[Ohiogift] 2017 Davidson Fellows

[Art Snyder]

Everyone, below is the list of this year's winners of scholarships with the Davidson Institute for Talent Development. While no one from Ohio made the list, it provides an incentive for extraordinary students. - Art Snyder
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                                                            The Davidson Institute for Talent Development
																														
															cordially invites you and a guest to a reception honoring the
															
															2017 Davidson Fellows
															
															Please join us as we recognize these young people
															for their extraordinary achievements in
															Engineering, Literature, Mathematics, Music, Outside the Box, Science and Technology.
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
															7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

															Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian
															4th Street & Independence Avenue, S.W.
															Washington, D.C.
															
															2017 Davidson Fellow Laureates
Scholarship Award: $50,000

Miss Carissa Chen
Outside the Box: Afterimages of Atrocity - Humanizing the Self and the State
Exeter, New Hampshire

															Mr. Rishab Gargeya
Technology: EyeLogic: All-Purpose Vision Disease Detection in Clinic-Sourced and Low-Cost Smartphone-Based Retinal Images
Saratoga, California

															2017 Davidson Fellows
Scholarship Award: $25,000

Mr. Benjamin Firester
Science: Modeling the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Phytophthora infestans at a Regional Scale
New York, New York

															Mr. Zlatomir Fung
Music: Folk Music Influence in the Classical Tradition
Westborough, Massachusetts 

															Mr. Alexander Kirov
Science: Exosomes in Amyloid Aggregates Promote Neuronal Damage:
 A Mechanism of Alzheimer's Pathology
Evans, Georgia

															Mr. Arjun Ramani
Mathematics: Fast Sampling of Stochastic Kronecker Graphs
West Lafayette, Indiana

															Mr. Manan Shah
															Technology: Deep Learning Assessment of Tumor Proliferation in Histopathological Images for Categorical and Molecular Breast Cancer Severity Diagnosis
Los Altos, California

															Mr. Arvind Sridhar
Science: Engineering Injectable, Conductive Hydrogels Doped with Graphene and Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles for Post-MI Cardiac Tissue Engineering and Robust Drug Discovery: A Computationally-Aided Investigation for Enhancing Therapeutic EfficacySunnyvale, California

															Miss Irene Vazquez
Literature: Ebb and Flow: Translating Lives in Transition
Houston, Texas

															Mr. Felix Wang
Mathematics: Functional Equations In Complex Analysis And Number Theory
Newton, Massachusetts

															Mr. William Yin
Engineering: Portable, Low-Cost Tattoo-Based Biosensor for the Non-Invasive Self-Diagnosis and Quantification of Atherosclerosis
Riverside, Connecticut 

															Scholarship Award: $10,000
															
Miss Allison Huang
Literature: Personal Culture: Voicing the Experiences of Postcolonial Youth Navigating Identity in a Globalized World
															Princeton, New Jersey															
															
															Mr. David Huang															
															Science: A Noninvasive Model For Aneuploidy Screening In Human Preimplantation Embryos															
															Honolulu, Hawaii															
															
															Mr. Anthony Kang															
															Science: New Antibacterials: Conjugation-Mediated Transmission of Cytotoxic Genes for Targeted Bacterial Cell Elimination
															San Diego, California															
															
															Miss Kathy Liu															
															Science: Nature-Based Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Improved Safety, Sustainability and Efficiency in High-Performance Rechargeable Batteries
															Sandy, Utah
															
															Mr. John Peter Redmond															
															Music: Literature and Landscape: Receiving and Giving Inspiration as a Composer															
															Yonkers, New York															
															
															Miss Nishita Sinha															
															Engineering: Experimental Studies In Developing Safe Sanitation Solutions															
															Chatham, New Jersey															
															
															Mr. Pranav Sivakumar															
															Science: Searches for Almost Dark Galaxies in Blank Sky Fields with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
															Tower Lakes, Illinois															
															
															Miss Vera Zarubin															
															Engineering: A Novel Methodology To Build Organic Thermoelectric Materials For Sustainable and Renewable Energy Applications
															Bronx, New York															
															
															Miss Mary Zhu															
															Science: Impact of Carbon Tax Policies on the Global Agricultural Economy: A Computational Spatial Partial Equilibrium Modeling Approach
															Nashua, New Hampshire															
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