2017 Top 300 MASTERS by Fair ID

Students raise signs during the research quiz competition portion of the workshop. Photo courtesy of Abien Fred Agarap.

Semifinalist listing in state order by Society Affiliated Fair ID. Students that were nominated by their state fair as well as their regional fair are notated with *.

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Puerto Rico

Feliciano, Max Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: TEPR10
Southwestern Educational Society, Mayaguez, PR
Project Title: Push Button Combination Safety for Trigger Using Devices

Sridhar, Saraswati Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: TEPR10
Southwestern Educational Society, Mayaguez, PR
Project Title: Synthesis of Ferric Sulfmyoglobin in vitro: Characterization of Hydrogen Sulfide Activity in Hemeproteins and Its Relationship with Sulfhemoglobinemia Progression and Free Radical Inhibition

Villaverde, Giancarlo Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: TEPR12
Episcopal Cathedral School, San Juan, PR
Project Title: The Link Between Sand Characteristics and Leatherback Nesting Behavior in Beaches of Puerto Rico

Alabama

Poston, Ella* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USAL03
Covenant Christian Academy, Huntsville, AL
Project Title: Chlorantraniliprole Effect on Corn Seedling Emergence

Prabhakar, Ashwin Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USAL03
Rainbow Elementary, Madison, AL
Project Title: Arduino and Thermoplastic Polymer Based Fluidic DNA Sensor

Patterson, Hannah Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USAL50
Clark Shaw Magnet School, Mobile, AL
Project Title: Algebraic Hot Spots

Arkansas

Kalyan, Pooja Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USAR03
The New School, Fayetteville, AR
Project Title: The Sleep Solution

Eswaran, Surabhee Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USAR05
Forest Heights STEM Academy, Little Rock, AR
Project Title: Going Bananas with Recycling

Padala, Akshay Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USAR05
LISA Academy- West, Little Rock, AR
Project Title: Making Combat Vehicles Safer from Blasts: Thermal Conductivity of Metal Foams

Arizona

Baker, Maya Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USAZ03
Saint Gregory College Preparatory School, Tucson, AZ
Project Title: The Correlation Between Sabino Canyon Cottonwood Tree Size (Populus fremontii) and Hydraulic Gradient of the Water Table

Job, Leo Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USAZ03
Anthem K-8 School, Florence, AZ
Project Title: Focusing a WiFi Signal Using a Parabolic Reflector

Nemeth, Quinn Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USAZ03
Crane Middle School, Yuma, AZ
Project Title: Rogue Wind: A Science Wars Story

Bharati, Nikita Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USAZ50
Accelerated Middle School at Basha High School, Chandler, AZ
Project Title: The Antioxidizing, Antimicrobial, and Anitmutagenic Effects of Tree Bark

Moorthy, Arjun Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USAZ50
BASIS Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ
Project Title: Can Technology be Used to Modify Behavior and Reduce Rates of Melanoma?

California

Ansari, Nadia Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA01
Fairmont Private Schools, Santa Ana, CA
Project Title: Passive Xylem Filter for Bacterial Elimination from Wastewater

Feng, Daniel* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA01
Rancho San Joaquin Middle School, Irvine, CA
Project Title: Are Southern Californian Waters in Danger of Algae Blooms?

Garner, Espen Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA01
Saint Margaret’s Episcopal School, San Juan Capistrano, CA
Project Title: Buzz Trap: Designing an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to Trap Mosquitoes for Scientific Testing

Green, Spencer Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA01
The Pegasus School, Huntington Beach, CA
Project Title: The Sonification of Accelerometers for the Training of Elite Gymnasts

Hsi, Emily* Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA01
Rancho San Joaquin Middle School, Irvine, CA
Project Title: How to Remove Ink Stains

Mandelshtam, Andrei* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA01
Vista Verde School, Irvine, CA
Project Title: Limiting Behavior of the Iterations of Tangent

Moudgalya, Pranav Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA01
Rancho San Joaquin Middle School, Irvine, CA
Project Title: Energy of the Future: Using a Microbial Fuel Cell to Harness Bacterial Power Production

Park, Jian Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA01
Fairmont Private School – Historic Anaheim Campus, Anaheim, CA
Project Title: Elliptical Wingtip Extensions: A Novel Way to Improve Airplane Performance

Patel, Tejal Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA01
Kraemer Middle School, Placentia, CA
Project Title: Cellular Factors Involved in the Progression of DCIS to Invasive Breast Cancer

Tai, LeAnn Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA01
Orchard Hills Middle School, Irvine, CA
Project Title: Natural Alternatives for Preservation Without Refrigeration

Tang, Alyssa Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA01
Canyon View Elementary School, Irvine, CA
Project Title: Testing the Effectiveness of Mycofoam as an Eco-Friendly Packing Material

Weiss, Ian Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA01
Samuel E. Talbert Middle School, Huntington Beach, CA
Project Title: Our Roads: A Large Thermoelectric Power Generator

Bhatti, Maximillian Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA02
Oak Avenue Intermediate School, Temple City, CA
Project Title: An Evaluation of the Flight Characteristics of Ornithopter-Type Aircraft Systems

Carter, Holly Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA02
Sierra Madre Middle School, Sierra Madre, CA
Project Title: How do the Sound Properties of a Glass Goblet Depend on the Type and Amount of Liquid?

Champion, Katie Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA02
American Martyrs School, Manhattan Beach, CA
Project Title: Creating Food Options for Those Allergic to Heavy Metals

Gluckman, Leia Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA02
Beverly Vista Middle School, Beverly Hills, CA
Project Title: A Clean Conscience: Formulating an All-Purpose Hair, Dental and Body Cleansing Powder for the Homeless Population

Legaspi, Felimon Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA02
Incarnation Parish School, Glendale, CA
Project Title: To Bridge or Not to Bridge? Truss, Arch, Beam or Suspension? Strength, Structural Efficiency and Seismic Safety of Bridges

Liu, Stanley Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA02
Dana Middle School, Arcadia, CA
Project Title: Development of Advanced Microfluidic Device for CTC Capture from Blood Samples

Mirza, Sophya Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA02
Lennox Middle School, Lennox, CA
Project Title: Decoding the Artificial Intelligence Behind Tactile and Photocell Navigation

Noland, Anson Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA02
Portola Highly Gifted Magnet Middle School, Tarzana, CA
Project Title: Computational Local Alignment Search of Neurodegenerative Disease-related Proteins

Nerenberg, Marrin* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA03
Carden School of Fresno, Fresno, CA
Project Title: Active vs. Passive: Which Sun-tracking Solar Panel System is More Efficient?

Gali, Yahvin Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA04
California Connections Academy at Ripon, Ripon, CA
Project Title: Watts from Waves – Low Impact, Nature Inspired, Hydrokinetic Energy Harvester

Joven, Zuriel Erikson Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA04
Sutter Middle School – Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
Project Title: Improving the EyeWriter for Patients with Locked-in Syndrome

Amanullah, Yusuf Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA05
Islamic School of San Diego, San Diego, CA
Project Title: A Novel Shower-Usage Monitoring System that Promotes Water Conservation

Byrnes, Aidan Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA05
The Rhoades School, Encinitas, CA
Project Title: Avian Dangers- Developing Devices for the Prevention of Bird Strike

Catanzaro, Francisco Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA05
Pacific Beach Middle School, San Diego, CA
Project Title: Detecting Gopher Tunnels Using Ground Penetrating Radar

Eckmann, Peter Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA05
Stella Maris Academy, San Diego, CA
Project Title: Airfoil Optimization by Applying Evolutionary Algorithms to Computational Fluid Dynamics

Gan, Jessie Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA05
San Diego Jewish Academy, San Diego, CA
Project Title: Natural Antioxidant and Nano-Antioxidant Effects Against Oxidative Stress

Mandyam, Atulya Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA05
Mesa Verde Middle School, San Diego, CA
Project Title: Wheel Running During Adolescence Reduces Weight Gain and Increases Exercise Output During Adulthood

Orczyk, Alexandra Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA05
The Rhoades School, Escondido, CA
Project Title: Comparing Changes in Local Sea Star Populations

Pabari, Raj Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA05
Coastal Academy, Oceanside, CA
Project Title: AquaGuard – A Smart Water Sensor and Electronic Alert System (Internet of Things Device)

Reilly, Lauren Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA05
Saint Rose of Lima School, Chula Vista, CA
Project Title: On Course: A New Device for Backstroke Efficiency

Shi, Emily Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA05
The Cambridge School, San Diego, CA
Project Title: Microscopic Study Of Torrey Pine Needles For Moisture Condensation

Ambati, Adarsh* Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA07
Stratford Middle School – San Jose, San Jose, CA
Project Title: A Low-Cost, Cloud-based, Contactless Vital Signs Monitor Using Photoplethysmographic Imaging and Infrared Sensing Techniques

Balasingam, Akhilesh Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA07
Challenger School – Strawberry Park, San Jose, CA
Project Title: The Test Tube Reimagined: On the Optimal Design of 3D-Printable Lab-on-a-Chip Devices for Low-Cost Onsite Medical Diagnostics

Chiang, Andrew* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA07
BASIS Independent Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA
Project Title: Manipulation of Ultrasonic Force Field

Co, Jason Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA07
Juan Cabrillo Middle School, Santa Clara, CA
Project Title: The iCane

Dixit, Ruchika Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA07
Cupertino Middle School, Sunnyvale, CA
Project Title: How Quorum Sensing and Media Affect Bacterial Bioluminescence

Gandhi, Saurav Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA07
Juan Cabrillo Middle School, Santa Clara, CA
Project Title: The iCane Traffic System

Gnanasekar, Arti Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA07
Stratford School- Sunnyvale Raynor Middle School, Sunnyvale, CA
Project Title: Investigating the Effects of Different Chemical Composition of Pesticides on the Survival of Honeybees

Ismail, Ahmad Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA07
Granada Islamic School, Santa Clara, CA
Project Title: Effect of Structure and Behavior of Antifungal Agents on the Treatment of Candidiasis

Li, Grace Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA07
Challenger School – Almaden, San Jose, CA
Project Title: An Organic Insulator: The Effect of Green Roof Plant Type on Thermal Reduction

Sanyal, Anushka Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA07
Cupertino Middle School, Sunnyvale, CA
Project Title: Developing a Tool for Studying Alzheimer’s: A Bacterial Expression Vector for the M3-M4 Fragment of the nAChR Alpha-7

Shivakumar, Nidhya Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA07
The Harker School, San Jose, CA
Project Title: Halophytes: A Potential Solution for the Remediation of Soil in Saline Wastelands

Swamy, Samika Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA07
Challenger School – Sunnyvale, Sunnyvale, CA
Project Title: BioFresh Food Smarts: An Eco-Friendly, Smart Solution to Reduce Wastage of Climacteric Produce

Tangirala, Pujita Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA07
Challenger School – Strawberry Park, San Jose, CA
Project Title: A Green, Low-Cost Adsorbent for the Removal of Dye from Aqueous Solutions

Venkatraman, Anirudh* Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA07
Challenger School – Sunnyvale, Sunnyvale, CA
Project Title: Production of Bioplastics from Vegetable Waste

Viswesh, Annika Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA07
Stratford School- Sunnyvale Raynor Middle School, Sunnyvale, CA
Project Title: Oculus Patch Assistant: A Novel Method to Simplify and Improve the Effectiveness of Amblyopia Treatment by Using a Smart Sensor, a Smartphone Application, and Predictive Machine Learning Algorithms

Indla, Aditya Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA09
Challenger School – Ardenwood, Newark, CA
Project Title: A Microcontroller and Air Pollution Sensor Based Smart Air Filter Controller

Saldanha, Gregory Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA09
School of the Madeleine, Berkeley, CA
Project Title: Look, No Hands! Building a Driverless Toy Car

Shrivastava, Aryansh Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA09
William Hopkins Junior High School, Fremont, CA
Project Title: A Microcontroller Based, Programmable, Elderly Healthcare Activity Monitoring System with Intelligent Data Analytics for Early Emergency Detection and Alerts

Thambidurai, Tharika Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA09
Challenger School – Ardenwood, Newark, CA
Project Title: Self-cleaning Photocatalyst To Reduce Global Pollution

Nazareth, Michelle Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA11
Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory, Santa Cruz, CA
Project Title: ASD Alert! A Novel Low Cost Device to Help Predict and Mitigate Oncoming Autistic Episodes

Lindholm, Elizabeth Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA12
Carmel Middle School, Carmel by-the-Sea, CA
Project Title: Can I Have Some of that? Group Foraging in Coral Reef Fishes Across Three Caribbean Islands

Cain, Noah Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA13
Krystal School of Science, Math, and Technology, Hesperia, CA
Project Title: Kids Still at Risk: Particulate Matter and Flammable Gas Exposed

Butler, Georgia Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA16
Saint Charles School, San Carlos, CA
Project Title: A Magnetic Surfboard: Will Sharks be Lured or Perturbed?

McDowell, Alexander Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA16
Tierra Linda Middle School, San Carlos, CA
Project Title: Neural Espionage: Can Adversarial Neural Networks Learn to Apply Encryption to Images?

Upson, Linus* Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA16
Woodside Elementary School, Woodside, CA
Project Title: Material Density and Charged Particle Occurrence in a Cloud Chamber

Virsik, Kathleen Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA16
La Entrada Middle School, Menlo Park, CA
Project Title: Enhanced Heptyl Butyrate Attractants for Western Yellowjackets (Vespula pensylvanica)

Chou, Mia Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA50
La Colina Junior High School, Santa Barbara, CA
Project Title: Radon: The Silent Killer in Your House

Greenwald, Neve Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA50
La Colina Junior High School, Santa Barbara, CA
Project Title: Harvesting Atmospheric Water

Kadaba, Samarth Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA50
Los Cerritos Middle School, Thousand Oaks, CA
Project Title: Better Batteries: A Study of Galvanic Cells

Kang, Herin Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA50
Stratford Middle School – San Jose, San Jose, CA
Project Title: Energy Efficient Oxygen Generator Using Micro Algae as an Alternative to Window Ventilation

Lickiss, Emily Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA50
Mountain Oaks, San Andreas, CA
Project Title: Dietary Protein, Dog Urine, and Its Effect on Your Lawn

Osborn, Zoe Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA50
Northcoast Preparatory Academy, Arcata, CA
Project Title: What Organisms Other than Ideonella sakaiensis Have the Ability to Digest and Degrade PET?: A Bioinformatics Project

Prawira, Jacqueline* Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCA50
Altamont Elementary School, Mountain House, CA
Project Title: Rice Plasticity: The Effect of Amylose and Amylopectin in the Formation and Tensile Strength of Rice-based Bioplastic

Colorado

Anderson, Matthew Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCO10
Challenge Middle School, Denver, CO
Project Title: How the Number of Alpha Particles Shielded Changes with Different Types of Shielding

Bian, Sarah Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCO10
Challenge Middle School, Denver, CO
Project Title: Barking up the Wrong Forest

Burt, Tyler Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCO10
North Arvada Middle School, Arvada, CO
Project Title: BPANIC?

Raizada, Rewa Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCO10
STEM School and Academy, Highlands Ranch, CO
Project Title: Water Conservation Using SMART Technology

Sury, Esha Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCO10
Challenge Middle School, Denver, CO
Project Title: The Simple Approach to a Lifesaving Biosensor

Brim, Nathaniel* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCO50
The Classical Academy, Colorado Springs, CO
Project Title: Depuration Kinetics of Activated Carbon with Ion Exchange Resins, Poly Filter Pad, and Freshwater Bivalves in Aqueous Solutions Contaminated with Heavy Metals

Jordan, Marissa Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCO50
Homeschool, Ignacio, CO
Project Title: A Softer Side of Robots: Using Grippers Made from Soft Materials

Kummel, Kathryn* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCO50
North Middle School, Colorado Springs, CO
Project Title: Gone with the Wind: An Investigation of the Horseshoe Vortex Behind Tree Islands on Pikes Peak and What It Means for Tree Growth

Prakash, Anuradha Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCO50
Summit Middle Charter School, Boulder, CO
Project Title: Pee is for Plants

Connecticut

Bhagavatula, Anika Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCT50
Middlebrook Middle School, Wilton, CT
Project Title: A Novel Method for Oil Spill Cleanup Using Biomass

Brooks, Rachel Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCT50
Christian Heritage School, Trumbull, CT
Project Title: The Fabrication and Testing of Various Fruit Juice Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with the Addition of Preservatives

Flaherty, Anna Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCT50
St. Gregory the Great School, Danbury, CT
Project Title: Wind Energy: I’m a Big “Fan”

Flynn, Grace Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USCT50
Saint Timothy Middle School, West Hartford, CT
Project Title: Green Tea: A Simple Solution for a Bananas Problem?

Department of Defense

Gallardo, Logan Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USDD01
Camp Lester Middle School, FPO, AP
Project Title: Exploring the Potential of Bacteria Loads on Surface Sand Found on Okinawa Beaches

Hawkins, Hope Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USDD01
Camp Lester Middle School, FPO, AP
Project Title: Exploring the Potential of Bacteria Loads Found on Surface Sand on Okinawa Beaches

Marty, Wesley Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USDD01
Camp Lester Middle School, FPO, AP
Project Title: Exploring the Potential of Bacterial Loads on Surface Sand Found on Okinawa Beaches

Florida

Edelstein, Sierra Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL05
Gulf Middle School, Cape Coral, FL
Project Title: The Pearl of the Ocean: Do Freshwater Releases from Lake Okeechobee Affect the Filtration Rate of Eastern Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in Southwest Florida Estuaries?

Tan, Junwei Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL05
Gateway Charter Intermediate, Fort Myers, FL
Project Title: Autonomous Search and Rescue

Drab, Alexa* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL07
Okaloosa STEMM Academy, Valparaiso, FL
Project Title: Neonicotinoids’ Role in Colony Collapse Disorder: Infliction or Fiction?

Cohan, James* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL08
Howard W. Bishop Middle School, Gainesville, FL
Project Title: Determining the Optimal Cooking Method and Pan Material for Preserving Nutrients in White Cauliflower

Helmy, Jad* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL08
Abraham Lincoln Middle School, Gainesville, FL
Project Title: Optimizing and Extending Alzimio to Help Dementia, Autism, and Alzheimer’s Patients

Kasarla, Gauri Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL09
American Heritage School, Plantation, FL
Project Title: Testing the Efficiency of Avastin in Zebrafish Embryos to Design a Control Mechanism for Possible Implications in the Treatment of Hypoxia in Premature Infants

Kaufman, Sara Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL09
American Heritage School, Plantation, FL
Project Title: The Effects of Wind Mitigation Devices on Gabled Roofs

Miranda, Mailene Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL10
Saint Joseph Catholic School, Jacksonville, FL
Project Title: What Makes Science A-Peel-ing: Tensile Strength of Banana Fibers

Valan, Joel Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL10
Darnell Cookman Middle/High School of the Medical Arts, Jacksonville, FL
Project Title: Preventing Zika: The Effect of the pH of Water on the Growth and Survivabiliy of Mosquito Larvae Culex pipiens

LaFortune, Alexander* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL14
Cocoa Beach Junior/Senior High School, Cocoa Beach, FL
Project Title: Contaminated vs. Clean, Year 2: The Effects of Unfiltered and UV-Filtered Solar Radiation on the Viability of Gram-Positive Micrococcus luteus and Gram-Negative E. coli K-12 Bacteria

Clark, Emelia Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL19
North Bay Haven, Panama City, FL
Project Title: Oyster Propagation

Kammerer, Samantha Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL19
North Bay Haven, Panama City, FL
Project Title: Can Cryogenically Preserving Seeds Save Florida’s Citrus from Extinction?

Byron, Natalie Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL21
Alice B Landrum Middle School, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Project Title: Mighty Microgreens: Don’t Judge Your Greens by Their Size

Schoenborn, Johnathan Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL21
Fruit Cove Middle School, Jacksonville, FL
Project Title: From Rubbish to Radishes: Does Compost Produce Increased Plant Growth over Manufactured Fertilizer?

Singh, Aditya* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL21
Valley Ridge Academy Ponte, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Project Title: Developing Distance Based Edge Detection

Grossenbaugh, Emily Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL23
St. Luke’s Lutheran School, Oviedo, FL
Project Title: Print vs. Nature

Santra, Laboni Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL23
Jackson Heights Middle School, Oviedo, FL
Project Title: Tracking Therapeutics in a Leaf Using a Fluorescent Dye

Vaidyanathan, Annika Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL23
Sanford Middle School, Sanford, FL
Project Title: Can We Have Some Quiet Please? The Effects of Shape and Profile on Noise!

Womble, Brock Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL26
Deerlake Middle School, Tallahassee, FL
Project Title: Fish Friendly Lakes: Conducting Water Quality Tests to Determine the Impact of the Surrounding Environment of Lentic Water Systems on Nonpoint Source Pollution Levels, Year 2

Foo, Nathan* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL28
West Shore Junior/Senior High School, Melbourne, FL
Project Title: Deriving a Predator-Prey Mathematical Model for Regulating the Growth of Harmful Algae Blooms with Different Species of Zooplankton Inside of a Water Ecological System

Menard, Sarah Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL30
Charles S. Rushe Middle School, Land O’ Lakes, FL
Project Title: How Particle Size of Surface Terrain Affects the Amplitude of Seismic Waves Produced by a Meteor Impact

Putnal, Gavin Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL32
McIntosh Middle School, Sarasota, FL
Project Title: The Best Offense is a Diaper Defense

Burris, Luke Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL34
Tavares Middle School, Tavares, FL
Project Title: Applying the Quantum Inconcistency Problem, Year: 2

Balachandar, Anjana* Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL50
Abraham Lincoln Middle School, Gainesville, FL
Project Title: High-Fives for Wi-Fi

Chandar, Maya* Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL50
Canterbury School, Fort Myers, FL
Project Title: The Effects of High Frequency Shortwaves and Laser Beams on the Metamorphosis of Melittobia digitata (A Novel Second Year Study)

Hessler, Zachary* Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL50
Gifford Middle School, Vero Beach, FL
Project Title: Save Our Silence: A Digital Approach to Noise Reduction

Kumaran, Janani* Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL50
Abraham Lincoln Middle School, Gainesville, FL
Project Title: Can Snails Act as Biological Control Agents for the Aquatic Invasive Plant, Hydrilla?

Lerner-Sperow, Gabriel Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL50
Okaloosa STEMM Academy, Valparaiso, FL
Project Title: Hydrogen Production Through Ratio Variance of Sodium Carbonate and Calcium Hydroxide

Roncevic, Jasmine* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL50
Julia Landon College Preparatory and Leadership Development School, Jacksonville, FL
Project Title: Biodegradation of Polystyrene by Tenebrio molitor Larvae

Simon, Andrew Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL50
American Heritage School, Plantation, FL
Project Title: Determination of a Correlation Between the Capsaicinoid Concentration of the Fruit of the Genus Capsicum and Organic Growth Conditions

Tobin, Scott* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USFL50
Creekside Middle School, Port Orange, FL
Project Title: By Using a Solar Powered Tesla Coil Can Water be Made Potable Through Ozonification?

Georgia

Kadadi, Yash Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USGA03
The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, GA
Project Title: VARS: Enabling Deep Space Exploration Through Variable Active Radiation Shielding

Behl, Hansika Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USGA50
Elkins Pointe Middle School, Roswell, GA
Project Title: Basil Tri-Ponics

Litt, Stephen Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USGA50
Lovinggood Middle School, Powder Springs, GA
Project Title: Phase 2: Does Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate Inhibit Tumorigenesis in Planaria (Dugesia tigrina)? A Novel Approach Toward a Cure for Cancer

MacDonald, Emma Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USGA50
General Ray Davis Middle School, Stockbridge, GA
Project Title: What are the Immediate Effects of Second Hand Smoke: E-Cigarettes vs. Conventional Cigarettes

Nori, Divya Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USGA50
Elkins Pointe Middle School, Roswell, GA
Project Title: Basil Tri-Ponics

Palmer, Sydney Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USGA50
General Ray Davis Middle School, Stockbridge, GA
Project Title: What are the Immediate Effects of Secondhand Smoke on Lung Cells: E-Cigarettes vs. Conventional Cigarettes?

Pucha, Saitheja Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USGA50
Henderson Middle School, Atlanta, GA
Project Title: Pathogenic Bacterial Growth Inhibition by Yogurt Metabolites

Hawaii

DeVine, Lela Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USHI05
Waiakea Intermediate School, Hilo, HI
Project Title: The Effects of Turbidity on the Color Spectrum at Different Depths

Li, Kevin Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USHI05
Waiakea Intermediate School, Hilo, HI
Project Title: Rapid Ohia Death: The Effectiveness of Biofungicide Treatments and Determining Its Method of Transmission

Chun, Alicia Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USHI50
Hilo Intermediate School, Hilo, HI
Project Title: Investigating Sound Quality with Panflutes Using Different Types of Materials

Ilaga, Royce Daniel Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USHI50
Waipahu Intermediate School, Waipahu, HI
Project Title: The Effect of “Rice Wash” on the Growth and Fruit-bearing Ability of Lycopersicon esculentum

Lin, Johnson Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USHI50
Hawaii Baptist Academy, Honolulu, HI
Project Title: Gene Therapy on Lung Cancer Cells

Iowa

Colin, Samantha Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USIA50
West Central Valley Middle School, Redfield, IA
Project Title: Driving Kidney Cell Differentiation

McClain, EmmaKay Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USIA50
Clay Central- Everly Junior/Senior High School, Royal, IA
Project Title: If Butterflies Survive do Weeds Thrive?

Orth, Amara Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USIA50
Lewis Central Middle School, Council Bluffs, IA
Project Title: Natural Antimicrobials in the Beehive: Effects of Propolis on Serratia marcescens

Illinois

Herbig, Patrick Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USIL01
Whitney M. Young High School Academic Center, Chicago, IL
Project Title: The Sorbo Helmet

Bosacoma, Eleanor Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USIL05
Northbrook Junior High School, Northbrook, IL
Project Title: The Correlation Between Cat Gender and Purr Frequency

Indiana

Syed, Faisal Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USIN24
Schmucker Middle School, Mishawaka, IN
Project Title: The Correlation Between Feeding Antioxidants and Drosophila melanogaster Longevity

Bhunia, Irene Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USIN26
West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School, West Lafayette, IN
Project Title: Antibiotic Resistance: Conventional vs. Organic Chickens

Tuinstra, Corin Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USIN26
Lafayette Christian School, Lafayette, IN
Project Title: Hydrogen Cyanide Production in Sorghum Influences Fall Army Worm Feeding Preference

Kansas

Peine, Isabel Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USKS50
Thomas More Prep-Marian, Hays, KS
Project Title: Ethanol – Breath of Fresh Air

Kentucky

Conway, Aliana Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USKY02
St. Francis of Assisi, Louisville, KY
Project Title: A Safe Substitute? Bisphenol-S Affects Health and Learning

Viswanathan, Sowmyan* Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USKY03
Meyzeek Middle School, Louisville, KY
Project Title: Thermophysical and Mechanical Atrributes of 3D Printed Parts

Babu, Sarvesh* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USKY50
Meyzeek Middle School, Louisville, KY
Project Title: Thought-Code: A Novel New Application of EEGs as Biometric Identification, Part 1

Deere, Jacob Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USKY50
Saint Agnes School, Fort Wright, KY
Project Title: How Do Aluminum Birds Stay UP in the Sky?

Gallagher, Elizabeth Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USKY50
St. Francis of Assisi, Louisville, KY
Project Title: Trash to Treasure: Converting Plastic Bottles to Porous Carbon

Hovekamp, Grace Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USKY50
St. Francis of Assisi, Louisville, KY
Project Title: Cissus Quadrangularis: A Potentially New Anti-Cancer Compound

Louisiana 

Herke, Colin* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USLA01
Westdale Middle School, Baton Rouge, LA
Project Title: Sizing PCR Amplicons Using YoYo-1 Dye and the ABI 3130xl DNA Sequencer

Clary, Joseph* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USLA02
Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School, Shreveport, LA
Project Title: Warning: Baby on Board

Pizzolato, Rachel Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USLA08
John Curtis Christian, River Ridge, LA
Project Title: Generating Electricity by Harnessing Air that Flows Around a Skyscraper Using Bernoulli’s Principle and the Venturi Effect with Special Emphasis on Biomimicry

Deras, Monica Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USLA50
Kenilworth School of Science and Technology, Baton Rouge, LA
Project Title: Enhanced Photothermal Response of Nanoparticles for Photothermal Cancer Therapy

Fastring, Reilly Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USLA50
Little Oak Middle School, Slidell, LA
Project Title: Determining the Temperature Coefficient of Resistance of Copper by Using Lenz’s Law

Jeyaseelan, Abhirami* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USLA50
Glasgow Middle School, Baton Rouge, LA
Project Title: The Hidden Dangers of Secondhand Smoke

Matt, Gracie Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USLA50
Lafayette Christian Academy, Lafayette, LA
Project Title: The Pampered House

Modi, Ashini Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USLA50
Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School, Shreveport, LA
Project Title: Big Bang to Big Freeze: Lifting the Veil on Hubble’s Constant to Shed New Light on the Fate of Our Universe

Tandon, Eshika Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USLA50
Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School, Shreveport, LA
Project Title: Can Anti-Cancer Agents, Turmeric and Simvastatin, Decrease Germination and Protein Content in Seeds?

Massachusetts

Jarmale, Shashank* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMA02
Cyril D. Locke Middle School, Billerica, MA
Project Title: Determining the Most Efficient Design of a Microbial Fuel Cell

Moisan, Abigail* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMA02
Masconomet Regional Middle School, Boxford, MA
Project Title: Genetically Engineered Pollinating Plants: Changes in UV Spectrum

Prabhakar, Garima* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMA05
Saint Bernadette School, Northborough, MA
Project Title: Improving the Stability of an MBI Perovskite Solar Cell Using Poly-TPD as the Hole-Transport Layer

Wadekar, Adway Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMA05
Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School, Westborough, MA
Project Title: The Pursuit of Happiness

Goluguri, Ishita Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMA50
Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School, Westborough, MA
Project Title: The James Webb Space Telescope

Mynampati, Saketh Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMA50
Cyril D. Locke Middle School, Billerica, MA
Project Title: Chirality: Twisting Light into a Brighter Future

Patel, Tej Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMA50
Cyril D. Locke Middle School, Billerica, MA
Project Title: Chirality- Twisting Light into a Bright Future

Pinkhassik, Timothy Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMA50
Charles E. Brown Middle School, Newton, MA
Project Title: Wearable Diagnostic Platform

Thirumalai, Amrita* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMA50
Saint Bernadette School, Northborough, MA
Project Title: Cymatics

Maryland

Ravichandran, Vineet Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMD02
Walkersville Middle School, Walkersville, MD
Project Title: Clustering: A Technique that Helps Us Discover Similarity Among Invisible Viruses to NBA Players and Everything In-Between!!!

Viswanathan, Sanjanaa Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMD02
Urbana Middle School, Frederick, MD
Project Title: Ocean Acidification’s Effect on Sea Life

Aniya, Brian Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMD03
Roberto Clemente MIddle School, Germantown, MD
Project Title: Using Magnetism in the Process of Cleaning Oil Spills

Choi, Daniel Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMD03
Roberto Clemente MIddle School, Germantown, MD
Project Title: The Effects of Temperature and Seasonings on the Proteolytic Function of Fruit Proteases

Kayaalp, Ozan Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMD03
Takoma Park Middle School, Silver Spring, MD
Project Title: Optimizing Policies in a Two Player Game

Ojha, Lara Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMD03
Takoma Park Middle School, Silver Spring, MD
Project Title: Blazar Emissions: Gamma-Optical Tango

Stan, Sonia Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMD03
Roberto Clemente Middle School, Germantown, MD
Project Title: The Search for Wasted Energy

Su, Sabrina Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMD03
Roberto Clemente Middle School, Germantown, MD
Project Title: Alternative Energy: Microbial Fuel Cells

Li, Marvin Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMD06
Bennett Middle School, Fruitland, MD
Project Title: Applying Machine Learning to Satellite Remote Sensing of Optically Complex Coastal Waters

Michigan

Hughes, Mira Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMI02
Kosciuszko Middle School, Hamtramck, MI
Project Title: Sugar: Consider a Substitute

Sriram, Aditya Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMI02
Novi Middle School, Novi, MI
Project Title: Eliminate Atmospheric Emissions of CO2 from Power Plants

Reddy, Shriya Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMI03
Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy, Saginaw, MI
Project Title: DNA Quantification: Effect of Natural Supplements on Lactobacillus acidophilus and Escherichia coli, Human Gut Bacteria

Minnesota 

Ashrani, Uma Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMN07
Friedell Middle School, Rochester, MN
Project Title: Does the Pitch of a Propeller’s Blades Affect Its Efficiency?

Ding, Marissa Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMN07
Friedell Middle School, Rochester, MN
Project Title: Does the Pitch of a Propeller’s Blades Affect Its Efficiency?

Roy, Supriya Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMN07
Homeschool, Rochester, MN
Project Title: Mathematical Modeling of Strategies to Prevent Zika Virus Transmission

Brouwer, Julia Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMN10
Calvin Christian School, Edina, MN
Project Title: Leafy Green Astronauts Year Two: How Space Radiation Impacts Seed Germination and Subsequent Plant Growth of Monocot Versus Dicot Seeds

Damle, Radhika* Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMN50
Friedell District Wide Middle School, Rochester, MN
Project Title: Don’t Toss My Plate

Fontana, Ethan* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMN50
Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, MN
Project Title: Safety Beacon System Enhancing Hazard Detection by Semi-Autonomous Vehicles

Mehdi, Hassan* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMN50
Al-Amal School, Fridley, MN
Project Title: Is it O Too Less?

Seshadri, Rikhil* Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMN50
Minnesota Math and Science Academy, Woodbury, MN
Project Title: Low Cost Supercapacitors for Energy Storage

Missouri 

Booker V, Clifford Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMO04
Cure of Ars, Leawood, KS
Project Title: The Gutter Flipper

RAY, Arjun Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMO07
Crestview Middle, Ballwin, MO
Project Title: Heat Induced Changes in Antioxidants in Fresh vs. Canned Corn

Johnson, Luke Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMO09
Ray and Nancy Hodge Elementary School, Imperial, MO
Project Title: Long Term Egg Storage

Montana

Ostberg, Luke Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMT04
Fairfield Junior High, Fairfield, MT
Project Title: Trash to Gas: The Production of Biogas Using Anaerobic Digestion

Bain, Julian Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USMT50
Missoula International School, Missoula, MT
Project Title: Focus Pocus – Using Auto-focusing Water-based Lenses at Different Distances

North Carolina

Kulkarni, Anushka Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNC50
Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy, Charlotte, NC
Project Title: Yielding Hydrogen by the Electrolysis of Water Using a Hoffman Apparatus

Williams, Regan Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNC50
Roland-Grise Middle School, Wilmington, NC
Project Title: Marsh Attacks: Context-Dependent Effects of Intraspecific Trait Variation in a Marsh Ecosystem Predator-Prey Interaction

Zuravel, Kaitlyn Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNC50
R. Max Abbott Middle School, Fayetteville, NC
Project Title: GLIDERS: Which Airfoil Shape and Angle of Incidence Will Produce the Longest Glide Time and Distance?

Nebraska 

Eilers, Emily Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNE02
Wayne Junior/Senior High School, Wayne, NE
Project Title: The Spatial Variation of Macroinvertebrates in a Small Lake

New Jersey

Li, William Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNJ78
Delbarton School, Morristown, NJ
Project Title: Project Name: Not Your Tree-Ditional Search Program: A Performance Analysis of Monte-Carlo-Tree-Search Playing Board Games

Pichappan, Kannammai Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNJ79
Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Ridgewood, NJ
Project Title: What Common Foods Possess Anti-Microbial Properties?

New Mexico

Ceniceros, Isabela* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNM01
Bernalillo Middle School, Bernalillo, NM
Project Title: Perfect Produce: Canned, Frozen, or Fresh

McGee, Liam Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNM01
Jefferson Middle School, Albuquerque, NM
Project Title: Building and Testing Solar Powered Water Filters

Gilbert, Mckayla Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNM02
Hermosa Middle School, Farmington, NM
Project Title: Metallic Corn

Wald, Faris Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNM50
Capshaw Middle School, Santa Fe, NM
Project Title: The Correlation Between Solar Coronal Hole Occurrences and the Formation of Tropical and Extra-Tropical Cyclones

New York

Bailey, Ian Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNY02
Garden City Middle School, Garden City, NY
Project Title: Biopreservatives’ Effect on the Shelf Life of Fresh Raspberries

Crouchley, Austin Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNY02
Garden City Middle School, Garden City, NY
Project Title: Archimedes Inspired Hydro-Powered Solar PV Azimuth Tracking Mechanism: A Solution to the Energy and Water Crisis

Jang, Michael Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNY02
Commack Middle School, Commack, NY
Project Title: Organic Electricity Generator

Yang, David Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNY02
Commack Middle School, Dix Hills, NY
Project Title: Organic Biofuel Generator

Zerner, Chapin Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNY02
Commack Middle School, Commack, NY
Project Title: Scintillating Solar Sunspot Cycles

Nicholas, Peter Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNY05
Rye Neck Middle School, Mamaroneck, NY
Project Title: The Bioremediation of Plastic

Cotter, Madeleine Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNY09
Allendale Columbia School, Rochester, NY
Project Title: Watching Our Water

Yang, Emma Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNY50
The Brearley School, New York, NY
Project Title: Timeless: A Mobile App for Alzheimer’s Patients Powered by Artificial Intelligence

Choi, Gaang Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNY78
Hunter College High School, New York, NY
Project Title: Effects of Nutrition on Silk Production

Iosifescu, Andrei Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNY78
Hunter College High School, New York, NY
Project Title: The Impact of Asteroid Composition on Their Appearance, Morphology and Motion

Kim, Jaeah Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNY78
Hunter College High School, New York, NY
Project Title: Plastic, Unlike Money, Grows on Trees: A Novel Method of Creating Bioplastic with Cissus rombifolia Foliage

Kim, Jaejeong Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNY78
Hunter College High School, Manhattan, NY
Project Title: Plastic (Unlike Money) Grows on Trees: A Novel Method of Creating Bio Plastic with Cissus rhombifolia Foliage

Lyons, Helen Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNY78
Hunter College High School, New York, NY
Project Title: Using Flotation Systems to Harness Wave Power Using Electromagnetism

Steele, Evie Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USNY78
Hunter College High School, New York, NY
Project Title: The Effect of Treatment on a Cell’s Calcium Release

Ohio

Anthony, Ryan Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USOH02
Academy of Saint Adalbert, Berea, OH
Project Title: The Effect of Concentration and the Maillard Reaction on the Optical Rotation of Glucose, Fructose, and Sucrose

Kent, Robert Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USOH02
Saint Anselm School, Chesterland, OH
Project Title: Are Microplastic Contaminants More Abundant in Farm Raised or Wild Clams?

Somogyi, Ferenc Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USOH02
Incarnate Word Academy, Parma Heights, OH
Project Title: Building a Heart Pulse Monitor Using IoT and Cloud that Rivals the Capabilities of Traditional Medical Heart Pulse Monitors

Prasad, Neeti Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USOH04
Dayton Regional STEM School, Kettering, OH
Project Title: Harvesting Solar Energy and Body Heat Using Thermoelectric Generators

Adams, Charlotte Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USOH10
Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, OH
Project Title: Reflected Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure in Athletes

Oregon

Iyer, Vedanth Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USOR04
Stoller Middle School, Portland, OR
Project Title: Using Li2O Based Glass to Create Solid State Electrolytes for Safer Use in Li-Ion Batteries

Rundle, Ian Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USOR04
Meadow Park Middle School, Beaverton, OR
Project Title: Ternary Relay Computer

Sane, Nishant Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USOR04
Meadow Park Middle School, Beaverton, OR
Project Title: Ternary Relay Computer

Vangal, Pratik* Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USOR04
Stoller Middle School, Portland, OR
Project Title: A Milli-Watt Energy-Harvesting Light Bulb Based on Thermo-Electric Generation

Braun, Lucas Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USOR50
Whitford Middle School, Beaverton, OR
Project Title: An Examination of Nucleation Through Video Analysis

Cluff, Kady Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USOR50
Heritage Middle School, Meridian, ID
Project Title: Dominant “Sweet Spot”

Kappler, Alan Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USOR50
Carden Cascade Academy, Hillsboro, OR
Project Title: Square-Retaining Numbers

Karamchedu, Mithra Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USOR50
Stoller Middle School, Portland, OR
Project Title: Remote Sensing the Ablation or Accumulation of a Glacier by Using Fractal Analysis on Glacier Images

Koehler, Kent Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USOR50
Bend Science Station, Bend, OR
Project Title: Vietnamese Walking Stick Dietary Habits

Sheeran-Hahnel, Aidan Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USOR50
ACCESS Academy, Portland, OR
Project Title: The Application of the Golden Ratio to Food Proportions and How It Impacts Visual Appeal to Humans

Siah, Vicky Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USOR50
Stoller Middle School, Portland, OR
Project Title: Creating an Effective Water Filter with Ocimum basilicum

Stehr, Kaden Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USOR50
Yamhill Carlton Intermediate School, Yamhill, OR
Project Title: Dirty Water

Tanimura, Ellie Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USOR50
Lake Oswego Junior High School, Lake Oswego, OR
Project Title: How the Amount of Cornstarch Affects the Tensile Strength of the Bioplastic It Produces

Pennsylvania 

Seman, Alexander Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USPA01
Harrisburg Academy, Lemoyne, PA
Project Title: Maximizing Collection of Radiant Energy

Uroda, Melanie Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USPA01
Saint Theresa School, New Cumberland, PA
Project Title: Lighter Can be Mightier

Warren, Adam Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USPA01
Saint Joseph School, Mechanicsburg, PA
Project Title: Coast Guard

Almonte, Carolyn Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USPA03
Burlington Township Middle School, Burlington, NJ
Project Title: The Effect of UV Radiation on the Metamorphic Process of Zophobas morio Larvae and the Ability of Bixin to Protect Against Observed UV Induced Damage

Dambrosio, Joseph Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USPA03
Fred S. Engle Middle School, West Grove, PA
Project Title: A New Platform for Faster Social Media

Inaganti, Rahul Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USPA03
Springhouse Middle School, Allentown, PA
Project Title: The Effect of Aquatic Liming on Acidified Cultures of Daphnia magna

MEHTA, TANYA Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USPA03
Orefield Middle School, Orefield, PA
Project Title: Seeking a Cure for Schizophrenia – A Biochemical in vitro Study to Identify the Inhibitors for DAAO Activity in Human Brain

Miller, Lillian Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USPA03
Perkiomen Valley Middle School, Collegeville, PA
Project Title: Microfiber Pollution and Microbial Enviroments

Razdan, Naman Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USPA03
Charles F. Patton Middle School, Kennett Square, PA
Project Title: Gene Expression in Healthy and Aphid-Infested Switchgrass, Panicum virgatum

Sandhu, Sonia Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USPA03
Orefield Middle School, Orefield, PA
Project Title: Will Citrate Help to Reduce the Formation of New Kidney Stones?

Sargente, Francis Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USPA03
Assumption Regional Catholic School, Galloway, NJ
Project Title: You are What You Eat: A Study of Feed Efficiency Rates on Neonate Thamnophi sirtalis

Behari, Meghna Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USPA04
Marshall Middle School, Wexford, PA
Project Title: Aquabot: An Integrated Modular Platform for Testing and Monitoring Surface Water Quality

Garimella, Amulya Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USPA04
Dorseyville Middle School, Pittsburgh, PA
Project Title: Pensieve: Analyzing the Genes that Affect Memory

Mulukutla, Srimayi Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USPA04
Sewickley Academy, Sewickley, PA
Project Title: Antibacterial Effects of Copper Surfaces

Navid, Honora Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USPA04
Shady Side Academy Middle School, Pittsburgh, PA
Project Title: Polling Pollinators: Do Pollinators Prefer Native Plants, Cultivars, or Nativars? A Two-Year Study

Schneider, Bridget Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USPA04
Chartiers Valley Middle School, Bridgeville, PA
Project Title: Magnetic Eddy Current Lifting Platform

Seshan, Sanjay Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USPA04
Dorseyville Middle School, Pittsburgh, PA
Project Title: Keeping Our Heads Above Water: Early Detection of Stress in Buried Water Pipes

Rhode Island

Alcordo, Sean Jacob Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USRI50
Sacred Heart School, East Providence, RI
Project Title: A Klann of Variables

Heffernan, Isabella Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USRI50
Saint Mary Academy Bay View, East Providence, RI
Project Title: Going Epi-Pen-Less: Can Altering the Microbiome Cure Peanut Allergies?

South Carolina

Hancock, Lia Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USSC01
Schofield Middle School, Aiken, SC
Project Title: Investigating Why Chickens Lay Fewer Eggs in the Winter

Tomov, Nathalie-Sofia Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTN04
Homeschool, Knoxville, TN
Project Title: On with the Wind: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Wind Power

Chowdhury, Naisha Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTN05
Pleasant View School, Memphis, TN
Project Title: Natural Seal, Better Deal

Texas

Garg, Yash* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX01
Rice Middle School, Plano, TX
Project Title: Jail Break: Using Game Theory to Study the Emergence of the Nash Equilibrium and Cooperation in the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma

Mallick, Pratyush Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX01
Bowman Middle School, Plano, TX
Project Title: The Fibrinogen Factor

Sikora, Nabil* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX01
Rice Middle School, Plano, TX
Project Title: Jail Break: Using Game Theory to Study the Emergence of Nash Equilibrium and Cooperation in Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma

Vasanth, Keshav Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX01
Otto Middle School, Plano, TX
Project Title: Blinds that See

Venter, Arnold* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX01
Renner Middle School, Plano, TX
Project Title: A Computer for an Eye Makes the Whole World See

Valles, Agustin Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX02
Radford School, El Paso, TX
Project Title: High-Energy Biodiesel

Drabbant, Steven Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX05
Gerald D. Irons, Sr. Junior High School, Conroe, TX
Project Title: How Does the Sun Affect Radio Propagation?

Ebel, Grant Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX05
Magnolia Junior High School, Magnolia, TX
Project Title: Cold Concussions

Siddiqi, Ammar Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX05
McCullough Junior High School, The Woodlands, TX
Project Title: The Effects of Fertilizer on Daphnia

Arun, Aaditya Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX11
Fort Settlement Middle School, Sugarland, TX
Project Title: Defluoridation of Water with Eco-Friendly Filters

Garcia, Christiana Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX11
Young Women’s Leadership Academy, San Antonio, TX
Project Title: Novel Biochar Elastomer Composite Sponge for Low-Cost Water Remediation

Piwinski, John* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX11
Basis San Antonio Medical Center, San Antonio, TX
Project Title: Android Application and Supercomputational Multithreading for the Chemistry Calculator

Reilly, Laura Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX11
Saint Matthew Catholic School, San Antonio, TX
Project Title: Effect of Blueberry Extract and UV Light on Regeneration and Wound Healing

Dasari, Satvik* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX13
Canyon Vista Middle School, Austin, TX
Project Title: HydroAlert – Flood Warning System

Marreddy, Srivaishnavi Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX13
Canyon Vista Middle School, Austin, TX
Project Title: MedElite – Personal Doctor in Your Pocket

Yalamanchili, Laya* Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX13
Canyon Vista Middle School, Austin, TX
Project Title: HydroAlert – Flood Warning System

Ortiz, Nikolai* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX15
Seashore Middle Academy, Corpus Christi, TX
Project Title: Storm Water Pollution? You’ll be Lichen This Solution!

Ahluwalia, Ruhani* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX50
Harmony School of Innovation, Fort Worth, TX
Project Title: Trojan Horse Delivers Lapatinib to Cancer Cells While it Limits Damage to Normal Cells

Fatima, Areebah Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX50
Salam Academy, Richardson, TX
Project Title: Weather Resilient Self Cleaning Solar Array

Mohapatra, Pratyush* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX50
Renner Middle School, Plano, TX
Project Title: A Camera for an Eye Makes the Whole World See

Yang, Vincent Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USTX50
Radford School, El Paso, TX
Project Title: Miracle of the Implied Tone

Utah

Burns, Duncan Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USUT04
Early Light Academy, South Jordan, UT
Project Title: The Effect of Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate

Pond, Michael Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USUT04
Jordan Ridge Elementary, South Jordan, UT
Project Title: Slip Slidin’ Away: Optimizing the Coefficient of Static Friction (¼) Between Shoes and Ice

Wallace, Ammon Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USUT04
Salem Junior High School, Salem, UT
Project Title: Prolonging Milk Shelf Life with Blue Light

Hill, Anthony Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USUT05
Churchill Junior High, Salt Lake City, UT
Project Title: No Pressure: The Effects of Martian-like Atmospheric Pressure on Enzyme Catalyzed Reactions in Plants

Li, Christopher Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USUT05
West High School, Salt Lake City, UT
Project Title: Melanoma Susceptibility Gene Mutations in Individuals with Multiple Melanomas

Monette, Mark Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USUT05
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, Salt Lake City, UT
Project Title: Liar, Liar, Map on Fire

Slama-Catron, Abigail Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USUT05
Midvale Middle School, Sandy, UT
Project Title: Rough Air

Snaufer, Eric Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USUT05
Midvale Middle School, Sandy, UT
Project Title: Rough Air: Bird Scare Device

Tandar, Clara Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USUT05
West High School, Salt Lake City, UT
Project Title: The Effects of Vitamin C on Melanoma

Marden, Pearl Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USUT07
Mount Ogden Junior High School, Ogden, UT
Project Title: FUN GUY SAVES THE PLANET: Using Unicellular Algae to Solve Global Issues

Virginia

Cruz, Parker Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USVA09
St.Mary- Glenshaw, Hampton, VA
Project Title: OYS2CLOT: The Novel Hemostatic (Blood-clotting) Properties of Chitosan Extracted from Chesapeake Bay (Crassostrea virginica) Oyster Shells

Ashar, Perisa Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USVA11
George H. Moody Middle School, Henrico, VA
Project Title: A Novel, Inexpensive Inhibitor for Bromelain: The Effect of Various Mushrooms as Inhibitors of Bromelain’s Proteolytic Activity on Milk Proteins and Its Cytotoxic Effects on Prostate Cancer Cells

Pardo, William Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USVA11
George H. Moody Middle School, Henrico, VA
Project Title: The Effect of the Combination of Rocks on the Speed and Effectiveness of Water Filtration

Prabu, Ashwin Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USVA11
George H. Moody Middle School, Henrico, VA
Project Title: The Effect of Various Amino Acids on the Stem Cell Regeneration in Dugesia dorotocephala

Sharma, Cameron Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USVA11
George H. Moody Middle School, Richmond, VA
Project Title: www.FutureFlu.org: A Novel Phylogeny and Antigenicity Based Tool for Designing the Seasonal Flu Vaccine

Ribeiro, Nathaniel Grade: 7th
Affiliate Fair ID: USVA12
Warrenton Middle School, Warrenton, VA
Project Title: A Beacon in the Night: Bleach-based Emergency Lighting

Washington

Gotthold, Zoe* Grade: 8th
Affiliate Fair ID: USWA01
Carmichael Middle School, Richland, WA
Project Title: A Novel Method for the Efficient Determination of Long-term Emulsion Stability

Malmurugan, Hariharan Grade: 6th
Affiliate Fair ID: USWA50
Sunrise Elementary, Kent, WA
Project Title: Winter Jacket as the Power House & Self Powering Shoes to Light up the Path for Mountaineers