2/4/13 - Regional Science Fair Winners

Congratulations to the following students for winning in their categories.  We had an excellent group of judges who came from a variety of institutions including the EPA, Duke, UNC, NESCent, and NCSU. The first and second place winners will go on to compete at the NC State Science and Engineering Fair at Meredith College on March 16th. The Faculty sponsors of these students are Jon Bennett, Myra Halpin, Amy Sheck. for more info on the Regional Science fair see http://ncsefreg3b.sfiab.com/index.php for info on the NCSEF see http://www.ncsciencefair.org/

Senior - Earth & Environmental

   First   (3501) Chitosan-modified Cellulose as Adsorbent to Collect and Reuse Nitrate from Groundwater
        Student: Christie Jiang
       
    Second  - (3503) Seedling development and physiology in response to drought
        Students: Edward Zhao , Forrest Ashworth

Honorable Mention - Matias Horst, Catherine Farmer, Evan Miles

Senior - Biological Science A

First    (3302) The effect of mistletoe lectin on the invasive phenotype of yeast.
        Student: Chelsey Lin

Second  (3201) Common Targeting of Epstein-Barr Virus microRNA BART1-3p and Human microRNA miR-29a: Implications in EBV-linked Lymphoma
        Student: Tejas Sundaresan
   
Honorable Mention: Katherine Whang
 

Senior - Biological Science B

  
 First (3301) Differential sequestration of TLR agonists: a novel mechanism by which apoE isoform regulates immunoresponse in humans
        Student: William Ge

Second  (3202) The Effect of Substrate Density on the Rate of Migration of NIH-3T3 Fibroblasts
        Student: Elizabeth Tsui

Honorable Mention: Jin Yoon

Senior - Chemistry

First  (3406) Optimization of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) Through Co-adsorption and Tri-adsorption of Organic Dyes
        Student: Saurin Kantesaria

Second (3401) Design and Synthesis of Novel Tetraphenylporphyrin-based Metal-Organic Frameworks for Photodynamic Therapy and Drug Delivery

      Student: Landon Carter

Honorable Mention: Christopher Zhen, Kavirath Jain, Maxwell Tucker
 

Senior - Physics

First  (3704) Indium Selenide Nanowire Growth
        Student: Anna Dubovitskaya

Second   (3405) A Novel Design of Electrode Surface Morphology to Improve Water Electrolysis Efficiency
        Student: Jaehyeong Lee

  Honorable Mention: Halston Lim, Jason Liang
 

Senior - Technology/Engineering

First (3705) Evaluation of Polyvinyl-Alcohol Polymers as an Effective Shielding Mechanism against Ionizing Radiation Induced Degradations in COTS Microcontroller Devices
        Student: Christopher Panuski

Second     (3402) The Synthesis and Analysis of Fe2O3 and Sulfur Catalyzed Rocket Propellants within Reloadable Rocket Motors: A Novel Approach to the Sorbitol "Flushing" Phenomenon
        Student: Parth Thakker

Honorable Mention: Morgan Howell, Param Sidhu