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Mississippi State, USMS06, Mississippi Region V Science and Engineering Fair
BI048
To Digest or Not to Digest?
Karien NaKawn Dixon, 16., Sophomore, Noxubee County High School, Macon,
Mississippi, T: Lillie Bryant
ME098 Development of a Novel Model for Assessing Biomechanical Properties and
Failure Mechanisms of Various Suture Techniques: Implications for Wound
Dehiscence
Arslan Arshad, 17, Senior, The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science,
Columbus, Mississippi, T: Janet Wise
Oxford, USMS07, Mississippi Region VII Science and Engineering Fair
BI045
Optimization of Bovine CD1b3 3D Structure: Exploring a Lipid Antigen-
Binding Complement Glycoprotein for Potential Malarial Intervention
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Rosalie Shinwei Doerksen, 15, Sophomore, Oxford High School, Oxford, Mississippi,
T: Marni Herrington
EA026 Nonlinear Parametric Modeling of Hurricane Landfall Decay
Taide Ding, 16., Sophomore, Oxford High School, Oxford, Mississippi,
T: Marni Herrington
Starkville, USMS50, Mississippi Science and Engineering State Fair
CH038 Species Specific Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors as Insecticides, Year Two
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Samantha Sapumalee Nanayakkara, 17, Senior, Mississippi School for Mathematics
and Science, Columbus, Mississippi, T: Janet Wise
EN045 A Novel Fiber Optic Sensor for the Detection of Diabetes in Poor Countries
Charlotte Wang, 17, Junior, The Mississippi School for Mathematics & Science,
Columbus, Mississippi, T: Janet Wise
MISSOURI
Cape Girardeau, USMO01, Southeast Missouri Regional Science Fair
BI006
Energy of the Not So Distant Future
Victoria E Willcut, 17, Junior, Puxico R-8 High School, Puxico,
Missouri,
T: Tiska Rodgers
CH026 Can Homemade Biofuel Compare to E-85?
Elizabeth Nicolle Koehler, 17, Junior,
Saxony Lutheran High School, Jackson,
Missouri, T: Verlin Gene Mangels
Fayette, USMO10, Three Rivers Regional Science and Engineering Fair
BE058 Bach vs. Mozart
Merzaydee McCall Moore, 18, Senior, La Plata R-II High School, La Plata, Missouri,
T: Mary Margaret Feldkamp
Hillsboro, USMO09, Mastodon Art/Science Regional Fair
EE043 Re-purposing of Electronic Parts to Build a Wind Turbine
Samantha Jaye Selby, 17, Junior, Saint Clair High School, St. Clair, Missouri,
T: Ben Martin
EV018 Porous Asphalt versus Conventional Asphalt
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Alexandria Yates, 15, Freshman, Seckman Senior High School, Imperial,
Missouri, T: Kelly Steinbrueck
Jefferson City, USMO02, Lincoln University Regional Science Fair
AS043 Forensic Entomology: Using Insects from the Genus
Sarcophaga for Cost
Effective and Efficient Cadaver Detection
Bailee Lynn Slack, 18, Senior, Camdenton High School, Camdenton, Missouri,
T: Chris Reeves
EN034 Developing a Thermo/Hydrochromic Roadway Paint Application to Increase
Driver Awareness during Hazardous Conditions
Nicholas Michael Huey, 18, Senior, Camdenton High School, Camdenton, Missouri,
T: Christopher Reeves
Joplin, USMO03, Missouri Southern Regional Science Fair
EE052 The Sand Plotter: Merging Engineering and Art
Michelle Diane Barchak, 17, Junior, Joplin High School, Joplin, Missouri,
T: Andy Ritter
EE068 Climbing Robots
Ashley Micheala Painter, 17, Junior, Homeschool, Verona, Missouri,
T: Peggy Painter
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Kansas City, USMO04, Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair
ET055 Hydrolize: Kinetics of the Hydrogen Production of the Magnesium-Water
Reaction in Aqueous Solution
Tyler Trettel Howard, 17, Senior,
Olathe Northwest High School, Olathe, Kansas,
T: Matt Peterie
ME070 Modeling of Human Non-Deletional Hereditary Persistence of Fetal
Hemoglobin (HPFH) Conditions in Beta-Globin Locus Transgenic Mouse
Models: The -175 (T to C) and -195 (C to G) A Gamma-Globin Gene Point
Mutations
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Prarthana Jignesh Dalal, 17, Senior, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie
Village, Kansas, T: Cole Ogdon
Saint Joseph, USMO06, Mid-America Regional Science and Engineering Fair
AS011 The Effect of Erythromycin on the Embryonic Development of Zebrafish
Kody Michelle Nelson, 17, Senior, Central High School, Saint Joseph, Missouri,
T: Jay Lee Meyers
MI015 Isolation of Polyethylene and Polystyrene Degrading Bacteria
Jason Yuan, 15, Sophomore, Central High School, St. Joseph, Missouri,
T: Jay Lee Meyers
Springfield, USMO08, Ozarks Science and Engineering Fair
EE062 Taking the Heat Off
Chase Evan Herman, 15, Freshman, Nixa High School, Nixa, Missouri,
T: Christina Elizabeth Shepherd
ME074 The Effects of Helical Modification on Simulated ACL Grafts
Caroline Kaye Clothiaux, 17, Junior, Greenwood Laboratory School, Springfield,
Missouri, T: Todd Allen Van Gorden
PS027 Molecular Identification of Dagger Nematodes from Agricultural Soils
Alice Yung-Mei Hwang, 17, Senior, Greenwood Laboratory School, Springfield,
Missouri, T:
Todd Van Gorden
St. Louis, USMO07, Academy of Science—Greater St. Louis Science Fair
AS010 The Urogenital System of Male Rhyacotritonidae: An Anatomical and
Phylogenetic Study
Emily Rachel Wilson, 17, Junior, Parkway Central High School, Chesterfield,
Missouri, T: Adam Bergeron
ET023 Role of PLCa and Myba in Oil Accumulation and PLCa in Response to NaCl
Stress in
Camelina sativa
Elise Genevieve Viox, 17, Senior, Cor Jesu Academy, St. Louis, Missouri,
T: Dr. Bill Joern
St. Peters, USMO05, Missouri Tri-County Regional Science and Engineering Fair
PS006 Identification of the Source of Indeterminate DNA in Fluorescence Assays of
Sterile Seed Corn
(Zea mays)
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Kaitlin Elizabeth Larkin, 17, Senior, Wentzville Holt High School, Wentzville,
Missouri, T:
Jennifer Michelle Berendzen
MONTANA
Billings, USMT01, Billings Clinic Research Center Science Expo
CB022 Effects of Bloodroot on Candida albicans Morphology and Growth
Daniel Walter Beierwaltes, 16., Junior, Billings Central Catholic High School, Billings,
Montana, T: Debora Wines
Butte, USMT02, Montana Tech Regional Science and Engineering Fair
AS039 Stress Relevence Affecting Female Productivity Traits in Swine
Neela Ann Andres, 15, Freshman, Big
Sky High School, Missoula, Montana,
T: Brandon Thomas Honzel
BI026
The Investigation of the Biological Properties of the Ayurvedic Plant
Bacopa monnieri
Michelle Deanna Nemetchek, 16., Junior, Big Sky High School, Missoula, Montana,
T: Brandon Thomas Honzel
ET304T A Comparison of Algae Growth in Waste Water versus Standard Bristol Media
Markie Collins Kindred, 18, Senior; Miranda Elizabeth Tornatore, 17, Freshman
Sentinel High School, Missoula, Montana, T: Brett Andrew Taylor