2009-10 Finalists
Individuals
Sadman Shariar Ali, The Broxbourne School, Finding common proper motion white dwarf and planet host star binary system
Gwendolyn Andoh-Kesson, Lochgelly High School, The effect of Calcium on Monoamine Oxidose A Activity
Yusef Badi, Kingsbury High School, Investigating the effects of Glycosaminoglycans on cell functionality and phenotype
Aimee Barkway, Hills Road Sixth Form College, The structural characterisation of alpha1-antitrypsin polymers by peptide inhibition and dissolution of polymerisation
Luke Barnes, Writhlington School, Investigating orchid populations across the Sikkim Himalaya
Thomas Bartlett, Amman Valley School, Unifix
Sarah Benham, Simon Balle School, How Old is Too Old
Jacob Bentley, The Cavendish School, Determination of a method for testing disinfectants: Tego 2001
Catriona Black, Arbroath High School, Social Behaviour in Budgerigars
David Boyd, Cambridge House Grammar School, DJB Lamb Adopter
Simon Brookes, Balcarras School, Fuel for thought
Shawn Brown, Ysgol Gyfun Llanbedr Pont Steffan, Solar Bike
Anthony Brown, Nottingham High School, An electronic wireless house key
James Buckley, King Edward's School, Birmingham, GPS Tracker for Duke of Edinburgh Expeditions
Jordan Carroll, Queensbury School, Molecular interactions of small molecules with DNA
Claire Cerins, The Cavendish School, RNA interference of insecticide resistant genes in insects
Christopher Chalmers, Egglescliffe School, Assessment of catalysts by semi continuous esterifcation
Holly Chrishop, St John Plessington Catholic College, Is the use of a Scanning Electron Microscope viable for analysing metal contaminated soils?
Philip Coulter, Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Investigating Aerospace Applications for Waste Carbon Fibre
Andrew Cowan, Sutton Grammar School, Search and Rescue Robot
Sean Crawley, Colaiste Lorcain, Drive Me Round The Bend, Safely
Ben Croghan, Maltings Academy, Lighting - Arduino 'shake'
Eleanor Crump, Leicester High School for Girls, Researching the effect of a range of antisolvents on the crystalline structure and hydration states of raffinose and trehalose
Seamus Curtin, Lathallan School, Our Local Galaxy Cluster
Toryn Dalton, Bolton School Boys' Division, Investigating the role of the CLN3 gene in Batten Disease using Dictyostelium discoideum
Nafisa Dar, Sir George Monoux College, Investigation on the inhibition of Acetylcholinesterase by Dilutions of Melissa Officinalis and German Chamomile tinctures and Rosmarnic Acid
Lesa Davies, Samuel Whitbread Community College, Creating a synthetic force feel system for a flight simulator
Sahil Dawar, Kings College School - London, Mechanical Mile Counter
Zach Dean, Sir Thomas Moore Catholic School, Ice hockey Scoreboard
Emma Devlin, Banbridge Academy, Netball Skills Counter
Jonathan Fallman, Bancroft's School, Developing suitable chromatographic conditions for the analysis of acidic, basic and neutral compounds
Hannah Fisher, James Gillespie's High School, Molecular Typing of Pasteurella multocida Isolates from North American Feedlots
Leah Foley, Old Swinford Hospital, Investigating the co-culture of undifferentiated bone, muscle and nerve cells at different densities
Anna Forrester, Port Regis School, Knight Coaster
Linden Forster, Harris Academy, Approaches to control raspberry aphids without using pesticides
Timothy Fozzard, Upton-by-Chester High School, Optical Fuel Gauge Employing Moire Fringes and Optoelectronics
Lydia France, The Royal High School Sixth Form College, Mutasynthesis to form novel antibacterial xenorhabdins by feeding carboxylic acids to Alteromanus rava
Aydan Gasimova, The Abbey School, Designing and Creating a Medical Device Training Website
Robert Grasse, Merchant Taylors School, Motorbike Windsurfing Trailer
Scott Griffiths, Hutchesons' Grammar School, Magic Maggots
Adam Griffiths, St John Plessington Catholic College, Modelling the ALICE Photoinjector electron beam using G.P.T to enhance base line parameters
Mariam Hamid Irshad, Sydenham High School, Development of Targetted Therapeautics For Cancer
Michael Harper, Tendring Technology College, MP3 Amplifier
Samuel Harris, Cheam High School, Kurai Kaze
Ben Havery, Kingdown School, “The Mass Driver Project” (Cool Magnets)
Thomas Hearing, The Thomas Hardye School, Mapping Monmouth Beach and the Eroding Ammonite Pavement
James Hills, Toot Hill, Investigating Atrazine Decomposition with the Iron ligated Polyacrylonitrile Catalyst
Abbigail Howson, Stockport Grammar School, The effects of Perivascular Adipose Tissue on aortic contractility
Lauren James, Bablake School, Investigating Methods of Determining the Subspecies of the Honeybee and the Most Common Subspecies of Samples Taken From Hives in Warwickshire
Francesca Jaroszynska, Balfron High School, Sex Ratio at laying of the Spanish Spotless Starling, Sturnus unicolor
Harriet Jones, The Abbey School, Reading, Carbon monoxide: Friend or foe?
Hefin Jones, Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi, Fold
Sabiehah Kauser, Aylesbury High School, Investigating the role of Collagen and Beta Spectrin in Peripheral Nerve Biomechanics
Alexandre Kite, The Perse Upper School, High Velocity Liquid Impact on a Hopkinson Bar
Kulvinder Lal, Heston Community School, Sparklers
Kyle Lam, Nottingham High School, In an age of ASBOs is ADHD just an excuse of bad behaviour?
James Lambert, Cheltenham College, Flat Packed Christrmas Tree
Áine Laughlin, Thornhill College, Extend the lifecycle of recovery Masks
Stefanie Lewin, altrincham girls grammar school, The role of MKK7 in the heart
Chun Li, Wymondham College, Nanoscience - silicon nanoparticles
Alexander Lorimer, City of Bath College, Relationship Between Weight, Food & Energy of Birds
Sara Lukic, The Latymer School, An Investigation into Black Holes, Neutron Stars and Other X-Ray Sources
Michael John Lynch, St Mary’s Grammar School, Time Cop - Set Top Box
Kate Macdougall, Monk's Walk School, Determination of the key chromatographic factors when investigating polymer issues by HPTLC
Katie Ecaterina Manescu, John F Kennedy, Lens supression in the chick embryo
Ryan Marek, Alsager School Sixth Form Centre, An Investigation into the Porosity of Has Atomised Powders
Rhona Martin, Blairgowrie High School, The effect of climate change on the lifecycle of the potato cyst nematode
Maciej Matuszewski, Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Design and Manufacture of Ejector Pump to be Used to Prime a Siphon
Rachel McCarter, Strathearn, Differentiation of Live/Dead Mycobacteria Using Real Time PCR and Fluorescence Microscopy
Katie McDermott, King Edward VII Science and Sport College, The behaviour of the Humboldt's Woolly monkey in relation to a new baby in the family group
Elsa McKee, Bromsgrove School, How Important is Supplementory Feeding to British Blue and Great Tits?
Rebecca McVeigh, St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School, Developing A User Test For Physiotherapy Ultrasound At The Royal Berkshire Hospital Reading
Aseem Mishra, Hymers College, Drum Lights
Bethany Moat, Beech House School, Sleep Deprivation 1
Thana'a Mohajer Thaker, Ewell Castle School, Investigating Cannibalistic and Intraguild Predation in Harmonia Axyridis Coccinellids
Hannah Molyneux, Redborne Upper School, A study of the behaviour, social interaction, enclosure use and chewing times of the giraffes at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
David Muir, Duncanrig Secondary School, Smart Light
Joseph Murray, Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Heated Mirror and Cabinet Alarm
Nicole Nayar, Firrhill High School, Self Directed Behaviour in Chimpanzees
Douglas Oates, Hutchesons' Grammar School, The antibacterial properties of manuka honey
Lucy O'Brien, Kesteven and Grantham Girls School, A Study of Breast Cancer: An Evaluation of the Cellular Factors that influence Multidrug Resistance in Breast Cancer
Eleanor Ogilvie, St Paul's Girls' School, Smart Dithiocarbamates as Ligands in Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis
Bronte Paice, Beacon Community College, Biomechanics of falls: Determining the difference when people fall and when they do not fall
Swati Parida, Woking College, Do pre-analytical variables affect platelet function normal ranges?
Neha Passi, Withington Girls' School, Rescuing Oxidative Stress in Perivascular Fat
Samuel Pate, Shenfield High School, Shelving Unit
Deepesh Patel, Pate's Grammar School, Informing the public about the spread of disease
Fraser Pearson, The Chase Technology College, SkyPod
James Popper, Marlborough College, Cooker Smart
Amy Potts, Samuel Whitbred Community College, Which bubble bath makes the most bubbles?
Jordan Powell, Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School, An investigation of the protective effect of salicylic acid and potassium bicarbonate against fruit rot, caused by the fungus Mucor mucedo, in strawberries
Gavin Presland, Fearnhill Maths and Computing College, Bath Alarm
Alex Pritchard, Northampton High School, Investigating the Possible Causes of Celiac Disease and an Evaluation of the Key Antibody Classes Involved in the Disease Process - With Specific Reference To IgA
Rauridh Rafferty, Merchiston Castle School, T-Shirt Compacter
Sophie Reah, The Becket School, Canine Biomechanics - Investigating what effect leashes and harnesses have on canine movement
William Reynolds, The Perse School, Working with the Mbed
Adam Robbins, Nottingham High School, Fishometer
Conor Robinson, The Wallace High School, Computer Thermal Protection System
Sophie Robinson, Hungerhill School, No7 Cosmetics Display
Raghd Rostom, Bournemouth School for Girls, Factors influencing bone formation in embryonic chick bones in vitro
Caitlin Rowlands, Amman Valley School, Rock Chick Dress
Anthony Rowling, South Craven School, Urban Chicken Hut
Chay Ryan, Mary Webb School and Science College, Is the ability to estimate length age related?
Hassan Shakeel, Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, An account of a 'gedanken-experiment' based on modern stem cell research
Emma Shallcross, Carmel College, Investigation into the Boundaries of Innospecs Tert-Butylation Technology
Jennifer Shelley, Sir William Perkins's School, The development of demonstrations of remote sensing sensors for earth and planetary exploration
Saranja Sivachelvam, Bancroft's School, Elizabeth - An Aerobot Mission Proposal
Josh Smith, Chelmer Valley High School, Travel Multi Charger
Andrew Smith, King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth, Relativity: The special and general theories and applications in global positioning
Duncan Smith, Dollar Academy, Archimedes Screw and Alternatives
Megan Sorensen, Hills Road Sixth Form College, Mapping the p38 binding site within the PX domain of PLD1
Jacob Spear, The Cavendish School, Are Mosquitoes More Or Less Attracted To Us When We Are Stressed?
Luke Springall, Samuel Whitbread Community College, The Effects Of Different Freezing Conditions On Cell Lines
Ryan Storrie, St Mary’s Grammar School, Electronic Bleep Test
Hannah Stuart, The King's School, Canterbury, A novel regulatory mechanism in cancer-linked cell signaling
Rachel Sutcliffe, The Abbey School, Reading, A Report on an Investigation to Create a Directionality Map of the Cerci of Gryllus sigillatus and to Compare it with that of Acheta domesticus
Zain Abbas Syed, Park High School, Investigation of a Malaria Parasite Protein Kinase using Chemical Genetics
Ben Welton, Kirkbie Kendal, Improving Char stability of current TFP Intumescent products
Sian Williams, Sir William Perkins's School, An ergonomic study comparing the intracorporeal working space for two single incision laparoscopic ports
Andrew Witty, Simon Balle School, Conversion of Aldehydes to Carboxylic Acids with Two-Carbon Chain Homologation, using Meldrums Acid and Triethylammonium Formate
Adam Wright, Reading School, Cricket Cercal Canopy Response to Acoustic Stimuli
Joe Yarwood, St. Martin's School, Guitar Mood Light
Elliot Yates, Bolton School Boys' Division, Osteoarthritic Progression: The use of immunohistochemical markers in monitoring the progression of Osteoarthritis
Teams
Keith Alexander & Erik Bews, Kirkwall Grammar School, Investigations into the Predictability and Accuracy of Orkney Hydrodynamic Research Facility's Wave and Current Tank at Producing Specified Water States
Idrees Anwar & Rahul Khatua, Rainham Mark Grammar School, The Gravity Hedz
Channer Bal, Sam Cottrill, Bruce Fidler & Liam Russell, Tapton School, Sustainable Site Cabin
James Bannon, Christian Jones, William Burden & Mark Adshead, Newland House School, Development of fuel efficient cars
Elizabeth Barratt, Christopher Booth, Christopher Easton & Robert Tink, Sir John Lawes School, Variable drag structure for towed decoy
Amie Barrett & Megan Casey, Mary Immaculate Secondary School, The effect of temperature change on the turning ability of starfish
Jack Barrett, Joanna Cook, Kyla Hyslop, Euan Neilson & Gordon Trinder, Alford Academy, ECO Hotel
Matthew Beddows, Will Chilton, Chris Bailey & Josh Dudley, Mary Webb School and Science College, How do algae respond to iron fertilisation?
Jonathan Beesley, James Hylands, Charles Platt & Chris Wyver, Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, The Shocking Strangeness of the Surprisingly Small
Angela Brownsey, Philippa Green, Hannah Jagoe & Bethan Wyatt, Cockpit Field of View Device, The Godolphin School
Dominic Burr, Ben Carr & Stoyan Kostadinov, Pershore High School, Deburr Spur Gear Teeth
Megan Byrne & Sinead McNamara, Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Movement of Littorina littorea on two contrasting shores
Henry Camamile, Maxwell Kelly, William Honey, Thomas Jefferson & Dominic Feroze, Oakham School, Investigating airflow
Sarah Case & Karen Pinto, Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, Investigating the presence of mutation(s) in exon 11 and exon 27 of rhe BRCA2 gene in pancreatic cancer cell lines
Nicholas Charman, Charlotte Barton, Elizabeth Read & Gregory Page, Helenswood School, The Orientation and Alignment of Ferrites
Rebecca Chester, Hannah Robinson, Ellen Watson, Freyja Ingham, Lewis Fitzwilliam & Jamie Bentley, Millom School, Energy in our school
Rebecca Chroston & Emma Donoghue, Dollar Academy, Developing in vitro models using fish macrophages to investigate latency in Tuberculosis
James Clark, Stephen Moore & Adam Holliday, Westcliff High School for Boys, All Terrain Remote Controlled Reconnaissance Vehicle
Thomas Clayson & Matthew Harrop, University of Hertfordshire, Investigation on Robot Expressive Behaviours and Methods of Conveying Them
Ashleigh Clayton, Samuel Walder, John Hodgson & Luke Cann, Kingsley School, GRAVITY: Dispensing of Bad Guys
Lauren Compton, Charlotte Cadman & Victoria Palin, Thomas Telford School, Credit Crunch Creams: A project to find out which is the best suntan lotion for the best value for money
Morgan Daniels, Sophie Landau & Georgia Lever, Watford Grammar Schools for Girls, Break it down (but how?)
Lauren Donworth, Jess Wilks-Brown, Emma Butler & Rachel King, Glenmoor School, iRap
Laura Dunn, Ruth Cameron & Alice Cheape, Dollar Academy, What about the Bees?
Lindsey Entwistle, Hannah Martlew, Virginia Elton & Bethany Thomas, Lancaster Girls' Grammar School, Portable table
Robert Flood & Stephen Palminteri, Sutton Park School, Investigation of Shock Absorbency in Non Newtonian Fluids
Thomas Foster, Jake Needle & William Hughes, Thomas Telford School, Effects of Ultraviolet Light on Bacteria
Georgia Gostling, Thomas Milburn, Stephen Millyard & Michael Livermore-Tozer, Kennet School, An Automated Beam Monitor Calibration System for the ISIS Synchrotron
Yuriy Grabovsky, Adam Field & James Fishwick, St Cuthbert's High School, Increasing the efficiency of removing end-caps from electricity generator rotors
Joshua Greaves, Silas Mason & Gregory Sale, Oakham School, Reptile Transport
George Green & James Spencer, Reed's School, Alternative Fuels
Alea Hayes & Rhianna McPartland, Oakgrove Integrated College, Heron's Fountain
Liam Hayward, Talha Raja, Harry Streuli, Muhammed Anwar & Robert Balfour, Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Back-up system for standby pumping station
Timothy Hellis, Douglas McColl & Michael Williams, Hutchesons' Grammar School, Are you telling the truth?
Emma Hetherington, Neema Kotonya, Claire Farey & Chesney Joseph, Lancaster Girls' Grammar School, Energy Project
Sam Hill, Daniel Milham, Owen Mathias, Luke Syms & William Dunn, St Martin's School, Energy Recovery System
Lucy Huggins, Sam Quemby, Charles Crossfield & Heather Walker, Oakham School, Detecting defects in aircraft windscreens
Josie Hughes & Tristan Hughes, Farlingaye, Robotic Butterfly
Gabby Jackson, Conor McHugh, Kelvin Craig, Gareth Evans & Fraser Thomson, Knox Academy, Energy and Renewables
Stephen Jones & Harriet Rosney, Chesterfield High School Specialist Sports College & Helsby High School, Uses of Optical Fibres in Patient Monitoring
Rebecca Kummert & Sile Stafford, Sutton Park School, Improving Mucus Detachment in Cystic Fibrosis
John Luckett & Alex Searle-Barnes, Malmesbury School, Biofuels
Paul McKeever, Bryan Murphy & Piaras Murphy, Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Dyno Slow
Emily McLoughlin, Simon Game & James Haybittle, Sackville School, Adjustable strut to support a spectrometer
Emma Meads, Natasha Kilpatrick & Frances Addison, Rugby High School, Is the answer blowing in the wind?
Sarah Nevin & Hannah Sherer, Lenzie Academy, Memory
Joe Nixon, Tim Griffiths, Imogen Prince & Tom Jordan, St George's R C High School, Sonic walking aid
Craig Nunn, Campbell Paton & Scott Warden, Merchiston Castle School, Solar Measurement System
Tom Paddock, Richard Pollock, Dickson Wong & Freddie Gittus, Oakham School, Investigating Wind Turbines
Bina Prajapat, Felicity Eperon, Claudia Clarke & Reesha Dyer, Rugby High School, Bullets of CO2
Rachel Rawlinson & Aysha Waheed, Sydenham High School GDST, Don't Sweat!
Christian Reddington, Joseph Storer-Martin, James Paolo Carlos & Tomasz Iwaniak, Saint David's Catholic College, The Phantom Vessel
Jennifer Sarsfield, Tamara Kohler & Alice Mathews, Wimbledon High School, Olympic Bridge Project
Gavin Scott & George Jones, Ysgol Dinas Brân, The Schools Telescope Initiative
Eleanor Shead, Emma Toms, Faye Bond & Charlotte Staples, Parkstone Grammar School, Solution for monitoring the brake fluid level in a CRARRV (Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle)
Catherine Shewell, Imogen Howarth, Emily Collier, Maddie Daniels & Meghan O'Neill, Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls, Develop a method to track boats, vehicles and rescue personnel using Satellite Navigation and Global Positioning System technology
Kathryn Smith, Bhadevi Beharry, Emma Smith & Laura Douglas, St. Anthony's Catholic Girls' School, A690 Corridor Improvement Scheme: Barnes Park Junction
Jessica Speirs, Bronte Vickery, Eleanor Bichard & Ashleigh Etrata, Glenmoor School, A Helping Hand
Sinduya Sriskantharajah, Samantha Chuma, Abigail Falola & Hakam Bhullar, Imperial College London, Dirty Money
Imogen Stennett, Nicol Ward & Rachel Drabble, Handsworth Grange Community Sports College, Pond Aerator
Francis Stevens, Andrew Patterson, David Moody & Sioni Summers, King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, Ground Based Surveillance Vehicle
Justin Tetlow, Jake Thompson, Josh Kility, Ruben Sadler & Nathaniel Butler-Blondel, Cotham School, A Mammoth Idea - a short film
Rosie Theobald, Keri-Louise Grane, Abigale Nelson & Nicola Myers, Highsted Grammar School, Shear Shine
Kelly Thompson & Megan Evans, Thomas Telford School, Investigating which substances neutralise stomach acid most effectively
Andrew Wightwick, Oliver Wightwick & Eric Wieser, FIRST Lego League 2008/9, Climate Connections Challenge
Rosalyn Wild, Samantha Dean & Samantha Borrowdale, Milford Haven Comprehensive School, Recycled Wind Turbine
Nathan Wilkes, John-Luke Harris & Conor Roberts, Thomas Telford School, Investigating Why Different Instruments Produce Different Tones
Date Published: June 02, 2011