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2017 Divisional Award Winners
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Elementary Honorable Mention  (1118) Caffeine vs Decaf - Effects on Heart Rate
    Student: Madison Fowler
    School: Oak Grove Elementary - Raleigh
  (1110) The Grand Canyon
    Student: Steven Meyer
    School: Herbert Akins Rd Ele
  (1154) Which Drink Is The Best For Your Teeth?
    Student: Muhammad Yasin
    School: Al-Iman School
  (1125) Can Ozone Be Shown
    Student: Jocelyn Morgenstein
    School: Oak Grove Elementary - Raleigh
  (1126) What Can Sugar Do For You? A study of the effects of glucose in fresh fruits on persons with diabetes.
    Student: Alexys Oakley
    School: Holly Ridge Elem
  (1199) Does the Amount of Current Affect the Life of a LED?
    Student: Emily Simmons
    School: Mangum Elementary
  (1136) Programming Monopoly
    Student: Jared Richards
    School: Oak Grove Elementary - Raleigh
  (11103) Can It Take The Quake?
    Student: Jonathan Andrews
    School: Mariam Boyd Elem
  (1117) Recycled Waterworks - Can Recycled Fruit Peels Be Used To Purify Contaminated Water?
    Students: Jillian Sunman , Lorelei Sunman
    School: Laurel Park Elem
  (1139) Red Light, Green Light
    Student: Silas Mann
    School: Brier Creek Elem
  (1156) Doggone Crazy
    Student: Mackenzie Dolle
    School: Combs Elementary
  (1138) Poker Hand Probabilities
    Students: Riley Matsinger , Riley Matsinger , Riley Matsinger
    School: Mills Park Elem
  (1186) My Project is so Bright I've Gotta Wear Shades
    Student: John Cross
    School: Sandy Ridge Elementary School
  (1155) How Well Can You Smell
    Student: Liza Medlin
    School: Combs Elementary
  (1144) Aperture Size and Vortex Ring Travel Distance
    Student: Cyrus Porter
    School: George Watts Elem
  (1190) Decibels Rock!
    Student: Faye Allen
    School: Sandy Ridge Elementary School
  (1145) Impact of Friction on Velocity
    Student: Zakariya Kahouache
    School: Southwest Elementary
  (1170) Snow Trek
    Student: Brenna Hehman
    School: Southwest Elementary
  (1198) Evaporation Invasion
    Student: Taylor Shumate
    School: Pearsontown Elem
  (1180) Save the Berries: Can Aloe Vera juice save your berries from mold?
    Student: Anna Preston
    School: Pearsontown Elem
Elementary Exemplary Projects
  (1137) Crazy Carbon-ated Air
    Student: Elliott Essic
    School: Combs Elementary
  (1153) Can Light Temporarily Make People Color Blind?
    Student: Amir Abdelbaky
    School: Al-Iman School
  (1133) Eyes or Ears: Which is best to study for a test?
    Student: Madeleine Melkerson
    School: Lacy Elementary
  (1132) a-MAZE-ing music
    Student: Shaili Shah
    School: Mills Park Elem
  (1109) Bee-ware of Your Color and Smell!
    Student: Marshall Hammack
    School: Mills Park Elem
  (1119) Give Me a "Brake"! How Does Braking Force Affect Stopping Distance?
    Student: Nicholas Lenfestey
    School: Triangle Math and Science Academy
  (1166) Water Erosion
    Student: Xavier Devault
    School: Holly Springs Elem
  (1192) Sprouts Are What It's All About
    Students: Nathan Libutan , Lucy Ehmann
    School: Pearsontown Elem
  (1171) Bounce
    Student: James-Paul Wagner
    School: Combs Elementary
Junior - Biological Sciences A
Honorable Mention  (2201) Delicious Bacteria
    Student: Fatima Aleem
    School: Al-Iman School
Third Place
  (2203) Aggressiveness of Genetically Engineered Fish
    Student: Samantha Adamczeski
    School: Holly Ridge Middle
Second Place
  (2206) Humans vs. Dogs: The Truth About Our Oral Hygiene
    Student: Nina Nair
    School: Mills Park Middle School
First Place
  (2209) Vermiculture: The Hidden Science
    Student: James Marshall
    School: The Franciscan School
Junior-Biological Sciences B
Honorable Mention  (2303) Memory or Mnemonics
    Student: Allyson Weitz
    School: Holly Ridge Middle
Third Place
  (2304) Does yeast have a sweet tooth?
    Student: Ana-Sofia Lahovary
    School: The Franciscan School
Second Place
  (2301) Conventional versus Organic, how do chemicals used during farming affect the human micro-biome
    Student: Esha Agarwal
    School: Carnage Middle
First Place
  (2307) Soil vs. Hydroponic Plant Growth
    Student: Brielle Hershberger
    School: St. Timothy's School
Junior-Chemistry
Honorable Mention  (2412) Bubble Gum Experiments
    Student: Kimaya Carpenter
    School: Shepard Middle School
Third Place
  (2408) How Sweet Is It?
    Student: Ellie Mosler
    School: The Franciscan School
Second Place
  (2407) Electrolysis of Water
    Student: Joshua Keim
    School: Mills Park Middle School
First Place
  (2404) Does Washing Clothes in Liquid Softener Make Them More Flammable?
    Student: Sarah Sander
    School: Triangle Math and Science Academy
Junior- Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences
Honorable Mention  (2501) Factors Affecting Oil Dispersion
    Student: Aliyaa Pathan
    School: Al-Iman School
Third Place
  (2510) Fuel Cells VS Types of Water
    Student: Luke Charles Guerra
    School: The Franciscan School
Second Place
  (2512) Solar Energy
    Student: Heather Nolte
    School: Mills Park Middle School
First Place
  (2502) Wind Power: The Blade Competition
    Student: Aditya Pillutla
    School: Carnage Middle
Junior - Engineering
Honorable Mention  (2706) "Cigar Box" Amp
    Student: Trevor Allison
    School: St. Timothy's School
Third Place
  (2704) The Future of Transportation Hovercrafts V.S. Magnetic Levitation
    Students: Shrey Vasisht , Ethan Kessler
    School: Holly Ridge Middle
Second Place
  (2709) Weight & Balance - How Weight Effects the Flight Performance of Airplanes
    Student: Rafael Hopf
    School: The Franciscan School
First Place
  (2703) Drying and Wicking Rates of Fabrics
    Student: Leah Hanson
    School: Mills Park Middle School
Junior - Technology
Honorable Mention  (2805) Air Vs. Liquid CPU Coolers
    Student: Mason Scanlon
    School: Holly Ridge Middle
3rd Place
  (2809) What Materials can block a WiFi Connection
    Student: Cale'f Mack
    School: Lowe's Grove Middle
2nd Place
  (2806) Measuring Light Pollution of Our Night Sky Using a Digital Camera
    Student: Varsha Venkatapathy
    School: Mills Park Middle School
1st Place
  (2804) An IOT System for Youth Bicycle Safety
    Student: Shishira Somashekar
    School: Triangle Math and Science Academy
Junior - Physics
Honorable Mention  (2602) Sonic Firefighter
    Student: Michael Ansarijaberi
    School: Triangle Math and Science Academy
Third Place
  (2605) Ballistic Magnetism
    Student: Britton Janet
    School: The Franciscan School
Second Place
  (2609) Is that New Can Really Worth It
    Student: Christina Bricker
    School: The Franciscan School
First Place
  (2608) Cooling Fractals
    Student: Tommy Frank
    School: St. Timothy's School
Senior - Biological Sciences A
Honorable Mention  (3202) A Diagnosis on Osmosis
    Student: Ameen Zafiruddin
    School: Athens Drive High
Third Place
  (3204) DO SPORT DRINKS HAVE MORE ELECTROLYTES THAN ORANGE JUICE?
    Student: Shruti Marota
    School: Triangle Math and Science Academy
Second Place
  (3206) Microbial Inhibition of Propionibacterium acnes Using Homemade Acne Remedies
    Student: Toby Turla
    School: C E Jordan High
First Place
  (3205) The Effect on Germination of Over-Expressing Flowering Locus C at Different Life Stages
    Student: Benhor Samson
    School: Panther Creek High
Senior-Biological Sciences B
Honorable Mention  (3303) Does Age Affect Short-Term Memory?
    Student: Clayson Good
    School: C E Jordan High
Third Place
  (3305) Denaturing Proteins
    Students: Angel Gilchrist , Zipporah Wilson
    School: Warren New Tech High
Second Place
  (3302) An Investigation Of Novel YHR Protein's Influence in Endocytosis
    Student: Caroline Wang
    School: William G Enloe High
First Place
  (3301) Thermodynamic Analysis of Pollen Proteomes From Short Ragweed and Timothy Grass
    Student: Betelihem Mebrahtu
    School: Hillside High
Senior-Chemistry
Honorable Mention  (3402) Attempting The Preparation of a Poly(methyl methacrylate)-Urea Complex
    Student: Aamenah Jordan
    School: Sanderson High
Third Place
  (3401) Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Determine the Stability of Polymers when Exposed to Alkaline Environments
    Student: Samuel Ndukwe
    School: Millbrook High
Second Place
  (3403) Finding the Perfect Propellant
    Students: Lorenzo Shaikewitz , Cal Nightingale , Albert Yuan
    School: C E Jordan High
First Place
  (3404) When Van Gogh Meets Einstein: Sequential Self-Folding Origami Using Polystyrene Sheets with Local Light Absorption
    Student: Ana Ratanaphruks
    School: Wake STEM Early College High School
Senior-Physics
Honorable Mention  (3602) The Expansion and Fading of Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
    Student: Johnathan Reichart
    School: C E Jordan High
Third Place
  (3603) Stretch a Rubber Band
    Student: Brigitte Gallagher
    School: Triangle Math and Science Academy
Second Place
  (3601) The Heat Transfer Capabilities of Polymer and Natural Textiles Phase 2
    Student: Akshay Mankad
    School: C E Jordan High
First Place
  (3604) An Optimal Fiber Optics Solution for Potentially Detecting Earth-Like Planets around Nearby Stars
    Student: Andrew Chun
    School: William G Enloe High
Senior - Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences
Third Place  (3502) Tesla Solar Home : Proof Of Concept
    Student: Rahul Bhatia
    School: Triangle Math and Science Academy
Second Place
  (3503) Maximizing the Production Efficiency of Solar Energy in Underdeveloped Regions by Modeling and Simulating Solar Panel Cleaning Methods
    Students: Imon Husain , Alex Xiong
    School: William G Enloe High
First Place
  (3501) Amine-functionalized Electrospun Polymer Nanofiber Membranes for Highly Efficient Removal of Lead from Contaminated Water
    Student: Julia Yan
    School: William G Enloe High
Senior - Engineering
Honorable Mention  (3703) Ping Pong Cannons
    Students: Matthew Hughes , Lucas Turner
    School: Triangle Math and Science Academy
Third Place
  (3705) Electrochemical Oxidation and Reduction of EGaIn to Induce Jumping Behavior
    Student: Sahil Karuturi
    School: William G Enloe High
Second Place
  (3706) Novel Nonimaging Optics to Improve Illumination Uniformity for LED-based Luminaires
    Student: Daniel Shen
    School: William G Enloe High
First Place
  (3702) Characterizing the Actuation of Liquid Metal Droplets within Microfluidic Channels
    Student: Yash Patil
    School: William G Enloe High
Senior - Technology
Third Place  (3803) WindGen: A Cost-Effective Method for producing Eco-Smart Wind Energy
    Student: Shaun Deardorff
    School: C E Jordan High
Second Place
  (3801) Vehicle Collision Warning System Using Arduino and Android with Bluetooth Integration.
    Student: Arun Sarma
    School: William G Enloe High
1st Place
  (3802) Leveraging WiFi Channel State Information for Energy Saving Smart Buildings
    Student: Emily Wang
    School: William G Enloe High