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*Gorgas Finalist

Engineering Math and Computer Science

1. *Eli Mrug, Computation of Regions of Guaranteed Attraction of Parabolic Fixed Points, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
2. Will Bao, Adapting Acoustic Absorbers for Highly Effective Noise Mitigation, Auburn High School, Auburn
3. John Belew, Analysis of Robotics in Cultivation of Agriculture, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka
4. Michael Mazur, Detecting Sleep States via Machine Learning Analysis, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
5. Kevin Yan, Developing a Novel Autonomous Wildfire Mitigation System Using Convolutional Neural Networks and Time-Series Forecasting, Auburn High School, Auburn
6. Darvin Ford, Flow-Off, Hoover High School, Hoover
7. David Naylor, Making an App for Helping Food Banks, Pantries, and Food Insecure People, Hoover High School, Birmingham
8. Abhai Anand, Parametric Design Optimization of Soft Pneumatic Network Actuators for Rehabilitation, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
9. Edwin Wu, Smart Assistive Senior Care, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery
10. Levi Gels, The Use of Electromagnetic in Space Transportation, Hoover Higher School, Hoover
11. Noah Lowry, Transformer Networks Using mpMRI and Radical Prostatectomy Samples: Beyond Dominant Lesion Segmentation, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
12. Nathan Lee, Wireless Robot for Sewer Pipe Exploration, Northridge High School, Tuscaloosa
    

Life Science

1. *Ashley Fulmer, Peter Piper’s Pick of Perfect Peppers, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka
2. *Rhea Rastogi, Understanding How the Maternal Epigenetic Reprogramming Function of LSD1 Contributes to Inherited Developmental Disease, Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School, Montgomery
3. McNair Shah, A Comparative Study of Machine Learning Methods in Event Related Potential Decoding for ASD, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
4. Greeshma Vinoy, Assessing Environmental Toxicity Across Varied Habitats Through Daphnia Magna Analysis, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
5. Sumin Park, Effects of Sublethal Methylmercury on Telencephalon and Hippocampus Volume of Zebra Finches, Loveless Academic Magnet Program (LAMP) High School, Montgomery
6. Whitley Shull, Furthering Agriculture Through Automated Buoyant Hydroponic Pods, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka
7. Hayden Mckenzie, Luminal luminosity, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka
8. Annie Bao, Modifying Oncolytic Adenovirus for Osteosarcoma Treatment, Auburn Junior High School, Auburn
9. Jason Bailey, Qualitative and quantitative analysis of various bottled water brands and local tap water., Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka
10. Dominic Vilardi, Sleep Zone: How long is Necessary to Feel Well?, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka
11. Ashu Anand, The Effects of Electrical Stimulation on Planaria Tissue Regeneration, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
12. Cynthia Liu, The Molecular Basis for Female Sex Predisposition of Autoimmune B Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham

Medicine, Health and Social Science

1. *Rishi Yellamraju, Identification of Doxorubicin-treatable Cancer Gene Mutations through Quantitative High-throughput Cell Proliferation of Yeast, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
2. Natascha Helfrecht-Kannady, Association Between Concussion History and Perceived Psychological Distress in a Sample of American High School Football Athletes, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
3. Ananya Mohanraj, Curvature of a Flow-Volume Curve and its Utility as A Diagnostic Marker for COPD, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
4. Serena Agrawal and Isabel Polhemus, Female Athlete Triad — Are Coaches in Alabama Aware of This?, Hoover High School, Birmingham
5. Srihansi Sagi and Prisha Sharma, Projecting Transcontinental Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Trends, Hoover High School, Hoover
6. Advitiya Kana, In Two Minds, Hoover High School, Hoover
7. Aanchal Behara, Localization of Frontotemporal Dementia Risk Gene Rab38 to Glutamatergic Neurons: Implications for Selective Neuronal Vulnerability, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
8. Kim Pham, Maladaptive Daydreaming Mediates the relationship between Personality and Academic Performance., Baker High School, Mobile
9. Ayesha Korin, Testing How Bilinguals and Monolinguals Compare in Cognitive Function Tests, Islamic Academy of Alabama, Brimingham
10. Jewel McCrary, The Effect of Perceived Appearance on Body Schema Integration in the Rubber Hand Illusion, UMS-Wright Preparatory School, Mobile
11. Monisha Bommu, The effect of PM2.5 on Mental Health, Alabama School Of Fine Arts, Birmingham
12. Rhyana Mahatsente, Voxel Based Morphometry of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy for Detection of Ictal Impaired Consciousness, Northridge High School, Tuscaloosa

Physical Scences

1. *Varsha Vinoy , Applications of Plasma Treatment on the Polydopamine Coated 3D Printed Polymer Scaffold, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
2. *Nicholas Godwin, Dietary Ketone Esters Slow Renca Renal and 4T-1 Mammary Cell Lines, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
3. *Yiwen Wang, Producing Sustainable, Cost-Effective Aluminum-Sulfur Batteries Through a Triple-Function Cathode Design and Anion Charge Carriers, Northridge High School, Tuscaloosa
4. Aiden Khansaheb and Peter Nichols, Water Heaters Year Two, Hoover High School, Hoover
5. Parker Thompson, Analysis of Harmful Chemical Residues in Common Clothing, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka
6. Joseph LeFevre, Are you safe? A Study on Better Alternatives to Traditional Motorcycle Protection, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka
7. Zubayr Rasheed, Bird’s Nest, Islamic Academy of Alabama, Birmingham
8. Joshua Minnon, Calculating the Speed of Light, Libertas Classical Community, Decatur
9. Jackson Rodriguez, Can LIDAR Navigate an Environment?, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka
10. Greyson Marker, Effect of Fabric Denier on Fall Time of a Parachute, Houston Academy, Dothan
11. Jakub Hel, Effect of Solvent Polarity on the Rate of SN1 Reactions, Hoover High School, Hoover
12. Mira Menon, On the Tully Fisher Relation for AGN Host Galaxies, Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School, Montgomery

 Environmental Science

1. *Abby Gobbels, Quantifying the Potential of Reforestation (as a Sustainable Solution) in Mitigating PM 2.5 Pollution in Urban Schools, Hoover High School, Hoover
2. Mustafa Gurbuz, Cleaning Up the World’s Oceans with ROV-Mounted DNN-Based Underwater Laser Image Recognition, Northridge High School, Tuscaloosa
3. Adonay Mahatsente-Tewelde, Cleaning Up the World’s Oceans with ROV-Mounted DNN-Based Underwater Laser Image Recognition, Northridge High School, Tuscaloosa
4. Reagan Kelley, Is Biomass a Good Indicator for the Effects of Light Pollution?, Hoover High School, Hoover
5. Syeda Fatima, Syeda Rizvi and Michelle Torres Romo, Leaf Packs, Hoover High School, Birmingham
6. Suhani Jeewani, Recycle for Better, Hoover High School, Hoover
7. Clark Baty and Albert Chen, Simulating Solar Panel Efficiency Under Varying Dust Storm Conditions, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
8. Minlu Wang-He, SmartSpray: An Effective, Efficent Sprinkler Nozzle, Auburn Junior High School, Auburn
9. Lillian Vilardi, Solving the Issue with Microplastics, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka
10. Krish Nathan, Sustainable Water Filtration System, Hoover High School, Hoover
11. Arturo Briseno, The App That Recycles, Hoover High School, Hoover
12. Bellamy Williams, The Effects of Pectins on Copper Ion Concentrations in Waters, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham