Semifinalists
Team 1 – The Effect of Microgravity on Telomerase Activity and Efficiency in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Sara Dawood (Microbiology)
- Shan Dawood (Neurobiology and Government and Politics)
- Jessica McClelland (Neurobiology)
- Arthi Ramkumar (Chemistry)
- Korina Vlahos (Neurobiology)
- Mentor: Daniel Serrano (Cell Biology)
Team 9 – The Effects of Microgravity on Fermentation of Yeast and Ethanol Yield: A Key to a More Sustainable Future
- Raed Ahmed (Electrical Engineering and Chemical Engineering)
- Sophia Hu (Mathematics/Statistics)
- Maruko Kogure (Geography)
- Eric Lee (Mechanical Engineering)
- Mentor: Ilya Semenov (Aerospace Engineering)
Team Spacture – Microgravity’s effect on the germination of chia seeds
- Abrefi Agyemang (Grade 10, DuVal High School)
- Paphils Atianjoh (Grade 10, DuVal High School)
- Mentors: Taylor Bartlow (Astronomy), Jason Hipkins (Math), Jack Quesinberry (Biology)
Team Nitro – The Integration of Microgravity to Study the Oxygen Production of Nitrosopumilus Maritimus
- Jimena Amaya (Grade 10, DuVal High School)
- Brandon Bisnath (Grade 10, DuVal High School)
- Danny Castano (Grade 10, DuVal High School)
- Shree Ruttala (Grade 10, DuVal High School)
- Mentors: Taylor Bartlow (Astronomy), Jason Hipkins (Math), Jack Quesinberry (Biology)
Participating Teams
Team 2 – In-Cellulo Protein Crystallization in Microgravity
- Yusuf Aamir (Physics, Astronomy)
- Shazali Audu (Aerospace Engineering)
- Caio Goolsby (Astronomy; Government)
- Raina Hatcher (Physics)
- Javier Lorenzo (Physics)
- Ruthie Vogel (Physics)
- George Witt (Physics; Computer Science)
- Mentor: Carlos Ríos Ocampo (Materials Science and Engineering)
Team 3 – Interstellar Insects: Feeding preferences and Dietary Composition of Tetramorium caespitum (pavement ants) Under Microgravity
- Jared Allanigue (Aerospace Engineering)
- Willow Houck (Astronomy)
- Kimia Samieinejad (Physics; Computer Science)
- Hartley Carlson (Studio Art)
- Mentor: Kenneth Frauwirth (Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
Team 4 – Use of combined protease and nuclease treatment on biofilm formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in microgravity
- Somadinauwa Ezekwu (Nursing)
- Sebastian Hoffman (Microbiology)
- Xinyue Li (Computer Science; Mathematics)
- Mentor: Nishat Seraj (Biochemistry)
Team 5
- Sondos Quqandi (Physics)
- Riya Kumari (Computer Science)
- Manushi Raj (Astronomy)
- Mentor: JL Weissman (Biology)
Team 6 – Material Differences of Two-Part Epoxy Systems Cured in Microgravity Conditions
- Eric Chen (Computer Engineering)
- Evan Wang (Computer Science)
- Mentor: Hao Yiu (Biological Sciences)
Team 7 – Enzyme Kinetics in Microgravity Environments
- Emily Passaro (Bioengineering)
- Mentor: Usoshi Chatterjee (Process Engineering and Waste Conversion)
- Contributors: Trevor Moore (Mechanical Engineering), Nitya Venkatiahgari (Bioengineering), Zining Wang (Agriculture and Resource Economics; Math)
Team 8
- Bilal Akbar (Electrical Engineering)
- Cody Dean (Mechanical Engineering)
- Aniket Gullapalli (Physics)
- Mentor: Michael Kio (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
Team 10
- Chrisopher Blaisdell (Aerospace Engineering)
- Muhil Rajagopal (Mechanical Engineering)
- Ningxi Yan (Bioengineering)
- Mentor: Michael McCreary (Biology)
Team 11 – The effects of spaceflight conditions on the intrinsic properties Ti3C2Tx: Implications for Energy storage
- Tamia Bowers (Mechanical Engineering)
- Mentor: Daniel Serrano (Cell Biology)
Team 12 – Blood Storage for Deep Space Exploration
- Saul Flores (Biochemistry; Physiology and Neurobiology)
- Janam Shankar (Bioengineering)
- Nikola Susic (Physiology and Neurobiology)
- Mentors: Kenneth Frauwirth (Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics) and Daniel Serrano (Cell Biology)
Team Wgabi – COVID-19 Test Performance in Microgravity
- Nelisauriel Achuo (Grade 10, DuVal High School)
- Hoiseon Ng (Grade 10, DuVal High School)
- Esther Oso (Grade 10, DuVal High School)
- Linette Santos (Grade 10, DuVal High School)
- Mentors: Taylor Bartlow (Astronomy), Jason Hipkins (Math), Jack Quesinberry (Biology)
Community Leadership
Program Directors: Taylor Bartlow (Astronomy), Jason Hipkins (Math), Daniel Serrano (Cell Biology)
Education Specialist: Rey Sasaki (Math; Music)
Patch Coordinator: Pinky Dulaca (Physics)
Step 1 Review Board
- Moderator: Nicole Catanzarite (Neuroscience and Cognitive Science)
- Jose Delgado-Jimenez (Bioengineering)
- Michael Kio (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
- Pei-Yin Lee (Chemical Physics)
- Aishwarya Rao (Food and Nutrition Science)
- Callie Weber (Bioengineering)
Step 1 Independent High School Proposal Reviewers
- David Carey (Technology Entrepeneurship)
- Cecelia Garcia (Microbiology)
- Mel George (Electrical Engineering)
- Sumiao Pang (Bioengineering)
- Joseph Pottackal (Neuroscience)
- Riya Samanta (Biopgysics)
- Qinfeng Wang (Quantum Physics)
- Maria Zubkova (Geography)