Category
Placement
Campus
Name
Biochemistry
Grand Prize
Jasper
Nicky
Wojtania
Animal Science
1
PSHS
Monisha
Veerapaneni
Animal Science
2
Jasper
Dominique
Mellone
Animal Science
3
Clark
Cate
Goff
Animal
Animal
Animal
Animal
3
Clark
Clark
Williams
Williams
Caroline
Raashi
Gregory
Amaey
Gaggini
Thakkar
Keys
Bellary
Williams
Williams
Rohan
Amaey
Tummala
Bellary
PWSH
Shweta
Julka
ALL EYES AND EARS
Science
Science
Science
Science
Animal Science
Animal Science
Behavioral & Social
Sciences
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
1
First Name
Last Name
Title of Exhibit
What's Cooking? Cis-trans isomerization of
unsaturated fatty acids
Identification of Hoxc11 in Inducing
Thrombocytosis using the Zebrafish Model
Cryptobiosis of Tardigrades-water bears in
suspended animation
What the frack? The effect of fracking
chemicals on the environment
Killing them softly: the effect of water
pollutants on biological processes on
invertebrates through trophic levels
Electromagnetic Fields and Hemoglobin
The Effects of Various Sweeteners on
Daphnia
Behavioral & Social
Sciences
2
Shepton
Varsha
Menon
The Effect of Race and Gender on Physical
Activity Habits and Perception of Health
Among Urban High School Students
Behavioral & Social
Sciences
3
PSHS
Sarina
Wu
Determining Personality Type as based on
the Big Five Inventory
Zetune
Face it: The realities of facial expressions in
relation to common academic activities
Behavioral & Social
Sciences
Behavioral & Social
Sciences
3
Honorable Mention
Clark
Michael
Williams
Brian
Tien
Biochemistry
1
Jasper
Nicky
Wojtania
Biochemistry
Biochemistry
2
Jasper
Jasper
Anagha
Jierui
Krishnan
Fang
Biochemistry
Biochemistry
3
3
PESH
Clark
Sruti
Alan
Boppana
Zhao
The Effect of Audio and Visual Distractors
While Trying to Complete a Visual Search
What's Cooking? Cis-trans isomerization of
unsaturated fatty acids
Testing for the Presence of Harmful Free
Radicals in Sunscreens Containing Zinc and
Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles
Developing a Nanosensor Device to Assist in
Early Diagnosis of Anthrax
The use of oxygen to treat lung cancer
Category
Cellular and
Molecular Biology
Cellular and
Molecular Biology
Cellular and
Molecular Biology
Cellular and
Molecular Biology
Campus
Name
First Name
Last Name
1
PWSH
Phillip
Yu
2
PWSH
Qianqian
Yang
3
PSHS
Pranaav
Sudheendra
PSHS
Pranav
Harathi
Placement
Title of Exhibit
Using HDAC Inhibitor CI-994 to Regulate
Progranulin Expression for Dementia
Therapy
Hypoxia - induced Chemoresistance and
Mitotic Delay
Fuzzy Logic Determination of an Accurate
Genetic Regulatory Network of Cancer Cell
Conception and Proliferation
Cellular and
Molecular Biology
Honorable Mention
PESH
Vignesh
Ravindranath
Life of PPI. A novel research methodology
for finding protein-protein interactionsites to
develop theraputic methods for treating
genetic disorders
Cellular and
Molecular Biology
Honorable Mention
Jasper
Brian
Du
Oncogene IKBKE and its correlated genes: a
statistical research on breast cancer
Chemistry
1
PSHS
Katherine
Xiu
Chemistry
2
PWSH
Sairaj
Sajjath
Chemistry
Chemistry
3
PSHS
PSHS
Alicia
Jessica
D'Souza
Hong
Chemistry
3
Jasper
Joshua
Yue
Chemistry
Honorable Mention
Shepton
Max
Bu
Chemistry
Chemistry
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
PSHS
Williams
Angela
Kishan
Zhang
Gajera
Chemistry
Chemistry
Honorable Mention
Williams
Williams
Sagar
Kishan
Gondaliya
Gajera
The Characterization of the Glycosylation
Sites of the gp-120 HIV-1 Envelope Protein
Synthesis of a novel buckminsterfullereneaptamer conjugate for targeted therapeutics
and diagnostics
Synthesis of Wrinkle Periodic Mesoporous
Organosillicas (PMOs) for Radiotherapeutic
and Chemotherapeutic Treatments
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Based
Porous Polymers and their Applications to
Gas Separation Membranes
Effect of natural products on the corrosion
resistance of steel and copper in aqueous
environments
The Synthesis and Properties of RedoxActive Receptors for Arsenic
Got Protein!: The Concentration of Whey,
Casein and Total Protein in Different Milk
Types
Category
Placement
Campus
Name
First Name
Last Name
Title of Exhibit
Computer Science
1
PESH
Elisabeth
Ashmore
Bringing healthcare home with MAINTAIN
Computer Science
2
Jasper
Ritvik
Annam
Computer Science
3
PESH
Divya
Prabhakaran
Is random enough?
Benchmarking Watermarking Methods to
Facilitate Tamper Detection in a Encoded
Medical Image
Keystroke dynamics: Improving
information/security and user authentication
with the application of biometric identifiers
Temporal Protein-Protein Interaction in
Sickle Cell Anemia
Computer Science
Honorable Mention
Jasper
YingYan
Ho
Computer Science
Honorable Mention
PWSH
Akhil
Potla
Computer Science
PWSH
Alan
Ye
Computer Science
Earth & Planetary
Science
Earth & Planetary
Science
Earth & Planetary
Science
Earth & Planetary
Science
PWSH
Victor
Daescu
1
PWSH
Alexandra
Wen
2
Shepton
Claire
Gilmore
3
Clark
Brian
Wei
Honorable Mention
Clark
Deepanjli
Donthula
Genome Size Evolution of the Class
Ostracoda
The Effect of Tsunami Barrier Texture
Patterns on Tsunami Wave Amplitude
Wave erosion away: Using wave power to
reduce beach erosion
We didn’t start the fire: Reducing Property
Vulnerability to Wildfires
Suri
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: New Structures
and Components for Greater Efficiency
A Novel Method for Optimizing the Energy
Efficiency of Sound Proof Windows
Energy and
Transportation
Energy and
Transportation
Energy and
Transportation
Energy and
Transportation
1
2
PWSH
Mokshin
PSHS
Afshan
Irani
PSHS
Ryan
Shu
PSHS
Rahul
Dhir
Energy and
Transportation
3
Clark
Lena
Khanolkar
Energy and
Transportation
3
PESH
Navaneeth
Murthy
A cell worth DYE-ing for: which organic dye
will increase the efficiency of a dyesensitized solar cell the most
A Systematic Approach to Optimizing the
Electrical Output of a Soil Based Microbial
Fuel Cell
Category
Energy and
Transportation
Energy and
Transportation
Energy and
Transportation
Energy and
Transportation
Energy and
Transportation
Energy and
Transportation
Energy and
Transportation
Engineering:
Electrical &
Mechanical
Engineering:
Electrical &
Mechanical
Engineering:
Electrical &
Mechanical
Engineering:
Electrical &
Mechanical
Engineering:
Electrical &
Mechanical
Engineering:
Electrical &
Mechanical
Engineering:
Electrical &
Mechanical
Placement
Honorable Mention
Campus
Name
First Name
Last Name
PESH
Nithanth
Ram
Shepton
Tiasha
Joardar
Title of Exhibit
Development of a Novel Eco-Friendly
Thermoelectric Air Conditioning System
An analysis of the effects of various threedimensional prolate spheroid models on the
generation of energy through concentrating
photovoltaic systems
Graphene your attention - the effects of the
thickness of graphene on the capacity it can
hold
Honorable Mention
Jasper
Jesse
Tan
Honorable Mention
Jasper
Amrit
Gonugunta
Jasper
Ashwin
Mukund
Jasper
Manoj
Putlur
Williams
Andrew
Carter
Biomass: The Fuel of the Future
Improving Computer Generated Imagery:
Pixel Tracking Anti Aliasing
Honorable Mention
1
Jasper
Kevin
Ong
2
McMillen
Michael
Saber Farid
3
PSHS
Prithvi
Thavanampalli
3
PESH
Alex
Spiride
The helping hand
HOV Positive: The Mobile Integration of
Sound Recognition to Activate Infrared
Detectors
A Novel Bio-Inspired, Hybrid Pneumatic
Hydro-Jet Propulsion System for Underwater
Vehicles (Year II)
Honorable Mention
PESH
Arjun
Menta
Wave Energy Harvesting; The Key to the
Future
Honorable Mention
McMillen
Andrea
Luce
Mechanically extending the frequency range
of a violin
Honorable Mention
Jasper
Eric
Chen
Automatic music page turning application
Category
Engineering:
Electrical &
Mechanical
Engineering:
Electrical &
Mechanical
Engineering:
Materials &
Bioengineering
Engineering:
Materials &
Bioengineering
Engineering:
Materials &
Bioengineering
Engineering:
Materials &
Bioengineering
Engineering:
Materials &
Bioengineering
Engineering:
Materials &
Bioengineering
Engineering:
Materials &
Bioengineering
Engineering:
Materials &
Bioengineering
Environmental
Management
Environmental
Management
Environmental
Management
Campus
Name
First Name
Last Name
Title of Exhibit
PESH
Karthik
Velayutham
A Room Mapping Robot: A Simple Arduino
Microcontroller Used to Map a Room.
PESH
Rishabh
Thakkar
1
PESH
Theerth
Manchenella
The Imperius Curse: Electrokinetically
Assisted Drug Targeting for Novel Inhibition
of HeLa Cells
2
McMillen
Arpan
Ghosh
Practical prosthetics
McMillen
Mihir
Nadig
Placement
Honorable Mention
Creation and optimization of a flexible and
thin loudspeaker
3
Jasper
Sachit
Menon
3
Jasper
Corey
Rogan
Honorable Mention
PESH
Nipun
Ramakrishnan
A study on the effect of non-newtonian
liquid padding on protection of neck injury
The Effect of Different Semiconductor
Compounds and Nanostructures on DyeSensitized Solar Cells Performance
Starr
The Effect of Different Volumes, Materials,
and Structures of Soundproofing on the
Intelligibility of a Conversation
Chan
Fabrication and Characterization of a Novel
Class of Smart Materials, Electro-active
Shape Memory Polymer Composites
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
Shepton
PWSH
Ethan
Keith
1
Jasper
Carolyn
Guan
2
Williams
Linda
Phung
A green solution: the use of microalgae in
phosphate removal during waste treatment
The Coast is Clear: The Effect of Various
Bioremediation Agents on Polycyclic
Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Diesel Fuel
Contaminated Environments
3
Jasper
Boyun
Sul
The future of packaging: Pleurotus ostreatus
Category
Environmental
Management
Environmental
Management
Environmental
Sciences
Environmental
Sciences
Environmental
Sciences
Environmental
Sciences
Environmental
Sciences
Environmental
Sciences
Environmental
Sciences
Campus
Name
First Name
Last Name
Honorable Mention
PESH
Manisha
Gupta
Honorable Mention
Williams
Marene
Chihuahua
PSHS
Emilie
Wille
Title of Exhibit
Rainwater Harvesting Sustems: Finding the
Right Shape
The Efficiency of Using Dried Banana Peels
to Decontaminate Water with Traces of
Heavy Metals
Use of Ultraviolet Irradiation as a Method of
Germicidal Water Treatment
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Lavender, Glycerin,
and Citric Acid in Gray Water on Worms
Placement
1
2
McMillen
Jessica
Cruz
3
Clark
Anaiza
Irani
Honorable Mention
McMillen
Amarachi
Ngwakwe
Honorable Mention
PESH
Sheetal
Chakka
Honorable Mention
Clark
Suhina
Chopra
Honorable Mention
Shepton
Inan
Sinha
Mathematical
1
PESH
Krithika
Iyer
Mathematical
2
Shepton
Nirali
Thakor
Mathematical
Mathematical
3
Jasper
Jasper
Nisha
Vishal
Rajesh
Rajesh
Mathematical
Honorable Mention
PESH
Elizabeth
Rego
Mathematical
Mathematical
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
Jasper
Jasper
Jacqueline
Jerry
Carroll
Liu
Medicine & Health
1
PSHS
Ahneesh
Mohanty
Water chemistry matters!!!
How potent is chemical based insect
repellent vs. Plant based repellents?
Using surfactants to break down petroleum
One man's trash is another man's protein:
The extraction of proteins from waste as a
nutritional source
Can electrolysis be used to purify water and
eliminate microorganisms?
Boolean AIGENEbra: A Frameowrk for the
Analysis of Gene Expression Data
A Novel Mathematical Simulation to Study
the Dynamics of CD4 Cells, CD8 Cells, and
HIV Viral Load
Fire fighting at work: a simulation of
envelope fire fronts and locational fuel
treatment
Using Game Theory to Fairly Distribute
Electroral Votes
water water everywhere and not a drop to
spare
The Use of MnSOD in Combined Modality
Therapy to SerSensitize Lung Cancer Cells
to Ionizing Radiation and Chemotherapy
Category
Placement
Medicine & Health
Medicine
Medicine
Medicine
Medicine
&
&
&
&
Health
Health
Health
Health
Medicine & Health
Microbiology
Microbiology
2
3
3
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
Campus
Name
First Name
Last Name
PSHS
Ria
Chhabra
Jasper
Jasper
McMillen
Vines
Sakina
Sujana
Jennifer
Jaxsen
Plumber
Nelakanti
Le
Davis
Honorable Mention
Jasper
Michael
Yuan
1
PESH
PESH
Rohan
Smeet
Gopal
Madhani
Title of Exhibit
Organic Foods? Buy or Bypass: A
Comparative Study Analyzing the Effects of
Pesticides on Nutritional Content , Heavy
Metal Toxicity and Pesticide - Induced
Diseases
The effect of knocking down G protein
coupled receptors on the aggregation of
thrombocytes in Danio rerio
Vitamin C loss in cooking vegetables
Compression and blood flow
Simulation study of the number of positive
cores in a prostate cancer biopsy session
A genomic study on the similarity of
mitochondrial RNA polymerase genes in
acellular slime molds
Microbiology
Microbiology
2
3
PESH
Jasper
Swapnav
Rachna
Deka
Parikh
Microbiology
Honorable Mention
PESH
Devarya
Raman
Microbiology
Physics &
Astronomy
Honorable Mention
Williams
Shray
Tapiawala
1
PSHS
I-Chun
Lin
2
PSHS
Claire
Goeckner-Wald
What's on the Menu: Identifying the genes
encoding the hydrocarbon transport systems
in the marine oil-degrading bacterium
Alcanivorax borkumensis
Got lactose intolerance?
What is the Effect of Salt Stress on the
Antibiotic Resistance of Escherichia coli
(K12)?
Effect of Different Intensities of Lasers on
Killing Bacteria
A Study of Tea and Coffee Strengths Using a
Homemade Device
Rockets and Pressure: The Study of Rocket
Fin Sizes and Their Effect on the Center of
Pressure of a Rocket
PSHS
Vivianne
PESH
Milena
Tu
DjorkjevicKisacanin
Nature of Dark Matter
McMillen
Dylan
Pierce
Angle's effect on distance using golf clubs
Physics &
Astronomy
Physics &
Astronomy
Physics &
Astronomy
Physics &
Astronomy
3
Honorable Mention
Category
Physics &
Astronomy
Plant Sciences
Campus
Name
First Name
Last Name
Title of Exhibit
Honorable Mention
PESH
John
Anderson
1
Jasper
Vemulapalli
Jasper
Anoop
Wenjia
(Dara)
Better Singing Through Technology?
Enhanced third-generation biofuel
production of genetically modified algae
Placement
Plant Sciences
Li
Plant Sciences
2
PWSH
Kriti
Gaur
Plant Sciences
Plant Sciences
3
PSHS
PSHS
Janani
Jeremy
Ramachandran
Doan
Plant Sciences
3
Jasper
Aakash
Sambhariya
Plant Sciences
Plant Sciences
Honorable Mention
Clark
Clark
Lily
Sharon
Guo
Leung
Plant Sciences
Honorable Mention
Clark
Emma
Becker
Plant Sciences
Plant Sciences
Honorable Mention
PSHS
PSHS
Jai
Vincent
Ghanekar
Tran
Plant Sciences
Honorable Mention
Jasper
Darshan
Shaastri
Plant Sciences
Honorable Mention
Clark
Erienne
Terpak
Plant Sciences
4
PESH
Arav
Arora
A Study of Metal Nanoparticle Toxicity on
Algae
Engineering an Inexpensive Water Filter
Made of Waste Plant Materials
The effect of different compounds on the
growth and energy yields of algae
Think before you ink!: creating an ink that is
eco-friendly and also glows in the dark
Chicken soup for the soil: An approach to
ending Ugandan malnutrition
Phytomining: The Accumulation of Heavy
Metals
A novel approach to simulating plant gene
response for disease resistance using a
computer model
A bug's life.. And death: a natural pesticide
derived from plant toxins
Stomata power: the effect of varying
concentrations of ABA on the stomatal
aperture of arabidopsis thaliana Col-O and
annexin mutants