2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 1 ANIMAL BIOLOGY (JR) J01 Liam Sherman Milken Community Schools First Place Analyzing the behaviors of J0120 Petrogale xanthopus in the Los Angeles Zoo Split group: – Benjamin Liu Dana Middle School Second Place Novel Spiral Microfluidic J0115 Devices Using the Elasto- Inertial Effect for Urinalysis Split group: – Year 2 Mahnur Bharucha Institute of Knowledge Third Place CAT VS CAT: Prevalence J0106 Of Intestinal Parasites In Shelter And Domestic Cats Split group: – Manuel Holguin Monterey Highlands Honorable Mention GMOs: Friend or Foe? Jonathan Palomo J0110 Split group: – Alize Botello Luther Burbank Math Honorable Mention Does Mating Wild Type Science and Technology J0107 Fruit Flies and Mutant Fruit Magnet Flies Produce More Wild Split group: – Type or More Mutated Phenotypes? ANIMAL BIOLOGY (SR) S01 Vick Liu Flintridge Preparatory First Place An Acoustic Enhanced School (High School) S0105 Blood Smear Device Split group: – Dustin Hartuv Palos Verdes High School Second Place Correlation between S0102 Habitat Quality and Abundance/Diversity of Split group: – California Birds Jessica Hui Viewpoint School Third Place Modulation of S0103 Mitochondrial DNA Mutation Frequency & Split group: – Accumulation by Rapamycin and Caloric Restriction in Aging Mouse Muscle Aleeque Marselian Rose and Alex Pilibos Honorable Mention The Effect of UV Light Armenian School- High S0107 Range Radiation on the School Magnetosensitivity of Fruit Split group: – Flies ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY (JR) J02 Zoraiz Hashmi Al-Huda School First Place The Battle of Wits J0207 Split group: – Joshua Lewis Pressman Academy Second Place Daphnia: Under the J0209 Influence Split group: – 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 2 Hamish Cullen Village Christian Middle Third Place Now You See! Now You School J0204 Don't? Split group: – Lauren Donzel St. Timothy School Honorable Mention X-Inactivation Marks the J0205 Spot Split group: – Malik Gay Arroyo Seco Museum Honorable Mention Is Seeing Believing? Science Magnet School J0206 Split group: – ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY (SR) S02 Mirna El-khalily Francisco Bravo Medical First Place Abscisic Acid Effects on Magnet High School S0201 Cell Proliferation Split group: – Caleb Smith Palos Verdes Peninsula Second Place Utilizing a Fluorescent High School S0204 Hsp22 Pathway to Discover Lifespan- Split group: – Increasing Genes in the Drosophila Melanogaster Cheyenne Newallis San Pedro High School - Third Place An Examination of the Olguin Campus S0203 Factors that Contribute to Egg-laying of Pacific Swell Split group: – Shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) Ameya Tilaye Los Angeles County High Honorable Mention Investigating the School for the Arts S0205 Correlation of Duration of (LACHSA) Sleep, Meal Times, and Split group: – Body Temperature on a Person's Circadian Rhythm Affecting Performance Level Mariel Jackson Los Angeles County High Honorable Mention Germ Wars: Microbial Eliana Estrada School for the Arts S0202 Components of the Saliva (LACHSA) of Felis Domesticus and Split group: – Canis Familiaris BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES - NON-HUMAN (JR) J03 Benjamin Hewitt Portola Middle School & First Place Retention of Larval Stage HGM J0306 Conditioning in Post- Metamorphic Pieris Rapae Split group: – Butterflies; Can Butterflies Remember Being a Caterpillar? Timothy Lindsey Village Christian Middle Second Place How do Different Colors School J0308 Affect a Turtle's Movement Throughout a Maze? Split group: – Angel Andrade Fleming Middle School Third Place Coffee Buzzz J0301 Split group: – 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 3 BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES - HUMAN (JR) J04 Manaal Sayed Institute of Knowledge First Place Eating Disorders Comorbid J0433 with Depression Split group: – Justine Encontro John Muir Middle School Second Place Money and the Mind J0411 Split group: – Joshua Richland Pressman Academy Third Place P vs. No J0431 Split group: – Itai Koronyo Pressman Academy Honorable Mention The Effects of Facts Vs. J0422 Feelings in Ads. Split group: – Saja Kamal Al-Huda School Honorable Mention I Crave To Behave! Aya Akbik J0418 Split group: – Alexandra Christodoulou Weizmann Day School Honorable Mention The Golden Rule J0408 Split group: – Esmah Ascha Institute of Knowledge Honorable Mention Intellect Vs Imagination: J0402 HowDoes Your Brain Work? Split group: – Sana Asifriyaz Al-Huda School Honorable Mention Chalkboard vs. Whiteboard J0403 Split group: – BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES (SR) S03 Alexandra Garcia Francisco Bravo Medical First Place The Neural Limitations of Magnet High School S0307 Small Invertebrates: Effects of Electrical Shocks Split group: – on the Behavior of Brine Shrimp Sam LeFevre Crescenta Valley High Second Place The Effects of Video School S0311 Games on Cognitive Function Split group: – Ruwanthi Ekanayake Palos Verdes Peninsula Third Place Effects of Avatar-Based High School S0305 Virtual Reality on Veracity Perception and Kinetosis Split group: – BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (JR) J05 Elisha Johnston Youth Science Center First Place Organic and Conventional J0511 Chicken under the Microscope: A Pilot Study Split group: – Comparing Protein Quality 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 4 Jad Soucar New Horizon School Second Place It's More than a Weed, it's Pasadena J0521 Sunscreen Split group: – Cindy Xie Portola Middle School & Third Place It's Nutty: Amount of HGM J0525 Calories in Different Kinds of Nuts Split group: – George Percival Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention To Stain Or Not To Stain? J0517 Split group: – Hagop Chinchinian AGBU Manoogian- Honorable Mention Damaged DNA: The Effect Demirdjian School (Junior J0505 of Different Levels of Division) Artificially Induced Split group: – Glycosylases and AP Endonucleases on Damaged DNA Caused by UV Radiation Lojain Alshaiji New Horizon School Honorable Mention To Brown or Not To Brown Pasadena J0501 Split group: – BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (SR) S04 Cody Lim Francisco Bravo Medical First Place Optimizing Viral Vectors for Magnet High School S0408 Site-Specific Gene Therapy in Hematopoietic Split group: – Stem Cells Emily Kim Palos Verdes Peninsula Second Place Electrophysiology-based High School S0407 Screen to Discover Genes Involved in Synaptic Split group: – Homeostasis Braeden Benedict Palos Verdes Peninsula Third Place Pathology and Chemistry High School S0402 of the Brain in Sanfilippo Syndrome Type B Split group: – Brandon Ng Walnut High School Honorable Mention Create a New Target- S0409 Specific Cytotoxic RNA and Examine its Viability Split group: – For Use Against HIV Aleck Sun Francisco Bravo Medical Honorable Mention Constructing Synthetic Magnet High School S0411 Positive Feedback Loops to Reinforce Motor Neuron Split group: – Fate Commitment CHEMISTRY - APPLIED (JR) J06 Faatima Zahra Motala Institute of Knowledge First Place Got Biodiesel? J0619 Split group: – 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 5 Chloë Blue Steckart St. Timothy School Second Place The Degradation of J0611 Ascorbic Acid: Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation, Split group: – Convection Currents, and Time (Oh Say Can You See...Vitamin C!) Liam FitzGerald St. John Fisher School Third Place More Water, Please J0602 Split group: – Isabella Hoffman Pressman Academy Honorable Mention Salt, Ice, and Everything J0618 Nice Split group: – Amanda Martinez El Sereno Gifted Magnet Honorable Mention The Power of Potatoes Center J0624 Split group: – Robert Peltekov Miraleste Intermediate Honorable Mention Prototyping A More Exact School J0634 Drug Release Mechanism Split group: – CHEMISTRY - GENERAL (JR) J07 Jessie Ellico Franks Sierra Madre Middle First Place Anthocyanins as Color School J0717 Changing Acid Indicators Split group: A Erik Mercado Our Lady of Refuge Second Place How Does Time Affect the Catholic School J0735 Amount of Vitamin C in Oranges? Split group: A Larisa Assadourian St. Gregory A&M Third Place The Effect of Moisturizers Hovsepian School J0706 on Skin Moisture Retention Split group: A Jacque Forman Echo Horizon School Honorable Mention Electrolyte Challenge J0719 Split group: A Angelo Christian Panopio Magnolia Science Honorable Mention Turn Milk Into Plastic! Academy Reseda J0739 Split group: A Emily Sarte Our Mother of Good Honorable Mention Trash to Triumph Counsel School J0747 Split group: A Amr Alazali Sun Valley Magnet School Honorable Mention Gel Well: Which additives J0703 make the strongest gelatin? Split group: A Sarah Danon Porter Ranch Community First Place Which Blond is Best? Nicole Dersahakian School J0715 Split group: B 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 6 Sophie Carter Sierra Madre Middle Second Place Kinetics of the Inversion of Cameron Gomez School J0714 Sucrose Split group: B Mia Pardo Ribét Academy Middle Third Place Examination of Tartrate School J0740 Split group: B Yulissa Mendez New Los Angeles Charter Honorable Mention Measuring The Sugar In School J0734 Different Sodas Split group: B Tyler Romero Aveson Global Leadership Honorable Mention To Clean Or Not To Clean Academy J0745 Split group: B Pawee John Muir Middle School Honorable Mention How Does the Amount of Akkharachotmongkhol J0702 White Vinegar Affected the Amount of Casein Plastic Split group: B can be Produced? CHEMISTRY (SR) S05 Taniel Keosseian Rose and Alex Pilibos First Place Make Cellphone Armenian School- High S0512 Spectrophotometer to See School Light Split group: – Diana Palma Saint Anthony High School Second Place Polystyrene and its S0518 Effectiveness of Removing Calcium and Magnesium Split group: – from Water Jessica Estrada King/Drew Magnet High Third Place The Effect of Casein on the School of Medicine & S0507 Strength and Science Photodegradability of Split group: – Handmade Recycled Paper Maria Medrano King/Drew Magnet High Honorable Mention Different Ways to Make School of Medicine & S0516 Crayon Lipstick Science Split group: – Janet Marie Hernandez Pomona Unified School Honorable Mention Hard Water and Soft Water District Senior Division S0509 Split group: – Max Brown The Navigator Academy- Honorable Mention Shield the Steel: Arresting High School S0504 Rust Insomnia Naturally Split group: – EARTH/SPACE SCIENCES (JR) J08 George Khouri Sierra Canyon School First Place Put Your Soil To The Test! J0813 Split group: – Matas Kulikauskas South Pasadena Middle Second Place A Puzzling Parallax School J0814 Perspective Split group: – 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 7 Mia Dixon Mayfield Junior School of Third Place Erosion of Simulated Evelyn Favretto the Holy Child Jesus J0808 Shorelines Split group: – Brady Masih St. Timothy School Honorable Mention The Effect of Acid on J0815 Seashells Split group: – Dorian Andrei John Muir Middle School Honorable Mention How Does Altitude Affect J0802 the Amount of Solar Radiation? Split group: – Pamela Cana Luther Burbank Math Honorable Mention Which Type of Greenhouse Science and Technology J0805 Gas is More Effective for Magnet Global Warming? Split group: – EARTH/SPACE SCIENCES (SR) S06 Ethan Uetrecht Palos Verdes Peninsula First Place Assessing the Practicality High School S0606 of Asteroid Deflection Strategies Using Split group: – Simulation Kaitlyn Arst Daniel Pearl Magnet High Second Place Use of Starch and School S0602 Biopolymers Aqueous Solutions to Reduce Soil Split group: – Erosion Zoe Zawol Pasadena High School Third Place The Effect of Strong S0609 Magnetic Fields Caused by Broadcast Antennas on the Split group: – Local Cosmic Ray Flux ECOLOGY (JR) J09 Caroline Choi South Pasadena Middle First Place Drugs in Our Waters Make School J0905 Daphnia's Hearts Flutter Split group: – Logan Dalton Portola Middle School & Second Place Examining Potential Well HGM J0906 Water Contamination Split group: – Samantha Morris Mirman School Third Place H2O: Hope to Others Christina Lee J0913 Angela Lee Split group: – Kyle Newman Milken Community Schools Honorable Mention Determining the Accuracy J0914 of Three Methods in Identifying the Presence of Split group: – Cyanobacteria in the Ballona Wetlands During the Winter Season Curtis Yun Village Christian Middle Honorable Mention Purification of Water School J0926 through Natural Factors. Is it Possible? Split group: – 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 8 Ashley Castro Arroyo Seco Museum Honorable Mention LA River: Concrete Floor Science Magnet School J0904 vs Natural Floor Split group: – Echo Seireeni Millikan Science Academy Honorable Mention The Mini MixMasters of the School J0922 Sea: How Copepods Affect Ocean Water Mixing Split group: – ECOLOGY (SR) S07 Michael McFarland Palos Verdes Peninsula First Place The Potential Impact of High School S0704 Hyperion Treatment Plant's Chlorinated Effluent and Split group: – West Basin Brine on Marine Organisms Lilit Danelyan Herbert Hoover High Second Place Effect of Plastic on Laysan Siranush Martirosyan School S0701 Albatross Bianca Mirza Split group: – Natachi Onwudiwe California Academy of Third Place How does Proximity to the Math & Science S0705 Ocean affect the Conductivity of the L.A. Split group: – River? ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS (JR) J10 Grady Morrissey Flintridge Preparatory First Place How the Shape of a School (Middle School) J1034 Telescope's Mirror Affects the Size of Image Split group: A Produced Alessandro Villain Ridgecrest Intermediate Second Place Comparing the Versatility Jae Won Kwak School J1048 of an Aftermarket Controller from its Split group: A Standard Counterpart

Heaven Williams Crawford Academy Second Place Solar Water Collector: J1049 Effect of Collector Diameter, Tilt, and Cover Split group: A Material on Efficiency Allison Lowe Intellectual Virtues Honorable Mention Oh Say Can You See? Academy J1030 Split group: A Ashley Davy St. Joseph Long Beach Honorable Mention Hot Air Balloon Madness J1015 Split group: A Ivy Goodwin Intellectual Virtues Honorable Mention Finding Renewable Academy J1020 Sources of Paper Fiber Split group: A Azrin Khan El Sereno Gifted Magnet Honorable Mention Funtional Prosthetic Hand Center J1026 for Everyday Activities Split group: A 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 9 Daniella Spina St. Joseph Long Beach Honorable Mention MUAX-UUV (Multi-Axis Sofia Goldschmidt J1043 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle) Split group: A Jahan Razavi Mirman School First Place PyroVision: A Detection J1037 System for Wildfires Split group: B Jonathan Abrams Milken Community Schools Second Place The Claw Cane; A Cane J1002 with a Claw Mechanism for Picking up Dropped Items Split group: B Melany Arriola Magnolia Science Third Place Landslides, Soils, and Camila Fernandez Academy 6 J1005 Building Foundations Split group: B Jordan Feldman Pressman Academy Honorable Mention "Look Ma No Hands"- On J1016 the Path to Programming a Brain-Controlled Vehicle Split group: B Lauren Kong Ridgecrest Intermediate Honorable Mention Projecting A Brighter School J1027 Future: Placing Reflective Materials On The Interior Split group: B Of A Lampshade To Increase The Scope And Intensity Of The Projected Light Ryan Biazzo Royal Oak Middle School Honorable Mention Endure-Boost Exo- J1008 Skeleton Split group: B Stacey Bedolla St. Joseph Long Beach Honorable Mention Tornado Chamber J1007 Split group: B Sebastian Cordero Our Mother of Good Honorable Mention Floating on Air The Effect Counsel School J1014 of an Air Ventilation System on the Drag Force Split group: B of a Ship ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS (SR) S08 Rei Landsberger Palos Verdes Peninsula First Place Effects of a Fluid-Tracking High School S0812 Design on Solar Panel's Efficiency Split group: – Christopher Isozaki Palos Verdes High School Second Place Reducing the Amount of S0810 Electricity Used by Computers Utilizing Green Split group: – Technologies Shannon Chen Palos Verdes Peninsula Third Place Design and Construction of High School S0803 a Miniature Helium Airship Split group: – 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 10 Eric Han Harvard-Westlake School Honorable Mention MRI Noise Reduction S0808 through Intelligent Data Acquisition Split group: – Cheolmin Im Palos Verdes Peninsula Honorable Mention Bézier Curve Based 3D High School S0809 Wing Design Tool (BezFoil) Development (YEAR 2) Split group: – Michael Culhaoglu AGBU Manoogian- Honorable Mention iWalker Prototype Demirdjian School (Senior S0805 Division) Split group: – ENGINEERING RESEARCH (JR) J11 Max Froch Milken Community Schools First Place Creating Images that J1116 Represent both Monocular and Binocular Vision of an Split group: – Averaged Sized Clydesdale Horse Donald MacArthur American Martyrs School Second Place The Effect of a Cooler J1128 Condenser in Distilling Freshwater from Saltwater Split group: – Jeanie Benedict St. John Fisher School Third Place The Chinchiller - For the J1103 Coolest Pet on the Block: Effect of Air Flow Split group: – Restriction on Evaporative Cooling Shiv Patel Ridgecrest Intermediate Honorable Mention This Experiment Tests the School J1133 Amount of hits a Gold, P.F. M, and E-max Can Take Split group: – Before Signs of Initial and Complete Failure. Andrew Karroum Nativity Catholic School - Honorable Mention The Effect of Bracing Type Torrance J1121 on Structural Integrity Split group: – Kaitlyn Marcarian Chamlian Armenian School Honorable Mention Defying Gravity J1129 Split group: – Kiyan Lies St. John Fisher School Honorable Mention Building a Hovercraft out of J1125 Common Materials and Testing Weight Support Split group: – Jon Louis Mbakata Our Mother of Good Honorable Mention The Effect of a Pipe's Counsel School J1130 Diameter on the Efficiency of a Hydroelectric Power Split group: – Plant John Olson St. John Fisher School Honorable Mention Solar Power J1132 Split group: – 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 11 ENGINEERING RESEARCH (SR) S09 Raymond Gilmartin South Pasadena High First Place Characterization of School S0904 Magnetic Tunnel Junctions to Improve Tunnel Split group: – Magnetoresistance for Next-Generation Memory Technologies Jasmine Cha Village Christian High Second Place The Snitch on the Stitch School S0902 Split group: – Timothy Santos California Academy of Third Place What is the Effect of Math & Science S0911 Temperature on the Discharge Rate of Lithium- Split group: – ion Batteries? Azad Moazzam-Doulat Ribét Academy High Honorable Mention Designing an Ideal School S0909 Radiation Shield, Year 2 Split group: – Eugene Ko Grand Arts / Cortines High Honorable Mention tDCS and its Effects on Finley Jacobsen School S0908 Cognitive Function Split group: – ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (JR) J12 Katherine Matsukawa San Gabriel Christian First Place Photobioreactors vs. School J1222 Raceway Ponds Split group: – Emily Banno Portola Middle School & Second Place What is the Best Mulch HGM J1206 Material to Prevent Soil Water Evaporation? Split group: – Dania Ansari Institute of Knowledge Third Place Water Does Not Grow On J1203 Trees Split group: – Madison Dietz St. Martin of Tours Third Place Let There Be Light J1212 Split group: – Alistair McMillan New Los Angeles Charter Honorable Mention Are Clovers a Suitable School J1223 Lawn Alternative to Grass? Split group: – Cooper Zell Robert A. Millikan Middle Honorable Mention Got Clogs? Which Toilet School J1240 Paper Brand Degrades the Quickest? Split group: – Rohan Jayasekara Blair Middle School Honorable Mention Can Mushrooms Clean J1219 Polluted Soil? Split group: – 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 12 James Monroe The Navigator Academy Honorable Mention pHarming Smart: Soil Middle School J1224 Additives in Drought Conditions Split group: – Jeffrey Shen Millikan Science Academy Honorable Mention Dun(g) With Fossil Fuels: School J1236 The Study of Biogas Split group: – Alexa Nesic Millikan Science Academy Honorable Mention Ancient Bacteria for the School J1225 Future: Spirulina Solar Cell Split group: – Kate Reilly American Martyrs School Honorable Mention Acid Bath J1232 Split group: – Lauren Harris Millikan Science Academy Honorable Mention Solar Solution for Clean School J1217 Water Split group: – Muhammad Ali Institute of Knowledge Honorable Mention Disappearing Bioplastic J1202 Split group: – ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (SR) S10 Martin Liu Santa Monica High School First Place Cigarette Butt Pollution Kimberly Fuentes S1011 Abundance Study Zoe Parcells Split group: – Huws Landsberger Palos Verdes Peninsula Second Place The Effect of Temperature High School S1008 on Salt Marsh Plant Growth Split group: – Sarah El-khalily Francisco Bravo Medical Third Place Testing Different Plants for Magnet High School S1006 Filtration of Nitrates Split group: – Rachel Hood Palos Verdes High School Honorable Mention Watering Amounts in S1007 Coastal Los Angeles Grasses Split group: – MATERIALS SCIENCE (JR) J13 So-Jung An Walter Reed Middle School First Place Playing With Pencils J1304 Split group: – Jennifer Hritz Portola Middle School & Second Place How do Various Materials HGM J1312 and Methods for Creating Static Electricity Affect the Split group: – Ability to Generate and Store Static Electricity? Nicholas Rivelle Flintridge Preparatory Third Place Relative Strength of Five School (Middle School) J1326 Common Wood Joints Split group: – 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 13 Maia Sung Ridgecrest Intermediate Honorable Mention The Effects of Color on the School J1330 Performance of Thermobimetal under Split group: – Radiant Heat Samantha Bevers South Pasadena Middle Honorable Mention Which Material Will Save School J1306 Us From Radiation? Split group: – Claire Schmidt Holy Angels School Honorable Mention Pykrete: Super Ice! J1329 Split group: – Ryan Cartledge Our Lady of Refuge Honorable Mention Fed Up With Wi-Fi? Catholic School J1308 Split group: – Hannah Gansert Sierra Canyon School Honorable Mention Aluminum Composite J1310 Horseshoe Split group: – Emilie Nunn Mayfield Junior School of Honorable Mention Edible Water Bottles Alexa Zuch the Holy Child Jesus J1323 Split group: – Alexander Matiossian Chamlian Armenian School Honorable Mention The Effect of Acids in J1318 Various Drinks on Limestone Split group: – MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCES (JR) J14 Andrew Shaheen St. Joseph Long Beach First Place Basketball: The Geometry J1409 of Banking a Basket Split group: – Kaylen Ng Ridgecrest Intermediate Second Place Experimental Theory of School J1407 Using Bubbles as a Sustainable Source of Air Split group: – Underwater Evan Vail St. Joseph Long Beach Third Place The Groovy Gratings J1410 Experiment: Using Diffraction Patterns to Split group: – Measure Data Track Spacing on CDs and DVDs Albert Liu Portola Middle School & Honorable Mention Can Morphological Noise HGM J1406 Removal Algorithms be Optimized in Order to Split group: – Lower the Standard Deviation and Average Error? Jack Pearce St. Joseph Long Beach Honorable Mention Finding the Viscosities of J1408 Liquids Split group: – 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 14 Youssef Zerroug New Horizon School Honorable Mention Do you know your Wi-Fi? Pasadena J1412 Split group: – MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCES (SR) S11 Sanath Devalapurkar West High School First Place The K-Theory of S1101 Symmetric Monoidal ∞- Categories of Modules Split group: – George Hou Arcadia High School Second Place Separating Mixed Signals S1103 in a Noisy Environment Using Global Optimization Split group: – Raam Tambe Palos Verdes Peninsula Third Place The Effects of Neutral High School S1108 Agents on the Expansion of Ideology in a Split group: – Hypothetical Social Space Emon Sahaba Francisco Bravo Medical Honorable Mention Decoding the Patterns in Rony Contreras Magnet High School S1107 Brain Activity: A Multi- fractal Investigation of Split group: – Actions and Intentions MICROBIOLOGY (JR) J15 Tai Michaels Portola Middle School & First Place Which Virus is Better at HGM J1512 Killing Bacteria? Split group: – James Bowden Portola Middle School & Second Place Antibiotic Resistance By HGM J1502 Repeated Exposure Split group: – Tess Robertson-Neel Flintridge Preparatory Third Place Can SODIS Compete?: Is School (Middle School) J1515 solar distillation a reliable water purification method? Split group: – Luke Quezada South Pasadena Middle Honorable Mention Meat Mystery School J1514 Split group: – Anushka Mukhey St. Martin of Tours Honorable Mention Can You Resist Me? J1513 Split group: – MICROBIOLOGY (SR) S12 Elan Filler Palos Verdes High School First Place Transcriptional Regulators S1202 as Drug Targets for Treatment of C. glabrata Split group: – Infection Sophia Hewitt North Hollywood High Second Place Optimizing Chromosomal School S1203 Exposure for Florescence In Situ Hybridization in Split group: – Tetrohymena thermophila 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 15 Claire Muscat Village Christian High Honorable Mention How to Disinfect Water- Danielle Castillo School S1204 Effective Methods of Disinfecting Water Split group: – Adam Oshan California Academy of Honorable Mention The Effect of Circadian Math & Science S1205 Rhythm on Bioluminescence in Split group: – Pyrocystis Fusiformis Christine Ausherman Village Christian High Honorable Mention Climate Dependent School S1201 Analysis of Airborne Microbes Split group: – PHARMACOLOGY (JR) J16 Aiman Soomro Institute of Knowledge First Place Constant Constipation J1605 Split group: – Aliyah Dost Institute of Knowledge Second Place Operation Combat J1602 Cholesterol Split group: – Mahmoud Alamad Al-Huda School Third Place Relieve My Stress! J1601 Split group: – Jack Lulich American Martyrs School Honorable Mention "Bayer"ing the Pain J1603 Split group: – Hayat Owainat New Horizon School Honorable Mention Organic vs Inorganic Pasadena J1604 Split group: – PHARMACOLOGY (SR) S13 Edward Park Larchmont Charter School First Place Hybrid Biosensor Capable S1398 of Early Diagnosis and Rapidly Monitoring Breast Split group: – Cancer Rebecca Sine Francisco Bravo Medical Second Place Allopregnanolone Site of Magnet High School S1303 Action for Promoting Regeneration of Human Split group: – Neural Stem Cells: Uncovering the Path for the Detection of Neurogenesis Eunice Padilla Francisco Bravo Medical Third Place The Effect of Magnet High School S1302 Pseudoephedrine on the Cardiovascular System of Split group: – the California Blackworms Emilee Hall Village Christian High Honorable Mention The Heart of the Problem: School S1301 A Comparison and Analysis of Various Split group: – Heartburn Remedies 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 16 Dennis Chen Palos Verdes Peninsula Honorable Mention Testing the Simulation of High School S1399 AChE Inhibitors on BChE to Improve Upon the Split group: – Design of Existing Drugs and Procedures PHYSICS - AERODYNAMICS/HYDRODYNAMICS (JR) J17 Dylan Lee Portola Middle School & First Place What is the Most Efficient HGM J1721 Angle of Attack of an Airplane's Wing? Split group: – Nicholas Tan Mayfield Junior School of Second Place Planes, Birds and V- the Holy Child Jesus J1732 Shapes Split group: – Ethan Kita San Gabriel Christian Third Place Tangle of the Flight Angles School J1719 Split group: – Victoria Benefield Classical Conversations Honorable Mention Lowering the Use of Fossil Long Beach J1703 Fuels by Container Ships through Friction Reduction Split group: – Nicolas Winwood Intellectual Virtues Honorable Mention Hovercraft Xavier Haesly Academy J1799 Donovan Ballard Split group: – Austin Tran American Martyrs School Honorable Mention Propeller Design J1733 Split group: – Narek Kurkjian Rose & Alex Pilibos Honorable Mention Wave After Wave Marco Antonyan Armenian School- Middle J1720 School Split group: – Kami Arabian Chamlian Armenian School Honorable Mention Bloat. My Unsinkable J1701 Balloon-Supported Boat. Split group: – PHYSICS - ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM (JR) J18 Matthew Prata Holy Name of Mary School First Place Just Charge It Jacob Passalaqua J1819 Split group: – Iliana Kleiner Millikan Science Academy Second Place Power of Shields School J1814 Split group: – Samuel Wentzel St. Mel School Third Place The Utilization of Thermal J1829 Couplers Split group: – Jayden Kemanian South Pasadena Middle Honorable Mention The "MAG"nificent School J1813 Gaussian Rifle Split group: – 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 17 Conrad Davis St. Cyril of Jerusalem Honorable Mention Reading at the Right Angle School J1807 Split group: – PHYSICS - GENERAL (JR) J19 Chloe Brandon Sierra Madre Middle First Place What is the Effect of Color School J1911 on Solar Water Heating? Split group: A Drew Quishenberry Aveson Global Leadership Second Place The Visualization of Sound Academy J1971 Split group: A Gabriela Mercado Our Lady of Refuge Third Place How Does the Shape of an Catholic School J1956 Eggshell's Arch Affect the Amount of Weight It Can Split group: A Support? Fatima Eyadat Al-Huda School Honorable Mention What Will Fall First? J1929 Split group: A Ariana Stiles Sierra Canyon School Honorable Mention Energetic Nuts J1980 Split group: A Armen Ghazarian St. Gregory A&M Honorable Mention Does More Energy in a Hovsepian School J1934 Spring Make the Ball Go Farther? Split group: A Caralynn Connolly American Martyrs School Honorable Mention Does a Balloon Retain J1919 Helium Better Indoors or Outdoors? Split group: A Eden Endewardt Robert A. Millikan Middle Honorable Mention Egg-Tastic! The Study of Hansy Zhang School J1927 Non-Newtonian Fluids Split group: A Gage Detchemendy Mayfield Junior School of Honorable Mention How Does the Type of the Holy Child Jesus J1923 Rollercoaster Affect the Amount of G-Forces Split group: A Produced? Jiamin Xu South Pasadena Middle Honorable Mention Top Vertex Angle In The Jaemyung Choi School J1988 Warren Truss Bridge Design Split group: A Christine Aghjayan Holy Martyrs Ferrahian Honorable Mention How Can You Resist? Aleen Kuyumjian Middle School J1901 Split group: A Jocelyn Chang San Gabriel Christian Honorable Mention Base Race Michael Chan School J1917 Audrey Lim Split group: A 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 18 Neil Hoffmann St. John Fisher School First Place The Tarzan Problem J1938 Split group: B Nicholas Sercel St. Bede The Venerable Second Place A Ballistic Pendulum Study J1976 of How Clothing Fabric Properties Effect Split group: B Momentum and Energy Transfer of Paintballs to Simulated Human Flesh Justin Delgado Magnolia Science Third Place Flying High: How Ambient Academy 6 J1921 Temperature Affects the Buoyancy of Helium-filled Split group: B Latex Balloons Robert Wakefield-Carl Ridgecrest Intermediate Honorable Mention Utilization of Ultrasonic School J1987 Waves to Measure Temperature of Different Split group: B Materials Julia Demer St. Timothy School Honorable Mention The Yin and the Yang of J1922 the Ding Split group: B Rachel Lu South Pasadena Middle Honorable Mention When Words Fail, Pianos School J1952 Sing Split group: B Patrick Hastings Flintridge Preparatory Honorable Mention Desalination School (Middle School) J1936 Split group: B Nicholas Mihranian AGBU Manoogian- Honorable Mention Robotics VS Soundwaves Demirdjian School (Junior J1957 Division) Split group: B Kai Taylor Aveson Global Leadership Honorable Mention The Science Behind Academy J1981 Tsunamis Split group: B Nicholas Semenov Robert A. Millikan Middle Honorable Mention Hitting the Mark: An School J1975 investigation on the effects of angle to distance of a Split group: B projectile Noah von der Linden Intellectual Virtues Honorable Mention The Effect of Weight Academy J1986 Distribution on a RC Plane Split group: B Kiera Gonzalez-Lyons Robert A. Millikan Middle Honorable Mention Sound Matters - A Study in School J1935 Cymatics, the Science of How Sound Affects Matter Split group: B Saya Sarma Flintridge Preparatory Honorable Mention iDROPPED School (Middle School) J1974 Split group: B 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 19 PHYSICS (SR) S14 Clarence Nakano Flintridge Preparatory First Place Biological Electron- School (High School) S1408 Transfer Dynamics in Multiheme Cytochrome Split group: – Complexes Clement Decker St. Monica Academy - High Second Place Comparing Quantum and School S1404 Classical Explanations for the Non-Interference of Split group: – Orthogonally-Polarized Light Waves Jack Sun Ribét Academy High Third Place Newton Second Law School S1412 Split group: – Naomi Berhane Flintridge Preparatory Honorable Mention Combined Harmonic School (High School) S1402 Motion: The Investigation of a Spring Pendulum Split group: – PLANT BIOLOGY (JR) J20 Anthony Castillo Our Lady of Refuge First Place Is Less More?: The Effect Catholic School J2012 of Fertilizer Microdosing on Non-GMO Diploid Yemeni Split group: A Watermelon Seeds Johan Thuen Sierra Madre Middle Second Place Lights From The Sea: How School J2050 Do Light/Dark Cycles Affect Bioluminescence? 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Split group: B 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 20 Sadie Huntley Arroyo Seco Museum Third Place Water From Its Roots Science Magnet School J2025 Split group: B Melanie Aguilar Monterey Highlands Honorable Mention How Environmental J2003 Changes Affect a Plant's Greenhouse Gas Split group: B Production Savannah House New Los Angeles Charter Honorable Mention The Prosperous School J2024 Environments of Plants Split group: B Sara Shirazian City of Knowledge Middle Honorable Mention Does Vitamin B12 affect School J2046 Seed Germination? Split group: B Luka Bradvica Holy Angels School Honorable Mention Effect of Allelopathy on J2010 Plants Split group: B Zaynab Eltaib New Horizon School Honorable Mention Solvents and Their Effects Pasadena J2016 on Chlorophyll Extraction in Leaves Split group: B Sera Aintablian St. Gregory A&M Honorable Mention Do Different Containers Hovsepian School J2004 Affect Plant Growth? Split group: B PLANT BIOLOGY (SR) S15 Heather Robinson Palos Verdes High School First Place Effects of Temperature Amelia Dibbo S1508 Manipulation on Vitamin C Levels Split group: – Adaeze Oduma King/Drew Magnet High Second Place The Effect of Wind Speed School of Medicine & S1506 on Seed Dispersal Science Split group: – Kevin Coronado California Academy of Third Place The Effect of Different Math & Science S1502 Water Temperatures on Boseila Orbigniana Red Split group: – Algae Photosynthesis, Respiration, and Growth Michael Liu Palos Verdes High School Honorable Mention Greywater Irrigation S1504 Split group: – Daniela Flores Huntington Park High Honorable Mention Plant Germination School S1503 Split group: – Grayson Wade Don Bosco Technical Honorable Mention Productive Solutions Will Cosso Institute S1511 Austin Davis Split group: – 2015 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 21 PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (JR) J21 Isaiah O'Neal Portola Middle School & First Place Plant Electrophysiology - HGM J2112 How Does the Stimulation of Trigger Hairs Affect the Split group: – Generation of Action Potentials in a B52 Venus Flytrap? Safiyah Lakhany Institute of Knowledge Second Place Holy Spinach J2109 Split group: – Muhammad Abd-Allah New Dimensions Middle Third Place The Impact of Vitamins in School J2101 Negating Hydrogen Peroxide Oxidant Effects Split group: – on Seed Germination Eric Xue Monterey Highlands Honorable Mention CO2 Absorbtion Through J2119 Different Species of Algae Split group: – Talia Toutounjian AGBU Manoogian- Honorable Mention Effects of Biosolid Demirdjian School (Junior J2117 Combinations on Seedling Division) Germination and Growth Split group: – PRODUCT SCIENCE (JR) J22 Annaliese Rupp Holy Trinity Catholic School First Place "Mom, Do I Have to J2233 Rinse/Scrub The Plates Before I Put Them in The Split group: – Dishwasher?" William Labrador Chandler School Second Place How Quickly do Tortilla J2218 Chips Become Stale? 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