Ribét Academy

Science Fair Winners
2002 to 2009

Name

Competition

Category

Project Title

Project Advisor

Award

Special Award

Ryan Honda

53rd Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Physics

Radioactivity

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Silver Medal

Honorable Mention Health Physics Society-Southern California Chapter

 

53rd Annual California State Science Fair

Senior Physics

Radioactive Attenuation and the Inverse Square Law

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Silver Medal

Honorable Mention Health Physics Society-Southern California Chapter

 

54th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Physics

Radioactive Attenuation and the Inverse Square Law

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Silver Medal

Honorable Mention Health Physics Society-Southern California Chapter

 

54th Annual California State Science Fair

Senior Pharmacology and Toxicology

Gamma Radiation Effects on Plant Growth

Mark Michail/John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Gold Medal

 

 

55th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Plant Biology

Gamma Radiation Effects on Plant Growth

Mark Michail/John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Gold Medal

 

 

AESA’s 4th Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Biology

Gamma Radiation Effects on Plant Growth

Mark Michail/John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

Cameron Seebach

54th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Electrophoresis of Venomous Snakes

Mark Michail

Gold Medal

Los Angeles Professional Science Teachers Association Special Award

 

56th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Engineering Applications

Static Thrust

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

 

57th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Chemistry

Kinetics of the Zinc-Copper Voltaic Cell

Mhair Orchanian

Bronze Medal

 

Shiraz Ghanimian

54th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Plant Biology

The Effect of Wind on Phototropism

Mark Michail

Silver Medal

 

 

AESA’s 5th Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Biology

Evolution of Species Through Electrophoresis

Mark Michail

Silver Medal

 

 

55th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Plant Physiology

The Effects of Air Pollution on Freeway Plants

Mark Michail

Gold Medal

Caroline Biological Award/Southern California Horticultural Society Award

 

57th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Plant Biology

Influencing the Rate of Photosynthesis through Stomate Control

Mark Michail

Honorable Mention

 

Shiraz Ghanimian and David Saryan

56th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Team Life Science

Evolution of Species Through Protein Electrophoresis

Mark Michail

Bronze Medal

 

David Saryan

55th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Protein Electrophoresis on Flying and Non-flying Birds

Mark Michail

Silver Medal

Los Angeles Professional Science Teachers Association Special Award

Daniel Parks

AESA’s 4th Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Physical Science

Franck-Hertz Experiment

Andrzej Krol/John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Gold Medal

 

 

55th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Physics

Franck-Hertz Experiment

Andrzej Krol/John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

 

54th Annual California State Science Fair

Senior Physics

Franck-Hertz Experiment

Andrzej Krol/John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

Cameron Hubbard

55th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Plant Biology

Transformation of Plant Genome Using Agrobacterium

Mark Michail

Bronze Medal

 

 

57th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Animal Biology

The Effects of Gamma and Beta Radiation on Chitinous Organisms

Mark Michail

Bronze Medal

Health Physics Society/American Nuclear Society Los Angeles Award

 

AESA’s 5th Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Physical Science

Inverse Square Law and its Effects on Radioactive Intensity

John-Emmanuel Shirajian/Ryan Honda

Honorable Mention

 

 

AESA’s 4th Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Biology

Transformation of Plant Genome Using Agrobacterium

Mark Michail

Bronze Medal

 

 

56th Annual California State Science Fair

Senior Pharmacology and Toxicology

The Effects of Beta and Gamma Radiation on Chitinous Organisms

Mark Michail

Honorable Mention

Sheila Kar Foundation Award

Oliver Pilco

52nd Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Physics

Radioactivity

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Bronze Medal

Hispanic American Outstanding Trophy

Jonathan Krol

54th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior General Physics

Standing Waves on a String

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Gold Medal

 

Calder Block

54th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Engineering Research

Hydrodynamics

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Silver Medal

 

 

55th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Environmental Management

Environmental Study of Water Pollution

John-Emmanuel Shirajian/Mark Michail

Bronze Medal

 

Ben Chubak

56th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Animal Biology

The Effects of Propagation on the Growth of Coral

Mark Michail

Silver Medal

Earthwatch Student Fellowship Grant

Robert Hollar

56th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Engineering Applications

Building A Hovercraft

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Silver Medal

 

 

57th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Engineering Applications

Hovercraft

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Gold Medal

 

 

56th Annual California State Science Fair

Junior Aerodynamics and Hydrodynamics

Hovercraft Engineering: Maximizing Engine Thrust

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Bronze Medal

 

 

58th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Engineering Research

Reducing the Turn Radius of a Hovercraft

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

US Naval Award

 

59th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Engineering Applications

Maximizing Solar Energy

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Gold Medal

 

Whitfield Usher

52th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Physics

Motion in Two Dimensions

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

African American Outstanding Trophy

Caitlin McCabe

53rd Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Plant Biology

Growing Tomato Plants in Organic Liquids

Mark Michail

Silver Medal

 

 

55th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Plant Biology

The Effects of Parasitic and Mutalistic Fungus on Plant Growth and Their Soil

Mark Michail

Silver Medal

 

Alexander Dzhanvelyan

AESA’s 3rd Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Physical Science

Trajectory Analysis

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Silver Medal

 

Suzi Helfing

AESA’s 3rd Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Engineering Applications

Epicenter Earthquake Simulator

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

 

AESA’s 4th Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Engineering Applications

Epicenter Earthquake Simulator

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Gold Medal

 

 

54th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Engineering Applications

Epicenter Earthquake Simulator

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

Holly Hunt

55th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Mathematics and Computer Science

School of Rocks

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

Croy Salinas

56th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Microbiology

Manmade Antibiotics vs Natural Antibiotics

Mark Michail

Honorable Mention

 

Edgar Asatryan

AESA’s 2nd Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Biology

Measuring the Effects of Potable and Non-potable Water Using Spectrophotometry

Mark Michail

Silver Medal

 

Arthur Keuroghlian

53rd Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Physics

Temperature and Conductivity of Electrolytes

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

 

AESA’s 2nd Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Physical Science

Temperature and Conductivity of Electrolytes

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

Annick-Marie Jordan

54th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Chemistry

Making and Testing Soap

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Bronze Medal

 

 

53rd Annual California State Science Fair

Senior Chemistry

Making Soap

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

 

ZACA Inc. Award

Rishi Khana

53rd Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Math

Hook’s Law

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

 

National Society of Petroleum Engineers Special Award

Preston Swovelin

54th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Plant Biology

A Comparison Between Grafting Tape Compound and Liquid Bandage

Mark Michail

Honorable Mention

 

 

AESA’s 4th Annual Science Olympiad

Junior Biology

Measuring Photosynthesis between Chlorophyll and Carotenoids

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Silver Medal

 

 

57th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Plant Biology

The Best of Both Worlds

Mark Michail

Gold Medal

 

Chase Hagan

55th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Engineering Research

Optimum Foundation Design for Model Home Undergoing an Earthquake

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Silver Medal

 

 

54th Annual California State Science Fair

Junior Engineering

Optimum Foundation Design for Model Home Undergoing an Earthquake

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Silver Medal

 

 

AESA’s 5th Annual Science Olympiad

Junior Engineering

Optimum Foundation Design for Model Home Undergoing an Earthquake

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Bronze Medal

 

 

57th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Chemistry

Qualitative Analysis of Cations

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Silver Medal

US Naval Science Award

 

58th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Engineering Applications

UV Protection Clothing

D. Hagan/ John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Bronze Medal

 

Nathaniel Foote

56th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Ecology

Comparing Carbon Monoxide Emission between Hybrid and Gas-powered Cars

Mark Michail

Bronze Medal

 

 

57th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Ecology

The Effects of Excess Atmospheric CO2 on Calcifying Marine Organisms

Mark Michail

 

Southern California Paleontological Society Award/Aquarium of the Pacific Award/Earthwatch Award

 

58th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Pharmacology

The Effects of Radiation on Microorganisms

John-Emmanuel Shirajian/Mark Michail

Honorable Mention

 

Khachatur Saryan

AESA’s 2nd Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Physical Science

Charge-toMass Ratio of an Electron

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

George Grkikian

AESA’s 4th Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Physical Science

Hydraulic Devices Transmit Changes of Pressure

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

 

AESA’s 5th Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Biology

Environmental Effects on Pea Respiration

Mark Michail

Honorable Mention

 

Vatche Satamian

AESA’s 4th Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Engineering Research

Reynolds Number

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Bronze Medal

 

Cameron Alsbrook

55th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Physics

Radioactivity

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Silver Medal

 

Jonathan Lee

56th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Physics

Circles of Magnetism and Oersted Law Apparatus

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

 

57th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Physics

Centripetal Acceleration

John-Emmanuel Shirajian/Gordon Lee

Silver Medal

 

 

58th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Ecology

Biodiesel: The Fuel of the Future

John-Emmanuel Shirajian/Gordon Lee

Honorable Mention

Spirit of Zero South Award

Seda Bourikian

AESA’s 5th Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Biology

Effects of the P-53 Gene

Mark Michail

Gold Medal

 

Emin Hatamian

AESA’s 5th Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Engineering

Potato Canon

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Silver Medal

 

Christopher Park

55th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Chemistry

Gas Chromatography

Mark Michail

Honorable Mention

 

 

58th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Animal Biology

Evolutionary Electrophoresis

Mark Michail

Bronze Medal

Earthwatch Award

Matthew Williamson

56th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Engineering Applications

Eavesdropping with Lasers

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

Artemis Davitian

AESA’s 5th Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Engineering

Epicenter

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Gold Medal

 

Levon Dovlatyan

AESA’s 5th Annual Science Olympiad

Junior Engineering

Bridges-How Strong Are They?

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

 

AESA’s 7th Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Physical Science

Which is the Strongest Truss for Bridges?

John-Emmanuel Shirajian/Johnnie Kwok

Bronze Medal

 

 

58th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Engineering Applications

Testing Different Types of Truss Bridges

John-Emmanuel Shirajian/Johnnie Kwok

Honorable Mention

 

Steve Rheem

54th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Physics

Michelson Interferometer and the Coefficient of Linear Expansion

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

Karine Babayan

55th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Chemistry

Making and Testing Soap

Arsho Azadian

Bronze Medal

 

Shain Neumeier and Jennifer Lee

55th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Team Life Science

Human Asexuality

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Bronze Medal

 

Hovsep Trdatyan

AESA’s 4th Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Engineering

Force Table

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

Arman Sarkissian

AESA’s 4th Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Engineering

Bulletproof Box

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Bronze Medal

 

Christopher Busjeager

AESA’s 4th Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Physical Science

Efficiency of a Fuel Cell

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Bronze Medal

 

Armand Keuroghlian

AESA’s 3rd Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Biology

The Effect of Hormones on Frog Metamorphosis

Mark Michail

Silver Medal

 

 

AESA’s 4th Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Biology

The Effects of Anti-Cariogenic Agents on Cavity Teeth Progression on Extracted Teeth

Mark Michail

Silver Medal

 

 

55th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Microbiology

The Effects of Anti-Cariogenic Agents on Cavity Teeth Progression on Extracted Teeth

Mark Michail

Honorable Mention

 

 

AESA’s 5th Annual Science Olympiad

Senior Biology

Dental Fillings

Mark Michail

Bronze Medal

 

Seung Mi Jung

57th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Physics

The Spectral Predictions of the Bohr Theory

Dr Thomas Kuiper/ John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Bronze Medal

US Naval Science Award

Johnnie Kwok Chun Nam

57th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Engineering Applications

Truss Bridges

Kevin Miguire

Honorable Mention

US Naval Science Award

 

56th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Applied Mathematics and Structures

Truss Bridges

Kevin Miguire/ John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

Lori Shirajian

57th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Engineering

Static Thrust

Cameron Seebach

Honorable Mention

 

 

AESA’s 7th Annual Science Olympiad

Junior Physical Science

Faraday’s Second Law of Electrolysis

Haixiang (Wolf) Huang

Bronze Medal

 

 

58th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Physics

Faraday’s Second Law of Electrolysis

Haixiang (Wolf) Huang

Honorable Mention

National Association of Corrosion Engineers-Intel Award

David Agdashian

58th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Physics

Measuring Acceleration Due to Gravity

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

Benjamin Kaiser

57th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Chemistry

Equilibrium and Le Chatelier’s Principle

John-Emmanuel Shirajian/Cameron Hubbard

Honorable Mention

 

 

58th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Chemistry

Electroplating

Dr Kaiser/ John-Emmanuel Shirajian

 

National Association of Corrosion Engineers-Intel Award

 

59th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Chemistry

Factors Affecting the Rates of Reactions

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

Jung-In Lee

57th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Environmental Management

Water Quality of Lake Balboa, Hansen Dam, and Echo Park Lake

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

Haixiang (Wolf) Huang & Sukyeon (Edward) Jung

58th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Team Mathematics and Computer Science

Extending Swarm Economic Systems Using Agent-Level Adaptation

Dr Sanza Kazadi

Gold Medal

 

Haixiang (Wolf) Huang & Sukyeon (Edward) Jung

57th Annual California State Science Fair

Senior Mathematics and Software

Extending Swarm Economic Systems Using Agent-Level Adaptation

Dr Sanza Kazadi

Gold Medal

Management 414 Award

Vijay Nachiappan

58th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Behavioral Sciences-Human

Body Dominance

M. Nachiappan/ John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

Yoon Lee

58th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Behavioral and Social Science

Artistic Talent and Sexual Appeal

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

Derek Wong and Jonathan Krol

59th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Team Engineering Applications

Electromagnetic Pulse Accelerator

Andrzej Krol/ John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Silver Medal

 

David Mariscal

59th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Engineering Applications

How Temperature and Distance Affect Solar Cell Wattage

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Gold Medal

 

David Dosch

59th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Junior Physics

Static Thrust

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

Keoni Aricayos

59th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Engineering Applications

Earthquake Structural Research Project

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Bronze Medal

 

Alexander Garrett

59th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Engineering Applications

To Fight Fire With Sound

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

Anh Nguyen

59th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Physics

The Bohr’s Theory

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Silver Medal

 

Ara Shirinian

59th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair

Senior Physics

Magnetic Induction

John-Emmanuel Shirajian/Dr H. Injeyan

Honorable Mention

 

Ahn Nguyen

58th Annual California State Science Fair

Senior Physics & Astronomy

The Bohr’s Theory

Dr. Thomas Kuiper & J.E. Shirajian

SPIE Optics & Photonics Award

 

Keoni Arciayos

58th Annual California State Science Fair

Senior Engineering Research

Earthquake Structural Research

John-Emmanuel Shirajian

Honorable Mention

 

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