NUCLEIC ACID CATALYSTS: INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF MONOVALENT IONS ON THE ACTIVITY OF DNA ENZYMES

Farrah Alkhaleel, Neil Chen, Kevin Duh, Nabgha Farhat, Jonathan Huang, David Kersen, Michael McLoughlin, Connor Moseley, Adetayo Sanusi, Charissa Shen, Stefano Solari, Brendan Wu

Advisor: Dr. Adam G. Cassano
Assistant: Jeremy Tang

Team 1

TRANSFORMING TEFLON® A SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION OF HYDROPHOBIC MATERIAL COATINGS

Elizabeth Castner, Kevin Fritz, Trisha Guchait, Rohan Katipally, Alberto Rivera, Lukas Ronner, Kinnari Shah, Erica Thieleman, Rebecca Wentzel, Patricia Yeh, Samantha Zeller

Advisor: Michael Avaltroni
Assistant: Darius Rackus

Team 2

INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF Camellia sinensis (GREEN TEA) ON Streptococcus mutans

Richad Becker, Sarah Hirsh, Emily Hu, Alisha Jamil, Sheryl Mathew, Ken Newcomb, Samana Shaikh, Dina Sharon, Vasiliki Triantafillou, Vivian Yeong

Advisor: Mrs. Rachel Sandler
Assistant: Tina Varghese

Team 3

ROLE OF THE MEDIAL AMYGDALA IN FEAR POTENTIATED STARTLE AND SUCCESSIVE-CUE ODOR DISCRIMINATION

Tracy Cheng, Nicholas Chiappini, Sayantan Deb, Catherine Elorette, Courtney Halgren, Dedeepya Konuthula, Keerthana Krosuri, Xiaotong Li, Susan Liao, Christopher Marnell, Jane Wang, Daniel Wei

Advisor: Dr. Graham Cousens
Assistant: Anna Toledano

Team 4

TARGET TRACKING: IMPLEMENTING THE KALMAN FILTER

Prakhar Agarwal, David Federman, Kevin Ge, Tzu-Han Jan, Calvin Jones, Yihua Lou, Joshua Ma, Shyam Modi, Kevin Shi, Vanessa Tan, Melissa Zhang

Advisor: Randy Heuer
Assistant: Zachary Vogel

Team 5

MAKING RED GOLD: AN EVALUATION OF ANCIENT SHELL BEAD PERFORATION TECHNIQUES

Alison Barton, Andrew Bogdan, Elizabeth Day, Emily Fee, Samantha Giugliano, Phillip Holzsager, Sandra Korn, Joseph Massaglia, Laura Polding, Laura Poole, Colleen Reynolds

Advisor: Dr. Ben Carter
Assistant: Katie Seither

Team 6

INCREASING THE“POP” IN POPCORN

Mrinalini Basu, Steven Chen, Jeffrey Conti, Varun Ganesan, Giselle Hsu, Tracie Kong, Mark Massaro, Nikhil Yegya-Raman, Darvin Yi, Kaicen Zhu

Advisor: Dr. Paul Quinn
Assistant: Andrew Pyle

Team 7

A TEST OF THE ENEMY RELEASE HYPOTHESIS: COMPARISON OF INSECT AND FUNGAL DAMAGE TO LEAVES OF YOUNG, EXOTIC NORWAY MAPLE AND NATIVE SUGAR MAPLE

Matthew Elkins, Athena Huang, Yamini Kathari, Adwiteeya Misra, John Speigel, Matthew Tse, Zixiao Wang

Advisor: Dr. Kristi MacDonald-Byers
Assistant: Jessica Reid

Team 8