2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 1ANIMAL BIOLOGY - JR J01Wahida Rahman New Horizon School First Place Using Waxworms (Galleria

mellonella) to Reduce theAmount of HouseholdWastes in Our Landfillsand Oceans

J0112Split group: -

Christian Mueller American Martyrs School Second Place Effects of DietarySupplements on BrownPlanariaJ0104

Split group: -Charlotte Greene Archer School for Girls Honorable Mention The Mortality Rate of

Daphnia when Exposed toCopper SulfateJ0103

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ANIMAL BIOLOGY - SR S01Maya Khurana Flintridge Preparatory

SchoolFirst Place Occult Breast Cancer:

Does Molecular ProfileMatter in Treatment?S0111

Split group: -Changhyun Kim Palos Verdes High School Second Place Observing Mutualism of

Vermivora cyanoptera andPsaltriparus minimusS0102

Split group: -Corynn Branche Windward School Third Place Potential Contribution of

Polymorphisms in thePOMC Gene to Obesity inLabrador Retrievers

S0103Split group: -

Haley Lopez Sun Valley Magnet Honorable Mention Effect of global warming onbuterfliesS0107

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ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY - JR J02Jasmine HassanAmeera Alkwadri

Al-Huda Islamic School First Place Testing the CorrelationBetween Hypothyroidismand Type 2 Diabetes inDown Syndrome Patients

J0202Split group: -

ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY - SR S02Junhee Lee Cabrillo Marine Aquarium First Place Effect of Temperature on

Embryonic to LarvalDevelopment of SandDollars, Dendrasterexcentricus

S0207Split group: -

Adolat Beshimova Francisco Bravo MedicalMagnet High School

Second Place Calpains 8 and 9 areExpressed in the MurineIntestine and Regulated bywnt3a in Colon CancerCells

S0202Split group: -

Susanna Kim Technology, Engineering,Art, Math and Science

Third Place Identification of NovelBiomarkers for the EarlyDiagnosis of AcuteMyocardial Infarction

S0213Split group: -

2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 2Summer Ruyle California School of the

Arts - San Gabriel ValleyHonorable Mention The Effect of Using Post-

Concussive Syndrome(PCS) Treatments onConcussion SymptomSeverity and RecoveryTime

S0212Split group: -

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE - NON-HUMAN - JR J03Sarai Golden-KrasnerMaya Lurvey

Weizmann Day School First Place A Bug's Life: An Insect'sNeuromotor Responses toOlfactory and VisualStimuli

J0311Split group: -

Alondra Ruiz South Gate Middle School Second Place Pressuring MicroalgaeJ0302Split group: -

Haig Parsekyan Holy Martyrs FerrahianMiddle School

Third Place Sleeping Safety: DigitalAlarm Clock orSmartphone? Which isSafer as an Alarm?

J0306Split group: -

Owen Wheatley Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention Does age affectchimpanzee behavior?J0310

Split group: -Nareh Mikail-Almassian Chamlian Armenian School Honorable Mention The Combined Effect of

Color and Fruit Stimulantson the Reaction ofDrosophila melanogaster

J0308Split group: -

MaryJane Garcia South Gate Middle School Honorable Mention Hermit Crabs V.SEnvironmental PolutionJ0307

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BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES - HUMAN - JR J04Angela Hoffmann St. John Fisher First Place Now You See It, Now You

Don't: Does age andgender affect changeblindness?

J0401Split group: -

Hamza Dajani Al-Huda Islamic School Second Place Reading, Focus, and theElderlyJ0407

Split group: -Ayla Richland Pressman Academy of

Temple Beth AmThird Place A Catchy BugJ0402Split group: -

Jasmine PadillaDiana Vilches

Sun Valley Magnet - JuniorDivision

Honorable Mention Exercising Your MemoryJ0410Split group: -

Esther Blum Pressman Academy ofTemple Beth Am

Honorable Mention Don't judge a person bytheir carJ0406

Split group: -

2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 3Benjamin Elbaz Pressman Academy of

Temple Beth AmHonorable Mention Order Effect: Data

IncorrectJ0403Split group: -

BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES - SR S03Diego BorgsdorfSarah ShapiroSarah Tran

Granada Hills Charter HighSchool

First Place The Language ofExtremism: A Socio-Linguistic Diction Analysisof Nationalist Content inthe Context of LinguisticPurism

S0305Split group: -

Lorelei Santa MariaKatelyn Santa Maria

The Science AcademySTEM HS

Second Place Can We Psyche You Out?:The Study of the Effect ofPositive and NegativeEncouragement onPhysical and MentalActivities

S0314Split group: -

Melanie WuIsabella Fajardo

California School of theArts - San Gabriel Valley

Third Place How Parental Pressureand Stress Levels AffectCheating in StudentsS0318

Split group: -Chloe Silverman The Buckley School Honorable Mention The Effects of a Glucose-

Based DietS0304Split group: -

Yiyi Ouyang The Webb Schools ofCalifornia

Honorable Mention Measuring the Effects ofIsolation on Mice throughan Elevated Plus MazeMethod

S0325Split group: -

Lizbeth Martinez - Ramos Garey High School Honorable Mention Improving the use of ahealth related mobileapplication by selecting theproper vocabulary gradeand background color.

S0313Split group: -

Olivia Theard California School of theArts - San Gabriel Valley

Honorable Mention The Effects of Social Mediaand other Distractions onShort-Term MemoryS0321

Split group: -Maya Burch Mayfair High School Honorable Mention Determining the

Correlation BetweenStudents' MorningRoutines and their GPA's

S0316Split group: -

BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY - JR J05Zaighum Nagra Portola Highly Gifted

MagnetFirst Place The Effect of Corn Silk

Extract on NeuronalRegenerationJ0513

Split group: -Isabelle Whetsel South Pasadena Middle

SchoolSecond Place Glorious Gluten; An

experiment measuring thelevels of gluten in differentFlours

J0505Split group: -

2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 4Emelie Anzaldo Ovando Sierra Vista Junior High

SchoolThird Place Home Remedies vs Over

The Counter Medications:Finding the best remedy toalleviate Dysmenorrhea

J0504Split group: -

Nicolas Jesuele Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention Carbon ComplicationJ0508Split group: -

Atiqa Shafiq ICC Community School Honorable Mention A Diabetic Dilemma: WhichDrink has the HighestGlucose ConcentrationAfter Adding InvertaseEnzyme?

J0502Split group: -

BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY - SR S04Andre Yeung Arcadia High School First Place Induction and Observation

of Endosymbiotic GeneTransfer from Chloroplastto Nuclear Genome in theGreen AlgaChlamydomonas reinhardtii

S0404Split group: -

Katherine Wedekind Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School

Second Place Generation of MPS IIIAInduced Pluripotent StemCells and Correction UsingCRISPR-Cas9

S0409Split group: -

Stanley Liu Arcadia High School Third Place An Integrated MicrofluidicSystem for Blood PlasmaSeparation and DiseaseDiagnostics

S0411Split group: -

Eileen Stiles Crescenta Valley HighSchool

Honorable Mention Role of Mitochondrial NAD+ Levels in Triple-NegativeBreast Cancer Cells UnderArginine Starvation

S0406Split group: -

CHEMISTRY - APPLIED - JR J06Uzair Sajid Institute Of Knowledge First Place The Emergence of A New

Fuel CellJ0632Split group: -

Grace Lin South Pasadena MiddleSchool

Second Place Keep the Ice Warm!Measuring How InitialTemperature AffectsSodium Acetate HandWarmers

J0613Split group: -

Conner Chu The Science AcademySTEM Magnet

Third Place Wave Rave-A CompetitiveEnzyme Immunoassay forthe QuantitativeDetermination of VitaminB12 in Substances beforeand after Micro RadiationExposure

J0607Split group: -

Isaac Peck Intellectual VirtuesAcademy of Long Beach

Honorable Mention Food pHreservationJ0614Split group: -

2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 5Aleen Kojikian St. Gregory Alfred &

Marguerite HovsepianSchool

Honorable Mention Heartburn AwayJ0601Split group: -

CHEMISTRY - GENERAL - JR J07Mariko McCabe Sierra Madre Middle

SchoolFirst Place How do the shells and

spines of red sea urchinsaffect plant health/growth?J0722

Split group: -Karen Garcia Archer School for Girls Second Place Are Microplastics Present

in Sea Salts of DifferentQualities?J0715

Split group: -Shruti ChandSabrina Bluml

South Pasadena MiddleSchool

Third Place Bath Bomb ScienceJ0731Split group: -

Maya Urshansky Saint Cyril Of JerusalemSchool

Honorable Mention What Wrapping AffectsOxidationJ0723

Split group: -Rafael Enfiadjian Chamlian Armenian School Honorable Mention Pesticide Levels in Organic

and Non-Organic ProduceJ0728Split group: -

Kyle Lin Blair High School Honorable Mention How does the flame colorof a metal salt correlate tothe cation/anion of a salt?J0718

Split group: -Kazu HoRocco Gentilini

Mark Twain Middle School Honorable Mention How pH Levels AffectCorrosion RateJ0716

Split group: -Jordan Fleischman Blair High School Honorable Mention How does the hardness of

water differ across thecountry and locally andwhat is its significance

J0714Split group: -

CHEMISTRY - SR S05Christina An Palos Verdes Peninsula

High SchoolFirst Place Year 2: Building a

Magnetic MultilayeredHydrogel MicrosphereCrosslinked by Genipin ForControlled Dissolution inDrug Release

S0506Split group: -

Benjamin Liu Arcadia High School Second Place A Novel Printing Techniqueof 3D Inverse Opals fromFree-Standing CrystallineStructures for Next-Generation OpticalSensing

S0504Split group: -

Aliza AryaLeslie AlmarazMckayla Vargas

East College Prep Third Place PLA is The Way to Sustaina BiodegradableEnvironmentS0501

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2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 6Jacob Kang Palos Verdes Peninsula

High SchoolHonorable Mention Analyzing Temperature

Dependent DeprotonationUsing Fourier TransformInfrared Spectroscopy

S0516Split group: -

Daniel SmithAustin Li

Chaminade CollegePreparatory

Honorable Mention The Chemistry of aPicasso: Using UV, IR, andXRF Examination toAnalyze Art in order toSupport Authentication viaOptical and ChemicalScrutiny

S0509Split group: -

Jose TinocoAndrea RonquilloDiana Ramos

Synergy QuantumAcademy

Honorable Mention Which Antifreeze is Betterfor the Environment?S0519

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EARTH / SPACE SCIENCES - JR J08Annika AndersonIsabella Shpall

St. Timothy School First Place Princess and the FogJ0802Split group: -

Rebecca Kyo Hale Charter Academy Second Place What is the effect of mixingsand with soil to themoisture of the soil?J0812

Split group: -Jason Wang Suzanne Middle School Third Place Big Data Analysis of

Climate Change: ExtremeTemperature, Rain, Snow,and Ice Trends

J0809Split group: -

James Labrador Chandler School Honorable Mention Wire Chambers andIonizationJ0808

Split group: -Farrah McGarry Sierra Madre Middle

SchoolHonorable Mention EarthquakesJ0807Split group: -

EARTH / SPACE SCIENCES - SR S06Akash Anand Palos Verdes Peninsula

High SchoolFirst Place Optimal Phased Array

Antenna Systems for RadioAstronomyS0601

Split group: -Tai Michaels North Hollywood High

SchoolSecond Place Meteorological and

Geologic Factors inStreamflow PatternsS0608

Split group: -Andrew Wang Palos Verdes High School Third Place Dusty Spacesuit Charging

and Arcing: Implications forHuman Exploration of theLunar Terminator and Far-Side

S0603Split group: -

2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 7ECOLOGY - JR J09Charles Luke Portola Highly Gifted

MagnetFirst Place Shedding of Polymeric

Microfiber Particulate fromSynthetic Materials: DryerEmissions as a Source ofEnvironmental Pollution

J0904Split group: -

Annabelle Hsieh Chandler School Second Place Understanding howtemperature stressorsaffect organelle movementduring the light to darkcycle of Pyrocystisfusiformis

J0901Split group: -

Una Mclain Portola Highly GiftedMagnet

Third Place What can Daphnia Tell usabout How Safe the Soil isin Granada Hills?J0919

Split group: -Colleen Kutsenda American Martyrs School Honorable Mention Plastic's Effect on

Sunflower GrowthJ0906Split group: -

Richard Zhu Portola Highly GiftedMagnet

Honorable Mention The Effect of Region onDissolved Solids in PublicDrinking Water in the SanFernando Valley andNearby Areas

J0916Split group: -

ECOLOGY - SR S07Ashwin Sivakumar Flintridge Preparatory

SchoolFirst Place A Study of Avian

Biodiversity Changes afterHabitat Restoration: ANovel Approach UsingRemote Sensing andCommunity Science BirdObservation Data

S0703Split group: -

Gavin Peters Palos Verdes High School Second Place Phytoplankton AssemblageComposition at White PointHydrothermal VentS0705

Split group: -Patrick Kim North Hollywood High

SchoolThird Place Biomass, Distribution, and

Dynamics ofMesozooplankton in theCalifornia Current System

S0709Split group: -

Aman Kumar Don Bosco TechnicalInstitute

Honorable Mention Feasting on Yeast: GettingElectricity the Smart WayS0701

Split group: -

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS - JR J10Jake Grigorian Chamlian Armenian School First Place Which Robotic Apparatus

Toggles a Flag the MostEfficiently?J1046

Split group: AJemimah Khan New Horizon School Second Place Comparing Bamboo and

Recycled Plastic in Criss-Cross Patterns to createReinforced Concrete

J1021Split group: A

2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 8Alex Nikolian St. Gregory Alfred &

Marguerite HovsepianSchool

Third Place R.O.E.D.J1003Split group: A

Carlos GomezJayde GamezMaya Alfaro

Lennox Middle School Honorable Mention Servos And FingersJ1008Split group: A

Hrant Imasdounian St. Gregory Alfred &Marguerite HovsepianSchool

Honorable Mention Airplane EfficiencyJ1020Split group: A

Claire Brandon Sierra Madre MiddleSchool

Honorable Mention Catching Solar Energy:Which Solar oven DesignWorks the Best?J1010

Split group: AEphrem Adugna Wilder's Preparatory

AcademyHonorable Mention Which Natural Water Filter

is the Most Effective?J1016Split group: A

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS - JR J10Sarah Fong St. Joseph Long Beach First Place H2O Generator

J1039Split group: B

Justin Chen Mark Twain Middle School Second Place The portable comfort zoneJ1025Split group: B

Nicholas Lee Walter Reed Middle School Third Place STOP SLOW GOJ1036Split group: B

Zyg Ramsay The Science AcademySTEM Magnet

Honorable Mention Filter Me Out: The makingand testing of an egg-membrane filtration systemJ1045

Split group: B

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS - SR S08Sofia Echavarria Flintridge Preparatory

SchoolFirst Place Better Helmets, Fewer

Sports-RelatedConcussions?S0830

Split group: -Xin (Anna) WangWeijin (Isco) Pang

Ribet Academy SeniorDivision

Second Place Magnetic LevitationApparatusS0836

Split group: -Lauren Harris High Tech Los Angeles Third Place Piezoelectric Energy

Generation from Roadwaysand Pedestrian Walkways:a practical field test of apiezoelectric speed bumpand floor panel

S0819Split group: -

2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 9Riley FurlongBenjamin KarniShrayes Raman

Santa Monica High School Honorable Mention Portable AutomaticTourniquet SystemS0825

Split group: -Alexandra Olsen Lawndale High School Honorable Mention Engineering A More

Functional Pet FoodDispenserS0801

Split group: -Jasmine Li Harvard-Westlake School Honorable Mention Nanotechnology-enhanced

Bioabsorbable Springs forShort Bowel SyndromeS0812

Split group: -Joshua Belofsky Palos Verdes Peninsula

High SchoolHonorable Mention An Artificially-Intelligent

Robotic Drone System forAutonomous PollinationS0818

Split group: -Victor Acuna Marco Antonio Firebaugh

High SchoolHonorable Mention Lend a Watering HandS0834Split group: -

ENGINEERING RESEARCH - JR J11Bryce Wong St. John Fisher First Place Give Your Back A Break

J1106Split group: -

Affan Mala ICC Community School Second Place LiFi: A Bright Idea: UsingSound Output to Analyzethe Effect of Distance onData TransmissionThrough Light Waves

J1102Split group: -

Lucas FavrettoCollin Walker

Mayfield Junior School ofthe Holy Child Jesus

Third Place Recycle reuse andinsulate?J1120

Split group: -Sam FatehmaneshDennis Kogan

The Science AcademySTEM Magnet

Honorable Mention Acceleration of Mass toHigh Speeds by use of theLorentz ForceJ1125

Split group: -Mahesh ArunachalamMihir Manchikatla

Rosemont Middle School Honorable Mention Protect Yourself fromPhone RadiationJ1121

Split group: -Colt Reichman Portola Highly Gifted

MagnetHonorable Mention THE EFFECTIVENESS OF

A PRECISION GRIPVERSUS A PRESSUREGRIP AND A ONEFINGERED GRIP

J1108Split group: -

Vincent Tomooka St. Monica Academy Honorable Mention An Alternative EnergySource: Wind MillsJ1130

Split group: -

2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 10ENGINEERING RESEARCH - SR S09Charlotte Park Whitney High School First Place Conductive Materials

Based Reusable PM 2.5FiltersS0904

Split group: -Ethan Wong Arcadia High School Second Place Effects of Spanwise Lift

Distribution on InducedDrag of A Glider WingS0906

Split group: -Anthony KimValmik RanpariaSky Shia

Chadwick School Third Place Sound Localization andNoise Cancellation toAssist the HearingImpaired

S0901Split group: -

Catherine Zheng Flintridge PreparatorySchool

Honorable Mention Determining the Locationof the Dynamic SymmetryPoint of PolymerMembranes UsingComputer Simulations

S0903Split group: -

Megha Jain Granada Hills Charter HighSchool

Honorable Mention Dust Accumulation onSolar Panels: Assessingthe need for economic andefficient solutions inCalifornian homes

S0908Split group: -

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - JR J12Kian Ghasemi Portola Highly Gifted

MagnetFirst Place Utilizing magnetic fields

and activated carbon todevelop a novelmicroparticle filteringsystem

J1215Split group: -

Shant Koutnouyan Chamlian Armenian School Second Place A Cost Effective, GreenerSolution to Dispose of OilJ1228

Split group: -Lola Castorina St. Timothy School Third Place Can Sodium Bicarbonate

Be Used to Control theMosquito Population?J1218

Split group: -Katie Hadsock-Longarzo Archer School for Girls Honorable Mention Mix it Up!: Creating

Graphene in a BlenderJ1214Split group: -

Gabi Edler St. Timothy School Honorable Mention Effects of Heavy MetalCopperJ1208

Split group: -AJ Matise St. Timothy School Honorable Mention Delusional Degradation

J1201Split group: -

Sharanya Dash South Pasadena MiddleSchool

Honorable Mention Pernicious Parking LotsJ1229Split group: -

2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 11Zakaria Zerouali J H Hull Middle School Honorable Mention Save the Planet and Oil

RightJ1234Split group: -

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - SR S10Jiaheng Wang Palos Verdes High School First Place Contactless Buoyant Solar

Desalination/SterilizationS1009Split group: -

Brayden Stark The Buckley School Second Place Fighting the Red TideS1005Split group: -

Jad SoucarJonghyun Hong

Crescenta Valley HighSchool

Third Place Alternative Approach toSynthesizing ViableEnvironmentally FavorableCalcium CarbonateConcrete

S1008Split group: -

Shyla Summers Crescenta Valley HighSchool

Honorable Mention Discovering theWaterproofness ofPolylactic Acid to Createan Environmentally-Friendly Chip Bag

S1020Split group: -

Ani Karajayan Holy Martyrs FerrahianHigh School

Honorable Mention Ozone Alert:IncreasingLevels of TroposphericOzoneS1002

Split group: -Laura Gong Palos Verdes Peninsula

High SchoolHonorable Mention Optimization of Multi-

Renewable Energy Station:Year 3S1011

Split group: -Marlen BautistaKevin ZepedaJohanna Cervantes

LA Maritime Institute/AnimoHS

Honorable Mention Microplastics/OceanPlastic PollutionS1014

Split group: -Yeji Cho Palos Verdes Peninsula

High SchoolHonorable Mention Optimization of a

Photosynthetic MicrobialFuel CellS1021

Split group: -

MATERIALS SCIENCE - JR J13Keghon KasparianVahan Kordian

Chamlian Armenian School First Place "Eggshells to Save Lives":Lowering Rate ofCombustion with CalciumCarbonate

J1319Split group: -

Elysiah Nguyen Portola Highly GiftedMagnet

Second Place How Does ChemicalLightening Affect theStructure of Human Hair?J1308

Split group: -Gavin Loughran Saint Martin of Tours

SchoolThird Place The science of colored

glassJ1311Split group: -

2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 12Finn Saivar Saint Martin of Tours

SchoolHonorable Mention Sound InsulationJ1310Split group: -

Max NordenTiella Loeser

The Science AcademySTEM Magnet

Honorable Mention pHantastic pHungi: TheEffect of pH on MushroomGrowthJ1323

Split group: -Luke Madden Chandler School Honorable Mention Project Habbakuk:

ReloadedJ1321Split group: -

Emerson Soo-Hoo El Sereno Magnet Center Honorable Mention Protection Against ImpactJ1309Split group: -

Irene Ko Rudecinda SepulvedaDodson Gifted/HA MagnetMS

Honorable Mention Automatic Circle IllustratorJ1316Split group: -

MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCES - JR J14Arav Shah Oak Hills Elementary

SchoolSecond Place FaceTime: Do Facial

Parameters Change OverTime?J1404

Split group: -Christopher Deng Huntington Middle School Third Place TravelwithMe360: Using

Virtual Reality andCognitive Services toImprove Dementia Care

J1405Split group: -

Andrew Van Ostrand Hale Charter Academy Honorable Mention Can I Prevent About 27%Of Car Accidents?J1403

Split group: -Isabella Kedikian Chamlian Armenian School Honorable Mention Can You Teach An

Artificial Neural Network ToDistinguish BetweenImages Of Cats And Dogs?

J1407Split group: -

Ahmad Kandil New Horizon School Honorable Mention Testing Multiple Anti-Viruses Against 512VirusesJ1401

Split group: -Ellen Kozlov The Science Academy

STEM MagnetHonorable Mention Early Identification of

Cancer: How machinelearning algorithms trainedon a small data set canidentify recurrent or non-recurrent breast cancer

J1406Split group: -

MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCES - JR J14Eitan Feldman Pressman Academy of

Temple Beth AmFirst Place Spot That DotJ1415Split group: A

2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 13MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCES - SR S11Suraj Anand Palos Verdes Peninsula

High SchoolFirst Place Machine Learning

Ensemble Model forImproved PersonalizedLung Cancer RiskAssessment and MalignantNodule Detection

S1117Split group: -

Jiaju Liu Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School

Second Place A Novel Approach toDetect Early-StageEpileptogenesis viaNonlinear Analysis

S1108Split group: -

Jui Chuan (Ben) Hsiao Bishop Montgomery HighSchool

Third Place Type of NumberExpressible as Self-similarDifference of SquareS1109

Split group: -Azrin Khan Francisco Bravo Medical

Magnet High SchoolHonorable Mention Building a Device to Alert

the On-Set of MuscleContraction as an Aid toEpileptics

S1101Split group: -

Sarina Fereydooni Granada Hills Charter HighSchool

Honorable Mention The Recyclable RoboticHandS1115

Split group: -Marcos PerezHangyul Lyna Kim

North Hollywood HighSchool

Honorable Mention Gene CoexpressionNetwork Analysis:Chlamydomonas BiofuelOptimization

S1110Split group: -

Xinlin Gao The Webb Schools ofCalifornia

Honorable Mention Drug Mechanics of Tamifluin why Targeting M2S1118

Split group: -

MICROBIOLOGY - JR J15Davin Jeong Beverly Hills Middle School First Place Energy from Wastewater

J1502Split group: -

Nathaniel Shin Portola Highly GiftedMagnet

Second Place Using Cu, Fe, ZnO, andAgNO3 Microparticles asAntibacterial Agents toCreate Inhibition Zones onDH5α E. coli Cultures

J1505Split group: -

Katherine Humphrey Saint Martin of ToursSchool

Third Place From contamination toclean water: a simple wayto prevent diseaseJ1503

Split group: -Alexandra Kurz American Martyrs School Honorable Mention Antibiotic Resistance

J1501Split group: -

2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 14MICROBIOLOGY - SR S12Elizabeth Zhang Palos Verdes Peninsula

High SchoolFirst Place The effect of metal ions on

Lactobacillus acidophilusgrowth and β–galactosidase activity

S1202Split group: -

Sina Moshfeghi Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School

Second Place Transdermal LactateCollection with AgaroseGels for Noninvasive andPainless Monitoring ofPatients

S1205Split group: -

Chen Filler Palos Verdes High School Third Place The Role of Tetraspaninsin the Uptake of Candidaalbicans by Host CellsS1201

Split group: -Yeonji Choi Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Honorable Mention The Effect of Temperature

on the Quantity ofIsochrysis GalbanaS1210

Split group: -

PHARMACOLOGY - JR J16Simra Mirza Institute Of Knowledge First Place WHAT A RELIEF! NSAIDs

At WorkJ1610Split group: -

Sumaya NagySerene Hayyeh

Al-Huda Islamic School Second Place Chili Plaster Pain ReliefJ1611Split group: -

Ameena Shafiq ICC Community School Third Place Da-Nature of Proteins:How Does TemperatureAffect the EnzymaticActivity of Papain?

J1603Split group: -

Sarah Hammash New Horizon School Honorable Mention Comparing the Effects ofDish Soaps on theLongevity ofPalaemonentes paludosusand Azolla filiculoides

J1608Split group: -

PHARMACOLOGY - SR S13Elisha Johnston Palos Verdes Peninsula

High SchoolFirst Place Developing a Novel Model

to Study Drug-InducedCartilage RegenerationS1302

Split group: -Eric Markarian Crescenta Valley High

SchoolSecond Place Targeting Enterococcus

Faecalis With PhageTherapyS1304

Split group: -Haley Brooks Viewpoint School Third Place Angiogenesis in malignant

tumors and anti-angiogenesis therapeutics:Polarization of tip cells inresponse to VEGF andcorrelated mathematicalmodels

S1305Split group: -

2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 15Emily Hsieh Westridge School Honorable Mention The Impact of Tobacco and

Marijuana Use on thePrevalence of Fractures inYoung Adults

S1303Split group: -

PHYSICS - AERODYNAMICS/HYDRODYNAMICS - JR J17Ali Badawi Al-Huda Islamic School First Place AnyFIN Is Possible!

Testing Various Fly FishingStructures to DetermineWhich Fly Structure WillStick to the Water'sSurface Tension the Best.

J1703Split group: -

Warren Dao Monterey Highlands Second Place What Nose Cone is TheBest When FlownJ1726

Split group: -Beckett Pfahler Saint Cyril Of Jerusalem

SchoolThird Place Airfoil Shape Effects On

LiftJ1706Split group: -

Lalitha Dhyaram Portola Highly GiftedMagnet

Honorable Mention Trajectory Optimization ForRockets Using Nose ConeStabilizersJ1719

Split group: -Arman Thoresen Sierra Madre Middle

SchoolHonorable Mention How much water can you

add to a fiber optic watercable before light refractsout of the cable?

J1705Split group: -

Jacob Tom St. Timothy School Honorable Mention Sailing on ViscosityJ1713Split group: -

PHYSICS - ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM - JR J18Liam WrightCarl Christopher Liebe

South Pasadena MiddleSchool

First Place Is Fire a Plasma?J1818Split group: -

Sandul Henry Gaspar de Portola AIAT Second Place What Type of CapacitorCharges the FastestJ1828

Split group: -Malia Avery Sarah Ross Science Fair

Junior DivisionThird Place Anti-Gravitational FieldJ1819Split group: -

Emilio Alban Blair High School Honorable Mention How does the direction ofsolar panels and theefficiency of those panelsaffect solar panelefficiency?

J1811Split group: -

Omar Lakhani Institute Of Knowledge Honorable Mention Dirty ElectricityJ1827Split group: -

2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 16Chelsea McIsaac Wilder's Preparatory

AcademyHonorable Mention More vs LessJ1808Split group: -

PHYSICS - GENERAL - JR J19Dana Soibel South Pasadena Middle

SchoolFirst Place The Study of Optical

Properties of ArtificialColorsJ1906

Split group: -Dominique Bhatti Oak Avenue Intermediate

SchoolSecond Place Studying the Dynamics of

Granular SolidsJ1909Split group: -

Holly Carter Westridge School - Jr.Division

Third Place Measuring Sound Speed inGases with AcousticInterferometryJ1916

Split group: -Zhi Feng Etan Kiang Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention So Radical!

J1933Split group: -

Mark Wang Sarah Ross Science FairJunior Division

Honorable Mention Which method that I havefound or thought of wouldcount 60 seconds the mostaccurately

J1922Split group: -

Ruhi Shah The Science AcademySTEM Magnet

Honorable Mention Friction Pens: How frictioncan affect the way youwriteJ1927

Split group: -Maya DeSousa Incarnation Parish School Honorable Mention Block That Sound!

J1923Split group: -

Deanna Lee Gaspar de Portola AIAT Honorable Mention Simulating How AirPollution Affects the Colorof the SunsetJ1907

Split group: -

PHYSICS - SR S14Maximillian Bhatti Temple City High School First Place High-Stratospheric Testing

of Novel Cosmic RayShielding CompositesS1410

Split group: -Rebeca Castro The Webb Schools of

CaliforniaSecond Place Biomechanics of the GolpeS1411Split group: -

Atay Comert Ribet Academy SeniorDivision

Third Place The Study of Efficiency andEfficacy of Prism andDiffraction Gradient inGoniometer-Spectrometer

S1402Split group: -

2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 17PLANT BIOLOGY & PHYSIOLOGY - JR J20Gary Shirikchian Chamlian Armenian School First Place Gary's Hydroponic Garden

J2012Split group: -

Disha Ramanujam Top Kids Second Place Does DNA Damage OccurMore in Non-OrganicCompared to Organic PlantProduce?

J2009Split group: -

Thomas KimDaniel Bang

The Science AcademySTEM Magnet

Third Place Dead Zones are DeadJokes: Algal-Bloom Controlby Allelopathy of AquaticMacrophytes

J2029Split group: -

Will ReelRhys Rackett

American Martyrs School Honorable Mention Algae in SpotlightJ2032Split group: -

Devin Vizzie Saint Martin of ToursSchool

Honorable Mention Algae And Oil A TerribleToil: Oil Extraction FromGreen AlgaeJ2008

Split group: -Darin Katnich St. John Fisher Honorable Mention Is Microwave Radiation

Dangerous? How DoesMicrowave Radiation AffectDifferent Organisms?

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Skye Slattery Incarnation Parish School Honorable Mention Back to the RootsJ2025Split group: -

Jackson Wuepper Saint Martin of ToursSchool

Honorable Mention Do Iron Fertilizers CauseAquatic Plants to TurnRed?J2015

Split group: -Madeleine Harbison Blair High School Honorable Mention Does Greywater Effect

Plant Growth?(Wheatgrass)J2017

Split group: -Shana Ibatuan Rudecinda Sepulveda

Dodson Gifted/HA MagnetMS

Honorable Mention Which Vegetable WillGenerate the MostElectricity?J2024

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PLANT BIOLOGY & PHYSIOLOGY - SR S15Abbie Maemoto Palos Verdes High School First Place Nutrient Removal

Efficiency of Nitrates andPhosphates byNannochloropsis oculataThrough Increased Infusionof Carbon Dioxide

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Jiyoun Roh Crescenta Valley HighSchool

Second Place Preventing Eutrophicationwith an Organic Fertilizermade of Dark Chocolate,Coffee Grounds, andBanana Peels

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2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 18Giselle AlrachidCaitlin Pender

The Webb Schools ofCalifornia

Third Place What is the closest relativeto the CatasetumTenebrosum using DNAbarcoding?

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Adhila Akbar Arcadia High School Honorable Mention ElectrocultureS1502Split group: -

Alfonso Sontay Bassett High School Honorable Mention Plant in LightS1503Split group: -

Jiayi LiuZhihan Ji

The Webb Schools ofCalifornia

Honorable Mention Coffee and roast - thedifference between Arabicaand Robusta coffee beansS1513

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PRODUCT SCIENCE - JR J22Alice Mardanian Portola Highly Gifted

MagnetFirst Place Effects of Sodium Chloride,

Acetic Acid, and Honey onthe Contamination of RawMeat

J2203Split group: A

Ayush Doshi Oak Hills ElementarySchool

Second Place Comparison of Heart RateMeasurement AccuracyAcross Multiple DevicesJ2205

Split group: ACarys Thompson Saint Martin of Tours

SchoolThird Place Trapping The Kitchen PestJ2207Split group: A

Aishwarya Sudan Oak Hills ElementarySchool

Honorable Mention Can you hear me now?J2202Split group: A

Hannah Ju Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention Screen'in SunscreensJ2213Split group: A

PRODUCT SCIENCE - JR J22Talha Mala ICC Community School First Place Follow That Sun: How

Does the Output of a SolarTracker Vary From theOutput of a Solar Panel?

J2244Split group: B

Michael Baghdassarian Chamlian Armenian School Second Place What Isolated Substancesin Manuka Honey canPreserve RawUnrefrigerated andUnpasteurized Milk fromSpoiling?

J2229Split group: B

Manav Desai Gaspar de Portola AIAT Third Place How does Vitamin D EffectRoot GrowthJ2226

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2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 19Ophir Berrin Pressman Academy of

Temple Beth AmHonorable Mention Feel The Burn: The Effect

of Sunscreen on CellsExposed to Ultraviolet LightJ2233

Split group: BReagan Mills St. Timothy School Honorable Mention Raising the Bar on

NutritionJ2236Split group: B

Molly Menashe Pressman Academy ofTemple Beth Am

Honorable Mention Effectiveness of HandSanitizerJ2230

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