Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist Directory 2018 Table of Contents Acknowledgments and Special Award Organizations .............................................. 2 Animal Sciences (ANIM) .........................................................................................................3 Behavioral and Social Sciences (BEHA) ............................….......................................... 6 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) ...........................……………………………………………………………….53 Robotics and Intelligent Machines (ROBO) ............................…………………………….56 Systems Software (SOFT) .............................………………………………………………………..59 Translational Medical Sciences (TMED) ............................ ………………………………….62 Intel ISEF 2017 Special Award Organizations provide education scholarships, cash awards, summer internships, scientific field 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 – Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the INCOSE United States Air Force K. Soumyanath Memorial Award American Chemical Society King Abdul-Aziz & his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Mu Alpha Theta, National High School and Two-Year College Mathematics Honor Society American Geosciences Institute National Aeronautics and Space Administration American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics American Mathematical Society National Anti-Vivisection Society American Meteorological Society National Center “Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine” American Physiological Society National Institute on Drug Abuse, American Psychological Association National Institutes of Health & the Friends of NIDA American Statistical Association National Security Agency Research Directorate Arconic Foundation National Taiwan Science Education Center Arizona State University Office of Naval Research on behalf of the Association for Computing Machinery United States Navy and Marine Corps Association for the Advancement of Oracle Academy Artificial Intelligence Patent and Trademark Office Society ASU Rob and Melani Walton Qatar Foundation, Research & Development Sustainability Solutions Initiatives Ricoh USA, Inc Carnegie Mellon University Leonard Gelfand Center for Samvid Education Foundation Service Learning and Outreach Shanghai STEM Cloud Center China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society Coalition for Plasma Science (CPS) Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc Drexel University .Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association Thermo Fisher Scientific (DCAT) U.S. Agency for International Development Florida Institute of Technology United States Environmental Protection Agency Fondazione Bruno Kessler University of Arizona GoDaddy University of the Sciences in Philadelphia IEEE Foundation West Virginia University Intel Foundation Wolfram Research, Inc. Visit student.societyforscience.org/special-awards-organizations to learn more about each Special Award Organization. Page 2 Intel International Science and Engineerig Fair 2018 – Finalist Directory Intel ISEF Finalist Directory Each # next to the finalist’s name indicates previous ISEF participation; An * identifies non-competing projects A T after the booth ID number indicates a Team Project ANIM013T On the Structure and Mechanics in vivo of the Ostial Cells and Animal Sciences the Aortic Valve of the Drosophila melanogaster Larva Heart by Analyzing High Resolution Microscopic Images Claudia Rodriguez, 18, Senior, ANIM001T FishApp Juan Sanchez Mateos, 17, Junior, Manuel Cassarino, 18, Senior, I.E.S. Maestro Gonzalo Korreas, Jaraiz de la Vera, Caceres, Spain Sofia Cabezas, 17, Junior, Liceo No. 1 Jose Maria Campos, Mercedes, Soriano, Uruguay ANIM014 Evolution of Aphid Species due to Host Plant Preference Kyohei Ikawa, 18, Senior, ANIM002 Hopping Down the Bunny Trail: Spatial Distribution of Lepus Kosei Gakuen High School, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan americanus Tracks Lily Marie Hall, 18, Senior, ANIM015 Accelerated Planarian Regeneration through the Manipulation South Ridge School, Culver, Minnesota of Frequency Xena Tame, 18, Senior, ANIM003 Analyzing the Relationship Between Herbicide Introduction Ysleta High School, El Paso, Texas and the Development of Gallus domesticus Embryos Katelyn Nicholson, 17, Senior, ANIM016 Environmentally-Friendly, Color-Infused, Structurally- Episcopal School of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida Strengthened Silk Fibers from Feed-Induced Bombyx mori ## Andrew Dong-Hyun Kim, 18, Senior, ANIM004T Larvicidal Effect of Coffee (Coffea arabica cordoba- Academy of Science and Technology, The Woodlands, Texas caracolillo) Against Mosquito (Aedes aegypti) Vanessa Salazar Balboa, 19, Senior, ANIM017 Can A Small Bird End Malnutrition? A Comparison of Coturnix David Hernandez Garza, 19, Senior, japonica and Gallus gallus as Potential Sustainable Protein Adrian Villareal Castillo, 19, Senior, Sources for Developing Countries and Those Seeking a Prepa UDEM Unidad San Pedro Universidad de Monterrey, San Quality Sustainable Source of Protein Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico Shannon Leigh Anderson, 16, Sophomore, Anderson Christian Academy, Seguin, Texas ANIM005T Yogyakarta Beaches Mapping Based on Sea Turtle Nesting Beach Characteristics ANIM018 A Novel Approach to Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Using Aden Muflih Khaitami, 17, Senior, Transient Receptor Potential Channels and Insulin Signaling in Fadlilah Nur Hasanah, 18, Senior, C. elegans SMA Negeri 1 Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, D.I. Yogyakarta, Indonesia Sindhuja Uppuluri, 16, Sophomore, Westwood High School, Austin, Texas ANIM006 The Effect of Environmental Factors on Tardigrade Communities ANIM019 Motion Activated Auditory Deterrents to Prevent Wildlife Stefan Kemmerich, 15, Sophomore, Vehicular Collisions Along High-Density Wildlife Crossing Erzbischofliches St.-Angela Gymnasium, Wipperfurth, Germany # Maegan Yeary, 18, Senior, J.W. Nixon High School, Laredo, Texas ANIM007 Effect of Fragmentation, Isolation, and Bleaching on Coral Reef Fish Assemblages ANIM020T Metformin as a Novel Neurogenic Method of Methylmercury Sonja Giardina, 15, Sophomore, Neurotoxicity Symptom Mitigation in Danio rerio as a Model Hilo High School, Hilo, Hawaii for Human Fetuses Ayman Napsy Isahaku, 18, Senior, ANIM008 Worm Amnesia: The Effect of Taurine, Glucose, and Caffeine Anna Spektor, 17, Junior, on Dugesia dorotocephala Nicolet High School, Glendale, Wisconsin David Lee Garcia, 17, Junior, IDEA College Preparatory McAllen, McAllen, Texas ANIM021 What’s All the Buzz About? Breanna Michelle Williams, 18, Senior, ANIM009 Determining the Effect of a Top-Level Predator in a Simulated Alma High School, Alma, Arkansas Aquatic Ecosystem with Organisms Used for the Mitigation of HABs ANIM022 Mealworms... A Potential Solution to the Global Plastic Nathan Foo, 14, Freshman, Problem West Shore Junior/Senior High School, Melbourne, Florida # Alyssa H. Rawinski, 17, Junior, Monte Vista High School, Monte Vista, Colorado ANIM010 Mammalian Behavioral Ecology in Southern California Habitat Fragments ANIM023 Isolation of Novel Epigenetic Insights in Heritable Fertility Austin Leonard Nash, 18, Senior, Trends via NGS-Driven Analysis of DNA Damage Response and Palos Verdes High School, Palos Verdes Estates, California piRNA Biogenesis Pathways # Evan James Mizerak, 18, Senior, ANIM011T Who Is the Mice’s King? Key Factors for Regulation of Social Wachusett Regional High School, Holden, Massachusetts Hierarchy on C57BL/6, Mice Jingru Zhang, 17, Junior, ANIM024 Resurvey of Fish Species in Three Agricultural Freshwater Xieran Gu, 17, Junior, Ecosystems in Fulton County, Ohio 2014-2017 Yuhui Zhang, 17, Junior, Jordan M. Skates, 17, Senior, High School Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China Pettisville High School, Pettisville, Ohio Shanghai Foreign Language School, Shanghai, China High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China Intel International Science and Engineerig Fair 2018 – Finalist Directory Page 3 ANIM025T Evaluation of