The 50^th Science & Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit (SEFMD) was held today, March 21, 2007 at Cobo Center. More than 1,480 students from schools in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties competed at SEFMD, one of the longest running and largest science fairs in the world. The Senior Grand Award winners will compete at the Michigan Science Fair on March 31 at Kettering University, Flint and at the International Science Fair May 13-19 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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2007 Senior Division ISEF Finalists

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Stephanie Boileau

Project: Quantification of the Impact Resistance of Residential Window Glass

Category: Engineering

Grade: 9

School: Novi Senior High School

Teacher: James Didio

Zeineb Hachem

Project: The Potential Fertilizer Effect of the Detroit River

Category: Botany

Grade: 11

School: Dearborn Center for Math, Science & Technology

Teacher: Natasya Shajira

Temple He

Project: Period Analysis of CV X10 and Its Implications on the Origin of Low States

Category: Earth & Space

Grade: 12

School: Troy High School

Teacher: Rebecca Johns

Shravani Mikkilineni

Project: Dendritic Polymer-Dopamine Conjugation for Targeted Drug Delivery

Category: Medicine & Health

Grade: 11

School: Detroit Country Day Upper

Teacher: Marc Fazio

Duncan Miller

Project: Textiles Take Flight

Category: Engineering

Grade: 10

School: Divine Child High School

Teacher: Marcia Reetz

Harrison Nguyen

Project: An Investigation on the Unique Binding Site of SBX

Category: Chemistry

Grade: 11

School: Detroit Catholic Central

Teacher: Alan Barker

Thiago Olson

Project: Neutron Activation using an inertial electrostatic confinement fusion reactor

Category: Physics

Grade: 12

School: Stoney Creek High School

Teacher: Eric Thuma

Zackery Schroeder

Project: Galaxy Clusters: The Local Effects on Star Synthesis

Category: Earth & Space

Grade: 12

School: Grosse Pointe North High School

Teacher: Ardis Herrold

Arthi Sridar with Malati Vadapalli

Project: Inhibition of Human P450 2E1:A Possible Anti-Carcinogenic Role for Isothiocyanates

Category: Team Project

Grade: 11

School: Novi Senior High School, Novi, MI

Teacher: James Didio

2007 Junior Division Grand Awards

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Omar S. Mahmood

Project: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Oxyluciferin

Category: Biochemistry

Grade: 7

School: Huda School & Montessori

Teacher: Nicole Cozart

Jayda Fuqua

Project: Do all plants transpire at the same rate under different sources of light?

Category: Botany

Grade: 8

School: Dixon Middle School

Teacher: Candice Weaver

Shauntavia M. Markham

Project: Electromagnetic Radiation from Computers

Category: Computer Science

Grade: 8

School: Brenda M. Scott Middle School

Teacher: Denise Hafner

Cameron Gawne

Project: Baffling, Isn't It?

Category: Environmental Science

Grade: 7

School: St. Dunstan Elementary

Teacher: Sally Fisher

Daniel J. Morin

Project: Wood You Like To Avoid a Bad Flue?

Category: Environmental Science

Grade: 7

School: St. Michael Elementary - Livonia

Teacher: Kate Harding

Stefon R. Greene

Project: Electromagnetic effect on dust particles

Category: Physics

Grade: 8

School: Wm. Howard Taft Middle School

Teacher: Rosemary Amene

Timothy J. Elton

Project: Is Your Backpack a Pain in Your Back?

Category: Medicine & Health

Grade: 7

School: Detroit Country Day Middle

Teacher: Wayne Wheatley

Sarah R. Holloway

Project: Cyanide Level in Imported Cassava Root

Category: Chemistry

Grade: 8

School: Friends School of Detroit

Teacher: Susan Rushman

La Sherryn S. Duncan with Ariel Callaway and Shenell Garrison

Project: Tree Eating Alien

Category: Team Project

Grade: 8

School: Hally Magnet Middle School

Teacher: Elizabeth Schlum