The 54th Science &
Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit (SEFMD) was held today, March 17, 2011
at Cobo Center. Over 1,380 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 9 at Kettering
University and at the International Science Fair May 8-13 in Los Angeles,
California.
2011 Senior Division ISEF Finalists
Xiao Zhu with Lawrence
Kim
Project: MEG Study
of the Default-mode Network in Patients with Schizophrenia
Category: Team
Grade: 12
School: Troy High
School
Teacher: Rebecca Brewer
Allen Yuan
Project: Linearly
Many Faults in (n,k)-star Graphs
Category: Mathematics
Grade: 12
School: Detroit
Country Day Upper
Teacher: Ross Arseneau
Goutham Kapa
Project: Converging
Logarithmic Spirals on the Complex Plane
Category: Mathematics
Grade: 12
School: Troy High
School
Teacher: Rebecca Brewer
Samantha Myers
Project: Solar Panel
Efficiency: A More Colorful Future
Category: Engineering
Grade: 10
School: Divine
Child High School
Teacher: Kathy Higgins-Luthman
Hyunjoon Song
Project: Optical
Music Recognition of Printed Music Score
Category: Computer
Science
Grade: 10
School: Novi Senior
High School
Teacher: James Didio
Rohan Arepally
Project: Catastrophic
Disaster Response and Recovery Logistics System Simulation
Category: Computer
Science
Grade: 12
School: Stoney
Creek High School
Teacher: David Thomson
Siddhartha Jena
Project: Erythrocyte
Dysfunction and Amelioration in Hypercholesterolemic Conditions
Category: Biochemistry
Grade: 11
School: International
Academy
Teacher: Megan Phillips
The following student will be attending ISEF-Los Angeles as a
Student Observer:
Pearl Gray
Project: Bloody Math
Category: Mathematics
Grade: 11
School: Northwestern
High School
Teacher: Sybil Sharpe
2011 Junior Division Grand Awards
Nicholas Uhlarik
Project: Only One
Thousand More Miles To Go
Category: Zoology
Grade: 6
School: Our Lady of
LaSalette
Teacher: Sheri Boura
Divya Goel
Project: How Does
Hand-Eye Dominance Affect the Percentage of Basketball Scores?
Category: Physics
Grade: 8
School: Detroit
Country Day Middle
Teacher: Susan Janiczek
Mark Kocherovsky
Project: What Would
Make a Difference in Strengths of Different Materials?
Category: Physics
Grade: 6
School: Orchard
Lake Middle School
Teacher: Andrea Williams
Usmaan Zunnurain
Project: This is
Totally Radical
Category: Medicine and
Health
Grade: 6
School: Huda School
& Montessori
Teacher: Nora Gothamy
Rishab Chander
Project: Afforadable
Bioplastics - An Investigation
Category: Environmental
Grade: 7
School: Dunckel
(O.E.) Middle School
Teacher: Shri Chander
Otis Wynn
Project: Corroding
Race
Category: Chemistry
Grade: 8
School: Spain
Middle School
Teacher: Colette Roundtree
Armani Warr
Project: Volumetric Analysis
of Acid in Vinegar
Category: Chemistry
Grade: 8
School: Detroit
School of Arts West Langston Hughes Campu
Teacher: Rosemary Amene
Jeronte Jasper
Project: Estrogen Mimics Effect on Fighter
Fish
Category: Biochemistry
Grade: 8
School: Hally Magnet Middle School
Teacher: Krystal Bolar
Haley Clafton with
Claire Wang
Project: Smoke Detector Showdown: Photoelectric vs. Ionization
Category: Team
Grade: 7
School: Meads Mill Middle School
Teacher: Laurie Masi