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BEYOND
Intel Science Talent Search
2016 Semifinalists

2016 SEMIFINALISTS
The Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS), a program of Society for Science & the Public, is the
nations most prestigious pre-college science competition. Alumni of STS have made extraordinary
contributions to science and hold more than 100 of the worlds most distinguished science and
math honors, including the Nobel Prize and the National Medal of Science. Each year, 300 Intel STS
semifinalists and their schools are recognized. From that select pool of semifinalists, 40 student
finalists are invited to Washington, DC in March to participate in final judging, display their work to
the public, meet with notable scientists, and compete for awards, including the top three awards of
$150,000 each.

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ALABAMA
Birmingham


Huntsville

ARIZONA

Alabama School of Fine Arts

He, Adam, 17
Investigation of the Orbital Stability of Circumbinary Planets in the Habitable Zone
of Kepler-16
Covenant Christian Academy
Prevost, Drew, 18
Design and Construction of a Scalable Active Battery Management System for Electric and
Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Chandler

Chandler Preparatory Academy

Boisvert, Katelyn, 17
The Impact of Rising Sea Surface Temperature and Altered Nutrient Availability on the
Abundance and Growth Behavior of the Phytoplankton Thalassiosira

Hamilton High School

Rudrapatna, Akshata, 18
Applying Viral Nanoparticles in a Treatment Vector for Alzheimers Disease Using
Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Phoenix

Desert Vista High School

Shen, Simon Polaris, 17
Single Cell Motion Characterization System a New, Automated Tool for High Throughput
Studies of Surface-bound Bacteria

Yuma

CALIFORNIA
Arcadia

Atherton

Carpe Diem Collegiate High School

Jawaid, Zeeshan, 16
Comparison Between Pleistocene Horse (Equus, Perissodactyla) Populations from
Sonora, Mexico and Rancho La Brea, Southern California Testing Bergmanns Rule
Using Second Phalanges

Arcadia High School

Hou, George, 17
Separating Mixed Signals in Noise-polluted Environments Using Global Optimization
Sacred Heart Preparatory School
Safreno, Dina, 17
VBee: Vision-based Artificial Pollination

Cupertino

Cupertino High School

Shen, Ethan, 17
Genetic Lineage Tracing of Axin2+ Cells Reveals a Stem/Progenitor Cell Population that
Executes Skeletal Regeneration

Homestead High School

Guo, Daniel, 17
Analysis of Heterochiasmy and Recombination Rates in Gibbons

Monta Vista High School

Cho, Julia Hayoung, 17
Genetically Encoded Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer (BRET)-based Ca2+
Indicator for in vivo and Deep Tissue Imaging

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Monta Vista High School

Gupta, Meghal, 17
Bounding the Extremal Functions of Forbidden Patterns

Monta Vista High School

Jain, Ajay, 17
Mobile Robot Pursuit and Evasion: Developing a System for Distributed Robotic Chase
and Targeting

Monta Vista High School

Srinivas, Pranav, 17
Boolean Network Modeling for Systematic Identification of Deregulated Pathways and
Anticancer Drug Resistance

Monta Vista High School

Zeng, Albert, 18
Single Molecule X-ray Imaging of Bio Structures

Danville

Monte Vista High School

Jain, Varun, 17
Novel Relationships Between Circular Planar Graphs and Electrical Networks

Fremont

Irvington High School

Gopi, Ajay, 17
A Novel Computer Vision Model for the Estimation of Scene Structure:
Texture Gradient Estimation

Mission San Jose High School

Chen, Andrew Liu, 18
Enhancing Imaging Resolution and Depth with Adaptive Optics Focal Modulation
Two-photon Microscopy

Fresno

Clovis North High School

Sandhu, Onkar, 17
Heart Attacks in Young Adults of Central California

Irvine

Northwood High School

Rau, Amrit, 18
A Time-staggered Combinatorial Antibiotic Treatment Strategy Mitigates MDR Cost
in silico

Northwood High School

Zhu, Clare, 17
Quantifying the Complexity of Conformational Transitions in the Partial and Biased
Activation of G-protein-coupled Receptors

La Canada

Flintridge Preparatory School

Liu, Vick Cheung, 18
A Handheld Hematology Analyzer Using Acoustic Enhanced Blood Smear Microfluidic
Devices

Flintridge Preparatory School

Nakano, Clarence Masato, 18
Biological Electron-transfer Dynamics in Multiheme Cytochrome Complexes

Los Angeles

Yeshiva University High School of Los Angeles

Willner, Asher Justin, 17
Experimental Demonstration of 20 Gbit/s Efficient Data Encoding and 2 ns Network
Channel Hopping Using Orbital-angular-momentum Spatial Mode Patterns

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Mountain View

St. Francis High School

Karthik, Anjini, 17
Rapid and Selective Detection of Viruses Using Virus Imprinted Polymer Films

Palo Alto

Castilleja School
Sparkman, Lea Margie, 18
Studying Orphan Globular Star Clusters in the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies

Henry M. Gunn High School

Cheng, Audrey, 17
Enhancing the Efficiency of Self-assembled Organic Solar Cells with the Addition of a
Second Electron Donor and Graphene

Henry M. Gunn High School

Zhou, Sherry, 17
Rapid, Low-cost, On-chip Isolation and Enrichment of Exosomes for Early
Cancer Detection

Pebble Beach
Robert Louis Stevenson School

Caddell, John Chapman Alexander, 18
The Leidenpump: A Novel Means of Continuous Fluid Transport
Pleasanton

Amador Valley High School

Shimanuki, Luke, 17
A New Algorithm for the Optimization of Autonomous Vehicle Routing

Amador Valley High School

Tu, Catherine, 17
Computer Aided Analysis of Massive Mutation Data of TP53 Tumor Suppressor Gene

Proposing the Disturbed Biological Off-balance State Theory of Carcinogenesis

Sacramento

San Diego

Mira Loma High School

Aggarwal, Muskaan, 18
Activation of TMEM16A Calcium Activated Chloride Channel by Divalent Cations
Mira Loma High School
Burch, Claire Bernadette, 17
A Two-filter Photometric Approach for Detection of Candidate Hot Jupiter
Exoplanetary Systems: Applying Lomb-Scargle and Box-fitting Least Squares
Analysis to Gravitational Lensing
Canyon Crest Academy
Vaughn, Julie Renee, 17
Chemically Patterned Paper-based Microfluidic Devices for Point-of-care Diagnostics

Francis W. Parker School

Bose, Anoushka, 17
Constraining the Extragalactic Background Light Spectrum Using a Delta Gamma Model

San Jose

Bellarmine College Preparatory School

Bandyopadhyay, Ayan, 18
The Effect of Cobalt Biomineralization on Power Density in a Microbial Fuel Cell

Bellarmine College Preparatory School

Sayana, Anin, 17
Accelerating Cancer Immunotherapy: Optimization of an EGFRvIII-based Cancer
Vaccine via Computationally-aided Analysis of Proteasome Processing for Improved
Glioblastoma Prognosis

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Evergreen Valley High School

Revanur, Swetha, 17
Enabling Precision Medicine with Big Data: Development and Application of
Computational Frameworks to Characterize Gene Presence, Function, and Interactions

Lynbrook High School

Ganesh, Durga, 17
NUSAP1 is a Novel Therapeutic Target for Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Lynbrook High School

Nene, Ajinkya Kishore, 17
Creation of a Mock Universe: Photometric Astronomy on Simulations

Presentation High School

Varma, Maya, 17
A Wireless Smartphone-based System for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Illnesses

The Harker School

Kosaraju, Vineet Sai, 17
Rational RNA Riboswitch Design through a Massive Open Laboratory

The Harker School

Luo, Sophia Yuting, 17
Integrative Multi-cohort Analysis of Preeclamptic Placenta Identifies Perturbation of the
P53 Pathway, Similarity to Certain Cancer Subtypes, and Clinically Relevant Drugs

The Harker School

Ma, Jonathan, 17
Genomics-based Cancer Drug Response Prediction through the Adaptive Elastic Net

The Harker School

Malladi, Sadhika, 18
Application of EMDomics to Identify Age-associated Expression and Treatments in Cancer

San Ramon

Dougherty Valley High School

Zhang, George, 17
Identification of Novel Genes Involved in Antitubulin Drug Resistance in Breast Cancer by
Functional Genomic Screen

Saratoga

Saratoga High School

Li, Alexander, 17
Coronal Energy Buildup through Sunspot Rotation in Solar Active Region NOAA 11158
Saratoga High School
Tang, Dorrie, 17
Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Social Networking Application Running on
Named Data Networking

Saratoga High School

Zhang, Kristine Alexandra, 17
A New Molecular Model for Amyloid Beta-Congo Red Interaction: Implications for
Diagnosis and Inhibition of Brain Plaque Formation in Alzheimers Disease

South Pasadena

South Pasadena High School

Gilmartin, Raymond, 17
Effect of Laser Focusing-induced Longitudinal Electric Field Components on Rotational
Anisotropy Optical Second Harmonic Generation from Crystals

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Stanford

Stanford University Online High School

Davis, Anne Blythe, 18
Effects of Conductivity on Phytoplankton Concentration and Species Composition in the
Presence of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Lake Mattamuskeet

Stanford University Online High School

Morgan, Trevor Christopher, 18
An Alternative Thermal Maturity Indicator for Black Shale Formations: Nickel-Cobalt
Ratios of the New Albany Shale

Torrance

COLORADO
Pueblo

CONNECTICUT

West High School

Devalapurkar, Sanath, 15
Algebraic K-theory Is Stable and Admits a Multiplicative Structure for Module Objects

Pueblo West High School

Sun, Eric, 18
A Machine Learning Framework for Calculating Biological Aging Rates and Examining the
Human Aging Effect

Greenwich

Greenwich High School

Szabo, Nicholas, 18
Investigation of Transition Metal-based Acetylacetonate Species for Optimized
Performance of Non-aqueous Redox Flow Batteries

New Haven

Hopkins School
Zhou, Michael, 17
Prevention of Cellulose Carbonization during Hydrothermal Treatment and Related
Catalytic Redox Techniques

Wallingford

Choate Rosemary Hall

Klegar, Jacob, 17
Bounded Tiling-harmonic Functions on the Integer Lattice

Woodbridge

Amity Regional High School

Liu, Helen, 18
Developing a Novel Progranulin-derived Biologic for Gaucher Disease

FLORIDA
Bartow

Fort Lauderdale

Gainesville

2016 Semifinalists

International Baccalaureate School

Ravinder, Divya, 17
The Battle Against a Complication of Cystic Fibrosis: A Novel Approach that Uses Natural
Substances to Treat Cystic Fibrosis Patients with P. aeruginosa Respiratory Infections
Pine Crest School
Odzer, Nicole, 17
Toxicity of Naphthalene, a Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon, on Porites divaricata:
The Effect of a Major Crude Oil Component on Corals Using a Novel Passive
Dosing Technique
Buchholz High School
Ge, Beverly, 17
Novel Chromogenic Vapor Sensors Enabled by Shape Memory Polymers

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Eastside High School

Liu, Danielle, 17
Exploration of the Development of Self-cleaning and Self-assembled
Antireflection Coatings

Oak Hall Private School

Sharma, Anu, 18
Sustainable Green Production of Carboxycellulose Nanofibers

Miami

Christopher Columbus High School

Tsaoussis, Simon Peter, 18
Two Transistor Ternary Random Access Memory - TTTRAM

Panama City

Rutherford High School

Li, Shixuan Justin, 18
Clathrate-assisted Freezing/Melting Seawater Desalination

Tampa

C. Leon King High School

Bhethanabotla, Vignesh Chandra, 17
Enhanced Performance of Er3+ and Yb3+ Doped TiO2

Chamberlain High School

Parrish, Margaret Katherine, 17
Design, Construction, and Optimization of a Low-cost Portable Enterococci Test (PET) Kit

West Palm Beach

Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches

Grimmett, Maria Elena, 17
Adsorption of Sulfamethazine by Hypercrosslinked Adsorbent MN250 in Aquatic Systems

GEORGIA
Atlanta

The Westminster Schools

Sarda, Nilai, 16
Dynamical Simulations of 3-striped Charged Colloidal Particles

Milton

Cambridge High School

Kumar, Parth, 17
Blended Wing Body Propulsion System Design

IDAHO
Boise

ILLINOIS
Chicago

Evanston


Naperville

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Boise High School

Marshall, Nathan Charles, 17
Rapid Climate Change in the Prehistoric Greenhouse World: A Foreshadowing of
Our Future?

The University of Chicago Laboratory High School

Das, Anjali, 18
Examining the Genetic Basis of Alzheimers Disease in the Hutterite Population
Evanston Township High School
Kashner, Zane Ryan W., 18
Albedo and Heat Recirculation of Hot Jupiter Exoplanets: The Effect of Phase Shifts
Naperville North High School
Lin, Michael, 18
Deployment of Different Industrial Solid Wastes for Carbon Capture and Utilization as
Supplementary Cementitious Materials: A Comparative Study
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Urbana


Villa Park

INDIANA
Carmel

Fort Wayne

Terre Haute

KANSAS

University High School

Schiffer, Benjamin, 18
Elucidating the Mechanism of a Human Transcription Factors Movement Along DNA with
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Willowbrook High School
Nijim, Sally, 17
The Oncogenic Role of Mer in the Nucleus

Carmel High School

Vemuri, Sreya, 17
Effect of Time-dependent Gain and Loss in a PT-symmetric Optical Waveguide Array
Canterbury School
Dun, Peter, 17
Harnessing the Prokaryotic CRISPR/Cas Foreign Nucleic Acid Defense System for Antiviral
Therapy in Canine Fibroblast Tumor Cells
Homestead High School
Devanathan, Nirupama, 17
An Analysis of the Impact of Chlorophyll Levels on the Condition of Crooked Lake,
Whitley, and Noble Counties, Indiana
Terre Haute South Vigo High School
Cui, Tingyue, 17
Torsional Potential Energy Surfaces of Ethane and Butane: Origin of the Rotation Barriers

Overland Park

Blue Valley North High School

Ding, Yifeng, 17
Cholesterol Overload Impairs Lysosomal Functions in Hepatocytes

Blue Valley Northwest High School

Ramanujan, Suruchi Archita, 17
Effect of Bioenergetic Manipulation on SIRT1 Activation

LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge


Shreveport

MAINE
Bangor


Bethel

2016 Semifinalists

St. Josephs Academy

Bush, Natalie Marie, 17
Mitigation of Hypoxic Ecosystems Using Hemolymph Analysis of Callinectes sapidus and
Procambarus clarkii in Relation to Spartina Grasses, Year 2
Loyola College Preparatory School
Kesten, Jacob Garrett, 18
The Effects of Hypoxia and Reoxygenation on Gasotransmitter Signaling Pathways

Bangor High School

Brown, Paige, 17
Identifying and Remediating the Sources of Pollution in Impaired Bangor Streams
Gould Academy
Maxim, Demetri, 18
Directed Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells into Mature Kidney Cells that
Form Nephron Structures in Kidney Scaffolds

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MARYLAND
Baltimore

Gaithersburg


Greenbelt

Baltimore Polytechnic Institute

Le, Kathy, 17
Activating Mutations in FGFR Leads to a Competitive Advantage in Drosophila Germline
Stem Cells
Quince Orchard High School
Wakhare, Tanay Vijay, 17
Sums Involving the Number of Distinct Prime Factors Function
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Rachakonda, Vinaichandra Sai, 17
Autonomous Robot Bed Bathing

Poolesville

Poolesville High School

Dixit, Rohan, 18
Increasing Safety and Accuracy in Automation Systems with Real-time Robot Monitoring

Poolesville High School

Madan, Sanna, 17
Computational Analysis of Driver Pathway Relationships Across Twelve Major
Cancer Types

Potomac


Salisbury


Silver Spring

Poolesville High School

Wang, Emily, 17
An Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for Detecting and Differentiating
Between H3N2v and Seasonal H3N2 Influenza Viruses
Winston Churchill High School
Hu, Yidong, 17
Simulation and Design of Spectral-spatial RF Pulses for Fat Suppression in fMRI
James M. Bennett High School
Li, Michael Yifan, 17
Deciphering Neural Coding for Sensorimotor Decision-making
Montgomery Blair High School
Chen, Eric S., 17
Tumor Suppressor BRCA1 Prohibits Replication Catastrophe in Response to
Replicative Stress during Pregnancy

Montgomery Blair High School

Fang, Noah Zhou, 18
Searching for Dusty Clusters of Galaxies in a Herschel Catalog

Montgomery Blair High School

Goldschlag, Yaelle, 17
Top-K Inexact Query Matching in Graph Databases

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Montgomery Blair High School

Li, Amy, 17
Incorporating Space Based Solar Power into a 5.8GHz Wireless Power
Transmission Module
Montgomery Blair High School
Lin, Raymond, 17
T-reflection in Quantum Mechanics

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Montgomery Blair High School

Mong, Arnold, 17
Exposing Non-classical Properties of the Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger States in Perfect
Correlation Cases

Montgomery Blair High School

Morris, Brian P., 18
Adapting the Poisson-influenced K-means Algorithm for a Larger User Base

Montgomery Blair High School

Yu, Josephine Jessica, 17
Lattice and Continuum Models of Solitons and Vortices in Bilayer Graphene

Montgomery Blair High School

Yu, Rona, 18
Whole Genome Sequencing Analysis of Childhood Disintegrative Disorder

Towson

Towson High School

Nagib, Marc, 18
Characterization of the Enzymatic Interactions of MICAL1: A Monooxygenase Regulator
of the F-actin Cytoskeleton

MASSACHUSETTS

Andover
Andover High School

Zhang, Victor Gongjie, 17
Are Magnetically Active M Dwarf Stars Brighter Than Their Inactive Counterparts?



Belmont


Boston


Grafton


Lexington


Sheffield

2016 Semifinalists

Phillips Academy
Tang, Angela, 18
Novel Thio-urethane Silanes Reduce Polymerization Stress in Light-cured
Dental Composites
Belmont Hill School
Kim, Spencer, 18
Non-invasive Detection of Breast Cancer on a Smartphone
The Winsor School
Walsh, Michelle Lian, 18
Design, Fabrication, and in vitro Testing of a 3-dimensionally Printed, Biomimetic Patch
for Repair of Tympanic Membrane Perforations
Hudek Home School
Hudek, Katherine, 17
Quacee: A New Quantum Programming Language
Lexington High School
Amirault, David, 18
Better Bounds on the Rate of Non-witnesses of Lucas Pseudoprimes
Berkshire School
Chakraborty, Shuvam, 18
III-nitride High Electron Mobility Transistors as a Promising Thermoelectric Material
Berkshire School
Tolvo, Josiah, 18
An in vitro Granuloma Infection Model as an Effective System for Screening Viral Infection
in a Complex Matrix

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Worcester

Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science

Arivudainambi, Aishwarrya, 17
Effects of Curcumin and Piperine on Embryological Development in Danio rerio

Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science

Dogar, Mariam, 17
The Effects of Taurine on the Memory Retention of D. dorotocephala

Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science

Makaram, Yashaswini, 17
The Phoney Lift: Using Accelerometers to Identify People

Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science

Punjabi, Amol, 17
ViaPocket: A New High-accuracy Druggability Predictor and Its Application to Intrinsically
Disordered Proteins

Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science

Saini, Sashrika, 17
Linking GPCRs and Type II Diabetes: Novel ADORA2B Model Utilizing AR2A
Multi-sequence Templates

MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor

Father Gabriel Richard High School

DSilva, Jeremy Philip, 17
Modeling Spatial Transmission of Ebola in West Africa

Skyline High School

Menon, Shreya, 18
Antioxidants in Human Cancers: Differential Effects on Non-coding Intronic
RNA Expression

Beverly Hills


Bloomfield Hills


Novi


Port Huron


Troy

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Detroit Country Day School

Vejalla, Anuush Krishna, 17
Potential Role of Let-7d in Pericyte Differentiation: Determining a Pathway to Target
Neural Stem Cells to Differentiate for the Alleviation of Neurodegenerative Diseases
International Academy
Manga, Bogdan, 18
Methods to Restore the Initial State of an Entangled Singlet Spin System After a
Measurement with Applications in Quantum Cryptography
Novi High School
Wan, Jeffrey, 18
Entropically Driven Self-assembly of Cube Slices
Port Huron Northern High School
Ahmed, Aishah Isabelle, 17
Physiological and Behavioral Effects of a Neonicotinoid Insecticide and its Transformation
Product on a Non-target Keystone Species
Troy High School
Medarametla, Dhruv, 17
Bounding Norms of Locally Random Matrices

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Troy High School

Wu, David, 17
Targeting PARP-1 to Overcome MAP Kinase (MAPK) Phosphatase-1-mediated Cisplatin
Resistance in Ovarian Cancer Cells

Troy High School

Xu, Justin, 17
Identifying the Pareto-optimal Solutions for Multi-point Distance Minimization Problem in
Manhattan Space

MINNESOTA
Eden Prairie


Plymouth


Rochester


Stillwater

MISSOURI
Clayton

Columbia


Kansas City


Manchester

NEBRASKA
Lincoln

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord

2016 Semifinalists

Eden Prairie High School

Jons, Carolyn, 17
Improved Efficiency of Seawater Steam Generation Using Carbon Nanoparticles
Wayzata High School
Weng, Jessica, 18
Effect of APOBEC3B Gene on Tamoxifen and 5-Fluorouracil Resistance in
Breast Cancer Cells (MCF-7L)
Mayo High School
Banerjee, Neehar, 18
Trends in NO2 and HCHO Over Central America Observed from the Ozone
Monitoring Instrument
Stillwater Senior High School
Ylitalo, Max, 17
Experimental Design Optimization of Surfactant Enhanced Waste Paper Hydrolysis

Clayton High School

Venkatesh, Omkar Gayathri, 18
Changing the Ion Selectivity of the LGC-53 Receptor: A Prospective Tool for Studying
Dopamine Networks
Rock Bridge High School
Wang, Derek, 18
Novel Treatment of Ischemia-reperfusion Damage
Pembroke Hill School
Li, Kevin H., 17
Characterization of Lysosomal Trafficking and Distribution in Distal Axons: Establishing a
Foundation for Studying Lysosomal Deficits in Major Neurodegenerative Diseases
Parkway South High School
Zhang, Rachel, 17
Statistics of Intersections of Curves on Surfaces

Lincoln Southeast High School

Burkey, Kyley, 17
The Effects of Dietary Nitrate and Sulfate on Methane-producing Microbial Communities
in Beef Cattle

St. Pauls School

Wang, Ziheng, 18
High Throughput Drug Design by a Novel Grid-based Computational Method
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Exeter

NEW JERSEY

Phillips Exeter Academy

Jagadeesan, Meena, 17
The Exchange Graphs of Weakly Separated Collections

Hackensack

Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology

Cho, Min Sung, 17
Synthesis of Aluminosilicate Particles and Their Effect on Osteoblast Differentiation

Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology

Gleyzer, Rachel, 17
Altering Lentiviral Tropism: Design and Implications of a Targeted Drug-delivery System

Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology

Yang, David Kang Myung, 18
Role of APOBEC3 in the Diversity and Evolution of Herpes Simplex Virus 1

Academy for Medical Science Technology

Han, Rachael, 18
Celecoxib Off Label: Novel Use as Adjuvant Therapy in Melanoma

Millburn
Millburn High School

Lee, Allen, 18
Analysis of lncRNA Expression in the Hippocampus Based on Single Nuclei
RNA-sequencing

NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces

Los Alamos


Montezuma

NEW YORK
Accord

Ardsley


Armonk

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Las Cruces High School

Park, Edward, 17
Bio-battery Utilizing Extracellular Charge Transfer of Exoelectrogenic Bacteria
Los Alamos High School
Zhang, Jovan Yang, 18
Modeling Gas Production in Hydraulically Fractured Shale
Armand Hammer United World College of the American West
Ekim, Baris, 18
Ultrafast Protein Structure Search via Flat Divisive Clustering

Rondout Valley High School

Konz, Sean, 17
A Novel EEG-eye Tracking Based Computer Interface System
Ardsley High School
Lee, Philip, 18
Increased Capacity Needs and the Effects of CBTC Installation on the NYCTAs
Subway System
Byram Hills High School
Berenblum, Sela, 17
Understanding Emergency Contraceptive Mechanisms of Action: Computational
Molecular Modeling of the Progesterone Receptor Against Progesterone Receptor
Modulators

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Byram Hills High School

Chang, Kevin, 17
Determining Resistance Mechanisms in Mantle Cell Lymphoma: The Search for
Therapeutic Targets to Combat Acquired Resistance to Apoptosis

Byram Hills High School

Rowan, Dominick Michael, 17
Determining the Frequency of Jupiter Analogs, and the Announcement of a
New Jupiter Analog Orbiting HD32963

Byram Hills High School

Siegle, Lyndsay Taylor, 18
Genopolitics: Determining the Genetic Basis of Political Behaviors and Attitudes through
Twin Studies

Byram Hills High School

Tang, Sarah, 17
Examining the Role of Stat6 in Altering the Microbiota with Heligmosomoides polygyrus
Infection: The Potential of Helminthic Therapy in Treating Autoimmune Disorders

Bedford

Fox Lane High School

Boguraev, Anna-Sophia, 17
The Role and Implications of CHD4 in the Regulation of Islet Beta Cell Function

Bellmore

John F. Kennedy High School

Mashal, Rachel, 18
Development of a Caffeine Addiction Paradigm to Examine How Dietary Restriction and
Level of TOR Signaling Modulate the Effects of Drugs

John F. Kennedy High School

Moussavi, Sarah, 17
Metacognition and Confidence in a Perceptual Decision-making Task

Briarcliff Manor

Briarcliff High School

Waldock, Dalton, 17
Spectroscopic Measurements versus Langmuir Probe Analyses of RF Plasma

Bronx

Bronx High School of Science

Abrahams, Madeline Leah, 17
A Novel Method for Predicting Molecular Conformations for the Ensembles of Intrinsically
Disordered Proteins with Applications for Alzheimers Disease Treatment

Bronx High School of Science

Bishop, Anusha, 18
Determining the Geographic Origins of Endangered Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
(Sphyrna lewini) Fins

Bronx High School of Science

Bishop, Arun, 18
A New Methodology for Neural Modeling of the Brains Decision-making Process with
Applications for Brain-controlled Prosthetics

Bronx High School of Science

Chan, Therese, 17
Numerical Stress Modeling for Photo Elasticity in Granular Systems with Applications to
Pharmaceuticals, Construction, and Desertification

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Bronx High School of Science

Mastrogiannis, Ariana, 17
The Effect of Neurofeedback on Sleeping Disorders

Bronx High School of Science

Taylor, Aliyah Shian, 17
Parents, Peers, and Partners: Exploring the Risk Factors Associated with Intimate
Partner Violence

Bronx High School of Science

Xu, Jing, 17
Synergistic Activity of DNA-PKcs and SNAI1 in Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells Results in
Enhanced Radioresistance and Survival: A New Take on Radioresistance

Riverdale Country School

Sahni, Prateek, 18
A Shift in Brain Cell Metabolism to Succinate Oxidation Following Hypoxic-ischemic
Injury: A Bioenergetic Adaptation or Oxidative Stress?

Burnt Hills

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School

LeBel, Luke, 17
A Mesoscale Analysis of Heavy Rainfall Events Associated with Tropical Cyclones over the
Northeastern United States

Cedarhurst

Lawrence High School

Blackburn, Lee, 17
Incorporation of Platinum and Gold Partially Reduced Graphene Oxide into
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells for Increased Output Power and Carbon
Monoxide Tolerance

Lawrence High School

Chen, Arthur, 17
The Effect of Graphene Oxide/Reduced Graphene Oxide Functionalized with Metal
Nanoparticles on Dermal, Bacterial, and Cancerous/Non-cancerous Epidermal Cells

Commack

Commack High School

Li, David, 17
A Wireless Tracking System for At-home Durable Medical Equipment during
Natural Disasters

Commack High School

Sawhney, Mehtaab Singh, 17
A Study of Bar and Arc k-Visibility Graphs

Cross River

John Jay High School

Brotmann, Jack, 17
Hemoglobin Coated Nanoparticles: A Potential Model for Pro-inflammatory Microparticles
in Circulation

Dix Hills

Half Hollow Hills High School West

Epstein, Brandon Rafal, 17
Maximizing the Number of Lattice Points on a Strictly Convex Curve

Dobbs Ferry

Dobbs Ferry High School

Greenwald, Nikolas Kos, 17
Improving Singing Synthesis through Survey Administration and Job Plugin Development
for the Vocaloid Editor

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East Setauket

Ward Melville High School

Aneziris, Eleni, 17
Effects of Predictability on the Startle Reflex in Anticipation of Emotionallyevocative Pictures

Ward Melville High School

Chen, Sophia, 18
On Steady Super-Khler Ricci Solitons

Ward Melville High School

Leong, Ariel, 17
Systematic Discovery of Genes and Networks in Colon Cancer Stem Cells Implicated
in Chemoresistance

Ward Melville High School

OBrien, Harriet, 18
The Characterization of Immunomodulatory and Remyelinating Agents on
Microglial Polarization

Ward Melville High School

Tong, Fangrui, 17
A New Approach to Chemical Sensing Using Tunable Optical Properties of Unique
Nanostructures of TiO2 Coated Morpho peleides Butterfly Scales

Elmont

Elmont Memorial High School

Uwamanzu-Nna, Augusta, 17
Rheological Characterization of Attapulgite Nanoclay Modified Cement Slurries for
Oil Well Cementing Applications

Garden City

Garden City High School

DiMino, Dessie Ann, 18
Production of a 3D Printed Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogel Scaffold through Optimization of
the Molecular Weight, Functional Domains, and Viscoelastic Properties of Bioink

Garden City High School

Rieger, Elizabeth, 17
A Plant-based Method to Decrease Pro-inflammatory Cytokine Production in Response to
Cytotoxic Volatile Organic Compounds: Implications for Asthma and Respiratory Diseases

Great Neck John L. Miller Great Neck North High School

Descorbeth, Olivia, 18
Social Class and Interpersonal Communication: fNIRS Hyperscanning Reveals
Neural Differences during Dialogue Between Pairs of Individuals with Low and High
Socioeconomic Disparities

John L. Miller Great Neck North High School

Mandel, Graelin, 17
An fNIRS Comparison of Cross-brain Coherence during Spoken Dialogue and
Text-based Chatting

William A. Shine Great Neck South High School

Bae, Emily, 17
Determining the Contribution of Uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis Virulence-associated
Fimbriae to in vitro Fitness

Hastings-on-Hudson

Hastings High School

Berman, Katharine Barr, 17
Effects of Calreticulin Mutations on Pathogenesis of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

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Jericho

Jericho Senior High School

Carrion, Michael Benett, 17
Identification of Toll-like Receptor 4 as a Novel Biomarker in Type 1
Diabetes Pathogenesis

Jericho Senior High School

Huang, Jessica Li, 17
Redefining the Neurological Basis of Fluid Intelligence: Investigating Network Strength
and Normalized Degree of Resting State Functional Connectivity

Jericho Senior High School

Kanth, Uma, 18
HIV Utilizes the SNAI1 Repressor Complex to Downregulate P-Cadherin: Implications for
HIV Associated Nephropathy

Jericho Senior High School

Kim, Hyein, 18
Examining the Role of a Novel TSHR Variant, TSHRv1.3, and Elucidating the Signaling
Pathways of the TSHR

Jericho Senior High School

Oh, Brian, 17
Reconciling the Process-based Projection Method with the Semi-empirical Method for
Accurate Future Projections of Sea Level Change

Jericho Senior High School

Shah, Rishi Nilesh, 17
Collagen Microfiber Scaffolding for Nerve Repair Applications

Kings Park

Kings Park High School

Jeffrey, John Patrick, 17
The Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Depression as Established by Event
Related Potentials and Progesterone Levels in Adolescent Females

Kings Park High School

Sedigh, Kameron, 17
Structural and Kinetic Analysis of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MenE,
an acyl-CoA Synthetase of the Bacterial Menaquinone Biosynthesis Pathway as a Novel
Antibacterial Target

Latham


Lincolndale

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Kings Park High School

Ubriaco, Julian, 18
Identification and Characterization of Novel Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targets in
Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Using an Antibody-based Approach
Shaker High School
Jaggi, Rishab, 17
Robotic Autonomous Experimental Design
Somers High School
Berlinger, Maya, 17
Proving the Synthetic Lethal Interaction Between ARID1A and ARID1B in
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Somers High School
Zorn, Casey, 17
Use of Manure as Feedstock in the Design of a More Efficient Inverted Downdraft Gasifier

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Lynbrook


Mamaroneck


Mastic Beach

New Hyde Park

Lynbrook High School

Meersand, Andrew, 17
A Novel Soft Robotic Grasper Using Pneumatic Network Bending Actuators
Mamaroneck High School
Williamson, Griffin, 18
A Study of the Effects of Magnetic and Electric Fields on Expanding Janus Particle Chains
William Floyd High School
Beattie, Shannon Taylor, 18
Determining the Age and Provenance of Glacial Erratics on the North Shore of Long
Island Based on XRF Geochronology of the Mineral Monazite to Better Understand
Glacial History
Herricks High School
Bhuiya, Sabreen, 17
The Effects of Magnesium Deficiency on Placental Cell Oxidative Stress; Reversal by
Magnesium Supplementation

Herricks High School

Chhugani, Ayesha, 18
A Novel Magnetic Field Trap Using Superconductors for Transporting Polarized Ions for
Medical Imaging

Herricks High School

Krishnamoorthy, Vikram, 17
Analyzing the Anti-diabetic Effects of Trigonella foenum-graecum Using a Two Part Gene
Expression Assay

New York

Dalton School
Braunstein, Simone, 18
A Novel Haptic Actuator for Robotic Surgery: Utilizing Soft Robotics and an
Electro-pneumatic Closed Loop Control System to Accurately Restore an
Operators Sense of Touch

Dalton School
Tessier-Lavigne, Ella, 17
Inducing an Aged or Rejuvenated Phenotype through Epigenetic Manipulations

Hunter College High School

Amsel, Noah, 18
Giving and Following Directions Engages Dual-brain Neural Circuitry

Hunter College High School

Chan, Michelle, 17
Aromatase-linked Activation of ERB/E2 Complex as a Key Mechanism for Radioresistance
in Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells: A New Model for Radioresistance


Hunter College High School

Li, Emily, 18
The Role of No tail and Wnt in Regulating Stem Cell Division in the Zebrafish Tailbud

2016 Semifinalists

Hunter College High School

Osuga, Memie, 17
Crystallization and Purification of the ADP and Non-ADP Bound Single Domain of UvrA
for Structural Characterization

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Stuyvesant High School

Ain, Danyaal, 17
Evaluation of Toxicity and Potential Carcinogenic Effect of Inert Ingredients in Pesticides

Stuyvesant High School

Fishelson, Maxwell, 18
Szemerdi-Trotter: Applications and Limitations

Stuyvesant High School

Wang, Carol, 17
APOL1 Risk Variants Enhance HIV Replication in Peripheral Bone Mononuclear Cells
through Increasing Pro-inflammatory Cytokines Production

The Brearley School

Lai, Catherine Jessica Yihui, 17
Putative High-pIC50 SpDHBP Synthase Inhibitors Against Multi-drug Resistant
S. pneumoniae

The Chapin School

Ryeom, Emily, 17
The Role of Lactic Acid in Gastric Tumor Progression
Niskayuna


Oceanside

Old Westbury


Ossining

Niskayuna High School

Chi, Patrick, 17
Using Power Dissipation as a Novel Approach to Rank and Categorize Tropical Cyclones
Oceanside High School
McLaughlin, Emma, 17
Verification of Genetic Modifiers in the 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
The Wheatley School
Chen, Krista, 18
Novel Combination Chemotherapy Targeting Cancer Stem Cells with a Tumor Targeted
Drug Delivery System Potentiated by Natural Remedies, EGCG and/or Curcumin
Ossining High School
Aguirre, Jason Mark, 18
The Individual and Interactive Effects of Urban Contaminants on Mayfly Growth and
Survival: A Study of How Common Contaminants Impact Aquatic Invertebrates

Ossining High School

Badger, Kimberly Nicole, 17
Urban Forests Fail to Provide Adequate Habitat for Native Woodpecker Species

Ossining High School

Feinstein, Benjamin James, 17
An Examination of Linguistic and Cultural Influences on Visual-Gustatory Associations

Ossining High School

Higashino, Soon il Junko, 18
Species Richness of Cutaneous Bacteria Varies with Urbanization: Implications of the
Effects of Habitat Conditions on Defense Mechanisms of Plethodon cinereus

Ossining High School

Khan, Yasir, 18
Developing Tools for an Antigen Specific ELISA to Prevent Transfusion-transmitted
Babesiosis

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Ossining High School

Riley, Julia, 17
RNF167 and Ubiquitin Conjugating Enzyme E2N Regulate Neuronal SNARE Component
VAMP2 via Ubiquitination: Implications in Neuronal Function and Disease

Ossining High School

Scheier, Zoe, 17
Establishing Comorbidity Between Autism Spectrum Disorder and Ambient
Vision Dysfunctions

Ossining High School

Sukumar, Claire Lilly, 18
Elucidating the Association Between Blood Pressure and Cognitive Functioning in the
Very Old

Penfield

Penfield High School

Liu, Allen, 16
Fourier Based Wavelet Decomposition and Related Properties of Functions Defined on
Vector Spaces Over Finite Fields

Plainview

Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School

Dauman, Cori Allyson, 18
Evaluating the Impact of Informational and Normative Conformity on Decision Making in
Online Settings

Port Washington

Paul D. Schreiber High School

Fagen, E. Madeline Rose, 17
Proinflammatory Cytokines, MicroRNAs, and B Cell Gene Usage: Identifying Novel
Biomarkers of Immune Dysfunction in Schizophrenia

Paul D. Schreiber High School

Feldman, Emma Nicole, 18
Electrospun Hydrophobic Nanofibrous Membranes for Use in Membrane Distillation

Potsdam

Potsdam Central High School

Bollt, Scott Alexander, 18
Aircraft Gust Suppression by Feed-forward Lift Control and Laser Anemometry

Roslyn Heights

Roslyn High School

Yang, Nathan, 17
The Single Stigma: Investigating the Perceptions of Single Parents Based on Gender and
Way of Becoming Single

Saint James

Smithtown High School East

McDermott, Emily, 17
Developing an Experimental Model for Natural Variation in Genetic Robustness

Scarsdale

Edgemont High School

Jain, Aaditya, 17
Using Disulfide Crosslinking to Infer the Mechanisms of Calcium and b Subunit Regulation
of the BK Channel

Edgemont High School

Widmann, William, 17
The Effects of Memory T Cell Depletion on Combined Liver and Bone Marrow
Transplantation and the Mechanisms Behind Rejection

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Syosset

Syosset High School

Chan, Alexandra Jessie, 17
Evolutionary Dynamics of Transposable Elements in Sexual and Asexual Freshwater Snails

Syosset High School

Hirsch, Daniel Jordan, 18
Analysis of Background Capital of Founders of Fortune 1000 Companies

Syosset High School

Kang, Rachel, 18
Estimating Optimum Electricity Generation from LIRR Station Platform Canopy-mounted
Solar Voltaics

Syosset High School

Katz, Joshua, 18
A Novel Association Between Thrombospondin 2 and Lysyl Oxidase

Syosset High School

Senzer, Benjamin Drew, 17
A Novel Method of SEM-EDS Analysis to Determine Geochemical Pollutant Selectivity in
Marsh Foraminifera

Troy

Emma Willard School

Mousa, Deena S., 16
Stop the Bleeding! Discovery of a Novel Hemostatic Agent

Yorktown Heights

Yorktown High School

Amini, Andrew Ethridge, 17
Automatic Seizure Onset and Severity Prediction with a Single, Strategically-placed,
Bipolar Electroencephalogram

Yorktown High School

Hamann, Cayla, 17
Improving Efficiency of Thin-film Photovoltaic Cells by Understanding Non-uniformity

Yorktown High School

Levin, Andrew Joseph, 17
A Passive Solar Tracker for Photovoltaic Applications

NORTH CAROLINA
Apex

Apex High School

Xia, James, 17
Exploring the Feasibility of in situ Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Animal Waste to Produce
Applicable Biofuel for Environmental Protection and Energy Production

Durham

Durham Academy Upper School

Cox, Meredith, 17
Self-organization and Jamming in Magnetic Photoelastic Particles

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Hu, Sophia Rui, 17
Combination of Ultrasound and Microneedles for the Transdermal Treatment
of Melanoma

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Lee, Taesoo Daniel, 17
Improving Exciton Transport in Novel Tetracarboalkoxyphenyl Porphyrin Thin Films for
Enhanced Organic Optoelectronics

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North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Puri, Vibha, 17
Creation of Plasmodium falciparum Hsp90 Selective Inhibitors for Antimalarial
Drug Development

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Sun, Michelle T., 17
Projecting the Impacts of Future Climate Change on Wildfires and Water Yield in the
Conterminous United States Using an Integrated Modeling Approach

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Sundaresan, Rishi Shankar, 18
A Novel Method of Reverse Electrowetting Utilizing Self-induced Potential with Direct
Applications in Energy Harvesting

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Watters, John Wilson, 18
Fabrication and Characterization of the Micro-impedance Detector for Enumeration of
Circulating Tumor Cells

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Yang, Katherine, 17
Developing Cellularly Active Inhibitors of CARM1 for New Anti-cancer Treatment

Elon

Western Alamance High School

Miller, Megan Elizabeth, 17
Cost Effective Passive Flow Control for Bluff Body Vehicles

Raleigh

William G. Enloe High School

Varanasi, Vamsi Jaya, 17
Longitudinal Alignment and Optical Characterization of Gold Nanostars in
Electrospun Fibers

OHIO

Columbus

Bexley High School

Sivaraman, Venkatesh, 17
A Novel Orientation-dependent Potential for Protein Structure Prediction

Shaker Heights

Hathaway Brown School

Ravichandran, Kavya, 17
A Nanomedicine Approach for Targeted Thrombolysis

OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City

OREGON
Portland

PENNSYLVANIA
Berwyn


2016 Semifinalists

Oklahoma School of Science & Mathematics

Hwang, Philip Ken-ka, 18
Three-body Casimir Friction Between a Polarizable Particle and Parallel Half-spaces
Oregon Episcopal School
Gupta, Vikul, 17
Parallel Implementation of the Convolution Operation in Quotient Polynomial Rings for
the NTRU Cryptosystem

Conestoga High School

Zhang, Michael, 18
Design and Assembly of CRISPR/Cas9-based Virus-like Particles for Orthogonal and
Programmable Genetic Engineering in Mammalian Cells
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Bethlehem

Liberty High School

Jagota, Milind, 18
Computational Study of Random Nanowire Networks: Optimization of Conductivity
through Orientation

Fort Washington

Upper Dublin High School

Li, Amy, 18
Response of Andropogon gerardii to Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Context
of Phytoremediation

Royers Ford

Spring-Ford Senior High School

Aggarwal, Eash, 17
Retentive Vacillation: Accounting for Variability in Human Memory

Wexford

North Allegheny Senior High School

You, Jack, 18
Engineering Skin to Enable an Immunogenic Cutaneous Microenvironment

RHODE ISLAND
Providence

SOUTH CAROLINA

La Salle Academy
Paul, Allison Rae, 17
Spectral Inference of a Directed Acyclic Graph Using Pairwise Similarities

Columbia

Spring Valley High School

Arammash, Mohammad, 17
Evaluating Eggshells as a Source of Calcium Oxide and Calcium Carbonate for
Water Remediation

Spring Valley High School

Gorrepati, Krishna Teja, 18
The Effect of a p-n TiO2/Cu2O/ ITO Composite Junction Created Using E-beam
Evaporation on a Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Powered Microbial Coupled
Photoelectrochemical Fuel Cell

TENNESSEE
Nashville

Oak Ridge

TEXAS

Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet High School

Yao, Xiuya, 18
Integrin-free Tetraspanin CD151 as a Biomarker of PSA-relapse in Prostate Cancer
Oak Ridge High School
Colburn, Thomas William, 17
Enhanced Decomposition of Plastic Waste through Photocatalysis

Austin

The University of Texas at Austin High School

Venkat, Girishvar, 17
Signatures of the Contravariant Form on Representations of the Hecke Algebra and
Rational Cherednik Algebra Associated to G(r,1,n)

Dallas

St. Marks School of Texas

Choe, Joshua Hwanbin, 17
Identification and Characterization of GLUT1 as a Potential Diagnostic Biomarker and
Therapeutic Target for Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Denton

Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science

Guan, Carolyn S., 17
A Density Functional Theory Study of Novel Catalysts for the Green Synthesis
of Aziridines

Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science

Hu, Emily, 18
A Study of the Quantum Mechanical Methods Vital to an Accurate Description of the
Electronic Structure and Bonding Properties of Nickel Silicide

Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science

Krishnan, Anagha Yogam, 17
An Air-doped Polylactide Plastic Crystal for Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging and
Submarine Cloaking

Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science

Liu, Tony X., 17
Biologically Inspired Development of High-performance Graphene Micromanipulators:
A Computational and Experimental Approach

Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science

Yu, Allan, 18
Tunicamycin Drastically Sensitizes Pancreatic Cancer Cells to Gemcitabine Treatment

Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science

Yuan, Michael, 17
A Prostate Cancer Patient Treatment Decision Model for Doctors Using Novel
Computer Simulations

Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science

Yue, Joshua, 18
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the NF-kB Inducing Kinase

Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science

Zeng, Andrew, 17
Performance of Density Functional Theory for Second Row Transition
Metal Thermochemistry

Fort Worth

UTAH
Layton

VERMONT

South Burlington

VIRGINIA
Alexandria

2016 Semifinalists

Robert L. Paschal High School

Reeves, Wyatt Richard, 18
The Chaotic Properties of Two Bouncing Balls in One Dimension

Northern Utah Academy for Math, Engineering and Science

Wang, Karissa, 17
Suppression of Antimicrobial Resistance Using CRISPRs

South Burlington High School

Huang, Vivian, 18
Relaxation Time in Dynamically Metastable States with Large Deviations from Equilibrium

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Cui, Jake Yee, 17
A Machine Learning Approach to Identifying Ordered Binding Regions on Order-disorder
Protein Interfaces
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Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Kamath, Tarun Vinod, 17
Marked Decreases in Pediatric and Young Adult Solid Organ Cancer Mortality in the
United States Since 1940: Analysis and Hypotheses

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Lakmazaheri, Ava, 17
Brain-actuated Robotics: A Logic-based Approach for Multimodal Programming and
Operation of Assistive Humanoid Robots

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Mills, Austin Howard, 18
Demonstrating the Development of Heavy Metal Resistance in Non-tolerant
Multigenerational Brassica rapa

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Shroff, Kunal, 17
The Relationship Between Lethality and Genomic Instability in Euploid and Aneuploid
Yeast Cells Expressing Pathological Huntingtin

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Sun, Matthew Daochi, 17
Hyperacute Temporal Resolution with a Neural Population for Biologically Plausible Firing
Rate Change Detection

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Wei, Jason Weng, 17
Improving Lateral Flow Immunoassay Sensitivity by a Palladium-catalyzed Dye Reaction

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

You, Michael, 17
Two-degree-of-freedom Bubble Oscillations in Elastic Vessels and its Application in
Sonar-induced Marine Mammal Injuries

Crozet

Western Albemarle High School

Xu, Lillian, 17
Cytotoxic Concentration of [6]-Gingerol is Inversely Related to Cell Division Rate: Ginger
as a Chemopreventive Agent for Glioblastoma, Ovarian, Breast, and Colon Cancers

McLean

Potomac School
Dubelier, Madeline, 17
Prototype Evaluation of a Semi-autonomous Telerobotic Hand that Integrates Haptic
Feedback with Intuitive Control

Potomac School
Terrones, Gianmarco, 18
Desalination Membranes Based on Two-dimensional Crystals of Biological Channels

WASHINGTON
Bellevue

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Interlake High School

Rane, Sunayana, 18
Developing a Better Model for Morphological Classification of Galaxies through
Implementation of Machine Learning Algorithms

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Bothell

Inglemoor Senior High School

Gowri, Gokul Sethu, 17
The Universal Influenza Vaccine: A Bioinformatics Approach to Novel
Vaccine Development

Redmond

Redmond High School

Karnati, Adarsh, 18
A Novel Design of an Ocean Wave Energy Harvester Using a Linear Cam
Release Approach

Redmond High School

Zhang, Richard, 18
The Effect of Asymmetrically Coated Nafion Membranes on the Performance and
CO-poisoning Resistance of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Richland

Richland High School

Shutthanandan, Swetha, 18
Next Generation Supercapacitors for Ultra-fast Energy Storage and Harvesting

Seattle

CHINA

The Lakeside School

Zhao, David Y., 17
A Computational Analysis on the Physicochemical Characteristics of Intrinsicallydisordered Protein Interactions

Shanghai

Concordia International School Shanghai

Lu, Vivian, 17
ppGpp as a Novel Signaling Molecule Regulating Drosophila Sleep

Shanghai American School Pudong Campus

Zhou, Alice Li, 17
Identification of a Novel Neurotrophic Agent for the Treatment of Alzheimers Disease

CHINA, HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

Hong Kong

2016 Semifinalists

Hong Kong International School

Bhardwaj, Amar Agustin, 17
Effects of Invasive Plant Leaf Litter on a Lake Ecosystem

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Abrahams, Madeline.................. 15
Aggarwal, Eash............................. 24
Aggarwal, Muskaan.......................5
Aguirre, Jason............................... 20
Ahmed, Aishah............................. 12
Ain, Danyaal................................... 20
Amini, Andrew.............................. 22
Amirault, David............................. 11
Amsel, Noah.................................. 19
Aneziris, Eleni................................ 17
Arammash, Mohammad........... 24
Arivudainambi, Aishwarrya..... 12
Badger, Kimberly......................... 20
Bae, Emily....................................... 17
Bandyopadhyay, Ayan..................5
Banerjee, Neehar......................... 13
Beattie, Shannon......................... 19
Berenblum, Sela........................... 14
Berlinger, Maya............................. 18
Berman, Katharine...................... 17
Bhardwaj, Amar............................ 27
Bhethanabotla, Vignesh..............8
Bhuiya, Sabreen........................... 19
Bishop, Anusha............................ 15
Bishop, Arun.................................. 15
Blackburn, Lee.............................. 16
Boguraev, Anna-Sophia............ 15
Boisvert, Katelyn.............................3
Bollt, Scott...................................... 21
Bose, Anoushka..............................5
Braunstein, Simone.................... 19
Brotmann, Jack............................ 16
Brown, Paige.....................................9
Burch, Claire.....................................5
Burkey, Kyley................................. 13
Bush, Natalie....................................9
Caddell, John Chapman..............5
Carrion, Michael........................... 18
Chakraborty, Shuvam................ 11
Chan, Alexandra........................... 22
Chan, Michelle.............................. 19
Chan, Therese............................... 15
Chang, Kevin.................................. 15
Chen, Andrew..................................4
Chen, Arthur.................................. 16
Chen, Eric........................................ 10
Chen, Krista.................................... 20
Chen, Sophia................................. 17
Cheng, Audrey.................................5
Chhugani, Ayesha........................ 19
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Chi, Patrick.....................................20
Cho, Julia...........................................3
Cho, Min Sung..............................14
Choe, Joshua................................24
Colburn, Thomas.........................24
Cox, Meredith................................22
Cui, Jake...........................................25
Cui, Tingyue......................................9
Das, Anjali..........................................8
Dauman, Cori.................................21
Davis, Anne.......................................7
Descorbeth, Olivia.......................17
Devalapurkar, Sanath...................7
Devanathan, Nirupama................9
DiMino, Dessie..............................17
Ding, Yifeng.......................................9
Dixit, Rohan....................................10
Dogar, Mariam...............................12
DSilva, Jeremy..............................12
Dubelier, Madeline...................... 26
Dun, Peter..........................................9
Ekim, Baris......................................14
Epstein, Brandon.........................16
Fagen, E. Madeline...................... 21
Fang, Noah.....................................10
Feinstein, Benjamin.................... 20
Feldman, Emma........................... 21
Fishelson, Maxwell......................20
Ganesh, Durga.................................6
Ge, Beverly........................................7
Gilmartin, Raymond......................6
Gleyzer, Rachel............................. 14
Goldschlag, Yaelle....................... 10
Gopi, Ajay...........................................4
Gorrepati, Krishna....................... 24
Gowri, Gokul.................................. 27
Greenwald, Nikolas..................... 16
Grimmett, Maria..............................8
Guan, Carolyn................................ 25
Guo, Daniel........................................3
Gupta, Meghal..................................4
Gupta, Vikul................................... 23
Hamann, Cayla.............................. 22
Han, Rachael.................................. 14
He, Adam...........................................3
Higashino, Soon il...................... .20
Hirsch, Daniel................................ 22
Hou, George......................................3
Hu, Emily......................................... 25
Hu, Sophia...................................... 22

Hu, Yidong...................................... 10
Huang, Jessica.............................. 18
Huang, Vivian............................... .25
Hudek, Katherine......................... 11
Hwang, Philip................................ 23
Jagadeesan, Meena.................... 14
Jaggi, Rishab.................................. 18
Jagota, Milind................................ 24
Jain, Aaditya.................................. 21
Jain, Ajay............................................4
Jain, Varun.........................................4
Jawaid, Zeeshan.............................3
Jeffrey, John.................................. 18
Jons, Carolyn................................. 13
Kamath, Tarun.............................. 26
Kang, Rachel ................................. 22
Kanth, Uma ................................... 18
Karnati, Adarsh ............................ 27
Karthik, Anjini .................................5
Kashner, Zane..................................8
Katz, Joshua.................................. 22
Kesten, Jacob...................................9
Khan, Yasir ..................................... 20
Kim, Hyein...................................... 18
Kim, Spencer................................. 11
Klegar, Jacob....................................7
Konz, Sean...................................... 14
Kosaraju, Vineet..............................6
Krishnamoorthy, Vikram.......... 19
Krishnan, Anagha........................ 25
Kumar, Parth.....................................8
Lai, Catherine................................ 20
Lakmazaheri, Ava........................ 26
Le, Kathy.......................................... 10
LeBel, Luke..................................... 16
Lee, Allen........................................ 14
Lee, Philip....................................... 14
Lee, Taesoo.................................... 22
Leong, Ariel.................................... 17
Levin, Andrew............................... 22
Li, Alexander.....................................6
Li, Amy.............................................. 10
Li, Amy............................................. 24
Li, David...........................................16
Li, Emily........................................... 19
Li, Kevin........................................... 13
Li, Michael.......................................10
Li, Shixuan.........................................8
Lin, Michael.......................................8
Lin, Raymond.................................10
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Liu, Allen......................................... 21
Liu, Danielle......................................8
Liu, Helen...........................................7
Liu, Tony.......................................... 25
Liu, Vick..............................................4
Lu, Vivian......................................... 27
Luo, Sophia.......................................6
Ma, Jonathan....................................6
Madan, Sanna............................... 10
Makaram, Yashaswini................ 12
Malladi, Sadhika..............................6
Mandel, Graelin............................ 17
Manga, Bogdan............................ 12
Marshall, Nathan.............................8
Mashal, Rachel.............................. 15
Mastrogiannis, Ariana................ 16
Maxim, Demetri...............................9
McDermott, Emily........................ 21
McLaughlin, Emma..................... 20
Medarametla, Dhruv.................. 12
Meersand, Andrew...................... 19
Menon, Shreya.............................. 12
Miller, Megan................................. 23
Mills, Austin................................... 26
Mong, Arnold................................ 11
Morgan, Trevor................................7
Morris, Brian.................................. 11
Mousa, Deena............................... 22
Moussavi, Sarah........................... 15
Nagib, Marc.................................... 11
Nakano, Clarence...........................4
Nene, Ajinkya...................................6
Nijim, Sally.........................................9
OBrien, Harriet............................. 17
Odzer, Nicole....................................7
Oh, Brian......................................... 18
Osuga, Memie............................... 19
Park, Edward.................................. 14
Parrish, Margaret............................8
Paul, Allison................................... 24
Prevost, Drew...................................3
Punjabi, Amol................................ 12
Puri, Vibha...................................... 23
Rachakonda, Vinaichandra...... 10
Ramanujan, Suruchi......................9
Rane, Sunayana............................ 26
Rau, Amrit..........................................4
Ravichandran, Kavya.................. 23
Ravinder, Divya................................7
Reeves, Wyatt............................... 25
2016 Semifinalists

Revanur, Swetha.............................6
Rieger, Elizabeth.......................... 17
Riley, Julia....................................... 21
Rowan, Dominick......................... 15
Rudrapatna, Akshata....................3
Ryeom, Emily................................. 20
Safreno, Dina....................................3
Sahni, Prateek............................... 16
Saini, Sashrika............................... 12
Sandhu, Onkar.................................4
Sarda, Nilai........................................8
Sawhney, Mehtaab...................... 16
Sayana, Anin.....................................5
Scheier, Zoe................................... 21
Schiffer, Benjamin..........................9
Sedigh, Kameron......................... 18
Senzer, Benjamin........................ .22
Shah, Rishi...................................... 18
Sharma, Anu.....................................8
Shen, Ethan.......................................3
Shen, Simon.....................................3
Shimanuki, Luke.............................5
Shroff, Kunal.................................. 26
Shutthanandan, Swetha........... 27
Siegle, Lyndsay............................. 15
Sivaraman, Venkatesh............... 23
Sparkman, Lea.................................5
Srinivas, Pranav...............................4
Sukumar, Claire............................ 21
Sun, Eric..............................................7
Sun, Matthew................................ 26
Sun, Michelle................................. 23
Sundaresan, Rishi........................ 23
Szabo, Nicholas...............................7
Tang, Angela.................................. 11
Tang, Dorrie......................................6
Tang, Sarah.................................... 15
Taylor, Aliyah................................. 16
Terrones, Gianmarco.................. 26
Tessier-Lavigne, Ella................... 19
Tolvo, Josiah.................................. 11
Tong, Fangrui................................. 17
Tsaoussis, Simon............................8
Tu, Catherine....................................5
Ubriaco, Julian.............................. 18
Uwamanzu-Nna, Augusta........ 17
Varanasi, Vamsi............................ 23
Varma, Maya.....................................6
Vaughn, Julie....................................5
Vejalla, Anuush............................. 12

Vemuri, Sreya...................................9
Venkat, Girishvar.......................... 24
Venkatesh, Omkar....................... 13
Wakhare, Tanay............................ 10
Waldock, Dalton........................... 15
Walsh, Michelle............................ 11
Wan, Jeffrey................................... 12
Wang, Carol.................................... 20
Wang, Derek.................................. 13
Wang, Emily................................... 10
Wang, Karissa................................ 25
Wang, Ziheng................................ 13
Watters, John................................ 23
Wei, Jason...................................... 26
Weng, Jessica................................ 13
Widmann, Will.............................. 21
Williamson, Griffin...................... 19
Willner, Asher...................................4
Wu, David........................................ 13
Xia, James....................................... 22
Xu, Jing............................................ 16
Xu, Justin........................................ 13
Xu, Lillian........................................ 26
Yang, David.................................... 14
Yang, Katherine............................ 23
Yang, Nathan................................. 21
Yao, Xiuya....................................... 24
Ylitalo, Max..................................... 13
You, Jack......................................... 24
You, Michael................................... 26
Yu, Allan........................................... 25
Yu, Josephine................................ 11
Yu, Rona........................................... 11
Yuan, Michael................................ 25
Yue, Joshua.................................... 25
Zeng, Albert......................................4
Zeng, Andrew................................ 25
Zhang, George.................................6
Zhang, Jovan................................. 14
Zhang, Kristine................................6
Zhang, Michael............................. 23
Zhang, Rachel............................... 13
Zhang, Richard.............................. 27
Zhang, Victor................................. 11
Zhao, David.................................... 27
Zhou, Alice..................................... 27
Zhou, Michael..................................7
Zhou, Sherry.....................................5
Zhu, Clare...........................................4
Zorn, Casey.................................... 18
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