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Results from the 2007 Rohm & Haas Electronic Materials Invitational Science Fair

Computer Science Grade 12

Award Student(s) School Title
1st Place Daryl Koopersmith Paul D. Schreiber HS A Structural Model for the Intelligent Development of a Tracking System Utilizing Array-Based Multi-Sensor Data Fusion
Honorable Mention David Majnemer Great Neck South HS Generating Regular Expressions by Means of a Genetic Algorithm to Determine Accurate Definitions of Strings

Computer Science Grades 9-11

Award Student(s) School Title
1st Place Arieh Smith Great Neck South HS A Study of Molecular and Phylogeographic Relationships among emm Genes of Streptococcus pyogenes
2nd Place Stefan Muller Paul D. Schreiber HS The Effects of 3D Transformations on Volume and Surface Area of Solids
Honorable Mention William Riley South Side HS The Design and Creation of a Web Desktop (or Web Operating System)
 

Molecular Biology Grade 12

Award Student(s) School Title
1st Place Jeanette Cheng and Chen Zhang Great Neck South HS Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) promotes nitric oxide production and release in nerve tissue
2nd Place Leah Libresco The Wheatley School Identifying Anticancer Drug Targets through a Novel Synthesis of RNAi and Microarray Technology
3rd Place Tamara Nowakowski Paul D. Schreiber HS Innate Immune Receptors and Responses in Bacterial Infection and Sepsis
Meritorious Brian Shah South Side HS An Investigation To Ascertain How the Structural Conformation of 5-Alpha-Reductase Affects the Gonadal Development of Snapping Turtle Embryos (Chelydra serpentina).
Honorable Mention Lauren Shanker South Side HS The Presence of Genetic Modification in Locally Grown and Processed Corn

Molecular Biology Grades 9-11

Award Student(s) School Title
1st Place Yvette Leung Jericho HS Specificity of Multiple Cox Inhibitors: An analysis of protein interactions for the development of novel drugs
2nd Place Shreya Chablaney Syosset HS Improved Immobilization Method for the Enhanced Performance of Lipase
3rd Place Brittany Katz Roslyn HS The Effect of Varying Concentrations of Chemotherapy Agents on Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
3rd Place Siddharth Ninan Paul D. Schreiber HS Optimization of Ethanol Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Using Glucose Metabloism Models and MATLAB
Honorable Mention Steven Ham Herricks HS Nicotine up regulates endogenous morphine: a novel method of neuroprotection
Honorable Mention Maxwell Thomas and Christopher Longman Herricks HS The effect of Tricaine on the Danio Rerio heart during the pharyngula, hatching, and swimming periods  

General Biology Grade 12

Award Student(s) School Title
1st Place Christopher Catalano Paul D. Schreiber HS Microvascular Abnormalities In Contact Lens Users: A Real-Time Computer-Assisted Intravital Microscopic Study
2nd Place Gulus Emre Paul D. Schreiber HS Effect of the F(ab')2 Portion of the 6D11 Antibody as a Treatment of Prion Diseases
3rd Place Marianne Jacob The Wheatley School Isolation and Characterization of Hyperoxia Resistant Lung Epithelial Cells for Gene Analysis
3rd Place Laiyin Ma Syosset HS A Novel Approach to Purifying Ubiquitin C-Terminal Hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1)
Meritorious John Forman Paul D. Schreiber HS Isolation and Identification of Paralytic Zebrafish
Meritorious Michael Lau Paul D. Schreiber HS Optimizing the Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow Using MMID4
Honorable Mention Mehta Ravi Syosset HS The Effects of Prey Size on Prey Transport Performance in Basal Alethinophidian Snakes 
Honorable Mention Christopher Ravn South Side HS The Effect of the Predatory Asian Shore Crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus on the Shell Possession Behavior of the Hermit Crab Pagurus longicarpus

General Biology Grades 9-11

Award Student(s) School Title
1st Place Christopher Chin and William Moon Manhasset HS The Effects of Melatonin on the Formation of Long-Term Memory in Sleep Deprived Drosophila melanogaster
1st Place Demitri Dedousis Manhasset HS The Effects of Head Activator and Head Inhibitor on Hydra Head Regeneration
1st Place Adam Fields Jericho HS Detecting Cancer in Living Tissue with Single Cell Precision
1st Place Bryan Rahmanan Great Neck North HS The Effect of Differing Concentrations of Allelopathic Chemicals on the Growth of Plants
1st Place Steven Stavrou and Brian Kim Manhasset HS The Effect of Melatonin on an Age-associated de-synchronization of the Heart Rhythm with Applied Stress of Heat and Sleep Deprivation in Drosophila melanogaster
1st Place Jourdan Urbach Roslyn HS The Role of Laminin in Remyelination: Effective Quantification of Oligodendrocyte Process Development
2nd Place James Corines and Alex Chen Manhasset HS Silver Nanoparticles as an Antibiotic Agent on P.putida, P.fluorescens, S.epidermidis Biofilms 
2nd Place Erin D'Agostino and Whitney Quackenbush Manhasset HS Exploring the Effects of Various Stressors on the Body Fat Storage and Content of Invertebrate Model Organisms Drosophila melanogaster Caenorhabditis elegans
2nd Place Alyson Kaplan Syosset HS The Effect of Pawpaw Parental Variety on Acetogenin Concentration
2nd Place Yannis Koroneos and Bradley Cappellini Manhasset HS The Effects of SOD and Catalase Supplementation on the Longevity of Wild-type and SOD Deficient Drosophila melanogaster
2nd Place Rory Macaneny, Catherine Mackey, and Lori Ying South Side HS The Effect of plant-derived agents on the growth rate of Escherichia Coli strain K-12
2nd Place Rohan Singh Jericho HS Sequencing the Brain of C. Elegans in Order to Locate Engrams
3rd Place Netta Admoni Great Neck North HS The Effect of Honey as an antibacterial substance on E. coli bacteria
3rd Place Andre Borczuk and Sharif Vakili The Wheatley School The Effects of Lycopene and Radiation on Lumbriculus Variegatus
3rd Place Austin Chang and Matthew Woo Manhasset HS The Effects of Mechanical Fluid force on the Regeneration of Planarian
3rd Place Jennifer Hersh Great Neck North HS The Ability of Sunscreen to Block the Effect of UV Radiation on Drosophila
3rd Place Monil Jhaveri Great Neck South HS Multiple antibiotics on effective dosage on E. coli k-12
3rd Place Oren Rafii and Evan Babazadeh Great Neck North HS Differentiation of Putative Pluripotent Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Neuronal-like Cells
Meritorious Lily Chan Syosset HS The Effect of Intron Length on Degree of Gene Expression
Meritorious Ok Chang Hyuk and Segen David Manhasset HS The Effect of Dietary Restriction on Longevity and Reproducibility of Drosophila melanogaster
Meritorious Calvin Chen and Kevin Haghighi Jericho HS Impact of Sheep Erythrocytes in Mueller-Hinton Agar on the In Vitro Activity of Daptomycin against Gram-Positive Bacterial Pathogens
Meritorious Yoonji Choe Great Neck South HS The effect of light on Aspergillus nidulans Sporulation
Meritorious Bernard Liu Manhasset HS The Effect of Chinese Herbs as Antibacterial Agents on Micrococcus luteus
Meritorious Susan Ou Syosset HS The Inhibition of Methylcholanthrene-induced Mutagenesis in Lumbricus terrestris
Meritorious Ryan Price Jericho HS Trafficking of Plasma Membrane Proteins and Histone Methylation: The Role of mDpy-30 (Tromp) in the Trafficking of Cargo Proteins Within the Cell and in Histone Methylation Within the Nucleus
Meritorious Chris Quackenbush Manhasset HS The Effect of Different Concentrations of Caffeineon the Heart Rate of Daphnia
Honorable Mention Melis Emre Paul D. Schreiber HS Determining the optimum dose of probiotics on E. coli
Honorable Mention Sheena Hakimian and Jessica Mounessa Great Neck North HS
Determination of Atherosclerotic Plaque Vulnerability through the Means of Magnetic Resonance Imagining
Honorable Mention Stefanie Hong Great Neck North HS The Factors Affecting the Outcome of Bariatric Surgeries: The Effect of Age and Weightloss Attempts
Honorable Mention Lakshman Kalasapudi and Anjali Kumar The Wheatley School  The effects of Different Substances on Lolium Brasilianum
Honorable Mention Esteban Kim and Mark Grbic Manhasset HS The Effects of Heat Shock Proteins on Beta-Amyloid Aggregration in C.elegans
Honorable Mention Justine Lamanna Paul D. Schreiber HS The effect of sound wave stimulation on Brassica plants
Honorable Mention Leann Li Paul D. Schreiber HS The effect of fruit on the growth of the probiotic Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Honorable Mention Peter Massey Manhasset HS The Effects of Exposure to Lipoic Acid on Planaria Regeneration
Honorable Mention Melissa Quigley Paul D. Schreiber HS The Effects of 5-HT and Norephedrine as Natural Defense Mechanism within Drosophila
Honorable Mention Shreya Subramani The Wheatley School The Effects of Chronic Mild Stress on Dopamine 2 Receptor Mice Ethanol Consumption

Social Sciences Grade 12

Award Student(s) School Title
1st Place Seth Levine Great Neck South HS Fast Food and Obesity in New York City Neighborhoods:
A Statistical Approach
1st Place Jessica Nussbaum Roslyn HS The Impact of Anti-Alcohol Presentations on
Teens’ Perceptions and Consumption of Alcohol
2nd Place Madalyn Darnell Great Neck South HS The Effect of Chronological School Entry Age on Reading Achievement
2nd Place Michael Shores Roslyn HS The Relationship Between Student Demographic Factors and Student Success
3rd Place Sofie Einbinder Great Neck South HS Women's Adherence to Mammography Screening Guidelines
3rd Place Samantha Fishbein Roslyn HS America Runs on Dunkin: Factors that Predict Adolescent Caffeine Consumption
3rd Place Nicolette Rodriguez South Side HS Falling in Love: How Does it Happen?
Meritorious Lauren Hartstein South Side HS The Identification and Recognition of Facial Characteristics of Emotion
Meritorious Anna Kurtz Great Neck South HS The Effect of Long Term Musical Training on Short Term Memory
Meritorious Reshmi Madankumar Great Neck South HS The Influence of Gender-Typed Claims in Advertising
Meritorious Marc Sherwin The Wheatley School Analyzing Factors Influencing Women's Interest in the HPV Vaccine
Honorable Mention Samantha Goldstein Roslyn HS Are Schools Undermining Efforts to Feed Students Well?
Honorable Mention Eric Tischler Great Neck South HS The Effect of Total Knee Replacement on Patients with Osteoarthritis in an Urban Setting

Social Sciences Grades 9-11

Award Student(s) School Title
1st Place Jenna Kahn Roslyn HS When the third degree is necessary:Do pediatricians obtain enough information to detect patients at risk for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
1st Place Samantha Lefland Roslyn HS  The Relationship Between Weight and Happiness in High School Students
1st Place Benjamin Wasserman Roslyn HS ¿Qué? Does the Spanish Language Promote Sexist Attitudes?
2nd Place Jordana Abraham and Nissa Ostroff-Moskowitz Roslyn HS Student Perceptions of the Physical Sciences
2nd Place Adam Ilowite Roslyn HS The Effect of Stereotype Violation on Homophobia
3rd Place Lisa Cervia Roslyn HS  
3rd Place Matthew Chuchul, Neil Patel, and Sanchita Singal Herricks HS The Correlation Between Hand Gestures and Inadvertent Word Usage
3rd Place Samuel Katz Great Neck North HS Analyzing the effects of shape on a person’s capacity to subitize
3rd Place Alexis Shaw Roslyn HS LOL: Losing Our Language : The Effect of Computer-Mediated Communication Usage on Students’ Writing and Grammar Skills
3rd Place Jonathan White Roslyn HS The Effects of Pressure on Baseball Players
Meritorious Mara Hollander Paul D. Schreiber HS The varied responses of different types of athletes and non-athletes in attending to visual stimuli
Meritorious Josh Kirshner Great Neck North HS The Subconscious effects of Priming on goal pursuit
Meritorious Eric Martin Great Neck North HS The Effect of Group Polarization on Risk
Meritorious Ankit Shah Herricks HS The Effectiveness of Music as a Learning Tool
Meritorious Jordan Yadoo The Wheatley School Student Attitudes Towards Cheating
Honorable Mention Joshua Benjamin and Anthony Coletto The Wheatley School Does the News Play a Role in Determining how Aware we are Regarding Current Events
Honorable Mention Devon Chen, Brian Groudan, and Cecilia Mo Herricks HS Disproportionate Retaliation - A Natural Response
Honorable Mention Tina Cheng and Alex Yang Herricks HS The Effects of 1,3,7-Trimethylxanthine and Gum Mastication on Overall Cognitive Function and Fact Recall
Honorable Mention Allison Frey Roslyn HS Companies Confuse Consumers with Claims
Honorable Mention Jake Levy Roslyn HS  Trading Places; The Effect of Pressure on Players Performance
Honorable Mention Jessica Ruben and Ali Somerstein Roslyn HS  The Impact of Visual Images and Priming Experiments on Students' Self-Esteem

Physical Sciences Grade 12

Award Student(s) School Title
1st Place Adam Johnson and Daniel Stewart Paul D. Schreiber HS An Algorithm for Removing Event Pileup
and its Application to 200 GeV Au+Au Collisions at RHIC
2nd Place Debbie Yee Great Neck North HS Energy on the Nanoscale: Using Thiol-Functionalized Metallic Nanoparticles to Increase the Efficiency of the Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell
3rd Place Fangfei Shen Roslyn HS Cataloguing Significant Galactic Events as Gravitational-Wave Search Candidates
Meritorious Scott Huang Great Neck North HS Properties of a Variable Liquid Drop Lens
Meritorious Brijen Patel and Michael Varughese Herricks HS Integration of Energy-Insulating Material on a Multi-Mode Silica Fiber Optic Cable to Promote High Capacity Data Transfer
Honorable Mention Joanna Melnick Great Neck North HS Variations in Observed Pulse Period Confirm Existence of Planets Orbiting Pulsar PSR B0329+54
Honorable Mention Leandra Merola South Side HS A Study of the Effects of Sunrise and Sunset on the Ionosphere as Observed by VLF Wave Behavior

Physical Sciences Grades 9-11

Award Student(s) School Title
1st Place Shirin Bajaj Syosset HS The Application of Polyaniline Films for the Detection of Anthrax-causing Bacillus cereus Spores
2nd Place Ben Mueller Great Neck North HS Investigation of Flexural Properties of Functionally Graded Syntactic Foams
2nd Place Maxinder Soni The Wheatley School Controlled-release Study of Coaxial-Electrospun Biodegradable Nanofibers Incorporated with Lidocaine
3rd Place Natalie Colaneri and Sharon Ji Jericho HS The Mediation of UV Radiation Damage on Nucleic Acid Constituents by Transition Metal Ions
3rd Place Sari Levy Great Neck North HS The Effect of pH Value and Concentration of Anthocyanin and Chlorophyll Based Dyes on the Efficiency and Overall Performance of Photoelectrochemical Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline Grätzel Solar Cells
3rd Place Amy Ramirez Roslyn HS The Effect of Electromagnetic Radiation on Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors 
3rd Place David Rosengarten Great Neck North HS Rotation Curves in Five Dimensions
Meritorious Melissa Garuthara Syosset HS Substituting Catalysts in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Chemical Reaction
Meritorious Darren Huang Herricks HS The Physics of Musical Oscillatory Longitudinal Wave Motion
Honorable Mention Veronica Ames and Teghvir Sethi The Wheatley School Analysis and Purification of Furoxans
Honorable Mention Matthew Geyer South Side HS How Often Does a Galaxy Produce a Supernova?
Honorable Mention Devin Tark South Side HS The Effect of Varying The Relative Angle Between Sail Direction and Wind Velocity On The Speed of a Sail Boat

Environmental Science Grade 12

Award Student(s) School Title
1st Place Zachary Hollander Great Neck North HS Genetic and Environmental causes of variation in size and growth form in dwarf and normal stature pitch pines, Pinus Rigida in controlled and field experiments
2nd Place Andrew Israelson Syosset HS The Predation Habits of Raccoons on Terrapin Turtle Nests
Meritorious Ryan O'Neil South Side HS The Correlation Between the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) and Deep Convection Cloud Patterns

Environmental Science Grades 9-11

Award Student(s) School Title
1st Place Rebecca Dibari South Side HS Economic Feasibility of Solar Cell use in Different Regions of the United States
1st Place Brian John and Zack Goldstein Great Neck South HS The Effect of Extremely Low Frequency Magnetic Radiation (ELF-MR) on Drosophila
2nd Place Philip Moussazadeh Great Neck North HS Climate change and chromosomal variation in Drosophila robusta
2nd Place Ryan Porter South Side HS Mercury Contamination in Fish that is used to make Sushi
3rd Place Woo Sol Choi and Mehreen Quadri Syosset HS Global Climate Changes a Tropical Trigger? 
Study of Planktonic Foraminifera in the Benguela Upwelling Region
3rd Place Christopher Dorogoff Manhasset HS The Effect of Angle of Attack on the Amount of Voltage Produced Using a Savonius Wind Turbine
3rd Place Kevin Oh The Wheatley School Nitric Oxide's Pulsatile Release in the Heart and its Regulation by Morphine Signaling: Pesticide Interference
Meritorious Steven Han Great Neck South HS The Effect of Rhizobium & Mycorrhizal Inoculation on Soybean Drought Resistance
Meritorious Alexandra Hay Jericho HS Marine Aggregates as Vectors for the Microbial Pathogen Vibrio aesterianus
Meritorious Matthew Jung Manhasset HS The Effect of Bracing on the Amount of Weight supported by Bridges under Earthquake Conditions
Honorable Mention Andrew Kugler Jericho HS Variations of Depth for Semibalanus balanoides Colony Growth on the Protected Side of an Island versus the Exposed Side of an Island
Honorable Mention Alexis Mychajliw Paul D. Schreiber HS Comparative river characterization and ecological study of two Hudson River tributaries

Prototype Engineering Grade 12

Award Student(s) School Title
1st Place Nandini Venkateswaran Herricks HS Synthesis of Cupric Oxide (CuO) Nanostructures for Gas Sensing and Catalysis Applications

Prototype Engineering Grades 9-11

Award Student(s) School Title
1st Place David Chang and Lukasz Mosakowski Manhasset HS Microfluidic Mixing by Segmented Flow
2nd Place Janice Kim Syosset HS A Wheelchair Which Will Allow Senior Citizens And Paraplegics To Go To The Bathroom Independently
Honorable Mention Andrew Chen, Nicole Noronha, and Simone Agha Herricks HS Constructing an Ultracapacitor

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