The Food and Drug Administration Chapter of Sigma Xi
has made the following awards for projects entered in the
2002 Regional Science Fairs in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area.

Congratulations to all!


District of Columbia

Katerina Georgiev
First Place Winner
Georgetown Visitation
"Which Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away? Vitamin C Levels in Different Types of Apples"
Helam Gebremariam
Honorable Mention
Georgetown Visitation
"Evaluation of a Cocaine-Ion Selective Electrode"

Fairfax County

Zao Mike Huang
First Place Winner
Fairfax High School
"The Preliminary Chemical and Biological Make-up of Momordica Charantia"
Brandon Ward Koser
Honorable Mention
Woodson High School
"Reverse-Phase HPLC Methods Development for the In Vitro Metabolic Evaluation of a Novel Class of Anti-Parasitic Drug Analog"

Montgomery County

Jason Beekman
First Place Winner
Thomas S. Wootton High School
"Can Botanicals Replace Antibiotics? A Comparison of the Effects of Six Herbs and Three Antibiotics on Bacteria of the Oropharynx"
Jessica Lue
Honorable Mention
Montgomery Blair High School
"Comparisons of DNA and Irradiated Sporozoites Malaria Vaccines in a Rodent Model"
Nichole M. Collins
Honorable Mention
Walt Whitman High School
"Ocular Drug Delivery Systems Using Sustained-Release Devices"

Northern Virginia

Robert Thomas
First Place Winner
Yorktown High School
"The Effect of Changing Characteristics of Solution on Conductivity and Light Absorbency"

Prince George's County

Bonike Oloruntoba
First Place Winner
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
"Origin of Eritheual Stem Cells in Metamorphosing Xenopus Laevis"
Do Huy
Honorable Mention
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
"Heliothis Stem Cells"


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