The 56th Science &
Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit (SEFMD) was held today, March 13,
2013 at Cobo Center. Over 1,500 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 13 at Kettering
University, and at the International Science Fair May 12-17 in Phoenix, Arizona.
2013 Senior Division ISEF Finalists
Guangning An, with Yu Tang
Project: MiR-17-92 cluster in axons
promotes axonal outgrowth
Category: Biochemistry
Grade: 11
School: International Academy-East
Campus
Teacher: David Lyons
Dean Jarois
Project: Sweet Silver
Category: Chemistry
Grade: 10
School: Divine Child High School
Teacher: Kathy Higgins-Luthman
Vipul Nandigala
Project: The Manipulation of Microfluidic Properties for Particle
Concentration
Category: Physics
Grade: 10
School: Walled Lake Western High
Teacher: Thomas Saloka
Akhil Nistala
Project: Matching Preclusion and Conditional Matching Preclusion for
Dual-Cubes
Category: Mathematics
Grade: 12
School: Novi Senior High School
Teacher: James Didio
Robert Pakko
Project: Providing a Way to Help Visually Impaired People using Auditory
Signals
Category: Engineering
Grade: 10
School: Dearborn Center for Math, Science & Technology
Teacher: Jeff Whittaker
Anuush Vejalla
Project: How Does the Type of Rice Affect the Amount of Inorganic
Arsenic Present?
Category: Environmental Sciences
Grade: 9
School: Detroit Country Day Upper
Teacher: John Dougherty
Mackenzie Zierau
Project: Effect of GM-CSF on Classical & Alternative Activation of
Macrophages
Category: Medicine and Health
Grade: 10
School: Mercy High School
Teacher: Kathy Kitzmann
2013 Junior Division Grand Awards
Zubaeer Akhtar, with Jaynab Akhtar and
Ihsan Akhtar
Project: The Affect of Bitter Melon and Turmeric Juice in Reducing Fresh
Water Bacteria
Category: Team Project
Grade: 7
School: Kosciuszko Middle School
Teacher: Eva Klikovac
Pratham Dhanjal
Project: What is the best windmill blade design?
Category: Engineering
Grade: 7
School: Orchard Lake Middle School
Teacher: Andrea Williams
Brandon Holt
Project: Growing Up Fast
Category: Zoology
Grade: 7
School: Brewer Academy
Teacher: Devette Brown
Matthew Johnson
Project: Reactions to Different Sizes
Category: Chemistry
Grade: 8
School: Ivan Ludington Magnet Middle
Teacher: Denise Wallace Hytower
Kristin Kelly
Project: Does C14H12O3 (oxybenzone) have an adverse effect on Lemna
minor?
Category: Environmental Sciences
Grade: 8
School: Our Lady of Good Counsel Elementary
Teacher: Terry Zimmerman
Christopher Soo
Project: Magnetic Levitation
Category: Physics
Grade: 7
School: Detroit Country Day Middle
Teacher: Daniel Case
Elijah White
Project: Does Size Matter?
Category: Botany
Grade: 6
School: Douglass Academy for Young Men-Middle School
Teacher: Sheryl Rucker
Joshua Wills
Project: The impacts of ocean acidification on marine flora
Category: Earth and Space Sciences
Grade: 6
School: Thurgood Marshall Elementary
Teacher: Krystal Bolar
Usmaan Zunnurain
Project: The Big Bone Theory
Category: Medicine and Health
Grade: 8
School: Huda School & Montessori
Teacher: David Egan