2018 Winners

Babylon Junior-Senior High School

Testing the effects of chemicals on the growth of Lemnoideae (duckweed)
Emma Ward, Amanda Gilmore & Juliana Vota

Bellmore John F. Kennedy High School

A table magician’s greatest trick: Affecting a patron’s tipping habits without them knowing           
David Frank

The Effect of Urine Concentration on Plant Growth              
Katherine St. George

Commack High School

Antibubbles and the World of Physics
Anthony Citera

The Effect of Natural Antimicrobials on E coli
Mikayla Elferis & Emily DiPrima

In Silico Modification of Rubisco Against Inhibitor CA1P
John Finnie-Maloney

East Meadow High School

Geospatial Analysis of the Uranium Decay Chain and the Effect of Hearing Loss on US Populations
Alyssa Fong & Lucas Mun

An Analysis of Atmospheric Nitrogen and Lung Cancer Rates
Alvin Kuruvilla

Elmont Memorial High School

Alpha-synuclein rescue function of djrl.1 neurodegradation in Caenorhabditis elegans
Marvia Pressoir

Assessment of tryptanthrin as a potential inhibitor of Sortase A transpeptidase in Staphylococcus aureus
Tochi Ukegbu

Floral Park Memorial High School

How Can You Accelerate the Processes of Electrolysis?
Benjamin Pickman

Freeport High School

Using STEM Laboratory Procedures to Collect Scientific Data      
Kiara Chombo & Sheilly Duque

George W. Hewlett High School

Characterizing the role of sugars and cysteine proteases in regulating senescence of gametophytes in Ceratopteris richardii
David Durdaller & Maya Tariq

Elucidating the mechanisms of cadmium toxicity using the model fern, Ceratopteris richardii
Randel Placino & Alex Tang

Great Neck North High School

Acid Rains Effect on Daphnia
Preethi Kumar

H. Frank Carey High School

The Effect of Frankincense and Copaiba oil on the Growth of Escherichia coli in Correlation to the Inflammation levels in Patients Suffering from Inflammatory Disorders 
Marissa Romano

Herricks High School

The Effect of Various Shaped Structures Within Buildings on the Ability to Sustain Pressure
Gurvir Singh

Huntington High School

The Effect of Magnetic Flux Density on the Behavioral Responses of Drosophila melanogaster
Andrew McKenzie & John Segretti

Jericho High School

Molecular Mechanisms Unifying Obesity and Cancer
Jennifer Lin

Long Beach High School

Investigating Shoreline Dynamics
Trey Heller, Andie Zion & Sydney Hoffmann

Lynbrook High School

The Effect of pH Levels on the Area of digestion of Amylase
Heather Horowitz & Leanna Sullivan

How can Saltwater be Used as a Power Source?
Ryan Marrione & Matt Medrano

Manhasset High School

The Effect of Galleria mellonella and UVB Radiation on the Degradation of Polyethylene
Jonathan Kim & Ella Wesson

Massapequa High School

Study of Homeopathic Antibacterial Effectiveness using Zebrafish
Victoria Marsico & Juliane Baco

Mineola High School

The Effect of Smoking on Dementia      
Nicole Laszewski

North Babylon High School

Using Gibberellic Acid to Stimulate the Growth of Arabidopsis thalian
Joe Candida

North Shore High School

The effect of silver nanoparticles on Spirogyra photosynthesis
George Amigdalos

Oceanside High School

XRF Analysis of Elemental Composition of Multifloral Honeys
Matthew Friedman

Paul D. Schreiber High School

Effects of PFOA on development Vanessa cardui larvae
Max Goldman

Comparing the efficiency and coefficient of restitution of spherical drumstick tips to ellipsoidal drumstick tips
Harrison Fried

The Effect of End-Disks on the Aerodynamic Efficiency of Flettner Rotors in Crossflow
Ben Helman

A Mathematical Exploration Applying the Number e to Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Opioids
Ashley O’Neill

Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School              

Omega-3 fatty acid effects on rate of regeneration of brown planaria
Alexa Gutterson & Kristen Dong 

Effects of short term treatment, through probiotics, and long term treatment, for lactose intolerance
Siean Benson & Alicia Ha

Sacred Heart Academy

The Effects of Grey Water on Plant Growth
Deidre Higgins 

Saint Anthony’s High School

Mitigation of TiO2 Stress and Characterization of a Putative Brassinosteroid Insensitive-1 Gene in Lemna minor
Jacqueline Balestrieri, Tong Ye (Half Hollow Hills High School East) & Dylan Makani (North Shore Hebrew Academy)

ZnO NP Regulation:Identification of the IRT 1 Ortholog in Lemna minor
Meghan Brady-Fuchsman, Sonia Sarju (Sanford H. Calhoun High School) & Elizabeth Ruggiero (Syosset High School)

South Side High School

Improving the Efficiency of Microbial Fuel Cells with Piezoelectricity
Victoria Lu 

Syosset High School 

The Identification and Characterization of the DELLA Protein in L minor
Lance Lampert  & Rebecca Sparacio (The Wheatley School)

The Wheatley School 

Analyzing the Fractal Patterns of the Sentence Structures in Class Literature
Anya Chabria 

W. Tresper Clarke High School

The Effect of Various Fish Scale Proteins on Wheat Gluten Bioplastic
Ankit Sayed

Alternative Anticoagulant Therapy
Deeti Patel

Walt Whitman High School

Extra-solar Spectroscopy on Parent Stars
Matthew Kerner

Which unnatural method of aiptasia removal is most effective and beneficial to the environment surrounding an organism?
Jasmine Thai 

Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School

The effect of aleopathic plants  Helianthus annus on the Invasive SpeciesLythrum Salicaria
Kiara Bennet & Melanie Garcia