ISEF 2002 Awards won by LISEF Winners

Behavioral Sciences
Deborah Birnbaum

John L. Miller Great Neck North High School

A New View of Negative Priming with Novel Shapes: The Role of Time

Honorable Mention - American Psychological Association

Sarah Hersh

John L. Miller Great Neck North High School

The Relationship Between Apparent Spatial Orientation and Perceived Albedo
Allison Pinchasick

Roslyn High School

The Relationships Between Weight Locus of Control, Gender, Weight Satisfaction and Self-Esteem

Second Place - American Statistical Association ($300)

Third Place - Behavioral and Social Sciences Grand Award ($1,000)

 Biochemistry
Michael Gorin

Lynbrook High School

The use of P-elements to Knockout Genes in Drosophila melanogaster

College Scholarship - Florida Institute of Technology ($40,000)

College Scholarship - Indiana ($20,000)

College Scholarship - University of the Sciences in Philadelphia ($48,000)

 Botany Computer Science
Michael Wagner

John F. Kennedy High School-Bellmore

Characterization of new auxin-resistant mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana

Third Place - Botany Grand Award ($1,000)

Vladislav Adzic

Ward Melville High School

A flexible algorithm for neurite image reconstruction and model generation

Third Place - Association for Computing Machinery ($300)

Second Place - Computer Science Grand Award ($1,500)

 Chemistry
Edmund Palermo

Bay Shore High School

The Creation of a High-Performance Polymer Blend

Second Place - U.S. Air Force ($1,500)

Third Place - Chemistry Grand Award ($1,000)

Mandeep Virdi

Plainview Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School

Model Reactions for the Synthesis of A Taxoid-Porphyrin Conjugate

 Engineering Environmental Science
Mordechai Bronner

Rambam Mesivta High School

Improving Adhesion at Polymeric Interfaces Containing Carbon Black

Intel Foundation Achievement Award ($5,000)

Best of Category Award ($5,000)

First Place - Engineering Grand Award ($3,000)

Kristen Goodrich

West Islip High School

The Influence of Groundwater Constituents on Initiation of the Growth of Aureococcus anophagefferens and Competing Phytoplankton

First Place - U.S. Navy & Marine Corps ($8,000 Scholarship)

Third Place - Environmental Sciences Grand Award ($1,000)

 Medicine and Health
Zachary Wissner-Gross

Great Neck South High School

A Novel Method for Identifying and Isolating Human Skin Stem Cells Utilizing MXR-Pump Detection

First Place - U.S. Air Force ($3,000)

Fourth Place - Medicine & Health Grand Award ($500)

Ali John Zarrabi

Northport High School

The Inhibition of Membrane-Bound Neutrophil Elastase as an Anti-Metastatic Strategy: An In Vitro Study

Honorable Mention - American Association of Clinical Chemistry ($50)

Second Place - Medicine & Health Grand Award ($1,500)

Mathematics Microbiology
Ronli Diakow

Paul D. Schreiber High School

Investigating the Distance Function on Centrally Symmetric Convex Surfaces

Honorable Mention - American Mathematical Society

Caroline Lau

Syosset High School

Population Overlap and Movement Analysis of Morone saxatilis through the use of DNA Polymorphisms

Zoology
Neha Mehta

Great Neck South High School

Activation by light of plasticity associated protein calcium/calmodulin-dependant kinase II

Second Place - AVASC Foundation ($500 Savings Bond)

Third Place - Medicine & Health Grand Award ($1,000)

Laura Mulvey

Carle Place High School

The Microstructure of the Shark's Jaw

Honorable Mention - Eastman Kodak Best Use of Photography ($250+Photo Kit))

Teams
Upton Au and Laurie-Anne Haller

Manhasset High School

Characterization of the ct2 Maize Mutation

European Union Contest for young Scientists Award (all-expense paid trip)

First Place - Team Projects Grand Award ($3,000)

John Bennett and Andy Alkon

Manhasset High School

Drag Reduction Based Approaches for Steering Cavitation Torpedoes

Honoorable Mention - American Association of Physics Teachers/American Physical Society

Third Place - Team Projects Grand Award ($1,000)

Shira Billet and Dora Sosnowik

Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls

A Viscometer for Ultra-Thin Films

First Place - Intel Foundation Women in Computer Science and Engineering ($2,500+high performance computer)

Second Place - Team Projects Grand Award ($1,500)

Carrie Bodner and Amelia Breyre

Manhasset High School

The Effects of Bt Corn Cry1 and Cry3 variations on non-targeted Coccinellids

Fourth Place - Team Projects Grand Award ($500)

Hatty Hong, Antonia Chan and Shama Patel

Manhasset High School

The Effects of Tocotrienols on the Lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans (N2) Under UV-Induced Stress

Second Place - Team Projects Grand Award ($1,500)

Christina Hung and Jason Beiger

Commack High School

The Design and Synthesis of Novel Anti-Cancer Taxoid-Porphyrin Conjugates

 Andrew Pariser and Joseph Jailer-Coley

Paul D. Schreiber High School

Creating more efficient multi-robot systems using peer-to-peer networking in search and retrieve problems

First Place - American Association for Artificial Intelligence ($1,000)

Tony Park and Jason Park

Syosset High School

Investigation of 60 Hz Extremely Low Frequency EM Radiation on pAMP Transformations and pKK061 Trandsuctions of E coli

Honorable Mention - American Statistical Association

Second Place - Team Projects Grand Award ($1,500)

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