2011-12 Finalists
This is a complete list of the finalists the Big Bang Fair 2012.
Online Finalists:
Individuals
Hanan Abdimalik, Loreto College, Infrared Spectroscopic Signatures of Cancer in Renal Tissue
Saara Adam, Leicester High School for Girls, The dynamic of eosinophilic inflammation in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Gary Allister, Great Sankey High School, Automatic Shut Off Device Project
Rachel Anderson, Alton College, A Study of the Cytoskeleton of Malignant Cancer Cells
Anuriti Aojula, Bablake School, Substituting the aqueous immersion gold process with ionic liquids
Smriti Aojula, Bablake School, Development of thermoplastics based on starch
Deborah Asante, Chelmsford County High School for Girls, Free Radical Formation in Cytoglobin
Hannah Beavis, Ormiston Victory Academy, Optimizing DNA sample preparation using robots
Mairi Bell, Hazlehead Academy, Diagnosing embryo abnormalities in zooplankton
Lavina Blanking, St Mary's College (Derry), A Spoonful of Medicine (Investigating the possible consequences of mis-measuring medicines)
Amy Bond, The Mount School, Childrens converatable cooking station
Lauren Bounds, Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun, Analysis of the interaction between TGF Beta 1 and pro-inflammatory cytokines in peritoneal dialysis
Niall Briggs, Holy Cross College, An investigation into goblet cell biology during Trichuris muris infection and the role of nuclear hormone receptors
Harriet Buckley, Eckington School, Extension of the central hydrophobic domain of the Oleosin protein
Charlotte Burton, The Lady Eleanor Holles School, Analysis of the location and mechanisms of tissue growth in the maxillary and mandibular processes in E9.5 mice embryos
Ruth Carter, Roundwood Park School, Comparing settlement and development of grain aphid (Sitobion avenae) on wheat lines: project summary
Luke Cartwright, Wirral Grammar School for Boys, The Thermal Decomposition of Polyisobutylene
Joanna Chan, Kendrick School, Design and Development of a LED-based Multi-wavelength Phototherapy Unit for Neonatal Jaundice
Rabeel Chaudhry, The Blue Coat School, The Effect of Chemotherapy Agents on Different Pancreatic Cancer Lines
Ben Clarke, Kirkbie Kendal School, Investigation into the effects of conductive Binder Systems on the surface and through plane resistance of a non-conductive base sheet
Tom Clegg, Stoke Newington School, Determining the sensitivity of a panel of four head and neck squamous cell carcinoma lines to apoptin
David Cochrane, Foyle and Londonderry College, Determination of Physicochemical Properties of Photosensitizers and Analysis of PVA-Borate Hydrogels as a Drug Delivery System
Jonathan Connolly, Balcarras School, The Flexible Heating System
Ivo Dawkins, The Perse School, The Hot Surface Ignition Characteristics of Kerosene Based Jet Fuels
Amy Doyle, The Trinity School, The role of electrical activity in the nervous system during embryonic development in zebrafish
Naomi Egbivwie, The Latymer School, Investigating different radiosensitisers for cancer treatment involving radiotherapy
Joe Evans, The Thomas Adams School Wem, CNC Router
Beth Evans, Bablake School, Vector Spaces and Root Systems
Jieyuan Fan, Barton Peveril College, Transmembrane ion transport: Investigating the transport of chloride across a lipid bilayer by synthetic compounds and their mechanisms
Peter Fryers, The Perse School, Cross coupling and inaccuracies in the D600 sensor
Katie Gaffney, Norwich School, Correlation between hand grip and disease activity score (DAS28) in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Dharshaini Ganapathy, Wirral Grammar School for Girls, Replication of the Open Reading Frame Gene Deleted Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68
Emma Garlick, Balcarras School, Tyre Chair
Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh, Parkside Community College, Study and Analysis of the Orbital and Physical Properties of 2010 TK7
Jemma Goldstein, Haberdashers Askes School for Girls, Search for Variable Stars in the Galactic Plane
Tim Gordon, Calday Grange Grammar School, The effect of the age of maize plants on the diversity of their symbiont Bacillus bacteria
Osaseri Guobadia, Wycombe Abbey School, Design and Production of a Self-contained Water Purfication Unit
Mark Hammond, The Royal Grammar School, Ozone Monitoring
Jiji Han, The Tiffin Girls' School, To Investigate the Different Characteristics of Yolk-Sac-Derived and HSC-Derived Macrophages
Tim Honey, Peter Symonds College, Investigation into the process of anterior and posterior regeneration in Sabella pavonina using histological examination
Kurt Ibberson, Bablake School, Searching for binary system white dwarfs and calculating their orbital period
Hashi Ibrahim-Hashi, The Harrodian School, Does Galileo's Law of Falling Bodies Apply in Liquids?
Neel Jain, Bolton School Boys' Division, Bone growth and structure: A study of the anterior ribs of infants
Hannah Jones, The Maelor School, Performance Testing ASA Inulins
Salma Khan, Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School and Performing Arts College, Role of Endocannabinoids in Pancreatic cell function
Theo Kubiena, The Windsor Boys' School, Octopus IP
Thomas Ladyman, Sutton Grammar School for Boys, Robotic Guide Dog
Emma Lathar, Liverpool College, Creating Novel Digital Solutions to Misoprostol Dosage Social Marketing
Danielle Lis, Saffron Walden County High School, Gene Expression In The Developing Carotid Body
Philip Madgwick, St Albans School (Independent), The Trap Cropping of Delia Radicum for Broccoli using Chinese Cabbages
Sean McKendry, Loreto College, Cracking up
Lona Mehta, Wreake Valley Community College, Insulin Audit and Fluid Storage in the Leicester Royal Infirmary
Tommy Moore, Victoria High School, Development of IP66 Protective Caps for Tronic connectors
Thomas Myers, The Perse School, Gravitational Lensing
James North, Formby High School, Innate immune networks are altered by HIV but remain competent in response to pneumococcus
Jonathan Pittaway, King Edward VI Aston School, Comparison of numerical libraries for matrix computation
Vincent Poon, Ilford County High School, Computer modelling of embryonic heart development
Helen Porter, Bablake School, The role of electrical activity in the nervous system during embryonic development in zebrafish
Daniel Purnell, Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi, Ski Rack
Peter Rees, Hills Road Sixth Form College, Experimental Science for Rural African Schools (ESRAS)
Jonathan Richardson, Fortrose Academy, Investigation into the most suitable mediator and electrode material combination for a glucose biosensor
Alistair Roberts, Torquay Boys' Grammar School, Low-cost, civilian unmanned aerial vehicle
Hannah Roomi, Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Does Plasma Membrane Calcium ATPase isoform 4 have a physiological or pathological role in hypertrophy?
Alexandra Rose, St George's School, A study in using biomarkers to identify the changes in proteins produced in cells as they progress from Barrett's Oesophagus to Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma, and to identify other possible biomarkers for the same purpose
Maia Rowe-Sampson, The Grey Coat Hospital, Using model organisms to achieve the down-regulation of proteins
Evgeny Saveliev, De Lisle Catholic Science College, Lateral Processing of Embedded Words
Helen Sheehan, St. Mary's College, Crosby Processing and Characterisation of SHS 7574 Nanosteel by Selective Laser Melting
Caroline Shirt, Wirral Grammar School for Girls, Sequences of Real & Complex Numbers
Emily Smith, Garth Hill College, The effect of ground level ozone on grasslands
Mollie Spiezick, Montsaye Community College, An investigation into the whole glove leak test and the development of a new test method
Abigail Stear, Langside College, Analysis of a Mathematical Model of Nematode Infection in Sheep
Joseph Steele, Jack Hunt School, Left handed electric guitar project
Bara Taufik, Merchant Taylors School, Crosby Synthesising key intermediates for antimalarials using the Ullmann-Goldberg reaction
Lucy Taylor, Ballard School, Science of Computer Games
Yasmin Vajeth, Newcastle College, Blood spatter and its patterns
Kirtana Vallabhaneni, West Kirby Grammar School, Identification of Cell Surface Proteins for Targeting Pancreatic Cancer
Jennifer Wallin, St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School, Cluster Observations of Flow Braking in the Magnetosphere
Jonathan Wellings, Bablake School, From ear to ear
Sam Wheelhouse, Nottingham High School for Boys, Autodock
Kieran Whitford, Whitford Northfield Academy, Analysis and comparison of gene expression in thalidomide treated and wildtype embryos
Mariam Zaidi, Kingsbury High School, 3D modelling of arterial valves in mice and human embryos
Teams
Moiz Ali, Zain Anwar, Zak Andrabi, Stretford Grammar School, Bottled Water v.s Tap Water
Patrick Bamforth, Max Evans, Jaydon Softly, Hector Kelly, Newland House School, Tyres up co2 down
Alan Bannon, Callum Williams, Home Educated, G.R.I.D
Philip Clark, Libbie Norton, Chantelle Martin, Daniel Keen, Chaucer Technology School, Reducing CO2 in school by 10%
David Hewett, Richard Ladley, Chris Cundy, Matt Brady, Louis Sharrock, Louis Wilson, Simon Langton, Grammar School for Boys Comprehensive, Langton Evaluation and Analysis of Radiation (CLEAR)
Mitchell Hillyard, Naomi Spellman, Saffie Heselton, Courtney Watson, Mersey Road, Shovelling Steel
Jack Le Feuvre, Edmund Wilkinson, Will White, Reed's School, Hygiene
Adam Parkes Bowen, Amaad Hussein, Johnny Odu, The Henley College, Cancer (Imaging, Radiotherapy & Epigenetics): The true Nature Of Cancer
Aaran Patel, Marcus Judge, Marco Ciao, Jacob Williams, Bablake School, Testing and Developing Indigestion Remedies
Corrie Porter, Guy Mayneord, Rugby High School, Engineering far-red fluorescently tagged RAB proteins for the study of intracellular protein tracking
Andrew Prossor, Chloe Withers, Stockport Grammar School, The effects of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) on Perivascular Adipose Tissue (PVAT) function
Daniel Saul, Priyesh Patel, Edward Branford, Alex Wakefield, Alex Landless, Philip Warren, Sutton Grammar School for Boys, APEX III
Eunice Walker, Madeleine Wong, Thomas Telford School, Sugar Rush
Eleanor Weeks, Katie Buddell, Glenmoor School, Helps At Hand
Regional Finalists:
Individuals
Benjamin Armstrong, Bedford School, Porte Defence
Olivia Banton, Sydenham High School, No Voice No Choice
Katie Barnes, Balcarras School, Good Vibrations
Chris Bonds, Braunton School, Quad Bike Lifting Stand
Darryl Branagan, St Colmans College, Newry, Agricultural Pen Insert
Conor Brown, St Colmans College, Newry, Calf & Sheep Crush
Hannah Carass, King James School, Children's Game
Kirsty Coleman, Kent College Pembury, The Wild West
Simon Crowther, Nottingham High School, Flood Alert
Corwyn Davies, Ysgol Gyfun Llandbedr Pont Steffan, Hedgelighthog
Emily Dowling, Easingwold School, How to Distinguish Between Child Abuse and Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Abbie Fitzpatrick, Wade Deacon High School, Tree Lamp
Nick Foster, St Albans School, Handbrake Aid - Twist Grip Brake
Stephanie Galvao, King Edward VI High School for Girls, The Relationship of Adenovirus to Proteins in the Cellualr DNA Damage Repair Pathways
Donya Ghorbani, King Edward VI High School for Girls, A Pilot Study of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Jordan Godden, The King's School, Gas Cylinder Measurement System
Jason Goldschmidt, Thomas Mills High School, Bistro Boom Bar
Hugh Goodson, Merchiston Castle School, Pickup Tool Security Box
Juhi Gupta, Wirral Grammar School for Girls, How Important is Hygiene
Alex Joseph, Merchant Taylors School, Parallel Motion Crutch
Alice Kent, Oakham School, Car Lighting Board for Boat
Ross Kirkwood, Wallace High School, Factors Affecting Facial Recognition
Dave Kozielec, Sutton Grammar School for Boys, Autonomous Meteorite Finding Vehicle
Jess Leighton, Emmanuel College, Pedu Toddler (Baby) Shoe Alarm
Jack McCann, Loreto College, Adventures in the Doped Crystalisation of Potassium Bromide with Lead (11) Nitrate and its relaxation processes
Eve McClelland, Grosvenor Grammar School, Halo
Mark McEvoy, St Colmans College, Newry, Multi-Lift
Roshni Mansfield, The High School of Glasgow, Investigation into a Possible Cause of Herpes Simplex virus
Emily Miller, Emmanuel College, Safe and Sound (Cot Death Alarm)
Abbie Milnes, Harrogate High School, Outdoor Pursuits Clothing
Lewis Murphy, Merchiston Castle School, Collapsible Goalposts
Saoirse Nash, St Marys College, Derry, The Development and Evaluation of a Handy Method to Determine the Concentration of Active Ingredients in Ramipril and Simuastatin
John Neill, Down High School, Key Call
Matthew Parker, Heaton Manor School, Portable Security Device
Chandni Patel, Bablake School, An Investigation into Market Leading OTC Pain Relievers and In-house Manufacture
James Phillips, Coleg Sir Gar, Hydraulically Operated Tine Harrow
Edward Reckless, Nottingham High School, Illuminet
Harry Rigby, Oakham School, Bike Light and Car Detection
Jonathan Salmon, Reed's School, Investigating Soils
Jamie Serjeant, Stamford School, Outboard Motor Transporter
William Shackley, Gower College, Twin-Hulled Personal Water Transport
Matthew Smith, Wade Deacon High School, Sports Water Bottle
Stephanie Spowart, Amman Valley School, The Secret Garden (Fantasy and Fiction Textiles)
James Theophilus, Chipping Sodbury School, iPod Eco-Charger
Charlie Vaux, King James School, Bubble Mood Light and Water Feature
Kerry Wales, The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College, Astronomical Observations
Oliver Weston, Boclair Academy, Comparing the Relative Strength of Plastic Bags
Beth Wild, St Augustines RC Secondary School, Textiles Dress
Jake Wrefford, Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi, Revolver
Teams
April Adrien-Greenwood, Jasmine Alexander, Fredika Animashaun, Nicole Brown, Rachel Howsen, Marijana Lucic, Charlie Neal, Kate Parker, Nicole Preville, Alicia Rattre, Precious Sodimu, Shannon Taylor, Ineta Vaicikauskaite, Ilford Ursuline High School, Design a Dome
Emma Allison, Neve Gascoigne, Alina Noshin, Newminster Middle School, Which Hair Shampoo Strengthen Hair our Hair the Most?
Hanna Barnes, Brenda Jobber, Rebekah Keningley, Sarah Pulfrey-Taylor, Erin Nolan, Wirral Grammar School for Girls, Removal of Copper Ions from Effluent Water
Anna Bates, Hatty Jack, Alice Hargreaves, Rugby High School, Toothpastes - The Good, The Bad and The Brilliant
Rachel Bell, Emma Cartwright, Hannah McAloone, Charlotte Neumann, St Thomas More School, Which Vegetarian Animal Dung Acts as the Best Fertiliser?
Jack Bourne, Samuel Casey, Eleanna Parkinson, Dale Sigley, Painsley Catholic College, Pre-Start monitoring System for JCB Machines
Jach Capel-Shyu, Alasdair Mustard, Jordan White, Alexander Wagner, Pershore High School, Polaris - Gear Box Alignment
Flo Collyer-Powell, Alexia Hopson-Hill, Annie Huckstep, Daisy Nicholls, Zoë Rogers, The Godolphin School, Air Launched Munitions Visual Capture system
Andrew Craig, Joshua Wren, George Shepherd, Tapton School, Jaguar Car Challenge
Charlotte Doble, Cheyenne Jordan, Harriet Burraston, Lucy Harrison, Uffculme School, How Do They Get Scent Into Lip Balm?
Sophie Farrell, Rachel Hammerton, Kara Furguson, Callie Ferguson, Emmanuel College, Bounce it
Silas Gibbins, Daniel Gilmore, Rachel Black, Catriona Davidson, Ellie Phelps, Beth Hadden, George Heriot's School, Primary Power Up
Kathryn Gillespie, Sarah Hawkins, Maddie Jamieson, Dollar Academy, Premisconceptions - Influencing Test Results
Martha Gregory, Leigh Roberts, Darcie Lacey, Casey Turner, Maltby Academy, Trickii Twista Pod
Ellie Guildford, Holly Carter, Emma Duff, Rachel Joyce, Sandbach High School and SFC, Website Design for a Paralympic Athlete
Ellie Hemmings, Calypso Keightley, Sabrina Lucas, Uppingham Community College, Waterproof Mascara
Lowri Howard, Jodie Barnard, Amy Matthews, Beth James, Ffion Harrie, Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni, Mascara Investigation
Hannah Jenkins, Geraint Sibley, Ross Cooper, Catrin Davies, Alex Curtis-Evans, Cynffig Comprehensive School, Ergonmic Workstation for Sony Manufacturing
Slater Jinkinson, William Thompson, Michael Hannah, Andrew Cliff, King Edward VII Science & Sports College, House Entry Tee Shut Off Mechanism
Kennedy Keeney-Robinson, Nicole McHugh, St Marys College, Derry, How Do Different Salts Affect the Freezing Point of Water
Timothy Kieser, Lauren Bowness, Frances Butcher, Emma Haddon, The Queen Katherine School, Investigation into Ageing Effects for Technical Fibre Products
Sarah Larby, Kirsty Lang, Fran Adamson, Newminster Middle School, What are the Best Conditions to Grow Plants in Our Wildlife Garden
Sarah Latimer, Sarah James, Daniel Huddart, Emmanuel College, Deaf Alarm
Sam MacKay, Teigan Marr, Rosie Malone, Musa Ali, Larissa Gill, Harlaw Academy, Cafe Project - Green Tea
Joseph McCrave, Jacob Swan, Daniel Ibrahim, Jack Haworth, Calday Grange Grammar School, What Makes A Good Toothpaste?
Thomas McMullan, Vincent McMullan, Loreto College, Flipping, Falling, Tumpling Cards
Harry Manley, Lily Limmer, Archie Mitchell, Emily Hill, Maiden Beech School, Insulation - A Load of Hot Air?
George Mawdsley, Jonny Evans, James Sterry, Oliver Sampson, Ross Buchanan, Aylesbury Grammar School, We Went Balistic!
Wasim Miah, Jessica Jones, St Davids Catholic College, Contraction Optical Monitoring System
Samuel Mills, Gokhul Raj, Daniel Wheller, Cameron Douglas, Asher Winterson, Calday Grange Grammar School, The Eco-Spin
Henry Mound, Fred Pye, Priory School, What Energy Drinks Affect Heart Rate the Most?
Joanna Munaz, Danielle McGlinchey, Maria McHugh, St Marys College, Derry, Development and Evaluation of an Odourless Fake Tan
Ciara O'Connell, Bethan Scott, Dollar Academy, Which Brand of Throat Lozenges is Most Effective?
Kate Quillan, Mythiri Sutharson, Watford Grammar School for Girls, Does Hairspray Weaken the Strength of Human Hair?
Lawrence Quirk, Calum Smith, Robert Dessington, Matthew Hale, Calday Grange Grammar School, Recycling Paper - The Use of Recycled Paper as an Inexpensive Building Material
Matthew Reece, Ethan Jones, John Clayton-Hughes, Ysgol Uwchradd Glan Clwyd, Fibre Optic Laser Speckle Breathing Senso
Aidan Reed, Simon Smith, Catherine Walker, Robert Mewett, Sarah Wilkes, Duchess's Community High School, Energy and our school - Fossil vs Biofules
Adam Reeves, Mark Reeves, Ballard School, Garbine - Wind Generator
Kasia Rogers, Miša Hennin, Isobel Archer, Jenni Wilson, Sale Grammar School, Fuels for the Future
Dean Saif, Shannon Horrigan, Daniel Giernalczyl, Michael Stitfall, St Davids Catholic College, Air Pressure Monitor
Loren Snowdon, Kateryna Zhyvitska, Ellie Stanton, Glenmoor School, Misfire
Edward Syndercombe, Sam Monery, Finn Farthing, Ben Ferstenberg, Newminster Middle School, The Synthesis of Asprin
Benjamin Towers, Hollie Lane, Lizzie Mutter, Rainham Mark Grammar School, Grime Busters
Katie Webb, Emma Sherriff, Aisling Lynch-Kelly, Katharine Lynch-Kelly, John Cleveland College, Aspirin - Drug Design and Development
Megan Whittaker, Rebecca Stock, Redmoor High School, Dirty Mobile Microbes
Tasmin Wiles, Alisha Anderson, Jessica Arthur, Megan Hext, Sadie Simons, Elinor Smyth, Rebecca Bainbridge, Paignton Community College, Don't Let Hair Die by Using Hair-Dye!
Holly Williams, Terri-Anne Faulconbridge, Jenny Eyre, Eve George, Rugby High School, Measuring angle of Rotating Turbine Ribs
Becky Wolf, Libby Curteiroz, Michael Constantine, Roxanne Townsend, Coundon Court School and Community College, Stuck In a Jig
Date Published: March 19, 2012