Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2011

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EE047   Harnessing Energy from Ocean Waves by Means of Vertical Oscillation and 
Unidirectional Rotation 
 
Cody McKay Cummings, 18, Senior, Bonneville High School, Ogden, Utah, 
 
T: Michelle Wood
ET044   An Investigation of Photovoltaic Enhancement Methods, Phase II 
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Lindsey Johnson, 15, Sophomore, Weber High School, Pleasant View, Utah, 
 
T: Lareen Radle
ET045   Generation of Electricity from Ocean Wave Oscillation 
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Jessica Kelsey James, 18, Senior, Weber High School, Pleasantview, Utah, 
 
T: Steven Thorpe
MI039   Viral Contamination: Comparing and Characterizing Bacteriophages Isolated 
from Wastewater Treatment Facilities 
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Kassandra Wilson, 17, Senior, Weber High School, Pleasant View, Utah, 
 
T: Lareen Radle
PS018   The Intensity of Anthocyanin Concentration versus the Growth of Plants 
 
Skye Kirstyn Willard, 17, Junior, Bonneville High School, Ogden, Utah, 
 
T: Michelle Wood
Provo, USUT04, Central Utah Science and Engineering Fair  
BE034   Motivation and Performance: Examining the Effect of Motivation 
 
on Low Stake Test Scores 
 
Jacob Johnson, 17, Senior, Salem Hills High, Salem, Utah, T: Brad Shuler
CB305T  Creating an Expression Vector Containing the Apoptin Gene for Genetic 
Modification of Arabidopsis thaliana through Agrobacterium Mediated Gene 
Transfer 
 
Ellen Christine Peterson, 17, Senior; Brennan Scott Winkler, 17, Senior
 
Jordan Applied Technology Center, West Jordan, Utah, T: Gina Sanzenbacher
CH306T  The Synthesis and Size Reduction of Dispersed Aggregates of Molybdenum 
Oxide Nanoparticles for Use in Long Chain Hydrocarbon Cracking 
 
Natalia Lynn Anderton, 18, Senior; Brielle Woolsey, 18, Senior
 
Springville High School, Springville, Utah, T: Steven Haderlie
EA023   Using Amino Acid Analysis to Distinguish Chondritic Meteorites from Rocks 
Launched into Space from Earth 
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Jane M. Cox, 16., Junior, Timpview High School, Provo, Utah, T: John McIlmoil
MI035   In vitro Evaluation of the Potential for Resistance Development in Caragenin 
CSA-13 
 
Justin Daniel See, 17, Senior, Karl G. Maeser Preparatory Academy, Lindon, Utah, 
 
T: Nathan Marshall
Salt Lake City, USUT05, Salt Lake Valley Science and Engineering Fair  
BE041   Audio-Visual HIV/AIDS Education in a Tanzanian Adolescent Population 
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Lori Kim, 18, Junior, West High School, Salt Lake City, Utah, T: Brenda Mann
BI022  
Detection and Analysis of Point Mutations of the Oxidative Variety in the 
K-ras Gene 
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Charles Preston Blakemore, 18, Senior, Academy for Math, Engineering and 
Science, Salt Lake City, Utah, T: Tara Wion
MA030   Modeling Wind Power Generation Using Polynomial Chaos Expansion 
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Ryan Thomas Baker, 17, Junior, Hillcrest High School, Midvale, Utah, T: Jeff Salter
VERMONT 
Northfield, USVT50, Vermont State Science and Mathematics Fair  
EM044   The Optimization of Bioremediation 
 
Riya Patel, 15, Sophomore, South Burlington High School, South Burlington, 
Vermont, T: Mark Lubkowitz
MI049   Synergy in Antibiotics 
 
Vishnukumaar Premsankar, 14, Sophomore, South Burlington High School, South 
Burlington, Vermont, T: Christopher Huston
PH042   The Effects of Temperature on Surface Tension 
 
Nikki Michelle White, 17, Senior, Windsor High School, Windsor, Vermont, 
 
T: Jennifer Sarah Townsend

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VIRGINIA 
Arlington, USVA01, Northern Virginia Science and Engineering Fair                 
EN009   Towards More Efficient Very-Large-Scale Integrated Networks: Increasing 
the Degree of Parallelism and Semiconductance in Single-Walled Carbon 
Nanotube Devices 
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Yosyp Shvab, 17, Senior, T. C. Williams High School, Alexandria, Virginia, 
 
T: Shawn Lowe
EV305T  The Toxicity of Bioremediation Agents 
 
Catherine Rose Mitchell, 16., Sophomore; Andrea Elise Green, 15, Sophomore
 
H. B. Woodlawn, Arlington, Virginia, T: William VanEvera
Charlottesville, USVA02, Virginia Piedmont Regional Science Fair  
CB006.   Genetic Targets in HPV-Induced Cancers 
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Arun Brendan Dutta, 17, Senior, Western Albemarle High School, Crozet, Virginia, 
T: Wally Adesina
MA051   On the Patterns Existing Among Carousel Primes in Base n 
 
Simanta Gautam, 15, Sophomore, Albemarle High School, Charlottesville, Virginia, 
T: Jeff Prillaman
Fairfax, USVA03, Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair  
BI012  
Crystallization of a Novel Malarial Protein, CelTOS, for X-ray Crystal Structure 
Determination and Anti-malarial Development 
 
Venkat Arunkumar Iyer, 17, Senior, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and 
Technology, Alexandria, Virginia, T: Andrea Cobb
EE307T  Fabrication and Impact Optimization of Angular and Hydrostatic Body Armor 
 
#  Atif Javed, 18, Senior; Steven Donald Gillen, 17, Junior
 
Fairfax High School, Fairfax, Virginia, T: Christopher Bird
EM021   The Effect of E. crassipes on the Nitrate and Ammonia Levels from Sewage 
Treatment Waste Water 
 
Kelly M. Martins, 17, Junior, Langley High School, McLean, Virginia, T: Robert 
Culbertson
EN304T  Developing a Urine Test for Tularemia through the Use of Cibacron Blue-Core 
Shell Nanoparticles to Sequester the Bacterial Antigen Tul4 
 
Rithvik Raju Prasannappa, 17, Junior; Sameer Kumar Singh, 16., Junior
 
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia, 
 
T: Andrea Cobb
ET035   Effect of Various Metal Cofactors on the Catalyzation Rate of Pyruvate 
to Ethanol by Pyruvate Decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.1) in Sacchararomyces 
cervisiae when Thiamine Pyrophosphate (TPP) Is Absent 
 
Arrush Choudhary, 15, Sophomore, Chantilly High School, Chantilly, Virginia, 
 
T: Latha Shankar
EV321T  The Effect of Pollutants on Eisenia hortensis (Earthworm) and It’s Potential 
as an Indicator Species 
 
Gillian Claire Gundersen, 17, Senior; Brenda Allison Perez, 17, Senior
 
Herndon High School, Herndon, Virginia, T: Erin Sikes-Thurston
ME040   The Inhibition of Tumor Cell Growth by Cordycepin 
 
Jason Shao Cui, 15, Freshman, Langley High School, Mclean, Virginia, 
 
T: Jeromy Gilman
ME041   Efficacy of Valproic Acid as a GSK-3
α Inhibitor in Treatment of Amyloid-
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Aggregation and Neuronal Apoptosis in Alzheimer’s Disease 
 
Shreyas Mahapatra, 17, Senior, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and 
Technology, Alexandria, Virginia, T: Paul Cammer
ME042   Subjugation of P. aeruginosa’s Opportunistic Pathogenesis through the 
Utilization of Novel Anti-Neutrophil Therapy 
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Aditya Samir Mazmudar, 16., Junior, Fairfax High School, Fairfax, Virginia, 
 
T: Kristin Webster
ME043   The Effect of Taurine on Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Daphnia magna 
 
Heba Khaled Rashed, 18, Senior, South County Secondary School, Lorton, Virginia, 
T: Danielle L Schoolcraft

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