Congratulations HISEF Winners February 12, 2011

HONORABLE MENTION Elementary School Entries

5 th Grade 6 th Grade SanTan K-6 Katie Carney Bria Welch Let’s Roll Sanborn Sam McClimon Reflecting Science

HONORABLE MENTION Jr. High Entries

Behavioral and Social Science 8 th Grade SJHS Abigail Reed, Ashley McPoland, and Nicole Stevens Are You Tired?

Cellular and Molecular Biology 8 th Grade CTJHS Hanna McDonald Lights, Color, Growth

Chemistry 8 th Grade HPrep Karley MacArthur Chillin’ Out

Earth and Planetary Science 7 th Grade BJHS Bear Wold Crushing Concrete

Engineering 7 th Grade Hamilton Prep Zoe Agundo Submarine Navigation 8 th Grade HPrep Mitchell Behling Do You Hear What I Hear?

Environmental Sciences 7 th Grade SJHS Ryan Gorday Solar Power, It’s a Bright Idea 8 th Grade AJHS Nolan Vale Musical Plant Steroids

Medicine and Health 7 th Grade BJHS Amelia Flores A Test to C How Much Vitamin C You Can C? 8 th Grade AJHS Valerie Emmert & Alana Emerick Foods in Acid

Physics and Astronomy 7 th Grade CTJHS Jennifer Braudt Friction 8 th Grade PJHS Samuel Lin Down, Down It Goes

HONORABLE MENTION High School Entries

PLANT SCIENCES CourtneyDuBois, Jessica Roden, Courtney Schaefer (HHS/ Weidenbach/Crane/Kinney ) The Effect of Different Tropisms on Plant Growth

MEDICINE & HEALTH Cassidi Hudlin, Eric Jacobsen, Cassidee Ranger (HHS/Loutzenheiser) Eggs and Toothpaste

MICROBIOLOGY Hunter Wilkes (HHS/ Loutzenheiser ) Bacteria and Gum

ANIMAL SCIENCES Dallin Gonzales (HHS PREP/ Bhagdev R ) Ant Picnic

BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE Sydney Tolle, Rachel Watson (HHS/ Kinney ) Effect of Peppermint on Brain Reaction times

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Anthony Ho, Naomi Jing, Kenneth Wen (HHS/ Wicklow/Kinney ) The Effect of Magnetic Fields on the Growth of Plants

BIOCHEMISTRY Malinda Yin (HHS/ Buckner ) Self Oligomerization and Protein Aggregation of Alpha and Gamma synuclen in the presence of Coomassie Brilliant Blue

CELLULAR & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Emily Kohler (HHS/ Tilley ) Proteolitic Affect of Enzymes

CHEMISTRY Todd Foley, Alexander Weber (HHS/ Weidenbach/Crane ) Calories

EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCE SuEan Lim (HHS/ Crane ) Soil Bearing Capacity

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY Stephen Kitt, Miguel Magana, Blake Traube (HHS/ Wicklow ) Just for Kicks

ENGINEERING Ryan Jones, David Liang, Devraj Patel, Jay Yi (HHS/Roach) EPICS Retractable Greenhouse

3 rd PLACE Elementary School Entries

5 th Grade CTE Independence Lauren Dillon Hope Melton Tanner Carrillo The Apple of My Eye 6 th Grade Sanborn Diego Lipchak Giuse Nguyen Absorbing the Sun

3 rd PLACE Jr. High Entries

Behavioral and Social Science 8 th Grade SJHS Braden Carrigan, Brendon Kleen, Meagan Seibel Searching Far and Wide

Cellular and Molecular Biology 8 th Grade SJHS Lauren Anderson How Does Your Rosemary Grow?

Chemistry 8 th Grade PJHS Caroline Manrubia Jar Wars

Earth and Planetary Science 7 th Grade BJHS Zach Taraci Meteor Mass Destruction… or not?

Engineering 7 th Grade PJHS Cole Smith The Log 8 th Grade AJHS Jackson Nichols Amidst an Earthquake

Environmental Sciences 7 th Grade WJHS Tanzil Chowdhury and Danny Richardson How Does The Amount and Type of Salt Effect the Rate of Distillation? 8 th Grade BJHS Stacy Sonnabend The Effect of Magnetism on the Growth of Radish Plants

Mathematical Sciences 7 th Grade PJHS CeCe Chen What % Will You Get?

Medicine and Health 7 th Grade BJHS Trevor Horwath and Steven Feeney Happy, Healthy Fruit 8 th Grade BJHS Rachana Prasad & Meghna Jayaraman The Effect of Different Variety of Orange on the Vitamin C Content

Physics and Astronomy 7 th Grade WJHS Melita Saldanha and Jason Brininger Gaze Into The Stars 8 th Grade HPrep Arathi Kulbarni Electromagnetic Power on a Speeding Car

3 rd PLACE High School Entries

PLANT SCIENCES Sivanne Almog, Jasmine Raysor (HHS/ Tilley ) Companion Planting

MEDICINE & HEALTH Myles Maietta (HHS/ Welch) Saturated Fat Levels in Different types of Cooking Oils

MICROBIOLOGY Clara Nguyen (HHS/ Wicklow ) Brittany Volz (HHS/Wicklow) An Onion a Day Keeps E.Coli Away

ANIMAL SCIENCES Duncan Maloney (HHS/ Sears ) Bye Bye, Birdie: Detering Mourning Doves from Eating Annual Ryegrass Seed

BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE Rachel DeMichele, Chance Morse (HHS/ Kinney ) Cell Phones & Reaction times

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Tess Hatch (PHS/ Hawkins S.) Light Wavelengths Effect on Solar Water Purification

BIOCHEMISTRY Atharva Dhole (HHS/ Weidenbach ) Efficiency in Deterring Biohazards

CELLULAR & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Melissa Orellana (HHS/ Buckner ) The Frequency of the PV92 Gene within Human Populations

CHEMISTRY Lindsay Carrigan (HHS/ Kinney ) Overdose on NaCl

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY Jade Enke (HHS/ Crane) Electromagnetism in Action

ENGINEERING Nissrin Chiban, Will Harris, Zane Johnson, Jakub Stechly (HHS/Roach) Doc-in-a-Box Gurney

2 nd PLACE Elementary School Entries

5 th Grade Basha Adam Peters Fling Pong 6 th Grade Navarrete Addie Sherman Oily Ocean

2 nd PLACE Jr. High Entries

Behavioral and Social Science 8 th Grade SJHS Casey Woodard & Kylei Chang Stroop Effect

Cellular and Molecular Biology 8 th Grade SJH Rachel Schoenberger, Alycia Smith & Cyra Bearden The Plight of Light and Height

Chemistry 8 th Grade SJHS Jodie Wei & Yingyu Sun Slippery Solutions

Earth and Planetary Science 7 th Grade Hamilton Prep Katelyn McClain Frozen Raindrops

Engineering 7 th Grade PJHS Aliesha Rau Wacky Water Purification 8 th Grade HPrep Quinn Goodman What a Drag!

Environmental Sciences 7 th Grade BJHS Jacob Pearson The Affect of Different Color Light on Plant Growth 8 th Grade HPrep Daphne Guo The Effect of Plants Diversity on Bird Diversity along an Urban- Rural Gradient

Mathematical Sciences 7 th Grade CTJHS Allie Sullivan Parallax

Medicine and Health 7 th Grade Hamilton Prep Akshata Rudrapatna See Those Purple Dots? 8 th Grade SJHS Jason Lemley What To Do if Milk Doesn’t Like You

Physics and Astronomy 7 th Grade WJHS Yoselin Acosta and Myra Francisco Rusting Rate 8 th Grade STJH Kelsey O’Brien Kinetics’ Potential

2 nd PLACE High School Entries

PLANT SCIENCES Warner Baraban, Mackenzie Loo (HHS/ Clark, B ) How does planting sunflower seeds at different depths affect the rate of germination?

MEDICINE & HEALTH Jessica Liu (BHS/Mathis) Electrolyte Challenge: vegetable juice vs. orange juice

MICROBIOLOGY Jorji Cole, Courtney Galvan, Anne Wagner (HHS/ Weidenbach/Crane) Sea Monkeys in the City

ANIMAL SCIENCES Ruia Prasad, Bryce Romeo (HHS/ Crane ) Comparative Valuation and the Earthworm

BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE Annie Carson (HHS Prep/ Welch ) The effect of physical and cognitive distraction on multitasking

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Ivy Chang (HHS/Clark B.) Solar Wind Turbine a look into power optimization

BIOCHEMISTRY Casey McKinney (HHS/ Crane ) Conserving Vitamin C in Carrots

CELLULAR & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Cindy Le (HHS/ Lasswell) Strawberry DNA and Ripeness

CHEMISTRY Amanda Conklin, Avery Thompson (HHS/ Crane ) Scorching Hot Calories

ENERGY & TRANPORTATION Sunny Mahesh (HHS/ Clark, B ) How does temperature affect the current of electricity of different metals

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY Matthew McIntire (HHS/ Weidenbach) The Effect of Insulating Materials on the Operating Temperature of Underground Conductors

COMPUTER SCIENCE Tejas Dharmaraj (CHS/ Gazda K) The Effect of Applied Microprocessor Usage on Temperature Detection

ENGINEERING Jacob Dadisman (HHS/ Wicklow ) How Does Truss Type the Amount of Pressure a Bridge Can Withstand

1 st PLACE Elementary School Entries

5 th Grade Navarrete Ethan Kane Ethan Young Hectic Heaters 6 th Grade Jacobson Karina Tang Anna Cheng Spinning Turbines

1 st PLACE Jr. High Entries

Animal Sciences 7 th Grade WJHS Brenna McManus, Allison Moyers, and Mekayla Mehrara Animals Maintaining Heat

Behavioral and Social Science 8 th Grade WJHS Jaron Mason & Jacob Uhl A Distracted Driver Could Be a Dead Driver

Cellular and Molecular Biology 8 th Grade HPrep Jeffrey Zhao The Effect of Microsized Silver Particles on Carrot Preservation

Chemistry 8 th Grade WJHS Tim Miller From Zinc to Copper

Computer Science 7 th Grade Hamilton Prep Brandon Musick Effect of the Operating System on Speed of Computer 8 th Grade HPrep Connor Propst The Effects of the Input into the Java Script on the Speed of the Animated Object

Earth and Planetary Science 7 th Grade BJHS Makayla Filiere What Effect Do Water, Wind, and Heat on Land Materials

Engineering 7 th Grade PJHS Travis Lockhart Shaking Up Some Energy 8 th Grade HPrep David Owusu-Antwi The Effect of a Geodesic Dome’s Frequency Level on Weight Bearing Capacity

Environmental Sciences 7 th Grade PJHS CJ Welch Noise Pollution 8 th Grade HPrep Angela Tulk The Effect of the Type of Cellular Phone on the Amount of Radiation Given Off

Mathematical Sciences 7 th Grade PJHS Nick Prickett Full Speed Ahead Maximizing Performance 8 th Grade BJHS Nikhil Athreya The Chaotic Master Stroke

Medicine and Health 7 th Grade Hamilton Prep Victora Damore Aspirin Dissolution in Carbohydrates 8 th Grade HPrep Amber Guo Overuse vs. Patellar Tendon

Physics and Astronomy 7 th Grade WJHS Tristan Phillips The Ingenious Trebuchet 8 th Grade BJHS Zachary Irvin Magnus Effect

1 st PLACE High School Entries

PLANT SCIENCES Megumi Sharma (CHS/ Bond ) How Do Various Homeopathic Medicines Affect Root Growth of Epipremnum Aureum

MEDICINE & HEALTH Lauren Peterson, Kendall Rowden (HHS/ Wicklow ) Super Fruity

MICROBIOLOGY Nitish Peela (HHS/ Buckner ) Improvisation of the Probiotic: Clostridium Butyricum

ANIMAL SCIENCES Aishvarya Dhole, Mahima Kumar, Simmy Shah (HHS/ Weidenbach/Crane/Kinney ) Bubbly Betta

BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE Devangi Shah (CHS/ Gazda ) The Effect of Proactive Interference on Rote Learning Abilities

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Gurpaul Sidhu (CHS/ Gazda ) The Effect of a Dual-Tank Reverse Osmosis Filtration System on the pH of Filtered Water

BIOCHEMISTRY Lindsey Chew (HHS/ Sears) Purity Obscurity: the Effect of Various Water Purifiers on the Purity of Water from Undeveloped Regions

CELLULAR & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Shaina Hasan (HHS/ Buckner) Personalized Treatment for PTEN null and EGFR Mutant Glioboatoma

CHEMISTRY Shruti Dharmaraj (CHS/Root) Concen[ti]trating on Healthy Cooking: The Effect of Different Cooking Methods on the Ascorbic Acid Concentration in Red Capsicum Annum

ENERGY & TRANPORTATION Tyler Pinho (BHS/ McKelvy ) Engineering a Thunderstorm

EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCE Waylan Heers, Kyle Purcell, Kristen Pyland (HHS/ Crane/Kinney ) The Effect of Environment of Soil on the Amount of Compaction

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY Abhishek Patel (HHS/ Crane ) The Effect of the Rate of the Rotor Spinning on the Amount of Current Generated

COMPUTER SCIENCE Varun Ramesh (HHS/ Wicklow ) Dyadic Interaction Assistant for Tracking Head Gestures and Facial Expressions

ENGINEERING Albarosa Flores (HHS/ Kinney ) Effect of Water on Bottle Rockets

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE Rajan Sheth (HHS/ Buckner ) A Mathematical Model of the Nipah Virus

Water Wise AWARDS 5 th Grade: Santan Sarah Gilliam & May Nguyen – Salty Sea Evaporation 6 th Grade: Navarrete Ashley Marino & Liam Thibeault – Agricultural Aid 7 th Grade: PJHS Morgan Kramer – Soil Absorption 8 th Grade: BJHS Braden Mittun, Grady Edwards & Merik Smith – Wraps To Prevent Evaporation 9 th Grade: HHS Gabi Davenport, Lisa Baer, Julie Tang – Photosynthesis on Transpiration

Valley Forward AWARDS 1 st Place: WJHS Garret Hable – Water Pipe Paradigm Waste and Wait Insulate 2 nd Place: HPrep Angela Tulk- The Effect of Type of Cellular Phone on the Amount of Radiation Given Off 3 rd Place: HPrep Daphne Guo- The Effect on Plant Diversity on Bird Diversity Along an Urban-Rural Gradient HM: BJHS Stacy Sonnabend- The Effect of Magnetism on the Growth of Radish Plants

INTEL INNOVATOR ELEMENTARY AWARDS 5 th Grade: Sanborn Patrick Gelvin and Kyle Stevens – Solar Phone 6 th Grade: Navarrete Tony Sanderell, Dylan Cramer, and Michael Kester – Weed Busters

INTEL INNOVATOR JUNIOR HIGH AWARDS 7 th Grade: PJHS Nicholas Prickett – Full Speed Ahead, Maximizing Software Performance 8 th Grade: WJHS Garrett Hable – Water Pipe Paradigm

INTEL INNOVATOR HIGH SCHOOL AWARD Jade Enke (HHS/Crane) Electromagnetism in Action

BEST OF FAIR BIOLOGICAL Shaina Hasan (HHS/ Buckner ) Personalized Treatment for PTEN null and EGFR Mutant Glioboatoma PHYSICAL Shruti Dharmaraj (CHS/Root) Concen[ti]trating on Healthy Cooking: The Effect of Different Cooking Methods on the Ascorbic Acid Concentration in Red Capsicum Annum