CSSF Project Listings: 2014
Mammalian Biology
Senior Division
- S1201
- Amanda F. Bryant- Dunmire, Grade 10
Felines vs. Canines
Advisor: Ms. Karen Reynosa
School: Ventura High School, Ventura, Ventura County
- S1202 — Honorable Mention
- Gautam S. Bulusu, Grade 10
Biomarkers in Risk Prediction Model (RPM) Predicting Recurrence in Patients with Ductal Carcinoma in situ (DCIS)
Advisor: Dr. Mamatha Chivukula
School: Cupertino High School, Cupertino, Santa Clara County
- S1203
- Laura A. Contreras, Grade 12
Is Nutri-Grain Berry Healthy?
Advisor: Mr. Riccardo Magni
School: Righetti (Ernest) High School, Santa Maira, Santa Barbara County
- S1204 — Fourth Place
- Tara P. Iyer, Grade 11
Gender Differences in the Prevalence of Co-Morbid Disorders Affecting the ASD Population
Advisor: Mr. Gary Hubbs
School: Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S1205
- Neda Izadyar, Grade 9
Differentiation of Human Adipose Stem Cells to Osteocytes and Chondrocytes
Advisor: Dr. Fari Izadyar
School: Woodbridge High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S1206
- Everett N. Kim, Grade 10
Artificial Sweeteners: The Effects of Sucralose and Saccharin on the Dietary and Metabolic Habits of Mus musculus
Advisor: Dr. Richard Cardullo
School: Centennial High School, Corona, Riverside County
- S1207 — Second Place
- Kevin K. Lee, Grade 12
Strongly Coupling the Electrical and Mechanical Dynamics of the Heartbeat in a Diffuse Interface Model
Advisor: Dr. John Lowengrub
School: University High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S1208 — First Place
- Vick C. Liu, Grade 10
A Microfluidic Device for Blood Separation and Cell Morphology Analysis Using Acoustic Microstreaming
Advisor: Dr. Robin Liu
School: Flintridge Preparatory School, La Canada Flintridge, Los Angeles County
- S1209
- Kevin G. Makens, Grade 10
Can the Human Eye See above 60 FPS?
Advisor: Mr. Todd Samet
School: Redwood High School, Larkspur, Marin County
- S1210
- Andrea Mora, Grade 11
Jade N. Purifoy, Grade 11
Is a Dog Really Man's Best Friend?
Advisor: Ms. Karen Reynosa
School: Ventura High School, Ventura, Ventura County
- S1211
- Alyssa L. Pompan, Grade 9
My Joints Crack: Should I Be Worried?
Advisor: Ms. Kim Kiest
School: York School, Monterey, Monterey County
- S1212
- Amanda M. Richno, Grade 11
Isabella L. Spangle, Grade 12
Male Dominance? Battle of the Sexes
Advisor: Miss Katie Lewis
School: Big Valley High School, Bieber, Lassen County
- S1213
- Alap A. Sahoo, Grade 11
Compositional Differences in Protein Content in Milk from rBST-Treated and non-rBST-Treated Dairy Cows
Advisor: Mrs. Crystal Neptune
School: Stockdale High School, Bakersfield, Kern County
- S1214
- Bijan A. Samimi, Grade 10
The Study of the Inheritance of Syndactyly
Advisor: Mrs. Victoria Acquistapace
School: De La Salle High School, Concord, Contra Costa County
- S1215 — Honorable Mention
- Japmeet K. Sandhu, Grade 11
Ashima Thusu, Grade 10
Supertasting Ability, Satiety, and Childhood Obesity in the Hispanic Population
Advisor: Mr. Jonathan Bowns
School: Clovis North High School, Fresno, Fresno County
- S1216 — Honorable Mention
- Onkar S. Sandhu, Grade 10
Optical Coherence Tomography in Acute Coronary Syndrome
Advisor: Dr. Bipin Joshi
School: Clovis North High School, Fresno, Fresno County
- S1217
- Christina E. Schaefer, Grade 10
Betsie C. Wilson, Grade 10
Domestic Felines' vs. Domestic Canines' Intellectual Capability to Comprehend Learning Specific Movements on Command
Advisor: Ms. Karen Reynosa
School: Ventura High School, Ventura, Ventura County
- S1218
- Melissa P. Thurston, Grade 11
The Comparative Effectiveness of CPAs DMSO, OCT, and Glycerol on Viability of Cells Extracted from Frozen Intact Teeth
Advisor: Mr. Ariel Haas
School: Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, San Diego County
- S1219 — Third Place
- Aileen F. Wang, Grade 11
A Novel Breast Cancer Detection Algorithm Using Point Region Growing Segmentation and Pseudo-Zernike Moments
Advisor: Mr. Robert Jansen
School: Aliso Niguel High School, Aliso Viejo, Orange County
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