Chemistry
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent.
Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000
Mechanism of Chinese Silver Staining Diagnosis and Its Application as Rapid Test for Chronic Renal Failure
Tai Hei Chan, 18, King's College, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Er Hai Fang, 17, King's College, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
First Award of $3,000
Improved Efficiency of Steam Generation Using Carbon Nanoparticles
Carolyn Kay Jons, 16, Eden Prairie High School, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Mechanism of Chinese Silver Staining Diagnosis and Its Application as Rapid Test for Chronic Renal Failure
Tai Hei Chan, 18, King's College, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Er Hai Fang, 17, King's College, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Second Award of $1,500
Stoichiometric Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Simple and Cost-Effective Laser Material Fabrication: A Case Study of Polycrystalline Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Ceramics
Matthew Leong Chun, 17, Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, New York
Novel Synthesis and Characterization of Antimony and Lithium Doped Tin Dioxide Nanocrystals Achieving Record Gas Sensor Performance
Nikhil Murthy, 14, Catlin Gabel School, Portland, Oregon
New Approach to the Block Synthesis of Alginate Fragments: The Molecular Geometry and Stereo Selectivity of the Mannuronyl Donors
Ekaterina Kutsenok, 17, Moscow Chemical Lyceum No. 1303, Moscow, Russian Federation
Synthesis of Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas (PMOs) for Radiotherapeutic and Chemotherapeutic Treatments
Jessica Hong, 17, Plano Senior High School, Plano, Texas
Alicia Danielle DSouza, 16, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, Texas
Third Award of $1,000
Electronic Tongue: Tastes of Toxic Metal Ions in Water
Seung Hye (Beatrice) Choi, 15, University High School, Fresno, California
The Effectiveness of Guanidine Functionalized Polymers in Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilization
Sarah Hasan Al Abdullatif, 17, Dhahran Ahliyya Schools, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Factors that Influence Energies of Simple Hydrocarbons
Tingyue Cui, 15, Terre Haute South Vigo High School, Terre Haute, Indiana
Supramolecular Host-Guest Complexes as Fluorescent Markers in Tumor Diagnostics
Gabriel Salg, 19, Hanns-Seidel-Gymnasium Hosbach, Hoesbach, Germany
Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide Coated Nafion Membranes for Enhanced Performance in Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Cameron Akker, 17, Redmond High School, Redmond, Washington
On the Synthesis and Predictive Modeling of Thermostable Pigments Utilizing Silica Extracted from Rice Husk Biowastes
Caroline Fang Gao, 16, Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas
Lily Xu, 17, Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School, Austin, Texas
Susan Xu, 16, Kingwood High School, Kingwood, Texas
Fourth Award of $500
Modification of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Using Iridium (IV) Oxide Combined with Precious Metals through the Dip-Coating/Calcination Reaction, a Sixth Year Study
Albert Scott Halbing, 18, Cocoa Beach Junior-Senior High School, Cocoa Beach, Florida
Synthesizing a STAT3 Dimerization Inhibitor Molecule via Retrosynthetic Analysis
Maria Andrea Jurado, 18, Waipahu High School, Waipahu, Hawaii
A Study of Preparation of Fire-Retardant Exterior Wall Thermal Insulating Foam with a New Type of Raw Material
Qiaochu Wang, 16, Zhengzhou No.1 High School, Zhengzhou, China
Synthesis and Applications of Reusable Solid Acid Catalysts for Biofuels Production
Yu-Hsuan Shen, 18, Taipei First Girls High School, Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Novel Iron-Catalyzed Hetero Diels-Alder Reaction directed towards Natural Product Synthesis
Andre Sanchez, 17, Manatee High School, Bradenton, Florida
Building a Library of Difluoro- and Trifluoro- Artemisinins, Year Two
Shreya Sundaresh Ramayya, 16, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Rolling Hills Estates, California
The Synthesis of Thiophene Derived Conductive Copolymer and the Analysis of the Properties of Electrochromic Devices
Busra Ban, 18, Cakabey Schools, Izmir, Turkey
A Unique Kit for Detection and Removal of Pesticides from Fruits and Vegetables
Shreya Nandy, 16, Amity International School, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi, India
Kopal Gupta, 16, Amity International School, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi, India
Biochemistry
Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent.
Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000
Interrogating SGK3 Function in Cancer
Ken Aizawa, 17, Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, New York
First Award of $3,000
Organic Foods? Buy or Bypass: A Comparative Study Analyzing the Effects of Pesticides on Nutritional Content, Heavy Metal Toxicity and Pesticide-Induced Diseases
Ria Chhabra, 17, Plano Senior High School, Plano, Texas
Interrogating SGK3 Function in Cancer
Ken Aizawa, 17, Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, New York
Second Award of $1,500
A Drug Discovery Project: Allosteric Inhibition of Indolethylamine N-Methyl Transferase
Sevahn Kayaneh Vorperian, 17, West High School, Madison, Wisconsin
Novel Inorganic Metallacarborane Inhibitors of HIV-1 Protease
Robin Krystufek, 18, Gymnazium Na Vitezne Plani, Prague, Czech Republic
Novel Design and Evaluation of Chitosan Nanoparticle Ocular Drug Delivery System
Sriram Somasundaram, 16, The Harker School, San Jose, California
A Novel Treatment for Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, Alzheimer's, and other Neurodegenerative Disease: Sildenafil Promotes Axonal Outgrowth in the CSPG Inhibitory Environment through Modulation of miRNA Levels
Guangning An, 18, International Academy, Troy, Michigan
Third Award of $1,000
L- Asparaginase Production from Kefir: An Alternative for the Treatment of Acute Limphoblastic Leukemia
Barbara Carolina Federhen, 19, Fundacao Escola Tecnica Liberato Salzano Vieira da Cunha, Novo Hamburgo, Brazil
Evidence of Toll-like Receptor Nine-Mediated Amelioration of Amyloid Pathology in a TgSwDI Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease
Charlotte Sophia Herber, 17, Fox Lane High School, Bedford, New York
Elucidating of the Role of Reactive Oxidative Secies (ROS) in TGF-ß1 Activation of TRPV1 in the Corneal Keratocyte
Abrar Ali Nadroo, 16, Syosset High School, Syosset, New York
Understanding the Mechanism behind Nanoparticle Enhanced Oral Absorption of Chemotherapeutic Drugs
Priyanka R. Narayan, 18, Wayzata High School, Plymouth, Minnesota
Cardiolipin-Targeted Peptides Block Alzheimer’s Beta-Amyloid Oligomer Toxicity through a Two-Hit Approach: Fibril Formation and Inhibition of Newly Characterized Oxygenase Activity
Margarita Ren, 18, Hunter College High School, New York, New York
Yinge Zhao, 16, The Dalton School, New York, New York
Fourth Award of $500
The Toxicity of Kavalactones and Flavokavain A and B from Different Plant Areas of Kava on HepG2 Liver Cells
Keanu Dean Pinner, 16, Hilo High School, Hilo, Hawaii
Ethanol Production through Biological Pretreatment of Miscanthus sinensis using Pleurotus ostreatus
Srinath Vijay Seshadri, 14, Village Academy, Delaware, OH, Ohio
Mechanism of Apoptotic Action of Colloidal Silver and Bromelain on PC12 Cells
Marcelina Puc, 17, Lane Technical College Prep High School, Chicago, Illinois
Structural Snapshots of K. lactis Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase Trapped with Transition State Analog Inhibitors
Samuel Arturo Goldman, 16, Pelham Memorial High School, Pelham, New York
A Comparison of the Mechanism and Effects of HIF-Targeting Oligonucleotides on Normal and Cancerous Breast Cells
Katharine Elizabeth Adams, 16, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky
Development of a Therapeutic Drug for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Chemical Approach to Cease Amyloidosis
Yarim Lee, 17, Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, New York
Novel Analysis of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation on Amyloid-beta, Tau, and Motility in Transgenic C. elegans models: Targeting Potential Therapeutics for Alzheimer’s Disease
Kimberly Alexis Te, 16, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New York
Austen Gregory Te, 17, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New York
Jinyu Wu, 17, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New York
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Hi Donivan
I was pleased to see that Carolyn Jons of Eden prairie H.S. Minnesota won a $3000 award in the ISEF fair. A group of judges that I organised from our local section gave her the top ACS award at the Minnesota State Science Fair in March. Lynn