CARSEF Winners

UAB-CORD CARSEF Winners
March 3, 2012

Oliva Dure
11th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title – Brain Plasticity: The Effect of Age (A Three Year Study)

Ashby Marriott
12th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title – Exploring Motion Triggered Audio Permutation in iOS

Ian Black
9th Grade
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate
Project Title – Amount of Lift Generated by Different Wine Shapes

Lakshmi Raju
11th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title – Development of a Low Cost Infrared Spectrophotometer and a Matlab Program to Detect Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Water Vapor

 

CARSEF Category Winners
Senior Division

1st Place
Arrix Ryce
10th Grade
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate
Project Title – Memories: Eating, Runnies and Singing on Your Avenue

2nd Place
Kimmy Wise
9th Grade
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate
Project Title – The Effects of Being Color Blind on Seeing Optical Illusions

3rd Place
Kathleen Doran
9th Grade
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate
Project Title – What is the Effect of Designer Labels on the Number of Items Selected by Consumers?

Honorable Mention
Kendall Smith
9th Grade
Pell City High School
Project Title – Are You Smarter than a First Born… Does Birth Order Affect GPA?

Honorable Mention
Nasma Mekdad
9th Grade
Islamic Academy of Alabama
Project Title – When Left is Right

Honorable Mention
Moriah Burbank
12th Grade
Spring Valley School
Project Title – Examining Effects Caused by Visual and Audio Bullying

 

1st Place
Alisha Patel
11th Grade
The Altamont School
Project Title – The Effect of Garlic and Tulsi Seed Extracton the Growth of Cells Containing Latent Tuberculosis Genes

2nd Place
Alexander Arora
11th Grade
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate
Project Title – Targets of Non-Canonical Notch 1 Signaling Pathway of KLF4 and Expression in Breast Cancer Cells

3rd Place
Stephon Seward
12th Grade
Parker High School
Project Title – The Effects of Stimulus Contrast on the Human Visual Cortical Evoked Potential

Honorable Mention
Danah Mekdad
9th Grade
Islamic Academy of Alabama
Project Title – Crystal Clear

Honorable Mention
Trention Weis
11th Grade
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate
Project Title – The Effects of Antioxidants on the Lifespan of Acheta Domesticus (House Crickets)

Honorable Mention
Samantha Miller
12th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title – Comparing Plasma Cortisol Levels and Heart Rates of Barrel Racing Horses

 

1st Place
Courtney Fancher
12th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title – The Effect of Theobromine in Dark Chocolate on Reducing Tooth Erosion

2nd Place
Supraja Sridhar
11th Grade
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate
Project Title – The Effect of the Hormone Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rBST) on the Protein Content of Skim, 1%, 2% and Whole Milk

3rd Place
Breanna Johnson, Jykiria Zimmerman and Zana Wallace
11th and 12th Grade
Talladega County Central High School
Project Title – Crime Scene Chemistry – The Cool Blue Light of Luminol

Honorable Mention
Gi yun Lee and David Namkoong
11th and 12th Grade
Indian Springs and Oak Mountain High School
Project Title – If You Want to See, Glutathione It Should Be

Honorable Mention
Victoria String Fellow
12th Grade
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate
Project Title – The Effect of Actinomycin D and Ethidium Bromide on the Physical Properties of Calf Thymus DNA

Honorable Mention
Abdallah Nassar
10th Grade
Ramsay High School
Project Title – Does the Pollution in Water Get Worse as it Gets Deeper

1st Place
Larry Patterson
12th Grade
Pell City High School
Project Title – Coke Can Stirling Engine

2nd Place
Ayah Eltoum
9th Grade
Islamic Academy of Alabama
Project Title – Green Gold

3rd Place
Kevin Hubbard
9th Grade
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate
Project Title – Effect of Focused Light on the Energy Output of a Solar Panel

Honorable Mention
Esme’ Shields
10th Grade
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate
Project title – Quality of Biodiesel Processed from Water Vegetable Oils

Honorable Mention
Zachary Barkley
10th Grade
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate
Project title – The Energy Output of Various Fuel Rations in a Internal Combustion Engine

Honorable Mention
Jessica Birdyshaw
10th Grade
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate
Project title – To Charge by Outlet or to Charge by Turbine, That is the Question

 

1st Place
Ian Black
9th Grade
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate
Project title – Amount of Lift Generated by Different Wing Shapes

2nd Place
Jordan Turner
9th Grade
Huffman High School
Project Title – Which Fence Design Protects Against High Winds

3rd Place
Jacob Hollingsworth
10th Grade
Bessemer Academy
Project Title – What is the Strongest Knot for Fishing Line?

Honorable Mention
Matthew McCrory
9th Grade
Pell City High School
Project Title – Future Robotic Arm

 

1st Place
Hannah Noah
9th Grade
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate
Project Title – The Optimization of Arthrospira Plantensis Culture Growth

2nd Place
Monica Pasala
9th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title – The Effects of Zn Contaminated Soil on Wisconsin Fast Plants

3rd Place
Krishna Shah
9th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title –The Amounts of Iron, Sulfate and Manganese in the Black Warrior River

Honorable Mention
Sophie Vogt
12th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title – The Relationship between Pleurotus ostreatus and Pollution Level of Nitrogen Dioxide Commonly Found in Industrial Environments

Honorable Mention
Sarah Webster
10th Grade
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate
Project Title – Energy: Recycling vs Landfilling

Honorable Mention
John Michael Middleton
11th Grade
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate
Project Title – Effects of Rust and Salt in Water Used to Hydrate Violax Wittrockiana

 

1st Place
Ashby Marriott
12th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title – Exploring Motion Triggered Audio Permutation in iOS

2nd Place
Nath Tumlin
9th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title – Tracking People and Objects with a User Customizable Interface

3rd Place
Anshuman Bansal
12th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title – Modeling High Volume Networks with Dynamically Assigned Node Structures

Honorable Mention
Jefferson Zou
11th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title – Mobile Image Analysis

Honorable Mention
Alex Atwood
12th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title – Algorithmic Information Gathering with Rubik’s Cubes

Honorable Mention
Jonathan Hurowitz
10th Grade
The Altamont School
Project Title – The Permutations Triangle

 

1st Place
Oliva Dure
11th Grade
The Altamont School
Project Title – Brain Plasticity: The Effect of Age (A Three Year Study)

2nd Place
Karyn Ding
11th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title – Transforming Growth Factor – Beta 1 Induces Cytoskeleton Change During Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition

3rd Place
Will Pannell
9th Grade
The Altamont School
Project Title – Will a Pomegranate a Day Keep Forgetfulness Away? Assessing the Effects of Pomegranate Supplementation on Working Memory

Honorable Mention
Caitlin Thoms
12th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title – The Roles of C3 in An Alpha-Synuclein-Based Model of Parkinson Disease

Honorable Mention
Alexis Vance
12th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title – The Role of Pannexin-2 as a Novel Appetite Controller

Honorable Mention
Georgia Smith
12th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title – Mechanisms of Visual Training that Reduce the Risk of Motor Vehicle Collisions of Older Adults

 

1st Place
Lakshmi Raju
1th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title – Development of a Low Cost Infrared Spectrophotometer and a Matlab Program to Detect Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Water Vapor

2nd Place
Wesley Biddie
10th Grade
Thompson High School
Project Title – Variation of Output of Various Dyes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells as the Sun Moves

3rd Place
Jasmin Revanna
9th Grade
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Project Title – How can Concave Mirrors Intensify Light Rays?

Honorable Mention
Frederick Safyanov
10th Grade
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate
Project Title – Static Shockers: Which Ones are the Best?

Honorable Mention
Marwa Mekdad
9th Grade
Islamic Academy of Alabama
Project Title – Color Me Confused

Honorable Mention
Paul Nelson
9th Grade
Pell City High School
Project Title – The Duel Nature of Light

 

 

 

CARSEF Category Winners
Junior Division

1st Place
Rozan El-Qishawi
6th Grade
Islamic Academy of Alabama
Project Title – The “BLIDEF” Language: A Complete Guide to a Global Standard Deaf and Blind English Alphabet

2nd Place
Jameelah Wright
8th Grade
Islamic Academy of Alabama
Project Title – Sent-Sational!

3rd Place
Graeme Baxley
6th Grade
Advent Episcopal School
Project Title – Pretty Pleases

Honorable Mention
Raleigh Bruce
7th Grade
Advent Episcopal School
Project Title – Will Phiten Make Me Faster?

Honorable Mention
Will Rosensteil
7th Grade
Advent Episcopal School
Project Title – Game State Heart Rate

Honorable Mention
Lia Barnes
7th Grade
W. J. Christina
Project Title – Gender’s Effect on Memory

 

1st Place
Sam Newton
8th Grade
Advent Episcopal School
Project Title – Walking in Circles

2nd Place
Mohammad Hamo
6th Grade
Islamic Academy of Alabama
Project Title – Ow!! Hot!!

3rd Place
Cole Cassady
8th Grade
Indian Springs School
Project Title – Effects of Temperature on Herpes Virus

Honorable Mention
John Hall
7th Grade
St. Rose Academy
Project Title – The Effects of Glyphosate on Plant Health

Honorable Mention
Archana Yarlagadda
6th Grade
The Altamont School
Project Title – Tumeric: Does it Have Anti-bacterial Properties?

Honorable Mention
Samantha Slaughter
7th Grade
Columbiana Middle School
Project Title – Killing Bacteria

 

1st Place
Landon Bentley
8th Grade
Columbiana Middle School
Project Title – Forgery Forensics: Chromatography Classification: The Case of the School Bus Scandal

2nd Place
Dina Abdelqader
8th Grade
Islamic Academy of Alabama
Project Title – Raw vs. Heated?

3rd Place
Robert Denniston
8th Grade
The Altamont School
Project Title – Guacamole Now! Ethylene Production in Fruits

Honorable Mention
Ahas Zaqut
6th Grade
Islamic Academy of Alabama
Project Title – Last Longer!

Honorable Mention
Khaled Nassar
7th Grade
Martha Gaskins Middle School
Project Title – I’m Freezing!!!

Honorable Mention
Jeremiah Whatley
5th Grade
W. J. Christian
Project Title – Acids Bases

 

1st Place
Thomas Barr and Charlotte Benedict
8th Grade
Indian Springs School
Project Title – Wind Energy

2nd Place
Quen Parson
6th Grade
Advent Episcopal School
Project Title – Steam Power: Dry Ice Vs. Steam

3rd Place
Nick Bruno
7th Grade
The Altamont School
Project Title – The Effect of Temperature on the Viscosity of Automobile Fluids

Honorable Mention
Jess Carr
8th Grade
O. D. Duran Junior High School
Project Title – What Makes the Most Aerodynamic Design for a Paper Glider

Honorable Mention
Clairion DuBose
7th Grade
St. Francis Xavier School
Project Title – Using Fruits and Vegetables as a Possible Energy Source

Honorable Mention
Matthew Steele and Nicholas Somers
7th Grade
Our Lady of the Valley
Project Title – Fly, Rocket, Fly

 

1st Place
Jackie Lee
8th Grade
Columbiana Middle School
Project Title – Radon Activity

2nd Place
Matthew Braden
8th Grade
O.D. Duran Junior High School
Project Title – Which Bridge to You Trust?

3rd Place
Whitney Mims
6th Grade
Graham Elementary
Project Title – Which D Size Battery Lasts the Longest

Honorable Mention
Scout Phillips
5th Grade
Advent Episcopal School
Project Title – The Aerodynamics of Paper Airplanes

Honorable Mention
Nicholas Kearley
6th Grade
Graham Elementary
Project Title – Lemon-Light Using Lemons to Produce Electricty

 

1st Place
Rowan Elqishawi
8th grade
Islamic Academy of Alabama
Project Title – BP… Are You Awakening the SLEEPING GIANT?

2nd Place
Bailey Smith
6th Grade
Advent Episcopal School
Project Title – The Impact of Dispersant on the Natural Filtration of Wetlands

3rd Place
Cailan Bevel
8th Grade
Thompson Middle School
Project Title – Reduction of Nitrate Levels in Water Using Denitrifying Bacteria

Honorable Mention
Quinn McCormick
8th Grade
Prince of Peace Catholic School
Project Title – Effect of Bamboo (Bamabus Schreb) Extracts on Seed Growth

Honorable Mention
Josh Fording
5th Grade
Tuscaloosa Magnet
Project Title – Do Steel Mills Negatively Affect the Environment

Honorable Mention
Maya Cassady
5th Grade
Advent Episcopal School
Project Title – Organic and non-organic Soil, Who’s Really the Best?

 

1st Place
Hanna Becerra
7th Grade
St. Francis Xavier
Project Title – C# or Java?

2nd Place
Jesus Zubia
8th Grade
O.D. Duran Junior High School
Project Title – Using a Laser Pointer to Measure the Data Track Spacing on CDs and DVDs Will Work?

3rd Place
JoAnna Lackey
6th Grade
Graham Elementary
Project Title – “Skittles” Taste the Rainbow

 

1st Place
Ryan Harmon
8th Grade
Columbiana Middle School
Project Title – Using a Mechanical Model to Measure Patellar Tendon Strain in Knee Bends

2nd Place
Jamarcus Ellison
7th Grade
W. J. Christian
Project Title – Pump, Pump, Pump it up! The Effect of Caffeine on the Blood Pressure

3rd Place
Lauren Shields
7th Grade
Our Lady of the Valley
Project Title – Solar Disinfection/SODIS: How to Disinfect Contaminated Water

Honorable Mention
Josie Niedermeier
8th Grade
The Altamont School
Project Title – Is Your Cell Phone Cleaner than a Toilet

Honorable Mention
Julia Fleisig
8th Grade
Indian Springs School
Project Title – The Effect of Age on Visual Accommadation

Honorable Mention
Malik El-Husari
6th Grade
Islamic Academy of Alabama
Project Title – Put the Fire Out

 

1st Place
Katie Stahlhut
8th Grade
O. D. Duran Junior High School
Project Title – Can You Make a Ball of Lighting from Materials At Home

2nd Place
Cody Roberts
8th Grade
O.D. Duran Junior High School
Project Title – How Does Position of the Pickup on a Guitar, Relative to the End of the String, Affect the Tone

3rd Place
Crandall Hillhouse
7th Grade
St. Francis Xavier
Project Title – The Effects of Different Temperatures on the Viscosity of Glycerin, Honey and Water

Honorable Mention
Amrita Lakhanpal and Ashley Johnson
5th Grade
The Altamont School
Project Title – Hanging by a Thread

Honorable Mention
Adam Pittman
6th Grade
Advent Episcopal School
Project Title – Operation Levitation: Creating Diamagnetic Levitation with Liquid Magnets

Honorable Mention
Danah Refai
6th Grade
Islamic Academy of Alabama
Project Title – Got Sun Protection?