List of all finalists who attended the 2010 Big Bang


Individuals

  • Sadman Shariar Ali, The Broxbourne School, Finding common proper motion white dwarf and planet host star binary system
  • Gwendolyn Andoh-Kesson, Lochgelly High School, The effect of Calcium on Monoamine Oxidose A Activity
  • Yusef Badi, Kingsbury High School, Investigating the effects of Glycosaminoglycans on cell functionality and phenotype
  • Aimee Barkway, Hills Road Sixth Form College, The structural characterisation of alpha1-antitrypsin polymers by peptide inhibition and dissolution of polymerisation
  • Luke Barnes, Writhlington School, Investigating orchid populations across the Sikkim Himalaya
  • Thomas Bartlett, Amman Valley School, Unifix
  • Sarah Benham, Simon Balle School, How Old is Too Old
  • Jacob Bentley, The Cavendish School, Determination of a method for testing disinfectants: Tego 2001
  • Catriona Black, Arbroath High School, Social Behaviour in Budgerigars
  • David Boyd, Cambridge House Grammar School, DJB Lamb Adopter
  • Simon Brookes, Balcarras School, Fuel for thought
  • Shawn Brown, Ysgol Gyfun Llanbedr Pont Steffan, Solar Bike
  • Anthony Brown, Nottingham High School, An electronic wireless house key
  • James Buckley, King Edward's School, Birmingham, GPS Tracker for Duke of Edinburgh Expeditions
  • Jordan Carroll, Queensbury School, Molecular interactions of small molecules with DNA
  • Claire Cerins, The Cavendish School, RNA interference of insecticide resistant genes in insects
  • Christopher Chalmers, Egglescliffe School, Assessment of catalysts by semi continuous esterifcation
  • Holly Chrishop, St John Plessington Catholic College, Is the use of a Scanning Electron Microscope viable for analysing metal contaminated soils?
  • Philip Coulter, Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Investigating Aerospace Applications for Waste Carbon Fibre
  • Andrew Cowan, Sutton Grammar School, Search and Rescue Robot
  • Sean Crawley, Colaiste Lorcain, Drive Me Round The Bend, Safely
  • Ben Croghan, Maltings Academy, Lighting - Arduino 'shake'
  • Eleanor Crump, Leicester High School for Girls, Researching the effect of a range of antisolvents on the crystalline structure and hydration states of raffinose and trehalose
  • Seamus Curtin, Lathallan School, Our Local Galaxy Cluster
  • Toryn Dalton, Bolton School Boys' Division, Investigating the role of the CLN3 gene in Batten Disease using Dictyostelium discoideum
  • Nafisa Dar, Sir George Monoux College, Investigation on the inhibition of Acetylcholinesterase by Dilutions of Melissa Officinalis and German Chamomile tinctures and Rosmarnic Acid
  • Lesa Davies, Samuel Whitbread Community College, Creating a synthetic force feel system for a flight simulator
  • Sahil Dawar, Kings College School - London, Mechanical Mile Counter
  • Zach Dean, Sir Thomas Moore Catholic School, Ice hockey Scoreboard
  • Emma Devlin, Banbridge Academy, Netball Skills Counter
  • Jonathan Fallman, Bancroft's School, Developing suitable chromatographic conditions for the analysis of acidic, basic and neutral compounds
  • Hannah Fisher, James Gillespie's High School, Molecular Typing ofPasteurella multocida Isolates from North American Feedlots
  • Leah Foley, Old Swinford Hospital, Investigating the co-culture of undifferentiated bone, muscle and nerve cells at different densities
  • Anna Forrester, Port Regis School, Knight Coaster
  • Linden Forster, Harris Academy, Approaches to control raspberry aphids without using pesticides
  • Timothy Fozzard, Upton-by-Chester High School, Optical Fuel Gauge Employing Moire Fringes and Optoelectronics
  • Lydia France, The Royal High School Sixth Form College, Mutasynthesis to form novel antibacterial xenorhabdins by feeding carboxylic acids to Alteromanus rava
  • Aydan Gasimova, The Abbey School, Designing and Creating a Medical Device Training Website
  • Robert Grasse, Merchant Taylors School, Motorbike Windsurfing Trailer
  • Scott Griffiths, Hutchesons' Grammar School, Magic Maggots
  • Adam Griffiths, St John Plessington Catholic College, Modelling the ALICE Photoinjector electron beam using G.P.T to enhance base line parameters
  • Mariam Hamid Irshad, Sydenham High School, Development of Targetted Therapeautics For Cancer
  • Michael Harper, Tendring Technology College, MP3 Amplifier
  • Samuel Harris, Cheam High School, Kurai Kaze
  • Ben Havery, Kingdown School, “The Mass Driver Project” (Cool Magnets)
  • Thomas Hearing, The Thomas Hardye School, Mapping Monmouth Beach and the Eroding Ammonite Pavement
  • James Hills, Toot Hill, Investigating Atrazine Decomposition with the Iron ligated Polyacrylonitrile Catalyst
  • Abbigail Howson, Stockport Grammar School, The effects of Perivascular Adipose Tissue on aortic contractility
  • Lauren James, Bablake School, Investigating Methods of Determining the Subspecies of the Honeybee and the Most Common Subspecies of Samples Taken From Hives in Warwickshire
  • Francesca Jaroszynska, Balfron High School, Sex Ratio at laying of the Spanish Spotless Starling, Sturnus unicolor
  • Harriet Jones, The Abbey School, Reading, Carbon monoxide: Friend or foe?
  • Hefin Jones, Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi, Fold
  • Sabiehah Kauser, Aylesbury High School, Investigating the role of Collagen and Beta Spectrin in Peripheral Nerve Biomechanics
  • Alexandre Kite, The Perse Upper School, High Velocity Liquid Impact on a Hopkinson Bar
  • Kulvinder Lal, Heston Community School, Sparklers
  • Kyle Lam, Nottingham High School, In an age of ASBOs is ADHD just an excuse of bad behaviour?
  • James Lambert, Cheltenham College, Flat Packed Christrmas Tree
  • Áine Laughlin, Thornhill College, Extend the lifecycle of recovery Masks
  • Stefanie Lewin, altrincham girls grammar school, The role of MKK7 in the heart
  • Chun Li, Wymondham College, Nanoscience - silicon nanoparticles
  • Alexander Lorimer, City of Bath College, Relationship Between Weight, Food & Energy of Birds
  • Sara Lukic, The Latymer School, An Investigation into Black Holes, Neutron Stars and Other X-Ray Sources
  • Michael John Lynch, St Mary’s Grammar School, Time Cop - Set Top Box
  • Kate Macdougall, Monk's Walk School, Determination of the key chromatographic factors when investigating polymer issues by HPTLC
  • Katie Ecaterina Manescu, John F Kennedy, Lens supression in the chick embryo
  • Ryan Marek, Alsager School Sixth Form Centre, An Investigation into the Porosity of Has Atomised Powders
  • Rhona Martin, Blairgowrie High School, The effect of climate change on the lifecycle of the potato cyst nematode
  • Maciej Matuszewski, Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Design and Manufacture of Ejector Pump to be Used to Prime a Siphon
  • Rachel McCarter, Strathearn, Differentiation of Live/Dead Mycobacteria Using Real Time PCR and Fluorescence Microscopy
  • Katie McDermott, King Edward VII Science and Sport College, The behaviour of the Humboldt's Woolly monkey in relation to a new baby in the family group
  • Elsa McKee, Bromsgrove School, How Important is Supplementory Feeding to British Blue and Great Tits?
  • Rebecca McVeigh, St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School, Developing A User Test For Physiotherapy Ultrasound At The Royal Berkshire Hospital Reading
  • Aseem Mishra, Hymers College, Drum Lights
  • Bethany Moat, Beech House School, Sleep Deprivation 1
  • Thana'a Mohajer Thaker, Ewell Castle School, Investigating Cannibalistic and Intraguild Predation in Harmonia Axyridis Coccinellids
  • Hannah Molyneux, Redborne Upper School, A study of the behaviour, social interaction, enclosure use and chewing times of the giraffes at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
  • David Muir, Duncanrig Secondary School, Smart Light
  • Joseph Murray, Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Heated Mirror and Cabinet Alarm
  • Nicole Nayar, Firrhill High School, Self Directed Behaviour in Chimpanzees
  • Douglas Oates, Hutchesons' Grammar School, The antibacterial properties of manuka honey
  • Lucy O'Brien, Kesteven and Grantham Girls School, A Study of Breast Cancer: An Evaluation of the Cellular Factors that influence Multidrug Resistance in Breast Cancer
  • Eleanor Ogilvie, St Paul's Girls' School, Smart Dithiocarbamates as Ligands in Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis
  • Bronte Paice, Beacon Community College, Biomechanics of falls: Determining the difference when people fall and when they do not fall
  • Swati Parida, Woking College, Do pre-analytical variables affect platelet function normal ranges?
  • Neha Passi, Withington Girls' School, Rescuing Oxidative Stress in Perivascular Fat
  • Samuel Pate, Shenfield High School, Shelving Unit
  • Deepesh Patel, Pate's Grammar School, Informing the public about the spread of disease
  • Fraser Pearson, The Chase Technology College, SkyPod
  • James Popper, Marlborough College, Cooker Smart
  • Amy Potts, Samuel Whitbred Community College, Which bubble bath makes the most bubbles?
  • Jordan Powell, Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School, An investigation of the protective effect of salicylic acid and potassium bicarbonate against fruit rot, caused by the fungus Mucor mucedo, in strawberries
  • Gavin Presland, Fearnhill Maths and Computing College, Bath Alarm
  • Alex Pritchard, Northampton High School, Investigating the Possible Causes of Celiac Disease and an Evaluation of the Key Antibody Classes Involved in the Disease Process - With Specific Reference To IgA
  • Rauridh Rafferty, Merchiston Castle School, T-Shirt Compacter
  • Sophie Reah, The Becket School, Canine Biomechanics - Investigating what effect leashes and harnesses have on canine movement
  • William Reynolds, The Perse School, Working with the Mbed
  • Adam Robbins, Nottingham High School, Fishometer
  • Conor Robinson, The Wallace High School, Computer Thermal Protection System
  • Sophie Robinson, Hungerhill School, No7 Cosmetics Display
  • Raghd Rostom, Bournemouth School for Girls, Factors influencing bone formation in embryonic chick bones in vitro
  • Caitlin Rowlands, Amman Valley School, Rock Chick Dress
  • Anthony Rowling, South Craven School, Urban Chicken Hut
  • Chay Ryan, Mary Webb School and Science College, Is the ability to estimate length age related?
  • Hassan Shakeel, Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, An account of a 'gedanken-experiment' based on modern stem cell research
  • Emma Shallcross, Carmel College, Investigation into the Boundaries of Innospecs Tert-Butylation Technology
  • Jennifer Shelley, Sir William Perkins's School, The development of demonstrations of remote sensing sensors for earth and planetary exploration
  • Saranja Sivachelvam, Bancroft's School, Elizabeth - An Aerobot Mission Proposal
  • Josh Smith, Chelmer Valley High School, Travel Multi Charger
  • Andrew Smith, King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth, Relativity: The special and general theories and applications in global positioning
  • Duncan Smith, Dollar Academy, Archimedes Screw and Alternatives
  • Megan Sorensen, Hills Road Sixth Form College, Mapping the p38 binding site within the PX domain of PLD1
  • Jacob Spear, The Cavendish School, Are Mosquitoes More Or Less Attracted To Us When We Are Stressed?
  • Luke Springall, Samuel Whitbread Community College, The Effects Of Different Freezing Conditions On Cell Lines
  • Ryan Storrie, St Mary’s Grammar School, Electronic Bleep Test
  • Hannah Stuart, The King's School, Canterbury, A novel regulatory mechanism in cancer-linked cell signaling
  • Rachel Sutcliffe, The Abbey School, Reading, A Report on an Investigation to Create a Directionality Map of the Cerci of Gryllus sigillatus and to Compare it with that of Acheta domesticus
  • Zain Abbas Syed, Park High School, Investigation of a Malaria Parasite Protein Kinase using Chemical Genetics
  • Ben Welton, Kirkbie Kendal, Improving Char stability of current TFP Intumescent products
  • Sian Williams, Sir William Perkins's School, An ergonomic study comparing the intracorporeal working space for two single incision laparoscopic ports
  • Andrew Witty, Simon Balle School, Conversion of Aldehydes to Carboxylic Acids with Two-Carbon Chain Homologation, using Meldrums Acid and Triethylammonium Formate
  • Adam Wright, Reading School, Cricket Cercal Canopy Response to Acoustic Stimuli
  • Joe Yarwood, St. Martin's School, Guitar Mood Light
  • Elliot Yates, Bolton School Boys' Division, Osteoarthritic Progression: The use of immunohistochemical markers in monitoring the progression of Osteoarthritis 

Teams

  • Keith Alexander & Erik Bews, Kirkwall Grammar School, Investigations into the Predictability and Accuracy of Orkney Hydrodynamic Research Facility's Wave and Current Tank at Producing Specified Water States
  • Idrees Anwar & Rahul Khatua, Rainham Mark Grammar School, The Gravity Hedz
  • Channer Bal, Sam Cottrill, Bruce Fidler & Liam Russell, Tapton School, Sustainable Site Cabin
  • James Bannon, Christian Jones, William Burden & Mark Adshead, Newland House School, Development of fuel efficient cars
  • Elizabeth Barratt, Christopher Booth, Christopher Easton & Robert Tink, Sir John Lawes School, Variable drag structure for towed decoy
  • Amie Barrett & Megan Casey, Mary Immaculate Secondary School, The effect of temperature change on the turning ability of starfish
  • Jack Barrett, Joanna Cook, Kyla Hyslop, Euan Neilson & Gordon Trinder, Alford Academy, ECO Hotel
  • Matthew Beddows, Will Chilton, Chris Bailey & Josh Dudley, Mary Webb School and Science College, How do algae respond to iron fertilisation?
  • Jonathan Beesley, James Hylands, Charles Platt & Chris Wyver, Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, The Shocking Strangeness of the Surprisingly Small
  • Angela Brownsey, Philippa Green, Hannah Jagoe & Bethan Wyatt, Cockpit Field of View Device, The Godolphin School
  • Dominic Burr, Ben Carr & Stoyan Kostadinov, Pershore High School, Deburr Spur Gear Teeth
  • Megan Byrne & Sinead McNamara, Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Movement of Littorina littorea on two contrasting shores
  • Henry Camamile, Maxwell Kelly, William Honey, Thomas Jefferson & Dominic Feroze, Oakham School, Investigating airflow
  • Sarah Case & Karen Pinto, Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, Investigating the presence of mutation(s) in exon 11 and exon 27 of rhe BRCA2 gene in pancreatic cancer cell lines
  • Nicholas Charman, Charlotte Barton, Elizabeth Read & Gregory Page, Helenswood School, The Orientation and Alignment of Ferrites
  • Rebecca Chester, Hannah Robinson, Ellen Watson, Freyja Ingham, Lewis Fitzwilliam & Jamie Bentley, Millom School, Energy in our school
  • Rebecca Chroston & Emma Donoghue, Dollar Academy, Developing in vitro models using fish macrophages to investigate latency in Tuberculosis
  • James Clark, Stephen Moore & Adam Holliday, Westcliff High School for Boys, All Terrain Remote Controlled Reconnaissance Vehicle
  • Thomas Clayson & Matthew Harrop, University of Hertfordshire, Investigation on Robot Expressive Behaviours and Methods of Conveying Them
  • Ashleigh Clayton, Samuel Walder, John Hodgson & Luke Cann, Kingsley School, GRAVITY: Dispensing of Bad Guys
  • Lauren Compton, Charlotte Cadman & Victoria Palin, Thomas Telford School, Credit Crunch Creams: A project to find out which is the best suntan lotion for the best value for money
  • Morgan Daniels, Sophie Landau & Georgia Lever, Watford Grammar Schools for Girls, Break it down (but how?)
  • Lauren Donworth, Jess Wilks-Brown, Emma Butler & Rachel King, Glenmoor School, iRap
  • Laura Dunn, Ruth Cameron & Alice Cheape, Dollar Academy, What about the Bees?
  • Lindsey Entwistle, Hannah Martlew, Virginia Elton & Bethany Thomas, Lancaster Girls' Grammar School, Portable table
  • Robert Flood & Stephen Palminteri, Sutton Park School, Investigation of Shock Absorbency in Non Newtonian Fluids
  • Thomas Foster, Jake Needle & William Hughes, Thomas Telford School, Effects of Ultraviolet Light on Bacteria
  • Georgia Gostling, Thomas Milburn, Stephen Millyard & Michael Livermore-Tozer, Kennet School, An Automated Beam Monitor Calibration System for the ISIS Synchrotron
  • Yuriy Grabovsky, Adam Field & James Fishwick, St Cuthbert's High School, Increasing the efficiency of removing end-caps from electricity generator rotors
  • Joshua Greaves, Silas Mason & Gregory Sale, Oakham School, Reptile Transport
  • George Green & James Spencer, Reed's School, Alternative Fuels
  • Alea Hayes & Rhianna McPartland, Oakgrove Integrated College, Heron's Fountain
  • Liam Hayward, Talha Raja, Harry Streuli, Muhammed Anwar & Robert Balfour, Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Back-up system for standby pumping station
  • Timothy Hellis, Douglas McColl & Michael Williams, Hutchesons' Grammar School, Are you telling the truth?
  • Emma Hetherington, Neema Kotonya, Claire Farey & Chesney Joseph, Lancaster Girls' Grammar School, Energy Project
  • Sam Hill, Daniel Milham, Owen Mathias, Luke Syms & William Dunn, St Martin's School, Energy Recovery System
  • Lucy Huggins, Sam Quemby, Charles Crossfield & Heather Walker, Oakham School, Detecting defects in aircraft windscreens
  • Josie Hughes & Tristan Hughes, Farlingaye, Robotic Butterfly
  • Gabby Jackson, Conor McHugh, Kelvin Craig, Gareth Evans & Fraser Thomson, Knox Academy, Energy and Renewables
  • Stephen Jones & Harriet Rosney, Chesterfield High School Specialist Sports College & Helsby High School, Uses of Optical Fibres in Patient Monitoring
  • Rebecca Kummert & Sile Stafford, Sutton Park School, Improving Mucus Detachment in Cystic Fibrosis
  • John Luckett & Alex Searle-Barnes, Malmesbury School, Biofuels
  • Paul McKeever, Bryan Murphy & Piaras Murphy, Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Dyno Slow
  • Emily McLoughlin, Simon Game & James Haybittle, Sackville School, Adjustable strut to support a spectrometer
  • Emma Meads, Natasha Kilpatrick & Frances Addison, Rugby High School, Is the answer blowing in the wind?
  • Sarah Nevin & Hannah Sherer, Lenzie Academy, Memory
  • Joe Nixon, Tim Griffiths, Imogen Prince & Tom Jordan, St George's R C High School, Sonic walking aid
  • Craig Nunn, Campbell Paton & Scott Warden, Merchiston Castle School, Solar Measurement System
  • Tom Paddock, Richard Pollock, Dickson Wong & Freddie Gittus, Oakham School, Investigating Wind Turbines
  • Bina Prajapat, Felicity Eperon, Claudia Clarke & Reesha Dyer, Rugby High School, Bullets of CO2
  • Rachel Rawlinson & Aysha Waheed, Sydenham High School GDST, Don't Sweat!
  • Christian Reddington, Joseph Storer-Martin, James Paolo Carlos & Tomasz Iwaniak, Saint David's Catholic College, The Phantom Vessel
  • Jennifer Sarsfield, Tamara Kohler & Alice Mathews, Wimbledon High School, Olympic Bridge Project
  • Gavin Scott & George Jones, Ysgol Dinas Brân, The Schools Telescope Initiative
  • Eleanor Shead, Emma Toms, Faye Bond & Charlotte Staples, Parkstone Grammar School, Solution for monitoring the brake fluid level in a CRARRV (Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle)
  • Catherine Shewell, Imogen Howarth, Emily Collier, Maddie Daniels & Meghan O'Neill, Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls, Develop a method to track boats, vehicles and rescue personnel using Satellite Navigation and Global Positioning System technology
  • Kathryn Smith, Bhadevi Beharry, Emma Smith & Laura Douglas, St. Anthony's Catholic Girls' School, A690 Corridor Improvement Scheme: Barnes Park Junction
  • Jessica Speirs, Bronte Vickery, Eleanor Bichard & Ashleigh Etrata, Glenmoor School, A Helping Hand
  • Sinduya Sriskantharajah, Samantha Chuma, Abigail Falola & Hakam Bhullar, Imperial College London, Dirty Money
  • Imogen Stennett, Nicol Ward & Rachel Drabble, Handsworth Grange Community Sports College, Pond Aerator
  • Francis Stevens, Andrew Patterson, David Moody & Sioni Summers, King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, Ground Based Surveillance Vehicle
  • Justin Tetlow, Jake Thompson, Josh Kility, Ruben Sadler & Nathaniel Butler-Blondel, Cotham School, A Mammoth Idea - a short film
  • Rosie Theobald, Keri-Louise Grane, Abigale Nelson & Nicola Myers, Highsted Grammar School, Shear Shine
  • Kelly Thompson & Megan Evans, Thomas Telford School, Investigating which substances neutralise stomach acid most effectively
  • Andrew Wightwick, Oliver Wightwick & Eric Wieser, FIRST Lego League 2008/9, Climate Connections Challenge
  • Rosalyn Wild, Samantha Dean & Samantha Borrowdale, Milford Haven Comprehensive School, Recycled Wind Turbine
  • Nathan Wilkes, John-Luke Harris & Conor Roberts, Thomas Telford School, Investigating Why Different Instruments Produce Different Tones