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RUSD and Riverside County's 2018 Science Fair are in the books and here is the list of students and projects that advanced to the county competition, as well as those the Gold Medalists that advance to State! We will keep updating this page any students who win state or the national competition. Stay tuned!
2018 County Science and Engineering Fair Medal Recipients
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First Name
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School
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Award
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Andrew
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Ramona HS
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Bronze
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Allison
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Martin Luther King HS
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Bronze
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Grace
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Matthew Gage MS
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Bronze
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Aiden
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Taft ES
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Bronze
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Crystal
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Poly HS
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Bronze
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Maya
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Ben Franklin ES
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Bronze
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Tanmayi
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Ben Franklin ES
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Bronze
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Guinivere
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Poly HS
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Bronze
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Bronte
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Amelia Earhart MS
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Bronze
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Jonas
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Martin Luther King HS
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Bronze
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Katie
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Frank Augustus Miller MS
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Bronze
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Makayla
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Frank Augustus Miller MS
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Bronze
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Christopher
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Martin Luther King HS
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Gold
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Isabelle
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Martin Luther King HS
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Gold
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James
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Riverside Virtual School
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Gold
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Hank
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Ben Franklin ES
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Gold
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Sahil
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Martin Luther King HS
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Gold
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Maanasi
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Martin Luther King HS
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Gold
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Haroun
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Martin Luther King HS
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Gold
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Jaeson
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Martin Luther King HS
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Gold
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James
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Martin Luther King HS
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Gold
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Minseo
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Martin Luther King HS
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Gold
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Attila
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Riverside STEM Academy
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Gold
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Rena
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John W. North HS
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Gold
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Gavin
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Castle View ES
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Gold
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Audrey
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Frank Augustus Miller MS
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Gold
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Joy
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Martin Luther King HS
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Gold
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Ishan
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Martin Luther King HS
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Gold
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Rami Ratl
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Martin Luther King HS
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Gold
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Sophia
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Lake Mathews ES
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Gold
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Jaskirat
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Martin Luther King HS
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Gold
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Yushan
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Martin Luther King HS
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Gold
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Joanne
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Frank Augustus Miller MS
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Gold
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Lydia
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Martin Luther King HS
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Gold
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Carey
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Martin Luther King HS
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Gold
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Nathan
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Martin Luther King HS
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Silver
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Tyler
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Martin Luther King HS
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Silver
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Danielle
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Martin Luther King HS
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Silver
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Cody
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John F. Kennedy ES
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Silver
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Griffin
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Matthew Gage MS
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Silver
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Ellen
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Martin Luther King HS
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Silver
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Seeta
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Martin Luther King HS
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Silver
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Hyunjin
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Martin Luther King HS
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Silver
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Gary
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Martin Luther King HS
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Silver
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Jonathan
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Frank Augustus Miller MS
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Silver
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Major
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Riverside STEM Academy
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Silver
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Gavin
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Martin Luther King HS
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Silver
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Nichole
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Riverside STEM Academy
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Silver
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Joanna
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Martin Luther King HS
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Silver
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Samer
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Riverside STEM Academy
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Silver
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RUSD Science and Engineering Fair Medal Recipients - 2018
Primary Division Winners
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Bronze
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Alcott
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Amelia Standerfer
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Sun Screen Water Pollution
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Franklin
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Jason Quin
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Which Toothpaste is the best
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Silver
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Woodcrest
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Kira Haase
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Tin Can Telephone
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Lake Mathews
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Lucy Quinto
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Garden Power
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Gold
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Magnolia
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Diesel Roehm
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Making Light Out of Cents 2.0
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Woodcrest
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Oscar Stoeff
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Think Before You Drink
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Sweepstakes Winner – Diesel Roehm Making Light Out of Cents 2.0
Elementary Division
Animal Sciences
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Bronze
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Hawthhorn
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Madeleine
Nester-Nachman
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Which way is the easiest to peel hard boiled eggs
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Silver
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Bryant
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Norah Meyer-Rieth
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Fingerprint Detective
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Gold
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Franklin
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Hank Jennings
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How Does the Presence of a Road Affect Where Invertebrates Live in an Open Field
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Behavioral and Social Sciences
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Bronze
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Mark Twain
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Jack Fryan
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Text Drive
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Silver
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Mark Twain
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Catherine Shah
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Do Fidget Spinners Help Children Pay Attention?
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Gold
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Bryant
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Isaac Julian
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Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot?
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Biochemistry
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Gold
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Mark Twain
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Brian Ngo
Joseph Or
Sergio Aguilar
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Prevent The Browning
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Biomedical and Health Science
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Silver
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Mt. View
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Brian Romero
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What Stains Teeth The Most?
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Gold
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Franklin
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Cousteau Neal
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Teeth, gums and nasty bugs: Do toothpaste and mouthwash help keep our mouths clean?
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Cellular and Molecular Biology
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Gold
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Alcott
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Grayson Mosher
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The Spice is Right
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Chemistry
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Bronze
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Woodcrest
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Shehab Harb
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The Effect of Different Kinds of Liquids on Copper
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Silver
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Longfellow
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Juliano Nahhas
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Electric Fruit
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Gold
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Taft
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Aiden Enriquez
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Comparing Different Salts in Making Ice Cream
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Earth and Environmental Science
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Bronze
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Highland
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Austin McGee
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Energy from Garage
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Silver
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Mark Twain
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Kevin Fincher
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Which Soil Makes the Most Detailed Cast Fossil?
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Gold
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Emerson
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Addelyn Edwards
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Opps, We Did It Again Erosion Emulsion
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Embedded Systems
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Gold
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Kennedy
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Diego Borquez
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The Effect of Different Materials on the Strength of a Wi-Fi Signal
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Renewable Energy: Chemical and Physical
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Bronze
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Alcott
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Anna Beran
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Does Doing a Cartwheel On Different Surfaces Affect the Length?
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Silver
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Alcott
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Genevieve Younglove
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Thermal Energy Experiment
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Gold
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Lake Mathews
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Sophia Pack
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Will It Light?
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Engineering Mechanics
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Bronze
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Castle View
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Colin Hawthorne
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Pump it Up!
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Silver
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Franklin
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Logan Carlson
Josh Palta
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Project Aerodynamics
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Gold
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Emerson
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Joshua Lopez
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Fast or Slow? Big or Small?
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Materials Science
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Silver
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Taft
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Jericho Pacheco
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Bouncing Basketballs
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Gold
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Mt. View
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Aaron Campos
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Which Metal Rusts Faster.
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Plant Sciences
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Silver
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Mark Twain
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Jade Bemiller
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The Effects of Sunlight on Growing Cat Grass
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Gold
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Rivera
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Ashton Klaas
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Lights Camera Algae
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The Sweepstakes winner for elementary division is
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Franklin
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Hank Jennings
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How Does the Presence of a Road Affect Where Invertebrates Live in an Open Field
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Junior Division
Animal Sciences
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Bronze
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Franklin
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Viviana Davalos
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Salivation of Foods
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Silver
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Gage
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Anjali Pamnani-Hacha
Andrea Rea-Vargas
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What You See & What I See: A Dog’s Perception
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Gold
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Frank Augustus Miller
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Katie Tri
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Go and Stop? Ant Traffic Signals
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Behavioral and Social Sciences
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Bronze
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Gage
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Gerald Vaughan
Casey Wymer
Ashton Silva
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Turf vs. Grass
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Silver
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Gage
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Aryana Klawitter
Kathryn McVeigh
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Hardcopy versus Electronic: Does Text Format Influence Reading Comprehension?
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Gold
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Gage
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Grace Carter
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An Exploration into Peer Pressure - Who will give in.
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Biochemistry
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Silver
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Hawthorn
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Laila Cabrera
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Extracting DNA from Fruits
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Gold
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Riverside STEM Academy
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Samer Zidan
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Which Antibiotics in Cow's Manure will Allow a Pepper Plant to Grow the Tallest?
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Biomedical and Health Science are
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Bronze
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Lake Mathews
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Emily Rios
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Think About What You Drink!
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Silver
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Rivera
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Jaren Danielson
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Drink or Sink
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Gold
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Gage
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Griffin Hord
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What antiseptic is most effective in treating an infected skin wound?
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Chemistry
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Bronze
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Riverside STEM Academy
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Devin Varner
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How Do Different Types of Flour Affect the Density of Cookies
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Silver
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Kennedy
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Kai Alonso
Michael Lehrack
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Chemical Free Water
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Gold
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Frank Augustus Miller
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Audrey Meadows
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Water Originated Corrosion
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Earth and Environmental Science
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Bronze
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Frank Augustus Miller
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Jacob Petrick
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"Ozone In My Zone"
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Silver
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Riverside STEM Academy
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Gabriel Thompson
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Save Us All: The Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Climate Changes
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Gold
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Washington
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Isabel Yrungaray
Adam Yrungaray
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How does stormwater runoff affect the quality of the Santa Ana River?
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Embedded Systems
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Gold
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Frank Augustus Miller
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Makayla Zamora
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Tracking Collars
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Engineering Mechanics
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Bronze
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Mt. View
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Jesus Gonzalez
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How much weight can a hover board made out of magnets and cardboard withstand?
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Silver
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Riverside STEM Academy
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Kishan Talati
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The Smart Backpack
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Gold
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RVS
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James Fagan
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Design of a Low Density Subsonic Wind Tunnel for Martian Atmospheric Simulation
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Renewable Energy: Chemical and Physical
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Bronze
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Riverside STEM Academy
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Sofia Best
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Blade Size Matters
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Silver
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Riverside STEM Academy
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Isabella Castaneda
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3-Dimensional Solar Panel
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Gold
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Castle View
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Gavin Manley
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Paper Batteries: a Clean Alternative
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Environmental Engineering
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Bronze
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Riverside STEM Academy
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Citlali Sanchez
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Portable Sink With Filter
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Silver
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Frank Augustus Miller
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Victor Clark
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The Water Conservation System a.k.a. Whoosh
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Gold
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Franklin
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Maya Kademani
Tanmayi Kademani
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Indoor Air Pollution Reduction - Sphagnum Moss to the rescue
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Materials Science
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Bronze
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Riverside STEM Academy
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Lavinia Vaipulu
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Absorb or Resist
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Silver
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Riverside STEM Academy
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Patricia Moon
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Defending Against Weathering
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Gold
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Frank Augustus Miller
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Joanne Teh
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Shaping Renewable Plastic for the Future
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Mathematics
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Gold
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Mt. View
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Edward Fedele
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Do the dimensions of baseball stadiums affect hitting statistics?
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Microbiology
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Bronze
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Frank Augustus Miller
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Mariana Eva-Cordon
Gillian Sebald
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The 5 Second Rule
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Silver
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Frank Augustus Miller
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Simon Stoffel
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Yeast Beast
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Gold
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Earhart
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Bronte Neal
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Antibacterial essential oils: Comparative analyses of efficacy and cost
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Physics and Astronomy
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Bronze
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Gage
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James Navarro
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Light Speed
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Silver
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Riverside STEM Academy
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Ryan Hinosawa
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What Geometrical Structure is Most Resistant to Earthquakes?
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Gold
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Washington
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Thomas Huelskamp
Benjamin El Fattal
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Launch It! How does counterweight affect a projectile's distance?
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Plant Sciences
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Bronze
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Highland
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Darianna Corona-Pimentel
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What is he best way to ripen mangos?
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Silver
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Washington
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Claire Kunzman
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Where did all the plants go?
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Gold
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Kennedy
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Cody Gonzalez
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Are All Plants Allelopathic?
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Robotics and Intelligent Machines
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Gold
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Frank Augustus Miller
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Jonathan Xu
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Improving Machine Learning Success Rates
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The Sweepstakes winner for Junior division is
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RVS
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James Fagan
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Design of a Low Density Subsonic Wind Tunnel for Martian Atmospheric Simulation
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Senior Division
Animal Sciences
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Bronze
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Poly
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Etienne Morgan
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Walking speeds of Tamarixia radiata and Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis
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Silver
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Poly
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Ty Mitchell
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How Does the Age of an Animal Affect the Bacterial Growth in Their Mouth
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Gold
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Martin Luther King
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Aaron Taylor
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The Effects of Perfumes or Essential Oils on Ant Pheremones
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Behavioral and Social Sciences
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Bronze
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Poly
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Ethan McDonald Nolan Hays
Justen Wiedeman
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What Activities Do Happy People Do?
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Silver
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Martin Luther King
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James Kim
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The Effect of Unilateral Visuomotor Adaptation Training on the Untrained Limb
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Gold
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Ramona
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Andrew Adame
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The Musical Project: What Music Genre Is The Best To Listen To?
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Biochemistry
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Bronze
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Poly
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Sierra Todd
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Chicka, Chicka, Tomb, Tomb: Comparing Tissue Desiccation/Preservation Techniques
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Silver
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Martin Luther King
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Hyunjin Rheem Seeta Patel
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The Analysis of the Impact of Age on the Degradation of Vitamin C in Oranges
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Gold
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Martin Luther King
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Maanasi Kademani
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Structure and Sequence Conservation of Rhodopsin Across Vertebrates
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Biomedical Engineering
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Silver
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Martin Luther King
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Ashlen Bullock
Daphne Beatrice Jao
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The Future of the Artificial Pancres is Here!
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Gold
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Riverside STEM Academy
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Major Yang
Nichole Zhang
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Building 3D Models From MRI Scans To Enhance Precise Tumor Removal Surgery
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Cellular and Molecular Biology
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Silver
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Martin Luther King
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Hara Jo
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Detecting Citrus Proteases that Interact with Conserved Proteins from Candidatus
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Gold
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Martin Luther King
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Susan Su
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High Resolution Profiling of Gene Expression in Rice During Monsoon-like Flooding
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Chemistry
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Bronze
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Poly
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Amy Lytle
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Acid Neutralization Capacities of Natural Digestive Remedies
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Silver
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Martin Luther King
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Minseo Kim
Ishan Modi
Sahil Jog
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Understanding the Electrochemical Performance of Mg(TFSI)2 in Tetraglyme
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Gold
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Martin Luther King
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Jaskirat Sandhu
Lydia Xu
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Thickness Dependent Wrinkling Behavior of PDMS for Anti-Counterfeit
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Earth and Environmental Science
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Bronze
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Martin Luther King
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Dillon Gonzalez
Timothy Dang
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The Effects of Environmental Protection Laws on the Biodiversity of Ecosystems
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Silver
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Martin Luther King
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Hana Baig
Isabelle Do
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Effect of Urban Runoff and Human Activity on the Water Quality of Lake Elsinore
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Gold
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Martin Luther King
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Gary Song
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Determining the Approximate Radius of the Outer Core Using P- and S- waves
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Embedded Systems
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Bronze
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North
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Ian Guarneros
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Which Type of Sound Capture Would Work West For Brass Instruments?
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Silver
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Martin Luther King
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Brendan Provance
Avalon Provance
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The Effects of Proximity on Received Radiated Power for Various Radio Devices
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Gold
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Martin Luther King
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Gavin Zhang
Joanna Zhao
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Concavity of the Vertex : Using a Parabolic Reflector to Direct Wifi
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Engineering Mechanics
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Bronze
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Ramona
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Evany Marquez
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Does the type of bat you use affect the distance of how far the softball is hit?
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Silver
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Martin Luther King
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Amber Harris
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An Analysis of How Hydrodynamics Influences Competitive Swimmers
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Gold
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Martin Luther King
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Nathan Aguirre
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Cement Mixture Ratios and How They Affect the Hardness of Concrete
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Renewable Energy: Chemical and Physical
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Bronze
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Poly
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Andrei Luzanov
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The Magnet Generator
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Silver
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North
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Arria Walsh
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Fruit and Vegetable Power Sources
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Gold
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Martin Luther King
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Tyler Billman
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The Affect of Wave Height and Interval on Energy
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Environmental Engineering
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Bronze
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Poly
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Anette Gomez
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Solution to Pollution: Waxworms
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Silver
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Poly
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Reede Kennedy
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Effectiveness of Methods of Desalination
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Gold
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Martin Luther King
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Haroun Khaleel
Jaeson Kim
Christopher Anklam
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Treatment of Contaminated Groundwater Using a Bio-inspired Catalyst System
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Materials Science
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Silver
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Poly
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Sanya Dean
Abby Inskeep
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Sound Intensity and Insulation
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Gold
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Poly
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Guinivere Kimber
Crystal Hsueh
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Which Is More Absorbent: Organic or Non Organic Tampons?
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Mathematics
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Gold
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Martin Luther King
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Rami Ratl Mrad
Carey Yoonq
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Music Measure Theory: A Mathematical Analysis of Dissonance and Consonance
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Microbiology
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Bronze
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Martin Luther King
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Helin Henstridge
Julia Wagner
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The Effect of Light on the Bioluminescent Dinoflagellate
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Silver
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Martin Luther King
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Danielle Cabrera
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The Effect of Different Acne Medications on E. Coli Bacteria Growth
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Gold
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North
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Rena Maduro
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Evidence for Variable Resistance to Caffeine in Genetically Identical Nematodes
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Physics and Astronomy
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Bronze
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Ramona
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Mark Gonzales
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The Effects of Propulsion on the Flight of a Rocket
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Silver
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Martin Luther King
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Joy Meleika
Amardeep Sidhu
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How Sound waves get affected by SDM (Sound Dampening Material)
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Gold
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Riverside STEM Academy
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Attila Koksal
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Accuracy of Integration Schemes in Planet Trajectory Simulations
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Plant Sciences
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Bronze
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North
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Kiiyarah Latson
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The Effect Of Organic and Inorganic Nutrient Solutions of Roman lettuce
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Silver
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Martin Luther King
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Allison Bushong
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The Effects of Macronutrients on Plant Biomass
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Gold
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Martin Luther King
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Ellen Nguyen
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The effects of a range of composts on the development of radish seedlings.
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The Sweepstakes winner for Senior division is
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Martin Luther King
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Susan Su
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High Resolution Profiling of Gene Expression in Rice During Monsoon-like Flooding
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