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Welcome to the
Awards Ceremony
57th Annual Rochester Regional
Science Fair
Science Fair Committee
Regional Science Fair Director
Debra Sime-Lewison
Scientific Review Director
Kirk Payne
Data Directors
Desiree Strom
Steve Chupp
Judging Director
Janet Topazian
Judge Coordinator
Eric Stanslaski
Registration Director
Nancy Duffield
Paper Presentation Director
Diane Hellie
Display and Safety Directors
Mine S. Cicek
Tania Rhiger
RCTC Coordinators
Nirmala Kotagal
Heather Sklenicka
Volunteer Coordinator
David Pugh
Private School Coordinator
Philip Arant
Awards Ceremony Director
Vidya Iyer
Awards Ceremony Site Coordinator
Jan Milliken
Peer Judging Coordinators
Jane Brandt
Jessica Mader
57th Annual Rochester Regional
Science Fair
Sponsors
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Allen Berning
American Association of University
Women
Anonymous
Brad & Diane Hanson
Braun Intertec
Richard and Kathy Diedrich
Dr. Sandra and Dr. Frank Soltis
IEEE Southern Minnesota Section
Mark and Jayne Arvold
Mayo Employees Credit Union
Mayo Foundation Chapter of Sigma Xi
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Mayo Graduate School
Pace Dairy Food
Pepsi
Peoples Energy Cooperative
Perkins Restaurants of Rochester
Rochester Public Utilities
Rochester Area Free Thinkers
Rochester Chapter Izaak Walton
League
Zumbro Valley Medical Society
Alliance
RCTC
57th Annual Rochester Regional Science Fair
SRC Review Committee
Kirk Payne, Chair
RPS Science Teacher/
Quarry Hill Naturalist
Quarry Hill Nature Center
Alexander Y. Shin, M.D.
Professor and Consultant,
Orthopedic Surgery
Mayo Clinic
Ana Kadkhodayan, M.D.
Department of Cardiology
Mayo Clinic
Jayne Gibson
Executive Director of
Curriculum and Instruction
Rochester Public Schools
Eric Stanslaski
Science Teacher/
Site Coordinator
John Marshall High School
Nancy Mueller
Science Teacher/
Site Coordinator
Mayo High School
Erik Voldal
Software Engineer
Ashlee LaFontaine, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics &
Adolescent Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Melanie Lamprecht, D.O.
Fellow, Pediatric Hematology &
Oncology
Department of Pediatric &
Adolescent Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Malinda Harris, M.D.
Neonatology Fellow
Mayo Clinic
Brad Treder, D.V.M.
Northern Valley Animal Hospital
Roger Larsen
Science Teacher/
Site Coordinator
Kellogg Middle School
Joon Uhm, M.D.
Department of Neurology
Mayo Clinic
Dennis Bierle, M.D.
Internal Medicine Resident
Mayo Clinic
Salma Iftikhar, M.D.
Department of Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Siobhan Pittock, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics
Mayo Clinic
Mary McKie, D.V.M.
Northern Valley Animal Hospital
Joanne Michet
Science Teacher/
Site Coordinator
Friedell Middle School
Jan Milliken
Science Teacher/
Site Coordinator
Century High School
Angela Mattke, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics &
Adolescent Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Erin Conboy, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics &
Adolescent Medicine
Mayo Eugenio Litta Children’s
Hospital
Bob Merrill, M.D.
Family Medicine
Olmsted Medical Center
Kyle Casper
Science Teacher/
Site Coordinator
Lincoln K-8
Corey Dornack
Science Teacher/
Site Coordinator
Lincoln K-8
Deb Las
Science Teacher/
Site Coordinator
John Adams Middle School
57th Annual Rochester Regional Science Fair
Thank You!
GATEway Board
RCTC
Judges
Volunteers
Parents
Teachers
Curriculum and Instruction Staff
Paper Awards
Outstanding Scientific Writing Award
Middle School Top Research Papers
Outstanding Scientific Writing Award
Top 2 Advance to State
1st Place
Efficiency of Electromagnetic Regenerative
Shock Absorbers under Simulated Road
Conditions
Pranav Anandarao
2nd Place
How Does Soil Affect the pH of Water
Sahaj Singh
3rd
Place
The Effects of Iron Supplementation on
Cognition in Juvenile Zebrafish
(Daniorerio)
Jared Nathan
Outstanding Scientific Writing Award
High School Top Research Papers
Outstanding Scientific Writing Award
High School Papers Advancing to JSHS State Competition
1st Place
Optimizing Human Machine Interfaces for
Improving Object Detection Assistive
Devices
Alanna Bram
2nd
Place
The Effect of Robotic Exoskeleton on the
Strength of Both of the Major Upper Arm
Muscles
Sahil Chhugani
3rd Place
On a Mission: Rescuing T-Cell to Fight
Cancer
Annie Sun
Outstanding Scientific Writing Award
High School Papers Advancing to JSHS State Competition
Use of Auxin to Overcome the Effects of
Microgravity on Plant Root Growth
Maya Khanna
Novel Observations on Intracardiac
Electrograms during Ventricular
Fibrillation: Implications for Innovative
Therapy Development
Roshini Asirvatham
Jason Tri
Bacterial Growth
Neehar Banerjee
Science Service Awards
American Meteorological Society
American Meteorological Society Award
Outstanding Meteorological Project
Including the Study of the Atmosphere or Oceans
No winner
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association Award
Outstanding Behavioral & Social Science Project
How Is Body Image Affected
by Social Media?
Martha Burket
ASM International
ASM Materials Education Foundation
Award
Outstanding Exhibit in Materials Science
Assessment of Novel Compliant Floors on
Simulated Impact Dynamics to Mitigate the
Morbidity of Fall-Related Head Injury;
A Biomechanical Study
Robert Kitaoka
Association For Women Geoscientists
Association for Women Geoscientists
Award
Outstanding Geosciences Project by a Female
Using Sunlight to
Decontaminate Water
Helen Li
ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions
Initiative
ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions
Initiative Award
Recognizes projects that seek innovative solutions to
humanity’s most challenging problems.
Translating Brain Waves to Text
Gaurav Behera
Assessment of Novel Compliant
Floors on Simulated Impact
Dynamics to Mitigate the
Morbidity of Fall-Related Head
Injury; A Biomechanical Study
Robert Kitaoka
Broadcom
Broadcom MASTERS Award
Ojas Bhagra
Benjamin Yan
Rauf Iftikhar
Ashwin Avula
David Choung
Eric Welch
Nicholas Sanger
Pranav Anandarao
Anjli Madde
Anjali Goradia
Sam Otterson
Lilly Otterson
Maria Kraus
Elham Osman
Hemanth Asirvatham
Andy Eggebraaten
Michelle Mai
Tommy Welch
Andrew Brock
Daniel Parney
Kaiden Schears
Varun Iyer
Intel
Intel Excellence in Computer
Science Award
Best High School Project in Computer Science
Utilizing Open-Source Image
Processing Software and Robotic
Operating System to Create an
Improved Autonomous Drone
Ben Chrepta
Mu Alpha Theta
Mu Alpha Theta Award
Outstanding Problem-Solving Project Involving Modern Mathematics
Translating Brain Waves to Text
Gaurav Behera
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration “NOAA” Award
Outstanding Project Related to NOAA Mission
Constructing an Innovative
Suspension System with Retrofit
Dampers to Minimize Gasoline
Consumption and Carbon Dioxide
Emissions
Pujan Patel
Office of Naval Research
Office of Naval Research
(U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps)
Kaiden Schears
Ashwin Avula
Ojas Bhagra
Michelle Campeau
Michelle Mai
Annie Sun
David Choung
Ricoh Americas Corporation
Ricoh Sustainable
Development Award
Outstanding Project in Sustainable Development
Cellulosic Ethanol:
Determining the most
efficient methods for
cellulosic ethanol
production
Preethi Kaliappan
Society for In Vitro Biology
Society for In Vitro Biology
“SIVB” Award
Project in the area of plant or animal in vitro biology or tissue culture
TMEM66 (SARAF)
Expression and
Function in the Airway
Smooth Muscle
Ghanashyam Unnikrishnan
Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Stockholm Junior Water Prize Award
Projects related to water quality, water resource management,
Water protection, water treatment or wastewater treatment
The Effect of Pollutants on the Oxygen
Production of Green Algae
Kate Heins
The Effect of Microbial Enzyme
Treatment
on the Biochemical Oxygen Demand
of Plant Waste Water
Natasha Sohni
Department of the Air Force
U.S. Air Force Award
Outstanding project with clear aerospace application
Yes! It's Rocket Science!
Joseph Sedarski
How Bungee Cords Affect the Distance and
Accuracy of a Catapult
Jacob Curry
Bumpy Skies: Winglets and their Airflow
Naomi Frank
Utilizing Open-Source Image Processing
Software and Robotic Operating System to
Create an Improved Autonomous Drone
Ben Chrepta
U.S. Metric Association
U.S. Metric Association Award
Outstanding Project that Makes Extensive Use of Metric System
Assessment of Myocardial
Elasticity
Rachel Geroux
U.S. Public Health Service
U.S. Public Health Service Award
Project that creatively illustrates scientific approaches to
address disease and injury prevention.
What's Your Beef?
Alexander Vanderwiel
Yale Science & Engineering Association
Yale Science & Engineering
Association Award
Project in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or Chemistry
The Effect of Robotic Exoskeleton
on the Strength of Both of the
Major Upper Arm Muscles
Sahil Chhugani
Local Awards
American Association of University
Women
American Association of University
Women Award
Outstanding Female Middle School and High School Project
Electrolyte Content: Can Sports
Drinks Compete?
Claire McLellan-Cassivi
Use of Auxin to Overcome the
Effects of
Microgravity on Plant Root
Growth
Maya Khanna
Rochester Astronomy Club
Rochester Astronomy Club Award
Finding Viscosity through a marble
race
Anjli Madde
The Milky Way and Globular Star
Clusters
Isabelle Temesgen
A Ping Pong Problem
Kristen Peterson
American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society Award
pH Levels: Pay Attention
Harmanpreet Kaur
Rochester Public Utilities
Rochester Public Utilities-Electric
Outstanding Middle School and High School Project
in the field of energy efficiency, conservation or electrical technology
Efficiency of Electromagnetic
Regenerative Shock Absorbers
under Simulated Road Conditions
Pranav Anandarao
Constructing an Innovative
Suspension System with Retrofit
Dampers to Minimize Gasoline
Consumption and Carbon Dioxide
Emissions
Pujan Patel
Rochester Public Utilities-Water
Outstanding Middle School and High School Project
in the field of hydrology, hydrogeology, groundwater protection or water conservation
Using Sunlight to
Decontaminate Water
Helen Li
The Effect of Pollutants on
the Oxygen Production of
Green Algae
Kate Heins
Izaak Walton League
Izaak Walton League Conservation
and Environmental Science Award
Outstanding high school and middle school environmental project
Algae to Biofuel
Ashwin Avula
A Novel Function of
Epigallocatechin
gallate in Biodiesel Processing
Michelle Mai
Izaak Walton League Conservation
and Environmental Science Award
Outstanding high school and middle school environmental project
Cellulosic Ethanol: Determining the most
efficient methods for cellulosic ethanol
production
Preethi Kaliappan
The Effect of Microbial Enzyme Treatment
on the Biochemical Oxygen Demand of
Plant Waste Water
Natasha Sohni
Young Skeptics Award
Young Skeptics Award
Outstanding high school and middle school project that shows application of
critical thinking and skeptical inquiry
Electrolyte Content: Can Sports
Drinks Compete?
Claire McLellan-Cassivi
The Forer Effect and the
Perceived Legitimacy of the
Source
Ethan Ekblad
Mayo Graduate School
Mayo Graduate School
Outstanding high school projects in medicine and health
Predicting the Penetration of PI3K-mTor
Inhibitors Across the Blood Brain Barrier
Paige Sarkaria
On a Mission: Rescuing T-Cell to Fight
Cancer
Annie Sun
Statistical Excellence
Richard & Kathy Diedrich
Statistical Excellence Award
Richard & Kathy Diedrich
Best use of statistics in the data analysis in a middle school project
Is the Oral Microbiome a risk factor for
Dental Caries
Varun Iyer
Braun Intertec
Braun Intertec Environmental Award
Outstanding high school and middle school project in environmental studies
Including earth sciences, pollution assessment, pollution treatment,
waste reduction and ecological assessment
What Material Best Prevents Rain
Erosion on Hills?
Andrew Cao
Cellulosic Ethanol: Determining
the most efficient methods for
cellulosic ethanol production
Preethi Kaliappan
Outstanding Engineering Award
Outstanding Engineering Award
Outstanding high school project in engineering
Translating Brain Waves to Text
Gaurav Behera
Assessment of Novel Compliant Floors
on Simulated Impact Dynamics to
Mitigate the Morbidity of Fall-Related
Head Injury; A Biomechanical Study
Robert Kitaoka
Optimizing Human Machine Interfaces for
Improving Object Detection Assistive
Devices
Alanna Bram
Category Awards
Animal Sciences
Animal Sciences
Middle School 1st place
Does Blackwater affect zebrafish embryo
development?
Brock Sonju
High School 1st place
Does Age Affect Height in the Morning?
Zoe Krone
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Middle School 1st Place
Variations in the Stroop Effect
Benjamin Yan
Middle School Outstanding Projects
Does Knowledge about Genetics affect
Attitude towards Genetic Testing?
Rauf Iftikhar
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Middle School Outstanding Projects
The Effect of Auditory Distractions on
Mental Performance
Ojas Bhagra
Smile! Can humans identify real smiles?
Connor Ness
Behavioral & Social Sciences
High School 1st place
The Forer Effect and the Perceived
Legitimacy of the Source
Ethan Ekblad
High School Outstanding Project
How Is Body Image Affected by Social
Media?
Martha Burket
Biochemistry
Biochemistry
Middle School 1st place
Algae to Biofuel
Ashwin Avula
High School 1st place
TMEM66 (SARAF) Expression and
Function in the Airway Smooth Muscle
Ghanashyam Unnikrishnan
Cellular & Molecular Biology
Cellular & Molecular Biology
Middle School
High School 1st place
Gelatin and Hyaluronic Acid Nanoparticle
Based Delivery of miR-34a for Treatment
of Pancreatic Cancer
Michelle Campeau
Chemistry
Chemistry
Middle School 1st place
Energy Drinks: Facing The Test
Eric Welch
Middle School Outstanding project
Electrolyte Content: Can Sports Drinks
Compete?
Claire McLellan-Cassivi
Chemistry
High School 1st place
pH Levels: Pay Attention
Harmanpreet Kaur
Computer Science
Computer Science
Middle School 1st place
Does the type of sudoku problem affect
how fast a sudoku program can check it?
Asha Kaliappan
High School 1st place
Utilizing Open-Source Image Processing
Software and Robotic Operating System to
Create an Improved Autonomous Drone
Ben Chrepta
Earth & Planetary Science
Earth & Planetary Science
Middle School 1st place
Tap vs. Bottled: Which is Purer
Haeseung Jeon
High School
Engineering: Materials &
Bioengineering
Engineering: Materials &
Bioengineering
Middle School 1st place
The Protective Effect of Oobleck Against
Baseball Impacts
Marcus Targonski
High School 1st place
Optimizing Human Machine Interfaces for
Improving Object Detection Assistive
Devices
Alanna Bram
Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical
Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical
Middle School 1st place
Building a better robotic hand: stronger,
wireless, tactile feedback, controllable with
an iPhone app
Andy Eggebraaten
High School 1st place
The Effect of Robotic Exoskeleton on the
Strength of Both of the Major Upper Arm
Muscles
Sahil Chhugani
Energy &Transportation
Energy &Transportation
Middle School 1st place
Efficiency of Electromagnetic Regenerative
Shock Absorbers under Simulated Road
Conditions
Pranav Anandarao
High School
Environmental Management
Environmental Management
Middle School 1st place
What Material Best Prevents Rain Erosion
on Hills?
Andrew Cao
High School
Environmental Science
Environmental Science
Middle School 1st place
A Novel Function of Epigallocatechin
gallate in Biodiesel Processing
Michelle Mai
Middle School Outstanding project
Moina Utilize Blue-Green Algae
Mina Wimmer
Environmental Science
High School 1st place
Cellulosic Ethanol: Determining the most
efficient methods for cellulosic ethanol
production
Preethi Kaliappan
Mathematical Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
Middle School 1st place
Building a Wall on Mars
Tommy Welch
High School
Medicine & Health Sciences
Medicine & Health Sciences
Middle School 1st place
Do whitening mouthwashes work
Kaiden Schears
Middle School Outstanding Projects
Does Physical Activity Affect Response Time?
Shikha Kumar
Can An Applied Magnetic Field Affect
Nerve Function?
Hemanth Asirvatham
Medicine & Health Sciences
Middle School Outstanding Projects
Coffee or Poison?
Andrew Brock
Does Curcumin inhibit both stem-like and
differentiated glioblastoma brain tumor
cancer cells
Daniel Parney
High School 1st place
Predicting the Penetration of PI3K-mTor
Inhibitors Across the Blood Brain Barrier
Paige Sarkaria
Medicine & Health Sciences
High School 1st place
Predicting the Penetration of PI3K-mTor
Inhibitors Across the Blood Brain Barrier
Paige Sarkaria
Microbiology
Microbiology
Middle School 1st place
Is the Oral Microbiome a risk factor for
Dental Caries
Varun Iyer
High School 1st place
Bacterial Growth
Neehar Banerjee
Physics & Astronomy
Physics & Astronomy
Middle School 1st place
Finding Viscosity through a marble race
Anjli Madde
Middle School Outstanding Project
The Milky Way and Globular Star Clusters
Isabelle Temesgen
Physics & Astronomy
High School 1st place
A Ping Pong Problem
Kristen Peterson
Plant Science
Plant Science
Middle School 1st place
The Effects of Anti-cancer Agents on In
Vitro Germination of Seeds
Anjali Goradia
High School 1st place
Use of Auxin to Overcome the Effects of
Microgravity on Plant Root Growth
Maya Khanna
Team
Team
Middle School 1st place
Supplementation of Oral Electrolytes and
Vitamins on Broiler Growth
Sam Otterson
Lilly Otterson
Middle School Outstanding Projects
What Difference Does a Choice Make?
Maria Kraus
Elham Osman
Team
Middle School Outstanding Projects
The Radiation Effect
William Morrissey
Jacob Watson
LED Lights Affecting Zebrafish
Breading Outcomes
Dana Bellingar
Melanie Wurth
Team
Middle School Outstanding Projects
Does Disease Exposure Contribute to
Stress Level Increase?
Taylor Fick
Gracie Grimsrud
Which Sea Wall works the best
during a Tsunami?
Kyle Philpott
Dalton Schuder
Team
High School 1st place
Novel Observations on Intracardiac
Electrograms during Ventricular Fibrillation:
Implications for Innovative Therapy
Development
Roshini Asirvatham
Jason Tri
Rochester Energy Commission
2015 Theme Awards
Advancement to State
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Ojas Bhagra
Benjamin Yan
Rauf Iftikhar
Ashwin Avula
David Choung
Eric Welch
Nicholas Sanger
Pranav
Anandarao
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Eggebraaten
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Michelle Mai
Tommy Welch
Andrew Brock
Daniel Parney
Kaiden Schears
Varun Iyer
Anjli Madde
Anjali Goradia
Sam Otterson
Lilly Otterson
• Maria Kraus
• Elham Osman
• Hemanth
Asirvatham
• Brock Sonju
• Rioghna Pittock
• Emily Siem
• Ethan Manuell
• Marcus Targonski
• Mina Wimmer
Advancement to State (cont.)
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Shikha Kumar
Sydney Sukalski
Yuxuan Geng
Jared Nathan
Mahathi
Kandimalla
Helen Li
Olivia Haddock
Ingrid Wilder
Roshini
Asirvatham
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Jason Tri
Martha Burket
Ethan Ekblad
Michelle
Campeau
Sahil Chhugani
Gaurav Behera
John Kitaoka
Robert Kitaoka
Alanna Bram
• Preethi
Kaliappan
• Paige Sarkaria
• Annie Sun
• Neehar Banerjee
• Pujan Patel
Alternates to State
Middle School
1st Joseph Sedarski
2nd Siham Abdi
2nd Foney Marcellino
3rd Anish Singh
4th Kyle Philpott
4th Dalton Schuder
High School
1st Ghanashyam
Unnikrishnan
2nd Rhea Kohli
3rd Matt Peterson
4th Grace Heller
4th Haarini Sridhar
5th Bhavya Avula
5th Kate Heins
International Awards
International Sustainable Award
International Sustainable Award
Cellulosic Ethanol: Determining the most
efficient methods for cellulosic ethanol
production
Preethi Kaliappan
GENIUS Olympiad
GENIUS Olympiad Award
Outstanding Project in Environmental Science
Constructing an Innovative Suspension
System with Retrofit Dampers to Minimize
Gasoline Consumption and Carbon Dioxide
Emissions
Pujan Patel
Cellulosic Ethanol: Determining the most
efficient methods for cellulosic ethanol
production
Preethi Kaliappan
Intel International Science &
Engineering Fair
Intel ISEF Award Winners
Gelatin and Hyaluronic Acid Nanoparticle
Based Delivery of miR-34a for Treatment
of Pancreatic Cancer
Michelle Campeau
On a Mission: Rescuing T-Cell to Fight Cancer
Annie Sun
Novel Observations on Intracardiac Electrograms
during Ventricular Fibrillation: Implications for
Innovative Therapy Development
Roshini Asirvatham
Jason Tri
2016 Science Fair Winning Theme
Defying Gravity
February 9-13, 2016