Day 6: At the Projects - Thursday May 16, 2013

For the record, these are the unofficial photos of our contestants at their projects

Videos of their Presentation will be uploaded soon 

TEAM CANADA IISEF-BASEF

Eisha Ahmed (17) Gr 12, Abbey Park High School, Oakville , ON

CB065  Ara h Peanuts, Proteins and Parasites

Sarah Flahrety, Gr 11, Westdale High School, Hamilton, ON

MI051  How Do Probiotic Bacteria Communicate with the Host?

Sarah Wu (16) Gr 11, Assumption College School, Brantford, ON

ME088  Colorimetric Detection of Plasmodium falciparum via Aptasensor Technology 

Captain Canada

Calvin Riederer (15) Gr 10, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School, Oakville, ON

Student Observer

TEAM CANADA IISEF - MONTREAL

Eunice You (17) Gr 11, Laval Liberty High School, Laval, PQ

CB039  Shake Hands Over Cures, Not PD: Differentiation and Characterization of Dopaminergic Neurons Derived from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Sophie Battat (14) Gr 9, The Study, Westmount, PQ

EE049  Soap - O -Matics

Julia London (16) Gr 10, Queen of Angels Academy, Dorval, PQ

EM029  Rain, Rain, Flush Away

TEAM CANADA IISEF - YSC

Ankita Saxena (16) Gr 11, Westmount Charter School, Calgary, AB

ME075  Beta-Amyloid in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Maya Burhanpurhar (14) Gr 9, Barrie District North Collegiate, Barrie, ON

PH047  The First Validation of the Physical Nature of the Time Integral of Distance

Jennifer Csele (17) Gr 11, Notre Dame High School, Welland ON

PH048 Creating PEAS: Portable Elemental Analysis System - Developing and Implementing a Novel Cold Cathode Source  

Minuoja Chandramohan (16) Gr 11, Ecole Marguerite-DeLajemmerais, Montreal, PQ

ME071  Cocoa Polyphenol Rxtract Inhibits Interferon-Gamma Production in Murine Splenocytes

Arjun Nair (16) Gr 11, Webber Academy, Calgary, AB

ME074  A Synergistic Approach in Treating Cancer via Photothermal Therapy and HSP90 Inhibition

Jessie Macalpine (17) Gr 12, Huron Park Secondary School, Woodstock, ON

ME072  Mustard Oil as an Apicomplexan-targeting Drug Therapy for Plasmodium falciparum 

Rajiv Thamburaj (17) Gr 12, Brampton Christian School, Brampton, ON

ET040  Fuels of the Future: An Optimized Fuel Blend for Lower Emissions

Sruti Arulmani (15) Gr 10, Glenforest Secondary School, Mississauga, ON

ET039  Enhancement of Biofuel Production through Novel Bioelectrosynthesis Characterization of E. Coli

Young Zhou (18) Gr 12, London Central Secondary School, London, ON

ME076  Effect of Ginseng on Beta-Amyloid in Alzheimer's Disease

Sarthak Sinha (17) Gr 11, Henry Wise Hood High School, Calgary, AB

CB050  Discovering and Defining the Role of Cilia in Derma Stem Cell Communication

Adelina Saxena (17) Gr 12, Bayview Secondary School,  Richmond Hill, ON

BE041 Neural Plasticity: Novel Language Learning through Digital Technology

Avinash Pandey (15) Gr 10, Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Waterloo, ON

BE042  Improving Long-term Compliance to Life Saving Medications

Dan Alferov (15) Gr 10, A.B.Lucas Secondary School, London, ON

BE040  Neural Correlates of Visual Awareness during Perceptual Organization

Janelle Tam (17), Gr 12, Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Waterloo, ON

EN052  Functionalized Cellulose Nanocrytals: An Effective Antimicrobial Agent 

Zeyu Liu (17) Gr 12, Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary, AB

EE064  A Novel Modular Repulsive Type Hybrid Magnetic Bearing for FES Systems

Sarah Julia Hyslop (17) Gr 12, Bishop Carroll High School, Calgary, AB

MI045  The Road to Novel Antibiotics

And while our finalists were answering questions from the public and students about their projects, Calvin, or Capatain Canada as he was called by his Student Observer colleagues, was busy making a new friend

Day 6: Public Viewing Day - Thursday May 16, 2013

Still HOT ... 103 degree C ... and so are our Canadians!

Breakfast was a 8 am affair at a new breakfast venue found by Stephane called the Cafe.  Cathy had started even earlier having escorted both Calvin to his Student Observer activities and Eisha to her scheduled interview with Matt Gallaway for the CBC Metro Morning interview ... reminder to all to listen tomorrow on FM 99.1 Toronto 7:30 am!

After breakfast, we all walked over to the Convention Center to be ready for Public viewing and 1000's of Phoenix school kids.

Day 5: Judging Day - Wednesday May 15, 2013

Judgement Day!  By the time everyone everyone showed up at Cathy's room at 6:45 am, all that was kept cool overnight in their bath tub (thank you Sheraton for the ice!), was nicely spread out on their beds on a bright red table sheet.  Yogurt, fresh fruit, cereal, muffins, croissants and juice are all available and plentiful.

By 7:30 am, all of our students were all in their professional best and ready for the block walk to the Convention Center.  Judging began sharply at 8 am.

The long judging day was broken up by a planned lunch back at the Sheraton.  Our goal was to make a stress free environment to recharge our students and give them a break during their 11:30-1:15 break.  Poor Eisha ... she was rushed to noon pre-interviews for CFTR and CBC and as a result had to virtually swallow her lunch whole.  Listen for her ... she's scheduled for a Friday 7:30 am interview with Matt Galloway on CBC Metro Morning.  Not sure about the CFTR interview but I believe it's for 7 am ... will update.  We all can get a feel of her work from this press release.

Postscript ... Eisha's interview with Matt Galloway on Friday CBC Metro Morning ...
http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/audioplayer.html?clipid=2385770927

Over the same judging period, our Calvin was involved in the Student Observer activities; on all accounts, he had a very enjoyable day.

While the students were being judged, the chaperones (minus Cathy ... again more IISEF meeting duties), entertained themselves at the movies (Ironman 3 and a Disney Work flick).

After the judging, the group redressed as casual, got rested and prepared for the INTEF arranged Mixer events, one for the students and one for the chaperones. The adult Mixer had a Blues theme while the students enjoyed a ............

Day 4: Baseball Night at the Arizona Diamnondbacks - Tuesday May 14, 2013

After lunch at the DBG, the group departed back to home base.  Tired and and baked for the past 2 hours, not many were looking forward to the long bus ride back.

A group headed to the Fair to attend the Science and Technology Discussion Panel with 5 Nobel Laureates in attendance.

The rest of us stopped over at a local Safeway to shop for pre-judging breakfast supplies on Wednesday morning.






Many of us showered up and got refreshed.  A few hours of rest and review of presentations passed the next few hours before heading out for an evening event arranged by IISEF ... a baseball game at Chase Field where the local Arizona Diamondbacks and Atlanta Braves.  For dinner, the ticket allowed for $25 of food at all of the concessions ... not the most nutritious of meals.

Either because of dis-interest or a wish to retire back to their rooms for further refinements to their presentations, our group of 24 rapidly dwindled to 2 after 3 innings.  Jake and Calvin were the only two remaining by the end of the game at 9:30 pm.  By the way, Arizona won 2-0.

Liane, our YSC chaperone as you can see had a wonderful time at the game.  I think even moreso than our kids.

Parents, a question .... do you trust your kids with this woman?

A 10 pm meeting was held back at the Sheraton to remind everyone of the importance of the 11 pm curfew, a good night rest and setting the alarms ready for breakfast for tomorrow 6:45 am in Cathy's and Lianne's room.