Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2011

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Dallas, USTX01, Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair  
AS013   Coping with Copepods: The Influence of Macrocyclops albidus on the Survival 
and Morphology of Vibrio cholerae 01 
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Madeleine Amanda Ball, 18, Senior, Ursuline Academy of Dallas, Dallas, Texas, 
T: Roxanne Leitner
CH009   Semifluorinated Polymer Brushes by Surface Initiated Atom Transfer 
Radical Polymerization (SI-ATRP) on Layer-by-Layer Macroinitiator Modified 
Substrates 
Ishita Madan, 17, Senior, Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas, 
T: Deanna Shea
CS016   myRhythm 1.0: Developing a Remote Heart Rate Monitoring Software 
Dashboard 
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Shravan Shaastri, 15, Sophomore, Jasper High School, Plano, Texas, T: Peri Haynes
EM015   A Comparison of the Efficiencies of Active Radon Gas Mitigation Systems 
Rachel A. Hodge, 16., Sophomore, Jasper High School, Plano, Texas, T: Peri Haynes
EN013   Fabrication and Characterization of Polymeric Solar Cells via Spraycoating 
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Rohan Virang Shah, 17, Senior, Plano East Senior High, Plano, Texas, T: Julie Baker
ET033   Algae as a Biofuel, Part II 
 
Daisuke Dennis Takeda, 19, Senior, Newman Smith High School, Carrollton, Texas, 
T: Karl Jones
EV015   A Cheaper Alternative to a Cleaner Future II: A Study to Optimize the 
Efficiencies of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells 
 
Sirish Chandra Kamarajugadda, 17, Senior, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, 
Texas, T: Julie Baker
ME310T  Neuroscience of Longevity: Effects of Stress and Antioxidant Genes 
 
on the Lifespan of Transgenic Drosophila melanogaster 
 
Lisa P Michaels, 15, Freshman; Tess P Michaels, 17, Senior
 
Shepton High School, Plano, Texas, T: Deanna Shea
 
Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas
El Paso, USTX02, Sun Country Science Fair  
CS058   End of Course Exam Arrangement Accelerator 
 
I. Hsun Liao, 16., Junior, Americas High School, El Paso, Texas, T: Craig M. Peters
EM051   Carbon Footprint: Which Fuel Leaves a Smaller Carbon Footprint? 
Vidal Castaneda, 16., Sophomore, Americas High School, El Paso, Texas, 
T: Sandra Blough
Fort Worth, USTX03, Fort Worth Regional Science and Engineering Fair  
BI004  
Type 2 Diabetes in the Age of Epigenetics: Diet Takes Over! 
Sailee Yadav, 15, Sophomore, James W. Martin High School, Arlington, Texas, 
T: Sushma Yadav
CB021   Targeting AMP Kinase to Reverse Cisplatin Resistance in Ovarian Cancer 
Shree Bose, 16., Junior, Fort Worth Country Day, Fort Worth, Texas, 
T: Sharon Hamilton
CS041   Prefix-Tree Based Anomaly Detection in Critical Software Systems 
Favyen Bastani, 16., Junior, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton, 
Texas, T: Farokh Bastani
MA034   RBCAM: A Rule-Based Disease Trending Tool 
Anjana Ram, 17, Junior, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton, 
Texas, T: Ram Laksnarain
Houston, USTX05, Science Engineering Fair of Houston  
AS058   Oyster Restoration, Part II 
Gabriella Dora Quintana, 16., Sophomore, Friendswood High School, Friendswood, 
Texas, T: Teresa Lawrence
BE319T  Impulsivity, Obsessiveness, and School Grades 
Christina R. Wassef, 17, Junior; Audrey Claire Wassef, 17, Junior
Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas, T: Kurt Oian
BE320T  Peer and Parent Health Behaviors 
Alyssa Marie Blackburn, 16., Junior; Gina Lulu Toumajian, 17, Junior
Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas, T: Anna Loonam

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BI047  
Chitosan Nanoparticle Uptake for Cancer Therapy 
 
Andy Tran, 16., Sophomore, Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health 
Professions, Houston, Texas, T: Barbara Williams
CH039   Carbon Nanotube Synthesis and Characterization 
 
Neerja Aggarwal, 17, Junior, L.V. Hightower High School, Missouri City, Texas, 
 
T: John Glenn Ramon
CS061   Class Scheduling Using Genetic Algorithms 
 
Rishi Suresh, 15, Sophomore, Clear Brook High School, Friendswood, Texas, 
 
T: Leatrice Devault
EE087   An Alternative Optical Analyzer 
 
Nicholas Andrew McCoy, 16., Sophomore, The Academy of Science and Technology, 
The Woodlands, Texas, T: Susan M. Caffery
ET313T  Harnessing the Sun: Using Natural Dyes for Energy 
 
Kaiser Leigh Tin-U, 16., Sophomore; Serene Yu, 15, Sophomore; Kimberly Thien Vu, 
16., Sophomore
 
Michael E. Debakey High School for Health Professions, Houston, Texas, 
 
T: Barbara Williams
ME096   Inflammation Is Skin Deep with Gingerol and Transfersomes 
 
Kishore Balasubramanian, 14, Freshman, Klein Oak High School, Spring, Texas, 
 
T: Brenda Fabian
ME100   Trafficking Chitosan Nanoparticles in HepG2 Cells 
 
Thomas Mark Kuncewicz, 16., Sophomore, DeBakey High School for Health 
Professions, Houston, Texas, T: Barbara Williams
PH059   Collision Course: 4486 Mithra 
 
Omkar Vikas Joshi, 17, Senior, Bellaire Senior High School, Bellaire, Texas, 
 
T: Anna Loonam
PS032   Plant Grafting III 
 
Taylor Rae Lawson, 16., Sophomore, The Academy of Science and Technology, 
 
The Woodlands, Texas, T: Larry Walker
Kilgore, USTX06, East Texas Regional Science Fair                               
ET041   Mama’s Homemade Fuel: Now Carbon-Emission Free! 
 
Caitlin Michelle Butler, 18, Senior, Carlisle High School, Price, Texas, 
 
T: Charla Jordan
Laredo, USTX07, United Independent School District Regional Science Fair  
BE023   Paper versus Screen & Memorization Effects 
 
Allison Kay Herrera, 17, Senior, John B Alexander High School, Laredo, Texas, 
 
T: Rebecca E Lopez
Laredo, USTX14, Laredo Independent School District Science Fair  
BE027   Chemical Mind Bend 
 
Ricardo Alejandro Perez, 16., Sophomore, Joseph W. Nixon High School, Laredo, 
Texas, T: Itzel Hinojosa
ME050   Electromagnetic Radiation’s Effect on Drosophila melanogaster 
 
Michael Christopher Guevara, 18, Senior, Joseph W. Nixon High School, Laredo, 
Texas, T: Eduardo Ernesto Lopez
PH306T  Magnetism vs. Temperature 
 
Jose Luis Mata, 17, Junior; Juan Carlos Alonso, 17, Junior
 
Dr. Leonides G. Cigarroa High School, Laredo, Texas, T: Jesus Dario Perez
Lubbock, USTX08, South Plains Regional Science and Engineering Fair  
ME009   Intracellular Calcium and Prostate Cancer 
 
Dalia Martinez-Marin, 17, Senior, Lubbock High School, Lubbock, Texas, 
 
T: Sue Diggs
MI004   Antifungal Effects of Eisenia foetida Bacteria on Batrachochytrium 
dendrobatidis (Bd): Quantifying Fungal Biofilm Formation (Novel Method) 
and Zoospore Attachment, Year III 
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Jayton Lewis Rainey, 17, Senior, Slaton High School, Slaton, Texas, 
 
T: Shari Singleton
Odessa, USTX09, Permian Basin Regional Science Fair  
CB031   Wake Up Call—Is Cardiovascular Disease on the Line? 
 
Michael C Godwin, 18, Senior, Andrews High School, Andrews, Texas, 
 
T: Cindy W. Tochterman

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