Category First Name Burzin Last Name Balsara Project Title School Name Place CLARK HIGH SCHOOL GRAND PRIZE EyeMove Using Electrooculography to Provide WINNER Mobility for the Disabled Animal Sciences Dominique Mellone Animal Sciences Holly Hodge Animal Sciences Rahul Mohanram Animal Sciences Sabeen Wazir Animal Sciences Ashley Cave The Treatment of Neurodegeneration in Chemosensory Neurons ofCaenorhabditis elegans Reducing the Risk of Transdermal Implications of DEET with Essential Oil Alternatives Mosquitoes or toxins Do we have to pick our Poison? The Effect of Korean Panax Ginseng on the Memory Curves of Planarian Music and the Brain With Mice Behavioral & Social Sciences Rachel Shi What is the effect and significance as contributing factors of different behavioral and nonbehavioral factors in auctions of different product categories on overbidding percentage? Behavioral & Social Sciences Divya Prabhakaran PLANO EAST SENIOR 2nd Place The Effects of AudioVisual Signals on Speech Production HIGH SCHOOL Implications for the MultiModality of Speech Motor Programming Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical 1 of 17 JASPER HIGH SCHOOL 1st Place VINES HIGH SCHOOL 2nd Place CLARK HIGH SCHOOL 3rd Place PLANO EAST SENIOR Honorable Mention HIGH SCHOOL WILLIAMS HIGH Honorable Mention SCHOOL CLARK HIGH SCHOOL 1st Place Category First Name Alexis Last Name Bern Behavioral & Social Sciences Amy Lu Behavioral & Social Sciences Behavioral & Social Sciences Behavioral & Social Sciences Behavioral & Social Sciences Behavioral & Social Sciences Biochemistry Sheridan Warden Nicole Apigo Jung (Lucy) Cho Brian Tien Fatima Ashraf Sydney Tay Behavioral & Social Sciences Project Title The Effect of Audio Stimulation on Mathematical Accuracy The Effect of Audio Stimulation on Mathematical Accuracy The Effect of Race on Facial Recogntion Take My Breath Away School Name Place CLARK HIGH SCHOOL 3rd Place CLARK HIGH SCHOOL 3rd Place CLARK HIGH SCHOOL Honorable Mention WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL WILLIAMS HIGH Take My Breath Away SCHOOL WILLIAMS HIGH Eyewitness Reports Fact or SCHOOL Fiction? WILLIAMS HIGH Can you see my Halo? SCHOOL NOjust an ice bucket challenge JASPER HIGH Addtive effect of Riluzole and SCHOOL Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention 1st Place inhibiting Nitric Oxide level in prolongling life. Biochemistry Alan Zhao The Effect of Supplements in CLARK HIGH SCHOOL 2nd Place the Prevention and Treatment of UV Induced Photoaging Biochemistry Rachna Parikh PLANO SENIOR HIGH Honorable Mention Discovering a Beter Way to SCHOOL Increase Efficiency of BetaCarotene Transport Through Membranes Without the Adverse Effects of High Fat Content 2 of 17 Category Biochemistry First Name Abhilash Last Name Potluri Cellular & Brian Molecular Biology Du Cellular & Rohan Molecular Biology Gopal Cellular & Smeet Molecular Biology Madhani Cellular & Patrick Molecular Biology Yu Cellular & Cedric Molecular Biology Hu Project Title School Name Place CLARK HIGH SCHOOL Honorable Mention Green Tea the ideal meal companion? Inhibiting Diabetes Mellitus using naturally occurring Polyphenols present in Camellia Sinensis using in vitro digestion model. 1st Place Identifying Prognostic Marker JASPER HIGH SCHOOL Genes of Breast Cancer PLANO EAST SENIOR 2nd Place A Study of the Evolutionary HIGH SCHOOL Polymorphisms of the Mitochondrial DNA of Acellular Slime Mold Physarum polycephalum PLANO EAST SENIOR 2nd Place A Study of the Evolutionary HIGH SCHOOL Polymorphisms of the Mitochondrial DNA of Acellular Slime Mold Physarum polycephalum 3rd Place ADAMTS1 a Metalloproteinase JASPER HIGH SCHOOL that Promotes Cancer Progression ADAMTS1 a Metalloproteinase JASPER HIGH SCHOOL that Promotes Cancer Progression 3 of 17 3rd Place Category First Name Pranaav Last Name Sudheendra Project Title School Name Place PLANO SENIOR HIGH Honorable Mention Fuzzy Neural Network Determination of an Accurate SCHOOL Genetic Regulatory Network of Cancer Cell Conception and Proliferation Chemistry Zijun Yu PLANO SENIOR HIGH 1st Place Benchmark of Density SCHOOL Functional Methods for Thermodynamic Calculations of Lanthanide Compounds II Chemistry Dhruv Nandakumar Keep Your IOn the Water Chemistry Joycelyn Yiu CLARK HIGH SCHOOL 3rd Place Freestanding Carbon Nanofiber Electrodes Derived from Electrospun PolyacrylonitrileZIF8 Composite for Supercapacitors Chemistry Megan Li CLARK HIGH SCHOOL 3rd Place Freestanding Carbon Nanofiber Electrodes Derived from Electrospun PolyacrylonitrileZIF8 Composite for Supercapacitors Chemistry Arav Arora Synthesis and Characterization PLANO EAST SENIOR Honorable Mention HIGH SCHOOL of High Mobility Magnetic Nanoparticles For Subsurface Reservoir Imaging Cellular & Molecular Biology 4 of 17 PLANO EAST SENIOR 2nd Place HIGH SCHOOL Category Chemistry First Name Grace Last Name Herrod Chemistry Kavina Hsu Chemistry Andrew Nguyen Chemistry Allyson King Project Title The Effect of Surface Type and Temperature on the Clarity of Fingerprints A Novel Study On Electronic Cigarette Liquids and Possible Health Effects Powdered Paint School Name Place CLARK HIGH SCHOOL Honorable Mention SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL Fabric to DYE for Comparing MCMILLEN HIGH the Quality of Dye Absorption SCHOOL Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention of Natural and Synthetic Fibers Chemistry Alexi Allen Computer Science Mike Zhang Computer Science Rahul Nemmani Computer Science Peter Huang Shine Bright Like PhosphorescenceTemperature s Effects on the Duration of Light Emitted from Phosphorescent Paint Detecting Undetectable Computer Viruses ndash A Novel Approach Using Kolmogorov Complexity The Perfect Kidney CLARK HIGH SCHOOL Honorable Mention PLANO WEST SENIOR 1st Place HIGH SCHOOL CLARK HIGH SCHOOL 2nd Place The Effect of the Emphasis of JASPER HIGH SCHOOL Certain Nodal Points on the Accuracy of Facial Recognition using Biometric Encryption 5 of 17 3rd Place Category First Name Computer Science Madhav Last Name Mehta Project Title School Name The Effect of the Emphasis of JASPER HIGH SCHOOL Certain Nodal Points on the Accuracy of Facial Recognition using Biometric Encryption Computer Science Rithwik Pattikonda Holodeck 2.0 Engineering an SHEPTON HIGH Interactive and Dynamic 360 SCHOOL Degree Holographic Display Honorable Mention Computer Science Ritvik Annam Honorable Mention Computer Science Rahul Menon Computer Science Victoria Diaz Computer Science Sara McFearin Computer Science Milena Djordjevic‐ Kisacanin Analyzing the Effect of Block JASPER HIGH Modes on the Security of AES SCHOOL Encryption THE ACADEMY HIGH Designing A Virtual Reality SCHOOL Application for Sports Enhancement An Innovative Car Seat That SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL Can Save Lives. CLARK HIGH SCHOOL Erasing the Erasures Optimizing the Capacity of Packet Networks Improved Face Recognition via PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Automatic Shadow Removal Computer Science Akhil Saxena Desktop Supercomputing The PLANO EAST SENIOR Honorable Mention Impact of Increasing Compute HIGH SCHOOL Resources on Time Taken to Complete Computationally Intense Tasks Computer Science Malav Shah KeyboardlessKeyboard A Virtual Typing System Using Accelerometers 6 of 17 Place 3rd Place Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention CLARK HIGH SCHOOL Honorable Mention Category First Name Earth & Planetary James Last Name Lee Science Energy & Transportation Wendy Wang Energy & Transportation Lena Khanolkar Energy & Transportation Energy & Transportation Vidur Sinha Kasim Khan Energy & Transportation Energy & Transportation Sneha Gajarla Tiasha Joardar Energy & Transportation Kasim Khan Energy & Transportation Sneha Gajarla Project Title School Name PLANO SENIOR HIGH Effectiveness of Flexible SCHOOL Graphite Porous CCo nanocomposites and SiH nanocones in absorbing or deflecting radiation. JASPER HIGH Cellulose Hydrolysis of SCHOOL Lignocellulosic Biomass to Generate Glucose for Sustainable Biofuel Which industrial organic waste CLARK HIGH SCHOOL or combination of organic waste will result in the highest efficiency for a microbial fuel cell? CLARK HIGH SCHOOL Splitting into the future An Enhanced LithiumAir Battery Incorporating a Perforated Aluminum Separator Fuel A Marvel of Manure Development of a Novel Hybrid Solar CellUsing Thermoelectric Control An Enhanced LithiumAir Battery Incorporating a Perforated Aluminum Separator Fuel A Marvel of Manure 7 of 17 Place Honorable Mention 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place PLANO WEST SENIOR Honorable Mention HIGH SCHOOL JASPER HIGH Honorable Mention SCHOOL PLANO WEST SENIOR Honorable Mention HIGH SCHOOL PLANO WEST SENIOR Honorable Mention HIGH SCHOOL JASPER HIGH SCHOOL Honorable Mention Category First Name Yesh Last Name Doctor Engineering: Materials & Bioengineering Kshitij Sachan Engineering: Materials & Bioengineering Ayaz Hafiz Engineering: Materials & Bioengineering Andrew Yu Engineering: Materials & Bioengineering Alex Spiride Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical Burzin Balsara CLARK HIGH SCHOOL 1st Place EyeMove Using Electrooculography to Provide Mobility for the Disabled Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical Wenyao Li The Invisible River Extracting JASPER HIGH SCHOOL Water from Air Engineering: Materials & Bioengineering Project Title From Trash to Gas A study evaluating the efficiency of pyrolysis in converting various types of municipal waste into biofuel From Trash to Gas A study evaluating the efficiency of pyrolysis in converting various types of municipal waste into biofuel Improving the efficiency of CNT thermoacoustic speakers. Sustainable Approach to Educational Facilities for a Greener Environment A Novel LowCost Smart Orthopaedic Dynamic Insole Using ShapeMemory Polymers 8 of 17 School Name Place PLANO EAST SENIOR 1st Place HIGH SCHOOL PLANO EAST SENIOR 1st Place HIGH SCHOOL JASPER HIGH SCHOOL 2nd Place JASPER HIGH SCHOOL 3rd Place PLANO EAST SENIOR Honorable Mention HIGH SCHOOL 2nd Place Category First Name Rishabh Last Name Thakkar Project Title School Name Place PLANO EAST SENIOR 3rd Place RMRduino A 3D Room HIGH SCHOOL Mapping Robot Utilizing A Distance Sensor and an Arduino Uno Microcontroller to Plot an Area Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical Karthik Velayutham PLANO EAST SENIOR 3rd Place RMRduino A 3D Room HIGH SCHOOL Mapping Robot Utilizing A Distance Sensor and an Arduino Uno Microcontroller to Plot an Area Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical Ali Fares MCMILLEN HIGH Developing a sensor device based on Magnetic Induction SCHOOL Spectroscopy to test plants in an environment for possible pollution and use that data to automatically monitor an environments health. Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical Kedar Raman Harvesting Energy from Rainfall In Won Jang PLANO SENIOR HIGH Honorable Mention The Preemie SCHOOL ComfortPrototyping an economical incubator for prematurely born babies with controlled environment Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical 9 of 17 Honorable Mention CLARK HIGH SCHOOL Honorable Mention Category First Name Ashwin Last Name Mukund Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical Environmental Management Saad Ahmad Vihas Gowreddy Electricity by Means of Osmosis Anaiza Irani CLARK HIGH SCHOOL 1st Place Increasing bioethanol yield through dilute acid hydrolysis Environmental Management Devarya Raman Environmental Management Brian Nguyen Environmental Management Basel Cheema Environmental Management Aparna Surya PLANO EAST SENIOR Diaper Duty The Effect of HIGH SCHOOL Mushrooms on the Decomposition of Diapers. PLANO EAST SENIOR Novel Fabrication of CostEffective Cellulose Acetate HIGH SCHOOL Membranes for Reverse Osmosis PLANO EAST SENIOR Novel Fabrication of CostEffective Cellulose Acetate HIGH SCHOOL Membranes for Reverse Osmosis SHEPTON HIGH Literally Dyeing to See An SCHOOL Innovative Approach to Creating Natural Substitutes for Chemical Mordants by Repurposing Food Waste Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical Project Title The Preemie ComfortPrototyping an economical incubator for prematurely born babies with controlled environment Electricity by Means of Osmosis 10 of 17 School Name Place PLANO SENIOR HIGH Honorable Mention SCHOOL JASPER HIGH SCHOOL Honorable Mention JASPER HIGH SCHOOL Honorable Mention 2nd Place 3rd Place 3rd Place Honorable Mention Category First Name Sana Last Name Hameed Project Title Literally Dyeing to See An Innovative Approach to Creating Natural Substitutes for Chemical Mordants by Repurposing Food Waste Environmental Management Environmental Management Jessica Cruz‐Nagoski Sanjana Ravi Environmental Management Sharon Jiang MCMILLEN HIGH Honorable Mention Constructed Wetlands for SCHOOL Water Quality Improvement PLANO EAST SENIOR Honorable Mention A Safe Alternative to PetroleumBased Plastics Using HIGH SCHOOL Bananas Potatoes and Natural Additives Honorable Mention Can Saltwater Freshen Up In SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL Time? The Effect of the Number of Desalination Cycles on the Electric Conductivity of Desalinated Salt Water Environmental Management Vivek Mathesh Green CleaningSalicylic Acid CLARK HIGH SCHOOL Honorable Mention Plant Hormone assisted Rhizolfiltration of Heavy Metal Copper Contaminated Water using Elodea Densa. Environmental Management Anup Arvind Carbon Dioxide Scrubber for a SHEPTON HIGH Zero Emission Car. Comparing SCHOOL Efficacy of Coccolithophore Algae Sodalime and Amsorb in Carbon Dioxide Absorbtion Environmental Management 11 of 17 School Name SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL Place Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Category First Name Ashni Last Name Shah Environmental Science Rithvik Ramesh Environmental Science Pratiksha Tonpe Make them heavy metals cry The effect of Onions as Biosorbents on heavy metals JASPER HIGH SCHOOL 3rd Place Environmental Science Mahathi Mohangowda Make them heavy metals cry The effect of Onions as Biosorbents on heavy metals JASPER HIGH SCHOOL 3rd Place Environmental Science Mathematical Sciences Meghna Pemmaraju Ho MCMILLEN HIGH SCHOOL JASPER HIGH SCHOOL Honorable Mention Brian Mathematical Sciences Jagath Vytheeswaran JASPER HIGH SCHOOL 1st Place Mathematical Sciences Pranav Harathi Oil Spill Clean Up An Ecofriendly way A Novel Polyphase Code Protocol for Efficient WiFi Transmissions A Novel Polyphase Code Protocol for Efficient WiFi Transmissions Modeling HIV Interactions Mathematical Sciences Lawry Sorenson Analysis of Passwords Found on Social Media Websites CLARK HIGH SCHOOL 3rd Place Environmental Science Project Title School Name Place The Effect of Solar Radiation in PLANO EAST SENIOR 1st Place HIGH SCHOOL Reducing the Bacterial Content of Contaminated Water Improving the efficiency of a PLANO EAST SENIOR 2nd Place system designed to desalinate HIGH SCHOOL water using Capacitive Deionization Technology. 12 of 17 1st Place PLANO WEST SENIOR 2nd Place HIGH SCHOOL Category First Name Christopher Last Name Mao Medicine & Health Sciences Sujana Nelakanti Medicine & Health Sciences Sakina Plumber PLANO SENIOR HIGH 1st Place The Effect of Different SCHOOL Agonists Coupled with GPCR183 Knockdown on the Aggregation of Thrombocytes in Danio rerio Medicine & Health Sciences Nikhil Ramaswamy Breathe Pure for the Cure A JASPER HIGH Study on the Effect of Air Filter SCHOOL Design on Filter Effectiveness Medicine & Health Sciences Medicine & Health Sciences Medicine & Health Sciences Matthew Carey Weylen Chang Madison Radasch MCMILLEN HIGH 3rd Place SCHOOL WILLIAMS HIGH Honorable Mention The Least Amount of Yeast SCHOOL The Effect on Axial Deflection CLARK HIGH SCHOOL Honorable Mention Mathematical Sciences Project Title Models like a SIR Solving Mathematical ODEs to Simulate the Spread of Ebola through a Population The Effect of Different Agonists Coupled with GPCR183 Knockdown on the Aggregation of Thrombocytes in Danio rerio Beat You to the Finish of NonTensioned Vs. Tensioned Ilizarov External Fixation Wire Diameters When Axially Loaded 13 of 17 School Name Place PLANO EAST SENIOR Honorable Mention HIGH SCHOOL PLANO SENIOR HIGH 1st Place SCHOOL 2nd Place Category First Name Arjun Last Name Menta Project Title School Name Place Early cancer diagnosis through PLANO EAST SENIOR Honorable Mention HIGH SCHOOL multiplexed detection of protein biomarkers using electrical biosensors Medicine & Health Sciences Michael Farid Microbiology Swapnav Deka Honorable Mention IntelliGenomeUsing artificial MCMILLEN HIGH SCHOOL intelligence to diagnose genetic diseases on the Genomic level Biophysical Characterization of PLANO EAST SENIOR 1st Place HIGH SCHOOL Hydrocarbon Transport Systems as a First Step in Marine OilDegradation by Hydrocarbonoclastic Bacteria Microbiology Savannah Pas Microbiology Anna Ragasajo Microbiology Sahana Manikandan Microbiology Cindy Ngo Medicine & Health Sciences Antibacterial Properties of Au and Ag Nanoparticles The effects of Colloidal Silver and the effective inhibition of E.coli The effects of Colloidal Silver and the effective inhibition of E.coli Man Versus NatureThe Effectiveness of ManMade Alternatives such as Azithromycin amp Penicillin amp Natural Antibiotics such as Goldenseal Root amp Oregon grape on Killing E. Coli 14 of 17 WILLIAMS HIGH 2nd Place SCHOOL PLANO EAST SENIOR 3rd Place HIGH SCHOOL PLANO EAST SENIOR 3rd Place HIGH SCHOOL WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL Honorable Mention Category Microbiology First Name Madaline Last Name Ngo Microbiology Rohan Shah Microbiology Rohila Kusampudi Microbiology Alison Draegar Microbiology Lauren Vuong Microbiology Shray Tapiawala Microbiology Ben Randoing Physics & Astronomy Physics & Astronomy Vivianne Tu Claire Goeckner‐Wald Project Title School Name WILLIAMS HIGH Man Versus NatureThe SCHOOL Effectiveness of ManMade Alternatives such as Azithromycin amp Penicillin amp Natural Antibiotics such as Goldenseal Root amp Oregon grape on Killing E. Coli Place Honorable Mention The Effect of Different Types of Acne Medications on the Inhibition of E. coli The Effect of Bacterial Species On Transformation Efficency PLANO EAST SENIOR Honorable Mention HIGH SCHOOL The Effects of Microwave Radiation on Plant Life and Fungi The Effects of Microwave Radiation on Plant Life and Fungi Ready Set Oligodynamic The Effect of a Solution of Metals and Herbal Oils to Kill Bacteria in comparison to Antibacterial Soap The Effect of Spices and Separation on th Shelf Life. The Effect of Vortex Ring State on Rotor Lift The Effect of Vortex Ring State on Rotor Lift VINES HIGH SCHOOL Honorable Mention 15 of 17 PLANO EAST SENIOR Honorable Mention HIGH SCHOOL VINES HIGH SCHOOL Honorable Mention WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL Honorable Mention WILLIAMS HIGH Honorable Mention SCHOOL PLANO SENIOR HIGH 1st Place SCHOOL PLANO SENIOR HIGH 1st Place SCHOOL Category First Name Monish Last Name Challagondla Project Title Microwave my Wifi Physics & Astronomy Arjun Swamy Microwave my Wifi Physics & Astronomy Rahul Hayaran PLANO EAST SENIOR 3rd Place Unplugged The Effect of HIGH SCHOOL Architecture and Configuration on the Coupling Coefficient of a NearField Wireless Transfer Circuit Physics & Astronomy Lacie Harris Physics & Astronomy Physics & Astronomy Shinyoung Kang Lacie Harris Plant Sciences Wenjia Dara Li Plant Sciences Anoop Vemulapalli Topology Atom Clusters and Fluid Turbulence A Mathematical Adhesive Asteroids Ring Formation Mechanism Simulation Topology Atom Clusters and Fluid Turbulence A Mathematical Adhesive Enhanced Hydrogen and ThirdGeneration Biofuel Production from Modified Algae Enhanced Hydrogen and ThirdGeneration Biofuel Production from Modified Algae Physics & Astronomy 16 of 17 School Name Place PLANO EAST SENIOR 2nd Place HIGH SCHOOL PLANO EAST SENIOR 2nd Place HIGH SCHOOL PLANO SENIOR HIGH Honorable Mention SCHOOL JASPER HIGH Honorable Mention SCHOOL PLANO SENIOR HIGH Honorable Mention SCHOOL PLANO WEST SENIOR 1st Place HIGH SCHOOL PLANO WEST SENIOR 1st Place HIGH SCHOOL Category Plant Sciences First Name Stephanie Last Name Jeong Plant Sciences Enedelia De La Torre Project Title Functional analysis of Colletotrichum coccodes activity after postliminary harpinalphabeta protein treatment in detatched tomatoes Aquatic Hazard Plant Sciences Omar Aguilar Aquatic Hazard Plant Sciences Raymond Jow The Automated Aquafarm 17 of 17 School Name Place VINES HIGH SCHOOL 2nd Place WILLIAMS HIGH 3rd Place SCHOOL WILLIAMS HIGH 3rd Place SCHOOL CLARK HIGH SCHOOL Honorable Mention