2012 Fellows
2012 Davidson Fellows Laureates – $50,000 Scholarship Recipients
David Ding, 18
Albany, CA
Mathematics: “Infinitesimal Cherednik Algebras of gl_n.”
Manoj Kanagaraj, 18
Chino Hills, CA
Science: “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, 17
Colorado Springs, CO
Science: “Enhancing Algae Biofuels: Investigation of the Environmental and Enzymatic Factors Effecting Algal Lipid Synthesis”
Michael Yan, 18
Pepper Pike, OH
Science: “Genetic Mutation of LRRK2 Causes Autosomal Parkinson’s Disease by Disrupting Mitochondrial Dynamics”
2012 Davidson Fellows – $25,000 Scholarship Recipients
Nathan Chan, 18
Burlingame, CA
Music: “The Importance of Passion”
Philip Cody He, 17
Okemos, MI
Science: “A Novel Role of an Actin Capping Protein in Plant Immune Signaling”
Ryota Ishizuka, 18
Cos Cob, CT
Science: “Optimization of a Microbial Fuel Cell to Drive a Bioelectrochemically Assisted Wastewater Treatment”
Naomi Shah, 17
Portland, OR
Science: “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, 18
Port Jefferson Station, NY
Science: “Creating a Framework for a Flexible, Biodegradable, and Biocompatible Gelatin-Chitosan Biosensor”
Duligur Ibeling, 18
Osseo, MN
Science: “The Metallicity-Dependent Transition between White Dwarfs and Type II Supernovae”
Nina Lu, 18
Rockville, MD
Science: “Determination of Binding Energy Hotspots on a Broadly-Neutralizing Antibody against HIV-1”
Lijia Xie, 17
Lansdale, PA
Science: “Location Matters—Specificity of the Methylated RASSF1A Gene as a Biomarker for the Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinomas”
2012 Davidson Fellows – $10,000 Scholarship Recipients
Saumil Bandyopadhyay, 17
Glen 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, 17
Suwanee, GA
Mathematics: “On the Rank Number of Grid Graphs”
Xiaoyu He, 18
Acton, MA
Mathematics: “On the Classification of Universal Rotor-Routers”
Kamden Hilliard, 18
Mililani, HI
Literature: “Reflections on Everything There Ever Was”
Vaishnavi Rao, 17
San Diego, CA
Science: “Activity-dependent Regulation of Nitric Oxide Expression: Novel Form of Neurotransmitter Plasticity”
Alexander Chen, 16
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Science: “A Maximum Power Point Tracking Hardware with an Improved Hill Climbing Algorithm”
Ioana Grosu, 17
Troy, MI
Philosophy: “Consciousness and the Hard Problem: Discovering the Mind”
Bryan He, 18
Buffalo, NY
Technology: “A Simple Optimal Binary Representation of Mosaic Floorplans and Baxter Permutations”
Ian McKeachie, 16
Reno, NV
Literature: “Attitudes of Existence”
Anand Srinivasan, 16
Roswell, GA
Technology: “”Doc Ock” – Development of Novel Filtration Techniques to Facilitate Accurate Pattern Detection in EEG Signals”
2012 Davidson Fellows – Honorable Mentions
Miss Angelica Modabber
New York, NY
Literature: A Gathering of Moments
Mr. Mitchell Lee
Oakton, VA
Mathematics: A Counterexample to a Correlation Inequality
Miss Kimberly Hou
Arlington, VA
Music: 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