Day 6: Thursday May 15, 2014 ... Special Awards

It was going to be hot in LA today.  Another near record and close to 98'F.  Many of the students were tired from the heat and the public viewing.  They were given free time to just hang out at the hotel pool or at LA Live before getting fancied up for the Special Awards Ceremony.

We were advised that the event was moved up an hour from 7 pm to 6 pm because the LA Clippers was playing a playoff game at the nearby Staples Centre.  Efforts were made to avid leaving our event at the same time as 18,000 crazy basketball fans.  All for not since the start was delayed at least for 45 min.  So in the interim as the natives became restless, it was left up to us Canadians (specifically Calvin and Catharine) to entertain  ...  so coutesy of Varsha if you are part of the Team Canada FB group ... how Canadians entertain ... courtesy of Ratma, how Canadians have fun

There was something else that was HOT in LA other than the weather ... so was TEAM CANADA! We did exceptionally well for the first night of the awards, the Special Awards portion.

As an additional reward, everyone was treated to yogurt and pizza dinner afterwards.

10 Awards ... $16,500 ... one Full West Virginia Univ Tuition ... one CERN Full Expense Trips ... one Chinese Fair Trip
1 Honourable Mention

Just as the award ceremony was to begin my not so trustworthy Nikon D7000 goes dead, so many thanks go out to Denise Rieder who lent me her Nikon D2 to take the stage pictures.  My unfamiliarity with the camera showed and I apologize for the results ... wrong white balance, poor focus and no flash.  Did the best I could with some photoshopping to prepare the pictures for viewing.  

Just was not my week for electronics.  My laptop's wireless network card went dead as well and thus my tardiness to upload the pictures and the blog in a more expedited fashion.   Better late than never.

So here are the awards and some of the associated stage pictures and the one taken during public viewing ... 

American Society for Microbiology
Founded in 1989, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) is the largest single life science membership organization in the world.  Members worldwide represent 26 disciplines of microbiological specializations plus a division for microbiology educators.  The ASM's awards honor the most outstanding microbiology projects.
All finalists in the Microbiology Category receive a student membership to AMS, which includes a one-year subscription to "Microbe", a ASM's monthly news magazine and access to the members only web resources.
Fifth Award of $400      representing the top 8 worldwide in the sub-category

MI059	Identification of Novel Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Compounds in Curcuma amada
	Varsha Jayasankar, 17, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, St. Catharines, Canada

American Statistical Association
The American Statistical Association is the world's largest community of statisticians.  The ASA supports excellence in the development, application and dissemination of statistical science through meetings, publication, membership services, education, accreditation and advocacy.  Our members serve in industry, government and academia in more than 90 countries, advancing research and promoting sound statistical practice to inform public policy and improve human welfare.
All American Statistical Association finalists receive one-year subscriptions of "Significance" and "Chance".  Their schools will also receive a one-year school membership in the American Statistical Association.
Certificate of Honourable Mention      representing the top 16 worldwide in the sub-category

ME095	The Diagnostic Potential of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Mild to Moderate Depression
	Arjuna Sathyadeep Maharaj, 17, Ancaster High School, Ancaster, Canada

European Organization for Nuclear Research-CERN
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world's largest and most respected centres for scientific research.  Its business is fundamental physics, finding out what the universe is made of and how it works.  At CERN, the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments are used to study the basic constituents of matter, the fundamental particles.  By studying what happens when these particles collide, physicists learn about the laws of nature. 
This award is made possible by cooperative grants from Intel and CERN, which collaborates with INTEL in the framework of CERN openlabs.  Eligible Intel ISEF finalists have applied to be considered for an opportunity to travel to tour CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, the world's leading laboratory for particle physics in Geneva, Switzerland.  This award is made possible by cooperative grants from INTEL and the CERN IT Department, Switzerland and France on the established dates.
All expense trip to tour CERN, Switzerland      representing the top 10 worldwide in the sub-category

CS060	Twinsight: A Novel Multifactor Behavioural Analysis Algorithm for Social Media
	Daniel Mogilny, 15, Holy Trinity School, Richmond Hill, Canada

Fundacio Victor Grifols i Lucas
The Victor Grifols i Lucas Foundation was created in 1998, under the auspices of Grifols, with the mission of promoting bioethics through dialogue between specialists in a range of areas.  The Foundation seeks to foster ethical attitudes in organizations, companies and individuals active in the field of human health.  To achieve this, it offers a discussion platform which provides a forum for the exchange of different perspectives on the ethics of life.
First Award pf $5,000     representing the top worldwide in the sub-category

ME079	Isothermal Nuceic Acid Amplification System for int-of-Care HIV Diagnosis
	Nicole Sabina Ticea, 15, York House School, Vancouver, Canada

King Abdul-Aziz & his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia seeks to build a sustainable future by encouraging youth to search for creative means that pave the way toward developing technologies for renewable energy, thereby maintaining a sustainable future of energy.  To achieve this goal, King Abdul-Aziz & His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (MAWHIBA) will award a Special Prize on Renewable Energy at the INTEL ISEF, MAWHIBA is a national cultural foundation established to help develop a comprehensive environment of creativity in Saudi Arabia to enable gifted citizens from all areas to properly use their talents for prosperity of their country
First Award of $3,000     representing the top worldwide in the sub-category

EE064	The Hollow Flashlights: Head and Hand
	Ann Sabina Makosinski, 16, Saint Michaels University School, Victoria, Canada

Second Award of $2,500     representing the top 2 worldwide in the sub-category

ET047	Fun in the Sun! Increasing the Gratzel Cell Efficiency Using Diatomaceous Earth
	Meagen Ann Fabel, 18, Walkerville Collegiate Institute, Windsor, Canada

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the United States government agency responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research.  Founded in 1958 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research, answering basic questions like: What's out there in space?  How do we get there?  What will we find?
Third Award of $1,000     representing the top 14 worldwide in the sub-category

EE064	The Hollow Flashlights: Head and Hand
	Ann Sabina Makosinski, 16, Saint Michaels University School, Victoria, Canada

Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology
Psi Chi was founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating and maintaining excellence in scholarship and advancing the science of psychology.  Membership is open to graduate and undergraduate students who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests and who meet the minimum qualifications.
First Award of $2,500     representing the top worldwide in the sub-category

BE030	Perception of Facial Expression of Emotion
	Danila Alferov, 16, A.B. ucas School, Victoria, Canada

SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, was founded in 1955 to advance light-based technologies. Serving more than 235,000 constituents from approximately 155 countries, the Society advances emerging technologies through interdisciplinary information exchange, continuing education, publications, patent precedent and career and professional growth.  Annually SPIE provides more than $3.2 million in support of education and outreach programs.
First Award of $2,500     representing the top worldwide in the sub-category

EE064 The Hollow Flashlights: Head and Hand Ann Sabina Makosinski, 16, Saint Michaels University School, Victoria, Canada

West Virginia University
West Virginia University will be awarding 10 Academic Excellence or Presidential Scholarships (depending on residency) to students whose research and academic aptitude align with WVU's institutional goals and research interests.  Classified as a Research University (High Research Activity) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, West Virginia University offers 184 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in 14 academic colleges.
Renewable Tuition Scholarship Awards     representing the top 10 worldwide in the sub-category

EN050 iAID: A Novel Multimodal, Cloud-Based Navigation System for the Visually Impaired Alexander Matthew Deans, 17, Academie Ste. Cecile International School, Windsor, Canada

World Economic Forum
Invitation to the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of New Champions 2014 in Tianjin, China and to participate in our programming designed for our 2014 Young Scientists.
Students will also receive a World Economic Forum Swarovski crystal award, a waiver of participation fees for the 2014 Annual Meeting of New Champion, as well as all flights and accommodations.
Renewable Tuition Scholarship Awards     representing the top 10 worldwide in the sub-category

EM027 Don't Cry Over Spilled Oil! Nivatha Balendra, 18, Marianopolis College, Westmount Canada

After the awards ....

FULL SPECIAL AWARDS LISTINGS DESCRIPTIONS and WINNERS Intel ISEF 2014 Special Awards May 15, 2014, Los Angeles, California – Society for Science & the Public, in partnership with the Intel Foundation, announced the Special Awards of the Intel ISEF 2014. Student winners are ninth through twelfth graders who earned the right to compete at the Intel ISEF 2014 by winning a top prize at a local, regional, state or national science fair.

Acoustical Society of America
The Acoustical Society of America is the premier international scientific society in acoustics, dedicated to increasing and diffusing the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications.
First Award of $1,500
ME305	The Physiological Effects of Noise Pollution on the Cardiovascular System of D. melanogaster
	Marcelo Ferrari, 18, Bancroft School, Worcester, Massachusetts Akanksh Chaudhary, 17, Bancroft School, Worcester, Massachusetts
Second Award of $500
EN029	Ultrasound-responsive Nanoparticles for Neurotherapeutic Delivery
	Shelby Chi Yuan, 17, University High School, Tucson, Arizona
The first place award winner's school will be awarded $500 and the student's mentor will be awarded $250. The second place award winner's school will be awarded $200 and the student's mentor will be awarded $100. Each winner will also receive a one-year ASA membership.

ADA Foundation
As dentistry's premier philanthropic and charitable organization, the ADA Foundation (ADAF) is a catalyst for uniting people and organizations to make a difference through better oral health. The ADAF Dr. Anthony Volpe Research Center (formerly Paffenbarger Research Center) in Gaithersburg, MD, is hailed as one of the most productive dental research centers in the world. The ADAF's Mission Pillars include Charitable Assistance, Access to Care, Research, and Education (C.A.R.E.).
First Award of $2,000
MI022	Development of in vitro Multispecies Biofilms with Hydroxyapatite and Artificial Saliva
	Terry Gwen Ni, 16, Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts
Second Award of $1,000
ME102	The Antimicrobial Efficacy of Nitric Oxide based on Release Rate from Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles on A. actinomycetemcomitans and S. mutans
	Shraddha Rathod, 18, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina
Third Award of $500
ME029	Killed by Sweetness
	Karishma Sunil Patel, 15, Grants High School, Grants, New Mexico

Alcoa Foundation
Alcoa Foundation is one of the largest corporate foundations in the U.S., with assets of approximately $446 million. Founded 60 years ago, Alcoa Foundation has invested more than $550 million since 1952. Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation have contributed $38 million to nonprofit organizations throughout the world focusing on Environment and Education. Through this work, Alcoa Foundation is building innovative partnerships, engaging its people to improve the environment and educating tomorrow's leaders.
The Future of Transportation, First Award of $2,500
EE061	Electromagnetic Tire Propulsion System
	Alexander William Beall, 17, Brunswick High School, Brunswick, Maryland
The Future of Transportation, Second Award of $1,500 PH315 Flexible Shape Changing (Morphing) Wing Judah Khary Brooks, 17, From the Heart Christian School, Suitland, District of Columbia Moises Diaz, 17, From the Heart Christian School, Suitland, District of Columbia
The Future of Transportation, Third Award $1,000 PH305 Holes Can Lift: A Continuing Study of the Separation Effects of Airfoil Slots Sarah Nicole Hancock, 16, Clear Horizons Early College High School, Houston, Texas Kate Rutherford, 17, Clear Horizons Early College High School, Houston, Texas
Assembly and Joining in the 21st Century, First Award $2,500
EE031	Breaking Point
	Danika Louw, 14, Holy Spirit Catholic High School, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Assembly and Joining in the 21st Century, Second Award $1,500
EE081	Unlock Anywhere
	Ethan James Anderson, 16, Fort Wayne Area Home School, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Assembly and Joining in the 21st Century, Third Award of $1,000
EN051	Deposition of Carbon on Copper Wire: A New Process for the Fabrication of Carbon Microtubes
	Burhan Azeem, 17, Staten Island Technical High School, Staten Island, New York

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American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) is a professional scientific organization of approximately 11,000 members dedicated to the discovery, development and manufacture of pharmaceutical products and therapies through advances of science and technology. AAPS provides an international forum for the exchange of knowledge among scientists to enhance their contributions to health. We offer timely scientific programs, ongoing education, opportunities for networking, and professional development.
First Award of $2,000
ME315	Rational Discovery and Optimization of Synergistic Chemotherapy Combinations: A Novel Framework Integrating Gene Perturbation Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms
	Steven Michael Wang, 17, The Harker School, San Jose, California Andrew Cheng Jin, 17, The Harker School, San Jose, California
Second Award of $1,000
BI013	Novel Inorganic Metallacarborane Inhibitors of HIV-1 Protease
	Robin Krystufek, 18, Gymnazium Na Vitezne Plani, Prague 4, Czech Republic
Third Award of $500
CS065	Search Engine to Map FDA Approved Drugs to Diseases Based on Microarray Data Mined from GEO
	Axel Stephan Feldmann, 17, Hunter College High School, New York, New York
Fourth Award of $250
CB043	A Novel Approach for Metastatic Breast Cancer Therapy: Pharmacological Inhibition of EZH2 Histone Methyl Transferase Activity Suppresses Cancer Stem Cells and Induces Epithelial Phenotype
	Sara Sakowitz, 18, The Brearley School, New York, New York
ME073	Investigating the Opposing Roles of Oncoprotein gC1qR and Tumor Suppressive cC1qR as Mechanisms for Inhibiting Cancer Pathogenesis
	Emily M. Pang, 17, Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, California
The winners will also receive a certificate, a one-year membership in the association including three AAPS journals, reduced rates for meetings and numerous educational materials.

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American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Physical Society
AAPT is the premier global professional society established to advance the greater good through physics education. With the support of our members worldwide, AAPT is an action oriented organization designed to develop, improve, and promote best practices for physics education as part of the global need for qualified Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics teachers who will inspire tomorrow's leaders and decision makers. For additional  information their companion sponsor, the American Physical Society, visit www.aps.org.
First Award of $1,200
PH041	Spectral Smartphone: Rapid Prototyping Mobile Platform Diffraction Spectrophotometry
	Allen Jiang, 16, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky
Second Award of $800
PH013	Nova Delphini 2013: A Backyard Analysis of a Classical Nova
	Piper Michelle Reid, 17, Dripping Springs High School, Dripping Springs, Texas
Third Award of $500
PH305	Holes Can Lift: A Continuing Study of the Separation Effects of Airfoil Slots
	Sarah Nicole Hancock, 16, Clear Horizons Early College High School, Houston, Texas Kate Rutherford, 17, Clear Horizons Early College High School, Houston, Texas
Certificate of Honorable Mention
PH007	Rocks of the Rainbow: Asteroid Classification Using SDSS Filters
	Stephanie Hiromi Spear, 16, Henry J. Kaiser High School, Honolulu, Hawaii
PH019	Novel Automated Next-Generation Multijunction Quantum Dot Solar Panel Designs Using Monte Carlo-Based Modeling
	Valerie S. Ding, 17, Catlin Gabel School, Portland, Oregon
PH053	Piezoforce Imaging of Confined Oxide Nanowires
	Akash Levy, 17, Taylor Allderdice High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Top award winners receive a one-year AAPT and APS student membership, a certificate from both AAPT and APS, as well as one-year electronic subscriptions to AAPT's journals, "The Physics Teacher," "The American Journal of Physics," and other APS journals. Each sponsoring teacher of a student who receives an AAPT and APS award also will receive a certificate.

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American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society Education Division promotes excellence in science education and science literacy through a number of activities supporting teachers and learners of chemistry. Through its participation in Intel ISEF, ACS encourages and supports high school students in their exploration of the chemical sciences through research experiences.
First Award of $4,000
ET025	Synthesis of Benzodifuran Derivatives for Solar Cells
	Valerie Youngmi Sarge, 17, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Lexington, Kentucky
Second Award of $3,000
BI046	Development of a Therapeutic Drug for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Chemical Approach to Cease Amyloidosis
	Yarim Lee, 17, Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, New York
Third Award of $2,000
CH020	Building a Library of Difluoro- and Trifluoro- Artemisinins, Year Two
	Shreya Sundaresh Ramayya, 16, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Rolling Hills Estates, California
Fourth Award of $1,000
MA032	A Monte Carlo Protein Folding Simulation using Energy Optimization with Novel Applications to Alzheimer's Disease Research
	Niranjan Balachandar, 17, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton, Texas
Certificate of Honorable Mention
CB024	In Search of Genomic Dark Matter: A Novel Method for the Global Identification of Active Regulatory Elements
	Carlo Bocconcelli, 17, Falmouth Academy, Falmouth, Massachusetts
CH027	Carbonized Pineapple Peel (CPP) Waste as Low Cost Adsorbent for Acid and Reactive Dyes Removal
	Meor Zulhilmi Syahir Ahmad Shohailee, 17, Tun Syed Sheh Shahabudin Science Secondary Boarding School, Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia
EN022	The Synthesis and Characterization of EGCG-PLGA Conjugates and Mixtures: A Novel Biomaterial for Tissue Engineering
	Anubhuti Mathur, 16, Glastonbury High School, Glastonbury, Connecticut
EN055	Gold Nanoparticles: Efficient Synthesis of Catalytically Active Nanoparticles Using a One-Pot Method
	Justin Cheung, 17, Commack High School, Commack, New York
EN066	Magnetic Field Modulation for Assembly and Manipulation of Responsive Nanoscale Optical Systems
	Michael Janner, 18, Redlands East Valley High School, Redlands, California
ET021	Development of Highly Efficient and Stable Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Using Natural Hydrangea macrophylla Dyes
	Mie Yamanaka, 17, Miyagi Prefectural Sendai Daini Senior High School, Sendai-City, Japan
All award winners and honorable mentions also receive a subscription to "ChemMatters."

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American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science
All expense paid four week trip and scholarship to the Bessie Lawrence International Summer Science Institute
CB022	Control of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Aging by Modulation of Mitochondrial DNA Deletions
	Joshua Abraham Meier, 18, Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey
Trip and scholarship is held at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel each July. A valid passport is required for travel.

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American Geosciences Institute
The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to recognize three projects that best reflect the study of Earth and the mission of AGI. Founded in 1948, AGI strives to increase public awareness of the vital role of the geosciences to mankind and society. In support of Intel ISEF, AGI sponsors a first place award of $1,000, a certificate and an AGI publication; a second award of $750, a certificate and an AGI publication; and a third award of $250, a certificate and an AGI publication.
First Award of $1,000
EA006	Tidal Rhythms Recorded in Precambrian Banded Iron Formations
	Chinami Motomatsu, 18, Chiba Prefectural Yakuendai Senior High School, Funabashi-City, Japan
Second Award of $750
EA002	Comparison of Evaporation Rates from Mine Lakes to the Transpiration Rates from Previous Plant Life
	Timothy J. Lillo, 17, South Sumter High School, Bushnell, Florida
Third Award of $250
PH007	Rocks of the Rainbow: Asteroid Classification Using SDSS Filters
	Stephanie Hiromi Spear, 16, Henry J. Kaiser High School, Honolulu, Hawaii

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American Intellectual Property Law Association
Founded in 1897, AIPLA is a national bar association constituted primarily of lawyers in private and corporate practice, in government service, and in the academic community. AIPLA represents a wide and diverse spectrum of individuals, companies and institutions involved directly or indirectly in the practice of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and unfair competition law, as well as other fields of law affecting intellectual property. Our members represent both owners and users of intellectual property.
First Award of $1,000
EE029	Versatile Field Construction Machine for Paddy Cultivation
	Namal Namal Udara Piyasiri, 18, Tabuththegama Central College, Thambuththegama, Sri Lanka
EE317	Digital Sandwich: Tasty Terabytes
	Nikita Chernyadev, 17, Lyceum No.82, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation Dmitry Khodebko, 17, Lyceum No.82, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation Alexander Shkitilev, 17, Lyceum No.82, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation
Second Award of $250
EE303	Solid State Fan
	Eliot Lim, 18, NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, Singapore, Singapore Shiyang Yu, 18, NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, Singapore, Singapore Zhong Liang Ou Yang, 18, NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, Singapore, Singapore
EE315	TBox: Tracking Box
	Andre Santos Ferreira, 17, Oliveira do Bairro High School, Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal Goncalo Goncalves Duarte Pires, 16, Oliveira do Bairro High School, Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal Ricardo Martins Coelho Nunes, 18, Oliveira do Bairro High School, Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal

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American Mathematical Society
The American Mathematical Society was founded in 1888, to further the interests of mathematical research & scholarship, as well as to serve the national/international community through its publications, meetings, advocacy & other programs. Friends and family of the late mathematician, Karl Menger, contribute to a fund in his memory, to be distributed by the AMS for annual awards at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
First Award of $1,000
MA043	Characterizing the n-Division Points of Genus-0 Curves through Straightedge and Compass Constructions
	Nitya Mani, 16, The Harker School, San Jose, California
Second Award of $500
EN068	Strongly Coupling the Electrical and Mechanical Dynamics of the Heartbeat in a Diffuse Interface Model
	Kevin K. Lee, 17, University High School, Irvine, California
MA013	Weighted Catalan Numbers and Their Divisibility Properties
	Sarah Lee Shader, 18, Laramie High School, Laramie, Wyoming
Third Award of $250
MA015	Hidden Secrets in Cevian Triangles
	Shahar Silberstein, 16, Makif Alef, Be'er Sheva, Israel
MA024	Odd Dunkl Operators and nilHecke Algebras
	Ritesh Narayan Ragavender, 17, South Brunswick High School, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey
MA035	Covering Squares of Side Length n+e with Unit Squares
	Rayna Dimchova Gadzheva, 18, Mathematical High School 'Konstantin Velichkov,' Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
MA036	On the Hamiltonicity of Cubic, Polyhedral, Bipartite Graphs
	Paul Clarke, 17, St. Paul's College Raheny, Dublin, Ireland
Certificate of Honorable Mention
MA009	Characterization of the Line Complexity of Cellular Automata Generated by Polynomial Transition Rules
	Bertrand Andrew Stone, 17, Nicolet High School, Glendale, Wisconsin
MA016	A New Statistical Measure of Effect Size: Rate-Adjusted Standardized Mean Difference (RASMD)
	Katherine Marie Webb, 18, Tabb High School, Yorktown, Virginia
MA040	The Impact of Demand Elasticity on the Downs-Thomson and Braess Paradoxes
	Rishi Suvir Mirchandani, 17, Fox Chapel Area Senior High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
MA056	Cohomology of Finite Groups without Homological Algebra
	Nikolai Mostovskii, 17, The Laboratory for Continuous Mathematical Education, St.Petersburg, Russian Federation
MA308	Bracelet Problem with Identical Beads
	Ata Aydin Uslu, 18, Edirne Suleyman Demirel Fen Lisesi, Edirne, Turkey Hamdi Goktan Ozmenekse, 18, Edirne Süleyman Demirel Fen Lisesi, Edirne, Turkey
A booklet on Karl Menger will also be given to each winner.

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American Meteorological Society
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is the nation's leading scientific and professional society advancing the atmospheric and related sciences, technologies, applications, and services for the benefit of society. Founded in 1919, the AMS has a membership of more than 14,000 professionals, students, and weather enthusiasts. AMS offers numerous scholarships and fellowships to support students pursuing careers in the field.
First Award of $2,000
EA015	Geographic Belts for Hurricane Landfall Location Prediction
	William Wu, 17, Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas
Second Award of $1,000
EA002	Comparison of Evaporation Rates from Mine Lakes to the Transpiration Rates from Previous Plant Life
	Timothy J. Lillo, 17, South Sumter High School, Bushnell, Florida
Third Award of $500
EA005	Increase in Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Ocean Subsurface Warming in the Western North Pacific Ocean
	Yu-Hsin Chen, 17, Taipei First Girls High School, Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Certificate of Honorable Mention
EA001	Lunar Tide Contribution to Thermosphere Weather
	Jesse Tan Zhang, 16, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado
EA303	Secrets of San Lorenzo Valley's Atmosphere: Vertical Meteorological Measurements, Part Two
	Connor B. Lydon, 17, San Lorenzo Valley High School, Felton, California Natalie Rose Gallagher, 16, San Lorenzo Valley High School, Felton, California
EA304	Hurricanes and Ocean Temperature
	Caroline Morris, 18, Henry W. Grady High School, Atlanta, Georgia Mary Claire Morris, 17, Henry W. Grady High School, Atlanta, Georgia
Winners receive a certificate, an AMS Journal/Bulletin Archive DVD, and a one-year student membership to the AMS. The student membership includes a subscription to the "Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society" or "Weatherwise" magazine.

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American Physiological Society
The American Physiological Society (APS) is a nonprofit devoted to fostering education, scientific research, and dissemination of information in the physiological sciences. The Society was founded in 1887 with 28 members and today has more than 10,500 members. APS participates as a Special Awards Sponsor for the Intel ISEF. Each year, the APS recognizes outstanding high school research projects in life sciences. Four students receive cash awards and a year's subscription to the APS journal, "Physiology."
First Award of $1,500
BE015	Role of Somatostatin Interneurons in Alzheimer's Disease
	Divya Koyyalagunta, 18, Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas
Second Award of $1,000
EV025	Effects of the Environmental Pollutant Acrylic Aldehyde on Renal Fibrosis
	Sanjana J. Rane, 16, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky
Third Award of $500
CB011	Age and Glaucoma Induced Changes in Retinal Ganglion Cell Function
	Garrett Elijah McGrady, 16, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky
APS Exceptional Science Award for $500
CB012	p38 in Muscle Differentiation
	Giuseppe Dall'Agnese, 20, Liceo Scientifico E. Vendramini, Pordenone, Italy
Four winners will receive cash, a certificate, a t-shirt, and a one-year subscription to APS publications.

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American Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States. APA is the world's largest association of psychologists, with nearly 130,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students as its members. APA’s mission is to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people's lives.
First Award of $1,500
ME091	Adolescent Loss of Lis1 Results in Defective Hippocampal Morphology and Distinct Behavioral Deficits Resembling a Schizophrenic-Like Phenotype
	Leighton Braunstein, 18, The Dalton School, New York, New York
Second Award of $1,000
BE002	Hand Hygiene Gone Viral? A Study of Student Involvement in a Social Media Campaign as a Method of Bringing Hand Hygiene to the Masses
	Timothy James Fossum Renier, 16, Duluth East High School, Duluth, Minnesota
Third Award of $500
AS057	A Study of the Effects of Transplantation of Tissue from Planarian Flatworms Conditioned with Light-Shock Therapy into Naïve Planarian Flatworms
	Chloe Sherry, 17, John Adams High School, South Bend, Indiana
BE013	The Paradox of Emotional Dimensionality: The Effect of the Dimensionality of Audio Stimuli on the Brain’s Electrical Activity, a Neuroscience Study
	Michelle Marie Marquez, 15, Math and Science High School at Clover Hill, Midlothian, Virginia
BE029	Light Speed: A Measure of Ocular Phototransduction Using Pulsed Light Emitting Diodes
	Ashley Maye Hamlin, 16, Hilton Head Island High School, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
BE035	Linking Expression and Function of FoxP2 in Adult Songbirds Using Operant Preference Testing
	Petra Luna Grutzik, 18, Redondo Union High School, Redondo Beach, California
BI308	The Correlation between Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) and Cognitive Function in Healthy Teens
	Colin Norick, 15, Columbia Falls High School, Columbia Falls, Montana Colter Norick, 16, Columbia Falls High School, Columbia Falls, Montana
Award recipients also receive a certificate and a one-year student affiliate membership to APA.

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American Society for Horticultural Science
Founded in 1903, the purposes of the American Society for Horticultural Science are to promote and encourage national and international interest in scientific research and education in horticulture in all its branches.
First Award of $1,000
PS042	Examining Potential False Positives for Genetic Modification in Taro
	Anuhea DeLude, 18, Kamehameha Schools Kapalama, Honolulu, Hawaii
Second Award of $500
PS023	Molecular Characterization of Wild Beet in the Imperial Valley's Commercial Sugar Beet Fields
	Kapil Sinha, 14, Salinas High School, Salinas, California
Third Award of $250
PS043	An Eco-friendly RNA Interference-based Insect Control for Management of Citrus Greening Disease using a Model System
	Saumya R. Keremane, 17, Martin Luther King High School, Riverside, California
Each awardee and his/her school will receive a one-year subscription to ASHS "HortScience" and "Hort Technology," plus a mounted certificate.

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American Society for Microbiology
Founded in 1899, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) is the largest single life science membership organization in the world. Members worldwide represent 26 disciplines of microbiological specializations plus a division for microbiology educators. The ASM's awards honors the most outstanding microbiology projects.
First Award of $2,500
MI304	The State of Parental Mitochondria Influences the Replicative Lifespan of Zygotes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
	Pei-Ming Chen, 16, Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School, Taipei, Chinese Taipei Shao-Ting Chiu, 18, Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School, Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Second Award of $1,750
MI310	Production of Bioplastic by a Bacterium Isolated from Waste Treatment Facility (from Lignocellulosic Glucose, Abundant Sucrose, Byproduct of Biodiesel & Spent Coffee Grounds Extract)
	Gi Na Lee, 18, Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, Hoengseong-gun, South Korea Dong Il Je, 17, Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, Hoengseong-gun, South Korea
Third Award of $1,000
MI309	Elucidating the Metabolism and Toxicity of Host-Derived Toxin Methylglyoxal in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Mycobacterium Smegmatis
	Zhun Che, 17, Pelham Memorial High School, Pelham, New York Julia Burns Kavanagh, 17, Pelham Memorial High School, Pelham, New York Luke E. Hellum, 16, Pelham Memorial High School, Pelham, New York
Fourth Award of $750
MI009	Improved Multiplexed Automated Genome Engineering through Directed Evolution
	Mark Kit Lim, 17, Raffles Institution, Singapore, Singapore
Fifth Award of $400
MI002	Development of a Novel Antimicrobial Polymer for Biomedical Applications
	Joshua Cyril Abreo, 16, James Clemens High School, Madison, Alabama
MI005	The Conjugative Plasmid RK2 as a Delivery System for Artificial AnatheriaH Genes: A Novel Synthetic Biology Alternative to Traditional Antibiotics
	Logan Collins, 17, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado
MI022	Development of in vitro Multispecies Biofilms with Hydroxyapatite and Artificial Saliva
	Terry Gwen Ni, 16, Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts
MI059	Identification of Novel Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Compounds in Curcuma amada
	Varsha Jayasankar, 17, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, St. Catharines, Canada
Intel ISEF 2014 Special Awards May 15, 2014, Los Angeles, California – Society for Science & the Public, in partnership with the Intel Foundation, announced the Special Awards of the Intel ISEF 2014. Student winners are ninth through twelfth graders who earned the right to compete at the Intel ISEF 2014 by winning a top prize at a local, regional, state or national science fair. Acoustical Society of America The Acoustical Society of America is the premier international scientific society in acoustics, dedicated to increasing and diffusing the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications. First Award of $1,500 ME305 The Physiological Effects of Noise Pollution on the Cardiovascular System of D. melanogaster Marcelo Ferrari, 18, Bancroft School, Worcester, Massachusetts Akanksh Chaudhary, 17, Bancroft School, Worcester, Massachusetts Second Award of $500 EN029 Ultrasound-responsive Nanoparticles for Neurotherapeutic Delivery Shelby Chi Yuan, 17, University High School, Tucson, Arizona The first place award winner's school will be awarded $500 and the student's mentor will be awarded $250. The second place award winner's school will be awarded $200 and the student's mentor will be awarded $100. Each winner will also receive a one-year ASA membership. ADA Foundation As dentistry's premier philanthropic and charitable organization, the ADA Foundation (ADAF) is a catalyst for uniting and organizations to make a difference through better oral health. The ADAF Dr. Anthony Volpe Research Center (formerly Paffenbarger Research Center) in Gaithersburg, MD, is hailed as one of the most productive dental research centers in the world. The ADAF's Mission Pillars include Charitable Assistance, Access to Care, Research, and Education (C.A.R.E.). First Award of $2,000 MI022 Development of in vitro Multispecies Biofilms with Hydroxyapatite and Artificial Saliva Terry Gwen Ni, 16, Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts Second Award of $1,000 ME102 The Antimicrobial Efficacy of Nitric Oxide based on Release Rate from Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles on A. actinomycetemcomitans and S. mutans Shraddha Rathod, 18, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina Third Award of $500 ME029 Killed by Sweetness Karishma Sunil Patel, 15, Grants High School, Grants, New Mexico Alcoa Foundation Alcoa Foundation is one of the largest corporate foundations in the U.S., with assets of approximately $446 million. Founded 60 years ago, Alcoa Foundation has invested more than $550 million since 1952. Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation have contributed $38 million to nonprofit organizations throughout the world focusing on Environment and Education. Through this work, Alcoa Foundation is building innovative partnerships, engaging its people to improve the environment and educating tomorrow's leaders. The Future of Transportation, First Award of $2,500 EE061 Electromagnetic Tire Propulsion System Alexander William Beall, 17, Brunswick High School, Brunswick, Maryland The Future of Transportation, Second Award of $1,500 PH315 Flexible Shape Changing (Morphing) Wing Judah Khary Brooks, 17, From the Heart Christian School, Suitland, District of Columbia Moises Diaz, 17, From the Heart Christian School, Suitland, District of Columbia The Future of Transportation, Third Award $1,000 PH305 Holes Can Lift: A Continuing Study of the Separation Effects of Airfoil Slots Sarah Nicole Hancock, 16, Clear Horizons Early College High School, Houston, Texas Kate Rutherford, 17, Clear Horizons Early College High School, Houston, Texas Assembly and Joining in the 21st Century, First Award $2,500 EE031 Breaking Point Danika Louw, 14, Holy Spirit Catholic High School, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Assembly and Joining in the 21st Century, Second Award $1,500 EE081 Unlock Anywhere Ethan James Anderson, 16, Fort Wayne Area Home School, Fort Wayne, Indiana Assembly and Joining in the 21st Century, Third Award of $1,000 EN051 Deposition of Carbon on Copper Wire: A New Process for the Fabrication of Carbon Microtubes Burhan Azeem, 17, Staten Island Technical High School, Staten Island, New York > American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) is a professional scientific organization of approximately 11,000 members dedicated to the discovery, development and manufacture of pharmaceutical products and therapies through advances of science and technology. AAPS provides an international forum for the exchange of knowledge among scientists to enhance their contributions to health. We offer timely scientific programs, ongoing education, opportunities for networking, and professional development. First Award of $2,000 ME315 Rational Discovery and Optimization of Synergistic Chemotherapy Combinations: A Novel Framework Integrating Gene Perturbation Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms Steven Michael Wang, 17, The Harker School, San Jose, California Andrew Cheng Jin, 17, The Harker School, San Jose, California Second Award of $1,000 BI013 Novel Inorganic Metallacarborane Inhibitors of HIV-1 Protease Robin Krystufek, 18, Gymnazium Na Vitezne Plani, Prague 4, Czech Republic Third Award of $500 CS065 Search Engine to Map FDA Approved Drugs to Diseases Based on Microarray Data Mined from GEO Axel Stephan Feldmann, 17, Hunter College High School, New York, New York Fourth Award of $250 CB043 A Novel Approach for Metastatic Breast Cancer Therapy: Pharmacological Inhibition of EZH2 Histone Methyl Transferase Activity Suppresses Cancer Stem Cells and Induces Epithelial Phenotype Sara Sakowitz, 18, The Brearley School, New York, New York ME073 Investigating the Opposing Roles of Oncoprotein gC1qR and Tumor Suppressive cC1qR as Mechanisms for Inhibiting Cancer Pathogenesis Emily M. Pang, 17, Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, California The winners will also receive a certificate, a one-year membership in the association including three AAPS journals, reduced rates for meetings and numerous educational materials. > American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Physical Society AAPT is the premier global professional society established to advance the greater good through physics education. With the support of our members worldwide, AAPT is an action oriented organization designed to develop, improve, and promote best practices for physics education as part of the global need for qualified Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics teachers who will inspire tomorrow's leaders and decision makers. For additional  information their companion sponsor, the American Physical Society, visit www.aps.org. First Award of $1,200 PH041 Spectral Smartphone: Rapid Prototyping Mobile Platform Diffraction Spectrophotometry Allen Jiang, 16, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky Second Award of $800 PH013 Nova Delphini 2013: A Backyard Analysis of a Classical Nova Piper Michelle Reid, 17, Dripping Springs High School, Dripping Springs, Texas Third Award of $500 PH305 Holes Can Lift: A Continuing Study of the Separation Effects of Airfoil Slots Sarah Nicole Hancock, 16, Clear Horizons Early College High School, Houston, Texas Kate Rutherford, 17, Clear Horizons Early College High School, Houston, Texas Certificate of Honorable Mention PH007 Rocks of the Rainbow: Asteroid Classification Using SDSS Filters Stephanie Hiromi Spear, 16, Henry J. Kaiser High School, Honolulu, Hawaii PH019 Novel Automated Next-Generation Multijunction Quantum Dot Solar Panel Designs Using Monte Carlo-Based Modeling Valerie S. Ding, 17, Catlin Gabel School, Portland, Oregon PH053 Piezoforce Imaging of Confined Oxide Nanowires Akash Levy, 17, Taylor Allderdice High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Top award winners receive a one-year AAPT and APS student membership, a certificate from both AAPT and APS, as well as one-year electronic subscriptions to AAPT's journals, "The Physics Teacher," "The American Journal of Physics," and other APS journals. Each sponsoring teacher of a student who receives an AAPT and APS award also will receive a certificate. > American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society Education Division promotes excellence in science education and science literacy through a number of activities supporting teachers and learners of chemistry. Through its participation in Intel ISEF, ACS encourages and supports high school students in their exploration of the chemical sciences through research experiences. First Award of $4,000 ET025 Synthesis of Benzodifuran Derivatives for Solar Cells Valerie Youngmi Sarge, 17, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Lexington, Kentucky Second Award of $3,000 BI046 Development of a Therapeutic Drug for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Chemical Approach to Cease Amyloidosis Yarim Lee, 17, Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, New York Third Award of $2,000 CH020 Building a Library of Difluoro- and Trifluoro- Artemisinins, Year Two Shreya Sundaresh Ramayya, 16, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Rolling Hills Estates, California Fourth Award of $1,000 MA032 A Monte Carlo Protein Folding Simulation using Energy Optimization with Novel Applications to Alzheimer's Disease Research Niranjan Balachandar, 17, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton, Texas Certificate of Honorable Mention CB024 In Search of Genomic Dark Matter: A Novel Method for the Global Identification of Active Regulatory Elements Carlo Bocconcelli, 17, Falmouth Academy, Falmouth, Massachusetts CH027 Carbonized Pineapple Peel (CPP) Waste as Low Cost Adsorbent for Acid and Reactive Dyes Removal Meor Zulhilmi Syahir Ahmad Shohailee, 17, Tun Syed Sheh Shahabudin Science Secondary Boarding School, Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia EN022 The Synthesis and Characterization of EGCG-PLGA Conjugates and Mixtures: A Novel Biomaterial for Tissue Engineering Anubhuti Mathur, 16, Glastonbury High School, Glastonbury, Connecticut EN055 Gold Nanoparticles: Efficient Synthesis of Catalytically Active Nanoparticles Using a One-Pot Method Justin Cheung, 17, Commack High School, Commack, New York EN066 Magnetic Field Modulation for Assembly and Manipulation of Responsive Nanoscale Optical Systems Michael Janner, 18, Redlands East Valley High School, Redlands, California ET021 Development of Highly Efficient and Stable Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Using Natural Hydrangea macrophylla Dyes Mie Yamanaka, 17, Miyagi Prefectural Sendai Daini Senior High School, Sendai-City, Japan All award winners and honorable mentions also receive a subscription to "ChemMatters." > American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science All expense paid four week trip and scholarship to the Bessie Lawrence International Summer Science Institute CB022 Control of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Aging by Modulation of Mitochondrial DNA Deletions Joshua Abraham Meier, 18, Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey Trip and scholarship is held at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel each July. A valid passport is required for travel. > American Geosciences Institute The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to recognize three projects that best reflect the study of Earth and the mission of AGI. Founded in 1948, AGI strives to increase public awareness of the vital role of the geosciences to mankind and society. In support of Intel ISEF, AGI sponsors a first place award of $1,000, a certificate and an AGI publication; a second award of $750, a certificate and an AGI publication; and a third award of $250, a certificate and an AGI publication. First Award of $1,000 EA006 Tidal Rhythms Recorded in Precambrian Banded Iron Formations Chinami Motomatsu, 18, Chiba Prefectural Yakuendai Senior High School, Funabashi-City, Japan Second Award of $750 EA002 Comparison of Evaporation Rates from Mine Lakes to the Transpiration Rates from Previous Plant Life Timothy J. Lillo, 17, South Sumter High School, Bushnell, Florida Third Award of $250 PH007 Rocks of the Rainbow: Asteroid Classification Using SDSS Filters Stephanie Hiromi Spear, 16, Henry J. Kaiser High School, Honolulu, Hawaii > American Intellectual Property Law Association Founded in 1897, AIPLA is a national bar association constituted primarily of lawyers in private and corporate practice, in government service, and in the academic community. AIPLA represents a wide and diverse spectrum of individuals, companies and institutions involved directly or indirectly in the practice of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and unfair competition law, as well as other fields of law affecting intellectual property. Our members represent both owners and users of intellectual property. First Award of $1,000 EE029 Versatile Field Construction Machine for Paddy Cultivation Namal Namal Udara Piyasiri, 18, Tabuththegama Central College, Thambuththegama, Sri Lanka EE317 Digital Sandwich: Tasty Terabytes Nikita Chernyadev, 17, Lyceum No.82, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation Dmitry Khodebko, 17, Lyceum No.82, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation Alexander Shkitilev, 17, Lyceum No.82, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation Second Award of $250 EE303 Solid State Fan Eliot Lim, 18, NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, Singapore, Singapore Shiyang Yu, 18, NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, Singapore, Singapore Zhong Liang Ou Yang, 18, NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, Singapore, Singapore EE315 TBox: Tracking Box Andre Santos Ferreira, 17, Oliveira do Bairro High School, Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal Goncalo Goncalves Duarte Pires, 16, Oliveira do Bairro High School, Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal Ricardo Martins Coelho Nunes, 18, Oliveira do Bairro High School, Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal > American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society was founded in 1888, to further the interests of mathematical research & scholarship, as well as to serve the national/international community through its publications, meetings, advocacy & other programs. Friends and family of the late mathematician, Karl Menger, contribute to a fund in his memory, to be distributed by the AMS for annual awards at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. First Award of $1,000 MA043 Characterizing the n-Division Points of Genus-0 Curves through Straightedge and Compass Constructions Nitya Mani, 16, The Harker School, San Jose, California Second Award of $500 EN068 Strongly Coupling the Electrical and Mechanical Dynamics of the Heartbeat in a Diffuse Interface Model Kevin K. Lee, 17, University High School, Irvine, California MA013 Weighted Catalan Numbers and Their Divisibility Properties Sarah Lee Shader, 18, Laramie High School, Laramie, Wyoming Third Award of $250 MA015 Hidden Secrets in Cevian Triangles Shahar Silberstein, 16, Makif Alef, Be'er Sheva, Israel MA024 Odd Dunkl Operators and nilHecke Algebras Ritesh Narayan Ragavender, 17, South Brunswick High School, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey MA035 Covering Squares of Side Length n+e with Unit Squares Rayna Dimchova Gadzheva, 18, Mathematical High School 'Konstantin Velichkov,' Pazardzhik, Bulgaria MA036 On the Hamiltonicity of Cubic, Polyhedral, Bipartite Graphs Paul Clarke, 17, St. Paul's College Raheny, Dublin, Ireland Certificate of Honorable Mention MA009 Characterization of the Line Complexity of Cellular Automata Generated by Polynomial Transition Rules Bertrand Andrew Stone, 17, Nicolet High School, Glendale, Wisconsin MA016 A New Statistical Measure of Effect Size: Rate-Adjusted Standardized Mean Difference (RASMD) Katherine Marie Webb, 18, Tabb High School, Yorktown, Virginia MA040 The Impact of Demand Elasticity on the Downs-Thomson and Braess Paradoxes Rishi Suvir Mirchandani, 17, Fox Chapel Area Senior High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania MA056 Cohomology of Finite Groups without Homological Algebra Nikolai Mostovskii, 17, The Laboratory for Continuous Mathematical Education, St.Petersburg, Russian Federation MA308 Bracelet Problem with Identical Beads Ata Aydin Uslu, 18, Edirne Suleyman Demirel Fen Lisesi, Edirne, Turkey Hamdi Goktan Ozmenekse, 18, Edirne Süleyman Demirel Fen Lisesi, Edirne, Turkey A booklet on Karl Menger will also be given to each winner. > American Meteorological Society The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is the nation's leading scientific and professional society advancing the atmospheric and related sciences, technologies, applications, and services for the benefit of society. Founded in 1919, the AMS has a membership of more than 14,000 professionals, students, and weather enthusiasts. AMS offers numerous scholarships and fellowships to support students pursuing careers in the field. First Award of $2,000 EA015 Geographic Belts for Hurricane Landfall Location Prediction William Wu, 17, Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas Second Award of $1,000 EA002 Comparison of Evaporation Rates from Mine Lakes to the Transpiration Rates from Previous Plant Life Timothy J. Lillo, 17, South Sumter High School, Bushnell, Florida Third Award of $500 EA005 Increase in Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Ocean Subsurface Warming in the Western North Pacific Ocean Yu-Hsin Chen, 17, Taipei First Girls High School, Taipei, Chinese Taipei Certificate of Honorable Mention EA001 Lunar Tide Contribution to Thermosphere Weather Jesse Tan Zhang, 16, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado EA303 Secrets of San Lorenzo Valley's Atmosphere: Vertical Meteorological Measurements, Part Two Connor B. Lydon, 17, San Lorenzo Valley High School, Felton, California Natalie Rose Gallagher, 16, San Lorenzo Valley High School, Felton, California EA304 Hurricanes and Ocean Temperature Caroline Morris, 18, Henry W. Grady High School, Atlanta, Georgia Mary Claire Morris, 17, Henry W. Grady High School, Atlanta, Georgia Winners receive a certificate, an AMS Journal/Bulletin Archive DVD, and a one-year student membership to the AMS. The student membership includes a subscription to the "Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society" or "Weatherwise" magazine. > American Physiological Society The American Physiological Society (APS) is a nonprofit devoted to fostering education, scientific research, and dissemination of information in the physiological sciences. The Society was founded in 1887 with 28 members and today has more than 10,500 members. APS participates as a Special Awards Sponsor for the Intel ISEF. Each year, the APS recognizes outstanding high school research projects in life sciences. Four students receive cash awards and a year's subscription to the APS journal, "Physiology." First Award of $1,500 BE015 Role of Somatostatin Interneurons in Alzheimer's Disease Divya Koyyalagunta, 18, Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas Second Award of $1,000 EV025 Effects of the Environmental Pollutant Acrylic Aldehyde on Renal Fibrosis Sanjana J. Rane, 16, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky Third Award of $500 CB011 Age and Glaucoma Induced Changes in Retinal Ganglion Cell Function Garrett Elijah McGrady, 16, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky APS Exceptional Science Award for $500 CB012 p38 in Muscle Differentiation Giuseppe Dall'Agnese, 20, Liceo Scientifico E. Vendramini, Pordenone, Italy Four winners will receive cash, a certificate, a t-shirt, and a one-year subscription to APS publications. > American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States. APA is the world's largest association of psychologists, with nearly 130,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students as its members. APA’s mission is to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people's lives. First Award of $1,500 ME091 Adolescent Loss of Lis1 Results in Defective Hippocampal Morphology and Distinct Behavioral Deficits Resembling a Schizophrenic-Like Phenotype Leighton Braunstein, 18, The Dalton School, New York, New York Second Award of $1,000 BE002 Hand Hygiene Gone Viral? A Study of Student Involvement in a Social Media Campaign as a Method of Bringing Hand Hygiene to the Masses Timothy James Fossum Renier, 16, Duluth East High School, Duluth, Minnesota Third Award of $500 AS057 A Study of the Effects of Transplantation of Tissue from Planarian Flatworms Conditioned with Light-Shock Therapy into Naïve Planarian Flatworms Chloe Sherry, 17, John Adams High School, South Bend, Indiana BE013 The Paradox of Emotional Dimensionality: The Effect of the Dimensionality of Audio Stimuli on the Brain’s Electrical Activity, a Neuroscience Study Michelle Marie Marquez, 15, Math and Science High School at Clover Hill, Midlothian, Virginia BE029 Light Speed: A Measure of Ocular Phototransduction Using Pulsed Light Emitting Diodes Ashley Maye Hamlin, 16, Hilton Head Island High School, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina BE035 Linking Expression and Function of FoxP2 in Adult Songbirds Using Operant Preference Testing Petra Luna Grutzik, 18, Redondo Union High School, Redondo Beach, California BI308 The Correlation between Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) and Cognitive Function in Healthy Teens Colin Norick, 15, Columbia Falls High School, Columbia Falls, Montana Colter Norick, 16, Columbia Falls High School, Columbia Falls, Montana Award recipients also receive a certificate and a one-year student affiliate membership to APA. > American Society for Horticultural Science Founded in 1903, the purposes of the American Society for Horticultural Science are to promote and encourage national and international interest in scientific research and education in horticulture in all its branches. First Award of $1,000 PS042 Examining Potential False Positives for Genetic Modification in Taro Anuhea DeLude, 18, Kamehameha Schools Kapalama, Honolulu, Hawaii Second Award of $500 PS023 Molecular Characterization of Wild Beet in the Imperial Valley's Commercial Sugar Beet Fields Kapil Sinha, 14, Salinas High School, Salinas, California Third Award of $250 PS043 An Eco-friendly RNA Interference-based Insect Control for Management of Citrus Greening Disease using a Model System Saumya R. Keremane, 17, Martin Luther King High School, Riverside, California Each awardee and his/her school will receive a one-year subscription to ASHS "HortScience" and "Hort Technology," plus a mounted certificate. > American Society for Microbiology Founded in 1899, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) is the largest single life science membership organization in the world. Members worldwide represent 26 disciplines of microbiological specializations plus a division for microbiology educators. The ASM's awards honors the most outstanding microbiology projects. First Award of $2,500 MI304 The State of Parental Mitochondria Influences the Replicative Lifespan of Zygotes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pei-Ming Chen, 16, Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School, Taipei, Chinese Taipei Shao-Ting Chiu, 18, Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School, Taipei, Chinese Taipei Second Award of $1,750 MI310 Production of Bioplastic by a Bacterium Isolated from Waste Treatment Facility (from Lignocellulosic Glucose, Abundant Sucrose, Byproduct of Biodiesel & Spent Coffee Grounds Extract) Gi Na Lee, 18, Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, Hoengseong-gun, South Korea Dong Il Je, 17, Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, Hoengseong-gun, South Korea Third Award of $1,000 MI309 Elucidating the Metabolism and Toxicity of Host-Derived Toxin Methylglyoxal in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Mycobacterium Smegmatis Zhun Che, 17, Pelham Memorial High School, Pelham, New York Julia Burns Kavanagh, 17, Pelham Memorial High School, Pelham, New York Luke E. Hellum, 16, Pelham Memorial High School, Pelham, New York Fourth Award of $750 MI009 Improved Multiplexed Automated Genome Engineering through Directed Evolution Mark Kit Lim, 17, Raffles Institution, Singapore, Singapore Fifth Award of $400 MI002 Development of a Novel Antimicrobial Polymer for Biomedical Applications Joshua Cyril Abreo, 16, James Clemens High School, Madison, Alabama MI005 The Conjugative Plasmid RK2 as a Delivery System for Artificial AnatheriaH Genes: A Novel Synthetic Biology Alternative to Traditional Antibiotics Logan Collins, 17, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado MI022 Development of in vitro Multispecies Biofilms with Hydroxyapatite and Artificial Saliva Terry Gwen Ni, 16, Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts MI059 Identification of Novel Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Compounds in Curcuma amada Varsha Jayasankar, 17, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, St. Catharines, Canada MI065 Developing Novel Protein Targets for Bordetella pertussis Antibiotics: Understanding Protein Interfaces and Domain-Domain Interactions William Huang Jin, 18, Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Lawrenceville, Georgia MI071 DNA Repair Mechanisms in Yeast: Shu Complex Interactions with Rdh54 Kyle T. Yoshida, 18, Kamehameha Schools Kapalama, Honolulu, Hawaii All finalists in the Microbiology Category receive a student membership to AMS, which includes a one-year subscription to "Microbe," ASM's monthly news magazine, and access to the members only web resources. > American Statistical Association The American Statistical Association is the world's largest community of statisticians. The ASA supports excellence in the development, application, and dissemination of statistical science through meetings, publications, membership services, education, accreditation, and advocacy. Our members serve in industry, government, and academia in more than 90 countries, advancing research and promoting sound statistical practice to inform public policy and improve human welfare. First Award of $1,500 BE031 Using Google Trends to Enhance Predictive Models of Mortgage Delinquency to Mitigate Risk in the Loan Lending Process Soham Daga, 17, Stuyvesant High School, Manhattan, New York Second Award of $500 CS074 Indium: Using Novel Machine Learning Algorithms to Develop a Nondisease-specific Personalized Medicine Engine Yousuf Mounir Soliman, 17, Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, California Third Award of $250 ME037 Characteristics of Deleterious Mutations in Tumor Suppressor Genes Nathan Han, 15, Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts Certificate of Honorable Mention BE038 Healthy Youth: Effect of Physical Activity and Sleep Patterns on Physical and Mental Well-Being in Adolescents Grace Hwang, 16, Hershey High School, Hershey, Pennsylvania BE040 Self-induced Sleep Loss: A Novel Risk Factor for Nighttime Food Desire in Adolescents and the Association with Brain Dopamine Signaling and Obesity Zarin Ibnat Rahman, 17, Brookings High School, Brookings, South Dakota CS011 A Novel Method for Melanoma Skin Cancer Diagnosis at an Early Stage Using ANN and DNA Analysis Alaa Amri, 18, Pioneer High School of Gabes, Gabes, Tunisia CS053 Indoor Navigation with Maximum Likelihood Classification of Wi-Fi Fingerprints Noah Christian Pritt, 17, Pritt Home School, Walkersville, Maryland CS062 Predicting Cancer Drug Response Using Nuclear Norm Multi-Task Learning Ivan Paskov, 18, Edgemont High School, Scarsdale, New York EM043 Enhancing Nutrient Values of Gryllodes sigillatus for Future Food Sustainability Chase Evan Herman, 18, Nixa High School, Nixa, Missouri ET306 Comparison of Organized and Randomized Multilayer Films Andrew Moshova, 17, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New York Jessica Kim, 17, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New York MA025 Identification of the Impact of Obesity Treatments on Gene Expression using a Novel Statistical Test Shreya Mathur, 17, Oxford High School, Oxford, Mississippi MA029 Development and Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms for Breast Cancer Detection Clemen Deng, 16, Lincoln High School, Portland, Oregon ME048 Sugar Rush Sugar Crash: Analyzing the Effect of Sugar on Physical and Mental Performance Using ANoVA Chris Mathews, 14, Home School, Las Vegas, Nevada ME095 The Diagnostic Potential of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Mild to Moderate Depression Arjuna Sathyadeep Maharaj, 17, Ancaster High School, Ancaster, Canada   ME098 Alzheimer's Disease Distribution in the Northwest in Relation to Microclimates, a Second Year Epidemiological Study Talia Alysse Lichtenberg, 16, West Linn High School, West Linn, Oregon ME310 Supertasting Ability, Satiety, and Childhood Obesity in the Hispanic Population Japmeet Kaur Sandhu, 16, Clovis North Educational Center, Fresno, California Ashima Thusu, 15, Clovis North Educational Center, Fresno, California All American Statistical Association finalists receive one-year subscriptions of "Significance" and "Chance." Their schools will also receive a one-year school membership in the American Statistical Association. > American Veterinary Medical Association Founded in 1863, the American Veterinary Medical Association is an 86,000 member professional organization dedicated to advancing the science and art of veterinary medicine. The AVMA and its charitable arm, the American Veterinary Medical Foundation, are proud to present 5 first place awards of $1,000 each and a plaque. The awards are presented for excellence in the fields of food animal health, animal health, public health, comparative medicine, and biomedical research. First Award of $1,000 and a plaque AS019 Optimal Equine Balance: Application of Biophysics to Assess and Reduce Equine Injury, Phase II Erika Nicole Mueller, 16, Clearfield High School, Clearfield, Utah AS023 Developmental Effects of Correlated Color Temperature of Artificial Lights on Painted Lady Butterflies Vanessa cardui Simiao You, 19, Holyoke Catholic High School, Chicopee, Massachusetts AS301 What Effect Does Gender, Tone, and Sound Location Have on the Response Behavior of Neogobius melanostomus (Round Gobies) and the Possibility of Future Trapping of this Invasive Species? Christine Elizabeth Neumann, 16, Cloquet Senior High School, Cloquet, Minnesota Crystal Rae Moynan, 16, Cloquet Senior High School, Cloquet, Minnesota EM007 Why Did Water Strider Mysteriously Disappear from Rural Ponds? Xidian Zhang, 19, No.1 Senior Middle School Puyang, Puyang City, China ME020 Development of a Novel Blood-Based Diagnostic for Canine Lymphosarcoma Golda R. Shaw, 17, George M Steinbrenner High School, Lutz, Florida All winners will also receive a plaque. > Arizona State University Arizona State University is pleased to offer a comprehensive scholarship combining a monetary award and an environment focusing on knowledge, learning and research. The New American University Scholarship is renewable for four years. Individuals and teams were considered for these awards. New American University Provost Scholarship BI044 Novel Design and Evaluation of Chitosan Nanoparticle Ocular Drug Delivery System Sriram Somasundaram, 16, The Harker School, San Jose, California CB010 Universal, MHC-E Restricted Killer T Cell Responses: Identification of a Novel Immune Response against HIV Reesab Pathak, 16, Camas High School, Camas, Washington CB059 Factomics: A Cloud-Enabled Application Incorporating Integrative Genomics and GWAS Facilitating Disease Causation Analysis Swetha Revanur, 15, Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose, California CH003 The Optimal Reclamation Point of Phosphate from a Wastewater Treatment Plant Lewis Michael Nitschinsk, 18, Queensland Academies for Health Sciences, Southport, Australia CH022 Electronic Tongue: Tastes of Toxic Metal Ions in Water Seung Hye (Beatrice) Choi, 15, University High School, Fresno, California CH049 Gas Phase Ion Chemistry and Ion Mobility of Pharmaceutical Substances in Counterfeit Formulations: Technology for Measurement and Confidence of Detection Jeongmin Lee, 16, Las Cruces High School, Las Cruces, New Mexico CS019 Panthera: Caching and Cache-based Scheduling in Distributed Computing Systems Dhaivat Nitin Pandya, 16, Appleton North High School, Appleton, Wisconsin CS078 A Novel Approach to Genetic Interaction Research with an Integrated Repository of Gene Regulatory Networks Shrey Gupta, 17, BASIS Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona EA001 Lunar Tide Contribution to Thermosphere Weather Jesse Tan Zhang, 16, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado EE056 Demonstration and Characterization of Split Ring Resonators as Terahertz Waveguides Brandon Cui, 17, Hillcrest High School, Midvale, Utah EE088 Thermal Energy Storage: The Efficiency of Latent Heat Energy Storage using Phase Change Materials Julia Mariko Hirano, 15, Waimea High School, Waimea, Hawaii EM017 Developing a Sustainable Water Filtration System for Use in Low Income Countries Bluyé DeMessie, 17, William Mason High School, Mason, Ohio EN029 Ultrasound-responsive Nanoparticles for Neurotherapeutic Delivery Shelby Chi Yuan, 17, University High School, Tucson, Arizona EN062 A Novel Energy Harvesting System with a Piezo Element to Power a Visual Prosthesis Kumaran V.K. Ratnam, 15, Dublin High School, Dublin, California PH007 Rocks of the Rainbow: Asteroid Classification Using SDSS Filters Stephanie Hiromi Spear, 16, Henry J. Kaiser High School, Honolulu, Hawaii PH019 Novel Automated Next-Generation Multijunction Quantum Dot Solar Panel Designs Using Monte Carlo-Based Modeling Valerie S. Ding, 17, Catlin Gabel School, Portland, Oregon PH026 The Generation and Analysis of Waves with Varying Nonlinearity Thorsen Michael Wehr, 17, Odessa High School, Odessa, Washington PH039 Quantum Locking: Applications towards Controlled Frictionless Spatial Motion Julienne Sauer, 14, Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, California PH045 3D Hydrodynamic Simulation of Classical Nova Explosions Coleman J. Kendrick, 16, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico PH081 The Leidenpump: A Non-Mechanical Means of Fluid Delivery John Chapman Alexander Caddell, 16, Stevenson School, Pebble Beach, California PS043 An Eco-friendly RNA Interference-based Insect Control for Management of Citrus Greening Disease using a Model System Saumya R. Keremane, 17, Martin Luther King High School, Riverside, California PS301 Enhanced Third-Generation Biofuel Production from Genetically Modified Algae Wenjia (Dara) Li, 16, Jasper High School, Plano, Texas Anoop Vemulapalli, 16, Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas Students must be admitted as undergraduate students in a degree seeking program immediately following their graduation from secondary school. The award amount is equal to the New American University Provost Scholarship; differentiated amounts exist for Arizona residents and non residents. > Ashtavadhani Vidwan Ambati Subbaraya Chetty Foundation AVASC is an educational and medical service foundation dedicated to recognizing academic talent and providing services to the needy. AVASC will award projects that display outstanding creativity, ingenuity, and have the potential to alleviate the human condition or mark a substantive advancement in the scientific field. First Award of $1,000 U.S. savings bond CB043 A Novel Approach for Metastatic Breast Cancer Therapy: Pharmacological Inhibition of EZH2 Histone Methyl Transferase Activity Suppresses Cancer Stem Cells and Induces Epithelial Phenotype Sara Sakowitz, 18, The Brearley School, New York, New York MA001 A Novel Mathematical Simulation to Study the Dynamics of CD4 Cells, CD8 Cells, and HIV Viral Load Nirali Kunjan Thakor, 16, Shepton High School, Plano, Texas Second Award of $500 U.S. savings bond AS056 Cashew Tree (Anacardium occidentale): An Effective Treatment for Cattle Dermatitis Deeksha. P Hebbar, 14, Vivekananda English Medium School, Puttur, India BI048 A Novel Treatment for Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, Alzheimer's, and other Neurodegenerative Disease: Sildenafil Promotes Axonal Outgrowth in the CSPG Inhibitory Environment through Modulation of miRNA Levels Guangning An, 18, International Academy, Troy, Michigan CB022 Control of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Aging by Modulation of Mitochondrial DNA Deletions Joshua Abraham Meier, 18, Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey CS025 Diagnosis of Abnormalities in 3-Dimensional Mammograms via an Artificial Neural Network Joshua Michael Zweig, 18, Commack High School, Commack, New York EN324 Optimization of Lithium-Sulfur Battery Cathode: Role of Sulfur-Carbon Interaction Madan A. Subheeswar, 15, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky Matthew Carmel Raj, 14, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky Richard Nipun Gunasena, 15, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky PH011 Frequency Modulation Feedback Control for Near-Field Acoustic Characterization of Mesoscopic Fluid Films Pramith Sai Devulapalli, 17, Westview High School, Portland, Oregon PH046 Partitioning Gamma-Ray Sources in Fermi Large Area Telescope Observations for Spatial and Spectral Analysis Isabelle Goldstein, 17, Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield, Connecticut PS019 Brassica juncea (Mustard) Flowers to Attract Pollinators for Better Malus domestica (Apple) Yield Jaya Sagar, 16, Government Senior Secondary School- Manali, Manali, India Equivalent awards available for non-U.S. winners. > Association for Computing Machinery First Award of $1,000 CS019 Panthera: Caching and Cache-based Scheduling in Distributed Computing Systems Dhaivat Nitin Pandya, 16, Appleton North High School, Appleton, Wisconsin Second Award of $500 CS038 Come Code with Codester: A Novel Educational App that Teaches Computer Science Gili Rusak, 17, Shaker High School, Latham, New York Third Award of $300 CS012 Using Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision in Creating an Operating System for Head-Mounted Displays Nebras Nabil Djemel, 18, Pioneer High School of Gabes, Gabes, Tunisia Fourth Award of $200 CS008 Brownian Motion as a Source of Entropy for the Generation of Random Numbers Russell Ean Bryan, 18, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts, Hot Springs, Arkansas CS053 Indoor Navigation with Maximum Likelihood Classification of Wi-Fi Fingerprints Noah Christian Pritt, 17, Pritt Home School, Walkersville, Maryland CS304 A New Secure Distributed Storage System for Cloud: Mathematical Framework, Design and Applications Chih Wei Tan, 17, Pui Ching Middle School, Macau, China, Macao Special Administrative Region Hou Teng Cheong, 17, Pui Ching Middle School, Macau, China, Macao Special Administrative Region All ACM Special Award winners will receive complimentary ACM Student Memberships for the duration of their undergraduate education. The ACM's Student Portal Package also includes ACM's Digital Library. Intel ISEF finalists competing in the Computer Science category will receive complimentary ACM Student Lite Memberships upon written request. > Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence AAAI is a scientific society devoted to advancing the scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines. AAAI promotes research in, and responsible use of, artificial intelligence, as well as public understanding of artificial intelligence. AAAI also strives to improve the teaching and training of AI practitioners, and provide guidance on the importance and potential of current AI developments and future directions. First Award of $1,500 CS033 A Novel Computational Agent-Based Model for the Outbreak, Spread, and Containment of Tuberculosis Parth Chopra, 17, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia Second Award of $1,000 CS073 Semantic Multilayer SVM: Novel Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision Applied to Prostate Cancer Grading and Breast Cancer Diagnosis William C. Hang, 16, Scripps Ranch High School, San Diego, California Third Award of $500 ME037 Characteristics of Deleterious Mutations in Tumor Suppressor Genes Nathan Han, 15, Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts Honorable Mention CS009 RNNScan: Eukaryotic Gene Finding via Hybrid Recurrent Neural Networks Anand Srinivasan, 17, Roswell High School, Roswell, Georgia CS037 Development of a Novel Machine Learning Algorithm to Monitor Vascular Tissue Transfers Using Speech Recognition Techniques Ariel Benjamin Kanevsky, 17, Ossining High School, Ossining, New York CS046 What's Your Problem? Automatically Summarizing Scientific Research with Open Problems Cassidy Laidlaw, 17, Barrington High School, Barrington, Rhode Island CS310 Translator of Gestures: Human Interface Software Anna Dmitrievna Kustareva, 17, Municipal Budget Educational Institution "Lyceum No.165," Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation Maxim Alexeevich Sokolov, 17, Municipal Budget Educational Institution "Lyceum No.165," Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation EE013 Engineering A Novel Autonomous Wheelchair System for the Visually-Impaired and Quadriplegic Individuals Brandon Kinard, 16, Mililani High School, Mililani, Hawaii Winners of this artificial intelligence award will receive a certificate, and their schools will receive a one-year membership in the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, including a subscription to "AI Magazine." > Astronomical Society of the Pacific and the American Astronomical Society The Astronomical Society of the Pacific is a scientific and educational organization with international membership. The American Astronomical Society is the premier American society of professional astronomers. Priscilla and Bart Bok First Award of $1,000 PH023 Velocity Gradients in Relation to Spatial Scales of Star-forming Dense Cores in the Perseus Molecular Cloud Luhong Li, 17, John L. Miller Great Neck North High School, Great Neck, New York Priscilla and Bart Bok Second Award of $500 PH045 3D Hydrodynamic Simulation of Classical Nova Explosions Coleman J. Kendrick, 16, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico The awarded funds are intended to be used by the recipients to further their education and research efforts. Up to $1,000 in travel is also provided for each recipient to attend the winter meeting of the AAS following the receipt of the award. > ASU Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives The Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives are the result of a $27.5 million investment in Arizona State University's Global Institute of Sustainability by the Walton Family Foundation. Within the Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives, diverse teams of faculty, students, entrepreneurs, researchers, and innovators collaborate to deliver sustainability solutions, accelerate global impact, and inspire future leaders through eight distinct initiatives. First Award of $2,500 CH003 The Optimal Reclamation Point of Phosphate from a Wastewater Treatment Plant Lewis Michael Nitschinsk, 18, Queensland Academies for Health Sciences, Southport, Australia CH309 A Unique Kit for Detection and Removal of Pesticides from Fruits and Vegetables Shreya Nandy, 16, Amity International School, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi, India Kopal Gupta, 16, Amity International School, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi, India EM052 Removing Carbon Dioxide from our Atmosphere: Using Porous Crystalline Materials for CO2 Capture Naveena Aishwarya Bontha, 14, Hanford High School, Richland, Washington EV029 Sustainable Water Purification System with UV Irradiation Hans Christian Pande, 17, Woods Cross High School, Woods Cross, Utah > Charity Foundation - Open Hearts of Ukraine Open Hearts of Ukraine has enabled youth education, organized exhibitions of Ukrainian artwork, and constructed a healthy environment for the whole family to support talented youth. The implementation of innovative ideas unites the Foundation’s projects in health, sports, education and culture. First Award of $2,000 ME094 The SMART System: Stroke Management with Augmented Reality Technology Ethan Thomas Butson, 18, The Illawarra Grammar School, Mangerton, Australia Second Award of $1,500 EE334 Electronic Braille Display for the Visually Impaired Dieu Lien Thi Tran, 17, Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam Du Nam Nguyen, 18, Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted, Ho Chí Minh, Viet Nam Third Award of $1,000 CB018 Functions of BldD Respressor in Teicoplanin Producer Actinoplanes teichomyceticus Kseniya-Oksana Zhukrovska, 17, Lviv Academic Gymnasium at the National University "Lviv Polytechnic," Lviv, Ukraine Fourth Award of $500 EN025 Growing Spine Implant and Test Method Harry Paul, 17, Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port Washington, New York > China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) is the largest organization of scientists and technologists in China. One of its missions is to promote public understanding of science. Having developed science education programs, CAST supports youth and adolescents in becoming citizens with high scientific literacy. CAST awards are given to the projects that best reflect the originality and innovation of the students' work in all scientific disciplines. Award of $ 1,200 CB043 A Novel Approach for Metastatic Breast Cancer Therapy: Pharmacological Inhibition of EZH2 Histone Methyl Transferase Activity Suppresses Cancer Stem Cells and Induces Epithelial Phenotype Sara Sakowitz, 18, The Brearley School, New York, New York CH051 Dendritic Crystallization of Salts Theresa Zeisner, 18, Okumenisches Gymnasium, Bremen, Germany EE002 Two Transistor Ternary Random Access Memory Simon Peter Tsaoussis, 16, Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida EE303 Solid State Fan Eliot Lim, 18, NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, Singapore, Singapore Shiyang Yu, 18, NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, Singapore, Singapore Zhong Liang Ou Yang, 18, NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, Singapore, Singapore EE317 Digital Sandwich: Tasty Terabytes Nikita Chernyadev, 17, Lyceum No.82, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation Dmitry Khodebko, 17, Lyceum No.82, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation Alexander Shkitilev, 17, Lyceum No.82, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation EM018 Sustainable Future for Endangered Species? Predicting the Impacts of the Wilmar Policy on Bornean Orangutan Populations Emma R. Freedman, 15, Stanford University Online High School, Corralitos, California EN302 Anastomosis Robot Tool (ART) Yuki Trippel, 19, HTBLuVA Modling, Mödling, Austria Dominik Kovacs, 19, HTBLuVA Modling, Mödling, Austria Thomas Gunther Steinlechner, 20, HTBLuVA Modling, Mödling, Austria MA032 A Monte Carlo Protein Folding Simulation using Energy Optimization with Novel Applications to Alzheimer's Disease Research Niranjan Balachandar, 17, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton, Texas ME005 Nicotine and Genistein as Novel Therapeutic Agents for Alzheimer's Disease Meenakshi Bose, 16, Eastside High School, Gainesville, Florida MI039 What’s on the Menu: Identification of the Hydrocarbon Transport Systems as a First Step in Marine Oil-Degradation by Alcanivorax borkumensis Swapnav Deka, 17, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, Texas Each winner will also receive a certificate. Award will be shared by team members. > Coalition for Plasma Science (CPS) The Coalition for Plasma Science is a group of institutions, organizations, and companies joining forces to increase awareness and understanding of plasma science and its many applications and benefits for society. First Award of $1,500 PH065 On Tycho Supernova Remnant Accelerating Cosmic-rays Michaela Brchnelova, 17, High School of Jura Hronca, Bratislava, Slovakia > Consortium for Ocean Leadership A Washington, DC based nonprofit organization that represents 102 of the leading public and private ocean research educational institutions, aquaria and industry; working to advance research, education and sound ocean policy. The Organization also manages ocean research and education programs in scientific ocean drilling, ocean observing, ocean exploration and ocean partnerships. Awards will be given to the best projects in ocean sciences, in the areas of oil spill related science, marine geosciences, and overall ocean exploration and conservation. Award of $2,000 for best overall project in ocean science and exploration. EV034 Improving Bioindicators: A New Weight-Length Model for Fish to Provide More Accurate Ecosystem Condition Assessment Ya'el Carmel Courtney, 17, Mount Carmel School, Aurora, Ohio Award of $1,500 for ocean science projects, with an emphasis on marine geosciences. EA008 Tsunami Mitigation as a Function of Alterations in Bottom Friction Naomi Benson, 17, Deerfield High School, Deerfield, Illinois EE320 Ice Bot: A Deep Sea Diving Apparatus Mirae Leigh Parker, 18, West High School, Salt Lake City, Utah Ema Linnea Parker, 16, Wasatch Academy, Mount Pleasant, Utah Award of $2,000 for a project in oil spill related science, projects focusing on the ocean or coasts. MI039 What’s on the Menu: Identification of the Hydrocarbon Transport Systems as a First Step in Marine Oil-Degradation by Alcanivorax borkumensis Swapnav Deka, 17, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, Texas > Drexel Smart House Drexel Smart House is a student led initiative to encourage research around urban sustainability and implement student projects into a living laboratory. DSH provides a platform for students to pursue their own research project and create the next generation of urban living. We offer students funding and access to experienced professors, while interacting with the community of Philadelphia. At Intel ISEF, DSH is proud to offer awards for research exploring new ways to live more sustainability. First Place Award of $500 EV029 Sustainable Water Purification System with UV Irradiation Hans Christian Pande, 17, Woods Cross High School, Woods Cross, Utah EV311 New Discovery of Eco Plyfibre via Pineapple Leaf and Recyclable Plastic for Future Sustainability Nur Hanis Suriani Binti Mohd Zaini, 17, Mara Junior Science College Terendak, Melaka, Malaysia Nurul Najiha Binti Mohd Roslan, 17, Mara Junior Science College Terendak, Melaka, Malaysia > Drexel University Drexel University will award 8 full scholarships to those students whose projects match Drexel's curriculum. Drexel is recognized for its focus on experiential learning through co-operative education, its commitment to cutting-edge academic technology and its growing enterprise of use-inspired research. Drexel Co-op enables students to balance classroom theory with practical, hands-on experience. Full tuition scholarship AS006 Hot Biology: Use of Thermal Imaging to Detect Nesting Behaviors of the Endangered Hawaiian Coot Sarah 'Alohilani Jenkins, 16, Molokai High School, Ho'olehua, Hawaii AS016 Haplotype Variation in Banded Sunfish (Enneacanthus obesus) from the Peconic River, Long Island, New York Allison Mary Murphy, 16, Sayville High School, West Sayville, New York CS082 Identifying Pollen Cells Using Computer Analysis: An Aid for Allergists, Immunologists, and Other Health Care Specialists Adam Clayton Staszewski, 17, John Adams High School, South Bend, Indiana EM015 Biological Control of the Invasive Eurasian Watermilfoil Using Aquatic Weevils Janine Alysa Kerr, 16, Danbury High School, Danbury, Connecticut EV024 P.A.H. (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons) Mixtures: Using Zebrafish to Elucidate Mechanisms of Toxicity Meera Radha Srinivasan, 16, Interlake High School, Bellevue, Washington EV029 Sustainable Water Purification System with UV Irradiation Hans Christian Pande, 17, Woods Cross High School, Woods Cross, Utah EV032 Exploring the Effect of Herbicides on Acquatic Ecosystems: The Denitrification Efficacy of Lemna minor under Varying Atrazine Concentrations Abigail Ella Johnson, 17, Shenandoah Valley Governor's School, Fishersville, Virginia EV038 Investigation of Different Degradation Treatments on Pesticide Contaminated Water with Toxicity Bioassay on Daphnia magna Bovey Rao, 17, Hillcrest High School, Midvale, Utah Scholarships are renewable for up to 5 years pending maintenance of a 3.0 GPA and full-time status. Each scholarship is valued at $150,000. Scholarships will go into effect upon admission to the University. > European Organization for Nuclear Research-CERN CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world's largest and most respected centres for scientific research. Its business is fundamental physics, finding out what the universe is made of and how it works. At CERN, the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments are used to study the basic constituents of matter, the fundamental particles. By studying what happens when these particles collide, physicists learn about the laws of nature. All expense paid trip to tour CERN CS009 RNNScan: Eukaryotic Gene Finding via Hybrid Recurrent Neural Networks Anand Srinivasan, 17, Roswell High School, Roswell, Georgia CS038 Come Code with Codester: A Novel Educational App that Teaches Computer Science Gili Rusak, 17, Shaker High School, Latham, New York CS060 Twinsight: A Novel Multifactor Behavioral Analysis Algorithm for Social Media Daniel Mogilny, 15, Holy Trinity School, Richmond Hill, Canada   CS073 Semantic Multilayer SVM: Novel Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision Applied to Prostate Cancer Grading and Breast Cancer Diagnosis William C. Hang, 16, Scripps Ranch High School, San Diego, California ET021 Development of Highly Efficient and Stable Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Using Natural Hydrangea macrophylla Dyes Mie Yamanaka, 17, Miyagi Prefectural Sendai Daini Senior High School, Sendai-City, Japan MA052 On the Theory of Lures with Dynamical Action on Compact Topological Manifolds and Ordinary Hyperreal Fractal Strings Jared Anthony Tramontano, 15, Centennial High School, Corona, California PH020 Time and Radiation Domain in Star-Like Objects: Relating Intrinsic Colors of Quasars to Redshifts Lia Grace Strauss Eggleston, 14, Home School, Laramie, Wyoming PH041 Spectral Smartphone: Rapid Prototyping Mobile Platform Diffraction Spectrophotometry Allen Jiang, 16, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky PH046 Partitioning Gamma-Ray Sources in Fermi Large Area Telescope Observations for Spatial and Spectral Analysis Isabelle Goldstein, 17, Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield, Connecticut PH065 On Tycho Supernova Remnant Accelerating Cosmic-rays Michaela Brchnelova, 17, High School of Jura Hronca, Bratislava, Slovakia PH312 Nuclear Fusion Using a Pyroelectric Crystal Particle Accelerator Tucker John Sandbakken, 17, Maple Mountain High School, Spanish Fork, Utah Jason Kim Syndergaard, 17, Maple Mountain High School, Spanish Fork, Utah Alternate for CERN trip CS005 SNAP: A Novel Algorithm for Fast Global Sequence Alignment and Database Search Venkatesh S. Sivaraman, 16, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, Louisiana PH071 Optimizing the Process of Single Photons Coupling into Single-Mode Fibers by Using a Genetic Algorithm and Spatial Light Modulation Jerzy Krzysztof Szuniewicz, 17, Adama Mickiewicza High School in Poznan, Poznan, Poland This award is made possible by cooperative grants from Intel and CERN, which collaborates with Intel in the framework of CERN openlab. Eligible Intel ISEF finalists have applied to be considered for an opportunity to travel to tour CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, the world's leading laboratory for particle physics in Geneva, Switzerland. This award is made possible by cooperative grants from Intel and the CERN IT Department, which collaborates with Intel in the framework of CERN openlab. Students must be available for travel to Switzerland and France on the established dates. > Florida Institute of Technology Florida Institute of Technology, located on Florida's Space Coast near Kennedy Space Center, offers full undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering, science, psychology, business and aeronautics. Full Tuition Presidential Scholarship BI007 An in vitro Study of the Effectiveness of Cinnamon Compounds on the Degradation of Amyloid-B and Tau Protein in Alzheimer's Disease Natalie Elizabeth Barton, 17, Bayside High School, Palm Bay, Florida EE006 Passive Auto-Tracking Heliostat Brayton Miles, 17, Niceville High School, Niceville, Florida ET053 Using Intelligent Autonomous Holonomic Landing Gear in Crosswind Landings to Advance Aviation Safety Emerson Czerwinski Burkard, 17, Manlius Pebble Hill School, Dewitt, New York Florida Tech is offering tuition scholarships of $150,000 each. > Fondazione Bruno Kessler The Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK) is a leading research center in Trento, Italy. WebValley is the FBK Summer School program for interdisciplinary scientific research. A team of enthusiastic and motivated high school students and FBK researchers accepts a project challenge, this year on a novel web platform for studying microbiomes in children. FBK's Board of Directors will award 4 Intel ISEF finalists full fellowships, including travel to Italy, to be part of the WebValley team in June 2014. Award to Travel to Trento, Italy to participate in summer school "Web Valley" CS012 Using Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision in Creating an Operating System for Head-Mounted Displays Nebras Nabil Djemel, 18, Pioneer High School of Gabes, Gabes, Tunisia CS020 Detecting the Structure of Videos by Extracting Features from Time Series User Interaction Data Hiromu Yakura, 17, Nada Senior High School, Kobe, Japan EN068 Strongly Coupling the Electrical and Mechanical Dynamics of the Heartbeat in a Diffuse Interface Model Kevin K. Lee, 17, University High School, Irvine, California MI013 A Novel Response to Antibiotic Resistance: Application of Microparticles and AC Currents Pia Sen, 17, Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School, Austin, Texas Finalists must meet eligibility requirements for travel, and return documentation promptly to be considered. A valid passport is required for travel and visit to Italy. > Fundació Víctor Grífols i Lucas The Victor Grifols i Lucas Foundation was created in 1998, under the auspices of Grifols, with the mission of promoting bioethics through dialogue between specialists in a range of areas. The Foundation seeks to foster ethical attitudes in organizations, companies and individuals active in the field of human health. To achieve this, it offers a discussion platform which provides a forum for the exchange of different perspectives on the ethics of life. First Award of $5,000 ME079 Isothermal Nucleic Acid Amplification System for Point-of-Care HIV Diagnosis Nicole Sabina Ticea, 15, York House School, Vancouver, Canada Second Award of $3,000 ME101 Towards a Combination Antiviral Therapy for Flu: An Interdisciplinary Drug Discovery Effort Eric S. Chen, 18, Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, California Third Award of $2,000 ME055 Dengue or Leptospirosis? Miguel Geraldo Rodriguez, 16, Specialized School in Science and Mathematics Genaro Cautino Vazquez, Guayama, Puerto Rico > GoDaddy In addition to offering domain names, website builders and hosting, GoDaddy believes it has a responsibility to make a difference in the community. As part of that philosophy, GoDaddy contributes to nonprofit organizations that focus on causes meaningful to customers, employees and our community. GoDaddy will be presenting the following awards, the Web Innovator Award, the Mobile Application Award, the Open Source Award, the Data Award and the Forward Thinker Award. $1,500 Data Award CS005 SNAP: A Novel Algorithm for Fast Global Sequence Alignment and Database Search Venkatesh S. Sivaraman, 16, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, Louisiana $1,500 Forward Thinker Award CS028 Manipulated "Holograms": Fantastic Becomes Real Oleksandr Loyko, 17, Kyiv Gymnasium #48, Kyiv, Ukraine $1,500 Mobile Application Award CS305 Trailblazer: Cooperative, Infrastructure-Independent Generation of Indoor Floor Maps using Handheld Android Mobile Devices Andrew Zhou, 18, Raleigh Charter High School, Raleigh, North Carolina Sanjay Kannan, 17, Raleigh Charter High School, Raleigh, North Carolina Elish Mahajan, 18, Raleigh Charter High School, Raleigh, North Carolina $1,500 Open Source Award CS006 Pi to Share: Utilizing the Raspberry Pi as a Home File Server Connor Joshua Cunningham, 16, Vici High School, Vici, Oklahoma $1,500 Web Innovator Award CS057 Fuzzy Logic Based Web Browser for the Motor Impaired Suvir Prakash Mirchandani, 15, Fox Chapel Area Senior High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania > Google Education lies at the very core of Google's mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. We believe in the power of the web to help people discover, connect, and learn. That's why we support collaborative learning in communities around the world, and why we invest heavily in education programs, initiatives, and partnerships through our products and tools. For the project that applies computer science to further inquiry in a in a field other than computer science; Google CS Connect Award CS040 Optimizing Digital Content for Color-Blind Audiences Using Enhancement Algorithms Animesh Tripathi, 17, Sanskriti School, New Delhi, India For the project that addresses a large and seemingly-impossible problem, finding an elegant solution with broad impact; Google Thinking Big Award CS019 Panthera: Caching and Cache-based Scheduling in Distributed Computing Systems Dhaivat Nitin Pandya, 16, Appleton North High School, Appleton, Wisconsin > IEEE Foundation IEEE is the world's largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE awards the $10,000 Presidents' Scholarship to recognize a deserving student for an outstanding project demonstrating an understanding of electrical engineering, electronics engineering, computer science, or other IEEE field of interest. The IEEE Foundation Presidents' Scholarship Award of $10,000 EE042 A Multi-Architectural Approach to the Development of Embedded Hardware George David Morgan, 16, Clovis North Educational Center, Fresno, California The $10,000 USD scholarship is payable over four years of undergraduate university study. The winner also receives a certificate, engraved plaque, and a four-year IEEE student-level membership. > IEEE Computer Society The IEEE Computer Society is the world's leading computing membership organization and the trusted information and career-development source for a global workforce of technology leaders including: professors, researchers, software engineers, IT professionals, employers, and students. The unmatched source for technology information, inspiration, and collaboration, the IEEE Computer Society is the source that computing professionals trust to provide high-quality, state-of-the-art information. First Award of $1,000 CS005 SNAP: A Novel Algorithm for Fast Global Sequence Alignment and Database Search Venkatesh S. Sivaraman, 16, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, Louisiana Team First Award of $500 for each team member CS304 A New Secure Distributed Storage System for Cloud: Mathematical Framework, Design and Applications Chih Wei Tan, 17, Pui Ching Middle School, Macau, China, Macao Special Administrative Region Hou Teng Cheong, 17, Pui Ching Middle School, Macau, China, Macao Special Administrative Region Second Award of $500 EE071 An Integrated Software Platform for Intelligent, Autonomous Control of Hyper-Redundant Modular Robotic Systems using Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Puneeth Naga Sai Krishna Meruva, 16, Homestead High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana Team Second Award of $400 for each team member ME307 A Novel Hybrid Non-invasive Clinical-Signal Processing Technique as Biomarker of Atrial Fibrillation Karthik Balaji Chakravarthy, 17, Beavercreek High School, Beavercreek, Ohio Rohit Vallabh Chakravarthy, 15, Beavercreek High School, Beavercreek, Ohio Third Award of $350 CS019 Panthera: Caching and Cache-based Scheduling in Distributed Computing Systems Dhaivat Nitin Pandya, 16, Appleton North High School, Appleton, Wisconsin Each winner will receive a framed certificate, and a one-year free subscription to the Computer Society magazine of their choice. Winners are announced on the Computer Society's website and via social media. > Intel® Open Source Technology Center The Intel® Open Source Technology Center (OTC) is a leader in open source development with a mission to deliver operating systems products and enable our hardware in operating systems/open source software to create a continuous stream of technology innovation that unlocks the potential of Intel hardware and creates software business opportunities. The OTC will present the Intel® Open Source Technology Awards to the best use of open source technology or software. First Award of $4000 CS074 Indium: Using Novel Machine Learning Algorithms to Develop a Nondisease-specific Personalized Medicine Engine Yousuf Mounir Soliman, 17, Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, California Honorable Mention of $500 CS038 Come Code with Codester: A Novel Educational App that Teaches Computer Science Gili Rusak, 17, Shaker High School, Latham, New York CS065 Search Engine to Map FDA Approved Drugs to Diseases Based on Microarray Data Mined from GEO Axel Stephan Feldmann, 17, Hunter College High School, New York, New York The finalists are selected for their commitment to innovation in tackling challenging STEM-related questions, using authentic research practices, and creating solutions to the problems of tomorrow. > International Council on Systems Engineering - INCOSE The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) is a not-for-profit membership organization founded to develop and disseminate the interdisciplinary principles and practices that enable the realization of successful systems. INCOSE will award the best interdisciplinary project that can produce technologically appropriate solutions that meet societal needs. First Award of $1,500 EE093 Cube Satellites: Miniature Satellite Design and Operations for Pulsed Plasma System Applications Matthew Hileman, 16, The Classical Academy, College Pathways, Colorado Springs, Colorado Certificate of Honorable Mention CS031 Train the Artificial Brain II: Computer-Aided Diagnosis and Treatment Plan of Alzheimer's Disease using Neural Networks Roma Vivek Pradhan, 17, Friendswood High School, Friendswood, Texas CS084 Voice Integrated Development Environment for People Who Are Blind, Myopia Affected or Have RSI Diana Marusic, 16, Theoretical Lyceum "Ion Creanga," Chisinau, Republic of Moldova EE061 Electromagnetic Tire Propulsion System Alexander William Beall, 17, Brunswick High School, Brunswick, Maryland EE082 Development of a Teleoperation Robot Mina Fahmi Fahmi, 17, Great Mills High School, Great Mills, Maryland EN012 The VP (Ventriculoperitoneal) Shunt Circuit Jennifer Lauren Cramer, 18, West Linn High School, West Linn, Oregon ET044 The Cooling of Solar Panels to Increase Power Output Christopher Rafael Botello, 15, John Jay High School, San Antonio, Texas ET045 Optimizing the Utilization of Wind Energy with an Alternative Engineering Design: A Horizontal Dual Motor Turbine, Phase II Caid Lunt, 17, Weber High School, Pleasant View, Utah ET062 Cones, Chutes, and Coils: Novel Proposals to Ebb Wingtip Vortices Loren J. Newton, 16, La Sierra High School, Riverside, California ET065 Rain Power Michael Jose Lopez Chiesa, 18, Saint Mary's Ryken High School, Leonardtown, Maryland The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1990. Our mission is to share, promote and advance the best of systems engineering from across the globe for the benefit of humanity and the planet. > K. Soumyanath Memorial Award This award is presented by the family of Krishnamurthy Soumyanath (1957 - 2010), for the best project in Computer Engineering. K. Soumyanath was an Intel Fellow and Chief Architect, Integrated Platform Research at Intel Labs, USA, leading research and development in circuits and architectures for next-generation transceiver devices. The prize honors the memory of an energetic and adventurous individual who inspired and mentored many young people to excel in all aspects of life. First Award of $3,000 EE078 An Innovative Approach to Improve Spin Polarization in Co2FeAl0.5Si0.5 Thin Films for Spin Transport Electronics Sarah Nicole Galvin, 18, Corona del Sol High School, Tempe, Arizona The award of $3,000 will go a the winning student/team project in Computer Engineering; a subcategory of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, and $1,000 will go to their school. > K. T. Li Foundation Special Award Established in 1956, the National Taiwan Science Education Center (NTSEC) is the only national center for science education in the country. The Center’s permanent exhibition area displays rich contents related to Life Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and the Earth Sciences, and the NTSEC also hosts the most up-to-date science exhibitions in collaboration with other international and domestic museums. Trip to attend the Taiwan International Science Fair EA001 Lunar Tide Contribution to Thermosphere Weather Jesse Tan Zhang, 16, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado EA015 Geographic Belts for Hurricane Landfall Location Prediction William Wu, 17, Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas > King Abdul-Aziz & his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia seeks to build a sustainable future by encouraging youth to search for creative means that pave the way toward developing technologies for renewable energy, thereby maintaining a sustainable future of energy. To achieve this goal, King Abdul-Aziz & His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (MAWHIBA) will award a Special Prize on Renewable Energy at the Intel ISEF. MAWHIBA is a national cultural foundation established to help develop a comprehensive environment of creativity in Saudi Arabia to enable gifted citizens from all areas to properly use their talents for prosperity of their country. First Award of $3,000 EE064 The Hollow Flashlights: Head and Hand Ann Stasia Makosinski, 16, Saint Michaels University School, Victoria, Canada Second Award of $2,500 ET047 Fun in the Sun! Increasing Grätzel Cell Efficiency Using Diatomaceous Earth Meagan Ann Fabel, 18, Walkerville Collegiate Institute, Windsor, Canada Third Award of $2,000 ET057 Wave-Powered Desalinator Mykhailo Lytovchenko, 16, Dnipropetrovsk Chemical Ecological Lyceum, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Fourth Award of $1,500 ET042 Bumping & Reversing Wave Energy Generating System (BRES): Energy Generating System with Often Wasted Wave by Applying Principle of Interference and Rip Current Chan Lee, 16, Kyunggi High School, Seoul, South Korea Fifth Award of $1,000 ET313 Working of Wind Turbine with Low Air Pressure Sana Batool, 15, Punjab Daanish Girls School, Hasilpur, Pakistan Shazia Bibi, 15, Punjab Daanish Girls School, Hasilpur, Pakistan Iqra Irshad, 15, Punjab Daanish Girls School, Hasilpur, Pakistan > Monsanto Company Monsanto is focused on empowering farmers—large and small—to produce more from their land while conserving more of our world's natural resources such as water and energy. We do this with our leading seed brands in crops like corn, cotton, oilseeds and fruits and vegetables. We also produce leading in-the-seed trait technologies for farmers, which are aimed at protecting their yield, supporting their on-farm efficiency and reducing their on-farm costs. Monsanto Award for Innovation in Plant Science First Award of $2,500 PS013 Mechanistic Characterization of a Transcription Factor bZIP16 in Regulating Arabidopsis Flowering Pathways Yi-Hsuan Huang, 17, Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei Second Award of $1,500 PS026 The Effect of Nitrogen-Rich Fertilizers on the Growth and Yield of Cotton Plants Lindsay M. Northcut, 18, Christ the King Cathedral School, Lubbock, Texas Third Award of $1,000 PS043 An Eco-friendly RNA Interference-based Insect Control for Management of Citrus Greening Disease using a Model System Saumya R. Keremane, 17, Martin Luther King High School, Riverside, California The first and second placed winners of the Monsanto Award for Innovation in Plant Science will be flown to visit and present at Monsanto in St. Louis. > Mu Alpha Theta, National High School and Two-Year College Mathematics Honor Society The Society was formed over 50 years ago to develop strong scholarship in Mathematics and to promote the understanding and enjoyment of the subject. The Mu Alpha Theta Award is given to the most challenging, thorough, and creative investigation of a problem involving mathematics accessible to high school students. Components of the investigation may include, but are not limited to, mathematical proof, mathematical modeling, statistical analysis, visualization, simulation, and approximation. First Award of $1,500 MA001 A Novel Mathematical Simulation to Study the Dynamics of CD4 Cells, CD8 Cells, and HIV Viral Load Nirali Kunjan Thakor, 16, Shepton High School, Plano, Texas MA008 Hybridized Characteristic 3 Galois Field Arithmetic for Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Phase III Vinay Sridhar Iyengar, 18, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon Second Award of $1,000 CS053 Indoor Navigation with Maximum Likelihood Classification of Wi-Fi Fingerprints Noah Christian Pritt, 17, Pritt Home School, Walkersville, Maryland MA013 Weighted Catalan Numbers and Their Divisibility Properties Sarah Lee Shader, 18, Laramie High School, Laramie, Wyoming MA037 Winning the War against Hackers: A Hybrid Asymmetric Cryptographic Algorithm for Safe and Secure Data Sasank Venkata Vishnubhatla, 16, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky Winners will receive a certificate and information about joining Mu Alpha Theta. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the United States government agency responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research. Founded in 1958 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research, answering basic questions like: What's out there in space? How do we get there? What will we find? Top Award of $5,000 EN011 The Fabrication and Characterization of Short and Long Term Memory Proton Induced Thin Film Synaptic Transistors Harsha Sudarsan Uppili, 18, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon Second Award of $2,000 CH022 Electronic Tongue: Tastes of Toxic Metal Ions in Water Seung Hye (Beatrice) Choi, 15, University High School, Fresno, California ET026 Next Generation Supercapacitor for Ultra-Fast Energy Harvesting Swetha Vanathy Shutthanandan, 16, Richland High School, Richland, Washington PH007 Rocks of the Rainbow: Asteroid Classification Using SDSS Filters Stephanie Hiromi Spear, 16, Henry J Kaiser High School, Honolulu, Hawaii Third Award of $1,000 BE015 Role of Somatostatin Interneurons in Alzheimer's Disease Divya Koyyalagunta, 18, Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas CS046 What's Your Problem? Automatically Summarizing Scientific Research with Open Problems Cassidy Laidlaw, 17, Barrington High School, Barrington, Rhode Island EA001 Lunar Tide Contribution to Thermosphere Weather Jesse Tan Zhang, 16, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado EE025 Personal Physiological Sensor Network Device Marek Novak, 19, Gymnazium Ceske Budejovice, Jirovcova 8, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic EE064 The Hollow Flashlights: Head and Hand Ann Stasia Makosinski, 16, Saint Michaels University School, Victoria, Canada EM028 Improving Seawater Membrane Distillation: The Development of Carbon Nanotube-coated Nickel Hollow Fiber Membranes Farah Essam Almulla, 17, Dhahran Ahliyya Schools, Dammam, Saudi Arabia EV018 Determination of Factors that Impact Clearance of Suspended Particulate Matter (Dust) in Air Alanna M. Bram, 16, John Marshall High School, Rochester, Minnesota ME034 Novel Single-Cell Screening: Optimized Droplet-Based Microfluidics for High-Throughput Screening of Adherent Cells Jason Shao Cui, 18, Langley High School, McLean, Virginia PH044 Fabricating an Artificial Nose using Mesoporous Photonic Crystals Achal James Fernando-Peiris, 16, Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon, Ohio PH052 Achieving Net Gain Nuclear Fusion in Microcapsules by Coupling Sonoluminescence and Magnetic Compression Raghu Vamsi Dhara, 18, Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, California > National Anti-Vivisection Society Since 1929, the National Anti-Vivisection Society has promoted greater compassion, respect and justice for animals. NAVS educational and advocacy programs advance better, more humane science; support the development of alternatives to the use of animals in research, testing and education; and effect changes which help to end the unnecessary suffering of animals. First Award of $5,000 CB043 A Novel Approach for Metastatic Breast Cancer Therapy: Pharmacological Inhibition of EZH2 Histone Methyl Transferase Activity Suppresses Cancer Stem Cells and Induces Epithelial Phenotype Sara Sakowitz, 18, The Brearley School, New York, New York Second Award of $2,000 CB029 Generating iPSCs from Human Adipocytes for Differentiation into Nociceptive Neurons Elizabeth Boyle Sobolik, 16, Sleepy Hollow High School, Sleepy Hollow, New York Third Award of $1,000 ME020 Development of a Novel Blood-Based Diagnostic for Canine Lymphosarcoma Golda R. Shaw, 17, George M Steinbrenner High School, Lutz, Florida For more information on the specific guidelines for this award, visit the National Anti-Vivisection Society's website. > National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health & the Friends of NIDA The Addiction Science Award is given by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to three exemplary projects on the topic of addiction science. First Award of $2,500 EV040 Assessment of Thirdhand Exposure to Nicotine from Electronic Cigarettes Lily Wei Lee, 18, Stuyvesant High School, Manhattan, New York Second Award of $1,500 BI052 Computational Analysis of the GABA(A) Receptor Aakash Jain, 18, Brophy College Preparatory, Phoenix, Arizona Third Award of $1,000 BE304 Capacity Limits of Working Memory: The Impact of Multitasking on Cognitive Control and Emotion Recognition in the Adolescent Mind Alexandra Ulmer, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon Sarayu Caulfield, 16, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon The Addiction Science Award is sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health and Friends of NIDA. > National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is the United States government agency with a mission of science, service, and stewardship. Its mission touches the lives of every American, protecting life and property and conserving and protecting natural resources. NOAA recognizes outstanding projects in ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, weather, and climate sciences with cash awards and a first prize summer internship. A fully paid summer internship at a NOAA research lab, plus a $500 monetary award. EA015 Geographic Belts for Hurricane Landfall Location Prediction William Wu, 17, Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas Award of $500 EA001 Lunar Tide Contribution to Thermosphere Weather Jesse Tan Zhang, 16, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado Alternate EV036 Monitoring Ocean Microscopic Organic Material: Assessing Large-Scale Ecological Disruption on Annual Chl-a, POC, and PIC Fluctuation Equilibrium Jinsong (Tony) Yan, 17, Cleveland High School, Portland, Oregon PH075 Predicting the Strength of Solar Flares using Sunspot Characteristics Kayla Lokelani Ishida, 16, Waimea High School, Waimea, Hawaii Winners also receive an All Hazards NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) and a certificate signed by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. The first prize winner also receives an engraved plaque. > Office of Naval Research on behalf of the United States Navy and Marine Corps The Chief of Naval Research Scholarship Award of 10,000 EN025 Growing Spine Implant and Test Method Harry Paul, 17, Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port Washington, New York Scholarships are payable at $2,500 a year for four years. Recipient will also receive a certificate signed by the Chief of Naval Research and a U.S. Navy memento. > Patent and Trademark Office Society The PTOS is a membership-based organization for Patent and Trademark professionals and other interested individuals. From its inception in 1917, the Society has been dedicated to the improvement and appreciation of the United States Patent and Trademark Systems through promoting the systems' growth and well-being, as well as promoting the social and intellectual welfare of the Society members. First Award of $500 CH030 The Effectiveness of Guanidine Functionalized Polymers in Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilization Sarah Hasan Al Abdullatif, 17, Dhahran Ahliyya Schools, Dammam, Saudi Arabia CS018 Analyzing and Preventing Quick Response Code-based Malware and Phishing Attacks for Smartphones Alisha Saxena, 17, Interlake High School, Bellevue, Washington EM002 Solar Hot Air Generator Construction and Applicability Daniel Cosovanu, 18, Tomsa Voda Technological High School, Solca, Romania EN023 Multi-layered Phytopigments: Promising Alternative Materials for Solar Cell Development Debapratim Jana, 17, South Point High School, Kolkata, India ET056 Infrared Alignment and Photon Densification Apparatus for Energy Optimization Andrew J. O'Neill, 18, Suncoast Community High School, Riviera Beach, Florida ME077 A Wearable Ultrasonic Device for the Early Detection of Tumor Recurrence Milan Satch Gambhir, 15, Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, California PH081 The Leidenpump: A Non-Mechanical Means of Fluid Delivery John Chapman Alexander Caddell, 16, Stevenson School, Pebble Beach, California Top Award of $1,000, and an American flag and a framed copy of the first patent granted in the USA MI005 The Conjugative Plasmid RK2 as a Delivery System for Artificial AnatheriaH Genes: A Novel Synthetic Biology Alternative to Traditional Antibiotics Logan Collins, 17, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado > Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology Psi Chi was founded in 1929, for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship and advancing the science of psychology. Membership is open to graduate and undergraduate students who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests, and who meet the minimum qualifications. First Award of $2,500 BE030 Perception of Facial Expression of Emotion Danila Alferov, 16, A.B. Lucas Secondary School, London, Canada Second Award of $1,500 BE038 Healthy Youth: Effect of Physical Activity and Sleep Patterns on Physical and Mental Well-Being in Adolescents Grace Hwang, 16, Hershey High School, Hershey, Pennsylvania Third Award of $1,000 BE024 "Are You Sure?" A Multi-Factor Analysis: Are Eyewitness Testimonies Dooming the Innocent? Ansley Elizabeth Lynn, 16, Glenwood School, Smiths, Alabama All winners will receive a Psi Chi Certificate of Recognition. > Ricoh Americas Corporation Ricoh Americas Corporation is a leading provider of document solutions whose integrated hardware and software products help businesses share information efficiently. Ricoh has a long-standing environmental mission and commitment to sustainability, bringing corporate, social and environmental responsibilities into balance. Ricoh has been creating green technology and environment management systems that promote sustainability for more than three decades. As a leader in its industry, Ricoh is consistently ranked high among the world’s corporations for successfully balancing profit with environmental responsibility. Ricoh Sustainable Development Award of $12,500 ET055 Employing in situ Generated Peracetic Acid and Fungal Biosynthesis to Produce Biofuels Jonah Zachariah Butler, 16, Sibley East High School, Arlington, Minnesota PS301 Enhanced Third-Generation Biofuel Production from Genetically Modified Algae Wenjia (Dara) Li, 16, Jasper High School, Plano, Texas Anoop Vemulapalli, 16, Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas > Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Founded in 1886, Sigma Xi is the international honor society of research scientists and engineers, with a distinguished history of service to science and society. This multi-disciplinary society includes members who were elected based on their research achievements or potential, and historically, more than 200 members have won the Nobel Prize. The Society is pleased to offer awards for the best demonstration of interdisciplinary research. First Physical Science Award of $2000 PH302 Observational Detection of Solar g-mode Oscillations Using Doppler Velocity Signals Min Sung Kim, 16, Maui High School, Kahului, Hawaii Matthew Thomas Sturm, 17, Maui High School, Kahului, Hawaii First Life Science Award of $2,000 MI310 Production of Bioplastic by a Bacterium Isolated from Waste Treatment Facility (from Lignocellulosic Glucose, Abundant Sucrose, Byproduct of Biodiesel & Spent Coffee Grounds Extract) Gi Na Lee, 18, Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, Hoengseong-gun, South Korea Dong Il Je, 17, Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, Hoengseong-gun, South Korea Second Physical Science Award of $1000 PH307 The Dark Matter inside of Early Type Galaxies Angel Alejandro Martinez Jimenez, 18, Preparatoria del Tecnológico de Monterrey, Guadalajara campus, Zapopan, Mexico Omar Perez Alvarado, 17, Preparatoria del Tecnológico de Monterrey Guadalajara campus, Zapopan, Mexico Second Life Science Award of $1,000 BI310 Novel Analysis of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation on Amyloid-beta, Tau, and Motility in Transgenic C. elegans models: Targeting Potential Therapeutics for Alzheimer’s Disease Kimberly Alexis Te, 16, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New York Austen Gregory Te, 17, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New York Jinyu Wu, 17, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New York ME316 Walnut: Sustainable Solution to Halitosis Eveshorhema Sophia Samuel-Alli, 14, Doregos Private Academy, Lagos, Nigeria Ibukunoluwa Ruth Oladeinde, 15, Doregos Private Academy, Lagos, Nigeria > Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc. The Society for Experimental Mechanics is composed of international members from academia, government, and industry who are committed to interdisciplinary application, research and development, education, and active promotion of experimental methods to: (a) increase the knowledge of physical phenomena; (b) further the understanding of the behavior of materials, structures and systems; and (c) provide the necessary physical basis and verification for analytical and computational approaches to the development of engineering solutions. First Award of $2,500 EE090 To Design and Manufacture a Device to Maximize the Performance of Rowers Conor Richard Foy, 17, Colaiste Chiarain, Limerick, Ireland Second Award of $1,500 EN034 Study of Properties of Aluminum Wires Treated with Nanoparticles of MoB2 Michelle Dyane Marrero-Garcia, 15, Eugenio Maria de Hostos High School, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Third Award of $1000 EN021 The Effects of Barefoot and Shod Running on Risk of Injury in High School, Female, Recreational Runners Megan Boyer, 17, Manchester High School, Manchester, Connecticut > Society of Experimental Test Pilots Founded in 1955, the Society of Experimental Test Pilots is an international organization of flight test pilots and astronauts promoting air safety and education in the design and flight test of aerospace vehicles. SETP's membership extends across 30 countries worldwide, comprised of more than 2,400 active and retired test pilots representing all types of aerospace vehicles, military and civilian. First Award of $1,000 ET062 Cones, Chutes, and Coils: Novel Proposals to Ebb Wingtip Vortices Loren J. Newton, 16, La Sierra High School, Riverside, California Second Award of $500 ET036 Inflatable Airplane Design and Optimization for Low Reynolds Numbers Scott Alexander Bollt, 16, Potsdam High School, Potsdam, New York Third Award of $300 PH030 The Optimization of Rocket Nozzle Performance Jamie Christine McCullough, 17, Friendswood High School, Friendswood, Texas Certificate of Honorable Mention EE003 Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Farm Configuration Efficiency Based on Schools of Fish in Nature Yenny Dieguez, 16, Miami Lakes Educational Center, Miami Lakes, Florida EE011 Aircraft Propeller Noise Reduction Using Owl Feather Inspired Notching David Alexander Ferrill, Jr., 16, John Jay High School, San Antonio, Texas PH078 A Mathematical Analysis of the Wright Brother's Wind Tunnel Tests Christopher Glenn Romanoski, 17, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee All honorees receive a certificate of recognition, book and guest invitation to the annual Symposium. > Society of Exploration Geophysicists The Society of Exploration Geophysicists is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the science of applied geophysics and the education of geophysicists. SEG, founded in 1930, fosters the expert and ethical practice of geophysics in the exploration and development of natural resources, in characterizing the near surface, and in mitigating earth hazards. The Society, which has more than 33,000 members in 138 countries, fulfills its mission through its publications, conferences, forums, websites, and educational opportunities. Distinguished Achievement Award of $2,500 and a trip to the SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting. EA007 Data Sonification with the Seismic Signature of Ocean Surf Yongpeng Tang, 17, Smithtown High School East, St. James, New York Award of Merit of $1,000 EA008 Tsunami Mitigation as a Function of Alterations in Bottom Friction Naomi Benson, 17, Deerfield High School, Deerfield, Illinois MA047 Applying Bayes' Theorem to DNA Sequence for Identification of Pathogenic Bacteria Min Jean Cho, 16, Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, California Award of Merit of $500 CS036 A Novel Filter for Tracking Trends in Noisy Real-Time Data Michael William Litt, 14, Orange High School, Pepper Pike, Ohio EA010 An Optimized Analysis of Wind Flows in the Urban Environment and the Identification of Feasible Building Augmented Wind Turbine Sites Ben Ross, 18, Ossining High School, Ossining, New York PH077 Measuring Water Waves Daniel Pflueger, 19, Gymnasium Johanneum Lueneburg, Lueneburg, Germany Certificate of Honorable Mention CS012 Using Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision in Creating an Operating System for Head-Mounted Displays Nebras Nabil Djemel, 18, Pioneer High School of Gabes, Gabes, Tunisia EA012 Using an Underwater Trench to Limit the Energy of a Tsunami Boyd Robert Kane, 16, Bishops (Diocesan College), Cape Town, South Africa > SpaceX SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches the world's most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. Today, SpaceX is advancing the boundaries of space technology through its Falcon launch vehicles and Dragon spacecraft. Engineering the Future Awards of $2,000 each EE320 Ice Bot: A Deep Sea Diving Apparatus Mirae Leigh Parker, 18, West High School, Salt Lake City, Utah Ema Linnea Parker, 16, Wasatch Academy, Mount Pleasant, Utah EN017 Transformer Clepsydron: Deployable Support Framework with Varying Direction of Unfolding Temur Chichua, 16, Tbilisi #4 Public School, Tbilisi, Georgia PH048 Optimizing the Accuracy and Precision of Asteroid Orbital Determination: A Novel Approach Amara McCune, 17, Stoughton High School, Stoughton, Wisconsin > SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, was founded in 1955 to advance light-based technologies. Serving more than 235,000 constituents from approximately 155 countries, the Society advances emerging technologies through interdisciplinary information exchange, continuing education, publications, patent precedent, and career and professional growth. Annually SPIE provides more than $3.2 million in support of education and outreach programs. First Award of $2,500 EE064 The Hollow Flashlights: Head and Hand Ann Stasia Makosinski, 16, Saint Michaels University School, Victoria, Canada Second Award of $1,500 PH070 IR against Piracy Hadaia Azad Ezzulddin, 14, Nilufer Girls Secondary School, Erbil, Iraq Third Award of $1,000 PH019 Novel Automated Next-Generation Multijunction Quantum Dot Solar Panel Designs Using Monte Carlo-Based Modeling Valerie S. Ding, 17, Catlin Gabel School, Portland, Oregon Honorable Mention CS016 A New Optical Computing Method with Combination of Colored Lights Realizing Balanced Ternary Computation Yue Yao, 16, High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, JiaDing Campus, Shanghai, China EE018 Principles of Electrowetting on Liquid Prism Beam-Steering Module Christopher Y. Shen, 17, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton, Texas PH044 Fabricating an Artificial Nose using Mesoporous Photonic Crystals Achal James Fernando-Peiris, 16, Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon, Ohio > U.S. Agency for International Development The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is the federal government agency responsible for administering foreign aid. USAID works to promote economic and social development in more than 100 countries around the world in Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America and Europe. USAID seeks to extend a helping hand to those people overseas struggling to make a better life, recover from a disaster, or striving to live in a free and democratic country. Development Focus Award of $10,000 EE029 Versatile Field Construction Machine for Paddy Cultivation Namal Namal Udara Piyasiri, 18, Tabuththegama Central College, Thambuththegama, Sri Lanka EN312 Green Refrigerant Box Muhtaza Aziziya Syafiq, 16, Sma Negeri 2 Sekayu, Musi Banyuasin, Indonesia Anjani Rahma Putri, 17, Sma Negeri 2 Sekayu, Musi Banyuasin, Indonesia ET046 MFCs Reloaded: A Novel Bio-Augmented Design to Enhance MFC Efficiency Dhuvarakesh Karthikeyan, 15, California High School, San Ramon, California PS022 Cellulose Binding Domains: Novel Implications in Agriculture and Biofuel Production Alon Millet, 16, Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey > United Airlines Foundation For more than 60 years, the United Airlines Foundation has served as the charitable wing of United Airlines, Inc. The Foundation's International Program grants support science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education initiatives. In addition, we support community service grants for arts and culture, health and environmental initiatives. First Place Award of $5,000 EE044 The Intelligent Energy Saving Power Strip Neil Fair, 17, Pretoria Boys High School, Pretoria, South Africa Second Award of $3,000 ET033 Algae....the Greener Fuel, Year Three Alexandra K. Gabrielski, 15, Viera High School, Viera, Florida ET055 Employing in situ Generated Peracetic Acid and Fungal Biosynthesis to Produce Biofuels Jonah Zachariah Butler, 16, Sibley East High School, Arlington, Minnesota Third Award of $1,500 EA015 Geographic Belts for Hurricane Landfall Location Prediction William Wu, 17, Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas EE032 What Type of Wing Design Creates the Greatest Lift? "Dimpled Airfoil" Nathan Roy Martus, 16, Oakleaf High School, Orange Park, Florida Fourth Award of $1,000 EM305 Immediate Response System for Oil Spills Avi Dubovsky, 18, Ort "Psagot," Karmiel, Israel Roey Shmuel Shafran, 17, Ort "Psagot," Karmiel, Israel Tamer Hamoud, 17, Ort "Psagot," Karmiel, Israel > United States Environmental Protection Agency From nanomaterials a billionth of a meter in size to global climate dynamics, EPA scientists and engineers are investigating every scale of our environment and the links between environment and human health. EPA conducts research that addresses the highest priority science needs of the nation. The work performed by EPA scientists, engineers and their research partners improves the quality of the air we breathe, the water that sustains us, and the land upon which we live. The Patrick Hurd Sustainability Award winner will travel to EPA's National Sustainable Design Expo in Washington, DC. EM045 Safe and Sound Housing: Lime/Fly Ash Papercrete as a Substitute for Adobe in Seismically-Active Regions in Developing Nations Miriam Terese Demasi, 15, Wheeling Park High School, Wheeling, West Virginia Alternate trip winner EV029 Sustainable Water Purification System with UV Irradiation Hans Christian Pande, 17, Woods Cross High School, Woods Cross, Utah > United Technologies Corporation United Technologies Corporation is a diversified company that provides a broad range of high-technology products and services to the global aerospace and commercial building systems industries. We are pleased to offer eight awards of $3,000 in UTC common stock for projects showing excellence in science and engineering. Each winning project will receive $3,000 in shares of UTC common stock. CH022 Electronic Tongue: Tastes of Toxic Metal Ions in Water Seung Hye (Beatrice) Choi, 15, University High School, Fresno, California CS009 RNNScan: Eukaryotic Gene Finding via Hybrid Recurrent Neural Networks Anand Srinivasan, 17, Roswell High School, Roswell, Georgia EE025 Personal Physiological Sensor Network Device Marek Novak, 19, Gymnazium Ceske Budejovice, Jirovcova 8, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic EN068 Strongly Coupling the Electrical and Mechanical Dynamics of the Heartbeat in a Diffuse Interface Model Kevin K. Lee, 17, University High School, Irvine, California ET005 The Jerusalem Artichoke as a Perspective Renewable Fuel Lizaveta Salokhina, 16, Gymnasium No. 1 Zhodino, Zhodino, Belarus ET066 Quantification of the Effect of Contamination in Lithium-Air Batteries Emilia Wodzka, 19, Herlufsholm Kostskole og Gods, Næstved, Denmark MA023 The Speeds of Families of Intersection Graphs Jessica Shi, 17, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland PH052 Achieving Net Gain Nuclear Fusion in Microcapsules by Coupling Sonoluminescence and Magnetic Compression Raghu Vamsi Dhara, 18, Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, California Winners also receive a plaque, backpack, and UTC Annual Report. Stock to be shared by team members. > University of the Sciences in Philadelphia University of the Sciences awards five $15,000 scholarships to students whose research and academic interests align with the USciences mission. Scholarships become effective upon enrollment in the incoming class of fall 2015. At USciences, we are building on a life sciences legacy started almost two centuries ago as Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. From treating, researching, and studying diseases and cures on a molecular level to the medicines that improve lives worldwide, USciences is about moving life forward. Tuition Scholarship of $15,000 per year for four years. CB020 Engineering a Novel CDH1 Fluorescent Protein Reporter Construct to Evaluate Cancer Cell Differentiation Gregory John Konar, 18, Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI, Worcester, Massachusetts CH020 Building a Library of Difluoro- and Trifluoro- Artemisinins, Year Two Shreya Sundaresh Ramayya, 16, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Rolling Hills Estates, California CS073 Semantic Multilayer SVM: Novel Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision Applied to Prostate Cancer Grading and Breast Cancer Diagnosis William C. Hang, 16, Scripps Ranch High School, San Diego, California ME009 Seeking a Cure II: Targeting ERß in a Novel Cost-Effective Treatment for Ovarian Epithelial Cancer Jocelyn Elizabeth Hernandez, 17, STEM Academy at Robert E. Lee High School, San Antonio, Texas MI013 A Novel Response to Antibiotic Resistance: Application of Microparticles and AC Currents Pia Sen, 17, Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School, Austin, Texas Scholarships are to be allocated toward tuition only and become effective upon enrollment in any undergraduate or first-professional program offered at University of the Sciences. Each scholarship is renewable for up to four years provided the recipient is enrolled as a full time undergraduate or first-professional student in good academic standing with the University. > West Virginia University West Virginia University will be awarding 10 Academic Excellence or Presidential Scholarships (depending on residency) to students whose research and academic aptitude align with WVU's institutional goals and research interests. Classified as a Research University (High Research Activity) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, West Virginia University offers 184 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in 14 academic colleges. Renewable Tuition Scholarship Awards BI007 An in vitro Study of the Effectiveness of Cinnamon Compounds on the Degradation of Amyloid-B and Tau Protein in Alzheimer's Disease Natalie Elizabeth Barton, 17, Bayside High School, Palm Bay, Florida BI011 You Missed a Spot: Accuracy of Luminol Chemiluminescence to Detect Blood at a Crime Scene using Concealment Techniques and Measurements of False Positives Alexia Dean Benson, 15, Grove High School, Grove, Oklahoma CS053 Indoor Navigation with Maximum Likelihood Classification of Wi-Fi Fingerprints Noah Christian Pritt, 17, Pritt Home School, Walkersville, Maryland EM045 Safe and Sound Housing: Lime/Fly Ash Papercrete as a Substitute for Adobe in Seismically-Active Regions in Developing Nations Miriam Terese Demasi, 15, Wheeling Park High School, Wheeling, West Virginia EM319 A Greener Shade of Grey: The Effects of Fly Ash in Concrete, a Second Year Study Marygrace Summers Duggar, 17, Saint Joseph's Academy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Olivia Jane Guidry, 17, Saint Joseph's Academy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana EN050 iAid: A Novel Multimodal, Cloud-Based Navigation System for the Visually Impaired Alexander Matthew Deans, 17, Académie Ste Cécile International School, Windsor, Canada ET017 Using Piezoelectronics to Convert Energy from a Nontraditional Source: Vibration Travis Benjamin Lysaght, 16, Hicksville High School, Hicksville, Ohio ET027 Comparing Shroud Design on the Electrical Power Output of a Small-Scale Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine Kelly Nicole Devens, 16, Roanoke Valley Governor's School for Science and Technology, Roanoke, Virginia EV029 Sustainable Water Purification System with UV Irradiation Hans Christian Pande, 17, Woods Cross High School, Woods Cross, Utah These awards are dependent on the student meeting the requirements of 1.) high school GPA (weighted or unweighted) of at least 3.8 and 2.) ACT score of 30 or SAT score of 1340 or higher. > White House Presidential Fellow SmartAmerica Challenge The goal of the SmartAmerica Challenge is to demonstrate the benefits that Cyber-Physical Systems can bring to American competitiveness, job growth, and our society. This award is presented to the best Intel ISEF project representing Cyber Physical Systems. White House Presidential Inovation Fellow SmartAmerica Challenge Award EE034 Pneumatic Electromyographic Exoskeleton Conor James Maddry, 17, Langley High School, McLean, Virginia Wolfram Research, Inc. Founded by Stephen Wolfram in 1987, Wolfram Research is one of the world's most respected software companies—as well as a powerhouse of scientific and technical innovation. As pioneers in computational science and the computational paradigm, we have pursued a long-term vision to develop the science, technology, and tools to make computation an ever-more-potent force in today's and tomorrow's world. Mathematica software for all Intel ISEF Finalists and Observers Please go to Wolfram's SAO profile pages on the Society for Science & the Public web sitehttps://apps2.societyforscience.org/intelisef2014/saodetail.cfm?AC=MATICA to learn more. > World Economic Forum Invitation to the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of New Champions 2014 in Tianjin, China, and to participate in our programming designed for our 2014 Young Scientists. World Economic Forum Future Scientists Award CS025 Diagnosis of Abnormalities in 3-Dimensional Mammograms via an Artificial Neural Network Joshua Michael Zweig, 18, Commack High School, Commack, New York EM027 Don't Cry Over Spilled Oil! Nivatha Balendra, 18, Marianopolis College, Westmount, Canada MA021 On the Unique Roles of Neurocomputational States in Neocortical Circuits Archis Bhandarkar, 18, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia MI310 Production of Bioplastic by a Bacterium Isolated from Waste Treatment Facility (from Lignocellulosic Glucose, Abundant Sucrose, Byproduct of Biodiesel & Spent Coffee Grounds Extract) Gi Na Lee, 18, Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, Hoengseong-gun, South Korea Dong Il Je, 17, Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, Hoengseong-gun, South Korea Students will also receive a World Economic Forum Swarovski crystal award, a waiver of participation fees for the 2014 Annual Meeting of New Champions, as well as all flights and accommodations.
MI065	Developing Novel Protein Targets for Bordetella pertussis Antibiotics: Understanding Protein Interfaces and Domain-Domain Interactions
	William Huang Jin, 18, Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Lawrenceville, Georgia
MI071	DNA Repair Mechanisms in Yeast: Shu Complex Interactions with Rdh54
	Kyle T. Yoshida, 18, Kamehameha Schools Kapalama, Honolulu, Hawaii
All finalists in the Microbiology Category receive a student membership to AMS, which includes a one-year subscription to "Microbe," ASM's monthly news magazine, and access to the members only web resources.

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American Statistical Association
The American Statistical Association is the world's largest community of statisticians. The ASA supports excellence in the development, application, and dissemination of statistical science through meetings, publications, membership services, education, accreditation, and advocacy. Our members serve in industry, government, and academia in more than 90 countries, advancing research and promoting sound statistical practice to inform public policy and improve human welfare.
First Award of $1,500
BE031	Using Google Trends to Enhance Predictive Models of Mortgage Delinquency to Mitigate Risk in the Loan Lending Process
	Soham Daga, 17, Stuyvesant High School, Manhattan, New York
Second Award of $500
CS074	Indium: Using Novel Machine Learning Algorithms to Develop a Nondisease-specific Personalized Medicine Engine
	Yousuf Mounir Soliman, 17, Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, California
Third Award of $250
ME037	Characteristics of Deleterious Mutations in Tumor Suppressor Genes
	Nathan Han, 15, Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts
Certificate of Honorable Mention
BE038	Healthy Youth: Effect of Physical Activity and Sleep Patterns on Physical and Mental Well-Being in Adolescents
	Grace Hwang, 16, Hershey High School, Hershey, Pennsylvania
BE040	Self-induced Sleep Loss: A Novel Risk Factor for Nighttime Food Desire in Adolescents and the Association with Brain Dopamine Signaling and Obesity
	Zarin Ibnat Rahman, 17, Brookings High School, Brookings, South Dakota
CS011	A Novel Method for Melanoma Skin Cancer Diagnosis at an Early Stage Using ANN and DNA Analysis
	Alaa Amri, 18, Pioneer High School of Gabes, Gabes, Tunisia
CS053	Indoor Navigation with Maximum Likelihood Classification of Wi-Fi Fingerprints
	Noah Christian Pritt, 17, Pritt Home School, Walkersville, Maryland
CS062	Predicting Cancer Drug Response Using Nuclear Norm Multi-Task Learning
	Ivan Paskov, 18, Edgemont High School, Scarsdale, New York
EM043	Enhancing Nutrient Values of Gryllodes sigillatus for Future Food Sustainability
	Chase Evan Herman, 18, Nixa High School, Nixa, Missouri
ET306	Comparison of Organized and Randomized Multilayer Films
	Andrew Moshova, 17, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New York Jessica Kim, 17, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New York
MA025	Identification of the Impact of Obesity Treatments on Gene Expression using a Novel Statistical Test
	Shreya Mathur, 17, Oxford High School, Oxford, Mississippi
MA029	Development and Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms for Breast Cancer Detection
	Clemen Deng, 16, Lincoln High School, Portland, Oregon
ME048	Sugar Rush Sugar Crash: Analyzing the Effect of Sugar on Physical and Mental Performance Using ANoVA
	Chris Mathews, 14, Home School, Las Vegas, Nevada
ME095	The Diagnostic Potential of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Mild to Moderate Depression
	Arjuna Sathyadeep Maharaj, 17, Ancaster High School, Ancaster, Canada
ME098	Alzheimer's Disease Distribution in the Northwest in Relation to Microclimates, a Second Year Epidemiological Study
	Talia Alysse Lichtenberg, 16, West Linn High School, West Linn, Oregon
ME310	Supertasting Ability, Satiety, and Childhood Obesity in the Hispanic Population
	Japmeet Kaur Sandhu, 16, Clovis North Educational Center, Fresno, California Ashima Thusu, 15, Clovis North Educational Center, Fresno, California
All American Statistical Association finalists receive one-year subscriptions of "Significance" and "Chance." Their schools will also receive a one-year school membership in the American Statistical Association.

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American Veterinary Medical Association
Founded in 1863, the American Veterinary Medical Association is an 86,000 member professional organization dedicated to advancing the science and art of veterinary medicine. The AVMA and its charitable arm, the American Veterinary Medical Foundation, are proud to present 5 first place awards of $1,000 each and a plaque. The awards are presented for excellence in the fields of food animal health, animal health, public health, comparative medicine, and biomedical research.
First Award of $1,000 and a plaque
AS019	Optimal Equine Balance: Application of Biophysics to Assess and Reduce Equine Injury, Phase II
	Erika Nicole Mueller, 16, Clearfield High School, Clearfield, Utah
AS023	Developmental Effects of Correlated Color Temperature of Artificial Lights on Painted Lady Butterflies Vanessa cardui
	Simiao You, 19, Holyoke Catholic High School, Chicopee, Massachusetts
AS301	What Effect Does Gender, Tone, and Sound Location Have on the Response Behavior of Neogobius melanostomus (Round Gobies) and the Possibility of Future Trapping of this Invasive Species?
	Christine Elizabeth Neumann, 16, Cloquet Senior High School, Cloquet, Minnesota Crystal Rae Moynan, 16, Cloquet Senior High School, Cloquet, Minnesota
EM007	Why Did Water Strider Mysteriously Disappear from Rural Ponds?
	Xidian Zhang, 19, No.1 Senior Middle School Puyang, Puyang City, China
ME020	Development of a Novel Blood-Based Diagnostic for Canine Lymphosarcoma
	Golda R. Shaw, 17, George M Steinbrenner High School, Lutz, Florida
All winners will also receive a plaque.

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Arizona State University
Arizona State University is pleased to offer a comprehensive scholarship combining a monetary award and an environment focusing on knowledge, learning and research. The New American University Scholarship is renewable for four years. Individuals and teams were considered for these awards.
New American University Provost Scholarship
BI044	Novel Design and Evaluation of Chitosan Nanoparticle Ocular Drug Delivery System
	Sriram Somasundaram, 16, The Harker School, San Jose, California
CB010	Universal, MHC-E Restricted Killer T Cell Responses: Identification of a Novel Immune Response against HIV
	Reesab Pathak, 16, Camas High School, Camas, Washington
CB059	Factomics: A Cloud-Enabled Application Incorporating Integrative Genomics and GWAS Facilitating Disease Causation Analysis
	Swetha Revanur, 15, Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose, California
CH003	The Optimal Reclamation Point of Phosphate from a Wastewater Treatment Plant
	Lewis Michael Nitschinsk, 18, Queensland Academies for Health Sciences, Southport, Australia
CH022	Electronic Tongue: Tastes of Toxic Metal Ions in Water
	Seung Hye (Beatrice) Choi, 15, University High School, Fresno, California
CH049	Gas Phase Ion Chemistry and Ion Mobility of Pharmaceutical Substances in Counterfeit Formulations: Technology for Measurement and Confidence of Detection
	Jeongmin Lee, 16, Las Cruces High School, Las Cruces, New Mexico
CS019	Panthera: Caching and Cache-based Scheduling in Distributed Computing Systems
	Dhaivat Nitin Pandya, 16, Appleton North High School, Appleton, Wisconsin
CS078	A Novel Approach to Genetic Interaction Research with an Integrated Repository of Gene Regulatory Networks
	Shrey Gupta, 17, BASIS Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona
EA001	Lunar Tide Contribution to Thermosphere Weather
	Jesse Tan Zhang, 16, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado
EE056	Demonstration and Characterization of Split Ring Resonators as Terahertz Waveguides
	Brandon Cui, 17, Hillcrest High School, Midvale, Utah
EE088	Thermal Energy Storage: The Efficiency of Latent Heat Energy Storage using Phase Change Materials
	Julia Mariko Hirano, 15, Waimea High School, Waimea, Hawaii
EM017	Developing a Sustainable Water Filtration System for Use in Low Income Countries
	Bluyé DeMessie, 17, William Mason High School, Mason, Ohio
EN029	Ultrasound-responsive Nanoparticles for Neurotherapeutic Delivery
	Shelby Chi Yuan, 17, University High School, Tucson, Arizona
EN062	A Novel Energy Harvesting System with a Piezo Element to Power a Visual Prosthesis
	Kumaran V.K. Ratnam, 15, Dublin High School, Dublin, California
PH007	Rocks of the Rainbow: Asteroid Classification Using SDSS Filters
	Stephanie Hiromi Spear, 16, Henry J. Kaiser High School, Honolulu, Hawaii
PH019	Novel Automated Next-Generation Multijunction Quantum Dot Solar Panel Designs Using Monte Carlo-Based Modeling
	Valerie S. Ding, 17, Catlin Gabel School, Portland, Oregon
PH026	The Generation and Analysis of Waves with Varying Nonlinearity
	Thorsen Michael Wehr, 17, Odessa High School, Odessa, Washington
PH039	Quantum Locking: Applications towards Controlled Frictionless Spatial Motion
	Julienne Sauer, 14, Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, California
PH045	3D Hydrodynamic Simulation of Classical Nova Explosions
	Coleman J. Kendrick, 16, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico
PH081	The Leidenpump: A Non-Mechanical Means of Fluid Delivery
	John Chapman Alexander Caddell, 16, Stevenson School, Pebble Beach, California
PS043	An Eco-friendly RNA Interference-based Insect Control for Management of Citrus Greening Disease using a Model System
	Saumya R. Keremane, 17, Martin Luther King High School, Riverside, California
PS301	Enhanced Third-Generation Biofuel Production from Genetically Modified Algae
	Wenjia (Dara) Li, 16, Jasper High School, Plano, Texas Anoop Vemulapalli, 16, Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas
Students must be admitted as undergraduate students in a degree seeking program immediately following their graduation from secondary school. The award amount is equal to the New American University Provost Scholarship; differentiated amounts exist for Arizona residents and non residents.

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Ashtavadhani Vidwan Ambati Subbaraya Chetty Foundation
AVASC is an educational and medical service foundation dedicated to recognizing academic talent and providing services to the needy. AVASC will award projects that display outstanding creativity, ingenuity, and have the potential to alleviate the human condition or mark a substantive advancement in the scientific field.
First Award of $1,000 U.S. savings bond
CB043	A Novel Approach for Metastatic Breast Cancer Therapy: Pharmacological Inhibition of EZH2 Histone Methyl Transferase Activity Suppresses Cancer Stem Cells and Induces Epithelial Phenotype
	Sara Sakowitz, 18, The Brearley School, New York, New York
MA001	A Novel Mathematical Simulation to Study the Dynamics of CD4 Cells, CD8 Cells, and HIV Viral Load
	Nirali Kunjan Thakor, 16, Shepton High School, Plano, Texas
Second Award of $500 U.S. savings bond
AS056	Cashew Tree (Anacardium occidentale): An Effective Treatment for Cattle Dermatitis
	Deeksha. P Hebbar, 14, Vivekananda English Medium School, Puttur, India
BI048	A Novel Treatment for Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, Alzheimer's, and other Neurodegenerative Disease: Sildenafil Promotes Axonal Outgrowth in the CSPG Inhibitory Environment through Modulation of miRNA Levels
	Guangning An, 18, International Academy, Troy, Michigan
CB022	Control of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Aging by Modulation of Mitochondrial DNA Deletions
	Joshua Abraham Meier, 18, Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey
CS025	Diagnosis of Abnormalities in 3-Dimensional Mammograms via an Artificial Neural Network
	Joshua Michael Zweig, 18, Commack High School, Commack, New York
EN324	Optimization of Lithium-Sulfur Battery Cathode: Role of Sulfur-Carbon Interaction
	Madan A. Subheeswar, 15, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky Matthew Carmel Raj, 14, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky Richard Nipun Gunasena, 15, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky
PH011	Frequency Modulation Feedback Control for Near-Field Acoustic Characterization of Mesoscopic Fluid Films
	Pramith Sai Devulapalli, 17, Westview High School, Portland, Oregon
PH046	Partitioning Gamma-Ray Sources in Fermi Large Area Telescope Observations for Spatial and Spectral Analysis
	Isabelle Goldstein, 17, Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield, Connecticut
PS019	Brassica juncea (Mustard) Flowers to Attract Pollinators for Better Malus domestica (Apple) Yield
	Jaya Sagar, 16, Government Senior Secondary School- Manali, Manali, India
Equivalent awards available for non-U.S. winners.

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Association for Computing Machinery
First Award of $1,000
CS019	Panthera: Caching and Cache-based Scheduling in Distributed Computing Systems
	Dhaivat Nitin Pandya, 16, Appleton North High School, Appleton, Wisconsin
Second Award of $500
CS038	Come Code with Codester: A Novel Educational App that Teaches Computer Science
	Gili Rusak, 17, Shaker High School, Latham, New York
Third Award of $300
CS012	Using Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision in Creating an Operating System for Head-Mounted Displays
	Nebras Nabil Djemel, 18, Pioneer High School of Gabes, Gabes, Tunisia
Fourth Award of $200
CS008	Brownian Motion as a Source of Entropy for the Generation of Random Numbers
	Russell Ean Bryan, 18, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts, Hot Springs, Arkansas
CS053	Indoor Navigation with Maximum Likelihood Classification of Wi-Fi Fingerprints
	Noah Christian Pritt, 17, Pritt Home School, Walkersville, Maryland
CS304	A New Secure Distributed Storage System for Cloud: Mathematical Framework, Design and Applications
	Chih Wei Tan, 17, Pui Ching Middle School, Macau, China, Macao Special Administrative Region Hou Teng Cheong, 17, Pui Ching Middle School, Macau, China, Macao Special Administrative Region
All ACM Special Award winners will receive complimentary ACM Student Memberships for the duration of their undergraduate education. The ACM's Student Portal Package also includes ACM's Digital Library. Intel ISEF finalists competing in the Computer Science category will receive complimentary ACM Student Lite Memberships upon written request.

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Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
AAAI is a scientific society devoted to advancing the scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines. AAAI promotes research in, and responsible use of, artificial intelligence, as well as public understanding of artificial intelligence. AAAI also strives to improve the teaching and training of AI practitioners, and provide guidance on the importance and potential of current AI developments and future directions.
First Award of $1,500
CS033	A Novel Computational Agent-Based Model for the Outbreak, Spread, and Containment of Tuberculosis
	Parth Chopra, 17, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia
Second Award of $1,000
CS073	Semantic Multilayer SVM: Novel Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision Applied to Prostate Cancer Grading and Breast Cancer Diagnosis
	William C. Hang, 16, Scripps Ranch High School, San Diego, California
Third Award of $500
ME037	Characteristics of Deleterious Mutations in Tumor Suppressor Genes
	Nathan Han, 15, Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts
Honorable Mention
CS009	RNNScan: Eukaryotic Gene Finding via Hybrid Recurrent Neural Networks
	Anand Srinivasan, 17, Roswell High School, Roswell, Georgia
CS037	Development of a Novel Machine Learning Algorithm to Monitor Vascular Tissue Transfers Using Speech Recognition Techniques
	Ariel Benjamin Kanevsky, 17, Ossining High School, Ossining, New York
CS046	What's Your Problem? Automatically Summarizing Scientific Research with Open Problems
	Cassidy Laidlaw, 17, Barrington High School, Barrington, Rhode Island
CS310	Translator of Gestures: Human Interface Software
	Anna Dmitrievna Kustareva, 17, Municipal Budget Educational Institution "Lyceum No.165," Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation Maxim Alexeevich Sokolov, 17, Municipal Budget Educational Institution "Lyceum No.165," Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation
EE013	Engineering A Novel Autonomous Wheelchair System for the Visually-Impaired and Quadriplegic Individuals
	Brandon Kinard, 16, Mililani High School, Mililani, Hawaii
Winners of this artificial intelligence award will receive a certificate, and their schools will receive a one-year membership in the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, including a subscription to "AI Magazine."

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Astronomical Society of the Pacific and the American Astronomical Society
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific is a scientific and educational organization with international membership. The American Astronomical Society is the premier American society of professional astronomers.
Priscilla and Bart Bok First Award of $1,000
PH023	Velocity Gradients in Relation to Spatial Scales of Star-forming Dense Cores in the Perseus Molecular Cloud
	Luhong Li, 17, John L. Miller Great Neck North High School, Great Neck, New York
Priscilla and Bart Bok Second Award of $500
PH045	3D Hydrodynamic Simulation of Classical Nova Explosions
	Coleman J. Kendrick, 16, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico
The awarded funds are intended to be used by the recipients to further their education and research efforts. Up to $1,000 in travel is also provided for each recipient to attend the winter meeting of the AAS following the receipt of the award.

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ASU Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives
The Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives are the result of a $27.5 million investment in Arizona State University's Global Institute of Sustainability by the Walton Family Foundation. Within the Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives, diverse teams of faculty, students, entrepreneurs, researchers, and innovators collaborate to deliver sustainability solutions, accelerate global impact, and inspire future leaders through eight distinct initiatives.
First Award of $2,500
CH003	The Optimal Reclamation Point of Phosphate from a Wastewater Treatment Plant
	Lewis Michael Nitschinsk, 18, Queensland Academies for Health Sciences, Southport, Australia
CH309	A Unique Kit for Detection and Removal of Pesticides from Fruits and Vegetables
	Shreya Nandy, 16, Amity International School, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi, India Kopal Gupta, 16, Amity International School, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi, India
EM052	Removing Carbon Dioxide from our Atmosphere: Using Porous Crystalline Materials for CO2 Capture
	Naveena Aishwarya Bontha, 14, Hanford High School, Richland, Washington
EV029	Sustainable Water Purification System with UV Irradiation
	Hans Christian Pande, 17, Woods Cross High School, Woods Cross, Utah

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Charity Foundation - Open Hearts of Ukraine
Open Hearts of Ukraine has enabled youth education, organized exhibitions of Ukrainian artwork, and constructed a healthy environment for the whole family to support talented youth. The implementation of innovative ideas unites the Foundation’s projects in health, sports, education and culture.
First Award of $2,000
ME094	The SMART System: Stroke Management with Augmented Reality Technology
	Ethan Thomas Butson, 18, The Illawarra Grammar School, Mangerton, Australia
Second Award of $1,500
EE334	Electronic Braille Display for the Visually Impaired
	Dieu Lien Thi Tran, 17, Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam Du Nam Nguyen, 18, Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted, Ho Chí Minh, Viet Nam
Third Award of $1,000
CB018	Functions of BldD Respressor in Teicoplanin Producer Actinoplanes teichomyceticus
	Kseniya-Oksana Zhukrovska, 17, Lviv Academic Gymnasium at the National University "Lviv Polytechnic," Lviv, Ukraine
Fourth Award of $500
EN025	Growing Spine Implant and Test Method
	Harry Paul, 17, Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port Washington, New York

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China Association for Science and Technology (CAST)
China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) is the largest organization of scientists and technologists in China. One of its missions is to promote public understanding of science. Having developed science education programs, CAST supports youth and adolescents in becoming citizens with high scientific literacy. CAST awards are given to the projects that best reflect the originality and innovation of the students' work in all scientific disciplines.
Award of $ 1,200
CB043	A Novel Approach for Metastatic Breast Cancer Therapy: Pharmacological Inhibition of EZH2 Histone Methyl Transferase Activity Suppresses Cancer Stem Cells and Induces Epithelial Phenotype
	Sara Sakowitz, 18, The Brearley School, New York, New York
CH051	Dendritic Crystallization of Salts
	Theresa Zeisner, 18, Okumenisches Gymnasium, Bremen, Germany
EE002	Two Transistor Ternary Random Access Memory
	Simon Peter Tsaoussis, 16, Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida
EE303	Solid State Fan
	Eliot Lim, 18, NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, Singapore, Singapore Shiyang Yu, 18, NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, Singapore, Singapore Zhong Liang Ou Yang, 18, NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, Singapore, Singapore
EE317	Digital Sandwich: Tasty Terabytes
	Nikita Chernyadev, 17, Lyceum No.82, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation Dmitry Khodebko, 17, Lyceum No.82, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation Alexander Shkitilev, 17, Lyceum No.82, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation
EM018	Sustainable Future for Endangered Species? Predicting the Impacts of the Wilmar Policy on Bornean Orangutan Populations
	Emma R. Freedman, 15, Stanford University Online High School, Corralitos, California
EN302	Anastomosis Robot Tool (ART)
	Yuki Trippel, 19, HTBLuVA Modling, Mödling, Austria Dominik Kovacs, 19, HTBLuVA Modling, Mödling, Austria Thomas Gunther Steinlechner, 20, HTBLuVA Modling, Mödling, Austria
MA032	A Monte Carlo Protein Folding Simulation using Energy Optimization with Novel Applications to Alzheimer's Disease Research
	Niranjan Balachandar, 17, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton, Texas
ME005	Nicotine and Genistein as Novel Therapeutic Agents for Alzheimer's Disease
	Meenakshi Bose, 16, Eastside High School, Gainesville, Florida
MI039	What’s on the Menu: Identification of the Hydrocarbon Transport Systems as a First Step in Marine Oil-Degradation by Alcanivorax borkumensis
	Swapnav Deka, 17, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, Texas
Each winner will also receive a certificate. Award will be shared by team members.

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Coalition for Plasma Science (CPS)
The Coalition for Plasma Science is a group of institutions, organizations, and companies joining forces to increase awareness and understanding of plasma science and its many applications and benefits for society.
First Award of $1,500
PH065	On Tycho Supernova Remnant Accelerating Cosmic-rays
	Michaela Brchnelova, 17, High School of Jura Hronca, Bratislava, Slovakia

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Consortium for Ocean Leadership
A Washington, DC based nonprofit organization that represents 102 of the leading public and private ocean research educational institutions, aquaria and industry; working to advance research, education and sound ocean policy. The Organization also manages ocean research and education programs in scientific ocean drilling, ocean observing, ocean exploration and ocean partnerships. Awards will be given to the best projects in ocean sciences, in the areas of oil spill related science, marine geosciences, and overall ocean exploration and conservation.
Award of $2,000 for best overall project in ocean science and exploration.
EV034	Improving Bioindicators: A New Weight-Length Model for Fish to Provide More Accurate Ecosystem Condition Assessment
	Ya'el Carmel Courtney, 17, Mount Carmel School, Aurora, Ohio
Award of $1,500 for ocean science projects, with an emphasis on marine geosciences.
EA008	Tsunami Mitigation as a Function of Alterations in Bottom Friction
	Naomi Benson, 17, Deerfield High School, Deerfield, Illinois
EE320	Ice Bot: A Deep Sea Diving Apparatus
	Mirae Leigh Parker, 18, West High School, Salt Lake City, Utah Ema Linnea Parker, 16, Wasatch Academy, Mount Pleasant, Utah
Award of $2,000 for a project in oil spill related science, projects focusing on the ocean or coasts.
MI039	What’s on the Menu: Identification of the Hydrocarbon Transport Systems as a First Step in Marine Oil-Degradation by Alcanivorax borkumensis
	Swapnav Deka, 17, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, Texas

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Drexel Smart House
Drexel Smart House is a student led initiative to encourage research around urban sustainability and implement student projects into a living laboratory. DSH provides a platform for students to pursue their own research project and create the next generation of urban living. We offer students funding and access to experienced professors, while interacting with the community of Philadelphia. At Intel ISEF, DSH is proud to offer awards for research exploring new ways to live more sustainability.
First Place Award of $500
EV029	Sustainable Water Purification System with UV Irradiation
	Hans Christian Pande, 17, Woods Cross High School, Woods Cross, Utah
EV311	New Discovery of Eco Plyfibre via Pineapple Leaf and Recyclable Plastic for Future Sustainability
	Nur Hanis Suriani Binti Mohd Zaini, 17, Mara Junior Science College Terendak, Melaka, Malaysia Nurul Najiha Binti Mohd Roslan, 17, Mara Junior Science College Terendak, Melaka, Malaysia

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Drexel University
Drexel University will award 8 full scholarships to those students whose projects match Drexel's curriculum. Drexel is recognized for its focus on experiential learning through co-operative education, its commitment to cutting-edge academic technology and its growing enterprise of use-inspired research. Drexel Co-op enables students to balance classroom theory with practical, hands-on experience.
Full tuition scholarship
AS006	Hot Biology: Use of Thermal Imaging to Detect Nesting Behaviors of the Endangered Hawaiian Coot
	Sarah 'Alohilani Jenkins, 16, Molokai High School, Ho'olehua, Hawaii
AS016	Haplotype Variation in Banded Sunfish (Enneacanthus obesus) from the Peconic River, Long Island, New York
	Allison Mary Murphy, 16, Sayville High School, West Sayville, New York
CS082	Identifying Pollen Cells Using Computer Analysis: An Aid for Allergists, Immunologists, and Other Health Care Specialists
	Adam Clayton Staszewski, 17, John Adams High School, South Bend, Indiana
EM015	Biological Control of the Invasive Eurasian Watermilfoil Using Aquatic Weevils
	Janine Alysa Kerr, 16, Danbury High School, Danbury, Connecticut
EV024	P.A.H. (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons) Mixtures: Using Zebrafish to Elucidate Mechanisms of Toxicity
	Meera Radha Srinivasan, 16, Interlake High School, Bellevue, Washington
EV029	Sustainable Water Purification System with UV Irradiation
	Hans Christian Pande, 17, Woods Cross High School, Woods Cross, Utah
EV032	Exploring the Effect of Herbicides on Acquatic Ecosystems: The Denitrification Efficacy of Lemna minor under Varying Atrazine Concentrations
	Abigail Ella Johnson, 17, Shenandoah Valley Governor's School, Fishersville, Virginia
EV038	Investigation of Different Degradation Treatments on Pesticide Contaminated Water with Toxicity Bioassay on Daphnia magna
	Bovey Rao, 17, Hillcrest High School, Midvale, Utah
Scholarships are renewable for up to 5 years pending maintenance of a 3.0 GPA and full-time status. Each scholarship is valued at $150,000. Scholarships will go into effect upon admission to the University.

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European Organization for Nuclear Research-CERN
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world's largest and most respected centres for scientific research. Its business is fundamental physics, finding out what the universe is made of and how it works. At CERN, the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments are used to study the basic constituents of matter, the fundamental particles. By studying what happens when these particles collide, physicists learn about the laws of nature.
All expense paid trip to tour CERN
CS009	RNNScan: Eukaryotic Gene Finding via Hybrid Recurrent Neural Networks
	Anand Srinivasan, 17, Roswell High School, Roswell, Georgia
CS038	Come Code with Codester: A Novel Educational App that Teaches Computer Science
	Gili Rusak, 17, Shaker High School, Latham, New York
CS060	Twinsight: A Novel Multifactor Behavioral Analysis Algorithm for Social Media
	Daniel Mogilny, 15, Holy Trinity School, Richmond Hill, Canada
CS073	Semantic Multilayer SVM: Novel Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision Applied to Prostate Cancer Grading and Breast Cancer Diagnosis
	William C. Hang, 16, Scripps Ranch High School, San Diego, California
ET021	Development of Highly Efficient and Stable Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Using Natural Hydrangea macrophylla Dyes
	Mie Yamanaka, 17, Miyagi Prefectural Sendai Daini Senior High School, Sendai-City, Japan
MA052	On the Theory of Lures with Dynamical Action on Compact Topological Manifolds and Ordinary Hyperreal Fractal Strings
	Jared Anthony Tramontano, 15, Centennial High School, Corona, California
PH020	Time and Radiation Domain in Star-Like Objects: Relating Intrinsic Colors of Quasars to Redshifts
	Lia Grace Strauss Eggleston, 14, Home School, Laramie, Wyoming
PH041	Spectral Smartphone: Rapid Prototyping Mobile Platform Diffraction Spectrophotometry
	Allen Jiang, 16, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky
PH046	Partitioning Gamma-Ray Sources in Fermi Large Area Telescope Observations for Spatial and Spectral Analysis
	Isabelle Goldstein, 17, Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield, Connecticut
PH065	On Tycho Supernova Remnant Accelerating Cosmic-rays
	Michaela Brchnelova, 17, High School of Jura Hronca, Bratislava, Slovakia
PH312	Nuclear Fusion Using a Pyroelectric Crystal Particle Accelerator
	Tucker John Sandbakken, 17, Maple Mountain High School, Spanish Fork, Utah Jason Kim Syndergaard, 17, Maple Mountain High School, Spanish Fork, Utah
Alternate for CERN trip
CS005	SNAP: A Novel Algorithm for Fast Global Sequence Alignment and Database Search
	Venkatesh S. Sivaraman, 16, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, Louisiana
PH071	Optimizing the Process of Single Photons Coupling into Single-Mode Fibers by Using a Genetic Algorithm and Spatial Light Modulation
	Jerzy Krzysztof Szuniewicz, 17, Adama Mickiewicza High School in Poznan, Poznan, Poland
This award is made possible by cooperative grants from Intel and CERN, which collaborates with Intel in the framework of CERN openlab. Eligible Intel ISEF finalists have applied to be considered for an opportunity to travel to tour CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, the world's leading laboratory for particle physics in Geneva, Switzerland. This award is made possible by cooperative grants from Intel and the CERN IT Department, which collaborates with Intel in the framework of CERN openlab. Students must be available for travel to Switzerland and France on the established dates.

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Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Institute of Technology, located on Florida's Space Coast near Kennedy Space Center, offers full undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering, science, psychology, business and aeronautics.
Full Tuition Presidential Scholarship
BI007	An in vitro Study of the Effectiveness of Cinnamon Compounds on the Degradation of Amyloid-B and Tau Protein in Alzheimer's Disease
	Natalie Elizabeth Barton, 17, Bayside High School, Palm Bay, Florida
EE006	Passive Auto-Tracking Heliostat
	Brayton Miles, 17, Niceville High School, Niceville, Florida
ET053	Using Intelligent Autonomous Holonomic Landing Gear in Crosswind Landings to Advance Aviation Safety
	Emerson Czerwinski Burkard, 17, Manlius Pebble Hill School, Dewitt, New York
Florida Tech is offering tuition scholarships of $150,000 each.

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Fondazione Bruno Kessler
The Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK) is a leading research center in Trento, Italy. WebValley is the FBK Summer School program for interdisciplinary scientific research. A team of enthusiastic and motivated high school students and FBK researchers accepts a project challenge, this year on a novel web platform for studying microbiomes in children. FBK's Board of Directors will award 4 Intel ISEF finalists full fellowships, including travel to Italy, to be part of the WebValley team in June 2014.
Award to Travel to Trento, Italy to participate in summer school "Web Valley"
CS012	Using Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision in Creating an Operating System for Head-Mounted Displays
	Nebras Nabil Djemel, 18, Pioneer High School of Gabes, Gabes, Tunisia
CS020	Detecting the Structure of Videos by Extracting Features from Time Series User Interaction Data
	Hiromu Yakura, 17, Nada Senior High School, Kobe, Japan
EN068	Strongly Coupling the Electrical and Mechanical Dynamics of the Heartbeat in a Diffuse Interface Model
	Kevin K. Lee, 17, University High School, Irvine, California
MI013	A Novel Response to Antibiotic Resistance: Application of Microparticles and AC Currents
	Pia Sen, 17, Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School, Austin, Texas
Finalists must meet eligibility requirements for travel, and return documentation promptly to be considered. A valid passport is required for travel and visit to Italy.

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Fundació Víctor Grífols i Lucas
The Victor Grifols i Lucas Foundation was created in 1998, under the auspices of Grifols, with the mission of promoting bioethics through dialogue between specialists in a range of areas. The Foundation seeks to foster ethical attitudes in organizations, companies and individuals active in the field of human health. To achieve this, it offers a discussion platform which provides a forum for the exchange of different perspectives on the ethics of life.
First Award of $5,000
ME079	Isothermal Nucleic Acid Amplification System for Point-of-Care HIV Diagnosis
	Nicole Sabina Ticea, 15, York House School, Vancouver, Canada
Second Award of $3,000
ME101	Towards a Combination Antiviral Therapy for Flu: An Interdisciplinary Drug Discovery Effort
	Eric S. Chen, 18, Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, California
Third Award of $2,000
ME055	Dengue or Leptospirosis?
	Miguel Geraldo Rodriguez, 16, Specialized School in Science and Mathematics Genaro Cautino Vazquez, Guayama, Puerto Rico

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GoDaddy
In addition to offering domain names, website builders and hosting, GoDaddy believes it has a responsibility to make a difference in the community. As part of that philosophy, GoDaddy contributes to nonprofit organizations that focus on causes meaningful to customers, employees and our community. GoDaddy will be presenting the following awards, the Web Innovator Award, the Mobile Application Award, the Open Source Award, the Data Award and the Forward Thinker Award.
$1,500 Data Award
CS005	SNAP: A Novel Algorithm for Fast Global Sequence Alignment and Database Search
	Venkatesh S. Sivaraman, 16, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, Louisiana
$1,500 Forward Thinker Award
CS028	Manipulated "Holograms": Fantastic Becomes Real
	Oleksandr Loyko, 17, Kyiv Gymnasium #48, Kyiv, Ukraine
$1,500 Mobile Application Award
CS305	Trailblazer: Cooperative, Infrastructure-Independent Generation of Indoor Floor Maps using Handheld Android Mobile Devices
	Andrew Zhou, 18, Raleigh Charter High School, Raleigh, North Carolina Sanjay Kannan, 17, Raleigh Charter High School, Raleigh, North Carolina Elish Mahajan, 18, Raleigh Charter High School, Raleigh, North Carolina
$1,500 Open Source Award
CS006	Pi to Share: Utilizing the Raspberry Pi as a Home File Server
	Connor Joshua Cunningham, 16, Vici High School, Vici, Oklahoma
$1,500 Web Innovator Award
CS057	Fuzzy Logic Based Web Browser for the Motor Impaired
	Suvir Prakash Mirchandani, 15, Fox Chapel Area Senior High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Google
Education lies at the very core of Google's mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. We believe in the power of the web to help people discover, connect, and learn. That's why we support collaborative learning in communities around the world, and why we invest heavily in education programs, initiatives, and partnerships through our products and tools.
For the project that applies computer science to further inquiry in a in a field other than computer science; Google CS Connect Award
CS040	Optimizing Digital Content for Color-Blind Audiences Using Enhancement Algorithms
	Animesh Tripathi, 17, Sanskriti School, New Delhi, India
For the project that addresses a large and seemingly-impossible problem, finding an elegant solution with broad impact; Google Thinking Big Award
CS019	Panthera: Caching and Cache-based Scheduling in Distributed Computing Systems
	Dhaivat Nitin Pandya, 16, Appleton North High School, Appleton, Wisconsin

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IEEE Foundation
IEEE is the world's largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE awards the $10,000 Presidents' Scholarship to recognize a deserving student for an outstanding project demonstrating an understanding of electrical engineering, electronics engineering, computer science, or other IEEE field of interest.
The IEEE Foundation Presidents' Scholarship Award of $10,000
EE042	A Multi-Architectural Approach to the Development of Embedded Hardware
	George David Morgan, 16, Clovis North Educational Center, Fresno, California
The $10,000 USD scholarship is payable over four years of undergraduate university study. The winner also receives a certificate, engraved plaque, and a four-year IEEE student-level membership.

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IEEE Computer Society
The IEEE Computer Society is the world's leading computing membership organization and the trusted information and career-development source for a global workforce of technology leaders including: professors, researchers, software engineers, IT professionals, employers, and students. The unmatched source for technology information, inspiration, and collaboration, the IEEE Computer Society is the source that computing professionals trust to provide high-quality, state-of-the-art information.
First Award of $1,000
CS005	SNAP: A Novel Algorithm for Fast Global Sequence Alignment and Database Search
	Venkatesh S. Sivaraman, 16, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, Louisiana
Team First Award of $500 for each team member
CS304	A New Secure Distributed Storage System for Cloud: Mathematical Framework, Design and Applications
	Chih Wei Tan, 17, Pui Ching Middle School, Macau, China, Macao Special Administrative Region Hou Teng Cheong, 17, Pui Ching Middle School, Macau, China, Macao Special Administrative Region
Second Award of $500
EE071	An Integrated Software Platform for Intelligent, Autonomous Control of Hyper-Redundant Modular Robotic Systems using Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
	Puneeth Naga Sai Krishna Meruva, 16, Homestead High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Team Second Award of $400 for each team member
ME307	A Novel Hybrid Non-invasive Clinical-Signal Processing Technique as Biomarker of Atrial Fibrillation
	Karthik Balaji Chakravarthy, 17, Beavercreek High School, Beavercreek, Ohio Rohit Vallabh Chakravarthy, 15, Beavercreek High School, Beavercreek, Ohio
Third Award of $350
CS019	Panthera: Caching and Cache-based Scheduling in Distributed Computing Systems
	Dhaivat Nitin Pandya, 16, Appleton North High School, Appleton, Wisconsin
Each winner will receive a framed certificate, and a one-year free subscription to the Computer Society magazine of their choice. Winners are announced on the Computer Society's website and via social media.

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Intel® Open Source Technology Center
The Intel® Open Source Technology Center (OTC) is a leader in open source development with a mission to deliver operating systems products and enable our hardware in operating systems/open source software to create a continuous stream of technology innovation that unlocks the potential of Intel hardware and creates software business opportunities. The OTC will present the Intel® Open Source Technology Awards to the best use of open source technology or software.
First Award of $4000
CS074	Indium: Using Novel Machine Learning Algorithms to Develop a Nondisease-specific Personalized Medicine Engine
	Yousuf Mounir Soliman, 17, Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, California
Honorable Mention of $500
CS038	Come Code with Codester: A Novel Educational App that Teaches Computer Science
	Gili Rusak, 17, Shaker High School, Latham, New York
CS065	Search Engine to Map FDA Approved Drugs to Diseases Based on Microarray Data Mined from GEO
	Axel Stephan Feldmann, 17, Hunter College High School, New York, New York
The finalists are selected for their commitment to innovation in tackling challenging STEM-related questions, using authentic research practices, and creating solutions to the problems of tomorrow.

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International Council on Systems Engineering - INCOSE
The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) is a not-for-profit membership organization founded to develop and disseminate the interdisciplinary principles and practices that enable the realization of successful systems. INCOSE will award the best interdisciplinary project that can produce technologically appropriate solutions that meet societal needs.
First Award of $1,500
EE093	Cube Satellites: Miniature Satellite Design and Operations for Pulsed Plasma System Applications
	Matthew Hileman, 16, The Classical Academy, College Pathways, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Certificate of Honorable Mention
CS031	Train the Artificial Brain II: Computer-Aided Diagnosis and Treatment Plan of Alzheimer's Disease using Neural Networks
	Roma Vivek Pradhan, 17, Friendswood High School, Friendswood, Texas
CS084	Voice Integrated Development Environment for People Who Are Blind, Myopia Affected or Have RSI
	Diana Marusic, 16, Theoretical Lyceum "Ion Creanga," Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
EE061	Electromagnetic Tire Propulsion System
	Alexander William Beall, 17, Brunswick High School, Brunswick, Maryland
EE082	Development of a Teleoperation Robot
	Mina Fahmi Fahmi, 17, Great Mills High School, Great Mills, Maryland
EN012	The VP (Ventriculoperitoneal) Shunt Circuit
	Jennifer Lauren Cramer, 18, West Linn High School, West Linn, Oregon
ET044	The Cooling of Solar Panels to Increase Power Output
	Christopher Rafael Botello, 15, John Jay High School, San Antonio, Texas
ET045	Optimizing the Utilization of Wind Energy with an Alternative Engineering Design: A Horizontal Dual Motor Turbine, Phase II
	Caid Lunt, 17, Weber High School, Pleasant View, Utah
ET062	Cones, Chutes, and Coils: Novel Proposals to Ebb Wingtip Vortices
	Loren J. Newton, 16, La Sierra High School, Riverside, California
ET065	Rain Power
	Michael Jose Lopez Chiesa, 18, Saint Mary's Ryken High School, Leonardtown, Maryland
The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1990. Our mission is to share, promote and advance the best of systems engineering from across the globe for the benefit of humanity and the planet.

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K. Soumyanath Memorial Award
This award is presented by the family of Krishnamurthy Soumyanath (1957 - 2010), for the best project in Computer Engineering. K. Soumyanath was an Intel Fellow and Chief Architect, Integrated Platform Research at Intel Labs, USA, leading research and development in circuits and architectures for next-generation transceiver devices. The prize honors the memory of an energetic and adventurous individual who inspired and mentored many young people to excel in all aspects of life.
First Award of $3,000
EE078	An Innovative Approach to Improve Spin Polarization in Co2FeAl0.5Si0.5 Thin Films for Spin Transport Electronics
	Sarah Nicole Galvin, 18, Corona del Sol High School, Tempe, Arizona
The award of $3,000 will go a the winning student/team project in Computer Engineering; a subcategory of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, and $1,000 will go to their school.

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K. T. Li Foundation Special Award
Established in 1956, the National Taiwan Science Education Center (NTSEC) is the only national center for science education in the country. The Center’s permanent exhibition area displays rich contents related to Life Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and the Earth Sciences, and the NTSEC also hosts the most up-to-date science exhibitions in collaboration with other international and domestic museums.
Trip to attend the Taiwan International Science Fair
EA001	Lunar Tide Contribution to Thermosphere Weather
	Jesse Tan Zhang, 16, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado
EA015	Geographic Belts for Hurricane Landfall Location Prediction
	William Wu, 17, Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas

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King Abdul-Aziz & his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia seeks to build a sustainable future by encouraging youth to search for creative means that pave the way toward developing technologies for renewable energy, thereby maintaining a sustainable future of energy. To achieve this goal, King Abdul-Aziz & His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (MAWHIBA) will award a Special Prize on Renewable Energy at the Intel ISEF. MAWHIBA is a national cultural foundation established to help develop a comprehensive environment of creativity in Saudi Arabia to enable gifted citizens from all areas to properly use their talents for prosperity of their country.
First Award of $3,000
EE064	The Hollow Flashlights: Head and Hand
	Ann Stasia Makosinski, 16, Saint Michaels University School, Victoria, Canada
Second Award of $2,500
ET047	Fun in the Sun! Increasing Grätzel Cell Efficiency Using Diatomaceous Earth
	Meagan Ann Fabel, 18, Walkerville Collegiate Institute, Windsor, Canada
Third Award of $2,000
ET057	Wave-Powered Desalinator
	Mykhailo Lytovchenko, 16, Dnipropetrovsk Chemical Ecological Lyceum, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Fourth Award of $1,500
ET042	Bumping & Reversing Wave Energy Generating System (BRES): Energy Generating System with Often Wasted Wave by Applying Principle of Interference and Rip Current
	Chan Lee, 16, Kyunggi High School, Seoul, South Korea
Fifth Award of $1,000
ET313	Working of Wind Turbine with Low Air Pressure
	Sana Batool, 15, Punjab Daanish Girls School, Hasilpur, Pakistan Shazia Bibi, 15, Punjab Daanish Girls School, Hasilpur, Pakistan Iqra Irshad, 15, Punjab Daanish Girls School, Hasilpur, Pakistan

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Monsanto Company
Monsanto is focused on empowering farmers—large and small—to produce more from their land while conserving more of our world's natural resources such as water and energy. We do this with our leading seed brands in crops like corn, cotton, oilseeds and fruits and vegetables. We also produce leading in-the-seed trait technologies for farmers, which are aimed at protecting their yield, supporting their on-farm efficiency and reducing their on-farm costs.
Monsanto Award for Innovation in Plant Science First Award of $2,500
PS013	Mechanistic Characterization of a Transcription Factor bZIP16 in Regulating Arabidopsis Flowering Pathways
	Yi-Hsuan Huang, 17, Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei
Second Award of $1,500
PS026	The Effect of Nitrogen-Rich Fertilizers on the Growth and Yield of Cotton Plants
	Lindsay M. Northcut, 18, Christ the King Cathedral School, Lubbock, Texas
Third Award of $1,000
PS043	An Eco-friendly RNA Interference-based Insect Control for Management of Citrus Greening Disease using a Model System
	Saumya R. Keremane, 17, Martin Luther King High School, Riverside, California
The first and second placed winners of the Monsanto Award for Innovation in Plant Science will be flown to visit and present at Monsanto in St. Louis.

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Mu Alpha Theta, National High School and Two-Year College Mathematics Honor Society
The Society was formed over 50 years ago to develop strong scholarship in Mathematics and to promote the understanding and enjoyment of the subject. The Mu Alpha Theta Award is given to the most challenging, thorough, and creative investigation of a problem involving mathematics accessible to high school students. Components of the investigation may include, but are not limited to, mathematical proof, mathematical modeling, statistical analysis, visualization, simulation, and approximation.
First Award of $1,500
MA001	A Novel Mathematical Simulation to Study the Dynamics of CD4 Cells, CD8 Cells, and HIV Viral Load
	Nirali Kunjan Thakor, 16, Shepton High School, Plano, Texas
MA008	Hybridized Characteristic 3 Galois Field Arithmetic for Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Phase III
	Vinay Sridhar Iyengar, 18, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon
Second Award of $1,000
CS053	Indoor Navigation with Maximum Likelihood Classification of Wi-Fi Fingerprints
	Noah Christian Pritt, 17, Pritt Home School, Walkersville, Maryland
MA013	Weighted Catalan Numbers and Their Divisibility Properties
	Sarah Lee Shader, 18, Laramie High School, Laramie, Wyoming
MA037	Winning the War against Hackers: A Hybrid Asymmetric Cryptographic Algorithm for Safe and Secure Data
	Sasank Venkata Vishnubhatla, 16, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky
Winners will receive a certificate and information about joining Mu Alpha Theta.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the United States government agency responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research. Founded in 1958 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research, answering basic questions like: What's out there in space? How do we get there? What will we find?
Top Award of $5,000
EN011	The Fabrication and Characterization of Short and Long Term Memory Proton Induced Thin Film Synaptic Transistors
	Harsha Sudarsan Uppili, 18, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon
Second Award of $2,000
CH022	Electronic Tongue: Tastes of Toxic Metal Ions in Water
	Seung Hye (Beatrice) Choi, 15, University High School, Fresno, California
ET026	Next Generation Supercapacitor for Ultra-Fast Energy Harvesting
	Swetha Vanathy Shutthanandan, 16, Richland High School, Richland, Washington
PH007	Rocks of the Rainbow: Asteroid Classification Using SDSS Filters
	Stephanie Hiromi Spear, 16, Henry J Kaiser High School, Honolulu, Hawaii
Third Award of $1,000
BE015	Role of Somatostatin Interneurons in Alzheimer's Disease
	Divya Koyyalagunta, 18, Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas
CS046	What's Your Problem? Automatically Summarizing Scientific Research with Open Problems
	Cassidy Laidlaw, 17, Barrington High School, Barrington, Rhode Island
EA001	Lunar Tide Contribution to Thermosphere Weather
	Jesse Tan Zhang, 16, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado
EE025	Personal Physiological Sensor Network Device
	Marek Novak, 19, Gymnazium Ceske Budejovice, Jirovcova 8, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
EE064	The Hollow Flashlights: Head and Hand
	Ann Stasia Makosinski, 16, Saint Michaels University School, Victoria, Canada
EM028	Improving Seawater Membrane Distillation: The Development of Carbon Nanotube-coated Nickel Hollow Fiber Membranes
	Farah Essam Almulla, 17, Dhahran Ahliyya Schools, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
EV018	Determination of Factors that Impact Clearance of Suspended Particulate Matter (Dust) in Air
	Alanna M. Bram, 16, John Marshall High School, Rochester, Minnesota
ME034	Novel Single-Cell Screening: Optimized Droplet-Based Microfluidics for High-Throughput Screening of Adherent Cells
	Jason Shao Cui, 18, Langley High School, McLean, Virginia
PH044	Fabricating an Artificial Nose using Mesoporous Photonic Crystals
	Achal James Fernando-Peiris, 16, Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon, Ohio
PH052	Achieving Net Gain Nuclear Fusion in Microcapsules by Coupling Sonoluminescence and Magnetic Compression
	Raghu Vamsi Dhara, 18, Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, California

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National Anti-Vivisection Society
Since 1929, the National Anti-Vivisection Society has promoted greater compassion, respect and justice for animals. NAVS educational and advocacy programs advance better, more humane science; support the development of alternatives to the use of animals in research, testing and education; and effect changes which help to end the unnecessary suffering of animals.
First Award of $5,000
CB043	A Novel Approach for Metastatic Breast Cancer Therapy: Pharmacological Inhibition of EZH2 Histone Methyl Transferase Activity Suppresses Cancer Stem Cells and Induces Epithelial Phenotype
	Sara Sakowitz, 18, The Brearley School, New York, New York
Second Award of $2,000
CB029	Generating iPSCs from Human Adipocytes for Differentiation into Nociceptive Neurons
	Elizabeth Boyle Sobolik, 16, Sleepy Hollow High School, Sleepy Hollow, New York
Third Award of $1,000
ME020	Development of a Novel Blood-Based Diagnostic for Canine Lymphosarcoma
	Golda R. Shaw, 17, George M Steinbrenner High School, Lutz, Florida
For more information on the specific guidelines for this award, visit the National Anti-Vivisection Society's website.

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National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health & the Friends of NIDA
The Addiction Science Award is given by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to three exemplary projects on the topic of addiction science.
First Award of $2,500
EV040	Assessment of Thirdhand Exposure to Nicotine from Electronic Cigarettes
	Lily Wei Lee, 18, Stuyvesant High School, Manhattan, New York
Second Award of $1,500
BI052	Computational Analysis of the GABA(A) Receptor
	Aakash Jain, 18, Brophy College Preparatory, Phoenix, Arizona
Third Award of $1,000
BE304	Capacity Limits of Working Memory: The Impact of Multitasking on Cognitive Control and Emotion Recognition in the Adolescent Mind
	Alexandra Ulmer, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon Sarayu Caulfield, 16, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon
The Addiction Science Award is sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health and Friends of NIDA.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is the United States government agency with a mission of science, service, and stewardship. Its mission touches the lives of every American, protecting life and property and conserving and protecting natural resources. NOAA recognizes outstanding projects in ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, weather, and climate sciences with cash awards and a first prize summer internship.
A fully paid summer internship at a NOAA research lab, plus a $500 monetary award.
EA015	Geographic Belts for Hurricane Landfall Location Prediction
	William Wu, 17, Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas
Award of $500
EA001	Lunar Tide Contribution to Thermosphere Weather
	Jesse Tan Zhang, 16, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado
Alternate
EV036	Monitoring Ocean Microscopic Organic Material: Assessing Large-Scale Ecological Disruption on Annual Chl-a, POC, and PIC Fluctuation Equilibrium
	Jinsong (Tony) Yan, 17, Cleveland High School, Portland, Oregon
PH075	Predicting the Strength of Solar Flares using Sunspot Characteristics
	Kayla Lokelani Ishida, 16, Waimea High School, Waimea, Hawaii
Winners also receive an All Hazards NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) and a certificate signed by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. The first prize winner also receives an engraved plaque.

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Office of Naval Research on behalf of the United States Navy and Marine Corps
The Chief of Naval Research Scholarship Award of 10,000
EN025	Growing Spine Implant and Test Method
	Harry Paul, 17, Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port Washington, New York
Scholarships are payable at $2,500 a year for four years. Recipient will also receive a certificate signed by the Chief of Naval Research and a U.S. Navy memento.

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Patent and Trademark Office Society
The PTOS is a membership-based organization for Patent and Trademark professionals and other interested individuals. From its inception in 1917, the Society has been dedicated to the improvement and appreciation of the United States Patent and Trademark Systems through promoting the systems' growth and well-being, as well as promoting the social and intellectual welfare of the Society members.
First Award of $500
CH030	The Effectiveness of Guanidine Functionalized Polymers in Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilization
	Sarah Hasan Al Abdullatif, 17, Dhahran Ahliyya Schools, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
CS018	Analyzing and Preventing Quick Response Code-based Malware and Phishing Attacks for Smartphones
	Alisha Saxena, 17, Interlake High School, Bellevue, Washington
EM002	Solar Hot Air Generator Construction and Applicability
	Daniel Cosovanu, 18, Tomsa Voda Technological High School, Solca, Romania
EN023	Multi-layered Phytopigments: Promising Alternative Materials for Solar Cell Development
	Debapratim Jana, 17, South Point High School, Kolkata, India
ET056	Infrared Alignment and Photon Densification Apparatus for Energy Optimization
	Andrew J. O'Neill, 18, Suncoast Community High School, Riviera Beach, Florida
ME077	A Wearable Ultrasonic Device for the Early Detection of Tumor Recurrence
	Milan Satch Gambhir, 15, Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, California
PH081	The Leidenpump: A Non-Mechanical Means of Fluid Delivery
	John Chapman Alexander Caddell, 16, Stevenson School, Pebble Beach, California
Top Award of $1,000, and an American flag and a framed copy of the first patent granted in the USA
MI005	The Conjugative Plasmid RK2 as a Delivery System for Artificial AnatheriaH Genes: A Novel Synthetic Biology Alternative to Traditional Antibiotics
	Logan Collins, 17, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado

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Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology
Psi Chi was founded in 1929, for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship and advancing the science of psychology. Membership is open to graduate and undergraduate students who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests, and who meet the minimum qualifications.
First Award of $2,500
BE030	Perception of Facial Expression of Emotion
	Danila Alferov, 16, A.B. Lucas Secondary School, London, Canada
Second Award of $1,500
BE038	Healthy Youth: Effect of Physical Activity and Sleep Patterns on Physical and Mental Well-Being in Adolescents
	Grace Hwang, 16, Hershey High School, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Third Award of $1,000
BE024	"Are You Sure?" A Multi-Factor Analysis: Are Eyewitness Testimonies Dooming the Innocent?
	Ansley Elizabeth Lynn, 16, Glenwood School, Smiths, Alabama
All winners will receive a Psi Chi Certificate of Recognition.

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Ricoh Americas Corporation
Ricoh Americas Corporation is a leading provider of document solutions whose integrated hardware and software products help businesses share information efficiently. Ricoh has a long-standing environmental mission and commitment to sustainability, bringing corporate, social and environmental responsibilities into balance. Ricoh has been creating green technology and environment management systems that promote sustainability for more than three decades. As a leader in its industry, Ricoh is consistently ranked high among the world’s corporations for successfully balancing profit with environmental responsibility.
Ricoh Sustainable Development Award of $12,500
ET055	Employing in situ Generated Peracetic Acid and Fungal Biosynthesis to Produce Biofuels
	Jonah Zachariah Butler, 16, Sibley East High School, Arlington, Minnesota
PS301	Enhanced Third-Generation Biofuel Production from Genetically Modified Algae
	Wenjia (Dara) Li, 16, Jasper High School, Plano, Texas Anoop Vemulapalli, 16, Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas

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Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Founded in 1886, Sigma Xi is the international honor society of research scientists and engineers, with a distinguished history of service to science and society. This multi-disciplinary society includes members who were elected based on their research achievements or potential, and historically, more than 200 members have won the Nobel Prize. The Society is pleased to offer awards for the best demonstration of interdisciplinary research.
First Physical Science Award of $2000
PH302	Observational Detection of Solar g-mode Oscillations Using Doppler Velocity Signals
	Min Sung Kim, 16, Maui High School, Kahului, Hawaii Matthew Thomas Sturm, 17, Maui High School, Kahului, Hawaii
First Life Science Award of $2,000
MI310	Production of Bioplastic by a Bacterium Isolated from Waste Treatment Facility (from Lignocellulosic Glucose, Abundant Sucrose, Byproduct of Biodiesel & Spent Coffee Grounds Extract)
	Gi Na Lee, 18, Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, Hoengseong-gun, South Korea Dong Il Je, 17, Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, Hoengseong-gun, South Korea
Second Physical Science Award of $1000
PH307	The Dark Matter inside of Early Type Galaxies
	Angel Alejandro Martinez Jimenez, 18, Preparatoria del Tecnológico de Monterrey, Guadalajara campus, Zapopan, Mexico Omar Perez Alvarado, 17, Preparatoria del Tecnológico de Monterrey Guadalajara campus, Zapopan, Mexico
Second Life Science Award of $1,000
BI310	Novel Analysis of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation on Amyloid-beta, Tau, and Motility in Transgenic C. elegans models: Targeting Potential Therapeutics for Alzheimer’s Disease
	Kimberly Alexis Te, 16, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New York Austen Gregory Te, 17, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New York Jinyu Wu, 17, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, New York
ME316	Walnut: Sustainable Solution to Halitosis
	Eveshorhema Sophia Samuel-Alli, 14, Doregos Private Academy, Lagos, Nigeria Ibukunoluwa Ruth Oladeinde, 15, Doregos Private Academy, Lagos, Nigeria

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Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.
The Society for Experimental Mechanics is composed of international members from academia, government, and industry who are committed to interdisciplinary application, research and development, education, and active promotion of experimental methods to: (a) increase the knowledge of physical phenomena; (b) further the understanding of the behavior of materials, structures and systems; and (c) provide the necessary physical basis and verification for analytical and computational approaches to the development of engineering solutions.
First Award of $2,500
EE090	To Design and Manufacture a Device to Maximize the Performance of Rowers
	Conor Richard Foy, 17, Colaiste Chiarain, Limerick, Ireland
Second Award of $1,500
EN034	Study of Properties of Aluminum Wires Treated with Nanoparticles of MoB2
	Michelle Dyane Marrero-Garcia, 15, Eugenio Maria de Hostos High School, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Third Award of $1000
EN021	The Effects of Barefoot and Shod Running on Risk of Injury in High School, Female, Recreational Runners
	Megan Boyer, 17, Manchester High School, Manchester, Connecticut

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Society of Experimental Test Pilots
Founded in 1955, the Society of Experimental Test Pilots is an international organization of flight test pilots and astronauts promoting air safety and education in the design and flight test of aerospace vehicles. SETP's membership extends across 30 countries worldwide, comprised of more than 2,400 active and retired test pilots representing all types of aerospace vehicles, military and civilian.
First Award of $1,000
ET062	Cones, Chutes, and Coils: Novel Proposals to Ebb Wingtip Vortices
	Loren J. Newton, 16, La Sierra High School, Riverside, California
Second Award of $500
ET036	Inflatable Airplane Design and Optimization for Low Reynolds Numbers
	Scott Alexander Bollt, 16, Potsdam High School, Potsdam, New York
Third Award of $300
PH030	The Optimization of Rocket Nozzle Performance
	Jamie Christine McCullough, 17, Friendswood High School, Friendswood, Texas
Certificate of Honorable Mention
EE003	Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Farm Configuration Efficiency Based on Schools of Fish in Nature
	Yenny Dieguez, 16, Miami Lakes Educational Center, Miami Lakes, Florida
EE011	Aircraft Propeller Noise Reduction Using Owl Feather Inspired Notching
	David Alexander Ferrill, Jr., 16, John Jay High School, San Antonio, Texas
PH078	A Mathematical Analysis of the Wright Brother's Wind Tunnel Tests
	Christopher Glenn Romanoski, 17, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
All honorees receive a certificate of recognition, book and guest invitation to the annual Symposium.

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Society of Exploration Geophysicists
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the science of applied geophysics and the education of geophysicists. SEG, founded in 1930, fosters the expert and ethical practice of geophysics in the exploration and development of natural resources, in characterizing the near surface, and in mitigating earth hazards. The Society, which has more than 33,000 members in 138 countries, fulfills its mission through its publications, conferences, forums, websites, and educational opportunities.
Distinguished Achievement Award of $2,500 and a trip to the SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting.
EA007	Data Sonification with the Seismic Signature of Ocean Surf
	Yongpeng Tang, 17, Smithtown High School East, St. James, New York
Award of Merit of $1,000
EA008	Tsunami Mitigation as a Function of Alterations in Bottom Friction
	Naomi Benson, 17, Deerfield High School, Deerfield, Illinois
MA047	Applying Bayes' Theorem to DNA Sequence for Identification of Pathogenic Bacteria
	Min Jean Cho, 16, Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, California
Award of Merit of $500
CS036	A Novel Filter for Tracking Trends in Noisy Real-Time Data
	Michael William Litt, 14, Orange High School, Pepper Pike, Ohio
EA010	An Optimized Analysis of Wind Flows in the Urban Environment and the Identification of Feasible Building Augmented Wind Turbine Sites
	Ben Ross, 18, Ossining High School, Ossining, New York
PH077	Measuring Water Waves
	Daniel Pflueger, 19, Gymnasium Johanneum Lueneburg, Lueneburg, Germany
Certificate of Honorable Mention
CS012	Using Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision in Creating an Operating System for Head-Mounted Displays
	Nebras Nabil Djemel, 18, Pioneer High School of Gabes, Gabes, Tunisia
EA012	Using an Underwater Trench to Limit the Energy of a Tsunami
	Boyd Robert Kane, 16, Bishops (Diocesan College), Cape Town, South Africa

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SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches the world's most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. Today, SpaceX is advancing the boundaries of space technology through its Falcon launch vehicles and Dragon spacecraft.
Engineering the Future Awards of $2,000 each
EE320	Ice Bot: A Deep Sea Diving Apparatus
	Mirae Leigh Parker, 18, West High School, Salt Lake City, Utah Ema Linnea Parker, 16, Wasatch Academy, Mount Pleasant, Utah
EN017	Transformer Clepsydron: Deployable Support Framework with Varying Direction of Unfolding
	Temur Chichua, 16, Tbilisi #4 Public School, Tbilisi, Georgia
PH048	Optimizing the Accuracy and Precision of Asteroid Orbital Determination: A Novel Approach
	Amara McCune, 17, Stoughton High School, Stoughton, Wisconsin

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, was founded in 1955 to advance light-based technologies. Serving more than 235,000 constituents from approximately 155 countries, the Society advances emerging technologies through interdisciplinary information exchange, continuing education, publications, patent precedent, and career and professional growth. Annually SPIE provides more than $3.2 million in support of education and outreach programs.
First Award of $2,500
EE064	The Hollow Flashlights: Head and Hand
	Ann Stasia Makosinski, 16, Saint Michaels University School, Victoria, Canada
Second Award of $1,500
PH070	IR against Piracy
	Hadaia Azad Ezzulddin, 14, Nilufer Girls Secondary School, Erbil, Iraq
Third Award of $1,000
PH019	Novel Automated Next-Generation Multijunction Quantum Dot Solar Panel Designs Using Monte Carlo-Based Modeling
	Valerie S. Ding, 17, Catlin Gabel School, Portland, Oregon
Honorable Mention
CS016	A New Optical Computing Method with Combination of Colored Lights Realizing Balanced Ternary Computation
	Yue Yao, 16, High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, JiaDing Campus, Shanghai, China
EE018	Principles of Electrowetting on Liquid Prism Beam-Steering Module
	Christopher Y. Shen, 17, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton, Texas
PH044	Fabricating an Artificial Nose using Mesoporous Photonic Crystals
	Achal James Fernando-Peiris, 16, Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon, Ohio

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U.S. Agency for International Development
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is the federal government agency responsible for administering foreign aid. USAID works to promote economic and social development in more than 100 countries around the world in Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America and Europe. USAID seeks to extend a helping hand to those people overseas struggling to make a better life, recover from a disaster, or striving to live in a free and democratic country.
Development Focus Award of $10,000
EE029	Versatile Field Construction Machine for Paddy Cultivation
	Namal Namal Udara Piyasiri, 18, Tabuththegama Central College, Thambuththegama, Sri Lanka
EN312	Green Refrigerant Box
	Muhtaza Aziziya Syafiq, 16, Sma Negeri 2 Sekayu, Musi Banyuasin, Indonesia Anjani Rahma Putri, 17, Sma Negeri 2 Sekayu, Musi Banyuasin, Indonesia
ET046	MFCs Reloaded: A Novel Bio-Augmented Design to Enhance MFC Efficiency
	Dhuvarakesh Karthikeyan, 15, California High School, San Ramon, California
PS022	Cellulose Binding Domains: Novel Implications in Agriculture and Biofuel Production
	Alon Millet, 16, Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey

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United Airlines Foundation
For more than 60 years, the United Airlines Foundation has served as the charitable wing of United Airlines, Inc. The Foundation's International Program grants support science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education initiatives. In addition, we support community service grants for arts and culture, health and environmental initiatives.
First Place Award of $5,000
EE044	The Intelligent Energy Saving Power Strip
	Neil Fair, 17, Pretoria Boys High School, Pretoria, South Africa
Second Award of $3,000
ET033	Algae....the Greener Fuel, Year Three
	Alexandra K. Gabrielski, 15, Viera High School, Viera, Florida
ET055	Employing in situ Generated Peracetic Acid and Fungal Biosynthesis to Produce Biofuels
	Jonah Zachariah Butler, 16, Sibley East High School, Arlington, Minnesota
Third Award of $1,500
EA015	Geographic Belts for Hurricane Landfall Location Prediction
	William Wu, 17, Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas
EE032	What Type of Wing Design Creates the Greatest Lift? "Dimpled Airfoil"
	Nathan Roy Martus, 16, Oakleaf High School, Orange Park, Florida
Fourth Award of $1,000
EM305	Immediate Response System for Oil Spills
	Avi Dubovsky, 18, Ort "Psagot," Karmiel, Israel Roey Shmuel Shafran, 17, Ort "Psagot," Karmiel, Israel Tamer Hamoud, 17, Ort "Psagot," Karmiel, Israel

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United States Environmental Protection Agency
From nanomaterials a billionth of a meter in size to global climate dynamics, EPA scientists and engineers are investigating every scale of our environment and the links between environment and human health. EPA conducts research that addresses the highest priority science needs of the nation. The work performed by EPA scientists, engineers and their research partners improves the quality of the air we breathe, the water that sustains us, and the land upon which we live.
The Patrick Hurd Sustainability Award winner will travel to EPA's National Sustainable Design Expo in Washington, DC.
EM045	Safe and Sound Housing: Lime/Fly Ash Papercrete as a Substitute for Adobe in Seismically-Active Regions in Developing Nations
	Miriam Terese Demasi, 15, Wheeling Park High School, Wheeling, West Virginia
Alternate trip winner
EV029	Sustainable Water Purification System with UV Irradiation
	Hans Christian Pande, 17, Woods Cross High School, Woods Cross, Utah

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United Technologies Corporation
United Technologies Corporation is a diversified company that provides a broad range of high-technology products and services to the global aerospace and commercial building systems industries. We are pleased to offer eight awards of $3,000 in UTC common stock for projects showing excellence in science and engineering.
Each winning project will receive $3,000 in shares of UTC common stock.
CH022	Electronic Tongue: Tastes of Toxic Metal Ions in Water
	Seung Hye (Beatrice) Choi, 15, University High School, Fresno, California
CS009	RNNScan: Eukaryotic Gene Finding via Hybrid Recurrent Neural Networks
	Anand Srinivasan, 17, Roswell High School, Roswell, Georgia
EE025	Personal Physiological Sensor Network Device
	Marek Novak, 19, Gymnazium Ceske Budejovice, Jirovcova 8, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
EN068	Strongly Coupling the Electrical and Mechanical Dynamics of the Heartbeat in a Diffuse Interface Model
	Kevin K. Lee, 17, University High School, Irvine, California
ET005	The Jerusalem Artichoke as a Perspective Renewable Fuel
	Lizaveta Salokhina, 16, Gymnasium No. 1 Zhodino, Zhodino, Belarus
ET066	Quantification of the Effect of Contamination in Lithium-Air Batteries
	Emilia Wodzka, 19, Herlufsholm Kostskole og Gods, Næstved, Denmark
MA023	The Speeds of Families of Intersection Graphs
	Jessica Shi, 17, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland
PH052	Achieving Net Gain Nuclear Fusion in Microcapsules by Coupling Sonoluminescence and Magnetic Compression
	Raghu Vamsi Dhara, 18, Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, California
Winners also receive a plaque, backpack, and UTC Annual Report. Stock to be shared by team members.

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University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
University of the Sciences awards five $15,000 scholarships to students whose research and academic interests align with the USciences mission. Scholarships become effective upon enrollment in the incoming class of fall 2015. At USciences, we are building on a life sciences legacy started almost two centuries ago as Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. From treating, researching, and studying diseases and cures on a molecular level to the medicines that improve lives worldwide, USciences is about moving life forward.
Tuition Scholarship of $15,000 per year for four years.
CB020	Engineering a Novel CDH1 Fluorescent Protein Reporter Construct to Evaluate Cancer Cell Differentiation
	Gregory John Konar, 18, Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI, Worcester, Massachusetts
CH020	Building a Library of Difluoro- and Trifluoro- Artemisinins, Year Two
	Shreya Sundaresh Ramayya, 16, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Rolling Hills Estates, California
CS073	Semantic Multilayer SVM: Novel Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision Applied to Prostate Cancer Grading and Breast Cancer Diagnosis
	William C. Hang, 16, Scripps Ranch High School, San Diego, California
ME009	Seeking a Cure II: Targeting ERß in a Novel Cost-Effective Treatment for Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
	Jocelyn Elizabeth Hernandez, 17, STEM Academy at Robert E. Lee High School, San Antonio, Texas
MI013	A Novel Response to Antibiotic Resistance: Application of Microparticles and AC Currents
	Pia Sen, 17, Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School, Austin, Texas
Scholarships are to be allocated toward tuition only and become effective upon enrollment in any undergraduate or first-professional program offered at University of the Sciences. Each scholarship is renewable for up to four years provided the recipient is enrolled as a full time undergraduate or first-professional student in good academic standing with the University.

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West Virginia University
West Virginia University will be awarding 10 Academic Excellence or Presidential Scholarships (depending on residency) to students whose research and academic aptitude align with WVU's institutional goals and research interests. Classified as a Research University (High Research Activity) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, West Virginia University offers 184 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in 14 academic colleges.
Renewable Tuition Scholarship Awards
BI007	An in vitro Study of the Effectiveness of Cinnamon Compounds on the Degradation of Amyloid-B and Tau Protein in Alzheimer's Disease
	Natalie Elizabeth Barton, 17, Bayside High School, Palm Bay, Florida
BI011	You Missed a Spot: Accuracy of Luminol Chemiluminescence to Detect Blood at a Crime Scene using Concealment Techniques and Measurements of False Positives
	Alexia Dean Benson, 15, Grove High School, Grove, Oklahoma
CS053	Indoor Navigation with Maximum Likelihood Classification of Wi-Fi Fingerprints
	Noah Christian Pritt, 17, Pritt Home School, Walkersville, Maryland
EM045	Safe and Sound Housing: Lime/Fly Ash Papercrete as a Substitute for Adobe in Seismically-Active Regions in Developing Nations
	Miriam Terese Demasi, 15, Wheeling Park High School, Wheeling, West Virginia
EM319	A Greener Shade of Grey: The Effects of Fly Ash in Concrete, a Second Year Study
	Marygrace Summers Duggar, 17, Saint Joseph's Academy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Olivia Jane Guidry, 17, Saint Joseph's Academy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
EN050	iAid: A Novel Multimodal, Cloud-Based Navigation System for the Visually Impaired
	Alexander Matthew Deans, 17, Académie Ste Cécile International School, Windsor, Canada
ET017	Using Piezoelectronics to Convert Energy from a Nontraditional Source: Vibration
	Travis Benjamin Lysaght, 16, Hicksville High School, Hicksville, Ohio
ET027	Comparing Shroud Design on the Electrical Power Output of a Small-Scale Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine
	Kelly Nicole Devens, 16, Roanoke Valley Governor's School for Science and Technology, Roanoke, Virginia
EV029	Sustainable Water Purification System with UV Irradiation
	Hans Christian Pande, 17, Woods Cross High School, Woods Cross, Utah
These awards are dependent on the student meeting the requirements of 1.) high school GPA (weighted or unweighted) of at least 3.8 and 2.) ACT score of 30 or SAT score of 1340 or higher.

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White House Presidential Fellow SmartAmerica Challenge
The goal of the SmartAmerica Challenge is to demonstrate the benefits that Cyber-Physical Systems can bring to American competitiveness, job growth, and our society. This award is presented to the best Intel ISEF project representing Cyber Physical Systems.
White House Presidential Inovation Fellow SmartAmerica Challenge Award
EE034	Pneumatic Electromyographic Exoskeleton
	Conor James Maddry, 17, Langley High School, McLean, Virginia

Wolfram Research, Inc.

Founded by Stephen Wolfram in 1987, Wolfram Research is one of the world's most respected software companies—as well as a powerhouse of scientific and technical innovation. As pioneers in computational science and the computational paradigm, we have pursued a long-term vision to develop the science, technology, and tools to make computation an ever-more-potent force in today's and tomorrow's world.

Mathematica software for all Intel ISEF Finalists and Observers

Please go to Wolfram's SAO profile pages on the Society for Science & the Public web sitehttps://apps2.societyforscience.org/intelisef2014/saodetail.cfm?AC=MATICA to learn more.

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World Economic Forum
Invitation to the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of New Champions 2014 in Tianjin, China, and to participate in our programming designed for our 2014 Young Scientists.
World Economic Forum Future Scientists Award
CS025	Diagnosis of Abnormalities in 3-Dimensional Mammograms via an Artificial Neural Network
	Joshua Michael Zweig, 18, Commack High School, Commack, New York
EM027	Don't Cry Over Spilled Oil!
	Nivatha Balendra, 18, Marianopolis College, Westmount, Canada
MA021	On the Unique Roles of Neurocomputational States in Neocortical Circuits
	Archis Bhandarkar, 18, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia
MI310	Production of Bioplastic by a Bacterium Isolated from Waste Treatment Facility (from Lignocellulosic Glucose, Abundant Sucrose, Byproduct of Biodiesel & Spent Coffee Grounds Extract)
	Gi Na Lee, 18, Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, Hoengseong-gun, South Korea Dong Il Je, 17, Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, Hoengseong-gun, South Korea
Students will also receive a World Economic Forum Swarovski crystal award, a waiver of participation fees for the 2014 Annual Meeting of New Champions, as well as all flights and accommodations.