2023 California Science & Engineering Fair
Held virtually on April 11, 2023
The following Awardees were selected by our the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC) Southern California Local Section volunteer judges for their worthy projects in the areas of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Chemistry, and Toxicology. Each student received a $200 award from the the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM) SoCal Section.
Junior Division
- Camille Chu: Identifying Novel Kinases for Approved Drugs using a Convolutional Neural Network Autoencoder and AlphaFold
- Maryam Hashmi: The Effect of Bile Salts on Digestion
- Beau Cartwright: Round-up All The Mussels: The effects of glyphosate-based roundup in varying concentrations on the gonad BMI and cellular structure of freshwater mussels
Senior Division
- Annabel Tiong: Hepatitis B patient-derived virus exhibits replication step-dependent resistance to Interferon in a chronic in-vitro infection model
- Isaac Wang: Development of the Rapid Energy Gap (REG) AI Model for Instantaneous Determination of the HOMO-LUMO Gap
- Arjun Gosh: Study focusing on human Sodium-dependent Multivitamin Transporter (hSMVT) and its application in cancer cell targeting
2023 Orange County Science & Engineering Fair
Held virtually on March 13, 2023
The following Awardees were selected by our ADLM Southern California Local Section volunteer judges for their worthy projects in the areas of Pharmacology/Toxicology, Microbiology/Cell Biology, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology and Chemistry. Each student received a $200 award from the ADLM SoCal Section.
Junior Division
- Sam Solhpour: Comparison of Silver Nano Particles versus Ampicillin on Staphylococcus Epidermis Growth
- Shloka Kamat: The Role of Different p53 Mutations in Promoting Metastasis in Breast Cancer
- Sohia Wein: Orange Storage: "C" The Difference
Senior Division
- Julianne Wu: Evaluating the Use of Designer Receptors in Manipulating Reward Projections In Methamphetamine Use
- Angelica Colin: Investigating Anti-bacterial Properties of Tilapia Skin Mucus
- Katherine Hua: Bioinformatic Analysis of Genetic Mutations Associated with Autistic Spectrum Disorder: Implication for Early Diagnosis and Treatment
2022 California Science & Engineering Fair
Held virtually on April 12, 2022
The following Awardees were selected by our ADLM Southern California Local Section volunteer judges for their worthy projects in the areas of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Chemistry, and Toxicology. Each student received a $200 award from the ADLM SoCal Section.
Junior Division
- Samantha Mehta: Automatic Assessment of Ovarian Cancer Features & MSLN Protein Overexpression from Histopathological Images using DL Abstract
- Alyssa Tran: Marine Environmental Hypoxia Due to Global Warming
- Rory Hu: The Effects of Pesticides, Caffeine & Tea Polyphenols on the Visual and Olfactory Learning and Memory of the Honey Bee
Senior Division
- Matthew Noto: Novel Inhibitors for Conserved Regions of RecA to Slow the Development of Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Sana Rajesh: Improving the Overall Ductility and Usability of Milk Based Plastic Through the Addition of a Plasticizer
- Aja Zou: Constructing a Drug Response Prediction Model Based on the Integration of Protein-Protein Interactions and Genomics Data
2021 California Science & Engineering Fair
Held virtually on April 13, 2021
The following Awardees were selected by our ADLM Southern California Local Section volunteer judges for their worthy projects in the areas of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Chemistry, and Toxicology. Each student received a $200 award from the ADLM SoCal Section.
Junior Division
- Meera Iyer: What is the effect of various carbohydrates and oil, versus water on the size of nanoparticles when mixed with curcumin?
- Aditi Kiran: The Effect of Lithium Bromide as an Additive on the Energy Stored in an Aqueous Electrolyte Based Supercapacitor
- Tarek Aref: Effect of Food Colors on Brine Shrimp Mortality
Senior Division
- Ishani Das: A Novel Examination of Genes Linked to Comorbidities on the Development of Diabetic Retinopathy
- Eshani Jha: Thiol Functionalized and Manganese Dioxide Doped Biochar for Removal of Toxic Organic and Inorganic Contaminants from Water
- Matthew Wang: The Effect of PH on Aurelia Aurelia Ephyra Pulse Rate and Morphology
2019 Orange County Science & Engineering Fair
Anaheim, March 21, 2019
The following Awardees were selected by our ADLM Southern California Local Section volunteers for their worthy projects related to human health and disease. Each awardee received a $200 award from the ADLM SoCal Section.
Junior Division
- Ishan Ghosh: Evaluating effectiveness of select natural remedies for their anticoagulating properties
- Neel Kumar: Do microplastics affect the heart rate of Daphnia magna?
- Alexis Tran: How probiotic cultures affect the acidity of stomach acid
Senior Division
- Suhina Sharma: Cost effective device that analyzes various gas and volatile organic compound concentrations in exhaled breath
- Chris Collins: Development of an automated electrophysiological system to measure effects of anti-epileptic drugs on induced pluripotent stem cells derived from epilepsy patients
- Karen Chung: Integrating machine learning and mathematical modeling to identify cancer driven genes
2019 California Science & Engineering Fair
California Science Center, April 30, 2019
The following Awardees were selected by our ADLM Southern California Local Section volunteers for their worthy projects related to human health and disease. Each awardee received a $200 award from the ADLM SoCal Section.
Chemistry
- Junior: Ingrid J Feague, “Taming Coulomb: How Solutes Affect the Reaction of Sodium Immersed in Water” (Santa Cruz County)
- Senior: Anushree Chaudhuri, “A Porous Silicon Optical Nanosensor for the Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds” (San Diego County)
Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
- Junior: Haya M. Belbese, “The Road to the Cure of Alzheimer’s” (San Diego County)
- Senior: Alexander Guh-Siesel, “A Method for Treating Celiac Disease: Synthesis of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the HLA-DQ2 Receptor” (Santa Clara County)
Toxicology
- Junior: Noah J. Patterson, “Daphnia Heart Rate: How Do the Central Valley’s Most Common Water Pollutants Affect the Heart Rate of Daphnia magna?” (Fresno County)
- Senior: Adriana Golden, “Effects of E-Cigarette Flavor and Nicotine Concentration of Human Alveolar Epithelial Cell Viability ” (Marin County)