The 53^rd Science & Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit (SEFMD) was held today, March 17, 2010 at Cobo Center. Approximately 1,200 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 10 at Kettering University and at the International Science Fair May 9-14 in San Jose, California.

This year, for the first time, there was a tie for Senior Division team projects. Consequently, both team projects received Grand awards.

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2010 Senior Division ISEF Finalists

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Peter N Gardner

Project: The Impact of Soil Thermal Diffusivity Fluctuation on Geothermal Heating

Category: Environmental Sciences

Grade: 12

School: Dearborn Center for Math, Science & Tech

Teacher: Kim Shawver

Siddhartha G Jena

Project: High Cholesterol Impairs Water and Gas Transport in Red Blood Cells

Category: Medical and Health

Grade: 10

School: International Academy

Teacher: Chrystal Osinski

Norman L Jin

Project: High Efficiency High Power Factor Electric Vehicle Battery Charger

Category: Environmental Sciences

Grade: 11

School: Notre Dame Prep. High School

Teacher: Michelle Garcia

Nithya P Vijayakumar

Project: Characterizing Novel Loci Important for Demyelinating Peripheral Neuropathy

Category: Biochemistry

Grade: 11

School: Detroit Country Day Upper

Teacher: Gene Menton

Kevin Wang

Project: Finding Efficient Shellsort Sequences Using Genetic Algorithms

Category: Computer Science

Grade: 12

School: Birmingham Groves High School

Teacher: Marla Fallucca

Frank W Woo, Tammy Hsia

Project: Effect of Diff. Velocities and Diff. Hair Lengths on Drag Force of Model Head

Category: Team Project

Grade: 11

School: Macomb Math Science Tech Center

Teacher: Mark Supal

Michael C Yurko

Project: A Parallel Computational Framework for Solving Quadratic Assignment Problems E

Category: Computer Science

Grade: 12

School: Detroit Catholic Central High

Teacher: Alan Barker

Stephen J Morrison, Laree Gardner and Genevieve Wong

Project: H alpha [OIII] Photometry of Galactic Plane Candidate Planetary Nebulae

Category: Team Project

Grade: 11

School: Grosse Pointe North High and Grosse Pointe South High

Teacher: Ardis Herrold

Frank W Woo and Tammy Hsia

Project: Effect of Diff. Velocities and Diff. Hair Lengths on Drag Force of Model Head

Category: Team Project

Grade: 11

School: Macomb Math Science Tech Center

Teacher: Mark Supal

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2010 Junior Division Grand Awards

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Eesh Dadheech

Project: Green Energy Solution For The Future!

Category: Environmental Sciences

Grade: 8

School: Detroit Country Day Middle

Teacher: Susan Janiczek

Teonna L Evans

Project: The Effect of Ethanol on the Heart Rate of Daphnia

Category: Zoology

Grade: 7

School: Brenda M Scott Middle School

Teacher: Susan Clark

Aaron Harris

Project: The effect of Pterocarpus Marsupium on GAD negative type-1 diabetics

Category: Biochemistry

Grade: 8

School: Friends School of Detroit

Teacher: Edwin Harris

LaNae T Heard

Project: Racing For A Cure

Category: Medical and Health

Grade: 6

School: Clippert Academy Middle School

Teacher: George Goff

Xandria D Mitchell

Project: Electrolyte challenge orange juice vensus energy drink and sports drink

Category: Chemistry

Grade: 7

School: William Howard Taft Middle School

Teacher: Rosemary Amene

Asseel Shammakh with Taziah Miah and Jenny Ghose

Project: Edible Electricity

Category: Team Project

Grade: 7

School: Kosciuszko Middle School

Teacher: Eva Klikovac

Daniel Vaughn

Project: Science

Category: Behavioral & Social Science

Grade: 8

School: Hally Magnet Middle School

Teacher: Krystal Bolar