3/23/12 - NC Student Academy of Science Winners

Biological Science

2nd Place, Jordan Harrison and Jackson Mower. The Diversity of V. ventricaria in Wee Wee Caye, Belize.

Biological Science - Advanced I

2nd Place. Edward Zhao and William Ge. Head injury, potential interaction with genes, and the risk for Parkinson’s disease.

Biological Science – Advanced II

3rd Place. Ashwin Monian, Elizabeth Tsui, and Vamsi Yechoor. Understanding the role of glycerol in the metabolic pathway of Halobacterium.

Biotechnology – Advanced.

2nd Place. Velina Kozareva. The effects of phosphorylation on Ect2 on localization and cellular transformation in ovarian cancer cells.

3rd Place. Aakash Indurkhya and Peter Fan. Engineering a genetic toggle switch controller using synthetic zinc finger transcription factors.

Chemistry

2nd Place. Jessica Gao. Effect of KOH concentration on water electrolysis.

Engineering and Technology – Advanced

1st Place. Jaehyeong Lee and Robert Gourley. Quantum efficiency of a single crystal silicon solar cell measured using LED spectrophotometer.

3rd Place. Katherine Whang. Hidden in plain sight: Secure steganography.

Environmental Science – Advanced

3rd Place. Jeffry An. Modeling tehra fallout of the Yellowstone supervolcano.

Physics – Advanced.

2nd Place. Halston Lim and Justin Finkelstein. A statistical evaluation of GRB afterglow time structures using the Swift burst alert telescope and X-ray telescope.

Visitors from Thailand -

Wajana Thaweerat and Nopparat Sakonsontisate. Cadmium (II) ion removal from aqueous solution by activated carbon made from water hyacinth (Eichhorania crassipes)