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
The Effect of Carbon on Iron Nickel Bimetallic Nanoparticle Degradation of Orange G
Kathryn Anna Lawrence, 17, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado
Katherine Afton Younglove, 18, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado
First Award of $3,000
The Effect of Carbon on Iron Nickel Bimetallic Nanoparticle Degradation of Orange G
Kathryn Anna Lawrence, 17, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado
Katherine Afton Younglove, 18, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado
Effect of Jahn-Teller Distortions on Relaxation Dynamics
Archana Verma, 16, Jericho High School, Jericho, New York
Second Award of $1,500
Versatile, Efficient, and Facile Functionalization of Poly(p-phenylene oxide) via Azide-Alkyne "Click" Chemistry
Kailash Raman, 16, Sandra Day O'Connor High School, Phoenix, Arizona
Preventing Urushiol (Poison Oak) Induced Dermatitis by Deactivating the Allergen
Amy Dunphy, 15, The Harker School, San Jose, California
Combating Viral Outbreaks: Rapid and Selective Detection of Viruses Using Inexpensive Polymer Films
Anjini Karthik, 17, Saint Francis High School, Mountain View, California
Third Award of $1,000
Nickel Oxy-hydroxide Thin Films as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Dye Wastewater Treatment
Yuhang Wang, 19, National Junior College, Singapore, Singapore
Superparamagnetic Iron(II,III) Oxide Silver Cysteine Complex Nanoparticles (SISCCN) in Metal Ions Adsorption and Chiral Recognition
Kwun Wing Thomas Li, 16, King's College, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Pak Hei Chu, 18, King's College, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Tat Ngai Davis Chan, 17, King's College, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
UV-Light Sensitive Transparent Organic Solar Cells
Cheng-Pei Lin, 17, Taipei First Girls High School, Taipei City, Taiwan
A Highly Efficient and Economically Profitable Electrocatalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide using Nanostructured Electrodes
Nikhil Murthy, 16, Catlin Gabel School, Portland, Oregon
Potential Anticancer Complexes from Platinum and Clove Basil Oil (Ocimum grastissimum L.)
My Ha Nguyen, 17, High School for Gifted Students, Hanoi National University of Education, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Long Quang Nguyen, 18, High School for Gifted Students, Hanoi National University of Education, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Fourth Award of $500
A Novel Ultrastable Zwitterionic Quantum Dot Synthesis
Shrikant Chand, 15, Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Michigan
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the NF-kB Inducing Kinase in Disease Prevention: The Structure-Function Relationship of the NIK protein and Its Effect on Cancer
Joshua Yue, 18, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton, Texas
Immobilization of Glycans on Silicon Substrates for Diagnostic Microarrays
ShuYi Jia, 19, National Junior College, Singapore, Singapore
Removal of Heavy Metals from Water Using Zea mays Stover
Stephanie Luan Martinez, 16, Success Academy D.S.U., St. George, Utah
Next Generation Fatty Acid Binding Protein Inhibitors: Computer-Aided Drug Design and Synthesis of Novel Truxillic Acid Diesters for Chronic Pain Inhibition
Sarah Lee, 17, Syosset High School, Syosset, New York
An Electrodynamic Approach to the Colligative Properties of Solutions through Thermodynamic and Quantum Consideration of Ionic Hydration Systems
Andrew Owen Neely, 17, St. Andrew's Episcopal School, Ridgeland, Mississippi
Charley Robert Hutchison, 16, St. Andrew's Episcopal School, Ridgeland, Mississippi
Can We Directly Measure Each Solute Concentration in Mixed Solution? A New Class of Polarimeter
Seong Ho Lim, 18, Gyeongnam Science High School, Jin Ju, South Korea
Jihong Kim, 18, Gyeongnam Science High School, Jinju, South Korea
Seung Yoon Lee, 17, Gyeongnam Science High School, Jinju-Si, South Korea
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
Highly Sensitive Single Mutation Detection of EGFR by Bridged Nucleic Acid
Edward Sangyoon Kim, 16, Midway High School, Waco, Texas
First Award of $3,000
Highly Sensitive Single Mutation Detection of EGFR by Bridged Nucleic Acid
Edward Sangyoon Kim, 16, Midway High School, Waco, Texas
Second Award of $1,500
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
Kameron Sedigh, 17, Kings Park High School, Kings Park, New York
Inhibition of the Amyloid Processing Pathway by Micronutrients: A Systematic Genome-Wide Chemical Repositioning Approach to Counteract Alzheimer's Pathology
Swathi Ravi Srinivasan, 16, Beachwood High School, Beachwood, Ohio
The Role of NF-E2 in Regulating Chemotherapeutic Metabolite Acrolein-Induced Nephrotoxicity
Sanjana J. Rane, 18, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky
Third Award of $1,000
Modeling the Structures of Disease-Causing ACVR1 Mutants Using Ab Initio Methods
Nicholas Joseph Freitas, 17, Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science, Worcester, Massachusetts
Does Gotu Kola (Centella asiatica) or Moringa (Moringa oleifera) Have an Effect on ALS Flies?
Ashara Naomi Somawardana, 14, BASIS San Antonio Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas
Investigating Interfacial Cross Linking to Combat Hard Foulants: An Experimental Study on Enzymatic Activities of the Balanus amphitrite
Christina So-Ye Oh, 17, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia
Assessment of Macro and Micro-Nutrients in a Recycled Supplement for Canines
Alexis Jones, 16, Auburn High School, Auburn, Alabama
Fourth Award of $500
Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome Helicase and Its DNA Binding Preferences
Barbora Cechova, 19, Gymnazium Matyase Lercha, Brno, Czech Republic
Misfolded alpha-synuclein: Assessment of Lactulose and Melibiose for Parkinson’s Disease
Yu-Ting Huang, 17, Taipei First Girls High School, Taipei, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei
Jia-Lan Lin, 17, Taipei First Girls High School, Taipei City, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei
Protein Interface Targeted Aptamers Screened Using Competitive Selection
Pushkar Shinde, 15, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon
A Novel Approach to Cancer Treatment: Allosteric Inhibition of the Carbonic Anhydrase IX Isozyme for Anticancer Applications
Nandini Tondamantham Naidu, 15, Valley Catholic High School, Beaverton, Oregon
Development of a Novel Class of Antidiabetic and Anticancer Agents Targeting PTP1B Enzyme
Dyuti Shreya Nandy, 17, Newport High School, Bellevue, Washington