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Page 1 A99 061-110-1 Bot Brian Kalcic Does the Amount of Grass Seed Affect the Height? A97 061-111-12 Bot Andrew Daetz Onward and Upward A95 061-120-10 Bot Isha Pandya The Effect of Using Tea Leaves to Enhance Plant Growth A91 061-121-8 Bot Amy Kennedy It's a Seed, It's a Weed, It's a Full Grown Plant! A89 061-130-6 Bot Audrey Cox Which Type of Grass Grows the Fastest and in Which Environment A87 061-141-13 Bot Rachel Chung Lasting Beauty A85 061-150-11 Bot Nina Rodricks Do X-rays Affect the Germination of Seeds? A81 061-160-7 Bot Krishnakumar Bhattaram The Effects of Excessive Heat, Overcrowding and Flooding on Food Bearing Plants A77 061-161-5 Bot Bridget Kennedy How Does Soaking Time Affect Bean Hardness? A75 061-170-3 Bot Lucas Popescu Effects of IAA and Urea on Plant Growth A73 061-171-1 Bot Shivam Singhal A Secret Cure: Evaluation of Curcuma Longa's Ability to Desist Hypothyroidism. A71 061-180-12 Bot Ishani Narwankar Going Green A69 061-190-8 Bot Divya Chunduru Effect of Water Nitrate Levels On Plant Growth A67 061-211-4 Env Gurmeher Kaur Thrive: How do YOU Grow Your Own Food A65 061-220-2 Env Farah Masood Greenhouse Effect Under Different Environments A61 061-230-11 Env Fatima Yousuf Biofuels vs. Fossil Fuels A59 061-231-9 Env Kristin Suits The Effect of Water Depth on Wave Velocity A57 061-240-7 Env Nathifa Nasim From Trash to Gas : Biomass Energy A55 061-241-5 Env Hannah Browne Wacky Waves A53 061-250-3 Env Sandhini Agarwal Research Issues Related to Solar Energy Storage A51 061-251-1 Env Dion DuPree Hydrogen Fuel Cell A47 061-260-12 Env Arjun Miklos Getting into Hot Water; Comparison of Methods of Solar Water Heating A45 061-261-10 Env Sofia Kritikopoulos Where's my Oxygen? A43 061-270-8 Env Tejas Kadambi Is the Miscibility of Oil and Water Affected by Additives? A41 061-271-6 Env Anjali Biswal What's the differece in grass growth when chemical or organic or manure fertilizers are used A39 061-280-4 Env Karthik Kalyanasundaram Is Cooked Rice a Viable Source of Biogas? A37 061-281-2 Env Svetlana Sohoni How to Prevent Soil Erosion A35 061-290-13 Env Anjali Sinha Where Did the Water Go? A33 061-291-11 Env Suroor Nakhoda Breaking News! Electromagnetic Cyclone Hits Algae Land! A31 061-310-11 Zoo Annie Leonard The Effect of Chinese Herbals on the Heart Rate of Daphnia A29 061-320-7 Zoo Anvi Gulrajani The Effect of Caffeine on the Heart Rate of Daphia A27 061-420-12 Soc Anik Gupta To Be or Not To Be a Vegetarian A25 061-430-8 Soc Sundeep Rodricks Does Talking on a Hands-free Phone Affect Driving? A23 061-440-4 Soc Indali Bora Does Color Affect Taste? A21 061-460-9 Soc Audrey Lamis The Effect of Caloric Consumption on Test Preformance A19 061-520-4 Med Christopher Emond Does Caffeine Affect Blood Pressure? Synopsys Championship 2013 Master Project List

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A99 061-110-1 Bot Brian Kalcic Does the Amount of Grass Seed Affect the Height?A97 061-111-12 Bot Andrew Daetz Onward and UpwardA95 061-120-10 Bot Isha Pandya The Effect of Using Tea Leaves to Enhance Plant GrowthA91 061-121-8 Bot Amy Kennedy It's a Seed, It's a Weed, It's a Full Grown Plant!A89 061-130-6 Bot Audrey Cox Which Type of Grass Grows the Fastest and in Which EnvironmentA87 061-141-13 Bot Rachel Chung Lasting BeautyA85 061-150-11 Bot Nina Rodricks Do X-rays Affect the Germination of Seeds?A81 061-160-7 Bot Krishnakumar Bhattaram The Effects of Excessive Heat, Overcrowding and Flooding on Food

Bearing PlantsA77 061-161-5 Bot Bridget Kennedy How Does Soaking Time Affect Bean Hardness?A75 061-170-3 Bot Lucas Popescu Effects of IAA and Urea on Plant GrowthA73 061-171-1 Bot Shivam Singhal A Secret Cure: Evaluation of Curcuma Longa's Ability to Desist

Hypothyroidism.A71 061-180-12 Bot Ishani Narwankar Going GreenA69 061-190-8 Bot Divya Chunduru Effect of Water Nitrate Levels On Plant GrowthA67 061-211-4 Env Gurmeher Kaur Thrive: How do YOU Grow Your Own FoodA65 061-220-2 Env Farah Masood Greenhouse Effect Under Different EnvironmentsA61 061-230-11 Env Fatima Yousuf Biofuels vs. Fossil FuelsA59 061-231-9 Env Kristin Suits The Effect of Water Depth on Wave VelocityA57 061-240-7 Env Nathifa Nasim From Trash to Gas : Biomass EnergyA55 061-241-5 Env Hannah Browne Wacky WavesA53 061-250-3 Env Sandhini Agarwal Research Issues Related to Solar Energy StorageA51 061-251-1 Env Dion DuPree Hydrogen Fuel CellA47 061-260-12 Env Arjun Miklos Getting into Hot Water; Comparison of Methods of Solar Water

HeatingA45 061-261-10 Env Sofia Kritikopoulos Where's my Oxygen?A43 061-270-8 Env Tejas Kadambi Is the Miscibility of Oil and Water Affected by Additives?A41 061-271-6 Env Anjali Biswal What's the differece in grass growth when chemical or organic or

manure fertilizers are usedA39 061-280-4 Env Karthik Kalyanasundaram Is Cooked Rice a Viable Source of Biogas?A37 061-281-2 Env Svetlana Sohoni How to Prevent Soil ErosionA35 061-290-13 Env Anjali Sinha Where Did the Water Go?A33 061-291-11 Env Suroor Nakhoda Breaking News! Electromagnetic Cyclone Hits Algae Land!A31 061-310-11 Zoo Annie Leonard The Effect of Chinese Herbals on the Heart Rate of DaphniaA29 061-320-7 Zoo Anvi Gulrajani The Effect of Caffeine on the Heart Rate of DaphiaA27 061-420-12 Soc Anik Gupta To Be or Not To Be a VegetarianA25 061-430-8 Soc Sundeep Rodricks Does Talking on a Hands-free Phone Affect Driving?A23 061-440-4 Soc Indali Bora Does Color Affect Taste?A21 061-460-9 Soc Audrey Lamis The Effect of Caloric Consumption on Test PreformanceA19 061-520-4 Med Christopher Emond Does Caffeine Affect Blood Pressure?

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A17 061-530-13 Med Ruhi Sayana Targeting Postprandial Hyperglycemia: Novel Use of the Anthocyanin Cyanidin and Eugenol to Inhibit alpha-Glucosidase for Type 2 Diabetes

A15 061-540-9 Med Tarun Amarnath High Chromium and Low Sugar: Tasty yet Healthy FoodsA11 061-550-5 Med Chloe Lechner The Flouride EggsperimentB10 061-611-11 Bio Devin Wong Yeast Yeast EverywhereB14 061-621-7 Bio Irene Chu Preventing Discoloration of ApplesB16 061-630-5 Bio Rizq Khateeb No Germs for Me!B18 061-640-1 Bio Shane Rodricks Fruit Juices As AntioxidantsB20 061-650-10 Bio J.T. Sgro What Damages DNAB22 061-660-6 Bio Arathi Ranga Which Milk Stays Fresh The LongestB24 061-680-11 Bio Sandhya Bellary Commercial Antibiotics Versus Natural Antibiotics: The Effect of

Amoxicillin, Ampicillin, and Turmeric On the Growth of E.coli BacteriaB26 061-690-7 Bio Akash Shanmugam The Effect of Sterilization Techniques on Different Types of MilkB28 061-710-5 Chem Nikita Tewari Measuring Calorie Content in Sea Plants to Explore Alternate Food

SourcesB30 061-711-3 Chem Vidur Gupta Changes in Vitamin C by Heating and CoolingB32 061-712-1 Chem Brianna Laranjo Rotting EggshellsB34 061-720-1 Chem Zoe Upham Can I Use Mint to Keep My Lunch Cool?B36 061-721-12 Chem Olivia Aspegren How Salt and Sugar Affect the Boiling Point of WaterB38 061-722-10 Chem Ananya Karthik Mighty Microgreens? The Effect of the Maturity of Plant Greens on

Their Nutrient ContentsB40 061-730-10 Chem Vdayammai Ramasamy Does Acid Affect the Rate of Corrosion?B42 061-731-8 Chem Isha Sanghvi Plop! Plop! Fizz! Fast!B44 061-732-6 Chem Prerita Pandya The Effect of Different Types of Waters and Their Temperatures on

Copper CorrosionB46 061-740-6 Chem Bansi Patel Plop Plop Fizz Fizz Oh What a Relief It Is!!!!!B50 061-741-4 Chem Arjun Prabhakar The Electrolyte Challenge: Ordinary Orange Juice vs. Expensive

Sports DrinkB52 061-750-2 Chem Bilal Malik Vitamin C in VegetablesB54 061-751-13 Chem Olivia Baumert The Effect of Salinity and Temperature on Convection Currents in

H2OB56 061-760-11 Chem Abinaya Srikant The Effect of Metals on Nail Polish ResistanceB58 061-761-9 Chem Alejandro Vincent The Effect of Either Endothermic or Exothermic Chemical Reations

upon the Temperature of the Immediate Surrounding AtmosphereB60 061-770-7 Chem Paulina Cerros Come to the Dark Side...We Have Cookies!B62 061-771-5 Chem Ruth Greenfield The Amount of Baking Powder Affects the Density of CupcakesB64 061-790-12 Chem Clark Webster Gluten Free BrowniesB66 061-791-10 Chem Ian Sands What is the Best Way to Dry a Baseball in 45 Seconds?B68 061-810-10 Phy Amogh Gaitonde Effect of Magnetic Fields on OpticsB70 061-811-8 Phy Ishita Mohan Weight Lost or Not?

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B72 061-812-6 Phy Gowri Anupama Energy Efficient Solar CellsB74 061-813-4 Phy Peter Blach What is the Effect of the Position of a Cylinder on the Effectiveness of

a Convection Current?B76 061-814-2 Phy Pedro Alvarez-Rincon The Crookes RadiometerB80 061-815-13 Phy Jon Telebrico Insulator EffectivenessB84 061-820-6 Phy Rohin Tangirala Hulls vs. Drag: The Effect of the Change in the Number of Hulls,

Spacing Between the Hulls, and Placement of the Hulls of Various Multihulls on Their Drag

B86 061-821-4 Phy Frederick Nitta What Makes the Speed of Light Slower in Different Solutions?B88 061-822-2 Phy Varun Joshi To Push or To PullB90 061-823-13 Phy David DeRuiter Magnet ManiaB94 061-824-11 Phy Acacia Glover The Mystery of the OrangeB96 061-825-9 Phy William Zarbakhsh The Effect of Different Materials on Blocking Sound WavesB99 061-831-13 Phy Ashwin Rammohan Testing and Comparing the Non-ionizing Radiation from Cell Phones

for SafetyB97 061-832-11 Phy Daniel Kass Rocket Component Affects Rocket Flight Time and StabilityB95 061-834-7 Phy Varun Paranjpe How Many Turns Do I Need?B91 061-835-5 Phy Georgia Braun-Rudin The Effect of Filters On Heat Energy ProductionB89 061-840-11 Phy Nandana Suresh Dimming the LightsB87 061-841-9 Phy Patrick Burrows Measuring the Effect of Ship Hull Design on Hydrodynamic EfficiencyB85 061-842-7 Phy Joshua Rosenheim Physics of the Tablecloth TrickB81 061-844-3 Phy Rishi Sankar What Is the Effect of Different Types of Heat Transfer on Cooling

Soda?B77 061-845-1 Phy Ali Hamade Build a Gauss RifleB75 061-850-7 Phy Muzakkir Khan Stealthy AircraftsB73 061-851-5 Phy Ray Lin The Temperature of ColorsB71 061-852-3 Phy Ayah Hilali Drop It SlowB69 061-853-1 Phy DeVon DuPree Cell Phone RadiationB67 061-854-12 Phy Nikhita Vasan Which Type of Fabric Shrinks the Most?B65 061-860-3 Phy Siddharth Kumar Affect of Heat on LED Light OutputB63 061-861-1 Phy Brian Ng The Shape for SpeedB61 061-862-12 Phy Kaushik Shivakumar Effects of Roller Coaster Configurations on the Car's Final VelocityB59 061-863-10 Phy Drake Oyson IlluminanceB57 061-864-8 Phy Edward Ross Which Balloon Is Louder When Popped, Helium or Air?B55 061-870-12 Phy Nicholas Padmanabhan What are the Effects of Wind Speed and Insulation Material on Heat

LossB53 061-871-10 Phy Jeremy Sharp Accuracy of a TrebuchetB51 061-872-8 Phy Maxwell Jung The Power of Electricity and the Length of the Enamel Wire Affect the

Strength of an ElectromagnetB47 061-873-6 Phy Dana Bagis Music MakerB45 061-874-4 Phy Sophia Kennedy Geysers

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B43 061-880-8 Phy Martin Ham How Weight Affects VelocityB41 061-881-6 Phy Aman Roy Ramp Slope Versus Ball SpeedB39 061-882-4 Phy Nikhil Athreya Electromagnets and the Number of CoilsB37 061-883-2 Phy Zade Lobo The Effect of Gear Sizes on the Output Force of a MachineB35 061-890-4 Phy Matthew Wong The Effect of Shape on DragB33 061-891-2 Phy Anish Muthali Heavy Duty HaulerB31 061-893-11 Phy Nicole Adamson Solar Cell Wavelength SensitivityB29 061-894-9 Phy Colin Schultz How the Angle of Launch Affects the Ground Distance of a Stream of

WaterB27 061-910-2 Ear John Sager How Environment Affects the Way Rocks BreakB25 061-920-11 Ear Sean Yang What's the Angle on Solar Cells?B23 061-930-7 Ear Laura Powers Factors that Affect Glacier SpeedB21 061-940-3 Ear Addison Zeitler Shake it UpB19 061-950-12 Ear Samatha Yang Water Capacity of SoilB17 061-A10-7 Eng Dylon Tjanaka Up-Down Stair Climbing Robot Using Push-Pull Wheel MechanismB15 061-A11-5 Eng Neil Tipirneni The Ultimate Power of Hydro-electric GeneratorB11 061-A30-12 Eng Sameer Chaparala Power of the SunC10 061-A40-8 Eng Sukrit Ganesh Wind EnergyC14 061-A50-4 Eng Rick Bhattacharyya Stopping Overheating of Solar PanelsC16 061-A60-13 Eng Leyton Ho Making an Efficient HovercraftC18 061-A70-9 Eng Brandon Baik What Shape is the Most Stealthy?C20 061-A80-5 Eng Arash Shabany The Effect of a Lens on the Electrical Energy Generated By a Solar

PanelC22 061-B10-12 Comp Zachary Konda Lord of the Rings Math Probability & Statistics DiceC26 062-120-7 T Bot Christian Chiong Surendra Ghentiyala What is the Effect of Changing the type of Aquatic Plant on the

Amount of Oxygen Generated?C28 062-220-12 T Env Isabelle McKenzie Alana De La Torre Acid Rain Acid Rain Go AwayC32 062-230-8 T Env Jay Chiruvolu Benjamin Dillon Are We Killing our Creeks? A Study on the Water Quality and Biotic

Integrity of Permanente Creek WatershedC34 062-510-5 T Med Annie Wang Trina Chatterjee Effect of Genes on Cancerous TissueC38 062-610-10 T Bio Jalen Milrad Miles Bader Jacob Kahn-

SamuelsonWhat is the Effect of Mouthwash on Mouth Bacteria?

C42 062-710-2 T Chem Siddharth Mahesh Shashank Mahesh Soil Fertility and Electrical ConductivityC46 062-720-11 T Chem Edward McDonald Samuel Habib Nathan Au The Best Material for Growing CrystalsC50 062-810-7 T Phy Kaushik Seshadri Alex Bajot Mystery SpotC54 062-811-5 T Phy Holly Pitek Katrina Boyd Intergalactic InsulationC56 062-820-3 T Phy William Premo Ryan Fox Top Gun - The Science of FlightC60 062-830-12 T Phy Emily Zhang Robyn Lee Light Energy and FrequencyC62 062-840-8 T Phy Harry Lambert Jaeger Stone Which Bat Hits Furthest?C66 062-850-4 T Phy Miriya Ross Alex Ross Different Temperature MagnetsC70 062-860-13 T Phy Phillip Salowe David Shamis Jacob Fergason Lubricated Friction!

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C72 062-870-9 T Phy Kenneth Derryberry

Rohan Katpally Did I Mention Surface Tension?

C76 062-880-5 T Phy Mikayla Flora Jessica Leung Annika Chun Light's Many ColorsC84 062-890-1 T Phy Andrew Wilson Kelli Tsukmoto Magnets and TemperatureC86 062-A10-4 T Eng Avinash

SubramanianAniket Kapadia Color-Teller for the Blind

C90 062-A20-13 T Eng Asha Kar Amanda Wang FlingTimeC94 062-A30-9 T Eng Evan Weissbart Zachary Naillon EZ Cheesy 9000 : The Safe Cheese GraterC98 062-A40-5 T Eng Frank Podraza Jake Podraza Efficient Propeller DesignC99 071-110-8 Bot Sophia Harrison The Effect of Temperature on the Growth of Red Radishes with

Symbiotic EndomycorrhizaeC97 071-130-13 Bot Sarosh Sopariwalla The Effect of Earthworms on Plant GrowthC95 071-140-9 Bot Katrina Ying Water Plants - the Natural Way of Controlling Algae in Pond WaterC91 071-150-5 Bot Hannah Yoon Substance Effect on BeansC89 071-160-1 Bot Manav Bhatia Earthworms - Friend or FoeC87 071-170-10 Bot Shopnavo Biswas What is the Effect of Magnetism on Plant GrowthC85 071-180-6 Bot Hannah Patrignani Companion Planting-Friends or FoesC81 071-210-13 Env Anushka Jogalekar Effect of Composting on Herbicide Residues in Soil.C77 071-211-11 Env Atul Saha The Green Soil Squad: Phytoextraction of Heavy MetalsC75 071-213-7 Env Binita Pnadya Does oil help retain moisture in the soil?C73 071-220-9 Env Joshua Upham Can Water Be Cleaned by Just Using Sunlight?C71 071-221-7 Env Karthik Ramachandran An A-peeling Solution! - The Effect of Citrus Oils and d-Limonene on

PolystyreneC69 071-222-5 Env Shreya Khandewale Bye-Bye Weeds! Efficacy of Natural HerbicidesC67 071-230-5 Env Kyle Wang An Effective Water Filtering MethodC65 071-232-1 Env Casey Joye OttersC63 071-240-1 Env Ryan Lyle The Effect of Salinity on the Survival Rate of DaphniaC61 071-241-12 Env Asma Islam The Effect of Acid Rain on BuildingsC59 071-250-10 Env Eva Szoboszlay Dissolving Shells: The Effects of Ocean AcidificationC57 071-251-8 Env Afrah Siddiqi Which Type of Marine Environment is Most Affected By an Oil Spill?C55 071-260-6 Env Vinh Tran Plant PollutionC53 071-261-4 Env Evan Heath CO2 Be Gone!C51 071-262-2 Env Nishita Sunkara Plastic ProblemsC47 071-270-2 Env Umelbanin Alofi Wood ResistanceC45 071-271-13 Env Yevgeniya Orzhekhovska Recycling GreywaterC43 071-272-11 Env Mantej Panesar Green Passive Cooling of Computer Data CentersC41 071-280-11 Env Nasrin Rohim Oil Spill Clean UpC39 071-281-9 Env Sara Emami Does Increasing Levels of Carbon Dioxide in the Air Contribute to

Global Warming?C37 071-282-7 Env Gian Taparan Decomposition DaysC35 071-290-7 Env Nadia Rabia Clean That Oil Spill Quickly!

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C33 071-291-5 Env Sean Mignosa Getting Solar Energy in FocusC31 071-292-3 Env Dipashreya Sur Optimization of Moringa Oleifera Coagulation for Water Purification.C29 071-310-5 Zoo Kathleen Navas What is the effect of acid and base on brine shrimp?C27 071-320-1 Zoo Seung-Jae Joo How Do Insects React to Substances?C25 071-330-10 Zoo Yush Raje Effects of Water Impurities on Daphnia MagnaC23 071-340-6 Zoo Jared Isobe Worm-a-lotC21 071-350-2 Zoo Nishka Ayyar Effects of Caffeine on Mortality of Daphnia MagnaC19 071-410-10 Soc Ryan Reen Do People Work Quicker and More Accurately with No Sound,

Background Music or Sounds at a Park?C17 071-420-6 Soc Pranav Ahuja Effect of Color on MemorizationC15 071-430-2 Soc Sahana Sarin Color of CupcakesC11 071-440-11 Soc Eliana Stone Analyzing Signatures for Signs of AgingD10 071-470-12 Soc Ashmita Rajkumar How Does Music Affect the Way Kids Behave?D14 071-510-2 Med Aditya Shah Data-Mining for Identification of Genes Associated with Eye DiseaseD16 071-511-13 Med Hannah Logar The Scoop on Soup and Recipe DeceitD18 071-520-11 Med Sophia Pawlowicz What Tenderizes Beef the Best?D20 071-530-7 Med Mythri Ambatipudi Diet Induced Thermogenesis!!! Combating Obesity and Postprandial

Hyperglycemia With the Thermogenic Effects of Anthocyanins Catechins and Capsaicins

D22 071-540-3 Med Kabir Arora Does Caffeine Affect Blood Pressure?D24 071-550-12 Med Priscilla Lee What is the Effect of Off-the-shelf Shampoo and/or Conditioner on

Frizzy Hair?D26 071-560-8 Med Jayanth Rao Effect of Various Foods on the Heart Rate and Blood PressureD28 071-580-13 Med Luvneet Kahlon What will happen to the tooth enamel if I change the amount of time

the tooth remains in contact with coffee?D30 071-590-9 Med Nathan Bacosa Which Nutrition Bar Keeps Blood Sugar the Most Level?D32 071-610-7 Bio Alexander Vu A Study on the Effects of Chlorine and Bromine on the Growth of

E.coliD34 071-611-5 Bio Mihir Kalyanthaya Warm and Happy Enzymes! Testing the Activity of Catalase Enzyme

At Different TemperaturesD36 071-620-3 Bio Amith Galivanche Antimicrobial Activity of Clove Oil and Cinnamon Oil Against

Escherichia ColiD38 071-621-1 Bio Chih Wei Liu Yeast Metabolism In Aerobic and Anaerobic ConditionsD40 071-630-12 Bio Elizabeth Miksztal Can You Find Freshwater Bacteria in the Palo Alto Baylands and

Does it Correlate with Rainfall?D42 071-631-10 Bio Samritha Nagesh What is the Effect of Enzymes on the Efficiency of Cellulose

Degradation?D44 071-650-4 Bio Rohan Koodli Sensitivity of Dinoflagellate Bioluminescence to Light ExposureD46 071-660-13 Bio Manya Bali Fountain of Youth? Antioxidants: Defense Against Free Radicals?D50 071-670-9 Bio Richa Bhattacharya Crime Scene Forensics: Effect of Material Composition on Luminol

Test

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D52 071-690-1 Bio Neelima Valluru Yeast GrowthD54 071-710-12 Chem Arudrra Krishnan The Effect of Salinity on the Conductivity of Salt WaterD56 071-711-10 Chem Ethan Junus Water Surface Tension in Action with Different AdditivesD58 071-720-8 Chem Kareem Darwish Bubble-ologyD60 071-721-6 Chem Alina Jaiden Reyes Kimchi ChemistryD62 071-730-4 Chem Pierre Taloma Ancient ElectricityD64 071-740-13 Chem Rajiv Nelakanti How do Different Natural Dyes Affect the Longevity and Power Output

of Nanocrystalline Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells?D66 071-741-11 Chem Mary-Elizabeth Vogel Comparing Sugar Amounts in Different Forms of FoodD68 071-750-9 Chem Anushree Thekkedath Soak It Up! Effect of Chemical Composition of Liquids on Absorption

by PolyacrylatesD70 071-751-7 Chem Connery Wood Cooking with Lactose: Breaking it DownD72 071-760-5 Chem Sean Lin How Frequently does the Mpemba Effect Hot Water versus Cold

Water?D74 071-761-3 Chem Rishabh Jain From Fields to FuelsD76 071-770-1 Chem Anthony Trieu The Effect of pH Levels and Vitamin C Content on Different Tomatoes

D80 071-771-12 Chem Sadie Spektor Frozen vs. PasteurizedD84 071-780-10 Chem Sparsh Chauhan Heat and EvaporationD86 071-781-8 Chem Bridgette Han The Most Productive Brand of PopcornD88 071-790-6 Chem Labanya Mukhopadhyay Osmotic Effects of Dietary IngredientsD90 071-810-4 Phy Emily Paz The Effects of Colored Lights on Solar PowerD94 071-812-13 Phy Sapna Ramappa Pitch PerfectD96 071-813-11 Phy Christopher Yip Wind TurbinesD98 071-814-9 Phy Naren Karur Stormy With A Chance Of ElectricityD99 071-820-13 Phy James Kanuch How Does a Liquid's Density Affect Refraction of Light?D97 071-821-11 Phy Sonali Patel Magnetic Field StrengthD95 071-822-9 Phy Adrika Yousuf Temperature vs. ViscosityD91 071-823-7 Phy Themistocles Hadjiioannou How Does Temperature Affect A Magnet's Strength?D89 071-824-5 Phy Jia Seow Tant, Lokta or Mulberry Paper: Which is the Best for Making Origami

Polyhedra?D87 071-830-9 Phy Jenny Truong Woosh Electricity By WindD85 071-831-7 Phy Ronak Mundkur Cars Powered by Aqua Fuel: Effect of Electrical Load on the Electrical

Efficiency of the PEMFC CellD81 071-832-5 Phy Meera Patel Going Up? Exploring the Actual Mechanical Advantage of an Inclined

PlaneD77 071-833-3 Phy Maanas Oruganti Stealthy ShapesD75 071-840-5 Phy Nilarun Sanyal Determining the Shape and Surface Quality of an Object to go

Undetected by Scientific InstrumentsD73 071-841-3 Phy Nabeel Sabzwari Efficient Propeller DesignD71 071-842-1 Phy Sean Coakley G-Forces

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D69 071-843-12 Phy Tithi Mandal Airfoils and WingletsD67 071-850-1 Phy John Ghantous The Effect of Adding Different Shapes to the Front, Back, and Bottom

of the Trailer, on a Truck's Aerodynamic DragD65 071-852-10 Phy Rayva Ranade Bouncing Ball BearingsD63 071-853-8 Phy Omar Battisha The Effect of the Location of Weight on a Wheel on its SpeedD61 071-860-10 Phy Vedant Sathye Causes of And Mitigation of Propeller FlutterD59 071-861-8 Phy Anika Ramachandran The Effect of Environmental Factors on Tennis Ball TrajectoryD57 071-862-6 Phy Toby Liang Trebuchet LaunchingD55 071-863-4 Phy Sashwath Sundher Stealthy ShapesD53 071-870-6 Phy Vivian Chiang Pulse Wave Analysis in Simulated Vascular SystemD51 071-871-4 Phy Hamza Qadeer The Effect of the Angle of Incidence of Light on the Output of a Solar

PanelD47 071-872-2 Phy Kristy Lee Supercooling Water and Snap FreezingD45 071-873-13 Phy Nickhil Tekwani Comparison of "Green" Energy Sources for Powering Model CarsD43 071-880-2 Phy Holly Jackson Billiard BotsD41 071-881-13 Phy Paran Sonthalia Racing ACV's! Analysis of Factors Affecting the Speed of an ACVD39 071-882-11 Phy Huan Nguyen Super Cooling Water and Snap FreezingD37 071-883-9 Phy Keyshaun McLeod Grass-vs-Synthetic TurfD35 071-890-11 Phy Nachiketa Gargi Super Cool ScienceD33 071-891-9 Phy Amanda Chen Stealthy Shapes and MaterialsD31 071-892-7 Phy Divya Empranthiri Want to Play More Temple Run? The Effect of Temperature on Battery

LifeD29 071-893-5 Phy Haashir Alikhan Building a Raft Powered by Surface TensionD27 071-910-9 Ear Jade Webb Blow Humidity AwayD25 071-A10-1 Eng Jake Blozan Jar Genie - The Electric Jar OpenerD23 071-A20-10 Eng William Rendler Remote Control Book CarrierD21 071-A30-6 Eng Sahil Surapaneni The Smart CaneD19 071-A31-4 Eng Atul Raghunathan Permanent Magnet Powered Toy LocomotiveD17 071-A41-13 Eng Utkarsh Tandon Building a Wearable Autonomous Device Providing Personal

Assistance to Alzheimer Patients using a Raspberry Pi Based System with GPS Capabilities

D15 071-A50-11 Eng Hailey Bruce Burglar BusterD11 071-A61-5 Eng Rithika Srinivasan Design a Robot Hand to Simulate Human HandE10 071-A70-3 Eng Pearse Lipscomb The Golf Ball Marker That Helps You Putt Better!E14 071-A71-1 Eng Avni Madhani Mirror Mirror on the Roof: An Economical Solar Concentrator DesignE16 071-A80-12 Eng Keshav Sangam Heat-Seeking RobotE18 071-A81-10 Eng Mark Shacker Light ArmorE20 071-A90-8 Eng Khush Amin The Random Reader--A Book Stand Connected to Soundproof

HeadphonesE22 071-B10-6 Comp Divya Rallabandi Teaching Computers to Play Games with UsE24 071-B20-2 Comp Shaya Zarkesh Mapping a 2-D Face onto a 3-D Surface on a Mobile Device

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E26 071-C10-11 Bioinfo Aayush Gupta The Effect of Features on Dementia Detection AccuracyE28 071-C20-7 Bioinfo Ana Patricia Ochoa The Shrub of ExpstenceE30 072-120-1 T Bot Brian Dao Benjamin Lau Laser Beam Effect on Mung Bean Seed GerminationE34 072-210-10 T Env Kelly Cella Rachel Spektor What Will Happen to the Bacteria in the Soil in a Pot with Worms and

without Worms?E36 072-230-2 T Env Michelle Philipp Amelia Kinsella The Great Water RescueE40 072-240-11 T Env Benjamin Duong Christopher MoralesWilliam Pangayan Burning Biofuel: Comparing Nonrenewable and Renewable FuelE44 072-310-2 T Zoo Kassie Korb Hannah Engel Pacing PetsE46 072-420-3 T Soc Catherine

PetersenAbigail McCarthy Distractions While Driving

E52 072-430-12 T Soc Priya Chaganti Meena Gudapati Does Heart Rate Affect Memory?E54 072-440-8 T Soc Puja Vasan Jana Cassin A Study on StudiesE58 072-450-4 T Soc Naama

GotesdynerSabrina Rakhmilevich What's That Smell? Does the Brain React to Stimuli Based on

Memory or on Provided FactsE60 072-460-13 T Soc Amanda Wei Agrima Sharma Blind Spots in VisionE64 072-510-12 T Med Cheyenne Martin Megan Cella Are Fingerprint Traits Genetic?E68 072-610-4 T Bio Mira Bader Arielle Smith Eden Wolf Infection DetectionE70 072-620-13 T Bio Cameron Baab Nathaniel Wire Do Algae and pH Have Chemisty?E74 072-630-9 T Bio Abbigale Berry Danielle Matlock Hide and Seek BacteriaE76 072-710-9 T Chem Lauren Sanders Alainna Hansen Popping Palooza: The Effectof Different Mediums on Pop RocksE84 072-820-10 T Phy Carly Wang Annie Chen Extreme Sounds = Lesson in a Noisy WorldE86 072-830-6 T Phy Joshua Biggs Jacob Biggs The Sound of GlassE90 072-840-2 T Phy Rebekah Kaufman Ashna Perumal You've Been Served!E94 072-850-11 T Phy Erica Wang Carolyn Wang Heat and Solar EnergyE98 072-860-7 T Phy Megan Bruning Kylie Desuarro Which Spaghetti is the StrongestE99 072-870-3 T Phy Ally Langell Erica Starkie All-Terrain BooksE95 072-910-6 T Ear Kari Marquis Angelina Pavao Stand My GroundE89 072-A10-11 T Eng Aaron Lopes Raymond Pai Tin Luu The Concept of AeternumcrimenE87 072-A20-7 T Eng Ryan Siu Anand Subramanyan Automating Light Intensity Variation for Energy EfficiencyE81 072-A30-3 T Eng Holder McGuire Robert Nelson Garrett Wood Scuba Dooby DooE75 072-A40-12 T Eng Andrew Tey Arjun Gujral Portable Saltwater Desalinator 2.0E73 072-A50-8 T Eng Eric Hooton Alex Gao Design and Construction of an Economically Feasible and Safe Tesla

Coil for Entertainment PurposesE69 072-A60-4 T Eng Austin Wang Alan Xiao Anthony Ding We're Not Gone With the Wind!E65 072-A80-9 T Eng Allen Cheung David Hoang Small Tiles for Big PurposesE63 081-110-2 Bot Amulya Vadlakonda The Effect of Acetylsalicylic Acid on Plant Growth Under Varying

Environmental ConditionsE61 081-130-7 Bot Andrew Gu What is the Effect of Stenospermocarpy in Grapes on their Nutritional

Value?E59 081-140-3 Bot Anne Moultray Allelopathy ApocalypseE57 081-150-12 Bot Murad Awad Radioactive Radishes

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E55 081-160-8 Bot Shanaya Nagendran Salty or Not? - Growing Plants with SaltE53 081-210-7 Env Hilal Atesoglu Using Sesame Leaves as Low Cost Absorbent to Effectively Reduce

Heavy Metal such as Lead, Copper and Cadmium from Contaminated Water Samples

E51 081-211-5 Env Michael Tseitlin Effectiveness of Different Water Filtration Methods in Removing Contaminants

E47 081-220-3 Env Justine Knappenberger Up on the Roof: Solar Reflectance of Roofing Materials and the Urban Heat Island Effect

E45 081-221-1 Env Varun Venkatesh Cementing a Solution One Brick at a Time: Using Biomineralization to Solve the World's Problems

E43 081-230-12 Env Vardhaan Ambati Are Manufactured Nano-Materials (MNMs) an Ecotoxicological Risk? Experiment Conducted Using Three Commonly Manufactured Nano-Materials (MNMs) - Nano Zno, Nano CeO2, Nano-TiO2 and Rhizobia as a Biosensor

E41 081-231-10 Env Rishi Desai Measuring Cell Phone Radiation: Do Cell Phone Leak?E39 081-240-8 Env Burhaan Syed Temperature InversionE37 081-241-6 Env Francesca Duncan Too Hot to Handle?E35 081-251-2 Env Akaash Tawade Does Changing the Flow Rate of Water Affect the Turbidity of Filtered

Liquid?E33 081-260-13 Env Emilio Curiel Santa Clara County's Tap Water Iron ContentE31 081-261-11 Env Danielle Nouriazad CO2: Hope It's BlueE29 081-270-9 Env Mallika Yeleswarapu Water's the Matter: The Effect of pH on Dissolved Oxygen Levels in

Freshwater SourcesE27 081-271-7 Env Venkat Sankar Ecology or Economy: How to Have It Both Ways! A Simulation Based

Approach for Managing The Impact of Infrastructure Projects on the Population Viability of Endangered Species.

E25 081-280-5 Env Claire Hu Fertilizer Use and RunoffE23 081-281-3 Env Sruthi Ramabadran Toxicity of All-Natural Soap to Brine Shrimp (Artemia)E21 081-290-1 Env Medha Shah Vitamin C in Organic Oranges vs Conventionally Grown OrangesE19 081-310-12 Zoo Gabrielle Candes Are Fingerprints Inherited?E17 081-330-4 Zoo Janis Iourovitski What is the Effect of Mating and Development Temperature on the

Outcome of the Sex Ratio of Drosophila?E15 081-350-9 Zoo Aarya Mecwan Effect of Light Colors on Pupil ConstrictionE11 081-360-5 Zoo Nazher Indris Daphnia and How They GrowF10 081-420-13 Soc Payton Keo Lacebal Correlations Between a Student's Interests and Their Standardized

Test ScoresF14 081-430-9 Soc Swetha Tummala The Effect of Time on How Long the Afterimage LastsF16 081-440-5 Soc Julie Vazquez I Need My Space!F18 081-450-1 Soc Priyanka Vatturi Saccadic Eye MovementF20 081-460-10 Soc Andrew Shen Get Back to Work: A Study on Whether a User's Keystrokes and

Mouse Movements Can Indicate Gaming

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F22 081-470-6 Soc Gabriel Hyun How Does Conflicting Information Affect Processing Time?F24 081-511-7 Med Angela Kim Catheter Safety Analysis Connected to a Sealed ContainerF26 081-520-5 Med Chirag Akella All About AllergiesF28 081-521-3 Med Imara Pinkney How Does Light Affect Sight?F30 081-531-12 Med Lynn Serizawa Natural Ways to Open the Blood-Brain BarrierF32 081-540-10 Med Hibah Wasim Burning CaloriesF34 081-541-8 Med Sasha Dmitrieva Why and How Do Different Liquids Stain Teeth?F36 081-550-6 Med Clayton Moore Are Non-Newtonian Fluids Acceptable Protection Equipment

Replacements?F38 081-551-4 Med Zunera Ghalib The Effects of Diacetyl Monoxime on Beta-Amyloid Plaques in C.

elegansF40 081-560-2 Med Kaitlynn Sierra There's No Place Like Home: Home Remedies Vs. Over the Counter

Medications for Relieving Stomach DiscomfortF42 081-561-13 Med Evani Radiya-Dixit Use of Bromelain and Papain to Engineer Hypoallergenic Peanut

ProductsF44 081-570-11 Med Brandon Chow Effects of Epigallocatechin Gallate on Human MetabolismF46 081-580-7 Med Pravin Ravishanker The Effects of Neuromodulating Agents on Spiking Rates and

Patterns of Neuronal Action Potentials in Acheta domestica: An Investigation in Neuropharmacotherapy.

F50 081-590-3 Med Nikita Takru Keep Safe Distance! Cell Phone Radiation and You!!F52 081-610-1 Bio Patrick Moran Which Method of Thawing Meat Produces the Least Bacterial

Contamination?F54 081-611-12 Bio Lucas Wang Would there be a Change in the Calcium Chloride Protocol if a More

Stable Compound is Used?F56 081-612-10 Bio Irene Newman Alternatives to Artificial Preservatives in Bread and How the

Sweetener Used Affects Shelf LifeF58 081-620-10 Bio Jenica Paragas Garlic Vs MoldF60 081-621-8 Bio Srivatsav Pyda The Compared Effect of Natural and Over-the-Counter Medications

on the Prevention of Bacterial ProliferationF62 081-622-6 Bio Elizabeth Wang Investigating the Effect of Okra Mucilage and Cinnamon on

Maintaining Food Freshness and Flavor using Rhizopus stoloniferF64 081-630-6 Bio Shreya Sebastian DNA DazzedF66 081-631-4 Bio Sana Aladin Do Organically Grown Fruits Have Higher Antioxidant Activity Than

Conventionally Grown Fruits?F68 081-650-11 Bio Michelle Xu The Antibacterial Effects of Natural Herbs on E. coliF70 081-651-9 Bio Carl Luo Environmental Effects on Bacteria GrowthF72 081-660-7 Bio Priya Sundaresan An Investigation of Bacterial DNA in Owl PelletsF74 081-661-5 Bio Nilay Sawant The Effect of pH, Temperature, Salt Concentration, and Copper (II)

Sulfate Inhibitor on Peroxidase.F76 081-671-1 Bio Akshay Prabhakaran What is the Effect of Sugar and Sugar Substitutes in Yeast

Metabolism

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F80 081-680-12 Bio Gokul Kalyanasundaram Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Effectiveness and Interactions of common Herb Oils and Antibiotic Combination aginst E.coli and S.Epidermis

F84 081-681-10 Bio Jonas Enders Fermentation Rates by Yeast with Different Types of SugarF86 081-690-8 Bio Nidhi Jain What is the Effect of Herbs on E.coli in the Presence of Starch and

Protein?F88 081-710-6 Chem Benjamin Ma Scrub-A-Dub-Dub: A Possible Solution for Global WarmingF90 081-711-4 Chem Mahir Malek The Effect of Lead on pHF94 081-712-2 Chem Suresh Talapaneni The Effect of Electricity on the pH Levels of Salt SolutionsF96 081-720-2 Chem Taha Quraishi Increasing Diffusion by IontophoresisF98 081-721-13 Chem Michelle Mallari Does the Temperature of a Reactant Affect How Long its Chemical

Reaction Occurs?F99 081-722-11 Chem Grace Bernal Optimization of pH for Lactase Enzyme FunctionF97 081-730-11 Chem Kaitlyn Mallari Teacher I Shrunk the Fabric!F95 081-732-7 Chem Leah Miller Thickening AgentsF91 081-740-7 Chem Yasmine Juarez The Effect of Temperature on ViscosityF89 081-741-5 Chem Kha Nguyen Fabric Absorbency of Natural DyesF87 081-742-3 Chem Brent Han Combatting Organic Decay with Common Kitchen IngredientsF85 081-750-3 Chem Camden Boyd Does the Amount of NaHCo3 Affect the Size, Taste and Texture of a

Cookie?F81 081-751-1 Chem Sahil Katrekar How Does Passing an Electric Current Through Water Affect its pH?F77 081-752-12 Chem Toure Oliver Glowing WaterF75 081-760-12 Chem Katherine Cervania The Effect of Temperature and Acid Strength of an Aqueous Solution

on the Solution's Electric Charge.F73 081-761-10 Chem Manu Srimat Fuel Cells: Hot or Cold?F71 081-762-8 Chem Janet Shea Preserving the Most Vitamin C in FruitF69 081-770-8 Chem Cassidy Davis The Effect pf pH on Electricity Production in a Hydrogen Fuel CellF67 081-771-6 Chem Maegan Chew Effect of Temperature on Ultraviolet Beads FadingF65 081-780-4 Chem Haven Lee What is the Effect of Different Electrolytes on the Cost-Effectiveness

of ElectrolysisF63 081-781-2 Chem Hiya Datta How Does Hydrochloric Acid Affect MetalsF61 081-790-13 Chem Candace Chiang Effects of Temperature and Salinity on Water ConductivityF59 081-791-11 Chem Alyssa Conn Which Granite Sealer Works the Best to Protect a Granite Countertop

F57 081-810-11 Phy Jacob Amireh How Much Electricity Do Two Junctions Create When Put at Different Temperatures?

F55 081-811-9 Phy Tara Rodrigues Effects of Temperature and Salinity on Surface Tension of a Water Bubble Solution

F53 081-812-7 Phy Tiffany Yang Electromagnetic ExperimentF51 081-814-3 Phy Reshma Nawaz Fuel Cell Technology: Save Solar Energy Use at Night!F47 081-820-7 Phy John Caldwell The Effect of Temperature on Viscosity of Liquids

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F45 081-821-5 Phy Zachary Grob-Lipkis Refraction of Light and Snell's LawF43 081-822-3 Phy Aaron Schultz What Variables Affect Drag?F41 081-823-1 Phy Jane Ahn Relationship Between Temperature and Volume of GasF39 081-824-12 Phy Nathan Barnes Which Common Household Item Best Reproduces Sound from a

Record Player.F37 081-830-3 Phy Lilly Hackworth Save Our Seals: Better ParachutesF35 081-831-1 Phy Thomas Zhang The Effect of Distance and Angle on the Frequency of Audio

FeedbackF33 081-832-12 Phy Veronica Pu How Does the Different Temperature of Water Affect it's Magnetic

Field?F31 081-833-10 Phy Michael Sager An Experiment in the Mechanial Efficiency of Different Vertical Axis

Wind Turbine DesignsF29 081-834-8 Phy Pratik Gongloor Modeling Flow Rate at the Carotid Artery Bifurcation under Variable

ConditionsF25 081-842-8 Phy Gwyneth Tran Frictional ForcesF23 081-843-6 Phy Eric Wang The Art of Bouncing Bows x2F21 081-850-8 Phy Ariana Van Scyoc Variables Affecting Trebuchet PerformanceF19 081-851-6 Phy John Waters UP: Effect of Temperature on LiftF17 081-852-4 Phy Katrina Le Death of Anti-BubblesF15 081-853-2 Phy Jerry Liu The Mpemba EffectG10 081-861-2 Phy Gajan Nagaraj Why are Motocycles Less Visible in Traffic?G14 081-862-13 Phy Derek Nguyen What is the Effect of the Size of the Fins on the Stability of a

Submarine?G16 081-863-11 Phy Sophia Koldewyn Racing Marbles to Find a Liquid's ViscosityG18 081-870-13 Phy Cecilia Rivas Variables Affecting Soccer PerformanceG20 081-871-11 Phy Haoston Huynh Loop-to-Loop ForceG22 081-872-9 Phy Emily Whitaker Which Roof Design Lasts the Longest During a Hurricane?G24 081-880-9 Phy Ashritha Achutharaman Are LED Lights Ready For Home Use?G26 081-881-7 Phy Paul Quach Cold Pack Chemistry: Where does the Heat Go?G28 081-882-5 Phy Darren Omori What Is the Effect of the Number of Sheaves in a Block and Tackle on

Its Efficiency?G30 081-883-3 Phy Yash Deshmukh The Effect of a Fresnel Lens on the Efficiency of a Solar CellG32 081-890-5 Phy Connor Hares Which Light Bulb is Best to Replace IncandescentG34 081-891-3 Phy Zoha Qader Do We Receive the Highest Intensity of Light When We Are Closest

To the Parabolic Reflector Surface?G36 081-892-1 Phy Kurt Reger Does a Room Temperature Puck Slide Farther or Bounce Higher than

a Frozen Puck?G38 081-893-12 Phy Alice Phan Which Bridge Should I Truss?G40 081-910-3 Ear Sneha Bhetanabhotla A Study of Galaxy Mass Distribution in the UniverseG42 081-A10-8 Eng Akshay Srivatsan Wi-Fi Performance Booster: A Design to Boost Wi-Fi Performance for

less than $1

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G44 081-A11-6 Eng Mayank Pandey 3D Optical MicroscopeG46 081-A13-2 Eng Amrita Singh A Novel Mechanism for Emulating Male Cricket Wing StridulationG50 081-A20-4 Eng Trishla Pokharna Thermoelectric Kerosene LampG52 081-A21-2 Eng Peter Feghali Maximizing Wind Energy By Changing Building DesignG54 081-A22-13 Eng Kendra Barker Follow the LightG56 081-A23-11 Eng Kenneth Doan 3-D PrinterG58 081-A30-13 Eng Sanjit Rajendiran Effects of Roof Shapes on Heat AbsorptionG60 081-A31-11 Eng Michael Souza Hand WashG62 081-A32-9 Eng Jatin Goyal Revolutionary Gas CapG64 081-A40-9 Eng Bryon Tjanaka Dynamic Tilt Compensaton to Improve Vehicle Stability on Sloping

TerrainsG66 081-A41-7 Eng Nihar Mitra Flashback! We can Record What We See, Why Not What We Saw?G68 081-A50-5 Eng Anish Seshadri Automated, Wearable Guidance System for the Visually ImpairedG70 081-A51-3 Eng Natesh Saini Solar Powered IrrigationG72 081-A52-1 Eng Michael Hand Noninvasive Deep Well Inspection by Acoustic MethodsG74 081-A60-1 Eng William Pramono The Effect of the Number of Blades on the RPM of a PinwheelG76 081-A61-12 Eng Miranda Johnson Make-Space CompostG80 081-A70-10 Eng Sandip Nirmel Usable Electricity from Buildup of Static Electricity in Car TiresG84 081-A71-8 Eng Nitsan Schwarz Fishing for CellsG86 081-A80-6 Eng Albert Tseng Generating Electricity with Shock AbsorbersG88 081-A82-2 Eng Khristine Pintor Carefree CarrierG90 081-A90-2 Eng Kian Lechner To Winglet, or not to Winglet, that is the QuestionG94 081-A91-13 Eng Anish Krishnan Extending Mileage In Electric VehiclesG96 081-A92-11 Eng JerviMark Ranoy Convenient StringG98 081-B10-13 Comp Rehan Durrani EmoRobo 3G99 081-B20-9 Comp Nikhil Cheerla Can a Robot Be Your Friend?G97 081-B30-5 Comp Mihir Pandya A Comparative Study of the Decay of the Strength of a Wi-Fi Signal

with BlockageG95 081-B40-1 Comp Maya Sankar Misspelled: A Comparison of Various Spelling Correction AlgorithmsG91 081-B60-6 Comp Rishab Gargeya Developing Tools for Conservation Biology Through RG89 082-110-12 T Bot Hajra Usman Nadia Malek H2O vs H2O2G85 082-120-8 T Bot Jonathan Nguyen Brandon Cariaga Keval Parikh Mist or Soil?G77 082-130-4 T Bot Ellen Evans Tyler Gonzalez Bad Seeds?G75 082-210-4 T Env Roxanna Hashemi Zahra Masood Drinkable or Nondrinkable?G71 082-230-9 T Env Ryan Bindi Johnny Cunningham The Green House EffectG69 082-240-5 T Env Ben Ravizza Nicholas Major Thirsty RocksG65 082-250-1 T Env Evelyn Wong Shannon Le Oil DispersionG63 082-260-10 T Env Sreya Guha Madhumita Gupta How Safe is Your Drinking Water?G59 082-310-9 T Zoo Rebeca

ChristainsenSabrina Chen What is the Effect of Music on Ladybugs?

G55 082-410-1 T Soc Thanh Nguyen Abraham Ryzhik Michael Lincoln The Affects of Fatigue on the Body

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G53 082-420-10 T Soc Vandita Pendse Karen Xia The Study of the Human Circadian CycleG47 082-430-6 T Soc Anuva Mittal Haley Tran Does Sugar Make You Smarter?G43 082-440-2 T Soc Cindy Duong Crystal Truong Cathleen Rufo How Would You React?G41 082-450-11 T Soc Joyce Huang Meilan Steimle The Effects of Increments of Body Visibility on Lie DetectionG37 082-510-6 T Med Karthik Sundaram Soham Khan Neutralization Effects of Yogurt on High Acid FoodsG35 082-520-2 T Med Celia Willner David Willner The Potential Effect of Decibel Levels in Certain Settings on

Permanent Hearing DamageG31 082-530-11 T Med Benjamin

ValdovinosLino Ly Lizette Lopez The 5 Second Rule

G27 082-610-11 T Bio Arnav Tandon Raymond Xu The Effect of Electric Current on Enzyme ReactionG25 082-620-7 T Bio Justin Xie Jonathan Liu Drought Resistant Corn vs Normal Corn, and the Concentration of

BPA in BothG21 082-630-3 T Bio Neymika Jain Tara Parimi The Effect of Various Spices on Gram Positive and Negative BacteriaG19 082-640-12 T Bio Avi Khemani Manan Shah The Effect of Microwave Denaturation on Proteins Compared to

Conventional Cooking SystemsG15 082-710-3 T Chem Rupsa Acharya Aishwarya Mehra The Effects of Heat & UV on Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)G11 082-720-12 T Chem Emily Cheng Lauren Young Marshmallow MeltdownH14 082-810-8 T Phy Renee

RadusewiczAriel Oswalt Operation Oscillation Education

H16 082-811-6 T Phy Nicole Darvin Kyra Jensen What Leg Position Helps a Person Rotate the Greatest Amount of Times?

H20 082-821-2 T Phy Nishant Patwardhan

Anisha Patwardhan Can You Find the Speed of a Moving Object?

H24 082-830-13 T Phy Mitali Shanbhag Kirthana Ramesh Neythra Srinivasan Detection of Minimal Changes in Saltwater Concentration Using a Homemade Refractometer

H28 082-831-11 T Phy Ryoken Apostol Bryan Vuong Steven Nguyen Blowing BottletopsH30 082-840-9 T Phy Vayl Sorensen Nicole Link Hot RocksH34 082-850-5 T Phy Tyler Suarez Nico Yankovich Parachute PaloozaH36 082-851-3 T Phy Jennifer Nguyen Christina Pham Funky Frequency FactorsH40 082-860-1 T Phy Kyle Lim Matthew Rizzo Material Friction In Our World TodayH42 082-861-12 T Phy Calvin Luong Vy Nguyen Water PowerH46 082-870-10 T Phy Hope Laborin Kristin Madruga How much More Weight Can a Building with Flying Buttresses

Support?H50 082-880-6 T Phy Connor Clerkin Addison Raak Does Ratio Matter in a Gaussian Gun?H54 082-890-2 T Phy Shashank

DholakiaShishir Dholakia A Photometric Study of Variable Stars and Extra Solar Planetary

SystemsH56 082-A20-1 T Eng David Zhu Peter Wu Redesigning Desk Lamps to Maximize Light Output While Reducing

GlareH60 082-A50-2 T Eng Taylor Rollins Samantha Coelho Pump It Up!!H62 082-A60-11 T Eng Kaushik Tandon Anurag Singh WIFI Watchdog - Application To Observe Personal Mobility of Senior

Citizens

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H66 082-A80-3 T Eng Harsh Jain Diya Jain An Economical Water Purifier for Under-Developed CountriesH68 082-B10-10 T Comp Shasvat Jawahar Rohin Prabhakaran Diagnosing Breast Cancer using an Artificial Neural NetworkH72 082-B20-6 T Comp Arjun

SubramaniamAditya Dhar The effect of compression on audio quality in different genres of music

and the optimal trade-off between compression and qualityJ99 091-211-12 Env Shivani Rangwala Testing for Mercury in the Guadalupe River.J97 091-220-10 Env Diya Kalaimani The Effect of Different Bases on Ocean Water and Phytoplankton:

Decreasing Ocean AcidityJ95 091-221-8 Env Shrey Desai Antibiotic Alternative to Radiation in the Sterile Insect TechniqueJ93 091-230-6 Env Sherry Sarkar A Way to Stop Algae Blooms: Separating Fertilizer from Storm Drain

RunoffJ91 091-240-2 Env Lucy Kim The Effect of Acid Rain on Freshwater OrganismsJ89 091-250-11 Env Ajinkya Nene The Effect of Different Concentrations of Rhamnolipids on the

Phytotoxicity of Copper Sulfate on Trictum aestivumJ87 091-270-3 Env Revati Gottumukkala Studying the Effect of Toxicity of an Eco-Friendly Detergent vs.

Detergent on Zygnema Algae Over TimeJ85 091-280-12 Env Meera Rachamallu The Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Nannochloropsis oculata and

Daphnia through BioaccumulationJ83 091-290-8 Env Priya Padmanaban Hyperaccumulation of Cooper by Aquatic PlantsJ79 091-410-11 Soc Ken Noh What is the Effect of Information Asymmetry in Multi-Rounded Games

on Players' Decision Making and BehaviorJ77 091-510-3 Med Michael Zhao The Role of Hedgehog (Hh) Pathway in MelanomasJ73 091-530-8 Med Durga Ganesh Determining the Most Effective Preservative to Increase the Lungs

Viability over time before TransferJ71 091-540-4 Med Laura Ye The Effect of Fluoride on Tooth DecayJ69 091-550-13 Med Rahul Iyer Effects of Different Anti-Inflammatory Supplements on Inflammatory

Responses in Drosophila melanogasterJ63 091-560-9 Med Amrita Iyer The Effect of Resveratrol on the Lifespan of Overfed Drosophila

melanogasterJ61 091-580-1 Med Deepthi Sampathkumar Which Form of Calcium is Absorbed Best?J59 091-590-10 Med Gautam Bulusu Metadherin (MTDH/AEG1): A Novel Marker of Metastasis and

Chemoresistance Expression in Lymph-node Negative Estrogen Positive/HER2 Negative (Luminal A Subtype) Breast Cancer Women

J55 091-611-6 Bio Rajiv Sancheti Comparing The Nutritional Content of Raw Milk Against Heat and UV Pasteurized Milk

J53 091-620-4 Bio Hetesh Sehgal Does Garlic Act as a Potent Antibiotic to Limit the Growth of Harmful Bacteria in Our Food?

J49 091-621-2 Bio Anin Sayana A Novel Strategy to Inhibit Metastasis of Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Using Lentiviral-Mediated Knockdown of the PAX3-FOXO1 Fusion Gene via RNA Interference

J47 091-630-13 Bio Samali Sahoo The Effect of Copper on the Efficacy of AntibioticsJ43 091-640-9 Bio Sanjana Gupta The Removal of Bio-films Through a Variety of Trials

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J41 091-650-5 Bio Sandhya Kannan Testing Biofilm Disassembly Using Glycoside Hydrolases on E. coli Biofilm Matrices in Iron-Sufficent Media

J39 091-660-1 Bio Jonathan Fung Monosodium Glutamate: A Potential Ligand for mGluRs One and Five that causes Microtubule Depolymerization in Alzheimer's disease?

J33 091-670-10 Bio Nithin Buduma Correlating the number of CAG repeats in the huntingtin protein with cytotoxicity: A prognostic marker for the severity of Huntington's Disease

J31 091-680-6 Bio Shaurey Vetsa The Antibacterial Activity of Spices and Household Foods Against E.coli

J29 091-690-2 Bio Mabel Furutsuki Finding a Breakthrough for Breakouts : An Investigation of the Effects of Lauric Acid As Found in Coconut Oil On the Acne Vulgaris Bacteria S. Epidermidis Compared To Tetracycline Antibiotic

J27 091-710-13 Chem Rohit Dhamankar The Affect of Temperature and pH on the Amylase Enzyme's Reaction Speeds and Identifying Optimal Conditions for Enzyme Reactions

J25 091-720-9 Chem Arpita Singhal Herbalism as an Anticancer and Anti-inflamatory Agent: Characterization and Evalution of Bioavailability of Curcumin Particles

J23 091-810-5 Phy Anjini Karthik Biosynthesis of Metal Nanoparticles for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

J19 091-820-1 Phy Brandon Pham Magnetization of NdFeB Magnets by Large Permanent Magnets for Magnetic Field Properties

J17 091-830-10 Phy Gurdev Sihra How Pinhole Aperture Affects Photo QualityJ15 091-840-6 Phy Simran Pabla Transmitting Energy WirelesslyJ13 091-850-2 Phy Karthik Vangati Newton's First Law of Soccer: Grass vs TurfJ11 091-860-11 Phy Gautam Sarkar Applying Lessons from Nature to Improve the Structural Stability of

SkyscrapersK10 091-910-10 Ear Aayush Gupta The Effect of the Magnetic Poles of the Planets on the SunK12 091-A10-2 Eng Paul Dennig Where's Grandma? Indoor Wireless Navigation Systems for

Alzheimer's Patients, IIK14 091-A11-13 Eng Jesus Parra D.I.Y. SpectrophotometerK16 091-A20-11 Eng Yusuf Altimimi Earthquake Resistant HouseK18 091-A21-9 Eng Adam Rhetta Which Metals are Efficient and Economical Conductors for Electrical

Circuits?K22 091-A30-7 Eng Anjali Ganguly Use of Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) to Concentrate AlgaeK24 091-A31-5 Eng Nuha Ahmed Magnetic Braking System for AutomobilesK26 091-A40-3 Eng Jeffery Yang Charging a Cell Phone Battery Using a Compact Solar ChargerK28 091-A41-1 Eng Aakash Adesara A Novel Approach to Creating a Resource Efficient Soundproof Barrier

Using Absorption and Layering TechniquesK30 091-A51-10 Eng Rahul Rameshbabu Super Car of the Future

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K32 091-A60-8 Eng Keerthi Bhattaram Utilizing Heat From the Exhaust Duct of a Clothes Dryer to Preheat Water

K38 091-A61-6 Eng Ankush Rayabhari Electronic Touch Sensor for Detecting Human AlertnessK40 091-A70-4 Eng Prithvi Gudapati Non-Invasive Structural Deflection MonitoringK42 091-A80-13 Eng Yasha Ektefaie Hunting the Energy Vampire: An Innovative Way to Stop Phantom

LoadsK46 091-A90-9 Eng Andrew Shacker The Practicality of Satellite-Based Laser Ablation of Space DebrisK48 091-B10-7 Comp Andrew Si Using Game Theory to Find an Original Strategy for the Iterated

Prisoner's DilemmaK52 091-B20-3 Comp Vineet Kosaraju Novel Approach to Identifying Efficient Deep Sequencing Methods to

Determine how the Production of sRNA Affects the Development of the Maize Plant

K54 091-B30-12 Comp Ammar Husain The Characterized Artificial IntelligenceK58 091-B40-8 Comp Katina Yong A Fluid Grid System for Web DevelopmentK60 091-B50-4 Comp Maya Varma Algorithms for DNA Sequence Alignment in a Raspberry Pi ClusterK62 091-C10-12 Bioinfo Manogna Vemulapati Identification of CpG Islands in a DNA Sequence using a Hidden

Markov Model Trained in MapReduceK68 091-C20-8 Bioinfo Swetha Revanur Multi-Dimensional Genomic Data Analysis of Hidradenitis Suppurativa

(Acne Inversa) and Associated ComorbiditiesK74 092-110-6 T Bot Luke Hong Ali-Asghar Heera The Effect of Different Types of Magnetic Fields on Plant GrowthK78 092-140-7 T Bot Esther Wang Kurt Schwartz Ayushi Gautam Do Hormones Affect Other Living Organisms? The Effect of

Testosterone and Plant Sterol on PlantsK80 092-150-3 T Bot Manu Saravanan Paramdeep Atwal Effect of the Nitrogen Content in Manure on Cicer arietinum (chick

pea)K84 092-210-11 T Env Anirvin Sikha Sathvik Nair Is Solar Distillation an Effective Form of Water Purification?K86 092-220-7 T Env David (Kyong

Chan) LeeKalvin Lam Effects of Oil on Photosynthesis

K90 092-240-12 T Env Andrew Lam Courtney Nguyen Polyester: A Silent KillerK92 092-410-8 T Soc Huanlei Wu Srija Konjarla To Expect or Not To ExpectK96 092-420-4 T Soc Joanna Flores Jolan Angeles-de Leon Multitasking: Special Ability...?K98 092-430-13 T Soc Matthew Truong Antonio Gonzalez Time PerceptionK97 092-440-9 T Soc Akhil Padmanabha Adish Jain The Effectiveness of Lowering Senior Citizens' Social Isolation

Through a WebsiteK95 092-450-5 T Soc Michelle Du Anurima Polisetty Cheating and Factors that Cause ItK91 092-520-9 T Med Aishwarya

NatarajanSunaya Krishnapura The Effects of Liminoids on Blood Purification

K89 092-610-5 T Bio Emily Pan Karen Tu The Antimicrobial Properties of Spider SilkK85 092-710-10 T Chem Shreya Yadav Olivia Thai An Ap'peel'ing Treatment: Can Banana Peels Treat Water?K83 092-720-6 T Chem Chloe Pears Srishti Dhawan Milk and LactoseK79 092-810-2 T Phy Rishabh Chandra Jonathan Ma The Effect of Temperature Variation on the Flow Rate of

Electromagnetic Pumps

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K77 092-811-13 T Phy Umesh Tanniru Sameed Jawaid Better Strides: The Temperature of the Muscle Affects its Flexibility to Move

K71 092-820-11 T Phy Christopher Jin Emily Zhong Alteration of the Speed of Light Passing through Liquids at Varying pH Levels

K69 092-821-9 T Phy Kartik Kapur Matthew Acosta Changes in Water ResistanceK61 092-830-7 T Phy Janaki Vivrekar Prithvi Setty Electromagnetic Circuits: Distance and Frequency vs.

Electromagnetic Flux DensityK59 092-831-5 T Phy Jennifer Chun Alex Dao Sound Reflection: What is the Effect in the Change of Angle of a

"Mirror" on the Sound Waves' Intensities Reflected by ItK53 092-840-3 T Phy Harika Kalluri Rahul Joshi Car Seats & Damage Control: What is the Most Optimal Weight &

Seating Position for Car Seat UseK49 092-841-1 T Phy Kevin Wang Yootak Jin Fractal Antennas: The Effect of the Iteration Number of a Fractal on

the Strength of Signal ReceptionK43 092-850-12 T Phy Sampada

DeglurkarJinghua Wen How to Deal with Your Laundry: Does an Ultrasonic Bath Work Better

than a Washing Machine?K41 092-851-10 T Phy Neha Pusarla Eugene Pham Formation of Iron BallsK33 092-860-8 T Phy Aakash Parikh Viraj Kadakia Effect of Temperature on Efficiency of a Solar CellK31 092-861-6 T Phy Phillip Phan Dominic Lam Wake Angles of an Object / SwimmerK27 092-870-4 T Phy Saurabh Vaze Raymond Feng Flight vs. Frisbee: How Will the Lip Angle Affect the Flight Curve of the

Frisbee?K25 092-871-2 T Phy Tejas Manjunath Devon Le Wrist Injuries in FencingK19 092-880-13 T Phy Michelle Pham Vienna Tran Degrading Plastic: The Amount of Ultraviolet Light It Takes to Break

PlasticK17 092-910-7 T Ear Niharika Rane Inderpal Kaur Liquefaction in Action: Testing Building Height vs. Liquefaction

ResistanceK13 092-A10-12 T Eng Roy Dey Derek Li Tsunami Shelter: a Shelter Capable of Withstanding and Resisting a

Post- and Pre-Tsunami SituationK11 092-A40-13 T Eng Julia Cho Josh Kim Creating a Clearer Voice Chat/Conference Experience by Using

Sound LocalizationL12 092-A50-9 T Eng Rishi Veerapaneni Divya Veerapaneni Improve Solar Panel Output

L14 092-C10-9 T Bioinfo Bradley Qu William Zhou Association Between Viral Infections and CancerL16 101-110-12 Bot Justin Bryan The Effect of Cadmium Chloride Solutions on the Growth Patterns,

Demographics, and Survival Rate of Lemna minor.L18 101-130-4 Bot Nisha Patel What is the Effect of Fungal Inoculation on the Disease Crown Gall

Caused by the Bacteria agrobacterium tumefaciens in Sunflower Plants?

L22 101-140-13 Bot Tanya Al-Rehani The Effect of Photosynthesis Excretes on Voltage Production in Plants

L24 101-150-9 Bot Ramneek Singh Effect of Liming on the Chemical Absorptions of Rhododendron subgenus tsutsuji

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L26 101-210-4 Env Shefali Patel Exploring the potential of Nostoc cyanobacteria as a biofertilizer for augmenting growth of Brassica pervirdis, Brassica oleracea and Beta vulgaris

L28 101-211-2 Env Ruchi Pandya A practical approach to water purification using filtration by photoactivated Degussa P25 making use of nanoparticles to eliminate pathogens and organic impurities.

L30 101-220-13 Env Eugenia Huang The Effects of White Rot Fungi on Degrading Groundwater PollutantsL32 101-221-11 Env Mukund Prabakar The Effect of Continuous Supply of Sunlight and CO2 on Algae Oil

ContentL38 101-230-9 Env Olivia Woodford-Berry An Analysis of a Potential Factor in Global Warming: The Effects of

Varying Salt Water pH on ChaetomorphaL40 101-231-7 Env Kriti Lall Studying and Manipulating arxA, an Arsenite Oxidase, in E. coli:

Unearthing Applications in Astrobiology and Water Bioremediation.L42 101-241-3 Env Adam O'Regan The Effect of Different Soil Bacteria Species on Phytoremediation of

Volatile Benzene from an Indoor EnvironmentL46 101-250-1 Env Kacey Fang Using Gas Chromatography to Analyze the Toxicity of Former

Superfund Sites and Their Effects on Phaseolus vulgarisL48 101-260-10 Env Shravan Sundaram The Effects of Aqueous Ammonia in Pre-determined Concentrations,

on the Growth Rate and Overall Biological Health, on Native and Non-native Grasses?

L52 101-280-2 Env Preston Wong The Detection of Oil Spill Pollution Using Bioluminescent Dino-flagellates

L54 101-290-11 Env Yunqing Ye Water Content Required for Optimum Biogas Production RateL58 101-310-9 Zoo Brian Nguyen The Effect of Scale Structure on the Swimming Speed of Aquatic

AnimalsL60 101-410-1 Soc Hima Rajana This Is Your Brain on Music : The Effect of Music on Academic

Performance in TeenagersL62 101-420-10 Soc Archana Venkatesh Posture and Its Role In Memory RetentionL68 101-430-6 Soc YoungJean Han The Correlation Between the Bed Time Variability and Short-Term

Memory RetrievalL72 101-510-6 Med Mano Ranaweera What is the Effect of Greasy Nose, Lips and Ears on Alleviating

Seasonal Allergy Symptoms?L74 101-511-4 Med Aniksha Mehta Using Henna Tanning as a Substitute for Harmful Ways of TanningL76 101-520-2 Med Nikash Shankar Effective and Specific Cell Targeting in Alzheimer's Disease through

the use of PLGA-PEG Nano Particles Encapsulated with CurcuminL78 101-530-11 Med Preethi Ravi Aggregation and Misfolded Proteins in Worms and Their Relation to

Human Neurodegenerative DiseasesL80 101-540-7 Med Daniela Lee Examination of Digested Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus

acidophilus with Heterocyclic AmineL84 101-560-12 Med Shyam Krish Early Detection of Rabies Antigen at Wound Site Prior to Detailed

Laboratory Diagnosis

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L86 101-570-8 Med Aiswarya Sankar Reduction of Glutamate Levels in a Saline Solution through the Combined Administration of Insulin and Glucagon

L88 101-590-13 Med Vedant Thyagaraj Analysis of Micro and Macro Sleep Architecture Using the Fp2-C2 Sleep Channel Between Normal and Sleep-Troubled Patients

L90 101-610-11 Bio Chinmay Vaidya The Effect of Ancient Ayurvedic Medicines on Bacteria such as B. subtilis, M. luteus, and R. rubrum as Compared to Traditional Antibiotics

L92 101-611-9 Bio Thomas Fahrner The Effects of Environmental Factors on Saccharomyces cerevisiae Prion [PSI+] in conjunction with Glioblastoma multiforme

L94 101-620-7 Bio Stanley Xie Increasing Lifespan through Inhibition of the HSF-1 Transcription Factor in C. Elegans?

L96 101-621-5 Bio Madhu Nori Effects of Erythromycin Antibiotic Over Time on Lactobacillus Probiotic

L98 101-630-3 Bio Archana Podury The Effect of Temperature on the Aggregation of mHtt Proteins in Yeast Cells

L99 101-631-1 Bio Somya Khare Improving Binding Affinity of the Calbindin-9k Protein to Develop an Efficient Calcium Biosensor

L97 101-640-12 Bio Pongzhe Wang The Effect of Elevating the level of PDK4 through the use of PPARa activator WY-14,643 to stimulate invertebrate muscles in Drosophila melanogaster.

L95 101-641-10 Bio Ayush Midha The Effect of the Presence of Biofilm on the Antibiotic Resistance of E. Coli

L93 101-650-8 Bio Divya Balchander The Effect of Different Types of Environmental Conditions on Nostoc Bio-Remediating Oil?

L91 101-651-6 Bio Hersh Sanghvi Killing Bacteria with Bacteriophage: Isolating Bacteriophage to Target Problematic Bacteria Around the Human Body

L89 101-660-4 Bio Prachi Laud The Determination of the Effect of Non-coding DNA on the Activity of a Plasmid

L87 101-670-13 Bio Sriram Somasundaram A Novel Treatment for Biofilms using Nanocurcumin, Chitosan and nAg, and an Innovative Coating in Preventing Biofilms.

L85 101-671-11 Bio Ruta Joshi Regulating p53 Through Miz1: Cellular Responses to Oncogenic Stress

L83 101-680-9 Bio Pranav Reddy The Effect on p53 on the Inhibition of the SASP by Rapamycin in Human Fibroblasts

L81 101-681-7 Bio Leo Yu Can Garlic Oil Inhibit Quorum Sensing in E.coli?L79 101-690-5 Bio Serena Wang The Antifungal Effects of Eucalyptus globulus on Rhizopus stoloniferL77 101-710-3 Chem Vadim Korolik Ground Water Treatment: Removal of Dissolved IronL73 101-720-12 Chem Paramjyot Panesar Solar Energy 24/7: The Investigation of Water Splitting and the Use of

Hydrogen Fuel Cells

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L71 101-730-8 Chem Sneha Mohidekar Moderating the Absorption of Starches into the Body using Natural Amylase Inhibitors Extracted from the Presumed Sources Lens culinaris, Triaonella foenum-araecum, Momordica charantia, and Cinnamomum cassia.

L69 101-740-4 Chem Himani Aligireddy Coating of a Pill and its Dissolution RateL63 101-810-8 Phy Yuyuan Chen Cosmic Ray Effects on Cellphone and Laptop ApplicationsL61 101-820-4 Phy Vivian Zhang A Mechanical Backbone: How the Angle of Connection Affects the

Straightening ForceL59 101-830-13 Phy Jiwan Kang The Effect of Designs of Wall Surfaces on the Electromagnetic

Radiation Absorbing Capacity.L55 101-840-9 Phy Esra Altun Modeling Airway PassagesL53 101-850-5 Phy Namrata Balasingam On the Dynamics of Carbon Dioxide Plumes Sequestered in Saline

Aquifers: A Physics-Based Assessment of the Risk of LeakageL49 101-910-13 Ear Nidhi Navaratna Pattern Identification and Prediction of M-and-X-class Solar Flares

and Coronal Mass Ejections Through Computerized Analysis of Solar Magnetograms

L47 101-920-9 Ear Christopher Powers Investigating Wave Barriers to Reduce the Power of Storm SurgesL43 101-930-5 Ear Maya Josyula Earth's Carbon Sinks: Exploring the Effects of Melting Arctic Ocean

IceL41 101-A10-5 Eng XinNi Chai Evaluation of a Novel Microbial Fuel CellL39 101-A11-3 Eng Leela Amladi Fail-Proof Pill Reminder SystemL33 101-A20-1 Eng Akhilesh Aji Molten Salt Thermal Storage SystemL31 101-A21-12 Eng Kenneth Vaz Brace Yourself! A Novel Method for Monitoring and Preventing Knee

Injuries.L29 101-A40-6 Eng Neil Movva A Novel Approach to Pupil Tracking Using IR ReflectionL27 101-A50-2 Eng Omkar Savant An Ultrasonic Tactile Mapping Device to Enable Autonomous

Navigation for the BlindL25 101-A60-11 Eng Nitya Mani B-carotene Production from D.Salina for Vit. A Supplementation under

a Reduced Resource SettingL23 101-A70-7 Eng Vidya Raghvendra Low-Cost Water Purification and Desalination System Using Solar

and Geothermal EnergyL19 101-A90-12 Eng Daniel Zheng Finding a More Eco-Friendly Coffee SleeveL17 101-B10-10 Comp Ashwath Thirumalai Application of Genetic Algorithms to the Generation of Sudoku

PuzzlesL15 101-B20-6 Comp Cindy Liu Automated Choroidal Segmentation Method in Human Eye with 1050

nm Optical Coherence TomographyL13 101-B21-4 Comp Tanay Tandon Clipped: Automated Text Summarization through Clustered Machine

Learning and Semantic Natural Language Processing AlgorithmsL11 101-B30-2 Comp Aaron Huang Eliminating the Write Cliff in NAND Based Solid State DrivesM10 101-B31-13 Comp Wilson Wang The Effect of Location and Time on Warming Patterns Around the

World

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M12 101-B40-11 Comp Rishabh Jain The Early Detection of Wildfires Through the Utilization of GOES Satellite Imagery, Edge Analysis, and Spectral-Based Hashing.

M14 101-B50-7 Comp Ajay Gopinath Computational Modeling of Phytoplanktonic Organisms to Resolve "The Paradox of the Plankton" in Aquatic Biology

M16 101-B51-5 Comp Joseph Chang Optimal Margin Classifier in Machine Learning and its ApplicationsM18 101-B60-3 Comp Siddharth Prasad New Voting Methods Based on SortingM22 101-B61-1 Comp Rama Prasad Mathematical Modeling of Biological ProcessesM24 101-B70-12 Comp Meena Rajan Defining Straight Lines in Curvilinear Coordinate SystemsM26 101-B71-10 Comp Ajay Ramesh How Can we Optimize Public Parking Places?M28 101-B80-8 Comp Agastya Gupta Vision Training Software Using the Optokinetic Nystagmus Test and

Moving Dots to Improve Fixation and Vision for Adults and ChildrenM30 101-B90-4 Comp Meera Krishnamoorthy An Analysis of the Correlation of Psychometric Test Scores and

Measured Physical and Mental CharacteristicsM32 101-C10-2 Bioinfo Mrinal Nag A Study of the Effect of Genetic Mutations on the Response of

Common Lifesaving DrugsM38 101-C20-11 Bioinfo Andrew Jin Breast Cancer Prognosis Through Gene Expression Profiling and

Tumor MorphologyM40 101-C30-7 Bioinfo Ankita Pannu Cancer Diagnosis Using Supervised Machine Learning on Gene

Expression Levels Obtained from DNA MicroarraysM42 101-C40-3 Bioinfo Steven Wang Anti-Tumor Immunity: A Novel Hybrid Cellular Automaton for Cancer

VaccinesM46 101-C50-12 Bioinfo Rachita Pandya Interrogation of Cigarette Smoking: Using Affymetrix Human Genome

U133 Microarrays to Survey Immunological Bacteria-Sensing Protein Expression Patterns in Human Airway Epithelium of Smokers and Nonsmokers

M52 102-110-9 T Bot Disha Bahl Jeremy Wang The Effect of Taraxacum officinale on Escherichia coli and Serratia marscecens

M54 102-120-5 T Bot Nikki Do Tran Nguyen The Effect of Urine on Chlorophyll ConcentrationM60 102-130-1 T Bot Tina Ha Jenny Tran Effect of Home-Made Organic Soil on the Germination Rate of

Rapnanus sativus (Radish)M68 102-140-10 T Bot Shreya Batra Sneha

PadmanabhaArchita Jain Effect of Pesticides on Tomatoes

M72 102-210-1 T Env Ritap Rastogi Joshua Kim Impact of Water Temperature on Freshwater InvertebratesM76 102-220-10 T Env Rachit Kataria Arka Bagchi The Maximization of CO2 Intake Through Phytochrome Genetic

Overexpression, Chemical Enhancement, and Fungal AlterationM78 102-230-6 T Env Rani Mavram Gauri Patil Determining the Amount of Carcinogenic Chlorothalonil through

Spectrophotometry after Chemical Reactions in SoilM82 102-410-11 T Soc Christine Shen Sonia Ruiz He Said, She Said: Testing the Effects of Voices of Different Genders

on Short-Term MemoryM84 102-430-3 T Soc Zainab Raza Natalia Rubio A Wrinkle in the Perception of TimeM88 102-440-12 T Soc Gerrit Orthlieb Aaron Chang Brian Liu Artificial Replication of Nerve Impulses

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M92 102-510-3 T Med Odelia So Deborah Lee How Effective Are the Four Most Popular Teas: Black, White, Oolong and Green Tea in Preventing Tooth Decay?

M94 102-520-12 T Med Lee Hsieh Kathy Ma Do Sesame Seeds Produce Darker Hair?M98 102-530-8 T Med Anokhi Saklecha Manthra Panchapakesan Effects of Age on Genes Causing NSCLC in Younger Age GroupsM99 102-610-8 T Bio Marian Park Allison Tam Inhibiting Effects of Lipocortin on Phospholipase A2-111 EnzymeM95 102-710-13 T Chem Tien Phan Megan Duckering Plastic Bottle SolventsM93 102-720-9 T Chem Deepti Valliappan Bhavya Jha Lead in DisquiseM89 102-820-1 T Phy Elaine Luu Omneha Amujala Birdie DragM85 102-A10-2 T Eng Akash Bellippady Shiva Kannan Abhishek Gupta Harness The HeatM83 102-A20-11 T Eng Connie Xiao Karen Mok Moving Solar Powered DatabaseM79 102-A30-7 T Eng Hershel Shah Suraj Setty Increasing the Efficiency of Wind TurbinesM77 102-A40-3 T Eng Shivam Patel Ishankumar Patel The Use of Hyper-Text Markup Language to Code a Website which, in

turn, Will Help Recommend Medicine to the IllM71 102-B10-7 T Comp Anand Chukka Sonia Raghuram Video Analysis Algorithm to Differentiate the Beating Patterns of Adult

and Fetal CardiomyocytesM63 102-B20-3 T Comp Arvind Nandi Adriel Pineda Farid Rahman Passage DecrypterM61 111-110-6 Bot Hannah Spinner The Effects of Mycorrhizal Networks on the Communicative Abilities of

Zea maysM59 111-120-2 Bot Emma Sydir The Effect of Light Exposure on Circumnutation SizeM55 111-130-11 Bot Leslie Tseng DNA Methylation Inheritance of Down-regulated Genes in Arabidopsis

thaliana Under Water Deficit StressM53 111-140-7 Bot Annie Cheng The Effect of Overexpression of Different Arabidopsis thaliana Plant

Enzyrnes on Fatty Acid ProductionM49 111-150-3 Bot Allison Ji The Changing of the Photosynthesis Rate of Polyanthus Primrose

(Primula x polyantha) Through the Addition of Escherichia Coli to the Soil

M47 111-210-11 Env Brooke Ahmed An Experimental Study on the Effects of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Oceanic Acidity and Hypoxia on Calcifying Marine Organisms

M43 111-220-7 Env Abhishek Johri The Effect of Dinoflagellates at Different Temperatures on the Oxygen Levels in the Ocean

M41 111-240-12 Env Florencia Rodas What the Seed Doesn't NeedM39 111-250-8 Env Caroline Fukawa How Do Temperature and Vegetation Impact Nitrate Levels In Local

Bodies of Water?N58 111-260-4 Env Jiangyan Du Effect of Surrounding Conditions on Shewanella oneidensis in the

Reduction of Chromium (VI)M33 111-310-3 Zoo Saran Magaña Field Study on Success of Rehabilitated Raptors Released from

WCSVM31 111-320-12 Zoo Rachel Song Evaluation of the Feeding Behavior and Overgrazing Potential of the

Northern Kelp Crab (Pugettia producta) Off the Santa Barbara Coastline

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M29 111-410-8 Soc Anubhav Sarkar How to Improve Test Scores Without Studying More: An Investigation of Glucose as an Ego-Depletion Compensator to Enhance System II Thinking

M27 111-440-9 Soc Sreevidya Kurra Negative Correlation of Heart Rate Levels With Self Reported Results in Autistic Adults

M25 111-450-5 Soc Anoeil Odisho Stress and Tests: How Does Stress Affect an Individual's Test-taking Abilities?

M23 111-460-1 Soc Derek Kim Trash With ClassM19 111-510-13 Med Shruthi Perati A Molecular Study of Ror2/Wnt Signaling Pathways and Their Effects

on Facial Deformities During Embryonic DevelopmentM17 111-520-9 Med Sowra Kapoor The Effect of Soda Consumption On HungerM15 111-521-7 Med Vishwajit Kode Development of Magnetite Expressing Bacteriophage and Cells for

High Resolution MRI Tracking In VivoM13 111-530-5 Med Namita Ravi The Effect of Avenacin and Tomatidine on Blood Cholesterol LevelsM11 111-531-3 Med Kitty Liu The Formulation of a Topical Ointment for Exclusively Breast Fed

Infants to Receive Supplemental Vitamin D3N10 111-541-12 Med Anna Thomas Evaluating the Prevalence of Noncoding Repeat Expansions in

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisN12 111-550-10 Med Anika Ullah Is There a Difference Between Genders In the Neuronal Markers of

Myenteric Plexus, and Could this Explain Why Some Common G1 Ailments Preferentially Affect Females?

N14 111-551-8 Med Sophia Nguyen Salmonella Carrying shRNA Against Indolamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Induces Neutrophils During Control of Murine Pancreatic Cancer.

N16 111-561-4 Med Thomas Li Investigating Chronological Life Span of Different Strains of S. cerevisiae

N18 111-570-2 Med Sneha Annamaneni The Effect of Physical Exercise on Neurogenesis in the Nematode Caenorhabdins elegans

N22 111-580-11 Med Timothy Lin Effect of Chinese Herbal Medicine on C. elegans Genetically Modified to Exhibit Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Symptoms.

N24 111-590-7 Med Molly Vora Facial Dysmorphologies Caused By an Imbalance in Wnt SignalingN26 111-610-5 Bio Areej Hasan Effect of Light on Lethargus Stage in C. elegansN30 111-611-3 Bio Nancy Zhou The Effects of Sources Attempting the Renaturation of Denatured

Catalase on its Enzymatic ActivityN32 111-620-1 Bio Yuhui (Anna) Liu Graphene as a Fluorescence Quencher in Quantitative Polymerase

Chain ReactionN40 111-621-12 Bio Amy Tsai The Effect of a Mutation in the unc-47 Gene in C. elegans on

Olfactory ResponseN42 111-630-10 Bio Christine Bernal The Effect of Ultraviolet Radiation on Pyrocystis fusiformis

BioluminescenceN48 111-631-8 Bio Emily Wang A New Light In Biosensing: Engineering Photostable GFP Mutants For

FRET

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N52 111-640-6 Bio Ashwin Srikant An Analysis of the Effect of Histone Deacytelase Inhibitors on Cohesin Function in Wild-type and Mutant varieties of Saccharomyces cerevisae

N60 111-670-7 Bio Kristina Kheyfets What Is the Effect of Antioxidants On E. coli Growth When Exposed to Electromagnetic Fields

N68 111-680-3 Bio Xiangyue Kong Improving In Situ Detection of Many Different mRNA In Cells Using a Series of Sequentially Displayed Fluorescent Colors

N72 111-690-12 Bio Divya Kalidindi A Study of the Effects of Sic-1 and Other Chemical Inhibitors on the Production of Cyclin B Complexes During Metaphase in Yeast and Arabidopsis Mitotic Cells

N74 111-710-10 Chem Efrey Noten Maximizing Methanol Yield from Photocatalytic Oxidation of MethaneN76 111-720-6 Chem Rohith Bhethanabotla Achiral and polarimetric analysis using alpha-cyclodextrin and beta-

cyclodexrin as chiral selectors to separate enantiomers and diastereomers of cypermethrin

N78 111-740-11 Chem Henry Ling Improving Efficiency of the Microbial Fuel CellN80 111-750-7 Chem Ruchi Jain Usability of Indocyanine Green in Thyroid Cancer CellsN82 111-760-3 Chem Mercedes Chien Creating a Potential Biodiesel Additive Using an Ester and Solketal

from Crude GlycerolN84 111-820-11 Phy Namrata Ramani The Optimization of The Strength of Porous Scaffolds in Tissue

Engineering Through Silicon CoatingN86 111-830-7 Phy Ethan Chou How Geometric Configuration and Various Materials Effect

Electromagnetic DetectionN88 111-840-3 Phy Vikas Bhetanabhotla A Novel Approach to Detecting Cancer Through Supervised Learning

AlgorithmsN90 111-850-12 Phy Arjun Balasingam On Enhancing the Wind Energy Harvested by Piezoelectric Beams:

An Investigation of Aeroelastic Flutter and Related Phenomena in Novel Fin-and-Bluff Systems

N92 111-910-7 Ear Kevin Zhu The Influence of Supermassive Black Holes on Star Formation in Distant Galaxies

N96 111-930-12 Ear Sanika Kulkarni How do the Velocities and Positions of Different Stars Affect the Rotation Curve of the Andromeda Galaxy

N98 111-940-8 Ear Ngoc Nguyen Soil Liquifaction MitigationN99 111-A10-12 Eng Jessica Chiu The Passive Aeroelastic Response of Morphing Wing Designs

Utilizing Memory Shape Alloy ActuatorsN97 111-A12-8 Eng Aditya Srinivasan Active CamouflageN95 111-A20-8 Eng Andrea Kibel Harnessing the Oceans for Food ProductionN93 111-A21-6 Eng Akruti Gupta A Novel Design for Wind Technology that Harnesses Wind Energy in

Urban AreasN91 111-A22-4 Eng Michael Kling Magic PenN89 111-A30-4 Eng Adyota Gupta SmartVest: Redesigning and Revolutionizing the Conventional

Bulletproof Vest

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N87 111-A31-2 Eng Meera Yellamraju A Cane-Mounted Camera Device to Aid the Visually Impaired at an Intersection: The Application of an Image Analysis Algorithm to Detect Moving Vehicles

N85 111-A41-11 Eng Sumanth Balaraman Using Smartphones to Screen for and Correct Hearing LossN83 111-A42-9 Eng Izzat Halabi Free EnergyN81 111-A50-9 Eng Mingbo Gu Teaching Karate With the KinectN79 111-A51-7 Eng Abha Pandey Creating the Rescue UAV: using Motion, Temperature and Sound to

do Human DetectionN77 111-A60-5 Eng Sarika Bajaj A Video Information System Collecting 4pi Steradian ImagesN73 111-A61-3 Eng Nihal Uppugunduri Enhanced Colision Detection Systems for the Detection and and

Prevention of Vehicle AccidentsN71 111-A62-1 Eng James Ma Design, Fabrication and Calibration of a Temperature Gradient Sensor

for Use in the Study of Life in the Extreme.N69 111-A70-1 Eng Mary Liu Investigating More Efficient and Less Expensive Means of Water

PurificationN63 111-A71-12 Eng Maitreyee Joshi Use of Haptic Rendering Devices to Bring Tactile Sensation to Upper

Extremity ProstheticsN61 111-A80-10 Eng Vibhav Altekar The Quest to Engineer a Cheap Efficient Microbial Fuel CellN59 111-A81-8 Eng Avi Agarwal Music of MovementN55 111-A90-6 Eng Spoorthi Davala The Inhibition of Escherichia Coli In Refrigerators Through the Use of

Pulsed Electric Field ProcessingN53 111-B10-4 Comp Neel Guha Search Engines from Textbooks: Developing Specialzed Educational

Search ToolsN49 111-B11-2 Comp Daniel Park Automatic Detection of Epileptic Seizures in Electrode-Implanted Mice

Using Support Vector MachinesN47 111-B20-13 Comp Pramod Chandrasekhar Formulating an Optimal Individualized Rhythmic Passcode Threshold

Accounting for Human VariationN43 111-B21-11 Comp Karthik Bala Blink CommunicatorN41 111-B31-7 Comp Amy Shen A Novel Approach to Measuring Password Strength Using Machine

Learning and Web PopularityN39 111-B40-5 Comp Tony Jiang A Novel Obstacle-Aware Longest Path Routing and Length-Matching

Algorithm Using Rectangular GridsN33 111-B41-3 Comp Navin Shajan Analysis and Implemention of Digital Audio and Video Fingerprinting

and Identification using the Chirplet TransformN31 111-B50-1 Comp Jason Xie Data Analysis of Sales in a Store to Find Individual Customer Needs

and Product Relationships with Each OtherN29 111-B51-12 Comp Andrew Wang Continued FractionsN27 111-B60-10 Comp Kevin Mu Use of Radomization & Noise Introduction to Provide Greater Strength

of Encryption Algorithms against Power & Timing AttacksN25 111-B61-8 Comp Gabriel Rossmann Microfluidic Chip and Software Interface for Tissue Culturing

Experiments

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N23 111-B70-6 Comp Anshul Ramachandran Substructure Mining by Application of Weighted Molecular Bonds to a Simplicial Complex Representation of Molecules

N19 111-B71-4 Comp Adrina Bourang Electromagnetic Target Identification and Tracking SystemN17 111-B80-2 Comp Nishant Jain 3D Markerless Tracking in Augmented Reality:A Moblie Interface for

the Global Deployment of Spatial Anatomical EducationN15 111-B90-11 Comp Calvin Huang Using Structured Learning to Improve Accuracy of Semantic Role

Labeling in Natural Language ProcessingN13 111-C10-9 Bioinfo Natalie Ng Advancing Precision Medicine: MicroRNA Prognostic Signatures and

Prediction Models for Distant Metastasis-Free Survival in Breast Cancer

N11 111-C20-5 Bioinfo Vishnu Shankar Application Of a Novel De-Novo and Homology-based Algorithm to Predict the 3D Structure and Dynamics of Human DP G-Protein Coupled Receptor for Cardiovascular and Immune Systems

P10 111-C30-1 Bioinfo Aishwarya Nene Rational Peptide Design for the Fanconi Anemia DNA Damage Repair Complex

P12 111-C40-10 Bioinfo Sabir Saluja Determining if Vankyrin Proteins Impede Toll Pathway in Drosophila by Competing with Key Proteins Involved: Computational Modeling of the Signaling Proteins Involved

P14 111-C50-6 Bioinfo Charles Liu A Nosology for Human Diseases Based on Statistical Meta-Analysis of 11057 Gene Expression Profiles

P16 111-C60-2 Bioinfo Catherine Nitta Elucidating the Timing of Synaptic FatigueP22 112-210-8 T Env Grace Wang Felix Chow Does Lowering Temperature and Carbon Dioxide Levels For Multiple

Generations Cause Synechococcus cyanobacteria to Evolve and Develop an Increased Photosynthetic Rate?

P24 112-220-4 T Env Shreya Dash Titus Lagman Cleaning Oil Spills: Which Sorbents are BestP28 112-230-13 T Env Sherman Luo Jenny Vo How Density Affects How Fire Spreads on GrassP30 112-310-13 T Zoo Daniel Pak Christopher Fu What is the Relationship Between Sea Cucumber Body Wall Ossicles

and Species Types?P38 112-410-5 T Soc Melissa Hartman Rachel Eager Cognitive Reasoning and Memory Abilities in Cuttlefish: Relating

Environmental Factors to Specific Patterns Using Positive Reinforcement (Sepia bandensis)

P40 112-420-1 T Soc Anthony Li Jayden Li Time and JudgementP46 112-510-10 T Med Urvi Gupta Jennifer Dai Analysis of the Effect of CO2 Levels and Ventilation Rates on Disease

Transmission in a High School Contact NetworkP48 112-520-6 T Med Ashish Samaddar Venkata Jonnakuti Genetically Engineering E. coli to Secrete Serrapeptase to Dissolve

Atherosclerotic PlaqueP54 112-540-11 T Med Helen Newen Megan Nguyen Effects of Antioxidants on Myocardial Heart Cells Grown in Thermally

Oxidized Fat CultureP58 112-610-2 T Bio Truonghuy Mai Viraj Desai Effectiveness of Artificial and Herbal Antibiotics on PseudomonasP62 112-620-11 T Bio Beverly Yu Alyssa Sahu Inhibiting Quorum Sensing In Escheria coli

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P72 112-630-7 T Bio Thomas Luh Joy Jin Hedgehog-Gli Signaling Promotes Cell Proliferation and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Lung Cancer

P76 112-640-3 T Bio Saloni Singal Atmaja Aswadhati The Effects of Commonly Ingested Compounds On the Polyol Pathway In Respect to Sorbitol Production

P80 112-650-12 T Bio Andrew Nguyen Sam Taft Effects of Graphene on Cell GrowthP84 112-660-8 T Bio Monica Bodd Audrey Chang Karen Mac Bionanotechnology: Manipulation of Photothermal Properties of Gold

Nanorod Conjugates of EGFR and VEGFR in Mammary Carcinoma and Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC)

P86 112-670-4 T Bio Anika Gupta Saachi Jain Correlation Between the Presence of imaA (HP0289) and Inflammation Levels in H. pylori Infected Patients

P90 112-690-9 T Bio Marvin Qi Prem Nair Optimization of Bacterial Inactivation By Sonication-Induced Cavitation Through the Varying of pH Levels

P94 112-810-12 T Phy Avinash Nayak Shreyas Parthasarathy Investigation of Four-Lepton Invariant Mass Spectrum in Proton-Proton Collisions

P96 112-820-8 T Phy Warren Rivera Brandon Sulleza Tops and FlaresP99 112-830-4 T Phy Omer Saeed Axel Tenorio Electric Indicator: Electricity Causing Color ChangesP97 112-840-13 T Phy Vincent Hu Takaya Tantiyavarong RF Heating vs. Conventional HeatingP93 112-850-9 T Phy Jay Kamat Alex Nagase Exploring the Effect of Water Hardness on the Mpemba EffectP89 112-860-5 T Phy Zachary Sweger Gillian Xu Thuy Phuong Antimatter in High Energy Electrical Discharges.P87 112-910-4 T Ear Stephanie Chen Matthew Huang Using Geometric Albedos and Reflection Spectra to Model the Color

of PlanetsP83 112-920-13 T Ear Zareen Choudhury Caroline Debs Do All Stars Form In Clusters?: Masses and Ages of Young

Supergiants in AndromedaP79 112-A11-7 T Eng James Fairweather Alexander Lee Ethan Lee Green Swamp:A Drip Irrigation and Infiltration System

P77 112-A30-1 T Eng Paras Jain Ajay Jain Rapid Variable Density Map Acquisition Through a Novel Distributed Network of Autonomous Aerial Quadrotors Driven by Computer Vision Based Feature Targeting

P71 112-A40-10 T Eng Rahul Tewari Evan Borras Simulation of Passive Attitude Stabilization of a CubeSat to Predetermine Orientations for Imaging Devices

P69 112-A50-6 T Eng Tanay Nathan Michael Zhang Changing Projectile Velocity in Pneumatic Systems Using High-Precision Electric Solenoids

P61 112-A60-2 T Eng Andy Tong Nitin Nallan Cenni Kim Creating the Sound of MusicP55 112-A70-11 T Eng John Park Allen Speers Piezoelectric ShoesP53 112-A80-7 T Eng Danielle Bader Sara Lindsey How Much Wood Could Wood Glue Glue, If Wood Glue Could Glue

Wood?P47 112-A90-3 T Eng Irfan Faizullabhoy Ayush Mehra Building a Sound Barrier that uses Acoustic Decoupling Noise

Cancellation to Minimize Road-NoiseP43 112-B10-1 T Comp Andrew Wang Brian Tuan Optimization of Computational Data Analysis in Lattice Quantum

ChromodynamicsP39 112-B20-10 T Comp Loc Trinh Jason Hung Optimizing Computer GO Algorithm

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P31 112-B30-6 T Comp James Gabbard Kathleen Grant Andrew Liu New Methods Of Generating Sets of Intransitive DiceP29 121-110-13 Bot Pooja Shah Influence of Pectin Biosynthetic GAUT Genes on Cellulose

Organization in Mutant Arabidopis thaliana Root Cell WallsP27 121-210-5 Env Kyra Fukawa Testing the Survival Rate of Daphnia Magna when Exposed to Salt

and Comparing to Water in the Guadalupe River WatershedP25 121-310-10 Zoo Mayra Pelagio Body Size of Ammonoids has Limited Correlation with DiversityP23 121-410-2 Soc Sam Kumar True or Fake: A Stylometric Approach to Checking OriginalityP19 121-430-7 Soc Nicole Kacir What is the Effect of an Individual's Personality Type on Their Music

Tastes?P17 121-440-3 Soc Henry Trang At the Dinner Table: A Psychological Analysis on the Social Behavior

of People Eating OutP15 121-510-7 Med Anne Zeng Small Molecules as Novel Therapeutic Treatment for Alzheimer's

DiseaseP13 121-511-5 Med Anika Radiya-Dixit Comparison of Healthy vs. Diabetic Adipose-Derived Stem-Cell-

Seeded Hydrogels for Topical Wound HealingP11 121-530-12 Med Kathryn Wong Pharmacokinetics study of FC-FLT3LR10 121-540-8 Med Eyobed Mesfun The Study of the Effects of Electromagnetic Fields With Varying

Frequencies on Cancerous and Non-cancerous cell-linesR12 121-550-4 Med Kelly Lyons Sodium Bicarbonate's Effect on the Growth Rate of Cancer CellsR14 121-570-9 Med Albert Ge Evaluation of the Interleukin-16 Knockout Mouse as a Novel Model of

Human Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome ALPSR16 121-580-5 Med Suchita Nety Assessing a Targeted Heptapeptide as a Molecular Imaging Agent for

Colon Cancer ScreeningR18 121-610-12 Bio Eric Gu The Effect of Ileal Interposition Surgery on MtDNA Copy Number in

Transgenic Diabetic RatsR22 121-630-4 Bio Stephen Chien The Effects of Chelating Agents on the Presence of RPOS and the

Formation of Exopolysaccharides in E.coli BiofilmsR24 121-640-13 Bio Aahana Sahai Anintimicrobial Properties of Ampicillin, Tetrachloroisophthalonitrile,

and Broccoli Extract Towards E. coli and S. cerevisiaeR26 121-710-4 Chem Eesha Khare Design and Synthesis of Hydrogenated TiO2-Polyaniline Nanorods for

Flexible High-Performance SupercapacitorsR28 121-720-13 Chem Alexander Powers Investigation of the Effects of Nanocrystal Shape on the Efficiency of

Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar CellsR30 121-910-1 Ear Payal Modi Understanding the Chemical Inhomogeneities Among Stars in

Globular Clusters: Examining M4 and M5 for Trends in Elemental Abundances

R32 121-920-10 Ear Andrew Luo The Kinematics of Andromeda's Diffuse Ionized Gas DiskR38 121-930-6 Ear Nikhil Buduma A Computational Investigation of the Structures, Energies, and

Formation Pathways of Interstellar Anions: Elucidating Unexplored Mechanisms of Anionic Astrochemistry

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R40 121-940-2 Ear Debnil Sur Dwarf Ellipticals in Low-Density Environments: Transition to a Star-Forming State

R42 121-A10-6 Eng Alison Rugar Growth and Characterization of the Thermoelectric Properties of Indium Phosphide Nanowire Networks

R46 121-A11-4 Eng Kimberly Vaz The Development of a User-Friendly Automated Sprinkler Control System with Emphasis on Water Optimization Customized for Different Plants.

R48 121-A20-2 Eng McKenna Duzac Berzeliopaper: The Arrangement of Silicon Nanoparticles in a Macroscopic Aggregate Sheet and its Comparison to Buckypaper

R52 121-A30-11 Eng Noorsher Ahmed Quenching the World's Thirst: Rapid Distillation and Treatment of Ocean Water into Potable Drinking Water Using Electromagnetic Waves in the Microwave Frequency

R54 121-A40-7 Eng Navjot Singh Optimization of Microbial Solar Fuel Cells: Correlation Between Aquatic Plants and Their Electrical Output

R58 121-A50-3 Eng Jacob Nguyen Superhydrophobic Soot: Applying the Properties of the Dispersion of Carbon Nanoparticles to Reduce Friction from Newtonian Fluids

R60 121-A60-12 Eng David Zarrin A Hybrid Pulsating Turbine Jet EngineR62 121-A70-8 Eng Joseph Le Recycled Energy: Transforming Waste Heat from Ubiquitous

Integrated Circuits into a Beneficial Electric By-ProductR68 121-A80-4 Eng Edward White Natural Motion Energy Harvesting SystemR72 121-A90-13 Eng Ramakrishnan Menon Carbon Enhanced Aluminum Oxide MemristorR74 121-B10-11 Comp Colin Aitken Dots and Lines: A New Combinatorial Interpretation of the Homotopy

Groups of Finite TopologiesR76 121-B20-7 Comp Soumya Banna What Effect Does Inflation, Nominal Interest Rates, Real Interest

Rates and GDP Have on International Value of the American Exchange Rate?

R80 122-120-6 T Bot Soumya Kandukuri Lakshana Senthilkumar

Zoe Pennington Epigenetics in Viroid Resistance: The Methylation of Brassica rapa to Prevent Tobacco Mosaic Virus

R82 122-310-7 T Zoo Swetha Janardhana Rajavel

Nicolle Iacobacci The Effect of Poisonous Plants on Daphnia

R86 122-410-12 T Soc Carolyn Do Aneesh Patel FACE-ing CrimeR88 122-420-8 T Soc Natalie Duong Holly Cunningham The Effect of Symmetry On the Perception of Beauty of High School

FemalesR92 122-430-4 T Soc Ritika Pai Nepheli Aji The Art of Note Taking : How Typing vs Transcribing Impacts RecallR94 122-520-13 T Med Nicolas Angelillis Karen Lu The Effects of Peptide-Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles in Causing

Cytokinetic Arrest in Cancerous Endothelial CellsR98 122-530-9 T Med Nicki Naddaf Dorothy Ng The Epigenetic Causes of Parkinson's Disease in Relation to PINK 1R99 122-610-9 T Bio Evan Xue Rebecca Sze A Novel Treatment Approach to Human Breast CancerR95 122-720-10 T Chem Karen Ouyang Weian Wang Determination of an Unknown Compound Produced in Electrolysis of

Copper Electrodes

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R93 122-820-2 T Phy Asmita Choppa Allen Marinucci Absorbing Heat - Temperature vs. MalleabilityR89 122-830-11 T Phy George Tran Adam Huerta Eggsperiment (How does surface roughness affect the ability to

remove an egg from a surface?)R87 122-840-7 T Phy Nathan Luu Kendal Singh Friction WheelsR83 122-850-3 T Phy Michael Ning Tanmayee

KhadilkarQian Cen Chladni Patterns and Sound Barriers

R79 122-860-12 T Phy Chris Monahan Daniel Drager Magnet Strength and TemperatureR77 122-A10-3 T Eng Esther Lam Maria Ruiz Water You Putting in Our Rivers? Filtering Domestic Wastewater in

Developing Countries.R71 122-A20-12 T Eng Jonathan

HashimotoZachery Bloom Brake Pad Sensors

R69 122-A30-8 T Eng Gagan Pannu Michelle Vong Reconstructing a Neuroscience Device to Move a Computer CursorR61 122-A40-4 T Eng DanQuynh Bui Martin Nguyen Piezoelectric IgniterR59 122-B10-8 T Comp Kathleen Miao Julia Miao Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis Using Machine Learning

Based on Backpropagation Neural NetworkR53 122-B20-4 T Comp Wesley Hsiao Sandeep

ChanamoluRyoma Canastra A Better Hive: Its Implementation