List of all the NSEC finalists who attended the 2011 Big Bang


Individuals

  • Charles Barton, Westminster School, Sunlight
  • Emily Bentley, Hymers College, Teddy Bear Child's Alarm
  • Fionn Bernthal, The Archbishop's School, Calming Chilli
  • Ianto Betton, Amman Valley Comprehensive School, Student Seating System
  • Jessica Birt, The Bishops' Bluecoat High School, Behavioural Ecology of the Pteronura Brasiliensis at the Chester Zoological Gardens
  • Robert Bolton, Bolton School, The Progressive Brake Light
  • Alexandra Burden, The Thomas Hardye School Sixth Form, Changes in Bat Habitat use as part of a Wetland Restoration Project in the RSPB Weymouth Wetland Reserve
  • Marc Burnett, Tendring Technology College, Electric Guitar Practice Aid
  • John Campbell, Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School, Design and build a model airplane that can be easily constructed in a class room and be used to show the basic principles of flight
  • Josh Chaplin, Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi, Spiralage
  • Joe Costello, Balcarras School, Pasta Pal
  • Andrew Cowan, Sutton Grammar School for Boys, Search and Rescue Robot
  • Andrew Crusher, Hutchesons' Grammar School, Conditioned Learning in Humans
  • Abigail Davies, The Thomas Hardye School, Making Waves
  • Laura Doherty, The Thomas Hardye School, Assessment of biorelevant media preparation methods by dissolution of a poorly soluble API
  • Hannah Eastwood, Loreto College, Green Rust - the Good Gal
  • Alan Egan, King Edward VI Boys School, Video Switcher
  • Madhi Elango, Queen Elizabeth Boys' School, The Effect of Acidity on Watercress
  • Aly Elsaied, Balcarras School, Vapo-Seal
  • Katie Forbes, Kincorth Academy, Sampling Efficiency of Plankton Nets
  • Lauren Fowler, Stockport Grammar School, The effects of Perivascular Adipose Tissue on mouse mesenteric artery contractility
  • Jack Fulker, The Archbishop’s School, Liquefaction
  • Zahraa Ghafoor, Kendrick School, A Bladder Scan 'Phantom' For Test and Training Purposes
  • Gavriella Goldberg, Hasmonean High School, An Investigation into the Effect of a Cysteine Mutation on PcrA Activity
  • William Goldsmith, The King's School, Cricket Bat Knocking In
  • Hari-Preeya Goshi, South Hampstead High School, Child's Multipurpose Storage Unit
  • Christopher Grange, Samuel Whitbread Community College, Investigating the mechanical properties of a lightweight, thermally ablative material
  • Lucia Gray, The Latymer School, Morphology of the Cavum Septum Pellucidum in the Developing Brain
  • Jake Gunner, Calday Grange Grammar School, Roll Up Chair
  • Alastair Herron, Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Practicality of using Caffeine as a Commercial Pesticide
  • Nathaniel Hicks, St Benedict's Catholic School, Differences in Structural Network Properties of Healthy Control and Schizophrenic Brains
  • Alastair Houston, Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Using Lasers for Welding Superalloys
  • Alex Howard, Saffron Waldon County High School, Workshop Hydraulic Press
  • Rachel Hutchinson, Perth Academy, Could Augmented Reality be used in Urban Planning?
  • Hashi Ibrahim-Hashi, International School of London, Do colour and type of light bulbs affect the light intensity they produce?
  • Ferogh Ishan, Kingsbury High School, Studying the effects of JAG1 proteins on cell lines: L929, HEK-293T AND HCA2
  • Umair Hasan Jamal, Renfrew High School, Determination of Hydrogen in Titanium by Inert Gas Fusion Thermal Conductivity to ASTM E 1447
  • Sethuparvathy Jayakumar, Chelmsford County High School For Girls, IL-6 as a Scleroderma Biomarker
  • Andrew Johnston, Dollar Academy, Square Eyes
  • Cerian Jones, Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi, Rotray
  • Nathan Katz, Hills Road Sixth Form College, Study of Recombinant PERK
  • Constance Knight, Hitchin Girls' School, Design, construct and test a low cost thermodenuder
  • Kasun Kodituwakku, Fearnhill School, House Alarm
  • Thomas Ladyman, Sutton Grammar School for Boys, Robotic Spider
  • Helen Lambert, Emmanuel CT College, Automatic Curtain Opener
  • Callum Lawson, Winchester College, Educational Robotics Kit
  • Philip Leaning, Oakham School, Organ Tuner
  • Duncan Ledingham, Merchiston Castle School, Decorative Garden Gate
  • Alice Lightowlers, Kendrick School, An Investigation of the Frictional Coefficients between Bat Fur and Different Types of Roofing Membrane
  • Oliver Llewellyn, Eastbourne College, Engine Stand
  • Jason Long, The Glasgow Academy, An Introduction to RSA Cryptography and Modern Integer Factorisation Methods
  • Braoin Macloughlin, Amman Valley Comprehensive School, Mannequin Cabinet
  • Kiran Maher, Welland Park Community College, Herbal remedies versus modern medicine
  • Emma Matthews, The Queen Katherine School, Novel nanomaterial additives for gas diffusion layers used in hydrogen or direct methanol fuel cells
  • Vincent McKenna, St Mary's Grammar School, Swim Coach
  • Oliver Michael, Hymers College, Auto Blind Activator
  • Aseem Mishra, Hymers College, Drum Kit Trousers
  • Bhavik Mistry, Denbigh School, Simulation of different gas turbines to understand which is best for LNG application
  • Natalie Mitchell, Headington School, Fluorescence Microscopy
  • Bleddyn Mon, Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones, Beach Boat Sailing Simulator
  • Ciara Mooney, Sacred Heart Grammar School, The UV Light Absorption Monitor
  • Benjamin Moss, The Kings School, Chester, The Use of Low Powered Lasers and Fibre Optics in the Design of a Robotic Finger
  • Zukhruf Naji, Northampton School For Boys, What value does testing for individual epitopes add to a positive peanut sIgE result?
  • Rebecca Nicolson, Anderson High School, The Abundance and Distribution of Harbour Porpoise in Selected Waters Surrounding Shetland
  • Conor O'Donnell, Dulwich College, Ladder Attachment
  • James Padmore, St Mary's Music School, Synthesis of a Novel Manganese Complex
  • Ryan Panchal, The Royal Latin School, Understanding the role of TUG in pancreatic ß cells and its effects on insulin secretion
  • Sakunthala Panditharatne, Wycombe High School, Fire for Video Games
  • Keval Patel, Watford Grammar School for Boys, Is Nemesis Out There? The search for nearby brown dwarfs
  • Matthew Pearman, Welland Park Community College, Snake Genetics
  • Connor Plant, Wisewood School, PC Case
  • Roxanne Pollard, Chipping Sodbury School, Bicycle Safety Helmet
  • Fiona Porter, Haberdashers's Aske's School for Girls, Investigation of the use of ketonic solvents with Suzuki-Miyaura couplings
  • Holly Rees, Hills Road Sixth Form College, Investigation into why mouse stem cells differentiate
  • Hamza Riaz, The City Academy, Bristol Russell Town Avenue Bristol, Is humanin a novel treatment for diabetic nephropathy?
  • Hemang Rishi, Winchester College, Autonomous Vacuum Cleaner
  • Gavin Rochester, Emmanuel CT College, Electronic Musical Keyboard
  • Isobel Routledge, Wirral Grammar School for Girls, The Effects of Fluctuating Temperature on the Development of Aedes aegypti L. and Culex pipiens pipiens L. Mosquito Species
  • Laura Scott, Emmanuel CT College, Electronic Safety Device for Bike Users to Wear
  • Rashil Sharman, Radyr Comprehensive School, Nanotechnology – the future
  • Robyn Sharman, Hertfordshire & Essex High School, Impact
  • Cameron Shaw, Merchiston Castle School, Easy Trailer
  • Saranja Sivachelvam, Bancroft's School, The Role of Cocrystals in Pharmaceutical Drug Development
  • Will Smith, Kingston Grammar School, Solar Powered Composter
  • George Smithies, Milford Haven Comprehensive School, Hiking Bench
  • Sinduya Sriskantharajah, The Green School, STOP urbanisation: SAVE the Calyptranthes!
  • Marcus Stead-Hall, Oundle School, The development of an epoxy of high shock impedance
  • Ben Stephens, Balcarras School, Bicycle Derailleur Protector
  • Chloe Stephenson-Wright, St. Paul's Girls' School, 'I didn't quite catch that': Adapting to familiar and unfamiliar native and foreign accented speech
  • Kirsty Stimpson, College Of West Anglia, The effect of heat shock on reproductive mechanisms in Tribolium castaneum
  • Ben Stoddart-Stones, Bryanston School, Quantum Physics
  • Anuradha Vibhakar, Hockerill Anglo-European College, Calculating Proper Motions of L and T Dwarfs
  • Thomas Syder, Carmel College, Intracellular Air Pollution Particulates – Fluorescence
  • Siu Kei Tam, Dame Alice Owen's school, Improving the cost effectiveness of the synthesis of a ß-inhibitor
  • Martin Thompson, Leicester Grammar School, Optical Characterisation & Mechanical Design for Accurate Imaging
  • Ellie Vaughan, Simon Balle School, The Effects of Long-line Fisheries on Primnoids at a Luca Volpe, Royal Grammar School, Ladder Safe
  • Calum Walsh-Middleton, Calday Grange Grammar School, Swiss Army Chair
  • Adam West, St John the Baptist Sixth Form, The Origins of Angiosperms
  • Lawrence Whatley, The Thomas Hardye School, Cryptic biodiversity in wet fens
  • Brandon Whitwell-Mak, Stamford School, iPod in Car Holder
  • David Wilcock, Bradford Grammar School, Dog Hydrotherapy Jacket
  • Steven Williams, home educated, Mr Smith’s Bees
  • Jessica Wynn, The Highfield School, An Assessment of Air Quality at Sites of Concern within the District of North Hertfordshire

Teams

  • Sheenagh Aiken, Aaron Fry, Kathryn Hamilton & David Wallace, Ballymena Academy, Aircraft Handling Proximity Alarm
  • Shona Allman & Stephanie Evans, Kingdown School, How clean is soap?
  • Nima Assadi, Hannah Charlton, Charlie Liu, Sami Tesfayohannes & Josie Russell, Tapton School, Designing a Recycling Centre for a Building Site
  • Jack Baldwin & Jai Sharma, Stewards School, A Day at the Dealership
  • Alex Batchelor, Lauren Downing, Astrid Blee & Leah Edwards, Rugby High School, Perfect cup of tea
  • Natasha Bhatti & Kayla Jones, Burntwood School, Hydroponics Garden
  • Myles Blurton & Alex Bailey, Redmoor High School, Investigating wind turbine efficiency
  • Heather Booton, Charlotte Alton, Charlie Byrne, Anna McKinney & Frankie Pearce, Skipton Girls' High School, SwitchGreen
  • Laura Bourne, Rebecca Kilbourn, Lucinda Mantel & Alex Smith, Helenswood School, Filter connector assembly
  • Claire Brash, Sarah Woods, Lydia Garms, Charlotte Kane & Rebecca Piper, Central Newcastle High School, Marving Sewage Pumping Station Rising Main Repair/Replacement Feasibility Study
  • Eilidh Brennan-Davies, Ashleigh Hunter, Jenny Robertson & Deborah Snowdon, Newminster Middle School, Which Tattoos Last the Longest
  • Holly Carter, Sophie Stepney, Katharine Parker & Holly Townsend, Hillcrest School, SUNlightz
  • Max Cartwright, Harrison Holt-McHale, Joe Chivers & Lauren Hock, Blackpool Sixth Form College, Temperature Sensor Diagnostics Unit
  • Abishek Chander, Andra Mitria, Adrian Feelar & Devashri Acharya, Harrow High School, Reducing Antibiotic resistance
  • Sana Chaudhry, Kelly Thompson, Nathalie Woodford & Julia Gibb, Westcliff High School for Girls, Timed Medicine Dispenser
  • Antonia Creswell, Ruyee Cheong & Zuhairina Suhaimi, The Godolphin School, Handheld Force Measurement Device
  • Jordan Cripps, Robyn Darby & Charlotte Morris, Didcot Girls' School, How fast do things decompose?
  • George Crowther & Zach Williams, Thomas Telford School, Grand Slam Science: Guaranteeing industry standards in Tennis ball manufacture.
  • Sam Dale, William Race, Tom Dent, Sam Gooch, Rhys Maidment & Sam Dobson, Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Aliens under your feet
  • Bethan Dobson, Georgina Flower, Sarah Parsons & Charlotte Porter, Rugby High School, Calibration System To Assess Turbine Running Tip Clearance
  • Rachel Dunne, Maarja-Liis Ferry & Alana White, George Heriot's School, The Effect of Human Drinks on Plants
  • Sophie Edwards, Will Smith, Matt Baston & Sam Smith, Pershore High School, Fully-adjustable Gear Testing Apparatus
  • Samantha Farmer, Eastwood Comprehensive School, Operation Generation - Energy Solutions for the Future
  • James Farnsworth, Inderesh Atkar & Lewis Anthony, Thomas Telford School, Sweet-a-Holics: Do Sweets really rot your teeth?
  • Lesley Fitzgerald, Ellie Ewart, Dayle Gibby & Domenico Todaro, Milford Haven Comprehensive School, Oil Decontaminating Unit
  • Harry Foster, Martin Lewis & James Hudson, Thomas Telford School, B-Quiet Soundproofing: Which material is most effective for muffling sound?
  • Nadine Gallagher, Rachel McGuire & Holly McLaughlin, St Luke's High School, Waste & Your Environment
  • Tamara Gibson, Emma McCook & Francesca Graham, Ballycastle High School, Scientific Spuds
  • Alice Greenway, Ella Halcrow & Catherine Landers, Rugby High School, Tooth Fairy Toothpaste
  • Jessica Harris, Sara Ghazal & Aniqa Tabassum, Glenmoor School, TXT Talk
  • Remeen Hayer, Jenna Panesar & Neenu Sebastian, Sutton Coldfield Girls Grammar, What people want from soap
  • Luke Heath & George Day, Danesfield C of E School, Foam Tech Car Seat
  • Olivia Houlston & Alice Burleigh, Welland Park Community College, How Does Chocolate Affect Us?
  • Daniel Huddart, Emily Dunn, Sophie Holland & Rhys Harbison, Emmanuel College, The Nyctolight
  • Sarah James, Stefan Spence, Jacob Armstrong & Leanne Woolsey, Emmanuel College, Frequetherapy
  • Lillie King, Eleanor O'Connell, Georgina Mahoney, Nicole Russell, Louisa Church & Katy McDonagh, Trinity Catholic High School, Energy in our School
  • Chris Lemons, Grace Brown, Andrew Cook & Mason Adshead, Handsworth Grange Community Sports College, Bath Bombs
  • Michael Lynch, Thomas Lee, Jonathan Curry, Daniel Teasdale & Hannah Brooker, Queen Elizabeth High School, Gun Barrel Movement in Challenger Tank
  • Lucy Majmudar, Esme Lamb, Francesca Baker, Leah Chan, Lauren Barkas & Mairead Rocks, Sacred Heart High School, Liver Disease
  • Jordan Mathias, Elliott Davies, Ross Phillips & Josh Harries, Amman Valley Comprehensive School, Cutter Head Calibration System for C.R.Clarke LTD
  • Paul McKeever & Bryan Murphy, Abbey Grammar School, Specs Detector
  • Joe Money, Alex Dudbridge, Robert Leigh & Daniel George, Wellsway School, Eco-home
  • Emily Morris & Lauren Preston, Thomas Telford School, Juice Jumbles: The Effect of Fruit Juices on Teeth
  • Arif Nadeem, Kunzah Jamal, Jaspreet Kainth & Graeme Cleary, Renfrew High School, Turbo Compressor Fitting
  • Tania Neacsu, India Hansen-Blake, Miriam Bouhafs, Rabia Khokhar, Hope Ndaba, Claire Nicholason, Sofi-Jayne Badman, Jasmin Crawford & Catherine Walker, Hertfordshire & Essex High School, Crystal Maze
  • Delara Sohrabian-Bailey & Angela Stockman, Hertfordshire & Essex High School, Amazing Ammonites
  • Rebecca Verrent & Katie Archer, Rainham Mark Grammar School, Ecstatic Earth
  • Ashay Patel, Stephen Watson, Clay Coleman & Freya Skelding, King Edward VII School, Team Mixer
  • Keelie Pope & Alice Infante, Henlow Middle School, To investigate the most effective kitchen towel
  • Shea Quinn, Caolan Magee & Gavin Fox, Abbey Grammar School, CPR Assistant
  • Callum Race, Connor Taylor, Luke Bates & Shannon Smith, St. Bede's RC School Peterlee, Safety First Warning Jacket for Night Workers
  • Paige Roadley, Maxwell Bradbury, Luke Turton, Jessica Bates, Wesleigh Lawson & Samantha Farmer, Eastwood Comprehensive School, Operation Generation - Energy solutions for the future
  • Eleanor Roberts & Catriona Miller, The Liverpool Blue Coat School, Does the amount of cocoa in chocolate affect the time taken to melt?
  • Anilah M Sadiq, Hannah Jassemi & Heather Gibson, Hutchesons' Grammar School, Music Mumbo Jumbo
  • Megan Saville, Aishwarya Pattar & Jenny Wood, Thomas Telford School, Epic Epidermisses: Why do fingers wrinkle in the bath?
  • Alex Searle-Barnes & John Luckett, Malmesbury School, Is there a future in biofuels?
  • Lesley Snoddy & Katherine Aiken, Ballymena Academy, Biodiversity in our Pond and How Seasons Affect It
  • Casey Turner, Leigh Roberts, Darcie Lacey & Martha Gregory, Maltby Academy, Trickii Twister
  • Max Wiseman, Michael Morgan, Gwyneth Matthews & Catrin Rowlands, Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi, Rasio Aberteifi Tigers