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2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 1ANIMAL BIOLOGY (JR) J01Natalia Padilla Royal Oak Middle School First Place The Danaus Plexippus;
Can People Help thePopulation and Keep Themfrom the EndangeredSpecies List?
J0109Split group: -
Mansib Rahman New Horizon School Second Place The Effect of Natural vs.Synthetic Insecticides onthe Mortality Rate ofCockroaches
J0108Split group: -
Kathryn Anderson Classical Conversations ofLong Beach
Third Place pH of D C H - Comparingthe pH of Canine, Feline,and Human SalivaJ0105
Split group: -Lindsay Lopez New Los Angeles Charter
Middle SchoolHonorable Mention What Color/s Do Dogs See
the Most?J0106Split group: -
Lorelei Santa Maria The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Honorable Mention The Saving Sting: TheAttraction of Bees to ColorJ0107
Split group: -
ANIMAL BIOLOGY (SR) S01Jonathan Young Lawndale High School First Place Magnetism on Limb
Regeneration in PlanariaS0104Split group: -
Haley Lopez Sun Valley Magnet School- High School
Second Place Don't Put It Down... Yet!S0103Split group: -
Felicia Lin Palos Verdes High School Third Place The Effect of Change inTemperature on EggLaying in Melibe leoninaS0102
Split group: -Raquel Contreras Lawndale High School Honorable Mention The Effect of Colored
Lights on EarthwormsS0107Split group: -
ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY (JR) J02Emily Champion American Martyrs School First Place Solutions for Canine Otitis
J0202Split group: -
Kensuke Shimojo Chandler School Second Place Planarians- Ultimate Abilityof SurvivalJ0207
Split group: -Reema Rafifar New Horizon School Third Place The Effect of Natural
Larvicides on the Survivalof Mosquito LarvaeJ0211
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2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 2Talia Tizabi Pressman Academy Honorable Mention Diabetic Peripheral
NeuropathyJ0213Split group: -
Ammar Hasan Al Huda School Honorable Mention Overtraining Syndromeand Fitness OptimizationJ0201
Split group: -Julianna Ramirez Saint John Fisher School Honorable Mention Study of Exoelectrogenic
Organisms in Soil toCreate ElectricityJ0206
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ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY (SR) S02Titash Biswas Crescenta Valley High
SchoolFirst Place Wnt6 in Progenitor
Maintenance DuringHematopoiesis: A PotentialBiomarker for AcuteMyeloid Leukemia (AML)
S0205Split group: -
Sabahat NabihaSundus Alzeinat
Hawthorne Math andScience Academy
Second Place Power of CognitiveTraining; Year IIS0204
Split group: -Grace Mohandoss Arcadia High School Third Place The Impact of a Stressful
Schedule, the Sleep Cycle,and the Skipping ofBreakfast on theCardiovascular Health ofAdolescents
S0202Split group: -
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES - NON-HUMAN (JR) J03Nicole Vanegas Village Christian Middle
SchoolFirst Place MyrmecologyJ0309Split group: -
Alessandro Villalvazo El Sereno Magnet Center Second Place Ants Behavior WithoutAntennaeJ0301
Split group: -Victoria Marquez South Gate Middle School Third Place Surchin for Salinity
J0310Split group: -
Nadia Racho South Gate Middle School Honorable Mention The Movement Of BrittleStars In DifferentTemperaturesJ0308
Split group: -Gerardo Carrera South Gate Middle School Honorable Mention How Does Temperature
Affect Adult Moon JelliesJ0306Split group: -
Gabi Edler St Timothy School Honorable Mention The Mouse and HumanAmygdala in Proportion toOverall Brain SizeJ0305
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2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 3BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES - HUMAN (JR) J04Braden Nucum Saint John Fisher School First Place Excessive Use of Social
Media: Do TeenagersExcessively Use SocialMedia More Than YoungerChildren and Older Adults
J0404Split group: -
Simona Michaelson Charles Evans HughesMiddle School
Second Place Effects of Visual Stimuli onStress LevelsJ0423
Split group: -Angelina Oganesyan Arroyo Seco Museum
Science Magnet SchoolThird Place ConformityJ0402Split group: -
Georgia Reder Pressman Academy Honorable Mention Out of My Mind! - DoStudents with ADHA Havea Worse of Better ShortTerm Memory thanStudents Without ADHD?
J0412Split group: -
Maya Lurvey Weizmann Day School Honorable Mention Sugar Fix: The Effect ofSugar on Focus inAdolescentsJ0418
Split group: -Mischa DavidovSophie ShabaniJulianna Hughes
Mirman School Honorable Mention How to Fix FamineJ0419Split group: -
BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES (SR) S03Jessica Bushman The Buckley School First Place The Extent and Effect of
School Burnout onAdolescentsS0305
Split group: -Diego Borgsdorf Granada Hills Charter High
SchoolSecond Place Foreign Language
Education: PhotographicWord AssociationTechniques vs TranslationBased Techniques
S0304Split group: -
Panna Gattyan The Buckley School Third Place Synapsin FamilyBehavioral Effects inCaenorhabditis elegansafter RNAi Soaking
S0306Split group: -
Williams CrileyRichard Criley
Palos Verdes High School Honorable Mention Correlation Between SleepQuality and ProfessionS0311
Split group: -Daisy VillanuevaSaheli Singh
Garey High School Honorable Mention Improving Attention DeficitHyperactivity Disorder withSustained ExerciseS0303
Split group: -
BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (JR) J05Zaighum Nagra Gaspar de Portola Middle
School Highly GiftedMagnet
First Place Effectiveness of HomeRemedies used forLowering CholesterolJ0516
Split group: -
2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 4Jonah Marks Academy Of Integrated
Arts and TechonologySecond Place Hand Washing Techniques
and the Effects on BloodSugar TestingJ0510
Split group: -Clara Mangali American Martyrs School Third Place Ionic Liquids vs. Enzymes:
Cellulose Saccharificationfor the Production ofEthanol
J0506Split group: -
Katarina Baumgart Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention Counting CaloriesJ0511Split group: -
Audrey Jung Huntington Middle School Honorable Mention How Does Cooking AffectVitamin C Levels inSpinach?J0504
Split group: -Annsana Biju The Science Academy
STEM MagnetHonorable Mention A Closer Look At Streams :
The Study of Nanosilverand its Effect on MarineLife
J0503Split group: -
BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (SR) S04Hyokyung An Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolFirst Place Building a Multilayered
Hydrogel MicrosphereCrosslinked by Genipin forControlled Dissolution inDrug Release
S0416Split group: -
Matthew Baik Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School
Second Place Exploring the Role of Tks5and Invadopodia inPancreatic Cancer CellsS0413
Split group: -Benjamin Liu Arcadia High School Third Place Development of a Fully-
Integrated MicrofluidicSystem for RapidDiagnosis of InfectiousDiseases and Cancer
S0403Split group: -
Ana Gonzalez The Buckley School Honorable Mention Stop Stressing Out!S0401Split group: -
Andrea Lin Palos Verdes High School Honorable Mention Comparison ofQuantification Methods ofKi-67 Proliferation Index inFollicular Lymphomas
S0402Split group: -
Daniela Miranda Francisco Bravo MedicalMagnet High School
Honorable Mention Investigating the Limits ofDNA Editing and Repair toImprove Gene TherapyS0405
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CHEMISTRY - APPLIED (JR) J06Akalpit Shukla The Science Academy
STEM MagnetFirst Place Is there Life On Mars?J0601Split group: -
2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 5Nathan Kang Walter Reed Middle School Second Place Fantastic Bioplastic
J0620Split group: -
Kate Molinari American Martyrs School Third Place How The Conductivity OfSalt Water AffectsDesalinationJ0615
Split group: -Kevin Rodriguez-Romero Sarah Ross Science Fair
Junior DivisionHonorable Mention Purifying Water with the
Wonders of FlocculationJ0617Split group: -
Annabelle Hsieh Chandler School Honorable Mention The Science Behind Slime:The Effects of ActivatorQuantity and Glue Type onViscosity of Slime
J0603Split group: -
Alex Franks Gaspar de Portola MiddleSchool Highly GiftedMagnet
Honorable Mention Does Activated CarbonAbsorb and Reduce Radonand Radon Daughters inthe Air?
J0602Split group: -
Sapphire Perez Lennox Middle School Honorable Mention Engineering a Device toHelp Animals in Oil SpillsJ0624
Split group: -Keghon Kasparian Chamlian Armenian School Honorable Mention I Love the Sun but the Sun
Doesn't Love Me:Determining theEffectiveness of DifferentSunscreen Products inBlocking Ultraviolet (UV)Radiation
J0616Split group: -
CHEMISTRY - GENERAL (JR) J07Max Norden The Science Academy
STEM MagnetFirst Place Power From Water: A
Study of Friction andPrecipitationJ0729
Split group: -Cole Larson South Pasadena Middle
SchoolSecond Place Rust WarsJ0708Split group: -
Kevin Amador El Sereno Magnet Center Third Place What Makes the MostHydrogen?J0721
Split group: -Kyle Lin Blair Middle School Honorable Mention How Many Ionizing
Radiation Particles Exist InThe Environment?J0722
Split group: -Alexander Christofi Incarnation Parish School Honorable Mention Will Cigarette Filters
Degrade in Ten LiquidsJ0703Split group: -
2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 6Lauren Calderon South Pasadena Middle
SchoolHonorable Mention Luminol and It's Reaction
to Different TransitionalMetalsJ0723
Split group: -Joanna Escobar J H Hull Middle School Honorable Mention Rub - A - Dub - Dub: How
Clean is Your Grub?J0717Split group: -
Ali Qazwini Institute of Knowledge Honorable Mention Sub-LIME Speed?J0704Split group: -
Aleen Kojikian St. Gregory A. & M.Hovsepian School
Honorable Mention Got StainJ0701Split group: -
Noah Kuhn South Pasadena MiddleSchool
Honorable Mention Nutty CaloriesJ0731Split group: -
CHEMISTRY (SR) S05Allyson EeAlbert Tan
Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School
First Place Analyzing ElectrochemicalEffects of Ni Substitutionson Iron SilicateCompounds
S0502Split group: -
Rebekah Park Beverly Hills USD HighSchool
Second Place Unmasking of BiologicalFunction of Menthol, aUrinary Odor CompoundSpecific to ChronicInflammation in InterstitialCystitis
S0519Split group: -
Saehui Hwang Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School
Third Place The Effects of N-Heteroatom Density onpKa Examines ThroughFörster Cycle Analysis
S0520Split group: -
Evan Vail St. Anthony High School Honorable Mention Solvent Extractions andAlkaloids: RemovingCaffeine from Tea andCoffee
S0507Split group: -
Emily Curtin St. Anthony High School Honorable Mention The Protection of CalciumCarbonate with Toothpasteand Mouthwash WhenExposed to AcidicSubstances
S0506Split group: -
Alivia Gillespie King Drew Magnet HighSchool of Medicine andScience
Honorable Mention Which Fabric Dyes Best?S0501Split group: -
EARTH/SPACE SCIENCES (JR) J08Richard Li La Crescenta Elementary
SchoolFirst Place The Concentration Levels
of Carbon Dioxide in LAOver Certain Periods ofTime
J0822Split group: -
2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 7Noa Wallock Archer School For Girls Second Place Food in Far Away Places
J0819Split group: -
Jason Wang Suzanne Middle School Third Place How Accurate are 10-DayWeather Forecasts? CanSimilar Cities ForeshadowFuture Weather?
J0811Split group: -
Erin McGinity American Martyrs School Honorable Mention Martian MicrogreensJ0807Split group: -
Giuseppe Cook Wilson Middle School Honorable Mention The Effect of Fin Design ona Rocket's Flight TrajectoryJ0809
Split group: -
EARTH/SPACE SCIENCES (SR) S06Andrew Wang Palos Verdes High School First Place Electrostatic Discharge
Diversion: A Novel Methodto Minimize Arcing onDusty Surfaces and Gore-Tex in Plasma
S0602Split group: -
Kaitlyn Arst Daniel Pearl Magnet HighSchool
Second Place Using Earth-FriendlyBiodegradable FiberMatting Berms to ReduceSoil Erosion
S0606Split group: -
Jonathan KimSamuel Lee
TEAMS Research Institute Third Place Systematic Analysis ofSolar Activity andDeveloping PredictiveIndicators Pertaining toSolar Storms Using aMATLAB Code
S0605Split group: -
Amanda Li Crescenta Valley HighSchool
Honorable Mention The Effects of the SantaAna Winds on CarbonDioxide Concentrations inthe LA Basin
S0601Split group: -
ECOLOGY (JR) J09Lola Castorina St Timothy School First Place Can Road Salt be Used to
Control the MosquitoPopulation?J0924
Split group: -Charles Luke Gaspar de Portola Middle
School Highly GiftedMagnet
Second Place Respiratory Impacts ofUltrafine Particulate inPreschools and DaycareCenters throughout LosAngeles County
J0907Split group: -
Karen GarciaAllison Stein
Archer School For Girls Third Place Are Nanosilvers inConsumer ProductsHarmful to Pondlife?J0918
Split group: -Adam Weissman Pressman Academy Honorable Mention The Urban Heat Island
Effect: Is your LawnCausing Global Warming?J0901
Split group: -
2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 8Karla Serna Arroyo Seco Museum
Science Magnet SchoolHonorable Mention Within River WaterJ0919Split group: -
Katelyn Santa Maria The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Honorable Mention Oceanic Emergency: TheStudy of Coral GrowthBased on EnvironmentJ0920
Split group: -Natalie MendezChloe Montalban
The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Honorable Mention Copy, Cut, and Paste: TheEffect of Water Pollution onPlanarian Regenerationand Reproduction
J0926Split group: -
Sarah Hafez ICC Community School Honorable Mention How Does the Amount ofFerrofluid Affect theAmount of Oil It SeparatesFrom Water?
J0927Split group: -
ECOLOGY (SR) S07Tai Michaels North Hollywood High
SchoolFirst Place Effects of Short Fire
Interval on Chaparral PlantCommunitiesS0710
Split group: -Austin Nash Palos Verdes High School Second Place Mammalian Behavioral
Ecology in SouthernCalifornia HabitatFragments
S0701Split group: -
ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS (JR) J10Daron Yacoubian St. Gregory A. & M.
Hovsepian SchoolFirst Place PorSHA H2O (Portable
Solar Heating Apparatus)J1008Split group: A
Enzo Genovese The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Second Place Hydroelectric-PoweredHouseJ1011
Split group: ADiana Michaelson Charles Evans Hughes
Middle SchoolThird Place Compressive Strength in
Concrete vs EnvironmentalSustainabilityJ1009
Split group: AKatelyn Perez El Sereno Magnet Center Honorable Mention Hydraulic Robot Arm
J1023Split group: A
Holly Carter Westridge School - MiddleSchool
Honorable Mention Age Estimation from Nameand Voice PitchJ1016
Split group: AAnnie Rose Krone Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention Drop it Like it's Hotspot
J1005Split group: A
Jordan Rymond Oak Hills Elementary Honorable Mention InstaLeashJ1021Split group: A
2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 9Josephine Tsai Chandler School Honorable Mention Harvesting Electricity by
Playing the ViolinJ1022Split group: A
ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS (JR) J10Peter Husman The Science Academy
STEM MagnetFirst Place Building a Computer
Simulation of TrafficJ1035Split group: B
Nathaniel Shin Gaspar de Portola MiddleSchool Highly GiftedMagnet
Second Place Using Silicone Caulk andTurpentine to Create aNovel Hydrophobic Coatingand Potential Water BasedStain Repellent by UtilizingSilica Nanoparticles
J1033Split group: B
Michael Karvelas Sierra Madre MiddleSchool
Third Place How Can the Insulation ofa Window Be ImprovedJ1031
Split group: BMicah Kepe Hale Charter Academy Honorable Mention The Possibility to Save
Over a Million People aYear with $0.71J1029
Split group: BSofian Simjee Al Huda School Honorable Mention LED Traffic Glove: Build
And Test A Safety DeviceTo Direct TrafficJ1046
Split group: BNoah Gotlibowski Academy Of Integrated
Arts and TechonologyHonorable Mention Perpetually IncorrectJ1034Split group: B
Zoe Wright St. Joseph Long Beach Honorable Mention Hydroelectric GeneratorJ1045Split group: B
Maya De Los Reyes Our Lady of Refuge School Honorable Mention Electricity GeneratingFootwearJ1028
Split group: BMonsserrat GuerraStacy Corzo
KIPP ComienzaCommunity Prep
Honorable Mention Build a Helping HandJ1032Split group: B
ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS (SR) S08Sina Moshfeghi Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolFirst Place Intelligent Repeater for
Fifth Generation (5G)Cellular NetworkingS0821
Split group: -Ahmed Mohamed Hawthorne Math and
Science AcademySecond Place H2U: Water Solutions for
the Modern HouseholdS0801Split group: -
2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 10Grady Morrissey Flintridge Preparatory
School (High School)Third Place Building a Bench-Mounted
Fiber SpectrographS0809Split group: -
Joshua Belofsky Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School
Honorable Mention An Optimized Electro-Mechanical/3D PrintedAlternative for AdvancedProsthetics
S0815Split group: -
Jack OswaldAnupam BatraDaniel Smith
Chaminade CollegePreparatory
Honorable Mention An Investigation intoVolumetrically EfficientInflatable SpaceEnvironments
S0813Split group: -
Megha Jain Granada Hills Charter HighSchool
Honorable Mention The Gemini Tank Device:A Multifaceted DeviceUsing Suction and FluidMechanics to EffectivelyConvert Single Flush ToiletTanks into Dual Mode
S0818Split group: -
ENGINEERING RESEARCH (JR) J11Eric Gediman Gaspar de Portola Middle
School Highly GiftedMagnet
Second Place Inertia and EarthquakeBuilding StabilityJ1102
Split group: -Mohammed Khan Al Huda School Third Place The Miracle of Flight
J1113Split group: -
Giselle Thomas Royal Oak Middle School Honorable Mention What Kind Of Solar CookerWould Be The MostEfficient In The Event Of ANatural Disaster?
J1103Split group: -
Christina ShamilianSareen ManuelianLilo Demirchyan
Rose and Alex PilibosArmenian MS
Honorable Mention Fallen ArchesJ1101Split group: -
Jaden PenhaskashiJaden Kaufman
The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Honorable Mention Piezoelectricity: CleanEnergy for a DevelopedWorldJ1106
Split group: -
ENGINEERING RESEARCH (JR) J11Jonah Bard Pressman Academy First Place Wind Turbines: A Bird's-
Eye ViewJ1118Split group: A
ENGINEERING RESEARCH (SR) S09Alisa Hathaway Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolFirst Place Detection of Improvised
Explosive Devices using aPhased Array RadarSystem
S0902Split group: -
Alex Nguyen St. Anthony High School Second Place Effects of ElectrolyticConcentration andTemperature on GalvanicCells
S0901Split group: -
2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 11Rei Landsberger Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolThird Place Design and Biomechanical
Analysis of a Novel HipProsthesis usingQuaternions
S0907Split group: -
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (JR) J12Bryce Wong Saint John Fisher School First Place Can Plants Drink Coffee
Too?J1209Split group: -
Mahesh ArunachalamMihir Manchikatla
Mountain AvenueElementary School
Second Place Seal That Mask!J1222Split group: -
Kian Ghasemi Gaspar de Portola MiddleSchool Highly GiftedMagnet
Third Place Which Types of Food ItemsProduce the Most BiogasWhen Decomposed?J1218
Split group: -Mia Maalouf Incarnation Parish School Honorable Mention Which Common Insulation
Material is Best atSoundproofing?J1224
Split group: -Amaanah Ali Institute of Knowledge Honorable Mention Comparing Bioplastics
J1206Split group: -
Sophia Lim Classical Conversations ofLong Beach
Honorable Mention Toxic Turnpikes: AnInvestigation into HowFreeway Pollution ImpactsSoil
J1234Split group: -
Sarah Fong St. Joseph Long Beach Honorable Mention My Ocean Particle PurifierJ1229Split group: -
Jeffrey Oh South Pasadena MiddleSchool
Honorable Mention Dish Soap...Environmentally Friendly?J1213
Split group: -Zoe Williams Sierra Madre Middle
SchoolHonorable Mention How Can the Engineering
of Sprinklers be Improvedto be More Water Efficient?J1238
Split group: -
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (SR) S10Laura Gong Palos Verdes High School First Place Optimization of
Multi=Renewable EnergyGeneratorS1015
Split group: -Patrick Kim North Hollywood High
SchoolSecond Place Optimizing Cultivation of
Chlorella vulgaris inVarious PhotobioreactorSystems and MunicipalWastewaterConcentrations
S1018Split group: -
2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 12Jad SoucarJonghyun Hong
Crescenta Valley HighSchool
Third Place Alternative Approach toSynthesizingEnvironmentally FavorableIndustrial Scale ConcreteUsing the Coccolithophore
S1007Split group: -
Mona Patterson Flintridge PreparatorySchool (High School)
Honorable Mention Soil Lead Level ReductionUsing Brassica Oleracea:A Year Long StudyS1017
Split group: -Hangyul Lyna KimMarcos Perez
North Hollywood HighSchool
Honorable Mention Analysis ofChlamydomonas reinhardtiiGene Coexpression toOptimize TriacylglycerolProduction for BiofuelSynthesis
S1006Split group: -
MATERIALS SCIENCE (JR) J13Dominique Bhatti Oak Avenue Intermediate
SchoolFirst Place Exploring the Physics and
Chemistry of SlimeJ1310Split group: -
Luke Pannell Classical Conversations ofLong Beach
Second Place Projectile Protection:Deflective Properties ofNon-Newtonian FluidsJ1320
Split group: -Charlotte Hogan Walter Reed Middle School Third Place Don't Take Your Kitchen
For GraniteJ1308Split group: -
Ami Takahashi Hale Charter Academy Honorable Mention How Basic Is Your Water?J1303Split group: -
Kate Lim Chandler School Honorable Mention How Different Ice CreamDensities Affect the MeltingRate in Root BeerJ1317
Split group: -Lexi Wetzel Saint John Fisher School Honorable Mention Which Fabric Prevents the
Most Ultraviolet ExposureJ1319Split group: -
Emerson Soo-Hoo El Sereno Magnet Center Honorable Mention Drop Bounce MeasureJ1311Split group: -
MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCES (JR) J14Jake Grigorian Chamlian Armenian School First Place Which Robotic Apparatus
Picks Up a Cone theFastest?J1409
Split group: -Justin Levy Hale Charter Academy Second Place Can I Build a Smart Home
for Less than $250?J1410Split group: -
2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 13Aidan Deshong Mirman School Third Place It's A Smash Hit: Platonic
Solid EditionsJ1403Split group: -
Cassidy Kao Ad Astra Honorable Mention Patterns in Polygons Usingthe Fold-and-Cut TheoremTechniquesJ1406
Split group: -Zoe Hellings Sierra Madre Middle
SchoolHonorable Mention How Can Consumers
Protect Themselves FromRFID?J1415
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MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCES (SR) S11Lyron Co Ting Keh Crescenta Valley High
SchoolFirst Place A Novel Hierarchical
Machine Learning Modelfor Non-Invasive Tissue-of-Origin Classification
S1105Split group: -
Steve Park The Webb Schools Second Place Diabetic RetinopathyDiagnosis using ImageProcessingS1109
Split group: -Elleen Kim Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolThird Place Using Machine Learning
Algorithms to InvestigateGenetic Burden ofScoliosis from CandidateGenes & GWAS Studies
S1104Split group: -
Maximillian Bhatti Temple City High School Honorable Mention The Novel Solution andApplications of the R.Bellman Problem inCircular Triangles
S1106Split group: -
Suraj Anand Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School
Honorable Mention SmartHearing: An ArtificialIntelligence BasedBeamforming Hearing AidSystem
S1110Split group: -
MICROBIOLOGY (JR) J15Themi Perera Gaspar de Portola Middle
School Highly GiftedMagnet
First Place The Effects ofAnthropogenicEnvironmentalDisturbances on the SoilMicrobial Community
J1508Split group: -
Maille Mansbridge Chandler School Second Place Bacteria Found in ArtificialTurf and Grass SoccerPlaying SurfacesJ1504
Split group: -Charlotte Newman Mirman School Third Place Wipeout
J1501Split group: -
MICROBIOLOGY (SR) S12Chen Filler Palos Verdes High School First Place The Role of Tetraspanins
in the Uptake of theFungus Candida albicansby Host Cells
S1202Split group: -
2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 14Ana-Sofia MunozMelanie CervantesSamantha Redline
Glen A. Wilson HighSchool
Second Place Bacterial Growth onCutting BoardsS1201
Split group: -Serena ZhengShirleen Kwong
Glen A. Wilson HighSchool
Third Place Love Gloves?S1208Split group: -
Tamara Tran Mira Costa High School Honorable Mention Targeting TWIST1 viasiRNA to ReduceMetastasis and DrugResistance in OvarianCancer
S1209Split group: -
PHARMACOLOGY (JR) J16Eric Markarian Chamlian Armenian School First Place Unnecessary and
Excessive Antibiotic Use:An Uprising of ResistantBacteria
J1606Split group: -
Ali Derakhshani New Horizon School Second Place The Effectiveness ofDifferent CaffeinatedLiquids on Killing TermitesJ1601
Split group: -Shayna BresnickViolet Jean
Archer School For Girls Third Place The Detrimental Effects ofCaffeine ConsumptionJ1609
Split group: -ArrshanSaravanabavanandam
Hale Charter Academy Honorable Mention Identify AntifungalDerivative That Acts Fast -Study On Baker's YeastJ1602
Split group: -Rumaysa Haris Al Huda School Honorable Mention Natural vs. Conventional:
The Best AntibacterialCure (Year 2)J1608
Split group: -Brooke Billnitzer Saint John Fisher School Honorable Mention Oh What A Relief It Is!
Testing Dissolution Time ofAlka Seltzer TabletsJ1605
Split group: -
PHARMACOLOGY (SR) S13Tracy Huang Glendora High School First Place Identifying the Mechanisms
of Liver Cancer Cell DrugResistanceS1313
Split group: -Samiha Mahin Francisco Bravo Medical
Magnet High SchoolSecond Place The Effect of Combination
of Endocrine Disruptors onTesticular Macrophagesand Spermatogonial Cells
S1309Split group: -
Tahmina Hasan Francisco Bravo MedicalMagnet High School
Third Place The Interaction and Cross-talk Between NMDA andP2X4 ReceptorsS1312
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2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 15Julya Mestas Francisco Bravo Medical
Magnet High SchoolHonorable Mention Consequences of Nickel
Exposure on GeneExpression in CulturedCells
S1306Split group: -
Mohona Ganguly Harvard-Westlake Honorable Mention Determining theEffectiveness of AlternativeDigestive RemediesS1307
Split group: -
PHYSICS - AERODYNAMICS/HYDRODYNAMICS (JR) J17Lalitha Dhyaram Gaspar de Portola Middle
School Highly GiftedMagnet
First Place Which is the OptimumModel Rocket Fin Shape toReach the HighestAltitude?
J1708Split group: -
Alec Mnatzakanian Chamlian Armenian School Second Place An Uplifting Discovery:What is the Optimal Angleof Attack for Maximum Lift?J1701
Split group: -Meghan Garrity Mayfield Junior School of
the Holy Child JesusThird Place Which Fins Win?J1711Split group: -
Mia Escandon St. Joseph Long Beach Honorable Mention Can-lliding Cans CollidingJ1712Split group: -
PHYSICS - ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM (JR) J18Isabella CorreaGwyneth Prata
Holy Name of Mary School First Place The Ever-Last Battery:Building a Hassle Free,Super Long Lasting, Self-Recharging BatteryThrough the Capture ofRadio Waves
J1811Split group: -
Nathaniel Cervantes Albert Einstein STEAMAcademy
Second Place Does the Length of an ArcChange in a Vacuum?J1818
Split group: -Talha Mala ICC Community School Third Place How Does the Strength of
Wind Affect the Electricity ItGenerates?J1820
Split group: -Tae Yeon Paik Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention Metal Air Batteries
J1819Split group: -
Darin Katnich Saint John Fisher School Honorable Mention Does pH Level of FruitAffect Production ofElectric Current in FruitVoltaic Batteries?
J1807Split group: -
Boheng Cao The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Honorable Mention Electrons andTemperature: TheRelationship BetweenTemperature and ElectricalConductivity
J1803Split group: -
2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 16William HoynesConnor Moore
Holy Name of Mary School Honorable Mention Steam EnginesJ1822Split group: -
PHYSICS - GENERAL (JR) J19Skylar Li Sierra Madre Middle
SchoolFirst Place Natural vs Artificial Which
is the Best InsulatorJ1930Split group: -
Nareg Simitian Chamlian Armenian School Second Place Brachistochrone: TheShortest TimeJ1924
Split group: -Isabella Valenzuela St Timothy School Third Place UV Radiation and Sun
GuardJ1916Split group: -
Ashmita Goel Oak Hills Elementary Honorable Mention Golf Ball Going Further &Further: Is Making LongerGolf Courses the OnlySolution?
J1908Split group: -
Alyssa Chan South Pasadena MiddleSchool
Honorable Mention The Best Colors to KeepCoolJ1903
Split group: -Kareem Shaheen Sierra Madre Middle
SchoolHonorable Mention Can Different Materials
Block Radiation ParticlesMore Efficiently?J1919
Split group: -Andrew HacopiansDerik Tomasian
Chamlian Armenian School Honorable Mention Fast and FrictiionJ1905Split group: -
Apor Volkan-Kacso Sierra Madre MiddleSchool
Honorable Mention How Does the Shape of anObject Affect Its SlidingFriction?J1906
Split group: -Lucas Vocelka Sierra Madre Middle
SchoolHonorable Mention How Much Does A
Measured MicrowaveWavelength Change InDifferent Materials?
J1922Split group: -
PHYSICS (SR) S14Leo Guo Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolFirst Place Modeling an Ideal
Structure of TunnelingBarrier to Minimize theEnergy Loss of ElectronWave Packets Undergoingthe Quantum TunnelingProcess
S1411Split group: -
Daniel Joo TEAMS Research Institute Second Place Mapping the Sun'sDifferential AngularVelocity Using AutomatedSunspot Detection andTracking Tool
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2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 17Anna Wang Ribet Academy Third Place Radioactive Shielding and
the Inverse Square LawS1401Split group: -
Michael GarciaJoshua Maros
Don Bosco TechnicalInstitute
Honorable Mention Plasma in a Bottle: TheEffects of Air Pressure onIonized PlasmaS1412
Split group: -Enzo Pardo Ribet Academy Honorable Mention Proving Newton's 2nd Law
by Use of Centripetal ForceApparatusS1405
Split group: -Morgan Farrier Palos Verdes High School Honorable Mention The Effect of Temperature
and Humidity on the Speedof Sound in AirS1413
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PLANT BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY (JR) J20Ava Rothenberg Archer School For Girls First Place An IV for Ivy: The
Decellurization of aSpinach LeafJ2014
Split group: ACecilia Zaragoza Hale Charter Academy Second Place What is the Effect of Soil
Contamination on plantgrowth?J2017
Split group: AAnthony Matise St Timothy School Third Place GMO:Go or No Go
J2009Split group: A
Alli Anderson Royal Oak Middle School Honorable Mention Organic vs. Non Organic-That is The QuestionJ2005
Split group: ADaniel OrtizSantiago Goldthwait
Mayfield Junior School ofthe Holy Child Jesus
Honorable Mention Moving With the SunJ2020Split group: A
Ellen Zhu Holy Angels School Honorable Mention Colorful Lights and PlantGrowthJ2025
Split group: AChristie GhazarianEmily Markarian
St. Gregory A. & M.Hovsepian School
Honorable Mention Which Soil Makes a PlantGrow Faster & Why?J2019
Split group: AAshley Dalisay Holy Angels School Honorable Mention The Future of Growing
Your Own FoodJ2011Split group: A
Chiara NeirickAsha Haley Haley
Mirman School Honorable Mention Rooting for the HeatJ2018Split group: A
2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 18Dillon O'Brien Saint Cyril of Jerusalem
SchoolHonorable Mention How Can Soil Affect the pH
in Water?J2022Split group: A
PLANT BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY (JR) J20Tosten Pearson Sierra Madre Middle
SchoolFirst Place How Does Companion
Planting With NitrogenFixing Crops Affect PlantDevelopment?
J2046Split group: B
Jack Terbush Saint Cyril of JerusalemSchool
Second Place The Effects of Wi-FiRadiation on RaphanussativusJ2030
Split group: BMolly Menashe Pressman Academy Third Place Power of Light
J2039Split group: B
Emma Shultz Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention Will it Grow in the Glow?J2026Split group: B
PLANT BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY (SR) S15Anthony Castillo St. John Bosco First Place The Effect of Plant-Derived
Aerosol Smoke onTraditional YemeniWatermelon (Citrulluslanatus)
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Chloe Brandon Pasadena High School Second Place Carbon Dioxide Uptake inCalifornia Native VersusNon-Native PlantsS1506
Split group: -Yeji Cho Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolThird Place Stabilizing Oceanic pH
Through BiofuelProduction: The Effect ofCarbon Sources on pHFluctuations Caused byGrowth of Nannochloropsisoculata
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Mayra CasillasPaulina Mora
Garey High School Honorable Mention HydroponicsS1515Split group: -
Heather Robinson Palos Verdes High School Honorable Mention Investigating theConditions and Cause of aMass Tree Die-Off and itsConnection to InvasiveShot Hole Borers
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Jiatong LiSimon Dawson
The Webb Schools Honorable Mention Investigation andComparison of theChitinase-Producing Genein Plants of theAmaryllidaceae Family
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2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 19PRODUCT SCIENCE (JR) J22Uzair Sajid Institute of Knowledge First Place Finding The Hidden Culprit
SugarJ2235Split group: -
Michael Baghdassarian Chamlian Armenian School Second Place Can You PreventUnrefrigerated andUnpasteurized Milk fromSpoiling by Adding aCommonly AvailableSubstance?
J2225Split group: -
Diana Shidaeva New Horizon School Third Place Comparing Nitrate(Pesticide) Levels ofDifferent Varieties ofApples and Studying theEffectiveness of DifferentSolutions in RemovingPesticides
J2210Split group: -
Kate Grinnell Mayfield Junior School ofthe Holy Child Jesus
Honorable Mention The Wonderful World ofStainsJ2218
Split group: -Matthew Gath St. Joseph Long Beach Honorable Mention Money Well Spent
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Simra Mirza Institute of Knowledge Honorable Mention Looking Downstream:Adverse Effects ofNanosilver on LivingOrganisms
J2231Split group: -
Paige Flores Mayfield Junior School ofthe Holy Child Jesus
Honorable Mention The Science of AnimationJ2228Split group: -
Jackson Whitt St Timothy School Honorable Mention Diet Help from anAlgorithm... Is ImageRecognition an EffectiveWay to Monitor Your Diet?
J2215Split group: -
Amira Labesh ICC Community School Honorable Mention Does Cooking FoodDestroy Its PotentialVitamin Level?J2204
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