2015 Honors Division

The Academy of Science - St. Louis Science Fair Honors Division was held February 28, 2015. Additionally, Honors Division students were invited to bring their projects to the Academy of Science - St. Louis Science Fair for grades K-12 in Queeny Park to compete for additional Special Awards.

A-Z Order

Jazmen Bell, Grade 12, Maplewood Richmond Heights High School, Project Title:  Longevity of Organic Dyes in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells.  Semifinalist and $200 LMI Award

Meghona Bharadwaj, Grade 11, Lafayette High School, Project Title:  Peer and Parent Value Congruence as Predictors of Well-Being and Adjustment to College, $1,000 Honors Division Finalist Award.

Deepa Bhuvanagiri, Grade 9, Eureka High School, Project Title:  The influence of race on perception of an individual's accent as non-native.  $1,000 Finalist Award and Sun Edison Award

Katherine Campbell, Grade 11, Gateway Science Academy, Project Title:  Nitrate Leaching and Algae Growth by Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers, Semifinalist, SunEdison and Surgeon General Award

Aditya Cowsik, Grade 11, Clayton High School, Project Title:  Breast Cancer Diagnosis via a Neural Network Inference Engine.  $1,000 Finalist Award and Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award

Sinjin Duncan, Grade 10, Gateway Science Academy, Project Title:  Greenhouses, Semifinalist and East Central District Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri Award

Katheryn Elliott, Grade 9, Gateway Science Academy, Project Title:  Artifically Scienced, Semifinalist and American Association of University Women Award

Deshawna, Flesh, Grade 11, Gateway Science Academy, Project Title:  Nitrate Leaching and Algae Growth by Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers, Semifinalist, SunEdison Award and Surgeon General Award

Ashwin Govindan, Grade 11, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Project Title:  Treatment-related Lymphopenia in Elderly Patients with Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme: Does Gender Matter, Semifinalist and SunEdison Award

Anna Grahlherr, Grade 9, Eureka High School, Project Title:  The influence of race on perception of an individual's accent as non-native, $1,000 Finalist Award and SunEdison Award

David Gunderson, Grade 12, Rockwood Summit High School, Project Title:  Placebos and Physical Performance: A Study Addressing Positive Psychology in an Informal Setting, Semifinalist

Sarah Hogan, Grade 12, Cor Jesu Academy, Project Title:  Caffeine Content of Tea Leaf Aqueous Extracts, SunEdison Award and U. S. Metric Association Award

Joshua Kazdan, Grade 11, John Burroughs School, Project Title:  Assessing the Feasibility of Using Photoelectron Imaging to Study Electronic Structure in Cu-, $3,000 First Place Award, an all expense paid trip to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in May, SunEdison Award and American Chemical Society - St. Louis Section Award

Eesha Kelkar, Grade 12, Clayton High School, Project Title:  Word Frequency Effects in Younger & Older Adults, SunEdison Award

Chloe King, Grade 10, Kirkwood High School, Project Title:  Social Networks of Drosophila Melanogaster, $1,000 Finalist Award and SunEdison Award

Elliott Leinauer, Grade 11, Rockwood Summit High School, Design of Thermoelectric Band for Use in Charging of Small Electronic Devices, $1,000 Finalist Award

Rebecca Liu, Grade 11, Westminister Christian Academy, Project Title:  The Testing of Potential Reductases in the Biosynthesis of Cyclopamine in Veratrum californicum, Semininalist

Olivia Long, Grade 11, John Burroughs School, Project Title:  The Effect of Aging on Glucose Metabolism & Differentiation in Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Progenitors,  Semifinalist, Sun Edison Award and Vitro Biology Award

Arleen Luhmann, Grade 12, Cor Jesu Academy, Project Title:  Extent and Category of the Enzyme Inhibitor Histidine, Semifinalist and LMI Award

Autumn Martin, Grade 12, Maplewood Richmond Heights HIgh School, Project Title:  An Exploration of Adolescent Body Image Satisfaction, Semifinalist, SunEdison Award and American Psychological Association Certificate

Paul Meuser, Grade 12, Maplewood Richmond Heights High School, Project Title:  Determination of Enantioselective Solvation of Chiral a-Hyrdoxy Phosphonates by Quinine, Semifinalist and SunEdison Award

Natalie Mitten, Grade 12, Maplewood Richmond Heights High School, Project Title: Traditional Gender Roles and Depressive Symptomatology in Adolescents, Semifinalist, LMI Award and Mu Alplha Theta Award

Kristi Navalta, Grade 12, Cor Jesu Academy, Determination of Triclosan in Source Waters, Semifinalist, LMI Aerospace Award, NOAA Award, Arizona Statue University Award.

Zaphron Richardson, Grade 12, Maplewood Richmond Heights High School, Project Title:  X-Ray Crystallography of Co-Crystallized Concanavalin-A and IF7, Semifinalist and LMI Aerospace Award

Mia Rintoul, Grade 10, Maplewood Richmond Heights High School, Project Title:  Take a Break: Discovering the Effectiveness of Fragmentation in Educational Endeavors Through Academic Performance, Semifinalist, SunEdison Award and American Psychological Association Award

Jordan Sedberry, Grade 10, Gateway Science Academy, Project Title:  Disappearing Paper, Semifinalist, SunEdison Award, American Chemical Society - St. Louis Section Award and Ricoh Award

Rebeca Serrano, Grade 12, Cor Jesu Academy, Project Title: Toxic Metals in Inexpensive Jewelry, Semifinalist, LMI Aerospace Award and American Chemical Society - St. Louis Section Award

Emily Struttmann, Grade 12, Cor Jesu Academy, Project Title: Ascorbic Acid as an Enzyme Inhibitor, Semifinalist, SunEdison Award and Ricoh Award

Jessica Sun, Grade 10, Parkway Central High School, Project Title: Development of a novel spatial frequency domain method for fluorescence imagine in tumor detection, $2,000 Second Place Award presented at the Academy of Science - St. Louis Outstanding Scientists Awards Dinnner and includes all-expense paid trip to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in May,  and SunEdison Award

Allison Tielking, Grade 11, Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School, Project Title: Characterizing Growth Phenotypes in Plants Using a Low-Cost, Open Source Imaging System, $1,000 Third Place Award presented at the Academy of Science - St. Louis Outstanding Scientists Awards Dinner and University of Michigan Alumni Club Award

Omkar Venkatesh, Grade 11, Clayton High School, Project Title: Mutant LGC-53 Receptors as Potential Tools to Study Dopamine Networks, Semifinalist and Metropolitian Medical Society Award

Ellen Wang, Grade 12, Parkway North High School, Project Title: Heterologous expression and characterization of DsRed2 mutants in Escherichia coli, $1,000 Finalist Award and Sun Edison Award

William Wolfe, Grade 12, John Burroughs, Project Title: Mixed Gaussian and Random Impulse Noise Removal, Semifinalist

Victoria Yi, Grade 11, Clayton High School, Project Title: Growth and Lipid Body Accumulation of Common Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Strains Under Different Light Conditions, $1,000 Finalist, Sun Edison and Society for In Vitro Biology Award