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Final Judging Results Award Legend Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ... Medalists = m Winners = w These judging results are unaudited by the fair’s Database Committee. The CSEF reserves the right to correct the listings. Alexion Biotechnology Awards [School] [SchTown] [Teacher] [Proj#] [Project Title] [FCat] Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Quinnipiac University March 10 - 14, 2015 7th Grade 2010 "Pore" My Way to Cleaner Water: The use of flocculants and porous ceramic pots for purifying drinking water in developing countries Plantsville J.F. Kennedy Middle School Mrs.Pepin L7 Award Student(s) Matthew Maciejewski 7 Plantsville Town Grade 1 l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Life Sciences 7th grade- $200 & trophy and Invitation to Compete Broadcom MASTERS l Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- 1st Place Middle School - $500 Cash and Trophy l UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence in engineering l United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and Annual Report l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 1st Place- Biotechnology 7th grade- $300 & trophy l Ricoh Corporation/Society for Science & the Public --- Certificate, Lapel Pin,$50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF l Talcott Mountain Science Center --- Founder’s Award - $450 Saturday Mentorship Course at TMSC - Middle School Phys Science l The Children’s Museum --- 1 family 4-Pack of Admission Passes to the Children’s Museum l Milton Fisher Science Fair Award for Innovation and Creativity --- For Excellence in Creativity and Innovation by a High School student, $200 cash 2039 Novel Bioluminescent Display using Aliivibrio fischeri for efficiency and low cost Avon Talcott Mountain Academy Alyson Tockstein L7 Award Student(s) Yusuf Zaidi 7 Avon Town Grade 2 l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 5rd Place- Life Sciences 7th grade- trophy l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 2nd Place- Biotechnology 7th grade- $200 & trophy 1008 Analysis of Moisture and Retention of Body Lotions and Correlation to Microbial Growth Orange Southern CT Hebrew Academy Karen Howell LT Award Student(s) Sarah Yaffe 7 Madison Town Grade Mindel Yaffe 7 Madison Town Grade 3 l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Life Sciences MS Team- $100 each & trophy and Invite to Compete Broadcom MASTERS l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 3rd Place- Biotechnology 7th grade- $100 & trophy 2001 The Effects of Wi-fi on Plant Growth New Haven Worthington Hooker Middle School Douglas Jones L7 Award Student(s) Michael Bencivengo 7 New Haven Town Grade 4 l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 4th Place- Biotechnology 7th grade- trophy 3/13/2015 Page 1 Connecticut Science Fair / www.ctsciencefair.org

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Page 1: Connecticut Science & Engineering Fairctsciencefair.org/media/2015AllSpCatWinners.pdf · 1008 Analysis of Moisture and Retention of Body ... 2521 Electric Energy Production In A Bio-fuel

Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Alexion Biotechnology Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

7th Grade2010 "Pore" My Way to Cleaner Water: The use of flocculants and porous ceramic pots for purifying drinking water in

developing countries

Plantsville J.F. Kennedy Middle School Mrs.PepinL7

Award Student(s) Matthew Maciejewski 7 PlantsvilleTownGrade1

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Life Sciences 7th grade- $200 & trophy and Invitation to CompeteBroadcom MASTERS

l Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- 1st Place Middle School - $500 Cash andTrophy

l UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence inengineering

l United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and AnnualReport

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 1st Place- Biotechnology 7th grade- $300 & trophyl Ricoh Corporation/Society for Science & the Public --- Certificate, Lapel Pin,$50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEFl Talcott Mountain Science Center --- Founder’s Award - $450 Saturday Mentorship Course at TMSC - Middle School

Phys Sciencel The Children’s Museum --- 1 family 4-Pack of Admission Passes to the Children’s Museuml Milton Fisher Science Fair Award for Innovation and Creativity --- For Excellence in Creativity and Innovation by a

High School student, $200 cash

2039 Novel Bioluminescent Display using Aliivibrio fischeri for efficiency and low costAvon Talcott Mountain Academy Alyson Tockstein

L7Award Student(s) Yusuf Zaidi 7 AvonTownGrade2

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 5rd Place- Life Sciences 7th grade- trophyl Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 2nd Place- Biotechnology 7th grade- $200 & trophy

1008 Analysis of Moisture and Retention of Body Lotions and Correlation to Microbial GrowthOrange Southern CT Hebrew Academy Karen Howell

LTAward Student(s) Sarah Yaffe 7 MadisonTownGrade

Mindel Yaffe 7 MadisonTownGrade3

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Life Sciences MS Team- $100 each & trophy and Invite to CompeteBroadcom MASTERS

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 3rd Place- Biotechnology 7th grade- $100 & trophy

2001 The Effects of Wi-fi on Plant GrowthNew Haven Worthington Hooker Middle School Douglas Jones

L7Award Student(s) Michael Bencivengo 7 New HavenTownGrade4

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 4th Place- Biotechnology 7th grade- trophy

3/13/2015 Page 1Connecticut Science Fair / www.ctsciencefair.org

Page 2: Connecticut Science & Engineering Fairctsciencefair.org/media/2015AllSpCatWinners.pdf · 1008 Analysis of Moisture and Retention of Body ... 2521 Electric Energy Production In A Bio-fuel

Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Alexion Biotechnology Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

1020 Got White?-Which toothpaste will whiten the best on stained limestone tiles?Plantsville J.F. Kennedy Middle School Pamela Pepin

LTAward Student(s) Tara Brock 7 SouthingtonTownGrade

Hannah Sousa 7 SouthingtonTownGrade5

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 5th Place- Biotechnology 7th grade- trophy

1004 Vitamin H2GrowDanbury St. Gregory the Great School Mrs. Christine Fahey

LTAward Student(s) Kieran Doolabh 7 DanburyTownGrade

Hunter Swaylik 7 WoodburyTownGradeBrendan Walsh 7 DanburyTownGrade

m

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 7h grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir

5037 Using Different Plant Xylem to Filter PhosphatesDanbury Westside Middle School Academy Jonathan Neuhausel

P7Award Student(s) Anjeli Joseph 7 DanburyTownGradem

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 7h grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir

1017 The Impact of Acidic Water on Germinating Mung Beans.Stamford Bi-Cultural Day School Chris Graseck

LTAward Student(s) Jordana Raich 7 StamfordTownGrade

Tilly Chamberlain 7 StamfordTownGradem

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 7h grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir

1005 The effect of organic and non-organic compost produced by vermicomposting with eisenia foetida on the growth oflycopsersicon lycopersicum.

Windsor Madina Academy Mr. HassanLT

Award Student(s) Ayesha Nazir 7 ManchesterTownGradeRuqayyah Paine 7 TerryvilleTownGrade

m

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- 3rd Place MS- $100, Trophy, CACIWC giftsl Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 7h grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir

4028 Does your shirt have your back: A study of clothing features that protect against UV lightWindsor St. Gabriel School Margaret Rosa

PTAward Student(s) Alma Clark 7 WindsorTownGrade

Benjamin Clark 7 WindsorTownGradem

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 7h grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir

3/13/2015 Page 2Connecticut Science Fair / www.ctsciencefair.org

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Alexion Biotechnology Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

8th Grade2521 Electric Energy Production In A Bio-fuel Cell For Varying Electrogenic Microbial Samples

New Haven Engineering & Science University Magnet School Mr. Roger L. RushworthL8

Award Student(s) Sumanth Kondapalli 8 MilfordTownGrade1

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 2nd Place Middle School - $200 and Trophy, Medallionl United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and Annual

Reportl Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 1st Place- Biotechnology 8th grade- $500 & trophy and Invitation Compete in

Broadcom MASTERSl Environmental/Energy Award-Urban Public School Award --- For the highest scoring environmental protection or

alternate energy project by a New Haven Public School student.

2527 Viral Protein 35 Inhibition: A Novel Treatment for Ebola Virus Diseasehamden Hamden Middle School Danny Martins

L8Award Student(s) Akshar Agarwal 8 HamdenTownGrade2

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 2nd Place- Biotechnology 8th grade- $300 & trophy and Invitation Compete inBroadcom MASTERS

2509 The Effects of Honey on the Healing and Regeneration of Lumbriculus variegatusGreens Farms Greens Farms Academy Sara Campolettano

L8Award Student(s) Lila Wells 8 DarienTownGrade3

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 3rd Place- Biotechnology 8th grade- $200 & trophy and Invitation Compete inBroadcom MASTERS

2508 Hand Hygiene Effectiveness in Reducing the Number of Bacterial Colonies.New Haven Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School Laggis

L8Award Student(s) Aimee Turcotte 8 MilfordTownGrade4

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 4th Place- Biotechnology 8th grade- trophy and Invitation Compete in BroadcomMASTERS

3/13/2015 Page 3Connecticut Science Fair / www.ctsciencefair.org

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Alexion Biotechnology Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

5551 UV-C Lighting As A Supplemental Method Of Preservation In Refrigerators To Reduce Energy ConsumptionDanbury Westside Middle School Academy Jonathan Neuhausel

P8Award Student(s) Christopher Hwang 8 DanburyTownGrade5

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences 8th Grade - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 1st Place Middle School - $300 and Trophy, Medallion andProject Oceanology’s Ocean Camp

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and

Acrylic Trophyl Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering Middle School Urban School Challenge Award --- Urban School

Challenge 1st MS- $250 Cash Award, Invite to attend CASE’s Annual Mtg & $500 to School Science Department forEquipment/Supplies

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 5th Place- Biotechnology 8th grade- trophyl Ricoh Corporation/Society for Science & the Public --- Certificate, Lapel Pin,$50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF

2537 The Antimicrobial Properties of PapayaAvon Talcott Mountain Academy Ms. Tockstien

L8Award Student(s) Zachary Waskowicz 8 SouthingtonTownGradem

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 8th grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenirl Institute of Food Technologists, Nutmeg Section --- $50 award + invitation to dinner

2535 Optimizing Methane Oxidation by Methanotrophs Through the Engineering Application of Different EnvironmentsNew Haven Engineering & Science University Magnet School Roger Rushworth

L8Award Student(s) Jacob Feuerstein 8 WoodbridgeTownGradem

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- MS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic awardl Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 8th grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenirl Air and Waste Management Association, Connecticut Chapter --- $100 Junior, Environmental Research, waste

recycling related

1016 Analysis of Silicon's Effect On Bone Health, "Cell" Bioavailability, and "Skin" Absorption.Orange Southern CT Hebrew Academy Karen Howell

LTAward Student(s) Miriam Kantor 8 WestportTownGrade

Chana Katz 8 New HavenTownGradem

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 2nd Place- Life Sciences MS Team- $100 each & trophy and Invite CompeteBroadcom MASTERS

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 8th grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir

3/13/2015 Page 4Connecticut Science Fair / www.ctsciencefair.org

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Alexion Biotechnology Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

4010 Analysis of Nature's Digestive Enzymes and Effect of Inhibitors and Enhancers on Nutrition and Cell Absorption.Orange Southern CT Hebrew Academy Karen Howell

PTAward Student(s) Esther Lipsker 8 StamfordTownGrade

Chana Kalmanson 8 New HavenTownGradem

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Science sJr Team - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 8th grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenirl United States Public Health Service --- Certificate & $50 Amazon gift card given by CSEF & medallionl Institute of Food Technologists, Nutmeg Section --- $100 award + invitation to dinner

2541 Inexpensive Treatments for Plants Affected from Contaminated Soil by Oil SpillsWindsor Madina Academy Esslam Hassan

L8Award Student(s) Radeyah Ahmed 8 BloomfieldTownGradem

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 8th grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenirl Meyerand Young Woman Scientist Awards --- $300 cash - Middle School Life Sciences

3/13/2015 Page 5Connecticut Science Fair / www.ctsciencefair.org

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Alexion Biotechnology Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

High School3096 Temperature-Independent, Portable, and Rapid Field Detection of Ebola via a Silk-Derived Lateral-Flow System

Greenwich Greenwich High School Andy BramanteLS

Award Student(s) Olivia Hallisey 10 GreenwichTownGrade1

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Life Sciences Senior High- $500 & Plaque, Trip to compete at Intel ISEFl UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence in

engineeringl H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence, an award of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering in

partnership with CCAT --- Life Sci. Senior 1st HS- $1,000, Solid Silver Medal of Excellence, invite to CASE AnnualMtg

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 1st Place- Biotechnology Senior High- Trip to compete at Intel ISEF, $1000 &plaque,

l Connecticut Invention Convention “Next Step Inventors” --- $50 gift certificate & invitation to present at CT InventionConvention as “CIC Next Step Inventors”

3054 Preparation and Comparison of EGCG-Loaded PLGA and Cellulose Acetate Microparticles for Osteoarthritis TreatmentGlastonbury Glastonbury High School Diane Pintavalle

LSAward Student(s) Anubhuti Mathur 12 GlastonburyTownGrade2

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 2nd Place- Biotechnology Senior High- $500 & plaquel Biophysical Society --- Biophysics Award- $100

6015 Synthesis of an Electromagnetically-Controlled Corn-Starch/PVA Biopolymer Microstructure for Extended and TargetedDrug Delivery

Greenwich Greenwich High School Andrew BramantePS

Award Student(s) Margaret Cirino 10 GreenwichTownGrade3

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 2nd Place- Physical Sciences Senior HighIndividual - $300 & Plaque, trip to compete at Intel ISEF

l United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and AnnualReport

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 3rd Place- Biotechnology Senior High- $300 & plaquel U.S. Metric Association --- Certificate & $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEFl Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- High School- Certificate, $75.00 gift certificate1

3009 Novel Ultrasonic-Induced Antibiotic Deterioration of Borrelia Biofilms for the Treatment of Chronic Lyme DiseaseGreenwich Greenwich High School Mr. Andrew Bramante

LSAward Student(s) Sophia Ertel 12 Old GreenwichTownGrade4

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 4th Place- Biotechnology Senior High- $200 & plaquel Connecticut Science Supervisors Association --- $125 for a high school projectl The Connecticut Technology Council Young Woman Innovation Award --- $150 Cash Award for Technological

Innovation

3/13/2015 Page 6Connecticut Science Fair / www.ctsciencefair.org

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Alexion Biotechnology Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

3114 A Novel Antibody-Functionalized Graphene Transistor Lab-On-A-Chip for Selective Detection of Malaria PathogensGreenwich Greenwich High School Andy Bramante

LSAward Student(s) Paul Hansel 11 Old GreenwcihTownGrade5

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Awardl UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence in

engineeringl Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 5th Place- Biotechnology Senior High- $100 & plaquel Milton Fisher Science Fair Award for Innovation and Creativity --- For Excellence in Creativity and Innovation by a

Middle School student, $100 cash

3118 Development of Non-toxic Photostabilized Phycoerythrin for Application in Dye Sensitized Solar CellsBridgeport Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture School Mr. Shadle

LSAward Student(s) Eunsun Hong 12 SheltonTownGradem

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Awardl CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 1st Place High School - $500 and Plaque, Medallion and

trip to compete at Intel Int. Sci. & Eng. Fairl H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence, an award of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering in

partnership with CCAT --- Urban School Challenge 1st HS- $1,000, Silver Medal of Excellence, Invite to CASEAnnual Mtg & $500 cash award to School Science Department for equipment/supplies

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenirl University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in

Biochemistry

3049 Targeted Release of Moringa oleifera Cationic Proteins from Starch-g-poly (sodium acrylate-co-HEMA) Hydrogels forthe Remediation of Aqueous Polychlorinated Biphenyls

Greenwich Greenwich High School Andrew BramanteLS

Award Student(s) Vijay Kadiyala 11 Old GreenwichTownGradem

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenirl ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Inititatives --- Certificate-Nomination to Compete in 2016 Sustainability Solutions

Festival and $50 Gift Card

3031 Chocolate's Theobromine, and not Caffeine, significantly reduces sleep in DrosophilaGreenwich Greenwich High School Andrew Bramante

LSAward Student(s) Reid Radulovacki 11 GreenwichTownGradem

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 2nd Place- Life Sciences Senior High- $300 & Plaque, Trip to compete at Intel ISEFl Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir

3110 Hybridized Manganese Dioxide & Gold-Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Inhibition of Tumor Growth via Radiosensitization andTumor Microenvironment Control

Greenwich Greenwich High School Mr. Andrew BramanteLS

Award Student(s) William Yin 10 GreenwichTownGradem

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 3rd Place- Life Sciences Senior High- $200 & Plaquel Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenirl Otero Family Award --- The Otero Family Award; $200 cash

3/13/2015 Page 7Connecticut Science Fair / www.ctsciencefair.org

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Alexion Biotechnology Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

3075 Elevated Levels Of Interleukin-8 in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers induce Cell Survival During ChemotherapyRedding SCSEF - Old Saybrook Senior High School Kellie Sutliff-Brady

LSAward Student(s) Andrew Pan 12 Old SaybrookTownGradem

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenirl University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in Cell and

Molecular Biology

3/13/2015 Page 8Connecticut Science Fair / www.ctsciencefair.org

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Barnes Aerospace Applied TechnologyAwards

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

Middle School

4017 The Sensing CaneBethany Amity Reg Middle School, Bethany Campus Kevin Berean

PTAward Student(s) Kate Yuan 8 WoodbridgeTownGrade

Catalina Betancur 8 WoodbridgeTownGrade1

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 3rd Place- Physical Sciences MS Team-trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- 1st Place Middle School - $300 and Trophy, Medallionl Xerox Computer Science Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Awardl American Society of Safety Engineers, CT Valley Chapter --- $100 grade 7-8 projectl ISA - International Society for Automation --- 2nd - $75 award

5512 Design, build and program a robot using an Arduino Mega 2560 R3 through an Android app to cheer up or relaxchildren at a hospital

Orange Southern CT Hebrew Academy Karen HowellP8

Award Student(s) Ben Bruder 8 New HavenTownGrade2

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- 2nd Place Middle School - $200 and Trophy, Medallionl Xerox Computer Science Awards --- 2nd Place Middle School - $200, Trophy and Medallionl UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence in

engineering

5054 Development of a technique to detect explosive residue for use in avoiding terrorism threats.Danbury St. Joseph School Mrs. Reilly

P7Award Student(s) Bradley Kerr 7 DanburyTownGrade3

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 5th Place- Physical Sciences 7th GradeIndividual - trophy

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- 3rd Place Middle School - $100 and Trophy, Medallionl UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence in

engineering

3/13/2015 Page 1Connecticut Science Fair / www.ctsciencefair.org

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Barnes Aerospace Applied TechnologyAwards

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

5551 UV-C Lighting As A Supplemental Method Of Preservation In Refrigerators To Reduce Energy ConsumptionDanbury Westside Middle School Academy Jonathan Neuhausel

P8Award Student(s) Christopher Hwang 8 DanburyTownGradem

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences 8th Grade - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 1st Place Middle School - $300 and Trophy, Medallion andProject Oceanology’s Ocean Camp

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and

Acrylic Trophyl Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering Middle School Urban School Challenge Award --- Urban School

Challenge 1st MS- $250 Cash Award, Invite to attend CASE’s Annual Mtg & $500 to School Science Department forEquipment/Supplies

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 5th Place- Biotechnology 8th grade- trophyl Ricoh Corporation/Society for Science & the Public --- Certificate, Lapel Pin,$50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF

5514 Substitution of Metals in a Salt-Water Engine to Increase Energy-EfficiencyGreenwich Central Middle School Ms. Bresler

P8Award Student(s) Bennett Hawley 8 Cos CobTownGradem

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 5th Place- Physical Sciences 8th Grade Ind. -trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and

Acrylic Trophyl Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- Middle School- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon

given by CSEFl Constellation - An Excelon Company --- For Excellence in clean renewable / sustainable energy - Grades 7 & 8l IEEE, Connecticut Section --- $100 Honorable Mentionl MIT Club of Hartford K-12 Initiative --- For excellence in science & technology of energy related research, middle

school, $100 cash awardl American Society for Metals - Hartford Chapter --- $50 Check

2535 Optimizing Methane Oxidation by Methanotrophs Through the Engineering Application of Different EnvironmentsNew Haven Engineering & Science University Magnet School Roger Rushworth

L8Award Student(s) Jacob Feuerstein 8 WoodbridgeTownGradem

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- MS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic awardl Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 8th grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenirl Air and Waste Management Association, Connecticut Chapter --- $100 Junior, Environmental Research, waste

recycling related

3/13/2015 Page 2Connecticut Science Fair / www.ctsciencefair.org

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Barnes Aerospace Applied TechnologyAwards

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

5513 HOW TO INSULATE YOUR HOUSE AND REDUCE YOUR FUEL BILLSTrumbull Christian Heritage School Mrs. Oshin

P8Award Student(s) Garrett Kalker 8 MonroeTownGradem

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- Middle School- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon

given by CSEF

3/13/2015 Page 3Connecticut Science Fair / www.ctsciencefair.org

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Barnes Aerospace Applied TechnologyAwards

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

High School

6030 Electrically Independent, Low Cost, Self-Filling Water Bottle for use in Water Locked RegionsOxford Oxford High School Mrs. Scheuer

PSAward Student(s) Zachary Frew 12 OxfordTownGrade1

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- 1st Place High School - $500 and Plaque, Medallionl United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and Annual

Reportl Stockholm Junior Water Prize --- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF, possible advance to further

competitionl Connecticut Invention Convention “Next Step Inventors” --- $50 gift certificate & invitation to present at CT Invention

Convention as “CIC Next Step Inventors”

6087 Application of Manganese-Based Ionic Liquid for Optimized Performance of Non-aqueous / Aqueous Redox FlowBatteries

Greenwich Greenwich High School Andrew BramantePS

Award Student(s) Nicholas Szabo 11 GlenvilleTownGrade2

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 3rd Place- Physical Sciences Senior HighIndividual - $200 & Plaque

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- 2nd Place High School - $300 and Plaque Medallionl UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence in

engineeringl Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- High School- Certificate, $75.00 gift certificate

6503 Designing a High Efficiency and Low Cost Wind Turbines bu Utilizing Organic Solar Panels made from Rosa CaninaPutnam Putnam Science Academy Serdar Haytiyev

PSTAward Student(s) Cagri Aytekin 12 PutnamTownGrade

Furkan Sahin 10 PutnamTownGradeFurkan Aldemir 11 PutnamTownGrade

3

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Physical Sciences Senior HighTeam- $500 (split) & Plaque

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- 3rd Place High School - $ 200 and Plaque, Medallionl Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallionl Constellation - An Excelon Company --- For Excellence in clean renewable / sustainable energy - Grades 9 - 12l American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics - Connecticut Section --- $200 award, certificate

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Barnes Aerospace Applied TechnologyAwards

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

6511 A Feasibility Study of Portable, Ground-Based Ice-Penetrating Radar to Resolve Cartography Deficiencies.Greenwich Brunswick School Dana Montanez

PSTAward Student(s) Ryan Callaghan 11 WiltonTownGrade

Alessandro Mariani 11 GreenwichTownGradem

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior Team -CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl IEEE, Connecticut Section --- $250 Honors Award -Junior

3091 An Investigation of Drone Downdraft as a Viable Alternative for Insect Pollination of Essential CropsGreenwich Brunswick School Mrs. Montanez

LSAward Student(s) Andreas Kern 11 GreenwichTownGradem

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 5th Place- Life Sciences Senior High- Plaquel Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award

6071 Designing a Braille E-Book For the Visually Impaired and Blind PeoplePutnam Putnam Science Academy Serdar Haytiyev

PSAward Student(s) Abdulkadir Yilmaz 11 PutnamTownGradem

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Xerox Computer Science Awards --- 3rd Place High School- $200, Plaque, Medallionl Connecticut Association for the Gifted --- Leonardo Davinci 9-12 Grade $50 Gift Certificatel ISA - International Society for Automation --- 3rd - $50 awardl Leask/Francoeur Family Awards --- Award for excellence and innovation in electrical engineering or computer

science - $200 cashl Education Connection- Center for 21st Century Skills Awards --- $100 For innovative use of technology to advance

science or engineeringl Connecticut Invention Convention “Next Step Inventors” --- $50 gift certificate & invitation to present at CT Invention

Convention as “CIC Next Step Inventors”

6075 Energy Transfer Using Laser Power BeamingSuffield Suffield High School Mr. Mitchell Charkiewicz

PSAward Student(s) Joseph Howarth 11 SuffieldTownGradem

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- 2nd Place High School - $300 Cash and Plaque,

Trip to Compete GENIUS Olympiad, Oswego, NYl Coherent, Inc. Richard Hart Award for Excellence in Photonics --- $300 cash, plaque, invitation to lunch and tour

Coherent factory

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Barnes Aerospace Applied TechnologyAwards

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

6081 Reverse Osmosis Water Desalination Via the Harnessing of Perpetual Wave EnergySuffield Suffield High School Mitchell Charkiewicz

PSAward Student(s) Matthew Rogers 11 SuffieldTownGradem

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Awardl Stockholm Junior Water Prize --- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF, possible advance to further

competitionl Wisner Award --- $250 cash and plaquel University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in

Sustainabilityl John S. Kendall Memorial Award --- $500 John S. Kendall Award for Excellence In Mechanical Engineering - High

Schooll U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center --- Summer internship to conduct research aboard ship or at a

USCG base + $50 Amazon Gift Card given by CSEF. ALTERNATE 1

6084 Determination of Illicit Drug Residues on Currency Using LC-MS/MSWoodbridge Amity Regional High School Deborah Day

PSAward Student(s) Victoria Liu 12 BethanyTownGradem

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award

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CSEF Awards Reading List3/13/2015

CASE Urban Challenge Middle School Award

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

UV-C Lighting As A Supplemental Method Of Preservation In Refrigerators To Reduce EnergyConsumption

5551P8

School/Teacher / /Danbury Westside Middle School Academy Jonathan Neuhausel

Urban School Challenge 1st MS- $250 Cash Award, Invite to attend CASE’s Annual Mtg & $500 toSchool Science Department for Equipment/Supplies

AwardDescription

Christopher Hwang 8GradeStudent(s)/Pronunciation

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

CASE Urban School Challenge Awards withsupport from Travelers

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

Middle School

5551 UV-C Lighting As A Supplemental Method Of Preservation In Refrigerators To Reduce Energy ConsumptionDanbury Westside Middle School Academy Jonathan Neuhausel

P8Award Student(s) Christopher Hwang 8 DanburyTownGrade1

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences 8th Grade - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 1st Place Middle School - $300 and Trophy, Medallion andProject Oceanology’s Ocean Camp

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and

Acrylic Trophyl Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering Middle School Urban School Challenge Award --- Urban School

Challenge 1st MS- $250 Cash Award, Invite to attend CASE’s Annual Mtg & $500 to School Science Department forEquipment/Supplies

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 5th Place- Biotechnology 8th grade- trophyl Ricoh Corporation/Society for Science & the Public --- Certificate, Lapel Pin,$50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF

2521 Electric Energy Production In A Bio-fuel Cell For Varying Electrogenic Microbial SamplesNew Haven Engineering & Science University Magnet School Mr. Roger L. Rushworth

L8Award Student(s) Sumanth Kondapalli 8 MilfordTownGrade2

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 2nd Place Middle School - $200 and Trophy, Medallionl United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and Annual

Reportl Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 1st Place- Biotechnology 8th grade- $500 & trophy and Invitation Compete in

Broadcom MASTERSl Environmental/Energy Award-Urban Public School Award --- For the highest scoring environmental protection or

alternate energy project by a New Haven Public School student.

2544 Fruit Fly FatalityHartford Environmental Sciences Magnet School at Mary

HookerKirsten Devlin

L8Award Student(s) Hunter Rego 8 WinstedTownGrade3

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 3rd Place- Life Sciences 8th grade- $100 & trophy and Invite to Compete BroadcomMASTERS

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 3rd Place Middle School - $100 and Trophy, Medallionl Fred Bailey Memorial Award --- $250 for innovative research- Hartford Urban Middle School Project

2507 Aqua-LifeBridgeport Black Rock School Helena Coatsworth

L8Award Student(s) Benjamin Clark 8 BridgeportTownGradem

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

CASE Urban School Challenge Awards withsupport from Travelers

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

5523 Power WindBridgeport High Horizons Magnet School Mrs. Scott-Thiam

P8Award Student(s) Diego Garcia 8 BridgeportTownGradem

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award

5555 Powerful PropellersBridgeport Multicultural Magnet School Mr. Walter Mayorga

P8Award Student(s) Abigail Cloud 8 BridgeportTownGradem

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Society of Women Engineers - Hartford Section --- Scientific Calculatorl John S. Kendall Memorial Award --- $300 John S. Kendall Award for Excellence In Mechanical Engineering - Middle

School

5034 Wood ToughnessBridgeport Read School Mr. Tharson

P7Award Student(s) Alexia Andrade 7 BridgeportTownGradem

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award

5033 Changing the pH of Soil to Generate Electricity in the Form of a Microbial Fuel CellDanbury Westside Middle School Academy Mr. Neuhausel

P7Award Student(s) Nila Narayan 7 DanburyTownGradem

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- 1st Place MS - $300, Trophy, CACIWC gifts

5528 Efficiency of Piezoelectric Materials for Electric ProductionNew Haven Engineering & Science University Magnet School Mr. Roger Rushworth

P8Award Student(s) Prastik Mohanraj 8 AnsoniaTownGradem

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences 8th Grade - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl IEEE, Connecticut Section --- $100 Honorable Mention

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

CASE Urban School Challenge Awards withsupport from Travelers

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

High School

3118 Development of Non-toxic Photostabilized Phycoerythrin for Application in Dye Sensitized Solar CellsBridgeport Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture School Mr. Shadle

LSAward Student(s) Eunsun Hong 12 SheltonTownGrade1

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Awardl CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 1st Place High School - $500 and Plaque, Medallion and

trip to compete at Intel Int. Sci. & Eng. Fairl H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence, an award of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering in

partnership with CCAT --- Urban School Challenge 1st HS- $1,000, Silver Medal of Excellence, Invite to CASEAnnual Mtg & $500 cash award to School Science Department for equipment/supplies

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenirl University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in

Biochemistry

3073 Determining the Effect of Biofouling on a Restocking System for Homarus americanusBridgeport Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture School Mr. Kirk Shadle

LSAward Student(s) Shana Isidoro 12 MonroeTownGrade2

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Awardl CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 2nd Place High School - $400 and Plaque, Medallionl Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- HS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic awardl Mystic Aquarium --- $100 and 4 Admission Tickets to Mystic Aquarium

6011 Application of the near-IR Luminescence Property of Egyptian Blue and related Alkaline Earth Metal Copper Silicates(ACuSi4O10,ACuSi2O6, ACuSi2O7) in Infrared Technologies

Bridgeport Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture School Kirk ShadlePS

Award Student(s) Daniel Munteanu 12 FairfieldTownGrade3

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 3rd Place High School - $ 300 and Plaque, Medallion

3040 Utilizing Piscivorous Birds as Low-Impact Primary Biological IndicatorsBridgeport Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture School Mr. Kirk P. Shadle

LSAward Student(s) Sophie Kay 12 FairfieldTownGradem

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Awardl CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Project Oceanology --- Individual - Book + 2 tickets, First Place Senior, check for $100, t-shirtl Yale Peabody Museum --- Family “six-pack” of free passes to the Yale Peabody Museum

6060 Hydrogen Fuel Cells: How Electrode Material Affects ThemBridgeport Fairchild Wheeler Magnet High School Mr. Anthony

PSAward Student(s) Graham Bonnell 11 SouthportTownGradem

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

CASE Urban School Challenge Awards withsupport from Travelers

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

3039 Zeolite Zaps Cancer CellsHartford Greater Hartford Academy of Math & Science Dr.Aramli

LSAward Student(s) Jacqueline Klepinger 11 WethersfieldTownGradem

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Quinnipiac University Scholarships --- $20,000, 4 year scholarship ($5000 per year) to Quinnipiac University for HS

Student & $500 cashl University of Connecticut Academic Excellence Scholarship --- Academic Excellence Scholarship - $5000 a year for

each of four academic years- $20,000 total

3077 Exploration into the Effects of Anti-PAR2 Antibody on the Expression of CUX-1 Related Metabolic Pathways andApoptosis of Mouse Breast Cancer Cells

Hartford Greater Hartford Academy of Math & Science Dr. Lili AramliLS

Award Student(s) Leon Novak 11 Rocky HillTownGradem

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Society for In Vitro Biology --- Certificate and $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF

3128 The Effects of Pollution On the Regenerative Process of the Nematostella OrganismHartford Greater Hartford Academy of Math & Science Dr. Aramli

LSAward Student(s) Bryan Tassavor 11 Rocky HillTownGradem

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Quinnipiac University Scholarships --- $20,000, 4 year scholarship ($5000 per year) to Quinnipiac University for HS

Student & $500 cash

3124 The Optimization of Conditions for an Enzymatic Bio-BatteryNew Haven Engineering & Science University Magnet School Heather Toothaker

LSAward Student(s) Lauren Low 10 HamdenTownGradem

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Awardl CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Award

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

CSTA Marty Tafel Award[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

Middle School

2524 An Investigation of the Ingestion of Microscopic Plastic Particles by the Blue Mussel, Mytlus edulisNewtown St. Rose of Lima School Mardi Dimon

L8Award Student(s) Catherine Herrick 8 Sandy HookTownGrade

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Life Sciences 8th grade- $300 & trophy and Invite to Compete BroadcomMASTERS

l Connecticut Science Teachers Association's Marty Tafel Student Research Award --- Life Sciences 8th Grade - $500and invite to CSTA Award Banquet

l Yale Peabody Museum --- One-Year Family Membership to the Yale Peabody Museuml Project Oceanology --- Individual - Book + 2 tickets, First Place Junior, check for $100, t-shirt

5545 Using Induced Wind Force to Increase the Efficiency of an Electric Vehicle BatteryStratford St. Mark School Mr. Michael McMahon

P8Award Student(s) Emily Fedor 8 DerbyTownGrade

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Physical Sciences 8th Grade Ind.-$300 & trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS

l Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- 2nd Place Middle School - $300 Cash andTrophy

l Connecticut Science Teachers Association's Marty Tafel Student Research Award --- Physical Sciences 8th Grade -$500 and invite to CSTA Award Banquet

l Society of Women Engineers - Hartford Section --- Scientific Calculatorl David and Torrey Fenton Awards --- For creative work in the physical sciences- middle school; $200 cash

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

EnergizeCT/CL&P/eesmarts FutureSustainability Awards

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

High School

6101 Low Grade Waste Heat Recovery and Carbon Sequestration using an Innovative Reverse Electrodialysis (RED) andPressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) System

Greenwich Greenwich High School Andrew BramantePS

Award Student(s) Ethan Novek 10 GreenwichTownGrade1

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 1st Place - Physical Sciences Senior HighIndividual - $500 & Plaque, trip to compete at Intel ISEF

l Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- 1st Place High School - $800 Cash, Plaque, and Trip toCompete I-SWEEEP, Houston

l UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence inengineering

l United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and AnnualReport

l H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence, an award of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering inpartnership with CCAT --- Physical Sciences 1st HS $1,000, Solid Silver Medal of Excellence, invite to CASE AnnualMtg

l Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- High School- Certificate, $75.00 gift certificatel MIT Club of Hartford K-12 Initiative --- For excellence in science & technology of energy related research, high

school, $100 cash award

3020 Effective Optimization of Biogas Production through Alpha-Amylase UtilizationGreenwich Greenwich High School Andy Bramante

LSAward Student(s) Bryce Anderson 11 Cos CobTownGrade2

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 4th Place- Life Sciences Senior High- Plaquel Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- 2nd Place High School - $500 Cash and Plaque, Trip to

Compete at GENIUS Olympiad, Oswego, NYl Air and Waste Management Association, Connecticut Chapter --- $100 Senior, Environmental Research, waste

recycling related

6051 Revolutionizing A 16th Century Product For The Modern World: A Thermoelectric Chair That Creates Energy FromThe Human Touch

Greenwich Brunswick School Dana MontanezPS

Award Student(s) Angus Fraser 11 DarienTownGrade3

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- 1st Place High School - $500 Cash and Plaque,Trip to Compete I-SWEEEP, Houston

l Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- 3rd Place High School - $300 Cash and Trophyl Yale Science & Engineering Association, Inc. --- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEFl University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in Energy &

Transportation

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

EnergizeCT/CL&P/eesmarts FutureSustainability Awards

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

6027 Financially Superior Energy Source for Subterranean InhabitantsGlastonbury Glastonbury High School Ms. Pintavalle

PSAward Student(s) Ashley Gartland 11 GlastonburyTownGradem

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallionl Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Awardl ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Inititatives --- Certificate-Nomination to Compete in 2016 Sustainability Solutions

Festival and $50 Gift Cardl Connecticut Architecture Foundation --- $250 Gift Certificate to Barnes and Noble from the Connecticut Architecture

Foundation, William M. Mack, AIA Award.

6023 A Comparative Analysis of Rotating Solar Cubes vs. Horizontal Solar ArraysGreenwich Brunswick School Dana Montanez

PSAward Student(s) William Gorman 10 BedfordTownGradem

l Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Awardl U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center --- Summer internship to conduct research aboard ship or at a

USCG base + $50 Amazon Gift Card given by CSEF. ALTERNATE 2

3055 The Effects of Grey Water on the Germination Rate and Growth of a Variety of Grass Species.Hamden Sacred Heart Academy Mrs. Nelson

LSAward Student(s) Laura Mocciola 9 SheltonTownGradem

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- 2nd Place HS- $200, Plaque, CACIWC gifts, Trip to Compete GENIUSOlympiad, Oswego, NY

l Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Awardl Meyerand Young Woman Scientist Awards --- $300 cash - High School, Life Sciencesl Connecticut Nurserymen’s Foundation, Inc. --- $200 Cash Award & paid registration to the CT Nursery and

Landscape Summer Meeting

3515 Manure to MethaneHebron RHAM High School Kristin Spinelli

LSTAward Student(s) Taylor Brysgel 9 MarlboroughTownGrade

Darren Lin 9 MarlboroughTownGradem

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- 3rd Place High School - $200 Cash and Plaquel Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Awardl NYUC Pony Club Equine Award --- $50 Cash Award or excellence in equine studies

3124 The Optimization of Conditions for an Enzymatic Bio-BatteryNew Haven Engineering & Science University Magnet School Heather Toothaker

LSAward Student(s) Lauren Low 10 HamdenTownGradem

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Awardl CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Award

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

EnergizeCT/CL&P/eesmarts FutureSustainability Awards

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

6081 Reverse Osmosis Water Desalination Via the Harnessing of Perpetual Wave EnergySuffield Suffield High School Mitchell Charkiewicz

PSAward Student(s) Matthew Rogers 11 SuffieldTownGradem

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Awardl Stockholm Junior Water Prize --- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF, possible advance to further

competitionl Wisner Award --- $250 cash and plaquel University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in

Sustainabilityl John S. Kendall Memorial Award --- $500 John S. Kendall Award for Excellence In Mechanical Engineering - High

Schooll U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center --- Summer internship to conduct research aboard ship or at a

USCG base + $50 Amazon Gift Card given by CSEF. ALTERNATE 1

6018 A Novel Approach to Increase the Power Efficiency of a Wind Turbine with a Shroud and Diffuser DesignTolland Stonewall Academy Don Peck

PSAward Student(s) Amelia Peck 10 TollandTownGradem

l Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Award

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

EnergizeCT/CL&P/eesmarts SustainableResources & Practices Awards

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

Middle School

2010 "Pore" My Way to Cleaner Water: The use of flocculants and porous ceramic pots for purifying drinking water indeveloping countries

Plantsville J.F. Kennedy Middle School Mrs.PepinL7

Award Student(s) Matthew Maciejewski 7 PlantsvilleTownGrade1

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Life Sciences 7th grade- $200 & trophy and Invitation to CompeteBroadcom MASTERS

l Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- 1st Place Middle School - $500 Cash andTrophy

l UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence inengineering

l United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and AnnualReport

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 1st Place- Biotechnology 7th grade- $300 & trophyl Ricoh Corporation/Society for Science & the Public --- Certificate, Lapel Pin,$50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEFl Talcott Mountain Science Center --- Founder’s Award - $450 Saturday Mentorship Course at TMSC - Middle School

Phys Sciencel The Children’s Museum --- 1 family 4-Pack of Admission Passes to the Children’s Museuml Milton Fisher Science Fair Award for Innovation and Creativity --- For Excellence in Creativity and Innovation by a

High School student, $200 cash

5545 Using Induced Wind Force to Increase the Efficiency of an Electric Vehicle BatteryStratford St. Mark School Mr. Michael McMahon

P8Award Student(s) Emily Fedor 8 DerbyTownGrade2

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Physical Sciences 8th Grade Ind.-$300 & trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS

l Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- 2nd Place Middle School - $300 Cash andTrophy

l Connecticut Science Teachers Association's Marty Tafel Student Research Award --- Physical Sciences 8th Grade -$500 and invite to CSTA Award Banquet

l Society of Women Engineers - Hartford Section --- Scientific Calculatorl David and Torrey Fenton Awards --- For creative work in the physical sciences- middle school; $200 cash

5502 Water Filtration and Flocculation MethodsBozrah Fields Memorial School Evelyn Brown

P8Award Student(s) Rebecca Ramthun 8 BozrahTownGrade3

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences 8th Grade - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- 3rd Place Middle School - $200 Cash andTrophy

l Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- Middle School- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazongiven by CSEF

l Demos R Us Award --- $150 Cash Award- Clear Execution of Research

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

EnergizeCT/CL&P/eesmarts SustainableResources & Practices Awards

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

5504 Green Energy Ferris WheelBethany Amity Reg Middle School, Bethany Campus Kevin Berean

P8Award Student(s) Isabel Salazar 8 WoodbridgeTownGradem

l Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion andAcrylic Trophy

5551 UV-C Lighting As A Supplemental Method Of Preservation In Refrigerators To Reduce Energy ConsumptionDanbury Westside Middle School Academy Jonathan Neuhausel

P8Award Student(s) Christopher Hwang 8 DanburyTownGradem

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences 8th Grade - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 1st Place Middle School - $300 and Trophy, Medallion andProject Oceanology’s Ocean Camp

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and

Acrylic Trophyl Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering Middle School Urban School Challenge Award --- Urban School

Challenge 1st MS- $250 Cash Award, Invite to attend CASE’s Annual Mtg & $500 to School Science Department forEquipment/Supplies

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 5th Place- Biotechnology 8th grade- trophyl Ricoh Corporation/Society for Science & the Public --- Certificate, Lapel Pin,$50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF

5514 Substitution of Metals in a Salt-Water Engine to Increase Energy-EfficiencyGreenwich Central Middle School Ms. Bresler

P8Award Student(s) Bennett Hawley 8 Cos CobTownGradem

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 5th Place- Physical Sciences 8th Grade Ind. -trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and

Acrylic Trophyl Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- Middle School- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon

given by CSEFl Constellation - An Excelon Company --- For Excellence in clean renewable / sustainable energy - Grades 7 & 8l IEEE, Connecticut Section --- $100 Honorable Mentionl MIT Club of Hartford K-12 Initiative --- For excellence in science & technology of energy related research, middle

school, $100 cash awardl American Society for Metals - Hartford Chapter --- $50 Check

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

EnergizeCT/CL&P/eesmarts SustainableResources & Practices Awards

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

4003 Analysis of Safer Electroplating Metals and Electrolyte solutions with their Environmental ImpactOrange Southern CT Hebrew Academy Karen Howell

PTAward Student(s) Meira Shleifer 8 WaterburyTownGrade

Zahava Klein 8 New HavenTownGradem

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Science sJr Team - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion andAcrylic Trophy

l American Society for Metals - Hartford Chapter --- $100 Checkl TurnKey Compliance Solutions Environmental Awards --- $300 Cash Award - For excellence in environmental

sciencesl Unilever Trumbull R&D --- Shadow Day at Unilever Trumbull R&D Centre

5560 Energy Scavenging--Proving the Seebeck Effect with a Homemade Thermoelectric Generator: A Source of Free,Sustainable, Low-Voltage Power

Stratford St. Mark School Mr. Michael McMahonP8

Award Student(s) Kristen Robertson 8 StratfordTownGradem

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 2nd Place- Physical Sciences 8th Grade Ind. -$200 & trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- 2nd Place Middle School - $200 Cash and Trophyl Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and

Acrylic Trophyl Society of Women Engineers - Hartford Section --- Scientific Calculator

4025 Installing a Wind-gust Turbine to generate energy to power highway lighting or to see the Power Grids.Windsor Madina Academy Mahmood Mohammed

PTAward Student(s) Adelisa Cecunjanin 8 WindsorTownGrade

Alina Mohammed 8 WindsorTownGradem

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Science sJr Team - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- 2nd Place MS- $200, Trophy, CACIWC giftsl Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and

Acrylic Trophy

4008 Investigating Novel Methods to Harvest Solar Energy for Generation of Solar Steam from Salt Water and Snow UsingGraphene and Carbon Foam

Windsor Madina Academy Esslam HassanPT

Award Student(s) Maryam Moghul 8 BloomfieldTownGradeIbrahim Moghul 7 BloomfieldTownGrade

m

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Physical Sciences MS Team- $100each & trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- MS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and

Acrylic Trophy

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

EnergizeCT/UI/eesmartsAlternative/Renewable Energy Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

Middle School

4029 Incorporating the Flutter Effect in Flags to Produce EnergyBethany Amity Reg Middle School, Bethany Campus Kevin Berean

PTAward Student(s) Thomas Livesay 8 WoodbridgeTownGrade

Felix Liu 8 WoodbridgeTownGrade1

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- 1st Place Middle School - $300 Cash and Trophy

5560 Energy Scavenging--Proving the Seebeck Effect with a Homemade Thermoelectric Generator: A Source of Free,Sustainable, Low-Voltage Power

Stratford St. Mark School Mr. Michael McMahonP8

Award Student(s) Kristen Robertson 8 StratfordTownGrade2

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 2nd Place- Physical Sciences 8th Grade Ind. -$200 & trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- 2nd Place Middle School - $200 Cash and Trophyl Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and

Acrylic Trophyl Society of Women Engineers - Hartford Section --- Scientific Calculator

5026 The Power of WindDanbury St. Joseph School Jennifer Reilly

P7Award Student(s) Sean Guiry 7 DanburyTownGrade3

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 2nd Place- Physical Sciences 7th Grade Ind. -$100 & trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- 3rd Place Middle School - $100 Cash and Trophy

5032 Maximizing the Energy Output of a Wind TurbineBozrah Fields Memorial School Mrs. Evelyn Brown

P7Award Student(s) Dravyn Okoney 7 BozrahTownGradem

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Award

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

EnergizeCT/UI/eesmartsAlternative/Renewable Energy Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

5514 Substitution of Metals in a Salt-Water Engine to Increase Energy-EfficiencyGreenwich Central Middle School Ms. Bresler

P8Award Student(s) Bennett Hawley 8 Cos CobTownGradem

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 5th Place- Physical Sciences 8th Grade Ind. -trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and

Acrylic Trophyl Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- Middle School- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon

given by CSEFl Constellation - An Excelon Company --- For Excellence in clean renewable / sustainable energy - Grades 7 & 8l IEEE, Connecticut Section --- $100 Honorable Mentionl MIT Club of Hartford K-12 Initiative --- For excellence in science & technology of energy related research, middle

school, $100 cash awardl American Society for Metals - Hartford Chapter --- $50 Check

5058 The Voltage Changes from Different Wavelength Radiations on a Solar PanelShelton Shelton Intermediate School Mrs. Genova

P7Award Student(s) Siddharth Jain 7 SheltonTownGradem

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Award

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

EnergizeCT/UI/eesmartsAlternative/Renewable Energy Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

High School

6051 Revolutionizing A 16th Century Product For The Modern World: A Thermoelectric Chair That Creates Energy FromThe Human Touch

Greenwich Brunswick School Dana MontanezPS

Award Student(s) Angus Fraser 11 DarienTownGrade1

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- 1st Place High School - $500 Cash and Plaque,Trip to Compete I-SWEEEP, Houston

l Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- 3rd Place High School - $300 Cash and Trophyl Yale Science & Engineering Association, Inc. --- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEFl University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in Energy &

Transportation

6075 Energy Transfer Using Laser Power BeamingSuffield Suffield High School Mr. Mitchell Charkiewicz

PSAward Student(s) Joseph Howarth 11 SuffieldTownGrade2

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- 2nd Place High School - $300 Cash and Plaque,

Trip to Compete GENIUS Olympiad, Oswego, NYl Coherent, Inc. Richard Hart Award for Excellence in Photonics --- $300 cash, plaque, invitation to lunch and tour

Coherent factory

3515 Manure to MethaneHebron RHAM High School Kristin Spinelli

LSTAward Student(s) Taylor Brysgel 9 MarlboroughTownGrade

Darren Lin 9 MarlboroughTownGrade3

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- 3rd Place High School - $200 Cash and Plaquel Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Awardl NYUC Pony Club Equine Award --- $50 Cash Award or excellence in equine studies

6027 Financially Superior Energy Source for Subterranean InhabitantsGlastonbury Glastonbury High School Ms. Pintavalle

PSAward Student(s) Ashley Gartland 11 GlastonburyTownGradem

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallionl Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Awardl ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Inititatives --- Certificate-Nomination to Compete in 2016 Sustainability Solutions

Festival and $50 Gift Cardl Connecticut Architecture Foundation --- $250 Gift Certificate to Barnes and Noble from the Connecticut Architecture

Foundation, William M. Mack, AIA Award.

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

EnergizeCT/UI/eesmartsAlternative/Renewable Energy Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

6080 A Water-Resistant, Piezoelectric Precipitation Generator; A comparative analysis of mobile v. stationary systemsGreenwich Brunswick School Mrs. Montanez

PSAward Student(s) David Ruf 12 GreenwichTownGradem

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion

6503 Designing a High Efficiency and Low Cost Wind Turbines bu Utilizing Organic Solar Panels made from Rosa CaninaPutnam Putnam Science Academy Serdar Haytiyev

PSTAward Student(s) Cagri Aytekin 12 PutnamTownGrade

Furkan Sahin 10 PutnamTownGradeFurkan Aldemir 11 PutnamTownGrade

m

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Physical Sciences Senior HighTeam- $500 (split) & Plaque

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- 3rd Place High School - $ 200 and Plaque, Medallionl Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallionl Constellation - An Excelon Company --- For Excellence in clean renewable / sustainable energy - Grades 9 - 12l American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics - Connecticut Section --- $200 award, certificate

6507 Environmentally Friendly and Low Cost Usage of Naturally Extracted Dyes from Organic Materials to ProduceRenewable Energy at Efficient Rates

Putnam Putnam Science Academy Serdar HaytiyevPST

Award Student(s) Ahmet Sirrik 11 PutnamTownGradeTarik Kesen 11 PutnamTownGradeAli Akcakir 11 PutnamTownGrade

m

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 3rd Place - Physical Sciences Senior HighTeam - Plaque

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion

6094 The refinement and production of bio-diesel derived from laboratory grown nannochloropsis algaeTrumbull Christian Heritage School Daniel Cote

PSAward Student(s) Sarah Mack 11 West HavenTownGradem

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallionl Meyerand Young Woman Scientist Awards --- $300 cash - High School, Physical Sciences

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Environmental Sciences Awards withCACIWC

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

Middle School

5033 Changing the pH of Soil to Generate Electricity in the Form of a Microbial Fuel CellDanbury Westside Middle School Academy Mr. Neuhausel

P7Award Student(s) Nila Narayan 7 DanburyTownGrade1

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- 1st Place MS - $300, Trophy, CACIWC gifts

4025 Installing a Wind-gust Turbine to generate energy to power highway lighting or to see the Power Grids.Windsor Madina Academy Mahmood Mohammed

PTAward Student(s) Adelisa Cecunjanin 8 WindsorTownGrade

Alina Mohammed 8 WindsorTownGrade2

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Science sJr Team - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- 2nd Place MS- $200, Trophy, CACIWC giftsl Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and

Acrylic Trophy

1005 The effect of organic and non-organic compost produced by vermicomposting with eisenia foetida on the growth oflycopsersicon lycopersicum.

Windsor Madina Academy Mr. HassanLT

Award Student(s) Ayesha Nazir 7 ManchesterTownGradeRuqayyah Paine 7 TerryvilleTownGrade

3

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- 3rd Place MS- $100, Trophy, CACIWC giftsl Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 7h grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir

2535 Optimizing Methane Oxidation by Methanotrophs Through the Engineering Application of Different EnvironmentsNew Haven Engineering & Science University Magnet School Roger Rushworth

L8Award Student(s) Jacob Feuerstein 8 WoodbridgeTownGradem

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- MS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic awardl Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 8th grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenirl Air and Waste Management Association, Connecticut Chapter --- $100 Junior, Environmental Research, waste

recycling related

2516 Effects of different levels of electromagnetic fields on a variety of grasses and their nutrient contentOrange Southern CT Hebrew Academy Karen Howell

L8Award Student(s) Ariella Snyder 8 West HartfordTownGradem

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 4th Place- Life Sciences 8th grade- trophy and Invite to Compete BroadcomMASTERS

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- MS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic awardl Alumni Botany Awards --- Alumni Middle School Botany Award- $100 Cash

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Environmental Sciences Awards withCACIWC

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

1014 To Hatch or Not to Hatch: Brine Shrimp & PollutionStamford Bi-Cultural Day School Mr. Chris Graseck

LTAward Student(s) Gabriel Dweck 7 ArmonkTownGrade

Andrew Ukhanov 7 StamfordTownGradem

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- MS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic award

1022 Acid Rain in Wilton, CTWilton Middlebrook School Mrs. Debbie Mallozzi

LTAward Student(s) Elizabeth Yoon 8 WiltonTownGrade

Anna Yoon 7 WiltonTownGradem

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- MS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic award

4008 Investigating Novel Methods to Harvest Solar Energy for Generation of Solar Steam from Salt Water and Snow UsingGraphene and Carbon Foam

Windsor Madina Academy Esslam HassanPT

Award Student(s) Maryam Moghul 8 BloomfieldTownGradeIbrahim Moghul 7 BloomfieldTownGrade

m

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Physical Sciences MS Team- $100each & trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- MS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and

Acrylic Trophy

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Environmental Sciences Awards withCACIWC

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

High School

6095 Novel Creation of a versatile, low-cost water purification system via a graphene oxide-TiO2 composite membrane withincorporated electrified nanostructures

Greenwich Greenwich High School Andrew BramantePS

Award Student(s) Sophie Bardos 11 RiversideTownGrade1

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- 1st Place HS- $500, Plaque, CACIWC gifts , Trip to Compete I-SWEEEP, Houston

l University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project inEnvironmental Science

l Fox Pest Control Award for Environmental Management --- $150 Cash for Excellence in Environmental Managementl Unilever Trumbull R&D --- Shadow Day at Unilever Trumbull R&D Centre

3055 The Effects of Grey Water on the Germination Rate and Growth of a Variety of Grass Species.Hamden Sacred Heart Academy Mrs. Nelson

LSAward Student(s) Laura Mocciola 9 SheltonTownGrade2

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- 2nd Place HS- $200, Plaque, CACIWC gifts, Trip to Compete GENIUSOlympiad, Oswego, NY

l Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Awardl Meyerand Young Woman Scientist Awards --- $300 cash - High School, Life Sciencesl Connecticut Nurserymen’s Foundation, Inc. --- $200 Cash Award & paid registration to the CT Nursery and

Landscape Summer Meeting

6056 A Field Study Analysis of Carbon Fiber Electrode Weaves and Conductors in the Design of Sedimentary Microbial FuelCells

Norwich Norwich Free Academy Stephani JonesPS

Award Student(s) Katie Provost 9 BozrahTownGrade3

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- 3rd Place HS- $100, Plaque, CACIWC giftsl United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and Annual

Report

3073 Determining the Effect of Biofouling on a Restocking System for Homarus americanusBridgeport Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture School Mr. Kirk Shadle

LSAward Student(s) Shana Isidoro 12 MonroeTownGradem

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Awardl CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 2nd Place High School - $400 and Plaque, Medallionl Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- HS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic awardl Mystic Aquarium --- $100 and 4 Admission Tickets to Mystic Aquarium

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Environmental Sciences Awards withCACIWC

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

3068 A Study of the Removal of Pollutants by Rain Gardens, a Type of Low-Impact Development Drainage SystemGreenwich Convent of the Sacred Heart Mary Musolino

LSAward Student(s) Sarah Banker 12 GreenwichTownGradem

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- HS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic award

6026 Investigation of a Bacteriorhodopsin-Pt/TiO2 Hybrid System for Enhanced Nanophotocatalytic Production of HydrogenGreenwich Greenwich High School Andrew Bramante

PSAward Student(s) Mark Stich 11 GreenwichTownGradem

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- HS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic awardl Yale Science & Engineering Association, Inc. --- Certificate,$50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF

3090 Analyzing Cathode Placement in a Simple Single Vessel Microbial Fuel Cell: Potential Implications for Efficiency andPractical Applications

Hamden Sacred Heart Academy Mrs. Pamela BrownellLS

Award Student(s) Elizabeth LoPreiato 10 New BritainTownGradem

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- HS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic award

6046 Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide by Lithium Orthosilicate in a Clay Body in Ambient AirRedding Joel Barlow High School Dr. Katherine Nuzzo

PSAward Student(s) Lia Bozzone 11 West ReddingTownGradem

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- HS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic award

3056 Analysis of Transport of Nitrogen Species through Right-of-way-BioswalesWestport Staples High School Dr. Nick Morgan

LSAward Student(s) Grant Schwabacher 12 WestportTownGradem

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- HS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic award

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CASE Gerber Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title]

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Conn. Science & Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

5551 UV-C Lighting As A Supplemental Method Of Preservation In Refrigerators To Reduce Energy ConsumptionDanbury Westside Middle School Academy Jonathan Neuhausel

Student(s) Christopher Hwang 8 DanburyTownGrade

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences 8th Grade - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 1st Place Middle School - $300 and Trophy, Medallion andProject Oceanology’s Ocean Camp

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and

Acrylic Trophyl Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering Middle School Urban School Challenge Award --- Urban School

Challenge 1st MS- $250 Cash Award, Invite to attend CASE’s Annual Mtg & $500 to School Science Department forEquipment/Supplies

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 5th Place- Biotechnology 8th grade- trophyl Ricoh Corporation/Society for Science & the Public --- Certificate, Lapel Pin,$50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF

3118 Development of Non-toxic Photostabilized Phycoerythrin for Application in Dye Sensitized Solar CellsBridgeport Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture School Mr. Shadle

Student(s) Eunsun Hong 12 SheltonTownGrade

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Awardl CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 1st Place High School - $500 and Plaque, Medallion and

trip to compete at Intel Int. Sci. & Eng. Fairl H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence, an award of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering in

partnership with CCAT --- Urban School Challenge 1st HS- $1,000, Silver Medal of Excellence, Invite to CASEAnnual Mtg & $500 cash award to School Science Department for equipment/supplies

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenirl University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in

Biochemistry

3096 Temperature-Independent, Portable, and Rapid Field Detection of Ebola via a Silk-Derived Lateral-Flow SystemGreenwich Greenwich High School Andy Bramante

Student(s) Olivia Hallisey 10 GreenwichTownGrade

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Life Sciences Senior High- $500 & Plaque, Trip to compete at Intel ISEFl UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence in

engineeringl H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence, an award of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering in

partnership with CCAT --- Life Sci. Senior 1st HS- $1,000, Solid Silver Medal of Excellence, invite to CASE AnnualMtg

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 1st Place- Biotechnology Senior High- Trip to compete at Intel ISEF, $1000 &plaque,

l Connecticut Invention Convention “Next Step Inventors” --- $50 gift certificate & invitation to present at CT InventionConvention as “CIC Next Step Inventors”

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[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title]

Conn. Science & Engineering Fair Regular Fair Awards2015

6101 Low Grade Waste Heat Recovery and Carbon Sequestration using an Innovative Reverse Electrodialysis (RED) andPressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) System

Greenwich Greenwich High School Andrew Bramante

Student(s) Ethan Novek 10 GreenwichTownGrade

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 1st Place - Physical Sciences Senior HighIndividual - $500 & Plaque, trip to compete at Intel ISEF

l Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- 1st Place High School - $800 Cash, Plaque, and Trip toCompete I-SWEEEP, Houston

l UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence inengineering

l United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and AnnualReport

l H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence, an award of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering inpartnership with CCAT --- Physical Sciences 1st HS $1,000, Solid Silver Medal of Excellence, invite to CASE AnnualMtg

l Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- High School- Certificate, $75.00 gift certificatel MIT Club of Hartford K-12 Initiative --- For excellence in science & technology of energy related research, high

school, $100 cash award

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People's United Bank Mathematics Awardswith ATOMIC

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

Middle School

5507 Music Metrics and Fractals: Analyzing Different Genres of Digitized Music to Identify Input Metrics for ProgrammingFractal Representations of the Music with Mathematica

Bozrah Fields Memorial School Evelyn BrownP8

Award Student(s) Genevieve Buckridge 8 BozrahTownGrade1

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 3rd Place- Physical Sciences 8th Grade Ind, -$100 & trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS

l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- 1st Place Middle School- $150 from ATOMIC, andTrophy, $300 from People’s United Bank

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- 1st Place Middle School - $300, Trophy and Medallionl Connecticut Association for the Gifted --- Leonardo Davinci 7-8 Grade $50 Gift Certificatel Stanley Lessoff Award for Excellence In Analytical Technique --- $100 Cash and Plaque

5043 A Matter of Facts: Designing a Math App to Help Kids Learn Their Math FactsBethel St. Mary School Mrs. McDonald

P7Award Student(s) Kevin Legnard 7 BethelTownGrade2

l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- 2nd Place Middle School- $100 from ATOMIC, andTrophy, $200 from People’s United Bank

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Award

5063 How Accurate can your Local Weather Applications Be?Plantsville J.F. Kennedy Middle School Mrs. Marongolia

P7Award Student(s) Trevor Messina 7 SouthingtonTownGrade3

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences 7th Grade - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- 3rd Place Middle School - Trophy , $100 from People’sUnited Bank

5014 Can The Weight of a Car be Accurately Weighed by Using an Air Pressure Gauge and a Ruler?Manchester St. Bridget School Mrs. Kim Maysonet

P7Award Student(s) Ashleigh Purcell 7 ManchesterTownGradem

l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion & Arcylic Award

5549 The Effect of Catapult Arm Length on the Distance the Projectile TravelsTrumbull Christian Heritage School Mrs Oshin

P8Award Student(s) Nicholas Rosselli 8 TrumbullTownGradem

l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion & Arcylic Award

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People's United Bank Mathematics Awardswith ATOMIC

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

High School

6086 Maximization of the Profit of a Large, Prestigious University in the Presence of a State UniversityRidgefield Ridgefield High School Michael Yagid

PSAward Student(s) Adam Davidovich 12 RidgefieldTownGrade1

l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- 1st Place High School- $150 from ATOMIC, Plaque,$500 from People’s United Bank

l University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project inMathematics

6059 A Statistical Analysis on the Effects of Volcanic Sulfate Emissions on Precipitation Patterns as Analogue forGeoengineering

Redding Joel Barlow High School Dr. Katherine NuzzoPS

Award Student(s) Megan Siedman 11 ReddingTownGrade2

l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- 2nd Place High School- $100 from ATOMIC, Plaque,$300 from People’s United Bank

l Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- High School- Certificate, $75.00 gift certificate

6014 The physics of the space elevator construction.Salisbury Salisbury School Tobias Ayer

PSAward Student(s) Kyungmin Lee 11 SalisburyTownGrade3

l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- 3rd Place High School - Plaque, $200 from People’sUnited Bank

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Awardl Barker Mohandas Award for Transportation Research --- $200 Cash & Plaque for Excellence in Transportation

Related Research- High School

3072 Development of a Prescient Warning Model for Cholera Utilizing an Epdemiological Identification of Risk FactorsCheshire Cheshire High School Casey King

LSAward Student(s) Shangda Xu 11 CheshireTownGradem

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Awardl People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- High School Finalist - Medallion & Acrylic Awardl Cell Analysis and Modeling Award - Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling at UCHC --- $100 monetary prize- and

Tour of the Cell and Genome Sciences Institute at UCONN Health Center

6029 Creating An Algorithm Based Off of The Quantum Turing Machine To Predict The Efficiency of Quantum ComputationalOperating Methods Using Benchmarked Simulated Environments

Fairfield Fairfield College Preparatory School Mrs. KielPS

Award Student(s) Junlin Mo 10 BridgeportTownGradem

l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- High School Finalist - Medallion & Acrylic Award

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People's United Bank Mathematics Awardswith ATOMIC

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

6091 Smoking Gun in the Milky Way Galaxy: Open Clusters and Dwarf GalaxiesWestport Staples High School Dr. Nick Morgan

PSAward Student(s) Xiaotian Zhang 11 WestportTownGradem

l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- High School Finalist - Medallion & Acrylic Awardl Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford --- Senior Project-$100, subscription to Sky and Telescope magazine and

ASGH meeting invitation

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Quinnipiac University Scholarships[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

High School

3039 Zeolite Zaps Cancer CellsHartford Greater Hartford Academy of Math & Science Dr.Aramli

LSAward Student(s) Jacqueline Klepinger 11 WethersfieldTownGrade

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Quinnipiac University Scholarships --- $20,000, 4 year scholarship ($5000 per year) to Quinnipiac University for HS

Student & $500 cashl University of Connecticut Academic Excellence Scholarship --- Academic Excellence Scholarship - $5000 a year for

each of four academic years- $20,000 total

3128 The Effects of Pollution On the Regenerative Process of the Nematostella OrganismHartford Greater Hartford Academy of Math & Science Dr. Aramli

LSAward Student(s) Bryan Tassavor 11 Rocky HillTownGrade

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Quinnipiac University Scholarships --- $20,000, 4 year scholarship ($5000 per year) to Quinnipiac University for HS

Student & $500 cash

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United Technologies Corporation Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

Middle School

2010 "Pore" My Way to Cleaner Water: The use of flocculants and porous ceramic pots for purifying drinking water indeveloping countries

Plantsville J.F. Kennedy Middle School Mrs.PepinL7

Award Student(s) Matthew Maciejewski 7 PlantsvilleTownGrade

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Life Sciences 7th grade- $200 & trophy and Invitation to CompeteBroadcom MASTERS

l Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- 1st Place Middle School - $500 Cash andTrophy

l UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence inengineering

l United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and AnnualReport

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 1st Place- Biotechnology 7th grade- $300 & trophyl Ricoh Corporation/Society for Science & the Public --- Certificate, Lapel Pin,$50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEFl Talcott Mountain Science Center --- Founder’s Award - $450 Saturday Mentorship Course at TMSC - Middle School

Phys Sciencel The Children’s Museum --- 1 family 4-Pack of Admission Passes to the Children’s Museuml Milton Fisher Science Fair Award for Innovation and Creativity --- For Excellence in Creativity and Innovation by a

High School student, $200 cash

2521 Electric Energy Production In A Bio-fuel Cell For Varying Electrogenic Microbial SamplesNew Haven Engineering & Science University Magnet School Mr. Roger L. Rushworth

L8Award Student(s) Sumanth Kondapalli 8 MilfordTownGrade

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 2nd Place Middle School - $200 and Trophy, Medallionl United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and Annual

Reportl Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 1st Place- Biotechnology 8th grade- $500 & trophy and Invitation Compete in

Broadcom MASTERSl Environmental/Energy Award-Urban Public School Award --- For the highest scoring environmental protection or

alternate energy project by a New Haven Public School student.

5030 Opening a Garage Door with Raspberry PiDanbury Westside Middle School Academy Mr. Neuhausel

P7Award Student(s) Sarah Johnson 7 DanburyTownGrade

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Physical Sciences 7th Grade Ind. -$200 & trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS

l United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and AnnualReport

l IEEE, Connecticut Section --- $100 Honorable Mention

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United Technologies Corporation Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

High School

6015 Synthesis of an Electromagnetically-Controlled Corn-Starch/PVA Biopolymer Microstructure for Extended and TargetedDrug Delivery

Greenwich Greenwich High School Andrew BramantePS

Award Student(s) Margaret Cirino 10 GreenwichTownGrade

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 2nd Place- Physical Sciences Senior HighIndividual - $300 & Plaque, trip to compete at Intel ISEF

l United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and AnnualReport

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 3rd Place- Biotechnology Senior High- $300 & plaquel U.S. Metric Association --- Certificate & $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEFl Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- High School- Certificate, $75.00 gift certificate1

6030 Electrically Independent, Low Cost, Self-Filling Water Bottle for use in Water Locked RegionsOxford Oxford High School Mrs. Scheuer

PSAward Student(s) Zachary Frew 12 OxfordTownGrade

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- 1st Place High School - $500 and Plaque, Medallionl United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and Annual

Reportl Stockholm Junior Water Prize --- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF, possible advance to further

competitionl Connecticut Invention Convention “Next Step Inventors” --- $50 gift certificate & invitation to present at CT Invention

Convention as “CIC Next Step Inventors”

6039 Optimization of Reflectivity of GaN for Solar ApplicationsGreens Farms Greens Farms Academy Dr.Freeman

PSAward Student(s) Matthew Lichtenberg 11 SatmfordTownGrade

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and AnnualReport

l University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in Chemisty

6056 A Field Study Analysis of Carbon Fiber Electrode Weaves and Conductors in the Design of Sedimentary Microbial FuelCells

Norwich Norwich Free Academy Stephani JonesPS

Award Student(s) Katie Provost 9 BozrahTownGrade

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- 3rd Place HS- $100, Plaque, CACIWC giftsl United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and Annual

Report

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United Technologies Corporation Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

6101 Low Grade Waste Heat Recovery and Carbon Sequestration using an Innovative Reverse Electrodialysis (RED) andPressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) System

Greenwich Greenwich High School Andrew BramantePS

Award Student(s) Ethan Novek 10 GreenwichTownGrade

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 1st Place - Physical Sciences Senior HighIndividual - $500 & Plaque, trip to compete at Intel ISEF

l Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- 1st Place High School - $800 Cash, Plaque, and Trip toCompete I-SWEEEP, Houston

l UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence inengineering

l United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and AnnualReport

l H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence, an award of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering inpartnership with CCAT --- Physical Sciences 1st HS $1,000, Solid Silver Medal of Excellence, invite to CASE AnnualMtg

l Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- High School- Certificate, $75.00 gift certificatel MIT Club of Hartford K-12 Initiative --- For excellence in science & technology of energy related research, high

school, $100 cash award

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UCONN Academic Excellence Scholarship[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

3039 Zeolite Zaps Cancer CellsHartford Greater Hartford Academy of Math & Science Dr.Aramli

LSStudent(s) Jacqueline Klepinger 11 WethersfieldTownGrade

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Quinnipiac University Scholarships --- $20,000, 4 year scholarship ($5000 per year) to Quinnipiac University for HS

Student & $500 cashl University of Connecticut Academic Excellence Scholarship --- Academic Excellence Scholarship - $5000 a year for

each of four academic years- $20,000 total

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UTC Aerospace Systems Awards forExcellence in Engineering

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

Middle School

5054 Development of a technique to detect explosive residue for use in avoiding terrorism threats.Danbury St. Joseph School Mrs. Reilly

P7Award Student(s) Bradley Kerr 7 DanburyTownGrade

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 5th Place- Physical Sciences 7th GradeIndividual - trophy

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- 3rd Place Middle School - $100 and Trophy, Medallionl UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence in

engineering

5512 Design, build and program a robot using an Arduino Mega 2560 R3 through an Android app to cheer up or relaxchildren at a hospital

Orange Southern CT Hebrew Academy Karen HowellP8

Award Student(s) Ben Bruder 8 New HavenTownGrade

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- 2nd Place Middle School - $200 and Trophy, Medallionl Xerox Computer Science Awards --- 2nd Place Middle School - $200, Trophy and Medallionl UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence in

engineering

2010 "Pore" My Way to Cleaner Water: The use of flocculants and porous ceramic pots for purifying drinking water indeveloping countries

Plantsville J.F. Kennedy Middle School Mrs.PepinL7

Award Student(s) Matthew Maciejewski 7 PlantsvilleTownGrade

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Life Sciences 7th grade- $200 & trophy and Invitation to CompeteBroadcom MASTERS

l Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- 1st Place Middle School - $500 Cash andTrophy

l UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence inengineering

l United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and AnnualReport

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 1st Place- Biotechnology 7th grade- $300 & trophyl Ricoh Corporation/Society for Science & the Public --- Certificate, Lapel Pin,$50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEFl Talcott Mountain Science Center --- Founder’s Award - $450 Saturday Mentorship Course at TMSC - Middle School

Phys Sciencel The Children’s Museum --- 1 family 4-Pack of Admission Passes to the Children’s Museuml Milton Fisher Science Fair Award for Innovation and Creativity --- For Excellence in Creativity and Innovation by a

High School student, $200 cash

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UTC Aerospace Systems Awards forExcellence in Engineering

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

High School

3096 Temperature-Independent, Portable, and Rapid Field Detection of Ebola via a Silk-Derived Lateral-Flow SystemGreenwich Greenwich High School Andy Bramante

LSAward Student(s) Olivia Hallisey 10 GreenwichTownGrade

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Life Sciences Senior High- $500 & Plaque, Trip to compete at Intel ISEFl UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence in

engineeringl H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence, an award of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering in

partnership with CCAT --- Life Sci. Senior 1st HS- $1,000, Solid Silver Medal of Excellence, invite to CASE AnnualMtg

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 1st Place- Biotechnology Senior High- Trip to compete at Intel ISEF, $1000 &plaque,

l Connecticut Invention Convention “Next Step Inventors” --- $50 gift certificate & invitation to present at CT InventionConvention as “CIC Next Step Inventors”

3114 A Novel Antibody-Functionalized Graphene Transistor Lab-On-A-Chip for Selective Detection of Malaria PathogensGreenwich Greenwich High School Andy Bramante

LSAward Student(s) Paul Hansel 11 Old GreenwcihTownGrade

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Awardl UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence in

engineeringl Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 5th Place- Biotechnology Senior High- $100 & plaquel Milton Fisher Science Fair Award for Innovation and Creativity --- For Excellence in Creativity and Innovation by a

Middle School student, $100 cash

6101 Low Grade Waste Heat Recovery and Carbon Sequestration using an Innovative Reverse Electrodialysis (RED) andPressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) System

Greenwich Greenwich High School Andrew BramantePS

Award Student(s) Ethan Novek 10 GreenwichTownGrade

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 1st Place - Physical Sciences Senior HighIndividual - $500 & Plaque, trip to compete at Intel ISEF

l Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- 1st Place High School - $800 Cash, Plaque, and Trip toCompete I-SWEEEP, Houston

l UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence inengineering

l United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and AnnualReport

l H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence, an award of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering inpartnership with CCAT --- Physical Sciences 1st HS $1,000, Solid Silver Medal of Excellence, invite to CASE AnnualMtg

l Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- High School- Certificate, $75.00 gift certificatel MIT Club of Hartford K-12 Initiative --- For excellence in science & technology of energy related research, high

school, $100 cash award

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UTC Aerospace Systems Awards forExcellence in Engineering

[School][SchTown] [Teacher][Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

6087 Application of Manganese-Based Ionic Liquid for Optimized Performance of Non-aqueous / Aqueous Redox FlowBatteries

Greenwich Greenwich High School Andrew BramantePS

Award Student(s) Nicholas Szabo 11 GlenvilleTownGrade

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 3rd Place- Physical Sciences Senior HighIndividual - $200 & Plaque

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- 2nd Place High School - $300 and Plaque Medallionl UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence in

engineeringl Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- High School- Certificate, $75.00 gift certificate

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Xerox Computer Science Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

Middle School

5507 Music Metrics and Fractals: Analyzing Different Genres of Digitized Music to Identify Input Metrics for ProgrammingFractal Representations of the Music with Mathematica

Bozrah Fields Memorial School Evelyn BrownP8

Award Student(s) Genevieve Buckridge 8 BozrahTownGrade1

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 3rd Place- Physical Sciences 8th Grade Ind, -$100 & trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS

l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- 1st Place Middle School- $150 from ATOMIC, andTrophy, $300 from People’s United Bank

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- 1st Place Middle School - $300, Trophy and Medallionl Connecticut Association for the Gifted --- Leonardo Davinci 7-8 Grade $50 Gift Certificatel Stanley Lessoff Award for Excellence In Analytical Technique --- $100 Cash and Plaque

5512 Design, build and program a robot using an Arduino Mega 2560 R3 through an Android app to cheer up or relaxchildren at a hospital

Orange Southern CT Hebrew Academy Karen HowellP8

Award Student(s) Ben Bruder 8 New HavenTownGrade2

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- 2nd Place Middle School - $200 and Trophy, Medallionl Xerox Computer Science Awards --- 2nd Place Middle School - $200, Trophy and Medallionl UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence in

engineering

5522 Thermodynamics of the Stirling Cycle: Testing the Effects of the Relative Temperature Difference on Stirling EngineOutput

Avon Talcott Mountain Academy Alyson TocksteinP8

Award Student(s) Varun Aggarwal 8 South GlastonburyTownGrade3

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- 3rd Place Middle School- $100, Trophy, Medallion

4033 BabyBot: Creating a Robot to Soothe a Crying InfantBethany Amity Reg Middle School, Bethany Campus Mr. Kevin Berean

PTAward Student(s) Neha Sudhir 8 WoodbridgeTownGrade

Rosie Du 8 New HavenTownGradeAllison Fischman 8 WoodbridgeTownGrade

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l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Science sJr Team - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Awardl Meyerand Young Woman Scientist Awards --- $300 cash - Middle School, Physical Sciences

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

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Xerox Computer Science Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

4017 The Sensing CaneBethany Amity Reg Middle School, Bethany Campus Kevin Berean

PTAward Student(s) Kate Yuan 8 WoodbridgeTownGrade

Catalina Betancur 8 WoodbridgeTownGradem

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 3rd Place- Physical Sciences MS Team-trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- 1st Place Middle School - $300 and Trophy, Medallionl Xerox Computer Science Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Awardl American Society of Safety Engineers, CT Valley Chapter --- $100 grade 7-8 projectl ISA - International Society for Automation --- 2nd - $75 award

5043 A Matter of Facts: Designing a Math App to Help Kids Learn Their Math FactsBethel St. Mary School Mrs. McDonald

P7Award Student(s) Kevin Legnard 7 BethelTownGradem

l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- 2nd Place Middle School- $100 from ATOMIC, andTrophy, $200 from People’s United Bank

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Award

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Xerox Computer Science Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

High School

6509 Echocardiogram-Based Wireless Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) with Mobile Application Monitoring and ControlWoodbridge Amity Regional High School Deborah Day

PSTAward Student(s) Daniel Giebisch 12 WoodbridgeTownGrade

Noah Gallant 12 BethanyTownGrade1

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 2nd Place- Physical Sciences Senior HighTeam- $300(split) & Plaque

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- 1st Place High School - $400, Plaque, Medallionl Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award --- $200 & certificatel IEEE, Connecticut Section --- $100 Honorable Mentionl University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in

Computer Science

6076 Novel Approches of Making Human to Robot Interaction Possible for the Handicapped.Bristol St. Paul Catholic High School Mr Alberti

PSAward Student(s) Kamila Krawczuk 9 New BritainTownGrade2

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- 2nd Place High School - $300, Plaque, Medallionl Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award --- $200 & certificatel Leask/Francoeur Family Awards --- Award for excellence and innovation in electrical engineering or computer

science - $200 cash

6071 Designing a Braille E-Book For the Visually Impaired and Blind PeoplePutnam Putnam Science Academy Serdar Haytiyev

PSAward Student(s) Abdulkadir Yilmaz 11 PutnamTownGrade3

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSFMedallion & Acrylic Award

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic awardl Xerox Computer Science Awards --- 3rd Place High School- $200, Plaque, Medallionl Connecticut Association for the Gifted --- Leonardo Davinci 9-12 Grade $50 Gift Certificatel ISA - International Society for Automation --- 3rd - $50 awardl Leask/Francoeur Family Awards --- Award for excellence and innovation in electrical engineering or computer

science - $200 cashl Education Connection- Center for 21st Century Skills Awards --- $100 For innovative use of technology to advance

science or engineeringl Connecticut Invention Convention “Next Step Inventors” --- $50 gift certificate & invitation to present at CT Invention

Convention as “CIC Next Step Inventors”

6025 Program your DietAvon Avon High School Galuska

PSAward Student(s) Nivedha Natchiappan 10 AvonTownGradem

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Award

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Final Judging ResultsAward Legend

Trophy Winners = 1, 2, ...Medalists = mWinners = w

These judging results are unaudited by thefair’s Database Committee. The CSEFreserves the right to correct the listings.

Xerox Computer Science Awards[School][SchTown] [Teacher]

[Proj#] [Project Title][FCat]

Connecticut Science &Engineering FairQuinnipiac UniversityMarch 10 - 14, 2015

6073 Chef NAO: The Humanoid Cooking RobotGlastonbury Glastonbury High School Ms. Pintavalle

PSAward Student(s) Kiele Sacco 12 GlastonburyTownGradem

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Award

6047 The Effect of Different Checkerboard Sizes on Steady State Visually Evoked PotentialsRidgefield Ridgefield High School Patrick Hughes

PSAward Student(s) Randy Deng 12 RidgefieldTownGradem

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Awardl Connecticut Association of Physics Teachers --- $100 Senior projectl IEEE, Connecticut Section --- $100 Honorable Mention

6014 The physics of the space elevator construction.Salisbury Salisbury School Tobias Ayer

PSAward Student(s) Kyungmin Lee 11 SalisburyTownGradem

l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- 3rd Place High School - Plaque, $200 from People’sUnited Bank

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Awardl Barker Mohandas Award for Transportation Research --- $200 Cash & Plaque for Excellence in Transportation

Related Research- High School

6082 Creating a Semantic Search Engine with Voice IntegrationWoodbridge Amity Regional High School Deborah Day

PSAward Student(s) David Wang 11 BethanyTownGradem

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Awardl U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center --- Summer internship to conduct research aboard ship or at a

USCG base + $50 Amazon Gift Card given by CSEF.

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