2011 Senior Fair Winners
Aug 15, 2011
Congratulations to all of our 2011 Senior Fair Winners!
Best in Show
Madeleine Ball - Coping with Copepods: Year 5
Dallas, TX
Physical Sciences
1st Grand
Rohan Thakur - Green Energy From the Deep Blue: Using Kites to Generate Energy from Ocean Currents
Plano, TX
2nd Grand
Shayan Mohanty - Don't Fear - It's Secure: Networking Passive RFID Nodes
Plano, TX
Life Sciences
1st Grand
Madeleine Ball - Coping with Copepods: Year 5
Dallas, TX
2nd Grand
Jayton Rainey - Quantifying Antifungal Effects of Bacteria on Batrachochytrium dendobatidis (Bd) Year III
Slaton, TX
| Animal Sciences | |||
| 1 | |||
| Aaron Samuel Greenfield | San Antonio, TX | The Effects of Nicotinic Acid- Resveratrol- and Rapamycin on the Life Span- Reproduction- and Ability to Cope with Temperature Stress of Drosophila melanogaster | |
| 2 | |||
| Ritish Patnaik | Plano, TX | Slaughter in the Water: Testing the Effects of Pollutants on Aquatic Organisms (Year II) | |
| 3 | |||
| Fabian Barragan | Horizon City, TX | Caffeine as a Treatment for Learning Deficitis in Alzheimer's Disease | |
| Leanna Rivera | Clint, TX | ||
| 4 | |||
| Jared Stults | Austin, TX | The Effect of a Dog Collar On the Tension Force Created by a Dog's Pulling. | |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Marisa O'Donnell | El Paso, TX | The Effects of Retinoic Acid on the Regeneration Process in Brown Planaria | |
| Behavioral and Social Sciences | |||
| 1 | |||
| Zayahary Ortiz | Horizon, TX | Stroop and the Thinking Brain | |
| Victor Castillo | Horizon, TX | ||
| 2 | |||
| Nathan Giles | Plano, TX | The Effect of Sense of Control on Pattern Perception | |
| 3 | |||
| Lisa Banks | San Antonio, TX | Observation Training Retention | |
| 4 | |||
| Caitlin Rosen | San Antonio, TX | The Risks of Being Alone: How Isolation Affects Development | |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Keena Auld | Leakey, TX | Why is Your Child a Picky Eater? 2nd Year Study | |
| Biochemistry | |||
| 1 | |||
| Anita Chandrahas | Plano, TX | Lipodystrophy Protein Seipin Functions in Lipid Droplet Biogenesis and Morphology | |
| 2 | |||
| Carolina Lopez Trevino | San Antonio, TX | Synergistic Astrocyte Neuroprotection Against Oxidative Stress-Related Injury and Degeneration | |
| 3 | |||
| Anastasia Kulikova | Austin, TX | The Effect of Storage Medias on the Curdling Ability of the Milk Mushroom | |
| 4 | |||
| Aspen Meineke | San Antonio, TX | The Role of AS-12 in Adiponectin Signaling | |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Danielle Suh | Austin, TX | Effects of Aliphatic Carbons & Branching to Thermodynamic Properties of MUP-I Ligands | |
| Cellular and Molecular Biology | |||
| 1 | |||
| Bhaskaran Nair | Plano, TX | Genome Signature and the Origin of Life | |
| 2 | |||
| Shree Bose | Fort Worth, TX | Targeting AMPK to Reverse Cisp | |
| 3 | |||
| Lisa Michaels | Plano, TX | NEUROSCIENCE OF LONGEVITY: Effects of stress & antioxidant genes on lifespan of Drosphila | |
| Tess Michaels | Plano, TX | ||
| 4 | |||
| Yun Liang | Helotes, TX | The Effect of Aging on mDNA copy number in different tissues | |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Sandra Bustillo | Austin, TX | Mitochondrial Gene Expression | |
| Chemistry | |||
| 1 | |||
| Quoc Bao Nguyen | Austin, TX | Kinetic Analysis of Nanometallic Catalyst in Reduction of Nitrophenol | |
| Mai Anh Vu | Austin, TX | ||
| 2 | |||
| Bijal Patel | Richardson, TX | Nanowired | |
| Max Grunewald | Dallas, TX | ||
| 3 | |||
| Walter Torres | Austin, TX | Synthesis of Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanoparticles in a Copper(II) Based Metallopolymer Matrix | |
| Robert McLauchlan | Austin, TX | ||
| 4 | |||
| Derek Lam | Boerne, TX | Investigation of Rain-X® and Sunscreen Mixture (Year 4): Effect of Polymer Coated Titanium Dioxide on UVA Transmission and Photocatalytic Activity | |
| Brigette Lee | San Antonio, TX | ||
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Jamir Thompson | Convverse, TX | Harnessing Solar Energy Year II: Increasing the Efficiency of a Photovoltaic Cell Using a Dual Electrolyte Cell of Sodium Persulfate and Ammonium Chloride | |
| Computer Science | |||
| 1 | |||
| Favyen Bastani | Plano, TX | Prefix-Tree Based Anomaly Dete | |
| 2 | |||
| Justin Zhao | Plano, TX | Gotta Infect 'Em All: Computationally Modeling Infectious Outbreaks in Diverse Populations | |
| 3 | |||
| Shravan Shaastri | Plano, TX | myRhythm 1.0: Developing a Remote Heart Rate Monitoring Dashboard Software | |
| 4 | |||
| Elisabeth Ashmore | Plano, TX | Claire: Computer Language Analysis Interpretive Response Engine | |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Byron Todd | Austin, TX | How does hte temperature of a transistor affect its maximum attainable frequency? | |
| Earth Science | |||
| 1 | |||
| Alyssa Bennett | San Antonio, TX | Energy Dissipation in Stepped Spillways | |
| 2 | |||
| Robert Nelson | Plano, TX | Bridge Over Troubled Water: creating a smart bridge to prevent ice | |
| 3 | |||
| Arjun Sachdeva | Plano, TX | Poseidon Got Nothing on Me: The effect of varying storm surge strengths on multiple levee | |
| 4 | |||
| Aidan WatsonMorris | Helotes, TX | The Correlation Between Submarine Offshore Shelf Dimensions and Tsunami Height | |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Ivey Barr | Aubrey, TX | Soil Classification | |
| Energy and Transportation | |||
| 1 | |||
| Aarthi Ravi | Plano, TX | Look Out! Watch Out! Is it safe to drive | |
| Shruthi Ravi | Plano, TX | ||
| Chenchita Malolan | Plano, TX | ||
| 2 | |||
| Rounok Joardar | Plano, TX | Optimization of a Novel High Efficiency Photo-thermovoltaic Concentrator Solar Cell | |
| 3 | |||
| Jacob Dwyer | Bellaire, TX | Vortex Draft | |
| Omar Medjaouri | Houston, TX | ||
| Kevin George | Houston, TX | ||
| 4 | |||
| Ari Gao | Plano, TX | Cool Down and Charge Up: Utilizing Thermoelectric Generators in a Novel Urban Application | |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Nathan Nissen | Austin, TX | Comparison of Flame Tube Designs in a Home Built Jet Turbine Engine | |
| Engineering: Electrical/Mechanical | |||
| 1 | |||
| Paul Huron IV | San Antonio, TX | Weapon System Visualization and Signal Analysis ID Program | |
| 2 | |||
| David Chi | Lewisville, TX | Operation by Orientation: A Study in the Prevention of Drowsy Driving Related Accidents | |
| Joe Yu | Plano, TX | ||
| 3 | |||
| Nathan Timmerman | Austin, TX | Sensory Redirection | |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Sabrina Gonzalez | Big Spring, TX | Save Birds- Save Energy | |
| Engineering: Materials/Bioengineering | |||
| 1 | |||
| Param Jaggi | Plano, TX | The Algae-Mobile 3: Bioactive Energy and Carbon Dioxide Filtration in the Exhaust of a Car | |
| 2 | |||
| Victor Chen | Plano, TX | High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) Based Chemical Sensors | |
| 3 | |||
| Alex Crisara | Austin, TX | Algae based Atmospheric Revitalization for Zero G and Aerospace Application | |
| Jahan Rabii | Austin, TX | ||
| 4 | |||
| Kendall Masada | Austin, TX | Three-dimensional analysis of branching human mesenchymal stem cells in PEGylated fibrin | |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Patricia Ward | San Antonio, TX | A Sweater for Your Home | |
| Tasha Womack | San Antonio, TX | ||
| Environmental Management | |||
| 1 | |||
| Morgan Sinko | San Antonio, TX | Clean Acres: Simulated in Situ Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in Various Diesel Contaminated Soils Using a Linoleic / R. rhodochrous Mixture | |
| 2 | |||
| Vaibhav Gupta | Richardson, TX | Bottled Up: A Better Bottle makes a Better World | |
| HuaHsin Tai | Victoria, TX | ||
| Jonathan Zhu | Plano, TX | ||
| 3 | |||
| Laura Hernandez | Weslaco, TX | The effect of Limonene based paint on soil quality | |
| Javier Dominguez | Weslaco , TX | ||
| 4 | |||
| Vidal Castaneda | El Paso, TX | Carbon Footprint: Which Fuel Leaves a smaller Carbon Footprint? | |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Rachel Hodge | Plano, TX | A Comparison of the Efficiencies of Active Radon Gas Mitigation Systems | |
| Environmental Sciences/Analysis | |||
| 1 | |||
| Sreevidya Ghantasala | Plano, TX | Low Cost Moisture Controlled Irrigation System | |
| 2 | |||
| Jaclyn Guz | San Antonio, TX | Did They Recover from Drought? A Comparison of Juniperus ashei and Quercus virginiana In a South Texas Native Park | |
| 3 | |||
| Lin Boynton | Houston, TX | Effect of Pharmaceuticals on Bioluminescent Algae | |
| 4 | |||
| Akhil Rajiv | San Antonio, TX | The Effect of Ultrasonic Treatment with Varying Treatment Times and Intensities on Anaerobic Digestion for the Production of Methane Gas | |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Mason Matheny | Henderson, TX | Viability of Using Plants for the Bioremediation of Soil Comtaminated by Heavy-Metals | |
| Mathematical Sciences | |||
| 1 | |||
| Joshua Cai | Allen, TX | Hamiltonian Cycles in Three-Dimensional Finite Fields | |
| Andrew Shi | plano, TX | ||
| Adam Su | Katy, TX | ||
| 2 | |||
| Dylan Hunn | Dallas, TX | It's Crowded in Here! | |
| 3 | |||
| Sahil Solankee | Cedar Park, TX | Arbelos: Between the Circles | |
| 4 | |||
| Aileen Huang | Plano, TX | Mathematical Modeling of Morphogenesis | |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Amy Lin | Plano, TX | The Euler Spiral and Its Applications to High Speed Transportation | |
| Medicine and Health Sciences | |||
| 1 | |||
| Jiawen Wei | TX, TX | KLF4 and KLF4?: Working Together to Fight Pancreatic Cancer | |
| 2 | |||
| Malina Patel | Richardson, TX | EMT- induced NQO1 levels Increases Susceptibility To NQO1- bioactivated Drugs | |
| 3 | |||
| Diana Ruan | Bellaire, TX | Identifying an Inflammatory Pathway Linked to Cancer Growth | |
| 4 | |||
| Shantanu Banerjee | Austin, TX | Scaffolds that Baffle: In Vitro Differentiation via Notch Signaling in a Biomaterial Envt | |
| Varun Koneru | Austin, TX | Scaffolds that Baffle: In Vitro Differentiation via Notch Signaling in a Biomaterial Envt | |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Angelita Alaniz | Weslaco, TX | Does Forced Muscular Action Alleviate the Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease in Snails? | |
| Kayla Trevino | Weslaco , TX | ||
| Leslie Ochoa | Weslaco, TX | ||
| Microbiology | |||
| 1 | |||
| Abraham Galindo | El Paso, TX | Oligodynamic Effect of Copper: A Noble Solution for the Prevention of Bacterial Growth | |
| 2 | |||
| Stanley Joseph | Richardson, TX | No More Nematodes | |
| 3 | |||
| Kyle Yuan | Murphy, TX | Regulation of the Escherichia coli nrdHIEF Operon by hfq Protein and Oxidative Stress | |
| 4 | |||
| Gabrielle Mehta | San Antonio, TX | The Effects of Ingested Cinnamon zeylancium- Citrus limon- and Melaleuca alternifolia Essential Oils on Escherichia coli K12 and Pseudomonas fluorescens | |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Valerie Briell | Seguin, TX | The Effects of Temperature and Adsorbent on the Presence of Aflatoxin in Feed Corn | |
| Physics and Astronomy | |||
| 1 | |||
| Omkar Joshi | Houston, TX | 4486 Mithra: Collision Course | |
| 2 | |||
| Dhanush Radhakrishnan | Plano, TX | Plasma Rock-It: The Effects of Noble Gas Propellant in a Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster | |
| 3 | |||
| Yu Chun Lin | Plano, TX | The Effect of Temperature and Window Shape on Stress Distribution Using Photoelasticity | |
| 4 | |||
| Amy Robinson | San Antonio, TX | Astronomical Image Processing: Eliminating Random Atmospheric Noise and Enhancing Low Resolution Images (Year III) | |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Sai Gourisankar | Fort Worth, TX | Novel Mathematical Characterizations of the One-Dimensional- Self-Gravitating System | |
| Plant Sciences | |||
| 1 | |||
| Sharjeel Syed | San Antonio, TX | The Efficiency of Duckweed as a Water Filter: Year 2 | |
| 2 | |||
| Wenxi Sheryl Li | Plano, TX | Optimizing Hydrogen Photoproduction in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Green Algae | |
| 3 | |||
| Kevin Nguyen | Plano, TX | The Green Lantern: Inducing Sulfur Re-addition on Chlamydomonas reinhardtii | |
| 4 | |||
| Israel D Flores | Carrollton, TX | CLONING: Plants In Vitro | |
| Honorable Mention | |||
