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2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 1ANIMAL BIOLOGY - JR J01Wahida Rahman New Horizon School First Place Using Waxworms (Galleria
mellonella) to Reduce theAmount of HouseholdWastes in Our Landfillsand Oceans
J0112Split group: -
Christian Mueller American Martyrs School Second Place Effects of DietarySupplements on BrownPlanariaJ0104
Split group: -Charlotte Greene Archer School for Girls Honorable Mention The Mortality Rate of
Daphnia when Exposed toCopper SulfateJ0103
Split group: -
ANIMAL BIOLOGY - SR S01Maya Khurana Flintridge Preparatory
SchoolFirst Place Occult Breast Cancer:
Does Molecular ProfileMatter in Treatment?S0111
Split group: -Changhyun Kim Palos Verdes High School Second Place Observing Mutualism of
Vermivora cyanoptera andPsaltriparus minimusS0102
Split group: -Corynn Branche Windward School Third Place Potential Contribution of
Polymorphisms in thePOMC Gene to Obesity inLabrador Retrievers
S0103Split group: -
Haley Lopez Sun Valley Magnet Honorable Mention Effect of global warming onbuterfliesS0107
Split group: -
ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY - JR J02Jasmine HassanAmeera Alkwadri
Al-Huda Islamic School First Place Testing the CorrelationBetween Hypothyroidismand Type 2 Diabetes inDown Syndrome Patients
J0202Split group: -
ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY - SR S02Junhee Lee Cabrillo Marine Aquarium First Place Effect of Temperature on
Embryonic to LarvalDevelopment of SandDollars, Dendrasterexcentricus
S0207Split group: -
Adolat Beshimova Francisco Bravo MedicalMagnet High School
Second Place Calpains 8 and 9 areExpressed in the MurineIntestine and Regulated bywnt3a in Colon CancerCells
S0202Split group: -
Susanna Kim Technology, Engineering,Art, Math and Science
Third Place Identification of NovelBiomarkers for the EarlyDiagnosis of AcuteMyocardial Infarction
S0213Split group: -
2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 2Summer Ruyle California School of the
Arts - San Gabriel ValleyHonorable Mention The Effect of Using Post-
Concussive Syndrome(PCS) Treatments onConcussion SymptomSeverity and RecoveryTime
S0212Split group: -
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE - NON-HUMAN - JR J03Sarai Golden-KrasnerMaya Lurvey
Weizmann Day School First Place A Bug's Life: An Insect'sNeuromotor Responses toOlfactory and VisualStimuli
J0311Split group: -
Alondra Ruiz South Gate Middle School Second Place Pressuring MicroalgaeJ0302Split group: -
Haig Parsekyan Holy Martyrs FerrahianMiddle School
Third Place Sleeping Safety: DigitalAlarm Clock orSmartphone? Which isSafer as an Alarm?
J0306Split group: -
Owen Wheatley Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention Does age affectchimpanzee behavior?J0310
Split group: -Nareh Mikail-Almassian Chamlian Armenian School Honorable Mention The Combined Effect of
Color and Fruit Stimulantson the Reaction ofDrosophila melanogaster
J0308Split group: -
MaryJane Garcia South Gate Middle School Honorable Mention Hermit Crabs V.SEnvironmental PolutionJ0307
Split group: -
BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES - HUMAN - JR J04Angela Hoffmann St. John Fisher First Place Now You See It, Now You
Don't: Does age andgender affect changeblindness?
J0401Split group: -
Hamza Dajani Al-Huda Islamic School Second Place Reading, Focus, and theElderlyJ0407
Split group: -Ayla Richland Pressman Academy of
Temple Beth AmThird Place A Catchy BugJ0402Split group: -
Jasmine PadillaDiana Vilches
Sun Valley Magnet - JuniorDivision
Honorable Mention Exercising Your MemoryJ0410Split group: -
Esther Blum Pressman Academy ofTemple Beth Am
Honorable Mention Don't judge a person bytheir carJ0406
Split group: -
2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 3Benjamin Elbaz Pressman Academy of
Temple Beth AmHonorable Mention Order Effect: Data
IncorrectJ0403Split group: -
BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES - SR S03Diego BorgsdorfSarah ShapiroSarah Tran
Granada Hills Charter HighSchool
First Place The Language ofExtremism: A Socio-Linguistic Diction Analysisof Nationalist Content inthe Context of LinguisticPurism
S0305Split group: -
Lorelei Santa MariaKatelyn Santa Maria
The Science AcademySTEM HS
Second Place Can We Psyche You Out?:The Study of the Effect ofPositive and NegativeEncouragement onPhysical and MentalActivities
S0314Split group: -
Melanie WuIsabella Fajardo
California School of theArts - San Gabriel Valley
Third Place How Parental Pressureand Stress Levels AffectCheating in StudentsS0318
Split group: -Chloe Silverman The Buckley School Honorable Mention The Effects of a Glucose-
Based DietS0304Split group: -
Yiyi Ouyang The Webb Schools ofCalifornia
Honorable Mention Measuring the Effects ofIsolation on Mice throughan Elevated Plus MazeMethod
S0325Split group: -
Lizbeth Martinez - Ramos Garey High School Honorable Mention Improving the use of ahealth related mobileapplication by selecting theproper vocabulary gradeand background color.
S0313Split group: -
Olivia Theard California School of theArts - San Gabriel Valley
Honorable Mention The Effects of Social Mediaand other Distractions onShort-Term MemoryS0321
Split group: -Maya Burch Mayfair High School Honorable Mention Determining the
Correlation BetweenStudents' MorningRoutines and their GPA's
S0316Split group: -
BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY - JR J05Zaighum Nagra Portola Highly Gifted
MagnetFirst Place The Effect of Corn Silk
Extract on NeuronalRegenerationJ0513
Split group: -Isabelle Whetsel South Pasadena Middle
SchoolSecond Place Glorious Gluten; An
experiment measuring thelevels of gluten in differentFlours
J0505Split group: -
2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 4Emelie Anzaldo Ovando Sierra Vista Junior High
SchoolThird Place Home Remedies vs Over
The Counter Medications:Finding the best remedy toalleviate Dysmenorrhea
J0504Split group: -
Nicolas Jesuele Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention Carbon ComplicationJ0508Split group: -
Atiqa Shafiq ICC Community School Honorable Mention A Diabetic Dilemma: WhichDrink has the HighestGlucose ConcentrationAfter Adding InvertaseEnzyme?
J0502Split group: -
BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY - SR S04Andre Yeung Arcadia High School First Place Induction and Observation
of Endosymbiotic GeneTransfer from Chloroplastto Nuclear Genome in theGreen AlgaChlamydomonas reinhardtii
S0404Split group: -
Katherine Wedekind Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School
Second Place Generation of MPS IIIAInduced Pluripotent StemCells and Correction UsingCRISPR-Cas9
S0409Split group: -
Stanley Liu Arcadia High School Third Place An Integrated MicrofluidicSystem for Blood PlasmaSeparation and DiseaseDiagnostics
S0411Split group: -
Eileen Stiles Crescenta Valley HighSchool
Honorable Mention Role of Mitochondrial NAD+ Levels in Triple-NegativeBreast Cancer Cells UnderArginine Starvation
S0406Split group: -
CHEMISTRY - APPLIED - JR J06Uzair Sajid Institute Of Knowledge First Place The Emergence of A New
Fuel CellJ0632Split group: -
Grace Lin South Pasadena MiddleSchool
Second Place Keep the Ice Warm!Measuring How InitialTemperature AffectsSodium Acetate HandWarmers
J0613Split group: -
Conner Chu The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Third Place Wave Rave-A CompetitiveEnzyme Immunoassay forthe QuantitativeDetermination of VitaminB12 in Substances beforeand after Micro RadiationExposure
J0607Split group: -
Isaac Peck Intellectual VirtuesAcademy of Long Beach
Honorable Mention Food pHreservationJ0614Split group: -
2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 5Aleen Kojikian St. Gregory Alfred &
Marguerite HovsepianSchool
Honorable Mention Heartburn AwayJ0601Split group: -
CHEMISTRY - GENERAL - JR J07Mariko McCabe Sierra Madre Middle
SchoolFirst Place How do the shells and
spines of red sea urchinsaffect plant health/growth?J0722
Split group: -Karen Garcia Archer School for Girls Second Place Are Microplastics Present
in Sea Salts of DifferentQualities?J0715
Split group: -Shruti ChandSabrina Bluml
South Pasadena MiddleSchool
Third Place Bath Bomb ScienceJ0731Split group: -
Maya Urshansky Saint Cyril Of JerusalemSchool
Honorable Mention What Wrapping AffectsOxidationJ0723
Split group: -Rafael Enfiadjian Chamlian Armenian School Honorable Mention Pesticide Levels in Organic
and Non-Organic ProduceJ0728Split group: -
Kyle Lin Blair High School Honorable Mention How does the flame colorof a metal salt correlate tothe cation/anion of a salt?J0718
Split group: -Kazu HoRocco Gentilini
Mark Twain Middle School Honorable Mention How pH Levels AffectCorrosion RateJ0716
Split group: -Jordan Fleischman Blair High School Honorable Mention How does the hardness of
water differ across thecountry and locally andwhat is its significance
J0714Split group: -
CHEMISTRY - SR S05Christina An Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolFirst Place Year 2: Building a
Magnetic MultilayeredHydrogel MicrosphereCrosslinked by Genipin ForControlled Dissolution inDrug Release
S0506Split group: -
Benjamin Liu Arcadia High School Second Place A Novel Printing Techniqueof 3D Inverse Opals fromFree-Standing CrystallineStructures for Next-Generation OpticalSensing
S0504Split group: -
Aliza AryaLeslie AlmarazMckayla Vargas
East College Prep Third Place PLA is The Way to Sustaina BiodegradableEnvironmentS0501
Split group: -
2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 6Jacob Kang Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolHonorable Mention Analyzing Temperature
Dependent DeprotonationUsing Fourier TransformInfrared Spectroscopy
S0516Split group: -
Daniel SmithAustin Li
Chaminade CollegePreparatory
Honorable Mention The Chemistry of aPicasso: Using UV, IR, andXRF Examination toAnalyze Art in order toSupport Authentication viaOptical and ChemicalScrutiny
S0509Split group: -
Jose TinocoAndrea RonquilloDiana Ramos
Synergy QuantumAcademy
Honorable Mention Which Antifreeze is Betterfor the Environment?S0519
Split group: -
EARTH / SPACE SCIENCES - JR J08Annika AndersonIsabella Shpall
St. Timothy School First Place Princess and the FogJ0802Split group: -
Rebecca Kyo Hale Charter Academy Second Place What is the effect of mixingsand with soil to themoisture of the soil?J0812
Split group: -Jason Wang Suzanne Middle School Third Place Big Data Analysis of
Climate Change: ExtremeTemperature, Rain, Snow,and Ice Trends
J0809Split group: -
James Labrador Chandler School Honorable Mention Wire Chambers andIonizationJ0808
Split group: -Farrah McGarry Sierra Madre Middle
SchoolHonorable Mention EarthquakesJ0807Split group: -
EARTH / SPACE SCIENCES - SR S06Akash Anand Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolFirst Place Optimal Phased Array
Antenna Systems for RadioAstronomyS0601
Split group: -Tai Michaels North Hollywood High
SchoolSecond Place Meteorological and
Geologic Factors inStreamflow PatternsS0608
Split group: -Andrew Wang Palos Verdes High School Third Place Dusty Spacesuit Charging
and Arcing: Implications forHuman Exploration of theLunar Terminator and Far-Side
S0603Split group: -
2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 7ECOLOGY - JR J09Charles Luke Portola Highly Gifted
MagnetFirst Place Shedding of Polymeric
Microfiber Particulate fromSynthetic Materials: DryerEmissions as a Source ofEnvironmental Pollution
J0904Split group: -
Annabelle Hsieh Chandler School Second Place Understanding howtemperature stressorsaffect organelle movementduring the light to darkcycle of Pyrocystisfusiformis
J0901Split group: -
Una Mclain Portola Highly GiftedMagnet
Third Place What can Daphnia Tell usabout How Safe the Soil isin Granada Hills?J0919
Split group: -Colleen Kutsenda American Martyrs School Honorable Mention Plastic's Effect on
Sunflower GrowthJ0906Split group: -
Richard Zhu Portola Highly GiftedMagnet
Honorable Mention The Effect of Region onDissolved Solids in PublicDrinking Water in the SanFernando Valley andNearby Areas
J0916Split group: -
ECOLOGY - SR S07Ashwin Sivakumar Flintridge Preparatory
SchoolFirst Place A Study of Avian
Biodiversity Changes afterHabitat Restoration: ANovel Approach UsingRemote Sensing andCommunity Science BirdObservation Data
S0703Split group: -
Gavin Peters Palos Verdes High School Second Place Phytoplankton AssemblageComposition at White PointHydrothermal VentS0705
Split group: -Patrick Kim North Hollywood High
SchoolThird Place Biomass, Distribution, and
Dynamics ofMesozooplankton in theCalifornia Current System
S0709Split group: -
Aman Kumar Don Bosco TechnicalInstitute
Honorable Mention Feasting on Yeast: GettingElectricity the Smart WayS0701
Split group: -
ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS - JR J10Jake Grigorian Chamlian Armenian School First Place Which Robotic Apparatus
Toggles a Flag the MostEfficiently?J1046
Split group: AJemimah Khan New Horizon School Second Place Comparing Bamboo and
Recycled Plastic in Criss-Cross Patterns to createReinforced Concrete
J1021Split group: A
2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 8Alex Nikolian St. Gregory Alfred &
Marguerite HovsepianSchool
Third Place R.O.E.D.J1003Split group: A
Carlos GomezJayde GamezMaya Alfaro
Lennox Middle School Honorable Mention Servos And FingersJ1008Split group: A
Hrant Imasdounian St. Gregory Alfred &Marguerite HovsepianSchool
Honorable Mention Airplane EfficiencyJ1020Split group: A
Claire Brandon Sierra Madre MiddleSchool
Honorable Mention Catching Solar Energy:Which Solar oven DesignWorks the Best?J1010
Split group: AEphrem Adugna Wilder's Preparatory
AcademyHonorable Mention Which Natural Water Filter
is the Most Effective?J1016Split group: A
ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS - JR J10Sarah Fong St. Joseph Long Beach First Place H2O Generator
J1039Split group: B
Justin Chen Mark Twain Middle School Second Place The portable comfort zoneJ1025Split group: B
Nicholas Lee Walter Reed Middle School Third Place STOP SLOW GOJ1036Split group: B
Zyg Ramsay The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Honorable Mention Filter Me Out: The makingand testing of an egg-membrane filtration systemJ1045
Split group: B
ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS - SR S08Sofia Echavarria Flintridge Preparatory
SchoolFirst Place Better Helmets, Fewer
Sports-RelatedConcussions?S0830
Split group: -Xin (Anna) WangWeijin (Isco) Pang
Ribet Academy SeniorDivision
Second Place Magnetic LevitationApparatusS0836
Split group: -Lauren Harris High Tech Los Angeles Third Place Piezoelectric Energy
Generation from Roadwaysand Pedestrian Walkways:a practical field test of apiezoelectric speed bumpand floor panel
S0819Split group: -
2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 9Riley FurlongBenjamin KarniShrayes Raman
Santa Monica High School Honorable Mention Portable AutomaticTourniquet SystemS0825
Split group: -Alexandra Olsen Lawndale High School Honorable Mention Engineering A More
Functional Pet FoodDispenserS0801
Split group: -Jasmine Li Harvard-Westlake School Honorable Mention Nanotechnology-enhanced
Bioabsorbable Springs forShort Bowel SyndromeS0812
Split group: -Joshua Belofsky Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolHonorable Mention An Artificially-Intelligent
Robotic Drone System forAutonomous PollinationS0818
Split group: -Victor Acuna Marco Antonio Firebaugh
High SchoolHonorable Mention Lend a Watering HandS0834Split group: -
ENGINEERING RESEARCH - JR J11Bryce Wong St. John Fisher First Place Give Your Back A Break
J1106Split group: -
Affan Mala ICC Community School Second Place LiFi: A Bright Idea: UsingSound Output to Analyzethe Effect of Distance onData TransmissionThrough Light Waves
J1102Split group: -
Lucas FavrettoCollin Walker
Mayfield Junior School ofthe Holy Child Jesus
Third Place Recycle reuse andinsulate?J1120
Split group: -Sam FatehmaneshDennis Kogan
The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Honorable Mention Acceleration of Mass toHigh Speeds by use of theLorentz ForceJ1125
Split group: -Mahesh ArunachalamMihir Manchikatla
Rosemont Middle School Honorable Mention Protect Yourself fromPhone RadiationJ1121
Split group: -Colt Reichman Portola Highly Gifted
MagnetHonorable Mention THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
A PRECISION GRIPVERSUS A PRESSUREGRIP AND A ONEFINGERED GRIP
J1108Split group: -
Vincent Tomooka St. Monica Academy Honorable Mention An Alternative EnergySource: Wind MillsJ1130
Split group: -
2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 10ENGINEERING RESEARCH - SR S09Charlotte Park Whitney High School First Place Conductive Materials
Based Reusable PM 2.5FiltersS0904
Split group: -Ethan Wong Arcadia High School Second Place Effects of Spanwise Lift
Distribution on InducedDrag of A Glider WingS0906
Split group: -Anthony KimValmik RanpariaSky Shia
Chadwick School Third Place Sound Localization andNoise Cancellation toAssist the HearingImpaired
S0901Split group: -
Catherine Zheng Flintridge PreparatorySchool
Honorable Mention Determining the Locationof the Dynamic SymmetryPoint of PolymerMembranes UsingComputer Simulations
S0903Split group: -
Megha Jain Granada Hills Charter HighSchool
Honorable Mention Dust Accumulation onSolar Panels: Assessingthe need for economic andefficient solutions inCalifornian homes
S0908Split group: -
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - JR J12Kian Ghasemi Portola Highly Gifted
MagnetFirst Place Utilizing magnetic fields
and activated carbon todevelop a novelmicroparticle filteringsystem
J1215Split group: -
Shant Koutnouyan Chamlian Armenian School Second Place A Cost Effective, GreenerSolution to Dispose of OilJ1228
Split group: -Lola Castorina St. Timothy School Third Place Can Sodium Bicarbonate
Be Used to Control theMosquito Population?J1218
Split group: -Katie Hadsock-Longarzo Archer School for Girls Honorable Mention Mix it Up!: Creating
Graphene in a BlenderJ1214Split group: -
Gabi Edler St. Timothy School Honorable Mention Effects of Heavy MetalCopperJ1208
Split group: -AJ Matise St. Timothy School Honorable Mention Delusional Degradation
J1201Split group: -
Sharanya Dash South Pasadena MiddleSchool
Honorable Mention Pernicious Parking LotsJ1229Split group: -
2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 11Zakaria Zerouali J H Hull Middle School Honorable Mention Save the Planet and Oil
RightJ1234Split group: -
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - SR S10Jiaheng Wang Palos Verdes High School First Place Contactless Buoyant Solar
Desalination/SterilizationS1009Split group: -
Brayden Stark The Buckley School Second Place Fighting the Red TideS1005Split group: -
Jad SoucarJonghyun Hong
Crescenta Valley HighSchool
Third Place Alternative Approach toSynthesizing ViableEnvironmentally FavorableCalcium CarbonateConcrete
S1008Split group: -
Shyla Summers Crescenta Valley HighSchool
Honorable Mention Discovering theWaterproofness ofPolylactic Acid to Createan Environmentally-Friendly Chip Bag
S1020Split group: -
Ani Karajayan Holy Martyrs FerrahianHigh School
Honorable Mention Ozone Alert:IncreasingLevels of TroposphericOzoneS1002
Split group: -Laura Gong Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolHonorable Mention Optimization of Multi-
Renewable Energy Station:Year 3S1011
Split group: -Marlen BautistaKevin ZepedaJohanna Cervantes
LA Maritime Institute/AnimoHS
Honorable Mention Microplastics/OceanPlastic PollutionS1014
Split group: -Yeji Cho Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolHonorable Mention Optimization of a
Photosynthetic MicrobialFuel CellS1021
Split group: -
MATERIALS SCIENCE - JR J13Keghon KasparianVahan Kordian
Chamlian Armenian School First Place "Eggshells to Save Lives":Lowering Rate ofCombustion with CalciumCarbonate
J1319Split group: -
Elysiah Nguyen Portola Highly GiftedMagnet
Second Place How Does ChemicalLightening Affect theStructure of Human Hair?J1308
Split group: -Gavin Loughran Saint Martin of Tours
SchoolThird Place The science of colored
glassJ1311Split group: -
2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 12Finn Saivar Saint Martin of Tours
SchoolHonorable Mention Sound InsulationJ1310Split group: -
Max NordenTiella Loeser
The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Honorable Mention pHantastic pHungi: TheEffect of pH on MushroomGrowthJ1323
Split group: -Luke Madden Chandler School Honorable Mention Project Habbakuk:
ReloadedJ1321Split group: -
Emerson Soo-Hoo El Sereno Magnet Center Honorable Mention Protection Against ImpactJ1309Split group: -
Irene Ko Rudecinda SepulvedaDodson Gifted/HA MagnetMS
Honorable Mention Automatic Circle IllustratorJ1316Split group: -
MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCES - JR J14Arav Shah Oak Hills Elementary
SchoolSecond Place FaceTime: Do Facial
Parameters Change OverTime?J1404
Split group: -Christopher Deng Huntington Middle School Third Place TravelwithMe360: Using
Virtual Reality andCognitive Services toImprove Dementia Care
J1405Split group: -
Andrew Van Ostrand Hale Charter Academy Honorable Mention Can I Prevent About 27%Of Car Accidents?J1403
Split group: -Isabella Kedikian Chamlian Armenian School Honorable Mention Can You Teach An
Artificial Neural Network ToDistinguish BetweenImages Of Cats And Dogs?
J1407Split group: -
Ahmad Kandil New Horizon School Honorable Mention Testing Multiple Anti-Viruses Against 512VirusesJ1401
Split group: -Ellen Kozlov The Science Academy
STEM MagnetHonorable Mention Early Identification of
Cancer: How machinelearning algorithms trainedon a small data set canidentify recurrent or non-recurrent breast cancer
J1406Split group: -
MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCES - JR J14Eitan Feldman Pressman Academy of
Temple Beth AmFirst Place Spot That DotJ1415Split group: A
2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 13MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCES - SR S11Suraj Anand Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolFirst Place Machine Learning
Ensemble Model forImproved PersonalizedLung Cancer RiskAssessment and MalignantNodule Detection
S1117Split group: -
Jiaju Liu Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School
Second Place A Novel Approach toDetect Early-StageEpileptogenesis viaNonlinear Analysis
S1108Split group: -
Jui Chuan (Ben) Hsiao Bishop Montgomery HighSchool
Third Place Type of NumberExpressible as Self-similarDifference of SquareS1109
Split group: -Azrin Khan Francisco Bravo Medical
Magnet High SchoolHonorable Mention Building a Device to Alert
the On-Set of MuscleContraction as an Aid toEpileptics
S1101Split group: -
Sarina Fereydooni Granada Hills Charter HighSchool
Honorable Mention The Recyclable RoboticHandS1115
Split group: -Marcos PerezHangyul Lyna Kim
North Hollywood HighSchool
Honorable Mention Gene CoexpressionNetwork Analysis:Chlamydomonas BiofuelOptimization
S1110Split group: -
Xinlin Gao The Webb Schools ofCalifornia
Honorable Mention Drug Mechanics of Tamifluin why Targeting M2S1118
Split group: -
MICROBIOLOGY - JR J15Davin Jeong Beverly Hills Middle School First Place Energy from Wastewater
J1502Split group: -
Nathaniel Shin Portola Highly GiftedMagnet
Second Place Using Cu, Fe, ZnO, andAgNO3 Microparticles asAntibacterial Agents toCreate Inhibition Zones onDH5α E. coli Cultures
J1505Split group: -
Katherine Humphrey Saint Martin of ToursSchool
Third Place From contamination toclean water: a simple wayto prevent diseaseJ1503
Split group: -Alexandra Kurz American Martyrs School Honorable Mention Antibiotic Resistance
J1501Split group: -
2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 14MICROBIOLOGY - SR S12Elizabeth Zhang Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolFirst Place The effect of metal ions on
Lactobacillus acidophilusgrowth and β–galactosidase activity
S1202Split group: -
Sina Moshfeghi Palos Verdes PeninsulaHigh School
Second Place Transdermal LactateCollection with AgaroseGels for Noninvasive andPainless Monitoring ofPatients
S1205Split group: -
Chen Filler Palos Verdes High School Third Place The Role of Tetraspaninsin the Uptake of Candidaalbicans by Host CellsS1201
Split group: -Yeonji Choi Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Honorable Mention The Effect of Temperature
on the Quantity ofIsochrysis GalbanaS1210
Split group: -
PHARMACOLOGY - JR J16Simra Mirza Institute Of Knowledge First Place WHAT A RELIEF! NSAIDs
At WorkJ1610Split group: -
Sumaya NagySerene Hayyeh
Al-Huda Islamic School Second Place Chili Plaster Pain ReliefJ1611Split group: -
Ameena Shafiq ICC Community School Third Place Da-Nature of Proteins:How Does TemperatureAffect the EnzymaticActivity of Papain?
J1603Split group: -
Sarah Hammash New Horizon School Honorable Mention Comparing the Effects ofDish Soaps on theLongevity ofPalaemonentes paludosusand Azolla filiculoides
J1608Split group: -
PHARMACOLOGY - SR S13Elisha Johnston Palos Verdes Peninsula
High SchoolFirst Place Developing a Novel Model
to Study Drug-InducedCartilage RegenerationS1302
Split group: -Eric Markarian Crescenta Valley High
SchoolSecond Place Targeting Enterococcus
Faecalis With PhageTherapyS1304
Split group: -Haley Brooks Viewpoint School Third Place Angiogenesis in malignant
tumors and anti-angiogenesis therapeutics:Polarization of tip cells inresponse to VEGF andcorrelated mathematicalmodels
S1305Split group: -
2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 15Emily Hsieh Westridge School Honorable Mention The Impact of Tobacco and
Marijuana Use on thePrevalence of Fractures inYoung Adults
S1303Split group: -
PHYSICS - AERODYNAMICS/HYDRODYNAMICS - JR J17Ali Badawi Al-Huda Islamic School First Place AnyFIN Is Possible!
Testing Various Fly FishingStructures to DetermineWhich Fly Structure WillStick to the Water'sSurface Tension the Best.
J1703Split group: -
Warren Dao Monterey Highlands Second Place What Nose Cone is TheBest When FlownJ1726
Split group: -Beckett Pfahler Saint Cyril Of Jerusalem
SchoolThird Place Airfoil Shape Effects On
LiftJ1706Split group: -
Lalitha Dhyaram Portola Highly GiftedMagnet
Honorable Mention Trajectory Optimization ForRockets Using Nose ConeStabilizersJ1719
Split group: -Arman Thoresen Sierra Madre Middle
SchoolHonorable Mention How much water can you
add to a fiber optic watercable before light refractsout of the cable?
J1705Split group: -
Jacob Tom St. Timothy School Honorable Mention Sailing on ViscosityJ1713Split group: -
PHYSICS - ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM - JR J18Liam WrightCarl Christopher Liebe
South Pasadena MiddleSchool
First Place Is Fire a Plasma?J1818Split group: -
Sandul Henry Gaspar de Portola AIAT Second Place What Type of CapacitorCharges the FastestJ1828
Split group: -Malia Avery Sarah Ross Science Fair
Junior DivisionThird Place Anti-Gravitational FieldJ1819Split group: -
Emilio Alban Blair High School Honorable Mention How does the direction ofsolar panels and theefficiency of those panelsaffect solar panelefficiency?
J1811Split group: -
Omar Lakhani Institute Of Knowledge Honorable Mention Dirty ElectricityJ1827Split group: -
2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 16Chelsea McIsaac Wilder's Preparatory
AcademyHonorable Mention More vs LessJ1808Split group: -
PHYSICS - GENERAL - JR J19Dana Soibel South Pasadena Middle
SchoolFirst Place The Study of Optical
Properties of ArtificialColorsJ1906
Split group: -Dominique Bhatti Oak Avenue Intermediate
SchoolSecond Place Studying the Dynamics of
Granular SolidsJ1909Split group: -
Holly Carter Westridge School - Jr.Division
Third Place Measuring Sound Speed inGases with AcousticInterferometryJ1916
Split group: -Zhi Feng Etan Kiang Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention So Radical!
J1933Split group: -
Mark Wang Sarah Ross Science FairJunior Division
Honorable Mention Which method that I havefound or thought of wouldcount 60 seconds the mostaccurately
J1922Split group: -
Ruhi Shah The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Honorable Mention Friction Pens: How frictioncan affect the way youwriteJ1927
Split group: -Maya DeSousa Incarnation Parish School Honorable Mention Block That Sound!
J1923Split group: -
Deanna Lee Gaspar de Portola AIAT Honorable Mention Simulating How AirPollution Affects the Colorof the SunsetJ1907
Split group: -
PHYSICS - SR S14Maximillian Bhatti Temple City High School First Place High-Stratospheric Testing
of Novel Cosmic RayShielding CompositesS1410
Split group: -Rebeca Castro The Webb Schools of
CaliforniaSecond Place Biomechanics of the GolpeS1411Split group: -
Atay Comert Ribet Academy SeniorDivision
Third Place The Study of Efficiency andEfficacy of Prism andDiffraction Gradient inGoniometer-Spectrometer
S1402Split group: -
2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 17PLANT BIOLOGY & PHYSIOLOGY - JR J20Gary Shirikchian Chamlian Armenian School First Place Gary's Hydroponic Garden
J2012Split group: -
Disha Ramanujam Top Kids Second Place Does DNA Damage OccurMore in Non-OrganicCompared to Organic PlantProduce?
J2009Split group: -
Thomas KimDaniel Bang
The Science AcademySTEM Magnet
Third Place Dead Zones are DeadJokes: Algal-Bloom Controlby Allelopathy of AquaticMacrophytes
J2029Split group: -
Will ReelRhys Rackett
American Martyrs School Honorable Mention Algae in SpotlightJ2032Split group: -
Devin Vizzie Saint Martin of ToursSchool
Honorable Mention Algae And Oil A TerribleToil: Oil Extraction FromGreen AlgaeJ2008
Split group: -Darin Katnich St. John Fisher Honorable Mention Is Microwave Radiation
Dangerous? How DoesMicrowave Radiation AffectDifferent Organisms?
J2007Split group: -
Skye Slattery Incarnation Parish School Honorable Mention Back to the RootsJ2025Split group: -
Jackson Wuepper Saint Martin of ToursSchool
Honorable Mention Do Iron Fertilizers CauseAquatic Plants to TurnRed?J2015
Split group: -Madeleine Harbison Blair High School Honorable Mention Does Greywater Effect
Plant Growth?(Wheatgrass)J2017
Split group: -Shana Ibatuan Rudecinda Sepulveda
Dodson Gifted/HA MagnetMS
Honorable Mention Which Vegetable WillGenerate the MostElectricity?J2024
Split group: -
PLANT BIOLOGY & PHYSIOLOGY - SR S15Abbie Maemoto Palos Verdes High School First Place Nutrient Removal
Efficiency of Nitrates andPhosphates byNannochloropsis oculataThrough Increased Infusionof Carbon Dioxide
S1501Split group: -
Jiyoun Roh Crescenta Valley HighSchool
Second Place Preventing Eutrophicationwith an Organic Fertilizermade of Dark Chocolate,Coffee Grounds, andBanana Peels
S1514Split group: -
2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 18Giselle AlrachidCaitlin Pender
The Webb Schools ofCalifornia
Third Place What is the closest relativeto the CatasetumTenebrosum using DNAbarcoding?
S1511Split group: -
Adhila Akbar Arcadia High School Honorable Mention ElectrocultureS1502Split group: -
Alfonso Sontay Bassett High School Honorable Mention Plant in LightS1503Split group: -
Jiayi LiuZhihan Ji
The Webb Schools ofCalifornia
Honorable Mention Coffee and roast - thedifference between Arabicaand Robusta coffee beansS1513
Split group: -
PRODUCT SCIENCE - JR J22Alice Mardanian Portola Highly Gifted
MagnetFirst Place Effects of Sodium Chloride,
Acetic Acid, and Honey onthe Contamination of RawMeat
J2203Split group: A
Ayush Doshi Oak Hills ElementarySchool
Second Place Comparison of Heart RateMeasurement AccuracyAcross Multiple DevicesJ2205
Split group: ACarys Thompson Saint Martin of Tours
SchoolThird Place Trapping The Kitchen PestJ2207Split group: A
Aishwarya Sudan Oak Hills ElementarySchool
Honorable Mention Can you hear me now?J2202Split group: A
Hannah Ju Walter Reed Middle School Honorable Mention Screen'in SunscreensJ2213Split group: A
PRODUCT SCIENCE - JR J22Talha Mala ICC Community School First Place Follow That Sun: How
Does the Output of a SolarTracker Vary From theOutput of a Solar Panel?
J2244Split group: B
Michael Baghdassarian Chamlian Armenian School Second Place What Isolated Substancesin Manuka Honey canPreserve RawUnrefrigerated andUnpasteurized Milk fromSpoiling?
J2229Split group: B
Manav Desai Gaspar de Portola AIAT Third Place How does Vitamin D EffectRoot GrowthJ2226
Split group: B
2019 Los Angeles County Science Fair Category Winners Page 19Ophir Berrin Pressman Academy of
Temple Beth AmHonorable Mention Feel The Burn: The Effect
of Sunscreen on CellsExposed to Ultraviolet LightJ2233
Split group: BReagan Mills St. Timothy School Honorable Mention Raising the Bar on
NutritionJ2236Split group: B
Molly Menashe Pressman Academy ofTemple Beth Am
Honorable Mention Effectiveness of HandSanitizerJ2230
Split group: B