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JSHS National Winners
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First Place Winners - 2010
The following students won 1st place awards at the U.S. Army, Navy, and
Air Force sponsored 48th National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium
(JSHS), held April 28 - May 2, Bethesda, Maryland. The military
awarded each 1st place recipient a total $12,000 scholarship. Additionally,
the recipients were named as representatives to the London International
Youth Science Forum, scheduled July 28 - August 11 at London University.
Sherwin Z. Wu, Detroit Country Day School, Novi, MI
Michigan (Southeastern) JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Dr. Haijun Zhang Ph.D., Karmanos Cancer Center
(Medicine & Health) |
Glucosaminyl (N-acetyl) Transferase 2 (GCNT2) Gene Expression Highly Influences Breast Cancer Metastasis and Promotes an Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) |
Aishwarya A. Vardhana, Jesuit High School, Beaverton, OR
Oregon JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Dr. Peter Montgomery, Microsoft; Dr. John Gorman, Jesuit High School; S.R. Madhu Rao, Mysore University
(Mathematics and computer science) |
A Novel Method for Faster Factorization of Semiprimes PQ Using Weierstrass, Projective Weierstrass, Projective Edwards and Projective Jacobian Elliptic Curves |
Kelly M. Kleier, Notre Dame Academy, Ft. Wright, KY
Kentucky JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Sister Mary Ethel Parrott, Notre Dame Academy
(Environmental science) |
Prototype Solar-Powered Liquid Piston Engine |
Rounok Joardar, Plano West Senior High, Plano, TX
Texas JSHS
(Engineering) |
Development of a Novel High Efficiency Photo-thermovoltaic Concentrator Solar Cell |
Marissa A. Suchyta, Univ of Chicago Lab Schools, Chicago, IL
Illinois (Chicago) JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Ms. Sharon Housinger, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools; Dr. Thomas McGarry, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
(Life sciences) |
Geminin Mutant Reveals The Mechanism To Inhibit Dna Re-replication |
William C. Huffman, Loudoun County Public Schools Academy of Science, Sterling, VA
Virginia JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Dr. Daniel Crowe, Loudoun County Public Schools Academy of Science; Dr. Jeremy Schnittman, Johns Hopkins University
(Physical sciences) |
Frequency and Energy of Dark Matter Annihilations |
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Second
Place Winners - 2010
The following students won 1st place awards at the U.S. Army, Navy, and
Air Force sponsored 48th National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium
(JSHS), held April 28 - May 2, Bethesda, Maryland. The military
awarded each 1st place recipient a total $8,000 scholarship. Additionally,
the recipients were named as alternate representatives to the London International
Youth Science Forum, scheduled July 28 - August 11 at London University.
John T. Barnes, Northwestern High School, Kokomo, IN
Indiana JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Patricia Zeck, Northwestern High School
(Environmental sciences) |
Acid Mine Drainage Remediation: A Novel Approach Phase II |
Timothy D. Trippel, Marian High School, Mishawaka, IN
Indiana JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Mr. Ken Andrzejewski, Marian High School; Dr. Matthew Champion, University of Notre Dame; Dr. David Grabowski, St. Mary-of-the-Woods College
(Medicine & Health) |
Can Secreted Proteins From Whole-cell Mycobacteria Be Detected Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry? |
Robert K. Pak, Valley High School, Clive, IA
Iowa JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Jane Busby, Valley High School
(Life sciences) |
The effects of food deprivation in agonistic contests between male juvenile house crickets, Acheta Domesticus |
Matthew F. Miller, Western Alamance High School, Elon, NC
North Carolina JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Mr. David Vernon, Western Alamance High School
(Engineering) |
The Impact of Wind Turbine Generators on Sound Levels and Aerodynamic Flow |
Jordan Zesch, Keystone School, San Antonio, TX
Texas JSHS
(Physical sciences) |
Engineering a System to Accurately Record Head-Related Transfer Functions from Various Directions (Year 2) |
Jenny J. Liu, Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge, CT
Connecticut JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Ms. Deborah Day, Amity Regional High School; Professor Brian Scassellati, Yale University
(Mathematics and computer science) |
Emotional Models Improve Human-Robot Interaction |
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Third
Place Winners - 2010
The following students won 1st place awards at the U.S. Army, Navy, and
Air Force sponsored 48th National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium
(JSHS), held April 28 - May 2, Bethesda, Maryland. The military
awarded each 1st place recipient a total $4,000 scholarship. Additionally,
the recipients were named as alternate representatives to the London International
Youth Science Forum, scheduled July 28 - August 11 at London University.
Akhil Mathew, Madison High School, Madison, NJ
New Jersey (Northern) JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Mrs. Marcia Prill, Madison High School; Dr. Pavel Etingof, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dustin Clausen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Mathematics and computer science) |
Deligne Categories and Representation Theory in Complex Rank |
Charlotte S. Kirk, Westville High School, Westville, OK
Kansas-Nebraska-Oklahoma JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Jolene Faddis, Westville High School
(Life sciences) |
εnergize: Optimization of a Process to Determine Algal Species Present in a Sample through Single-Strand Conformational Polymorphism Prior to Fermentation into Algal Biofuels |
Julia H. Benson, Deerfield High School, Deerfield, IL
Illinois JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Mrs. Judi Luepke, Deerfield High School; Dr. Michael Benson, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
(Environmental sciences) |
Tsunami Mitigation through the Use of a Near-Shore Undersea Trench: A Physical and Mathematical Model |
Shyamal Buch, Vista del Lago High School, Folsom, CA
California (Northern & Western Nevada) JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Gina Miller, Vista del Lago High School
(Physical sciences) |
Nanocrystalline Dye-sensitized Solar Cells based on Organic Dyes: An Analysis using New, Low-Cost D-SCOPE |
Nicholas M. Christensen, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka, AL
Alabama JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Virginia Vilardi, Wetumpka High School; John H. Jacobs, JouleNet
(Engineering) |
1 Sun + 8 Bits = H2O: Digitally Optimizing “Smart” Photovoltaics for a Water Distillation Application |
Iris Xu, James Madison Memorial HS, Madison, WI
Wisconsin JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Janet Mertz, Shreyashi Das, Amy Ellis, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research
(Medicine & Health) |
Regulation of the Latent-lytic Switch of Epstein-Barr Virus by MiRNAs and TGF- β |
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