2009 Louisiana State Science and Engineering Fair

Junior Division Winners:     (HM = Honourable Mention)
Place Category Student School Project Title
1st ANIMAL SCIENCES Brayden Wood Moss Bluff Middle School "Are Termites Picky Eaters? Wood Preferences of Reticulitermes Flavipes"
2nd ANIMAL SCIENCES Lauren M. Sobel Alexandria Country Day School "The Waiting Game"
3rd ANIMAL SCIENCES Blue J. Beadle Ascension Episcopal School "Hey Earthworms What's Your Favorite Snack?"
HM ANIMAL SCIENCES Blake F. Cochran Alexandria Country Day School "Outhouse Fertilizer"
1st BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Dustin M. Weidert St. Peter Chanel Interparochial School "Eyes Wide Open"
2nd BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Callie Johnson St. Jude the Apostle Catholic School "Which Practice Makes Perfect - Physical or Mental?"
3rd BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Robert E. Kearney Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School "Hang Up and Drive!"
HM BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Daniel S. Bufkin Alexandria Country Day School "The Fear Factor"
1st BIOCHEMISTRY Sonia M. Pereira Webster Jr. High School "Are you Gellin? : Gel Electrophoresis"
2nd BIOCHEMISTRY Joshua Ursua St. Joseph Catholic School "The Antioxidant Effects of Peppers"
3rd BIOCHEMISTRY Kristen L. Yent Ethel Schoeffner Elementary "Good Till The Last Drop"
HM BIOCHEMISTRY Madeline R. LeBlanc Iberville Math Science and Arts Academy-East "Denaturing Amylase"
1st CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Savannah Ogle Claiborne Christian School "Which Brand of Popcorn Pops the Most Kernels"
2nd CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Robert H. Martin Ruston Junior High School "Scrub-A-Dub-Dub"
3rd CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Nathan Graham Mansfield Middle School "Sizzling Sunflowers"
HM CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Demetri Hill Mansfield Middle School "World of Reflex"
1st CHEMISTRY Leopold A. Frilot Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School "Corrosion of Metals: Does salt affect the corrosion of commonly used metals?"
2nd CHEMISTRY Ryan J. Harmon Webster Jr. High School "Can You See The Vitamin C?"
3rd CHEMISTRY Daniel P. Falgout Ascension Episcopal School "Saltwater Battery II"
HM CHEMISTRY Ashley N. Sherrard Youree Drive Middle School "Breaking Down Polystyrene: Citrus Style"
1st COMPUTER SCIENCE Bohyung K. Park Glasgow Middle School "iSCHOOL"
2nd COMPUTER SCIENCE Eric J. Roe Prairieville Middle School "Can a robot write and draw?"
3rd COMPUTER SCIENCE Hannah N. Frosch St. Peter Catholic School "Does Automation Improve Productivity?"
HM COMPUTER SCIENCE Michael Barnes Abramson Science and Technology "File compression programs"
1st EARTH SCIENCE Jackson C. Merkl Ascension Episcopal School "From Solar to Seismic"
2nd EARTH SCIENCE Shruti Vaidyanathan Glasgow Middle School "The Color of Global Warming"
3rd EARTH SCIENCE Katie L. Rayburn Alexandria Country Day School "Weather: Perfect Prediction"
HM EARTH SCIENCE Neil F. Nathan Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School "Logarithmic Spirals and Hurricanes"
1st ENGINEERING: MATERIALS AND BIOENGINEERING Zachary M. Smith Alexandria Country Day School "Can You Hear It Now?"
2nd ENGINEERING: MATERIALS AND BIOENGINEERING Avery A. Grimshaw Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School "Guess Howe Gussets Guard"
3rd ENGINEERING: MATERIALS AND BIOENGINEERING Amanda N. Berdon Most Blessed Sacrament School "What Effect do Household Chemicals Have on Commonly Metals"
HM ENGINEERING: MATERIALS AND BIOENGINEERING Amelia Lessen Holy Savior Menard Central High School "Crashes! Crashes! It All Falls Down!"
1st ENGINEERING: ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL Warner T. King Heritage School "BEAM Robotics"
2nd ENGINEERING: ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL Tim K. Wu Glasgow Middle School "Sun Tracker"
3rd ENGINEERING: ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL Daniel P. Murray Our Lady of Mercy "Levitation - Science not Magic"
HM ENGINEERING: ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL Samantha Bush Calhoun Middle School "Dome 3"
1st ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Teddy D. Price Alexandria Country Day School "Erosion Explosion"
2nd ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Amber N. Jurgensen Alexandria Country Day School "America's Wetlands: It's a Matter of Time!"
3rd ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Emily S. Littrell Southfield School "Disappearing Ink - Which Ink is the most biodegradable?"
HM ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Stetson W. Keen North DeSoto Middle School "Regular Diesel compared to Bio-Diesel"
1st ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION Andrew W. Zanmiller Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School "Air Heads"
2nd ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION Alexander B. West Ruston Junior High School "Solar Power vs. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power - The Power of the Crane"
3rd ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION Hunter Wellan Alexandria Country Day School "Windpower"
HM ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION Sam R. Williams Southfield School "Work From Wind"
1st ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Michael D. Smith Boyet Junior High School "Is CO2 Really a Greenhouse Gas?"
2nd ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Robin M. Spiess L. P. Monteleone Junior High School "Emergency Purification"
3rd ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Jasmine V. Nunley Southfield School "Green Roofs Are the Future"
HM ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Colbren Thomas Mansfield Middle School "We Have Lift Off!"
1st MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Preksha Chowdhary Glasgow Middle School "Who Doesn't Want to be a Millionaire - The Buisness and Science of Gambling."
2nd MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Sean J. Nathan Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School "Fractals in the Stock Market"
3rd MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Gregory D. Johns Webster Jr. High School "Can You Hit the Jackpot?"
HM MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Jerome J. Romagosa Ascension Episcopal School "Are You Smarter Than the Group?"
1st MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES Stephenie Q. Wang Glasgow Middle School "Comparison of UVA UVB and Visible Light Transmittance of Different Types of Sunglasses"
2nd MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES Joshua B. Pender Boyet Junior High School "Can You See What I See?"
3rd MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES Nicholas E. Sinanan Lafayette Middle School "Comparing the effects of Antibacterial Soaps on bacteria"
HM MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES Ryan C. Sandifer St. Jude the Apostle Catholic School "Which Tooth Filling Leaks More? A Comparison of Silver and Natural Colored Fillings"
1st MICROBIOLOGY Izzat M. Shbeeb Alexandria Country Day School "chew it or brush it?"
2nd MICROBIOLOGY Kimberly E. Mosier Elm Grove Middle School "What's the Condition of Mold Inhibition"
3rd MICROBIOLOGY Emily L. Eberhardt Scott M. Brame Middle School "Wah! Wah! Give Me A Clean Pacifier!"
HM MICROBIOLOGY Olivia R. Abadie St. George Catholic School "War On Germs"
1st PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY Kyle L. Dockendorf Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School "Don't Let Spirit Drag You Down"
2nd PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY Austin F. Magee Pine Junior High School "The Biefield-Brown's Effect"
3rd PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY Heewon Hah Glasgow Middle School "At the tip of the wings"
HM PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY Allison N. Lawrence Pineville Junior High "Burn Baby Burn"
1st PLANT SCIENCES Brittany Nichole Freeman Pollock Elementary School "Can True Hydroponics Produce A Harvest?"
2nd PLANT SCIENCES Lauren Mathews Fontainebleau Jr. High School "Trees That Breathe"
3rd PLANT SCIENCES Yale E. Rosen Southfield School "Irradiation to Feed the Nation"
HM PLANT SCIENCES Mallory E. Doyle Boyet Junior High School "Crazy Co2: How Does Co2 Effect Alfalfa Plants?"
1st TEAM PROJECTS Anmol R. Hingorani
Vinay Valsraj
Glasgow Middle School "Simple Safe and Effective ways to Purify Water"
2nd TEAM PROJECTS Hannah M. Morris
Jenna Holt
Weston High School "Power Me Up!"
3rd TEAM PROJECTS Michael C. McKinney
Andrew Cousins
Boyet Junior High School "The Effects of Mold on Drywall"
HM TEAM PROJECTS Ellen A. Albritton
Nicole Sanders
Alexandria Country Day School "Investigation with Insulation"


Senior Division Winners:     (HM = Honourable Mention)
Place Category Student School Project Title
1st ANIMAL SCIENCES Taylor P. Wood Sam Houston High School "Natural Mosquito Control Year VII: Field Evaluation of Botanical Extracts Mexican Marigold Tagetes minuta lucida as a Barrier Spray for Managing Mosquitoes"
2nd ANIMAL SCIENCES Joseph D. Trujillo Leesville High School "Commercial vs. Tradition"
3rd ANIMAL SCIENCES Luke A. White Caddo Parish Magnet High School "Structural Color of the Morphos Butterfly Wings"
HM ANIMAL SCIENCES Melissa S. McDowell St. Joseph`s Academy "Differentiation of Bovine Adipose Derived Adult Stem Cells"
1st BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Margaret L. Hindman Cedar Creek School "Anticipated Satisfaction by Comparison: Year Two of a Two Year Project"
2nd BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Brandi E. Vincent Ovey Comeaux High School "Surround Yourself With Silence"
3rd BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Lauren G. Daigle St. Joseph`s Academy "Come Walk in Our Shoes"
HM BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Louise Johnson Terrebonne High "Dermatoglyphic Correlation to Work Ethic"
1st BIOCHEMISTRY Rachel A. DiMario St. Joseph`s Academy "Molecular Evolution Based on Protein Sequences"
2nd BIOCHEMISTRY Dana H. Nguyen Benjamin Franklin High School "The Effect of Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) on Human Corneal Epithelial Cells (HCEC)"
3rd BIOCHEMISTRY Taylor Zenon St. James Parish Science & Math Academy "A New Method for Removing Heavy Metals from Blood: Phase 1"
HM BIOCHEMISTRY Elizabeth M. Haynes Ovey Comeaux High School "Give Moldy Veggies and Fruit the Boot"
1st CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Kaitlin M. McCarthy Caddo Parish Magnet High School "Inhibition of Leprecan Activity in Podocytes Grown Under Hyperglycemic Conditions Leads to Abnormal Assembly of Basement Membrane Type IV Collagen"
2nd CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Andrew B. Udofa Baton Rouge Magnet High School "Further Analysis of FRI-178 A Cancer Cell Growth Inhibitor In Its Disruption of Chromosomal Attachment to Microtubules and Its Possible Inducement of Apoptosis"
3rd CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Tasneem Chowdhury Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy "The Role of Src Kinase Lyn in Oncogenesis"
HM CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Stephanie E. Terhoeve St. Joseph`s Academy "Rescuing the minifly Mutation with the GFPûNop60B Transgene: A Form of Gene Therapy"
1st CHEMISTRY Cecilia M. Fitz-Gerald Caddo Parish Magnet High School "A Study of an in vivo Technique for Detecting Drugs in the CNS"
2nd CHEMISTRY Jiou Yu Baton Rouge Magnet High School "Storing Solar Energy As Hydrogen"
3rd CHEMISTRY George G. Rochelle Destrehan High School "Backyard Bio"
HM CHEMISTRY Shuang R. Chen Benjamin Franklin High School "The Magnetite and Gold Thin Films and Magneto-Optics"
1st COMPUTER SCIENCE Chad C. Thompson Caddo Parish Magnet High School "Approximating Radiance Transfer for Real-Time Computer Graphics"
2nd COMPUTER SCIENCE George T. Li Baton Rouge Magnet High School "Programming A.I. Navigation"
3rd COMPUTER SCIENCE Ajay P. Menon Baton Rouge Magnet High School "Text Mining and the Statistical Correlations of Writing Styles"
HM COMPUTER SCIENCE Stephen Zhong Ruston High School "Networking with Java 1.2"
1st EARTH SCIENCE Bonnie J. McLindon St. Joseph`s Academy "Gulf Hypoxic Zones: Examining Gulf Transfer Coefficients and Dual Source Contributions"
2nd EARTH SCIENCE Elise M. Abshire St. Joseph`s Academy "The Effect of Liquefaction on a Weight in Sand Silt and Clay and Normal Soil"
3rd EARTH SCIENCE Jordan M. Badeaux John Curtis Christian School "Columpite Indicating Geochemical Evolution in Emmons Pegmatite"
HM EARTH SCIENCE Hozana M. Arceri C.H.E.F. of GNO Home School Association "Canyons - What Left This Evidence Behind?"
1st ENGINEERING: MATERIALS AND BIOENGINEERING Dante` T. Johnson Caddo Parish Magnet High School "An Innovative Device for Minimizing Head Motion During Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Studies"
2nd ENGINEERING: MATERIALS AND BIOENGINEERING Ashley N. Spooner Ursuline Academy "What's In Your Concrete?"
3rd ENGINEERING: MATERIALS AND BIOENGINEERING Paul C. Greagoff Ovey Comeaux High School "Insulators: Natural vs. Synthetic"
HM ENGINEERING: MATERIALS AND BIOENGINEERING Ashley Monismith Caddo Parish Magnet High School "Does the Type of Swimsuit Material Affect the Amount of Drag it has in Water?"
1st ENGINEERING: ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL Willis R. Wang Baton Rouge Magnet High School "3-stage Optically Triggered Mass Driver"
2nd ENGINEERING: ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL Richard Tang Benjamin Franklin High School "Gravity as a Secondary Energy Source in Geothermal Power Plants"
3rd ENGINEERING: ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL Daniel N. Wheeler Caddo Parish Magnet High School "SLAM! Simultaneous Localization and Mapping"
HM ENGINEERING: ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL Gabriela M. Gutierrez St. Joseph`s Academy "The Effect of Camber on Lift"
1st ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Erin Macika Benjamin Franklin High School "The Effects of Different Types of Mosquito Larvae-eating Fish on Mosquito Larvae Population Control"
2nd ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Alex D. Melancon John Curtis Christian School "What's In The Bag What Materials Work Best in a Sandbag in Floodwaters"
3rd ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Eleni M. Alleman St. James Parish Science & Math Academy "Which Has The Most Airborne Particles?"
HM ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Sam j. McCright Louisiana School for Math Science and the Arts "Integrated Fish Farming"
1st ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION Kolby Q. Handy Plaquemine High School "Fuel For The Future!"
2nd ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION Matthew T. Fahrenkrug Airline High School "Alternative Energy"
3rd ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION Jessica Cruzan Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School "CFLs--Twisted Truth?"
HM ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION Daniel V. Marse Hahnville High School "Solar Cell Optimization"
1st ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Alaina B. Leggette St. Joseph`s Academy "The Effects of Hurricanes Lili Katrina and Gustav on the Salinity and Turbidity of Lake Pontchartrain"
2nd ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Zachary S. Kopplin Baton Rouge Magnet High School "Green Roof"
3rd ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Sharis N. Steib St. James Parish Science & Math Academy "A Novel Mercury Filter"
HM ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Anita V. Saraf A.M. Barbe High School "Effect of Corticosterone on the Expression of Insulin Receptor mRNA in Xenopus Laevis (African Clawed Frog)"
1st MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Joy Shan Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School "Finding a Generalized Linear Equation to Determine a Volatile Stock's Optimal Trailing Stop Loss in an Orderly Market"
2nd MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Jonguk Lim Baton Rouge Magnet High School "The Infinite Limit: Relationships of Geometric Ratios and Circles"
3rd MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Dara R. Smith Ruston High School "The Winning Probability"
HM MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Keishanda Lanute East Iberville "What are you really paying for?"
1st MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES Cooper D. Cain Airline High School "Heparan Sulfate Glycosaminoglycans are Critical Determinants of Podocyte-Matrix Interactions and Adhesion"
2nd MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES Martin C. McCallister Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School "The Role of Estrogen Receptor Alpha in Resveratrol Mediated Hepatoprotection"
3rd MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES Darren Jindal Baton Rouge Magnet High School "Cardiac Disease Detection: A Study of the Defining Characteristics of a Human Phonocardiogram"
HM MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES Jingxuan Wang Benjamin Franklin High School "An Efficient System to Deliver Oligonucleotides to Mammalian Cells"
1st MICROBIOLOGY Miles J. Delahoussaye Ovey Comeaux High School "Testing the Antimicrobial Nature of Metals and Alloys"
2nd MICROBIOLOGY James A. Young Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School "Utilizing the Kirby-Bauer Disk-Diffusion Method: Comparing Antimicrobial Effectiveness between E. coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae"
3rd MICROBIOLOGY Andrea M. Ray Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School "Repair of DSBs by Mycobacterium tuberculosis nonhomologous end-joining proteins in Escherichia coli"
HM MICROBIOLOGY Shannon D. McDuff St. Joseph`s Academy "Spinach Produce Bacteria--Which Spinach Is Safer to Consume?"
1st PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY Alexander Duchene Louisiana School for Math Science and the Arts "Sensitivity to Initial Conditions in a Solar System Model"
2nd PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY Jessica M. Clemmons Ovey Comeaux High School "Softball Bat Comparisons"
3rd PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY Boyang Piao Cedar Creek School "Effects of Moisture on the Modulus of Elasticity of Wood"
HM PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY Sean A. Phelan St. Paul`s School "Why Did I Miss?"
1st PLANT SCIENCES Anna G. Landry Ursuline Academy "Killer Trees"
2nd PLANT SCIENCES Kathryn M. Li Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School "Does the Targeting of the Antioxidant Mechanism Glutathione Affect the Growth Rate of Soybean Plants in Brackish Water?"
3rd PLANT SCIENCES Xinyu Stephanie Yi Baton Rouge Magnet High School "Function Analysis of Photosystem II under different Light Intensities"
HM PLANT SCIENCES Josh M. Gibbs Ovey Comeaux High School "Germin-AID"
1st TEAM PROJECTS Candice Schwartzenburg
Lynne Chapman
St. Joseph`s Academy "Development of a Novel Method to Forecast Atmospheric Mixing Height Year 3"
2nd TEAM PROJECTS Mary R. Unsworth
Rebekah Unsworth
Kingswood Academy "The Development of a CAD Program to Find Abnormalities in Digital Radiographs"
3rd TEAM PROJECTS Elizabeth A. Blanchard
Caroline Hebert
St. Joseph`s Academy "Are Mycobacterium leprae Eliminated from the Body after Treatment for Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)?"
HM TEAM PROJECTS Fan Xiong
Jacques Colet-Dofny
Benjamin Franklin High School "The Effect of Oleic Acid on the Growth Rate of Yeast Under High Stress and Low Oxygen Environment"


Top School:
School City
St. Joseph`s Academy Baton Rouge


Overall Winners:
Awards Div Category Student School Project Title
OverAll_1st JR ANIMAL SCIENCES Brayden Wood Moss Bluff Middle School "Are Termites Picky Eaters? Wood Preferences of Reticulitermes Flavipes"
OverAll_2nd JR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Preksha Chowdhary Glasgow Middle School "Who Doesn't Want to be a Millionaire - The Buisness and Science of Gambling."
OverAll_1st SR TEAM PROJECTS Candice Schwartzenburg
Lynne Chapman
St. Joseph`s Academy "Development of a Novel Method to Forecast Atmospheric Mixing Height Year 3"
OverAll_2nd SR ANIMAL SCIENCES Taylor P. Wood Sam Houston High School "Natural Mosquito Control Year VII: Field Evaluation of Botanical Extracts Mexican Marigold Tagetes minuta lucida as a Barrier Spray for Managing Mosquitoes"


Special Awards:
Award Name   (Place)
American Meteorological Society Alaina B. Leggette   (2nd Place)
Alyshah A. Vishram   (1st Place)
American Society of Sugarcane Technologists Kai A. Spraggins   (1st Place)
Area Health Education Centers & LSU Health Science Center Annie M. Boudreaux   (1st Place Junior Division)
Jingxuan Wang   (1st Place Senior Division)
Environmental Protection Agency Wesley S. Durbin   (3rd Place Junior Division)
Amber N. Jurgensen   (2nd Place Junior Division)
Alaina B. Leggette   (1st Place Senior Division)
Jasmine V. Nunley   (1st Place Junior Division)
Anita V. Saraf   (2nd Place Senior Division)
Sharis N. Steib   (3rd Place Senior Division)
Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture Blake F. Cochran   (1st Place Junior Division)
Sharis N. Steib   (1st Place Senior Division)
Louisiana Mosquito Control Association Erin Macika   (2nd Place)
Katherine E. Oberhelman   (3rd Place)
Carson W. Ray   (Honorable Mention)
Shaely A. Slay   (Honorable Mention)
Taylor P. Wood   (1st Place)
Louisiana Science Teachers Association Ashlyn Brooks   (3rd Place Junior Division)
Lauren G. Daigle   (1st Place Senior Division)
Tyler S. Fox   (3rd Place Senior Division)
Louise Johnson   (2nd Place Senior Division)
Logan B. Patterson   (2nd Place Junior Division)
Taylor A. Pippen   (1st Place Junior Division)
Louisiana State Medical Association Cooper D. Cain   (Outstanding Award)
Stephanie N. Castille   (Outstanding Award)
Brittany Morgan Freeman   (Outstanding Award)
Kari M. Muffoletto   (Outstanding Award)
Jamarick B. Valerie   (Outstanding Award)
LSU Electrical and Computer Engineering Chance A. Janice   (2nd Place)
George T. Li   (1st Place)
Chad C. Thompson   (3rd Place)
Mu Alpha Theta (Mathematics Honor Society Candice Schwartzenburg   (1st Place)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Alaina B. Leggette   (1st Place)
Julie R. Picard   (3rd Place)
Colin A. Rougee   (4th Place)
Joshua B. Tarr   (2nd Place)
Society for In Vitro Biology Melissa S. McDowell   (1st Place)
Society of Women Engineers Shelby Q. Bach   (2nd Place Senior Division)
Amanda N. Berdon   (3rd Place Junior Division)
Elise M. Frost   (1st Place Junior Division)
Amelia Lessen   (2nd Place Junior Division)
Robin M. Spiess   (1st Place Senior Division)
Savannah K. Woods   (3rd Place Junior Division)
United States Air Force Blake A. Birmingham   (3rd Place)
Dustin J. Carlino   (1st Place)
Shuang R. Chen   (2nd Place)
Gabriela M. Gutierrez   (Honorable Mention)
Willis R. Wang   (Honorable Mention)
United States Metric Association Brandon Theodore   (1st Place)
Yale Science and Engineering Association Chance A. Janice   (1st Place)