Synopsys Championship 2013 Master Project List
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<strong>Synopsys</strong> <strong>Championship</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
<strong>Master</strong> <strong>Project</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />
A99 061-110-1 Bot Brian Kalcic Does the Amount of Grass Seed Affect the Height<br />
A97 061-111-12 Bot Andrew Daetz Onward and Upward<br />
A95 061-120-10 Bot Isha Pandya The Effect of Using Tea Leaves to Enhance Plant Growth<br />
A91 061-121-8 Bot Amy Kennedy It's a Seed, It's a Weed, It's a Full Grown Plant!<br />
A89 061-130-6 Bot Audrey Cox Which Type of Grass Grows the Fastest and in Which Environment<br />
A87 061-141-13 Bot Rachel Chung Lasting Beauty<br />
A85 061-150-11 Bot Nina Rodricks Do X-rays Affect the Germination of Seeds<br />
A81 061-160-7 Bot Krishnakumar Bhattaram The Effects of Excessive Heat, Overcrowding and Flooding on Food<br />
Bearing Plants<br />
A77 061-161-5 Bot Bridget Kennedy How Does Soaking Time Affect Bean Hardness<br />
A75 061-170-3 Bot Lucas Popescu Effects of IAA and Urea on Plant Growth<br />
A73 061-171-1 Bot Shivam Singhal A Secret Cure: Evaluation of Curcuma Longa's Ability to Desist<br />
Hypothyroidism.<br />
A71 061-180-12 Bot Ishani Narwankar Going Green<br />
A69 061-190-8 Bot Divya Chunduru Effect of Water Nitrate Levels On Plant Growth<br />
A67 061-211-4 Env Gurmeher Kaur Thrive: How do YOU Grow Your Own Food<br />
A65 061-220-2 Env Farah Masood Greenhouse Effect Under Different Environments<br />
A61 061-230-11 Env Fatima Yousuf Biofuels vs. Fossil Fuels<br />
A59 061-231-9 Env Kristin Suits The Effect of Water Depth on Wave Velocity<br />
A57 061-240-7 Env Nathifa Nasim From Trash to Gas : Biomass Energy<br />
A55 061-241-5 Env Hannah Browne Wacky Waves<br />
A53 061-250-3 Env Sandhini Agarwal Research Issues Related to Solar Energy Storage<br />
A51 061-251-1 Env Dion DuPree Hydrogen Fuel Cell<br />
A47 061-260-12 Env Arjun Miklos Getting into Hot Water; Comparison of Methods of Solar Water<br />
Heating<br />
A45 061-261-10 Env Sofia Kritikopoulos Where's my Oxygen<br />
A43 061-270-8 Env Tejas Kadambi Is the Miscibility of Oil and Water Affected by Additives<br />
A41 061-271-6 Env Anjali Biswal What's the differece in grass growth when chemical or organic or<br />
manure fertilizers are used<br />
A39 061-280-4 Env Karthik Kalyanasundaram Is Cooked Rice a Viable Source of Biogas<br />
A37 061-281-2 Env Svetlana Sohoni How to Prevent Soil Erosion<br />
A35 061-290-13 Env Anjali Sinha Where Did the Water Go<br />
A33 061-291-11 Env Suroor Nakhoda Breaking News! Electromagnetic Cyclone Hits Algae Land!<br />
A31 061-310-11 Zoo Annie Leonard The Effect of Chinese Herbals on the Heart Rate of Daphnia<br />
A29 061-320-7 Zoo Anvi Gulrajani The Effect of Caffeine on the Heart Rate of Daphia<br />
A27 061-420-12 Soc Anik Gupta To Be or Not To Be a Vegetarian<br />
A25 061-430-8 Soc Sundeep Rodricks Does Talking on a Hands-free Phone Affect Driving<br />
A23 061-440-4 Soc Indali Bora Does Color Affect Taste<br />
A21 061-460-9 Soc Audrey Lamis The Effect of Caloric Consumption on Test Preformance<br />
A19 061-520-4 Med Christopher Emond Does Caffeine Affect Blood Pressure<br />
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A17 061-530-13 Med Ruhi Sayana Targeting Postprandial Hyperglycemia: Novel Use of the Anthocyanin<br />
Cyanidin and Eugenol to Inhibit alpha-Glucosidase for Type 2<br />
Diabetes<br />
A15 061-540-9 Med Tarun Amarnath High Chromium and Low Sugar: Tasty yet Healthy Foods<br />
A11 061-550-5 Med Chloe Lechner The Flouride Eggsperiment<br />
B10 061-611-11 Bio Devin Wong Yeast Yeast Everywhere<br />
B14 061-621-7 Bio Irene Chu Preventing Discoloration of Apples<br />
B16 061-630-5 Bio Rizq Khateeb No Germs for Me!<br />
B18 061-640-1 Bio Shane Rodricks Fruit Juices As Antioxidants<br />
B20 061-650-10 Bio J.T. Sgro What Damages DNA<br />
B22 061-660-6 Bio Arathi Ranga Which Milk Stays Fresh The Longest<br />
B24 061-680-11 Bio Sandhya Bellary Commercial Antibiotics Versus Natural Antibiotics: The Effect of<br />
Amoxicillin, Ampicillin, and Turmeric On the Growth of E.coli Bacteria<br />
B26 061-690-7 Bio Akash Shanmugam The Effect of Sterilization Techniques on Different Types of Milk<br />
B28 061-710-5 Chem Nikita Tewari Measuring Calorie Content in Sea Plants to Explore Alternate Food<br />
Sources<br />
B30 061-711-3 Chem Vidur Gupta Changes in Vitamin C by Heating and Cooling<br />
B32 061-712-1 Chem Brianna Laranjo Rotting Eggshells<br />
B34 061-720-1 Chem Zoe Upham Can I Use Mint to Keep My Lunch Cool<br />
B36 061-721-12 Chem Olivia Aspegren How Salt and Sugar Affect the Boiling Point of Water<br />
B38 061-722-10 Chem Ananya Karthik Mighty Microgreens The Effect of the Maturity of Plant Greens on<br />
Their Nutrient Contents<br />
B40 061-730-10 Chem Vdayammai Ramasamy Does Acid Affect the Rate of Corrosion<br />
B42 061-731-8 Chem Isha Sanghvi Plop! Plop! Fizz! Fast!<br />
B44 061-732-6 Chem Prerita Pandya The Effect of Different Types of Waters and Their Temperatures on<br />
Copper Corrosion<br />
B46 061-740-6 Chem Bansi Patel Plop Plop Fizz Fizz Oh What a Relief It Is!!!!!<br />
B50 061-741-4 Chem Arjun Prabhakar The Electrolyte Challenge: Ordinary Orange Juice vs. Expensive<br />
Sports Drink<br />
B52 061-750-2 Chem Bilal Malik Vitamin C in Vegetables<br />
B54 061-751-13 Chem Olivia Baumert The Effect of Salinity and Temperature on Convection Currents in<br />
H2O<br />
B56 061-760-11 Chem Abinaya Srikant The Effect of Metals on Nail Polish Resistance<br />
B58 061-761-9 Chem Alejandro Vincent The Effect of Either Endothermic or Exothermic Chemical Reations<br />
upon the Temperature of the Immediate Surrounding Atmosphere<br />
B60 061-770-7 Chem Paulina Cerros Come to the Dark Side...We Have Cookies!<br />
B62 061-771-5 Chem Ruth Greenfield The Amount of Baking Powder Affects the Density of Cupcakes<br />
B64 061-790-12 Chem Clark Webster Gluten Free Brownies<br />
B66 061-791-10 Chem Ian Sands What is the Best Way to Dry a Baseball in 45 Seconds<br />
B68 061-810-10 Phy Amogh Gaitonde Effect of Magnetic Fields on Optics<br />
B70 061-811-8 Phy Ishita Mohan Weight Lost or Not<br />
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B72 061-812-6 Phy Gowri Anupama Energy Efficient Solar Cells<br />
B74 061-813-4 Phy Peter Blach What is the Effect of the Position of a Cylinder on the Effectiveness of<br />
a Convection Current<br />
B76 061-814-2 Phy Pedro Alvarez-Rincon The Crookes Radiometer<br />
B80 061-815-13 Phy Jon Telebrico Insulator Effectiveness<br />
B84 061-820-6 Phy Rohin Tangirala Hulls vs. Drag: The Effect of the Change in the Number of Hulls,<br />
Spacing Between the Hulls, and Placement of the Hulls of Various<br />
Multihulls on Their Drag<br />
B86 061-821-4 Phy Frederick Nitta What Makes the Speed of Light Slower in Different Solutions<br />
B88 061-822-2 Phy Varun Joshi To Push or To Pull<br />
B90 061-823-13 Phy David DeRuiter Magnet Mania<br />
B94 061-824-11 Phy Acacia Glover The Mystery of the Orange<br />
B96 061-825-9 Phy William Zarbakhsh The Effect of Different Materials on Blocking Sound Waves<br />
B99 061-831-13 Phy Ashwin Rammohan Testing and Comparing the Non-ionizing Radiation from Cell Phones<br />
for Safety<br />
B97 061-832-11 Phy Daniel Kass Rocket Component Affects Rocket Flight Time and Stability<br />
B95 061-834-7 Phy Varun Paranjpe How Many Turns Do I Need<br />
B91 061-835-5 Phy Georgia Braun-Rudin The Effect of Filters On Heat Energy Production<br />
B89 061-840-11 Phy Nandana Suresh Dimming the Lights<br />
B87 061-841-9 Phy Patrick Burrows Measuring the Effect of Ship Hull Design on Hydrodynamic Efficiency<br />
B85 061-842-7 Phy Joshua Rosenheim Physics of the Tablecloth Trick<br />
B81 061-844-3 Phy Rishi Sankar What Is the Effect of Different Types of Heat Transfer on Cooling<br />
Soda<br />
B77 061-845-1 Phy Ali Hamade Build a Gauss Rifle<br />
B75 061-850-7 Phy Muzakkir Khan Stealthy Aircrafts<br />
B73 061-851-5 Phy Ray Lin The Temperature of Colors<br />
B71 061-852-3 Phy Ayah Hilali Drop It Slow<br />
B69 061-853-1 Phy DeVon DuPree Cell Phone Radiation<br />
B67 061-854-12 Phy Nikhita Vasan Which Type of Fabric Shrinks the Most<br />
B65 061-860-3 Phy Siddharth Kumar Affect of Heat on LED Light Output<br />
B63 061-861-1 Phy Brian Ng The Shape for Speed<br />
B61 061-862-12 Phy Kaushik Shivakumar Effects of Roller Coaster Configurations on the Car's Final Velocity<br />
B59 061-863-10 Phy Drake Oyson Illuminance<br />
B57 061-864-8 Phy Edward Ross Which Balloon Is Louder When Popped, Helium or Air<br />
B55 061-870-12 Phy Nicholas Padmanabhan What are the Effects of Wind Speed and Insulation Material on Heat<br />
Loss<br />
B53 061-871-10 Phy Jeremy Sharp Accuracy of a Trebuchet<br />
B51 061-872-8 Phy Maxwell Jung The Power of Electricity and the Length of the Enamel Wire Affect the<br />
Strength of an Electromagnet<br />
B47 061-873-6 Phy Dana Bagis Music Maker<br />
B45 061-874-4 Phy Sophia Kennedy Geysers<br />
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B43 061-880-8 Phy Martin Ham How Weight Affects Velocity<br />
B41 061-881-6 Phy Aman Roy Ramp Slope Versus Ball Speed<br />
B39 061-882-4 Phy Nikhil Athreya Electromagnets and the Number of Coils<br />
B37 061-883-2 Phy Zade Lobo The Effect of Gear Sizes on the Output Force of a Machine<br />
B35 061-890-4 Phy Matthew Wong The Effect of Shape on Drag<br />
B33 061-891-2 Phy Anish Muthali Heavy Duty Hauler<br />
B31 061-893-11 Phy Nicole Adamson Solar Cell Wavelength Sensitivity<br />
B29 061-894-9 Phy Colin Schultz How the Angle of Launch Affects the Ground Distance of a Stream of<br />
Water<br />
B27 061-910-2 Ear John Sager How Environment Affects the Way Rocks Break<br />
B25 061-920-11 Ear Sean Yang What's the Angle on Solar Cells<br />
B23 061-930-7 Ear Laura Powers Factors that Affect Glacier Speed<br />
B21 061-940-3 Ear Addison Zeitler Shake it Up<br />
B19 061-950-12 Ear Samatha Yang Water Capacity of Soil<br />
B17 061-A10-7 Eng Dylon Tjanaka Up-Down Stair Climbing Robot Using Push-Pull Wheel Mechanism<br />
B15 061-A11-5 Eng Neil Tipirneni The Ultimate Power of Hydro-electric Generator<br />
B11 061-A30-12 Eng Sameer Chaparala Power of the Sun<br />
C10 061-A40-8 Eng Sukrit Ganesh Wind Energy<br />
C14 061-A50-4 Eng Rick Bhattacharyya Stopping Overheating of Solar Panels<br />
C16 061-A60-13 Eng Leyton Ho Making an Efficient Hovercraft<br />
C18 061-A70-9 Eng Brandon Baik What Shape is the Most Stealthy<br />
C20 061-A80-5 Eng Arash Shabany The Effect of a Lens on the Electrical Energy Generated By a Solar<br />
Panel<br />
C22 061-B10-12 Comp Zachary Konda Lord of the Rings Math Probability & Statistics Dice<br />
C26 062-120-7 T Bot Christian Chiong Surendra Ghentiyala What is the Effect of Changing the type of Aquatic Plant on the<br />
Amount of Oxygen Generated<br />
C28 062-220-12 T Env Isabelle McKenzie Alana De La Torre Acid Rain Acid Rain Go Away<br />
C32 062-230-8 T Env Jay Chiruvolu Benjamin Dillon Are We Killing our Creeks A Study on the Water Quality and Biotic<br />
Integrity of Permanente Creek Watershed<br />
C34 062-510-5 T Med Annie Wang Trina Chatterjee Effect of Genes on Cancerous Tissue<br />
C38 062-610-10 T Bio Jalen Milrad Miles Bader Jacob Kahn- What is the Effect of Mouthwash on Mouth Bacteria<br />
Samuelson<br />
C42 062-710-2 T Chem Siddharth Mahesh Shashank Mahesh Soil Fertility and Electrical Conductivity<br />
C46 062-720-11 T Chem Edward McDonald Samuel Habib Nathan Au The Best Material for Growing Crystals<br />
C50 062-810-7 T Phy Kaushik Seshadri Alex Bajot Mystery Spot<br />
C54 062-811-5 T Phy Holly Pitek Katrina Boyd Intergalactic Insulation<br />
C56 062-820-3 T Phy William Premo Ryan Fox Top Gun - The Science of Flight<br />
C60 062-830-12 T Phy Emily Zhang Robyn Lee Light Energy and Frequency<br />
C62 062-840-8 T Phy Harry Lambert Jaeger Stone Which Bat Hits Furthest<br />
C66 062-850-4 T Phy Miriya Ross Alex Ross Different Temperature Magnets<br />
C70 062-860-13 T Phy Phillip Salowe David Shamis Jacob Fergason Lubricated Friction!<br />
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C72 062-870-9 T Phy Kenneth<br />
Rohan Katpally<br />
Did I Mention Surface Tension<br />
Derryberry<br />
C76 062-880-5 T Phy Mikayla Flora Jessica Leung Annika Chun Light's Many Colors<br />
C84 062-890-1 T Phy Andrew Wilson Kelli Tsukmoto Magnets and Temperature<br />
C86 062-A10-4 T Eng Avinash<br />
Aniket Kapadia<br />
Color-Teller for the Blind<br />
Subramanian<br />
C90 062-A20-13 T Eng Asha Kar Amanda Wang FlingTime<br />
C94 062-A30-9 T Eng Evan Weissbart Zachary Naillon EZ Cheesy 9000 : The Safe Cheese Grater<br />
C98 062-A40-5 T Eng Frank Podraza Jake Podraza Efficient Propeller Design<br />
C99 071-110-8 Bot Sophia Harrison The Effect of Temperature on the Growth of Red Radishes with<br />
Symbiotic Endomycorrhizae<br />
C97 071-130-13 Bot Sarosh Sopariwalla The Effect of Earthworms on Plant Growth<br />
C95 071-140-9 Bot Katrina Ying Water Plants - the Natural Way of Controlling Algae in Pond Water<br />
C91 071-150-5 Bot Hannah Yoon Substance Effect on Beans<br />
C89 071-160-1 Bot Manav Bhatia Earthworms - Friend or Foe<br />
C87 071-170-10 Bot Shopnavo Biswas What is the Effect of Magnetism on Plant Growth<br />
C85 071-180-6 Bot Hannah Patrignani Companion Planting-Friends or Foes<br />
C81 071-210-13 Env Anushka Jogalekar Effect of Composting on Herbicide Residues in Soil.<br />
C77 071-211-11 Env Atul Saha The Green Soil Squad: Phytoextraction of Heavy Metals<br />
C75 071-213-7 Env Binita Pnadya Does oil help retain moisture in the soil<br />
C73 071-220-9 Env Joshua Upham Can Water Be Cleaned by Just Using Sunlight<br />
C71 071-221-7 Env Karthik Ramachandran An A-peeling Solution! - The Effect of Citrus Oils and d-Limonene on<br />
Polystyrene<br />
C69 071-222-5 Env Shreya Khandewale Bye-Bye Weeds! Efficacy of Natural Herbicides<br />
C67 071-230-5 Env Kyle Wang An Effective Water Filtering Method<br />
C65 071-232-1 Env Casey Joye Otters<br />
C63 071-240-1 Env Ryan Lyle The Effect of Salinity on the Survival Rate of Daphnia<br />
C61 071-241-12 Env Asma Islam The Effect of Acid Rain on Buildings<br />
C59 071-250-10 Env Eva Szoboszlay Dissolving Shells: The Effects of Ocean Acidification<br />
C57 071-251-8 Env Afrah Siddiqi Which Type of Marine Environment is Most Affected By an Oil Spill<br />
C55 071-260-6 Env Vinh Tran Plant Pollution<br />
C53 071-261-4 Env Evan Heath CO2 Be Gone!<br />
C51 071-262-2 Env Nishita Sunkara Plastic Problems<br />
C47 071-270-2 Env Umelbanin Alofi Wood Resistance<br />
C45 071-271-13 Env Yevgeniya Orzhekhovska Recycling Greywater<br />
C43 071-272-11 Env Mantej Panesar Green Passive Cooling of Computer Data Centers<br />
C41 071-280-11 Env Nasrin Rohim Oil Spill Clean Up<br />
C39 071-281-9 Env Sara Emami Does Increasing Levels of Carbon Dioxide in the Air Contribute to<br />
Global Warming<br />
C37 071-282-7 Env Gian Taparan Decomposition Days<br />
C35 071-290-7 Env Nadia Rabia Clean That Oil Spill Quickly!<br />
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C33 071-291-5 Env Sean Mignosa Getting Solar Energy in Focus<br />
C31 071-292-3 Env Dipashreya Sur Optimization of Moringa Oleifera Coagulation for Water Purification.<br />
C29 071-310-5 Zoo Kathleen Navas What is the effect of acid and base on brine shrimp<br />
C27 071-320-1 Zoo Seung-Jae Joo How Do Insects React to Substances<br />
C25 071-330-10 Zoo Yush Raje Effects of Water Impurities on Daphnia Magna<br />
C23 071-340-6 Zoo Jared Isobe Worm-a-lot<br />
C21 071-350-2 Zoo Nishka Ayyar Effects of Caffeine on Mortality of Daphnia Magna<br />
C19 071-410-10 Soc Ryan Reen Do People Work Quicker and More Accurately with No Sound,<br />
Background Music or Sounds at a Park<br />
C17 071-420-6 Soc Pranav Ahuja Effect of Color on Memorization<br />
C15 071-430-2 Soc Sahana Sarin Color of Cupcakes<br />
C11 071-440-11 Soc Eliana Stone Analyzing Signatures for Signs of Aging<br />
D10 071-470-12 Soc Ashmita Rajkumar How Does Music Affect the Way Kids Behave<br />
D14 071-510-2 Med Aditya Shah Data-Mining for Identification of Genes Associated with Eye Disease<br />
D16 071-511-13 Med Hannah Logar The Scoop on Soup and Recipe Deceit<br />
D18 071-520-11 Med Sophia Pawlowicz What Tenderizes Beef the Best<br />
D20 071-530-7 Med Mythri Ambatipudi Diet Induced Thermogenesis!!! Combating Obesity and Postprandial<br />
Hyperglycemia With the Thermogenic Effects of Anthocyanins<br />
Catechins and Capsaicins<br />
D22 071-540-3 Med Kabir Arora Does Caffeine Affect Blood Pressure<br />
D24 071-550-12 Med Priscilla Lee What is the Effect of Off-the-shelf Shampoo and/or Conditioner on<br />
Frizzy Hair<br />
D26 071-560-8 Med Jayanth Rao Effect of Various Foods on the Heart Rate and Blood Pressure<br />
D28 071-580-13 Med Luvneet Kahlon What will happen to the tooth enamel if I change the amount of time<br />
the tooth remains in contact with coffee<br />
D30 071-590-9 Med Nathan Bacosa Which Nutrition Bar Keeps Blood Sugar the Most Level<br />
D32 071-610-7 Bio Alexander Vu A Study on the Effects of Chlorine and Bromine on the Growth of<br />
E.coli<br />
D34 071-611-5 Bio Mihir Kalyanthaya Warm and Happy Enzymes! Testing the Activity of Catalase Enzyme<br />
At Different Temperatures<br />
D36 071-620-3 Bio Amith Galivanche Antimicrobial Activity of Clove Oil and Cinnamon Oil Against<br />
Escherichia Coli<br />
D38 071-621-1 Bio Chih Wei Liu Yeast Metabolism In Aerobic and Anaerobic Conditions<br />
D40 071-630-12 Bio Elizabeth Miksztal Can You Find Freshwater Bacteria in the Palo Alto Baylands and<br />
Does it Correlate with Rainfall<br />
D42 071-631-10 Bio Samritha Nagesh What is the Effect of Enzymes on the Efficiency of Cellulose<br />
Degradation<br />
D44 071-650-4 Bio Rohan Koodli Sensitivity of Dinoflagellate Bioluminescence to Light Exposure<br />
D46 071-660-13 Bio Manya Bali Fountain of Youth Antioxidants: Defense Against Free Radicals<br />
D50 071-670-9 Bio Richa Bhattacharya Crime Scene Forensics: Effect of Material Composition on Luminol<br />
Test<br />
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D52 071-690-1 Bio Neelima Valluru Yeast Growth<br />
D54 071-710-12 Chem Arudrra Krishnan The Effect of Salinity on the Conductivity of Salt Water<br />
D56 071-711-10 Chem Ethan Junus Water Surface Tension in Action with Different Additives<br />
D58 071-720-8 Chem Kareem Darwish Bubble-ology<br />
D60 071-721-6 Chem Alina Jaiden Reyes Kimchi Chemistry<br />
D62 071-730-4 Chem Pierre Taloma Ancient Electricity<br />
D64 071-740-13 Chem Rajiv Nelakanti How do Different Natural Dyes Affect the Longevity and Power Output<br />
of Nanocrystalline Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells<br />
D66 071-741-11 Chem Mary-Elizabeth Vogel Comparing Sugar Amounts in Different Forms of Food<br />
D68 071-750-9 Chem Anushree Thekkedath Soak It Up! Effect of Chemical Composition of Liquids on Absorption<br />
by Polyacrylates<br />
D70 071-751-7 Chem Connery Wood Cooking with Lactose: Breaking it Down<br />
D72 071-760-5 Chem Sean Lin How Frequently does the Mpemba Effect Hot Water versus Cold<br />
Water<br />
D74 071-761-3 Chem Rishabh Jain From Fields to Fuels<br />
D76 071-770-1 Chem Anthony Trieu The Effect of pH Levels and Vitamin C Content on Different Tomatoes<br />
D80 071-771-12 Chem Sadie Spektor Frozen vs. Pasteurized<br />
D84 071-780-10 Chem Sparsh Chauhan Heat and Evaporation<br />
D86 071-781-8 Chem Bridgette Han The Most Productive Brand of Popcorn<br />
D88 071-790-6 Chem Labanya Mukhopadhyay Osmotic Effects of Dietary Ingredients<br />
D90 071-810-4 Phy Emily Paz The Effects of Colored Lights on Solar Power<br />
D94 071-812-13 Phy Sapna Ramappa Pitch Perfect<br />
D96 071-813-11 Phy Christopher Yip Wind Turbines<br />
D98 071-814-9 Phy Naren Karur Stormy With A Chance Of Electricity<br />
D99 071-820-13 Phy James Kanuch How Does a Liquid's Density Affect Refraction of Light<br />
D97 071-821-11 Phy Sonali Patel Magnetic Field Strength<br />
D95 071-822-9 Phy Adrika Yousuf Temperature vs. Viscosity<br />
D91 071-823-7 Phy Themistocles Hadjiioannou How Does Temperature Affect A Magnet's Strength<br />
D89 071-824-5 Phy Jia Seow Tant, Lokta or Mulberry Paper: Which is the Best for Making Origami<br />
Polyhedra<br />
D87 071-830-9 Phy Jenny Truong Woosh Electricity By Wind<br />
D85 071-831-7 Phy Ronak Mundkur Cars Powered by Aqua Fuel: Effect of Electrical Load on the Electrical<br />
Efficiency of the PEMFC Cell<br />
D81 071-832-5 Phy Meera Patel Going Up Exploring the Actual Mechanical Advantage of an Inclined<br />
Plane<br />
D77 071-833-3 Phy Maanas Oruganti Stealthy Shapes<br />
D75 071-840-5 Phy Nilarun Sanyal Determining the Shape and Surface Quality of an Object to go<br />
Undetected by Scientific Instruments<br />
D73 071-841-3 Phy Nabeel Sabzwari Efficient Propeller Design<br />
D71 071-842-1 Phy Sean Coakley G-Forces<br />
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D69 071-843-12 Phy Tithi Mandal Airfoils and Winglets<br />
D67 071-850-1 Phy John Ghantous The Effect of Adding Different Shapes to the Front, Back, and Bottom<br />
of the Trailer, on a Truck's Aerodynamic Drag<br />
D65 071-852-10 Phy Rayva Ranade Bouncing Ball Bearings<br />
D63 071-853-8 Phy Omar Battisha The Effect of the Location of Weight on a Wheel on its Speed<br />
D61 071-860-10 Phy Vedant Sathye Causes of And Mitigation of Propeller Flutter<br />
D59 071-861-8 Phy Anika Ramachandran The Effect of Environmental Factors on Tennis Ball Trajectory<br />
D57 071-862-6 Phy Toby Liang Trebuchet Launching<br />
D55 071-863-4 Phy Sashwath Sundher Stealthy Shapes<br />
D53 071-870-6 Phy Vivian Chiang Pulse Wave Analysis in Simulated Vascular System<br />
D51 071-871-4 Phy Hamza Qadeer The Effect of the Angle of Incidence of Light on the Output of a Solar<br />
Panel<br />
D47 071-872-2 Phy Kristy Lee Supercooling Water and Snap Freezing<br />
D45 071-873-13 Phy Nickhil Tekwani Comparison of "Green" Energy Sources for Powering Model Cars<br />
D43 071-880-2 Phy Holly Jackson Billiard Bots<br />
D41 071-881-13 Phy Paran Sonthalia Racing ACV's! Analysis of Factors Affecting the Speed of an ACV<br />
D39 071-882-11 Phy Huan Nguyen Super Cooling Water and Snap Freezing<br />
D37 071-883-9 Phy Keyshaun McLeod Grass-vs-Synthetic Turf<br />
D35 071-890-11 Phy Nachiketa Gargi Super Cool Science<br />
D33 071-891-9 Phy Amanda Chen Stealthy Shapes and Materials<br />
D31 071-892-7 Phy Divya Empranthiri Want to Play More Temple Run The Effect of Temperature on Battery<br />
Life<br />
D29 071-893-5 Phy Haashir Alikhan Building a Raft Powered by Surface Tension<br />
D27 071-910-9 Ear Jade Webb Blow Humidity Away<br />
D25 071-A10-1 Eng Jake Blozan Jar Genie - The Electric Jar Opener<br />
D23 071-A20-10 Eng William Rendler Remote Control Book Carrier<br />
D21 071-A30-6 Eng Sahil Surapaneni The Smart Cane<br />
D19 071-A31-4 Eng Atul Raghunathan Permanent Magnet Powered Toy Locomotive<br />
D17 071-A41-13 Eng Utkarsh Tandon Building a Wearable Autonomous Device Providing Personal<br />
Assistance to Alzheimer Patients using a Raspberry Pi Based System<br />
with GPS Capabilities<br />
D15 071-A50-11 Eng Hailey Bruce Burglar Buster<br />
D11 071-A61-5 Eng Rithika Srinivasan Design a Robot Hand to Simulate Human Hand<br />
E10 071-A70-3 Eng Pearse Lipscomb The Golf Ball Marker That Helps You Putt Better!<br />
E14 071-A71-1 Eng Avni Madhani Mirror Mirror on the Roof: An Economical Solar Concentrator Design<br />
E16 071-A80-12 Eng Keshav Sangam Heat-Seeking Robot<br />
E18 071-A81-10 Eng Mark Shacker Light Armor<br />
E20 071-A90-8 Eng Khush Amin The Random Reader--A Book Stand Connected to Soundproof<br />
Headphones<br />
E22 071-B10-6 Comp Divya Rallabandi Teaching Computers to Play Games with Us<br />
E24 071-B20-2 Comp Shaya Zarkesh Mapping a 2-D Face onto a 3-D Surface on a Mobile Device<br />
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E26 071-C10-11 Bioinfo Aayush Gupta The Effect of Features on Dementia Detection Accuracy<br />
E28 071-C20-7 Bioinfo Ana Patricia Ochoa The Shrub of Expstence<br />
E30 072-120-1 T Bot Brian Dao Benjamin Lau Laser Beam Effect on Mung Bean Seed Germination<br />
E34 072-210-10 T Env Kelly Cella Rachel Spektor What Will Happen to the Bacteria in the Soil in a Pot with Worms and<br />
without Worms<br />
E36 072-230-2 T Env Michelle Philipp Amelia Kinsella The Great Water Rescue<br />
E40 072-240-11 T Env Benjamin Duong Christopher MoralesWilliam Pangayan Burning Biofuel: Comparing Nonrenewable and Renewable Fuel<br />
E44 072-310-2 T Zoo Kassie Korb Hannah Engel Pacing Pets<br />
E46 072-420-3 T Soc Catherine Abigail McCarthy<br />
Distractions While Driving<br />
Petersen<br />
E52 072-430-12 T Soc Priya Chaganti Meena Gudapati Does Heart Rate Affect Memory<br />
E54 072-440-8 T Soc Puja Vasan Jana Cassin A Study on Studies<br />
E58 072-450-4 T Soc Naama<br />
Gotesdyner<br />
Sabrina Rakhmilevich<br />
What's That Smell Does the Brain React to Stimuli Based on<br />
Memory or on Provided Facts<br />
E60 072-460-13 T Soc Amanda Wei Agrima Sharma Blind Spots in Vision<br />
E64 072-510-12 T Med Cheyenne Martin Megan Cella Are Fingerprint Traits Genetic<br />
E68 072-610-4 T Bio Mira Bader Arielle Smith Eden Wolf Infection Detection<br />
E70 072-620-13 T Bio Cameron Baab Nathaniel Wire Do Algae and pH Have Chemisty<br />
E74 072-630-9 T Bio Abbigale Berry Danielle Matlock Hide and Seek Bacteria<br />
E76 072-710-9 T Chem Lauren Sanders Alainna Hansen Popping Palooza: The Effectof Different Mediums on Pop Rocks<br />
E84 072-820-10 T Phy Carly Wang Annie Chen Extreme Sounds = Lesson in a Noisy World<br />
E86 072-830-6 T Phy Joshua Biggs Jacob Biggs The Sound of Glass<br />
E90 072-840-2 T Phy Rebekah Kaufman Ashna Perumal You've Been Served!<br />
E94 072-850-11 T Phy Erica Wang Carolyn Wang Heat and Solar Energy<br />
E98 072-860-7 T Phy Megan Bruning Kylie Desuarro Which Spaghetti is the Strongest<br />
E99 072-870-3 T Phy Ally Langell Erica Starkie All-Terrain Books<br />
E95 072-910-6 T Ear Kari Marquis Angelina Pavao Stand My Ground<br />
E89 072-A10-11 T Eng Aaron Lopes Raymond Pai Tin Luu The Concept of Aeternumcrimen<br />
E87 072-A20-7 T Eng Ryan Siu Anand Subramanyan Automating Light Intensity Variation for Energy Efficiency<br />
E81 072-A30-3 T Eng Holder McGuire Robert Nelson Garrett Wood Scuba Dooby Doo<br />
E75 072-A40-12 T Eng Andrew Tey Arjun Gujral Portable Saltwater Desalinator 2.0<br />
E73 072-A50-8 T Eng Eric Hooton Alex Gao Design and Construction of an Economically Feasible and Safe Tesla<br />
Coil for Entertainment Purposes<br />
E69 072-A60-4 T Eng Austin Wang Alan Xiao Anthony Ding We're Not Gone With the Wind!<br />
E65 072-A80-9 T Eng Allen Cheung David Hoang Small Tiles for Big Purposes<br />
E63 081-110-2 Bot Amulya Vadlakonda The Effect of Acetylsalicylic Acid on Plant Growth Under Varying<br />
Environmental Conditions<br />
E61 081-130-7 Bot Andrew Gu What is the Effect of Stenospermocarpy in Grapes on their Nutritional<br />
Value<br />
E59 081-140-3 Bot Anne Moultray Allelopathy Apocalypse<br />
E57 081-150-12 Bot Murad Awad Radioactive Radishes<br />
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E55 081-160-8 Bot Shanaya Nagendran Salty or Not - Growing Plants with Salt<br />
E53 081-210-7 Env Hilal Atesoglu Using Sesame Leaves as Low Cost Absorbent to Effectively Reduce<br />
Heavy Metal such as Lead, Copper and Cadmium from Contaminated<br />
Water Samples<br />
E51 081-211-5 Env Michael Tseitlin Effectiveness of Different Water Filtration Methods in Removing<br />
Contaminants<br />
E47 081-220-3 Env Justine Knappenberger Up on the Roof: Solar Reflectance of Roofing Materials and the Urban<br />
Heat Island Effect<br />
E45 081-221-1 Env Varun Venkatesh Cementing a Solution One Brick at a Time: Using Biomineralization to<br />
Solve the World's Problems<br />
E43 081-230-12 Env Vardhaan Ambati Are Manufactured Nano-Materials (MNMs) an Ecotoxicological Risk<br />
Experiment Conducted Using Three Commonly Manufactured Nano-<br />
Materials (MNMs) - Nano Zno, Nano CeO2, Nano-TiO2 and Rhizobia<br />
as a Biosensor<br />
E41 081-231-10 Env Rishi Desai Measuring Cell Phone Radiation: Do Cell Phone Leak<br />
E39 081-240-8 Env Burhaan Syed Temperature Inversion<br />
E37 081-241-6 Env Francesca Duncan Too Hot to Handle<br />
E35 081-251-2 Env Akaash Tawade Does Changing the Flow Rate of Water Affect the Turbidity of Filtered<br />
Liquid<br />
E33 081-260-13 Env Emilio Curiel Santa Clara County's Tap Water Iron Content<br />
E31 081-261-11 Env Danielle Nouriazad CO2: Hope It's Blue<br />
E29 081-270-9 Env Mallika Yeleswarapu Water's the Matter: The Effect of pH on Dissolved Oxygen Levels in<br />
Freshwater Sources<br />
E27 081-271-7 Env Venkat Sankar Ecology or Economy: How to Have It Both Ways! A Simulation Based<br />
Approach for Managing The Impact of Infrastructure <strong>Project</strong>s on the<br />
Population Viability of Endangered Species.<br />
E25 081-280-5 Env Claire Hu Fertilizer Use and Runoff<br />
E23 081-281-3 Env Sruthi Ramabadran Toxicity of All-Natural Soap to Brine Shrimp (Artemia)<br />
E21 081-290-1 Env Medha Shah Vitamin C in Organic Oranges vs Conventionally Grown Oranges<br />
E19 081-310-12 Zoo Gabrielle Candes Are Fingerprints Inherited<br />
E17 081-330-4 Zoo Janis Iourovitski What is the Effect of Mating and Development Temperature on the<br />
Outcome of the Sex Ratio of Drosophila<br />
E15 081-350-9 Zoo Aarya Mecwan Effect of Light Colors on Pupil Constriction<br />
E11 081-360-5 Zoo Nazher Indris Daphnia and How They Grow<br />
F10 081-420-13 Soc Payton Keo Lacebal Correlations Between a Student's Interests and Their Standardized<br />
Test Scores<br />
F14 081-430-9 Soc Swetha Tummala The Effect of Time on How Long the Afterimage Lasts<br />
F16 081-440-5 Soc Julie Vazquez I Need My Space!<br />
F18 081-450-1 Soc Priyanka Vatturi Saccadic Eye Movement<br />
F20 081-460-10 Soc Andrew Shen Get Back to Work: A Study on Whether a User's Keystrokes and<br />
Mouse Movements Can Indicate Gaming<br />
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F22 081-470-6 Soc Gabriel Hyun How Does Conflicting Information Affect Processing Time<br />
F24 081-511-7 Med Angela Kim Catheter Safety Analysis Connected to a Sealed Container<br />
F26 081-520-5 Med Chirag Akella All About Allergies<br />
F28 081-521-3 Med Imara Pinkney How Does Light Affect Sight<br />
F30 081-531-12 Med Lynn Serizawa Natural Ways to Open the Blood-Brain Barrier<br />
F32 081-540-10 Med Hibah Wasim Burning Calories<br />
F34 081-541-8 Med Sasha Dmitrieva Why and How Do Different Liquids Stain Teeth<br />
F36 081-550-6 Med Clayton Moore Are Non-Newtonian Fluids Acceptable Protection Equipment<br />
Replacements<br />
F38 081-551-4 Med Zunera Ghalib The Effects of Diacetyl Monoxime on Beta-Amyloid Plaques in C.<br />
elegans<br />
F40 081-560-2 Med Kaitlynn Sierra There's No Place Like Home: Home Remedies Vs. Over the Counter<br />
Medications for Relieving Stomach Discomfort<br />
F42 081-561-13 Med Evani Radiya-Dixit Use of Bromelain and Papain to Engineer Hypoallergenic Peanut<br />
Products<br />
F44 081-570-11 Med Brandon Chow Effects of Epigallocatechin Gallate on Human Metabolism<br />
F46 081-580-7 Med Pravin Ravishanker The Effects of Neuromodulating Agents on Spiking Rates and<br />
Patterns of Neuronal Action Potentials in Acheta domestica: An<br />
Investigation in Neuropharmacotherapy.<br />
F50 081-590-3 Med Nikita Takru Keep Safe Distance! Cell Phone Radiation and You!!<br />
F52 081-610-1 Bio Patrick Moran Which Method of Thawing Meat Produces the Least Bacterial<br />
Contamination<br />
F54 081-611-12 Bio Lucas Wang Would there be a Change in the Calcium Chloride Protocol if a More<br />
Stable Compound is Used<br />
F56 081-612-10 Bio Irene Newman Alternatives to Artificial Preservatives in Bread and How the<br />
Sweetener Used Affects Shelf Life<br />
F58 081-620-10 Bio Jenica Paragas Garlic Vs Mold<br />
F60 081-621-8 Bio Srivatsav Pyda The Compared Effect of Natural and Over-the-Counter Medications<br />
on the Prevention of Bacterial Proliferation<br />
F62 081-622-6 Bio Elizabeth Wang Investigating the Effect of Okra Mucilage and Cinnamon on<br />
Maintaining Food Freshness and Flavor using Rhizopus stolonifer<br />
F64 081-630-6 Bio Shreya Sebastian DNA Dazzed<br />
F66 081-631-4 Bio Sana Aladin Do Organically Grown Fruits Have Higher Antioxidant Activity Than<br />
Conventionally Grown Fruits<br />
F68 081-650-11 Bio Michelle Xu The Antibacterial Effects of Natural Herbs on E. coli<br />
F70 081-651-9 Bio Carl Luo Environmental Effects on Bacteria Growth<br />
F72 081-660-7 Bio Priya Sundaresan An Investigation of Bacterial DNA in Owl Pellets<br />
F74 081-661-5 Bio Nilay Sawant The Effect of pH, Temperature, Salt Concentration, and Copper (II)<br />
Sulfate Inhibitor on Peroxidase.<br />
F76 081-671-1 Bio Akshay Prabhakaran What is the Effect of Sugar and Sugar Substitutes in Yeast<br />
Metabolism<br />
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F80 081-680-12 Bio Gokul Kalyanasundaram Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Effectiveness and Interactions of<br />
common Herb Oils and Antibiotic Combination aginst E.coli and<br />
S.Epidermis<br />
F84 081-681-10 Bio Jonas Enders Fermentation Rates by Yeast with Different Types of Sugar<br />
F86 081-690-8 Bio Nidhi Jain What is the Effect of Herbs on E.coli in the Presence of Starch and<br />
Protein<br />
F88 081-710-6 Chem Benjamin Ma Scrub-A-Dub-Dub: A Possible Solution for Global Warming<br />
F90 081-711-4 Chem Mahir Malek The Effect of Lead on pH<br />
F94 081-712-2 Chem Suresh Talapaneni The Effect of Electricity on the pH Levels of Salt Solutions<br />
F96 081-720-2 Chem Taha Quraishi Increasing Diffusion by Iontophoresis<br />
F98 081-721-13 Chem Michelle Mallari Does the Temperature of a Reactant Affect How Long its Chemical<br />
Reaction Occurs<br />
F99 081-722-11 Chem Grace Bernal Optimization of pH for Lactase Enzyme Function<br />
F97 081-730-11 Chem Kaitlyn Mallari Teacher I Shrunk the Fabric!<br />
F95 081-732-7 Chem Leah Miller Thickening Agents<br />
F91 081-740-7 Chem Yasmine Juarez The Effect of Temperature on Viscosity<br />
F89 081-741-5 Chem Kha Nguyen Fabric Absorbency of Natural Dyes<br />
F87 081-742-3 Chem Brent Han Combatting Organic Decay with Common Kitchen Ingredients<br />
F85 081-750-3 Chem Camden Boyd Does the Amount of NaHCo3 Affect the Size, Taste and Texture of a<br />
Cookie<br />
F81 081-751-1 Chem Sahil Katrekar How Does Passing an Electric Current Through Water Affect its pH<br />
F77 081-752-12 Chem Toure Oliver Glowing Water<br />
F75 081-760-12 Chem Katherine Cervania The Effect of Temperature and Acid Strength of an Aqueous Solution<br />
on the Solution's Electric Charge.<br />
F73 081-761-10 Chem Manu Srimat Fuel Cells: Hot or Cold<br />
F71 081-762-8 Chem Janet Shea Preserving the Most Vitamin C in Fruit<br />
F69 081-770-8 Chem Cassidy Davis The Effect pf pH on Electricity Production in a Hydrogen Fuel Cell<br />
F67 081-771-6 Chem Maegan Chew Effect of Temperature on Ultraviolet Beads Fading<br />
F65 081-780-4 Chem Haven Lee What is the Effect of Different Electrolytes on the Cost-Effectiveness<br />
of Electrolysis<br />
F63 081-781-2 Chem Hiya Datta How Does Hydrochloric Acid Affect Metals<br />
F61 081-790-13 Chem Candace Chiang Effects of Temperature and Salinity on Water Conductivity<br />
F59 081-791-11 Chem Alyssa Conn Which Granite Sealer Works the Best to Protect a Granite Countertop<br />
F57 081-810-11 Phy Jacob Amireh How Much Electricity Do Two Junctions Create When Put at Different<br />
Temperatures<br />
F55 081-811-9 Phy Tara Rodrigues Effects of Temperature and Salinity on Surface Tension of a Water<br />
Bubble Solution<br />
F53 081-812-7 Phy Tiffany Yang Electromagnetic Experiment<br />
F51 081-814-3 Phy Reshma Nawaz Fuel Cell Technology: Save Solar Energy Use at Night!<br />
F47 081-820-7 Phy John Caldwell The Effect of Temperature on Viscosity of Liquids<br />
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F45 081-821-5 Phy Zachary Grob-Lipkis Refraction of Light and Snell's Law<br />
F43 081-822-3 Phy Aaron Schultz What Variables Affect Drag<br />
F41 081-823-1 Phy Jane Ahn Relationship Between Temperature and Volume of Gas<br />
F39 081-824-12 Phy Nathan Barnes Which Common Household Item Best Reproduces Sound from a<br />
Record Player.<br />
F37 081-830-3 Phy Lilly Hackworth Save Our Seals: Better Parachutes<br />
F35 081-831-1 Phy Thomas Zhang The Effect of Distance and Angle on the Frequency of Audio<br />
Feedback<br />
F33 081-832-12 Phy Veronica Pu How Does the Different Temperature of Water Affect it's Magnetic<br />
Field<br />
F31 081-833-10 Phy Michael Sager An Experiment in the Mechanial Efficiency of Different Vertical Axis<br />
Wind Turbine Designs<br />
F29 081-834-8 Phy Pratik Gongloor Modeling Flow Rate at the Carotid Artery Bifurcation under Variable<br />
Conditions<br />
F25 081-842-8 Phy Gwyneth Tran Frictional Forces<br />
F23 081-843-6 Phy Eric Wang The Art of Bouncing Bows x2<br />
F21 081-850-8 Phy Ariana Van Scyoc Variables Affecting Trebuchet Performance<br />
F19 081-851-6 Phy John Waters UP: Effect of Temperature on Lift<br />
F17 081-852-4 Phy Katrina Le Death of Anti-Bubbles<br />
F15 081-853-2 Phy Jerry Liu The Mpemba Effect<br />
G10 081-861-2 Phy Gajan Nagaraj Why are Motocycles Less Visible in Traffic<br />
G14 081-862-13 Phy Derek Nguyen What is the Effect of the Size of the Fins on the Stability of a<br />
Submarine<br />
G16 081-863-11 Phy Sophia Koldewyn Racing Marbles to Find a Liquid's Viscosity<br />
G18 081-870-13 Phy Cecilia Rivas Variables Affecting Soccer Performance<br />
G20 081-871-11 Phy Haoston Huynh Loop-to-Loop Force<br />
G22 081-872-9 Phy Emily Whitaker Which Roof Design Lasts the Longest During a Hurricane<br />
G24 081-880-9 Phy Ashritha Achutharaman Are LED Lights Ready For Home Use<br />
G26 081-881-7 Phy Paul Quach Cold Pack Chemistry: Where does the Heat Go<br />
G28 081-882-5 Phy Darren Omori What Is the Effect of the Number of Sheaves in a Block and Tackle on<br />
Its Efficiency<br />
G30 081-883-3 Phy Yash Deshmukh The Effect of a Fresnel Lens on the Efficiency of a Solar Cell<br />
G32 081-890-5 Phy Connor Hares Which Light Bulb is Best to Replace Incandescent<br />
G34 081-891-3 Phy Zoha Qader Do We Receive the Highest Intensity of Light When We Are Closest<br />
To the Parabolic Reflector Surface<br />
G36 081-892-1 Phy Kurt Reger Does a Room Temperature Puck Slide Farther or Bounce Higher than<br />
a Frozen Puck<br />
G38 081-893-12 Phy Alice Phan Which Bridge Should I Truss<br />
G40 081-910-3 Ear Sneha Bhetanabhotla A Study of Galaxy Mass Distribution in the Universe<br />
G42 081-A10-8 Eng Akshay Srivatsan Wi-Fi Performance Booster: A Design to Boost Wi-Fi Performance for<br />
less than $1<br />
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G44 081-A11-6 Eng Mayank Pandey 3D Optical Microscope<br />
G46 081-A13-2 Eng Amrita Singh A Novel Mechanism for Emulating Male Cricket Wing Stridulation<br />
G50 081-A20-4 Eng Trishla Pokharna Thermoelectric Kerosene Lamp<br />
G52 081-A21-2 Eng Peter Feghali Maximizing Wind Energy By Changing Building Design<br />
G54 081-A22-13 Eng Kendra Barker Follow the Light<br />
G56 081-A23-11 Eng Kenneth Doan 3-D Printer<br />
G58 081-A30-13 Eng Sanjit Rajendiran Effects of Roof Shapes on Heat Absorption<br />
G60 081-A31-11 Eng Michael Souza Hand Wash<br />
G62 081-A32-9 Eng Jatin Goyal Revolutionary Gas Cap<br />
G64 081-A40-9 Eng Bryon Tjanaka Dynamic Tilt Compensaton to Improve Vehicle Stability on Sloping<br />
Terrains<br />
G66 081-A41-7 Eng Nihar Mitra Flashback! We can Record What We See, Why Not What We Saw<br />
G68 081-A50-5 Eng Anish Seshadri Automated, Wearable Guidance System for the Visually Impaired<br />
G70 081-A51-3 Eng Natesh Saini Solar Powered Irrigation<br />
G72 081-A52-1 Eng Michael Hand Noninvasive Deep Well Inspection by Acoustic Methods<br />
G74 081-A60-1 Eng William Pramono The Effect of the Number of Blades on the RPM of a Pinwheel<br />
G76 081-A61-12 Eng Miranda Johnson Make-Space Compost<br />
G80 081-A70-10 Eng Sandip Nirmel Usable Electricity from Buildup of Static Electricity in Car Tires<br />
G84 081-A71-8 Eng Nitsan Schwarz Fishing for Cells<br />
G86 081-A80-6 Eng Albert Tseng Generating Electricity with Shock Absorbers<br />
G88 081-A82-2 Eng Khristine Pintor Carefree Carrier<br />
G90 081-A90-2 Eng Kian Lechner To Winglet, or not to Winglet, that is the Question<br />
G94 081-A91-13 Eng Anish Krishnan Extending Mileage In Electric Vehicles<br />
G96 081-A92-11 Eng JerviMark Ranoy Convenient String<br />
G98 081-B10-13 Comp Rehan Durrani EmoRobo 3<br />
G99 081-B20-9 Comp Nikhil Cheerla Can a Robot Be Your Friend<br />
G97 081-B30-5 Comp Mihir Pandya A Comparative Study of the Decay of the Strength of a Wi-Fi Signal<br />
with Blockage<br />
G95 081-B40-1 Comp Maya Sankar Misspelled: A Comparison of Various Spelling Correction Algorithms<br />
G91 081-B60-6 Comp Rishab Gargeya Developing Tools for Conservation Biology Through R<br />
G89 082-110-12 T Bot Hajra Usman Nadia Malek H2O vs H2O2<br />
G85 082-120-8 T Bot Jonathan Nguyen Brandon Cariaga Keval Parikh Mist or Soil<br />
G77 082-130-4 T Bot Ellen Evans Tyler Gonzalez Bad Seeds<br />
G75 082-210-4 T Env Roxanna Hashemi Zahra Masood Drinkable or Nondrinkable<br />
G71 082-230-9 T Env Ryan Bindi Johnny Cunningham The Green House Effect<br />
G69 082-240-5 T Env Ben Ravizza Nicholas Major Thirsty Rocks<br />
G65 082-250-1 T Env Evelyn Wong Shannon Le Oil Dispersion<br />
G63 082-260-10 T Env Sreya Guha Madhumita Gupta How Safe is Your Drinking Water<br />
G59 082-310-9 T Zoo Rebeca<br />
Sabrina Chen<br />
What is the Effect of Music on Ladybugs<br />
Christainsen<br />
G55 082-410-1 T Soc Thanh Nguyen Abraham Ryzhik Michael Lincoln The Affects of Fatigue on the Body<br />
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G53 082-420-10 T Soc Vandita Pendse Karen Xia The Study of the Human Circadian Cycle<br />
G47 082-430-6 T Soc Anuva Mittal Haley Tran Does Sugar Make You Smarter<br />
G43 082-440-2 T Soc Cindy Duong Crystal Truong Cathleen Rufo How Would You React<br />
G41 082-450-11 T Soc Joyce Huang Meilan Steimle The Effects of Increments of Body Visibility on Lie Detection<br />
G37 082-510-6 T Med Karthik Sundaram Soham Khan Neutralization Effects of Yogurt on High Acid Foods<br />
G35 082-520-2 T Med Celia Willner David Willner The Potential Effect of Decibel Levels in Certain Settings on<br />
Permanent Hearing Damage<br />
G31 082-530-11 T Med Benjamin Lino Ly Lizette Lopez The 5 Second Rule<br />
Valdovinos<br />
G27 082-610-11 T Bio Arnav Tandon Raymond Xu The Effect of Electric Current on Enzyme Reaction<br />
G25 082-620-7 T Bio Justin Xie Jonathan Liu Drought Resistant Corn vs Normal Corn, and the Concentration of<br />
BPA in Both<br />
G21 082-630-3 T Bio Neymika Jain Tara Parimi The Effect of Various Spices on Gram Positive and Negative Bacteria<br />
G19 082-640-12 T Bio Avi Khemani Manan Shah The Effect of Microwave Denaturation on Proteins Compared to<br />
Conventional Cooking Systems<br />
G15 082-710-3 T Chem Rupsa Acharya Aishwarya Mehra The Effects of Heat & UV on Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)<br />
G11 082-720-12 T Chem Emily Cheng Lauren Young Marshmallow Meltdown<br />
H14 082-810-8 T Phy Renee<br />
Ariel Oswalt<br />
Operation Oscillation Education<br />
Radusewicz<br />
H16 082-811-6 T Phy Nicole Darvin Kyra Jensen What Leg Position Helps a Person Rotate the Greatest Amount of<br />
Times<br />
H20 082-821-2 T Phy Nishant<br />
Anisha Patwardhan<br />
Can You Find the Speed of a Moving Object<br />
Patwardhan<br />
H24 082-830-13 T Phy Mitali Shanbhag Kirthana Ramesh Neythra Srinivasan Detection of Minimal Changes in Saltwater Concentration Using a<br />
Homemade Refractometer<br />
H28 082-831-11 T Phy Ryoken Apostol Bryan Vuong Steven Nguyen Blowing Bottletops<br />
H30 082-840-9 T Phy Vayl Sorensen Nicole Link Hot Rocks<br />
H34 082-850-5 T Phy Tyler Suarez Nico Yankovich Parachute Palooza<br />
H36 082-851-3 T Phy Jennifer Nguyen Christina Pham Funky Frequency Factors<br />
H40 082-860-1 T Phy Kyle Lim Matthew Rizzo Material Friction In Our World Today<br />
H42 082-861-12 T Phy Calvin Luong Vy Nguyen Water Power<br />
H46 082-870-10 T Phy Hope Laborin Kristin Madruga How much More Weight Can a Building with Flying Buttresses<br />
Support<br />
H50 082-880-6 T Phy Connor Clerkin Addison Raak Does Ratio Matter in a Gaussian Gun<br />
H54 082-890-2 T Phy Shashank<br />
Dholakia<br />
Shishir Dholakia<br />
A Photometric Study of Variable Stars and Extra Solar Planetary<br />
Systems<br />
H56 082-A20-1 T Eng David Zhu Peter Wu Redesigning Desk Lamps to Maximize Light Output While Reducing<br />
Glare<br />
H60 082-A50-2 T Eng Taylor Rollins Samantha Coelho Pump It Up!!<br />
H62 082-A60-11 T Eng Kaushik Tandon Anurag Singh WIFI Watchdog - Application To Observe Personal Mobility of Senior<br />
Citizens<br />
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H66 082-A80-3 T Eng Harsh Jain Diya Jain An Economical Water Purifier for Under-Developed Countries<br />
H68 082-B10-10 T Comp Shasvat Jawahar Rohin Prabhakaran Diagnosing Breast Cancer using an Artificial Neural Network<br />
H72 082-B20-6 T Comp Arjun<br />
Subramaniam<br />
Aditya Dhar<br />
The effect of compression on audio quality in different genres of music<br />
and the optimal trade-off between compression and quality<br />
J99 091-211-12 Env Shivani Rangwala Testing for Mercury in the Guadalupe River.<br />
J97 091-220-10 Env Diya Kalaimani The Effect of Different Bases on Ocean Water and Phytoplankton:<br />
Decreasing Ocean Acidity<br />
J95 091-221-8 Env Shrey Desai Antibiotic Alternative to Radiation in the Sterile Insect Technique<br />
J93 091-230-6 Env Sherry Sarkar A Way to Stop Algae Blooms: Separating Fertilizer from Storm Drain<br />
Runoff<br />
J91 091-240-2 Env Lucy Kim The Effect of Acid Rain on Freshwater Organisms<br />
J89 091-250-11 Env Ajinkya Nene The Effect of Different Concentrations of Rhamnolipids on the<br />
Phytotoxicity of Copper Sulfate on Trictum aestivum<br />
J87 091-270-3 Env Revati Gottumukkala Studying the Effect of Toxicity of an Eco-Friendly Detergent vs.<br />
Detergent on Zygnema Algae Over Time<br />
J85 091-280-12 Env Meera Rachamallu The Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Nannochloropsis oculata and<br />
Daphnia through Bioaccumulation<br />
J83 091-290-8 Env Priya Padmanaban Hyperaccumulation of Cooper by Aquatic Plants<br />
J79 091-410-11 Soc Ken Noh What is the Effect of Information Asymmetry in Multi-Rounded Games<br />
on Players' Decision Making and Behavior<br />
J77 091-510-3 Med Michael Zhao The Role of Hedgehog (Hh) Pathway in Melanomas<br />
J73 091-530-8 Med Durga Ganesh Determining the Most Effective Preservative to Increase the Lungs<br />
Viability over time before Transfer<br />
J71 091-540-4 Med Laura Ye The Effect of Fluoride on Tooth Decay<br />
J69 091-550-13 Med Rahul Iyer Effects of Different Anti-Inflammatory Supplements on Inflammatory<br />
Responses in Drosophila melanogaster<br />
J63 091-560-9 Med Amrita Iyer The Effect of Resveratrol on the Lifespan of Overfed Drosophila<br />
melanogaster<br />
J61 091-580-1 Med Deepthi Sampathkumar Which Form of Calcium is Absorbed Best<br />
J59 091-590-10 Med Gautam Bulusu Metadherin (MTDH/AEG1): A Novel Marker of Metastasis and<br />
Chemoresistance Expression in Lymph-node Negative Estrogen<br />
Positive/HER2 Negative (Luminal A Subtype) Breast Cancer Women<br />
J55 091-611-6 Bio Rajiv Sancheti Comparing The Nutritional Content of Raw Milk Against Heat and UV<br />
Pasteurized Milk<br />
J53 091-620-4 Bio Hetesh Sehgal Does Garlic Act as a Potent Antibiotic to Limit the Growth of Harmful<br />
Bacteria in Our Food<br />
J49 091-621-2 Bio Anin Sayana A Novel Strategy to Inhibit Metastasis of Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma<br />
Using Lentiviral-Mediated Knockdown of the PAX3-FOXO1 Fusion<br />
Gene via RNA Interference<br />
J47 091-630-13 Bio Samali Sahoo The Effect of Copper on the Efficacy of Antibiotics<br />
J43 091-640-9 Bio Sanjana Gupta The Removal of Bio-films Through a Variety of Trials<br />
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J41 091-650-5 Bio Sandhya Kannan Testing Biofilm Disassembly Using Glycoside Hydrolases on E. coli<br />
Biofilm Matrices in Iron-Sufficent Media<br />
J39 091-660-1 Bio Jonathan Fung Monosodium Glutamate: A Potential Ligand for mGluRs One and Five<br />
that causes Microtubule Depolymerization in Alzheimer's disease<br />
J33 091-670-10 Bio Nithin Buduma Correlating the number of CAG repeats in the huntingtin protein with<br />
cytotoxicity: A prognostic marker for the severity of Huntington's<br />
Disease<br />
J31 091-680-6 Bio Shaurey Vetsa The Antibacterial Activity of Spices and Household Foods Against<br />
E.coli<br />
J29 091-690-2 Bio Mabel Furutsuki Finding a Breakthrough for Breakouts : An Investigation of the Effects<br />
of Lauric Acid As Found in Coconut Oil On the Acne Vulgaris Bacteria<br />
S. Epidermidis Compared To Tetracycline Antibiotic<br />
J27 091-710-13 Chem Rohit Dhamankar The Affect of Temperature and pH on the Amylase Enzyme's Reaction<br />
Speeds and Identifying Optimal Conditions for Enzyme Reactions<br />
J25 091-720-9 Chem Arpita Singhal Herbalism as an Anticancer and Anti-inflamatory Agent:<br />
Characterization and Evalution of Bioavailability of Curcumin Particles<br />
J23 091-810-5 Phy Anjini Karthik Biosynthesis of Metal Nanoparticles for Surface Enhanced Raman<br />
Spectroscopy<br />
J19 091-820-1 Phy Brandon Pham Magnetization of NdFeB Magnets by Large Permanent Magnets for<br />
Magnetic Field Properties<br />
J17 091-830-10 Phy Gurdev Sihra How Pinhole Aperture Affects Photo Quality<br />
J15 091-840-6 Phy Simran Pabla Transmitting Energy Wirelessly<br />
J13 091-850-2 Phy Karthik Vangati Newton's First Law of Soccer: Grass vs Turf<br />
J11 091-860-11 Phy Gautam Sarkar Applying Lessons from Nature to Improve the Structural Stability of<br />
Skyscrapers<br />
K10 091-910-10 Ear Aayush Gupta The Effect of the Magnetic Poles of the Planets on the Sun<br />
K12 091-A10-2 Eng Paul Dennig Where's Grandma Indoor Wireless Navigation Systems for<br />
Alzheimer's Patients, II<br />
K14 091-A11-13 Eng Jesus Parra D.I.Y. Spectrophotometer<br />
K16 091-A20-11 Eng Yusuf Altimimi Earthquake Resistant House<br />
K18 091-A21-9 Eng Adam Rhetta Which Metals are Efficient and Economical Conductors for Electrical<br />
Circuits<br />
K22 091-A30-7 Eng Anjali Ganguly Use of Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) to Concentrate Algae<br />
K24 091-A31-5 Eng Nuha Ahmed Magnetic Braking System for Automobiles<br />
K26 091-A40-3 Eng Jeffery Yang Charging a Cell Phone Battery Using a Compact Solar Charger<br />
K28 091-A41-1 Eng Aakash Adesara A Novel Approach to Creating a Resource Efficient Soundproof Barrier<br />
Using Absorption and Layering Techniques<br />
K30 091-A51-10 Eng Rahul Rameshbabu Super Car of the Future<br />
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K32 091-A60-8 Eng Keerthi Bhattaram Utilizing Heat From the Exhaust Duct of a Clothes Dryer to Preheat<br />
Water<br />
K38 091-A61-6 Eng Ankush Rayabhari Electronic Touch Sensor for Detecting Human Alertness<br />
K40 091-A70-4 Eng Prithvi Gudapati Non-Invasive Structural Deflection Monitoring<br />
K42 091-A80-13 Eng Yasha Ektefaie Hunting the Energy Vampire: An Innovative Way to Stop Phantom<br />
Loads<br />
K46 091-A90-9 Eng Andrew Shacker The Practicality of Satellite-Based Laser Ablation of Space Debris<br />
K48 091-B10-7 Comp Andrew Si Using Game Theory to Find an Original Strategy for the Iterated<br />
Prisoner's Dilemma<br />
K52 091-B20-3 Comp Vineet Kosaraju Novel Approach to Identifying Efficient Deep Sequencing Methods to<br />
Determine how the Production of sRNA Affects the Development of<br />
the Maize Plant<br />
K54 091-B30-12 Comp Ammar Husain The Characterized Artificial Intelligence<br />
K58 091-B40-8 Comp Katina Yong A Fluid Grid System for Web Development<br />
K60 091-B50-4 Comp Maya Varma Algorithms for DNA Sequence Alignment in a Raspberry Pi Cluster<br />
K62 091-C10-12 Bioinfo Manogna Vemulapati Identification of CpG Islands in a DNA Sequence using a Hidden<br />
Markov Model Trained in MapReduce<br />
K68 091-C20-8 Bioinfo Swetha Revanur Multi-Dimensional Genomic Data Analysis of Hidradenitis Suppurativa<br />
(Acne Inversa) and Associated Comorbidities<br />
K74 092-110-6 T Bot Luke Hong Ali-Asghar Heera The Effect of Different Types of Magnetic Fields on Plant Growth<br />
K78 092-140-7 T Bot Esther Wang Kurt Schwartz Ayushi Gautam Do Hormones Affect Other Living Organisms The Effect of<br />
Testosterone and Plant Sterol on Plants<br />
K80 092-150-3 T Bot Manu Saravanan Paramdeep Atwal Effect of the Nitrogen Content in Manure on Cicer arietinum (chick<br />
pea)<br />
K84 092-210-11 T Env Anirvin Sikha Sathvik Nair Is Solar Distillation an Effective Form of Water Purification<br />
K86 092-220-7 T Env David (Kyong Kalvin Lam<br />
Effects of Oil on Photosynthesis<br />
Chan) Lee<br />
K90 092-240-12 T Env Andrew Lam Courtney Nguyen Polyester: A Silent Killer<br />
K92 092-410-8 T Soc Huanlei Wu Srija Konjarla To Expect or Not To Expect<br />
K96 092-420-4 T Soc Joanna Flores Jolan Angeles-de Leon Multitasking: Special Ability...<br />
K98 092-430-13 T Soc Matthew Truong Antonio Gonzalez Time Perception<br />
K97 092-440-9 T Soc Akhil Padmanabha Adish Jain The Effectiveness of Lowering Senior Citizens' Social Isolation<br />
Through a Website<br />
K95 092-450-5 T Soc Michelle Du Anurima Polisetty Cheating and Factors that Cause It<br />
K91 092-520-9 T Med Aishwarya Sunaya Krishnapura<br />
The Effects of Liminoids on Blood Purification<br />
Natarajan<br />
K89 092-610-5 T Bio Emily Pan Karen Tu The Antimicrobial Properties of Spider Silk<br />
K85 092-710-10 T Chem Shreya Yadav Olivia Thai An Ap'peel'ing Treatment: Can Banana Peels Treat Water<br />
K83 092-720-6 T Chem Chloe Pears Srishti Dhawan Milk and Lactose<br />
K79 092-810-2 T Phy Rishabh Chandra Jonathan Ma The Effect of Temperature Variation on the Flow Rate of<br />
Electromagnetic Pumps<br />
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K77 092-811-13 T Phy Umesh Tanniru Sameed Jawaid Better Strides: The Temperature of the Muscle Affects its Flexibility to<br />
Move<br />
K71 092-820-11 T Phy Christopher Jin Emily Zhong Alteration of the Speed of Light Passing through Liquids at Varying pH<br />
Levels<br />
K69 092-821-9 T Phy Kartik Kapur Matthew Acosta Changes in Water Resistance<br />
K61 092-830-7 T Phy Janaki Vivrekar Prithvi Setty Electromagnetic Circuits: Distance and Frequency vs.<br />
Electromagnetic Flux Density<br />
K59 092-831-5 T Phy Jennifer Chun Alex Dao Sound Reflection: What is the Effect in the Change of Angle of a<br />
"Mirror" on the Sound Waves' Intensities Reflected by It<br />
K53 092-840-3 T Phy Harika Kalluri Rahul Joshi Car Seats & Damage Control: What is the Most Optimal Weight &<br />
Seating Position for Car Seat Use<br />
K49 092-841-1 T Phy Kevin Wang Yootak Jin Fractal Antennas: The Effect of the Iteration Number of a Fractal on<br />
the Strength of Signal Reception<br />
K43 092-850-12 T Phy Sampada<br />
Deglurkar<br />
Jinghua Wen<br />
How to Deal with Your Laundry: Does an Ultrasonic Bath Work Better<br />
than a Washing Machine<br />
K41 092-851-10 T Phy Neha Pusarla Eugene Pham Formation of Iron Balls<br />
K33 092-860-8 T Phy Aakash Parikh Viraj Kadakia Effect of Temperature on Efficiency of a Solar Cell<br />
K31 092-861-6 T Phy Phillip Phan Dominic Lam Wake Angles of an Object / Swimmer<br />
K27 092-870-4 T Phy Saurabh Vaze Raymond Feng Flight vs. Frisbee: How Will the Lip Angle Affect the Flight Curve of the<br />
Frisbee<br />
K25 092-871-2 T Phy Tejas Manjunath Devon Le Wrist Injuries in Fencing<br />
K19 092-880-13 T Phy Michelle Pham Vienna Tran Degrading Plastic: The Amount of Ultraviolet Light It Takes to Break<br />
Plastic<br />
K17 092-910-7 T Ear Niharika Rane Inderpal Kaur Liquefaction in Action: Testing Building Height vs. Liquefaction<br />
Resistance<br />
K13 092-A10-12 T Eng Roy Dey Derek Li Tsunami Shelter: a Shelter Capable of Withstanding and Resisting a<br />
Post- and Pre-Tsunami Situation<br />
K11 092-A40-13 T Eng Julia Cho Josh Kim Creating a Clearer Voice Chat/Conference Experience by Using<br />
Sound Localization<br />
L12 092-A50-9 T Eng Rishi Veerapaneni Divya Veerapaneni Improve Solar Panel Output<br />
L14 092-C10-9 T Bioinfo Bradley Qu William Zhou Association Between Viral Infections and Cancer<br />
L16 101-110-12 Bot Justin Bryan The Effect of Cadmium Chloride Solutions on the Growth Patterns,<br />
Demographics, and Survival Rate of Lemna minor.<br />
L18 101-130-4 Bot Nisha Patel What is the Effect of Fungal Inoculation on the Disease Crown Gall<br />
Caused by the Bacteria agrobacterium tumefaciens in Sunflower<br />
Plants<br />
L22 101-140-13 Bot Tanya Al-Rehani The Effect of Photosynthesis Excretes on Voltage Production in Plants<br />
L24 101-150-9 Bot Ramneek Singh Effect of Liming on the Chemical Absorptions of Rhododendron<br />
subgenus tsutsuji<br />
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L26 101-210-4 Env Shefali Patel Exploring the potential of Nostoc cyanobacteria as a biofertilizer for<br />
augmenting growth of Brassica pervirdis, Brassica oleracea and Beta<br />
vulgaris<br />
L28 101-211-2 Env Ruchi Pandya A practical approach to water purification using filtration by<br />
photoactivated Degussa P25 making use of nanoparticles to eliminate<br />
pathogens and organic impurities.<br />
L30 101-220-13 Env Eugenia Huang The Effects of White Rot Fungi on Degrading Groundwater Pollutants<br />
L32 101-221-11 Env Mukund Prabakar The Effect of Continuous Supply of Sunlight and CO2 on Algae Oil<br />
Content<br />
L38 101-230-9 Env Olivia Woodford-Berry An Analysis of a Potential Factor in Global Warming: The Effects of<br />
Varying Salt Water pH on Chaetomorpha<br />
L40 101-231-7 Env Kriti Lall Studying and Manipulating arxA, an Arsenite Oxidase, in E. coli:<br />
Unearthing Applications in Astrobiology and Water Bioremediation.<br />
L42 101-241-3 Env Adam O'Regan The Effect of Different Soil Bacteria Species on Phytoremediation of<br />
Volatile Benzene from an Indoor Environment<br />
L46 101-250-1 Env Kacey Fang Using Gas Chromatography to Analyze the Toxicity of Former<br />
Superfund Sites and Their Effects on Phaseolus vulgaris<br />
L48 101-260-10 Env Shravan Sundaram The Effects of Aqueous Ammonia in Pre-determined Concentrations,<br />
on the Growth Rate and Overall Biological Health, on Native and Nonnative<br />
Grasses<br />
L52 101-280-2 Env Preston Wong The Detection of Oil Spill Pollution Using Bioluminescent Dinoflagellates<br />
L54 101-290-11 Env Yunqing Ye Water Content Required for Optimum Biogas Production Rate<br />
L58 101-310-9 Zoo Brian Nguyen The Effect of Scale Structure on the Swimming Speed of Aquatic<br />
Animals<br />
L60 101-410-1 Soc Hima Rajana This Is Your Brain on Music : The Effect of Music on Academic<br />
Performance in Teenagers<br />
L62 101-420-10 Soc Archana Venkatesh Posture and Its Role In Memory Retention<br />
L68 101-430-6 Soc YoungJean Han The Correlation Between the Bed Time Variability and Short-Term<br />
Memory Retrieval<br />
L72 101-510-6 Med Mano Ranaweera What is the Effect of Greasy Nose, Lips and Ears on Alleviating<br />
Seasonal Allergy Symptoms<br />
L74 101-511-4 Med Aniksha Mehta Using Henna Tanning as a Substitute for Harmful Ways of Tanning<br />
L76 101-520-2 Med Nikash Shankar Effective and Specific Cell Targeting in Alzheimer's Disease through<br />
the use of PLGA-PEG Nano Particles Encapsulated with Curcumin<br />
L78 101-530-11 Med Preethi Ravi Aggregation and Misfolded Proteins in Worms and Their Relation to<br />
Human Neurodegenerative Diseases<br />
L80 101-540-7 Med Daniela Lee Examination of Digested Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus<br />
acidophilus with Heterocyclic Amine<br />
L84 101-560-12 Med Shyam Krish Early Detection of Rabies Antigen at Wound Site Prior to Detailed<br />
Laboratory Diagnosis<br />
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L86 101-570-8 Med Aiswarya Sankar Reduction of Glutamate Levels in a Saline Solution through the<br />
Combined Administration of Insulin and Glucagon<br />
L88 101-590-13 Med Vedant Thyagaraj Analysis of Micro and Macro Sleep Architecture Using the Fp2-C2<br />
Sleep Channel Between Normal and Sleep-Troubled Patients<br />
L90 101-610-11 Bio Chinmay Vaidya The Effect of Ancient Ayurvedic Medicines on Bacteria such as B.<br />
subtilis, M. luteus, and R. rubrum as Compared to Traditional<br />
Antibiotics<br />
L92 101-611-9 Bio Thomas Fahrner The Effects of Environmental Factors on Saccharomyces cerevisiae<br />
Prion [PSI+] in conjunction with Glioblastoma multiforme<br />
L94 101-620-7 Bio Stanley Xie Increasing Lifespan through Inhibition of the HSF-1 Transcription<br />
Factor in C. Elegans<br />
L96 101-621-5 Bio Madhu Nori Effects of Erythromycin Antibiotic Over Time on Lactobacillus Probiotic<br />
L98 101-630-3 Bio Archana Podury The Effect of Temperature on the Aggregation of mHtt Proteins in<br />
Yeast Cells<br />
L99 101-631-1 Bio Somya Khare Improving Binding Affinity of the Calbindin-9k Protein to Develop an<br />
Efficient Calcium Biosensor<br />
L97 101-640-12 Bio Pongzhe Wang The Effect of Elevating the level of PDK4 through the use of PPARa<br />
activator WY-14,643 to stimulate invertebrate muscles in Drosophila<br />
melanogaster.<br />
L95 101-641-10 Bio Ayush Midha The Effect of the Presence of Biofilm on the Antibiotic Resistance of<br />
E. Coli<br />
L93 101-650-8 Bio Divya Balchander The Effect of Different Types of Environmental Conditions on Nostoc<br />
Bio-Remediating Oil<br />
L91 101-651-6 Bio Hersh Sanghvi Killing Bacteria with Bacteriophage: Isolating Bacteriophage to Target<br />
Problematic Bacteria Around the Human Body<br />
L89 101-660-4 Bio Prachi Laud The Determination of the Effect of Non-coding DNA on the Activity of a<br />
Plasmid<br />
L87 101-670-13 Bio Sriram Somasundaram A Novel Treatment for Biofilms using Nanocurcumin, Chitosan and<br />
nAg, and an Innovative Coating in Preventing Biofilms.<br />
L85 101-671-11 Bio Ruta Joshi Regulating p53 Through Miz1: Cellular Responses to Oncogenic<br />
Stress<br />
L83 101-680-9 Bio Pranav Reddy The Effect on p53 on the Inhibition of the SASP by Rapamycin in<br />
Human Fibroblasts<br />
L81 101-681-7 Bio Leo Yu Can Garlic Oil Inhibit Quorum Sensing in E.coli<br />
L79 101-690-5 Bio Serena Wang The Antifungal Effects of Eucalyptus globulus on Rhizopus stolonifer<br />
L77 101-710-3 Chem Vadim Korolik Ground Water Treatment: Removal of Dissolved Iron<br />
L73 101-720-12 Chem Paramjyot Panesar Solar Energy 24/7: The Investigation of Water Splitting and the Use of<br />
Hydrogen Fuel Cells<br />
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L71 101-730-8 Chem Sneha Mohidekar Moderating the Absorption of Starches into the Body using Natural<br />
Amylase Inhibitors Extracted from the Presumed Sources Lens<br />
culinaris, Triaonella foenum-araecum, Momordica charantia, and<br />
Cinnamomum cassia.<br />
L69 101-740-4 Chem Himani Aligireddy Coating of a Pill and its Dissolution Rate<br />
L63 101-810-8 Phy Yuyuan Chen Cosmic Ray Effects on Cellphone and Laptop Applications<br />
L61 101-820-4 Phy Vivian Zhang A Mechanical Backbone: How the Angle of Connection Affects the<br />
Straightening Force<br />
L59 101-830-13 Phy Jiwan Kang The Effect of Designs of Wall Surfaces on the Electromagnetic<br />
Radiation Absorbing Capacity.<br />
L55 101-840-9 Phy Esra Altun Modeling Airway Passages<br />
L53 101-850-5 Phy Namrata Balasingam On the Dynamics of Carbon Dioxide Plumes Sequestered in Saline<br />
Aquifers: A Physics-Based Assessment of the Risk of Leakage<br />
L49 101-910-13 Ear Nidhi Navaratna Pattern Identification and Prediction of M-and-X-class Solar Flares<br />
and Coronal Mass Ejections Through Computerized Analysis of Solar<br />
Magnetograms<br />
L47 101-920-9 Ear Christopher Powers Investigating Wave Barriers to Reduce the Power of Storm Surges<br />
L43 101-930-5 Ear Maya Josyula Earth's Carbon Sinks: Exploring the Effects of Melting Arctic Ocean<br />
Ice<br />
L41 101-A10-5 Eng XinNi Chai Evaluation of a Novel Microbial Fuel Cell<br />
L39 101-A11-3 Eng Leela Amladi Fail-Proof Pill Reminder System<br />
L33 101-A20-1 Eng Akhilesh Aji Molten Salt Thermal Storage System<br />
L31 101-A21-12 Eng Kenneth Vaz Brace Yourself! A Novel Method for Monitoring and Preventing Knee<br />
Injuries.<br />
L29 101-A40-6 Eng Neil Movva A Novel Approach to Pupil Tracking Using IR Reflection<br />
L27 101-A50-2 Eng Omkar Savant An Ultrasonic Tactile Mapping Device to Enable Autonomous<br />
Navigation for the Blind<br />
L25 101-A60-11 Eng Nitya Mani B-carotene Production from D.Salina for Vit. A Supplementation under<br />
a Reduced Resource Setting<br />
L23 101-A70-7 Eng Vidya Raghvendra Low-Cost Water Purification and Desalination System Using Solar<br />
and Geothermal Energy<br />
L19 101-A90-12 Eng Daniel Zheng Finding a More Eco-Friendly Coffee Sleeve<br />
L17 101-B10-10 Comp Ashwath Thirumalai Application of Genetic Algorithms to the Generation of Sudoku<br />
Puzzles<br />
L15 101-B20-6 Comp Cindy Liu Automated Choroidal Segmentation Method in Human Eye with 1050<br />
nm Optical Coherence Tomography<br />
L13 101-B21-4 Comp Tanay Tandon Clipped: Automated Text Summarization through Clustered Machine<br />
Learning and Semantic Natural Language Processing Algorithms<br />
L11 101-B30-2 Comp Aaron Huang Eliminating the Write Cliff in NAND Based Solid State Drives<br />
M10 101-B31-13 Comp Wilson Wang The Effect of Location and Time on Warming Patterns Around the<br />
World<br />
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M12 101-B40-11 Comp Rishabh Jain The Early Detection of Wildfires Through the Utilization of GOES<br />
Satellite Imagery, Edge Analysis, and Spectral-Based Hashing.<br />
M14 101-B50-7 Comp Ajay Gopinath Computational Modeling of Phytoplanktonic Organisms to Resolve<br />
"The Paradox of the Plankton" in Aquatic Biology<br />
M16 101-B51-5 Comp Joseph Chang Optimal Margin Classifier in Machine Learning and its Applications<br />
M18 101-B60-3 Comp Siddharth Prasad New Voting Methods Based on Sorting<br />
M22 101-B61-1 Comp Rama Prasad Mathematical Modeling of Biological Processes<br />
M24 101-B70-12 Comp Meena Rajan Defining Straight Lines in Curvilinear Coordinate Systems<br />
M26 101-B71-10 Comp Ajay Ramesh How Can we Optimize Public Parking Places<br />
M28 101-B80-8 Comp Agastya Gupta Vision Training Software Using the Optokinetic Nystagmus Test and<br />
Moving Dots to Improve Fixation and Vision for Adults and Children<br />
M30 101-B90-4 Comp Meera Krishnamoorthy An Analysis of the Correlation of Psychometric Test Scores and<br />
Measured Physical and Mental Characteristics<br />
M32 101-C10-2 Bioinfo Mrinal Nag A Study of the Effect of Genetic Mutations on the Response of<br />
Common Lifesaving Drugs<br />
M38 101-C20-11 Bioinfo Andrew Jin Breast Cancer Prognosis Through Gene Expression Profiling and<br />
Tumor Morphology<br />
M40 101-C30-7 Bioinfo Ankita Pannu Cancer Diagnosis Using Supervised Machine Learning on Gene<br />
Expression Levels Obtained from DNA Microarrays<br />
M42 101-C40-3 Bioinfo Steven Wang Anti-Tumor Immunity: A Novel Hybrid Cellular Automaton for Cancer<br />
Vaccines<br />
M46 101-C50-12 Bioinfo Rachita Pandya Interrogation of Cigarette Smoking: Using Affymetrix Human Genome<br />
U133 Microarrays to Survey Immunological Bacteria-Sensing Protein<br />
Expression Patterns in Human Airway Epithelium of Smokers and<br />
Nonsmokers<br />
M52 102-110-9 T Bot Disha Bahl Jeremy Wang The Effect of Taraxacum officinale on Escherichia coli and Serratia<br />
marscecens<br />
M54 102-120-5 T Bot Nikki Do Tran Nguyen The Effect of Urine on Chlorophyll Concentration<br />
M60 102-130-1 T Bot Tina Ha Jenny Tran Effect of Home-Made Organic Soil on the Germination Rate of<br />
Rapnanus sativus (Radish)<br />
M68 102-140-10 T Bot Shreya Batra Sneha<br />
Archita Jain Effect of Pesticides on Tomatoes<br />
Padmanabha<br />
M72 102-210-1 T Env Ritap Rastogi Joshua Kim Impact of Water Temperature on Freshwater Invertebrates<br />
M76 102-220-10 T Env Rachit Kataria Arka Bagchi The Maximization of CO2 Intake Through Phytochrome Genetic<br />
Overexpression, Chemical Enhancement, and Fungal Alteration<br />
M78 102-230-6 T Env Rani Mavram Gauri Patil Determining the Amount of Carcinogenic Chlorothalonil through<br />
Spectrophotometry after Chemical Reactions in Soil<br />
M82 102-410-11 T Soc Christine Shen Sonia Ruiz He Said, She Said: Testing the Effects of Voices of Different Genders<br />
on Short-Term Memory<br />
M84 102-430-3 T Soc Zainab Raza Natalia Rubio A Wrinkle in the Perception of Time<br />
M88 102-440-12 T Soc Gerrit Orthlieb Aaron Chang Brian Liu Artificial Replication of Nerve Impulses<br />
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M92 102-510-3 T Med Odelia So Deborah Lee How Effective Are the Four Most Popular Teas: Black, White, Oolong<br />
and Green Tea in Preventing Tooth Decay<br />
M94 102-520-12 T Med Lee Hsieh Kathy Ma Do Sesame Seeds Produce Darker Hair<br />
M98 102-530-8 T Med Anokhi Saklecha Manthra Panchapakesan Effects of Age on Genes Causing NSCLC in Younger Age Groups<br />
M99 102-610-8 T Bio Marian Park Allison Tam Inhibiting Effects of Lipocortin on Phospholipase A2-111 Enzyme<br />
M95 102-710-13 T Chem Tien Phan Megan Duckering Plastic Bottle Solvents<br />
M93 102-720-9 T Chem Deepti Valliappan Bhavya Jha Lead in Disquise<br />
M89 102-820-1 T Phy Elaine Luu Omneha Amujala Birdie Drag<br />
M85 102-A10-2 T Eng Akash Bellippady Shiva Kannan Abhishek Gupta Harness The Heat<br />
M83 102-A20-11 T Eng Connie Xiao Karen Mok Moving Solar Powered Database<br />
M79 102-A30-7 T Eng Hershel Shah Suraj Setty Increasing the Efficiency of Wind Turbines<br />
M77 102-A40-3 T Eng Shivam Patel Ishankumar Patel The Use of Hyper-Text Markup Language to Code a Website which, in<br />
turn, Will Help Recommend Medicine to the Ill<br />
M71 102-B10-7 T Comp Anand Chukka Sonia Raghuram Video Analysis Algorithm to Differentiate the Beating Patterns of Adult<br />
and Fetal Cardiomyocytes<br />
M63 102-B20-3 T Comp Arvind Nandi Adriel Pineda Farid Rahman Passage Decrypter<br />
M61 111-110-6 Bot Hannah Spinner The Effects of Mycorrhizal Networks on the Communicative Abilities of<br />
Zea mays<br />
M59 111-120-2 Bot Emma Sydir The Effect of Light Exposure on Circumnutation Size<br />
M55 111-130-11 Bot Leslie Tseng DNA Methylation Inheritance of Down-regulated Genes in Arabidopsis<br />
thaliana Under Water Deficit Stress<br />
M53 111-140-7 Bot Annie Cheng The Effect of Overexpression of Different Arabidopsis thaliana Plant<br />
Enzyrnes on Fatty Acid Production<br />
M49 111-150-3 Bot Allison Ji The Changing of the Photosynthesis Rate of Polyanthus Primrose<br />
(Primula x polyantha) Through the Addition of Escherichia Coli to the<br />
Soil<br />
M47 111-210-11 Env Brooke Ahmed An Experimental Study on the Effects of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide<br />
and Oceanic Acidity and Hypoxia on Calcifying Marine Organisms<br />
M43 111-220-7 Env Abhishek Johri The Effect of Dinoflagellates at Different Temperatures on the Oxygen<br />
Levels in the Ocean<br />
M41 111-240-12 Env Florencia Rodas What the Seed Doesn't Need<br />
M39 111-250-8 Env Caroline Fukawa How Do Temperature and Vegetation Impact Nitrate Levels In Local<br />
Bodies of Water<br />
N58 111-260-4 Env Jiangyan Du Effect of Surrounding Conditions on Shewanella oneidensis in the<br />
Reduction of Chromium (VI)<br />
M33 111-310-3 Zoo Saran Magaña Field Study on Success of Rehabilitated Raptors Released from<br />
WCSV<br />
M31 111-320-12 Zoo Rachel Song Evaluation of the Feeding Behavior and Overgrazing Potential of the<br />
Northern Kelp Crab (Pugettia producta) Off the Santa Barbara<br />
Coastline<br />
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M29 111-410-8 Soc Anubhav Sarkar How to Improve Test Scores Without Studying More: An Investigation<br />
of Glucose as an Ego-Depletion Compensator to Enhance System II<br />
Thinking<br />
M27 111-440-9 Soc Sreevidya Kurra Negative Correlation of Heart Rate Levels With Self Reported Results<br />
in Autistic Adults<br />
M25 111-450-5 Soc Anoeil Odisho Stress and Tests: How Does Stress Affect an Individual's Test-taking<br />
Abilities<br />
M23 111-460-1 Soc Derek Kim Trash With Class<br />
M19 111-510-13 Med Shruthi Perati A Molecular Study of Ror2/Wnt Signaling Pathways and Their Effects<br />
on Facial Deformities During Embryonic Development<br />
M17 111-520-9 Med Sowra Kapoor The Effect of Soda Consumption On Hunger<br />
M15 111-521-7 Med Vishwajit Kode Development of Magnetite Expressing Bacteriophage and Cells for<br />
High Resolution MRI Tracking In Vivo<br />
M13 111-530-5 Med Namita Ravi The Effect of Avenacin and Tomatidine on Blood Cholesterol Levels<br />
M11 111-531-3 Med Kitty Liu The Formulation of a Topical Ointment for Exclusively Breast Fed<br />
Infants to Receive Supplemental Vitamin D3<br />
N10 111-541-12 Med Anna Thomas Evaluating the Prevalence of Noncoding Repeat Expansions in<br />
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis<br />
N12 111-550-10 Med Anika Ullah Is There a Difference Between Genders In the Neuronal Markers of<br />
Myenteric Plexus, and Could this Explain Why Some Common G1<br />
Ailments Preferentially Affect Females<br />
N14 111-551-8 Med Sophia Nguyen Salmonella Carrying shRNA Against Indolamine 2,3-Dioxygenase<br />
Induces Neutrophils During Control of Murine Pancreatic Cancer.<br />
N16 111-561-4 Med Thomas Li Investigating Chronological Life Span of Different Strains of S.<br />
cerevisiae<br />
N18 111-570-2 Med Sneha Annamaneni The Effect of Physical Exercise on Neurogenesis in the Nematode<br />
Caenorhabdins elegans<br />
N22 111-580-11 Med Timothy Lin Effect of Chinese Herbal Medicine on C. elegans Genetically Modified<br />
to Exhibit Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Symptoms.<br />
N24 111-590-7 Med Molly Vora Facial Dysmorphologies Caused By an Imbalance in Wnt Signaling<br />
N26 111-610-5 Bio Areej Hasan Effect of Light on Lethargus Stage in C. elegans<br />
N30 111-611-3 Bio Nancy Zhou The Effects of Sources Attempting the Renaturation of Denatured<br />
Catalase on its Enzymatic Activity<br />
N32 111-620-1 Bio Yuhui (Anna) Liu Graphene as a Fluorescence Quencher in Quantitative Polymerase<br />
Chain Reaction<br />
N40 111-621-12 Bio Amy Tsai The Effect of a Mutation in the unc-47 Gene in C. elegans on<br />
Olfactory Response<br />
N42 111-630-10 Bio Christine Bernal The Effect of Ultraviolet Radiation on Pyrocystis fusiformis<br />
Bioluminescence<br />
N48 111-631-8 Bio Emily Wang A New Light In Biosensing: Engineering Photostable GFP Mutants For<br />
FRET<br />
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N52 111-640-6 Bio Ashwin Srikant An Analysis of the Effect of Histone Deacytelase Inhibitors on Cohesin<br />
Function in Wild-type and Mutant varieties of Saccharomyces<br />
cerevisae<br />
N60 111-670-7 Bio Kristina Kheyfets What Is the Effect of Antioxidants On E. coli Growth When Exposed to<br />
Electromagnetic Fields<br />
N68 111-680-3 Bio Xiangyue Kong Improving In Situ Detection of Many Different mRNA In Cells Using a<br />
Series of Sequentially Displayed Fluorescent Colors<br />
N72 111-690-12 Bio Divya Kalidindi A Study of the Effects of Sic-1 and Other Chemical Inhibitors on the<br />
Production of Cyclin B Complexes During Metaphase in Yeast and<br />
Arabidopsis Mitotic Cells<br />
N74 111-710-10 Chem Efrey Noten Maximizing Methanol Yield from Photocatalytic Oxidation of Methane<br />
N76 111-720-6 Chem Rohith Bhethanabotla Achiral and polarimetric analysis using alpha-cyclodextrin and betacyclodexrin<br />
as chiral selectors to separate enantiomers and<br />
diastereomers of cypermethrin<br />
N78 111-740-11 Chem Henry Ling Improving Efficiency of the Microbial Fuel Cell<br />
N80 111-750-7 Chem Ruchi Jain Usability of Indocyanine Green in Thyroid Cancer Cells<br />
N82 111-760-3 Chem Mercedes Chien Creating a Potential Biodiesel Additive Using an Ester and Solketal<br />
from Crude Glycerol<br />
N84 111-820-11 Phy Namrata Ramani The Optimization of The Strength of Porous Scaffolds in Tissue<br />
Engineering Through Silicon Coating<br />
N86 111-830-7 Phy Ethan Chou How Geometric Configuration and Various Materials Effect<br />
Electromagnetic Detection<br />
N88 111-840-3 Phy Vikas Bhetanabhotla A Novel Approach to Detecting Cancer Through Supervised Learning<br />
Algorithms<br />
N90 111-850-12 Phy Arjun Balasingam On Enhancing the Wind Energy Harvested by Piezoelectric Beams:<br />
An Investigation of Aeroelastic Flutter and Related Phenomena in<br />
Novel Fin-and-Bluff Systems<br />
N92 111-910-7 Ear Kevin Zhu The Influence of Supermassive Black Holes on Star Formation in<br />
Distant Galaxies<br />
N96 111-930-12 Ear Sanika Kulkarni How do the Velocities and Positions of Different Stars Affect the<br />
Rotation Curve of the Andromeda Galaxy<br />
N98 111-940-8 Ear Ngoc Nguyen Soil Liquifaction Mitigation<br />
N99 111-A10-12 Eng Jessica Chiu The Passive Aeroelastic Response of Morphing Wing Designs<br />
Utilizing Memory Shape Alloy Actuators<br />
N97 111-A12-8 Eng Aditya Srinivasan Active Camouflage<br />
N95 111-A20-8 Eng Andrea Kibel Harnessing the Oceans for Food Production<br />
N93 111-A21-6 Eng Akruti Gupta A Novel Design for Wind Technology that Harnesses Wind Energy in<br />
Urban Areas<br />
N91 111-A22-4 Eng Michael Kling Magic Pen<br />
N89 111-A30-4 Eng Adyota Gupta SmartVest: Redesigning and Revolutionizing the Conventional<br />
Bulletproof Vest<br />
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N87 111-A31-2 Eng Meera Yellamraju A Cane-Mounted Camera Device to Aid the Visually Impaired at an<br />
Intersection: The Application of an Image Analysis Algorithm to Detect<br />
Moving Vehicles<br />
N85 111-A41-11 Eng Sumanth Balaraman Using Smartphones to Screen for and Correct Hearing Loss<br />
N83 111-A42-9 Eng Izzat Halabi Free Energy<br />
N81 111-A50-9 Eng Mingbo Gu Teaching Karate With the Kinect<br />
N79 111-A51-7 Eng Abha Pandey Creating the Rescue UAV: using Motion, Temperature and Sound to<br />
do Human Detection<br />
N77 111-A60-5 Eng Sarika Bajaj A Video Information System Collecting 4pi Steradian Images<br />
N73 111-A61-3 Eng Nihal Uppugunduri Enhanced Colision Detection Systems for the Detection and and<br />
Prevention of Vehicle Accidents<br />
N71 111-A62-1 Eng James Ma Design, Fabrication and Calibration of a Temperature Gradient Sensor<br />
for Use in the Study of Life in the Extreme.<br />
N69 111-A70-1 Eng Mary Liu Investigating More Efficient and Less Expensive Means of Water<br />
Purification<br />
N63 111-A71-12 Eng Maitreyee Joshi Use of Haptic Rendering Devices to Bring Tactile Sensation to Upper<br />
Extremity Prosthetics<br />
N61 111-A80-10 Eng Vibhav Altekar The Quest to Engineer a Cheap Efficient Microbial Fuel Cell<br />
N59 111-A81-8 Eng Avi Agarwal Music of Movement<br />
N55 111-A90-6 Eng Spoorthi Davala The Inhibition of Escherichia Coli In Refrigerators Through the Use of<br />
Pulsed Electric Field Processing<br />
N53 111-B10-4 Comp Neel Guha Search Engines from Textbooks: Developing Specialzed Educational<br />
Search Tools<br />
N49 111-B11-2 Comp Daniel Park Automatic Detection of Epileptic Seizures in Electrode-Implanted Mice<br />
Using Support Vector Machines<br />
N47 111-B20-13 Comp Pramod Chandrasekhar Formulating an Optimal Individualized Rhythmic Passcode Threshold<br />
Accounting for Human Variation<br />
N43 111-B21-11 Comp Karthik Bala Blink Communicator<br />
N41 111-B31-7 Comp Amy Shen A Novel Approach to Measuring Password Strength Using Machine<br />
Learning and Web Popularity<br />
N39 111-B40-5 Comp Tony Jiang A Novel Obstacle-Aware Longest Path Routing and Length-Matching<br />
Algorithm Using Rectangular Grids<br />
N33 111-B41-3 Comp Navin Shajan Analysis and Implemention of Digital Audio and Video Fingerprinting<br />
and Identification using the Chirplet Transform<br />
N31 111-B50-1 Comp Jason Xie Data Analysis of Sales in a Store to Find Individual Customer Needs<br />
and Product Relationships with Each Other<br />
N29 111-B51-12 Comp Andrew Wang Continued Fractions<br />
N27 111-B60-10 Comp Kevin Mu Use of Radomization & Noise Introduction to Provide Greater Strength<br />
of Encryption Algorithms against Power & Timing Attacks<br />
N25 111-B61-8 Comp Gabriel Rossmann Microfluidic Chip and Software Interface for Tissue Culturing<br />
Experiments<br />
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N23 111-B70-6 Comp Anshul Ramachandran Substructure Mining by Application of Weighted Molecular Bonds to a<br />
Simplicial Complex Representation of Molecules<br />
N19 111-B71-4 Comp Adrina Bourang Electromagnetic Target Identification and Tracking System<br />
N17 111-B80-2 Comp Nishant Jain 3D Markerless Tracking in Augmented Reality:A Moblie Interface for<br />
the Global Deployment of Spatial Anatomical Education<br />
N15 111-B90-11 Comp Calvin Huang Using Structured Learning to Improve Accuracy of Semantic Role<br />
Labeling in Natural Language Processing<br />
N13 111-C10-9 Bioinfo Natalie Ng Advancing Precision Medicine: MicroRNA Prognostic Signatures and<br />
Prediction Models for Distant Metastasis-Free Survival in Breast<br />
Cancer<br />
N11 111-C20-5 Bioinfo Vishnu Shankar Application Of a Novel De-Novo and Homology-based Algorithm to<br />
Predict the 3D Structure and Dynamics of Human DP G-Protein<br />
Coupled Receptor for Cardiovascular and Immune Systems<br />
P10 111-C30-1 Bioinfo Aishwarya Nene Rational Peptide Design for the Fanconi Anemia DNA Damage Repair<br />
Complex<br />
P12 111-C40-10 Bioinfo Sabir Saluja Determining if Vankyrin Proteins Impede Toll Pathway in Drosophila<br />
by Competing with Key Proteins Involved: Computational Modeling of<br />
the Signaling Proteins Involved<br />
P14 111-C50-6 Bioinfo Charles Liu A Nosology for Human Diseases Based on Statistical Meta-Analysis<br />
of 11057 Gene Expression Profiles<br />
P16 111-C60-2 Bioinfo Catherine Nitta Elucidating the Timing of Synaptic Fatigue<br />
P22 112-210-8 T Env Grace Wang Felix Chow Does Lowering Temperature and Carbon Dioxide Levels For Multiple<br />
Generations Cause Synechococcus cyanobacteria to Evolve and<br />
Develop an Increased Photosynthetic Rate<br />
P24 112-220-4 T Env Shreya Dash Titus Lagman Cleaning Oil Spills: Which Sorbents are Best<br />
P28 112-230-13 T Env Sherman Luo Jenny Vo How Density Affects How Fire Spreads on Grass<br />
P30 112-310-13 T Zoo Daniel Pak Christopher Fu What is the Relationship Between Sea Cucumber Body Wall Ossicles<br />
and Species Types<br />
P38 112-410-5 T Soc Melissa Hartman Rachel Eager Cognitive Reasoning and Memory Abilities in Cuttlefish: Relating<br />
Environmental Factors to Specific Patterns Using Positive<br />
Reinforcement (Sepia bandensis)<br />
P40 112-420-1 T Soc Anthony Li Jayden Li Time and Judgement<br />
P46 112-510-10 T Med Urvi Gupta Jennifer Dai Analysis of the Effect of CO2 Levels and Ventilation Rates on Disease<br />
Transmission in a High School Contact Network<br />
P48 112-520-6 T Med Ashish Samaddar Venkata Jonnakuti Genetically Engineering E. coli to Secrete Serrapeptase to Dissolve<br />
Atherosclerotic Plaque<br />
P54 112-540-11 T Med Helen Newen Megan Nguyen Effects of Antioxidants on Myocardial Heart Cells Grown in Thermally<br />
Oxidized Fat Culture<br />
P58 112-610-2 T Bio Truonghuy Mai Viraj Desai Effectiveness of Artificial and Herbal Antibiotics on Pseudomonas<br />
P62 112-620-11 T Bio Beverly Yu Alyssa Sahu Inhibiting Quorum Sensing In Escheria coli<br />
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P72 112-630-7 T Bio Thomas Luh Joy Jin Hedgehog-Gli Signaling Promotes Cell Proliferation and Epithelial-to-<br />
Mesenchymal Transition in Lung Cancer<br />
P76 112-640-3 T Bio Saloni Singal Atmaja Aswadhati The Effects of Commonly Ingested Compounds On the Polyol<br />
Pathway In Respect to Sorbitol Production<br />
P80 112-650-12 T Bio Andrew Nguyen Sam Taft Effects of Graphene on Cell Growth<br />
P84 112-660-8 T Bio Monica Bodd Audrey Chang Karen Mac Bionanotechnology: Manipulation of Photothermal Properties of Gold<br />
Nanorod Conjugates of EGFR and VEGFR in Mammary Carcinoma<br />
and Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC)<br />
P86 112-670-4 T Bio Anika Gupta Saachi Jain Correlation Between the Presence of imaA (HP0289) and<br />
Inflammation Levels in H. pylori Infected Patients<br />
P90 112-690-9 T Bio Marvin Qi Prem Nair Optimization of Bacterial Inactivation By Sonication-Induced<br />
Cavitation Through the Varying of pH Levels<br />
P94 112-810-12 T Phy Avinash Nayak Shreyas Parthasarathy Investigation of Four-Lepton Invariant Mass Spectrum in Proton-<br />
Proton Collisions<br />
P96 112-820-8 T Phy Warren Rivera Brandon Sulleza Tops and Flares<br />
P99 112-830-4 T Phy Omer Saeed Axel Tenorio Electric Indicator: Electricity Causing Color Changes<br />
P97 112-840-13 T Phy Vincent Hu Takaya Tantiyavarong RF Heating vs. Conventional Heating<br />
P93 112-850-9 T Phy Jay Kamat Alex Nagase Exploring the Effect of Water Hardness on the Mpemba Effect<br />
P89 112-860-5 T Phy Zachary Sweger Gillian Xu Thuy Phuong Antimatter in High Energy Electrical Discharges.<br />
P87 112-910-4 T Ear Stephanie Chen Matthew Huang Using Geometric Albedos and Reflection Spectra to Model the Color<br />
of Planets<br />
P83 112-920-13 T Ear Zareen Choudhury Caroline Debs Do All Stars Form In Clusters: Masses and Ages of Young<br />
Supergiants in Andromeda<br />
P79 112-A11-7 T Eng James Fairweather Alexander Lee Ethan Lee Green Swamp:A Drip Irrigation and Infiltration System<br />
P77 112-A30-1 T Eng Paras Jain Ajay Jain Rapid Variable Density Map Acquisition Through a Novel Distributed<br />
Network of Autonomous Aerial Quadrotors Driven by Computer Vision<br />
Based Feature Targeting<br />
P71 112-A40-10 T Eng Rahul Tewari Evan Borras Simulation of Passive Attitude Stabilization of a CubeSat to<br />
Predetermine Orientations for Imaging Devices<br />
P69 112-A50-6 T Eng Tanay Nathan Michael Zhang Changing <strong>Project</strong>ile Velocity in Pneumatic Systems Using High-<br />
Precision Electric Solenoids<br />
P61 112-A60-2 T Eng Andy Tong Nitin Nallan Cenni Kim Creating the Sound of Music<br />
P55 112-A70-11 T Eng John Park Allen Speers Piezoelectric Shoes<br />
P53 112-A80-7 T Eng Danielle Bader Sara Lindsey How Much Wood Could Wood Glue Glue, If Wood Glue Could Glue<br />
Wood<br />
P47 112-A90-3 T Eng Irfan Faizullabhoy Ayush Mehra Building a Sound Barrier that uses Acoustic Decoupling Noise<br />
Cancellation to Minimize Road-Noise<br />
P43 112-B10-1 T Comp Andrew Wang Brian Tuan Optimization of Computational Data Analysis in Lattice Quantum<br />
Chromodynamics<br />
P39 112-B20-10 T Comp Loc Trinh Jason Hung Optimizing Computer GO Algorithm<br />
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P31 112-B30-6 T Comp James Gabbard Kathleen Grant Andrew Liu New Methods Of Generating Sets of Intransitive Dice<br />
P29 121-110-13 Bot Pooja Shah Influence of Pectin Biosynthetic GAUT Genes on Cellulose<br />
Organization in Mutant Arabidopis thaliana Root Cell Walls<br />
P27 121-210-5 Env Kyra Fukawa Testing the Survival Rate of Daphnia Magna when Exposed to Salt<br />
and Comparing to Water in the Guadalupe River Watershed<br />
P25 121-310-10 Zoo Mayra Pelagio Body Size of Ammonoids has Limited Correlation with Diversity<br />
P23 121-410-2 Soc Sam Kumar True or Fake: A Stylometric Approach to Checking Originality<br />
P19 121-430-7 Soc Nicole Kacir What is the Effect of an Individual's Personality Type on Their Music<br />
Tastes<br />
P17 121-440-3 Soc Henry Trang At the Dinner Table: A Psychological Analysis on the Social Behavior<br />
of People Eating Out<br />
P15 121-510-7 Med Anne Zeng Small Molecules as Novel Therapeutic Treatment for Alzheimer's<br />
Disease<br />
P13 121-511-5 Med Anika Radiya-Dixit Comparison of Healthy vs. Diabetic Adipose-Derived Stem-Cell-<br />
Seeded Hydrogels for Topical Wound Healing<br />
P11 121-530-12 Med Kathryn Wong Pharmacokinetics study of FC-FLT3L<br />
R10 121-540-8 Med Eyobed Mesfun The Study of the Effects of Electromagnetic Fields With Varying<br />
Frequencies on Cancerous and Non-cancerous cell-lines<br />
R12 121-550-4 Med Kelly Lyons Sodium Bicarbonate's Effect on the Growth Rate of Cancer Cells<br />
R14 121-570-9 Med Albert Ge Evaluation of the Interleukin-16 Knockout Mouse as a Novel Model of<br />
Human Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome ALPS<br />
R16 121-580-5 Med Suchita Nety Assessing a Targeted Heptapeptide as a Molecular Imaging Agent for<br />
Colon Cancer Screening<br />
R18 121-610-12 Bio Eric Gu The Effect of Ileal Interposition Surgery on MtDNA Copy Number in<br />
Transgenic Diabetic Rats<br />
R22 121-630-4 Bio Stephen Chien The Effects of Chelating Agents on the Presence of RPOS and the<br />
Formation of Exopolysaccharides in E.coli Biofilms<br />
R24 121-640-13 Bio Aahana Sahai Anintimicrobial Properties of Ampicillin, Tetrachloroisophthalonitrile,<br />
and Broccoli Extract Towards E. coli and S. cerevisiae<br />
R26 121-710-4 Chem Eesha Khare Design and Synthesis of Hydrogenated TiO2-Polyaniline Nanorods for<br />
Flexible High-Performance Supercapacitors<br />
R28 121-720-13 Chem Alexander Powers Investigation of the Effects of Nanocrystal Shape on the Efficiency of<br />
Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells<br />
R30 121-910-1 Ear Payal Modi Understanding the Chemical Inhomogeneities Among Stars in<br />
Globular Clusters: Examining M4 and M5 for Trends in Elemental<br />
Abundances<br />
R32 121-920-10 Ear Andrew Luo The Kinematics of Andromeda's Diffuse Ionized Gas Disk<br />
R38 121-930-6 Ear Nikhil Buduma A Computational Investigation of the Structures, Energies, and<br />
Formation Pathways of Interstellar Anions: Elucidating Unexplored<br />
Mechanisms of Anionic Astrochemistry<br />
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R40 121-940-2 Ear Debnil Sur Dwarf Ellipticals in Low-Density Environments: Transition to a Star-<br />
Forming State<br />
R42 121-A10-6 Eng Alison Rugar Growth and Characterization of the Thermoelectric Properties of<br />
Indium Phosphide Nanowire Networks<br />
R46 121-A11-4 Eng Kimberly Vaz The Development of a User-Friendly Automated Sprinkler Control<br />
System with Emphasis on Water Optimization Customized for<br />
Different Plants.<br />
R48 121-A20-2 Eng McKenna Duzac Berzeliopaper: The Arrangement of Silicon Nanoparticles in a<br />
Macroscopic Aggregate Sheet and its Comparison to Buckypaper<br />
R52 121-A30-11 Eng Noorsher Ahmed Quenching the World's Thirst: Rapid Distillation and Treatment of<br />
Ocean Water into Potable Drinking Water Using Electromagnetic<br />
Waves in the Microwave Frequency<br />
R54 121-A40-7 Eng Navjot Singh Optimization of Microbial Solar Fuel Cells: Correlation Between<br />
Aquatic Plants and Their Electrical Output<br />
R58 121-A50-3 Eng Jacob Nguyen Superhydrophobic Soot: Applying the Properties of the Dispersion of<br />
Carbon Nanoparticles to Reduce Friction from Newtonian Fluids<br />
R60 121-A60-12 Eng David Zarrin A Hybrid Pulsating Turbine Jet Engine<br />
R62 121-A70-8 Eng Joseph Le Recycled Energy: Transforming Waste Heat from Ubiquitous<br />
Integrated Circuits into a Beneficial Electric By-Product<br />
R68 121-A80-4 Eng Edward White Natural Motion Energy Harvesting System<br />
R72 121-A90-13 Eng Ramakrishnan Menon Carbon Enhanced Aluminum Oxide Memristor<br />
R74 121-B10-11 Comp Colin Aitken Dots and Lines: A New Combinatorial Interpretation of the Homotopy<br />
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Hashimoto<br />
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