2008 Long Island Regional Finalists
First Place
Lukasz Mosakowski
Manhasset High School
"Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) analysis of 3D vulnerable plaque reconstructed from IWS-generated patient images"
Second Place
David Rosengarten
John Miller Great Neck North High School
"Rotation curves in five dimensions"
Third Place
Sana Raoof
Jericho High School
"Computation of the Alexander-Conway polynomial on the chord diagrams of singular knots"
Merit
Stefan Muller
Paul D. Schreiber High School
"Computer modeling of the lateral border recycling compartment in endothelial cells using a cellular automaton"
Merit
Jonathan Sole
Plainedge High School
"An analysis of institutional capacity and volunteer willingness to act during an influenza pandemic"
2007 Long Island Regional Finalists
First Place
Samuel Breidbart
Syosset High School
"Conserving History: Using Ferrozine/Hydroquinone Treatment to Inhibit Cellulose Oxidation Caused by Iron Gall Ink"
Second Place
Leah Libresco
The Wheatley School
"Identifying Anticancer Drug Targets through a Novel Synthesis of RNAi and Microarray Technology"
Third Place
Leandra Merola
South Side High School
"A Study of the Effects of Sunrise and Sunset on the Ionosphere as Observed by VLF Wave Behavior "
Merit
Samantha Palmaccio
Sachem High School East
"Longitudinal Evaluation of in vitro Osteoblast Biomineralization and Differentiation"
Merit
Ana Cisneros
Uniondale High School
"Decoding Plant Communication: The Use of Secondary Metabolites During Self/Non-Self Recognition"
2006 Long Island Regional Finalists
First Place
Brett Harrison
Half Hollow Hills High School West
"On the Reducibility of Cyclotomic Polynomials Over Finite Fields"
Second Place
Eric Meyerowitz
Nothport High School
"Probing the Conformation and Dynamics of Allatostatin Neuropeptides: A Structural Model for Fuctional Differences"
Third Place
Faith Chang
Syosset High School
"Tumor Suppressor Gene DBC2 Plays an Important Role in Protein Transport"
Merit
Kristin Hall
Smithtown High School
"Direct Observation of the Mechanical Behaviors of Normal and Transformed Keratinocytes on Varying Collagen Substracts"
Merit
Massapequa High School
South Side High School, Rockville Centre
"Friction Limited Landslide Model: An Analysis of Historic Landslides in the Central Idaho Batholith"
2005 Long Island Regional Finalists
First Place
Eric Paniagua
Massapequa High School, Massapequa
"An Analysis of Network Motifs in the C. elegans Nervous System"
Second Place
Jeanette Muniz
Commack High School, Commack
"The Impact of Nanoscale Substrate Morphology on Macroscopic Wetting"
Second Place Winner, 2005 JSHS National Competition
Third Place
Samantha Marder
Sanford H. Calhoun High School, Merrick
"Age Related Changes in the Fingertip Force Vectors"
Merit
Adam Dix
George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
"My Country 'Tis of Me: Does Patriotism Have a Hidden Agenda?"
Merit
Melanie Sharot
South Side High School, Rockville Centre
"The Genetic Variation of Invasive and Native Marine Crabs on Long Island, New York"
2004 Long Island Regional Finalists
First Place
Andrew Clare
Harborfields High School, Greenlawn
"Sonic Boom Prediction: A New Empirical Formulation and Animated Graphical Model"
First Place Winner, 2004 JSHS National Competition
Second Place
Kunal Shah
Manhasset High School, Manhasset
"Controlling the Synthesis of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Through Phase Seperation"
Third Place Winner, 2004 JSHS National Competition
Third Place
David Gorski
The Wheatly School, Old Westbury
"The Pseudo-Smarandache Function and Simplified Methods for Finding Pseudo-Smarandache Values"
Merit
David Gottesman
Roslyn High School, Roslyn
"Isolation and Expression of an Epinephrine-synthesizing Enzyme (PNMT) from Entamoeba Parasites"
Merit
Gregory Amend
Manhasset High School, Manhasset
"The Effect Sea Star Coelomocytes have on Asteroidea Regeneration in vivo and Lumbricus terrestris Brain Cellular Proliferation in vitro"
2003 Long Island Regional Finalists
First Place
John P. Sadowski
North Shore High School, Glen Head
"Self-Assembling Nanostructures Using Conductive DNA: A New Approach to Post-Silicon Computer Processor Technology"
Second Place Winner
Jordan Komisarow
Long Beach High School, Long Beach
"The identification of Transposon Regulator Genes in the Flowering Plant Arabidopsis Thaliana"
Second Place Winner, 2003 JSHS National Competition
Merit
Hilary Fleisher
South Side High School, Rockville Centre
"Optical analysis of a Flowing Soap Film"
Merit
Simeon McMillan
Uniondale High School, Uniondale
"Acoustics and Phylogenetic Systematics to Examine the Differences Between North and South American Amphibian Species"
Merit
Todd Kaplan
Massapequa High School, Massapequa
"Tsunami Inundation as a Function of Topographic Profile"

Contact
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Alexis Gabriel
Assistant Director,
Promotion and Outreach
Adelphi University
Levermore Hall, Room 206
Garden City, NY 11530
p - 516.877.3695
e - gabriel@adelphi.edu

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