Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist Directory
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Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist Directory 2017 Table of Contents Acknowledgments and Special Award Organizations ............................................. 2 Animal Sciences (ANIM) ........................................................................................................ 3 Behavioral and Social Sciences (BEHA) ......................................................................... 7 Biochemistry (BCHM) ............................................................................................................9 Biomedical and Health Sciences (BMED) ................................................................... 11 Biomedical Engineering (ENBM) ...................................................................................... 14 Cellular and Molecular Biology (CELL) ......................................................................... 17 Chemistry (CHEM) ............................................................................................................... 19 Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBIO) ................................................ 22 Earth and Environmental Sciences (EAEV) ................................................................ 24 Embedded Systems (EBED) .............................................................................................. 28 Energy: Chemical (EGCH) ................................................................................................... 30 Energy: Physical (EGPH) .................................................................................................... 32 Engineering Mechanics (ENMC) ...................................................................................... 34 Environmental Engineering (ENEV) ............................................................................... 37 Materials Science (MATS) ................................................................................................... 41 Mathematics (MATH) .......................................................................................................... 44 Microbiology (MCRO) ......................................................................................................... 46 Physics and Astronomy (PHYS) ..................................................................................... 49 Plant Sciences (PLNT) ........................................................................................................ 51 Robotics and Intelligent Machines (ROBO) ............................................................... 54 Systems Software (SOFT) .................................................................................................. 56 Translational Medical Sciences (TMED) ....................................................................... 58 Intel ISEF 2017 Special Award Organizations provide education scholarships, cash awards, summer internships, scientifc feld trips, and equipment grants. Intel and Society for Science & the Public thank the following organizations for their support of the Intel ISEF. Acoustical Society of America International Council on Systems Engineering – INCOSE ADA Foundation K. Soumyanath Memorial Award Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the K. T. Li Foundation Special Award United States Air Force King Abdul-Aziz & his Companions Foundation for American Chemical Society Giftedness and Creativity American Committee for the Monsanto Company Weizmann Institute of Science Mu Alpha Theta, National High School and American Geosciences Institute Two-Year College Mathematics Honor Society American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics National Aeronautics and Space Administration American Intellectual Property Law Association National Anti-Vivisection Society American Mathematical Society National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of American Meteorological Society Health and the Friends of NIDA American Physiological Society National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – NOAA American Psychological Association National Security Agency Research Directorate American Statistical Association Ofce of Naval Research on behalf of the Arconic Foundation United States Navy and Marine Corps Arizona State University Oracle Academy Ashtavadhani Vidwan Ambati Subbaraya Patent and Trademark Ofce Society Chetty Foundation Qatar Foundation, Research & Development Association for Computing Machinery REDDS Venture Investment Partners Association for the Advancement of Artifcial Intelligence Ricoh USA, Inc. Astronomical Society of the Pacifc and the Samvid Education Foundation American Astronomical Society Sigma Xi, The Scientifc Research Society ASU Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc. Initiatives Society of Experimental Test Pilots China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics Coalition for Plasma Science (CPS) U.S. Agency for International Development Drexel University United States Environmental Protection Agency Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association United Technologies Corporation (DCAT) University of Arizona Florida Institute of Technology University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Fondazione Bruno Kessler University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science & GoDaddy Engineering IEEE Foundation Wolfram Research, Inc. Intel Foundation Visit student.societyforscience.org/special-awards-organizations to learn more about each Special Award Organization. Page 2 Intel International Science and Engineerig Fair 2017 – Finalist Directory Intel ISEF Finalist Directory Each # next to the fnalist’s name indicates previous ISEF participation; An * identifes non-competing projects A T after the booth ID number indicates a Team Project ANIM013 Home Ranges of Atlantic Great White Sharks, Phase II Animal Sciences Kelly Jane van Woesik, 18, Senior, Satellite High School, Satellite Beach, Florida ANIM001 Blue Light Efect Study: Impact on Drosophila’s Cognitive Ability and Gender Ratios ANIM014 Re-Evaluating Reproduction: The Transgenerational Efect of James Arnheim Staman, 18, Senior, The Bolles School, High-Fat Dairy Intake on Fertility in Drosophila melanogaster Jacksonville, Florida Evan James Mizerak, 18, Junior, Wachusett Regional High School, Holden, Massachusetts ANIM002 Why Backward in Hunting? A Comprehensive Study of Antlions Xiwen Zhang, 15, Freshman, The High School Afliated to Beijing ANIM015 High Fructose Corn Syrup and Sucrose: Efects on Mus Normal University, Beijing, China musculus Physiology Cade Ray McGarvey, 18, Junior, Paulding High School, ANIM003 Biocontrol of the Taeniopoda reticulata (Locust) Plague Using Paulding, Ohio the Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae Diego Alonso Martinez Gutierrez, 16, Freshman, Colegio Tecnico ANIM016 Predicting Pulsations: A Comprehensive Study to Determine Profesional de Upala, Upala, Alajuela, Costa Rica the Efect of Grouping Patterns on Cassiopea xamachana # Allison Biddinger, 18, Junior, Bartlesville High School, ANIM004T Efect of the Survival Rate of Postlarvae Crayfsh, Cambarellus Bartlesville, Oklahoma montezumae, in Its Aquaculture Production Francisco Jesús Mota Rojo, 18, Junior, ANIM017 A Study of the Behavior of Mus musculus in the Presence Agustin Diaz Lorenzo, 18, Junior, of Ultrasonic Frequencies to Test the Possible Viability of Centro de Estudios Tecnologicos en Aguas Continentales No. 2, Ultrasonic Frequencies as a way to Reduce Wildlife Hazards on Tezontepec de Aldama, Hidalgo, Mexico Roadways Maegan Yeary, 17, Junior, J.W. Nixon High School, ANIM005 The Efects of Spontaneous Mutations upon Male Fitness in Laredo, Texas Caenorhabditis elegans # Carlie Taylor, 17, Senior, The Villages Charter High School, ANIM018T Water Surface Vibration Signals Utilized by the Japanese The Villages, Florida Water Strider, Aquarius elongatus, to Locate Prey and Mate Aya Nobe, 18, Senior, ANIM006T Toxicity Analysis of Multiple Paraben Exposure on Norika Kondo, 18, Senior, Drosophila melanogaster Sachiko Fukuzawa, 17, Senior, # Ella Suzanne Haefner#, 19, Senior, Nagasaki Prefectural Nagasaki Nishi High School, Nagasaki, # Elaine Rosalie Adams#, 19, Senior, Nagasaki-Pref., Japan Loyola Catholic School, Mankato, Minnesota ANIM019 Western Snowy Plover Nest Site Characteristics and Use of ANIM007 Optimizing Goat Skin Fibroblast Culture Conditions for Cloning Drone Imagery in Predicting Potential Nesting Habitat Aakash Arora, 16, Sophomore, Veterans High School, Kathleen, Alyssa Rawinski, 16, Sophomore, Monte Vista High School, Georgia Monte Vista, Colorado ANIM008 Shining Light on the Blind: Evolutionary Regression and ANIM020 Comparison of ELISA to RIA as Predictors of Parturition Adaptive Progression in the Micro-Vertebrate Ramphotyphlops in Goats braminus, Year Three Emily Ann Acevedo, 16, Sophomore, Bradford County High ## River Grace, 18, Senior, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, School, Starke, Florida Melbourne, Florida ANIM021 The Efects of Turmeric and Bovine Collagen on the ANIM009 The Characterization of the Retinal Determination Network in Regeneration of Dugesia dorotocephala Drosophila melanogaster in order to Optimize the Diagnosis Imane Bouzit, 17, Junior, Pioneer Charter School of Science II, and Treatment of Human Retinal Disease Saugus, Massachusetts # Devanshi Udeshi, 17, Junior, Stephen F. Austin High School, Sugar Land, Texas ANIM022 Electromagnetoreception in Planaria Alexandra Perez Tan, 17, Sophomore, Ball High School, ANIM010 The Efects of Secondhand Smoke on Drosophila