2011 final report

Quinnipiac University, Hamden March 15-19, 2011

An all-volunteer Connecticut non-profit organization An affiliate of the Intel Science and Engineering Fair

2011 Final Report www.ctsciencefair.org

63rdConnecticut Science Fair

Quinnipiac UniversityHamden

March 15 - 19, 2011

Connecticut Science Fair Association, IncHartford, Connecticut

Publication of the Connecticut Science Fair Association, Inc.

April 2011

2011 Final Report

63nd Connecticut Science Fair

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Awards .......................................... ( 1- 50) Life Sciences 1000 series - 7th and 8th grade team ................................................ 3 2000 series - 7th grade ..................................................................... 5 2500 series - 8th grade ..................................................................... 8 3000 series - 9 thru 12th grade ........................................................ 12 3500 series - 9 thru 12th grade team ............................................... 20 Physical Sciences 4000 series - 7th and 8th grade team ............................................... 21 5000 series - 7th grade ..................................................................... 23 5500 series - 8th grade ..................................................................... 29 6000 series - 9 thru 12th grade ......................................................... 35 6500 series - 9 thru 12th grade team ................................................ 44 Top Projects I-SWEEEP Competitors ................................................................... 46 ISEF Competitors ................................................... .......................... 47 Regular Categories ........................................................................... 48 Special Categories ............................................................................ 49 Statistics Plus ................................ (51 - 66) Fair Data .......................................................................................................... 53 Historical Data ................................................................................................. 55 School Tracking ............................................................................................... 56 Returning Students .......................................................................................... 58 I-SWEEEP Abstracts ...................................................................................... 60 GENIUS Olympiad Abstracrs ......................................................................... 61 ISEF Abstracts ................................................................................................. 63 Indexes .......................................... (67 - 78) Schools ............................................................................................................ 69 Regional/City Fairs ......................................................................................... 71 Independent/Homeschool Students ................................................................. 71 Sponsors .......................................................................................................... 72 Students ........................................................................................................... 74

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FORMAT KEY

Project No. Category Title SchTown School Teacher Regional/City Fair Student Hometown Grade Awards Honors Sponsor Sponsor Award

CSF 2011 Final Report

AWARDS

Life Sciences 1001 LT Just How Toxic Are Aerosols? Ridgefield,EastRidgeMiddleSchool,Teacher-DeborahSullivan AdeleineHupy,Ridgefield8OliviaMiloroRidgefield8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeSciencesMiddleSchoolTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •ConnecticutStateDepartmentofHealthLaboratoryEmployees---$75award 1002 LT Plant Nutrition Stamford, Bi-Cultural Day School, Teacher - Chistopher Graseck SarahK.Gold,Stamford7AvivaM.AttarStamford7 Awards: Honors = 3 1004 LT No Pain, Lots of Game Bridgeport,BridgeportHopeSchool,Teacher-ElizabethDeshotel TammanY.Montanaro,Bridgeport7GurionD.RamirezBridgeport8 Awards: Honors = 2 1005 LT What’s the Deal With Organic Food? Examining Herbicides in Chickpeas. Pawcatuck, St. Michael School, Teacher - Michael DeNoia Victoria L. Johnson, Pawcatuck 7 Adeline S. Visscher Mystic 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---3rdPlace-LifeSciencesMSTeam-trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-Biotechnology7hgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAwardSouvenir 1006 LT The Effect of Age on Sound Perception while Blindfolded Newtown, Newtown Middle School, Teacher - Ms. Andracchi Marisa A. Leone, Sandy Hook 8 Tonya M. Tucker Sandy Hook 8 Awards: Honors = 2 1007 LT I Think I Killed It!!! Bridgeport, Park City Prep Charter School, Teacher - Ms. Johnson AdonisT.Bligen,Bridgeport8JamesS.AcevedoBridgeport8 Awards: Honors = 3 1008 LT Green Magnets Danbury, St. Gregory the Great School, Teacher - Mrs. Ferry Marin E. Wiltse, Danbury 7 Julia N. Reisert Danbury 7 Awards: Honors = 3 1009LTMagnificentMnemonicMemory Plantsville,JohnF.KennedyMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mrs.Pepin RebeccaM.Caisse,Plantsville7AngelinaJ.ZolloSouthington7 Awards: Honors = 2 1010 LT Rainforest Bridgeport,BridgeportHopeSchool,Teacher-ElizabethDeshotel Shannon M. Gill, Bridgeport 8 Gean M. Bernard Bridgeport 7 Awards: Honors = 3 •YalePeabodyMuseum---Family“six-pack”offreepassestotheYalePeabodyMuseum

Connecticut Science Fair

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1011 LT Are the plants digging the batteries? West Hartford, Solomon Schechter Day School, Teacher - Barbara Varnum Emily B. Gershman, West Hartford 7 Abigail R. Selig West Hartfod 7 Awards: Honors = 2 1012 LT Desalination! Stratford, St. Mark School, Teacher - Mr. Flynn NicoleM.Terrizzi,Stratford8MargaretM.GallagherStratford8 Awards: Honors = 2 •AmericanMeteorologicalSociety---Certificate&membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF 1013 LT Are Fingerprint Patterns Inherited? Bridgeport, John Winthrop School, Teacher - Ms. Golino Enkeleta Mjeshtri, Bridgeport 7 Cristina A. Dos Passos Bridgeport 7 Awards: Honors = 2 1014LTEffectsofcompostingleaves,coffeegrounds,vegetables,orfruitscomparedtostore-boughtfertilizerandregularsoilonthe growth&appearanceofplantsandonsoilnutrientlevels. Windsor, Madina Academy, Teacher - Aisha Seyal RayyanAshraf,Windsor8ShakeelA.ChoudhuryBloomfield8 Awards: Honors = 2 •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---MSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Acrylicaward •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---5thPlace-Biotechnology8thgrade-trophy •ConnecticutScienceSupervisorsAssociation---$125foramiddleschoolproject 1015 LT The Strongest Organ Stamford,TrailblazersAcademy,Teacher-JessicaManeyapanda Imani A. Morgan, Stamford 7 Ashley B. Prawl Stamford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 1016 LT Is Fresh Water Safe To Drink? Southington, DePaolo Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Young Mack R. Golos, Southington 8 Jake T. Moise Southington 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-LifeSciencesMSTeam-$100each&trophyandInviteCompeteBroadcomMASTERS •NationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration---Certificate,medallion,andmembershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF 1017 LT Get Clean Danbury, St. Gregory the Great School, Teacher - Jo Ferry Siobhan Romero, Danbury 8 Janine Dayrit Danbury 8 Awards: Honors = 3 1018LTWillTheySurvive... Madison,OurLadyofMercySchool,Teacher-RosalieZonder KevinO’Brien,Guilford8LiamLyndersGuilford8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---1stPlace-LifeSciencesMSTeam-$100each&trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---3rdPlaceMS-$100,Trophy,Audubongifts 1019 LT How to Counteract the Effects of Acid Rain on Plant Life Stratford, Harry B. Flood Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Gorski Lily A. Mudre, Stratford 8 Rachel M. Mudre Stratford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---MSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Acrylicaward 1021 LT Pollution On Our World Danbury,BroadviewMiddleSchool,Teacher-Ms.Searle Siddharth S. Patil, Danbury 8 Shrey S. Patel Danbury 8 Awards: Honors = 3 1022 LT Does Food Affect Fry Growth Middlebury, Memorial Middle School, Teacher - Susan Johnson Kate F. McDonald, Middlebury 7 Brittany D. McDonald Middlebury 7 Emily R. Amarante Middlebury 7 Awards: Honors = 2

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Life Sciences1023 LT You Got Milk? Danbury, St. Gregory the Great School, Teacher - Josephine Ferry SeanP.McCoy,Danbury7GregoryR.CapozziDanbury7 Awards: Honors = 2 1024 LT What Cleans Bacteria Better? Bridgeport, Park City Prep Charter School, Teacher - Mrs. Vicky Boudreau Djimon Johnson, Bridgeport 7 Jordan Hunt Bridgeport 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2001 L7 How Humidity Affects Fungal Growth Avon,TalcottMountainAcademy,Teacher-Mr.Pellino GwynneT.Domashinski,Suffield7 Awards: Honors = 3 •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-Biotechnology7thgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAwardSouvenir •YalePeabodyMuseum---Family“six-pack”offreepassestotheYalePeabodyMuseum 2002L7ANovelApproachtoOilSpillCleanup:WoodChips Windsor, Madina Academy, Teacher - Mehwish Amin SofijaGjonbalaj,Manchester7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-LifeSciences7thgrade-$100&trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---MSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Acrylicaward •TalcottMountainScienceCenter---TalcottMountainScholarship 2003 L7 It’s Raining Acid? Glastonbury, Smith Middle School, Teacher - Haddock Bridget C. O’Neil, Glastonbury 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2005 L7 Whoops! Bridgeport,HighHorizonsMagnetSchool,Teacher-Ms.Scott James R. Speer, Bridgeport 7 Awards: Honors = 2 2007 L7 Color Confusion: Warped Words and the Stroop Effect Stafford Springs, St. Edward School, Teacher - Mrs. Milnes Amy E. Agro, Somers 7 Awards: Honors = 2 2009 L7 A Dancers Learning Style - Are they the same for Academics and Dance? Pawcatuck, St. Michael School, Teacher - Mr. DeNoia Taylor M. Hanes, Pawcatuck 7 Awards: Honors = 2 •ConnecticutAcademyofAudiology---$150CashAwardMiddleSchool-ForExcellenceinAudiologyandAcoustics 2010 L7 How do Your Senses Affect Your Appetite? Avon,TalcottMountainAcademy,Teacher-Mr.Pellino DonnieG.Zeffiro,Canton7 Awards: Honors = 3 2011 L7 The Relationship Between Different Methods of Thawing and Bacterial Growth on Chicken. Middlebury, Memorial Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Sachs Walter J. Manuel, Southbury 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---3rdPlace-LifeSciences7thgrade-$100&trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---4thPlace-Biotechnology7thgrade-trophy 2012 L7 The Hidden Dangers of Cell Phone Radiation West Hartford, Solomon Schechter Day School, Teacher - Barbra Varnum Benjamin T. Rosenblatt, Glastonbury 7 Awards: Honors = 2 •TheChildren’sMuseum---1familyplusmembershiptotheChildren’sMuseum


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2013 L7 Breath of Life: Does Short Bursts of Aerobic Exercise Increase Vital Capacity of the Lungs? Stafford Springs, St. Edward School, Teacher - Mrs. Milnes Maria J. Plasse, Stafford Springs 7 Awards: Honors = 2 2014L7BacteriaOnCellPhonesvs.PublicToiletSeats...WhichOneHasMoreBacteria? Stratford, St. Mark School, Teacher - Mr. Flynn Ashley R. Young, Stratford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2015 L7 Flamin’ Hot Breath!!! Bridgeport,HighHorizonsMagnetSchool,Teacher-Mrs.PortiaScott Alexis C. Greene, Bridgeport 7 Awards: Honors = 2 2016 L7 Sun: Good or Bad for You? Westport, Coleytown Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Rieman Madison A. Dick, Westport 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2017 L7 Oil in a Hairy Situation Bridgeport, Park City Prep Charter School, Teacher - Mrs. Vicky Boudreau AustinB.Carazo,Stratford7 Awards: Honors = 3 2018L7CrackingCodesAndSolvingCiphers Bozrah,FieldsMemorialSchool,Teacher-EvBrown ConnorS.Provost,Bozrah7 Awards: Honors = 2 •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---2ndPlaceMiddleSchool-$100from ATOMIC,andTrophy,$200fromPeople’sUnitedBank •ComputerScienceAwards---2ndPlaceMiddleSchool-$200,TrophyandMedallion •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---MiddleSchool-Certificate,membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF •AmericanPsychologicalAssociation---Certificate,membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF 2019 L7 Do Body Temperature and Time of Day Affect Reaction Time? Danbury, St. Joseph School, Teacher - Mrs. Jennifer Page Ryan Anderson, Danbury 7 Awards: Honors = 2 2020 L7 Getting Your Clothes Clean While Staying Green Windsor, St. Gabriel School, Teacher - Miss. Meg Rosa Charlotte P. Tappenden, Windsor 7 Awards: Honors = 2 2021L7SavetheSand(WhenIchangethesubstanceofthebarrier,whathappenstothesizeofthesanddunethatismade?) EastHaven,EastHavenAcademy,Teacher-Mrs.Staires BiancaM.Pappacoda,EastHaven7 Awards: Honors = 2 2022 L7 Hydration Consideration: The Effects of Water Distribution on Plant Growth Trumbull, St. Catherine of Siena School, Teacher - Kelley Collins Alana Murphy, Trumbull 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2023 L7 Using Daphnia To Model The Effects Of Common Household Cleaning Agents On Lifespan And Reproduction. Guilford, E.C. Adams Middle School, Teacher - Lynn Arnold Matthew J. Shorten, Guilford 7 Awards: Honors = 2 •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---3rdPlace-Biotechnology7thgrade-$100&trophy

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Life Sciences 2024 L7 Which type of water is best for sharing with friends and family? Danbury, St. Peter/Sacred Heart School, Teacher - Mr. Greg Capone Sarah E. Eriksson, Naugatuck 7 Awards: Honors = 2 2025L7ArtificialIntelligence Bridgeport,BridgeportHopeSchool,Teacher-ElizabethDeshotel Jasmeen Mohammed, Bridgeport 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2026 L7 Would A Spill Damage The Glow Norwalk,TheMontessoriMiddleSchool,Teacher-DavidLavallee Thomas Rosiello, Weston 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---1stPlace-LifeSciences7thgrade-$200&trophyandInvitationtoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---1stPlace-Biotechnology7thgrade-$300&trophy 2027 L7 Acid Rain NewHaven,BetsyRossArtsMagnetSchool,Teacher-Ms.Macdonald Ashley R. Velleco, Ansonia 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2028L7TheEffectofFertilizeronCompost Guilford, E.C. Adams Middle School, Teacher - Ms. Arnold Jia I. Spiggle, Guilford 7 Awards: Honors = 2 2029 L7 Disinfect to Protect Stratford, St. Mark School, Teacher - Mr. Flynn Nicole V. Huben, Stratford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2030 L7 Eye Can’t See You! Newtown, St. Rose of Lima School, Teacher - Marde Dimon Katerina E. Ringes, Sandy Hook 7 Awards: Honors = 2 2031L7ShortTermMemoryTrivia Stamford,TrailblazersAcademy,Teacher-JessicaManeyapanda BojanaJ.Todorovska,Stamford7 Awards: Honors = 2 2032 L7 Algae Biofuels Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Dr. Freeman Lydia Picoli, Wilton 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •AlumniBotanyAwards---AlumniMiddleSchoolBotanyAward-$100Cash 2033 L7 Ice, Lettuce, and Safety NewHaven,BetsyRossArtsMagnetSchool,Teacher-Ms.Chihus SamanthaZ.Oliver,NorthHaven7 Awards: Honors = 3 2034L7GrowingFoodonLongRangeSpaceTravel:Hydroponicsvs.Soil Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Dr. Freeman Ryan D. Petschek, Norwalk 7 Awards: Honors = 2


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2501 L8 The Effect of pH on the Electrical Output of a Microbial Fuel Cell Windsor, Madina Academy, Teacher - Mehwish Amin Aasiya M. Ahmed, Tolland 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---5thPlace-LifeSciences8thgrade-trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicTrophy •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,BackpackandAnnualReport •U.S.AirForce---Certificate,chargingstand,backpack,flashjotterbundleset 2502L8Howdoessolarenergy,microwavedwater,andcompostedsoileffectseedgrowth? NewLondon,BennieDoverJacksonMiddleSchool,Teacher-Ms.Ferraiolo Megan V. Crespo, New London 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2503 L8 How does soil pH affect the pH of water that is absorbed by the soil? Newington, St. Mary School, Teacher - Deborah Giantonio ChiaraA.Santavenere,NewBritain8 Awards: Honors = 3 2504L8AreThereAlternativesToTitaniumFacePlates? Ridgefield,EastRidgeMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mr.ChristopherWalsh BenjaminJ.Nussbaum,Ridgefield8 Awards: Honors = 2 2505 L8 The Effect of Age on Taste Perception Bethel, St. Mary School, Teacher - Tricia McDonald John Jerolimo, Bethel 8 Awards: Honors = 3 2506 L8 Put Some Sugar in your Life Danbury, St. Gregory the Great School, Teacher - Mrs. Josephine Ferry KellyA.Crotty,Brookfield8 Awards: Honors = 3 2507L8DecompositionRatesofLandfillMaterials Hamden, Hamden Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Chris Sagnella Alyssa E. Santos, Hamden 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2508 L8 Fanwort: Friend or Foe? Bozrah,FieldsMemorialSchool,Teacher-EvelynBrown MarissaA.Digby,Bozrah8 Awards: Honors = 2 •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---2ndPlaceMS-$200,Trophy,Audubongifts •BanningFamilyLifeScienceAward---Forexcellenceininvasivespeciesresearch,$100cash 2509 L8 Effect of Bioremediation Nutrient Cultures on Degradation of Oil Spills, and Effect on Sand and Marsh Grass. Orange, Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Howell ChaimM.I.Hodakov,NewHaven8 Awards: Honors = 2 •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-Biotechnology8thgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAwardSouvenir •SoutheasternNewEnglandMarineEducators---$75awardandmembershipinSENEME-1stPlaceJunior&T-Shirt •AirandWasteManagementAssociation,ConnecticutChapter---$100Junior,EnvironmentalResearch,wasterecyclingrelated 2510L8Watervs.CoffeeHowdoescoffeeaffectthegrowthofradishes? Pawcatuck, St. Michael School, Teacher - Mr. DeNoia Antonia L. Reynolds, Pawcatuck 8 Awards: Honors = 3 2511L8BloodPressure&PulseRate Bridgeport, Read School, Teacher - Mr. Tharson ZariaA.McIntosh,Bridgeport8 Awards: Honors = 3

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Life Sciences 2512 L8 What material is best combined with dispersants to clean up an oil spill? Falls Village, Lee H. Kellogg School, Teacher - Joseph Markow AmeliaM.Zucco,FallsVillage8 Awards: Honors = 2 2513 L8 Oil’s Effect on Root Growth Wilton, Middlebrook School, Teacher - Victoria Madden Bridget Fearon, Wilton 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2514L8ImprovedProcessforBioremediationofOilContaminatedSeawater Newtown, St. Rose of Lima School, Teacher - Marde Dimon Haley M. Ryan, Newtown 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---1stPlace-LifeSciences8thgrade-$300&trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS •CTCleanEnergyFundAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---2ndPlaceMiddleSchool-$200CashandTrophy •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---1stPlace-EngineeringMiddleSchool-$300Cash&trophy •ConnecticutScienceTeachersAssociation’sMartyTafelStudentResearchAward---LifeScience8thGrade-$500andinvitetoCSTAAward Banquet •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---1stPlace-Biotechnology8thgrade-$300&trophyandInvitationCompeteinBroadcomMASTERS •ConnecticutValleyBiologicalSupplyCompany,Inc.---$50GiftCertificatew/catalog 2515L8Cleansingvs.AmountofBacteriaPresent Kensington, St. Paul School, Teacher - Elaine Kotler Audra C. Rocco, Kensington 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2516 L8 Multitasking’s Effect on Different Subjects Wilton, Middlebrook School, Teacher - Jessica Garcia EvalineXie,Wilton8 Awards: Honors = 2 2517 L8 How Do Oil Spills Harm Wildlife? EastHaven,EastHavenAcademy,Teacher-Mrs.Staires TiffanyC.Brady,EastHaven8 Awards: Honors = 3 2518 L8 SPATTER MATTERS NewHaven,BetsyRossArtsMagnetSchool,Teacher-AmyPiccirillo Sarah G. Sugrue, Milford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 2519L8Outbreak!Predictingthemodesandtransmissionratesofahumanviralepidemic Danbury, St. Joseph School, Teacher - Mrs. Jennifer Page Janine A. Kerr, Danbury 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---3rdPlace-LifeSciences8thgrade-$100&trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---3rdPlaceMiddleSchool-Trophy, $100fromPeople’sUnitedBank •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---2ndPlace-Biotechnology8thgrade-$200&trophyandInvitationCompeteinBroadcomMASTERS •U.S.AirForce---Certificate,chargingstand,backpack,flashjotterbundleset •RicohCorporation/SocietyforScience&thePublic---CertificateandmembershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF •MeyerandYoungWomanScientistAwards---$300cash-MiddleSchoolLifeSciences 2520 L8 Colored Out Cones Hartford,ClassicalMagnetSchool,Teacher-Dr.Kalunzy-Blaszczyk Madeline C. Kumm, New Britain 8 Awards: Honors = 2


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2521L8QuantitativeAnalysisofHypoxiaandIts’CausesinLongIslandSound’sEstuary Orange, Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Karen Howell Boruch S. Hecht, Norwalk 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---4thPlace-LifeSciences8thgrade-trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---3rdPlace-Biotechnology8thgrade-$100&trophyandInvitationCompeteinBroadcomMASTERS •ProjectOceanology---Individual-Book+2tickets,FirstPlaceJunior,checkfor$100,t-shirt •SchoepferAwardforExcellenceinLocalAquaticScience---Forexcellenceinalocalwaterqualitystudy,$100cash 2522L8Going“Green”asYouClean. Danbury, St. Joseph School, Teacher - Mrs. Jennifer Page Lauren G. Guiry, Danbury 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2525L8HowSensitiveAreYou Hartford, SS. Cyril and Methodius School, Teacher - Mrs. Powell Shiloh M. McClymont, Hartford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 2526L8AssociationofPolymorphismsinRheumatoidArthritisandJuvenileRheumatoidArthritisSusceptibilityGenes Westport, Coleytown Middle School, Teacher - Jodi Rieman MalinS.Hovstadius,Westport8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-LifeSciences8thgrade-$200&trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-Biotechnology8thgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAwardSouvenir •ConnecticutValleyBiologicalSupplyCompany,Inc.---$50GiftCertificatew/catalog 2527 L8 Bacteria in a Bag NewBritain,SacredHeartSchool,Teacher-Dr.MichaelDavis Simone T. Jaros, New Britain 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •Sr.MaryChristineLifeSciencesAward---$100andplaqueforexcellenceinthelifesciencesbyamiddleschoolproject 2528L8GlowN’Grow:LightSourcevs.HeightofPlant Kensington, St. Paul School, Teacher - Elaine Kotler Kaitlin A. Moriarty, Kensington 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2529 L8 The Density of Air Pores on Egg Shells Falls Village, Lee H. Kellogg School, Teacher - Joseph Markow HayleyI.Kozlowski,FallsVillage8 Awards: Honors = 3 •YalePeabodyMuseum---Family“sixpack”offreepassestotheYalePeabodyMuseum 2530 L8 Growing Green With Greywater Danbury,BroadviewMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mr.Gomes Liat Shenkar, Danbury 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2531 L8 How do people concentrate under different circumstances? Middlefield,IndependentDaySchool,Teacher-CharlotteStutz William J. Cutrone, Wallingford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 2532 L8 Yeast Metabolism Windsor, Madina Academy, Teacher - Mehwish Amin Aden Khan, Windsor 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •ConnecticutStateDepartmentofHealthLaboratoryEmployees---$75award 2533 L8 What’s the Better Breakfast? Bethel, St. Mary School, Teacher - Tricia McDonald KatherineA.Griffin,Bethel8 Awards: Honors = 2

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Life Sciences 2534L8DoCertainColorsAffecttheRateofConvergentLadyBugActivity? Fairfield,OurLadyoftheAssumption/HolyFamily,Teacher-KathyAlmeida Michael N. Arias, Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 3 •YalePeabodyMuseum---Family“sixpack”offreepassestotheYalePeabodyMuseum 2535L8TheEffectofSugarandSaltvs.ComplexCarbohydratesonYourHeartRate Bethel, St. Mary School, Teacher - Mrs. McDonald Taylor C. Basile, Bethel 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2536 L8 Running Barefoot Norwalk,TheMontessoriMiddleSchool,Teacher-DavidLavallee Melissa A. Luse, Wilton 8 Awards: Honors = 3 2537L8“TestingEco-FriendlyPlastics”Howdoestheingredientsinaplasticaffectit’sbiodegradability? EastGranby,EastGranbyMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mr.Paskewitz Sydney T. Geer, East Granby 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •RicohCorporation/SocietyforScience&thePublic---CertificateandmembershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF 2538 L8 How does preconditioning of the mind effect sports performance? Middlefield,IndependentDaySchool,Teacher-CharlotteStutz Tyler Mulberry, Middletown 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •AmericanPsychologicalAssociation---Certificate,membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF 2539L8Fruit:AThirstQuenchingAlternative Trumbull, St. Catherine of Siena School, Teacher - K. Collins LianneX.Bisch,Shelton8 Awards: Honors = 2 2540L8Arethenumberoffingerprintridgesdifferentbetweenmalesandfemales? Fairfield,OurLadyoftheAssumption/HolyFamily,Teacher-KathyAlmeida YvonneX.Nguyen,Bridgeport8 Awards: Honors = 2 2541L8LungCapacityAthletesversesNon-Athletes West Hartford, Solomon Schechter Day School, Teacher - Mrs. Varnum Stephanie L. Gold, West Hartford 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2542 L8 Where’s the C? Hartford, Hartford Magnet Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Penny Parmalee Myane A. Harris, Windsor 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2543 L8 Earthworms Make Your Magic Bridgeport, Multicultural Magnet School, Teacher - Mr. Mayorga CesarR.Poma-Rodriguez,Bridgeport8 Awards: Honors = 2 2544 L8 Is the Moon Made of Cheese? Stratford, Harry B. Flood Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Gorski Kayleigh A. Ross, Stratford 8 Awards: Honors = 3


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3001LSTheInvestigationoftheBiologicalHealthoftheNewCreekSaltMarshthroughWaterQualityTestingandSpecies IdentificationofBenthicInvertebrates Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Sara Campolettano Allison C. Kruk, Easton 12 Awards: Honors = 2 •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---2ndPlaceHS-$200,Trophy,Audubongifts •MysticAquarium---$100 •YalePeabodyMuseum---One-YearFamilyMembershiptotheYalePeabodyMuseum •GENIUSOlympiad---GENIUSOlympiadCompetitionforHSstudent(s)andadvisor-Biodiversity 3002 LS The effect of dimethyl sulfoxide on the resistance of Escherichia coli to Streptomycin and Tetracycline New Milford, New Milford High School, Teacher - Mrs. Eileen Reed Theresa DiMascio, New Milford 11 Awards: Honors = 3 3003LSDevelopmentandCharacterizationofaNovelListeria-Caspase-3DNAVaccinetoEradicateMetastaticBreastCancer Rye,NY,RyeCountryDaySchool,Teacher-Dr.MaryKrasovec Swathi Krishnan, Stamford 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---1stPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHigh-$500&trophy,TriptocompeteatIntelISEF •H.JosephGerberMedalofExcellence,anawardoftheConnecticutAcademyofScienceandEngineeringinpartnershipwithCCAT---Life SciencesSenior-$1,000cash,SolidSilverMedalofExcellence,invitetoCASEAnnualMtg •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAwardSouvenir •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---HighSchool-Certificate,$75.00giftcertificate 3004LSWaterTreatmentResidualSolids:TheNew“MiracleGrow”? Guilford, Guilford High School, Teacher - John Cuddy Taylor N. Hudak, Guilford 9 Awards: Honors = 3 •U.S.MetricAssociation---Certificate&membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF 3005 LS Does music help plants grow? Fishers Island, Fishers Island School, Teacher - Mrs. Giles Ana Rose Webster, Groton 11 Awards: Honors = 3 3006 LS Hematopoiesis and Leukemeogenesis Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Dr. Michele Morse Isabel Baker, Westport 11 Awards: Honors = 3 3007LSImprovedAntibacterialWrappingUsingGrapheneOxideCoatedPaper Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Mr. Bramante WarrenZ.Bein,Riverside11 Awards: Honors = 2 •SocietyforInVitroBiology---CertificateandmembershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF 3008LSEfficacyofSolarDisinfectionUsingArtificialSunlightVersusaCompositeofInfrared,Ultraviolet,andVisibleLight Redding,JoelBarlowHighSchool,Teacher-Dr.KatherineNuzzo Caroline Caglioni, Redding 12 Awards: Honors = 3 •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward •U.S.Army---Certificateand$50savingsbond 3009 LS The Effect of Crude Oil on Plant Growth Guilford, Guilford High School, Teacher - Lynn Curtis Megan Burke, Guilford 9 Awards: Honors = 3 3010 LS The Effect of Diguanylate Cyclase PA0169 on Twitching Motility of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Dr. Mathieu Freeman Emma L. Frank, Norwalk 12 Awards: Honors = 3


Life Sciences 3011 LS The Effect of B Vitamins on the Growth of Brassica Rapa Danbury, Danbury High School, Teacher - Michael Chapman Priyanka B. Altman, Danbury 9 Awards: Honors = 3 3012LSHypoxiainOvarianCancer Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Ms. Day Pauline Dutka, Woodbridge 12 Awards: Honors = 3 3013 LS Anticancer property of major goat milk fatty acids and delineating their mechanisms of action Glastonbury,GlastonburyHighSchool,Teacher-DianePintavalle Amoolya V. Narayanan, Glastonbury 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---2ndPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-$400&trophy, 3014 LS Diluted Roundup: Plant Killer? East Hartford, East Hartford High School, Teacher - Mr. Reid JessicaMurdzek,EastHartford10 Awards: Honors = 3 3015 LS The Effect of Nitrogen on Bioluminescent Bacteria Guilford, Guilford High School, Teacher - Lynn Curtis Shauna L. McLaughlin, Guilford 9 Awards: Honors = 3 3016 LS Role of Karyogamy Genes in Nuclear Pore Complex Assembly Hamden, Sacred Heart Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Brownell DominikaA.Bajguz,Naugatuck12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---5thPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHigh-trophy •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---HighSchool-Certificate,$75.00giftcertificate •BiophysicalSociety---BiophysicsAward-$100 3017 LS Finding the Antibacterial Properties of Coscinium Fenestratum with E. Coli using Bio Film Oxford, Oxford High School, Teacher - Mrs. Granucci Nisal Y. Hewathanthri, Oxford 11 Awards: Honors = 3 3018LSTheRelationshipBetweenTemperatureandSurvivaloftheLarvalTunicateStyelaclava Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Ms. Deborah Day Williams S. Dixon, Woodbridge 12 Awards: Honors = 3 •LongIslandSoundFoundation,Inc.---$500LifeScience/EnvironmentalScience/Physicalscience 3020LSExplorationoftheGastroIntestinalHealthBenefitsofAnthocyaninsinBlackcurrantBerries Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante PhilipW.Geske,Riverside11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •InstituteofFoodTechnologists,NutmegSection---$50award+invitationtodinner 3021 LS BCL-xL enhances V-ATPase function: a proposal Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Deborah Day Emily Feng, Bethany 12 Awards: Honors = 3 3022 LS Role of MyD88 in DNA Damage Response Hamden, Hamden High School, Teacher - Sonia Beloin Yiyuan Hu, Hamden 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHigh-$300&trophy,TriptocompeteatIntelISEF


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3023LSInvolvementoftheCarbonDioxide/BicarbonateSensor,SolubleAdenylylCyclase,inGrowthRegulationofNormaland Malignant Cells. Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Mr. Bramante Hannes Buck, Old Greenwich 12 Awards: Honors = 3 3024LSBiologicalControlofTickstoPreventLymeDiseaseUsingEntomopathogenicNematodes Danbury, Danbury High School, Teacher - Marsha Turek Ryan D. Kerr, Danbury 10 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---1stPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-TriptocompeteatIntelISEF,$500&trophy, •MiltonFisherScienceFairAwardforInnovationandCreativity---ForExcellenceinCreativityandInnovationbyaHSstudent,$200cash •ScienceHorizonsSeniorHighAwards---1stPlaceSeniorHigh-$1,000&AllExpensePaidtoCompeteatIntelISEF 3025LSSubsistenceofEscherichiaColionArtificialTurfSufaces Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Charlotte D’Acierno, Old Greenwich 11 Awards: Honors = 2 •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---HSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Arylicaward •QuinnipiacUniversityScholarships---$20,000,4yearscholarshiptoQuinnipiacUniversityforHighSchoolStudent 3026LSImprovingsolarwaterdisinfection(SODIS)withaphotoreactivetitaniumdioxide/single-walledcarbonnanotubecomposite coating on plastic PET bottles Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Deborah Day ZiziYu,Woodbridge11 Awards: Honors = 2 3027LSAnApproachtoTreatingSensorineuralHearingLossthroughtheIdentificationandCharacterizationofMechanosensoryHair CellProgenitorsintheZebrafishLateralLine Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Dr. Aaron Steiner Joshua M. Greenberg, Westport 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AmericanSocietyofSafetyEngineers,CTValleyChapter---$150grade9-12project •ConnecticutAcademyofAudiology---$150CashAwardHighSchool-ForExcellenceinAudiologyandAcoustics 3028 LS RodA, a Component of the Prokaryotic Cytoskeleton, As a Potential Antibacterial Drug Target Glastonbury,GlastonburyHighSchool,Teacher-Ms.Pintavalle KaitavjeetChowdhary,Glastonbury10 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 3029LSTheInhibitionOfCandidaAlbicansBySyzygiumAromaticumOilandCitrusParidisi. Weston, Weston High School, Teacher - Ms. Lauren Hauser Esha N. Kaushik, Weston 11 Awards: Honors = 3 3030 LS Star Craft and Roller Coaster Tycoon’s Affect on Resource Management Skills Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Ms. Day Jared Loewenthal, Orange 10 Awards: Honors = 2 3031 LS Stroop Effect Norwalk, Norwalk High School, Teacher - Belmonte Samantha S. Steele, Norwalk 9 Awards: Honors = 3 3032LSKCNQChannelsinPrefrontalPyramidalNeurons:ANovelTargetforCognitiveEnhancement Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Dr. Amy Arnsten John Solder, Westport 11 Awards: Honors = 3


Life Sciences 3033LSTruthhasDirtyHands?DirtyHandshavetheTruth Bethel, Bethel High School, Teacher - Mr. Raymond Turek Madhumita Das, Bethel 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 3034LSCrystallizingLysozymeProtein Guilford, Guilford High School, Teacher - Lynn Curtis Charlotte C. Killiam, Guilford 9 Awards: Honors = 2 3035 LS The Effect of Temperature on Ocean Organisms Fishers Island, Fishers Island School, Teacher - Carol Giles Samantha Grader, Groton 11 Awards: Honors = 2 •YalePeabodyMuseum---One-YearFamilyMembershiptotheYalePeabodyMuseum 3036LSIdentifyingHuman-SpecificDevelopmentalEnhancersUsingMouseTransgenics Wallingford,ChoateRosemaryHall,Teacher-Dr.RachelGritzer Christopher L. Aguiar, Wallingford 12 Awards: Honors = 2 3037LSPeriodontalHealthandDietaryIntakeareNovelIndicatorsofInflammatoryandChronicInflammatoryStatus Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Ms. Deborah Day DavidPowers,Woodbridge11 Awards: Honors = 2 3038LSNovelApproachforMicrobialFuelCellEnergyGeneration Oxford, Oxford High School, Teacher - Ms. Doherty Samantha M. Ramsay, Oxford 10 Awards: Honors = 2 •CTTechnologyCouncilYouthInnovationAward---$150CashAwardforTechnologicalInnovation 3039 LS Color Changing Carnations Bridgeport, Bassick High School, Teacher - Mr. O’Shea Toan Duong, Bridgeport 9 Awards: Honors = 3 3040 LS Don’t Tear My Hair Bethel, Bethel High School, Teacher - Ms. Bly Vincent Do, Bethel 12 Awards: Honors = 3 3041LSAStudyofEggFertilityRateinLeatherbackSeaTurtleClutchesOvertheNestingSeason(March-June)atthePacuare Reserve,CostaRica Darien,DarienHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.DavidLewis Dana E. Howe, Darien 12 Awards: Honors = 3 •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---HSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Arylicaward •YalePeabodyMuseum---OneyearfamilymembershiptotheYalePeabodyMuseum 3043LSSuperWeed:AllelopathicInhibitionofGarlicMustard(AlliariaPetiolata)onGerminationandGrowthofNativeZinniaSeeds Bethel, Bethel High School, Teacher - Mr. Raymond Turek JulieM.Zeller,Bethel11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---HSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Arylicaward •ConnecticutCollege-BiologicalandBotanyDepartment---$100forexcellenceinthebiologicalsciences •AlumniBotanyAwards---AlumniHighSchoolBotanyAward-$100Cash •ScienceHorizonsSeniorHighAwards---Finalist-SeniorHigh-$100&Medallion


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3044 LS Implications of Handedness on Ketamine-Induced Psychosis Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Ms. Deborah Day MingZhao,Woodbridge11 Awards: Honors = 3 3045LSTheRelationshipBetweenMelatoninLevelsandCognitiveAlertness Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Jed H. McKinney, Old Greenwich 10 Awards: Honors = 2 3046 LS Growth of Plants in Martian Atmosphere Oxford, Oxford High School, Teacher - Mrs. Granucci Clara McGee, Oxford 9 Awards: Honors = 3 3047 LS The Role of the Placental Folate Receptor in Pre-Eclampsia Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Dr. Morse Jessie S. Lunde, Westport 12 Awards: Honors = 3 3048LSNutrientBioextractionusingCrassostreavirginica Bridgeport,BridgeportAquacultureSchool,Teacher-Mr.Shadle Titania A. Green, Bridgeport 12 Awards: Honors = 2 3049 LS Spicy Birds Project Ridgefield,RidgefieldHighSchool,Teacher-Dr.GeorgeNoyes MaxF.Falkenberg,Ridgefield11 Awards: Honors = 2 3050LSMethicillin-ResistantStaphylococcusAureus(MRSA)inNewMilfordHighSchool New Milford, New Milford High School, Teacher - Ms. Reed Toni Viola, New Milford 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---5thPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-trophy •SocietyforInVitroBiology---CertificateandmembershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF •MeyerandYoungWomanScientistAwards---$300cash-HighSchool,LifeSciences •ScienceHorizonsSeniorHighAwards---1stPlaceSeniorHigh-$1,000&AllExpensePaidtoCompeteatIntelISEF 3051 LS Autism Sandy Hook, Newtown High School, Teacher - Dejulio Ali Kennedy, Newtown 11 Awards: Honors = 3 3052LSConvergentsongevolutionbetweentwoallopatricgreenlacewingspecies,C.“emerald”andC.pallida Glastonbury,GlastonburyHighSchool,Teacher-Ms.Pintavalle John D. Foster, Glastonbury 12 Awards: Honors = 2 •LolaLampeMüllerAward---$150cashforamiddleorhighschoolproject •EducationConnection-Centerfor21stCenturySkillsAwards---$100Forinnovativeuseoftechnologytoadvancescienceorengineering •YalePeabodyMuseum---OneyearfamilymembershiptotheYalePeabodyMuseum

3053 LS The Effect of Escherichia Coli in the Female Genital Tract Hamden, Sacred Heart Academy, Teacher - Sr. Mary Jane Paolella Amanda P. Kelly, Shelton 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •U.S.Army---Silvermedallion&Certificate&$100savingsbond


Life Sciences 3054LS“OhScat!”:TheEffectsofBiomassonBiogasProduction Hebron, RHAM High School, Teacher - Kristin Spinelli JosephR.Day,Andover9 Awards: Honors = 3 3055LSTestingMutagenicityinSubstancesUsingS.Cerevisiae New Milford, New Milford High School, Teacher - Eileen Reed Annie Mao, New Milford 11 Awards: Honors = 3 3056 LS Interactions Between Robot, Adult, and Child in the Task of Secret-Telling Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Ms. Deborah Day Jenny J. Liu, Orange 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---4thPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHigh-trophy •OteroFamilyAward---TheOteroFamilyAward;$200cash 3057 LS Color Matters Fishers Island, Fishers Island School, Teacher - Carol Giles Mike J. Paciorek, Gales Ferry 12 Awards: Honors = 3 3058LSSpecialAnalysisofSupernovaRemnantstoIdentifyPotentialBlackHoles Sandy Hook, Newtown High School, Teacher - Timothy Dejulio Alessandra DiLisio, Newtown 10 Awards: Honors = 3 3059 LS The Effect of Magnetism on Plants New Milford, New Milford High School, Teacher - Mrs. Reed Kristina M. Wagner, New Milford 11 Awards: Honors = 2 3060 LS The Effect of Nicotine on Plant Growth Bethel, Bethel High School, Teacher - Arthur Bailey Alyssa Bailey, Bethel 12 Awards: Honors = 2 3061 LS The Effect of Withdrawal Timing on Adenoma Detection Rate Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Dr. Morse Max B. Samuels, Westport 12 Awards: Honors = 2 3062LSComparisonsofAorticStiffnessusingaHooke’slawDerivedSpringConstantBetweenAneurysmandNon-AneurysmGroups Glastonbury,GlastonburyHighSchool,Teacher-DianePintavalle Rahul Sehgal, Rocky Hill 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •MuAlphaTheta---Certificate,membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF 3063 LS Flow-stimulated expression of membrane transporter Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Ms. Day Qi Yan, Woodbridge 11 Awards: Honors = 3 3064LSTbx2intheBovineMammaryGland Glastonbury,GlastonburyHighSchool,Teacher-Ms.DianePintavalle Katelyn K. McFadden, Glastonbury 12 Awards: Honors = 3


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3065LSPreventionofCardiovascularDisease:TheAntisepticEffectofSyzygiumaromaticumonPeriodontalDisease Weston, Weston High School, Teacher - Ms. Lauren Hauser Sagar N. Kaushik, Weston 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •ConnecticutScienceSupervisorsAssociation---$125forahighschoolproject 3066LSBiodegradationofPolylactideNanowebElectrospunforFreshwaterHarmfulAlgalBloomRemoval Wallingford, Choate Rosemary Hall, Teacher - Lawrence Stowe Joshua S. Kim, Wallingford 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---3rdPlaceHS-$100,Trophy,Audubongifts •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---Finalist-EngineeringHighSchool-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •TheGoodwin-NieringCenter---$100for“ExcellenceinEnvironmentalConservationStudies” •LongIslandSoundFoundation,Inc.---$500LifeScience/EnvironmentalScience/Physicalscience 3067 LS Biological Symbiosis of Nephromyces Giard and Molgula manhattensis and Metabolic Effect Bridgeport,BridgeportAquacultureSchool,Teacher-KirkShadle MarlaG.Tolmie,Fairfield12 Awards: Honors = 2 3068 LS How Oil Spills Affect the Number of Buds on Plants Bridgeport, Central High School, Teacher - Mr. Sebourne ErikaS.Perez,Bridgeport11 Awards: Honors = 3 3069 LS The Bio-degradation of Cooking Oil New Milford, New Milford High School, Teacher - Mrs. Eileen Reed Moe J. Uddin, New Milford 11 Awards: Honors = 3 3070 LS Protein Engineering of NPP4 into NPP2 Hamden, Hamden High School, Teacher - Dr. Demetrios T. Braddock Bonnie E. Hawkins, Hamden 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 3071LSStudyingtheEffectofTargetedRecombinationinB-Lymphocytesvs.nonB-cells Fairfield,FairfieldWardeHighSchool,Teacher-Ms.Higgins NeilV.Gade,Fairfield11 Awards: Honors = 2 3072 LS The Association Between Carbohydrate Intake, Plasma Cholesterol, and Insulin Resistance in Women with Metabolic Syndrome Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Michele Morse Jillian M. Pecoriello, Westport 11 Awards: Honors = 2 3073LSTheEffectsofDNAMutationsuponthenutritionalvalueofMusaacuminataFruits. Oxford, Oxford High School, Teacher - Mrs. Granucci SaherKazi,Seymour11 Awards: Honors = 2 3074LSPreventingSeizures:TheSizeoftheThalamusAfteranEpilepticSeizure Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Ms. Deborah Day Peter Satonick, Orange 10 Awards: Honors = 3 3077LSEffectofThioredoxin-2(Trx2)onCardiacHypertrophy Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Deborah A. Day ShiyuZhuang,Orange10 Awards: Honors = 2


Life Sciences 3078 LS The Contribution of Nitric Oxide to the Strength of Viral Immunity in Soybeans New Milford, New Milford High School, Teacher - Virginia Landgrebe Ana C. Vargas, New Milford 11 Awards: Honors = 2 •InstituteofFoodTechnologists,NutmegSection---$50award+invitationtodinner 3079LSAComparativeStudyofHerbsGrownUsinganAquaponicvs.aHydroponicGrowingSystem Hamden, Sacred Heart Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Frances Saukas OliviaN.Kelly,Shelton9 Awards: Honors = 2 •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---HSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Arylicaward •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---3rdPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-$300&trophy •GENIUSOlympiad---GENIUSOlympiadCompetitionforHSstudent(s)andadvisor-Ecology •UniversityofConnecticut-PhysicsDepartment---UCONNEarlyCollegeExperienceProgram:LifeSciences-$200U.S.SavingsBond 3080LSTheEffectsofArtificialSweetenersonEscherichiaColiGrowth Hartford, Grtr Hartford Academy of Math and Science, Teacher - Dr. Aramli Matthew M. Mashayekhi, Ellington 11 Awards: Honors = 3 •InstituteofFoodTechnologists,NutmegSection---$50award+invitationtodinner 3081 LS Effects of L-Theanine on Drosophila Melanogaster NewHaven,HopkinsSchool,Teacher-WayPung Kingston Pung, Madison 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---3rdPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHigh-$200&trophy 3083LSMotherNature’sMop-Theinnovative,eco-friendlyalternativeforrevolutionizingoilspillremoval:dehydratedSphagnum peat moss Shelton, Shelton High School, Teacher - Patricia Presutto Anna Maria Marini, Shelton 11 Awards: Honors = 2 3084LSTheEffectsoftheKetogenicDietonAnti-EpilepecticDrugDurationandSeizureFrequencyinPatientswithGlucose Transporter Type-1 Disorder Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Dr. Michele Morse Ash Natarajan, Westport 11 Awards: Honors = 3 3085 LS What adds to blood pressure and heart rate? Bethel, Bethel High School, Teacher - Mr. Raymond Turek Lisa J. Ferguson, Bethel 11 Awards: Honors = 2 3086LSInvestigationsofNovelTherapiesForLupus Hamden, Hamden High School, Teacher - Mr. Farley Alaric J. Gee, Hamden 12 Awards: Honors = 2 •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---4thPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-$200&trophy 3087LSHowMacroinvertebratesinTributariesoftheHousatonicRiverRelatetoPollution New Milford, New Milford High School, Teacher - Ms. Langrebe Erin Kersten, New Milford 11 Awards: Honors = 3 •ProjectOceanology---Individual-Book+2tickets,FirstPlaceSenior,checkfor$100,t-shirt •ScienceHorizonsSeniorHighAwards---Finalist-SeniorHigh-$100&Medallion 3089 LS Can Freshwater Plants Break Down Pesticides in Water? Danbury, Danbury High School, Teacher - Mrs. Sinha Krista Nicholson, Danbury 9 Awards: Honors = 2 •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAwardSouvenir


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3090LSEffectiveInformationCommunicationtoTeens Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Deborah Day Joan Kim, Bethany 12 Awards: Honors = 1 3091 LS Gummy Fingers: Replicating Fingerprints Bridgeport,CentralHighSchool,Teacher-Ms.Sullivan KarenZavala,Bridgeport10 Awards: Honors = 3 3501 LST Enhancing the Plant Growth and Reducing the Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Using Single Mode Fiber Optics to Transmit Sunlight Putnam, Putnam Science Academy, Teacher - Hakan Duman AbdulV.Bektas,Putnam11AlperenF.TuzunerPutnam11YusufEraslanPutnam11 Awards: Honors = 3 •NortheastUtilities:EnvironmentalManagement---Senior-$250Scholarship,pollutionprevention,sourcereduction,recycling,min.waste 3502 LST Germ Warfare Hartford, Classical Magnet School, Teacher - Thomas Holloway MikelaKaraiosifoglou,Manchester11AlexanderR.BlaszczykBristol11 Awards: Honors = 3 3503LSTMeasuringtheEffectsofMicrowaveRadiationonPlantGrowthandGerminationviaexperimentsonPhaseolusLunatus Putnam, Putnam Science Academy, Teacher - Coskun Candan SelmanF.Avci,Putnam9AlmasMyrzatayPutnam9SamilY.IsikPutnam9 Awards: Honors = 3 •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAwardSouvenir 3505 LST Dirty, Filthy, Money NewHaven,WilburCrossHighSchool,Teacher-ChrisWillems TarpleyHitt,NewHaven10AlessandraHoganNewHaven10 Awards: Honors = 2 3506LSTTheEffectsofIngestedSubstancesonEmbryonicDevelopment Hartford, Grtr Hartford Academy of Math and Science, Teacher - Dr. Lili Aramli Mary Kuchenbrod, Granby 11 Carolyn House Simsbury 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHighTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 3507LSTTheIsolationandAnalysisofCrudeProteinsoftheBacteriaXenorhabdusnematophila Bridgeport,BridgeportAquacultureSchool,Teacher-Mr.KirkShadle Thao Ngoc T. Nguyen, Bridgeport 12 Tobin J. Kulangara Bridgeport 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---1stPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHighTeam-$500(split)&trophy 3508 LST The True Green Fuel Of the Future: Algae Shelton, Shelton High School, Teacher - Ms. Hayes AdamP.Zhitomi,Shelton10SamanthE.DimasShelton10 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHighTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,BackpackandAnnualReport 3509LSTBiofeulstoSavetheWorld Hamden, Sacred Heart Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Pamela Brownell Torrie DeGennaro, Shelton 10 Jessica Widman Milford 10 Awards: Honors = 2 3510LSTTheantibioticeffectsofantioxidant-richcruciferousvegetables Danbury, Immaculate High School, Teacher - Mr. Hoyt Adriana M. DeNardis, Danbury 10 Merna Haddad Danbury 10 Awards: Honors = 2 •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAwardSouvenir •InstituteofFoodTechnologists,NutmegSection---$50award+invitationtodinner


Physical Sciences3512 LST The Spoilage of Organic and Processed Food Ellington, Ellington High School, Teacher - Mrs. Ann Johnson Alyssa M. Tournaud, Ellington 9 Erin D. Schirra Ellington 9 Awards: Honors = 3 3513LSTUtilizingAutumnFoliageasanAlternativeEnergySourceandasanAbsorbingAgentforOilSpills Putnam, Putnam Science Academy, Teacher - Ahmet Hakan Duman OzkanCil,Putnam12SelahaddinS.OzkanPutnam11FehmiE.AgaogluPutnam11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHighTeam-$300(split)&trophy •CTCleanEnergyFundAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion,YearPasstoCTScienceCenter •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAwardSouvenir •AirandWasteManagementAssociation,ConnecticutChapter---$100Senior,EnvironmentalResearch,wasterecyclingrelated

4002PTTheSilverSaucers Plantsville,JohnF.KennedyMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mrs.PamelaPepin Margaret A. Mellitt, Southington 8 Katherine J. Mellitt Southington 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •AmericanSocietyofSafetyEngineers,CTValleyChapter---$100grade7-8project 4003 PT Football Physics Bethel, St. Mary School, Teacher - Tricia McDonald JackD.Garvey,Bethel7BrendanT.MitchellBethel7 Awards: Honors = 2 4004PTWhichsmokedetectorwilltruelysavealife? Bethel, Bethel Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Labounty Daniel T. Chapman, Bethel 8 Justin N. Greene Bethel 8 Awards: Honors = 2 4005 PT Analysis of non-heme iron’s rate of cell absorption, and effect of iron’s enhancers and inhibitors on cell absorption. Orange, Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Karen Howell RivkaKantor,Westport7BrachaE.HechtOrange7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---1stPlace-PhysicalSciencesMSTeam-$100each&trophy,invitetocompete Broadcom MASTERS •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---2ndPlace-Biotechnology7thgrade-$200&trophy 4006 PT Air Pollution in Wilton Wilton, Middlebrook School, Teacher - Mrs. Norman Katey J. Forsyth, Wilton 7 Ashley Li Wilton 7 Awards: Honors = 3 4007 PT Motor Oil Madness Danbury, St. Gregory the Great School, Teacher - Mrs. Ferry JohnF.Cerrone,Danbury7GriffinM.HenleyDanbury7 Awards: Honors = 2 •U.S.AirForce---Certificate,chargingstand,backpack,flashjotterbundleset 4008PTFloralPreservatives:WhichOneisBest? Madison,OurLadyofMercySchool,Teacher-RosalieZonder Jackie O’Brien, Guilford 7 Emily Tyler Clinton 7 Awards: Honors = 2 4009 PT The Effect of Water Temperature on the Speed of a Chemical Reaction Westport, Bedford Middle School, Teacher - Ms. Jodi Rieman Jake Atlas, Westport 8 Nathan Luce Westport 8 Awards: Honors = 3 4010PT“SlipSlidin’...Away!” Fairfield,St.ThomasAquinasSchool,Teacher-JenniferOligino EmilyCimmino,Fairfield8JackieBrewsterBridgeport8 Awards: Honors = 2

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4011 PT Is This The End Of Our Bridges? Danbury, St. Gregory the Great School, Teacher - Mrs. Ferry Tyler N. Geragi, Danbury 7 Joanna M. Pitrelli Danbury 7 Awards: Honors = 3 4012 PT What Are The Effects Of A Whitening Toothpaste? Bridgeport, Park City Prep Charter School, Teacher - Mrs. Vicky Boudreau StefanieM.Nieves,Brigeport7KeallaniiCrooksBridgeport7 Awards: Honors = 2 4013 PT Water War NewHaven,WorthingtonHookerSchool,Teacher-Mr.Jones ClaraY.Hitt,NewHaven8ReinaMatsuuraNewHaven8 Awards: Honors = 3 4014PTEarthquake Danbury,BroadviewMiddleSchool,Teacher-D.Rovnak EvanL.Coco,Danbury8TylerAmaralDanbury8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-PhysicalSciencesMSTeam-$100each&trophy,invitetocompete Broadcom MASTERS •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---3rdPlace-EngineeringMiddleSchool-$100Cash&trophy •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,BackpackandAnnualReport •ISA-InternationalSocietyforAutomation---2nd-$75award •HarveyHubbellFoundationAward---$100ForExcellenceinEngineering 4015PTFreshenItUp!!Temperaturevs.AmountLeftinEachWallflower. Kensington, St. Paul School, Teacher - Miss. Kotler Victoria M. Drumski, Berlin 7 Marin C. Sisson Newington 7 Awards: Honors = 2 4016 PT Boiling Mad Windsor, St. Gabriel School, Teacher - Miss Rosa John W. Rutledge, Windsor 8 Megan K. Rutledge Windsor 8 Awards: Honors = 3 4017PTFerrofluid Ridgefield,EastRidgeMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mrs.Sullivan CraigW.Burke,Ridgefield8MatthewS.MarconRidgefield8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---3rdPlace-PhysicalSciencesMSTeam-trophy,invitetocompeteBroadcom MASTERS

4018 PT Solar Flower Power Windsor, St. Gabriel School, Teacher - Margaret Rosa Kirsten E. Mossberg, Windsor 7 Alaina J. Mueller Windsor 7 Awards: Honors = 2 •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicTrophy 4019 PT Crash Test Plantsville,JohnF.KennedyMiddleSchool,Teacher-P.Pepin TimA.Carrier,Southington8MikeFazzinoPlantsville8 Awards: Honors = 3 4020PTBreezin’By Stamford,TrailblazersAcademy,Teacher-JessicaManeyapanda Tatyana L. Geneste, Stamford 8 Sidney Y. Turnier Stamford 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesJrTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 4021 PT Why is the groundwater from the area of Woodstock, Connecticut slightly acidic? Woodstock, Woodstock Middle School, Teacher - Mrs.Carter Brooklynn L. Saracina, Woodstock 7 Ashley H. Palmerino Woodstock 7 Awards: Honors = 2


Physical Sciences 4022PTFrozenFluids Hartford,ClassicalMagnetSchool,Teacher-Dr.Kaluzny-Blaszczyk Emily L. Gunter, East Hartford 8 Adam M. Haythorn Tolland 8 Awards: Honors = 3 4023 PT Wind Turbines! How much electric energy can be produced by wind turbines? Hartford, SS. Cyril and Methodius School, Teacher - Ms. Powell ErikaM.Diaz,Hartford7GoddessGilbertHartford7 Awards: Honors = 3 •AmericanMeteorologicalSociety---Certificate&membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF 4025PTIfFirePreventionIsYourIntention,theRightAlarmWillHelpYouAvoidHarm Madison,OurLadyofMercySchool,Teacher-RosalieZonder Andrew R. Muckle, Madison 8 Michael M. Simoniello Killingworth 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesJrTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 4026 PT Keeping Warm: The Best Insulator Fairfield,St.ThomasAquinasSchool,Teacher-JenniferOligino MurphyD.Zwahlen,Fairfield8PeterV.CampbellWestport8 Awards: Honors = 2 4027 PT The Magnetic Affect On Water Flow Bridgeport, Park City Prep Charter School, Teacher - Ms. Johnson NataezaZ.McCullough,Bridgeport8MayleneK.VidroBridgeport8 Awards: Honors = 3 5001 P7 Clash of the Diapers West Hartford, St. Brigid School, Teacher - Jennifer Bernaiche Blake T. Greenslade, Newington 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences7thGrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 5002P7SuperSaver:SavingEnergyOneHouseataTime Danbury, St. Joseph School, Teacher - Jennifer Page Drew A. Valentine, Danbury 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5003 P7 Football Helmet Safety New Britain, Sacred Heart School, Teacher - Mrs. Kornas Robert A. Ebrahimi, New Britain 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences7thGrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 5004 P7 One Fast Video Bridgeport,BridgeportHopeSchool,Teacher-ElizabethDeshotel BenjaminC.vanGeldern,Bridgeport7 Awards: Honors = 3 5005 P7 The Magic of Magnets Newtown, St. Rose of Lima School, Teacher - Mrs. Dimon Jesse J. Cabral, Newtown 7 Awards: Honors = 2 5006P7WhenIChangeTheTypeofAntacid,HowManyMillilitersofStomachAcidWillBeNeutralized? EastHaven,EastHavenAcademy,Teacher-Mrs.Staires SarahE.Harkins,EastHaven7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences7thGrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •QuinnipiacUniversityScholarships---$20,000,4yearscholarshiptoQuinnipiacUniversityforMiddleSchoolStudent •DavidandTorreyFentonAwards---Forcreativeworkinthephysicalsciences-middleschool;$200cash


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5007 P7 Geothermal Energy Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Mr. Freeman Jack T. Mackle, New Canaan 7 Awards: Honors = 2 5008 P7 Rocket Science Bozrah,FieldsMemorialSchool,Teacher-Mrs.Brown JackA.Santo,Bozrah7 Awards: Honors = 2 •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---Finalist-EngineeringMiddleSchool-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •TheHowardLessoffAwardforExcellenceinPhysicalScienceResearch---$100check 5009P7ACost-Effective,Eco-FriendlyWeatherMonitoringUAV. Greenwich/Riverside,EasternMiddleSchool,Teacher-BrianCarstens Paul J. Hansel, Old Greenwich 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---4thPlace-PhysicalSciences7thGradeInd.-trophy,invitetocompete Broadcom MASTERS •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---2ndPlaceMiddleSchool-$200andTrophy,Medallion •ComputerScienceAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallion,AcrylicAward •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---Finalist-EngineeringMiddleSchool-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AmericanInstituteofAeronautics&Astronautics-ConnecticutSection---$200award,certificate •JohnB.TrevorAwardinElectricalEngineering---$500cashawardforaninnovativeelectronicorelectricalproject •Leask/FrancoeurFamilyAwards---1stPlaceMiddleSchool-Forinnovationelectricalengineeringorcomputerscience-$100cash •TalcottMountainScienceCenter---TalcottMountainScholarship 5010 P7 Elasticity Southington,St.ThomasSchool,Teacher-Mrs.Pelczar Megan L. Miller, Southington 7 Awards: Honors = 2 5011P7WhatIsTheMostEffectiveSubstanceToMeltIce? Milford, St. Gabriel School, Teacher - Mr. Schnakenberg Abby O. Felner, Milford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5012 P7 Go Green Anti-static Bags West Hartford, Solomon Schechter Day School, Teacher - Mrs. Varnum Jake M. Gershon, West Hartford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5013 P7 Wood Strength Glastonbury, Smith Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Nichols Nicole Wiedemer, Glastonbury 7 Awards: Honors = 3 •AmericanSocietyforMetals-HartfordChapter---$100Check 5014 P7 Which solution is a better cleaner to turn old looking pennies into shiny new ones? Newington, St. Mary School, Teacher - Deborah Giantonio Tyler J. Rice, Newington 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5015 P7 It’s Electric! Monroe, Jockey Hollow School, Teacher - Mary Ballas Amit Gupta, Monroe 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5016 P7 Baseball Bat Comparison Bozrah,FieldsMemorialSchool,Teacher-Mrs.Brown CooganE.Pellerin,Bozrah7 Awards: Honors = 2 •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---Finalist-EngineeringMiddleSchool-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---MiddleSchool-Certificate,membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF •ISA-InternationalSocietyforAutomation---3rd-$50award


Physical Sciences 5017P7TheEffectsofFinsontheDistanceARocketTravels Bethel, St. Mary School, Teacher - Ms. Trish McDonald Liam D. Kuroski, Bethel 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5018P7TheGreenSmashervs.ThreeSoccerBalls Plantsville,JohnF.KennedyMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mrs.Pepin JonathanR.Doty,Plantsville7 Awards: Honors = 3 5019 P7 The Battery Brand Battle EastHaven,EastHavenAcademy,Teacher-Mrs.JaniceStaires KatherineE.Schneer,EastHaven7 Awards: Honors = 2 5020 P7 Truss-t In Your Bridge Newtown, St. Rose of Lima School, Teacher - Marde Dimon Dominic C. Pagliaro, Sandy Hook 7 Awards: Honors = 2 •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---2ndPlace-EngineeringMiddleSchool-$200Cash&trophy •NationalSocietyofProfessionalEngineers---Certificate,LapelPin,membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF 5021 P7 The Physics of Cheating in Baseball Fairfield,St.ThomasAquinasSchool,Teacher-Mrs.Oligino ChaseE.Mascolo,Fairfield7 Awards: Honors = 3 5022 P7 Aerodynamic Drag NewHaven,WorthingtonHookerSchool,Teacher-Mr.Jones MadelineA.Miranda,NewHaven7 Awards: Honors = 3 5023 P7 The Effect Of Temperature On The Viscosity Of Motor Oil Manchester, St. Bridget School, Teacher - Ms. Kim Maysonet Nicole Robitaille, Manchester 7 Awards: Honors = 2 •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallion &ArcylicAward •CTCleanEnergyFundAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---MSFinalist-Medallion,AcrylicAward,YearPasstoCTScienceCenter •ASMMaterialsEducationFoundation---Certificate&membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF&medallion 5024 P7 Precipitation On Fire! Stamford,TrailblazersAcademy,Teacher-JessicaManeyapanda Isis S. Boyd, Stamford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5025P7ElectricalConductivity Milford, St. Gabriel School, Teacher - Mr. Schnakenberg Sean Lonergan, Milford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5026 P7 Which Material is the Best Insulator? Newington, St. Mary School, Teacher - Deborah Giantonio ThomasC.Lanzarone,Newington7 Awards: Honors = 3 5027 P7 What’s the angle? - How does the angle of the ramp affect the length of the jump East Granby, East Granby Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Langan KevinW.Raabe,EastGranby7 Awards: Honors = 2


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5028 P7 The Effect of Salt on the Amount of Hydrogen Produced by the Electrolysis of Water Guilford, E.C. Adams Middle School, Teacher - Ms. Meyerjack Sean J. Hackett, Guilford 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences7thGrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---MiddleSchool-Certificate,membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF 5029P7Arekidsoradultsbetteratvideogamesnewtothem? Avon,TalcottMountainAcademy,Teacher-Mr.Pellino Mark E. Shapiro, Glastonbury 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5030P7PrototypeDesignofanElectricityGeneratingShoeUtilizingaPumpedAirTurbine. Hebron, Oei Homeschool, Teacher - Ellen McHugh Maura C. Oei, Hebron 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences7thGrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward •CTCleanEnergyFundAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---3rdPlaceMiddleSchool-$100CashandTrophy •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---3rdPlaceMS-$200CashandTrophy •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---Finalist-EngineeringMiddleSchool-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •IEEE,ConnecticutSection---$100HonorableMention 5031 P7 Throwing the Distance Southington, DePaolo Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Shea JohnGuzauckas,Southington7 Awards: Honors = 2 5032P7ElectronicWaste(E-Waste)...Abigproblemornot? Westbrook, Westbrook Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Lepore Leah M. Cherry, Westbrook 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5033 P7 Pullin’ with Pulleys Southington,St.ThomasSchool,Teacher-Mrs.Pelczar JamesonC.Kief,Plantsville7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---1stPlace-PhysicalSciences7thGradeInd.-$200&trophy,invitetocompete Broadcom MASTERS 5034P7A-MAZE-ingRobots:Datastructures,Algorithms,andModernRobotics Danbury, St. Peter/Sacred Heart School, Teacher - Mr. Greg Capone Gabriel A. Correa, Danbury 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences7thGrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •ComputerScienceAwards---3rdPlaceMiddleSchool-$100,Trophy,Medallion •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---Finalist-EngineeringMiddleSchool-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •IEEE,ConnecticutSection---$100HonorableMention 5035 P7 Global Warming and Melting Icebergs Wilton, Middlebrook School, Teacher - Victoria Madden Jessica E. Kobsa, Wilton 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5036P7TheEffectofWavelengthofVisibleLightonSolarElectricityGeneration Stamford, Bi-Cultural Day School, Teacher - Christopher Graseck Matthew L. Lichtenberg, Stamford 7 Awards: Honors = 2 5038 P7 The Solar Panel Project EastHaven,EastHavenAcademy,Teacher-Mrs.Staires VishalV.Patel,EastHaven7 Awards: Honors = 3


Physical Sciences 5039 P7 Lemon or Light? Bridgeport,BridgeportHopeSchool,Teacher-ElizabethDeshotel Joohee Choi, Bridgeport 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5040 P7 How Do Mirrors Affect Climate Change? Falls Village, Lee H. Kellogg School, Teacher - Joseph Markow Riley A. Simmons, Falls Village 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5041P7Anovelwaterfiltrationanddisinfectionsystemdesignedusingasaladspinner,dynamoandhighintensitylightemittingdiodes (LED)foruseindevelopingcountries. Windsor, Madina Academy, Teacher - Aisha Seyal Sithy A. Mahamoon, Windsor 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---3rdPlace-PhysicalSciences7thGradeInd.-$100&trophy,invitetocompete Broadcom MASTERS •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---1stPlaceMiddleSchool-$300andTrophy,Medallion •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---1stPlaceMS-$300,Trophy,Audubongifts •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---Finalist-EngineeringMiddleSchool-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AssociationforWomenGeoscientists---Certificate&membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF •SocietyofWomenEngineers-HartfordSection---ScientificCalculator

5042P7WhichMaterialismoreConductive?(PVC,Copper,orGalvanizedSteel) Westbrook, Westbrook Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Lepore Polina M. Weber, Westbrook 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences7thGrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 5043P7AStudyoftheVoltageCharacteristicsofElectrolyticRectifiers Glastonbury,SmithMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mr.SteveFalcigno Paul J. Han, Glastonbury 7 Awards: Honors = 2 •IEEE,ConnecticutSection---$100HonorableMention •WisnerAward---$250cashandplaque •DreamsUnlimited---$100cashaward+certificate 5044 P7 Light Intensity Presents the Power of the Bulb Bridgeport, Park City Magnet School, Teacher - Mrs. Simone Anna Chanyarakskul, Bridgeport 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5045 P7 What a Drag! Stratford, St. Mark School, Teacher - Mr. Flynn Thomas J. Dillon, Stratford 7 Awards: Honors = 2 5046P7WhataretheeffectsofpHandtemperatureontheefficiencyofethanolproductionfrombiomass? Woodstock, Woodstock Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Carter Deanna L. Guilani, Woodstock Valley 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-PhysicalSciences7thGradeInd.-$100&trophy,invitetocompete Broadcom MASTERS •CTCleanEnergyFundAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---1stPlaceMiddleSchool-$300CashandTrophy •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---1stPlaceMiddleSchool-$500CashandTrophy •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---5thPlace-Biotechnology7thgrade-trophy •SocietyofWomenEngineers-HartfordSection---ScientificCalculator •MITClubofHartfordAwards---Forexcellenceinenergyrelatedresearch,middleschool,$150cashaward 5047P7TheMostEfficientNoseconeforRockets Westport, Coleytown Middle School, Teacher - Jodi Rieman ZacharyH.Steuer,Westport7 Awards: Honors = 3


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5048 P7 Does It Float? West Hartford, St. Brigid School, Teacher - Jennifer Bernaiche Kaitlin M. McGuire, West Hartford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5049 P7 Helmet Impact Study - Which type of sports helmet absorbs the most impact? East Granby, East Granby Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Langan GavinS.McConnell,EastGranby7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences7thGrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AmericanSocietyofSafetyEngineers,CTValleyChapter---$100grade7-8project 5050 P7 Well Depth and Contamination Southington,St.ThomasSchool,Teacher-Mrs.Pelczar CaleighM.Waskowicz,Southington7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---5thPlace-PhysicalSciences7thGradeIndividual-trophy •MeyerandYoungWomanScientistAwards---$300cash-MiddleSchool,PhysicalSciences •RandyGibsonAwardforEarthScienceResearch---$100cashandplaque 5051 P7 Quest for Quietness West Hartford, St. Timothy Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Battaglia/Mrs. Breen Stephen Gosselin, West Hartford 7 Awards: Honors = 2 •AmericanSocietyofSafetyEngineers,CTValleyChapter---$100grade7-8project 5052 P7 Which Substance Melts Ice The Fastest? Fairfield,St.ThomasAquinasSchool,Teacher-Mrs.JenniferOligino KatherineY.Muldoon,Fairfield7 Awards: Honors = 2 5053P7AComparisonofEffectiveHomemadeWaterFilters Guilford, E.C. Adams Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Cory Slifstein Cole B. Horton, Guilford 7 Awards: Honors = 2 5054 P7 Huddle and Cuddle: How Puppies Keep Warm Cheshire, St. Bridget School, Teacher - Mr. Kerry Martens Maria A. Parenteau, Cheshire 7 Awards: Honors = 2 5055P7(Vitamin)CHowSweetItIs Newtown, St. Rose of Lima School, Teacher - Mrs. Dimon Matthew Pelisson, Sandy Hook 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences7thGrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •InstituteofFoodTechnologists,NutmegSection---$50award+invitationtodinner 5056 P7 The Effects of Pulleys Glastonbury, Smith Middle School, Teacher - Kelly Cruess Nick T. Solomon, Glastonbury 7 Awards: Honors = 2 5057 P7 Penny Cleaner Trumbull, St. Catherine of Siena School, Teacher - Mrs. Collins Jack Hickey, Stratford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5059 P7 Burning Calories: How Much Energy is Stored in Different Types of Food Madison,OurLadyofMercySchool,Teacher-Mrs.RosalieZonder Helena Bui, Branford 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences7thGrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward


Physical Sciences 5060 P7 Magnet Mania - Does the temperature of a magnet affect it’s ability to repel another magnet? East Granby, East Granby Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Langan Andrew R. Eastman, East Granby 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5061P7Nuclearvs.SolarandotherEnergies Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Dr. Freeman Patrick G. Friend, Darien 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5062 P7 The Soccer Experiment Manchester, St. Bridget School, Teacher - Mrs. Maysonet Mason Worthington, Manchester 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5501 P8 The Space Box Concept: Leading the Way to Landing Humans on Other Planets in Our Solar System Stafford Springs, St. Edward School, Teacher - Mrs. Corinne Milnes Benjamin Oldham, Stafford Springs 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5502P8Whatisthebestpackagingmaterialforprotectingagivenobject? Cheshire, St. Bridget School, Teacher - Mr. Kerry Martens Nicholas J. Indorf, Wallingford 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences8thGrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •ASMMaterialsEducationFoundation---Certificate&membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF&medallion 5503 P8 Can You Cook with the Sun? Bridgeport,BridgeportHopeSchool,Teacher-Mrs.ElizabethDeshotel SophiaN.Zephir,Bridgeport8 Awards: Honors = 3 5504P8Doestheamountofweightplacedonahovercraftdeterminethedistanceitwilltravel? Middlefield,IndependentDaySchool,Teacher-CharlotteStutz InsiaNaqvi,Middletown8 Awards: Honors = 3 •U.S.AirForce---Certificate,chargingstand,backpack,flashjotterbundleset 5505 P8 Falling Water Balloon Impact Hartford, Hartford Magnet Middle School, Teacher - Ms. Penny Parmelee DaztarPagdiwala,Manchester8 Awards: Honors = 2 5506 P8 Stealthy Shapes Ridgefield,EastRidgeMiddleSchool,Teacher-DavidBozzuto RyanM.McSpedon,Ridgefield8 Awards: Honors = 3 •U.S.AirForce---Certificate,chargingstand,backpack,flashjotterbundleset 5507P8MaterialInfluenceonCellPhoneConnectivity West Hartford, St. Timothy Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Christine Simao-Breen Jennifer Lombard, West Hartford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5508 P8 Do Different Light Sources Effect the Performance of a Solar Cell Westbrook, Westbrook Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Shafer Kaitlyn M. Luft, Westbrook 8 Awards: Honors = 3 •CTCleanEnergyFundAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---MSFinalist-Medallion,AcrylicAward,YearPasstoCTScienceCenter


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5509 P8 Vortices and Density New Britain, Sacred Heart School, Teacher - Mrs. Wasielewski Nadrina M. Ebrahimi, New Britain 8 Awards: Honors = 3 •WilfredA.MüllerAward---$150cashawardforcreativeuseofmathematics 5511 P8 Which Substance Breaks Down Protein The Fastest? Westbrook, Westbrook Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Shafer SarahJ.Cruz,Westbrook8 Awards: Honors = 2 5512 P8 Fuel Cells, Are they the Future? Middlefield,IndependentDaySchool,Teacher-CharlotteStutz Danielle M. Shubat, East Haddam 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •CTCleanEnergyFundAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---MSFinalist-Medallion,AcrylicAward,YearPasstoCTScienceCenter •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicTrophy 5513 P8 The Mathematics of Card Counting Avon,TalcottMountainAcademy,Teacher-Mrs.Bauer Brendan Forbes, Granby 8 Awards: Honors = 3 •ComputerScienceAwards---1stPlaceMiddleSchool-$300,TrophyandMedallion •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---MiddleSchool-Certificate,membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF •AmericanSocietyforQuality-ThamesValleySection---$500U.S.SavingsBond 5514 P8 A New Angle on Green Energy Norwalk, Ponus Ridge School, Teacher - Joe Buellesbach Elle Buellesbach, Norwalk 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicTrophy •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---Finalist-EngineeringMiddleSchool-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 5515P8PhonographMadeFromEverydayItems West Hartford, Solomon Schechter Day School, Teacher - Barbara Varnum Nathan Schachter, West Hartford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5516 P8 The Effect of Blade Design on The Electrical Output of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Pawcatuck, St. Michael School, Teacher - Mr. DeNoia Catherine E. Montalto, Westerly 8 Awards: Honors = 3 •CTCleanEnergyFundAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---MSFinalist-Medallion,AcrylicAward,YearPasstoCTScienceCenter •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicTrophy •IEEE,ConnecticutSection---$250HonorsAward-Junior 5517 P8 Langton’s Ant Farm Avon,TalcottMountainAcademy,Teacher-MaryBauer PeterP.Baczyk,Avon8 Awards: Honors = 2 •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallion &ArcylicAward

5518 P8 The Buffering Capacity of Various Types of Soils and Grasses on Acid Rain Orange, Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Karen Howell Moshe Y. Piekarski, Hamden 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---5thPlace-PhysicalSciences8thGradeInd.-trophy,invitetocompete Broadcom MASTERS •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---MSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Acrylicaward •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-Biotechnology8thgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAwardSouvenir •AirandWasteManagementAssociation,ConnecticutChapter---$100Junior,EnvironmentalResearch,airpollutionrelated •CSFBoardofDirectorsAward---Certificate&membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF


Physical Sciences 5519 P8 Cleaning up Oil Spills. Southington,St.ThomasSchool,Teacher-Mrs.PaulinePelczar Ryan A. Mills, Southington 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences8thGrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 5520P8DrinkingWaterFiltrationSystem-Canahomemadefilterremovefluoride? Stratford,HarryB.FloodMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mr.DavidGorski Bailey A. Lemieux, Stratford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5521P8CarbonDioxide(CO2)andGlobalWarming Milford, St. Gabriel School, Teacher - Mrs. Schnakenberg Melissa M. Hanania, Milford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 •AssociationforWomenGeoscientists---Certificate&membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF 5522P8LiveBubbleLive! Stamford,TrailblazersAcademy,Teacher-JessicaManeyapanda ErikA.Lopez,Stamford8 Awards: Honors = 2 5523 P8 Soccer With A Spin Stratford, Harry B. Flood Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Gorski DavisW.Jaekle,Stratford8 Awards: Honors = 3 5524P8WaterPurification Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Dr. Freeman FirouzSaghri,Weston8 Awards: Honors = 3 5525 P8 Biofuels for the Future? Ridgefield,EastRidgeMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mrs.Sullivan AustinW.Langer,Ridgefield8 Awards: Honors = 3 5527P8Crystallization Windsor, St. Gabriel School, Teacher - Miss Rosa Patrick Smith, Windsor 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5528P8SolarEnergy,VastlyAbundant:LightIntensityvs.ElectricalPotential Kensington, St. Paul School, Teacher - Miss Elaine Kotler Anthony T. Plochocki, Berlin 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5529P8AlkaSeltzerReacts! Stratford,HarryB.FloodMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mr.DavidGorski CharleneN.Plavnicky,Stratford8 Awards: Honors = 3 5530P8WilltheUseofLensesEffecttheEfficiencyofSolarPanels? Danbury, St. Joseph School, Teacher - Mrs. Page Sophia DiCarlo, Danbury 8 Awards: Honors = 3 •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicTrophy 5531 P8 The Battery Project NewHaven,BetsyRossArtsMagnetSchool,Teacher-Ms.MacDonald Alexander Castro, Meriden 8 Awards: Honors = 3


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5533 P8 Candy Chromatography - What Makes Those Colors? Milford, St. Gabriel School, Teacher - Mr Schnakenberg Josselin L. Lathuras, Milford 8 Awards: Honors = 2 5534 P8 Ultra Simple Electric Generator Bridgeport, John Winthrop School, Teacher - Mr. Gregory Walsh ZacariahPena,Bridgeport8 Awards: Honors = 3 5535 P8 Stubborn Stains West Hartford, St. Brigid School, Teacher - Jennifer Bernaiche Kathleen H. Craig, Farmington 8 Awards: Honors = 2 5536P8Whatvariablesaffecttheflightofamodelrocket? Fairfield,OurLadyoftheAssumption/HolyFamily,Teacher-KathyAlmeida KatieGardella,Fairfield8 Awards: Honors = 2 5538P8Aerodynamics:AStudyintheImprovementofAutoBodyAerodynamicEfficiency West Hartford, St. Timothy Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Christine Simao-Breen SeanOleasz,WestSimsbury8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---1stPlace-PhysicalSciences8thGradeInd.-$300&trophy,invitetocompete Broadcom MASTERS •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---Finalist-EngineeringMiddleSchool-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,BackpackandAnnualReport •ConnecticutScienceTeachersAssociation’sMartyTafelStudentResearchAward---PhysicalScience8thGrade-$500andinvitetoCSTA AwardBanquet •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---MiddleSchool-Certificate,membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF 5539 P8 Using a Multiple Regression Model to Predict Success of Major League Baseball Teams Avon,TalcottMountainAcademy,Teacher-MaryBauer DavidP.Marchena,NewHartford8 Awards: Honors = 2 •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---1stPlaceMiddleSchool-$150from ATOMIC,andTrophy,$300fromPeople’sUnitedBank 5540 P8 Wind Power Bridgeport, Longfellow School, Teacher - Mr. Hyland Rami M. Kharbouch, Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-PhysicalSciences8thGradeInd.-$200&trophy,invitetocompete Broadcom MASTERS 5541 P8 Testing Solar Panels Danbury, St. Joseph School, Teacher - Mrs. Jennifer Page Kara A. Wakeford, Danbury 8 Awards: Honors = 2 5542 P8 Burning Calories Southington, DePaolo Middle School, Teacher - Sharon Brostrom JoseR.Silva,Southington8 Awards: Honors = 2 5543P8Howdomagneticfieldsaffecttheflowrateofwater? EastGranby,EastGranbyMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mr.Paskiewicz Saikrishna R. Chintalpelly, East Granby 8 Awards: Honors = 2


Physical Sciences 5544P8Slip&Fall-Ithinknot Fairfield,FairfieldWoodsMiddleSchool,Teacher-Ms.AnneMay SagarGulati,Fairfield8 Awards: Honors = 2 5546 P8 Loop the Loop Trumbull, St. Catherine of Siena School, Teacher - Mrs. Collins JacquelineR.Williams,Stratford8 Awards: Honors = 2 5547 P8 Fuel Cells-Fueling the Future Fairfield,TomlinsonMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mr.Maier SarthakBothra,Fairfield8 Awards: Honors = 3 5548 P8 More Drain, Less Pain Hartford, Hartford Magnet Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Parmalee James D. Walsh, Cromwell 8 Awards: Honors = 2 5549 P8 Slingshot Science Norwalk, West Rocks Middle School, Teacher - Ms. Delong Daniel K. Lott, Norwalk 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences8thGrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •ISA-InternationalSocietyforAutomation---1st-$125award •DreamsUnlimited---$100cashaward+certificate 5550P8QuantitativeAnalysisofBisphenolA,EffectonSimulatedCellandSkinAbsorption,andEffectofChelator Orange, Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Karen Howell MenachemT.Meltzer,NewHaven8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---3rdPlace-PhysicalSciences8thGradeInd,-$100&trophy,invitetocompete Broadcom MASTERS •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---4thPlace-Biotechnology8thgrade-trophyandInvitationCompeteinBroadcomMASTERS 5551P8Powerfromthesun:SolarPanelEfficiency Fairfield,FairfieldWoodsMiddleSchool,Teacher-Ms.SharonMallozzi GazalGulati,Fairfield8 Awards: Honors = 2 5552 P8 Weighing Down On you NewHaven,WorthingtonHookerSchool,Teacher-Mr.Jones AlexanderI.Lomakin,NewHaven8 Awards: Honors = 3 5553P8Whattypeofrockmakesefficientflooringindifferentroomsofyourhome? Fairfield,OurLadyoftheAssumption/HolyFamily,Teacher-KathyAlmeida Marleena S. Reed, Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences8thGrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 5554 P8 Airlift Water Pumping Norwalk,TheMontessoriMiddleSchool,Teacher-DavidLavallee Eric Smith, Norwalk 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---4thPlace-PhysicalSciences8thGradeInd.-trophy,invitetocompete Broadcom MASTERS •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---3rdPlaceMiddleSchool-$100andTrophy,Medallion •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---2ndPlaceMiddleSchool-$300CashandTrophy •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---Finalist-EngineeringMiddleSchool-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •MiltonFisherScienceFairAwardforInnovationandCreativity---ForExcellenceinCreativityandInnovationbyaMSstudent,$100cash


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5555 P8 Water Works! Bridgeport, Multicultural Magnet School, Teacher - Walter Mayorga Camille S. Di Bella, Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5556 P8 Water Bottle Wind Turbine Bridgeport, Park City Prep Charter School, Teacher - Ms. Johnson Blake M. Sherwood, Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5557P8MedievalPitcher Hartford, Hartford Magnet Middle School, Teacher - Penny Parmelee CJ Humphries, Hartford 8 Awards: Honors = 2 5558 P8 Can Color affect Heating by Absorption of Light Bridgeport, Read School, Teacher - Mr. Tharson Anthonia Wray, Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5559 P8 Ion Engines: A Superior Deep Space Propulsion Method Stafford Springs, St. Edward School, Teacher - Mrs. Milnes Benjamin S. Teerlinck, Monson 8 Awards: Honors = 3 •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward •BarkerMohandasAwardforTransportationResearch---$250CashforExcellenceinTransportationRelatedResearch 5560P8CosmicRays:ComparingtheFrequencyofMuonStrikeswithHeliosphericandAtmosphericVariables Stratford, St. Mark School, Teacher - Philip Flynn Emily M. Robertson, Stratford 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences8thGrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AstronomicalSocietyofGreaterHartford---JuniorProject-$100andASGHmeetinginvitation •ConnecticutCollege-Physics,Astronomy,&GeophysicsDept.---$100andcertificate,JuniorPhysics&teeshirt 5561 P8 Building Multi-Purpose Craft Ridgefield,EastRidgeMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mr.Walsh GurumeherSawhney,Ridgefield8 Awards: Honors = 2 •NationalSocietyofProfessionalEngineers---Certificate,LapelPin,membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF 5562P8CrazyCrystals:Howdosaltcrystalsgrowunderdifferentconditions? Middlefield,IndependentDaySchool,Teacher-CharlotteStutz OliviaR.Ransohoff,Hamden8 Awards: Honors = 3 5563P8Materialvs.Magnetism NewHaven,Engineering&ScienceUniversityMagnet,Teacher-Dr.MarjorieEdmonds-Lloyd J.S.JosephII,NewHaven8 Awards: Honors = 3 •AmericanSocietyforMetals-HartfordChapter---$100Check 5564P8WhichLiquidEvaporatestheFastest? Newington, St. Mary School, Teacher - Mrs. Debbie Giantonio AlexM.Baczewski,NewBritain8 Awards: Honors = 3 5565P8TheEffectofIngredientsontheOverallQualityofCookies. Bethel, St. Mary School, Teacher - Tricia McDonald Julia G. Decker, Bethel 8 Awards: Honors = 3


Physical Sciences 5566 P8 Is that Battery really dead? And what are the limits of battery chemistry? Madison, Walter C Polson Middle School, Teacher - Madhuparna Roychoudhury Shayan Roychoudhury, Madison 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •FuelCellEnergy---FuelCellCarandExperimentKit($150)+Jacket($50)+Pen($25)andCertificate 5567 P8 The Use of Bike Gears and How They Work EastHaven,EastHavenAcademy,Teacher-Mrs.J.Staires BrunoM.Lieto,EastHaven8 Awards: Honors = 3 6001PSRenewableEnergyForMobileDevices Shelton, Shelton High School, Teacher - Ausif Mahmood Rigel Mahmood, Shelton 9 Awards: Honors = 2 •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---Finalist-EngineeringHighSchool-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 6002PSUsingRefineryProducedCO2EmissionstoFormLimestoneAggregateIndustrialGradeCement,CalciumCarbonate,When Combined With Calcium. Oxford, Oxford High School, Teacher - Mrs. Granucci Jared A. Schulman, Oxford 11 Awards: Honors = 2 •CTCleanEnergyFundAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion,YearPasstoCTScienceCenter •ConnecticutAssociationofPhysicsTeachers---$100Seniorproject 6004PSFrequency-DependentSoundAbsorption Fairfield,FairfieldLudloweHighSchool,Teacher-MaryJacReed AnuragKalra,Fairfield9 Awards: Honors = 2 6005 PS A Personal Autonomous Robot WestHartford,KingswoodOxfordSchool,Teacher-Mr.Livesay LizMiller,Ellington12 Awards: Honors = 3 6006 PS Can Bacteria Withstand the Power of UV Light? Bethel, Bethel High School, Teacher - Ray Turek Brian Michalka, Bethel 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •ScienceHorizonsSeniorHighAwards---Finalist-SeniorHigh-$100&Medallion 6007PSAnovelapproachformineralaccretionandartificialreefformation Bridgeport,BridgeportAquacultureSchool,Teacher-Mr.Shadle Joseph N. Patria, Stratford 12 Awards: Honors = 2 6008 PS Roof Style and Water Rejection Bridgeport,CentralHighSchool(Magnet),Teacher-Ms.Kato Nicholas E. Tornifoglia, Bridgeport 10 Awards: Honors = 3 6009 PS Viscosity Variations among Different Diesel Fuel to Vegetable Oil Mixtures Madison, Daniel Hand High School, Teacher - Howard Boey Adam P. Boey, Madison 9 Awards: Honors = 2 6010PSTheEvaluation,Design&ApplicationofaMilitaryClassGunshipSubsequentAnalysisofUnitedStatesAirForceFleet Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Dr. Morgan Brandon L. Edelson, Westport 12 Awards: Honors = 3 •U.S.AirForce---Certificate,chargingstand,backpack,flashjotterbundleset


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6011PSWindGeneratorEfficiency NewHaven,HighSchoolintheCommunity,Teacher-PaulJones Max Pelloth, Milford 10 Awards: Honors = 2 •Environmental/EnergyAward-NewHavenPublicSchoolStudent---$100AwardfortopenvironmentaloralternativeenergyprojectfromaNew Havenpublicschool 6012 PS Using a Laser to Measure the Speed of Light in Jello Norwalk, Norwalk High School, Teacher - Frank Moffett Christopher D. Burr, Norwalk 9 Awards: Honors = 2 •HendersonAward---certificateand1yearpassfortwofortheCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF 6013 PS A Model Diesel Spill and Its Impact on Biological Oxygen Demand Bridgeport,BridgeportAquacultureSchool,Teacher-Mr.Shadle Taylor A. Sambrook, Trumbull 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •LongIslandSoundFoundation,Inc.---$500LifeScience/EnvironmentalScience/Physicalscience •DavidandTorreyFentonAwards---Forcreativeworkinthephysicalsciences-highschool;$200cash •MeyerandYoungWomanScientistAwards---$300cash-HighSchool,PhysicalSciences •SocietyofWomenEngineers-HartfordSection---ScientificCalculator 6014PSImprovingtheEfficiencyofRoboticArmMovementthroughAdvancedGeometricCalculations Putnam, Putnam Science Academy, Teacher - Fatih Cekic SerikTukupov,Putnam10 Awards: Honors = 2 •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---2ndPlaceHighSchool-$100from ATOMIC,Trophy,$300fromPeople’sUnitedBank •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward •SocietyofWomenEngineers-HartfordSection---ScientificCalculator 6015 PS Analysing Sport Drink Bridgeport, Warren Harding High School, Teacher - Ms. Tichy JustinJ.Javier,Bridgeport10 Awards: Honors = 2 6016PSLongTermAnalysisofCoefficientofVariationofLaborCostsacrossIndustries Fairfield,FairfieldLudloweHighSchool,Teacher-Dr.MousumiBhattacharya ArvindKalra,Fairfield11 Awards: Honors = 3 6017 PS Result of Flight Time of Moth Paper Airplanes with Different Tips East Hartford, East Hartford High School, Teacher - Mr. Reid Saad Islam, East Hartford 10 Awards: Honors = 3 •AmericanInstituteofAeronautics&Astronautics-ConnecticutSection---$200award,certificate 6018PSTheBestPlaceinNewMilford,CttoBuildanObservatory New Milford, New Milford High School, Teacher - Miss. Stolle OliviaR.O’Neil,NewMilford11 Awards: Honors = 3 6019 PS Which Strings Will Sing Longest Shelton, Shelton High School, Teacher - Mrs. Lucia Catherine Cheu, Shelton 11 Awards: Honors = 2 6020 PS Solid State Thermoelectric Power Generation Using Strategic Household Placement Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Carl O. Akerman, Greenwich 11 Awards: Honors = 2 •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicAward •YaleScience&EngineeringAssociation,Inc.---Certificate,Medallion,membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF


Physical Sciences6022PSAKinesiologyapproachtoevaluatethebiomechanicsofthetypicallongdistancerunner’sgaitanditsrelationtorepetitive stress injury Oxford, Oxford High School, Teacher - Mrs. Doherty Skyler A. Werner, Oxford 11 Awards: Honors = 2 •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---Finalist-EngineeringHighSchool-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 6023PSStainRemoverEffectiveness Glastonbury, Glastonbury High School, Teacher - Dr. Blain Patrick R. Weber, Glastonbury 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6025PSWhateverFloatsYourBoat Fishers Island, Fishers Island School, Teacher - Carol Giles Lily J. Stafford, New London 12 Awards: Honors = 3 6026 PS Cost of Heating an Engine: The Effect of Using an Engine Block Heater on the Cost of Heating a Diesel Engine to Full Operating Temperature Guilford, Guilford High School, Teacher - John Cuddy Maya Morduch-Toubman, Guilford 9 Awards: Honors = 2 6027 PS A Surprising Geometric Transformation Glastonbury,GlastonburyHighSchool,Teacher-DianePintavalle Chung Su Hong, Glastonbury 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---3rdPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighIndividual-$200&trophy •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---1stPlaceHighSchool-$150from ATOMIC,Trophy,$500fromPeople’sUnitedBank •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,BackpackandAnnualReport •MuAlphaTheta---Certificate,membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF 6028PSModelingprotonreductioncatalyzedbyanovelnickelelectrocatalystwithdensityfunctionaltheory Wallingford,ChoateRosemaryHall,Teacher-Dr.RachelGritzer ShubhroSaha,Avon12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighIndividual-$300&trophy,tripto compete at Intel ISEF 6029PSImpactofTurbineDesignonRenewableEnergyStorageSystemEfficiency Norwich, Norwich Free Academy, Teacher - Mr. Robert V Johnson IanD.Dakers,Bozrah11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicAward •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---Finalist-EngineeringHighSchool-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,BackpackandAnnualReport •GENIUSOlympiad---GENIUSOlympiadCompetitionforHSstudent(s)andadvisor-Environmental 6030PSTheHauntofComputerizedHogwash:AnAnalysisofE-Waste Redding,JoelBarlowHighSchool,Teacher-KatherineNuzzo Lia N. Cirelli, Redding 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6031 PS The Effect of Soil Type on Groundwater Flow: Application of Darcy’s Law Hebron, RHAM High School, Teacher - Mrs. Kristin Spinelli Ryan J. Cordier, Hebron 9 Awards: Honors = 2 6032 PS Solar Cells Shelton,SheltonHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.Nazzaro Shannon L. Kennedy, Shelton 12 Awards: Honors = 3


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6033 PS Timed Burning Of Fabric Softener Bridgeport, Warren Harding High school, Teacher - Mr. Fred Vigeant AnnaE.Cruz,Bridgeport11 Awards: Honors = 3 6034 PS Using Polycaprolactone for Tissue Engineering Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Deborah Day Satish Bhat, Orange 10 Awards: Honors = 2 6035 PS Biodiesel: A cleaner-burning diesel fuel made from natural, renewable sources. Production and Testing. Storrs, E.O. Smith High School, Teacher - Julia Sherman AthanasiosA.Provatas,MansfieldCenter12 Awards: Honors = 2 6036PSAModifiedCrutchDesignedtoDecreaseAxillaryStressDuringCrutchAmbulation Sandy Hook, Newtown High School, Teacher - Mr. Tim DeJulio Adam A. Morehouse, Newtown 12 Awards: Honors = 2 6037PSCharacterizationofNickelandCopperComplexes Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Dr. Freeman Kaitlyn N. Morio, Westport 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 6038 PS The Effect of Fuel Type on Emissions and Energy Production Guilford, Guilford High School, Teacher - Mr. Lynn Curtis Gabrielle M. Sejourne, Guilford 9 Awards: Honors = 2 6039PSComputationalInvestigationofAstrophysicalNuclearReactionRateDominance Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Dr. Nicholas Morgan Rachel A. Myers, Westport 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •U.S.Army---Certificateand$50savingsbond •AstronomicalSocietyofGreaterHartford---SeniorProject-$150andASGHmeetinginvitation •Leask/FrancoeurFamilyAwards---1stPlaceHighSchool-Forinnovationelectricalengineeringorcomputerscience-$200cash 6040PSElectrifiedNanoscaleArchitectureinMixedMatrixMembranesasaMeansofRapidThroughputWaterSterilization Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Will B. Hallisey, Greenwich 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---4thPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighIndividual-trophy •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---1stPlaceHS-$500,Trophy,Audubongifts •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---3rdPlace-EngineeringSeniorHigh-$200&trophy •StockholmJuniorWaterPrize---Certificate,Letter,membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF,possibleadvancetofurthercompetition 6041 PS How the Number of Vanes on an Arrow Affects its Accuracy East Hartford, East Hartford High School, Teacher - Mr. Reid Matt R. Whitesell, East Hartford 10 Awards: Honors = 3 6042 PS The Mary Poppins Project NewHaven,WilburCrossHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.Willems EstherE.Rose-Wilen,NewHaven10 Awards: Honors = 3 6043PSPolotics,Extroversion/Introversion,andEducation Fishers Island, Fishers Island School, Teacher - Carol Giles Andrew K. Elmore, Stonington 11 Awards: Honors = 2


Physical Sciences 6044PSSensitivityofSnow-melttoSoot,Sand,andSalt Hamden, Sacred Heart Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Saukas Helen Park, Hamden 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6046 PS Waste Free Biodiesel Production Danbury,ImmaculateHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.DaveHoyt Narmien Haddad, Danbury 11 Awards: Honors = 2 6047PSDoesyourphysiqueintermsofmomentofinertiapredetermineyourdancingcapabilities? Redding,JoelBarlowHIghSchool,Teacher-Dr.Nuzzo Samantha R. Goldburg, Easton 11 Awards: Honors = 3 6048PSDesignandTestingofTwo-stepArsenic-remediatingwaterfiltrationsystem(yeartwo) Oxford, Oxford High School, Teacher - Mrs. Doherty JosephA.BonavitaJr,Oxford12 Awards: Honors = 2 •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---HSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Arylicaward •U.S.Army---Certificateand$50savingsbond •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---HighSchool-Certificate,$75.00giftcertificate 6049 PS Oil’s Calming Effect on Water Storrs, E.O. Smith High School, Teacher - Dr. Gary Bent AlisonP.Hosey,Coventry11 Awards: Honors = 3 6050PSDevelopmentofaCompositeClayPolymerSpongeforRemediationofOilContaminatedWater. Manchester, East Catholic High School, Teacher - Ms. Holly Noble Theresa A. Oei, Hebron 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---3ndPlaceHighSchool-$200andTrophy,Madllion •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---1stPlaceHighSchool-$800Cash,Trophy,andTriptoCompete I-SWEEEP, Houston •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---1stPlace-EngineeringSeniorHigh-$500&trophy •SoutheasternNewEnglandMarineEducators---$75awardandmembershipinSENEME-1stPlaceSenior&T-Shirt •UniversityofConnecticut-PhysicsDepartment---UCONNEarlyCollegeExperienceProgram:PhysicalSciences-$200U.S.SavingsBond 6051PSPurificationofBiofuelSyngasviaMethanationofCO2withaRaneyNickel-AluminumAlloy Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andy Bramante NicholasM.Ornitz,OldGreenwich11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •CTCleanEnergyFundAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion,YearPasstoCTScienceCenter 6052 PS Tensile Strength Bridgeport, Bassick High School, Teacher - Dr. Camacho JazminRivera,Bridgeport10 Awards: Honors = 2 6053PSAsteroidCompositionsandtheImplicationsonDeflectingPotentiallyHazardousAsteroids Sandy Hook, Newtown High School, Teacher - Tim Dejulio Brandon J. Hart, Newtown 11 Awards: Honors = 3


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6054PSVisibleIlluminationofFerroelectricBiFeO3ThinFilmstoProduceaPolarization-DependentBulkPhotovoltaicEffect Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Mr. Andrew Bramante JamesP.O’Sullivan,OldGreenwich11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---5thPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighIndividual-trophy •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---Finalist-EngineeringHighSchool-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,BackpackandAnnualReport •U.S.MetricAssociation---Certificate&membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---HighSchool-Certificate,$75.00giftcertificate •IEEE,ConnecticutSection---$100HonorableMention •Coherent,Inc.RichardHartAwardforExcellenceinPhotonics---$300cash,plaque,invitationtolunchandtourCoherentfactory 6055 PS The Effect of Different Detergents and Surface Tensions on the Detergency of Feathers Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Ms. Deborah Day Andrew H. Chen, Bethany 10 Awards: Honors = 2 6056 PS Detecting the Difference between Tempered and Untempered Music. Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Dr. Freeman ElizabethWoodson,Westport12 Awards: Honors = 2 6057PSApplicationofNon-NewtonianFluidsforthePreventionofSportsInjuries Brewster, Brewster High School, Teacher - Mr. Edward Schmidt Drew Podgorski, Brewster 10 Awards: Honors = 3 •AmericanSocietyofSafetyEngineers,CTValleyChapter---$150grade9-12project 6058PSStudyoftheperformanceofcommercialdispersantsinimprovingthesolubilityofnon-polarpetroleumoilinseawater. Bridgeport,CentralHighSchool,Teacher-Ms.Sullivan Michael A. Quintero, Bridgeport 10 Awards: Honors = 3 6059 PS The Effects of Polymers on Beta Radiation Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Deborah Day EvanA.Fox,Woodbridge10 Awards: Honors = 3 6060 PS What are the most desirable sources of mud for a microbial fuel cell? New Milford, New Milford High School, Teacher - Mr. Felten Tara E. Larkin, New Milford 11 Awards: Honors = 2 •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicAward •FuelCellEnergy---FuelCellCarandExperimentKit($150)+Jacket($50)+Pen($25)andCertificate •ScienceHorizonsSeniorHighAwards---Finalist-SeniorHigh-$100&Medallion 6061 PS Turn that Light Off! East Hartford, East Hartford High School, Teacher - Tim Reid Rachel Forte, East Hartford 10 Awards: Honors = 2 6063PSSplash,Splat,Sizzle East Hartford, East Hartford High School, Teacher - Tim Reid Cassie Quattropani, East Hartford 10 Awards: Honors = 3 6064PSEvaluationofVenting-to-CoolantinSodium-CooledFastNeutronReactors Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Dr. Nicholas Morgan Tessa D. Green, Westport 12 Awards: Honors = 2 •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward •WestinghouseElectricCompany/NewEnglandChapterofNorthAmericanYoungGenerationinNuclear---1stplace,ExcellenceinEnergy Research,$100cashaward


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6065PSMicroprocessorsquarerootalgorithms Branford, Branford High School, Teacher - Mrs. Elperina Brede E. Doerner, Branford 11 Awards: Honors = 2 •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion& Acrylic Award •ComputerScienceAwards---1stPlaceHighSchool-$400,Trophy,Medallion •IntelExcellenceinComputerScienceAward---$200&certificate •IEEE,ConnecticutSection---$250HonorsAward-Senior 6066PSSynthesisofHotElectronCarrierLeadSelenideNanocrystalsandThinFilmLayersusingaaNovelVitamicCReduction Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Mr. Andrew Bramante Victoria R. Leto, Greenwich 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •CTCleanEnergyFundAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion,YearPasstoCTScienceCenter •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicAward 6067 PS Strong Bars Sandy Hook, Newtown High School, Teacher - Dejulio Kurt Liniger, Newtown 11 Awards: Honors = 3 •AmericanSocietyofSafetyEngineers,CTValleyChapter---$150grade9-12project 6068 PS Trusses and Triangles Norwalk, Norwalk High School, Teacher - Mr. Belmonte Madeline E. Mannella, Norwalk 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6069PSOptimizationofaMicrobialFuelCellStructuretoDriveaBioelectrochemically-AssistedWastewaterTreatmentReactor Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante RyotaIshizuka,CosCob11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---1stPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighIndividual-$500&trophy,tripto compete at Intel ISEF •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---1stPlaceHighSch-$500andTrophy,Medallionandlunchwithintellectualpropertyattorney •CTCleanEnergyFundAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---2ndPlaceHighSchool-$300CashandTrophy •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicAward •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,BackpackandAnnualReport •H.JosephGerberMedalofExcellence,anawardoftheConnecticutAcademyofScienceandEngineeringinpartnershipwithCCAT---Physical SciencesSenior-$1,000cash,SolidSilverMedalofExcellence,invitetoCASEAnnualMtg 6070PSHowdoesthelengthofaresistoraffectvoltage. Bridgeport, Bassick High School, Teacher - Ms. Koolis AaronB.Lopez,Bridgeport9 Awards: Honors = 3 6071PSImprovedSpectralResponseofDyeSensitizedSolarCellsthroughRed-ShiftFluorescenceResonanceEnergyTransfer(FRET) Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante ThomasC.Newberry,Riverside11 Awards: Honors = 2 •CTCleanEnergyFundAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---3rdPlaceHighSchool-$200CashandTrophy •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicAward •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---Finalist-EngineeringHighSchool-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---HighSchool-Certificate,$75.00giftcertificate


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6072 PS Applying the Principles of the Tesla Engine to Design and Construct a Prototype of a Bladeless Wind Turbine Manchester, East Catholic High School, Teacher - Ms. Noble Bridget M. Oei, Hebron 9 Awards: Honors = 2 •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---2ndPlaceHighSchool-$300andTrophy,Medallion •CTCleanEnergyFundAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---1stPlaceHighSchool-$500CashandTrophy •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---2ndPlaceHighSchool-$500CashandTrophyandTriptoCompete I-SWEEEP, Houston •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---2ndPlace-EngineeringSeniorHigh-$300&trophy •SocietyofWomenEngineers-HartfordSection---ScientificCalculator •MITClubofHartfordAwards---Forexcellenceinenergyrelatedresearch,highschool,$150cashaward •ProConnPowerInc.AwardforSustainableElectricalEnergyResearch---$250forExcellenceinSustainableElectricalEnergyResearch •TheArthurMensingAward---$500cashawardforexcellenceinthephysicalsciences •YaleChapterofSigmaXi,TheScientificResearchSociety---DinneratMory’sforfour-withmembersofYaleChapterofSigmaXi •UniversityofConnecticut-PhysicsDepartment---PhysicsDepartmentUCONNCo-Op$75GiftCertificate 6073 PS Glowsticks and Temperature Norwalk, Norwalk High School, Teacher - Belmonte Amanda Murphy, Norwalk 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6074PSModelinganOptimalReceiverforaBinaryQuantumChannelUsingInformationTheory Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Dr. Nick Morgan Yuri D. Lenskiy, Westport 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---3rdPlaceHighSchool-Trophy, $200fromPeople’sUnitedBank •ComputerScienceAwards---3rdPlaceHighSchool-$200,Trophy,Medallion •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---Finalist-EngineeringHighSchool-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •U.S.Army---Certificateand$50savingsbond 6075 PS Biomimetic Insulation: Inspired by the eastern tent caterpillar and white-tailed deer Brewster, Brewster High School, Teacher - Mr. Schmidt Madeleine L. Skaller, Brewster 12 Awards: Honors = 2 •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicAward •ScienceHorizonsSeniorHighAwards---Finalist-SeniorHigh-$100&Medallion 6076PSNon-MetalRedoxKinetics:Acid-catalyzedReactionofN-chloro-N-methylacetamidewithSulfiteandHydrogenSulfiteIon Glastonbury,GlastonburyHighSchool,Teacher-DianePintavalle Akilesh V. Potti, Glastonbury 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 6077 PS What are the effects of a person’s mass on the types of Judo throws performed? Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Deborah Day Jordan L. Henck, Woodbridge 10 Awards: Honors = 2 6078PSBrandoftowelpapervs.amountofwateritcanabsorb. Southington,SouthingtonHighSchool,Teacher-AllisonH.Gamzon Deana E. Sobilo, East Berlin 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6079PSSynthesisofNovelNileRedCoatedZnONanocrystalsforUseinaDyeSensitizedSolarCell Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante NickDorian,Riverside11 Awards: Honors = 2 6080 PS Heat of Combustion of Biodiesel from Different Sources New Milford, New Milford High School, Teacher - Mrs. Reed JohnnyZheng,NewMIlford11 Awards: Honors = 2


Physical Sciences 6081 PS Solar Energy NewHaven,WilburCrossHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.Kelsey JianGao,NewHaven9 Awards: Honors = 3 6082PSWaystoaffectthesizeofaLeydenJar’sspark Fishers Island, Fishers Island School, Teacher - Carol Giles Connor J. Thompson, Ledyard 11 Awards: Honors = 3 6084PSTestingforNitratesinCommercialandPrivateWaterSources Oxford, Oxford High School, Teacher - Mrs. Granucci Thomas W. Baker, Oxford 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6085PSFinancialAlertSoftware.AnovelcreationusingtheDatabaseManagementSystem(DBMS):SQLServer. Shelton, Shelton High School, Teacher - Mrs. Clark, Mr. Mohan Priya R. Mohan, Shelton 12 Awards: Honors = 3 6086 PS The Establishment of the Micro Circulation of Fresh Air in the Student’s Dorm Watertown, The Taft School, Teacher - James J. Lehner XinChen,Watertown11 Awards: Honors = 3 6087 PS Brown’s Gas: The Fuel Source of the Future? NewHaven,WilburCrossHighSchool,Teacher-JarretMoyer AndrewB.Suzuki,NewHaven10 Awards: Honors = 3 6088PSEffectsofDeionizingRadiationontheMolecularMakeupofNonorganicMaterials/Objects Oxford, Oxford High School, Teacher - Mrs. Granucci Aedan M. Kennedy, Oxford 11 Awards: Honors = 3 6089PSTheEffectofWeatherVariationsonWindTurbineProductivity Guilford, Guilford High School, Teacher - Mr. John Cuddy Brian M. DaCorte, Guilford 9 Awards: Honors = 2 6090 PS Statistical machine translation with syntactic weighting of target-language translation probabilities Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante ConnorM.Harris,Riverside11 Awards: Honors = 2 •ComputerScienceAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallion,AcrylicAward •YaleScience&EngineeringAssociation,Inc.---Certificate,Medallion,membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF •EducationConnection-Centerfor21stCenturySkillsAwards---$100Forinnovativeuseoftechnologytoadvancescienceorengineering 6092 PS Design and Construction of a Linear Particle Accelerator Watertown, The Taft School, Teacher - William Kron Matthew A. Petroff, Cheshire 12 Awards: Honors = 2 •ComputerScienceAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallion,AcrylicAward •ConnecticutCollege-Physics,Astronomy,&GeophysicsDept.---$100andcertificate,SeniorPhysics&teeshirt •IEEE,ConnecticutSection---$100HonorableMention


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6093 PS Autonomous Kite Wind Generator to Capture Troposphere Winds Fairfield,FairfieldCollegePreparatorySchool,Teacher-Mrs.O’Reilly Kyle T. Ryan, Trumbull 10 Awards: Honors = 2 •ComputerScienceAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallion,AcrylicAward •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---3rdPlaceHighSchool-$300CashandTrophy •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---Finalist-EngineeringHighSchool-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •NortheastUtilities:EnvironmentalManagement---Senior-$250Scholarship,energyconservationandrenewableenergysources •GENIUSOlympiad---GENIUSOlympiadCompetitionforHSstudent(s)andadvisor-1stPlaceHSEnergy 6501 PST What makes your heart race? The affect of cheerleading motions on heart rate. Bridgeport,CentralHighSchool,Teacher-Ms.Sullivan ArianaE.Mesaros,Bridgeport11DaliiAlmanzarBridgeport11 Awards: Honors = 3 6502PSTEfficientandPracticalMeasurementofNaturalandWasteWaterPollutionbyDeterminingtheChemicalOxygenDemand (COD)viaStandardMethod Putnam,PutnamScienceAcademy,Teacher-SerdarHaytiyev Nahit Akarsu, Putnam 11 Mehmet S. Akarsu Putnam 11 Awards: Honors = 2 6503PSTTheEffectofFertilizationandEnvironmentalFactorsonWaterQualityintheUpperCoveRiverWatershed Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Deborah Day ZelunWang,Orange11DanielleEldracherWoodbridge12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighTeam-$300(split)&trophy 6504 PST The Pinhole and Hologram Room Stamford,AcademyofInfoTech&Engineering(AITE),Teacher-Mr.Kondracky ReuelE.Camacho,Stamford12DijonWhyteStamfordIvanAbregoStamford12 Awards: Honors = 3 6505 PST The Structural Feasibility of Pykrete Hamden, Sacred Heart Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Pamela Brownell RaeanneNuzzo,NorthHaven10YasmineShreitehGuilford10 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorTeam-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •ConnecticutArchitectureFoundation---$100U.S.SavingsBond 6506 PST Pinhole Camera and Photonics Stamford,AcademyofInfoTech&Engineering(AITE),Teacher-MarkKondracky ChanYuMao,Norwalk12EvanP.NortonNorwalk11MarkA.GladstoneStamford11 Awards: Honors = 3 6507 PST What’s In Your Water? Shelton,SheltonHighSchool,Teacher-DanielNazzaro Mac H. Thompson, Shelton 10 John Fenton Shelton 10 Awards: Honors = 2 6508 PST Green Your PC Hartford, Classical Magnet School, Teacher - Thomas Holloway HaleyB.Troy,Manchester11JordanS.KunzikaHartford11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •StanleyLessoffAwardforExcellenceInAnalyticalTechnique---$200CashandPlaque 6509 PST Polyphenols from Pomegranates Norwalk, Norwalk High School, Teacher - Dr. Munrow Hayley N. Prescott, Norwalk 12 Sabrina Church Norwalk 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward


Top Projects 6510 PST Eggs-traordinary Strength Shelton, Shelton High School, Teacher - Mrs. Pickett John D. Hunter, Shelton 9 Kristian R. Schif Shelton 9 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •ConnecticutArchitectureFoundation---$100U.S.SavingsBond 6511 PST Cooling Down Bridgeport,CentralHighSchool(Magnet),Teacher-Ms.Kato Ro-Anna R. Thomas, Bridgeport 10 Ro-Anne R. Thomas Bridgeport 10 Awards: Honors = 3 6512PSTUsingAtomicAbsorptionSpectrometertoDetermineLeadLevels Hamden, Sacred Heart Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Pamela Brownell Laura G. Smith, Madison 10 Christina Jiang Hamden 10 Awards: Honors = 2 6513 PST The Effects of Different Atmospheric Gases on Solar Energy Hebron, RHAM High School, Teacher - Mrs. Kristin Spinelli KatieSavage,Amston9OliviaTarcaHebron9 Awards: Honors = 2 •AirandWasteManagementAssociation,ConnecticutChapter---$100Senior,EnvironmentalResearch,airpollutionrelated 6514 PST Do Cell Phones put out dangerous energy? Stamford,AcademyofInfoTech&Engineering(AITE),Teacher-MarkKondracky Ayush Rathore, Stamford 9 Lohith D. Annumala Stamford 9 Chandu Goli Stamford 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6515PSTWaterPurificationviaDoublePrecipitateReactions NewHaven,WilburCrossHighSchool,Teacher-BernardHulin LeaR.Winter,NewHaven12LilyEngbithNewHaven10 Awards: Honors = 2 6516PSTUsingCitrusFruitPeelsasEnvironmentallyFriendlyandLowCostBio-SorbentstoEffectivelyRemovePhenolfrom Industrial Wastewater Putnam,PutnamScienceAcademy,Teacher-SerdarHaytiyev YusufYilmaz,Putnam12FadilA.SencanPutnam12AbdurrahmanCamPutnam12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---1stPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighTeam-$500(split)&trophy •StockholmJuniorWaterPrize---Certificate,Letter,membershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF,possibleadvancetofurthercompetition 6517 PST Power Acids Bridgeport, Central High School, Teacher - Ms. Kato AmyJ.Cerezo,Bridgeport9JasmineRiodinBridgeport9 Awards: Honors = 3 6518PSTProgrammingaLEGONXTRobottoWorkasaSearchandRescueRobot Norwich, Norwich Free Academy, Teacher - Robert Johnson MirandaR.Cirrito,Bozrah9RemingtonJ.CarleNorwich10 Awards: Honors = 2 •ComputerScienceAwards---2ndPlaceHighSchool-$300,Trophy,Medallion •IntelExcellenceinComputerScienceAward---$200&certificate


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International Sustainable World (I-SWEEEP) Competitors

High School

6050PSDevelopmentofaCompositeClayPolymerSpongeforRemediationofOilContaminatedWater. Manchester, East Catholic High School, Teacher - Ms. Holly Noble Theresa A. Oei, Hebron 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---3ndPlaceHighSchool-$200andTrophy,Madllion •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---1stPlaceHighSchool-$800Cash,Trophy,andTriptoCompete I-SWEEEP, Houston •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---1stPlace-EngineeringSeniorHigh-$500&trophy •SoutheasternNewEnglandMarineEducators---$75awardandmembershipinSENEME-1stPlaceSenior&T-Shirt •UniversityofConnecticut-PhysicsDepartment---UCONNEarlyCollegeExperienceProgram:PhysicalSciences-$200U.S.SavingsBond

6072 PS Applying the Principles of the Tesla Engine to Design and Construct a Prototype of a Bladeless Wind Turbine Manchester, East Catholic High School, Teacher - Ms. Noble Bridget M. Oei, Hebron 9 Awards: Honors = 2 •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---2ndPlaceHighSchool-$300andTrophy,Medallion •CTCleanEnergyFundAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---1stPlaceHighSchool-$500CashandTrophy •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---2ndPlaceHighSchool-$500CashandTrophyandTriptoCompete I-SWEEEP, Houston •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---2ndPlace-EngineeringSeniorHigh-$300&trophy •SocietyofWomenEngineers-HartfordSection---ScientificCalculator •MITClubofHartfordAwards---Forexcellenceinenergyrelatedresearch,highschool,$150cashaward •ProConnPowerInc.AwardforSustainableElectricalEnergyResearch---$250forExcellenceinSustainableElectricalEnergyResearch •TheArthurMensingAward---$500cashawardforexcellenceinthephysicalsciences •YaleChapterofSigmaXi,TheScientificResearchSociety---DinneratMory’sforfour-withmembersofYaleChapterofSigmaXi •UniversityofConnecticut-PhysicsDepartment---PhysicsDepartmentUCONNCo-Op$75GiftCertificate

Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) Competitors

Science Horizons

3024LSBiologicalControlofTickstoPreventLymeDiseaseUsingEntomopathogenicNematodes Danbury, Danbury High School, Teacher - Marsha Turek Ryan D. Kerr, Danbury 10 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---1stPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-TriptocompeteatIntelISEF,$500&trophy, •MiltonFisherScienceFairAwardforInnovationandCreativity---ForExcellenceinCreativityandInnovationbyaHSstudent,$200cash •ScienceHorizonsSeniorHighAwards---1stPlaceSeniorHigh-$1,000&AllExpensePaidtoCompeteatIntelISEF

3050LSMethicillin-ResistantStaphylococcusAureus(MRSA)inNewMilfordHighSchool New Milford, New Milford High School, Teacher - Ms. Reed Toni Viola, New Milford 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---5thPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-trophy •SocietyforInVitroBiology---CertificateandmembershiptoCTScienceCentergivenbyCSF •MeyerandYoungWomanScientistAwards---$300cash-HighSchool,LifeSciences •ScienceHorizonsSeniorHighAwards---1stPlaceSeniorHigh-$1,000&AllExpensePaidtoCompeteatIntelISEF


Top Projects

Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) Competitors

CSF Life Sciences

3003LSDevelopmentandCharacterizationofaNovelListeria-Caspase-3DNAVaccinetoEradicateMetastaticBreastCancer Rye,NY,RyeCountryDaySchoolTeacher-Dr.MaryKrasovec Swathi Krishnan, Stamford 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---1stPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHigh-$500&trophy,TriptocompeteatIntelISEF •H.JosephGerberMedalofExcellence,anawardoftheConnecticutAcademyofScienceandEngineeringinpartnershipwithCCAT---Life SciencesSenior-$1,000cash,SolidSilverMedalofExcellence,invitetoCASEAnnualMtg •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAwardSouvenir •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---HighSchool-Certificate,$75.00giftcertificate 3022 LS Role of MyD88 in DNA Damage Response Hamden, Hamden High School, Teacher - Sonia Beloin Yiyuan Hu, Hamden 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHigh-$300&trophy,TriptocompeteatIntelISEF

CSF Physical Sciences

6069PSOptimizationofaMicrobialFuelCellStructuretoDriveaBioelectrochemically-AssistedWastewaterTreatmentReactor Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante RyotaIshizuka,CosCob11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---1stPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighIndividual-$500&trophy,tripto compete at Intel ISEF •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---1stPlaceHighSch-$500andTrophy,Medallionandlunchwithintellectualpropertyattorney •CTCleanEnergyFundAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---2ndPlaceHighSchool-$300CashandTrophy •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicAward •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,BackpackandAnnualReport •H.JosephGerberMedalofExcellence,anawardoftheConnecticutAcademyofScienceandEngineeringinpartnershipwithCCAT---Physical SciencesSenior-$1,000cash,SolidSilverMedalofExcellence,invitetoCASEAnnualMtg

6028PSModelingprotonreductioncatalyzedbyanovelnickelelectrocatalystwithdensityfunctionaltheory Wallingford,ChoateRosemaryHall,Teacher-Dr.RachelGritzer ShubhroSaha,Avon12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighIndividual-$300&trophy,tripto compete at Intel ISEF

Alexion Biotechnology

This 1st Place project will represent Science Horizons at ISEF.3024LSBiologicalControlofTickstoPreventLymeDiseaseUsingEntomopathogenicNematodes Danbury, Danbury High School, Teacher - Marsha Turek Ryan D. Kerr, Danbury 10 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---1stPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-TriptocompeteatIntelISEF,$500&trophy, •MiltonFisherScienceFairAwardforInnovationandCreativity---ForExcellenceinCreativityandInnovationbyaHSstudent,$200cash •ScienceHorizonsSeniorHighAwards---1stPlaceSeniorHigh-$1,000&AllExpensePaidtoCompeteatIntelISEF

3013 LS Anticancer property of major goat milk fatty acids and delineating their mechanisms of action Glastonbury,GlastonburyHighSchool,Teacher-DianePintavalle Amoolya V. Narayanan, Glastonbury 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---2ndPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-$400&trophy,


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AwdCSF – Life Sciences CSF – Physical Sciences

LT L7 L8 LS LST PT P7 P8 PS PST

1 1018 2026 2514 3003 3507 4005 5033 5538 6069 65162 1016 2002 2526 3022 3513 4014 5046 5540 6028 65033 1005 2011 2519 3081 4017 5041 5550 60274 2521 3056 5009 5554 60405 2501 3016 5050 5518 6054M 1001 3013 3506 4020 5001 5502 6006 6505M 3020 3508 4025 5003 5519 6013 6508M 3024 5006 55549 6029 6509M 3027 5028 5553 6037 6510M 3028 5030 5560 6039M 3033 5034 6050M 3043 5042 6051M 3050 5049 6066M 3053 5055 6074M 3062 5059 6076M 3065M 3066M 3070

Winning Projects of Regular Categories

AwdBiotechnology

7th grade 8th grade 9-12th gr

1 2026 2514 30242 4005 2519 30133 2023 2521 30794 2011 5550 30865 5046 1014 3050M 1005 2509 3003M 2001 2526 3089M 5518 3503M 3510M 3513

Winning Projects of Special Categories


Top Projects

AwardComputer Science Mathematics Applied Tech Envir Science EngineeringMiddle High Middle High Middle High Middle High Middle High

1 5513 6065 5539 6027 5041 6069 5041 6040 2514 60502 2018 6518 2018 6014 5009 6072 2508 3001 5020 60723 5034 6074 2519 6074 5554 6050 1018 3066 4014 6040M 5009 6090 5023 6065 2002 3008 1014 3025 5008 3066M 6092 5517 5030 6014 1019 3041 5009 6001M 6093 5559 6060 2002 3043 5016 6022M 6064 5518 3079 5030 6029M 6048 5034 6054M 5041 6071M 5514 6074M 5538 6093M 5554

UTC CSTA CASE QU DeRocco ISEFMiddle High Middle High Middle High High Sponsor Project

2501 3508 2514 3003 5006 3025 NotGiven CSF 30034014 6027 5538 6069 CSF 30225538 6029 CSF 6028

6054 CSF 60696069 Alexion 3013

SH 3024SH 3050

AwardEnergy Sustainable Resource Future Sustainability

Middle High Middle High

1 5046 6072 5046 6050 I-SWEEEP

2 2514 6069 5554 6072 I-SWEEEP

3 5030 6071 5030 6093M 5023 3513 2501 6020M 5508 6002 4018 6029M 5512 6051 5512 6060M 5516 6066 5514 6066M 5516 6069M 5530 6071M 6075

Winning Projects of Special Categories

STATS PLUS

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STATS PLUS Fair Data

Projects

Students

Project Category JrTm 7th 8th Sr SrTm Total %

Life Sciences 22 31 42 85 11 191 43%

Physical Sciences 25 60 62 86 18 251 57%

Total 47 91 104 171 29 442

Percent 11% 21% 24% 39% 7% 100%

Project Grade 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total

Life Sciences 42 53 13 14 38 31 191Physical Sciences 70 77 23 22 33 26 251

Total 112 130 36 36 71 57 442

Percent 25% 29% 8% 8% 16% 13% 100%

Project Gender 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total

Male 53 58 14 20 36 24 205

Female 59 72 22 16 35 33 237Not Given

Total 112 130 36 36 71 57 442

Student Category JrTm 7th 8th Sr SrTm Total %

Life Sciences 45 31 42 85 25 228 43%Physical Sciences 50 60 62 86 40 298 57%

Total 95 91 104 171 65 526Percent 18% 17% 20% 33% 12% 100%

Student Grade 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total

Life Sciences 54 64 16 18 43 33 228Physical Sciences 81 91 28 28 38 32 298

Total 135 155 44 46 81 65 526

Percent 26% 29% 8% 9% 15% 12% 100%

Student Gender 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total

Male 57 72 19 22 45 29 244

Female 78 83 25 24 36 36 282Not Given

Total 135 155 44 46 81 65 526


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Fair Data

Summary

Awards

Honors

Students Student Gender SchoolsCategory Jr Sr Total Male Fem Total Jr Sr Jr

Life Sciences 118 110 228 77 151 228 51 35 37

Physical Sciences 172 126 298 167 131 298 69 40 43

Total 290 236 526 244 282 526 74 50 45

Percent 55% 45% 46% 54%

Projects Individual ProjectsCategory Jr Sr Total Jr Sr Total Jr Sr Total

Life Sciences 95 96 191 73 85 158 22 11 33Physical Sciences 147 104 251 122 86 208 25 18 43

Total 242 200 442 195 171 366 47 29 76

Percent 55% 45% 53% 47% 62% 38%

Regular = Reg + SpCat

Projects --> Regular Awards Special Awards All AwardsCategory Jr Sr Total Jr Sr Total Jr Sr Total

Life Sciences 20 32 52 24 28 52 30 42 72Physical Sciences 44 37 81 37 71 108 57 44 101

Total 64 69 133 61 99 160 87 86 173

Percent 48% 52% 38% 62% 50% 50%

Category Hon Jr Sr Total % Jr Sr Total %

Life Sciences 1 13 23 36 17 28 45Physical Sciences 30 21 51 35 28 63

Sub Total 43 44 87 20% 52 56 108 21%

Life Sciences 2 49 31 80 59 34 93

Physical Sciences 49 44 93 60 50 110Sub Total 98 75 173 39% 119 84 203 39%

Life Sciences 3 33 42 75 42 48 90

Physical Sciences 68 39 107 77 48 125Sub Total 101 81 182 41% 119 96 215 41%

Total 442 526

Projects Students

Team Projects

Towns

Not to be totaled


Historical Data

General Totals History

Year Location Proj Stu Sch Twn 1992 Quinnipiac College, Hamden 403 465 130 81 1993 U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London 393 461 119 78 1994 U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London 435 511 123 72 1995 UniversityofConnecticut,Storrs 421 513 121 70 1996 Connecticut College, New London 430 527 116 77 1997 Connecticut College, New London 410 491 119 75 1998 Quinnipiac College, Hamden 435 527 110 64 1999 Quinnipiac College, Hamden 419 525 102 65 2000 Quinnipiac College, Hamden 416 533 93 61 2001 QuinnipiacUniversity,Hamden 430 543 118 65 2002 QuinnipiacUniversity,Hamden 463 583 124 64 2003 QuinnipiacUniversity,Hamden 482 613 114 68 2004 QuinnipiacUniversity,Hamden 421 536 121 70 2005 QuinnipiacUniversity,Hamden 407 501 103 63 2006 QuinnipiacUniversity,Hamden 415 538 105 66 2007 QuinnipiacUniversity,Hamden 407 498 103 65 2008 QuinnipiacUniversity,Hamden 374 450 101 64 2009 QuinnipiacUniversity,Hamden 409 498 114 68 2010 QuinnipiacUniversity,Hamden 395 476 114 66 2011 Quinnipiac University, Hamden 442 526 122 66

Project History by Category

Year LT L7 L8 LS LST PT P7 P8 PS PST 1992 32 35 60 79 7 23 45 60 62 0 1993 37 53 58 47 4 23 45 74 49 3 1994 31 40 70 64 14 25 49 88 51 3 1995 34 46 57 60 11 37 53 68 50 5 1996 40 42 64 53 14 37 44 76 54 6 1997 35 51 49 60 11 32 41 80 49 2 1998 35 58 61 56 15 30 58 54 58 10 1999 40 46 39 63 18 39 49 63 58 4 2000 46 46 44 62 11 43 42 59 50 13 2001 36 47 56 78 7 54 38 56 45 13 2002 43 44 63 74 27 36 47 59 58 12 2003 39 54 57 59 32 42 44 78 64 13 2004 32 40 44 67 16 42 38 65 58 19 2005 21 35 48 54 24 35 51 72 56 11 2006 22 25 46 48 29 33 47 76 63 26 2007 20 38 28 66 16 38 48 65 76 12 2008 19 38 46 59 29 14 47 51 61 10 2009 24 40 35 83 18 27 53 44 69 16 2010 19 30 36 75 16 23 52 61 65 18 2011 22 31 42 85 11 25 60 62 86 18


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Town School Type, No Reg, Reserved Registered EnteredProject Type: 2 = High or High/ Middle School, 1 = Middle School Only & Path J1 S1 J2 S2 J3 S3 P3

Avon TalcottMountainAcademy 1 - - 6 0 6 - 6 - 6Bethel Bethel High School 2 - sh 0 6 - 6 - 6 6Bethel Bethel Middle School 1 - sh 2 0 1 - 1 - 1Bethel St. Mary School 1 - sh 6 0 6 - 6 - 6Bozrah FieldsMemorialSchool 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Branford Branford High School 2 - - 0 1 - 1 - 1 1Brewster Brewster High School 2 - sh 0 8 - 5 - 2 2Bridgeport Bridgeport Hope School 1 - - 6 0 6 - 6 - 6Bridgeport Park City Prep Charter School 1 - - 6 0 6 - 6 - 6Bridgeport Bassick High School 2 x bc - - - 3 - 3 3Bridgeport BridgeportAquacultureSchool 2 x bc - - - 5 - 5 5Bridgeport Central High School 2 x bc - - - 6 - 5 5Bridgeport CentralHighSchool(Magnet) 2 x bc - - - 2 - 2 2Bridgeport HighHorizonsMagnetSchool 1 x bc - - 2 - 2 - 2Bridgeport John Winthrop School 1 x bc - - 2 - 2 - 2Bridgeport Longfellow School 1 x bc - - 1 - 1 - 1Bridgeport Multicultural Magnet School 1 x bc - - 2 - 2 - 2Bridgeport Park City Magnet School 1 x bc - - 1 - 1 - 1Bridgeport Read School 1 x bc - - 2 - 2 - 2Bridgeport Warren Harding High School 2 x bc - - - 4 - 2 2Cheshire St. Bridget School 1 - - 2 0 2 - 2 - 2Danbury Danbury High School 2 - sh 0 8 - 4 - 3 3Danbury Immaculate High School 2 - - 0 3 - 2 - 2 2Danbury St. Gregory the Great School 1 - sh 6 0 6 - 6 - 6Danbury St. Joseph School 1 - sh 6 0 6 - 6 - 6Danbury St. Peter-Sacred Heart Upper Sch 1 - sh 2 0 2 - 2 - 2Danbury BroadviewMiddleSchool 1 x sh 3 0 3 - 3 - 3Darien Darien High School 2 - - 0 1 - 1 - 1 1East Granby East Granby Middle School 1 - - 6 0 6 - 5 - 5East Hartford East Hartford High School 2 - - 0 5 - 5 - 5 5EastHaven EastHavenAcademy 1 - - 6 0 6 - 6 - 6Ellington Ellington High School 2 - - 0 2 - 2 - 1 1Fairfield FairfieldCollegePreparatorySchool 2 - - 0 1 - 1 - 1 1Fairfield FairfieldLudloweHighSchool 2 - - 0 2 - 2 - 2 2Fairfield FairfieldWardeHighSchool 2 - - 0 1 - 1 - 1 1Fairfield FairfieldWoodsMiddleSchool 1 - - 2 0 2 - 2 - 2Fairfield OurLadyofAssumption/HolyFamilySchool 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Fairfield St.ThomasAquinasSchool 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Fairfield TomlinsonMiddleSchool 1 - - 1 0 1 - 1 - 1Falls Village Lee H. Kellog School 1 - - 6 0 4 - 3 - 3Fishers Island Fishers Island School 2 - - 0 7 - 6 - 6 6Glastonbury Glastonbury High School 2 - - - 8 - 8 - 8 8Glastonbury Smith Middle School 1 x - 6 - 4 - 4 - 4Greens Farms Greens Farms Academy 2 - - 6 6 5 6 5 4 9Greenwich Greenwich High School 2 - - 0 14 - 14 - 14 14Greenwich/Rvrsde EasternMiddleSchool 1 x In 1 0 1 - 1 - 1Guilford E.C. Adams Middle School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Guilford Guilford High School 2 - - 0 8 - 8 - 7 7Hamden Hamden High School 2 - - 0 4 - 3 - 3 3Hamden Hamden Middle School 1 - - 4 0 2 - 1 - 1Hamden Sacred Heart Academy 2 - - 0 8 - 7 - 7 7Hartford Classical Magnet School 2 - - 2 2 2 2 2 2 4Hartford GreaterHartfordAcademyofMath&Sci 2 - - 0 8 - 2 - 2 2Hartford Hartford Magnet Middle School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Hartford SS. Cyril and Methodius School 1 - - 4 0 3 - 2 - 2Hebron Oei Home School 1 - - 1 0 1 - 1 - 1Hebron RHAM High School 2 - - 0 3 - 3 3 3Kensington St. Paul School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Madison Daniel Hand High School 2 - - 0 1 - 1 1 1Madison Our Lady of Mercy School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Madison Walter C. Polson Middle School 1 - - 1 0 1 - 1 - 1


School TrackingTown School Type, No Reg, Reserved Registered EnteredProject Type: 2 = High or High/ Middle School, 1 = Middle School Only & Path J1 S1 J2 S2 J3 S3 P3

Manchester East Catholic High School 2 - - 0 2 - 2 - 2 2Manchester St. Bridget School 1 - - 2 0 2 - 2 - 2Middlebury Memorial Middle School 1 - - 6 0 3 - 2 - 2Middlefield TheIndependentDaySchool 1 - - 6 0 6 - 5 - 5Milford St. Gabriel School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Monroe Jockey Hollow School 1 - - 4 0 2 - 1 - 1New Britain Sacred Heart School 1 - - 3 0 3 - 3 - 3NewHaven BetsyRossArtsMagnetSchool 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4NewHaven EngineeringandScienceUniversityMagnet 1 - - 2 0 2 - 1 - 1NewHaven HighSchoolintheCommunity 2 - - 0 6 - 1 - 1 1NewHaven WilburCrossHighSchool 2 - - 0 6 - 6 - 5 5NewHaven WorthingtonHookerSchool 1 - - 4 0 4 - 3 - 3NewHaven HopkinsSchool 2 x In 0 1 - 1 - 1 1NewLondon BennieDoverJacksonMiddleSchool 1 - - 4 0 1 - 1 - 1New Milford New Milford High School 2 - sh 0 10 - 10 - 10 10Newington St. Mary School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Newtown Newtown Middle School 1 - sh 2 0 2 - 1 - 1Newtown St. Rose of Lima School 1 - sh 6 0 5 - 5 - 5Norwalk Norwalk High School 2 - np - - - 5 - 5 5Norwalk Ponus Ridge Middle School 1 - np - - 1 - 1 - 1Norwalk The Montessori Middle School 1 - - 6 0 4 - 3 - 3Norwalk West Rocks Middle School 1 - np 2 0 1 - 1 - 1Norwich The Norwich Free Academy 2 - - 0 5 - 3 - 2 2Orange Southern CT Hebrew Academy 1 - - 6 0 5 - 5 - 5Oxford Oxford High School 2 - - 0 13 - 12 - 9 9Pawcatuck St. Michael School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Plantsville JohnF.KennedyMiddleSchool 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Putnam Putnam Science Academy 2 - - 0 12 - 6 - 6 6Redding Joel Barlow High School 2 - - 0 5 - 3 - 3 3Ridgefield EastRidgeMiddleSchool 1 - sh 6 0 6 - 6 - 6Ridgefield RidgefieldHighSchool 2 - sh 0 2 - 1 - 1 1Rye Rye Country Day School 2 - - 0 1 - 1 - 1 1Sandy Hook Newtown High School 2 - - 0 5 - 5 - 5 5Shelton Shelton High School 2 - - 0 8 - 8 - 8 8Southington Joseph A. DePaolo Middle School 1 - - 4 0 3 - 3 - 3Southington Southington High School 2 - - 0 1 - 1 - 1 1Southington St. Thomas School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Stafford Springs St. Edward School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Stamford AcademyofInformationTechnology&Eng 2 - - 0 3 - 3 - 3 3Stamford Bi-Cultural Day School 1 - - 3 0 3 - 2 - 2Stamford TrailblazersAcademy 1 - - 6 0 5 - 5 - 5Storrs E.O. Smith High School 2 - - 0 3 - 2 - 2 2Stratford Harry B. Flood Middle School 1 - - 6 0 6 - 5 - 5Stratford St. Mark Reg School 1 - - 6 0 6 - 5 - 5Trumbull St. Catherine of Siena School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Wallingford Choate Rosemary Hall 2 - - 0 4 - 3 - 3 3Watertown The Taft School 2 - - 0 2 - 2 - 2 2West Hartford Kingswood-Oxford School 2 - - 0 3 - 1 - 1 1West Hartford Solomon Schechter Day School 1 - - 6 0 6 - 5 - 5West Hartford St. Brigid School 1 - - 4 0 3 - 3 - 3West Hartford St. Timothy Middle School 1 - - 4 0 3 - 3 - 3Westbrook Westbrook Middle School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Weston Weston High School 2 - - 0 2 - 2 - 2 2Westport Bedford Middle School 1 - - 6 0 1 - 1 - 1Westport Coleytown Middle School 1 - - 4 0 3 - 3 - 3Westport Staples High School 2 - - 0 12 - 12 - 11 11Wilton Middlebrook School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Windsor Madina Academy 1 - - 6 0 5 - 5 - 5Windsor St. Gabriel School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Woodbridge Amity Regional High School 2 - - 0 14 - 17 - 17 17Woodstock Woodstock Middle School 1 - - 6 0 2 - 2 - 2


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Yrs Student Hometown Grade School SchTown Honors

6 Years - 2 Students6 Oei Theresa A. Hebron 12 East Catholic High School Manchester 16 Petroff Matthew A. Cheshire 12 The Taft School Watertown 2

5 Years - 1 Student5 Dakers IanD. Bozrah 11 NorwichFreeAcademy Norwich 1

4 Years - 6 Students4 Feng Emily Bethany 12 Amity Regional High School Woodbridge 34 Haddad Narmien Danbury 11 Immaculate High School Danbury 24 Krishnan Swathi Stamford 12 Rye Country Day School Rye, NY 14 Liu Jenny J. Orange 12 Amity Regional High School Woodbridge 14 Narayanan Amoolya V. Glastonbury 12 Glastonbury High School Glastonbury 14 Ryan KyleT. Trumbull 10 FairfieldCollegePreparatorySchool Fairfield 2

3 Years - 10 Students3 Carle Remington J. Norwich 10 Norwich Free Academy Norwich 23 Cirrito MirandaR. Bozrah 9 NorwichFreeAcademy Norwich 23 Dixon Williams S. Woodbridge 12 Amity Regional High School Woodbridge 33 Gade NeilV. Fairfield 11 FairfieldWardeHighSchool Fairfield 23 Kerr Ryan D. Danbury 10 Danbury High School Danbury 13 Kim Joan Bethany 12 Amity Regional High School Woodbridge 13 Miller Liz Ellington 12 KingswoodOxfordSchool WestHartford 33 Mohan Priya R. Shelton 12 Shelton High School Shelton 33 Oei Bridget M. Hebron 9 East Catholic High School Manchester 23 Yilmaz Yusuf Putnam 12 PutnamScienceAcademy Putnam 12 Acevedo JamesS. Bridgeport 8 ParkCityPrepCharterSchool Bridgeport 3

2 Years - 84 Students2 Ahmed Aasiya M. Tolland 8 Madina Academy Windsor 12 Akarsu Mehmet S. Putnam 11 Putnam Science Academy Putnam 22 Akarsu Nahit Putnam 11 Putnam Science Academy Putnam 22 Baczewski AlexM. NewBritain 8 St.MarySchool Newington 32 Baczyk PeterP. Avon 8 TalcottMountainAcademy Avon 22 Bailey Alyssa Bethel 12 Bethel High School Bethel 22 Bajguz DominikaA. Naugatuck 12 SacredHeartAcademy Hamden 12 Bligen Adonis T. Bridgeport 8 Park City Prep Charter School Bridgeport 32 Boey Adam P. Madison 9 Daniel Hand High School Madison 22 BonavitaJr JosephA. Oxford 12 OxfordHighSchool Oxford 22 Bothra Sarthak Fairfield 8 TomlinsonMiddleSchool Fairfield 32 Buck Hannes Old Greenwich 12 Greenwich High School Greenwich 32 Caglioni Caroline Redding 12 Joel Barlow High School Redding 32 Cam Abdurrahman Putnam 12 Putnam Science Academy Putnam 12 Castro Alexander Meriden 8 BetsyRossArtsMagnetSchool NewHaven 32 Cheu Catherine Shelton 11 Shelton High School Shelton 22 Chintalpelly Saikrishna R. East Granby 8 East Granby Middle School East Granby 22 Chowdhary Kaitavjeet Glastonbury 10 GlastonburyHighSchool Glastonbury 12 Cruz SarahJ. Westbrook 8 WestbrookMiddleSchool Westbrook 22 DeNardis Adriana M. Danbury 10 Immaculate High School Danbury 22 Digby MarissaA. Bozrah 8 FieldsMemorialSchool Bozrah 22 Ebrahimi Nadrina M. New Britain 8 Sacred Heart School New Britain 32 Edelson Brandon L. Westport 12 Staples High School Westport 32 Eldracher Danielle Woodbridge 12 Amity Regional High School Woodbridge 12 Engbith Lily NewHaven 10 WilburCrossHighSchool NewHaven 22 Fearon Bridget Wilton 8 Middlebrook School Wilton 22 Geer Sydney T. East Granby 8 East Granby Middle School East Granby 22 Goldburg Samantha R. Easton 11 Joel Barlow HIgh School Redding 3


Returning Students

Yrs Student Hometown Grade School SchTown Honors

2 Goli Chandu Stamford 9 AcademyofInfoTech&Engineering Stamford 32 Golos Mack R. Southington 8 DePaolo Middle School Southington 12 Green TitaniaA. Bridgeport 12 BridgeportAquacultureSchool Bridgeport 22 Greenberg Joshua M. Westport 12 Staples High School Westport 12 Guiry Lauren G. Danbury 8 St. Joseph School Danbury 22 Gulati Gazal Fairfield 8 FairfieldWoodsMiddleSchool Fairfield 22 Gulati Sagar Fairfield 8 FairfieldWoodsMiddleSchool Fairfield 22 Hallisey Will B. Greenwich 11 Greenwich High School Greenwich 12 Hanania Melissa M. Milford 8 St. Gabriel School Milford 32 Hawkins Bonnie E. Hamden 12 Hamden High School Hamden 12 Hovstadius MalinS. Westport 8 ColeytownMiddleSchool Westport 12 Hu Yiyuan Hamden 11 Hamden High School Hamden 12 Hudak Taylor N. Guilford 9 Guilford High School Guilford 32 Jaros Simone T. New Britain 8 Sacred Heart School New Britain 22 JosephII J.S. NewHaven 8 Engineering&ScienceUniversityMagnetNewHaven 32 Kalra Anurag Fairfield 9 FairfieldLudloweHighSchool Fairfield 22 Kaushik Esha N. Weston 11 Weston High School Weston 32 Kaushik Sagar N. Weston 12 Weston High School Weston 12 Kelly Amanda P. Shelton 12 Sacred Heart Academy Hamden 12 Kelly OliviaN. Shelton 9 SacredHeartAcademy Hamden 22 Kerr Janine A. Danbury 8 St. Joseph School Danbury 12 Killiam Charlotte C. Guilford 9 Guilford High School Guilford 22 Luft Kaitlyn M. Westbrook 8 Westbrook Middle School Westbrook 32 Lynders Liam Guilford 8 Our Lady of Mercy School Madison 12 Marchena DavidP. NewHartford 8 TalcottMountainAcademy Avon 22 Moise Jake T. Southington 8 Depaolo Middle School Southington 12 Montalto Catherine E. Westerly 8 St. Michael School Pawcatuck 32 Morehouse Adam A. Newtown 12 Newtown High School Sandy Hook 22 Muckle Andrew R. Madison 8 Our Lady of Mercy School Madison 12 Nicholson Krista Danbury 9 Danbury High School Danbury 22 O’Brien Kevin Guilford 8 OurLadyofMercySchool Madison 12 O’Sullivan JamesP. OldGreenwich 11 GreenwichHighSchool Greenwich 12 Oleasz Sean WestSimsbury 8 St.TimothyMiddleSchool WestHartford 12 Paciorek Mike J. Gales Ferry 12 Fishers Island School Fishers Island 32 Plochocki Anthony T. Berlin 8 St. Paul School Kensington 32 Potti Akilesh V. Glastonbury 12 Glastonbury High School Glastonbury 12 Quintero Michael A. Bridgeport 10 Central High School Bridgeport 32 Rathore Ayush Stamford 9 AcademyofInfoTech&Engineering Stamford 32 Robertson Emily M. Stratford 8 St. Mark School Stratford 12 Rocco Audra C. Kensington 8 St. Paul School Kensington 22 Roychoudhury Shayan Madison 8 Walter C Polson Middle School Madison 22 Rutledge John W. Windsor 8 St. Gabriel School Windsor 32 Rutledge Megan K. Windsor 8 St. Gabriel School Windsor 32 Ryan Haley M. Newtown 8 St. Rose of Lima School Newtown 12 Sherwood Blake M. Bridgeport 8 Park City Prep Charter School Bridgeport 32 Skaller Madeleine L. Brewster 12 Brewster High School Brewster 22 Smith Eric Norwalk 8 The Montessori Middle School Norwalk 12 Sobilo Deana E. East Berlin 9 Southington High School Southington 32 Stafford Lily J. New London 12 Fishers Island School Fishers Island 32 Suzuki AndrewB. NewHaven 10 WilburCrossHighSchool NewHaven 32 Teerlinck Benjamin S. Monson 8 St. Edward School Stafford Springs 32 Tuzuner AlperenF. Putnam 11 PutnamScienceAcademy Putnam 32 Wang Zelun Orange 11 AmityRegionalHighSchool Woodbridge 12 Werner Skyler A. Oxford 11 Oxford High School Oxford 22 Yu Zizi Woodbridge 11 AmityRegionalHighSchool Woodbridge 2

Total Returns - 103 Students


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NAME: Bridget M. Oei SCHOOL: East Catholic High School, Manchester, CTTEACHER/MENTOR: Holly Noble

TITLE: Applying the Principles of the Tesla Engine to Design and Construct a Prototype of a Bladeless Wind Turbine

Traditionalwindturbinesareextremelyinefficientandcauseenvironmentalproblemsbecausetheykillbirdsandoftengeneratenoisethatdisturbsnearbyresidents.In1913,NikolaTeslainventedtheTeslaenginethatachievedanastonishing60%efficiency.Withmoderndayimprovementsinmaterialsandtechnologyhigherefficienciescanbeobtained.ThisprojectexplorestheideaofusingaTeslaenginetoharnesswindenergyandsolvethekeyenvironmentalproblems.Aprototypeofthebladelesswindturbinewasbuilt.Acowlingmadefromanumbrellawilldirectthewindthroughscreenednozzlesthatwilldirectittotheedge of a series of disks. The disks are comprised of thin, plastic CD-ROM disks. The wind will drag on the disks following theprincipleofviscosityandtheadhesionofthesurfacelayerofthegas.Thiswilladdforcetothedisks.Inbetweenthedisks,magnetsareemployedtoholdthediskstogetherandtoalsoprovideamagneticfieldthatpassesthroughcoppercoilsand generates electricity. The bladeless wind turbine spun at speeds of 1221 rpm at wind speeds of 25 mph. This produced approximately 32 Volts DC and 2 amps DC. The power generated was 64 Watts. The 32 Volts DC EMF that was produced is belowthetheoreticalvalueof131VoltsDCthatwascalculatedusingFaraday’sLaw.Thereforetheefficiencyoftheprototypeisonly25%.Thisismuchhigherthanthe15%efficiencyofmodernwindturbines.Usingmoreefficientmaterials(strongermagnets,lessfrictionbetweendisksandshaft,additionallayersofmagneticwirecoils,etc.)willwidenthisgap.BasedontheprototypeoftheTeslaBladelessWindTurbinethatwasbuiltandtheteststhatwererun,itisclearthatthedeviceproducesenvironmentallyfriendly,clean,reliable,scalable,low-costrenewableenergy.

NAME: Theresa A. OeiSCHOOL: East Catholic High School, Manchester, CTTEACHER/MENTOR: Ms. Holly Noble

TITLE: DevelopmentofaCompositeClayPolymerSpongeforRemediationofOilContaminatedWater.

TherecentExxonValdezandGulfoilspillposedamajorenvironmentalimpacttothefragilemarineandcoastalecosystems.Thisprojectexplorestheideaofcreatinganoleophilic(oilabsorbent),lightweightspongeusingacompositeofclaywithanactivepolymerbinder.Thespongewouldbemoldedandflattenedintolargesheetsandthesheetswouldrolloutandfloatonthetop of the oil spill. The main ingredient for the clay polymer sponge is Fuller’s earth clay which was used centuries ago to soak upoilfromsheepinthewoolmakingindustry.BecauseofthefinegranularityofFuller’sEarth,itisverybrittle.Therefore,aPVCpolymerbinder(LiquidSculpey)wasaddedtothemixture.Themixturewillbemoldedintoshapeandtheproductwillbebakedtodriveoffthewaterandtheresultingmaterialwillbeaporous,low-densitycompositeclaypolymersponge.HighresolutionScanningElectronMicroscopeshowsthattheporousclaypolymerisquitesimilartothatofasyntheticsponge.The porous nature of the material is important in increasing the surface area of the clay polymer sponge sheet and thereby the contact area with the oil. The clay polymer sponge sheet did an exceptional job in absorbing oil. The rate of oil absorption was between 4.3 ml per minute for 5W30 grade of oil and 5.0 ml per minute for 10W40 grade of oil. It absorbed 9.3 times its weight inoilbeforereachingasaturationlevel.Theingredientsoftheclaypolymerspongearenontoxic.ThePVCpolymerusedasthebindingagent,translucentLiquidSculpey,isnon-toxicandconformstoASTMD4236.Fuller’sEarthisasafe,non-toxic,naturallyoccurringclaythatisoftenusedtodeodorizedomesticdogsandcats.

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GENIUS Olympiad Abstracts

NAME: Allison C. Kruk SCHOOL: Greens Farms Academy, Greens Farms, CTTEACHER/MENTOR: Sara Campolettano

TITLE: TheInvestigationoftheBiologicalHealthoftheNewCreekSaltMarshthroughWaterQualityTestingandSpecies IdentificationofBenthicInvertebrates

Benthicinvertebrates,vitalcomponentsofthecommunitiesofwhichtheybelong,areimportantindicatorsofenvironmentaldisturbanceinaregion.Inthemarshstudied,threesoilsampleswereobtainedateachsamplingsiteandinvertebratesinthesampleswerelater identifiedbygenusand, ifpossible,species.Theorganismsfoundareknowntoberelativelypollutant-tolerant, indicating a potentially disturbed system. Additionally, due to the intrinsic link between benthic communities and waterquality,waterqualitydatawasobtainedat twosamplingsitesandassessedfordissolvedoxygen,nitrate,phosphate,biologicaloxygendemand,pH,andcoliformbacterialevels.Thefindingsindicatedrelativelynormalconcentrationsateachsite,althoughmorequantitativedataisneededtobetterexaminethewaterqualityanditsbiologicalimpact.Asawhole,thisprojectwillallowforabetterunderstandingoftheenvironmentalconditionsbothinthisecosystemand,onaglobalscale,inother ecological communities.

NAME: Ian D. Dakers SCHOOL: Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, CTTEACHER/MENTOR: Mr. Robert V. Johnson

TITLE: ImpactofTurbineDesignonRenewableEnergyStorageSystemEfficiency ThepresentconcernsofusingfossilfuelsandtheresultingCO2ismakingnationsinvestigaterenewablewaystoproduceandstoreenergy.Thisprojectinvestigatestheimpactofturbinedesignontheefficiencyoftworenewableenergystoragesystems,pumped water and compressed air storage. Two methods of renewable storage that were tested were compressed air storage where energy is used to compress air in storage tank and is released when it is needed, to spin a turbine to produce energy. The pumpedwaterstoragesystemraiseswatertoahighelevationreservoirandwhenenergyisneededthewaterisreleasedtoturna turbine to create energy. In this experiment a turbine design, different than last year, was used in both the pumped water and compressed air storage systems. The pumped water turbine was changed from an open waterwheel design to a closed design. Thecloseddesignhastheadvantageofcollectingalltheenergyfromthewaterbecausenoneislostthroughsplashing.Withthis change the system output energy became 292.63 times greater. The compressed air system was changed by making the diametersmallerandthebladesthickertocatchmaximumairflow.Thesechangesmadethenewdesign58.88timesmoreefficientthantheolddesign.Thisprojectdeterminedthatwhentheturbinedesignischanged,bothstoragesystemswereabletostoreenergymoreefficiently.Continuedrefinementofturbinedesignscouldleadtocapturingahigherpercentageofenergycontained in the storage system.


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NAME:OliviaN.Kelly SCHOOL: Sacred Heart Academy, Hamden, CTTEACHER/MENTOR: Mrs. Frances Saukas

TITLE: AComparativeStudyofHerbsGrownUsinganAquaponicvs.aHydroponicGrowingSystem

Aquaponic (integratedsystemofaquacultureandhydroponics)growingsystemsareofgreatsignificancebecausefishandplantssupporteachother’sgrowthwithlittleeffectontheenvironment.Thepurposeofthisexperimentwastodiscoverifplantscanbegrownusinggoldfishwasteasnourishmentusinganin-home,“floatstyle”aquaponicgrowingsystem,andtotestthehypothesisthatbasilandthymewillgrowmorequicklyinthisaquaponicsystemvs.anin-home,Aerogardenhydroponicsystem.Independentvariableswerethetwosystemsanddependentvariablesweregrowthratesofbasilandthyme.Theprocedureinvolvedtheset-upandestablishmentofanaquariumwith2goldfish.Immediatelyaftersprouting,3podseachofbasilandthymewereplacedintheAerogardenandaquaponicsystems.Plantheightwasmeasuredafterone,two,andthreeweeksandleavescountedafteroneandthree.Thehypothesiswasnotsupportedbecausebothherbsgrewmuchmorepoorlyintheaquaponicvs.thehydroponicsystem.After3weeks,thehydroponicsystemallowedbasiltogrowover4timesasfastasintheaquaponicsystemandthymegrew1.8timesasfast.Moreover,usingthehydroponicherbgrowthrateascontrols,after3weeksbasilshouldhavereachedtwicetheheightofthymeintheaquaponicsystem,butinsteadonlyreachedonly90%ofthethymeheight.Thisexperimentshouldberepeatedwithseveralimprovementssuchincludingrunningthefilterpart-timeandusingan“ebbandflow”aquaponicmethod,wheretheplant/wasteexposureislengthened.

NAME: Kyle T. Ryan SCHOOL:FairfieldCollegePreparatorySchool,Fairfield,CTTEACHER/MENTOR: Mrs. O’Reilly

TITLE: Autonomous Kite Wind Generator to Capture Troposphere Winds

Thequestforcreatingarevolutionarypowergeneratorwiththepotentialtocompetewithfossilfuelsstartswiththewind.Modernwind turbines are extremely efficient, but have insurmountable limitations.The future ofwind energy lies in thetropospherewhichmodernturbinescannotreach.Themostefficientpartofawindturbineisthetipofthebladewhich,insomecases,produces75%ofthepower.Moreover,ifthetower,hub,andinnerbladeareremoved,thetipoftheblademayresemblea kite. Draw a tether to the ground, and the tip of the blade becomes a kite. Mount smaller turbines onto the kite, and power isgenerated.Itwillnotonlyfacethewind,butflyautonomouslyinacircularpath.Inthisproject,akitepowerapparatus,asdescribed,wasbuiltandtested.Toensureanorbitalflightpath,aroboticsystemwascreatedtomaneuveritinacircularmotion. Two different power generators were explored: a traditional turbine and an experimental generator called a windbelt. Thiscost-effectivegeneratorisanylonribbonutilizingaeroelasticflutter.Thewindinducesribbonvibrationandproduceselectricity. The windbelt and turbine were attached to an aerodynamic sport kite under the control of the robotic system. Flying autonomouslyatninetyfeet,thekiteflewinacircularpathmimickingthebladetip.Intheexperiment,anidenticalgroundbased setup was compared to the kite’s output. Experimentation supported the mathematical model in that a 55 inch wingspan kite power generator in 10 miles per hour can produce greater than 100 watts of electricity at a fraction of the expense of modern wind turbines.


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NAME: Ryan D. KerrSCHOOL: Danbury High School, Danbury, CTTEACHER/MENTOR: Marsha Turek

TITLE: BiologicalControlofTickstoPreventLymeDiseaseUsingEntomopathogenicNematodes

Lyme disease is a serious health concern in the U.S. with more than 30,000 reported cases each year. It is caused by the bite ofablackleggedtickinfectedbytheB.burgdorferibacteria.ImeasuredtheprevalenceofB.burgdorferiinfectiontobeashighas93%usingdirectimmunofluorescencemicroscopy.Presently,theonlymethodtocontroltickpopulationsisthroughenvironmentallyharmfulinsecticides.Theseinsecticideskillnotonlyticks,butothernon-targetspeciesincludingmammals.Inordertodeterminethefeasibilityofbiologicalcontrolusingentomopathogenicnematodes,Itestedtheeffectivenessoftwodifferentspeciesontheirabilitytokillticksovera7-dayperiod.Neitherspecieswereeffectiveinkillingnormaladultticks.However,bothwereeffectiveinkillingengorgedadultfemaleswithanLD50of63/cm2.Thenematodeswereapproximatelyhalfaseffectiveagainsttickscomparedtoapositivecontrolofmealworms(LD5025/cm2).Sinceonlyengorgedfemaletickscanlayeggs,entomopathogenicnematodescanpotentiallybeusedonalargescaletodecreasetickpopulationsandpreventLymediseaseinanenvironmentally-soundmanner.

NAME: Toni ViolaSCHOOL: New Milford High School, New Milford, CTTEACHER/MENTOR: Ms. Reed

TITLE: Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcusAureus(MRSA)inNewMilfordHighSchool

In2007GovernorJodiRelladvisedConnecticuttoofferschoolsassistanceinpreventingthespreadofthepotentiallydangerousbacteria,Methicillin-Resistant StaphylococcusAureus (MRSA).There has been increased attention onMRSA due to theresultingriskofseriousinfection.ThepurposeofthisexperimentwastoinvestigatetheoccurrenceofStaphylococcusAureus,specificallyMRSA,inNewMilfordHighSchool.Thirtysamplesweretakenfromcommonlytouchedobjectsintheschoolandfromthesharedgymequipmentincludinghandballs,goggles,fieldhockeysticks,andmats.ThesampleswerethenincubatedatNewMilfordHospitalonagarbloodplatestoinvestigategrowth.Asneeded,thefollowingtestswerecompletedtoproperlyidentifythegrowthontheagar:agramstainconfirmedgrampositivebacteria,acatalasetestconfirmedStaphylococcus,acoagulasetestconfirmedStaphylococcusAureus,andanOxcillinSensitivityTestconfirmedMRSA.Theresultsconcluded:outofthirtysamples,sixwerefoundtobeStaphylococcusAureus,twoofwhichtestedpositiveforMRSA.Furtherinvestigationwouldbenecessary,howeverthisexperimentationprovesthatMRSAdoesexistinNewMilfordHighSchool,thereforetheimportanceofsanitationcanbeemphasized.


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NAME: Swathi Krishnan, SCHOOL: Rye Country Day School, Rye, NYTEACHER/MENTOR:Dr.MaryKrasovec

TITLE: DevelopmentandCharacterizationofaNovelListeria-Caspase-3DNAVaccinetoEradicateMetastaticBreast Cancer

Oneof themainproblems incancervaccination is the strongsuppressionofvaccine-induced immune responses in tumorenvironments,especiallyinpatients65yearsandolder,duetoTcellunresponsiveness.ThegoalofthisstudywastodevelopandtestapotentiallyeffectivebreastcancervaccinetoeradicatemetastasiswithoutinducingTcellresponses.Thedevelopedvaccine isacombinationofCaspase-3,anapoptoticenzyme,and thebacteriumListeriamonocytogenes–an intracellularpathogenthatcandelivervaccineantigens.Listeria-Caspase-3killstumorcellsthroughdifferentpathways:(1)tumorcellkillbyCaspase-3inducedapoptosis,(2)tumorcellkillthroughListeria-inducedReactive-Oxygen-Species,and(3)tumorcellkillby natural-killer cells. Usingatwo-stepprocedure,wild-typeCaspase-3wasclonedintotheListeriabacterium,andthentestedforits infectivity,kill capabilities, and ability to induce apoptosis in MCF-7, a human breast cancer tumor cell-line. The kill experiments demonstrated thatListeria-Caspase-3 killsMCF-7 cells at a similar rate asListeria alone, 97.2% and 97.9% respectively,however,theinfectionexperimentsgiveevidencethatListeria-Caspase-3infected133%moreMCF-7cellsthanListeriaalone.Theapoptosisassay,however,wasinconclusive.Althoughinitialtestingshowspromisingresults,furthertestingisneededtounderstand the capabilities of Listeria-Caspase-3.

NAME: Yiyuan Hu SCHOOL: Hamden High School, Hamden, CTTEACHER/MENTOR: Sonia Beloin

TITLE: Role of MyD88 in DNA Damage Response

Themyeloiddifferentiationprimaryresponsefactor(88)(MyD88)isacriticaladaptorproteininthesignalingoftheinnateimmunesystemthroughToll-likereceptors(TLRs).EvidencefromourlaboratoryindicatedthatexpressionofDNAdamagerepairgeneswasinducedbyTLRstimulation.ToevaluateMyD88’sroleintheDNAdamageresponse,murineembryonicfibroblasts(MEFs)derivedfromMyD88wild-typeandMyD88-deficient(knockout)mouseembryoswerestudied.MyD88knockoutMEFshadlessgrowthwhencomparedtothatofwild-typeMEFs.Knockoutcellsweremoresensitivetoionizingandultravioletradiationthanwild-typecellsasdefinedbycellsurvivalsevendaysfollowingirradiation.Knockoutcellsalsoexhibiteddelayedreentryintomitosisfollowingirradiation.TheseresultssuggestanunexpectedandnovelroleforMyD88inthe cellular response and repair of DNA damage. Current experiments include analyses of cell cycle checkpoints and elucidating interactionsbetweentheinnateimmuneandDNAdamageresponsesthroughflowcytometry,immunoprecipitaion,andWesternblot analyses.

ISEF Abstracts - CSF Life Sciences


Abstracts

NAME: Shubhro Saha SCHOOL: Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CTTEACHER/MENTOR:Dr.RachelGritzer

TITLE: ModelingHydrogenProductionCatalyzedbyaNovelElectrocatalystwithDensityFunctionalTheory

Thoughhydrogenhasbeenwidelyacceptedasafeasibleenergycarrierforthefuture,itsproductionviaplatinum-basedwaterelectrolysisremainscostlyandinefficient.Whilemostresearchforplatinumalternativeshasfocusedonhydrogenasemimics,thisreportinvestigatestheprotonreductionmechanismofanickelelectrocatalyst,abbreviatedLNiX.Icomputedandanalyzedthe resultsofab-initiocalculationsat theDFT/B3LYPlevelof theory tocharacterize the identityof thisnovelcatalyst. Inaddition,Idevelopedanunderstandingofintermolecularinteractions,andproposedaplausiblereactionmechanismandkineticprofile after considering alternative reactionpathways.Thoroughanalysisof several configurations forLNiX revealed thewater-ligated(LNiH2O+2)andbromine-ligated(LNiBr+1)complexestobethemoststablespecies.Comparisonofreductionpotentialsdevelopedstrongagreementbetweentheoryandexperiment,andfromthisthewater-ligatedcomplexwasdeterminedto be the active catalytic species.A reactionmechanismwas proposed, and though the overall reaction is spontaneous, asmallkineticbarrierwasfoundtoexistbeforethefirstprotonationstep.Thefindingsadvancenotonlythepotentialforthisnewclassofcatalystsasamoreaffordablealternativetohydrogenproduction,butthetimeandcost-efficientcomputationalmethodologies implemented can be extended to study similar organometallic complexes

ISEF Abstracts - CSF Physical Sciences

NAME:RyotaIshizukaSCHOOL: Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CTTEACHER/MENTOR: Andrew Bramante

TITLE: OptimizationofaMicrobialFuelCelltoDriveaBioelectrochemicallyAssistedWastewaterTreatmentReactor

BioelectrochemicallyAssistedMicrobialReactor(BEAMRs)promisetoemployorganicmaterialsinwastewatertoproducehydrogenathighconversionefficiencies.Inpastliterature,thenon-spontaneousBEAMRreactionhasbeensupplementedbyexternalartificialpowersources.MicrobialFuelCells(MFCs)may,instead,drivesuchBEAMRsbymanipulatingbacteriainthesamewastewatertoconvertbiodegradablepollutantsintoelectricity,therebyeliminatingoutsideinputs.Thisinvestigationfirst determined optimal conditions for anMFC to enable practical applications. Samples ofwastewaterwere taken fromthreestagesatalocalwastewatertreatmentplant:influent,biologicalreactor,andthickenerunderflow.TheeffectivenessofwastewatertreatmentwasestablishedthroughthecolorimetricdeterminationofChemicalOxygenDemand(COD).Pyrexcellsservedasthebaseforsingle-chamberaircathodeMFCs,whiletheelectricitygeneratedwasmeasuredwithadataacquisitionsystem.TheMFCoutput andcost efficiencywas thusmaximizedbyvaryingelectrodematerials, catalyst loadings,PTFEdiffusionlayers,inoculantpre-treatment,carbonsupportmaterials,andbacterialsource(wastewater,C.saccharolyticus).SEMandEDSdeterminedthecompositionandbacteriapresentonsuchelectrodes.Amaximumvoltageof0.65Vwasultimatelygenerated,amountingtoa67%increaseinproductionovercellsconstructedaccordingtopreviousliterature.CODremovalefficiencyincreasedasafunctionofvoltageandindicatedthat94.9±3%oforganicmaterialinthewastewaterwasremoved.ThesuccessfullyoptimizedMFCeffectivelypoweredaBEAMRinafullyautonomoussystemrequiringonlywastewaterasfuel,producing25%hydrogengas,asmeasuredthroughthermalconductivity-basedGC.


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ISEF Abstracts - Alexion Biotechnology

NAME: Amoolya V. NarayananSCHOOL: Glastonbury High School, Glastonbury, CTTEACHER/MENTOR:DianePintavalle

TITLE: Anticancer Property of Major Goat Milk Fatty Acids and Delineating their Mechanisms of Action

Colorectal cancer, breast cancer and skin cancer are commonly reported cancer types in the US. Although radiations and chemotherapeutic drugs are routinely used to treat cancer, they produce harmful side effects in patients. Additionally, resistance tochemotherapeuticdrugshasbeennoticedincancers.Thus,thereisaneedforeffectiveandsafemoleculesforpreventingandtreatingcancers.Naturalproductsfromavarietyofsourceshaveservedasabasisforthedevelopmentofnoveldrugs,therebycontributingtohumanhealth.Themedicinalvalueofgoatmilkhasbeenrecognizedforcenturies,andisattributedtothreefattyacids,namelycapric,caprylicandcaproicacids.Thisresearchinvestigatedtheanticancerpropertyofthesefattyacidsonhumancolorectal,skin,mammaryglandcancercells.Thecancercellsweretreatedwithvariousconcentrationsoffattyacidsfor48hoursandcellviabilitymonitoredbyMTTassay.Additionally,thepotentialmechanismsbehindtheanticancerpropertyofthreefattyacidswasinvestigatedbysubjectingmRNAfromcancercellstoreal-timequantitativePCR(RT-qPCR)for determining the expression of cell cycle and apoptosis (cell death) genes. Capric, caprylic and caproic acids reducedcellviabilityofthreecancertypesby70to90%(P<0.05)comparedtocontrols.RT-qPCRdataindicatedthatthesenaturalmoleculesproducedanticancer effectbydown-regulatingcell cyclegenes, andup-regulatinggenes involved in apoptosis.Capric,caprylic,andcaproicacidsexertedsignificantinhibitoryeffectoncancercells,andfutureresearchwillvalidatetheiranticancereffectinanappropriateinvivomodel.

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Schools

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SchoolsINDEX

* Schools in Regional/City Fairs

Avon Talcott Mountain Academy 2001 2010 5029 5513 5517 5539Bethel *Bethel High School 3033 3040 3043 3060 3085 6006 *Bethel Middle School 4004 *St. Mary School 2505 2533 2535 4003 5017 5565Bozrah Fields Memorial School 2018 2508 5008 5016

Branford Branford High School 6065

Brewster *Brewster High School 6057 6075

Bridgeport *Bassick High School 3039 6052 6070 *BridgeportAquacultureSchool 3048 3067 3507 6007 6013 Bridgeport Hope School 1004 1010 2025 5004 5039 5503 *Central High School 3068 3091 6058 6501 6517 *CentralHighSchool(Magnet) 6008 6511 *HighHorizonsMagnetSchool 2005 2015 *John Winthrop School 1013 5534 *Longfellow School 5540 *Multicultural Magnet School 2543 5555 *Park City Magnet School 5044 Park City Prep Charter School 1007 1024 2017 4012 4027 5556 *Read School 2511 5558 *Warren Harding High School 6015 6033

Cheshire St. Bridget School 5054 5502

Danbury BroadviewMiddleSchool 1021 2530 4014 Danbury High School 3011 3024 3089 Immaculate High School 3510 6046 St. Gregory the Great School 1008 1017 1023 2506 4007 4011 St. Joseph School 2019 2519 2522 5002 5530 5541 St. Peter/Sacred Heart School 2024 5034

Darien Darien High School 3041

East Granby East Granby Middle School 2537 5027 5049 5060 5543East Hartford East Hartford High School 3014 6017 6041 6061 6063

East Haven EastHavenAcademy 2021 2517 5006 5019 5038 5567Ellington Ellington High School 3512

Fairfield FairfieldCollegePreparatorySchool 6093 FairfieldLudloweHighSchool 6004 6016 FairfieldWardeHighSchool 3071 FairfieldWoodsMiddleSchool 5544 5551 Our Lady of the Assumption/Holy Family 2534 2540 5536 5553 St.ThomasAquinasSchool 4010 4026 5021 5052 Tomlinson Middle School 5547

Falls Village Lee H. Kellogg School 2512 2529 5040

Fishers Island Fishers Island School 3005 3035 3057 6025 6043 6082Glastonbury Glastonbury High School 3013 3028 3052 3062 3064 6023 6027 6076 Smith Middle School 2003 5013 5043 5056

Greens Farms Greens Farms Academy 2032 2034 3001 3010 5007 5061 5524 6037 6056Greenwich Greenwich High School 3007 3020 3023 3025 3045 6020 6040 6051 6054 6066 6069 6071 6079 6090Greenwich/Riverside Eastern Middle School 5009

Guilford E.C. Adams Middle School 2023 2028 5028 5053 Guilford High School 3004 3009 3015 3034 6026 6038 6089Hamden Hamden High School 3022 3070 3086 Hamden Middle School 2507 Sacred Heart Academy 3016 3053 3079 3509 6044 6505 6512Hartford Classical Magnet School 2520 3502 4022 6508 Grtr Hartford Academy of Math and Science 3080 3506 Hartford Magnet Middle School 2542 5505 5548 5557 SS. Cyril and Methodius School 2525 4023

Hebron Oei Homeschool 5030 RHAM High School 3054 6031 6513

Kensington St. Paul School 2515 2528 4015 5528


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Oxford Oxford High School 3017 3038 3046 3073 6002 6022 6048 6084 6088Pawcatuck St. Michael School 1005 2009 2510 5516

Plantsville John F. Kennedy Middle School 1009 4002 4019 5018

Putnam Putnam Science Academy 3501 3503 3513 6014 6502 6516Redding Joel Barlow High School 3008 6030 6047

Ridgefield *East Ridge Middle School 1001 2504 4017 5506 5525 5561 *RidgefieldHighSchool 3049

Rye, NY Rye Country Day School 3003

Sandy Hook Newtown High School 3051 3058 6036 6053 6067Shelton Shelton High School 3083 3508 6001 6019 6032 6085 6507 6510Southington DePaolo Middle School 1016 5031 5542 Southington High School 6078 St. Thomas School 5010 5033 5050 5519

Stafford Springs St. Edward School 2007 2013 5501 5559

Stamford AcademyofInfoTech&Engineering 6504 6506 6514 Bi-Cultural Day School 1002 5036 TrailblazersAcademy 1015 2031 4020 5024 5522Storrs E.O. Smith High School 6035 6049

Stratford Harry B. Flood Middle School 1019 2544 5520 5523 5529 St. Mark School 1012 2014 2029 5045 5560Trumbull St. Catherine of Siena School 2022 2539 5057 5546

Wallingford Choate Rosemary Hall 3036 3066 6028

Watertown The Taft School 6086 6092

Madison Daniel Hand High School 6009 Our Lady of Mercy School 1018 4008 4025 5059 Walter C Polson Middle School 5566

Manchester East Catholic High School 6050 6072 St. Bridget School 5023 5062

Middlebury Memorial Middle School 1022 2011

Middlefield Independent Day School 2531 2538 5504 5512 5562Milford St. Gabriel School 5011 5025 5521 5533

Monroe Jockey Hollow School 5015

New Britain Sacred Heart School 2527 5003 5509

New Haven Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School 2027 2033 2518 5531 Engineering&ScienceUniversityMagnet 5563 High School in the Community 6011 Hopkins School 3081 Wilbur Cross High School 3505 6042 6081 6087 6515 Worthington Hooker School 4013 5022 5552

New London BennieDoverJacksonMiddleSchool 2502

New Milford *New Milford High School 3002 3050 3055 3059 3069 3078 3087 6018 6060 6080Newington St. Mary School 2503 5014 5026 5564

Newtown *Newtown Middle School 1006 *St. Rose of Lima School 2030 2514 5005 5020 5055Norwalk *Norwalk High School 3031 6012 6068 6073 6509 *Ponus Ridge School 5514 The Montessori Middle School 2026 2536 5554 *West Rocks Middle School 5549

Norwich Norwich Free Academy 6029 6518

Orange Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy 2509 2521 4005 5518 5550


Schools

West Hartford Kingswood Oxford School 6005 Solomon Schechter Day School 1011 2012 2541 5012 5515 St. Brigid School 5001 5048 5535 St. Timothy Middle School 5051 5507 5538

Westbrook Westbrook Middle School 5032 5042 5508 5511

Weston Weston High School 3029 3065

Westport Bedford Middle School 4009 Coleytown Middle School 2016 2526 5047 Staples High School 3006 3027 3032 3047 3061 3072 3084 6010 6039 6064 6074

Wilton Middlebrook School 2513 2516 4006 5035

Windsor Madina Academy 1014 2002 2501 2532 5041 St. Gabriel School 2020 4016 4018 5527

Woodbridge Amity Regional High School 3012 3018 3021 3026 3030 3037 3044 3056 3063 3074 3077 3090 6034 6055 6059 6077 6503Woodstock Woodstock Middle School 4021 5046

Regional/City Fairs

Bridgeport City Fair, Bridgeport Bassick High School 3039 6052 6070 BridgeportAquacultureSchool 3048 3067 3507 6007 6013 Central High School 3068 3091 6058 6501 6517 CentralHighSchool(Magnet) 6008 6511 HighHorizonsMagnetSchool 2005 2015 John Winthrop School 1013 5534 Longfellow School 5540 Multicultural Magnet School 2543 5555 Park City Magnet School 5044 Read School 2511 5558 Warren Harding High School 6015 6033 Norwalk Public School Fair, Norwalk Norwalk High School 3031 6012 6068 6073 6509 Ponus Ridge School 5514 West Rocks Middle School 5549

Independent School Students

Greenwich/Riverside Eastern Middle School 5009 New Haven Hopkins School 3081

Home School Students

Hebron Oei Homeschool 5030

Science Horizons, Danbury

Bethel Bethel High School 3033 3040 3043 3060 3085 6006 Bethel Middle School 4004 St. Mary School 2505 2533 2535 4003 5017 5565 Brewster Brewster High School 6057 6075 Danbury BroadviewMiddleSchool 1021 2530 4014 Danbury High School 3011 3024* 3089 St. Gregory the Great School 1008 1017 1023 2506 4007 4011 St. Joseph School 2019 2519 2522 5002 5530 5541 St. Peter/Sacred Heart School 2024 5034 New Milford New Milford High School 3002 3050* 3055 3059 3069 3078 3087 6018 6060 6080Newtown Newtown Middle School 1006 St. Rose of Lima School 2030 2514 5005 5020 5055 Ridgefield East Ridge Middle School 1001 2504 4017 5506 5525 5561 RidgefieldHighSchool 3049

*ScienceHorizonsISEFwinners


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Regular Award Sponsors

Alexion Biotechnology Awards See Biotechnology awards, page 48

ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)withPeople’s United Bank See Mathematics awards, page 49

AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicals SeeEnvironmentalScienceawards,page49

Barnes Aerospace See Applied Technology awards, page 49

CSF Computer Science Awards See Computer Science awards, page 49

Connecticut Science Teachers Association - Marty Tafel Student Research Award See CSTA awards, page 49

CTCleanEnergyFundAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards See Energy awards, page 49

Dominion’s Millstone Power Station See Physical Science awards, page 48

eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards See Future Sustainability awards, page 49

eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPractices Awards See Sustainable Resources awards, page 49

Goodrich Awards for Excellence In Engineering See Engineering awards, page 49

H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence, an award of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering in partnership with CCAT See CASE awards, page 49

PfizerLifeSciencesAwards See Life Sciences awards, page 48

QuinnipiacUniversityScholarships See QU awards, page 49

United Technologies Corporation Awards See UTC awards, page 49

Special Award Sponsors

Air and Waste Management Association, Connecticut Chapter 2509 3513 5518 6513Alumni Botany Awards 2032 3043AmericanInstituteofAeronautics&Astronautics-Conn.Section 5009 6017American Meteorological Society 1012 4023American Psychological Association 2018 2538American Society for Metals - Hartford Chapter 5013 5563American Society for Quality - Thames Valley Section 5513American Society of Safety Engineers, CT Valley Chapter 3027 4002 5049 5051 6057 6067ASM Materials Education Foundation 5023 5502Association for Women Geoscientists 5041 5521Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford 5560 6039Banning Family Life Science Award 2508Barker Mohandas Award for Transportation Research 5559Biophysical Society 3016Coherent, Inc. Richard Hart Award for Excellence in Photonics 6054Connecticut Academy of Audiology 2009 3027Connecticut Architecture Foundation 6505 6510Connecticut Association of Physics Teachers 6002Connecticut College-Biological and Botany Department 3043ConnecticutCollege-Physics,Astronomy,&GeophysicsDept. 5560 6092ConnecticutScienceSupervisorsAssociation 1014 3065Connecticut State Department of Health Laboratory Employees 1001 2532Connecticut Valley Biological Supply Company, Inc. 2514 2526CSF Board of Directors Award 5518CTTechnologyCouncilYouthInnovationAward 3038DavidandTorreyFentonAwards 5006 6013Dreams Unlimited 5043 5549


Sponsors

Education Connection - Center for 21st Century Skills Awards 3052 6090Environmental/EnergyAward-NewHavenPublicSchoolStudent 6011FuelCell Energy 5566 6060GENIUS Olympiad 3001 3079 6029 6093HarveyHubbellFoundationAward 4014Henderson Award 6012IEEE, Connecticut Section 5030 5034 5043 5516 6054 6065 6092Institute of Food Technologists, Nutmeg Section 3020 3078 3080 3510 5055Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award 6065 6518ISA - International Society for Automation 4014 5016 5549JohnB.TrevorAwardinElectricalEngineering 5009Leask/Francoeur Family Awards 5009 6039LolaLampeMüllerAward 3052Long Island Sound Foundation, Inc. 3018 3066 6013Meyerand Young Woman Scientist Awards 2519 3050 5050 6013MiltonFisherScienceFairAwardforInnovationandCreativity 3024 5554MIT Club of Hartford Awards 5046 6072Mu Alpha Theta 3062 6027MysticAquarium 3001National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1016National Society of Professional Engineers 5020 5561NortheastUtilities:EnvironmentalManagement 3501 6093OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps 2018 3003 3016 5016 5028 5513 5538 6048 6054 6071Otero Family Award 3056ProConn Power Inc. Award for Sustainable Electrical Energy Research 6072Project Oceanology 2521 3087

Randy Gibson Award for Earth Science Research 5050RicohCorporation/SocietyforScience&thePublic 2519 2537SchoepferAwardforExcellenceinLocalAquaticScience 2521ScienceHorizonsSeniorHighAwards 3024 3043 3050 3087 6006 6060 6075Society for In Vitro Biology 3007 3050Society of Women Engineers - Hartford Section 5041 5046 6013 6014 6072Southeastern New England Marine Educators 2509 6050Sr. Mary Christine Life Sciences Award 2527StanleyLessoffAwardforExcellenceInAnalyticalTechnique 6508StockholmJuniorWaterPrize 6040 6516Talcott Mountain Science Center 2002 5009The Arthur Mensing Award 6072The Children’s Museum 2012The Goodwin-Niering Center 3066The Howard Lessoff Award for Excellence in Physical Science Research 5008U.S. Air Force 2501 2519 4007 5504 5506 6010U.S. Army 3008 3053 6039 6048 6074U.S. Metric Association 3004 6054UniversityofConnecticut-PhysicsDepartment 3079 6050 6072Westinghouse Electric Company/New England Chapter of North American Young Generation in Nuclear 6064WilfredA.MüllerAward 5509Wisner Award 5043YaleChapterofSigmaXi,TheScientificResearchSociety 6072Yale Peabody Museum 1010 2001 2529 2534 3001 3035 3041 3052YaleScience&EngineeringAssociation,Inc. 6020 6090


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Abrego Ivan 6504Acevedo JamesS. 1007Agaoglu Fehmi E. 3513Agro Amy E. 2007Aguiar Christopher L. 3036Ahmed Aasiya M. 2501Akarsu Mehmet S. 6502Akarsu Nahit 6502Akerman Carl O. 6020Almanzar Dalii 6501Altman Priyanka B. 3011Amaral Tyler 4014Amarante Emily R. 1022Anderson Ryan 2019Annumala Lohith D. 6514Arias Michael N. 2534Ashraf Rayyan 1014Atlas Jake 4009Attar AvivaM. 1002Avci SelmanF. 3503Baczewski AlexM. 5564Baczyk PeterP. 5517Bailey Alyssa 3060Bajguz DominikaA. 3016Baker Isabel 3006Baker Thomas W. 6084Basile Taylor C. 2535Bein WarrenZ. 3007Bektas Abdul V. 3501Bernard Gean M. 1010Bhat Satish 6034Bisch LianneX. 2539Blaszczyk AlexanderR. 3502Bligen Adonis T. 1007Boey Adam P. 6009BonavitaJr JosephA. 6048Bothra Sarthak 5547Boyd Isis S. 5024Brady Tiffany C. 2517Brewster Jackie 4010Buck Hannes 3023Buellesbach Elle 5514Bui Helena 5059Burke Craig W. 4017Burke Megan 3009Burr Christopher D. 6012Cabral Jesse J. 5005Caglioni Caroline 3008Caisse Rebecca M. 1009Cam Abdurrahman 6516Camacho Reuel E. 6504Campbell Peter V. 4026Capozzi GregoryR. 1023Carazo AustinB. 2017Carle Remington J. 6518Carrier Tim A. 4019Castro Alexander 5531Cerezo AmyJ. 6517Cerrone John F. 4007Chanyarakskul Anna 5044Chapman Daniel T. 4004Chen Andrew H. 6055Chen Xin 6086

Cherry Leah M. 5032Cheu Catherine 6019Chintalpelly Saikrishna R. 5543Choi Joohee 5039Choudhury Shakeel A. 1014Chowdhary Kaitavjeet 3028Church Sabrina 6509Cil Ozkan 3513Cimmino Emily 4010Cirelli Lia N. 6030Cirrito Miranda R. 6518Coco EvanL. 4014Cordier Ryan J. 6031Correa Gabriel A. 5034Craig Kathleen H. 5535Crespo Megan V. 2502Crooks Keallanii 4012Crotty Kelly A. 2506Cruz AnnaE. 6033Cruz SarahJ. 5511Cutrone William J. 2531D’Acierno Charlotte 3025DaCorte Brian M. 6089Dakers Ian D. 6029Das Madhumita 3033Day Joseph R. 3054Dayrit Janine 1017Decker Julia G. 5565DeGennaro Torrie 3509DeNardis Adriana M. 3510Di Bella Camille S. 5555Diaz ErikaM. 4023DiCarlo Sophia 5530Dick Madison A. 2016Digby Marissa A. 2508DiLisio Alessandra 3058Dillon Thomas J. 5045Dimas Samanth E. 3508DiMascio Theresa 3002Dixon Williams S. 3018Do Vincent 3040Doerner Brede E. 6065Domashinski Gwynne T. 2001Dorian Nick 6079Dos Passos Cristina A. 1013Doty Jonathan R. 5018Drumski Victoria M. 4015Duong Toan 3039Dutka Pauline 3012Eastman Andrew R. 5060Ebrahimi Nadrina M. 5509Ebrahimi Robert A. 5003Edelson Brandon L. 6010Eldracher Danielle 6503Elmore Andrew K. 6043Engbith Lily 6515Eraslan Yusuf 3501Eriksson Sarah E. 2024Falkenberg Max F. 3049Fazzino Mike 4019Fearon Bridget 2513Felner Abby O. 5011Feng Emily 3021


StudentsFenton John 6507Ferguson Lisa J. 3085Forbes Brendan 5513Forsyth Katey J. 4006Forte Rachel 6061Foster John D. 3052Fox EvanA. 6059Frank Emma L. 3010Friend Patrick G. 5061Gade Neil V. 3071Gallagher Margaret M. 1012Gao Jian 6081Gardella Katie 5536Garvey JackD. 4003Gee Alaric J. 3086Geer Sydney T. 2537Geneste Tatyana L. 4020Geragi Tyler N. 4011Gershman Emily B. 1011Gershon Jake M. 5012Geske Philip W. 3020Gilbert Goddess 4023Gill Shannon M. 1010Gjonbalaj Sofija 2002Gladstone Mark A. 6506Gold Sarah K. 1002Gold Stephanie L. 2541Goldburg Samantha R. 6047Goli Chandu 6514Golos Mack R. 1016Gosselin Stephen 5051Grader Samantha 3035Green Tessa D. 6064Green Titania A. 3048Greenberg Joshua M. 3027Greene Alexis C. 2015Greene Justin N. 4004Greenslade Blake T. 5001Griffin KatherineA. 2533Guilani Deanna L. 5046Guiry Lauren G. 2522Gulati Gazal 5551Gulati Sagar 5544Gunter Emily L. 4022Gupta Amit 5015Guzauckas John 5031Hackett Sean J. 5028Haddad Merna 3510Haddad Narmien 6046Hallisey Will B. 6040Han Paul J. 5043Hanania Melissa M. 5521Hanes Taylor M. 2009Hansel Paul J. 5009Harkins Sarah E. 5006Harris Connor M. 6090Harris Myane A. 2542Hart Brandon J. 6053Hawkins Bonnie E. 3070Haythorn Adam M. 4022Hecht Boruch S. 2521Hecht Bracha E. 4005Henck Jordan L. 6077

Henley GriffinM. 4007Hewathanthri Nisal Y. 3017Hickey Jack 5057Hitt Clara Y. 4013Hitt Tarpley 3505Hodakov ChaimM.I. 2509Hogan Alessandra 3505Hong Chung Su 6027Horton Cole B. 5053Hosey Alison P. 6049House Carolyn 3506Hovstadius MalinS. 2526Howe Dana E. 3041Hu Yiyuan 3022Huben Nicole V. 2029Hudak Taylor N. 3004Humphries CJ 5557Hunt Jordan 1024Hunter John D. 6510Hupy Adeleine 1001Indorf Nicholas J. 5502Ishizuka Ryota 6069Isik Samil Y. 3503Islam Saad 6017Jaekle DavisW. 5523Jaros Simone T. 2527Javier JustinJ. 6015Jerolimo John 2505Jiang Christina 6512Johnson Djimon 1024Johnson Victoria L. 1005Joseph II J. S. 5563Kalra Anurag 6004Kalra Arvind 6016Kantor Rivka 4005Karaiosifoglou Mikela 3502Kaushik Esha N. 3029Kaushik Sagar N. 3065Kazi Saher 3073Kelly Amanda P. 3053Kelly OliviaN. 3079Kennedy Aedan M. 6088Kennedy Ali 3051Kennedy Shannon L. 6032Kerr Janine A. 2519Kerr Ryan D. 3024Kersten Erin 3087Khan Aden 2532Kharbouch Rami M. 5540Kief Jameson C. 5033Killiam Charlotte C. 3034Kim Joan 3090Kim Joshua S. 3066Kobsa Jessica E. 5035Kozlowski HayleyI. 2529Krishnan Swathi 3003Kruk Allison C. 3001Kuchenbrod Mary 3506Kulangara Tobin J. 3507Kumm Madeline C. 2520Kunzika JordanS. 6508Kuroski Liam D. 5017Langer Austin W. 5525


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Lanzarone ThomasC. 5026Larkin Tara E. 6060Lathuras Josselin L. 5533Lemieux Bailey A. 5520Lenskiy Yuri D. 6074Leone Marisa A. 1006Leto Victoria R. 6066Li Ashley 4006Lichtenberg Matthew L. 5036Lieto Bruno M. 5567Liniger Kurt 6067Liu Jenny J. 3056Loewenthal Jared 3030Lomakin Alexander I. 5552Lombard Jennifer 5507Lonergan Sean 5025Lopez AaronB. 6070Lopez ErikA. 5522Lott Daniel K. 5549Luce Nathan 4009Luft Kaitlyn M. 5508Lunde Jessie S. 3047Luse Melissa A. 2536Lynders Liam 1018Mackle Jack T. 5007Mahamoon Sithy A. 5041Mahmood Rigel 6001Mannella Madeline E. 6068Manuel Walter J. 2011Mao Annie 3055Mao ChanYu 6506Marchena DavidP. 5539Marcon Matthew S. 4017Marini Anna Maria 3083Mascolo Chase E. 5021Mashayekhi Matthew M. 3080Matsuura Reina 4013McClymont Shiloh M. 2525McConnell GavinS. 5049McCoy Sean P. 1023McCullough NataezaZ. 4027McDonald Brittany D. 1022McDonald Kate F. 1022McFadden Katelyn K. 3064McGee Clara 3046McGuire Kaitlin M. 5048McIntosh ZariaA. 2511McKinney Jed H. 3045McLaughlin Shauna L. 3015McSpedon Ryan M. 5506Mellitt Katherine J. 4002Mellitt Margaret A. 4002Meltzer MenachemT. 5550Mesaros Ariana E. 6501Michalka Brian 6006Miller Liz 6005Miller Megan L. 5010Mills Ryan A. 5519Miloro Olivia 1001Miranda Madeline A. 5022Mitchell Brendan T. 4003Mjeshtri Enkeleta 1013Mohammed Jasmeen 2025

Mohan Priya R. 6085Moise Jake T. 1016Montalto Catherine E. 5516Montanaro Tamman Y. 1004Morduch-Toubman Maya 6026Morehouse Adam A. 6036Morgan Imani A. 1015Moriarty Kaitlin A. 2528Morio Kaitlyn N. 6037Mossberg Kirsten E. 4018Muckle Andrew R. 4025Mudre Lily A. 1019Mudre Rachel M. 1019Mueller Alaina J. 4018Mulberry Tyler 2538Muldoon Katherine Y. 5052Murdzek Jessica 3014Murphy Alana 2022Murphy Amanda 6073Myers Rachel A. 6039Myrzatay Almas 3503Naqvi Insia 5504Narayanan Amoolya V. 3013Natarajan Ash 3084Newberry Thomas C. 6071Nguyen Thao Ngoc T. 3507Nguyen YvonneX. 2540Nicholson Krista 3089Nieves StefanieM. 4012Norton EvanP. 6506Nussbaum Benjamin J. 2504Nuzzo Raeanne 6505O’Brien Jackie 4008O’Brien Kevin 1018O’Neil Bridget C. 2003O’Neil OliviaR. 6018O’Sullivan JamesP. 6054Oei Bridget M. 6072Oei Maura C. 5030Oei Theresa A. 6050Oldham Benjamin 5501Oleasz Sean 5538Oliver SamanthaZ. 2033Ornitz NicholasM. 6051Ozkan SelahaddinS. 3513Paciorek Mike J. 3057Pagdiwala Daztar 5505Pagliaro Dominic C. 5020Palmerino Ashley H. 4021Pappacoda Bianca M. 2021Parenteau Maria A. 5054Park Helen 6044Patel Shrey S. 1021Patel Vishal V. 5038Patil Siddharth S. 1021Patria Joseph N. 6007Pecoriello Jillian M. 3072Pelisson Matthew 5055Pellerin Coogan E. 5016Pelloth Max 6011Pena Zacariah 5534Perez ErikaS. 3068Petroff Matthew A. 6092

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2011 Final Report

Petschek Ryan D. 2034Picoli Lydia 2032Piekarski Moshe Y. 5518Pitrelli Joanna M. 4011Plasse Maria J. 2013Plavnicky CharleneN. 5529Plochocki Anthony T. 5528Podgorski Drew 6057Poma-Rodriguez CesarR. 2543Potti Akilesh V. 6076Powers David 3037Prawl Ashley B. 1015Prescott Hayley N. 6509Provatas AthanasiosA. 6035Provost ConnorS. 2018Pung Kingston 3081Quattropani Cassie 6063Quintero Michael A. 6058Raabe KevinW. 5027Ramirez GurionD. 1004Ramsay Samantha M. 3038Ransohoff OliviaR. 5562Rathore Ayush 6514Reed Marleena S. 5553Reisert Julia N. 1008Reynolds Antonia L. 2510Rice Tyler J. 5014Ringes Katerina E. 2030Riodin Jasmine 6517Rivera Jazmin 6052Robertson Emily M. 5560Robitaille Nicole 5023Rocco Audra C. 2515Romero Siobhan 1017Rose-Wilen Esther E. 6042Rosenblatt Benjamin T. 2012Rosiello Thomas 2026Ross Kayleigh A. 2544Roychoudhury Shayan 5566Rutledge John W. 4016Rutledge Megan K. 4016Ryan Haley M. 2514Ryan Kyle T. 6093Saghri Firouz 5524Saha Shubhro 6028Sambrook Taylor A. 6013Samuels Max B. 3061Santavenere ChiaraA. 2503Santo Jack A. 5008Santos Alyssa E. 2507Saracina Brooklynn L. 4021Satonick Peter 3074Savage Katie 6513Sawhney Gurumeher 5561Schachter Nathan 5515Schif Kristian R. 6510Schirra Erin D. 3512Schneer Katherine E. 5019Schulman Jared A. 6002Sehgal Rahul 3062Sejourne Gabrielle M. 6038Selig Abigail R. 1011Sencan Fadil A. 6516

Shapiro Mark E. 5029Shenkar Liat 2530Sherwood Blake M. 5556Shorten Matthew J. 2023Shreiteh Yasmine 6505Shubat Danielle M. 5512Silva JoseR. 5542Simmons Riley A. 5040Simoniello Michael M. 4025Sisson Marin C. 4015Skaller Madeleine L. 6075Smith Eric 5554Smith Laura G. 6512Smith Patrick 5527Sobilo Deana E. 6078Solder John 3032Solomon Nick T. 5056Speer James R. 2005Spiggle Jia I. 2028Stafford Lily J. 6025Steele Samantha S. 3031Steuer ZacharyH. 5047Sugrue Sarah G. 2518Suzuki AndrewB. 6087Tappenden Charlotte P. 2020Tarca Olivia 6513Teerlinck Benjamin S. 5559Terrizzi NicoleM. 1012Thomas Ro-Anna R. 6511Thomas Ro-Anne R. 6511Thompson Connor J. 6082Thompson Mac H. 6507Todorovska BojanaJ. 2031Tolmie Marla G. 3067Tornifoglia Nicholas E. 6008Tournaud Alyssa M. 3512Troy Haley B. 6508Tucker Tonya M. 1006Tukupov Serik 6014Turnier Sidney Y. 4020Tuzuner AlperenF. 3501Tyler Emily 4008Uddin Moe J. 3069Valentine Drew A. 5002vanGeldern BenjaminC. 5004Vargas Ana C. 3078Velleco Ashley R. 2027Vidro Maylene K. 4027Viola Toni 3050Visscher Adeline S. 1005Wagner Kristina M. 3059Wakeford Kara A. 5541Walsh James D. 5548Wang Zelun 6503Waskowicz CaleighM. 5050Weber Patrick R. 6023Weber Polina M. 5042Webster Ana Rose 3005Werner Skyler A. 6022Whitesell Matt R. 6041Whyte Dijon 6504Widman Jessica 3509Wiedemer Nicole 5013


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64rd Connecticut Science FairMarch 13-17, 2012

QuinnipiacUniversity,Hamden

2012 CSF

May 8-13, 2011Los Angeles, CA

2011 Intel ISEF

Williams JacquelineR. 5546Wiltse Marin E. 1008Winter Lea R. 6515Woodson Elizabeth 6056Worthington Mason 5062Wray Anthonia 5558Xie Evaline 2516Yan Qi 3063Yilmaz Yusuf 6516Young Ashley R. 2014Yu Zizi 3026

Zavala Karen 3091Zeffiro DonnieG. 2010Zeller JulieM. 3043Zephir SophiaN. 5503Zhao Ming 3044Zheng Johnny 6080Zhitomi AdamP. 3508Zhuang Shiyu 3077Zollo AngelinaJ. 1009Zucco AmeliaM. 2512Zwahlen MurphyD. 4026

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2011 I-SWEEP

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2011 Genius Olympiad

2011 final report

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