Alabama

Florence

Everett, Marshall Bradley (Shoals Christian School)
Gender Differences in Rationality: If and Why Genders Differ in How Closely They Adhere to the Theory of Rational Behavior

California

Davis

Courtis, Alexandra Maria (Davis Senior High School)
Bright Luminescent Silicon Nanoparticles for Biological Applications

Fullerton

Wahl, Sean Matthew (Troy High School)
Probabilistic One-Dimensional and Spherical Models for the Evolution of Plate Tectonic Systems

Rancho Palos Verdes

Suh, Carol Yoon Joo (Palos Verdes Peninsula High School)
Micro-Pathology Lab Chip for Detecting Molecular Lesions of Glioblastoma

Colorado

Boulder

MacGregor, Meredith Ann (Fairview High School)
Cracking the Brazil Nut Effect

Connecticut

Ridgefield

Cai, Sophie (Ridgefield High School)
A Novel Technique for Revealing Serial and Parallel Mechanisms in Visual Processing

Illinois

Naperville

Xu, Nora (Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy)
Modeling of X-ray Scattering for Nanocrystal Superlattice Multilayer Thin Films

Kentucky

Louisville

Wu, Yin Yin (Atherton High School)
The Mechanics of Proton Transport in One-dimensional Water Chains

Maryland

Baltimore

Call, Emma Kathyrn (Baltimore Polytechnic Institute)
Self-Assembling Three-Dimensional Microcontainers for Cell Encapsulation

Kensington

Lawrence, Brian Robert (Montgomery Blair High School)
Finite Groups with p 2 -1 Elements of Order p

Rockville

McCutchen, Richard Matthew (Montgomery Blair High School)
Least-Unpopularity-Factor Matching

Michigan

Bloomfield Hills

Mikkilineni, Sohan Venkat (Detroit Country Day School)
A Finiteness Property for Integral Points in a Family of Conics

Troy

He, Temple Mu (Troy High School)
Period Analysis of Cataclysmic Variable X10 and Its Implications on the Origin of Low States

Liu, Siyuan (Troy High School)
FGF2 and Chronic Stress Alter Exon-specific Expression of FGFR2 and FGFR3 in Frontal Cortex

New Hampshire

Exeter

Lee, Gongmyung (Phillips Exeter Academy)
Improving the Differential Evolution Algorithm: A New Approach to Global Optimization

New Jersey

Lincroft

Handlin, Daniel Adam (High Technology High School)
GEONET: A Demonstration of Networked Optical Satellite Tracking with Applications to Science, Engineering and National Security

Madison

Blewett, Megan Marie (Madison High School)
Discovering Candidate Ligands of Neuregulin-1 Isoform SMDF Using Small-Molecule Microarray Analysis

Monmouth Junction

Deshpande, Neha (South Brunswick High School)
A Structure-Function Analysis of Subito and Related Kinesin-like Proteins in Meiosis

New York

Croton-on-Hudson

Kaufman, Rebecca Lynn (Croton-Harmon High School)
Androgen Modulation of Cognitive Functions Relevant to Schizophrenia in Rats

Fairport

Wang, Rui (Fairport High School)
Computational Modeling of Spectral Properties of Nickel Dithiolene Dyes

Garden City

Rohatgi, Abhinav (Garden City High School)
The MTBE Fuel Additive Induces Mortality in Marine Life Through Nitric Oxide Signaling

Lawrence

Katz, Daniel Scott (Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns & Rockaway)
Platinum Nanoparticles: From Hydrogen Storage to Cancer Treatment

Massapequa

Duncan, Kaitlin (Plainedge High School)
Demographic and Program Related Factors Affecting the Success or Failure of School Budget Referenda: A Case Study of One Long Island Community and Its Values

New York

Bayefsky-Anand, Sarah Dana (The Abraham Joshua Heschel School)
Echolocation Call Variation in Tadarida teniotis (Chiroptera: Molossidae)

Friedman, Kathryn Blair (The Chapin School)
Evaluation of Cross-reacting Peanut and Sesame IgE Antibodies and Their Clinical Consequences

Oyster Bay

Schlingheyde, Catherine (Oyster Bay High School)
Proteomic Analysis of microRNA-mediated Repression

Staten Island

Khan, Hermain Suhail (Staten Island Technical High School)
Simulating Natural Fossil Diagenesis: Geochemical Analyses of Iron Uptake in Crocodylian and Mammalian Teeth

Suffern

Brecher, Oren (Suffern High School)
Neural Amplification within the Medial Temporal Area and the Inferior Parietal Lobule Mediates Perceptual Learning

Syosset

Hom, Jimmy (Syosset High School)
The Investigation of the Roles of Macrophage Receptors Croquemort and Draper and Ring Canal Fate in Germline Death in Drosophila melanogaster

Westbury

Cameron, Natalie Avella (Walter Tresper Clarke High School)
Can Actions Speak Louder than Words? A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Instructional Intervention and Student Seating Position on Instructional Time Management and Student Behavior

North Carolina

Chapel Hill

Pardon, John Vincent (Durham Academy)
On the Unfolding of Simple Closed Curves

North Dakota

Thompson

Brockman, Gregory Drew (Red River High School)
Asymptotic Behavior of Certain Ducci Sequences

Ohio

Solon

Schikowski, Erin Marie (Hathaway Brown School)
Toward Metallo-Supramolecular Block Copolymers

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City

Masterman, Mary (Westmoore High School)
Development of an Inexpensive Raman System and a Littrow Spectrograph

Oregon

Eugene

Vaintrob, Dmitry (South Eugene High School)
The String Topology BV Algebra, Hochschild Cohomology and the Goldman Bracket on Surfaces

Rhode Island

Providence

Wan, Shu (Classical High School)
Retinoic Acid Protects Against Ultraviolet Radiation-induced Dehydration via Modulation of Water Channel Protein Aquaporin-3 in Human Skin Cells

Texas

Denton

Chyan, Yieu (Texas Academy of Mathematics & Science)
Energy Conversion Devices from Hybrid Nanoparticle and Conjugate Polymer Network Materials

El Paso

Mendoza, Gabriel Joel (Americas High School)
Deterministic Analysis of Transovarial Transmission of West Nile Virus in Culicidae

Virginia

McLean

Marzen, Sarah Elizabeth (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology)
On the Relationship Between Solute Size and Solvation Thermodynamics

West Virginia

Parkersburg

Welcker, Kelydra Elizabeth (Parkersburg South High School)
Quantification, Removal and Recovery of APFO from Contaminated Drinking Water with a Concomitant Endocrinological and Epidemiological Assessment