A Hillsboro student and three Beaverton students will head to Pittsburgh in May to compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

The top four winners in the Beaverton Hillsboro Science Expo on Feb. 17 are becoming household names in the Washington County science arena: Tori Graf and Naomi Shah of Sunset High School, William Yuan of Westview High School and Raghav Tripathi of Westview High School.

Hillsboro High's Tori Graf

But dozens of other top category finishers in the regional fair have a second chance to qualify for the international competition if they win best of fair at the Intel Northwest Science Expo on March 23 at Portland State University.

The Beaverton Hillsboro Science Expo had a record 170 entries this year, compared to about 110 last year, said Susan Holveck, co-director of the expo.

Best of Fair – headed to Pittsburgh:
 
Tori Graf: "The Effects of Chemosensory on the Nutritional Behavior of Caenorhabditis elegans."
Naomi Shah: "The Toxicological Effect of Emissions From Building Materials on Lung Health."
William Yuan: "A Novel Design for the Enhancement of Anti-Reflection in Crystalline Photovoltaic Cells."
Raghav Tripathi: "Towards the Cure: Abnormal Protein Interactions Between Amyloid Beta and Tau as a Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer's Disease."

Most top category winners will compete at the Northwest Science Expo:

Category Winners
Animal Science -- First: Tori Graf, Hillsboro High School; second: Sebastian Singleton, Health and Science High School; third: Gena Tkachuk, Brody Stiefel, Century High School.
Behavioral and Social Sciences -- First: Raza Khan, Jonathan Chu, Merlo Station High School; second: Shreya Jain, Aishwarya Shimpi, Westview High School; third: Sarah Mireles, Hillsboro High School.
Biochemistry -- First: Anisha Das, Westview High School; second: Dulce Flores Cruz, Hillsboro High School; third: Sol Summers, Savan Patel, Beaverton High School.
Cellular and Molecular Biology -- First: Raghav Tripathi, Westview High School; second: Sr Kanna, Alden Moss, Merlo Station High School; third: Kyra Patton, Sunset High School.
Chemistry -- First: Arial Eatherton, Century High School; second: Dea Arozamena, Zachery Rogers, Liberty High School; third: Marlo Eckert, Brian Dunn, Glencoe High School.
Computer Science -- First: Tahsin Saffat, Westview High School: second: Muhammad Ridha, Merlo Station High School; third: Jerry Chen, Merlo Station High School.
Energy and Transportation -- First: Anisha Datta, Glencoe High School; second: Spencer Hastings, Century High School; third: Alex Chau, Jacom Gerber, Glencoe High School.
Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical -- First: William Yuan, Westview High School; second: Alan Cheng, Southridge High School; third: Matthias Guenther, Scott Merrill, Merlo Station High School.
Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering -- First: Christiana Logan, Glencoe High School; second: Danith Davis, Century High School; third: Daniel Kachmarek, Glencoe High School.
Environmental Analysis and Effects -- First: Naomi Shah, Sunset High School; second: Andrew Chen, Beaverton High School; third: Preeyam Roy, Westview High School.
Environmental Management -- First: Kiernan Garrett, Alessandra Elliott, Westview High School; second: Keawe Stubenberg, Liberty High School; third: Brylee Collins, Rimi Yoneya, Merlo Station High School.
Mathematical Sciences -- First: Edison Tsai, Merlo Station High School; second: Sidharth Dhawan, Westview High School; third: Aakash Jani, William Kim, Liberty High School.
Medicine and Health -- First: Amanu Haile, Westview High School; second: Adarsh Bhatt, Westview High School; third: Samantha Pham, Westview High School.
Microbiology -- First: Jared Wong, Beaverton High School; second: Kate Ratliff, Merlo Station High School; third: Christina Partillo, Beaverton High School.
Physics and Astronomy -- First: Aaron Pikus, Merlo Station High School; second: Nathan Ott, Merlo Station High School; third: Emma Orton, Century High School.
Plant Sciences -- First: Erin Lake, Liberty High School; second: Josh Carnahan, Morgan Rennekamp, Beaverton High School; third: Catherine Bayer, Hillsboro High School.
 
Special Awards
Outstanding Project in an Atmospheric Science Exhibit (sponsored by American Meteorological Society) -- Kiernan Garrett, Alessandra Elliott, Westview High School; Abraham Teklu, Glencoe High School.
Outstanding Geoscience Project (sponsored by the Association of Women Geoscientists) -- Brylee Collins, Rimi Yoneya, Merlo Station High School.
NOAA's Taking the Pulse of the Planet (sponsored by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) -- Kiernan Garrett, Alessandra Elliott, Westview High School.
Award for Excellence in Scientific Research in Environmental Health (sponsored by Oregon Environmental Health Association) -- Naomi Shah, Sunset High School.
Sustainable Development Award (sponsored by Ricoh Corporation) -- Naomi Shah, Sunset High School; Preeyam Roy, Westview High School.
Outstanding Project in In Vitro Biology (sponsored by Society for in Vitro Biology) -- Sr Kanna, Alden Moss, Merlo Station High School.
U.S. Regional Stockholm Junior Water Prize (sponsored by Water Environment Federation) -- Brylee Collins, Rimi Yoneya, Merlo Station High School; Carson List, David Lim, Merlo Station High School; Allie Sanchez, Merlo Station High School; Preeyam Roy, Westview High School.
Outstanding Project in Materials Science (sponsored by ASM International Foundation) -- Christina Zimmerman, Morgan Scarbrough, Glencoe High School.
Intel Excellence in Computer Science (sponsored by Intel Corporation) -- Tahsin Saffat, Westview High School.
Mu Alpha Theta Award (sponsored by Mu Alpha Theta) -- Pruthvi Nannapaneni, Merlo Station High School; Sidharth Dhawan, Westview High School.
Innovative Engineering Award (sponsored by National Society of Professional Engineers) -- Humphrey Chen, Vinayaka Thompson, Merlo Station High School.
Outstanding Project by an 11th Grade Student (sponsored by Yale University Science and Engineering Association) -- Ankit Gupta, Kevin Wang, Westview High School.
Outstanding Use of the International System of Units (sponsored by U.S. Metric Association) -- Raghav Tripathi, Westview High School; Naomi Shah, Sunset High School.
Outstanding Research in Psychology (sponsored by American Psychological Association) -- Shreya Jain, Aishwarya Shimpi, Westview High School.
Army Awards for Scientific and Engineering Excellence (sponsored by Army Research Office, U.S. Army) -- Edison Tsai, Merlo Station High School; Shreya Jain, Aishwarya Shimpi, Westview High School; William Yuan, Westview High School.
Army Outstanding High School Project (sponsored by Army Research Office, U.S. Army) -- Shreya Jain, Aishwarya Shimpi, Westview High School.
Naval Excellence in Science and Engineering Award (sponsored by Office of Naval Research, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps) --Tahsin Saffat, Westview High School; Ankit Gupta, Kevin Wang, Westview High School; Pruthvi Nannapaneni, Merlo Station High School; Naomi Shah, Sunset High School.
U.S. Air Force Outstanding Project (sponsored by U.S. Air Force) -- Muhammad Ridha, Merlo Station High School; Matthias Guenther, Scott Merrill, Merlo Station High School; William Yuan, Westview High School.
Women in Engineering (sponsored by Intel Corporation) -- Arial Eatherton, Century High School.
Peers' Choice Award – Hillsboro (sponsored by Intel) -- Tori
Graf, Hillsboro High School.
Peers' Choice Award – Beaverton (sponsored by Intel) -- Aaron Pikus, Merlo.

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Winners at the 2012 Beaverton Hillsboro Science Expo