David Ding, 18Albany, CA Mathematics: “Infinitesimal Cherednik Algebras of gl_n.”
Manoj Kanagaraj, 18Chino Hills, CAScience: “A Novel Mechanism for HER2 Targeted Drug Resistance: The Role of t-DARPP in a Compensatory Signaling Shift Between the EGFR and HER2 Pathways”
Sara Volz, 17Colorado Springs, COScience: “Enhancing Algae Biofuels: Investigation of the Environmental and Enzymatic Factors Effecting Algal Lipid Synthesis”
Michael Yan, 18Pepper Pike, OHScience: “Genetic Mutation of LRRK2 Causes Autosomal Parkinson’s Disease by Disrupting Mitochondrial Dynamics”
Nathan Chan, 18Burlingame, CA Music: “The Importance of Passion”
Philip Cody He, 17Okemos, MI Science: “A Novel Role of an Actin Capping Protein in Plant Immune Signaling”
Ryota Ishizuka, 18Cos Cob, CTScience: “Optimization of a Microbial Fuel Cell to Drive a Bioelectrochemically Assisted Wastewater Treatment”
Naomi Shah, 17Portland, ORScience: “An Experimental Study of the Impact of Airborne Pollutants on the Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF) Rate of Asthmatic Subjects PLUS A Novel Risk Assessment Model to Predict the Adverse Effect of PM10 and TVOCs on the PEF Rate of Asthmatic Patients”
Ashley George, 18Port Jefferson Station, NYScience: “Creating a Framework for a Flexible, Biodegradable, and Biocompatible Gelatin-Chitosan Biosensor”
Duligur Ibeling, 18Osseo, MN Science: “The Metallicity-Dependent Transition between White Dwarfs and Type II Supernovae”
Nina Lu, 18Rockville, MDScience: “Determination of Binding Energy Hotspots on a Broadly-Neutralizing Antibody against HIV-1”
Lijia Xie, 17Lansdale, PAScience: “Location Matters—Specificity of the Methylated RASSF1A Gene as a Biomarker for the Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinomas”
Saumil Bandyopadhyay, 17Glen Allen, VA Science: “A Novel Frequency-Selective Detector of Light and ß Radiation Implemented with Self-Assembled Quantum Wires: An Application of Quantum-Mechanical Wavefunction and Density-of-States Engineering”
Sitan Chen, 17Suwanee, GA Mathematics: “On the Rank Number of Grid Graphs”
Xiaoyu He, 18Acton, MA Mathematics: “On the Classification of Universal Rotor-Routers”
Kamden Hilliard, 18Mililani, HILiterature: “Reflections on Everything There Ever Was”
Vaishnavi Rao, 17San Diego, CAScience: “Activity-dependent Regulation of Nitric Oxide Expression: Novel Form of Neurotransmitter Plasticity”
Alexander Chen, 16Rancho Palos Verdes, CAScience: “A Maximum Power Point Tracking Hardware with an Improved Hill Climbing Algorithm”
Ioana Grosu, 17Troy, MIPhilosophy: “Consciousness and the Hard Problem: Discovering the Mind”
Bryan He, 18Buffalo, NYTechnology: “A Simple Optimal Binary Representation of Mosaic Floorplans and Baxter Permutations”
Ian McKeachie, 16Reno, NVLiterature: “Attitudes of Existence”
Anand Srinivasan, 16Roswell, GATechnology: “"Doc Ock" - Development of Novel Filtration Techniques to Facilitate Accurate Pattern Detection in EEG Signals”
Miss Angelica ModabberNew York, NYLiterature: A Gathering of Moments
Mr. Mitchell LeeOakton, VAMathematics: A Counterexample to a Correlation Inequality
Miss Kimberly HouArlington, VAMusic: Realizing the World's Love for Classical Music
Science: The Membrane Mutational Effect Classifier (MMEC): A Novel Structure Based Approach to Predicting the Functional Effects of Mutations in Membrane Proteins
Science: Computer Aided Drug Discovery: Structure-Based Design and Evaluation of Small Molecule Botulinum Neurotoxin Inhibitors
Technology: Minimizing the Variability-Induced Power Overhead in Nanoscale SRAMs: Redundancy and Resiliency for Extremely Energy-Constrained Computing
Technology: Acoustic Imaging Using Optimized Beamforming Techniques
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