Abstracts for the 37Th Annual Loudoun County Regional Science & Engineering Fair
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Abstracts for the 37th Annual Loudoun County Regional Science & Engineering Fair March 15, 2018 Riverside High School Sponsored by Orbital ATK LCPS RSEF Categories Number Category Name 100 Animal Sciences 200 Behavioral & Social Sciences 300 Biochemistry 400 Biomedical & Health Sciences 500 Biomedical Engineering 600 Cellular & Molecular Biology 700 Chemistry 800 Computational Biology & Bioinformatics 900 Earth & Environmental Sciences 1000/1600 Embedded Systems; Mathematics 1100 Energy: Chemical 1200 Energy: Physical 1300 Engineering Mechanics 1400 Environmental Engineering 1500 Materials Science 1700 Microbiology 1800 Physics & Astronomy 1900 Plant Sciences 2000 Robotics & Intelligent Machines 2100 Systems Software 2200 Translational Medical Science For detailed category descriptions visit the ISEF website at: http://www.societyforscience.org/isef/project_categories Project Numbering For exhibition, all projects are given a number. The first series of numbers indicates the category & project number. For example, project 1303T10 is the third project in Engineering Mechanics. The letters, T or X, in the project number indicate whether a project is a Team (T) project or an Individual (X) project. LCPS Regional Science & Engineering Fair Projects by Student Name Last, First Name Project No. Project Title Abad, Gino 211T12 The Effect of Blue Light Exposure Versus Warm Light (“Night Shi”) Exposure on the Quality of Sleep in Persons Aged 16 Years and Older Acosta, Elsa 401X12 Development of a DNA Test for Sarcocyss neurona Adapa, Keerthana 2101X12 Tesng the Accuracy of a Machine Learning Text Classifier Ahmad, Ibrahim 2102X12 The Effects of Different Machine Learning Algorithms on the Accuracy of a Diabetes Classifier Ahmad, Zohaa 402X12 Establishing the Effect of Turmeric on the Memory of C. elegans using a Chemotaxis Assay Akalwadi, Siddharth 1101X12 The Effect of Pressure on the Efficiency of an Algae Photobioreactor Akula, Nikhila 1701T10 The Effects of Biofilms on Bacterial Cultures Alcantara, Lea 601X12 Kale and Leuce Protoplast Fusion Ali, Syed 403X12 The Effect of Various Computer Tasks on Human Eyes’ Blink Rate Allen, Hannah 201X12 The Correlaon between Individual PERMA Scores and Increased Gratude Expression Amaya Roca, Kevin 404T12 Using Direct Current Smulaon to Treat Parkinson's Disease at Different Stages using C. elegans as a Model Organism Amin, Nikita 202T11 Invesgang the Effects of Magnesium Supplementaon on ADHD Using Drosophila melanogaster Angel, Jeremy 1602T11 Predicng Seizures Using Non-Spiking and Spiking Arficial Neural Networks in Sequence Anumukonda, Sujit 405X12 The Inhibion of Mold Growth on Bread Arana, Chloe 1501X12 Engineering Silicone Polymers with an Olive Oil Solvent to Enhance Tensile Strength Armstrong, Allison 1510T11 The Effect of Different Powders on Durability of Plasc Spoon Substute Assana, Hisham 406T12 The Epigenec Effects Of Low-Level Environmental Hydrogen Peroxide in Drosophila Avasarala, Priyanka 101T12 The Effect of Dipepde L-Carnosine VS Vitamin C on the Regrowth of Cells in Planarian Awasthi, Neha 102X12 The Effect of Adding Dietary Algae on the Amount of Methane Released By Bos taurus as Tested in an Arical Rumen Azem, Noor 1502X12 Creaon of Self-Healing Concrete via Bacillus sphaericus formaon of Limestone Baig, Jannat 407X12 The Absorpon of Cobalamins as Acve B12 in C. elegans as a Model for the Vegan Diet Balla, Arul Vignesh 408X12 Analyzing Arg442His Variant of MYH7 Gene in Correlaon to Heart Failure Ballinger, Todd 701T12 Extracon of Copper (II) Nitrate From Water Through Electrolysis Banks, Agota 409X12 Facilitaon of Insulin Secreon using Ghrelin in Hyperglycemic Bombyx mori (silkworms) Baron, William 1301X12 Can Polycyclic Aromac Hydrocarbons be Removed From Curing Smoke using a Filter? Barthel, Elizabeth 1702X12 The Effect of Tea Tree Oil on Acne-Causing Bacteria Growth Bartholomew, Nicholas 1601X12 The Properes and Applicaons of the Brachistochrone Curve Basharmal, Adrees 2001T12 The Effect of Task Complexity on Time to Mastery for Machine Learning Agents Beisler, John 901X12 Tesng the Effects of Various Microplascs on the Ferlity of Arbacia punctulate as a Method to Measure Polluon Toxicity LCPS Regional Science & Engineering Fair Projects by Student Name Last, First Name Project No. Project Title Bernart-Shenk, Gabriel 208T11 The Effect of Cell Phone Use on Reacon Times and Cognive Flexibility Bhangui, Isha 1401T11 Layer-by-layer Self-Assembly to Make Electrospun Chitosan Hydrophobic for Microbead Removal Blondin, Julia 203T12 Sleep Deprivaon Bogucki, Colton 2103T12 EMS Duty Check Bojja, Rashmi 1703T12 The Effect of Ayurvedic Remedies on the Inhibion of Enterobacter aerogenes Bora, Zeneida 703T11 The Concentraon of Blue Dyes in Drinks Using Beer’s Law Bowman, Caitlin 501T12 Effect of Changing Heel Height on the Incidence of Dead Spot Phenomenon in Prosthec Feet Burbano, Nicolas 2114T12 Opmal Schedule Change Process Automated by a Computer Program Carroll, Shane 1305T12 Development of a control surface reliant GPS Guided Recovery System During Weather Balloon Descent to Facilitate Retrieval Efforts Chakka, Vamsi 908T12 Measuring the Effect of Different Micro-Plasc Concentraons on Brine Shrimp Artemia Mortality Challis, Harry 1402X12 Determining the Effecveness of United States Army Corps of Engineers Levee Construcon in Hurricane Prone Areas Chandra, Sonia 2201X12 An Invesgaon of the Potenal of Combinaons of Rosmarinic Acid and Thymol for Treatment of Lung Cancer Chandrasekar, Ramprasanna 1102X11 Effect of Material Composion on Immobilized Yeast Cell Ethanol Producon Chavvakula, Satya 1906T12 Homemade Hydroponic System VS. Commercial Hydroponic System Chelluri, Sriya 1302X12 The Effect of the Wing Design on the Speed of a Wind Turbine Chong, Ryan 1903T12 Remediang Alliara peolata Affected Soil With Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Choudhari, Rishabh 1407T12 Converng Desert Sand to Arable Soil Christoph, Erin 1503X12 Effect of Carbon Sources on the Producon of Microbial Cellulose Conrow, Elijah 1801X12 Properes of Diffusion in Fluid Undergoing Magnetohydrodynamically Induced Rotaonal Flow Cordova Carrion, Ariana 502T12 Decellularized Colocasia esculenta as a Perfusable Bone Engineering Scaffold Cosgrove, Raymond 2105T12 Stock Market Ancipaons: Predicng Fluctuaons in Stock Market Prices Using Neural Networks and Media Parsing Cox, Kae 301X12 Smulang Ketosis via Glucagon Ingeson as a Treatment for Obesity Cox, Kevin 1704T12 Opmizing the Anbacterial Properes of Macroalgae Dao, Ngoc-Tram 1202T11 The Effect of Air Polluon on Solar Panel Efficiency Dawood, Tamana 203T12 Sleep Deprivaon Dawson, Samuel 2104X12 Creang a Computer-aided Method for the Automac Quanficaon and Analysis of Animal Behavior Dean, Ashley 1901X12 How Does Fluctuang Sounds affect the Photosynthesis Rate in Plants DeJarnee, Connor 209T12 Cricket Memory Desai, Shaalini 602T12 The Effect of Serotonin (g) on Telomere Length (bp): a Contribuon to Personalized Treatments for Hormonal Condions LCPS Regional Science & Engineering Fair Projects by Student Name Last, First Name Project No. Project Title DeThomasis, Michael 204T12 The Sociology of Door Holding With Teenagers Di Girolamo, Jacob 1303X11 The Designing and Prototyping of Pneumac Tools That Are Capable of Being Produced Using Addive Manufacturing Dimitri, Brandon 1103X12 Comparing Various Electrolytes for Opmal H2 Producon Via Water Electrolysis Dodge, Riley 1504T12 The Effect of Types of Maglev Track on the Speed of the Train Car Drew, Mahew 1201T12 The Effects of Temperature on Baery Storage Duffield, Kylee 204T12 The Sociology of Door Holding With Teenagers Eda, Rika 1902X12 The Effects of Various Temperatures on the Size of Xylem (Data Ongoing) Edwards, Madeleine 1701T10 The Effects of Biofilms on Bacterial Cultures Ezera, Nneka 1403X12 The Creaon of Sorbents from Natural Waste Material to Aid in the Remediaon of Chemical Spills Farooq, Amaar 1903T12 Remediang Alliara peolata Affected Soil With Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Filice, Peter 2105T12 Stock Market Ancipaons: Predicng Fluctuaons in Stock Market Prices Using Neural Networks and Media Parsing Flaherty, Erin 502T12 Decellularized Colocasia esculenta as a Perfusable Bone Engineering Scaffold Galdamez, Meybelin 418T12 A Survey of Handwashing Efficiency Gandi, Arvinn 215T12 Factors Affecng Choice Blindness Garcia, Miranda 103T12 The Effects of Caffeine on Heart Rate of Daphnia magna Garrido, Crisna 103T12 The Effects of Caffeine on Heart Rate of Daphnia magna Gil, Antonio 1705X12 Effect of Zeolites on Escherichia coli k12 Growth Gilbert, Cassandra 2110T12 The Analysis of the Usability and Design of Medical Applicaons to Reduce the Rate of Accidental Drug Misuse in Older Users Glidden, Meghan 2202X12 Eliminang Stroke Induced Deficits via Early Administraon of Narcan Goel, Himanish 2203X12 The Effect of Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum) on the Lifespan of Fruit Flies Goldbeck, Sophia 902T11 Modeling a New Coral Mucus to Prevent Coral Bleaching: Determining the Resistance of Halomonas halodenitrificans Biofilm Formaon to pH Goodrich, Carter 903X11 The Relaonship Between Electrical Conducvity of Soil and Elevaon Grantz, Kelly 213T12 The Effect of Different Desensizaon Senses on curing Post-Traumac Stress Disorder in Fruit Flies Greenman, Lucy 603X12 Prevenng Preterm Birth: Maximizing GSH Synthesis to Fight Oxidave Stress Guardado Ayala, Ashley 216T12 The Effect of Full Spectrum Light on Cognive Processing Gusciora, Pora 101T12 The Effect of Dipepde L-Carnosine VS Vitamin C on the Regrowth of Cells in Planarian Haak, Melody 104X11 Analyzing the Posion of Pholcidae in Their Web