Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Special & Grand Awards

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1 Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Special & Grand Awards The 69th Georgia Science & Engineering Fair took place in Athens, Georgia, March 30 - April 1, Students were selected to participate in GSEF at Regional Fairs across the state; every student should be congratulated for this honor! The following awards were given by the GSEF Judging Team and representatives of sponsoring organizations. Congratulations to these students and to all GSEF participants for your excellent work! AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH - JUNIOR DIVISION Aaniyah Jarrette Can Aloe Vera Juice Save Berries from Mold? Rex Mill Middle School CLAYTON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH - SENIOR DIVISION Joshua Crawford Alpharetta High School Whey as an Alternative Organic Fuel in MFCs Using S. cerevisiae AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS & ASTRONAUTICS 2ND PLACE JUNIOR DIVISION Sylvie Blanton Aerodynamics of Paper Airplanes Summerour Middle School AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS & ASTRONAUTICS 1ST PLACE JUNIOR DIVISION William Spires Wing Designs for Lift Arnold Magnet Academy AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS & ASTRONAUTICS 3RD PLACE SENIOR DIVISION Ashleigh Holloway The Physics Behind the Lift Off Benjamin E. Mays High School AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS & ASTRONAUTICS 2ND PLACE SENIOR DIVISION Daniel Jin Solid Rocket Fuel: Testing Alternative Fuel Mixtures Cumberland Christian Academy AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS & ASTRONAUTICS 1ST PLACE SENIOR DIVISION Matthew York The Efficiency of the Use of an Air Channel in an Aircraft Wing MUSCOGEE COUNTY AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY AWARD Marisa Perera Wind Works Viha Umashankar Wind Works Jack Vega Building a Wind Tunnel AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION AWARD Dylan Douglas-Brown What Is the Correlation of Social Media with Anxiety? Charlotte Schopen-Davis Learning to See: Visual Perception Elkins Pointe Middle School Elkins Pointe Middle School Marietta Sixth Grade Academy Lakeside High School DeKalb Americus-Sumter County High School S SUMTER COUNTY Zaharia Selman Effect of Study Habits and Loss Aversion on Human Decision Making ASM MATERIALS EDUCATION FOUNDATION AWARD Jasmin Gao Fibrin Scaffold for Dentin-Pulp Regeneration with DPSCs Northview High School Page 1 of 20

2 Rose Hong Fibrin Scaffold for Dentin-Pulp Regeneration with DPSCs Vikram Ruppa-Kasani Combating Superbugs Using Multifunctional Carbon Dots ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN GEOSCIENTISTS AWARD Nysa Dharan Can Nanotechnology Help Clean Up Ocean Oil Spills? Addie Rinehart Soil vs. Oil Northview High School Chattahoochee High School Piney Grove Middle School Thomasville City Scholars Academy THOMAS COUNTY Audrey Widmier North Cobb High School Human Disturbance on Soil Macroinvertebrate Communities ASU WALTON SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS AWARD Jaden Lamar #T3XT NECK Anthony Russo #T3XT NECK Isaiah Torres Creating a Bike Pulled Trailer on a Modular Chassis Kruin Utschig Creating a Bike Pulled Trailer on a Modular Chassis Mikelison Womack Meal Worms: The Future of Plastic Recycling AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY AWARD Arthur Miller The Airborne Spread of Food Allergens BIOPHYSICS AWARD Max Seidel 3D Printed Myoelectric Prosthesis without TMR Surgery BROADCOM MASTERS NOMINEE Safi Ahmed WANTED: Heart Burn Remedy, REWARD: Instant Relief Kathryn Amstutz What's in a Word? Ava Bailey 3D Printing to Increase Airplane Engine Fuel Efficiency Lithia Springs High School Lithia Springs High School Marietta High School Marietta High School Morrow High School South Forsyth High School Riverwood High School Dickerson Middle School Hopewell Middle School DOUGLAS COUNTY DOUGLAS COUNTY CLAYTON COUNTY Hansika Behl Basil Tri-Ponics - Comparing Three Plant Growing Methods Elkins Pointe Middle School Marco Borrego License to Drive MagLev Pyrolytic Graphite Juan Borrego License to Drive MagLev Pyrolytic Graphite Clarkston Brannon Refining the Waters of the Wild Caleb Buchanan 3D Printing to Increase Airplane Engine Fuel Efficiency Buford Middle School Buford Middle School The Kings Academy Page 2 of 20

3 Avani Dhuri Energy Efficient Blind Controls Nylah Ductan Are Algae or Carbon More Efficient Water Filters? Kody Eliason Hydrolobot 2.0: Making Water Sample Collection Easier Ava Gavin Treating People without Water Treatment Katherine Gibbs 2.4 GHz vs 5 GHz Grace Hardymon Treating People without Water Treatment Hunter Hoffman Arrow Dynamics Gwyn Kelley Thermoelectric Phone Charger Corey Kidd 3D Printing to Increase Airplane Engine Fuel Efficiency Christopher Kirschner Effect of Different Turbulators on Airplane Lift Trickum Middle School Northside Middle School The Westminster Schools Bonaire Middle School The Westminster Schools Bonaire Middle School The Westminster Schools The Kings Academy Irene Kwon J C Booth Middle School The Power of Music: How Music Affects Alzheimer's Patients Stephen Litt Lovinggood Middle School Does EGCG Stop Planarian Tumors? A Cancer Cure Pathway Emma MacDonald Abigail McHoul What's in Your Water? Henderson Middle School Chamblee Vinayak Menon Riverwatch Middle School Path to Zero Emissions Using Barriers to Control EvapLoss Joseph Metzler The SkateBrake J C Booth Middle School Divya Nori Basil Tri-Ponics - Comparing Three Plant Growing Methods Elkins Pointe Middle School Sydney Palmer Tiffany Pham Creating a Motorized Hand Elite Scholars Academy Morrow CLAYTON COUNTY Saitheja Pucha Henderson Middle School Chamblee Pathogenic Bacterial Growth Inhibition by Yogurt Metabolites Kendall Simmons Nailed It! Which Cheap Nail Is the Least Corrosive? Madeline Simpson Thermoelectric Phone Charger Velda Wang Effects of Antioxidants on Cells Exposed to Free Radicals Aaron Cohn Middle School The Westminster Schools Trickum Middle School MUSCOGEE COUNTY Page 3 of 20

4 Caeley Woo What's in Your Water? GENIUS OLYMPIAD RECOMMENDATION Jawa Darazim The Effects of Black Gill: The Newest Threat to Shrimping Ava Gardere The Effects of Black Gill: The Newest Threat to Shrimping Henderson Middle School Chamblee Glynn Academy Glynn Academy GLYNN COUNTY GLYNN COUNTY GEORGIA BIOGENEIUS CHALLENGE AWARD ALTERNATE Marissa McDonald Union Grove High School Galectin-4 and Function of N- and C-Terminal Domains in Immunity GEORGIA BIOGENEIUS CHALLENGE AWARD Tejas Athni Stratford Academy Inhibiting GBM Brain Tumor Proliferation Using Bacopa monnieri BIBB COUNTY GEORGIA ENGINEERING FOUNDATION AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR IMPACT ON BETTER LIVING - JUNIOR DIVISIO Emily Hancock A Bright Idea for Keeping Cool Bonaire Middle School GEORGIA ENGINEERING FOUNDATION AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR IMPACT ON BETTER LIVING - SENIOR DIVISIO Jubin Thomas Life Bands: Expanding Pulse Detection to Save Lives Fayette County High School GEORGIA SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS BEST USE OF ENGINEERING SKILLS - JUNIOR DIVISION AWARD Logan Drawdy Installation Effects on Flow Accuracy Vickery Creek Middle School GEORGIA SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS BEST USE OF ENGINEERING SKILLS - SENIOR DIVISION AWARD Susanna Dorminy Dynamo Powered Refrigeration Chamber Sola Fide Home School IEEE ATLANTA SECTION AWARD FOR ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL ENGINEERING JUNIOR DIVISION Joseph Metzler The SkateBrake J C Booth Middle School IEEE ATLANTA SECTION AWARD FOR ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SENIOR DIVISION Susanna Dorminy Dynamo Powered Refrigeration Chamber Sola Fide Home School IEEE ATLANTA SECTION AWARD FOR MATERIALS & BIOENGINEERING JUNIOR DIVISION Marco Borrego License to Drive MagLev Pyrolytic Graphite Buford Middle School Juan Borrego License to Drive MagLev Pyrolytic Graphite Buford Middle School IEEE ATLANTA SECTION AWARD FOR MATERIALS & BIOENGINEERING SENIOR DIVISION Nicole Tayag Veterans High School Modeling and Testing of an Electricity Free Nebulizer: Year 2 GEORGIA MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY LUCY B. MCCRONE STUDENT SCIENCE AWARD Stephen Litt Lovinggood Middle School Does EGCG Stop Planarian Tumors? A Cancer Cure Pathway GEORGIA MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY WALTER C. MCCRONE STUDENT SCIENCE AWARD Page 4 of 20

5 Keerti Soundappan Health Benefits in Our Everyday Cooking Houston County High School GEORGIA SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING JUNIOR DIVISION Kierston Coleman The Effects of Cell Phone Use While Driving Montgomery County Middle School GEORGIA SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING SENIOR DIVISION Susanna Dorminy Dynamo Powered Refrigeration Chamber Sola Fide Home School MONTGOMERY COUN GEORGIA VETERINARY MEDICAL AUXILIARY AWARD - JUNIOR DIVISION Laney Delorme Northpaw or Southpaw Bonaire Middle School GEORGIA VETERINARY MEDICAL AUXILIARY AWARD - SENIOR DIVISION Ashley Brown Targeting of Osteoarthritis in Boxers GEORGIA WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION AWARD - JUNIOR Ajay Pandey Pollution and the Chattahoochee River Paulding County High School Holcomb Bridge Middle School GEORGIA WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION AWARD - 2ND PLACE SENIOR Laney Norton Filtering Techniques on Removing Lead in Water GEORGIA WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION AWARD - 1ST PLACE SENIOR Jessica Mitchell South Forsyth High School The Effects of Different Silt Fencing Techniques on Turbidity GREEN POWER EMC RENEWABLE ENERGY AWARD JUNIOR DIVISION Alina Sullivan Carbon Sequestration of Biomass GREEN POWER EMC RENEWABLE ENERGY AWARD SENIOR DIVISION Alex Eldridge Solar Surge: Maximization of Solar Cell Efficiency Whitewater Middle School Dunwoody High School PAULDING COUNTY Zachary Pankey Solar Surge: Maximization of Solar Cell Efficiency Dunwoody High School IMPACT AWARD Abhiramgopal Akella Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology TNF Inhibitor Effect in a Chronic Model of Parkinson's Disease IMPACT AWARD SPONSOR Dr. Susan Kramer IMPACT AWARD TEACHER WINNER Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology INSPIRING EXCELLENCE AWARD - STUDENT Noah Budnitz Chalk Project: Hunting an Alternative Pinckneyville Middle School Jeremiah DeSesto Houston County High School Do Visual Subliminal Messages Have an Affect on Human Choice? Michael Kinsey The Effect of Laundry Detergents on Staphylococcus epidermidis Page 5 of 20

6 Isabelle Kirkwood The Effect of Melittin of Honey Bee Venom on T-Cell Proliferation Emma MacDonald Sydney Palmer Mikelison Womack Meal Worms: The Future of Plastic Recycling INSPIRING EXCELLENCE AWARD - TEACHER JoDi Osborn INSPIRING EXCELLENCE TEACHER WINNER INTEL EXCELLENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AWARD Sudhan Chitgopkar Applying Bayesian Networks to Increase Vehicle Safety Morrow High School South Forsyth High School CLAYTON COUNTY Suraj Modi Mountain View High School Non-Invasive Rapid Diagnosis for Eye Cancer Using Neural Networks Max Seidel 3D Printed Myoelectric Prosthesis without TMR Surgery Riverwood High School MERIAL BIOLOGICAL INTEL ISEF OBSERVER AWARD Caitlin van Zyl Think, Type - A Mind Controlled Keyboard for the Disabled Jacqueline van Zyl Think, Type - A Mind Controlled Keyboard for the Disabled MERIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AWARD 2ND PLACE JUNIOR DIVISION McIntosh High School McIntosh High School Arul Selvakumar Fulton Science Academy The Effect of GABA-Enriched Foods on Autism Spectrum Disorders MERIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AWARD 1ST PLACE JUNIOR DIVISION Velda Wang Effects of Antioxidants on Cells Exposed to Free Radicals MERIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AWARD 2ND PLACE SENIOR DIVISION Dorian Rosenburg Epitope Prediction: Aid in Vaccine Design and Diagnostics MERIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AWARD 1ST PLACE SENIOR DIVISION Ashley Brown Targeting of Osteoarthritis in Boxers Trickum Middle School St. Pius X Catholic High School Paulding County High School PAULDING COUNTY MOLECULE-R FLAVORS AWARD - JUNIOR DIVISION Jordan Anderson The Effect of Sugar on Macaron Shells MOLECULE-R FLAVORS AWARD - SENIOR DIVISION Amen Gashaw Cooking Up Calories MU ALPHA THETA MATHEMATICS AWARD Sudhan Chitgopkar Applying Bayesian Networks to Increase Vehicle Safety River Trail Middle School Brookwood High School South Forsyth High School Page 6 of 20

7 VyVy Nguyen Morrow High School Torque: Effects on Anti-Gravity Mirages of Gyroscopic Precession Weston Rogers Colquitt County High School Determining Total Impulse with 3-D Printed Rocket Nozzles NABT BIOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCE PROJECT AWARD - JUNIOR DIVISION Safi Ahmed WANTED: Heart Burn Remedy, REWARD: Instant Relief Dickerson Middle School Charlye Allen Early County Middle School Comparing 3 Ratios of 2 Protein Flours as Feed Additives for BSFL CLAYTON COUNTY COLQUITT COUNTY EARLY COUNTY Kathryn Amstutz What's in a Word? Hopewell Middle School Hansika Behl Basil Tri-Ponics - Comparing Three Plant Growing Methods Elkins Pointe Middle School Clarkston Brannon Refining the Waters of the Wild The Kings Academy Stephen Litt Lovinggood Middle School Does EGCG Stop Planarian Tumors? A Cancer Cure Pathway Emma MacDonald Divya Nori Basil Tri-Ponics - Comparing Three Plant Growing Methods Elkins Pointe Middle School Sydney Palmer Velda Wang Effects of Antioxidants on Cells Exposed to Free Radicals Trickum Middle School NABT BIOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCE PROJECT AWARD - SENIOR DIVISION Andrea Augustine Eagle's Landing High School Characterizing Effect of Glutamine Position on Aβ Fiber Structure Roopsha Bandopadhyay Milton High School A CRISPR/Cas9 System to Edit MIR828 and TAS4a in N. benthamiana Khaylie Boothe The Effect of 4-Methylimidazole on Liver Cell Metabolism Joshua Courtney Carmel Hill School Quantifying Aquatic Food Webs Using Measured Fish Condition HALL COUNTY Dylan Douglas-Brown What Is the Correlation of Social Media with Anxiety? Lakeside High School DeKalb Sieun (Iris) Jeon Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology Water Contamination Determined by Luminescence of V. fischeri Michelle Kim Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology Water Contamination Determined by Luminescence of V. fischeri Maria Olifer Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology Water Contamination Determined by Luminescence of V. fischeri Eric Wang Chattahoochee High School Thymol and Telomerase - A Potential Catch-All Cure for Cancer NASA EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE AWARD Page 7 of 20

8 Benjamin Breer Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology Orbital Trajectory Deviation Patterns of the Galilean Satellites Kody Eliason Hydrolobot 2.0: Making Water Sample Collection Easier Gabriella Lirio Ocean Acidification: The Hidden Effect of Climate Change Northside Middle School Colquitt County High School COLQUITT COUNTY NATIONAL YOUTH SCIENCE CAMP AWARD - ALTERNATE Heidi David Lakeside High School DeKalb Loss of a Chromatin Modifier Affects Inheritance in C. elegans Jubin Thomas Life Bands: Expanding Pulse Detection to Save Lives Fayette County High School NATIONAL YOUTH SCIENCE CAMP AWARD Andrea Augustine Eagle's Landing High School Characterizing Effect of Glutamine Position on Aβ Fiber Structure Eric Wang Chattahoochee High School Thymol and Telomerase - A Potential Catch-All Cure for Cancer NAVAL SCIENCE AWARD - JUNIOR DIVISION Sylvie Blanton Aerodynamics of Paper Airplanes Enrique Carman Hydraulic Arm Summerour Middle School Calvary Baptist Day School CHATHAM COUNTY Brandon Clanton Rehoboth Road Middle School Boyle's Law: Pressure Pushing Down on Me, Pressing Down on You SPALDING COUNTY Grayson Curott What a Drag Evan Fistel All-Terrain Robot William Spires Wing Designs for Lift NAVAL SCIENCE AWARD - SENIOR DIVISION Ashleigh Holloway The Physics Behind the Lift Off Catey Hunt Using a Radar Device to Detect a Cyclist s Blind Spot Daniel Jin Solid Rocket Fuel: Testing Alternative Fuel Mixtures Bear Creek Middle School Dean Rusk Middle School Arnold Magnet Academy Benjamin E. Mays High School Union Grove High School Cumberland Christian Academy BARROW COUNTY MUSCOGEE COUNTY VyVy Nguyen Morrow High School Torque: Effects on Anti-Gravity Mirages of Gyroscopic Precession Weston Rogers Colquitt County High School Determining Total Impulse with 3-D Printed Rocket Nozzles CLAYTON COUNTY COLQUITT COUNTY Kenneth Thomas Innovating, Integrating, & Improving Avionic Security NOAA - TAKING THE PULSE OF THE PLANET AWARD Nysa Dharan Can Nanotechnology Help Clean Up Ocean Oil Spills? Lithia Springs High School Piney Grove Middle School DOUGLAS COUNTY Page 8 of 20

9 Celia Kornegay Thomas County Central High School How Does Diversity Impact Algae Response to Ocean Acidification? THOMAS COUNTY Duncan Link Can a Biodegradable Cup "Hold Water"? Amana Academy School PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY AWARD Max Seidel 3D Printed Myoelectric Prosthesis without TMR Surgery Riverwood High School RICOH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AWARD Jessie Barre Engineering Dryer Heat Jenkins High School CHATHAM COUNTY Isabella Davis Paulding County High School Plasmid Transformation in Pueraria for Enzymatic Production Audrey Widmier North Cobb High School Human Disturbance on Soil Macroinvertebrate Communities SIGMA XI, CDC CHAPTER PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE AWARD - JUNIOR DIVISION Emma MacDonald Sydney Palmer SIGMA XI, CDC CHAPTER PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE AWARD - SENIOR DIVISION Zoe Weiss Lakeside High School DeKalb A Tri-Biomarker Sputum Diagnostic for CF in the Developing World PAULDING COUNTY SOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY AWARD Miranda Cunard The Electrifying Possibilities of Plants and Power Keerti Soundappan Health Benefits in Our Everyday Cooking Gretchen Turnbull Planaria and Magnetism Ola High School Houston County High School Thomas County Central High School THOMAS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC AWARD FOR COMMUNITY INNOVATION Suraj Modi Mountain View High School Non-Invasive Rapid Diagnosis for Eye Cancer Using Neural Networks STOCKHOLM JUNIOR WATER PRIZE REGIONAL AWARD Ethan Asher Aquaponics in Action Centennial High School Ramsha Khan The Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Bacterial Resistance Woodstock High School Sophia Woodrow Aquaponics in Action Alexander Yu Photolysis in the Remediation of Water Centennial High School Chattahoochee High School TELLUS' FUTURE SCIENCE STARS AWARD - ALTERNATE Caroline Adkins Islands High School Seasonal Time-Budget Comparisons of Adult Songbirds in Savannah CHATHAM COUNTY Page 9 of 20

10 Princess Anderson Rex Mill Middle School Mobile Air Conditioner Powered by Solar Panel or 12V Battery CLAYTON COUNTY Patrick Caiaccio Speed Bump Generator Giovanni Fabris Speed Bump Generator Katherine Gibbs 2.4 GHz vs 5 GHz Emily Hancock A Bright Idea for Keeping Cool Kali Holierhoek Determining the Amount of Energy in Nuts Layne Johnson Determining the Amount of Energy in Nuts Misha Khursevich Speed Bump Generator Dunwoody High School Dunwoody High School Bonaire Middle School Bonaire Middle School Teasley Middle School Teasley Middle School Dunwoody High School Isabelle Koop Roswell High School How the Consistent Use of Snapchat Affects Short Term Memory Mary Lichtenwalner Using Lichens as an Indicator of Air Quality Rebekah McCord Yeti or Not? Katelynn Nguyen Bad WiFi? Use a Parabola Emma Oliver Auditory vs. Visual Memory: Do the Eyes or Ears Have It? Gavin Osborne Zika Prevention South Forsyth High School West Laurens Middle School Woodland Middle School Stockbridge East Laurens Middle School Rock Springs Christian Academy LAURENS COUNTY LAURENS COUNTY LAMAR COUNTY Logan Placek Islands High School Seasonal Time-Budget Comparisons of Adult Songbirds in Savannah CHATHAM COUNTY Addie Rinehart Soil vs. Oil Thomasville City Scholars Academy THOMAS COUNTY Alexis Sanders North Cobb High School Effect of Light Frequency on the Growth Rate of Cherry Tomatoes Walter Lee Strickland Rutland Middle School How Does Antenna Length and Orientation Affect Reception? Rebekah Watts Islands High School Seasonal Time-Budget Comparisons of Adult Songbirds in Savannah BIBB COUNTY CHATHAM COUNTY Mikelison Womack Meal Worms: The Future of Plastic Recycling Morrow High School CLAYTON COUNTY TELLUS' FUTURE SCIENCE STARS AWARD Saif Ahmed Chamblee Charter High School Analyzing the Efficiency of Nanotechnology in Water Purification Ashleigh Allen Using Globular Clusters to Find the Center of the Galaxy Jessie Barre Engineering Dryer Heat Waycross Middle School Jenkins High School WARE COUNTY CHATHAM COUNTY Page 10 of 20

11 Connor Bushmire NeverWet Bradley Dechman Burning Briquettes for Big Change Laney Delorme Northpaw or Southpaw Kody Eliason Hydrolobot 2.0: Making Water Sample Collection Easier Jackson Emmett What Is the Best Propellant for a Potato Gun? Eric Habicht NeverWet Noah Jones Solar Powered Irrigation Marin Lonnee Reduce, Reuse, Rebuild J C Booth Middle School Thomas County Middle School Bonaire Middle School Northside Middle School Thomas County Middle School J C Booth Middle School Washington Middle School Oconee County High School THOMAS COUNTY THOMAS COUNTY GRADY COUNTY OCONEE COUNTY Emma MacDonald Sydney Palmer Juliana Claire Ponciano Using Globular Clusters to Find the Center of the Galaxy Jessica Rendon Skunk Attack Braxton Roop NeverWet Max Seidel 3D Printed Myoelectric Prosthesis without TMR Surgery Anderson Thrasher The Search for New Born Stars: Observing Bok Globules Mia Truesdell The Effects of Vermicompost Tea on Parsley Julianna Watson How Nice Is Your Ice? Waycross Middle School Hoboken Elementary School J C Booth Middle School Riverwood High School Henry W. Grady High School Blackmon Road Middle School Thomasville City Scholars Academy WARE COUNTY BRANTLEY COUNTY MUSCOGEE COUNTY THOMAS COUNTY THE SJS MANAGEMENT DISTINGUISHED AND INNOVATIVE VISIONARY AWARD - JUNIOR DIVISION Katherine Gibbs 2.4 GHz vs 5 GHz Bonaire Middle School THE SJS MANAGEMENT DISTINGUISHED AND INNOVATIVE VISIONARY AWARD - SENIOR DIVISION Andrew Goeden Study Bud Lanier High School THE SJS MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE AWARD - SENIOR DIVISION Kyle Carden Union Grove High School The Effect of Language on the Time Required to Convey a Message Ariana Gilani Focusing Signals for a Better Wireless Network The Dinoff School SPALDING COUNTY THE SJS MANAGEMENT "BUSY BEE" AWARD - JUNIOR DIVISION Page 11 of 20

12 Brandon Bell Solar Heat Box: Useful or Unreliable? Jasper Middle School PICKENS COUNTY Sophia Evans Aaron Cohn Middle School The Effectiveness and Functionality of a Geothermal Heat Pump THE SJS MANAGEMENT "BUSY BEE" AWARD - SENIOR DIVISION Ethan Damiani Manipulation of Magnetic Fields Henry W. Grady High School THE SJS MANAGEMENT MISSION POSSIBLE AWARD - JUNIOR DIVISION Ceci Smith William James Middle School Give the World a Hand - 3D Printed Prosthetics with Fingerprints THE SJS MANAGEMENT MISSION POSSIBLE AWARD - SENIOR DIVISION Sudhan Chitgopkar Applying Bayesian Networks to Increase Vehicle Safety UGA CELLULAR BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT AWARD JUNIOR DIVISION South Forsyth High School Emma MacDonald Sydney Palmer UGA CELLULAR BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT AWARD SENIOR DIVISION Lena Allen Paulding County High School CRISPR/cas9 Mediated Knockout of Al-3 in leu2 Neurospora crassa UGA CHARTER SCHOLARSHIP AWARD Lena Allen Paulding County High School CRISPR/cas9 Mediated Knockout of Al-3 in leu2 Neurospora crassa MUSCOGEE COUNTY BULLOCH COUNTY PAULDING COUNTY PAULDING COUNTY Manas Chakka Analyzing the Crystallization of Bioactive 45S5 Glass South Forsyth High School UGA FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES - SOLUTIONS LEADING TO HEALTHIER FAMILIES AWARD Zoe Weiss Lakeside High School DeKalb A Tri-Biomarker Sputum Diagnostic for CF in the Developing World UGA FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES - SOLUTIONS LEADING TO HEALTHIER FAMILIES AWARD - FOODS & NUTRIT Dylan Douglas-Brown What Is the Correlation of Social Media with Anxiety? Lakeside High School DeKalb UGA GENETICS GSA BEST GENETICS RELATED PROJECT JUNIOR DIVISION William Beckemeyer Russell Middle School DNA Extraction & Comparison of Sapelo & Purple Knuckle Peas UGA GENETICS GSA BEST GENETICS RELATED PROJECT SENIOR DIVISION Roopsha Bandopadhyay Milton High School A CRISPR/Cas9 System to Edit MIR828 and TAS4a in N. benthamiana UGA GRADUATE-PROFESSIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION AWARD Briana Delvasto Effects of SSRIs in Zebrafish Modeling Parkinson's Disease Woodstock High School BARROW COUNTY UGA LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART EXCELLENCE IN CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING & INNOVATIVE THINKING AW Kathryn Amstutz What's in a Word? Hopewell Middle School Page 12 of 20

13 UGA LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART EXCELLENCE IN CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING & INNOVATIVE THINKING AW Nicole Tayag Veterans High School Modeling and Testing of an Electricity Free Nebulizer: Year 2 UGA MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT AWARD JUNIOR DIVISION William Spires Wing Designs for Lift Arnold Magnet Academy MUSCOGEE COUNTY UGA MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT AWARD SENIOR DIVISION Benjamin Breer Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology Orbital Trajectory Deviation Patterns of the Galilean Satellites UGA MICROBIOLOGY DEPARTMENT AWARD JUNIOR DIVISION Clarkston Brannon Refining the Waters of the Wild UGA MICROBIOLOGY DEPARTMENT AWARD SENIOR DIVISION Michelle Nguyen Topical Antibiotics Consisting of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles The Kings Academy UGA PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENT AWARD JUNIOR DIVISION Nicholas Oselette Chamblee Middle School How Do LefreQues Affect Sound Quality of Woodwind Instruments? UGA PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENT AWARD SENIOR DIVISION Anderson Thrasher The Search for New Born Stars: Observing Bok Globules Henry W. Grady High School UGA PLANT BIOLOGY GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOC. FUTURE PLANT SCIENTIST AWARD Keerti Soundappan Health Benefits in Our Everyday Cooking Houston County High School US AIR FORCE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Benjamin Breer Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology Orbital Trajectory Deviation Patterns of the Galilean Satellites VyVy Nguyen Morrow High School Torque: Effects on Anti-Gravity Mirages of Gyroscopic Precession CLAYTON COUNTY Mark Toth Helios Orbital Relation to the Climatic Events on the Earth Gainesville High School HALL COUNTY Matthew York The Efficiency of the Use of an Air Channel in an Aircraft Wing US METRIC ASSOCIATION AWARD Logan Drawdy Installation Effects on Flow Accuracy Christopher Kirschner Effect of Different Turbulators on Airplane Lift Vickery Creek Middle School The Kings Academy Aniya Toliver Ola Middle School How Accurate Is the Tickle App in Controlling the Sphero Droid? WESLEYAN COLLEGE MATH & SCIENCE AWARD Madeline Burkey The Effect of EDTA Chelation as Desorption Mechanism Jennifer Cruz The Manipulation of PHA Polymers in the Production of Bioplastics Page 13 of 20

14 Catey Hunt Using a Radar Device to Detect a Cyclist s Blind Spot Union Grove High School WOMEN IN SCIENCE AT UGA AWARD - JUNIOR DIVISION Emma MacDonald Sydney Palmer WOMEN IN SCIENCE AT UGA AWARD - SENIOR DIVISION Caitlin van Zyl Think, Type - A Mind Controlled Keyboard for the Disabled Jacqueline van Zyl Think, Type - A Mind Controlled Keyboard for the Disabled McIntosh High School McIntosh High School YALE SCIENCE & ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION AWARD Anderson Thrasher The Search for New Born Stars: Observing Bok Globules Henry W. Grady High School GEORGIA SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR PIN DESIGN AWARD Erin Li PIN CONTEST WINNER Henderson Middle School Chamblee GEORGIA SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR OUTSTANDING 6TH GRADE PROJECT Vinayak Menon Riverwatch Middle School Path to Zero Emissions Using Barriers to Control EvapLoss GEORGIA SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR OUTSTANDING 7TH GRADE PROJECT Stephen Litt Lovinggood Middle School Does EGCG Stop Planarian Tumors? A Cancer Cure Pathway GEORGIA SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR OUTSTANDING 8TH GRADE PROJECT Kody Eliason Hydrolobot 2.0: Making Water Sample Collection Easier Northside Middle School GEORGIA SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR STUDENT CHOICE - NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF Ceci Smith William James Middle School Give the World a Hand - 3D Printed Prosthetics with Fingerprints GEORGIA SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR STUDENT CHOICE - "GROSSEST PROJECT" Jessica Rendon Skunk Attack Hoboken Elementary School GEORGIA SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR STUDENT CHOICE - BEST OVERALL JUNIOR PROJECT Becky Dorminy Salty Salad: Effects of Sea Salt Fertilizer Sola Fide Home School BULLOCH COUNTY BRANTLEY COUNTY GSEF DIRECTOR'S CHOICE AWARD JUNIOR DIVISION Isabelle Cusson Panic! at the Science Fair Ryann Perkins Panic! at the Science Fair First Presbyterian Day School First Presbyterian Day School BIBB COUNTY BIBB COUNTY GSEF DIRECTOR'S CHOICE AWARD SENIOR DIVISION Braxton Buff Eastside High School How Diction and Syntax Can Influence Behavioral Outcomes NEWTON COUNTY Page 14 of 20

15 GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY ANIMAL SCIENCE JR DIV Charlye Allen Early County Middle School Comparing 3 Ratios of 2 Protein Flours as Feed Additives for BSFL GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE JR DIV Irene Kwon J C Booth Middle School The Power of Music: How Music Affects Alzheimer's Patients EARLY COUNTY GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY BIOCHEMISTRY JR DIV Safi Ahmed WANTED: Heart Burn Remedy, REWARD: Instant Relief Dickerson Middle School GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY BIOMEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCE JR DIV Stephen Litt Lovinggood Middle School Does EGCG Stop Planarian Tumors? A Cancer Cure Pathway GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY CELLULAR & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY JR DIV Emma MacDonald Sydney Palmer GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY MICROBIOLOGY JR DIV Clarkston Brannon Refining the Waters of the Wild The Kings Academy GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY PLANT SCIENCE JR DIV Hansika Behl Basil Tri-Ponics - Comparing Three Plant Growing Methods Divya Nori Basil Tri-Ponics - Comparing Three Plant Growing Methods GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE JR DIV Ava Gavin Treating People without Water Treatment Elkins Pointe Middle School Elkins Pointe Middle School The Westminster Schools Grace Hardymon Treating People without Water Treatment The Westminster Schools GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING JR DIV Vinayak Menon Riverwatch Middle School Path to Zero Emissions Using Barriers to Control EvapLoss GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY ENERGY: CHEMICAL JR DIV Gwyn Kelley Thermoelectric Phone Charger Madeline Simpson Thermoelectric Phone Charger GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY ENERGY: PHYSICAL JR DIV Marisa Perera Wind Works Viha Umashankar Wind Works The Westminster Schools The Westminster Schools Elkins Pointe Middle School Elkins Pointe Middle School GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY & BIOINFORMATICS JR DIV Page 15 of 20

16 Rachel Lee Chamblee Middle School Comparison of Zika Virus Sequences from Around the World GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY ENGINEERING MECHANICS JR DIV Christopher Kirschner Effect of Different Turbulators on Airplane Lift The Kings Academy GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY ROBOTICS & INTELLIGENT MACHINES JR DIV Kody Eliason Hydrolobot 2.0: Making Water Sample Collection Easier Northside Middle School GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY SYSTEMS SOFTWARE JR DIV Katherine Gibbs 2.4 GHz vs 5 GHz GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY CHEMISTRY JR DIV Abigail McHoul What's in Your Water? Caeley Woo What's in Your Water? GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY MATERIALS SCIENCE JR DIV Juan Borrego License to Drive MagLev Pyrolytic Graphite Marco Borrego License to Drive MagLev Pyrolytic Graphite Bonaire Middle School Henderson Middle School Chamblee Henderson Middle School Chamblee Buford Middle School Buford Middle School GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY JR DIV Hunter Hoffman Arrow Dynamics GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY ANIMAL SCIENCES SR DIV Bonaire Middle School Sahan Vangala Stratford Academy The Effects of Cryoprotectants on Cryopreservation of Goat Skin GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE SR DIV Dylan Douglas-Brown What Is the Correlation of Social Media with Anxiety? GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY BIOCHEMISTRY SR DIV Lakeside High School DeKalb Andrea Augustine Eagle's Landing High School Characterizing Effect of Glutamine Position on Aβ Fiber Structure GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY BIOMEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCE SR DIV Madhav Ghatpande Chattahoochee High School Detecting B-Amyloid Peptide with Piezoresistive Microcantilevers GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY CELLULAR & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY SR DIV Priyanka Parikh Columbus High School Epigenetic Control of Effector Genes in Human Cytotoxic T-Cells BIBB COUNTY MUSCOGEE COUNTY GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY MICROBIOLOGY SR DIV Sieun (Iris) Jeon Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology Water Contamination Determined by Luminescence of V. fischeri Michelle Kim Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology Water Contamination Determined by Luminescence of V. fischeri Page 16 of 20

17 Maria Olifer Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology Water Contamination Determined by Luminescence of V. fischeri GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY PLANT SCIENCE SR DIV Roopsha Bandopadhyay Milton High School A CRISPR/Cas9 System to Edit MIR828 and TAS4a in N. benthamiana GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SR DIV Abhisri Ramesh Milton High School Toxicity Reduction of AgNPs in Aquatic Systems via Bioadsorption Anuhya Tadepalli Milton High School Toxicity Reduction of AgNPs in Aquatic Systems via Bioadsorption GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SR DIV Lauren Chin Oil Sorption Capacities of Chicken Feathers GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY ENERGY: CHEMICAL SR DIV Collins Hill High School Isabella Davis Paulding County High School Plasmid Transformation in Pueraria for Enzymatic Production PAULDING COUNTY GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY ENERGY: PHYSICAL SR DIV Jessie Barre Engineering Dryer Heat Jenkins High School CHATHAM COUNTY GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY & BIOINFORMATICS SR DIV Dhaivat Mehta Modeling Toss-Mediated Killing in Microbial Colonies GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY EMBEDDED SYSTEMS SR DIV Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology Alex Kim Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology Creating a 3-Dimensional Digital Input with Magnetic Sensors Sunil Reddy Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology Creating a 3-Dimensional Digital Input with Magnetic Sensors GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY ENGINEERING MECHANICS SR DIV Susanna Dorminy Dynamo Powered Refrigeration Chamber Sola Fide Home School GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY MATHEMATICS SR DIV Ariana Gilani Focusing Signals for a Better Wireless Network The Dinoff School SPALDING COUNTY GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY ROBOTICS & INTELLIGENT MACHINES SR DIV Sudhan Chitgopkar Applying Bayesian Networks to Increase Vehicle Safety GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY SYSTEMS SOFTWARE SR DIV South Forsyth High School Suraj Modi Mountain View High School Non-Invasive Rapid Diagnosis for Eye Cancer Using Neural Networks GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY CHEMISTRY SR DIV Krystl Wood Woodstock High School Carbon Nanoparticles for Aqueous Heavy Metal Remediation GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY MATERIALS SCIENCE SR DIV Page 17 of 20

18 Vikram Ruppa-Kasani Combating Superbugs Using Multifunctional Carbon Dots Chattahoochee High School GSEF BEST IN CATEGORY PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY SR DIV Anderson Thrasher The Search for New Born Stars: Observing Bok Globules REGIONAL FAIR ISEF TRIP WINNER - ATLANTA REGIONAL Henry W. Grady High School Jahizreal Aquart B.E.S.T. Academy Engineering an Anti-Inflammatory Drug Delivery System for CIT Ty Price Optimizing and Evaluating SPP Crystallization Conditions Benjamin E. Mays High School Clinton Smith B.E.S.T. Academy Using O2 MicroSensors to Measure O2 Consumption in Cell Cultures REGIONAL FAIR ISEF TRIP WINNER - DARTON COLLEGE - MERCK REGIONAL Weston Rogers Colquitt County High School Determining Total Impulse with 3-D Printed Rocket Nozzles REGIONAL FAIR ISEF TRIP WINNER - REGIONAL Jasmin Gao Fibrin Scaffold for Dentin-Pulp Regeneration with DPSCs Northview High School COLQUITT COUNTY Rose Hong Fibrin Scaffold for Dentin-Pulp Regeneration with DPSCs Max Seidel 3D Printed Myoelectric Prosthesis without TMR Surgery Northview High School Riverwood High School Eric Wang Chattahoochee High School Thymol and Telomerase - A Potential Catch-All Cure for Cancer REGIONAL FAIR ISEF TRIP WINNER - GEORGIA COLLEGE & STATE UNIV. REGIONAL Tejas Athni Stratford Academy Inhibiting GBM Brain Tumor Proliferation Using Bacopa monnieri REGIONAL FAIR ISEF TRIP WINNER - GRIFFIN REGIONAL Megan Uszynski McIntosh High School Power Moves: Harvesting Kinetic Energy to Generate Electricity BIBB COUNTY Robert van Zyl Can Machines Learn to Design Better than Humans? McIntosh High School REGIONAL FAIR ISEF TRIP WINNER - REGIONAL Nicholas Couchara Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology Investigating the Effects of UV Radiation on Yeast Colony Growth Qing Gao Parkview High School Inhibiting Growth of CAL-1 Cells with Retinol and Retinoic Acid Kiara Harding Parkview High School Inhibiting Growth of CAL-1 Cells with Retinol and Retinoic Acid Suraj Modi Mountain View High School Non-Invasive Rapid Diagnosis for Eye Cancer Using Neural Networks REGIONAL FAIR ISEF TRIP WINNER - REGIONAL Kyle Carden Union Grove High School The Effect of Language on the Time Required to Convey a Message Page 18 of 20

19 Thomas Dorminy Piezo Powered Bicycle Wheel Lights Sola Fide Home School Marissa McDonald Union Grove High School Galectin-4 and Function of N- and C-Terminal Domains in Immunity REGIONAL FAIR ISEF TRIP WINNER - REGIONAL Aakash Arora Veterans High School Optimizing Goat Skin Fibroblast Culture Conditions for Cloning Nicole Tayag Veterans High School Modeling and Testing of an Electricity Free Nebulizer: Year 2 REGIONAL FAIR ISEF TRIP WINNER - REGIONAL Madeline Burkey The Effect of EDTA Chelation as Desorption Mechanism Michelle Nguyen Topical Antibiotics Consisting of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Nkima Stephenson Data Analysis of the Epigenetics of Drug and Alcohol Dependence REGIONAL FAIR ISEF TRIP WINNER - SAVANNAH REGIONAL Carlisle McCullough Savannah Arts Academy What Sun Protection Products Block Ultraviolet Radiation Best? GEORGIA SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR GRAND AWARD Andrea Augustine Eagle's Landing High School Characterizing Effect of Glutamine Position on Aβ Fiber Structure Roopsha Bandopadhyay Milton High School A CRISPR/Cas9 System to Edit MIR828 and TAS4a in N. benthamiana CHATHAM COUNTY Benjamin Breer Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology Orbital Trajectory Deviation Patterns of the Galilean Satellites Sudhan Chitgopkar Applying Bayesian Networks to Increase Vehicle Safety Jasmin Gao Fibrin Scaffold for Dentin-Pulp Regeneration with DPSCs Rose Hong Fibrin Scaffold for Dentin-Pulp Regeneration with DPSCs South Forsyth High School Northview High School Northview High School Dhaivat Mehta Modeling Toss-Mediated Killing in Microbial Colonies Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology Suraj Modi Mountain View High School Non-Invasive Rapid Diagnosis for Eye Cancer Using Neural Networks Priyanka Parikh Columbus High School Epigenetic Control of Effector Genes in Human Cytotoxic T-Cells MUSCOGEE COUNTY Vikram Ruppa-Kasani Combating Superbugs Using Multifunctional Carbon Dots Anderson Thrasher The Search for New Born Stars: Observing Bok Globules Chattahoochee High School Henry W. Grady High School GEORGIA SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR INTEL ISEF TRIP ALTERNATE Roopsha Bandopadhyay Milton High School A CRISPR/Cas9 System to Edit MIR828 and TAS4a in N. benthamiana GEORGIA SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR INTEL ISEF AWARD Page 19 of 20

20 Andrea Augustine Eagle's Landing High School Characterizing Effect of Glutamine Position on Aβ Fiber Structure Benjamin Breer Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology Orbital Trajectory Deviation Patterns of the Galilean Satellites Vikram Ruppa-Kasani Combating Superbugs Using Multifunctional Carbon Dots Anderson Thrasher The Search for New Born Stars: Observing Bok Globules Chattahoochee High School Henry W. Grady High School GEORGIA SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR PINNACLE AWARD Anderson Thrasher The Search for New Born Stars: Observing Bok Globules Henry W. Grady High School Page 20 of 20