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February 12, 2011

HONORABLE MENTIONElementary

School Entries

5th Grade 6th Grade

SanTan K-6 Katie CarneyBria Welch

Let’s Roll

Sanborn Sam

McClimon

Reflecting Science

HONORABLE MENTION

Jr. High Entries

Behavioral and Social Science

8th GradeSJHSAbigail Reed, Ashley McPoland, and Nicole Stevens

Are You Tired?

Cellular and Molecular Biology

8th GradeCTJHSHanna McDonaldLights, Color, Growth

Chemistry

8th GradeHPrepKarley MacArthurChillin’ Out

Earth and Planetary Science

7th GradeBJHSBear WoldCrushing Concrete

Engineering7th GradeHamilton Prep

Zoe AgundoSubmarine Navigation

8th GradeHPrepMitchell Behling

Do You Hear What I Hear?

Environmental Sciences

7th GradeSJHSRyan GordaySolar Power, It’s a Bright Idea

8th GradeAJHSNolan ValeMusical Plant Steroids

Medicine and Health 7th GradeBJHSAmelia Flores A Test to C

How Much Vitamin C You Can C?

8th GradeAJHSValerie

Emmert & Alana Emerick

Foods in Acid

Physics and Astronomy

7th GradeCTJHSJennifer Braudt

Friction

8th GradePJHSSamuel LinDown, Down It Goes

HONORABLE MENTIONHigh School

Entries

PLANT SCIENCESCourtneyDuBois, Jessica

Roden, Courtney Schaefer (HHS/Weidenbach/Crane/Kinney)

The Effect of Different Tropisms on Plant Growth

MEDICINE & HEALTH

Cassidi Hudlin, Eric Jacobsen, Cassidee Ranger

(HHS/Loutzenheiser)Eggs and Toothpaste

MICROBIOLOGYHunter Wilkes (HHS/Loutzenheiser)

Bacteria and Gum

ANIMAL SCIENCESDallin Gonzales (HHS PREP/Bhagdev R)

Ant Picnic

BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE

Sydney Tolle, Rachel Watson (HHS/Kinney)

Effect of Peppermint on Brain Reaction times

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Anthony Ho, Naomi Jing, Kenneth Wen (HHS/Wicklow/Kinney)

The Effect of Magnetic Fields on the Growth of Plants

BIOCHEMISTRYMalinda Yin (HHS/Buckner)

Self Oligomerization and Protein Aggregation of Alpha and Gamma synuclen in the presence of Coomassie Brilliant Blue

CELLULAR & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Emily Kohler (HHS/Tilley)

Proteolitic Affect of Enzymes

CHEMISTRYTodd Foley, Alexander

Weber (HHS/Weidenbach/Crane)

Calories

EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCE

SuEan Lim (HHS/Crane)

Soil Bearing Capacity

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY

Stephen Kitt, Miguel Magana, Blake Traube (HHS/Wicklow)

Just for Kicks

ENGINEERINGRyan Jones, David Liang, Devraj Patel, Jay Yi (HHS/Roach)

EPICS Retractable Greenhouse

3rd PLACEElementary

School Entries

5th Grade

CTE Independence

Lauren DillonHope MeltonTanner Carrillo The Apple of My

Eye

6th Grade

Sanborn Diego LipchakGiuse Nguyen Absorbing the

Sun

3rd PLACEJr. High Entries

Behavioral and Social Science

8th GradeSJHSBraden Carrigan, Brendon Kleen, Meagan Seibel

Searching Far and Wide

Cellular and Molecular Biology

8th GradeSJHS Lauren AndersonHow Does Your Rosemary Grow?

Chemistry

8th GradePJHSCaroline ManrubiaJar Wars

Earth and Planetary Science

7th GradeBJHSZach TaraciMeteor Mass Destruction… or not?

Engineering

7th GradePJHSCole SmithThe Log

8th GradeAJHSJackson Nichols

Amidst an Earthquake

Environmental Sciences

7th Grade WJHS Tanzil Chowdhury

and Danny Richardson

How Does The Amount and Type of Salt Effect the Rate of Distillation?

8th Grade BJHS Stacy

Sonnabend The Effect of

Magnetism on the Growth of Radish Plants

Mathematical Sciences

7th GradePJHSCeCe ChenWhat % Will You Get?

Medicine and Health 7th Grade BJHS Trevor

Horwath and Steven Feeney

Happy, Healthy Fruit

8th Grade BJHS Rachana Prasad &

Meghna Jayaraman

The Effect of Different Variety of Orange on the Vitamin C Content

Physics and Astronomy

7th Grade WJHS Melita

Saldanha and Jason Brininger

Gaze Into The Stars

8th Grade HPrep Arathi Kulbarni Electromagneti

c Power on a Speeding Car

3rd PLACEHigh School

Entries

PLANT SCIENCESSivanne Almog, Jasmine Raysor (HHS/Tilley)

Companion Planting

MEDICINE & HEALTH

Myles Maietta (HHS/Welch)Saturated Fat Levels in

Different types of Cooking Oils

MICROBIOLOGYClara Nguyen (HHS/Wicklow)Brittany Volz (HHS/Wicklow)

An Onion a Day Keeps E.Coli Away

ANIMAL SCIENCESDuncan Maloney (HHS/Sears)

Bye Bye, Birdie: Detering Mourning Doves from Eating Annual Ryegrass Seed

BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE

Rachel DeMichele, Chance Morse (HHS/Kinney)

Cell Phones & Reaction times

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Tess Hatch (PHS/Hawkins S.)

Light Wavelengths Effect on Solar Water Purification

BIOCHEMISTRYAtharva Dhole (HHS/Weidenbach)

Efficiency in Deterring Biohazards

CELLULAR & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Melissa Orellana (HHS/Buckner)

The Frequency of the PV92 Gene within Human Populations

CHEMISTRYLindsay Carrigan (HHS/Kinney)

Overdose on NaCl

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY

Jade Enke (HHS/Crane)

Electromagnetism in Action

ENGINEERINGNissrin Chiban, Will Harris,

Zane Johnson, Jakub Stechly (HHS/Roach)

Doc-in-a-Box Gurney

2nd PLACEElementary

School Entries

5th Grade

Basha Adam Peters Fling Pong

6th Grade

NavarreteAddie

ShermanOily Ocean

2nd PLACEJr. High Entries

Behavioral and Social Science

8th GradeSJHSCasey Woodard & Kylei Chang

Stroop Effect

Cellular and Molecular Biology

8th GradeSJHRachel Schoenberger, Alycia Smith & Cyra Bearden

The Plight of Light and Height

Chemistry

8th GradeSJHSJodie Wei & Yingyu SunSlippery Solutions

Earth and Planetary Science

7th GradeHamilton PrepKatelyn McClainFrozen Raindrops

Engineering7th GradePJHSAliesha RauWacky Water Purification

8th GradeHPrepQuinn Goodman

What a Drag!

Environmental Sciences

7th Grade BJHS Jacob Pearson The Affect of

Different Color Light on Plant Growth

8th Grade HPrep Daphne Guo The Effect of

Plants Diversity on Bird Diversity along an Urban-Rural Gradient

Mathematical Sciences

7th GradeCTJHSAllie SullivanParallax

Medicine and Health 7th GradeHamilton

PrepAkshata

RudrapatnaSee Those

Purple Dots?

8th GradeSJHSJason LemleyWhat To Do if

Milk Doesn’t Like You

Physics and Astronomy

7th GradeWJHSYoselin

Acosta and Myra Francisco

Rusting Rate

8th GradeSTJHKelsey

O’BrienKinetics’

Potential

2nd PLACEHigh School

Entries

PLANT SCIENCESWarner Baraban, Mackenzie

Loo (HHS/Clark, B)

How does planting sunflower seeds at different depths affect the rate of germination?

MEDICINE & HEALTH

Jessica Liu (BHS/Mathis)

Electrolyte Challenge: vegetable juice vs. orange juice

MICROBIOLOGYJorji Cole, Courtney Galvan,

Anne Wagner (HHS/Weidenbach/Crane)

Sea Monkeys in the City

ANIMAL SCIENCESRuia Prasad, Bryce Romeo (HHS/Crane)

Comparative Valuation and the Earthworm

BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE

Annie Carson (HHS Prep/Welch)

The effect of physical and cognitive distraction on multitasking

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Ivy Chang (HHS/Clark B.)

Solar Wind Turbine a look into power optimization

BIOCHEMISTRYCasey McKinney (HHS/Crane)

Conserving Vitamin C in Carrots

CELLULAR & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Cindy Le (HHS/Lasswell)

Strawberry DNA and Ripeness

CHEMISTRYAmanda Conklin, Avery Thompson (HHS/Crane)

Scorching Hot Calories

ENERGY & TRANPORTATION

Sunny Mahesh (HHS/Clark, B)

How does temperature affect the current of electricity of different metals

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY

Matthew McIntire (HHS/Weidenbach)

The Effect of Insulating Materials on the Operating Temperature of Underground Conductors

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Tejas Dharmaraj (CHS/Gazda K)

The Effect of Applied Microprocessor Usage on Temperature Detection

ENGINEERINGJacob Dadisman (HHS/Wicklow)

How Does Truss Type the Amount of Pressure a Bridge Can Withstand

1st PLACEElementary

School Entries

5th Grade

Navarrete Ethan KaneEthan Young Hectic Heaters

6th Grade

Jacobson Karina TangAnna Cheng Spinning

Turbines

1st PLACEJr. High Entries

Animal Sciences7th GradeWJHSBrenna McManus, Allison Moyers, and Mekayla Mehrara

Animals Maintaining Heat

Behavioral and Social Science

8th GradeWJHSJaron Mason & Jacob UhlA Distracted Driver Could Be a Dead Driver

Cellular and Molecular Biology

8th GradeHPrepJeffrey ZhaoThe Effect of Microsized Silver Particles on Carrot Preservation

Chemistry

8th GradeWJHSTim MillerFrom Zinc to Copper

Computer Science7th Grade Hamilton Prep Brandon Musick Effect of the

Operating System on Speed of Computer

8th Grade HPrep Connor Propst The Effects of the

Input into the Java Script on the Speed of the Animated Object

Earth and Planetary Science

7th GradeBJHSMakayla FiliereWhat Effect Do Water, Wind, and Heat on Land Materials

Engineering

7th GradePJHSTravis

LockhartShaking Up

Some Energy

8th Grade HPrep David Owusu-

Antwi The Effect of a

Geodesic Dome’s Frequency Level on Weight Bearing Capacity

Environmental Sciences

7th GradePJHSCJ WelchNoise Pollution

8th Grade HPrep Angela Tulk The Effect of the

Type of Cellular Phone on the Amount of Radiation Given Off

Mathematical Sciences

7th Grade PJHS Nick Prickett Full Speed

Ahead Maximizing Performance

8th GradeBJHSNikhil AthreyaThe Chaotic

Master Stroke

Medicine and Health 7th Grade Hamilton Prep Victora Damore Aspirin

Dissolution in Carbohydrates

8th GradeHPrepAmber GuoOveruse vs.

Patellar Tendon

Physics and Astronomy

7th GradeWJHSTristan PhillipsThe Ingenious

Trebuchet

8th GradeBJHSZachary IrvinMagnus

Effect

1st PLACEHigh School

Entries

PLANT SCIENCESMegumi Sharma (CHS/Bond)

How Do Various Homeopathic Medicines Affect Root Growth of Epipremnum Aureum

MEDICINE & HEALTH

Lauren Peterson, Kendall Rowden (HHS/Wicklow)

Super Fruity

MICROBIOLOGYNitish Peela (HHS/Buckner)

Improvisation of the Probiotic: Clostridium Butyricum

ANIMAL SCIENCESAishvarya Dhole, Mahima Kumar,

Simmy Shah (HHS/Weidenbach/Crane/Kinney)

Bubbly Betta

BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE

Devangi Shah (CHS/Gazda)

The Effect of Proactive Interference on Rote Learning Abilities

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Gurpaul Sidhu (CHS/Gazda)

The Effect of a Dual-Tank Reverse Osmosis Filtration System on the pH of Filtered Water

BIOCHEMISTRYLindsey Chew (HHS/Sears)

Purity Obscurity: the Effect of Various Water Purifiers on the Purity of Water from Undeveloped Regions

CELLULAR & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Shaina Hasan (HHS/Buckner)

Personalized Treatment for PTEN null and EGFR Mutant Glioboatoma

CHEMISTRY Shruti Dharmaraj (CHS/Root)

Concen[ti]trating on Healthy Cooking: The Effect of Different Cooking Methods on the Ascorbic Acid Concentration in Red Capsicum Annum

ENERGY & TRANPORTATION

Tyler Pinho (BHS/McKelvy)

Engineering a Thunderstorm

EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Waylan Heers, Kyle Purcell, Kristen Pyland (HHS/Crane/Kinney)

The Effect of Environment of Soil on the Amount of Compaction

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY

Abhishek Patel (HHS/Crane)

The Effect of the Rate of the Rotor Spinning on the Amount of Current Generated

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Varun Ramesh (HHS/Wicklow)

Dyadic Interaction Assistant for Tracking Head Gestures and Facial Expressions

ENGINEERINGAlbarosa Flores (HHS/Kinney)

Effect of Water on Bottle Rockets

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE

Rajan Sheth (HHS/Buckner)

A Mathematical Model of the Nipah Virus

Water Wise AWARDS 5th Grade: Santan

Sarah Gilliam & May Nguyen – Salty Sea Evaporation 6th Grade: Navarrete

Ashley Marino & Liam Thibeault – Agricultural Aid 7th Grade: PJHS

Morgan Kramer – Soil Absorption 8th Grade: BJHS

Braden Mittun, Grady Edwards & Merik Smith – Wraps To Prevent Evaporation

9th Grade: HHS Gabi Davenport, Lisa Baer, Julie Tang – Photosynthesis

on Transpiration

Valley Forward AWARDS

1st Place: WJHS Garret Hable – Water Pipe Paradigm Waste and Wait Insulate

2nd Place: HPrep Angela Tulk- The Effect of Type of Cellular Phone on

the Amount of Radiation Given Off 3rd Place: HPrep

Daphne Guo- The Effect on Plant Diversity on Bird Diversity Along an Urban-Rural Gradient

HM: BJHS Stacy Sonnabend- The Effect of Magnetism on the

Growth of Radish Plants

INTEL INNOVATOR ELEMENTARY AWARDS 5th Grade: Sanborn

Patrick Gelvin and Kyle Stevens – Solar Phone

6th Grade: Navarrete Tony Sanderell, Dylan Cramer, and

Michael Kester – Weed Busters

INTEL INNOVATOR JUNIOR HIGH AWARDS

7th Grade: PJHS Nicholas Prickett – Full Speed Ahead,

Maximizing Software Performance

8th Grade: WJHS Garrett Hable – Water Pipe Paradigm

INTEL INNOVATOR HIGH SCHOOL AWARDJade Enke (HHS/Crane)

Electromagnetism in Action

BEST OF FAIR BIOLOGICAL Shaina Hasan

(HHS/Buckner)

Personalized Treatment for PTEN null and EGFR Mutant Glioboatoma

PHYSICAL Shruti Dharmaraj

(CHS/Root)

Concen[ti]trating on Healthy Cooking: The Effect of Different Cooking Methods on the Ascorbic Acid Concentration in Red Capsicum Annum