The 52nd Science & Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit (SEFMD) was held today, March 18, 2009
at Cobo Center. More than 1,400 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 April 4 at Kettering University, Flint, Michigan and at the International Science Fair May 10-15 in Reno, Nevada.  (revised 5/20/09)

2009 Senior Division ISEF Finalists

Shubhangi Arora

Project:      Identification of Genes in C.Albicans that Contribute to Antifungal Resistance

Category:  Microbiology

Grade:       10

School:      Novi Senior High School

Teacher:     Kristen Shupick

 

 

Connie Fu

Project:      The Role of Regulatory T Cells in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

Category:  Medicine and Health

Grade:       11

School:      Detroit Country Day Upper

Teacher:     Gene Menton

 

 

Grace Lisius

Project:      AMacro-invertebrates of the Rose Garden Pond: Part 2

Category:  Zoology

Grade:       9

School:      Home School

      Teacher:     Marge Lisius

 

Rahul Pandey

Project:      A Microwave Metamaterial Lens with Negative Index of Refraction

Category:  Physics

Grade:       12

School:      Stoney Creek High School

Teacher:     David Thomson

 

 

Andrew Rauh

Project:      Grow Your Own Gas: Making Cellulosic Ethanol from Common Biomass

Category:  Chemistry

Grade:       10

School:      Divine Child High School

Teacher:     Marcia Reetz

 

 

David Sherman

Project:      Matching Preclusion for the (n,k)-Bubble-Sort Graphs

Category:  Mathematics

Grade:       12

School:      Birmingham Groves High School

Teacher:     Marla Fallucca

 

 

Michael Yurko

Project:      Convergence Acceleration for the Power Series of the Exponential Integral

Category:  Mathematics

Grade:       11

School:      Detroit Catholic Central High

Teacher:     Alan Barker

 

 

Tamim Shaker with Lyndsey Reich

Project:      The Effect of Tea Tree Oil and Urea on Escherichia Coli Bacteria Colonies

Category:  Team Project

Grade:       12

School:      Macomb Math Science Tech Center

Teacher:     Mark Supal

 

 

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2009 Junior Division Grand Awards

Natisha Byars

Project:      How Does Reinforcement Affect Concrete?

Category:  Engineering

Grade:       8

School:      Brenda M. Scott Middle School

Teacher:     Denise Hafner

 

 

Kayla Dempster

Project:      Hot or Not?

Category:  Physics

Grade:       7

School:      St. Michael Elementary - Livonia

Teacher:     Kate Harding

 

 

Hilicia Epps

Project:      Battle of Salt in Pickle Juice

Category:  Chemistry

Grade:       6

School:      William Howard Taft Middle School

Teacher:     Rosemary Amene

 

 

Jena Holden

Project:      Solar Ovens are Hot!

Category:  Environmental Science

Grade:       6

School:      Our Lady of Good Counsel Elementary

Teacher:     Mary Beth Nicholas

 

 

Rishi Patel

Project:      Vitamin C Stability in Fruits and Vegetables

Category:  Biochemistry

Grade:       7

School:      Detroit Country Day Middle

Teacher:     Linda Engler

 

 

Karmen Rucker

Project:      Classroom Pet or Pathogen Part II

Category:  Microbiology

Grade:       7

School:      Hally Magnet

Teacher:     Sheryl C Rucker

 

 

Rajiea Sultana

Project:      Rx: Prescription vs. Holistic?

Category:  Medicine and Health

Grade:       8

School:      Spain Middle School

Teacher:     Colette Roundtree

 

 

Camren Watson

Project:      Does Temperature Affect the Strength of a Magnet?

Category:  Earth and Space Science

Grade:       8

School:      Marquette Elementary

Teacher:     Cathy Wilkins

 

 

Paul Fortin with Connor Maks and Enzo Recchia

Project:      Taste vs. Smell: What One is More Accurate When Determining Similar Foods?

Category:  Team

Grade:       8

School:      University of Detroit Jesuit Academy

Teacher:     Wesley Hardin