periodic Waveforms: Application to Speech Compression

  Sachem High School, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY
Ray, Christopher (18)
Effect of Chirality on the Elastic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes

  Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights, NY
Repole, Christopher Michael (17)
Effect of Race on Middle School Children's Perceptions of Social Distance

  New Hyde Park Memorial High School, New Hyde Park, NY
Rhindress, Kathryn Marie (16)
Masses of Black Holes in X-ray Binaries

  Walton High School, DeFuniak Springs, FL
Richardson, Aaron Cole (17)
Photoperiod's Effect on Productivity and Effluent Nutrient Uptake in Municipal Sprayfield Forages

  University High School, Normal, IL
Riehl, Emily Elizabeth (17)
On the Properties of Tits Graphs

  Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, NY
Robbins, David Adam (17)
Effect of Animal Assisted Therapy on Physiological and Psychological Measures in a Population of a Chronic Skilled Nursing Facility

  Bradshaw High School, Florence, AL
Rogers, Rebekah Lee (18)
Temperature Dependence of Elemental Ratios in Freshwater Bivalve Shells

  Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, NY
Rooney, Joseph Thomas (18)
Mathematical Models for the Simulation of the Mechanics of Bioterrorism-induced Epidemics

  Tappan Zee High School, Orangeburg, NY
Rosenwasser, Charles Forth (17)
Inflammatory Effect of Titanium Distal Radius Plates on Canine Tendons

  Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Rostapshov, Alexey Victor (17)
Determining 3-D Structures of Macromolecular Complexes Using Electron Microscopy and Protein Docking: Development, Refinement and Parallelization of the DCORR Method

  Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst, NY
Rowsey, Nicole Lisa (17)
Use of Education in the Reduction of Inmate Recidivism

  Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY
Rozenblyum, Nikita (17)
Nullhomotopic Knots in Real Projective Space

  White Plains High School, White Plains, NY
Rubin, Joshua Aaron (17)
Influence of Peer Rejection on Views About Violence in a High School Adolescent Population

  John Jay High School, Katonah, NY
Ruby, Brian Price (18)
Growth Mechanisms of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Use as Novel Nanoprobes in the Future Analysis of Genetically-engineered HIV Envelope Glycoproteins

  Midwood High School at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Ruderfer, Daniel (17)
Paleopathological Analysis of the Vertebral Remains of Sirmium Locality 26

  Syosset High School, Syosset, NY
Ruderman, Joshua Thomas (17)
Spectroscopy in Orion's Belt: Discovery of New Stars

  George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett, NY
Rudolph, Stephanie Ruth (18)
Perceptions of Self, Peer Interactions and Their Relationship to the Victim-Bully Cycle Among High School Students

  Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Hackensack, NJ
Sadegh, Cameron (17)
Quantitative Spectroscopic Analysis of Sulfur-oxy Anions Using Ellman's Reagent

  Guilderland Central High School, Guilderland Center, NY
Sahoo, Anshuman (17)
Improvements in Therapeutic Gain by Optimization of Dose Distribution for High Dose-Rate Intracavitary Brachytherapy for Gynecological Cancer

  Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Satija, Rahul (16)
Neutron Radiography and Tomography of a PEM Hydrogen Fuel Cell

  Syosset High School, Syosset, NY
Schoer, Rebecca Allyson (17)
Gene Expression Profiling Reveals Novel Pathways Angiogenesis

  Staples High School, Westport, CT
Schwartz, Benjamin Matthew (16)
New Tool for Analysis of Grain Boundary Energy with Atomic Force

  Suffern High School, Suffern, NY
Shanbhag, Neha Shekhar (17)
Effective Pain Management Using a New Modified Drug Delivery System

  Centennial High School, Ellicott City, MD
Shukla, Kavita Misra (17)
Food Preservation Technology Utilizing Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)

  Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, NY
Shum, Elaine (17)
Combined Effects of Herpes Viral Oncolytic Therapy and Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer

  Satellite High School, Satellite Beach, FL
Simone, Christine Gail (17)
Astronaut's Salad Bar: Growing Plants under Red Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) for Space

  Plano Senior High School, Plano, TX
Spence, Dianna Blair (18)
Echinacea: A Natural Antibiotic?

  Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, NY
Spielfogel, Bari (17)
The Busguard: A Child Safety Device for School Buses

  Baton Rouge Senior High School, Baton Rouge, LA
Srivastava, Siddharth (17)
Classification of Different Features in Landsat Multi-spectral Scanner Imagery Using Support Vector Machines

  South Side High School, Rockville Centre, NY
Stahl, Jessica Randi (17)
Development of a Movement Analysis Instrument and Its Application to Test the Effect of Different Music Styles on Freedom of Body Movement

  University of Chicago Laboratory School, Chicago, IL
Sterner, Beckett William (17)
Probability Distribution of the Density of Self-avoiding Walks

  Byram Hills High School, Armonk, NY
Stoopler, David Andrew (17)
Regulation of Long-term Memory Processes in Aplysia californica by Serotonin and FMRFamide Induced Alteration of Histone Acetylation and Chromatin Structure

  Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst, NY
Strauss, Kelly Morgan (17)
Assessing Male Influence on Female Body Image

  East Hampton High School, East Hampton, NY
Sullivan, Alexandra Joan (17)
Isolation, Purification, and Structure Elucidation of Biologically Active Compounds from a Marine Sediment-derived Actinomycete

  Roxbury Latin School, West Roxbury, MA
Sur, Samir (17)
Influence of Auditory Stimuli on Tactile Perception: A New Perceptual Illusion

  Byram Hills High School, Armonk, NY
Syed, Shahla Firdos (16)
Development of a Program to Trace and Analyze Atherosclerotic Plaque in Magnetic Resonance Images

  Hillsborough High School, Tampa, FL
Tai, Denise Singyen (17)
Identification of Proteolipid Protein-specific T Cells Using MHC Class II Tetramers in Murine Experimental Autoimmune Encephalamyelitis Model

  Byram Hills High School, Armonk, NY
Tatka, Jakub (17)
Effect of the Soybean Isoflavone Genistein on Clonogenicity and Clonal Growth of Breast Carcinoma MCF-7 Cells

  The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY
Taylor, Brian Richard (17)
A Tree Grows in Psychology: A Novel Phylo-Evolutionary Approach to Correlating Personality as a Function of Nonverbal Intelligence

  Mount Ararat School, Topsham, ME
Theberge, Ashleigh Brooks (17)
Effect of Roundup on Free-living and Symbiotically Occurring Diazotrophs

  Syosset High School, Syosset, NY
Tobias, David Elliot (17)
Investigation of the Material Properties of Electrochromic WO3 Thin Films

  Pleasantville High School, Pleasantville, NY
Tom, Jessica Tang (17)
Effects of Age and Nitrogen on the Reproductive Allocation of Ipomoea nil

  George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett, NY
Trivedi, Premal Shriprakash (16)
Isolation of Phy2 in Ceratopteris richardii and Analysis of Sequential Homology in Phytochrome Gene Families

  John Jay High School, Katonah, NY
Tschorn, Jennifer O. (17)
Action of Indole-3-carbinol in Breast Cancer

  The Brearley School, New York, NY
Tschumi, Ariane Isabelle (17)
Intragenomic Deletions Between Direct DNA Repeats as a Factor Contributing to the Genetic Diversity of the Human Pathogen Heliobacter pylori

  Shoreham-Wading River High School, Shoreham, NY
Vairavamurthy, Jenanan Prakasha (15)
Mineralization of Bone: Probing the Early Mineral Phases Using Infrared Microspectroscopy

  Our Lady of Victory Academy, Dobbs Ferry, NY
Vano, Stephanie Ann (17)
Induction of Angiogenesis in Three-dimensional Matrices

  Parkersburg High School, Parkersburg, WV
Vasan, Nina (17)
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: The Timing of Guidance in Visual Search

  Governor Livingston High School, Berkeley Heights, NJ
Venkatachalam, Vivek (18)
Analysis of the Omega Diagram for Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy and Type Ia Supernovae

  Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Flemington, NJ
Venkatraman, Dheera (17)
Effect of Air Currents on Electrostatic Discharge Distributions

  Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, MD
Venturelli, Ophelia Shalini (17)
Protective Role of Estrogen in the Ocular Lens: Implications for Postmenopausal Cataract

  Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Vieira, Gregory Butler (17)
Computer Modeling of Highly-charged Ion Dynamics in an Electron Beam Ion Trap

  Crystal Springs Uplands School, Hillsborough, CA
Vrolyk, Elizabeth Honey (17)
RNA Oligomer Analysis Using Thin Layer Chromatography and Gel Electrophoresis

  John F. Kennedy High School, Bellmore, NY
Wagner, Michael Jacob (17)
Characterization of New Auxin-resistant Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana

  Byram Hills High School, Armonk, NY
Waksman, Jeff Lawrence (17)
Simulating the Effects of Dicarbon Hexafluoride on the Martian Atmosphere

  Parkway Central High School, Chesterfield, MO
Wang, Grace Christine (17)
Effect of Gamma-Secretase Inhibitors on Hematopoiesis in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Differentation

  Manhasset High School, Manhasset, NY
Wang, Winston (17)
Determination of Thrombopoietin Production Sites Among Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

  Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Wen, Bingni (17)
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Programmed Cell Death in the Developing Mouse Inner Ear

  John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School, Great Neck, NY
Willcox, David (17)
Application of Genetic Algorithms in the Development of the Gamma Ray Positioning Algorithm for the Segmented Germanium Detector Array at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory

  R. Nelson Snider High School, Fort Wayne, IN
Wilson, Gregory Scott (17)
Effects of Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor Dideoxyguanosine Triphosphate on Human Prostate Cancer Cells

  Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School, Miami, FL
Wiszniak, Ariane Judith (18)
Biosorption Capacities (q) of Sargassum vs. Padina: New Ways for Treating Toxic Metals Using Macro-algae

  Byram Hills High School, Armonk, NY
Wolff, John Arlington (18)
Determinants of Creatine/Androstenedione Usage and Supplementation Among High School Students

  Midwood High School at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Won, Elena Kim (17)
Potentiation of Estrogen's Genomic Effects by Non-genomic Effects: Ex-vivo Study in A Neuroblastoma Cell Line

  Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, IL
Woo, Grace Rusi (15)
Conventional Calculus and Modern Fuzzy Approach to Optimization

  Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst, NY
Woolfe, Zachary Edward (17)
Proximity, Belief in the Law of Small Numbers, and Perception of Cancer Cluster Risk

  Groton School, Groton, MA
Xiao, Michael Yue (17)
Protection of Neurons by Inhibiting Apoptosis: Implications for Treatment of Neurological Disorders

  Torrance High School, Torrance, CA
Xia, Zhizhang (18)
Magnetization of Materials Used in Construction of Cryostats

  Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY
Xu, Lixin (17)
Contextual Effects of Implicit Priming on Perceptual Identification

  Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY
Yae, Sophia S. (17)
Novel and Cost-Efficient Application of Cyclic Voltammetry: Determination of Mercury Levels in Fish

  Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, IL
Yang, Kevin (16)
Quantitative Model of Electrophoretic Mobility of Oligomeric B-DNA

  Claremont High School, Claremont, CA
Yan, Miling (17)
Development of a Capillary Electrophoresis Method to Detect Vitamin A in Segregating Populations of Lettuce

  Herricks Senior High School, New Hyde Park, NY
Yan, Yu (17)
Effect of Starvation and Infection on the Ability of Tribolium Beetles to Detect the Parasite Hymenolepis diminuta

  Kinkaid School, Houston, TX
Yudofsky, Lynn Marie (18)
Intracellular Calcium Oscillations in Impaired Learning and Memory of Mutant Drosophila

  Commonwealth School, Boston, MA
Yu, Lele (16)
Field Emission Characteristics of Conical Silicon Microstructures Fabricated by Femtosecond Laser-induced Chemical Etching

  Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School, Port Washington, NY
Zankel, Bradley Metnick (17)
Comparative Efficiency of Mutual Exclusions Algorithms

  Northport High School, Northport, NY
Zarrabi, Ali John (17)
Inhibition of Membrane-bound Neutrophil Elastase as an Anti-Metastatic Strategy: In Vitro Study

  Alhambra High School, Alhambra, CA
Zeng, Katherine Shan (16)
Oxidized Amino Acids in the Excrement of Aging Musca domestica: 3-Nitrotyrosine as a Marker of Oxidative Stress

  Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Miami, FL
Zhou, Xiaolong (18)
Zinc Induces Apoptosis in Tumor Cells by Activating Caspases in a Unique Manner

  Saint John's School, Houston, TX
Zygourakis, Corinna Clio (17)
Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci for Murine Cerebroventricular Size

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