CSEF Project Listings: 2019
Chemistry
Senior Division
- S0601
- Leslie A. Almaraz, Grade 12
Aliza D. Arya, Grade 12
Mckayla M. Vargas, Grade 12
Sustaining a Biodegradable Environment through the Use of Polylactic Acid and Compost
Advisor: Mr. Christopher Tavares
School: East College Prep, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
- S0602 — Honorable Mention
- Christina An, Grade 12
Building and Testing a Magnetic Multilayered Hydrogel Microsphere Crosslinked by Genipin for Targeted Delivery of Drugs
Advisor: Ms. Melissa Klose
School: Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, Los Angeles County
- S0603
- Jacob J Bright, Grade 10
Jeff K. Liu, Grade 10
Observing the Photoswitching Mechanism of Donor-Accepting Stenhouse Adduct (DASA) Molecules
Advisor: Mrs. Michele Hampton
School: King (Martin Luther, Jr.) High School, Riverside, Riverside County
- S0604
- Emilio Cantu-Cervini, Grade 12
Mars Likes It Hot: The Effect of Temperature and Dust Storms on the Clay-Bicarbonate Reaction
Advisor: Ms. Jennifer Claudio
School: Oak Grove High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0605 — First Place
- Anushree Chaudhuri, Grade 11
A Porous Silicon Optical Nanosensor for the Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds
Advisor: Ms. Diana Loo
School: Westview High School, San Diego, San Diego County
- S0606
- Alan P. Chen, Grade 10
Colorimetric Detection of Toxic Heavy Metal Ions by Metal Nanoparticles
Advisor: Dr. Bingzhang Lu
School: Santa Cruz High School, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County
- S0607
- Willow M. Daun-Widner, Grade 9
Lipids and Latex: How Common Lipids Affect the Elasticity of Medical Grade Latex
Advisor: Ms. Erin Vaccaro
School: Willits Charter School, Willits, Mendocino County
- S0608
- Rushil Ganguli, Grade 10
A Smartphone-based Low Cost, Portable, and Accurate Optical Tensiometer to Determine Cleaning Power of Soap
Advisor: Dr. Rahul Ganguli
School: Oak Park High School, Oak Park, Ventura County
- S0609 — Third Place
- Aditi A. Ghalsasi, Grade 11
Development of Functionalized PCL-2000 to Create Ideal 3D Printable Polymers
Advisor: Dr. Smriti Koodanjeri
School: Harker (The) School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0610
- Cathy S. Kenderski, Grade 9
Using Hydrolysis to Facilitate the Chemical Degradation of PET Plastic
Advisor: Mrs. Roxanna Jackman
School: Campolindo High School, Moraga, Contra Costa County
- S0611
- Kellen Lai, Grade 9
Observing the Double Diffusion of Salt and Sucrose
Advisor: Mr. Paul Hunt
School: Villa Park High School, Villa Park, Orange County
- S0612
- Jacob Leeman, Grade 11
Trends in Catalytic Properties of Tetra-Ammonium-Based Post-Transitional Metal Chloride Deep Eutectic Solvents
Advisor: Ms. Francine Farouz
School: The Nueva School, Hillsborough, San Mateo County
- S0613 — Second Place
- Benjamin C. Liu, Grade 12
A Novel Printing Methodology of 3D Inverse Opals from Free-Standing Crystalline Structures for Next-Gen Optical Sensing
Advisor: Mr. Alvin Tan
School: Arcadia High School, Arcadia, Los Angeles County
- S0614
- David Morales-Zapien, Grade 12
Are Expiration Dates Real?
Advisor: Dr. Rano Sidhu
School: Rio Mesa High School, Oxnard, Ventura County
- S0615 — Fourth Place
- Anshul Narain, Grade 12
Developing Metal Electrodes to Replace ITO in Organic Thin Film Solar Photovoltaics
Advisor: Mr. Matthew Carter
School: Clovis North High School, Fresno, Fresno County
- S0616 — Honorable Mention
- Laura M. Noronha, Grade 11
Z-Scheme Photocatalysis: A More Systematic Approach with alpha-Fe2O3@Au@P-SiO2@Cu2O Nanostructure
Advisor: Mr. Rashed Aleisa
School: Redlands Senior High School, Redlands, San Bernardino County
- S0617
- Nicholas A. Perez, Grade 11
Facilitating Emergency Thermal Protection via an Integration of Materials Augmented by an Endothermic Process
Advisor: Mrs. Julie Beckius
School: Temescal Canyon High School, Lake Elsinore, Riverside County
- S0618
- Kelly Q. Pham, Grade 10
The Effect of pH on the Adsorption Capacity of Wool
Advisor: Mr. Paul Hunt
School: Villa Park High School, Villa Park, Orange County
- S0619
- William F. Porayouw, Grade 10
Constructing Earth-Abundant Core Shell Plasmonic Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Production via Water Splitting
Advisor: Mrs. Yubo Tan
School: Redlands Senior High School, Redlands, San Bernardino County
- S0620
- Mia Isabel M. Rodrigo, Grade 12
Determining the Relationship between Oxidation Time for Wine and the Amount of Sulfite Remaining
Advisor: Dr. Rano Sidhu
School: Rio Mesa High School, Oxnard, Ventura County
- S0621
- Zachary Schneider, Grade 11
Phi of Black Tea and Green Tea
Advisor: Dr. Rano Sidhu
School: Rio Mesa High School, Oxnard, Ventura County
- S0622
- Rishi Shah, Grade 11
Analysis of UV Photodegradation of Moxifloxacin in Water Samples
Advisor: Mr. Eddie Hammon
School: Stockdale High School, Bakersfield, Kern County
- S0623
- Harishankar G. Subramanian, Grade 11
Synthesis of Luteolin as the Flavonoid Backbone of Hydnocarpins: A Potential Anti-Cancer Agent
Advisor: Dr. Qiao-Hong Chen
School: Clovis North High School, Fresno, Fresno County
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