Plano ISD Secondary Science Fair
February 11, 2016
SENIOR DIVISION AWARDS
Name
High School
Place
Science Category
Project Title
1st Place Awards
Ritvik Annam
PWSH
1st
VerSign: A Novel Signature Verification Method Using OCSVMs
Burzin Balsara
Malav Shah
Milena DjordjevicKisacanin
Yesh Doctor
Kshtij Sachan
Clark
1st
PESH
1st
Robotics &
Intelligent Machines
Engineering
Mechanics
Mathematics
PESH
1st
Cellular &
Molecular Biology
Engineering a Novel Library of Self-Cleaving Plasmid Constructs for
Genetic Delivery Applications
Ritesh Gautam
Jasper
1st
Energy: Chemical
Meena Hari
PESH
1st
Rahul Hayaran
PESH
1st
Earth &
Environmental
Systems Software
Brian Ho
Krishna Kalluri
PWSH
PESH
1st
1st
Chemistry
Biochemistry
Austin Katzer
Jason Smith
Elena Koung
Jasper
1st
Animal
PESH
1st
Plant
Kaitlynn Li
Arjun Menta
Shepton
PESH
1st
1st
Behavioral & Social
Biomedical & Health
The Creation and Implementation of Graphene in a Modern Day
Electrolytic Super Capacitor
Wireless Cloud-Based Automated, Real-time Portable Weather
Reacting IOT System
Finding a Faster Encryption Algorithm: Comparing the Point Doubling
Speeds of Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) Equations
Novel Method for Calculating Thermal Conductivities of Ionic Liquids
Interactions and Relationships Between Differing Albumin Proteins on
the Filtration of Uremic and Serum Toxins
The Bee's Knees: The Effect Of Secondary Metabolites In Place Of
Neonicotinoid Pesticides On European Honeybees and Fruit Flies
The Effect of Osmotic Pressure on the Efficiency of lipid removal in
Chlorella vulgaris and Chlamydomonas reindhartii
The Universal Language: Is It Predictable?
Early cancer diagnosis through multiplexed detection of protein
biomarkers using electrical biosensors
Krishna Kalluri
PESH
Grand Biochemistry
Prize
Interactions and Relationships Between Differing
Albumin Proteins on the Filtration of Uremic and
Serum Toxins
True-HEV: An Innovation for Hybrid Electric Engines
Gauss and Riemann for Better Pictures
Ritik Patnaik
PESH
1st
Embedded Systems
Smart Head Impact Alert System for Youth Football
Rithvik Ramesh
PESH
1st
Ali-Taabesh Sayyed
Jasper
1st
Environmental
Engineering
Microbiology
Alex Spiride
PESH
1st
Materials
Shray Tapiawala
PESH
1st
Energy: Physical
Sangita Vasikaran
Jasper
1st
David Yue
Jasper
1st
Computational
Biology&
Bioinformatics
Physics &
Astronomy
The effectiveness of different electrode designs and compositions for a
designed Capacitive Deionization system
The effect of active ingredients in herbicides glyphosate and 2nd,4-D on
baceria Paracoccus denitrificans and Bacillus subtilis
Oxidation of Thiol-Ene Polymers for Thermomechanical Property
Modification
WINDing the Future: The Effect of Varying Winglet and Sharklet Angles
on the Energy Output of Wind Turbines
Creating Discriminant Functions Using Regressional and Monte Carlo
Techniques to Accurately Predict the Rupture of Cerebral Aneurysms
2nd Place Awards
Eshan Chhabra
Shepton
2nd
Plant
Jason D’Souza
PESH
2nd
Brian Du
PWSH
2nd
Michael Farid
PESH
2nd
Raghu Gorla
Aparna Medarametla
Nitya Natesan
Anaiza Irani
PESH
2nd
Robotics &
Intelligent Machines
Cellular &
Molecular Biology
Computational
Biology &
Bioinformatics
Animal
Easy VeggieZ: A Novel & Innovative Approach to Reduce Famine In
Third World Countries using Nanotechnology
Implementation of DJI SDK into Android Studio to Create a UAV Control
App
Novel Inhibitors of Glucose Transporter 1st Protein: A High-Throughput
Study
IntelliGlucoLibrium:Using Artificial Intelligence, Embedded Systems and
Mathematical Models to Create a Revolutionary Artificial Pancreas
System
The Effectivity of Horseshoe Crab Hemolymph on Human Blood Groups
PSHS
2nd
Tailai Liu
PSHS
2nd
Earth &
Environmental
Chemistry
Artificial selection of saccarmoyces cervisiae with furfural and
potassium hydroxide ions on the increased production of ethanol
Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Formic Acid via Cyclic Voltammetry
Snipta Mallick
Williams
2nd
Biochemistry
On the Fast Track to Accelerated Growth
Analysis of Stereoscopic Reconstruction Algorithms and Their
Applications to Cancer Prevention
Jacqueline Mojazza
Jasper
2nd
Biomedical & Health
Luke Padgett
Academy
2nd
Ishan Paranjape
PWSH
2nd
Rachna Parikh
PSHS
2nd
Environmental
Engineering
Physics &
Astronomy
Behavioral & Social
Savannah Pas
Abhilash Potluri
Uneeb Sajjad
Williams
Clark
PESH
2nd
2nd
2nd
Microbiology
Mathematics
Systems Software
Paritosh Suri
Jasper
2nd
Energy: Chemical
Jesse Tan
PWSH
2nd
Energy: Physical
Rishabh Thakkar
Karthik Velayutham
Nicky Wojtania
Patrick Yu
PESH
2nd
Embedded Systems
PWSH
PSHS
2nd
2nd
Materials
Engineering
Mechanics
3rd Place Awards
Muhammad Ahnaf
PESH
3rd
Embedded Systems
Development of A Dynamic Upper Limb Orthosis and a Foot Based
Control Mechanism
Aditya Arjun
Jasper
3rd
Anup Arvind
Shepton
3rd
Robotics &
Intelligent Machines
Earth &
Environmental
Adhya Beesam
Shriya Beesam
PESH
3rd
Design of a 3rdD Printed Hand Prosthesis and Robotic Hand Actuated
by Nylon 6-6 Polymer Artificial Muscle
GOING GREEN WITH GREEN HOUSE GASES Comparing H2nd produced
by artificial photosynthesis and photo electrolysis of sea water using
Nano Dye Sensitized Solar Cell
A Linked Fuzzy Expert System for Schizophrenia Diagnosis
Gunjan Bhattarai
Jasper
3rd
Computational
Biology &
Bioinformatics
Energy: Chemical
Changing the Cold Chain: Designing a Non-Temperature Sensitive
Vaccine
Desalinization of Water
Sampling of the Gravity Recovery & Cliamte Experiment & Implications
Conflicting Pressures: A study of Different Sources of Societal Influence
on Human Conformity
Ag NP to reduce antibiotic resistance and MIC for E. coli and E. faecalis
A Cellular Automata Model of the Bone Remodeling Process
Text Me on My Home Phone: A Texting Service That Enables Users to
Have a Different Personal and Home Phone Number on the Same
Phone
Battery Innovation: The Effect of Different Anodes on the Power,
Efficiency, and Practicability on an Electrochemical Cell
Biometric Approach to the Optimization of Solar Cell Output through
the Implementation of Phyllotactic Principles
OmniBraille: A Low-Cost Refreshable Braille Display using Optical
Character Recognition
Optical Encryption with Cellulose Nanocrystals
Design and Experimental Study of Flapping Wings for Micro Air Vehicles
Energy for the Future: Improving the Efficiency of a Dye-Sensitized
Solar Cell Using a Graphene Counterelectrode
Effects of various Cu complexes derived from Cu (II) Sulfate on
Amylase-starch complex rates
Shreeya Chodavadia
PESH
3rd
Biochemistry
Riya Danait
Ruben
Hambardzumyan
PESH
Vines
3rd
3rd
Mathematics
Chemistry
Which Computational Primality Test Yields the Fastest Performance?
The Effects of Yeast on the Production of Carbon Dioxide When Placed
in Liquids
Harshika Jha
Hrithik Jha
Jasper
3rd
Cellular &
Molecular Biology
The Effect of Recovery Time of Blue Light Exposureon HEK2nd93rd cells
to Determine the Levels of Gene Expression using Optogenetics
Tiasha Joardar
Vivek Mathesh
PWSH
Clark
3rd
3rd
Energy: Physical
Materials
Vivek Raghuran
Matthew Zhao
Jay Shah
Elizabeth Shupe
PESH
3rd
PESH
Shepton
3rd
3rd
Environmental
Engineering
Microbiology
Behavioral & Social
Veronica Stark
Sabeen Wazir
Clark
PESH
3rd
3rd
Biomedical & Health
Animal
Nathan Wille
McMillen
3rd
Roy Xiong
Jasper
3rd
Engineering
Mechanics
Systems Software
Christina Yuan
Williams
3rd
Plant
Development of a High Efficiency Solar Cell Using Adaptive Self Cooling
Whatever Floats Your Boat: Impact of Nanocellulose Algiante Layering
of The Microencapsulation of Release Formulations on Gastric
Retention
Using an Arudino Uno Microcontroller for the Early Detection of
Methane Emissions from Leaking Oil Wells
A study on how runoff antibiotic can affect soil bacteria
The Effect of the Female Athlete Triad on the Future Risk of
Osteoporosis in Elite Female Dancers
Vaping Bad: the effects of e-liquid chemicals on the lungs
The Effect of Punica Granatum Extract on Lead (II) Nitrate Induced
Embryological Defects seen in Danio rerio Embryos
A Superhydrophobic Solution: A Study on the Effect of a
Superhydrophobic Chemical Coating on the Drag Exerted on a Ship
Predicting the Peaks of Stock Market Bubbles Through the Application
of Benford's Law
The Effect of Escherichia coli
Honorable Mention Awards
Faiz Ahmad
Williams
Alexander Chang
Anita Dey Barsukova PESH
HM
HM
Engineering
Mechanics
Microbiology
Kelvin's Hydrostatic Generator
Effect of Surface Area of Organic Food Waste Based Activated Charcoal
on Denitrification rate of Pseudomonas Fluorescens
Remo Basu
Ashwin Mukund
PSHS
HM
Computational
Biology &
Bioinformatics
Biomedical & Health
Mithilesh Bhaskaruni
Jasper
HM
Shravan Boppana
Williams
HM
Jacob Carroll
Jasper
HM
Monish Challagondla
Arjun Swamy
William Chang
PESH
HM
Jasper
HM
Environmental
Engineering
Behavioral & Social
Karen Chen
Christine Park
Gregory Colonsecu
Vijay Vuyyuru
Niruti Dhoble
Clark
HM
Behavioral & Social
PESH
HM
PESH
HM
Engineering
Mechanics
Mathematics
Vivian Duong
Zoe Edwards
McMillen
Shepton
HM
HM
Pete Fan
Michael Shen
Abhinav Godavarthi
Adtiya Paul
Devin Himatsinghani
Alice Hou
Ryan Wang
Peter Huang
Madhav Mehta
Hayden Jacobs
Anthony Jiang
Rhea Kapoor
Clark
HM
Shepton
HM
Jasper
Jasper
HM
HM
PSHS
HM
Physics & Astronomy
Cellular & Molecular
Biology
Systems Software
Jasper
Jasper
PESH
HM
HM
HM
Animal
Mathematics
Physics & Astronomy
Cellular & Molecular
Biology
Mathematics
Mathematics
Environmental
Engineering
Robotics & Intelligent
Machines
Embedded Systems
Prototyping a Novel Electrocardiogram by Implementing Inexpensive
Microcontroller Technology
Testing the Antibacterial Efficacy of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized at
Various Conditions using Murraya koenigii Extract
Down to the Bone: Zeta Potential in Bone Cancer
The Effects of Methane Levels Due to Animal Agriculture on Global
Warming
How Computer Science Can Be Used to Reduce Effects of Flooding
Challenging The Common Market Belief that "Market Timing Doesn't
Work"
Neurodegeneration in the Cingulum for Fragile X Syndrome
Premutation Carriers
Developing a Detterent to robberies that occur through window cutting
Math and TaeKwon Do: the analysis of martial artist to assess how well
they can sparr.
Click It Up a Notch: A Study on the Composition of Compelling Pictures
The Effect of Natural Pigments on Printer Ink Quality
Practical Application of Video Broadcasts to Aide in Defensive Driving
Talk to the Hand: Translating American Sign Language using
Electromyography and Machine-Learning
Gravity's Effect on Prolonging Human Life
Enrichment Activation of Immune System with Mutated HER2nd
Antigen to Defend Against Cancer
An Innovative Approach to Maximizing Efficiency in Biometric Facial
Authentication
The Effects of Artificial Sweeteners on Memory Retention in Planaria
On the Reliability of Stock Market Indicator Predictions
An Efficient Method for the Statistical Prediction of Astronomical
Objects
Pratik Kelkar
Julian LaNeve
Jasper
HM
Computational
Biology &
Bioinformatics
Embedded Systems
Plant
Environmental
Engineering
Energy: Physical
Converting Binary Data into Genetic Sequences in order to Maximize
Data Storage and Retention
Rohan Khera
Iris Kou
Brian Krizman
Jasper
Clark
Shepton
HM
HM
HM
Sayan Kuanyshbekov
PESH
HM
Rohila Kusampudi
PESH
HM
Andrew Kwon
PESH
HM
Earth &
Environmental
Mathematics
I-Jung Lin
Amy Liu
Clark
Shepton
HM
HM
Biomedical & Health
Energy: Chemical
Jonathan Lu
Minh Luong
Ishaan Mahendroo
Sean Morgan
Matey Yanakiev
Aiyush Patel
Shepton
Williams
Williams
Shepton
HM
HM
HM
HM
Materials
Biomedical & Health
Plant
Chemistry
Clark
HM
Portable Carbon Emission Sensor
Vishal Patel
Ishan Shah
Rithwik Pattikonda
Sujoy Purkayastha
Yonathan Zetune
Ellen Qian
Jenny Tan
Chanakya Remani
Sanket Sane
Akhil Saxena
Darshan Shaastri
Jasper
HM
Shepton
Clark
HM
HM
Environmental
Engineering
Earth &
Environmental
Embedded Systems
Embedded Systems
Jasper
HM
Materials
Williams
Clark
PESH
PESH
3rd
HM
HM
HM
Physics & Astronomy
Embedded Systems
Systems Software
Engineering
Mechanics
The Effect of Nylon 66 Monofilament Dimensions Used to Convert
Thermal Energy to Mechanical Energy on Energy Density
Mpemba Effect on Various Liquids
Master Hand
The Effect of Representation on Distance Between Images
GAZ-EL Tech: An Innovative Method to Reduce Glare from the Sun
While Driving Using Gaze and Electrochromic Technology
Look Forward! To the Future of Driver Safety
Effects of Soaking Condition on Green Bean Sprouts
The Effect of Bioplastics on Degradation Rate
Lightweight, low power, flexible electrochromic displays as an
alternative to liquid crystal display
The Effect of Incubation Temperature on the Reductionof
Hydrocarbonsby Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria
Effect of Memory in Asynchronously Updated Cellular Automata
Models
A Study of the Effects of Knee Bending on the Stress of the Quadriceps
Amino Acid Aided HCL Hydrolysis Of Waste Cellulosics: A safer and
Greener Method for Biofuel Production
Process Optimization of Laser Treatment on FeSiB Metallic Glass
Curing Today's Wound, Preventing Tomorrow's Damage
How Does Microwave Radiation Affect Various Organisms
Where'd My Ink Go?
The effect of different dispersants on the time taken for an oil slick to
be broken up in seawater conditions.
Engineering a Cost-Efficient Non-Invasive Glucose Monitor
Vibrating Headset that Assists the Blind
Amy Shah
PWSH
HM
Karis Trippe
Joycelyn Yiu
McMillen
PSHS
HM
HM
Earth &
Environmental
Plant
Energy: Physical
Vinay Vallab
Jasper
HM
Materials
Kaitlyn Wilson
Anish Yellaturu
Shirui Zhong
Jasper
Jasper
HM
HM
Physics & Astronomy
Biochemistry
Analysis of Phosphorus & Nitrogen Compounds to Determine the
Effects of Macrophytes on Local Retention System
Chemical vs Organic Weed Killers
Silk Torsional Actuators for the Transformation of Energy from
Evaportation
The Effect of Organic Substances on the Strength of Bioplastics
Determing the Presence of Pollutants via Refraction Analysis
The Effect of Waxes, Oils, and Ascorbic Acid on the Absorption of Free
Chlorine into the Skin