JSHS National Winners

JSHS National Winners

May 2008: <First Place> <Second Place> <Third Place>

First Place Winners - 2008

The following students won 1st place awards at the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force sponsored 46th National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium (JSHS), held April 30 - May 4, 2008, in Orlando, Florida. The military awarded each 1st place recipient a total $16,000 scholarship. Additionally, the recipients were named as representatives to the London International Youth Science Forum, scheduled July 23 - August 6, 2008 at London University.

Aaditya G. Shidham, Upper Arlington High School, Upper Arlington, OH
Ohio JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Dr. Parinandi, PhD
Methylmercury Induced Dysfunction of Blood Vessel Cells: The Implications of an Environmental Pollutant on Cardiovascular Diseases
Category of competition -- Environmental science

Eric N. Delgado, Bayonne High School, Bayonne, NJ
New Jersey (Northern) JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Marie Aloia, Bayonne High School
Engineering a Novel Gram-negative Effective Efflux Pump Inhibitor
Category of competition - Life sciences

Shivani Sud, C.E. Jordan High School, Durham, NC
North Carolina JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: David Green, C.E. Jordan High School; Anil Potti, Duke University; Maria Tsokos, National Cancer Institute
Genomic Strategy to Refine Prognosis and Treatment of Early Stage Colon Cancer
Category of competition - Medicine & Health/Behavioral sciences

Phillip A. Sandborn, Wilde Lake High School, Columbia, MD
Maryland JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Dr. Peter Sandborn, University of Maryland; Dr. Rena Bezilla, Wilde Lake High School
Thermal Analysis of Randomly Trimmed Embedded Resistors
Category of competition - Engineering

Stephen J. Trettel, New Prague High School, New Prague, MN
North Central (Minnesota, N. & S. Dakota) JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Greg Trettel
Propellantless Propulsion: Designing a Voltage Dependent Directional Control System for Asymmetrical Capacitors.
Category of competition - Mathematics & Computer sciences

David Rosengarten, John L. Miller Great Neck North High School, Great Neck, NY
New York (Long Island) JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Mr. Alan Schorn, John L. Miller Great Neck North High School; Dr. Martin Rocek, C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook University
Rotation Curves in Five Dimensions
Category of competition - Physical sciences (theoretical physics)

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Second Place Winners - 2008

The following students won 2nd place awards at the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force sponsored 46th National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium (JSHS), held April 30 - May 4, 2008, in Orlando, Florida. The military awarded each 2nd place recipient a total $6,000 scholarship. Additionally, the recipients were named as alternate representatives to the London International Youth Science Forum, scheduled July 23 - August 6, 2008 at London University.

Graham W. Van Schaik, Spring Valley High School, Columbia, SC
South Carolina JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Michelle Spigner, Spring Valley High School
Pyrethroids And Their Potential To Promote Breast Cancer And Neurodegeneration
Category of competition -- Environmental science

Michael T. Wham, Sterling Ridge Homeschool, Woodlands, TX
Texas JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Rene Rogers, Sterlingridge Homeschool
Calls in the Wild, II: Vocalizations of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
Category of competition -- Life sciences

Alexander J. Mijalis, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, LA
Louisiana JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Christopher G. Kevil, LSUHSC Shreveport; Kris P. Clements, Caddo Parish Magnet High School
The Caveolin-1 Regulation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Category of competition - Medicine & Health/Behavioral science

Cameron Kruse, Home School, Colorado Springs, CO
Wyoming, Eastern Colorado JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Jeff Cahill, Sign Designer
The Dirt on Baseball: Standardizing the Baseball Mudding Process
Category of competition -- Engineering

Franz Sauer, High Technology High School, Manalapan, NJ
New Jersey (Monmouth) JSHS
Towards Making the Smallest Tool Machine for Nanotechnology: Engineering a Superlens with Aberration Correction for Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Microscopes
Category of competition - Mathematics & computer science

Ishaan Guptasarma, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Robert Heun, University School of Milwaukee
Photovoltaic Effects in Wide Band Gap Semiconducting Oxides
Category of competition - Physical sciences

Third Place Winners - 2008

The following students won 3rd place awards at the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force sponsored 46th National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium (JSHS), held April 30 - May 4, 2008, in Orlando, Florida. The military awarded each 3rd place recipient a total $2,000 scholarship. Additionally, the recipients were named as alternate representatives to the London International Youth Science Forum, scheduled July 23 - August 6, 2008 at London University.

Erica E. David, Pinedale High School, Pinedale, WY
Wyoming, Eastern Colorado JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Elizabeth David, Pinedale High SchoolInvestigations of Innovative Snow Fence Designs to Maximize Snow Capture for Water Conservation and Reclamation in Industrial Settings
Category of competition - Environmental sciences

Xiaocheng Ma, Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Hackensack, NJ
New Jersey (Monmouth) JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Donna Leonardi
siRNA and Cytokine-Mediated K562 Regulation: The Role of p38 MAPK in Erythroleukemia
Category of competition - Life Sciences

David B. Litt, Orange High School, Pepper Pike, OH
Ohio JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Sandra Dolar, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Dr. Jennifer Brainard, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Clinical Significance of Non-Diagnostic Molecular Changes Detected by UroVysion Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) in Urine from Patients Under Surveillance for Recurrent Urothelial Carcinoma
Category of competition - Medicine & Health/Behavioral Sciences

Kate E. Weegman, Winona Senior High School, Winona, MN
North Central (Minnesota, N. & S. Dakota) JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Kenneth Mann
Reducing Lawnmower Emissions Using E-85 Phase 3: A Catalyst For Change
Category of competition - Engineering

Ilya Volodarsky, Wyoming Seminary Upper School, Shavertown, PA
Pennsylvania JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Dr. Andrea Nerozzi, Wyoming Seminary
NetSort: Introducing a Novel Algorithm for Distributed Sorting Networks
Category of competition - Mathematics & computer science

Jia Jia Zhang, Battle Creek Area Math Science Center, Battle Creek, MI
Michigan (Southeastern) JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Mr. Walt Erhardt, Battle Creek Area Math Science Center
Headache Remedies around the World: Does East Meet West in Pharmaceutics?
Category of competition - Physical sciences

	JSHS National Winners May 2008: <First Place> <Second Place> <Third Place> First Place Winners - 2008 The following students won 1st place awards at the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force sponsored 46th National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium (JSHS), held April 30 - May 4, 2008, in Orlando, Florida. The military awarded each 1st place recipient a total $16,000 scholarship. Additionally, the recipients were named as representatives to the London International Youth Science Forum, scheduled July 23 - August 6, 2008 at London University. Aaditya G. Shidham, Upper Arlington High School, Upper Arlington, OH Ohio JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Dr. Parinandi, PhD Methylmercury Induced Dysfunction of Blood Vessel Cells: The Implications of an Environmental Pollutant on Cardiovascular Diseases Category of competition -- Environmental science Eric N. Delgado, Bayonne High School, Bayonne, NJ New Jersey (Northern) JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Marie Aloia, Bayonne High School Engineering a Novel Gram-negative Effective Efflux Pump Inhibitor Category of competition - Life sciences Shivani Sud, C.E. Jordan High School, Durham, NC North Carolina JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: David Green, C.E. Jordan High School; Anil Potti, Duke University; Maria Tsokos, National Cancer Institute Genomic Strategy to Refine Prognosis and Treatment of Early Stage Colon Cancer Category of competition - Medicine & Health/Behavioral sciences Phillip A. Sandborn, Wilde Lake High School, Columbia, MD Maryland JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Dr. Peter Sandborn, University of Maryland; Dr. Rena Bezilla, Wilde Lake High School Thermal Analysis of Randomly Trimmed Embedded Resistors Category of competition - Engineering Stephen J. Trettel, New Prague High School, New Prague, MN North Central (Minnesota, N. & S. Dakota) JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Greg Trettel Propellantless Propulsion: Designing a Voltage Dependent Directional Control System for Asymmetrical Capacitors. Category of competition - Mathematics & Computer sciences David Rosengarten, John L. Miller Great Neck North High School, Great Neck, NY New York (Long Island) JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Mr. Alan Schorn, John L. Miller Great Neck North High School; Dr. Martin Rocek, C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook University Rotation Curves in Five Dimensions Category of competition - Physical sciences (theoretical physics) <Back to Top> Second Place Winners - 2008 The following students won 2nd place awards at the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force sponsored 46th National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium (JSHS), held April 30 - May 4, 2008, in Orlando, Florida. The military awarded each 2nd place recipient a total $6,000 scholarship. Additionally, the recipients were named as alternate representatives to the London International Youth Science Forum, scheduled July 23 - August 6, 2008 at London University. Graham W. Van Schaik, Spring Valley High School, Columbia, SC South Carolina JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Michelle Spigner, Spring Valley High School Pyrethroids And Their Potential To Promote Breast Cancer And Neurodegeneration Category of competition -- Environmental science Michael T. Wham, Sterling Ridge Homeschool, Woodlands, TX Texas JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Rene Rogers, Sterlingridge Homeschool Calls in the Wild, II: Vocalizations of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Category of competition -- Life sciences Alexander J. Mijalis, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, LA Louisiana JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Christopher G. Kevil, LSUHSC Shreveport; Kris P. Clements, Caddo Parish Magnet High School The Caveolin-1 Regulation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Category of competition - Medicine & Health/Behavioral science Cameron Kruse, Home School, Colorado Springs, CO Wyoming, Eastern Colorado JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Jeff Cahill, Sign Designer The Dirt on Baseball: Standardizing the Baseball Mudding Process Category of competition -- Engineering Franz Sauer, High Technology High School, Manalapan, NJ New Jersey (Monmouth) JSHS Towards Making the Smallest Tool Machine for Nanotechnology: Engineering a Superlens with Aberration Correction for Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Microscopes Category of competition - Mathematics & computer science Ishaan Guptasarma, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Wisconsin JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Robert Heun, University School of Milwaukee Photovoltaic Effects in Wide Band Gap Semiconducting Oxides Category of competition - Physical sciences <Back to Top> Third Place Winners - 2008 The following students won 3rd place awards at the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force sponsored 46th National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium (JSHS), held April 30 - May 4, 2008, in Orlando, Florida. The military awarded each 3rd place recipient a total $2,000 scholarship. Additionally, the recipients were named as alternate representatives to the London International Youth Science Forum, scheduled July 23 - August 6, 2008 at London University. Erica E. David, Pinedale High School, Pinedale, WY Wyoming, Eastern Colorado JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Elizabeth David, Pinedale High SchoolInvestigations of Innovative Snow Fence Designs to Maximize Snow Capture for Water Conservation and Reclamation in Industrial Settings Category of competition - Environmental sciences Xiaocheng Ma, Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Hackensack, NJ New Jersey (Monmouth) JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Donna Leonardi siRNA and Cytokine-Mediated K562 Regulation: The Role of p38 MAPK in Erythroleukemia Category of competition - Life Sciences David B. Litt, Orange High School, Pepper Pike, OH Ohio JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Sandra Dolar, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Dr. Jennifer Brainard, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Clinical Significance of Non-Diagnostic Molecular Changes Detected by UroVysion Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) in Urine from Patients Under Surveillance for Recurrent Urothelial Carcinoma Category of competition - Medicine & Health/Behavioral Sciences Kate E. Weegman, Winona Senior High School, Winona, MN North Central (Minnesota, N. & S. Dakota) JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Kenneth Mann Reducing Lawnmower Emissions Using E-85 Phase 3: A Catalyst For Change Category of competition - Engineering Ilya Volodarsky, Wyoming Seminary Upper School, Shavertown, PA Pennsylvania JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Dr. Andrea Nerozzi, Wyoming Seminary NetSort: Introducing a Novel Algorithm for Distributed Sorting Networks Category of competition - Mathematics & computer science Jia Jia Zhang, Battle Creek Area Math Science Center, Battle Creek, MI Michigan (Southeastern) JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Mr. Walt Erhardt, Battle Creek Area Math Science Center Headache Remedies around the World: Does East Meet West in Pharmaceutics? Category of competition - Physical sciences <Back to Top>

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