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2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 1ANIMAL BIOLOGY - JR J01Lacey Thompson Archer School for Girls First Place Hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy PassedThrough Fruit Flies ToTheir Offspring
232
Zyg RamsayBoheng Cao
The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Second Place The Butterfly Effect: Thecorrelation between thepopulation of the butterflyDanaus plexippus andCalifornia wildfires
176
Serj Petrossian Gaspar de PortolaCharter AIAT
Third Place Magnetic Healing?493
Abril Rivas South Gate MiddleSchool
Honorable Mention Effect of Salinity Level onIsochrysis GalbanaPopulation Growth656
Marissa Cerda South Gate MiddleSchool
Recognition Warming Brine521
Alma Nanny South Gate MiddleSchool
Recognition Sea Urchins ReproductionRate in Different pH474
Nanar Shahinian Chamlian ArmenianSchool
Recognition The Effect of Temperatureon the Eating Habits ofDrosophila Melanogaster391
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 2ANIMAL BIOLOGY - SR S01Gavin Peters Palos Verdes High
SchoolFirst Place Improving Captive
Management Strategies forConservation ofDendrobates auratus
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Stanley Liu Arcadia High School Second Place A Fully IntegratedMicrofluidic Device forBlood Plasma Separationand Biomarker Detection
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Julia Marquez Cabrillo MarineAquarium
Third Place The Impact of Fertilizer onSea Urchin ZygoteDevelopemnt580
Cecilia Alves California School of theArts - San Gabriel Valley
Honorable Mention The Effect of DifferentTypes of Pesticides on theDeath Rate of Bees162
Nareh Almassian Rose and Alex PilibosArmenian School
Recognition The Effect of Fruit andColor Stimulants on thereaction of Drosophilamelanogaster
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Jessica Bahny Palos Verdes HighSchool
Recognition Reprogramming ThresherShark (Alopias vulpinus)Cells into InducedPluripotent Stem Cells
524
Anne-Sophie Corry Palos Verdes HighSchool
Recognition A Study of the Grey Foxand Red Fox Populationson the Palos VerdesPeninsula
452
Rhanya Cruz PVNet Education &Technology Center
Recognition A preliminary study forbioprinting an octopusheart536
Sophia Huezo Cabrillo MarineAquarium
Recognition The Impact of Varying pHLevels on Purple SeaUrchin ZygoteDevelopment
581
Ryan Ngo Crescenta Valley HighSchool
Recognition Physical Effects ofElevated DissolvedOxygen Levels on Trout214
Tejas Shivkumar Brentwood High School Recognition Neural Control of CardiacRelaxation in Giraffes53
Camryn Whitmore Lawndale High School Recognition Hatching Brine Shrimpeggs in Salt Water668
Malia WeissSasha WinterstellerIsabelle Townley
Flintridge PreparatorySchool
Recognition Salty Shrimp: The Effect ofSalinity on Brine ShrimpHatch Rate269
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 3ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY - JR J02Maddy Pieronek American Martyrs School First Place U'V Got Me Feeling Blue
380
Amaanah Ali Institute of Knowledge Second Place Winning Worms632
Scott SmithLuke Metcalf
St. Bede The VenerableSchool
Third Place The Effect of Exercise onthe Sleep Patterns andWeight Loss of Mice679
Maayan Mazar Pressman Academy Honorable Mention Under Pressure ... I CanHardly See60
Shreya Bhargava Blair High School Recognition Are Fingerprint PatternsInherited?408
Elsy Galvez Hollenbeck MiddleSchool
Recognition Can Children Under 18Years Old Have Cancer?What Are The MostCommonTypes/Symptoms?
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Jessica Garth Saint John Fisher Recognition How does age and genderaffect taste?307
Sarah Hafez New Dimensions Recognition Keep it Down! The Effect ofNoise Pollution on BloodPressure and Pulse Rate inAdults
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Caroline Kboudi Pressman Academy Recognition Newton's Fall83
Marco MelikaChristian Mueller
American Martyrs School Recognition Parkinson's DiseaseTreatments On BrownPlanaria371
Michelle Rhee The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Recognition Knee Pain: The Study ofthe Angle that Puts theMost Amount of Strain onthe Knee
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2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 4ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY - SR S02Mia Moran Garey High School First Place The synergistic activity of
Betalain and Trehalose onthe reduction of Fat lipiddeposits to induce ahealthier life
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Junhee Lee California Academy ofMathematics andScience
Second Place Effect of Water SolubleFractions of Diesel onFertilization and EmbryonicDevelopment of PacificSand Dollars, Dendrasterexcentricus
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Janet HigaredaRosario RangelAnnmarie Ponce
Garey High School Third Place Jamaica (hibiscus flowers)a popular drink amongLatinos an easy source ofBetalain to extend theLifespan of C.Elegans.
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Hilary Ly California School of theArts - San Gabriel Valley
Honorable Mention Effect of Glucose inVegetables on BloodGlucose Levels in Humans173
John HanDarius Esfahani
Diamond Bar HighSchool
Recognition Is the CCR5 Mutation thatconfers HIV resistancereally Adaptive?491
Aidan HymanLiza Tabachnik
The Buckley School Recognition An Optogenetic Study ofNeural ResponseEnhancement Correctionusing PhysarumPolycephalum
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2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 5BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE - NON-HUMAN - JR J03Eden Golden-Krasner Weizmann Day School First Place Mirror Mirror on the Wall:
Do Spiders Have Self-Recognition?104
Dylan Kelley Saint John Fisher Second Place Which Treat Does My DogLike Best?330
Sienna Anderson Royal Oak Middle School Recognition Are Dogs Right or LeftPawed?241
Andrea Arce South Gate MiddleSchool
Recognition Coloring Algae480
Isabella ShpallMiranda Diaz Fuchs
St. Timothy School Recognition Light vs. Heat221
Taylor Viducic Rudecinda SepulvedaDodson Gifted/HAMagnet MS
Recognition Which Treat is Best?411
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 6BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES - HUMAN - JR J04Nadia AlamadJasmine Hassan
Al-Huda Islamic School First Place Sound Sound Go Away! AStudy on the Effect ofDecreased BackgroundNoise on the ReactionTime of Special NeedsChildren Suffering fromHyperacusis
96
Katherine Humphrey Saint Martin of ToursSchool
Second Place Serif or Sans Serif? TheQuest for ImprovedReading197
Ayla Richland Pressman Academy Third Place Catchy Memory59
Benjamin Elbaz Pressman Academy Honorable Mention Political Campaigns: GoNegative?58
Michael Isayan Portola Highly GiftedMagnet
Honorable Mention Homework: Does it Help orHarm?115
Scar Lutz Arroyo Seco MuseumScience Magnet
Honorable Mention Chromebooks orSketchbooks? Comparingoff-task behavior585
Emily AvilaEvelyn Loza
Lennox Middle School Recognition Music vs. Stress729
Isabella Guglielmetti St. Timothy School Recognition First Impressions239
Evelyn MahoneyAndrea AlfaroKimberly Olmedo
Mt. Gleason MiddleSchool
Recognition Subliminal Messages inRunning433
Suzuko Ohshima Walter Reed MiddleSchool
Recognition Shootings, Hurricanes,Earthquakes, and yourSocial Status154
Ponciano Rubio Arroyo Seco MuseumScience Magnet
Recognition A Look at GenerationalLogical Reasoning587
Nicole Timour Chamlian ArmenianSchool
Recognition Is Your Mind Playing TricksOn You?281
Keren Tizabi Pressman Academy Recognition He or She?88
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 7BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES - SR S03Diego BorgsdorfSarah ShapiroSarah Tran
Granada Hills CharterHigh School
First Place La Gente de MaÃz: A Storyof (De)Colonization, Food,and Transnationalismamong Latinx Youth in LosAngeles
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Alec Guthrie Flintridge PreparatorySchool
Second Place Fairness and AltruismAmong High SchoolStudents - A Global Studyin Behavioral Economics
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Timmy ParkAditya Sehgal
La Canada High School Third Place Muscle Music600
Ellen Chen Bonita High School Honorable Mention A Meta-analysis of theCauses of Autism533
Maeve Humphrey Palisades Charter HighSchool
Recognition The Effect of Stress andMeditation on BloodGlucose in Students DuringFinals Week
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Sofia Mathews California School of theArts - San Gabriel Valley
Recognition The possible correlationbetween reading timebefore sleep and P.S.Q.Iscore
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Angelica AgahsiRana MehaiLilian Tahmasian
Crescenta Valley HighSchool
Recognition The Role of Football inIncreasing ConcussionRisk244
Anika (Hyojin) Park California School of theArts - San Gabriel Valley
Recognition The Reason Why ParentsDon't Want Their Childrento Pursue Art Careers167
Charlotte Tight Palos Verdes HighSchool
Recognition The Effect of FamilyGroups on Non-VerbalCommunication in Humans504
Ruby WuElise Kwon
Diamond Bar HighSchool
Recognition What are the Major Causesof Suicide in Children?502
Maya WurtembergJulian Moser
California School of theArts - San Gabriel Valley
Recognition The Correlation BetweenHorror-Related Adjectivesin Stephen King's Novelsand the Sales of HisNovels
203
Luke Zhou Diamond Bar HighSchool
Recognition Climate Change in theClassroom14
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 8BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY - JR J05Manav Desai Portola Highly Gifted
MagnetFirst Place Effects Of Omega-3 Fatty
Acids On NeuronalRegeneration142
Alana Baumgartner Saint John Fisher Second Place Flour 101: How differentflours affect weight,density, and volume ofmuffins
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Brooklin Baylor Royal Oak Middle School Honorable Mention Soda, Energy,Juice.Comparing LeftoverAbundance of Sugar404
Jordan Fleischman Blair High School Honorable Mention Pretty Please with sugarON top, but how much isIN what we eat? How much"hidden sugars" are in ourfood?
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Jana Hafez New Dimensions Honorable Mention iron Rich foods465
Zeena Hajhamid Institute of Knowledge Honorable Mention finding the C in oj641
Anaiis Marcarian Saint Martin of ToursSchool
Honorable Mention Regular chips V.S. Bakedchips138
Monica Steinbeck American Martyrs School Honorable Mention Infusing Plants WithVitamin C441
Mark Wood American Martyrs School Honorable Mention Iron: How to Get the Most369
Stephanie Harrison Archer School for Girls Recognition Testing Heat v. Electricityon the Coagulation ofBlood448
Tess Hubbard Archer School for Girls Recognition Testing for GMO437
Skye Inal New Horizon School Recognition Comparing the Amount ofVitamin C in Home-grownOranges and Store-boughtOranges
309
Ambrose Luo Zhou Long
La Canada PreparatoryPrivate School
Recognition Stopping Cancer fromSpreading, with Informationfrom Genes346
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 9Layan Mustafa Institute of Knowledge Recognition Insulin Enduring Enzymes
626
Alina NaranjoIsabella Milliken
Sarah Ross Science FairJunior Division
Recognition The Brownie Experiment49
Reef Santos Saint John Fisher Recognition The Edible Bubble: HowSpherification Is Achievedwith Various Liquids390
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 10BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY - SR S04Jaya Hamkins Crescenta Valley High
SchoolFirst Place Investigation of Adhesion
Peptide Interactions withHydroxyapatite ThroughComputational MolecularDynamics
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Sudi Feng La Canada High School Second Place Tau Phosphorylation byHSV Protein US3 inAlzheimer's Disease602
Katherine Wedekind Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School
Third Place Correction of MPS IIIAInduced Pluripotent StemCells Using CRISPR-Cas9348
Abigail Maemoto Palos Verdes HighSchool
Honorable Mention Effect of TKS4 Inhibition onInvadopodia Growth andActivity Rate of Head andNeck Carcinomas
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Jiyoun Roh Crescenta Valley HighSchool
Honorable Mention Quinacrine InducesLysosomal MembranePermeabilization (LMP)and Enhances Sensitivityfor TRAIL, an Anti-TumorAgent
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Ana Gonzalez The Buckley School Recognition Stop Stressing Out! Astudy of the EpigeneticAspect on Vertebrates andInvertebrates
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Jackson Karlitz Palos Verdes HighSchool
Recognition A Novel In VitroComparative Study on theEffects of TNF-a Inhibitorson HLA-B27 Cells
658
Keghon Kasparian Rose and Alex PilibosArmenian School
Recognition Is Your Favorite FoodGenetically Modified?464
Jordan LayArtis Phillips
La Canada High School Recognition Studying the Mechanismsof a Chaperone Protein583
Paris Pappas Crespi Carmelite HighSchool
Recognition Organic vs Inorganic:TheEffect of Various Catalaseson the Decomposition ofthe Toxin HydrogenPeroxide
150
Jingyu Yan La Canada High School Recognition 3D Structural Investigationof an Anti-viral Antibody265
Stella Zilberberg The Buckley School Recognition Protecting The Skin FromWithin3
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 11CHEMISTRY - APPLIED - JR J06Aleen Kojikian St Gregory A. & M.
Hovsepian SchoolFirst Place Toxic Metals in Baby Food
324
Molly Gelino Royal Oak Middle School Second Place Which method ofdesalination and dirtextraction from an impurityfilled water source worksthe best?
484
Zalea Nunes Sierra Madre MiddleSchool
Third Place How do the expirationdates of hyaluronic acid gelfillers affect the fillers interms of sterility, andresponse tohyaluronidase?
689
Rafael Enfiadjian Chamlian ArmenianSchool
Honorable Mention Lungs vs. Aerosols378
Nicole Hacopians Chamlian ArmenianSchool
Honorable Mention Fire Resistant House245
Grace Petoyan St Gregory A. & M.Hovsepian School
Honorable Mention Cold Pack Chemistry:Where Does the Heat Go?290
Ava Almand St. Cyril of JeruselemSchool
Recognition Fueling the Future withFuel Cells651
Brooke Chopiuk Saint Martin of ToursSchool
Recognition Which Brand of WaterBottle Will Keep YourDrinks Cold for the LongestAmount of Time?
145
Max Coleman Saint Martin of ToursSchool
Recognition Does A Carbon WaterFilter Really Work?246
Beatrix Khachaturian Sierra Madre MiddleSchool
Recognition what is the most effectiveamount of acid to removegelatin out of hair688
William Zheng Portola Highly GiftedMagnet
Recognition How does the voltage ofthe electrical power(battery) affect how muchhydrogen is produced?
146
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 12CHEMISTRY - GENERAL - JR J07Christian Ramirez Royal Oak Middle School First Place The Science of Baking: Do
Different IngredientsImpact the Size & Textureof Chocolate ChipCookies?
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Michael ShamoyanVincent Hovsepian
Rose and Alex PilibosArmenian Middle School
Second Place Analysis of Alum426
Daniela Gutierrez Hale Charter AcademySTEAM Magnet
Third Place How do different amountsof exercise affect bloodsugar levels294
Leah Bacigalupi Blair High School Honorable Mention Water Filtration: Whichfilter works best for cleandrinking water, Natural orSynthetic?
537
Ella LesneverCorinne Moreno
Blair High School Honorable Mention How do different liquidsaffect the health of teeth?362
Cecilia AlfaroJoselyn Soto
Lennox Middle School Recognition Vitamin C466
Nicole Gorbacheva Beverly Vista MiddleSchool
Recognition What happens when youmix and acid and a base?618
Charlotte Hargrove Saint John Fisher Recognition Water evaporation568
Hera Hovsepian St Gregory A. & M.Hovsepian School
Recognition Electrolytes For The Win295
Mallory Louie Sarah Ross Science FairJunior Division
Recognition Sweet as Sugar680
Adara Martin-Mur Blair High School Recognition Does Xanthan GumContribute to Flammabilityin Food?337
Jeremy Sanchez Hollenbeck MiddleSchool
Recognition Using Known SubstancesFrom A Light Spectrum ToIdentify UnknownSubstances
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Zayd Syed New Horizon School Recognition Producing Energy fromHydrogen Fuel Cell302
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 13Chloe Vuong Sierra Madre Middle
SchoolRecognition How does the environment
affect the pigment in aplant?673
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 14CHEMISTRY - SR S05Aaron Zhao Harvard-Westlake
SchoolFirst Place Pancreatic Cancer Therapy
(PCT) using MOF151
Lydia Neguse California Academy ofMathematics andScience
Second Place Characterization of LatticeDistortion in SrTiO3 Grownon LSAT Substrate throughQuantitative STEMAnalysis
399
Jonathan BrahimVishal Ravi
Crespi Carmelite HighSchool
Third Place Investigation of Solid StateElectrolytes for Lithium IonBatteries462
Jacob HagemanCarter Harrigian
Palos Verdes HighSchool
Recognition The Effects of EnergyDrinks on Lumbriculusvariegatus389
Martin Leung Temple City High School Recognition Filtration of Ammonia usingOxidation Techniques65
Miriam Meraz Compton Unified SchoolDistrict
Recognition Plop Plop, Fizz Fizz709
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 15EARTH / SPACE SCIENCES - JR J08Emily HattenbachGianna Nixon
St. Timothy School First Place Sunscreen: The SecretKiller224
Alex Muradian St Gregory A. & M.Hovsepian School
Second Place Martian Mission388
Julia Huffstutter Saint John Fisher Third Place Which Surface MaterialsCan Reduce theGreenhouse Effect?296
Emily Johnson Blair High School Honorable Mention How do you capture thepower of heat?347
Jake Mu Royal Oak Middle School Honorable Mention Discovering SodiumChloride Levels ofSouthern CaliforniaBeaches Through theProcess of Desalination
249
Deepika Sharma Hale Charter AcademySTEAM Magnet
Honorable Mention How do differentgroundwater levels impactbuilding shaking duringearthquakes?
278
Luca GaglioEdin Kapetanovic
Incarnation ParishSchool
Recognition The Dangers of UV Light:Are You Protected?325
Eshal Saif Institute of Knowledge Recognition Erosion in Motion629
Binyam Sisay Saint Joseph LongBeach
Recognition Understanding Landslides98
Mark Wang Sarah Ross Science FairJunior Division
Recognition How Do I Measure TheSize of the Earth37
Logan Weinstein Hale Charter AcademySTEAM Magnet
Recognition Is the Intensity ofTornadoes Dependent onClimate Change?102
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 16EARTH / SPACE SCIENCES - SR S06Jason Wang Walnut High School First Place Climate Change and
"Stuck" Weather Patterns:Longer Rainstorms,Drought, Heat Waves, andExtreme Cold
258
Amyrah Doty Palos Verdes HighSchool
Second Place Classifying GeomagneticStorms through TotalElectron Content Modeling564
Hillary Giang Lawndale High School Third Place Amount of Salt at DifferentBeaches661
Adhila AkbarManasvi Chandra
Arcadia High School Recognition Correlation of CoronalMass Ejections with theSolar Sunspot Cycle608
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 17ECOLOGY - JR J09Una Mclain Portola Highly Gifted
MagnetFirst Place Public Drinking Water:
Comparing Lead Exposure317
Annika AndersonJune Zamora
St. Timothy School Second Place Plants Vs. Polymers220
Noah Kupferwasser Pressman Academy Third Place The Impact ofTemperature, ExtremeWeather and Milkweed onthe Development of theMonarch Butterfly
93
Rachel ChungAddie MyersGigi Appelbaum-Schwartz
Archer School for Girls Honorable Mention Does Climate ChangeMake Marigold GrowthStrange?228
Ludovico Cordara La Canada PreparatoryPrivate School
Honorable Mention Nanosilver: A GiganticProblem?420
Morgan Gaskell Sierra Madre MiddleSchool
Honorable Mention How Can AquaticMacroinvertebrates beUsed to Help DetermineWater Quality?
141
Maya Itani New Horizon School Honorable Mention The Effects of DifferentAmounts of Phosphate onElodea dense andMelanoides tuberculata
313
Kyra Nakamura Hale Charter AcademySTEAM Magnet
Honorable Mention Should Aquaponics be theFuture for Agriculture?291
Claire Wang Archer School for Girls Honorable Mention Effects of Olivine onGrowth of Glass Anemone(aiptasia) and pH230
Chiara Ayuste St. Timothy School Recognition A Temperature's Effect OnTrash222
Gilbert Banuelos Hollenbeck MiddleSchool
Recognition A Comparison Of CO2From An Intact Plant AndWhen Burned416
Adeeb Dawabi New Dimensions Recognition Purifying Water WithActivated Charcoal Powder455
Jolie Diep All Souls WorldLanguage CatholicSchool
Recognition Project Misty667
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 18Michael Espinoza Royal Oak Middle School Recognition Which Soils Can Absorb
And Preserve Water inDifferent Conditions?376
Sophia Gallivan Saint Martin of ToursSchool
Recognition Plants Vs. Plastic100
David KhachatourianDaren Stepanians
Chamlian ArmenianSchool
Recognition Up in the Air: MeasuringPollution in a WeatherBalloon375
Karina KrugerChloe Nejad
Beverly Vista MiddleSchool
Recognition Will the Dead Sea die?How rising salinity maysave the Dead Sea617
Aarush Pillai Oak Hills ElementarySchool
Recognition Particulate Matter298
Summer Quistgaard Walter Reed MiddleSchool
Recognition From Bad To Worse177
Edwin Romero Royal Oak Middle School Recognition Water Sample Testing: TenDifferent Cities in the SanGabriel Valley vs. CityWater Quality Reports
734
Alishba Salman Institute of Knowledge Recognition Eat Lead and Your Dead627
Aakash Senthilnathan Hale Charter AcademySTEAM Magnet
Recognition How Does a Wildfire AffectFuture Plant Growth?277
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 19ECOLOGY - SR S07Ashwin Sivakumar Flintridge Preparatory
SchoolFirst Place Fossil-Augmented Species
Distribution Models Revealthe Shifted Baselines ofCalifornia Avifauna underClimate Change
95
David Kwon Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School
Second Place Modeling and statisticalanalysis of the habitatdistribution of Macrocystispyrifera and Sargassumhorneri off the PalosVerdes Peninsula coastline
320
Sabrina Li Walnut High School Third Place Effects of Baycrete Textureand Tidal Elevation onRecruitment of OstreaLurida and AmphibalanusAmphitrite in San DiegoBay, CA
213
Patrick Kim North Hollywood HighSchool
Honorable Mention Comparing ProtectedHabitat of ThreatenedSpecies in High CarbonStock Concessions andProtected Areas inIndonesia
621
Sofia Gutierrez California School of theArts - San Gabriel Valley
Recognition The Effect of Pollution onevery Species of Turtles inFlorida168
Elyse HwangHailey Chee
La Canada High School Recognition Air Quality Monitor11
Aman Kumar Don Bosco TechnicalInstitute
Recognition Silver the Killer: The GreenSynthesis andCharacterization of SilverNanoparticles
401
Camilla Martinez North Hollywood HighSchool
Recognition Genetic Factors in theEvolution of OstracodMating Displays16
Crystal Yang Cabrillo MarineAquarium
Recognition Which Carbon Sink ReignsSupreme: Microalgae,Macroalgae, or Limestone?622
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 20ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS - JR J10Julian Olschwang Pressman Academy First Place Talk To The Hand
61
Quinn Donoghue Saint Joseph LongBeach
Second Place Echo Assist Travel Buddy57
Shai LangVan Brunelle
The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Third Place Designing An UltrasonicGlove For VisuallyImpaired People186
Lauren Weldon Saint Joseph LongBeach
Third Place Robotic Glove56
Rosabelle Dunlap Mark Twain MiddleSchool
Honorable Mention Did You Stop?515
Malik Husaini New Horizon School Honorable Mention Building a HandheldVacuum Cleaner Using aPlastic Bottle218
Jasper Mejia The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Honorable Mention Solar Mini Fridge200
Jacie Salonga Rudecinda SepulvedaDodson MS
Honorable Mention Creating a robot that canfollow through a maze.86
Gavin Sarmiento Rudecinda SepulvedaDodson MS
Honorable Mention R.C. Tennis Ball Collector237
Sasha KutnerLila ShimanskyEli Stoff
Pressman Academy Honorable Mention Engineering BuildingStructures to Adapt toRising Sea Levels152
Thom SlijperLuke Muir
Portola Highly GiftedMagnet
Honorable Mention Creating a Homemade IonEngine552
Isabella Alcala Saint Joseph LongBeach
Recognition Skate-N-Stop94
Kaiden Chin Rudecinda SepulvedaDodson MS
Recognition Automatic Cutting Board80
Dean Cornett Saint Joseph LongBeach
Recognition 4 in 1 Plant Sitter99
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 21Lilly Dembo Archer School for Girls Recognition Oil Spill Solutions
610
Jonathan DiazSaul PerezEmanuel Garcia
James A. FoshayLearning Center
Recognition Solar Energy Oven445
Hengrui Hu Chandler School Recognition A microscope that willchange the world.208
Erik Johnson Blair High School Recognition Heat Powered Desalination287
Rabeeah Khan Al-Huda Islamic School Recognition Increasing Wi-Fi SignalStrength and Speed withHomemade Boosters332
Gion Mandia Rudecinda SepulvedaDodson MS
Recognition Ping pong ball shooter697
Peter Monev Hale Charter AcademySTEAM Magnet
Recognition Are Hydraulically AmplifiedElectrostatic ActuatorsBetter ThanElectromagneticActuators?
319
Diego Pa All Souls WorldLanguage CatholicSchool
Recognition Which Weight is Wright?648
Erinne Park Rudecinda SepulvedaDodson Gifted/HAMagnet MS
Recognition Solar Powered WirelessCharger718
Richard Renteria Lennox Middle School Recognition The Paper AirplaneLauncher451
Jeffrey Smithwick Sierra Madre MiddleSchool
Recognition How does Tire Pressureaffect Rolling Resistance?431
Ian Turalva Rudecinda SepulvedaDodson MS
Recognition I Will Create A HovercraftThat I Will Be Able ToManeuver699
Heather Yang Walter Reed MiddleSchool
Recognition Charge it Up155
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 22ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS - SR S08Jennifer Lew Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolFirst Place SafeBuild: A Structural
Engineering Program forDesigning Safer UtilityPoles
256
Katie Champion Vistamar School Second Place Semi-autonomous CollisionAvoidance System forElectric Wheelchairs657
Aaron Lee Flintridge PreparatorySchool
Third Place Novel Mobile-DeviceApplication for Early StrokeDetection Using MachineLearning
216
Rachel Bai The Webb Schools inClaremont CA
Honorable Mention Low Cost Sleep Trackingusing Arduino605
Victor Acuna Marco Antonio FirebaughHigh School
Recognition S.H.I.N.E. 2.0297
Jonah Greenbaum California School of theArts - San Gabriel Valley
Recognition Can drones be used forcall slip delivery at theCSArts-SGV Campus?439
Megha Jain Granada Hills CharterHigh School
Recognition Baby SOS: A Raspberry Piand Arduino Alarm Sytemto Prevent InfantAbandonment andHeatstroke in Vehicles
613
Taylor Kubisen California School of theArts - San Gabriel Valley
Recognition Benefit of Aircraft LandingWheels That Spin atGround Speed atTouchdown on TireLongevity
170
Kaddie Le Lawndale High School Recognition Sturdiest Bridges669
Hovhannes NercessianHambik MadanyanChristopher Ghazarian
Rose and Alex PilibosArmenian School
Recognition FWEC (Floating WaterEnergy Converter)117
Carlo Miranda Lawndale High School Recognition Fan Blade Differences672
Phuong Nguyen Lawndale High School Recognition Catapult Volleyball663
Alex Nikolian Armenian General Benevolent Union-Vatche & Tamar Manoukian
Recognition Makon: oceanographicresearch device702
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 23Amber OrellanaMelany RamirezNayeli Rincon
Bell Gardens HighSchool
Recognition Vertical Gardens SaveSpace and Time160
Clarice Pranyoto Flintridge PreparatorySchool
Recognition BinBot: IncreasingEnvironmental AwarenessThrough a ClosedAutomated DisposalSystem
212
Ariana Sandoval Lawndale High School Recognition Efficient Rain Shelters693
Katherine Tan Temple City High School Recognition Quadrupedal Locomotion:Which Leg ConfigurationMaximizes Efficiency?405
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 24ENGINEERING RESEARCH - JR J11Alan Yoon Portola Highly Gifted
MagnetFirst Place Tsunamis v. Seawalls:
Comparing DifferentSeawalls to Find OutWhich is Most Efficient
379
Patrick AndrianopoulosJohn Andrianopoulos
Sierra Madre MiddleSchool
Second Place Research of the amount ofblue light emitted bydifferent electronic devicesand settings that canminimize it
690
Leila Nafarrete Blair High School Third Place Suspension vs CableStayed647
Erik AragonJose RamirezNathan Andon
Montebello Intermediate Honorable Mention Mag Force 121
Emely Cruz Montebello Intermediate Recognition The Hover Craft30
Linda Esparza Montebello Intermediate Recognition Go Green Drink Clean26
Yaroslav Kutepov Beverly Vista MiddleSchool
Recognition Which Bridge is Stronger?609
Abisai Padilla Hale Charter AcademySTEAM Magnet
Recognition Homemade vs StoreBought Solar Panel266
Goryune Papazian Rose and Alex PilibosArmenian Middle School
Recognition Motorized Sifter73
Giovanni Rodriguez La Merced Intermediate Recognition How Wings Affect aPlane's Flight193
Dylan Rodriguez-Romero Sarah Ross Science FairJunior Division
Recognition Hybrid vs. Battery Car48
Lauren SmithKyla Mohnani
Incarnation ParishSchool
Recognition Operation Build A BridgeAnd Get Over It386
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 25ENGINEERING RESEARCH - SR S09Aksh Garg Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolFirst Place Machine Learning Coupled
Trajectory andCommunication Design forUAV Facilitated WirelessNetworks
273
Ethan Wong Arcadia High School Second Place Proverse YawCharacteristics of aPowered Flying Wing ofNovel Design andManufacture
91
Maximillian Bhatti Temple City High School Third Place Evaluation of TransientFlow Propulsion in a NovelBiomimetic MultiModeAerial-Aquatic ROV
385
Akash Anand Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School
Honorable Mention 3D Optimization ofUnmanned Aerial Vehiclesfor 5G Cellular NetworkSystems in Rural andUrban Areas
268
Sean Fleming Loyola High School Recognition Crossroads: SafetyProposals for Grade-School Adjacent Roads inLos Angeles Based onTraffic-Patterns Analysis
13
Kimberly May Temple City High School Recognition An Exploration ofPiezoelectric GeneratorSchemes382
Kai Mohl Palos Verdes HighSchool
Recognition Understanding the Utility ofVisual, Haptic and AuditoryStimuli for Use in VR andAR Technology
607
Vale Rasmussen The Buckley School Recognition Winglets: Gateway to FlightEfficency10
Grace Weilbacher Quartz Hill High School Recognition Laminar Flow Wind TunnelDemonstration: HowDifferent Airfoils Affect theProduction or Disturbanceof Laminar Flow
355
Yudong (Tim) Zhang Flintridge PreparatorySchool
Recognition Genetically engineering anovel red fluorescentbiosensor for the imagingof deep brain glutamatetransmission
70
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 26ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - JR J12Caleb Kodama Sierra Madre Middle
SchoolFirst Place Can We Harness the
Mechanical Energy of Carsto Power our Cities206
Kyla Marie DaezDanica MadambaKasandra Robledo
Rudecinda SepulvedaDodson Gifted/HAMagnet MS
Second Place How Aquatic Plants AffectpH Levels in Seawater?429
Kawthar Hemdan New Horizon School Third Place Testing Different Barriersto Prevent Soil Erosion321
Yusuf Alnajjar Institute of Knowledge Honorable Mention Cleaner Water628
Javeria Kashif Institute of Knowledge Honorable Mention The War of Paper Fibers640
Audrey MantongLazuli Gentile
Saint Joseph LongBeach
Honorable Mention Bio-Bowl352
Katherine Ting St. Timothy School Honorable Mention Disposable ≠ Degradable370
Elvin Yang Monterey Highlands Honorable Mention RecyclaBall686
Athena AbreraLillian Richardson
Saint Joseph LongBeach
Recognition Fire Flighter Drone520
Maia Alvarez Archer School for Girls Recognition A Gassy Situation: BioGasProduction279
Rehya Arora Gaspar de PortolaCharter AIAT
Recognition Can Plants Stop SoilErosion505
Kianet Badal Hale Charter AcademySTEAM Magnet
Recognition Is the Future Bright withthe UV Light?259
Kabir Bindra Chandler School Recognition Piezoelectricity - AnEfficient Way To GenerateElectricity From Wind andNoise
377
Raffi Boghossian Chamlian ArmenianSchool
Recognition How To Make Nature-Friendly Or BiodegradablePlastic?364
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 27Jonah DelsonArieh EladHannah Carr
Pressman Academy Recognition Waste Not Want Not85
Christopher Deng Huntington MiddleSchool
Recognition Purify water naturally fordeveloping countries267
Zara Edler St. Timothy School Recognition California Dreamin': Howthe Weather Affects Solar& Wind Power250
Omar Hamdan Al-Huda Islamic School Recognition Drink This Not That!227
Natalie HuangFrancesca HortonAnya Stutz
Archer School for Girls Recognition Shining a Light onParticulate Matter123
Daron Kasparian Chamlian ArmenianSchool
Recognition The Fuel of the Future -Recycling Cooking Oils toproduce Biodiesel211
San Ko Rudecinda SepulvedaDodson MS
Recognition Electric Water RecyclingSink82
Skylar Li Sierra Madre MiddleSchool
Recognition Which Fertilizer Results inthe Most Nitrate-richRunoff?423
Roberto Llamas South Gate MiddleSchool
Recognition Water Purification645
Aalyah Martinez South Gate MiddleSchool
Recognition Substitute Straws606
Addison Pressnall Blair High School Recognition Can we purify water usingplants410
Alexandra Reisner Walter Reed MiddleSchool
Recognition Magnetic Plants199
Nour Saad New Horizon School Recognition Testing how effectiveWater lilies, Water irises,Watercress, and Waterlettuce are in preventingalgae blooms in freshwaterecosystem
275
Vani Tatoulian St Gregory A. & M.Hovsepian School
Recognition Is School DrinkingFountain Water Clean?282
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 28Carys Thompson Saint Martin of Tours
SchoolRecognition The Effect of Microplastics
On Diatoms (Cyclotella andThalassiosira)205
Alayna van de VenHattie Wildes
American Martyrs School Recognition pHysically clean331
Ellen Vartanyan St Gregory A. & M.Hovsepian School
Recognition Water Filter vs. Boiling354
Treana Witek American Martyrs School Recognition Renewable Energy is ourDestiny!342
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 29ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - SR S10Jasper CeroneMason LeeForest Pineo-Cavanaugh
The Buckley School First Place MethanotrophicBioremediation for theDegradation of OceanicMethane
8
Diana Michaelson Cabrillo MarineAquarium
Second Place Concrete Surface StructureInfluence on MarineSettlement358
Candace Baik Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School
Third Place Thermoelectric Generatoras a Green EnergyAlternative359
Serah Park Cabrillo MarineAquarium
Honorable Mention The Effect of MicroalgaeGrowth on Oil-DegradingProperties of Bacteria365
Christopher Grushka California School of theArts - San Gabriel Valley
Recognition Using Natural Compost toIncrease the NutritionalValue of Crops210
Isabel Li Temple City High School Recognition The Development of aNovel Density-SeparationMethod of Sands344
Adam Lonstein Delphi Academy - SeniorDivision
Recognition How Does TemperatureAffect CO2 Uptake fromPlants?111
Sophia Novo California School of theArts - San Gabriel Valley
Recognition Effect of household plantaeon humans whencompleting the same mathtask
174
Caroline Pack Palos Verdes HighSchool
Recognition How Varying OceanicNitrate ConcentrationsAffect the Growth of Ulvalactuca and DissolvedOxygen Levels
327
Brayden Stark The Buckley School Recognition A Systematic Method toCombat Harmful AlgalBlooms7
Jacqueline Yang Cabrillo MarineAquarium
Recognition Which is the Best NitrateDetoxifier:Phytoremediation,Bioremediation, or Hybrid?
623
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 30MATERIALS SCIENCE - JR J13Lori Khemichian Chamlian Armenian
SchoolFirst Place The Effect of Glycerin on
the Strength of Bioplastic360
Aram Kenderian Ribet Academy (JuniorDivision)
Second Place Force, Energy and WorkDone by Shape MemoryAlloys338
Declan Laney Walter Reed MiddleSchool
Third Place Stuck On You158
Caleb Ivison Walter Reed MiddleSchool
Honorable Mention Breaking the Brickwork172
Jonas Nissanoff Pressman Academy Honorable Mention May The Force Be WithYou74
David Chau Hale Charter AcademySTEAM Magnet
Recognition How Does TemperatureAffect Rust in Metals?217
Moniba Derakhshani New Horizon School Recognition Comparing the Amount ofUltraviolet AbsorptionBetween Cotton, Polyester,and Polyester/CottonFabric
409
Maryam ZahidReeam Elokour
Al-Huda Islamic School Recognition Smile for Slime!191
Allison PachecoJazmine Chavez MartinezAshley Camacho
James A. FoshayLearning Center
Recognition Cell PhoneElectromagnetic Radiation424
Sophie Perez Hale Charter AcademySTEAM Magnet
Recognition Which Power Source toUse?292
Phoebe Prentice Sierra Madre MiddleSchool
Recognition Which Brand of PlasticWrap Can Best PreventEnzymatic Browning inFruit?
683
Odelia ShofetLeila KashaniSophia Manavi
Beverly Vista MiddleSchool
Recognition Soluble Balloons619
Sebastian Teves St. Timothy School Recognition Boom! Boom! Bop!566
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 31MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCES - JR J14Aeneas Wood Portola Highly Gifted
MagnetFirst Place Neural Network
Classification of J.K.Rowling's Harry PotterPassages: Effect ofActivation Function andInput Type
392
Eric Lind Gaspar de PortolaCharter AIAT
Second Place The Mockulus Project:Making Virtual Reality LowCost681
Maia Rocha American Martyrs School Third Place The Effect of Search Depthon the Percentage of Winsin Connect 4351
Jerry Yang Walter Reed MiddleSchool
Honorable Mention Cracking and Hacking153
Dohyun Kim Western ChristianSchool
Recognition Galaxy type classificationby machine learning.548
Elijah Kopp Oak Hills ElementarySchool
Recognition Emotion Commotion406
Dhruv Kulkarni Oak Hills ElementarySchool
Recognition Geometric Model for EasyLearning254
Luke Laychak American Martyrs School Recognition Do Indoor Stadiums AffectBaseball Players Stats?503
Hriday Meka Gaspar de PortolaCharter AIAT
Recognition What Is The Best PossibleBasketball Team For TheLast Five Years and HowDoes Budget Tie Into It?
308
Michael Wong Walter Reed MiddleSchool
Recognition All Net189
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 32MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCES - SR S11Suraj Anand Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolFirst Place MedBrain: A Novel Deep
Learning Tool for HolisticPatient Data Interpretationand Clinical EventPrediction
270
Shuwen Zhang The Webb Schools inClaremont CA
Second Place Mining Common StructuralFeatures of AggregatingProteins inNeurodegenerativeDiseases
545
Junseo Park The Webb Schools inClaremont CA
Third Place Automated AcuteLymphoblastic LeukemiaDetection using ImageProcessing and MachineLearning
257
Jiaju Liu Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School
Honorable Mention Autocorrelation-BasedDiffusion Maps forIdentifying High-FrequencyOscillations: ATranslational Study inDetecting Epileptogenesis
357
Garbo Chung The Webb Schools inClaremont CA
Recognition The Robust and Low-costDiagnosis of CataractBased on Deep ResidualLearning
215
Sarina FereydooniTrisha DevchoudhuryYashvi Agrawal
Granada Hills CharterHigh School
Recognition Robotic Hand563
Nathan Kim Granada Hills CharterHigh School
Recognition Utilizing Machine Learningin Order to CharacterizeDifferent Rates ofProgression of IdiopathicPulmonary Fibrosis
732
Ellen Kozlov The Science AcademySTEM Magnet HighSchool
Recognition Early Identification ofCancer421
Matvei Popov Ribet Academy (SeniorDivision)
Recognition Artificial IntelligenceTerritorial SurveillanceSystem128
Xin (Anna) WangAlina Li
Ribet Academy (SeniorDivision)
Recognition Algorithms for AutonomousRobot Navigation329
Angela Xie The Webb Schools inClaremont CA
Recognition A Novel Method of MusicGeneration Based onThree Different RecurrentNeural Networks
304
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 33Heather Young North Hollywood High
SchoolRecognition Improving the Quantum
Computer Simulator:Optimizing for NoisyIntermediate-ScaleQuantum Algorithm Design
589
Chunyuan Zheng The Webb Schools inClaremont CA
Recognition Automation of Political BiasDetection in News usingMachine Learning236
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 34MICROBIOLOGY - JR J15Max Norden The Science Academy
STEM MagnetFirst Place Totally Photosynthetic! A
study of the effects ofpollution on phytoplankton180
Mahesh Arunachalam Rosemont Middle School Second Place Effects of Chemicals onAquatic Life343
Nicole Alvarado Arroyo Seco MuseumScience Magnet
Third Place The Horrors of HandDrying611
Arman Ghasemi Portola Highly GiftedMagnet
Third Place Impacts of ConcentratedDisinfectants on Bacteria139
Micaela De Leon Hollenbeck MiddleSchool
Recognition Which Will Grow MoreMold? Incubator OrRefrigerator StorageMethods?
453
Remy Kushner Portola Highly GiftedMagnet
Recognition What Role Does theFlagellum Protein FlagellinPlay in BacterialResistance to SilverNanoparticles?
289
Ghino LeeHaily Kang
Gaspar de PortolaCharter AIAT
Recognition The Effect of Oxygen in theProduction of Electricity inMicrobial Fuel Cells674
Sebastian Martinez Royal Oak Middle School Recognition Biomining in Space: Canthe BacteriaAcidithiobacillusFerrooxidans Survive inExtraterrestrial Planets withHigh Atmosphericpressures?
523
Olivia Petlak Pressman Academy Recognition Just spit on it! Can Bubba'ssaliva kill bacteria?68
Shruthi Sathya Narayanan Portola Highly GiftedMagnet
Recognition Mission to Mars198
Sabrina Walker Saint Martin of ToursSchool
Recognition Wash It!149
Laia YanezAnnette SuleymanyanNatalie Dominguez
Mt. Gleason MiddleSchool
Recognition Pumpkin Decomposition481
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 35MICROBIOLOGY - SR S12Yeonji Choi Cabrillo Marine
AquariumFirst Place The effect of pH on
fucoxanthin concentrationof Isochrysis Galbana248
Nolan BrandtPhillipe Wiederkehr
Palos Verdes HighSchool
Second Place Dependency ofExiguobacterium St. Y2 onLarvae Microbiome forPolystyrene Degradation
400
Victoria Marquez Cabrillo MarineAquarium
Honorable Mention The Effect of pH onRhodomonas Population586
Melissa Qin Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School
Honorable Mention The Effect of VolumetricRatios on Genotyping theSox9 Gene for Type 1Diabetes
361
Emma LottsDevon Frank
The Buckley School Recognition CRISPR CAS-9 andHistone Regulation: AProcess Working Hand inHand to Destroy Cancer
4
Sophia Norouzi The Buckley School Recognition Unraveling Stress: theeffects of MECP2 onAnxiety Disorders5
Rebekah Tkach California School of theArts - San Gabriel Valley
Recognition Effect of Plastic on the pHof Bacteria's OceanEnvironment181
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 36PHARMACOLOGY - JR J16Simra Mirza Institute of Knowledge First Place It's More Than a Weed, It's
Sunscreen631
Kaitlyn Baghdassarian Chamlian ArmenianSchool
Second Place The Effect of Green Tea onthe Heart Rate of Daphnia373
Natalie Jeronimo Hollenbeck MiddleSchool
Honorable Mention Which Brand Of IbuprofenDissolves The Quickest?417
Christine Safri Gaspar de PortolaCharter AIAT
Honorable Mention How does the pH Level ofour Stomach Acid Affectthe Amount of TimeDifferent Pills Dissolve intothe Bloodstream?
264
Thomas KimDaniel BangJonathan Kim
The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Recognition D-α-tocopherylpolyethylene glycolsuccinate LC50 - UtilizingArtemia to Research theLimit of Substitution of THCVaping Oils with Vitamin E
456
Christa Kudaverdian La Canada PreparatoryPrivate School
Recognition Are Stem Cells the Future?510
Natalie RamirezJuanpablo Baez
Hollenbeck MiddleSchool
Recognition The Affects of Children'sMedicine On Activity OfCrickets127
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 37PHARMACOLOGY - SR S13Elisha Johnston Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolFirst Place Pharmacodynamics of
Dextrose-Based CartilageRegeneration: AMicroscopic Approach
558
Amy Huang Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School
Honorable Mention Mitochondrial-DerivedPeptide SHLP2 as aTherapeutic Potential inParkinson's Disease
310
Eileen Stiles Crescenta Valley HighSchool
Honorable Mention Developing a Model forStudying the Role of TripleNegative Breast CancerCells Under ArginineStarvation
345
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 38PHYSICS - AERODYNAMICS/HYDRODYNAMICS - JR J17Jack Wood American Martyrs School First Place Laminar Flow
366
Elan Lonstein Delphi Academy - JuniorDivision
Second Place Vibrations of Rocketry55
Abiya Hasan Al-Huda Islamic School Third Place Right Flight124
Trisha Buranabul Monterey Highlands Honorable Mention Measuring Motion inTennis Serves691
Andrew Maalouf Incarnation ParishSchool
Honorable Mention Powerful Windmill316
Menal Abdikarim Al-Huda Islamic School Recognition Can Water Float on Water?194
Jack Amerine Holy Angels School Recognition Rocket Fin Test592
Nola Foran Walter Reed MiddleSchool
Recognition Waterpower? I'm a BigFan!283
Daniel Matthew St. Cyril of JeruselemSchool
Recognition Exploring Air Rockets367
Nicolas TenorioIsaac MgaluyanGabriel Benoit
Holy Angels School Recognition Up Up and Away528
Claire Wu Gaspar de PortolaCharter AIAT
Recognition What's the Hydrodynamicsof an Object?414
Sarah ZhangAviv Pilipski
Beverly Vista MiddleSchool
Recognition Age of wood compared tosound quality551
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 39PHYSICS - ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM - JR J18Ella Baghdassarian Chamlian Armenian
SchoolFirst Place The Spectra of Different
Light Sources: Are LEDsHarmful to your health?487
Sophie Sexton Portola Highly GiftedMagnet
Second Place Measuring and ComparingElectromagnetic Fields inVarying Locations in LosAngeles
253
Marian Delfin St. Timothy School Third Place All Aboard The MaglevTrain!271
William Pearce Saint Joseph LongBeach
Honorable Mention Why the Attraction? AStudy of How TemperatureAffects Magnet Strength108
Harrison Reisner The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Honorable Mention Dueling Magnets; A NewInvention To PreventDamage To Your Car183
Yusuf Syed New Horizon School Honorable Mention Comparing the Amount ofEMR given off by NintendoSwitch, 3DS XL, andPlaystation 4 at differentdurations of playing
323
Natalie ChavezAlondra Ceja-Galvez
La Merced Intermediate Recognition How Much Glare Does aLight Bulb Produce?196
Zavien Demirjian St Gregory A. & M.Hovsepian School
Recognition Can We Make FreeElectricity?595
Lauren Espanola Rudecinda SepulvedaDodson Gifted/HAMagnet MS
Recognition Will fusing two energysources together generatemore energy than theygenerate alone?
715
Yalda KhazaieliLubna Simjee
Al-Huda Islamic School Recognition Light It Up!219
Madeline Kim Rudecinda SepulvedaDodson MS
Recognition Hydroelectric GeneratedLightbulb675
Joseph Knepper St. Cyril of JeruselemSchool
Recognition Magnetic Fruit350
Yuha Lim Rudecinda SepulvedaDodson MS
Recognition How Does The DifferentType Of Food BatteryAffect The Length of HowLong An Electronic ClockLasts?
87
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 40Myles Luciano Walter Reed Middle
SchoolRecognition Maglev Trains: The Real
"Polar" Express202
Daron Simitian Rose and Alex PilibosArmenian Middle School
Recognition Defying Gravity usingLenz's Law75
Hamish Welte American Martyrs School Recognition Are We Cooked?305
William Wetzel Saint John Fisher Recognition Can a Banana ProduceMore Electricity Than aPotato341
Leanna Yeressian St Gregory A. & M.Hovsepian School
Recognition The Effect of Temperatureon Magnet Velocity293
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 41PHYSICS - GENERAL - JR J19Angus Norden The Science Academy
STEM MagnetFirst Place How pressure affects the
energy usage ofdesalination235
Jett Do Mark Twain MiddleSchool
Second Place Proving Conservation ofEnergy591
Daniel Stefanini St. Monica Academy Second Place Science of Suction684
Alexandra Seres Oak Hills ElementarySchool
Honorable Mention Tale Of Two Bows284
Hamza Dajani Al-Huda Islamic School Recognition Let Gravity Take Over!233
Tali Goldkorn Beverly Vista MiddleSchool
Recognition Heating a pool withoutusing too much energy,using different materials.615
Ariel Hoffman Hale Charter AcademySTEAM Magnet
Recognition The Secret Combos ofBatting105
August Medrano Saint John Fisher Recognition Angleic Marshmallows440
Viola O'Beirne Incarnation ParishSchool
Recognition Endless Energy340
Shelby Velandia St. Cyril of JeruselemSchool
Recognition Air Pressure Affects theDistance a Soccer BallTravels653
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 42PHYSICS - SR S14Jasmine Li Harvard-Westlake
SchoolFirst Place High Performance
Nanocomposite ElectricalConductors for EnergySustainability
395
Klara MatuszewskaJhony Ye
Ribet Academy (SeniorDivision)
Second Place Projectile motion and rangeequation116
Brian Malkan Crespi Carmelite HighSchool
Third Place The Photoelectric Effect336
Daniel BelzbergKapil DheeriyaBeom Joon (John) Kim
Palos Verdes HighSchool
Honorable Mention Feasibility of Using aSpatially Varying MagneticField to Ascertain theMuon's Magnetic Moment
300
Alec Mnatzakanian Armenian Engineers andScientists of America
Honorable Mention Which Airfoil Produces theGreatest Lift?322
Candy GaoIsabella Shi
The Webb Schools inClaremont CA
Honorable Mention Metal Property: Analysis ofmagnetoresistance throughtemperature yield644
Aimee Zhou Ribet Academy (SeniorDivision)
Honorable Mention Wave129
Lena Hernandez Huntington Park HighSchool
Recognition Cans and Sounds471
Ryan Jung Cathedral High School Recognition Ramp/Lift Installation forWheelchairs733
Luke Mercado California School of theArts - San Gabriel Valley
Recognition The Effect of the Ball Coreon How a Bowling BallReacts on a Lane175
Samantha Reyes Compton Unified SchoolDistrict
Recognition UV Radiation704
Suraj Shah Temple City High School Recognition 3D Printing in the realworld299
Jack Sheehan California School of theArts - San Gabriel Valley
Recognition Paper AirplaneAerodynamics195
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 43PLANT BIOLOGY & PHYSIOLOGY - JR J20Abby Liebrecht Portola Highly Gifted
MagnetFirst Place Comparing the Effects of
Fish Waste and TigerBloom Plant Fertilizer onHusky Cherry RedTomatoes
137
Nolan Cheng La Canada PreparatoryPrivate School
Second Place PharmaKarma334
Mariam Owainat New Horizon School Third Place Comparing The MoistureContent of Soil and Growthof Pisum Sativum (SnapPeas) Using an AncientWatering Method (Olla) toRegular Watering
274
Sumaiya Bawany Institute of Knowledge Honorable Mention Can Plants Be Used toPurify the Air of TotalVolatile OrganicCompounds?
594
Jacob Caldwell Royal Oak Middle School Honorable Mention Does Caffeine have aneffect on the Growth andProduction of CapsicumAnnuum
326
Aisha Kharaeva New Horizon School Honorable Mention The Effects of Antioxidants(Vitamin A, E, and C) andpH (alkaline, acidic andneutral) on radish seedgermination
312
Maggie Stepanek Walter Reed MiddleSchool
Honorable Mention Defying Gravity234
Xian Au Our Lady of RefugeSchool
Recognition What Insulations andRoofings can PansiesBenefit From?575
Adrianna BaumleDevin Baumle
Blair High School Recognition Can changing the lightsource increasephotosynthesis?463
Jeanie Chua Lennox Middle School Recognition Tomatoes vs. TheEnvironment730
Rashad Entabi New Horizon School Recognition Comparing WhetherTomato Food, Compost, orCow Manure Grows SnapPeas the Tallest.
207
Mathias Gutierrez Saint John Fisher Recognition Does Sound Affect PlantGrowth?328
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 44Khalid Ibrahim New Dimensions Recognition Does Fertilizer Actually
Help Plants Grow314
Ariela Jomsky Gaspar de PortolaCharter AIAT
Recognition Magnesium's Effect onAquatic PhilodendronPlants242
Sufyan Khan Al-Huda Islamic School Recognition Let's Sprout Out!285
Bailee Kim Walter Reed MiddleSchool
Recognition Shady Plants156
Olivia Kim The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Recognition The Measurement of theGrowth of Mung BeansSupported by VaryingTypes of Irrigation
187
Pateel Krikorian St Gregory A. & M.Hovsepian School
Recognition Which Vitamins affectplants?280
Isabel Laezman Weizmann Day School Recognition Hydroponics or soil?349
Shelby Mancia Rudecinda SepulvedaDodson Gifted/HAMagnet MS
Recognition Green Onion Project438
Kaylani Parker Sierra Madre MiddleSchool
Recognition What Effects doPhosphates have onAquatic Plants?422
Usman Salman Institute of Knowledge Recognition Oil in the Soil635
Sophia ShinLucia WilliamsAugust Kohn
Archer School for Girls Recognition The Effects of OceanAcidification on Algae225
Savanna Villa Our Lady of RefugeSchool
Recognition What Is The BestSubstitute for Soil in SeedGermination?434
Jay Vizzie Saint Martin of ToursSchool
Recognition A Burning Problem: Plants,Fire, and the Future ofVegetation in California106
Angelina Waluszko Sierra Madre MiddleSchool
Recognition What is the Effect ofIncreased UV RadiationExposure on PlantGermination and Growth?
381
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 45Lara Yeghiayan St Gregory A. & M.
Hovsepian SchoolRecognition Tea Time!
495
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 46PLANT BIOLOGY & PHYSIOLOGY - SR S15Cameron Ito California Academy of
Mathematics andScience
First Place Effect of Artemia (brineshrimp) waste on thegrowth rate ofChaetomorpha (greenmacroalgae) for aquaponicgardening
402
Melanie Khachatryan Crescenta Valley HighSchool
Second Place Utilizing Silica Powder toImprove and EnhancePlant Growth318
Gary Shirikchian Rose and Alex PilibosArmenian School
Third Place The Effect of HydroponicsAgriculture Methods onPlants134
Amrutha Srivatsav Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School
Honorable Mention How Can the Ethanol Yieldof Lemna minor DuckweedBe Maximized?356
Steven Cao Temple City High School Recognition The Response of Auxinsand Gibberellins in Plants67
Sarah Cao Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School
Recognition Invasive vs. Native:Comparison of NaCl andFe tolerances of L.peploides and P. amphibia
303
Shua Cho California Academy ofMathematics andScience
Recognition Effect of Bisphenol A ongrowth rate of Isochrysisgalbana514
Steven Chung Lawndale High School Recognition Tomato Speed Growth664
Gabriela JimenezJorge RomanEduardo Ventura
Garey High School Recognition Plant Xperiment19
Kevin Tan Temple City High School Recognition An Evaluation andOptimization of AeroponicGrowing Solutions andTechniques
383
Emily Victor Garey High School Recognition Photosynthesis Rates708
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 47PRODUCT SCIENCE - JR J22Ross Goldberg Pressman Academy First Place Get A Grip
69
Amelia Hines Archer School for Girls Second Place Brew-tiful Biofuels: Findingthe Best Method forCreating an Alternative toFirewood Using CoffeeGrounds
231
Connor Barrett Saint Joseph LongBeach
Third Place Do Concussion GuardsReally Work?107
Abira Dost Institute of Knowledge Honorable Mention Ouch! What a burn!638
Celine Gharapetian Chamlian ArmenianSchool
Honorable Mention Heat DissipationEffectiveness of DifferentLaptop Cooling Mats485
Sierra Alva Sierra Madre MiddleSchool
Recognition Do Green Bags Extend theShelf Life of Produce?251
Rehem Arviv Pressman Academy Recognition Unveiling the Standards ofSticky Bumps Surf Wax140
Chloe Bae Rudecinda SepulvedaDodson MS
Recognition How Does theTemperature Affect HowWell Hair Color Dyes Hair?642
Danica Bondoc Saint Joseph LongBeach
Recognition Helmet Protection97
Arek Boynerian Chamlian ArmenianSchool
Recognition Is There Bisphenol A(BPA) In Store-BoughtCanned Foods?368
Chloe CapaladAnaLucia Romero
Holy Angels School Recognition Bleach490
Hiwot FasikaAngela Karanja
Saint Joseph LongBeach
Recognition Porta-Filter72
Emily Flores Saint Joseph LongBeach
Recognition Eco-friendly watercolors62
Ruqayyah Hossain Institute of Knowledge Recognition Uncovering Hidden SugarIn Your Foods630
2020 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 48Ahmad Kandil New Horizon School Recognition Comparing the Efficiency
of 29 Anti-MalwareCybersecurity Programs inRemoving 1,054 MaliciousFiles
315
Ava Larson American Martyrs School Recognition How Dirty Are YourRetainers?276
Andy Lasso Saint John Fisher Recognition Which Baseball Bat CanHit a Ball the Farthest -Aluminum, Wood, orComposite?
306
Hajin Lee Walter Reed MiddleSchool
Recognition Could Your Phone Be BadFor Your Health164
Alice Mardanian Portola Highly GiftedMagnet
Recognition Studying the Effects ofVitamin C on IronAbsorption92
Elie Netzah The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Recognition Skate Shoe Durability:Which Skate Shoe LastsThe Longest178
Gerald Po Holy Angels School Recognition Ice in Your Favorite Drink339
Ashley PrudencioSamantha Delgadillo
Montebello Intermediate Recognition Crazy Sugar!?50
Gwen Rodriguez Montebello Intermediate Recognition Pops25
Saishriya SathyaNarayanan
Gaspar de PortolaCharter AIAT
Recognition Comparative Study of ShelfLife and Nutritional Effectof Iron, Non-Stick, andEarthen Mud Pots
260
Natalie Simonian Saint Martin of ToursSchool
Recognition What Type of Climate canProtect a House from aWet Climate101
Gabriella TarpayMaile Naito
Brentwood School Recognition How baking soda affectsthe physical properties andtaste of cookies84
Ariannah Torres Montebello Intermediate Recognition What candle burns fastercolored or white52
Alina ValenciaVanessa Llanes
Montebello Intermediate Recognition Sugar22