Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2011

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PH048   Extending the Motional Stark Effect Diagnostic to Low Magnetic Fields: 
Towards Implementing a Laser-induced Fluorescence Technique 
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Nicole Yeechi Tsai, 17, Senior, High Technology High School, Lincroft, 
 
New Jersey, T: Michael Roche
Pittsburgh, USPA04, Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair  
CB029   Novel Role of BAT3 in Regulation of Basal Macroautophagy 
 
Ishan Chatterjee, 16., Junior, Fox Chapel Area High School, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania, T: Gregory Schubert
CS042   Optimizing Keyboards for People with Disabilities 
 
Natalie Janet Nash, 16., Junior, Vincentian Academy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 
 
T: Thomas Adams
CS043   IrisScribe Eye-Typing Interface 
 
Matthew Thomas Vernacchia, 17, Senior, Upper Saint Clair High School, Upper 
Saint Clair, Pennsylvania, T: Colin Syme
EV035   Nitrate Retention Chemistry—Development of an Environmentally-Friendly 
Manure 
 
Adam Joseph Dando, 16., Sophomore, Franklin Regional Senior High School, 
Murrysville, Pennsylvania, T: Richard Sunny
Reading, USPA05, Reading and Berks Science and Engineering Fair  
CS024   Internet Communication in a Multiplayer FPS Game 
 
Matthew Adam Weidner, 15, Freshman, Brandywine Heights Area High School, 
Mertztown, Pennsylvania, T: Kevin Dolan
EM024   Big Problem... Small Solutions: A Comparison of Bioaugmentation and 
Biostimulation 
 
Miranda Elizabeth Haslam, 15, Sophomore, The King’s Academy, Mohrsville, 
Pennsylvania, T: Linda Rentschler
York, USPA06, York County Science and Engineering Fair  
ET068   Maximizing Algal Growth and Lipid Yields through Varying Iron3+ 
Concentration and Bioavailability: A Continued Investigation on Finding 
Optimal Growing Conditions for Scenedesmus sp. for Biofuel Production 
 
Yanqi Chen, 16, Sophomore, Central York High School, York, Pennsylvania, 
 
T: Dianna Guise
ME101   Evaluation of Transdermally Delivered Aspirin 
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Purnima Malik, 17, Senior, Central York High School, York, Pennsylvania, 
 
T: Dianna Guise
RHODE ISLAND 
Warwick, USRI50, Amgen Rhode Island Science and Engineering Fair  
CH019   Synthesis and Characterization of AuAg Alloy Nanoparticles for GFP 
Enhancement 
 
Daniel Ling, 16., Junior, East Greenwich High School, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 
T: Nicholas Rath
CS035   Improving Highway Interchanges with Computer-Based Evolution 
 
Cassidy Meier Laidlaw, 14, Freshman, Barrington High School, Barrington, Rhode 
Island, T: Karen Fletcher
SOUTH CAROLINA 
Aiken, USSC01, Central Savannah River Area Science and Engineering Fair  
MI020   What Is the Effect of Different Concentrations of Tart Cherry Juice on the 
Growth of Escherichia coli? 
 
Rebecca Hope Caughman, 15, Sophomore, Batesburg-Leesville High School, 
Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina, T: Catherine W. Watson
Charleston, USSC03, Low Country Science Fair  
BE033   Damaging Effects to Cognitive Ability Due to Long-Term Treatment with a 
High Fat/High Cholesterol Diet 
 
Ana Nicole Lanier, 16., Sophomore, Academic Magnet High School, North 
Charleston, South Carolina, T: Laura Eicher

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MI034   The Difference in Bacterial Growth on Gold Plated, Silver Plated and 
Copper Earring Hooks after Eight Hours of Wear and Twenty-Four Hours of 
Incubation at Body Temperature 
 
Elizabeth Claire Mappus, 16., Sophomore, Academic Magnet High School, North 
Charleston, South Carolina, T: Laura Eicher
Columbia, USSC04, USC Central South Carolina Region II Science and Engineering Fair  
CS306T  iPhone Based Personnel Observations with Online Data Visualization 
 
Tyler Thomas Smith, 17, Senior; Benjamin Robert Gustafson, 17, Senior
 
Dutch Fork High School, Irmo, South Carolina, T: Barry Preston Lindler
EE040   GNut, III: An A.I.R.V.I.S. (Anthropometric Interactive Robot with Vision 
Intelligence & Speech) 
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Arjun Aggarwal, 16., Junior, Lexington High School, Lexington, South Carolina, 
 
T: Praveen Aggarwal
PS020   Enzyme-Mediated DNA Methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana: The Effect of 
Abiotic Stress on MET1, DRM2, and CMT3 Gene Expression 
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Afia Zarrin Khan, 16., Junior, Spring Valley High School, Columbia, South Carolina, 
 
T: Dale C. Soblo
Florence, USSC05, Sand Hills Regional Science Fair                               
EE082   Solar Cell Enhancement with Natural Dye and Surface Roughness 
 
Andrew Christian Woods, 17, Junior, Mayo High School for Math, Science and 
Technology, Darlington, South Carolina, T: Daniel Christian Woods
Hilton Head Island, USSC02, Sea Island Regional Science Fair  
BE043   Marshmallow Morality: A Case Study of Distributive Justice and Delay of 
Gratification in Children Ages 5 to 9 Years Old 
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Clara Jordan Chalk, 18, Senior, Hilton Head Preparatory School, Hilton Head Island, 
South Carolina, T: Tina Webb-Browning
BE313T  An fMRI Study of the Regions of Brain Activation While Processing SAT 
 
Math Problems 
 
##  Cara Marie Borelli, 18, Senior; ##  Qiuzi Zhu, 17, Senior
 
Hilton Head Preparatory School, Hilton Head, South Carolina, 
 
T: Tina Webb-Browning
EM040   A Comparison of Thelypteris kunthii, Bambusa multiplex, and Microstegium 
vimineum on the Voltage Produced by a Plant Microbial Fuel Cell 
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Reid William D’Amico, 18, Senior, Hilton Head Preparatory, Hilton Head, South 
Carolina, T: Tina O. Webb-Browning
MI309T  A Novel Approach to the Reduction of Viable Pathogenic Bacteria Utilizing 
Visible Light and the Addition of a Photo-Initiator 
 
#  Adam Brandon Oppenheimer, 17, Junior; #  Mark Ryan Oppenheimer, 15, 
Sophomore, Hilton Head Preparatory School, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, 
 
T: Tina Webb-Browning
PH054   Laser Cushion: The Suppression of ASE in Solid State Lasers 
 
Brian Paul Ludewig, 16., Sophomore, Hilton Head High School, Hilton Head Island, 
South Carolina, T: Nancy Clouse
Spartanburg, USSC07, Piedmont South Carolina Region III Science Fair  
BE032   A Comparison of Forgetting Curves in Humans and Rats 
 
Chad Deniz Erturk, 16., Freshman, Spartanburg Day School, Spartanburg, South 
Carolina, T: Richard Gale Keen
ET012   Oil from Plastic: Fuel of the Future 
 
Tyler A. Moon, 14, Freshman, Fort Mill Area Homeschoolers, Fort Mill, South 
Carolina, T: Debbie Moon
SOUTH DAKOTA 
Aberdeen, USSD01, Northern South Dakota Science and Math Fair                    
AS028   The Effect of Lycopene and Vitamin A on the Regeneration of Planarian 
Flatworms 
 
Kaylee Anna Bahr, 18, Senior, Aberdeen Central High School, Aberdeen, South 
Dakota, T: Charles Hermansen

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