Runner-ups ($1,000 each)Ritik Malhotra and Tony Ho (Mechanical Engineering), ages 17, San Jose, CAEngineering a Novel Genetics-Based Disease Detection Mechanism Designed Using an Ontology-Driven Semantically Annotated Microarray Repository with Thermal Gradient Focusing Mass SpectrometryChristopher Nielsen (Electrical Engineering), age 16, Alberta, CanadaRobust Displacement Estimation Employing Inexpensive Webcam Based Optical FlowWinner ($10,000)Joon Suk Huh (Physics), age 17, South KoreaFinding the Minimum Energy Conformation of Protein-like Heteropolymers by Greedy Neighborhood Search
Runner-ups ($1,000 each)Lyric Gilett (Energy and Transportation), 18, TexasNovel Method: Detecting High Energies in SonoluminescenseMax Keller (Energy and Transportation), Age 17, MinnesotaDecomposing EnergyWinner ($10,000)Dheevesh Arulmani (Energy and Transportation), Age 14, Ontario, CanadaBio-Inspired Photonic Fuel Cell
Runner-ups ($1,000 each)Xiangbo Meng (Plant Sciences), age 17, Beijing, ChinaAqueous Extract of Lemon Leaves as a Novel Powerful Insecticide Against Trialeurodes Vaporariorum (Whitefly)Sonia Rao (Microbiology), age 17, MissouriBacterial Silencing: The Discovery of Quorum Quenching Soil Microbes for the Development of Antimicrobial CompoundsWinners ($10,000 each)William Lopes (Microbiology), age 20, BrasilUtilization of the Fungus Aspergillus Niger on Wastewater Treatment IIKaroline Elis Lopes Martins (Environmental Management), age 18, BrasilConstruction of a Continuous Flow SODIS system with PET Bottles Integrated to a Water and Waste-Water Treatment System