2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 1ANIMAL BIOLOGY (JR) J01Natalia Padilla Royal Oak Middle School First Place The Danaus Plexippus;

Can People Help thePopulation and Keep Themfrom the EndangeredSpecies List?

J0109Split group: -

Mansib Rahman New Horizon School Second Place The Effect of Natural vs.Synthetic Insecticides onthe Mortality Rate ofCockroaches

J0108Split group: -

Kathryn Anderson Classical Conversations ofLong Beach

Third Place pH of D C H - Comparingthe pH of Canine, Feline,and Human SalivaJ0105

Split group: -Lindsay Lopez New Los Angeles Charter

Middle SchoolHonorable Mention What Color/s Do Dogs See

the Most?J0106Split group: -

Lorelei Santa Maria The Science AcademySTEM Magnet

Honorable Mention The Saving Sting: TheAttraction of Bees to ColorJ0107

Split group: -

ANIMAL BIOLOGY (SR) S01Jonathan Young Lawndale High School First Place Magnetism on Limb

Regeneration in PlanariaS0104Split group: -

Haley Lopez Sun Valley Magnet School- High School

Second Place Don't Put It Down... Yet!S0103Split group: -

Felicia Lin Palos Verdes High School Third Place The Effect of Change inTemperature on EggLaying in Melibe leoninaS0102

Split group: -Raquel Contreras Lawndale High School Honorable Mention The Effect of Colored

Lights on EarthwormsS0107Split group: -

ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY (JR) J02Emily Champion American Martyrs School First Place Solutions for Canine Otitis

J0202Split group: -

Kensuke Shimojo Chandler School Second Place Planarians- Ultimate Abilityof SurvivalJ0207

Split group: -Reema Rafifar New Horizon School Third Place The Effect of Natural

Larvicides on the Survivalof Mosquito LarvaeJ0211

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2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 2Talia Tizabi Pressman Academy Honorable Mention Diabetic Peripheral

NeuropathyJ0213Split group: -

Ammar Hasan Al Huda School Honorable Mention Overtraining Syndromeand Fitness OptimizationJ0201

Split group: -Julianna Ramirez Saint John Fisher School Honorable Mention Study of Exoelectrogenic

Organisms in Soil toCreate ElectricityJ0206

Split group: -

ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY (SR) S02Titash Biswas Crescenta Valley High

SchoolFirst Place Wnt6 in Progenitor

Maintenance DuringHematopoiesis: A PotentialBiomarker for AcuteMyeloid Leukemia (AML)

S0205Split group: -

Sabahat NabihaSundus Alzeinat

Hawthorne Math andScience Academy

Second Place Power of CognitiveTraining; Year IIS0204

Split group: -Grace Mohandoss Arcadia High School Third Place The Impact of a Stressful

Schedule, the Sleep Cycle,and the Skipping ofBreakfast on theCardiovascular Health ofAdolescents

S0202Split group: -

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES - NON-HUMAN (JR) J03Nicole Vanegas Village Christian Middle

SchoolFirst Place MyrmecologyJ0309Split group: -

Alessandro Villalvazo El Sereno Magnet Center Second Place Ants Behavior WithoutAntennaeJ0301

Split group: -Victoria Marquez South Gate Middle School Third Place Surchin for Salinity

J0310Split group: -

Nadia Racho South Gate Middle School Honorable Mention The Movement Of BrittleStars In DifferentTemperaturesJ0308

Split group: -Gerardo Carrera South Gate Middle School Honorable Mention How Does Temperature

Affect Adult Moon JelliesJ0306Split group: -

Gabi Edler St Timothy School Honorable Mention The Mouse and HumanAmygdala in Proportion toOverall Brain SizeJ0305

Split group: -

2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 3BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES - HUMAN (JR) J04Braden Nucum Saint John Fisher School First Place Excessive Use of Social

Media: Do TeenagersExcessively Use SocialMedia More Than YoungerChildren and Older Adults

J0404Split group: -

Simona Michaelson Charles Evans HughesMiddle School

Second Place Effects of Visual Stimuli onStress LevelsJ0423

Split group: -Angelina Oganesyan Arroyo Seco Museum

Science Magnet SchoolThird Place ConformityJ0402Split group: -

Georgia Reder Pressman Academy Honorable Mention Out of My Mind! - DoStudents with ADHA Havea Worse of Better ShortTerm Memory thanStudents Without ADHD?

J0412Split group: -

Maya Lurvey Weizmann Day School Honorable Mention Sugar Fix: The Effect ofSugar on Focus inAdolescentsJ0418

Split group: -Mischa DavidovSophie ShabaniJulianna Hughes

Mirman School Honorable Mention How to Fix FamineJ0419Split group: -

BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES (SR) S03Jessica Bushman The Buckley School First Place The Extent and Effect of

School Burnout onAdolescentsS0305

Split group: -Diego Borgsdorf Granada Hills Charter High

SchoolSecond Place Foreign Language

Education: PhotographicWord AssociationTechniques vs TranslationBased Techniques

S0304Split group: -

Panna Gattyan The Buckley School Third Place Synapsin FamilyBehavioral Effects inCaenorhabditis elegansafter RNAi Soaking

S0306Split group: -

Williams CrileyRichard Criley

Palos Verdes High School Honorable Mention Correlation Between SleepQuality and ProfessionS0311

Split group: -Daisy VillanuevaSaheli Singh

Garey High School Honorable Mention Improving Attention DeficitHyperactivity Disorder withSustained ExerciseS0303

Split group: -

BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (JR) J05Zaighum Nagra Gaspar de Portola Middle

School Highly GiftedMagnet

First Place Effectiveness of HomeRemedies used forLowering CholesterolJ0516

Split group: -

2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 4Jonah Marks Academy Of Integrated

Arts and TechonologySecond Place Hand Washing Techniques

and the Effects on BloodSugar TestingJ0510

Split group: -Clara Mangali American Martyrs School Third Place Ionic Liquids vs. Enzymes:

Cellulose Saccharificationfor the Production ofEthanol

J0506Split group: -

Katarina Baumgart Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention Counting CaloriesJ0511Split group: -

Audrey Jung Huntington Middle School Honorable Mention How Does Cooking AffectVitamin C Levels inSpinach?J0504

Split group: -Annsana Biju The Science Academy

STEM MagnetHonorable Mention A Closer Look At Streams :

The Study of Nanosilverand its Effect on MarineLife

J0503Split group: -

BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (SR) S04Hyokyung An Palos Verdes Peninsula

High SchoolFirst Place Building a Multilayered

Hydrogel MicrosphereCrosslinked by Genipin forControlled Dissolution inDrug Release

S0416Split group: -

Matthew Baik Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School

Second Place Exploring the Role of Tks5and Invadopodia inPancreatic Cancer CellsS0413

Split group: -Benjamin Liu Arcadia High School Third Place Development of a Fully-

Integrated MicrofluidicSystem for RapidDiagnosis of InfectiousDiseases and Cancer

S0403Split group: -

Ana Gonzalez The Buckley School Honorable Mention Stop Stressing Out!S0401Split group: -

Andrea Lin Palos Verdes High School Honorable Mention Comparison ofQuantification Methods ofKi-67 Proliferation Index inFollicular Lymphomas

S0402Split group: -

Daniela Miranda Francisco Bravo MedicalMagnet High School

Honorable Mention Investigating the Limits ofDNA Editing and Repair toImprove Gene TherapyS0405

Split group: -

CHEMISTRY - APPLIED (JR) J06Akalpit Shukla The Science Academy

STEM MagnetFirst Place Is there Life On Mars?J0601Split group: -

2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 5Nathan Kang Walter Reed Middle School Second Place Fantastic Bioplastic

J0620Split group: -

Kate Molinari American Martyrs School Third Place How The Conductivity OfSalt Water AffectsDesalinationJ0615

Split group: -Kevin Rodriguez-Romero Sarah Ross Science Fair

Junior DivisionHonorable Mention Purifying Water with the

Wonders of FlocculationJ0617Split group: -

Annabelle Hsieh Chandler School Honorable Mention The Science Behind Slime:The Effects of ActivatorQuantity and Glue Type onViscosity of Slime

J0603Split group: -

Alex Franks Gaspar de Portola MiddleSchool Highly GiftedMagnet

Honorable Mention Does Activated CarbonAbsorb and Reduce Radonand Radon Daughters inthe Air?

J0602Split group: -

Sapphire Perez Lennox Middle School Honorable Mention Engineering a Device toHelp Animals in Oil SpillsJ0624

Split group: -Keghon Kasparian Chamlian Armenian School Honorable Mention I Love the Sun but the Sun

Doesn't Love Me:Determining theEffectiveness of DifferentSunscreen Products inBlocking Ultraviolet (UV)Radiation

J0616Split group: -

CHEMISTRY - GENERAL (JR) J07Max Norden The Science Academy

STEM MagnetFirst Place Power From Water: A

Study of Friction andPrecipitationJ0729

Split group: -Cole Larson South Pasadena Middle

SchoolSecond Place Rust WarsJ0708Split group: -

Kevin Amador El Sereno Magnet Center Third Place What Makes the MostHydrogen?J0721

Split group: -Kyle Lin Blair Middle School Honorable Mention How Many Ionizing

Radiation Particles Exist InThe Environment?J0722

Split group: -Alexander Christofi Incarnation Parish School Honorable Mention Will Cigarette Filters

Degrade in Ten LiquidsJ0703Split group: -

2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 6Lauren Calderon South Pasadena Middle

SchoolHonorable Mention Luminol and It's Reaction

to Different TransitionalMetalsJ0723

Split group: -Joanna Escobar J H Hull Middle School Honorable Mention Rub - A - Dub - Dub: How

Clean is Your Grub?J0717Split group: -

Ali Qazwini Institute of Knowledge Honorable Mention Sub-LIME Speed?J0704Split group: -

Aleen Kojikian St. Gregory A. & M.Hovsepian School

Honorable Mention Got StainJ0701Split group: -

Noah Kuhn South Pasadena MiddleSchool

Honorable Mention Nutty CaloriesJ0731Split group: -

CHEMISTRY (SR) S05Allyson EeAlbert Tan

Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School

First Place Analyzing ElectrochemicalEffects of Ni Substitutionson Iron SilicateCompounds

S0502Split group: -

Rebekah Park Beverly Hills USD HighSchool

Second Place Unmasking of BiologicalFunction of Menthol, aUrinary Odor CompoundSpecific to ChronicInflammation in InterstitialCystitis

S0519Split group: -

Saehui Hwang Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School

Third Place The Effects of N-Heteroatom Density onpKa Examines ThroughFörster Cycle Analysis

S0520Split group: -

Evan Vail St. Anthony High School Honorable Mention Solvent Extractions andAlkaloids: RemovingCaffeine from Tea andCoffee

S0507Split group: -

Emily Curtin St. Anthony High School Honorable Mention The Protection of CalciumCarbonate with Toothpasteand Mouthwash WhenExposed to AcidicSubstances

S0506Split group: -

Alivia Gillespie King Drew Magnet HighSchool of Medicine andScience

Honorable Mention Which Fabric Dyes Best?S0501Split group: -

EARTH/SPACE SCIENCES (JR) J08Richard Li La Crescenta Elementary

SchoolFirst Place The Concentration Levels

of Carbon Dioxide in LAOver Certain Periods ofTime

J0822Split group: -

2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 7Noa Wallock Archer School For Girls Second Place Food in Far Away Places

J0819Split group: -

Jason Wang Suzanne Middle School Third Place How Accurate are 10-DayWeather Forecasts? CanSimilar Cities ForeshadowFuture Weather?

J0811Split group: -

Erin McGinity American Martyrs School Honorable Mention Martian MicrogreensJ0807Split group: -

Giuseppe Cook Wilson Middle School Honorable Mention The Effect of Fin Design ona Rocket's Flight TrajectoryJ0809

Split group: -

EARTH/SPACE SCIENCES (SR) S06Andrew Wang Palos Verdes High School First Place Electrostatic Discharge

Diversion: A Novel Methodto Minimize Arcing onDusty Surfaces and Gore-Tex in Plasma

S0602Split group: -

Kaitlyn Arst Daniel Pearl Magnet HighSchool

Second Place Using Earth-FriendlyBiodegradable FiberMatting Berms to ReduceSoil Erosion

S0606Split group: -

Jonathan KimSamuel Lee

TEAMS Research Institute Third Place Systematic Analysis ofSolar Activity andDeveloping PredictiveIndicators Pertaining toSolar Storms Using aMATLAB Code

S0605Split group: -

Amanda Li Crescenta Valley HighSchool

Honorable Mention The Effects of the SantaAna Winds on CarbonDioxide Concentrations inthe LA Basin

S0601Split group: -

ECOLOGY (JR) J09Lola Castorina St Timothy School First Place Can Road Salt be Used to

Control the MosquitoPopulation?J0924

Split group: -Charles Luke Gaspar de Portola Middle

School Highly GiftedMagnet

Second Place Respiratory Impacts ofUltrafine Particulate inPreschools and DaycareCenters throughout LosAngeles County

J0907Split group: -

Karen GarciaAllison Stein

Archer School For Girls Third Place Are Nanosilvers inConsumer ProductsHarmful to Pondlife?J0918

Split group: -Adam Weissman Pressman Academy Honorable Mention The Urban Heat Island

Effect: Is your LawnCausing Global Warming?J0901

Split group: -

2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 8Karla Serna Arroyo Seco Museum

Science Magnet SchoolHonorable Mention Within River WaterJ0919Split group: -

Katelyn Santa Maria The Science AcademySTEM Magnet

Honorable Mention Oceanic Emergency: TheStudy of Coral GrowthBased on EnvironmentJ0920

Split group: -Natalie MendezChloe Montalban

The Science AcademySTEM Magnet

Honorable Mention Copy, Cut, and Paste: TheEffect of Water Pollution onPlanarian Regenerationand Reproduction

J0926Split group: -

Sarah Hafez ICC Community School Honorable Mention How Does the Amount ofFerrofluid Affect theAmount of Oil It SeparatesFrom Water?

J0927Split group: -

ECOLOGY (SR) S07Tai Michaels North Hollywood High

SchoolFirst Place Effects of Short Fire

Interval on Chaparral PlantCommunitiesS0710

Split group: -Austin Nash Palos Verdes High School Second Place Mammalian Behavioral

Ecology in SouthernCalifornia HabitatFragments

S0701Split group: -

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS (JR) J10Daron Yacoubian St. Gregory A. & M.

Hovsepian SchoolFirst Place PorSHA H2O (Portable

Solar Heating Apparatus)J1008Split group: A

Enzo Genovese The Science AcademySTEM Magnet

Second Place Hydroelectric-PoweredHouseJ1011

Split group: ADiana Michaelson Charles Evans Hughes

Middle SchoolThird Place Compressive Strength in

Concrete vs EnvironmentalSustainabilityJ1009

Split group: AKatelyn Perez El Sereno Magnet Center Honorable Mention Hydraulic Robot Arm

J1023Split group: A

Holly Carter Westridge School - MiddleSchool

Honorable Mention Age Estimation from Nameand Voice PitchJ1016

Split group: AAnnie Rose Krone Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention Drop it Like it's Hotspot

J1005Split group: A

Jordan Rymond Oak Hills Elementary Honorable Mention InstaLeashJ1021Split group: A

2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 9Josephine Tsai Chandler School Honorable Mention Harvesting Electricity by

Playing the ViolinJ1022Split group: A

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS (JR) J10Peter Husman The Science Academy

STEM MagnetFirst Place Building a Computer

Simulation of TrafficJ1035Split group: B

Nathaniel Shin Gaspar de Portola MiddleSchool Highly GiftedMagnet

Second Place Using Silicone Caulk andTurpentine to Create aNovel Hydrophobic Coatingand Potential Water BasedStain Repellent by UtilizingSilica Nanoparticles

J1033Split group: B

Michael Karvelas Sierra Madre MiddleSchool

Third Place How Can the Insulation ofa Window Be ImprovedJ1031

Split group: BMicah Kepe Hale Charter Academy Honorable Mention The Possibility to Save

Over a Million People aYear with $0.71J1029

Split group: BSofian Simjee Al Huda School Honorable Mention LED Traffic Glove: Build

And Test A Safety DeviceTo Direct TrafficJ1046

Split group: BNoah Gotlibowski Academy Of Integrated

Arts and TechonologyHonorable Mention Perpetually IncorrectJ1034Split group: B

Zoe Wright St. Joseph Long Beach Honorable Mention Hydroelectric GeneratorJ1045Split group: B

Maya De Los Reyes Our Lady of Refuge School Honorable Mention Electricity GeneratingFootwearJ1028

Split group: BMonsserrat GuerraStacy Corzo

KIPP ComienzaCommunity Prep

Honorable Mention Build a Helping HandJ1032Split group: B

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS (SR) S08Sina Moshfeghi Palos Verdes Peninsula

High SchoolFirst Place Intelligent Repeater for

Fifth Generation (5G)Cellular NetworkingS0821

Split group: -Ahmed Mohamed Hawthorne Math and

Science AcademySecond Place H2U: Water Solutions for

the Modern HouseholdS0801Split group: -

2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 10Grady Morrissey Flintridge Preparatory

School (High School)Third Place Building a Bench-Mounted

Fiber SpectrographS0809Split group: -

Joshua Belofsky Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School

Honorable Mention An Optimized Electro-Mechanical/3D PrintedAlternative for AdvancedProsthetics

S0815Split group: -

Jack OswaldAnupam BatraDaniel Smith

Chaminade CollegePreparatory

Honorable Mention An Investigation intoVolumetrically EfficientInflatable SpaceEnvironments

S0813Split group: -

Megha Jain Granada Hills Charter HighSchool

Honorable Mention The Gemini Tank Device:A Multifaceted DeviceUsing Suction and FluidMechanics to EffectivelyConvert Single Flush ToiletTanks into Dual Mode

S0818Split group: -

ENGINEERING RESEARCH (JR) J11Eric Gediman Gaspar de Portola Middle

School Highly GiftedMagnet

Second Place Inertia and EarthquakeBuilding StabilityJ1102

Split group: -Mohammed Khan Al Huda School Third Place The Miracle of Flight

J1113Split group: -

Giselle Thomas Royal Oak Middle School Honorable Mention What Kind Of Solar CookerWould Be The MostEfficient In The Event Of ANatural Disaster?

J1103Split group: -

Christina ShamilianSareen ManuelianLilo Demirchyan

Rose and Alex PilibosArmenian MS

Honorable Mention Fallen ArchesJ1101Split group: -

Jaden PenhaskashiJaden Kaufman

The Science AcademySTEM Magnet

Honorable Mention Piezoelectricity: CleanEnergy for a DevelopedWorldJ1106

Split group: -

ENGINEERING RESEARCH (JR) J11Jonah Bard Pressman Academy First Place Wind Turbines: A Bird's-

Eye ViewJ1118Split group: A

ENGINEERING RESEARCH (SR) S09Alisa Hathaway Palos Verdes Peninsula

High SchoolFirst Place Detection of Improvised

Explosive Devices using aPhased Array RadarSystem

S0902Split group: -

Alex Nguyen St. Anthony High School Second Place Effects of ElectrolyticConcentration andTemperature on GalvanicCells

S0901Split group: -

2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 11Rei Landsberger Palos Verdes Peninsula

High SchoolThird Place Design and Biomechanical

Analysis of a Novel HipProsthesis usingQuaternions

S0907Split group: -

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (JR) J12Bryce Wong Saint John Fisher School First Place Can Plants Drink Coffee

Too?J1209Split group: -

Mahesh ArunachalamMihir Manchikatla

Mountain AvenueElementary School

Second Place Seal That Mask!J1222Split group: -

Kian Ghasemi Gaspar de Portola MiddleSchool Highly GiftedMagnet

Third Place Which Types of Food ItemsProduce the Most BiogasWhen Decomposed?J1218

Split group: -Mia Maalouf Incarnation Parish School Honorable Mention Which Common Insulation

Material is Best atSoundproofing?J1224

Split group: -Amaanah Ali Institute of Knowledge Honorable Mention Comparing Bioplastics

J1206Split group: -

Sophia Lim Classical Conversations ofLong Beach

Honorable Mention Toxic Turnpikes: AnInvestigation into HowFreeway Pollution ImpactsSoil

J1234Split group: -

Sarah Fong St. Joseph Long Beach Honorable Mention My Ocean Particle PurifierJ1229Split group: -

Jeffrey Oh South Pasadena MiddleSchool

Honorable Mention Dish Soap...Environmentally Friendly?J1213

Split group: -Zoe Williams Sierra Madre Middle

SchoolHonorable Mention How Can the Engineering

of Sprinklers be Improvedto be More Water Efficient?J1238

Split group: -

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (SR) S10Laura Gong Palos Verdes High School First Place Optimization of

Multi=Renewable EnergyGeneratorS1015

Split group: -Patrick Kim North Hollywood High

SchoolSecond Place Optimizing Cultivation of

Chlorella vulgaris inVarious PhotobioreactorSystems and MunicipalWastewaterConcentrations

S1018Split group: -

2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 12Jad SoucarJonghyun Hong

Crescenta Valley HighSchool

Third Place Alternative Approach toSynthesizingEnvironmentally FavorableIndustrial Scale ConcreteUsing the Coccolithophore

S1007Split group: -

Mona Patterson Flintridge PreparatorySchool (High School)

Honorable Mention Soil Lead Level ReductionUsing Brassica Oleracea:A Year Long StudyS1017

Split group: -Hangyul Lyna KimMarcos Perez

North Hollywood HighSchool

Honorable Mention Analysis ofChlamydomonas reinhardtiiGene Coexpression toOptimize TriacylglycerolProduction for BiofuelSynthesis

S1006Split group: -

MATERIALS SCIENCE (JR) J13Dominique Bhatti Oak Avenue Intermediate

SchoolFirst Place Exploring the Physics and

Chemistry of SlimeJ1310Split group: -

Luke Pannell Classical Conversations ofLong Beach

Second Place Projectile Protection:Deflective Properties ofNon-Newtonian FluidsJ1320

Split group: -Charlotte Hogan Walter Reed Middle School Third Place Don't Take Your Kitchen

For GraniteJ1308Split group: -

Ami Takahashi Hale Charter Academy Honorable Mention How Basic Is Your Water?J1303Split group: -

Kate Lim Chandler School Honorable Mention How Different Ice CreamDensities Affect the MeltingRate in Root BeerJ1317

Split group: -Lexi Wetzel Saint John Fisher School Honorable Mention Which Fabric Prevents the

Most Ultraviolet ExposureJ1319Split group: -

Emerson Soo-Hoo El Sereno Magnet Center Honorable Mention Drop Bounce MeasureJ1311Split group: -

MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCES (JR) J14Jake Grigorian Chamlian Armenian School First Place Which Robotic Apparatus

Picks Up a Cone theFastest?J1409

Split group: -Justin Levy Hale Charter Academy Second Place Can I Build a Smart Home

for Less than $250?J1410Split group: -

2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 13Aidan Deshong Mirman School Third Place It's A Smash Hit: Platonic

Solid EditionsJ1403Split group: -

Cassidy Kao Ad Astra Honorable Mention Patterns in Polygons Usingthe Fold-and-Cut TheoremTechniquesJ1406

Split group: -Zoe Hellings Sierra Madre Middle

SchoolHonorable Mention How Can Consumers

Protect Themselves FromRFID?J1415

Split group: -

MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCES (SR) S11Lyron Co Ting Keh Crescenta Valley High

SchoolFirst Place A Novel Hierarchical

Machine Learning Modelfor Non-Invasive Tissue-of-Origin Classification

S1105Split group: -

Steve Park The Webb Schools Second Place Diabetic RetinopathyDiagnosis using ImageProcessingS1109

Split group: -Elleen Kim Palos Verdes Peninsula

High SchoolThird Place Using Machine Learning

Algorithms to InvestigateGenetic Burden ofScoliosis from CandidateGenes & GWAS Studies

S1104Split group: -

Maximillian Bhatti Temple City High School Honorable Mention The Novel Solution andApplications of the R.Bellman Problem inCircular Triangles

S1106Split group: -

Suraj Anand Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School

Honorable Mention SmartHearing: An ArtificialIntelligence BasedBeamforming Hearing AidSystem

S1110Split group: -

MICROBIOLOGY (JR) J15Themi Perera Gaspar de Portola Middle

School Highly GiftedMagnet

First Place The Effects ofAnthropogenicEnvironmentalDisturbances on the SoilMicrobial Community

J1508Split group: -

Maille Mansbridge Chandler School Second Place Bacteria Found in ArtificialTurf and Grass SoccerPlaying SurfacesJ1504

Split group: -Charlotte Newman Mirman School Third Place Wipeout

J1501Split group: -

MICROBIOLOGY (SR) S12Chen Filler Palos Verdes High School First Place The Role of Tetraspanins

in the Uptake of theFungus Candida albicansby Host Cells

S1202Split group: -

2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 14Ana-Sofia MunozMelanie CervantesSamantha Redline

Glen A. Wilson HighSchool

Second Place Bacterial Growth onCutting BoardsS1201

Split group: -Serena ZhengShirleen Kwong

Glen A. Wilson HighSchool

Third Place Love Gloves?S1208Split group: -

Tamara Tran Mira Costa High School Honorable Mention Targeting TWIST1 viasiRNA to ReduceMetastasis and DrugResistance in OvarianCancer

S1209Split group: -

PHARMACOLOGY (JR) J16Eric Markarian Chamlian Armenian School First Place Unnecessary and

Excessive Antibiotic Use:An Uprising of ResistantBacteria

J1606Split group: -

Ali Derakhshani New Horizon School Second Place The Effectiveness ofDifferent CaffeinatedLiquids on Killing TermitesJ1601

Split group: -Shayna BresnickViolet Jean

Archer School For Girls Third Place The Detrimental Effects ofCaffeine ConsumptionJ1609

Split group: -ArrshanSaravanabavanandam

Hale Charter Academy Honorable Mention Identify AntifungalDerivative That Acts Fast -Study On Baker's YeastJ1602

Split group: -Rumaysa Haris Al Huda School Honorable Mention Natural vs. Conventional:

The Best AntibacterialCure (Year 2)J1608

Split group: -Brooke Billnitzer Saint John Fisher School Honorable Mention Oh What A Relief It Is!

Testing Dissolution Time ofAlka Seltzer TabletsJ1605

Split group: -

PHARMACOLOGY (SR) S13Tracy Huang Glendora High School First Place Identifying the Mechanisms

of Liver Cancer Cell DrugResistanceS1313

Split group: -Samiha Mahin Francisco Bravo Medical

Magnet High SchoolSecond Place The Effect of Combination

of Endocrine Disruptors onTesticular Macrophagesand Spermatogonial Cells

S1309Split group: -

Tahmina Hasan Francisco Bravo MedicalMagnet High School

Third Place The Interaction and Cross-talk Between NMDA andP2X4 ReceptorsS1312

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2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 15Julya Mestas Francisco Bravo Medical

Magnet High SchoolHonorable Mention Consequences of Nickel

Exposure on GeneExpression in CulturedCells

S1306Split group: -

Mohona Ganguly Harvard-Westlake Honorable Mention Determining theEffectiveness of AlternativeDigestive RemediesS1307

Split group: -

PHYSICS - AERODYNAMICS/HYDRODYNAMICS (JR) J17Lalitha Dhyaram Gaspar de Portola Middle

School Highly GiftedMagnet

First Place Which is the OptimumModel Rocket Fin Shape toReach the HighestAltitude?

J1708Split group: -

Alec Mnatzakanian Chamlian Armenian School Second Place An Uplifting Discovery:What is the Optimal Angleof Attack for Maximum Lift?J1701

Split group: -Meghan Garrity Mayfield Junior School of

the Holy Child JesusThird Place Which Fins Win?J1711Split group: -

Mia Escandon St. Joseph Long Beach Honorable Mention Can-lliding Cans CollidingJ1712Split group: -

PHYSICS - ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM (JR) J18Isabella CorreaGwyneth Prata

Holy Name of Mary School First Place The Ever-Last Battery:Building a Hassle Free,Super Long Lasting, Self-Recharging BatteryThrough the Capture ofRadio Waves

J1811Split group: -

Nathaniel Cervantes Albert Einstein STEAMAcademy

Second Place Does the Length of an ArcChange in a Vacuum?J1818

Split group: -Talha Mala ICC Community School Third Place How Does the Strength of

Wind Affect the Electricity ItGenerates?J1820

Split group: -Tae Yeon Paik Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention Metal Air Batteries

J1819Split group: -

Darin Katnich Saint John Fisher School Honorable Mention Does pH Level of FruitAffect Production ofElectric Current in FruitVoltaic Batteries?

J1807Split group: -

Boheng Cao The Science AcademySTEM Magnet

Honorable Mention Electrons andTemperature: TheRelationship BetweenTemperature and ElectricalConductivity

J1803Split group: -

2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 16William HoynesConnor Moore

Holy Name of Mary School Honorable Mention Steam EnginesJ1822Split group: -

PHYSICS - GENERAL (JR) J19Skylar Li Sierra Madre Middle

SchoolFirst Place Natural vs Artificial Which

is the Best InsulatorJ1930Split group: -

Nareg Simitian Chamlian Armenian School Second Place Brachistochrone: TheShortest TimeJ1924

Split group: -Isabella Valenzuela St Timothy School Third Place UV Radiation and Sun

GuardJ1916Split group: -

Ashmita Goel Oak Hills Elementary Honorable Mention Golf Ball Going Further &Further: Is Making LongerGolf Courses the OnlySolution?

J1908Split group: -

Alyssa Chan South Pasadena MiddleSchool

Honorable Mention The Best Colors to KeepCoolJ1903

Split group: -Kareem Shaheen Sierra Madre Middle

SchoolHonorable Mention Can Different Materials

Block Radiation ParticlesMore Efficiently?J1919

Split group: -Andrew HacopiansDerik Tomasian

Chamlian Armenian School Honorable Mention Fast and FrictiionJ1905Split group: -

Apor Volkan-Kacso Sierra Madre MiddleSchool

Honorable Mention How Does the Shape of anObject Affect Its SlidingFriction?J1906

Split group: -Lucas Vocelka Sierra Madre Middle

SchoolHonorable Mention How Much Does A

Measured MicrowaveWavelength Change InDifferent Materials?

J1922Split group: -

PHYSICS (SR) S14Leo Guo Palos Verdes Peninsula

High SchoolFirst Place Modeling an Ideal

Structure of TunnelingBarrier to Minimize theEnergy Loss of ElectronWave Packets Undergoingthe Quantum TunnelingProcess

S1411Split group: -

Daniel Joo TEAMS Research Institute Second Place Mapping the Sun'sDifferential AngularVelocity Using AutomatedSunspot Detection andTracking Tool

S1402Split group: -

2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 17Anna Wang Ribet Academy Third Place Radioactive Shielding and

the Inverse Square LawS1401Split group: -

Michael GarciaJoshua Maros

Don Bosco TechnicalInstitute

Honorable Mention Plasma in a Bottle: TheEffects of Air Pressure onIonized PlasmaS1412

Split group: -Enzo Pardo Ribet Academy Honorable Mention Proving Newton's 2nd Law

by Use of Centripetal ForceApparatusS1405

Split group: -Morgan Farrier Palos Verdes High School Honorable Mention The Effect of Temperature

and Humidity on the Speedof Sound in AirS1413

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PLANT BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY (JR) J20Ava Rothenberg Archer School For Girls First Place An IV for Ivy: The

Decellurization of aSpinach LeafJ2014

Split group: ACecilia Zaragoza Hale Charter Academy Second Place What is the Effect of Soil

Contamination on plantgrowth?J2017

Split group: AAnthony Matise St Timothy School Third Place GMO:Go or No Go

J2009Split group: A

Alli Anderson Royal Oak Middle School Honorable Mention Organic vs. Non Organic-That is The QuestionJ2005

Split group: ADaniel OrtizSantiago Goldthwait

Mayfield Junior School ofthe Holy Child Jesus

Honorable Mention Moving With the SunJ2020Split group: A

Ellen Zhu Holy Angels School Honorable Mention Colorful Lights and PlantGrowthJ2025

Split group: AChristie GhazarianEmily Markarian

St. Gregory A. & M.Hovsepian School

Honorable Mention Which Soil Makes a PlantGrow Faster & Why?J2019

Split group: AAshley Dalisay Holy Angels School Honorable Mention The Future of Growing

Your Own FoodJ2011Split group: A

Chiara NeirickAsha Haley Haley

Mirman School Honorable Mention Rooting for the HeatJ2018Split group: A

2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 18Dillon O'Brien Saint Cyril of Jerusalem

SchoolHonorable Mention How Can Soil Affect the pH

in Water?J2022Split group: A

PLANT BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY (JR) J20Tosten Pearson Sierra Madre Middle

SchoolFirst Place How Does Companion

Planting With NitrogenFixing Crops Affect PlantDevelopment?

J2046Split group: B

Jack Terbush Saint Cyril of JerusalemSchool

Second Place The Effects of Wi-FiRadiation on RaphanussativusJ2030

Split group: BMolly Menashe Pressman Academy Third Place Power of Light

J2039Split group: B

Emma Shultz Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention Will it Grow in the Glow?J2026Split group: B

PLANT BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY (SR) S15Anthony Castillo St. John Bosco First Place The Effect of Plant-Derived

Aerosol Smoke onTraditional YemeniWatermelon (Citrulluslanatus)

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Chloe Brandon Pasadena High School Second Place Carbon Dioxide Uptake inCalifornia Native VersusNon-Native PlantsS1506

Split group: -Yeji Cho Palos Verdes Peninsula

High SchoolThird Place Stabilizing Oceanic pH

Through BiofuelProduction: The Effect ofCarbon Sources on pHFluctuations Caused byGrowth of Nannochloropsisoculata

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Mayra CasillasPaulina Mora

Garey High School Honorable Mention HydroponicsS1515Split group: -

Heather Robinson Palos Verdes High School Honorable Mention Investigating theConditions and Cause of aMass Tree Die-Off and itsConnection to InvasiveShot Hole Borers

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Jiatong LiSimon Dawson

The Webb Schools Honorable Mention Investigation andComparison of theChitinase-Producing Genein Plants of theAmaryllidaceae Family

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2018 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 19PRODUCT SCIENCE (JR) J22Uzair Sajid Institute of Knowledge First Place Finding The Hidden Culprit

SugarJ2235Split group: -

Michael Baghdassarian Chamlian Armenian School Second Place Can You PreventUnrefrigerated andUnpasteurized Milk fromSpoiling by Adding aCommonly AvailableSubstance?

J2225Split group: -

Diana Shidaeva New Horizon School Third Place Comparing Nitrate(Pesticide) Levels ofDifferent Varieties ofApples and Studying theEffectiveness of DifferentSolutions in RemovingPesticides

J2210Split group: -

Kate Grinnell Mayfield Junior School ofthe Holy Child Jesus

Honorable Mention The Wonderful World ofStainsJ2218

Split group: -Matthew Gath St. Joseph Long Beach Honorable Mention Money Well Spent

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Simra Mirza Institute of Knowledge Honorable Mention Looking Downstream:Adverse Effects ofNanosilver on LivingOrganisms

J2231Split group: -

Paige Flores Mayfield Junior School ofthe Holy Child Jesus

Honorable Mention The Science of AnimationJ2228Split group: -

Jackson Whitt St Timothy School Honorable Mention Diet Help from anAlgorithm... Is ImageRecognition an EffectiveWay to Monitor Your Diet?

J2215Split group: -

Amira Labesh ICC Community School Honorable Mention Does Cooking FoodDestroy Its PotentialVitamin Level?J2204

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