Category: Animal Sciences
| Finalist |
Project Title |
High School |
| Tiffany Abreu |
Analysis of the Sedative Effects of Valerian Root Extract on Wild Type Caenorhabditis elegans by Binding to GABA receptors |
Forest Hills High School |
| Joseph Brancale |
The Effect of Housing Situation on Leontopithecus rosalia in Captivity |
Staten Island Technical High School |
| Kai Cen |
What is the Effect of Light Pollution Produced by Flourescent Light on the Life Cycle and Survival Rate of Tenebrio molitor when Heat is Eliminated? |
Long Island City High School |
| Huixin Chen |
The Use of Connective Culturing and Culturing on Endometrial Feeder Cells Methods to Enhance Mouse Stem Cell Derivation |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Aislinn Deely |
The Effect of Temperature on the Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Metamorphosis |
Francis Lewis High School |
| Pukar Hamal |
Investigation of neuronal development and diversification in left/right asymmetric head neurons of Caenorhabditis elegans; with perspective to stem cell research |
Forest Hills High School |
| Alice Hung |
A Comparative Analysis of Malaclemys terrapin, Trachemys scripta, and Graptemys geographica Hatchlings' Ability to Choose the Salinity that Yields Optimal Growth |
Townsend Harris High School @ Queens College |
| Gabriella Maimon |
The Effect of Different AC Voltages on Tenebrio molitor |
Edward R. Murrow High School |
| Al Ameer Mohamed |
What is the Effect of Light Pollution Produced by Flourescent Light on the Life Cycle and Survival Rate of Tenebrio molitor when Heat is Eliminated? |
Long Island City High School |
| Melissa Sanchez |
Analysis of the Sedative Effects of Valerian Root Extract on Wild Type Caenorhabditis elegans by Binding to GABA receptors |
Forest Hills High School |
| Yuliana Strochkova |
The Affects of Gentamicin on Eisenia fetida's Ability to Change the pH Level of their Environment |
Edward R. Murrow High School |
| Sadik Uddin |
The Effects of Euschistus servus on Regulating Leptinotarsa decemlineata |
Townsend Harris High School @ Queens College |
Category: Behavioral & Social Sciences
| Finalist |
Project Title |
High School |
| Haris Ahmed |
Relationship Between Video Games and Scholastic Success |
Forest Hills High School |
| Elisabeth Amador |
Music and its Affect on Adolescents' Memory |
Forest Hills High School |
| Heriselda Begaj |
The Association Between Maternal Personality Factors and Childhood AD/HD Symptom Severity in Home and School Settings |
Townsend Harris High School @ Queens College |
| Sean Carp |
Financial Illiteracy in High School Students |
Staten Island Technical High School |
| Victor Chen |
Financial Illiteracy in High School Students |
Staten Island Technical High School |
| Charles Choi |
Synergistic and Antagonistic Effects of a Visual Face on Auditory Sensitivity and Comprehension |
Stuyvesant High School |
| Timi Chu |
Parental Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Obesity in Washington Heights, NY |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Jocelyn Chuang |
Interaction of BDNF gene and hormones on anxiety |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Daniel Cohen |
Bacterial attractants of chemotaxis and Caenorhabditis elegans' preference between them |
SAR High School |
| Savita Coonjbeharry |
Does Olfaction Play A Role in Memory Enhancement? |
Long Island City High School |
| Tara Deonauth |
Does Emotional Content Short-Circuit Rational Decision Making? Evidence from Price Discrimination Scenarios |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Shane Fischman |
The Effect of Parental Pressure and Community Pressure on the Body Image of Adolescent Girls in The Typical Orthodox Jewish Community |
Yeshiva University High School for Girls |
| Daniel Framer |
Level of Superstition in First Generation Soviet Emigres VS. The second and Third Generation |
Midwood High School @ Brooklyn College |
| Allen Granzberg |
The Mere-Exposure Effect on Race: Is it Really Black and White? |
Stuyvesant High School |
| Rebecca Hecht |
The Effects of Courses in Public Policy on Students' Political Preferences |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Lisa Ho |
Are You Getting Sleepy? |
Brooklyn Technical High School |
| Shefali Mehta |
Music and its Affect on Adolescents' Memory |
Forest Hills High School |
| Gabrielle Milner |
Sleep Problems and America's Childhood Obesity Epidemic: Is There a Link? |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Alexa Nicolas |
A Cross Sectional Analysis of Voter Turnout and Social Capital |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Nazmin Rahman |
Does Olfaction Play A Role in Memory Enhancement? |
Long Island City High School |
| Adela Ruiz |
The Effects of Literacy and Language on the Boston Naming Test |
St. Francis Preparatory High School |
| Hesham Saleh |
Reducing Anti-Arab Biases Produced by Defined Facial Features Using a Virtual Approach |
Stuyvesant High School |
| Adam Turay |
The correlation between weather and the cost of common commodities in today's economy. |
Frederick Douglass Academy |
| Edison Vasquez |
Relationship Between Video Games and Scholastic Success |
Forest Hills High School |
| Ken Zheng |
Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement |
Midwood High School @ Brooklyn College |
Category: Biochemistry
| Finalist |
Project Title |
High School |
| Amara Abid |
Optimal Environment Conditions for Growth or Inhibition of Actinobacillus Actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) |
Midwood High School @ Brooklyn College |
| Angi Guo |
The Discovery of Mechanism of Action of A Small Anti-HIV Compound ADS-J1 |
Stuyvesant High School |
| Mingxi Jiang |
Towards a DNA Device for Glucose Sensitive Multiple Releases of Insulin |
Manhattan International High School |
| Manjinder Kandola |
Computational analysis of cyclin-dependent kinase substrates in Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
Queens High School for Sciences @ York College |
| Michael Kaplan |
Computational Modeling of the Quantum Mechanical Excitations in a Light Harvesting Complex in Purple Bacteria |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Josepher Li |
Developing Molecular Markers for the Unfolded Protein Response |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Saila Mukta |
Enzymatic Degradation of Poly-pentadecalactone (PPDL) using Microorganisms from Soil Samples |
Brooklyn Technical High School |
| Safa Siddiqui |
The Effect of Varying Glucose Concentrations on the Cadmium Uptake by LLC-PK1 Cells |
Townsend Harris High School @ Queens College |
| Ksenia Timachova |
Evidence for a Novel Kinase in the Regulation of Antibody Diversification During B-Cell Maturation |
Stuyvesant High School |
Category: Cellular & Molecular Biology
| Finalist |
Project Title |
High School |
| Sneha Banerjee |
Targeting Infiltrating Brain Tumor for In Vivo Longitudinal Study |
Staten Island Technical High School |
| Michelle Bayefsky-Anand |
Minimizing the Deleterious Effects of TiO2 Nanoparticles by PMMA Encapsulation |
Ramaz Upper High School |
| Julian Berger |
Developing An Interluekin-7 Expressing Melanoma Vaccine For The Tumor Cell Line B16 - BL6 |
Ramaz Upper High School |
| Niloy Iqbal |
Androgen Receptor Signaling in Mammary Cancer Cells: A New Approach to Chemotherapy For Breast Cancer Tumors Lacking Estrogen Receptors |
Stuyvesant High School |
| Alvin Lee |
Investigation of p16, p15, And p14 And Their Role In Burkitt Lymphoma Line DG-75 |
Collegiate School |
| Mishal Rahman |
Shear Stress Increases Melanoma Migration in a 3D Model in vitro |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Jesse Schneider |
Micro Hydrogels for Modular Tissue Engineering |
Benjamin N. Cardozo High School |
| Melanie Tsang |
Clearance of Prion Infection in Cell Culture via Passive Immunization |
Staten Island Technical High School |
| Vickie Wu |
Regulation of the gene regulatory protein TFEB and the macrophage response modulator SIRPalpha in mouse macrophages by pro- and anti-inflammatory immunological stimuli |
Midwood High School @ Brooklyn College |
| Qi Fan Zhang |
Overexpression of BubR1 can produce aneuploidy in human cells |
Stuyvesant High School |
Category: Chemistry
| Finalist |
Project Title |
High School |
| Emma Almon |
Fuel Efficiency of Biodiesal versus Conventional Fuel Sources |
Hunter College High School |
| Gianluca Arianna |
Dynamic Aggregation Properties of Three New Photodynamic Therapeutics |
St. Francis Preparatory High School |
| Andrew Cohen |
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectator Analysis of Oxidative Degradation of Ethyl Levulinate, A Novel and Promising Non-Food Source Biofuel |
Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School |
| Divya Dayal |
Glycal-Ruthenium Carbonyl Clusters: Syntheses, Characterization, and Anticancer Activity |
Stuyvesant High School |
| Faye Elgart |
Fuel Efficiency of Biodiesal versus Conventional Fuel Sources |
Hunter College High School |
| Kemakorn Ithisuphalap |
Synthesis of Zirconium Phthalocyanine and Hafnium Phthalocyanine |
Manhattan International High School |
| Sadrach Pierre |
The Preparation of Prunustatin |
Midwood High School @ Brooklyn College |
| Maryam Siddiqui |
Synthesis of Ligands for Iron-Based Blood Pool MRI Contrast Agents |
Staten Island Technical High School |
Category: Engineering
| Finalist |
Project Title |
High School |
| Mahmoud Abdeldayem |
The Development of a Solar Hydrogen Electric Autonomous Underwater Vehicle |
Brooklyn Technical High School |
| Will Calhoun |
The Pros and Cons of a Successfully Built Wind Turbine |
High School for Math, Science and Engineering @ CCNY |
| Oliver Chan |
Law Resistance Magnetic Coils for Plasma Confinement |
Stuyvesant High School |
| Kam Chuen Chan |
The Development and Testing of a Solar Hydrogen Electric Autonomous Buoyant Micro-power Plant Utilizing Solar Power and Hydromechanical Power (SHe-ABMPP) |
Brooklyn Technical High School |
| Zachary Gao |
Synthesis of Polymer-Metal Nanoparticle Composite Films for Engineered Optical Properties |
Townsend Harris High School @ Queens College |
| Fouad Issa |
The Development of a Solar Hydrogen Electric Autonomous Underwater Vehicle |
Brooklyn Technical High School |
| James Leung |
Law Resistance Magnetic Coils for Plasma Confinement |
Stuyvesant High School |
| Chao Li |
Detecting Thyroxin Levels Using Fabry Perot Interferometry (FPI) |
Hunter College High School |
| Reynaldo Lopez |
Synthesis of Polymer-Metal Nanoparticle Composite Films for Engineered Optical Properties |
Townsend Harris High School @ Queens College |
| Viktor Roytman |
The Development and Testing of a Solar Hydrogen Electric Autonomous Air-Sampling Vehicle |
Brooklyn Technical High School |
| Jacob Saphies |
The Pros and Cons of a Successfully Built Wind Turbine |
High School for Math, Science and Engineering @ CCNY |
| Cheryl Wu |
Law Resistance Magnetic Coils for Plasma Confinement |
Stuyvesant High School |
| Alvin Zhang |
The Development of a Solar Hydrogen Electric Autonomous Underwater Vehicle |
Brooklyn Technical High School |
Category: Environmental Sciences
| Finalist |
Project Title |
High School |
| Obaid Abbasi |
Can Pectinase and Cellulose Faciliate Biofuel Production by Soil Microorganisms? |
Bayside High School |
| Divya Agarwal |
Effects of SO2, a toxic air pollutant, on overall growth and tissue development in Ceratopteris Richardii |
Forest Hills High School |
| Saffa Ahmad |
Effects of SO2, a toxic air pollutant, on overall growth and tissue development in Ceratopteris Richardii |
Forest Hills High School |
| Ramy Ali |
Is soil a valuable source of microorganisms for the production of biofuel? |
Bayside High School |
| Albert Azar |
What Effect Will Phragmites Have on Living Organisms in The Same Marshwater With Dissolved Oxygen Levels? |
Magen David Yeshiva High School |
| Gabriella Baldwin |
Antioxidants in Green Tea and their Effects on Deminishing Tumor Growth in Helanthius Annus |
Forest Hills High School |
| Gurdeep Chauhan |
Meat Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Are We Eating Our Way to a Warmer Planet? |
John Bowne High School |
| Dean Dankner |
Is soil a valuable source of microorganisms for the production of biofuel? |
Bayside High School |
| Noranne Elattal |
Sulfuric acid as a phytotoxic pollutant on the anatomical structure in Ceratopteris richardii |
Forest Hills High School |
| Alvaro Farias |
Greenroofs Effect on the Inside Temperature of a Structure. |
United Nations International School |
| Milana Fuzaylova |
Antioxidants in Green Tea and their Effects on Deminishing Tumor Growth in Helanthius Annus |
Forest Hills High School |
| Faraz Hanif |
Can Pectinase and Cellulose Faciliate Biofuel Production by Soil Microorganisms? |
Bayside High School |
| Thomas Kwok |
Decomposition of The Toxic Pesticide Oxamyl Using Bisulfide and Humic Acid |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Maria Mannarino |
Dissolved oxygen levels of the forge river |
Staten Island Technical High School |
| Nadia Miah |
Antibiotic Repression and the Synthesis of Proteins: A study on Proteomic Expression in Ceratopteris Richardii |
Forest Hills High School |
| Yugg Patel |
Meat Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Are We Eating Our Way to a Warmer Planet? |
John Bowne High School |
| Md Rahman |
Utilizing Solar Power to Reduce the Energy Cost of the Production of Bio-fuel |
Townsend Harris High School @ Queens College |
| Klaudia Rak |
Antibiotic Repression and the Synthesis of Proteins: A study on Proteomic Expression in Ceratopteris Richardii |
Forest Hills High School |
| Rachel Rosengard |
The Effect of Acid Rain on the Load Capacity of Wood |
Townsend Harris High School @ Queens College |
| Shereen Said |
Sulfuric acid as a phytotoxic pollutant on the anatomical structure in Ceratopteris richardii |
Forest Hills High School |
| Olivia Scandura |
The Effect of Acid Rain on the Load Capacity of Wood |
Townsend Harris High School @ Queens College |
| Melanie Srour |
What Effect Will Phragmites Have on Living Organisms in The Same Marshwater With Dissolved Oxygen Levels? |
Magen David Yeshiva High School |
| Abanoub Wanees |
Utilizing Solar Power to Reduce the Energy Cost of the Production of Bio-fuel |
Townsend Harris High School @ Queens College |
Category: Mathematical Science
| Finalist |
Project Title |
High School |
| Daniel Alzugaray |
Two Inequalities for Spacial Piecewise Linear Curves |
Stuyvesant High School |
| Daniel Gitelman |
A Simple Colinearity Game on a Wrap-Around Grid |
Stuyvesant High School |
| Jack Harding |
The Occurrence of Discrete Patterns Within a Matrix |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Jaya Isaac |
The Number Derivative and the Sigma Function |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Daniel Jeng |
On the Directions of Plane Tranversals to Convex Sets |
Stuyvesant High School |
| Diana Lu |
Benford's Law: Numbers in Nature |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Mikhail Nanth |
Combinatorial Modiciations |
Bayside High School |
| Diwakar Raisingh |
On the Intersections of Needles |
Stuyvesant High School |
| Ye Yun Xu |
Approximation of the Random Walk Machine |
Stuyvesant High School |
Category: Medicine & Health Sciences
| Finalist |
Project Title |
High School |
| Aisha Ali |
The Effects of Heart Rate on Human Reaction Time |
Francis Lewis High School |
| Sonya Bakshi |
The Effect of Sleep Deprivation on Adolescents |
Staten Island Technical High School |
| Christine Berrios |
Potential Inhibitor of Protein Kinase G in the Chronic Pain Pathway |
St. Francis Preparatory High School |
| Irina Denisenko |
Effects of Oscillating and Pulsed Magnetic Fields on Non-Synaptic Axonal Excitability |
Staten Island Technical High School |
| Sean Dhanraj |
The Occurrence and Prevalence of Injury in PSAL Fencing and Methods of Prevention |
Brooklyn Technical High School |
| Arjun Dhayalan |
Presence of DNA virus TTV in serum and genomic DNA is not correlated with B-CLL |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Francesca di Domenico |
Elucidating the Relationship Between the Symptoms Found on the Reflux Symptom Index and Paradoxical Vocal Fold Motion |
Stuyvesant High School |
| John Ferrara |
The Role of Procalcitonin in the Diagnosis and Detection of Sepsis/SIRS |
Midwood High School @ Brooklyn College |
| Grant Glovin |
Missing the Gun--Aerobic Exercise and Reflexes |
Hunter College High School |
| Regina Gurevich |
Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS), Accommodative and Vergence Facility |
Midwood High School @ Brooklyn College |
| Helen He |
The Impact of AGE Content of Different Ethnic Cuisines on serum AGE levels |
Hunter College High School |
| Can Hu |
Trophic and protective effects of Shh on dopaminenergic and cholinergic neurons in the nigrostriatal pathway |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Pooja Jaisinghani |
Evaluation of Vidas PCT Enzyme - Linked Fluorescent Assay as a Biomarker of Bacterial Pneumonia |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Avnit Kang |
Can Sonification be a Better System Used To Clean Uo Dialysis Tubing? |
Bayside High School |
| Norhan Mohammed |
DocAware: Should the Handover Process in Hospitals be Revised? |
Francis Lewis High School |
| Hafsa Nomani |
Baseline Levels of Phosphorylated Proteins in Responder and Nonresponder Basophils |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Nicole Pacheco |
The Effects of Smoking on The Development of Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
Brooklyn Technical High School |
| Kathleen Phung |
Therapeutic Potential of Garlic Extracts in the Treatment of ALS and associated neurodegenerative diseases |
Brooklyn Technical High School |
| Aamir Qureshi |
The Effects of Heart Rate on Human Reaction Time |
Francis Lewis High School |
| Mary Santos |
The Effect of Ganoderma lucidum on the Longevity of Drosophila melanogaster |
Townsend Harris High School @ Queens College |
| Sadie Schwartz |
Can Sonification be a Better System Used To Clean Uo Dialysis Tubing? |
Bayside High School |
| David Shuster |
Ebp1 is required for cellular proliferation of glioma cells and modulates the Ras-ERK signaling pathway |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Rachel Sobolev |
The Effect of Sleep Deprivation on Adolescents |
Staten Island Technical High School |
| Ari Weisfuse |
GIS Analysis of Populations At-Risk During an Influenza Pandemic |
The Abraham Joschua Heschel High School |
| Jessica Zizva |
The Effect of Ganoderma lucidum on the Longevity of Drosophila melanogaster |
Townsend Harris High School @ Queens College |
Category: Microbiology
| Finalist |
Project Title |
High School |
| Aneury Hernandez |
The Effect of an Ecological Trap on the Evolution of Bacteriophage Phi6 |
Townsend Harris High School @ Queens College |
| Solomon Iskhakov |
Does Caffeine Decrease the Antimicrobial Effect of Ultraviolet Radiation in Serratia Marcescens? |
Abraham Lincoln High School |
| Julie Kim |
The Effect of Migration on the Rate of Adaptation of 06H |
Townsend Harris High School @ Queens College |
| Joanna Law |
The Effects of Different Concentration of Different Types of Green Tea on Streptococcus salivarious |
Edward R. Murrow High School |
| Deon Marecheau |
Is bacterial resistance a product of its human host? |
James Madison High School |
| Austin Park |
Role of Nucleotide Excision Repair in Mycobacteria Pathogenic Mechanisms |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Denis Rojkov |
Does Caffeine Decrease the Antimicrobial Effect of Ultraviolet Radiation in Serratia Marcescens? |
Abraham Lincoln High School |
| Gaurav Saharia |
An Insight into the Structural Integrity of FimH Pili Protein and the Expansion on the Infection Model of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Andrew Sherlock |
E. coli and Fresh Produce: Investigating the Sanitizing Potential of Antibacterial Remedies |
Hunter College High School |
| Stanley Weng |
Molecular Analysis of Adherence and Biofilm Formation in Aggregatiracter Actinomycetemcomitans |
Stuyvesant High School |
Category: Physics
| Finalist |
Project Title |
High School |
| Heidi Baumgartner |
Measuring Single Molecule Conductance using Quantum Point Contacts formed in Au Break Junctions. |
Hunter College High School |
| Kevin Chen |
The Effect of Circularly Polarized Light vs. Linearly Polarized Light on the Fluorescence of Quantum Dots Buried at Various Depths in a Polymer Matrix |
Manhattan Center for Science & Mathematics |
| Christopher Crawford |
The Perfect Bat |
Benjamin Banneker Academy |
| Hamaad Hassan |
Study of Three-dimensional Random Closed Packing of Spheres |
Sheepshead Bay High School |
| Tanvir Jahan |
All-Solid-State Ultraviolet Laser for LASIK Surgery |
Bronx High School of Science |
| Mark Lee |
Type II Wide Band Gap Quantum Structure for Infrared Detection |
Stuyvesant High School |
| Cesario Mendez |
The Perfect Bat |
Benjamin Banneker Academy |
| Tiffany Vuong |
The Flammability of household fabrics |
Edward R. Murrow High School |
| Allen Wang |
Type II Wide Band Gap Quantum Structure for Infrared Detection |
Stuyvesant High School |
Category: Plant Sciences
| Finalist |
Project Title |
High School |
| Yunus Ahmed |
The effects of electromagnetism on the protein structures of the Ceratopteris richardii. |
Forest Hills High School |
| Vaspour Antanesian |
Magnesium Oxide as an Inorganic Photosynthetic Catalyzer and its effects on the Chlorophyll Content and Protein Expression in WT Ceratopteris richardii |
Forest Hills High School |
| Judy Baek |
Developing Tools to Study Intracellular Movement of Phytochromes in the Fern Cereatopteris richardii |
Stuyvesant High School |
| Robert Bednarski |
The Protein Response to Osmotic Stress in Plants; A Comparison of bub-1 Mutant and Wild-Type Ceratopteris richardii |
Benjamin N. Cardozo High School |
| Isabella Chan |
Can antifreeze, a soil pollutant, affect the mechanical response of plants? |
Bayside High School |
| Eli Johnson |
Photomorphogenic effect on various wavelengths of light on sexual expression during the gametophyte stage in Ceratopteris richardii |
Forest Hills High School |
| Demitra Kampakis |
The Protein Response to Osmotic Stress in Plants; A Comparison of bub-1 Mutant and Wild-Type Ceratopteris richardii |
Benjamin N. Cardozo High School |
| Priya Kapadia |
Photomorphogenic effect on various wavelengths of light on sexual expression during the gametophyte stage in Ceratopteris richardii |
Forest Hills High School |
| Monika Lay |
The Effects of Sound Stimulation on the Germination and Maturation of Squash and Peas |
Polytechnic Prep. Country Day School |
| April Lee |
Using a Genetic Screen, Homozygous Knockouts, and an Auxin Concentration Curve to Explore the Roles of Glutamate Receptors in the Morphology and Signaling Pathways of Arabidopsis Thaliana |
Stuyvesant High School |
| Corinne McGuirk |
Can Genetic Modifications in Strawberries Bought Locally be Detected? |
George Washington Carver High School for the Science |
| Jaskaran Multani |
Effect of Hydrogen Peroxide on The Stem Growth of Pisum Sativum and Phaseolus Lunatus |
Francis Lewis High School |
| Shirley Peng |
Can antifreeze, a soil pollutant, affect the mechanical response of plants? |
Bayside High School |
| Robert Soogrim |
The effects of electromagnetism on the protein structures of the Ceratopteris richardii. |
Forest Hills High School |
| Andres Vega |
Effect of Hydrogen Peroxide on The Stem Growth of Pisum Sativum and Phaseolus Lunatus |
Francis Lewis High School |
