Alice Zhao – Sheboygan North High School, Sheboygan, WI

Project: Meet the Heating Challenge in Dynamic Spraying of Nano Particles

Sixteen year old Alice’s research focused on obtaining high temperature and high pressure gas to carry nanoparticles for coating purposes. Her project is part of larger research involving the deposition and compaction of nanoparticles to form coatings with superior quality over traditional coatings. Nanoparticle coatings’ durability, strength and resistance to scratch will benefit daily life and industrial processes.

Lynnelle Ye – Palo Alto Senior High School, Palo Alto, CA

Project: Chomp on Graphs and Subsets

Lynnelle, 17, has always had a passion for math and plans to one day be a professor of mathematics. For her research, Lynnelle analyzed winning strategies in the game “Graph Chomp.” Her results revealed the winner and strategy for several special types of graphs that had not been analyzed before. “Graph Chomp” lies at the intersection of two fields – graph theory and game theory – with important applications in technology and economics.

Linda Zhou – Academy for Medical Science Technology, Hackensack, NJ

Project: The Double Life of hTERT: Identification of a Novel Function and an Explanation of the Mechanism Involving the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor

Linda, 17, studies the effects of turning off a gene that codes for a protein called hTERT. She found that silencing the hTERT gene could reverse drug resistance in breast cancer cells and reduce the capability of breast cancer cells to migrate. Linda’s grandparents died of cancer, which means that her mom is at high risk and therefore, has always been super conscious of living a healthy lifestyle. This was Linda’s inspiration for her research. In addition to her research, Linda is on the varsity lacrosse team and involved with the environmental awareness and activism club.

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