Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2011

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LOUISIANA 
Alexandria, USLA07, Louisiana Region IV Science Fair  
BI002  
Upregulation of ATGL in the Model of Cachectic Rats 
 
Shrishiv Avanti Timbalia, 17, Senior, Louisiana School for Math Science and the 
Arts, Natchitoches, Louisiana, T: Shelly F. Hynes
EE001   The Beetle Bot 
 
Kelsi Lynn Berry, 16., Junior, Leesville High School, Leesville, Louisiana, 
 
T: Donell Evans
Baton Rouge, USLA50, Louisiana Science and Engineering Fair  
BE031   The Relationship between Participating in Music Lessons and a Student’s 
Achievement in Math 
 
Marianne Virginia Konikoff, 15, Freshman, St. Joseph’s Academy, Baton Rouge, 
Louisiana, T: Linda Messina
BI303T  Evaluation of Fusarochromanone 101a: A Novel Fungus-Derived 
 
Anti-Cancer Drug 
 
Yoon Jee Kim, 17, Senior; Daniel Christopher Felty, 18, Senior
 
Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, Louisiana, T: Kris Purdy Clements
EA012   Comparing Kepler’s 3rd Law to the Curvature of a Trampoline 
 
Melissa Anne Guarisco, 16., Sophomore, St. Jospeh’s Academy, Baton Rouge, 
Louisiana, T: Linda Kerr Messina
MI032   Epstein-Barr Virus-Induced Alterations to Cellular Chromatin: A Potential 
Mechanism for Hit and Run Oncogenesis 
 
Ethan Traveny Skaggs, 17, Senior, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, 
Louisiana, T: Kris Purdy Clements
Baton Rouge, USLA01, Louisiana Region VII-Science and Engineering Fair  
BE002   Determining the Effect of Distractions Behind the Wheel on Teenagers 
through the Use of Driving Simulation 
 
Callie Marie Johnson, 15, Sophomore, St. Joseph’s Academy, Baton Rouge, 
Louisiana, T: Linda Messina
EM003   Developing Alternative Borrow Capping Treatments for Reinforcing 
Mississippi Embankments via Dredging, Year Two 
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Alaina Brooke Leggette, 17, Senior, St. Joseph’s Academy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 
T: Linda Messina
Bossier City, USLA02, Bossier Parish Community College Louisiana Region I Science and 
Engineering Fair  
BI008  
ICAM-1 Cytoplasmic Tail Regulation of Endothelial Cell Activation 
 
in Type I Diabetes 
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Shiqi Joy Shan, 17, Senior, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, 
Louisiana, T: Kris Purdy Clements
CB005   The Heart of Drug Repositioning: Translating a Cardiovascular Drug 
 
to a Novel Anti-Cancer Therapeutic 
 
James Anthony Young, 18, Senior, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, 
Louisiana, T: Kris Clements
Hammond, USLA10, Louisiana Region VIII Science Fair  
ME059   Going Against the Grain: Cytogenetic Analysis 
 
John Albert Villarrubia, 16., Junior, Saint Paul’s School, Covington, Louisiana, 
 
T: John Carambat
Houma, USLA03, Terrebonne Parish Science Fair  
CH013   Biodiesel:  Fueling the Future 
 
Garrett Michael Thibodeaux, 16., Junior, Terrebonne High School, Houma, Louisiana, 
T: Adrianna Marie Dupre
EM020   The Battle between Sand and Wind: Which Fence Makes a Difference? 
 
Sarah Louise Simoneaux, 14, Freshman, South Terrebonne High School, Bourg, 
Louisiana, T: Angela West
Lafayette, USLA04, Louisiana Region VI Science and Engineering Fair  
AS009   Birds Eye View: Development of a Method to Determine Gender in Green 
Cheek Conures 
 
Alexandra Kaye Badeaux, 16., Sophomore, Catholic High School New Iberia, New 
Iberia, Louisiana, T: Juliette Cherry

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EM311T  A Quantitative Study of Marine Bacteria of Dispersed and Undispersed 
Crude Oil and Potential for Enhancement of Biodegradation 
Rithika Marumagan Thirumal, 17, Junior; Samantha Leigh Biddick, 17, Senior
Ovey Comeaux High School, Lafayette, Louisiana, T: Lisa B. Ranney
Lake Charles, USLA05, Louisiana Region V Science and Engineering Fair  
CS014   Home Sweet 127.0.0.1 
Austin Alexander Peavy, 17, Senior, Alfred M. Barbe High School, 
Lake Charles, Louisiana, T: Judith Andrea Reeves
EN010   Analysis of Parallel versus Reciprocal Handle Orientation on a Handcycle 
Wilson Jennings Brown, 14, Freshman, DeRidder High School, DeRidder, Louisiana, 
T: Heidi Baine
New Orleans, USLA08, Greater New Orleans Science and Engineering Fair  
ET052 
Record Number of Light Absorption Enhancement Improving Performance of 
Solar Cells by Straining Si 
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Kinga J. Malkinska, 15, Sophomore, Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans, 
Louisiana, T: Clare Davis-Wheeler
ET063 
Lightning in a Bottle, Phase 1 
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Caleb George Gestes, 17, Junior, John Curtis Christian School, River Ridge, 
Louisiana, T: Cathy Boucvault
St. James Parish, USLA06, St. James Parish Science Fair  
PS301T  When Sugar Isn’t So Sweet: A Study Comparing Incineration Methods of 
Saccharum officinarum Foliage on the Decomposition of Pesticidal/Herbicidal 
Chemicals 
###  Brianna Leilani Bourgeois, 18, Senior; #  Katie Ann Chiasson, 17, Senior
Lutcher High School, Lutcher, Louisiana, T: Kermit Gauthreaux
Saint James High School, St. James, Louisiana
MARYLAND 
Baltimore, USMD07, Morgan State University Science—Mathematics—Engineering Fair  
MI062   Go Green 
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Alexis Diamond Kennedy, 16., Sophomore, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, 
Baltimore, Maryland, T: Mamie M Green
PH060   Super Sawdust: You Warm Up My Life! 
Tricia Mae Diras Fortuna, 15, Sophomore, Maritime Industries Academy, Baltimore, 
Maryland, T: Criselda Belarmino
College Park, USMD03, ScienceMontgomery—I  
CB014   Schizophrenia Susceptible Gene KCNH2 Regulates Synaptogensis in the 
Central Nervous System 
Grace Yuan Zhang, 17, Senior, Poolesville High School, Poolesville, Maryland, T: 
Teresa Mallow
EA013   Earth’s Magnetosphere as a Complex Network 
Julia Rose Kahn Cline, 17, Senior, Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, Maryland, 
T: Melanie Hudock
EE042   Development of a Scalable Software Architecture for the Efficient Production 
of Interactive and Responsive Robotic Behavior 
Austin Wendell Duff, 17, Senior, Gaithersburg High School, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 
T: Kurt H Richter
PH025   New Mathematical Model for Holography: No Lasers! 
Daniel Nathan Liss, 16., Junior, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Rockville, 
Maryland, T: David Fink
Glen Burnie, USMD01, Anne Arundel County Regional Science and Engineering Fair      
CS007   Analyzing the Fuel Consumption and Environmental Effectiveness of Adding 
Lanes to Roads and Highways: Examination via Computer Simulation 
Gregory Shika Bekher, 15, Freshman, Chesapeake Science Point Public Charter 
School, Hanover, Maryland, T: Kayla Shandra
EM008   Electrochemical Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage: A Dynamic Study 
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Luke Steven Andraka, 16., Sophomore, North County High School, Glen Burnie, 
Maryland, T: Reed Cooper

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