The 55th Science &
Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit (SEFMD) was held today, March 14, 2012
at Cobo Center. Over 1,600 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 and at the International Science Fair May 13-18 in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
2012 Senior Division ISEF Finalists
David Bai
Project: The Role of Bradykinin on Breast
Cancer Cells
Category: Biochemistry
Grade: 12
School: Troy High School
Teacher: Rebecca Brewer
Madhurima Das
Project: Fractal Dimension Analysis to
Predict Cancer
Category: Mathematics
Grade: 10
School: Plymouth High School
Teacher: Michael Spitz
Ananya Mukundan
Project: Nano-Tesla Magnetic Field
Sensors For An Early Warning System For Earthquakes
Category: Physics
Grade: 12
School: International Academy-East
Campus
Teacher: Jackie Toepel
Vipul Nandigala
Project: The Effect of Channel Geometry
On Microfludic Vortex Flow
Category: Physics
Grade: 9
School: Walled Lake Western High
Teacher: Thomas Saloka
Hyunjoon Song
Project: Classification-Based Music
Recognition Using Learned Feature Representations
Category: Computer Science
Grade: 11
School: Novi Senior High School
Teacher: James Didio
Shirley Wu
Project: A Study of the PIK3CA Mutant H1047R
and Her2 Genes With And Without Inhibitors
Category: Medicine & Health
Grade: 12
School: Detroit Country Day Upper
Teacher: Gene Menton
Catherine Buchanan with John Drabik
Project: The Effect of Cow Urine and its
Components as a Fire Retardant on Cotton Fabric
Category: Team Project in Chemistry
Grade: 12
School: Macomb Mathematics Science
Technology Center
Teacher: Jamie Hilliard
2012 Junior Division Grand Awards
Frances Grier
Project: The Effect Of Structure Shape On
The Amount Of Drag From Wind Loads
Category: Environmental Science
Grade: 8
School: Brewer Academy
Teacher: Krystal Bolar
Mike Mercier
Project: Does The Food A Whitetail Deer
Eats Effect Its Antler Growth?
Category: Zoology
Grade: 7
School: Great Oaks Academy (PSA)
Teacher: Chris Livingston
Prayer Mitchell
Project: Good to The Last Drop?
Category: Botany
Grade: 8
School: Douglass Academy for Young Men-Middle
Teacher: Sheryl Rucker
Marisa Perez
Project: Algae Growth in Lake Saint
Clair: The Impact of Fertilizer
Category: Environmental Science
Grade: 6
School: St. Isaac Joques Elementary
Teacher: Susan Vandermeer
Shelby Tate
Project: Are You Seeing Spots?
Category: Microbiology
Grade: 8
School: Ivan Ludington Magnet Middle
Teacher: Denise Wallace Hytower
Stephen Walz
Project: The Health Effects of High
Energy Drinks - Are They Dangerous?
Category: Medicine & Health
Grade: 8
School: Immaculate Conception Ukrarian
Catholic Academy
Teacher: Judith Hicks
Jeremy Webb
Project: Strength In Magnets
Category: Physics
Grade: 7
School: St. Michael Elementary - Livonia
Teacher: Kate Harding
Benjamin Yared
Project: How Does Color of Text Affect
Recall?
Category: Behavioral Science
Grade: 7
School: Detroit Country Day Middle
Teacher: Daniel Case
Nadia Khan with Izzah Baig
Project: Studies in Successful Hatching:
pH and the Hatching of Artemia Salina
Category: Team Project in Earth and Space
Sciences
Grade: 6
School: Huda School & Montessori
Teacher: David Egan