Class of 2018 · 77th Science Talent Search2018 届 · 第 77 届科学天才奖

2018

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First Place第一名

$250K

top award最高奖金

Grand Prize · 2018头奖 · 2018

Benjamin Firester

Hunter College High School · New York, NY
A mathematical model that predicts the spread of late-blight crop disease from weather data

Top Ten前十名

The ten top awards十大奖项

As announced at the 2018 Finals Week awards ceremony. Source: official announcement.

依据 2018 年决赛周颁奖典礼的官方公告整理。来源：官方新闻稿。

01 Benjamin Firester

Hunter College High School · New York, NY
A mathematical model that predicts the spread of late-blight crop disease from weather data

$250,000
02 Natalia Orlovsky

Garnet Valley High School · Glen Mills, PA
How lung epithelial cells respond to e-cigarette vaping fluids

$175,000
03 Isani Singh

Cherry Creek High School · Greenwood Village, CO
Turner-syndrome cell research identifying underexpressed sex-chromosome genes

$150,000
04 Muhammad Shahir Rahman

Westview High School · Portland, OR
A smart microwave that heats different foods on one plate to their optimal temperatures

$100,000
05 David Wu

Montgomery Blair High School · Silver Spring, MD
Patterns of sequential primes in prime moduli, with cryptography implications

$90,000
06 Kyle Fridberg

Fairview High School · Boulder, CO
Discovered a new iron/vanadium compound with rechargeable-battery potential

$80,000
07 Vinjai Vale

Phillips Exeter Academy · Exeter, NH
A new framework helping convolutional neural networks understand complex scenes

$70,000
08 Skyler Jones

Ossining High School · Ossining, NY
Atomic-structure properties of perovskite crystals for cheaper solar cells

$60,000
09 Syamantak Payra

Clear Brook High School · Friendswood, TX
A smart bionic leg brace that bends the knee electronically

$50,000
10 Raley Schweinfurth

Oregon Episcopal School · Portland, OR
Multi-year HPLC-MS study of insecticide contamination at bee-foraging sites

$40,000

The Forty四十强

All 40 finalists全部 40 位决赛入围者

Every finalist received at least $25,000. Names, schools, hometowns and project titles as published on the official finalist list.

每位决赛入围者至少获得 25,000 美元。姓名、学校、家乡与课题名均照录官方入围名单。

Sidhika BalachandarBuchholz High School · Gainesville, FLPicoscale Mechanics of Atomically Engineered Materials

Reese CaldwellConestoga High School · Berwyn, PAOptical Control of Protein Assembly and Activity in Cell-Like-Compartments

Maggie Shin-Young ChenCanyon Crest Academy · San Diego, CACell Membrane-Coated Nanodevice for Anti-Virulence Therapy Against Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

Andrew FangJericho Senior High School · Jericho, NYArtemisinin as a Potential Parkinson's Disease Treatment via Alleviation of α-Synuclein Mediated Neuronal Damage and Inflammation

Ella FeinerHorace Mann School · Bronx, NYExploring Posterior Growth in D. rerio Using a Live Cell Cycle Biosensor

Benjamin J. FiresterHunter College High School · New York, NYModeling the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Phytopthora infestans on a Regional Scale

Kyle Oskar FridbergFairview High School · Boulder, CODiscovery and Characterization of a Layered Fe(III)/Mn(III) Sulfate Compound: Precursor for New Lithium-ion Battery Cathodes

Sarah GaoMontgomery Blair High School · Silver Spring, MDDeveloping Phage Endolysins as Novel Therapeutics for Multi-drug Resistant Bacterial Infections

Louis GolowichLexington High School · Lexington, MANew Efficient Deterministic Parallel Random Number Generators with Improved Theoretical Properties

Davey H. HuangIolani School · Honolulu, HIA Morphokinetic and Machine Learning Model for Aneuploidy Screening of Human Preimplantation Embryos

Charley HutchisonSt. Andrew's Episcopal School · Ridgeland, MSKinetics and Thermodynamics of Deeply-Supercooled Liquids

Skyler Chloe JonesOssining High School · Ossining, NYLarge Polaron Formation as a Charge Carrier Protection Mechanism in MAPbBr3 and CsPbBr3 Perovskite Crystals

Andrew KomoMontgomery Blair High School · Silver Spring, MDCryptographically Secure Proxy Bidding in Ascending Clock Auctions

Kavya KopparapuThomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology · Alexandria, VAGlioVision: A Platform for the Automatic Assessment of Glioblastoma Tumor Features, Molecular Identity, and Gene Methylation from Histopathological Images Using Deep Learning

Chiu Fan Bowen LoJericho Senior High School · Jericho, NYNear-Field Nanoscopy Simulation by Incorporating Harmonic Demodulation and Cone-Shaped Probing Tip

Michael Yuanchao MaPlano West Senior High School · Plano, TXNew Results on Permutation Pattern-Replacement with a Generalization of Erdős-Szekeres

Rohan MehrotraLynbrook High School · San Jose, CAOn-Demand Electrically Controlled Drug Release from Resorbable Nanocomposite Films

Rajiv MovvaThe Harker School · San Jose, CASNPpet: Computational Dissection of the Noncoding Genome Reveals Regulatory Sequence Patterns and Disease-Causing Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

Chythanya MuraliCentennial High School · Ellicott City, MDCAR-NK-Cell Therapy: Raising the Tail of the Survival Curve

Natalia OrlovskyGarnet Valley High School · Glen Mills, PAElectronic Cigarette Vapor and the Induction of the Xenobiotic Response in Human Lung Epithelial Cells

Nitya ParthasarathyNorthwood High School · Irvine, CAEvaluation of Gender Bias in Social Media Using Artificial Intelligence

Mihir Vipul PatelThomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology · Alexandria, VAAutomating Limb Volume Measurements of Lymphedema Patients Through Computer Vision

Advait PatilLynbrook High School · San Jose, CAA High-Throughput Multi-Omics Framework for Global Identification of Novel Molecular Interactions and Genome-Scale Modeling of Multicellular Ecosystems

Syamantak PayraClear Brook High School · Friendswood, TXA Smart Bionic Leg Orthosis: The Design, Development and Evaluation of an Orthotic Device for Comprehensive Restoration of Gait Characteristics Across Everyday Mobility Scenarios

Dylan PentlandThe Newman School · Boston, MACoefficients of Gaussian Polynomials Modulo N

Abilash PrabhakaranCherry Creek High School · Greenwood Village, COSelective Transfection Using DiBAC4(3)

Muhammad Shahir RahmanWestview High School · Portland, ORA Smart Burn/Spill Proof "SAFE" Microwave that Spares the Salad: A Novel Application of Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithms and Machine Learning for Real-Time Thermodynamic Modeling

Michael RenPhillips Academy · Andover, MAOn Quasiinvariant Polynomials

Shuvom SadhukaCambridge Rindge and Latin School · Cambridge, MASearching for Topological Bubbles for Phononic Honeycomb Lattice

Raley SchweinfurthOregon Episcopal School · Portland, ORDetection and Removal of Dinotefuran from the Environment: A Multi-Year HPLC-MS Analysis

Haniya ShareefLincoln Park Academy · Fort Pierce, FLMolecular Characterization and Enhanced Efficacy in the Development of a Novel Host-Specific Bioherbicide Candidate for Cyperus rotundus

Isani SinghCherry Creek High School · Greenwood Village, COInvestigating the Developmental Requirements of Sex Chromosome Genes Affected in Turner Syndrome

Marissa SumathipalaBroad Run High School · Ashburn, VAReinventing Cardiovascular Disease Therapy: A Novel Dual Therapeutic with FOXO Transcription Factor and AMP Kinase

Grace TianThe Wellington School · Columbus, OHLinear Upper Bound on the Ribbonlength of Torus Knots and Twist Knots

Vinjai ValePhillips Exeter Academy · Exeter, NHA New Paradigm for Computer Vision Based on Compositional Representation

Teja Sai VeeramacheneniArchbishop Mitty High School · San Jose, CAA Novel 3D Wavelet-Based Co-Registration Algorithm with Improved Accuracy for Fusion of PET and MRI Brain Scans

Franklyn Hai WangThomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology · Alexandria, VAMonodromy Groups of Indecomposable Rational Functions

David Xing WuMontgomery Blair High School · Silver Spring, MDNonuniform Distributions of Patterns of Sequences of Primes in Prime Moduli

Justin Long XieThe Harker School · San Jose, CAA New Light: Type Ia Supernovae Mechanism Identification Through Spectral Analysis of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies and Comparison to Theoretical Models

Alice Anran ZhangMontgomery Blair High School · Silver Spring, MDA Dynamic Programming Algorithm for Minimizing Delays in Traffic Intersections

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