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Intel Science Talent Search 2013 Finalists

The Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) is the nation's most prestigious pre-college science competition. Intel STS alumni have made extraordinary contributions to science and hold more than 100 of the world’s most coveted science and math honors, including the Nobel Prize and the National Medal of Science. The Intel STS recognizes and rewards 300 students, as well as their schools, as semifinalists each year. From that select pool, 40 finalists are then invited to Washington, DC in March to undergo final judging, display their work to the public, meet with notable scientists, and compete for $630,000 in awards, including the top award of $100,000.

The Intel STS 2013 finalists are listed below in alphabetical order, and more detailed information can be found by clicking on their name.

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Bhattacharya, Paulomi (The Harker School)
Cupertino, California
A Novel AAA-ATPase p97/VCP Inhibitor Lead for Multiple Myeloma by Fragment-Based Drug Design: A Computational Binding Model and NMR/SPR-Based Validation

Bhupatiraju, Surya (Lexington High School)
Lexington, Massachusetts
On the Complexity of the Marginal Satisfiability Problem

Bowman, Adam (Montgomery Bell Academy)
Brentwood, Tennessee
Apparatus and Analysis Techniques for Portable, Low-Voltage Pulsed Plasma Sources

Chan, Jennifer (Academy for Medical Science Technology)
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
Activation-induced Cytidine Deaminase (AID): A Common Target for ER-Dependent and ER-Independent Breast Cancer Therapies

Chen, Kevin (Mission San Jose High School)
Fremont, California
Development of a Low-Cost Analyzer for Ferroelectric Characterization

Chin, Lillian (The Westminster Schools)
Decatur, Georgia
Agent-Based Modeling of Collective Cell Movement During Wound Healing

Cordwell, Katherine (Manzano High School)
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Lower Central Series Quotients of Finitely Generated Algebras over the Integers

* Dai, Annie (Desert Vista High School)
Phoenix, Arizona
Development of "Smart" Hydrogels for Three-Dimensional (3D) Dynamic Tactile Displays
  * Unable to participate

Dantzler, Alexa (Bishop O'Connell High School)
Manassas, Virginia
Quantification of Perchloroethylene Residues in Dry Cleaned Fabrics

Garbe, Kevin (Saratoga High School)
Saratoga, California
Patterns in the Coeffecients of Powers of Polynomials Over a Finite Field

Gunderman, Lane (The University of Chicago Laboratory High School)
Chicago, Illinois
Investigating the Fenna-Matthews-Olson Complex Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Exploring the Mechanics of Energy Transport in Photosynthesis

Johnson, Jacob (Acton-Boxborough Regional High School)
Boxborough, Massachusetts
Integrative Genomic Analysis of a Mouse Model of Malignant Breast Cancer Reveals Crucial and Novel Cancer Drivers

Kallenbach, Jonah (Germantown Academy)
Ambler, Pennsylvania
Characterizing and Identifying Interactions of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

Kraft, Peter (Munster High School)
Munster, Indiana
Synthesis and Analysis of Novel Coordination Polymers Containing 3- or 4-Pyridylnicotinamide and Benzenedicarboxylates

Larson, Hannah (South Eugene High School)
Eugene, Oregon
Classification of Some Fusion Categories of Rank FOUR

Le Breton, Stephen (Greenwich High School)
Greenwich, Connecticut
In vivo Regeneration of Tooth Enamel using an Innovative Hydrophilic Polymer-Coated Retainer

McQuaid, Daniel (Ossining High School)
Ossining, New York
Identification of Post-Translational Regulation Sites on the KLF6 Tumor Suppressor as Novel Targets for Cancer Therapies

Mehrotra, Pavan (Sierra Canyon School)
Simi Valley, California
Facile, Single Step Conversion of Biomass to Electricity

Mundkur, Naethan (duPont Manual High School)
Louisville, Kentucky
Investigation into the Thermal and Rheological Properties of CuO Nanofluids for Heat Transfer Applications

O'Leary, Vincent (Wheeling Central Catholic High School)
Wheeling, West Virginia
A Multi-Year Analysis of Orconectid Crayfish Invasion Dynamics in West Virginia Utilizing Laboratory and Field Methodologies

Padmanabha, Akshay (Houston High School)
Collierville, Tennessee
Predicting, Detecting, and Treating Seizures through Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Peng, Jiayi (Horace Greeley High School)
Chappaqua, New York
A Cellular Automaton Model for Critical Dynamics in Neuronal Networks

Popova, Lilia (Ann Arbor Huron High School)
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Elucidating Environmental and Genetic Mechanisms of Magnetically Altered Plant Growth

Scibelli, Samantha (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School)
Burnt Hills, New York
Census of Blue Stars in the Eighth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Selvakumar, Raja (Milton High School)
Alpharetta, Georgia
Gastro Microbial Fuel Cell: A Novel Implementation of a GMFC in Capsular Nanorobotics

Shah, Naomi (Sunset High School)
Portland, Oregon
The Toxicological Effect of Airborne Pollutants on Lung Health

Shea, Meghan (Unionville High School)
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Optimizing the Coagulating Property of Moringa oleifera Seeds: A Novel Approach to Water Purification Techniques in Low-Income Countries

Shi, Kensen (A&M Consolidated High School)
College Station, Texas
Lazy Toggle PRM: A Single-Query Approach to Motion Planning

Solimano, Jamie (Stuyvesant High School)
New York, New York
Super-Resolution STED Microscopy Provides Insight Into the Dynamics of Intraflagellar Transport and Reveals Novel Distribution of Adenylate Cyclase III in Primary Cilia

Sridhar, Mayuri (Kings Park High School)
Kings Park, New York
Computational Analysis of the DNA-Binding Mechanism of the p53 Tumor Suppressor and its Inactivation through the R249S Mutation

Takahashi, Jack (Lynbrook High School)
Saratoga, California
Wnt Independent ß-catenin Activation is Associated With Increased Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation in Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Traver, Chris (Croton-Harmon High School)
Croton-on-Hudson, New York
Investigating Noise Pollution Using Smartphones and Citizen Scientists

Tripathi, Raghav (Westview High School)
Portland, Oregon
Design and Synthesis of Novel Fatty Acid Binding Protein Inhibitors for Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Effects through Increases in Endogenous Anandamide Concentrations

Vasudevan, Sahana (Gnyanam Academy)
Palo Alto, California
Minimizing the Number of Carries in the Set of Coset Representatives of a Normal Subgroup

Volz, Sara (Cheyenne Mountain High School)
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Optimizing Algae Biofuels: Artificial Selection to Improve Lipid Synthesis

Wang, Joy (Parkland High School)
Orefield, Pennsylvania
Polyoxovanadate-based Surfactants: The Search for an Effective Heterogeneous Catalyst

Wenger, Brittany (Out-of-Door Academy)
Sarasota, Florida
Global Neural Network Cloud Service for Breast Cancer

Wong, Catherine (Morristown High School)
Morristown, New Jersey
A Novel Design for Wireless Low-Cost Cardiac Examination Over the Mobile Phone Platform: Telemedicine for the Developing World

Zbarsky, Samuel (Montgomery Blair High School)
Rockville, Maryland
On Improved Bounds for Bounded Degree Spanning Trees for Points in Arbitrary Dimension

Zhang, Kelly (The College Preparatory School)
Orinda, California
Fluorescent Imaging for Nano-Detection (FIND) of Cancer Cells for Future Surgery

Zhang, Michael (Smithtown High School East)
Saint James, New York
Role-Inducted Perspective Visual Behavior during Scene Free-Viewing