2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 1 ANIMAL BIOLOGY - JR J01 Wahida Rahman New Horizon School First Place Using Waxworms (Galleria J0112 mellonella) to Reduce the Amount of Household Split group: - Wastes in Our Landfills and Oceans Christian Mueller American Martyrs School Second Place Effects of Dietary J0104 Supplements on Brown Planaria Split group: - Charlotte Greene Archer School for Girls Honorable Mention The Mortality Rate of J0103 Daphnia when Exposed to Copper Sulfate Split group: - ANIMAL BIOLOGY - SR S01 Maya Khurana Flintridge Preparatory First Place Occult Breast Cancer: School S0111 Does Molecular Profile Matter in Treatment? Split group: - Changhyun Kim Palos Verdes High School Second Place Observing Mutualism of S0102 Vermivora cyanoptera and Psaltriparus minimus Split group: - Corynn Branche Windward School Third Place Potential Contribution of S0103 Polymorphisms in the POMC Gene to Obesity in Split group: - Labrador Retrievers Haley Lopez Sun Valley Magnet Honorable Mention Effect of global warming on S0107 buterflies Split group: - ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY - JR J02 Jasmine Hassan Al-Huda Islamic School First Place Testing the Correlation Ameera Alkwadri J0202 Between Hypothyroidism and Type 2 Diabetes in Split group: - Down Syndrome Patients ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY - SR S02 Junhee Lee Cabrillo Marine Aquarium First Place Effect of Temperature on S0207 Embryonic to Larval Development of Sand Split group: - Dollars, Dendraster excentricus Adolat Beshimova Francisco Bravo Medical Second Place Calpains 8 and 9 are Magnet High School S0202 Expressed in the Murine Intestine and Regulated by Split group: - wnt3a in Colon Cancer Cells Susanna Kim Technology, Engineering, Third Place Identification of Novel Art, Math and Science S0213 Biomarkers for the Early Diagnosis of Acute Split group: - Myocardial Infarction 2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 2 Summer Ruyle California School of the Honorable Mention The Effect of Using Post- Arts - San Gabriel Valley S0212 Concussive Syndrome (PCS) Treatments on Split group: - Concussion Symptom Severity and Recovery Time BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE - NON-HUMAN - JR J03 Sarai Golden-Krasner Weizmann Day School First Place A Bug's Life: An Insect's Maya Lurvey J0311 Neuromotor Responses to Olfactory and Visual Split group: - Stimuli Alondra Ruiz South Gate Middle School Second Place Pressuring Microalgae J0302 Split group: - Haig Parsekyan Holy Martyrs Ferrahian Third Place Sleeping Safety: Digital Middle School J0306 Alarm Clock or Smartphone? Which is Split group: - Safer as an Alarm? Owen Wheatley Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention Does age affect J0310 chimpanzee behavior? Split group: - Nareh Mikail-Almassian Chamlian Armenian School Honorable Mention The Combined Effect of J0308 Color and Fruit Stimulants on the Reaction of Split group: - Drosophila melanogaster MaryJane Garcia South Gate Middle School Honorable Mention Hermit Crabs V.S J0307 Environmental Polution Split group: - BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES - HUMAN - JR J04 Angela Hoffmann St. John Fisher First Place Now You See It, Now You J0401 Don't: Does age and gender affect change Split group: - blindness? Hamza Dajani Al-Huda Islamic School Second Place Reading, Focus, and the J0407 Elderly Split group: - Ayla Richland Pressman Academy of Third Place A Catchy Bug Temple Beth Am J0402 Split group: - Jasmine Padilla Sun Valley Magnet - Junior Honorable Mention Exercising Your Memory Diana Vilches Division J0410 Split group: - Esther Blum Pressman Academy of Honorable Mention Don't judge a person by Temple Beth Am J0406 their car Split group: - 2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 3 Benjamin Elbaz Pressman Academy of Honorable Mention Order Effect: Data Temple Beth Am J0403 Incorrect Split group: - BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES - SR S03 Diego Borgsdorf Granada Hills Charter High First Place The Language of Sarah Shapiro School S0305 Extremism: A Socio- Sarah Tran Linguistic Diction Analysis Split group: - of Nationalist Content in the Context of Linguistic Purism Lorelei Santa Maria The Science Academy Second Place Can We Psyche You Out?: Katelyn Santa Maria STEM HS S0314 The Study of the Effect of Positive and Negative Split group: - Encouragement on Physical and Mental Activities Melanie Wu California School of the Third Place How Parental Pressure Isabella Fajardo Arts - San Gabriel Valley S0318 and Stress Levels Affect Cheating in Students Split group: - Chloe Silverman The Buckley School Honorable Mention The Effects of a Glucose- S0304 Based Diet Split group: - Yiyi Ouyang The Webb Schools of Honorable Mention Measuring the Effects of California S0325 Isolation on Mice through an Elevated Plus Maze Split group: - Method Lizbeth Martinez - Ramos Garey High School Honorable Mention Improving the use of a S0313 health related mobile application by selecting the Split group: - proper vocabulary grade and background color. Olivia Theard California School of the Honorable Mention The Effects of Social Media Arts - San Gabriel Valley S0321 and other Distractions on Short-Term Memory Split group: - Maya Burch Mayfair High School Honorable Mention Determining the S0316 Correlation Between Students' Morning Split group: - Routines and their GPA's BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY - JR J05 Zaighum Nagra Portola Highly Gifted First Place The Effect of Corn Silk Magnet J0513 Extract on Neuronal Regeneration Split group: - Isabelle Whetsel South Pasadena Middle Second Place Glorious Gluten; An School J0505 experiment measuring the levels of gluten in different Split group: - Flours 2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 4 Emelie Anzaldo Ovando Sierra Vista Junior High Third Place Home Remedies vs Over School J0504 The Counter Medications: Finding the best remedy to Split group: - alleviate Dysmenorrhea Nicolas Jesuele Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention Carbon Complication J0508 Split group: - Atiqa Shafiq ICC Community School Honorable Mention A Diabetic Dilemma: Which J0502 Drink has the Highest Glucose Concentration Split group: - After Adding Invertase Enzyme? BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY - SR S04 Andre Yeung Arcadia High School First Place Induction and Observation S0404 of Endosymbiotic Gene Transfer from Chloroplast Split group: - to Nuclear Genome in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Katherine Wedekind Palos Verdes Peninsula Second Place Generation of MPS IIIA High School S0409 Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Correction Using Split group: - CRISPR-Cas9 Stanley Liu Arcadia High School Third Place An Integrated Microfluidic S0411 System for Blood Plasma Separation and Disease Split group: - Diagnostics Eileen Stiles Crescenta Valley High Honorable Mention Role of Mitochondrial NAD School S0406 + Levels in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells Under Split group: - Arginine Starvation CHEMISTRY - APPLIED - JR J06 Uzair Sajid Institute Of Knowledge First Place The Emergence of A New J0632 Fuel Cell Split group: - Grace Lin South Pasadena Middle Second Place Keep the Ice Warm! School J0613 Measuring How Initial Temperature Affects Split group: - Sodium Acetate Hand Warmers Conner Chu The Science Academy Third Place Wave Rave-A Competitive STEM Magnet J0607 Enzyme Immunoassay for the Quantitative Split group: - Determination of Vitamin B12 in Substances before and after Micro Radiation Exposure Isaac Peck Intellectual Virtues Honorable Mention Food pHreservation Academy of Long Beach J0614 Split group: - 2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 5 Aleen Kojikian St. Gregory Alfred & Honorable Mention Heartburn Away Marguerite Hovsepian J0601 School Split group: - CHEMISTRY - GENERAL - JR J07 Mariko McCabe Sierra Madre Middle First Place How do the shells and School J0722 spines of red sea urchins affect plant health/growth? Split group: - Karen Garcia Archer School for Girls Second Place Are Microplastics Present J0715 in Sea Salts of Different Qualities? Split group: - Shruti Chand South Pasadena Middle Third Place Bath Bomb Science Sabrina Bluml School J0731 Split group: - Maya Urshansky Saint Cyril Of Jerusalem Honorable Mention What Wrapping Affects School J0723 Oxidation Split group: - Rafael Enfiadjian Chamlian Armenian School Honorable Mention Pesticide Levels in Organic J0728 and Non-Organic Produce Split group: - Kyle Lin Blair High School Honorable Mention How does the flame color J0718 of a metal salt correlate to the cation/anion of a salt? Split group: - Kazu Ho Mark Twain Middle School Honorable Mention How pH Levels Affect Rocco Gentilini J0716 Corrosion Rate Split group: - Jordan Fleischman Blair High School Honorable Mention How does the hardness of J0714 water differ across the country and locally and Split group: - what is its significance CHEMISTRY - SR S05 Christina An Palos Verdes Peninsula First Place Year 2: Building a High School S0506 Magnetic Multilayered Hydrogel Microsphere Split group: - Crosslinked by Genipin For Controlled Dissolution in Drug Release Benjamin Liu Arcadia High School Second Place A Novel Printing Technique S0504 of 3D Inverse Opals from Free-Standing Crystalline Split group: - Structures for Next- Generation Optical Sensing Aliza Arya East College Prep Third Place PLA is The Way to Sustain Leslie Almaraz S0501 a Biodegradable Mckayla Vargas Environment Split group: - 2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 6 Jacob Kang Palos Verdes Peninsula Honorable Mention Analyzing Temperature High School S0516 Dependent Deprotonation Using Fourier Transform Split group: - Infrared Spectroscopy Daniel Smith Chaminade College Honorable Mention The Chemistry of a Austin Li Preparatory S0509 Picasso: Using UV, IR, and XRF Examination to Split group: - Analyze Art in order to Support Authentication via Optical and Chemical Scrutiny Jose Tinoco Synergy Quantum Honorable Mention Which Antifreeze is Better Andrea Ronquillo Academy S0519 for the Environment? Diana Ramos Split group: - EARTH / SPACE SCIENCES - JR J08 Annika Anderson St. Timothy School First Place Princess and the Fog Isabella Shpall J0802 Split group: - Rebecca Kyo Hale Charter Academy Second Place What is the effect of mixing J0812 sand with soil to the moisture of the soil? Split group: - Jason Wang Suzanne Middle School Third Place Big Data Analysis of J0809 Climate Change: Extreme Temperature, Rain, Snow, Split group: - and Ice Trends James Labrador Chandler School Honorable Mention Wire Chambers and J0808 Ionization Split group: - Farrah McGarry Sierra Madre Middle Honorable Mention Earthquakes School J0807 Split group: - EARTH / SPACE SCIENCES - SR S06 Akash Anand Palos Verdes Peninsula First Place Optimal Phased Array High School S0601 Antenna Systems for Radio Astronomy Split group: - Tai Michaels North Hollywood High Second Place Meteorological and School S0608 Geologic Factors in Streamflow Patterns Split group: - Andrew Wang Palos Verdes High School Third Place Dusty Spacesuit Charging S0603 and Arcing: Implications for Human Exploration of the Split group: - Lunar Terminator and Far- Side 2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 7 ECOLOGY - JR J09 Charles Luke Portola Highly Gifted First Place Shedding of Polymeric Magnet J0904 Microfiber Particulate from Synthetic Materials: Dryer Split group: - Emissions as a Source of Environmental Pollution Annabelle Hsieh Chandler School Second Place Understanding how J0901 temperature stressors affect organelle movement Split group: - during the light to dark cycle of Pyrocystis fusiformis Una Mclain Portola Highly Gifted Third Place What can Daphnia Tell us Magnet J0919 about How Safe the Soil is in Granada Hills? Split group: - Colleen Kutsenda American Martyrs School Honorable Mention Plastic's Effect on J0906 Sunflower Growth Split group: - Richard Zhu Portola Highly Gifted Honorable Mention The Effect of Region on Magnet J0916 Dissolved Solids in Public Drinking Water in the San Split group: - Fernando Valley and Nearby Areas ECOLOGY - SR S07 Ashwin Sivakumar Flintridge Preparatory First Place A Study of Avian School S0703 Biodiversity Changes after Habitat Restoration: A Split group: - Novel Approach Using Remote Sensing and Community Science Bird Observation Data Gavin Peters Palos Verdes High School Second Place Phytoplankton Assemblage S0705 Composition at White Point Hydrothermal Vent Split group: - Patrick Kim North Hollywood High Third Place Biomass, Distribution, and School S0709 Dynamics of Mesozooplankton in the Split group: - California Current System Aman Kumar Don Bosco Technical Honorable Mention Feasting on Yeast: Getting Institute S0701 Electricity the Smart Way Split group: - ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS - JR J10 Jake Grigorian Chamlian Armenian School First Place Which Robotic Apparatus J1046 Toggles a Flag the Most Efficiently? Split group: A Jemimah Khan New Horizon School Second Place Comparing Bamboo and J1021 Recycled Plastic in Criss- Cross Patterns to create Split group: A Reinforced Concrete 2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 8 Alex Nikolian St. Gregory Alfred & Third Place R.O.E.D. Marguerite Hovsepian J1003 School Split group: A Carlos Gomez Lennox Middle School Honorable Mention Servos And Fingers Jayde Gamez J1008 Maya Alfaro Split group: A Hrant Imasdounian St. Gregory Alfred & Honorable Mention Airplane Efficiency Marguerite Hovsepian J1020 School Split group: A Claire Brandon Sierra Madre Middle Honorable Mention Catching Solar Energy: School J1010 Which Solar oven Design Works the Best? Split group: A Ephrem Adugna Wilder's Preparatory Honorable Mention Which Natural Water Filter Academy J1016 is the Most Effective? Split group: A ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS - JR J10 Sarah Fong St. Joseph Long Beach First Place H2O Generator J1039 Split group: B Justin Chen Mark Twain Middle School Second Place The portable comfort zone J1025 Split group: B Nicholas Lee Walter Reed Middle School Third Place STOP SLOW GO J1036 Split group: B Zyg Ramsay The Science Academy Honorable Mention Filter Me Out: The making STEM Magnet J1045 and testing of an egg- membrane filtration system Split group: B ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS - SR S08 Sofia Echavarria Flintridge Preparatory First Place Better Helmets, Fewer School S0830 Sports-Related Concussions? Split group: - Xin (Anna) Wang Ribet Academy Senior Second Place Magnetic Levitation Weijin (Isco) Pang Division S0836 Apparatus Split group: - Lauren Harris High Tech Los Angeles Third Place Piezoelectric Energy S0819 Generation from Roadways and Pedestrian Walkways: Split group: - a practical field test of a piezoelectric speed bump and floor panel 2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 9 Riley Furlong Santa Monica High School Honorable Mention Portable Automatic Benjamin Karni S0825 Tourniquet System Shrayes Raman Split group: - Alexandra Olsen Lawndale High School Honorable Mention Engineering A More S0801 Functional Pet Food Dispenser Split group: - Jasmine Li Harvard-Westlake School Honorable Mention Nanotechnology-enhanced S0812 Bioabsorbable Springs for Short Bowel Syndrome Split group: - Joshua Belofsky Palos Verdes Peninsula Honorable Mention An Artificially-Intelligent High School S0818 Robotic Drone System for Autonomous Pollination Split group: - Victor Acuna Marco Antonio Firebaugh Honorable Mention Lend a Watering Hand High School S0834 Split group: - ENGINEERING RESEARCH - JR J11 Bryce Wong St. John Fisher First Place Give Your Back A Break J1106 Split group: - Affan Mala ICC Community School Second Place LiFi: A Bright Idea: Using J1102 Sound Output to Analyze the Effect of Distance on Split group: - Data Transmission Through Light Waves Lucas Favretto Mayfield Junior School of Third Place Recycle reuse and Collin Walker the Holy Child Jesus J1120 insulate? Split group: - Sam Fatehmanesh The Science Academy Honorable Mention Acceleration of Mass to Dennis Kogan STEM Magnet J1125 High Speeds by use of the Lorentz Force Split group: - Mahesh Arunachalam Rosemont Middle School Honorable Mention Protect Yourself from Mihir Manchikatla J1121 Phone Radiation Split group: - Colt Reichman Portola Highly Gifted Honorable Mention THE EFFECTIVENESS OF Magnet J1108 A PRECISION GRIP VERSUS A PRESSURE Split group: - GRIP AND A ONE FINGERED GRIP Vincent Tomooka St. Monica Academy Honorable Mention An Alternative Energy J1130 Source: Wind Mills Split group: - 2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 10 ENGINEERING RESEARCH - SR S09 Charlotte Park Whitney High School First Place Conductive Materials S0904 Based Reusable PM 2.5 Filters Split group: - Ethan Wong Arcadia High School Second Place Effects of Spanwise Lift S0906 Distribution on Induced Drag of A Glider Wing Split group: - Anthony Kim Chadwick School Third Place Sound Localization and Valmik Ranparia S0901 Noise Cancellation to Sky Shia Assist the Hearing Split group: - Impaired Catherine Zheng Flintridge Preparatory Honorable Mention Determining the Location School S0903 of the Dynamic Symmetry Point of Polymer Split group: - Membranes Using Computer Simulations Megha Jain Granada Hills Charter High Honorable Mention Dust Accumulation on School S0908 Solar Panels: Assessing the need for economic and Split group: - efficient solutions in Californian homes ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - JR J12 Kian Ghasemi Portola Highly Gifted First Place Utilizing magnetic fields Magnet J1215 and activated carbon to develop a novel Split group: - microparticle filtering system Shant Koutnouyan Chamlian Armenian School Second Place A Cost Effective, Greener J1228 Solution to Dispose of Oil Split group: - Lola Castorina St. Timothy School Third Place Can Sodium Bicarbonate J1218 Be Used to Control the Mosquito Population? Split group: - Katie Hadsock-Longarzo Archer School for Girls Honorable Mention Mix it Up!: Creating J1214 Graphene in a Blender Split group: - Gabi Edler St. Timothy School Honorable Mention Effects of Heavy Metal J1208 Copper Split group: - AJ Matise St. Timothy School Honorable Mention Delusional Degradation J1201 Split group: - Sharanya Dash South Pasadena Middle Honorable Mention Pernicious Parking Lots School J1229 Split group: - 2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 11 Zakaria Zerouali J H Hull Middle School Honorable Mention Save the Planet and Oil J1234 Right Split group: - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - SR S10 Jiaheng Wang Palos Verdes High School First Place Contactless Buoyant Solar S1009 Desalination/Sterilization Split group: - Brayden Stark The Buckley School Second Place Fighting the Red Tide S1005 Split group: - Jad Soucar Crescenta Valley High Third Place Alternative Approach to Jonghyun Hong School S1008 Synthesizing Viable Environmentally Favorable Split group: - Calcium Carbonate Concrete Shyla Summers Crescenta Valley High Honorable Mention Discovering the School S1020 Waterproofness of Polylactic Acid to Create Split group: - an Environmentally- Friendly Chip Bag Ani Karajayan Holy Martyrs Ferrahian Honorable Mention Ozone Alert:Increasing High School S1002 Levels of Tropospheric Ozone Split group: - Laura Gong Palos Verdes Peninsula Honorable Mention Optimization of Multi- High School S1011 Renewable Energy Station: Year 3 Split group: - Marlen Bautista LA Maritime Institute/Animo Honorable Mention Microplastics/Ocean Kevin Zepeda HS S1014 Plastic Pollution Johanna Cervantes Split group: - Yeji Cho Palos Verdes Peninsula Honorable Mention Optimization of a High School S1021 Photosynthetic Microbial Fuel Cell Split group: - MATERIALS SCIENCE - JR J13 Keghon Kasparian Chamlian Armenian School First Place "Eggshells to Save Lives": Vahan Kordian J1319 Lowering Rate of Combustion with Calcium Split group: - Carbonate Elysiah Nguyen Portola Highly Gifted Second Place How Does Chemical Magnet J1308 Lightening Affect the Structure of Human Hair? Split group: - Gavin Loughran Saint Martin of Tours Third Place The science of colored School J1311 glass Split group: - 2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 12 Finn Saivar Saint Martin of Tours Honorable Mention Sound Insulation School J1310 Split group: - Max Norden The Science Academy Honorable Mention pHantastic pHungi: The Tiella Loeser STEM Magnet J1323 Effect of pH on Mushroom Growth Split group: - Luke Madden Chandler School Honorable Mention Project Habbakuk: J1321 Reloaded Split group: - Emerson Soo-Hoo El Sereno Magnet Center Honorable Mention Protection Against Impact J1309 Split group: - Irene Ko Rudecinda Sepulveda Honorable Mention Automatic Circle Illustrator Dodson Gifted/HA Magnet J1316 MS Split group: - MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCES - JR J14 Arav Shah Oak Hills Elementary Second Place FaceTime: Do Facial School J1404 Parameters Change Over Time? Split group: - Christopher Deng Huntington Middle School Third Place TravelwithMe360: Using J1405 Virtual Reality and Cognitive Services to Split group: - Improve Dementia Care Andrew Van Ostrand Hale Charter Academy Honorable Mention Can I Prevent About 27% J1403 Of Car Accidents? Split group: - Isabella Kedikian Chamlian Armenian School Honorable Mention Can You Teach An J1407 Artificial Neural Network To Distinguish Between Split group: - Images Of Cats And Dogs? Ahmad Kandil New Horizon School Honorable Mention Testing Multiple Anti- J1401 Viruses Against 512 Viruses Split group: - Ellen Kozlov The Science Academy Honorable Mention Early Identification of STEM Magnet J1406 Cancer: How machine learning algorithms trained Split group: - on a small data set can identify recurrent or non- recurrent breast cancer MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCES - JR J14 Eitan Feldman Pressman Academy of First Place Spot That Dot Temple Beth Am J1415 Split group: A 2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 13 MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCES - SR S11 Suraj Anand Palos Verdes Peninsula First Place Machine Learning High School S1117 Ensemble Model for Improved Personalized Split group: - Lung Cancer Risk Assessment and Malignant Nodule Detection Jiaju Liu Palos Verdes Peninsula Second Place A Novel Approach to High School S1108 Detect Early-Stage Epileptogenesis via Split group: - Nonlinear Analysis Jui Chuan (Ben) Hsiao Bishop Montgomery High Third Place Type of Number School S1109 Expressible as Self-similar Difference of Square Split group: - Azrin Khan Francisco Bravo Medical Honorable Mention Building a Device to Alert Magnet High School S1101 the On-Set of Muscle Contraction as an Aid to Split group: - Epileptics Sarina Fereydooni Granada Hills Charter High Honorable Mention The Recyclable Robotic School S1115 Hand Split group: - Marcos Perez North Hollywood High Honorable Mention Gene Coexpression Hangyul Lyna Kim School S1110 Network Analysis: Chlamydomonas Biofuel Split group: - Optimization Xinlin Gao The Webb Schools of Honorable Mention Drug Mechanics of Tamiflu California S1118 in why Targeting M2 Split group: - MICROBIOLOGY - JR J15 Davin Jeong Beverly Hills Middle School First Place Energy from Wastewater J1502 Split group: - Nathaniel Shin Portola Highly Gifted Second Place Using Cu, Fe, ZnO, and Magnet J1505 AgNO3 Microparticles as Antibacterial Agents to Split group: - Create Inhibition Zones on DH5α E. coli Cultures Katherine Humphrey Saint Martin of Tours Third Place From contamination to School J1503 clean water: a simple way to prevent disease Split group: - Alexandra Kurz American Martyrs School Honorable Mention Antibiotic Resistance J1501 Split group: - 2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 14 MICROBIOLOGY - SR S12 Elizabeth Zhang Palos Verdes Peninsula First Place The effect of metal ions on High School S1202 Lactobacillus acidophilus Split group: - growth and β– galactosidase activity Sina Moshfeghi Palos Verdes Peninsula Second Place Transdermal Lactate High School S1205 Collection with Agarose Gels for Noninvasive and Split group: - Painless Monitoring of Patients Chen Filler Palos Verdes High School Third Place The Role of Tetraspanins S1201 in the Uptake of Candida albicans by Host Cells Split group: - Yeonji Choi Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Honorable Mention The Effect of Temperature S1210 on the Quantity of Isochrysis Galbana Split group: - PHARMACOLOGY - JR J16 Simra Mirza Institute Of Knowledge First Place WHAT A RELIEF! NSAIDs J1610 At Work Split group: - Sumaya Nagy Al-Huda Islamic School Second Place Chili Plaster Pain Relief Serene Hayyeh J1611 Split group: - Ameena Shafiq ICC Community School Third Place Da-Nature of Proteins: J1603 How Does Temperature Affect the Enzymatic Split group: - Activity of Papain? Sarah Hammash New Horizon School Honorable Mention Comparing the Effects of J1608 Dish Soaps on the Longevity of Split group: - Palaemonentes paludosus and Azolla filiculoides PHARMACOLOGY - SR S13 Elisha Johnston Palos Verdes Peninsula First Place Developing a Novel Model High School S1302 to Study Drug-Induced Cartilage Regeneration Split group: - Eric Markarian Crescenta Valley High Second Place Targeting Enterococcus School S1304 Faecalis With Phage Therapy Split group: - Haley Brooks Viewpoint School Third Place Angiogenesis in malignant S1305 tumors and anti- angiogenesis therapeutics: Split group: - Polarization of tip cells in response to VEGF and correlated mathematical models 2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 15 Emily Hsieh Westridge School Honorable Mention The Impact of Tobacco and S1303 Marijuana Use on the Prevalence of Fractures in Split group: - Young Adults PHYSICS - AERODYNAMICS/HYDRODYNAMICS - JR J17 Ali Badawi Al-Huda Islamic School First Place AnyFIN Is Possible! J1703 Testing Various Fly Fishing Structures to Determine Split group: - Which Fly Structure Will Stick to the Water's Surface Tension the Best. Warren Dao Monterey Highlands Second Place What Nose Cone is The J1726 Best When Flown Split group: - Beckett Pfahler Saint Cyril Of Jerusalem Third Place Airfoil Shape Effects On School J1706 Lift Split group: - Lalitha Dhyaram Portola Highly Gifted Honorable Mention Trajectory Optimization For Magnet J1719 Rockets Using Nose Cone Stabilizers Split group: - Arman Thoresen Sierra Madre Middle Honorable Mention How much water can you School J1705 add to a fiber optic water cable before light refracts Split group: - out of the cable? Jacob Tom St. Timothy School Honorable Mention Sailing on Viscosity J1713 Split group: - PHYSICS - ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM - JR J18 Liam Wright South Pasadena Middle First Place Is Fire a Plasma? Carl Christopher Liebe School J1818 Split group: - Sandul Henry Gaspar de Portola AIAT Second Place What Type of Capacitor J1828 Charges the Fastest Split group: - Malia Avery Sarah Ross Science Fair Third Place Anti-Gravitational Field Junior Division J1819 Split group: - Emilio Alban Blair High School Honorable Mention How does the direction of J1811 solar panels and the efficiency of those panels Split group: - affect solar panel efficiency? Omar Lakhani Institute Of Knowledge Honorable Mention Dirty Electricity J1827 Split group: - 2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 16 Chelsea McIsaac Wilder's Preparatory Honorable Mention More vs Less Academy J1808 Split group: - PHYSICS - GENERAL - JR J19 Dana Soibel South Pasadena Middle First Place The Study of Optical School J1906 Properties of Artificial Colors Split group: - Dominique Bhatti Oak Avenue Intermediate Second Place Studying the Dynamics of School J1909 Granular Solids Split group: - Holly Carter Westridge School - Jr. Third Place Measuring Sound Speed in Division J1916 Gases with Acoustic Interferometry Split group: - Zhi Feng Etan Kiang Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention So Radical! J1933 Split group: - Mark Wang Sarah Ross Science Fair Honorable Mention Which method that I have Junior Division J1922 found or thought of would count 60 seconds the most Split group: - accurately Ruhi Shah The Science Academy Honorable Mention Friction Pens: How friction STEM Magnet J1927 can affect the way you write Split group: - Maya DeSousa Incarnation Parish School Honorable Mention Block That Sound! J1923 Split group: - Deanna Lee Gaspar de Portola AIAT Honorable Mention Simulating How Air J1907 Pollution Affects the Color of the Sunset Split group: - PHYSICS - SR S14 Maximillian Bhatti Temple City High School First Place High-Stratospheric Testing S1410 of Novel Cosmic Ray Shielding Composites Split group: - Rebeca Castro The Webb Schools of Second Place Biomechanics of the Golpe California S1411 Split group: - Atay Comert Ribet Academy Senior Third Place The Study of Efficiency and Division S1402 Efficacy of Prism and Diffraction Gradient in Split group: - Goniometer-Spectrometer 2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 17 PLANT BIOLOGY & PHYSIOLOGY - JR J20 Gary Shirikchian Chamlian Armenian School First Place Gary's Hydroponic Garden J2012 Split group: - Disha Ramanujam Top Kids Second Place Does DNA Damage Occur J2009 More in Non-Organic Compared to Organic Plant Split group: - Produce? Thomas Kim The Science Academy Third Place Dead Zones are Dead Daniel Bang STEM Magnet J2029 Jokes: Algal-Bloom Control by Allelopathy of Aquatic Split group: - Macrophytes Will Reel American Martyrs School Honorable Mention Algae in Spotlight Rhys Rackett J2032 Split group: - Devin Vizzie Saint Martin of Tours Honorable Mention Algae And Oil A Terrible School J2008 Toil: Oil Extraction From Green Algae Split group: - Darin Katnich St. John Fisher Honorable Mention Is Microwave Radiation J2007 Dangerous? How Does Microwave Radiation Affect Split group: - Different Organisms? Skye Slattery Incarnation Parish School Honorable Mention Back to the Roots J2025 Split group: - Jackson Wuepper Saint Martin of Tours Honorable Mention Do Iron Fertilizers Cause School J2015 Aquatic Plants to Turn Red? Split group: - Madeleine Harbison Blair High School Honorable Mention Does Greywater Effect J2017 Plant Growth? (Wheatgrass) Split group: - Shana Ibatuan Rudecinda Sepulveda Honorable Mention Which Vegetable Will Dodson Gifted/HA Magnet J2024 Generate the Most MS Electricity? Split group: - PLANT BIOLOGY & PHYSIOLOGY - SR S15 Abbie Maemoto Palos Verdes High School First Place Nutrient Removal S1501 Efficiency of Nitrates and Phosphates by Split group: - Nannochloropsis oculata Through Increased Infusion of Carbon Dioxide Jiyoun Roh Crescenta Valley High Second Place Preventing Eutrophication School S1514 with an Organic Fertilizer made of Dark Chocolate, Split group: - Coffee Grounds, and Banana Peels 2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 18 Giselle Alrachid The Webb Schools of Third Place What is the closest relative Caitlin Pender California S1511 to the Catasetum Tenebrosum using DNA Split group: - barcoding? Adhila Akbar Arcadia High School Honorable Mention Electroculture S1502 Split group: - Alfonso Sontay Bassett High School Honorable Mention Plant in Light S1503 Split group: - Jiayi Liu The Webb Schools of Honorable Mention Coffee and roast - the Zhihan Ji California S1513 difference between Arabica and Robusta coffee beans Split group: - PRODUCT SCIENCE - JR J22 Alice Mardanian Portola Highly Gifted First Place Effects of Sodium Chloride, Magnet J2203 Acetic Acid, and Honey on the Contamination of Raw Split group: A Meat Ayush Doshi Oak Hills Elementary Second Place Comparison of Heart Rate School J2205 Measurement Accuracy Across Multiple Devices Split group: A Carys Thompson Saint Martin of Tours Third Place Trapping The Kitchen Pest School J2207 Split group: A Aishwarya Sudan Oak Hills Elementary Honorable Mention Can you hear me now? School J2202 Split group: A Hannah Ju Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention Screen'in Sunscreens J2213 Split group: A PRODUCT SCIENCE - JR J22 Talha Mala ICC Community School First Place Follow That Sun: How J2244 Does the Output of a Solar Tracker Vary From the Split group: B Output of a Solar Panel? Michael Baghdassarian Chamlian Armenian School Second Place What Isolated Substances J2229 in Manuka Honey can Preserve Raw Split group: B Unrefrigerated and Unpasteurized Milk from Spoiling? Manav Desai Gaspar de Portola AIAT Third Place How does Vitamin D Effect J2226 Root Growth Split group: B 2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 19 Ophir Berrin Pressman Academy of Honorable Mention Feel The Burn: The Effect Temple Beth Am J2233 of Sunscreen on Cells Exposed to Ultraviolet Light Split group: B Reagan Mills St. Timothy School Honorable Mention Raising the Bar on J2236 Nutrition Split group: B Molly Menashe Pressman Academy of Honorable Mention Effectiveness of Hand Temple Beth Am J2230 Sanitizer Split group: B