2008 Fellows
2008 Davidson Fellows Laureates – $50,000 Scholarship Recipients
Akhil Mathew, 16
Madison, NJ
Mathematics: “Translation – Invariant Binary Representations”
Christine Shrock, 17
Setauket, NY
Science: “Investigating an Allosteric Binding Site for a New Class of HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors”
Conrad Tao, 14
New York, NY
Music: “Bringing Classical Music from the Past to the Future as Pianist and Composer ”
Sikandar Porter-Gill, 17
Gaithersburg, MD
Science: “The Production of Methane in a Two-Chambered Bio-Catalyzed Microbial Fuel Cell Utilizing Methanosarcina barkeri”
Philip Streich, 17
Platteville, WI
Science: “Determining Carbon Nanotube Thermodynamic Solubility: The Missing Link to a Practical Supermaterial”
2008 Davidson Fellows – $25,000 Scholarship Recipients
Michael Cherkassky, 16
Minneapolis, MN
Technology: “Application of Machine Learning Methods to Medical Diagnosis”
Jasmine Miller, 17
Nashville, TN
Literature: “The Digital Identity of Contradiction”
August Siena Thomas, 17
Montague, MA
Literature: “Rewriting History”
William Yuan, 12
Portland, OR
Science: “High Efficient 3-Dimensional Nanotube Solar Cell for Visible and UV Light”
Hilda Huang, 12
Palo Alto, CA
Music: “I Love Bach”
Saraswathi Shukla, 17
Princeton, NJ
Outside the Box: “Mesmerizing Music: Sound, Imagination, and Communication in the Mesmeric Séance”
Vijay Venkatesh, 17
Laguna Niguel, CA
Music: “Magic through Music”
Charles Zhang, 17
Oakland Township, MI
Science: “Development of a Vibration Energy Harvesting Device Based on an Asymmetric Air-spaced Cantilever”
2008 Davidson Fellows – $10,000 Scholarship Recipients
Nathan Georgette, 17
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Science: “Novel Herd Immunity Threshold Analysis Incorporating Population Dynamics and Gradual Immunization”
Molly Hensley-Clancy, 16
Minneapolis, MN
Literature: “Seized as Beauty”
Kyle Hutzler, 16
Huntingtown, MD
Outside the Box: “Kansas: American Education”
Michael Leap, 17
Okemos, MI
Philosophy: “The Ontology of Science: A Critical Perspective”
Sarah Waliany, 16
Arcadia, CA
Science: “Role of t-Darpp in P13K/AKt/Bcl-2 Pathway in Causing Resistance in Herceptin-Sensitive Breast Tumors”
Divya Nag, 17
El Dorado Hills, CA
Science: “Thermal Analysis and Thermogravimetry Techniques to Quantify and Prevent Forest Fires”
Avanthi Raghavan, 17
Orlando, FL
Science: “Characterization of Novel Protein Trafficking Pathways in Plasmodium falciparum”
2008 Davidson Fellows – Honorable Mentions
Mr. Andrew David King
Hayward, California
Literature: Blurred Lines and Battlefields: Perspectives of War
Music: Music without Borders
Mr. David Dalrymple
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Outside the Box: Boolean Logic in Cellular Automata