The Food and Drug Administration Chapter of Sigma Xi has made the following awards for projects entered in the Regional Science Fairs in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area.

Congratulations to all!


District of Columbia:

Tarik Williams
First Place Winner
Gonzaga College High School
Can a Natural Pesticide Control the Silverleaf Whitefly?

Brian Burke and Brendan Kelleher
Honorable Mention
Gonzaga College High School
Seeking the Dark Side of Antibiotics


Fairfax County:

Maureen Drohan
First Place Winner
West Springfield High School
Long-term Delivery of Antibiotics to Treat Minear's Disease and Chronic Bone Infection

Malika Seth
Honorable Mention,
Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology
The Effect of alpha-Tocopherol(Vitamin E) on Free Radical Elimination in Red Blood Cells


Montgomery County:

Raqeeb Haque
First Place Winner
Walt Whitman High School
Control of the Retinoblastoma Family on Cell-Cycle/Regulatory Proteins

Brian Van Der Woude
Honorable Mention
Montgomery Blair High School
Intra-Arterial Injection Methodologies


Northern Virginia:

Ashley NcNeff
First Place Winner
St. Mary's School
Technology Applied to Emergency Health Care

Heather S. Johnson
Honorable Mention
Yorktown High School
Effect of Stress on Tendon Elongation at Different Temperatures

Thomas U. Marron
Honorable Mention
H.B. Woodlawn Elementary School
What is the Effect of Different Hot Peppers Extracted in Different Solvents on Bread Mold Growth?


Prince Georges County:

Bruce Sabath
First Place Winner
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Comparative Activities of Leukoregulin

Yanique Moore
Honorable Mention,
Oxon Hill Middle School
Ear and Brain Communication


Last updated on 05/06/96 by Fred Fry