Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair

Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Quinnipiac University March 10 - 14, 2015 Winning Projects [SchTown] [School] [Proj#] [FCat] [Honors] Avon Avon High School 3042

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[Teacher] [Project Title]

Awards Legend Honors = 1st, 2nd, 3rd place ribbons (1st honors are CSEF Finalists) Sponsor(s)

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Award(s)

Andrea Galuska Investigation of Osteoclast Activity as an Explanation for Lack of Bone Maturation in Tissue Implantation

Student(s) Ben Lerner

Avon Avon High School

These judging results are unaudited by the fair’s Database Committee. The CSEF reserves the right to correct the listings.

Grade 12

Town Avon

Grade 10

Town Avon

Galuska Program your Diet

Student(s) Nivedha Natchiappan

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Award Avon Talcott Mountain Academy 5522

P8

2

Alyson Tockstein

Thermodynamics of the Stirling Cycle: Testing the Effects of the Relative Temperature Difference on Stirling Engine Output

Student(s) Varun Aggarwal

Grade 8

Town South Glastonbury

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- 3rd Place Middle School- $100, Trophy, Medallion Avon Talcott Mountain Academy 2005

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Alyson Tockstein

Endomycorrhizal and Ectomycorrhizal Fungi and the Effect on Plant Communication Through the Common Mycelial Network

Student(s) Rayna Bidwell

Avon Talcott Mountain Academy 2529

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Indirect measurement of the pliability of vocal folds and singer comfort after direct steam inhalation.

Avon Talcott Mountain Academy L7

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Town Ellington

Alyson Tockstein

Student(s) Tasha Casey

2026

Grade 7

Grade 8

Town Avon

Grade 7

Town Windsor

Alyson Tockstein

Killing Blackspot: An Organic Struggle

Student(s) Julia Hoffman

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Sciences 7th grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- Middle School- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF Avon Talcott Mountain Academy 2537

L8

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Ms. Tockstien

The Antimicrobial Properties of Papaya

Student(s) Zachary Waskowicz

Grade 8

Town Southington

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

3/13/2015

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Conn. Science & Engineering Fair [SchTown] [School] [Proj#] [FCat] [Honors]


Avon Talcott Mountain Academy 2039

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Sponsor(s)

Winning Projects Award(s)

Alyson Tockstein

Novel Bioluminescent Display using Aliivibrio fischeri for efficiency and low cost

Student(s) Yusuf Zaidi

Grade 7

Town Avon

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 5rd Place- Life Sciences 7th grade- trophy l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 2nd Place- Biotechnology 7th grade- $200 & trophy Bethany Amity Reg Middle School, Bethany Campus 4029

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Kevin Berean

Incorporating the Flutter Effect in Flags to Produce Energy

Student(s) Thomas Livesay

Grade 8 Grade 8

Felix Liu

Town Woodbridge Town Woodbridge

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- 1st Place Middle School - $300 Cash and Trophy Bethany Amity Reg Middle School, Bethany Campus 5504

P8

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Kevin Berean

Green Energy Ferris Wheel

Student(s) Isabel Salazar

Grade 8

Town Woodbridge

l Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Trophy Bethany Amity Reg Middle School, Bethany Campus 4020

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Kevin Berean

Peer Pressure and Robots

Student(s) Romulus Sottile

Grade 8 Grade 8

Aman Thombre

Bethany Amity Reg Middle School, Bethany Campus 4033

PT

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Mr. Kevin Berean

BabyBot: Creating a Robot to Soothe a Crying Infant

Student(s) Neha Sudhir Rosie Du

Grade 8 Grade 8

Town Woodbridge Town New Haven

Allison Fischman

Grade 8

Town Woodbridge

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Science sJr Team - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Award l Meyerand Young Woman Scientist Awards --- $300 cash - Middle School, Physical Sciences Bethany Amity Reg Middle School, Bethany Campus 4017

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Kevin Berean

The Sensing Cane

Student(s) Kate Yuan Catalina Betancur

Grade 8 Grade 8


l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 3rd Place- Physical Sciences MS Teamtrophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- 1st Place Middle School - $300 and Trophy, Medallion l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Award l American Society of Safety Engineers, CT Valley Chapter --- $100 grade 7-8 project l ISA - International Society for Automation --- 2nd - $75 award

3/13/2015


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Conn. Science & Engineering Fair [SchTown] [School] [Proj#] [FCat] [Honors] Bethel Bethel High School 6061

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Sponsor(s)

The Effect of Sunspot Number on Radio Propagation

Bethel Bethel High School PS

2

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2538

L8

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2531

L8

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2528

L8

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5043

P7

2

Town Bethel

The Effect of Household Acids and Bases on the pH of dirt. Grade 8

Town Brookfield

Grade 8

Town Redding

Grade 8

Town Danbury

Mrs. McDonald Water Types and Plant Growth

Kate McDonald Electrolyte Challenge

Student(s) Mackenzy Garden

Bethel St. Mary School

Grade 12

Mrs McDonald

Student(s) Jake Drury


Town Bethel

Testing the Effectiveness of an improved French Trench.

Student(s) Rory Daly


Grade 11

MR. Turek

Student(s) Caitlyn Peterson


Town Bethel

Using wastewater to reclaim energy

Bethel Bethel High School PS

Grade 12

Mr. Turek

Student(s) Victoria Palmer

6063

Award(s)

Mr. Turek

Student(s) Reeya Bhavsar

6050

Winning Projects

Mrs. McDonald A Matter of Facts: Designing a Math App to Help Kids Learn Their Math Facts

Student(s) Kevin Legnard

Grade 7

Town Bethel

l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- 2nd Place Middle School- $100 from ATOMIC, and Trophy, $200 from People’s United Bank l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Award Bethel St. Mary School 5540

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Mrs. Kate McDonald How Does the pH Level of Liquids Used to Take Medication Pills Affect Dissolvability?

Student(s) Emily Marcone

Bethel St. Mary School 5048

P7

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Town Danbury

Grade 7

Town Bethel

Mrs McDonald Let's Beet Slippery Roads

Student(s) Valerie Quish

3/13/2015

Grade 8


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Conn. Science & Engineering Fair [SchTown] [School] [Proj#] [FCat] [Honors] Bethel St. Mary School 2523

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Sponsor(s)


Mrs. Kate McDonald Not Organic? Don't Panic!

Student(s) Angela Saidman

Bethel St. Mary School 5035

P7

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Grade 8

Town Bethel

Grade 7

Town Bethel

Mrs. McDonald Keepin' Warm

Student(s) Madeline Suarez

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences 7th Grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Bozrah Fields Memorial School 5507

P8

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Evelyn Brown

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

Student(s) Genevieve Buckridge

Grade 8

Town Bozrah

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, and Trophy, $300 from People’s United Bank l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- 1st Place Middle School - $300, Trophy and Medallion l Connecticut Association for the Gifted --- Leonardo Davinci 7-8 Grade $50 Gift Certificate l Stanley Lessoff Award for Excellence In Analytical Technique --- $100 Cash and Plaque Bozrah Fields Memorial School 5032

P7

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Mrs. Evelyn Brown

Maximizing the Energy Output of a Wind Turbine

Student(s) Dravyn Okoney

Grade 7

Town Bozrah

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Award Bozrah Fields Memorial School 5502

P8

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Evelyn Brown

Water Filtration and Flocculation Methods

Student(s) Rebecca Ramthun

Grade 8

Town Bozrah

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences 8th Grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- 3rd Place Middle School - $200 Cash and Trophy l Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- Middle School- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF l Demos R Us Award --- $150 Cash Award- Clear Execution of Research Bozrah Fields Memorial School 5055

P7

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Mrs.Brown

How Do Environmental Conditions Affect the Performance of Duct Tape?

Student(s) Tori Smith

3/13/2015

Grade 7


Town Bozrah

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Bozrah Fields Memorial School 5023

P7

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Sponsor(s)


Mrs. E. Brown

Which Variables Affect The Flight Of A Rocket?

Student(s) Brendan Toth

Grade 7

Town Bozrah

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences 7th Grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l Talcott Mountain Science Center --- Founder’s Award - $450 Saturday Mentorship Course at TMSC - Middle School Life Science l American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics - Connecticut Section --- $200 award, certificate l American Society for Quality - Thames Valley Section --- $250 Cash Award Bozrah Fields Memorial School 5515

P8

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Evelyn Brown

Measurement of Tensile Strength of Various Wet & Dry Woods

Student(s) Abigail Tracy

Grade 8

Town Gilman

l ASM Materials Education Foundation --- Certificate & $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF l American Society for Metals - Hartford Chapter --- $100 Check Bridgeport Barnum School 2040

L7

David Nuzzo

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Hydroponics

Student(s) Wilson Velez

Bridgeport Black Rock School 2507

L8

3

Grade 7

Town Bridgeport

Grade 8

Town Bridgeport

Helena Coatsworth Aqua-Life

Student(s) Benjamin Clark

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award Bridgeport Blackham School 5505

P8

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Ms. O'Neil Does temperature matter?

Student(s) Malik Williams

Bridgeport Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture School 3052

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Grade 8

Town Bridgeport

Mr. Kirk Shadle

The Analysis of Clay Flocculation's Effect on the Benthic Zone Used as a Mitigation Technique for Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)

Student(s) Julia Ennis

Grade 12

Town Fairfield

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l Stockholm Junior Water Prize --- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF, possible advance to further competition

3/13/2015


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LS

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Sponsor(s)


Mr. Shadle

Development of Non-toxic Photostabilized Phycoerythrin for Application in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

Student(s) Eunsun Hong

Grade 12

Town Shelton

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 1st Place High School - $500 and Plaque, Medallion and trip to compete at Intel Int. Sci. & Eng. Fair l 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 CASE Annual Mtg & $500 cash award to School Science Department for equipment/supplies l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir l University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in Biochemistry Bridgeport Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture School 3073

LS

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Mr. Kirk Shadle

Determining the Effect of Biofouling on a Restocking System for Homarus americanus

Student(s) Shana Isidoro

Grade 12

Town Monroe

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 2nd Place High School - $400 and Plaque, Medallion l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- HS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic award l Mystic Aquarium --- $100 and 4 Admission Tickets to Mystic Aquarium Bridgeport Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture School 6006

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Mr. Shadle

Low Temperature Thermal Cracking of High-Density Polyethylene via Zeolite and Pillared Clay Catalyts

Student(s) Stephen Jepsen


LS

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Grade 12

Town Stratford

Mr. Kirk P. Shadle

Utilizing Piscivorous Birds as Low-Impact Primary Biological Indicators

Student(s) Sophie Kay

Grade 12

Town Fairfield

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award l Project Oceanology --- Individual - Book + 2 tickets, First Place Senior, check for $100, t-shirt l Yale Peabody Museum --- Family “six-pack” of free passes to the Yale Peabody Museum Bridgeport Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture School 6011

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Kirk Shadle

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

Student(s) Daniel Munteanu

Grade 12

Town Fairfield

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 3rd Place High School - $ 300 and Plaque, Medallion Bridgeport Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture School 3032

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Kirk Shadle

Enhancing the Collagen Yield from Aurelia aurita through Bio Encapsulated Highly Saturated Fatty Acid Feed

Student(s) Marissa Prizio

Grade 12

Town Milford

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award

3/13/2015


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Sponsor(s)


PS

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Mr. Shadle

Biochar Electrodes Incorporated with Cuprous Oxide Substrates to Optimize Solar Cells' Efficiency

Student(s) Nicolas Santandrea

Grade 12

Town Fairfield

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Inititatives --- Certificate-Nomination to Compete in 2016 Sustainability Solutions Festival and $50 Gift Card Bridgeport Central High School 3030

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Mrs. Nnodum

The Effects of GMO vs Non-GMO Bananas on the Life Span of Fruit Flies

Student(s) Amy Siranaula

Bridgeport Central Magnet High School 3074

LS

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Samantha Bookbinder

Bridgeport Fairchild Wheeler Magnet High School PS

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Grade 7

Town Bridgeport

Grade 9

Town Milford

L. Ciocci

Biomimicry of Whale Fins

Student(s) Emilie Alber

6060

Town Bridgeport

Can different categories of leaves contain similar tints

Student(s) Melissa Andrade

6042

Grade 9

Robert Pascarell

Bridgeport Classical Studies Magnet Academy L7

Town Bridgeport

The Stroop Effect

Student(s) Toni-Lyn Turner

2008

Grade 11

Mr. Anthony

Hydrogen Fuel Cells: How Electrode Material Affects Them

Student(s) Graham Bonnell

Grade 11

Town Southport

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award Bridgeport Fairchild Wheeler Magnet High School 6079

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Mr. Ryan Anthony

The Application of Sub-undulatory Locomotion Principles Utilized by Sub-carangiform Swimmers to Increase Submersible Efficiency

Student(s) Anubhav Dhar

Bridgeport Fairchild Wheeler Magnet High School 3086

LS

3

Town Trumbull

Grade 9

Town Milford

L Ciocci

How Music Affects Concentration

Student(s) Rhea Grant

3/13/2015

Grade 10


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Sponsor(s)


LS

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Stroop Effect Grade 11


3

How does the weight of a wind turbine's blade affect energy production?

Bridgeport Fairchild Wheeler Magnet High School PST

3


Town Fairfield

Grade 10 Grade 10

Town Bridgeport Town Milford

"Are Your Eyes Playing Tricks on You?" Sydney Kmetz

LS

Grade 11

Mrs. Ciocci

Student(s) Danna Portillo-Serrano

3053

Town Bridgeport

Mr. Ryan Anthony

Student(s) Thomas Pond

6501

Award(s)

Mrs. Ciocci

Student(s) Sabrina Keo

6093

Winning Projects

L.Ciocci

The Efficiency of Bivalve Mollusk Filter Feeding in the Long Island Sound

Student(s) Elijah Rodriguez

Grade 9

Town Stratford

l Yale Peabody Museum --- Family “six-pack” of free passes to the Yale Peabody Museum Bridgeport G.W. Johnson School 5021

P7

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Kaitlin Dinet

Rust A Bunch

Student(s) Alejandro Ramos

Bridgeport High Horizons Magnet School 5523

P8

3

Grade 7

Town Bridgeport

Grade 8

Town Bridgeport

Mrs. Scott-Thiam

Power Wind

Student(s) Diego Garcia

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award Bridgeport Interdistrict Discovery Magnet School 2007

L7

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Janine Walsh

Do different sources of light affect the rate a plant transpires?

Student(s) Joseph Everard

Bridgeport Interdistrict Discovery Magnet School 5018

P7

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3

Town Bridgeport

Grade 7 Grade 7

Town Bridgeport Town Bridgeport

Mr. Bell

Radiation Stopper

Student(s) Matthew Vásconez Gilces Idaliz Acevedo

3/13/2015

Grade 7

Heat Output

Bridgeport Jettie S. Tisdale School PT

Town Easton

Janine Walsh

Student(s) Manuel Figueroa

4031

Grade 7


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Bridgeport Multicultural Magnet School 5555

P8

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Sponsor(s)


Mr. Walter Mayorga

Powerful Propellers

Student(s) Abigail Cloud

Grade 8

Town Bridgeport

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award l Society of Women Engineers - Hartford Section --- Scientific Calculator l John S. Kendall Memorial Award --- $300 John S. Kendall Award for Excellence In Mechanical Engineering - Middle School Bridgeport Multicultural Magnet School 5535

P8

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Walter Mayorga

Thermoelectricity Phenomenon

Student(s) Elizabeth Silva

Grade 8

Town Bridgeport

Grade 7

Town Bridgeport

Grade 7

Town Bridgeport

Grade 7

Town Bridgeport

Grade 8

Town Bridgeport

Grade 7 Grade 7


Jade Williams

Grade 7 Grade 7


Kayla Clark

Grade 7

Town Bridgeport

Bridgeport Park City Magnet School 5019

P7

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Sarah Simone

Baking with Fantastic Flours

Student(s) Anne Ho

Bridgeport Park City Prep Charter School 2021

L7

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Vicky Boudreau

Nothing but algae and duckweed

Student(s) Charlicea Azore


L7

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Vicky Boudreau

Troublesome Turf

Student(s) Tasia Courts


L8

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Mr. Jaekle

Which Side Are You On?

Student(s) Zaryah Gordon


LT

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Vicky Boudreau

Pill Bugs On Mars?

Student(s) Saxton Kerr Tayquon Underhill


PT

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Vicky Boudreau

Meltdown

Student(s) Julia Majewski

3/13/2015


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Sponsor(s)

Smoking Wars

Bridgeport Park City Prep Charter School P8

3

2

Town Bridegeport

Grade 8

Town Bridgeport

Grade 7

Town Bridgeport

Strength Of An Electromagnet

Bridgeport Park City Prep Charter School P7

Grade 7

Jonathan Jaekle

Student(s) Jacob Tay

5001

Award(s)

Vicky Boudreau

Student(s) Willow Marks

5518

Winning Projects

Vicky Boudreau

BOBS (Baby on Board) System

Student(s) Johann Warren

l American Society of Safety Engineers, CT Valley Chapter --- $100 grade 7-8 project l Bob Harris Fix It Award --- $100 and Certificate for ingenuity in using material and tools Bridgeport Park City Prep Charter School 5542

P8

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Mr.Johnathan Jaekle

Measuring The Amount of Acid in Vinegar By Using Titration

Student(s) Mario Williams

Bridgeport Read School 5034

P7

3

Grade 8

Town Bridgeport

Grade 7

Town Bridgeport

Mr. Tharson Wood Toughness

Student(s) Alexia Andrade

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award Bristol St. Paul Catholic High School 6076

PS

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Mr Alberti

Novel Approches of Making Human to Robot Interaction Possible for the Handicapped.

Student(s) Kamila Krawczuk

Grade 9

Town New Britain

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- 2nd Place High School - $300, Plaque, Medallion l Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award --- $200 & certificate l Leask/Francoeur Family Awards --- Award for excellence and innovation in electrical engineering or computer science - $200 cash Broad Brook Homeschool - Masthay 6019

PS

3

Melissa Masthay

Passive Solar Energy

Student(s) Jamie Masthay

3/13/2015

Grade 9


Town Broad Brook

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Cheshire Cheshire High School 3072

LS

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Sponsor(s)


Casey King

Development of a Prescient Warning Model for Cholera Utilizing an Epdemiological Identification of Risk Factors

Student(s) Shangda Xu

Grade 11

Town Cheshire

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- High School Finalist - Medallion & Acrylic Award l 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 Cheshire St. Bridget School 2019

L7

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Mrs. Michelle Carroll The Stroop Effect

Student(s) Brendan Canning

Grade 7

Town Wallingford

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 4th Place- Life Sciences 7th grade- trophy and Invite to Compete Broadcom MASTERS Cheshire St. Bridget School 2522

L8

3

Mrs. Carroll Microwave Radiation

Student(s) Sadhana Sankar

Danbury Immaculate High School 6078

PS

3

Danbury Immaculate High School LS

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Town Naugatuck

Grade 9

Town Danbury

Dennis Ames

Exoplanet Discovery: The Transit Method

Student(s) Nolan Ames

3088

Grade 8

Mrs. Bridget Henry

Unprecedented Glycerol-Free Biodiesel Production using Enzyme Catalysis

Student(s) Martha Haddad

Grade 10

Town Danbury

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Danbury St. Gregory the Great School 4007

PT

2

Mrs. Fahey

Is density a quality?: Density Intensity

Student(s) Rodolph Antonios Jack Sorrentino

Danbury St. Gregory the Great School 5563

P8

2

3

Town Danbury

Grade 8

Town Danbury

Mrs. Fahey

The Heat is On

Student(s) Anthony Dascano

3/13/2015

Grade 8

Conduction Junction

Danbury St. Gregory the Great School P8

Town Danbury Town Danbury

Christine Fahey

Student(s) Frank Chieffalo

5520

Grade 8 Grade 8


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LT

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Sponsor(s)


Mrs. Christine Fahey

Vitamin H2Grow

Student(s) Kieran Doolabh Hunter Swaylik

Grade 7 Grade 7

Town Danbury Town Woodbury

Brendan Walsh

Grade 7

Town Danbury

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 7h grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir Danbury St. Gregory the Great School 5011

P7

2

Christine Fahey

Let There Be Light!

Student(s) George Hyland

Grade 7

Town New Fairfield

Grade 7

Town Danbury

Bart Flaherty

Grade 8 Grade 8

Town Danbury Town New Fairfield

Ryan Niland

Grade 8

Town Brookfield


P7

3

Christine Fahey

Wrap the Apple Save the Apple

Student(s) Raechel Langan


LT

1

Mrs.Fahey

Got Gas?

Student(s) Royce Maxwell

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 3rd Place- Life Sciences MS Team- trophy and Invite to Compete Broadcom MASTERS Danbury St. Gregory the Great School 5017

P7

3

Mrs.Fahey

Foam Dissolving Methods

Student(s) Erik Stedman

Danbury St. Joseph School 4012

PT

2

LT

2

L7

2

Town Brewster Town Danbury

Mrs. Reilly Water The Power of Life Hydroponics vs. Aquaponics

Student(s) Keelan Doherty

3/13/2015

Grade 7 Grade 7

Do you see what I see? Brigid Gage

2006

Town Danbury Town Danbury

Mrs. J. Reilly

Student(s) Olivia Casino

Danbury St. Joseph School

Grade 8 Grade 8

What it takes to clear the loop. Ismael Ricardo

1003

Town New Milford

Mrs.Reilly

Student(s) Michael Campisi


Grade 7

Grade 7


Town Danbury

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Conn. Science & Engineering Fair [SchTown] [School] [Proj#] [FCat] [Honors] Danbury St. Joseph School 4002

PT

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Sponsor(s)

Temperature effects on a basketball Shayne Simmons

2502

L8

2

5026

P7

1

Grade 7 Grade 7

Town New Milford Town Danbury

Grade 8

Town Danbury

Grade 7

Town Danbury

Jennifer Reilly Toxic Chemicals Found In Detergents

Student(s) Shea Foye


Award(s)

Mrs. Reilly

Student(s) Diego Echavarria


Winning Projects

Jennifer Reilly The Power of Wind

Student(s) Sean Guiry

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 Danbury St. Joseph School 2513

L8

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Jennifer Reilly Which is the Most Effective Antacid?

Student(s) Jared Hewitt


P7

1

Grade 8

Town Danbury

Mrs. Reilly Development of a technique to detect explosive residue for use in avoiding terrorism threats.

Student(s) Bradley Kerr

Grade 7

Town Danbury

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 5th Place- Physical Sciences 7th Grade Individual - trophy l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- 3rd Place Middle School - $100 and Trophy, Medallion l UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence in engineering Danbury St. Joseph School 5511

P8

3

Jennifer Reilly What Materials can block a Wifi Signal

Student(s) Allen Riego de Dios


L8

1

Grade 8

Town Danbury

Mrs. Reilly The Effect of Dextrose and Fructose on Daphnia.

Student(s) Daniel Villalona

Grade 8

Town Danbury

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Sciences 8th grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Danbury Westside Middle School Academy 2514

L8

2

Jonathan Neuhausel

Contemporary Bioremediation

Student(s) Rishita Bandaru

3/13/2015

Grade 8


Town Danbury

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Danbury Westside Middle School Academy 5506

P8

2

Sponsor(s)


Jonathan Neuhausel

Effect of Blade Angle and Wind Angle on Rotation Speed of a Home-Built Wind Turbine

Student(s) Micah Chen


P8

1

Grade 8

Town Danbury

Jonathan Neuhausel

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

Student(s) Christopher Hwang

Grade 8

Town Danbury

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences 8th Grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 1st Place Middle School - $300 and Trophy, Medallion and Project Oceanology’s Ocean Camp l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award l Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Trophy l 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 for Equipment/Supplies l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 5th Place- Biotechnology 8th grade- trophy l Ricoh Corporation/Society for Science & the Public --- Certificate, Lapel Pin,$50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF Danbury Westside Middle School Academy 5030

P7

1

Mr. Neuhausel

Opening a Garage Door with Raspberry Pi

Student(s) Sarah Johnson

Grade 7

Town Danbury

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 Annual Report l IEEE, Connecticut Section --- $100 Honorable Mention Danbury Westside Middle School Academy 5037

P7

3

Jonathan Neuhausel

Using Different Plant Xylem to Filter Phosphates

Student(s) Anjeli Joseph

Grade 7

Town Danbury

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 7h grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir Danbury Westside Middle School Academy 2539

L8

1

Neuhausel

The Impact of Different Water Pollutants on Biological Health Indices

Student(s) Kiara Kaltschnee

Grade 8

Town Danbury

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Sciences 8th grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Danbury Westside Middle School Academy 2545

L8

2

Jonathan Neuhausel

Finding the Most Efficient Anti-fungal Food Using a Baking Yeast Solution

Student(s) Jacob Laham

3/13/2015

Grade 8


Town Danbury

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P7

3

Sponsor(s)


Mr. Neuhausel

Changing the pH of Soil to Generate Electricity in the Form of a Microbial Fuel Cell

Student(s) Nila Narayan

Grade 7

Town Danbury

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- 1st Place MS - $300, Trophy, CACIWC gifts Danbury Westside Middle School Academy 5007

P7

2

Mr. Neuhausel

Changing the Water Content in Soil to Generate Electricity in form of an Earth Battery

Student(s) Rashmi Pai


P7

2

6054

PS

2

How much air is needed to allow a weighted structure to rise?

3134

LS

3

Grade 7

Town Danbury

Leventhal A field study on the widespread effect of three viruses on the domesticated honeybee, the Apis mellifera

Student(s) Elizabeth Drippe

Darien Darien High School

Town Danbury

Jonathan Neuhausel

Student(s) Siara Pittman


Grade 7

Grade 12

Town Darien

David Lewis Ambiguous Beats: Using EEG to measure how movement influences rhythmic processing in young infants

Student(s) Sonia Gandhi

Grade 12

Town Darien

l Connecticut Academy of Audiology --- $150 Cash Award High School- For Excellence in Audiology and Acoustics Darien Darien High School 3076

LS

3

Mr. David Lewis The Effect of FGF2 on Hypoxia in the Mouse DG: A Model for Human Perinatal Hypoxia

Student(s) Kate Halabi

Darien Darien High School 3069

LS

3

3051

LS

3

Elucidating the Ethylene Signal Pathway in Arabidopsis

6034

PS

3

Town Darien

Exploring the Tunicate Ascidia callosa and its Associated Bacteria for Antimicrobial Compounds and other Marine Natural Products Grade 12

Town Darien

Christine Leventhal The Synchronous Rotation of the Eris/Dysnomia Binary System

Student(s) Yasi Owainati

3/13/2015

Grade 12

Mrs. Leventhal

Student(s) Allegra Molkenthin


Town Darien

Christine Leventhal

Student(s) Christian Kanlian


Grade 12

Grade 12


Town Darien

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Christine Leventhal

6100

PS

3

Sponsor(s)

East Hartford East Hartford High School PS

3

3

3

2

Town East Hartford

Grade 10

Town East Hartford

More Holes More Goals

East Lyme East Lyme High School LS

Grade 10

Timothy Reid

Student(s) Alyssa Vannalath

3017

Town East Hartford

Does seed spacing affect plant height?

East Hartford East Hartford High School PS

Grade 10

Mr.Reid

Student(s) Jessica Repass

6016

Town Darien

Algae Balls

East Hartford East Hartford High School LS

Grade 12

Tim Reid

Student(s) Tyrese Fenty

3026

Award(s)

Exploring the Optical Audio Link

Student(s) Mallory Zabrocky

6099

Winning Projects

Lewis Tucker

Clinical application of 3D printing technology in cancer radiation therapy: A novel method to improve dose conformity with patient specific treatment aid device

Student(s) Du Chen

Grade 11

Town Niantic

l Education Connection- Center for 21st Century Skills Awards --- $100 For innovative use of technology to advance science or engineering Enfield St. Martha School 5064

P7

2

Chrisie Gonzalez Cooling Mints

Student(s) Shannon Kelley

Enfield St. Martha School 4032

PT

3

Grade 7

Town Suffield

Shelby Arcouette

Grade 8 Grade 8

Town Somers Town Enfield

Madison Langh

Grade 8

Town Enfield

Grade 8 Grade 8

Town Somers Town Enfield

Christie gonzalez Sugar Rainbow

Student(s) Ciara Logan

Enfield St. Martha School 4004

PT

2

Mrs. Gonzalez Snow Melting

Student(s) Jasmine Yard Rachel Lagasse

3/13/2015


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Fairfield Fairfield College Preparatory School 6029

PS

3

Sponsor(s)


Mrs. Kiel

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

Student(s) Junlin Mo

Grade 10

Town Bridgeport

l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- High School Finalist - Medallion & Acrylic Award Fairfield Fairfield College Preparatory School 3095

LS

1

Mrs. Kiel

How Grey Oyster Mushrooms Can Be Used To Break Down Oil And Reduce Waste In The Environment.

Student(s) Jonathan Siveyer

Grade 10

Town Monroe

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l Stockholm Junior Water Prize --- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF, possible advance to further competition Fairfield Our Lady of the Assumption School 5526

P8

2

Kathy Almeida

Do expensive basketball sneakers outperform inexpensive basketball sneakers?

Student(s) Matthew Carrara

Fairfield Our Lady of the Assumption School 5556

P8

2

Fairfield Our Lady of the Assumption School L8

2

3

Kathy Almeida

Fairfield St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School LT

3

Grade 8

Fairfield St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School 3

Mr. Philip Flynn Grade 8 Grade 8

Town Fairfield Town Fairfield

Grade 7 Grade 7

Town Southport Town Fairfield

Mr. Philip Flynn

Which cleanser will make a fresh-faced student?

Student(s) Olivia Golden Laura Elwood

3/13/2015

Town Bridgeport

The Trilogy of Light: Fluorescent, LED, Incandescent Alanna Murphy

LT

Town Stratford

Kathy Almeida

Student(s) Melissa Caiola

1002

Grade 8

Tap Water vs Bottled Water- Is There a Difference?

Student(s) Mylz Voss

1023

Town Bridgeport

How Much Organic Material Can Earthworms Decompose?

Fairfield Our Lady of the Assumption School P8

Grade 8

Kathy Almeida

Student(s) Christopher Stevens

5536

Town Bridgeport

Is your lipstick toxic?

Student(s) Elizabeth Ereshena

2532

Grade 8


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Fairfield St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School 4009

PT

3

Sponsor(s)

Surface Tension Michael Fickes

Fairfield St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School L8

2

Award(s)

Philip Flynn

Student(s) Joseph Kulaga

2533

Winning Projects

Grade 8 Grade 8

Town Fairfield Town Fairfield

Philip Flynn

Food & Texture: Does seeing the food affect your liking a food that has changed from its original texture?

Student(s) Conor Landry

Grade 8

Town Fairfield

l United States Public Health Service --- Certificate & $50 Amazon gift card given by CSEF & medallion Fairfield St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School 5024

P7

3

Philip Flynn

Measuring Acceleration on an Inclined Plane

Student(s) Matthew Wiig

Falls Village Lee H. Kellogg School 5040

P7

3

Grade 7

Town Southport

Joseph Markow

Effectiveness of Fertilizer Application Techniques in Reducing Fertilizer Runoff and Pollution

Student(s) Jenna Luz

Grade 7

Town Falls Village

l Association for Women Geoscientists --- Certificate & $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF Fishers Island Fishers Island School 3036

LS

3

Carol Giles

Does the Color of a Classroom Effect Learning Comprehension?

Student(s) Connor Beverly

Fishers Island Fishers Island School 6104

PS

2

Investigating the Benefits of Receiving Information Through Video

Fishers Island Fishers Island School LS

2

Town Pawcatuck

Carol Giles

Student(s) Aaron Kane

3119

Grade 11

Grade 12

Town Groton

Mrs. Giles

Assessing Changes in Growth Rate of the American Lobster Under Different Environmental Stressors as Modeled by the Red Swamp Crayfish

Student(s) Elias Kane

Grade 11

Town Groton

l Yale Peabody Museum --- One-Year Family Membership to the Yale Peabody Museum Fishers Island Fishers Island School 6010

PS

3

Carol Giles

Wax On, Wax Off

Student(s) Gabrielle Krysiewicz


PS

2

Town Quaker Hill

Grade 12

Town Fishers Island

Carol Giles

Is The Money Worth It?

Student(s) Shelby Lusker

3/13/2015

Grade 11


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LS

3

Sponsor(s)


Carol Giles

Pollutants and there Detrimental Effects on Shrimp

Student(s) Ellie McCarthy


LS

3

2

Grade 12

Town Mystic

Grade 11

Town Stonington

Phytoplankton's Effect on Ocean Acidification

Fishers Island Fishers Island School LS

Town North Stonington

Carol

Student(s) Sophia Streimer

3041

Grade 12

Carol Giles

Remediating Rivalry?

Student(s) Mackenzie Switz

l The Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment --- $100 for “Excellence in Environmental Conservation Studies” Glastonbury Glastonbury High School 6049

PS

2

Diane Pintavalle

Recovering carbon nanotube fluorescence through conformational change of side chains

Student(s) Christopher Augustinos

Glastonbury Glastonbury High School 3123

LS

3

miRNA Analysis of Exosomes from Osteosarcoma Cells

Glastonbury Glastonbury High School PS

3

2

Town Glastonbury

Study to Improve the Constraint of Ultra-High Performance Concrete Double-T Bridge Girders by Adjusting the Architecture of Steel Fibers in the Web

Glastonbury Glastonbury High School PS

Grade 11

Diane Pintavalle

Student(s) Andrew Dauphinais

6027

Town Glastonbury

Sara Almeida

Student(s) Leelakrishna Channa

6008

Grade 12

Grade 12

Town Glastonbury

Ms. Pintavalle

Financially Superior Energy Source for Subterranean Inhabitants

Student(s) Ashley Gartland

Grade 11

Town Glastonbury

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion l Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Award l ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Inititatives --- Certificate-Nomination to Compete in 2016 Sustainability Solutions Festival and $50 Gift Card l Connecticut Architecture Foundation --- $250 Gift Certificate to Barnes and Noble from the Connecticut Architecture Foundation, William M. Mack, AIA Award.

3/13/2015


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PS

1

Sponsor(s)


Dr. Ali Bazzi

Evaluation of Several Resonant Power Electronic Converters in Capacitively Coupled Wireless Energy Transmitters

Student(s) Paul Han

Grade 11

Town Glastonbury

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l Mu Alpha Theta --- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF l IEEE, Connecticut Section --- $250 Honors Award -Senior l John B. Trevor Award in Electrical Engineering --- $500 cash award for an innovative electronic or electrical project l University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in Engineering: Electrical Glastonbury Glastonbury High School 3061

LS

3

Ms. Pintavalle

The Relationship Of Major Vein Density on Leaf Shape and Size in the Plant Genus Pelargonium

Student(s) Jennifer King


LS

2

Grade 11

Town Glastonbury

Diane Pintavalle

Differences in the measurements and numbers of nuclear pores and nuclear pore complexes in wildtype stem cell lines and Huntington’s Disease stem cell lines

Student(s) Kanika Malani

Grade 11

Town Glastonbury

l Mu Alpha Theta --- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF Glastonbury Glastonbury High School 3054

LS

2

Diane Pintavalle

Preparation and Comparison of EGCG-Loaded PLGA and Cellulose Acetate Microparticles for Osteoarthritis Treatment

Student(s) Anubhuti Mathur

Grade 12

Town Glastonbury

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 2nd Place- Biotechnology Senior High- $500 & plaque l Biophysical Society --- Biophysics Award- $100 Glastonbury Glastonbury High school 3132

LS

3

Ms. Pintavalle

CHANGING CONSTRUCTION FACTORS TO CREATE DIFFERENT MORPHOLOGIES OF PHOSPHOLIPID AGGREGATES

Student(s) Nathaniel Reynolds


PS

2

Grade 12

Town Glastonbury

Grade 12

Town Glastonbury

Ms. Pintavalle

Chef NAO: The Humanoid Cooking Robot

Student(s) Kiele Sacco

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Award Glastonbury Glastonbury High School 3046

LS

2

Ms. Pintavalle

Correlation of frequency of cancer stem cells to patient outcome in osteosarcoma

Student(s) Meaghan Schneider

3/13/2015

Grade 12


Town Glastonbury

Page 20




PS

2

Sponsor(s)

Effect of dark matter halo on merging

Glastonbury Glastonbury High School LS

1

Award(s)

Ms. Pintavalle

Student(s) Alexander Sobelman

3005

Winning Projects

Grade 12

Town Glastonbury

Ms.Pintavalle

Investigating Inhibitors of Dihydrofolate Reductase Enzymes of Streptococcus pyogenes and Staphylococcus aureus

Student(s) Sara Tavakoli

Grade 11

Town Glastonbury

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in Microbiology Glastonbury Glastonbury High School 3025

LS

3

Ms. Dianne Pintavalle

Suicide Reportings in New England

Student(s) Morgan Tiroff


PS

2

Glastonbury Smith Middle School P7

1

Town Glastonbury

Diane Pintavalle

Investigation of Mesoporous Cobalt-Doped Cerium Oxide in the Water-Gas Shift

Student(s) Kevin Wijendra

5029

Grade 12

Grade 11

Town South Glastonbury

Mary Coburn

Sound Barriers: How does the type of material affect the amount of sound that carries through a surface?

Student(s) Arjun Ahilan

Grade 7

Town Glastonbury

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 3rd Place- Physical Sciences 7th Grade Ind. $100 & trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS l Connecticut Academy of Audiology --- $150 Cash Award Middle School- For Excellence in Audiology and Acoustics Greens Farms Greens Farms Academy 2503

L8

3

Sara Campolettano

The Effect of Caffeine on the Heart Rate of Daphnia Magna

Student(s) Allie Agnew

Greens Farms Greens Farms Academy 6039

PS

1

Grade 8

Town Westport

Dr.Freeman

Optimization of Reflectivity of GaN for Solar Applications

Student(s) Matthew Lichtenberg

Grade 11

Town Satmford

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and Annual Report l University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in Chemisty

3/13/2015


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P8

2

Sponsor(s)

Injury Reducing Characteristics of Running Shoes Using Innovation and Design

Greens Farms Greens Farms Academy LS

1

Award(s)

Sara Campolettano

Student(s) Lilah McCormick

3047

Winning Projects

Grade 8

Town Westport

Dr. Freeman

The Effect of Cold Stress on the Frequency of CD8+ T Cells in Aged Mice

Student(s) Elizabeth McGonagle

Grade 12

Town Southport

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Greens Farms Greens Farms Academy 2517

L8

3

Sara Campolettano

Aquaponics: The impact of combining agriculture and aquaculture techniques on plant germination and growth.

Student(s) Amy Petschek


L8

3

Grade 8

Town Norwalk

Sara Campolettano

The Effects of Honey on the Healing and Regeneration of Lumbriculus variegatus

Student(s) Lila Wells

Grade 8

Town Darien

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 3rd Place- Biotechnology 8th grade- $200 & trophy and Invitation Compete in Broadcom MASTERS Greenwich Brunswick School 6067

PS

2

Dana Montanez Efficient Soundproofing: Design of a System using Multiple Technologies

Student(s) Tucker Calcano

Grade 10

Town Greenwich

l American Society of Safety Engineers, CT Valley Chapter --- $150 grade 9-12 project Greenwich Brunswick School 6511

PST

1

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

Student(s) Ryan Callaghan Alessandro Mariani

Grade 11 Grade 11

Town Wilton Town Greenwich

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 award l IEEE, Connecticut Section --- $250 Honors Award -Junior

3/13/2015


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Greenwich Brunswick School

Dana Montanez

6051

PS

2

Sponsor(s)


Revolutionizing A 16th Century Product For The Modern World: Energy From The Human Touch

Student(s) Angus Fraser

Grade 11

A Thermoelectric Chair That Creates

Town Darien

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 Trophy l Yale Science & Engineering Association, Inc. --- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF l University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in Energy & Transportation Greenwich Brunswick School 6023

PS

2

Dana Montanez A Comparative Analysis of Rotating Solar Cubes vs. Horizontal Solar Arrays

Student(s) William Gorman

Grade 10

Town Bedford

l Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Award l 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 Greenwich Brunswick School 3091

LS

1

Mrs. Montanez An Investigation of Drone Downdraft as a Viable Alternative for Insect Pollination of Essential Crops

Student(s) Andreas Kern

Grade 11

Town Greenwich

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 5th Place- Life Sciences Senior High- Plaque l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award Greenwich Brunswick School 3079

LS

3

Dana Montanez Accumulation and Biomagnification of Microplastics in Marine Bivalves and Gastropods

Student(s) Colin MacFaddin

Greenwich Brunswick School 3508

LST

1

Grade 10

Town Cos Cob

Dana Montañez Target Identification: Frequency of the PV92 Alu Insertion within a Given Population

Student(s) Jamie MacFarlane Nick VanBelle

Grade 11 Grade 11

Town Greenwich Town Stamford

Eric Ganshaw

Grade 11

Town Greenwich

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Life Sciences Senior High Team- $500 (split) & Plaque Greenwich Brunswick School 3116

LS

1

Dana Montanez An Investigation of Superparamagnetic Iron Nanoparticle Hyperthermia to Inhibit Growth of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Student(s) Andrew Mellert

Grade 10

Town Greenwich


3/13/2015


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Dana Montañez

3522

LST

3

Thomas Kern

6001

PS

1

Award(s)

Desalination by Portulaca oleracea: Maintaining and stabilizing overall growth and production of Omega -3 Fatty Acids

Student(s) Christopher Peisch


Sponsor(s)

Winning Projects

Grade 11 Grade 11

Town Greenwich Town Greenwich

Dana Montanez Drone-based, Tropospheric Gas Collection for use in Air Quality Monitoring

Student(s) Lachlan Rosato

Grade 10

Town Greenwich

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Greenwich Brunswick School 6080

PS

2

Mrs. Montanez A Water-Resistant, Piezoelectric Precipitation Generator; A comparative analysis of mobile v. stationary systems

Student(s) David Ruf

Grade 12

Town Greenwich

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion Greenwich Brunswick School 6074

PS

2

Dana Montanez Converting Ambient Water Vapor to Potable Drinking Water Inspired by the Shorebird beak

Student(s) Siyan Shaikh

Greenwich Brunswick School 6085

PS

2

Grade 10

Town Stamford

Dana Montanez Creation of a Fresnel Lens Array for use in Water Purification

Student(s) John Stefanou

Grade 10

Town Old Greenwich

l Stockholm Junior Water Prize --- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF, possible advance to further competition Greenwich Brunswick School 3120

LS

3

Mrs. Montanez Isolation and Use of Antimicrobial Polypeptides found in Grains to Inhibit the Growth of Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria

Student(s) Alex Wada

Greenwich Central Middle School 5012

P7

3

Town Old Greenwich

Grade 7

Town Greenwich

Mrs.Bresler

Die sensitized solar cell

Student(s) Josephine Fischer

3/13/2015

Grade 10


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P8

1

Sponsor(s)


Ms. Bresler

Substitution of Metals in a Salt-Water Engine to Increase Energy-Efficiency

Student(s) Bennett Hawley

Grade 8

Town Cos Cob

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 award l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Award l Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Trophy l Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- Middle School- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF l Constellation - An Excelon Company --- For Excellence in clean renewable / sustainable energy - Grades 7 & 8 l IEEE, Connecticut Section --- $100 Honorable Mention l MIT Club of Hartford K-12 Initiative --- For excellence in science & technology of energy related research, middle school, $100 cash award l American Society for Metals - Hartford Chapter --- $50 Check Greenwich Central Middle School 5553

P8

3

Jennifer Bresler

Effect of different soil types on Hyacinth plants.

Student(s) Nicholas Woo


L8

3

3

Greenwich Convent of the Sacred Heart 3

Grade 11 Grade 11

Town Rye Town Harrison

Fish Finders: DNA to Expose Fish Fraud Cynthia Thomas

LS

Town Greenwich

Mary Musolino

Student(s) Lucy Alderson-Smith

3068

Grade 8

Regenerative Nano Particle Films

Greenwich Convent of the Sacred Heart LST

Town Greenwich

Jennifer Bresler

Student(s) Logan Woods

3524

Grade 8

Mary Musolino

A Study of the Removal of Pollutants by Rain Gardens, a Type of Low-Impact Development Drainage System

Student(s) Sarah Banker

Grade 12

Town Greenwich

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- HS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic award Greenwich Convent of the Sacred Heart 3505

LST

3

Mary Musolino

DNA Barcoding to Detect Mislabeling and Endangered Species in Turtle Meat

Student(s) Madeleine DeVita Isabella Caponiti

3/13/2015

Grade 11 Grade 11


Town Darien Town Rye

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Greenwich Convent of the Sacred Heart 3517

LST

2

Sponsor(s)


Mary Musolino

DNA Barcoding of Invasive Species on a Suburban Campus

Student(s) Madeline Henrie Katherine Siciliano

Grade 11 Grade 11

Town Stamford Town Stamford

Lillian Pura

Grade 11

Town Greenwich

l Sister Mary Christine Life Sciences Award --- $250 and plaque for excellence in the life sciences by a catholic high school project l Banning Family Life Science Award --- For excellence in invasive species research, $100 cash Greenwich Convent of the Sacred Heart 3109

LS

3

Mary Musolino

DNA Barcoding in "Health Bars"

Student(s) Lilly Morriss

Greenwich Greenwich Academy 6069

PS

3

2

Transforming Keyboard Strike Vibrations Into Electricity Via Piezoelectric Sensors

Greenwich Greenwich Academy LS

2

3

Grade 11

Town Greenwich

Grade 7 Grade 7


Nicholas Cotaj

Grade 7 Grade 7

Town Greenwich Town Stamford

Terrence McGrath

Grade 7

Town Stamford

Carol Lutz

Keep Out! : An Animal Proof Garden Enclosure.

Student(s) Andrew Lencyk Dylan Allman

Greenwich Greenwich Catholic School 1025

LT

2

Town Greenwich

The Effect of Neotame on Lifespan and Pharyngeal Pumping Rate in Daf-2 Mutant Caenorhabditis Elegans

Greenwich Greenwich Catholic School PT

Grade 11

Dr. Decker

Student(s) Alexa Murray

4021

Town Greenwich

Ann Decker

Student(s) Darren Drittel

3071

Grade 11

Bio-Fuel Magnetic Levitation Vehicle

Greenwich Greenwich Academy PS

Town Rye

Antoinette Decker

Student(s) Jadesola Ariyibi

6033

Grade 11

Carol Lutz

Survive with Salt Water

Student(s) Daniel Mabes

l National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration --- Certificate and medallion, ,and $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF

3/13/2015


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Greenwich Greenwich Catholic School 5552

P8

3

Sponsor(s)

How can I make my own rubber pointe shoes? Grade 8

Town Stamford

Vanessa Comeau

Grade 8 Grade 8

Town Cos Cob Town Stamford

Heather Carr

Grade 8

Town Stamford

Greenwich Greenwich Catholic School LT

3

Rebecca Wood(Science teacher)

Bacterial Invasion

Student(s) Samantha Sarelli

Greenwich Greenwich High School 3020

LS

1

Award(s)

Ms. Rebecca Wood

Student(s) Maura McHugh

1012

Winning Projects

Andy Bramante

Effective Optimization of Biogas Production through Alpha-Amylase Utilization

Student(s) Bryce Anderson

Grade 11

Town Cos Cob

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 4th Place- Life Sciences Senior High- Plaque l Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- 2nd Place High School - $500 Cash and Plaque, Trip to Compete at GENIUS Olympiad, Oswego, NY l Air and Waste Management Association, Connecticut Chapter --- $100 Senior, Environmental Research, waste recycling related Greenwich Greenwich High School 6095

PS

1

Andrew Bramante

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

Student(s) Sophie Bardos

Grade 11

Town Riverside

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- 1st Place HS- $500, Plaque, CACIWC gifts , Trip to Compete ISWEEEP, Houston l University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in Environmental Science l Fox Pest Control Award for Environmental Management --- $150 Cash for Excellence in Environmental Management l Unilever Trumbull R&D --- Shadow Day at Unilever Trumbull R&D Centre Greenwich Greenwich High School 6015

PS

1

Andrew Bramante

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

Student(s) Margaret Cirino

Grade 10

Town Greenwich

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 2nd Place- Physical Sciences Senior High Individual - $300 & Plaque, trip to compete at Intel ISEF l United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and Annual Report l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 3rd Place- Biotechnology Senior High- $300 & plaque l U.S. Metric Association --- Certificate & $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF l Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- High School- Certificate, $75.00 gift certificate1

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Novel Ultrasonic-Induced Antibiotic Deterioration of Borrelia Biofilms for the Treatment of Chronic Lyme Disease

Student(s) Sophia Ertel

Grade 12

Town Old Greenwich

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 4th Place- Biotechnology Senior High- $200 & plaque l Connecticut Science Supervisors Association --- $125 for a high school project l The Connecticut Technology Council Young Woman Innovation Award --- $150 Cash Award for Technological Innovation Greenwich Greenwich High School 3096

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1

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

Student(s) Olivia Hallisey

Grade 10

Town Greenwich

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LS

1

Andy Bramante

A Novel Antibody-Functionalized Graphene Transistor Lab-On-A-Chip for Selective Detection of Malaria Pathogens

Student(s) Paul Hansel

Grade 11

Town Old Greenwcih

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2

Andrew Bramante

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

Student(s) Vijay Kadiyala

Grade 11

Town Old Greenwich

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir l ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Inititatives --- Certificate-Nomination to Compete in 2016 Sustainability Solutions Festival and $50 Gift Card Greenwich Greenwich High School 3092

LS

3

Andrew Bramante

Enhancement of antibiotic effects on various species of bacterium via infusion of silver nanoparticles

Student(s) Andrew Lim

Grade 11

Town Old Greenwich

l Society for In Vitro Biology --- Certificate and $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF l University of Connecticut - Physics Department --- UCONN Early College Experience Program: Life Sciences - CoOp $100 Gift Certificate

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Andrew Bramante

The effect of application of a solenoid on the magnetic properties of gadolinium at varying temperatures and current levels.

Student(s) Max Marcussen

Grade 11

Town Riverside

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PS

1

Mr. Andrew Bramante

An Optically Self-Healing Metallo-Supramolecular Polymer Encapsulated UV-NIR Organic Solar Cell for Transparent Energy-Harvesting and Electronic Skin Applications

Student(s) Maxmillian Minichetti

Grade 12

Town Greenwich

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 5th Place- Physical Sciences Senior High Individual - Plaque l Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- High School- Certificate, $75.00 gift certificate l American Society of Safety Engineers, CT Valley Chapter --- $150 grade 9-12 project l Connecticut Invention Convention “Next Step Inventors” --- $50 gift certificate & invitation to present at CT Invention Convention as “CIC Next Step Inventors” Greenwich Greenwich High School 6101

PS

1

Andrew Bramante

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

Student(s) Ethan Novek

Grade 10

Town Greenwich

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 1st Place - Physical Sciences Senior High Individual - $500 & Plaque, trip to compete at Intel ISEF l Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- 1st Place High School - $800 Cash, Plaque, and Trip to Compete I-SWEEEP, Houston 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 H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence, an award of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering in partnership with CCAT --- Physical Sciences 1st HS $1,000, Solid Silver Medal of Excellence, invite to CASE Annual Mtg l Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- High School- Certificate, $75.00 gift certificate l MIT Club of Hartford K-12 Initiative --- For excellence in science & technology of energy related research, high school, $100 cash award Greenwich Greenwich High School 3031

LS

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Andrew Bramante

Chocolate's Theobromine, and not Caffeine, significantly reduces sleep in Drosophila

Student(s) Reid Radulovacki

Grade 11

Town Greenwich

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LS

2

Andrew Bramante

Restricting the Growth of Lactamase-producing Bacterial Strains of Enterobacter aerogenes through Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations of Essential Oil Extracts

Student(s) Sanjeev-kumar Sathish

3/13/2015

Grade 10


Town Greenwich

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Investigation of a Bacteriorhodopsin-Pt/TiO2 Hybrid System for Enhanced Nanophotocatalytic Production of Hydrogen

Student(s) Mark Stich

Grade 11

Town Greenwich

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- HS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic award l Yale Science & Engineering Association, Inc. --- Certificate,$50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF Greenwich Greenwich High School 6087

PS

1

Andrew Bramante

Application of Manganese-Based Ionic Liquid for Optimized Performance of Non-aqueous / Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries

Student(s) Nicholas Szabo

Grade 11

Town Glenville

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 3rd Place- Physical Sciences Senior High Individual - $200 & Plaque l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- 2nd Place High School - $300 and Plaque Medallion l UTC Aerospace Systems Awards for Excellence in Engineering --- $1,000 cash and plaque for excellence in engineering l Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- High School- Certificate, $75.00 gift certificate Greenwich Greenwich High School 3110

LS

1

Mr. Andrew Bramante

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

Student(s) William Yin

Grade 10

Town Greenwich

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 3rd Place- Life Sciences Senior High- $200 & Plaque l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir l Otero Family Award --- The Otero Family Award; $200 cash Greenwich Greenwich High School 3038

LS

3

Andrew Bramante

Inhibiting the Growth of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Tumor Growth by Targeting the Proinflammatory Cytokine

Student(s) Madeleine Zhou

Groton Sacred Heart School 5527

P8

3

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5057

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3

Town Mystic

Sheryl McCarthy That Is The Reason Why Your Teeth Are Stained Grade 7

Town New London

Grade 7

Town Gales Ferry

Mrs. Sheryl McCarthy What’s in this water?

Student(s) Breanna Hoth

3/13/2015

Grade 8

Hot Vs. Cold

Student(s) Bethany Chavez

Groton Sacred Heart School

Town Old Greenwich

Sheryl McCarthy

Student(s) Mary Balagna


Grade 10


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Does Music Affect Running Pace?

Sheryl McCarthy Spandex: Speedy or Spendy?

Student(s) Grace Murphy


Town Groton

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Student(s) Melissa Mancuso


Grade 8

Mrs. Sheryl McCarthy Operation Jason

Student(s) Lauren O'Donnell

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3

Sheryl McCarthy I’m Dye-ing To Find Out What Dyes Are Used In My Favorite Candies: A Candy Chromatography Experiment

Student(s) Emma Smith


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5003

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Mrs. Hayash Grade 7

Town Guilford

Kristen L. Meyerjack

The Effect of Different Heating Sources on How Fast Water Can Reach Boiling Point

Student(s) Gianni Esposito Aidan Henry

3/13/2015

Town Ledyard

The Effects of Boiling on the pH and nitrite Levels of Water

Guilford E.C. Adams Middle School LT

Grade 7

Do Wheels Increase Distance On a Trebuchet?

Student(s) Adella Cho

1024

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Solid Ground?

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Student(s) Joshua Terry


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Town Guilford Town Guilford

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How sweet is it really? Tracking down hidden sugar in drinks.

Student(s) Sequoia Kessler

Grade 7

Town Guilford

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The Effect of Different Temperatures on the Strength of a Magnet

Student(s) Rose McDermott

Guilford E.C. Adams Middle School 2037

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MiRNA Target Sites in the 3’ Untranslated Region of West Nile Virus

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Town Guilford

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Student(s) Aakshi Agarwal

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The Effect of Sugar on Yeast Cells

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Town Guilford

Mrs.Arnold

Student(s) Maddy Norris

3027

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Danny Martins

Viral Protein 35 Inhibition: A Novel Treatment for Ebola Virus Disease

Student(s) Akshar Agarwal

Grade 8

Town Hamden

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 2nd Place- Biotechnology 8th grade- $300 & trophy and Invitation Compete in Broadcom MASTERS Hamden Hamden Middle School 5530

P8

1

Mr. Martins

What's Shaking? - A Study of Soil Liquefaction

Student(s) Andrew Larocque

Grade 8

Town Hamden

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 4th Place- Physical Sciences 8th Grade Ind. trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS l Society of Women Engineers - Hartford Section --- Scientific Calculator Hamden Hamden Middle School 5516

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3

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Home-Made Particle Accelerator

Student(s) Michael Loalbo

Hamden Hamden Middle School 1009

LT

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Grade 8

Town Hamden

Grade 8 Grade 8

Town Hamden Town Hamden

Mr. Danny Martins

Bridge Strength

Student(s) Madeleine Malin Ava Albis

l Connecticut Science Supervisors Association --- $125 for a middle school project

3/13/2015


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Wind Power: How the Shape of the Blade Affects the amount of Power Produced.

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Town Hamden Town Hamden

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Instrument Science: Bell Flares

Student(s) Miles Singer


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Town Cheshire

Pamela Brownell

The Effect of Vitamin C on Echinoderm Leg Regeneration

Student(s) Monika Krah Alexa Fiala

3/13/2015

Town Wallingford

What is the Best Way to Deliver Light to Plants?

Hamden Sacred Heart Academy LST

Grade 12

Susan Nelson

Student(s) Maia Jakubowski

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Town Deep River

Determining the Ras-like Structure of the Gai2 Protein


Grade 12

Dr. Lolis

Student(s) Gabrielle Hummel

3131

Town Hamden

The Effect of Elevated Glucose Levels on the Maternal-Fetal Interface


Grade 10

Sr. Mary Jane Paolella

Student(s) Ashley Garcia

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Disinfection By-Products in Water


Grade 8

Dr. Elizabeth Christophy

Student(s) Jordan Earl

3082

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Evaporation Rate Of An Ice Cube In Liquids With Varying Densities

Student(s) Matthew Ticotsky

3122

Grade 8

Grade 10 Grade 10


Town Hamden Town Cheshire

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Hamden Sacred Heart Academy 3090

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3

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

Student(s) Elizabeth LoPreiato

Grade 10

Town New Britain

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LS

3

Mrs. Brownell

Can Metabolism Rates be Used to Differentiate Between Genetically Distinct Cells?

Student(s) Katherine Mackey


LS

2

Grade 10

Town Cheshire

Mrs. Nelson

The Effects of Grey Water on the Germination Rate and Growth of a Variety of Grass Species.

Student(s) Laura Mocciola

Grade 9

Town Shelton

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- 2nd Place HS- $200, Plaque, CACIWC gifts, Trip to Compete GENIUS Olympiad, Oswego, NY l Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Award l Meyerand Young Woman Scientist Awards --- $300 cash - High School, Life Sciences l Connecticut Nurserymen’s Foundation, Inc. --- $200 Cash Award & paid registration to the CT Nursery and Landscape Summer Meeting Hamden Sacred Heart Academy 6512

PST

2

Dr. Sibani Sengupta

Using Plants to Reduce Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Student(s) Jennifer Piciw Mitali Bandyopadhyay

Grade 11 Grade 11

Town Shelton Town Farmington

l Connecticut Nurserymen’s Foundation, Inc. --- $200 Cash Award & paid registration to the CT Nursery and Landscape Summer Meeting Hamden Sacred Heart Academy 3113

LS

2

Dr. Seyedtaghi Takyar

Endothelial microRNA-1 Controls Tumor Growth Through Regulation of Angiocrine Signalling

Student(s) Isabella Siegel


LS

2

Grade 12

Mrs. Alyssa Shields

The Effects of Organic and Chemical Fertilizers on Snails of the Long Island Sound

Student(s) Amy Ziobron

Hartford Academy of Aerospace and Engineering 3059

LS

2

Town Hamden

Grade 9

Town Westbrook

Grade 11

Town Tolland

Dr. Lili Aramli

Honey as an Antibacterial Agent

Student(s) Alec Bernardi

l Institute of Food Technologists, Nutmeg Section --- $50 award + invitation to dinner

3/13/2015


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Hartford Academy of Aerospace and Engineering 3111

LS

2

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The Effect of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on the Growth of Bacterial Infections

Student(s) Shivani Dave

Grade 11

Town Middletown

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Town Hartford

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Town Hartford

Grade 8

Town Hartford

Grade 7

Town New Britain

Grade 7

Town Hartford

Grade 8

Town New Britain

Grade 8

Town Winsted

Hartford Environmental Sciences Magnet School at Mary Mrs.Devlin Hooker 5568 P8 3 Can you walk longer with or without music? Student(s) Shamsun Begum

Hartford Environmental Sciences Magnet School at Mary Hooker 5038 P7 3 Frozen

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Hartford Environmental Sciences Magnet School at Mary Hooker 2505 L8 2 Brine Shrimp Hatching

Mrs. Devlin

Student(s) Tyler Reeve

Hartford Environmental Sciences Magnet School at Mary Hooker 2544 L8 1 Fruit Fly Fatality

Kirsten Devlin

Student(s) Hunter Rego

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 3rd Place- Life Sciences 8th grade- $100 & trophy and Invite to Compete Broadcom MASTERS l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- 3rd Place Middle School - $100 and Trophy, Medallion l Fred Bailey Memorial Award --- $250 for innovative research- Hartford Urban Middle School Project Hartford Environmental Sciences Magnet School at Mary Hooker 2034 L7 2 All About That Bait Student(s) Brian Valigorsky

3/13/2015

Kirsten Devlin Grade 7


Town Winsted

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Hartford Greater Hartford Academy of Math & Science 3014

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Antimicrobial Properties of Various Plant Leaf Extracts on Escherichia Coli

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The Effect of Beta Carotene on the Proliferation of Mouse Mammary Carcinoma


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The Effects of Curcumin and Eucalyptus Oil on the Growth and Apoptotic Properties of Breast Cancer Cells


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Student(s) Emily Gombotz

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Town Berlin

Grade 11

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Zeolite Zaps Cancer Cells

Student(s) Jacqueline Klepinger

l CASE Urban School Challenge Awards with Travelers --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award l Quinnipiac University Scholarships --- $20,000, 4 year scholarship ($5000 per year) to Quinnipiac University for HS Student & $500 cash l University of Connecticut Academic Excellence Scholarship --- Academic Excellence Scholarship - $5000 a year for each of four academic years- $20,000 total Hartford Greater Hartford Academy of Math & Science 3077

LS

2

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

Student(s) Leon Novak

Grade 11

Town Rocky Hill

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2

Dr. Aramli

The Effects of Pollution On the Regenerative Process of the Nematostella Organism

Student(s) Bryan Tassavor

Grade 11

Town Rocky Hill

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LS

2

An Investigation of an alternate treatment method, bacteriophage, for bacterial infections and the use of bacteriophages for an antibiotic

Student(s) Sydney Wimberley

3/13/2015

Dr. Lili Aramli

Grade 11


Town Windsor

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3


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The Laws of Attraction

3057

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Town Hartford

Mr. Aleshire Do Color Words Affect The Reaction of Your Brain?

Hartford University High School of Sci & Eng LS

Town Hartford

Poetic Mind

Student(s) Yulissa Ortiz-Morales

3098

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Student(s) Jahyeliss Minano

Hartford High School, Inc.

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Town Hartford

Michael Fromerth

A Self-Sustaining Electrical Shoe Insert for Treatment of Diabetic Neuropathy

Student(s) Gabriel Mesa

Grade 9

Town Canton

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Science Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l Fred Bailey Memorial Award --- $250 for innovative research- Hartford Urban High School Project l Connecticut Invention Convention “Next Step Inventors” --- $50 gift certificate & invitation to present at CT Invention Convention as “CIC Next Step Inventors” Hebron Independent - RHAM Middle School 5015

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Robert Clarke

Salt Water Floating Food Production using low cost desalination techniques.

Student(s) Isabelle Benson-Clarke

Hebron RHAM High School 3515

LST

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Grade 7

Town Marlborough

Grade 9 Grade 9

Town Marlborough Town Marlborough

Kristin Spinelli Manure to Methane

Student(s) Taylor Brysgel Darren Lin

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LS

2

Sinisa Vukelic

Biochemical Changes in Corneal Collagen Cross-linking: Nondestructive Analysis by Raman Spectroscopy

Student(s) Kyoung A Lee

3/13/2015

Grade 11


Town Lakeville

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Madison Daniel Hand High School 6064

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Power generation via downdraft of humidified dry air

Student(s) Ankita Roychoudhury

Grade 10

Town Madison

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Ferromagnetism: Using ferromagnetic fluid to control prosthetics

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Grade 12

Town Madison

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How Does Water Impact Plant Growth?

Student(s) Summer Adams

Madison Our Lady of Mercy School 1006

LT

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So You Think You Can Multitask? A Study of Multitasking: Help or Hinderance to Learning and Recall Christina Coric

Madison Our Lady of Mercy School L8

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Viscosity and Nutritional Value

Madison Our Lady of Mercy School P7

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Student(s) Sarah Stephens

5053

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2510

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Which Wheat Flour Has the Most Gluten?

Student(s) Allison Tuttle

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences 7th Grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Manchester Assumption School 5529

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Sister Loreto

Impact of Angular Positions for Basketball Bank Shots

Student(s) Michael Hills

3/13/2015

Grade 8


Town Bolton

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Manchester Manchester High School 3011

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Bioremediation of Low Density Polyethylene with S. griseus Bacteria and A. niger Fungi in Sterilized Soil

Student(s) Nikki Pirtel

Manchester St. Bridget School 5014

P7

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Grade 12

Town Manchester

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

Student(s) Ashleigh Purcell

Grade 7

Town Manchester

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L7

3

Mrs. Maysonet Which insulated bag lasts the longest?

Student(s) Danielle Savino

Meriden St. Joseph School 5524

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2002

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Can Humans Distinguish What an Object is Just by Feel?

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Grade 7

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Grade 7

Town Meriden

Mrs. Pergolotti How does Caffeine affect the growth of plants?

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Sarah Pergolotti Does highlighting facts in a paper help people comprehend better

Student(s) Ashley Suzio

3/13/2015

Town Durham

Does a Person's Eye Color Affect Their Ability to Identify Colors in Dim Light?

Student(s) Natalie Scotto

Meriden St. Joseph School

Grade 8

Mrs. Pergolottie

Student(s) Michael Mysatyukow


Town Durham

Sarah Pergolotti

Student(s) Isabella Kunze


Grade 8

Are soccer balls affected by air pressure?

Student(s) Shannon Carey


Town South Windsor

Mrs. Perolotti

Student(s) Riley Carey


Grade 7

Grade 8


Town Meriden

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Can You Taste the Difference Between tap and spring water?

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An investigation on the effects of radiation emitted from the three most popular mobile phone operating systems. Christopher Yerxa

5051

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Student(s) Evan Rigsby

Milford St. Gabriel School

Town Meriden

What Is "Good Music?" Kendar Serindag

PST

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Town MIlford

Campbell Which Bridge Design Is Best?

Student(s) Griffin Congdon

l ASM Materials Education Foundation --- Certificate & $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF Milford St. Gabriel School 2526

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Mr. John Campbell One Sticky Situation

Student(s) Aidan Conway

Milford St. Gabriel School 2542

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5028

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Think Before You Drink Analysis of the impact of drinking popular soft drinks on our body.

5561

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5041

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Mr. John Campbell Fireplaces - To Heat Or Not To Heat, That Is The Question! Grade 8

Town Milford

Grade 7

Town MIlford

Campbell Free Energy

Student(s) Ethan Wicko

3/13/2015

Town Milford

Which Metal Will Corrode the Fastest?

Student(s) Spencer Mehan


Grade 8

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Student(s) Luke McDonald


Town Milford

Campbell

Student(s) Brian LoCicero


Grade 8


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New Britain St. John Paul II School 5533

P8

3

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How Fast Can A Human Solve the Rubik's Cube

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The Impact of Acid Rain on the Flora of the Environment

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2

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Grade 7

Town West Haven

What is TDS? Are you drinking it?!


Grade 8

Ms. Macdonald

Student(s) Gabby DePino

2508

Town West Haven

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2013

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How common acidic solutions affect the rate of corrosion of brass.


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Student(s) Amanee Amin

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Ice Matters

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5027

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5060

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Hand Hygiene Effectiveness in Reducing the Number of Bacterial Colonies.

Student(s) Aimee Turcotte

Grade 8

Town Milford

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P8

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Can you change the rate of a chemical reaction by changing the particle size of the reactants?

Student(s) Tanayja London

New Haven Engineering & Science University Magnet School 2535

L8

2

Grade 8

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Optimizing Methane Oxidation by Methanotrophs Through the Engineering Application of Different Environments

Student(s) Jacob Feuerstein

Grade 8

Town Woodbridge

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3/13/2015


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LS

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Natural vs. Chemical Cleaners

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Grade 9

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

Student(s) Sumanth Kondapalli

Grade 8

Town Milford

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Heather Toothaker

The Optimization of Conditions for an Enzymatic Bio-Battery

Student(s) Lauren Low

Grade 10

Town Hamden

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P8

1

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Efficiency of Piezoelectric Materials for Electric Production

Student(s) Prastik Mohanraj

Grade 8

Town Ansonia

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P7

3

Mr. Rushworth

Self-Inflating Balloons

Student(s) James Rodrigues

New Haven St. Aedan-St. Brendan Catholic School 5013

P7

3

2

Town New haven

Grade 7

Town New Haven

Mr. Michael Celentano

Parachutes: Does Size Matter?

Student(s) Jeremiah Vidal

3/13/2015

Grade 7

Build a raft powered by surface tension

New Haven St. Aedan-St. Brendan Catholic School P7

Town Milford

Michael celentano

Student(s) Rehab Senanu

5005

Grade 7


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New Haven Wilbur Cross High School 3018

LS

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Exploring strategies for improved calcium and phosphate compatibilities in parenteral nutrition.

New Haven Worthington Hooker Middle School L7

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2001

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Grade 9

Town New Haven

Grade 7

Town New Haven

Douglas Jones

The Effects of Wi-fi on Plant Growth

Student(s) Michael Bencivengo

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 4th Place- Biotechnology 7th grade- trophy New Haven Worthington Hooker Middle School 5006

P7

2

mr. Jones

A Test of Batteries

Student(s) Albert Glowacki

New Haven Worthington Hooker Middle School 4022

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A science fair project on how a trebuchets arm length affects the projectile distance. Minjae Ko

New Haven Worthington Hooker Middle School PT

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New Haven Worthington Hooker Middle School 2

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Grade 7

Town New Haven

As Temperature Goes, Yeast Grows

New Haven Worthington Hooker Middle School PT

Grade 7

Mr. Jones

Student(s) Juliette Ranelli

4001

Town New Haven Town New Haven

Frozen vs. Fresh

New Haven Worthington Hooker Middle School L7

Grade 8 Grade 8

Mr. Jones

Student(s) Lena MacDonald

2035


Raining Rust Causing Corrosion Kateryna Omelchenko

L7

Grade 8 Grade 8

Mr.Jones

Student(s) Audrey Knight

2012

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Douglas Jones

Student(s) Musa Hussain

4018

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Douglas Jones

The Hard Truth About Water Hardness: Which body of water is the healthiest (in Water Hardness)?

Student(s) Jake Wang George Wang

Grade 8 Grade 8


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3/13/2015


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Sponsor(s)

New London Science & Technology Magnet HS of SE CT 3516

LST

2


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The Effect of Soil Alkalinity on the Lycopersicon Esculenta (plum tomato)

Student(s) Aidan Brennan

Grade 9 Grade 10

Talon Close


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3

Town New London Town East Haddam

Charles Mulligan

The Effect of pH Levels in Presoaking Liquids on Fruit Dehydration Duration

Student(s) Brynn Doughty

Grade 10 Grade 10

Leslie Abreu

Town Ledyard Town New London

l Institute of Food Technologists, Nutmeg Section --- $100 award + invitation to dinner New London Science & Technology Magnet HS of SE CT 3523

LST

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Mr. Mulligan

The Thermal Stress Of A Coenbita Clypeatus(Land Hermit Crab)

Student(s) Precious Ehwarieme Sigfredo Hidalgo


LST

3


The effect of nitrate uptake in aquatic plants with varying nitrate exposure.

New London Science & Technology Magnet HS of SE CT LST

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Grade 10

The Behavioral Effect of Molting Patterns in Hermit Crabs Grade 10 Grade 10

Geraldine Chirieleison


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The Effect of Reduced pH on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Caroline Tanner

New London Science & Technology Magnet HS of SE CT PS

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Grade 10

Town New London

Charles Mulligan

Biodiesel: The Fuel of the Future

Student(s) Woodrich Pierre-Louis

3/13/2015

Town Lisbon Town Norwich

Mr. Mulligan

Student(s) Chloe Murphy

6031

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Student(s) Jacqueline Kral

3519


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Student(s) Katie Hanrahan

3511

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The Effects of Seed Priming Maeve Pierce

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Student(s) Sylvia Guijarro-Sines

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Heat Retention

Student(s) Robert Pilj

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The Affect of Ocean Acidification on Nannochloropsis sp.


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Plant Growth Research D. Major Roman

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The Effects of Aspirin on Pisum sativum var. saccharatum Dahyir Croft

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The Effect of Prescribed Burns on Soil Nutrients Jane Coates

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The Effects of Different Environments on the Germination of Radish Seeds

Student(s) Samantha Sprecace

Grade 10

Town New London

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New Milford New Milford High School 3016

LS

3

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The Carbon Dioxide Sequestration of Lawn Plants

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3

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Student(s) Gregory Hansell

4034

Winning Projects

Grade 12

Town New Milford

Mrs. Blustein

The Designing and Testing of a Self-Constructed Aircraft

Student(s) Michael Stamm Patrick Nguyen

Grade 8 Grade 8

Town Newington Town Newington

Anthony Carlson

Grade 8

Town Newington

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L7

3

Mrs. Giantonio What liquid germinates seeds the fastest?

Student(s) Michelle Dicicco

Newington St. Mary School 5566

P8

2

Can Common Household Cleaning Products Be Used As Makeshift Stain Removers?

Newtown Newtown Middle School P8

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Town New. Britain

Debbie Giantonio

Student(s) Kate Morelli

5565

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Grade 8

Town New Britain

Grade 8

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Mrs. Andracchi

The Universal Soccer Shoe

Student(s) Miles Martiska

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L7

1

Mrs. Marde Dimon

The Effects of Cell Phones on Narcissus Papyraceus Growth and Color

Student(s) Michael Bachmann

Grade 7

Town Redding

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Sciences 7th grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Newtown St. Rose of Lima School 2011

L7

2

Mrs. Dimon

The Effect of Acid Rain on the Growth of Tennessee Green Pod Bean Plants

Student(s) Sabrina Capodicci

3/13/2015

Grade 7


Town Southbury

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Newtown St. Rose of Lima School 5052

P7

3

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Does the Number of Fins on a Rocket Effect How Long It Stays in the Air?

Newtown St. Rose of Lima School L7

3

1

Town Roxbury

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Town Monroe

Hypoxia in Long Island Sound

Newtown St. Rose of Lima School L8

Grade 7

Marde Dimon

Student(s) Carla Fabrizio

2524

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Marde Dimon

Student(s) Nathan Erdtmann

2031

Winning Projects

Mardi Dimon

An Investigation of the Ingestion of Microscopic Plastic Particles by the Blue Mussel, Mytlus edulis

Student(s) Catherine Herrick

Grade 8

Town Sandy Hook

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P7

2

Mrs. Marde Dimon

The Effect of Water Depth and Beach Surface on the Onshore Height of a Tsunami

Student(s) Hunter Kirkman

Grade 7

Town Sandy Hook

l American Meteorological Society --- Certificate & $50 Amazon gift card given by CSEF l Connecticut College-Physics, Astronomy, & Geophysics Dept. --- $150 and certificate, Junior Physics & teeshirt l Dreams Unlimited --- $100 Cash Award + Certificate Newtown St. Rose of Lima School 5031

P7

2

Mrs. Dimon

Design and Build a working Hovercraft

Student(s) Adam Kliczewski


P7

1

Grade 7

Town Newtown

Marde Dimon

The Amount of Critical Mass Needed to Make a Sustainable Chain Reaction

Student(s) Mary Locke

Grade 7

Town Sandy Hook

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 4th Place- Physical Sciences 7th Grade Ind. trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS l ISA - International Society for Automation --- 1st - $125 award Newtown St. Rose of Lima School 5042

P7

3

Marde Dimond

Drone for Science

Student(s) John Queenan

3/13/2015

Grade 7


Town Southbury

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L7

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The Effect of pH Level on the Growth of Algae

Student(s) Natalene Sim

Grade 7

Town Newtown

l Southeastern New England Marine Educators --- $100 award and membership in SENEME - 1st Place Junior & TShirt North Haven North Haven Middle School 1021

LT

3

Mrs. Jasinski

The relation of time that was spent studying compared to the amount of preformed accuracy on a quiz.

Student(s) Tyler Karasinski Stephen Borrelli

North Haven North Haven Middle School 1018

LT

3

The relationship between font style and peoples' ability to remember typed information. Christina DeAngelo

Grade 7 Grade 7

Town North Haven Town North Haven

Colleen Lucey

Grade 7

Town North Haven

Cecile Tobin

Grade 7 Grade 7


Anna Wootton

Grade 7

Town North Haven

Timothy Yang

Grade 7 Grade 7


Laekhram Singh

Grade 7

Town North Haven

Grade 7

Town Stamford

Grade 7

Town Darien

Grade 8

Town Easton

North Haven North Haven Middle School LT

3

Susan Jasinski

The Effect of Different Liquids on Plant Growth

Student(s) Rahi Patel

North Haven North Haven Middle School 1011

LT

3

Susan Jasinski

How Languages Affect Cognitive Ability

Student(s) Matthew Wabunoha

Norwalk The Montessori Middle School 2025

L7

2

Cara Roure Johnson

Have Your Bread and Eat it Too

Student(s) Magnus Ekstrom


L7

3

Cara Roure Johnson

Weed Control: Walnuts to the Rescue!

Student(s) Alexander Forsyth


P8

3

Cara Roure Johnson

Is Your House Radioactive?

Student(s) Saira Munshani

3/13/2015


Susan Jasinski

Student(s) Isabella Morizio

1001

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P7

2

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Which is Better for the Garden? Aspirin vs. Super Thrive

Norwich Norwich Free Academy LS

3

Grade 7

A Comparison of the Efficacy of Genomic Loci and Oligonucleotide Systems in the DNA Barcoding of Vitis Labrusca

Norwich Norwich Free Academy PS

1

Town Wilton

Mrs. Stephani Jones

Student(s) Connor Provost

6056

Award(s)

Patricia Clahar

Student(s) Madison Tomas

3004

Winning Projects

Grade 11

Town Bozrah

Stephani Jones

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

Student(s) Katie Provost

Grade 9

Town Bozrah

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- 3rd Place HS- $100, Plaque, CACIWC gifts l United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and Annual Report Orange Amity Reg Middle School, Orange Campus 5558

P8

2

Mr. Tom Foley

The Effects of Acid Rain on Magnetism

Student(s) Mounisha Anumolu

Orange Amity Reg Middle School, Orange Campus 5537

P8

3

The Effect of Processing on the Vitamin C Content of Orange Juice

Orange Amity Reg Middle School, Orange Campus P8

2

Grade 8

The Performance of Greener Alternatives vs. Standard Hydraulics Fluid


3

Grade 8

How Everyday Substances Affect the Freezing Point of Water


2

Grade 8

Town Orange

Mr. Foley

The effects of cloud coverage on the out put of solar panels

Student(s) Garrett Young

3/13/2015

Town Orange

Mr. Dahn/Foley

Student(s) Arianna Pargen

5508

Town Orange

Tom Foley

Student(s) Lien Har

5547

Town Orange

Thomas Foley

Student(s) Alexandra Bonat

5543

Grade 8

Grade 8


Town Orange

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Orange Southern CT Hebrew Academy 5512

P8

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

Student(s) Ben Bruder

Grade 8

Town New Haven

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LT

1

Karen Howell

Analysis of Silicon's Effect On Bone Health, "Cell" Bioavailability, and "Skin" Absorption.

Student(s) Miriam Kantor Chana Katz

Grade 8 Grade 8

Town Westport Town New Haven

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 2nd Place- Life Sciences MS Team- $100 each & trophy and Invite Compete Broadcom MASTERS l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 8th grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir Orange Southern CT Hebrew Academy 2511

L8

3

Karen Howell

Analysis of Increased CO2 levels in Ocean water and Effect on Crustaceans' and Bivalves' Growth

Student(s) Adina Katz

Grade 8

Town New Haven

l American Meteorological Society --- Certificate & $50 Amazon gift card given by CSEF l Air and Waste Management Association, Connecticut Chapter --- $100 Junior, Environmental Research, air pollution related l Randy Gibson Award for Earth Science Research --- $100 cash and plaque l Schoepfer Award for Excellence in Local Aquatic Science --- For excellence in a local water quality study, $100 cash Orange Southern CT Hebrew Academy 4019

PT

1

Mrs. Karen Howell

Analysis of the Extraction of Proteins from Under Utilized Resources and Their Nutrient and Bioavailability Values

Student(s) Batya Koenigsberg Breindel Piekarski

Grade 8 Grade 8

Town New Haven Town Hamden

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Science sJr Team - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Orange Southern CT Hebrew Academy 4010

PT

1

Karen Howell

Analysis of Nature's Digestive Enzymes and Effect of Inhibitors and Enhancers on Nutrition and Cell Absorption.

Student(s) Esther Lipsker Chana Kalmanson

Grade 8 Grade 8

Town Stamford Town New Haven

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Science sJr Team - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 8th grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir l United States Public Health Service --- Certificate & $50 Amazon gift card given by CSEF & medallion l Institute of Food Technologists, Nutmeg Section --- $100 award + invitation to dinner

3/13/2015


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Orange Southern CT Hebrew Academy 4003

PT

1

Sponsor(s)


Karen Howell

Analysis of Safer Electroplating Metals and Electrolyte solutions with their Environmental Impact

Student(s) Meira Shleifer Zahava Klein

Grade 8 Grade 8

Town Waterbury Town New Haven

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Science sJr Team - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Trophy l American Society for Metals - Hartford Chapter --- $100 Check l TurnKey Compliance Solutions Environmental Awards --- $300 Cash Award - For excellence in environmental sciences l Unilever Trumbull R&D --- Shadow Day at Unilever Trumbull R&D Centre Orange Southern CT Hebrew Academy 2516

L8

1

Karen Howell

Effects of different levels of electromagnetic fields on a variety of grasses and their nutrient content

Student(s) Ariella Snyder

Grade 8

Town West Hartford

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 4th Place- Life Sciences 8th grade- trophy and Invite to Compete Broadcom MASTERS l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- MS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic award l Alumni Botany Awards --- Alumni Middle School Botany Award- $100 Cash Orange Southern CT Hebrew Academy 1008

LT

1

Karen Howell

Analysis of Moisture and Retention of Body Lotions and Correlation to Microbial Growth

Student(s) Sarah Yaffe Mindel Yaffe

Grade 7 Grade 7

Town Madison Town Madison

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 Oxford Oxford High School 3028

LS

3

Kristine Scheuer acid rain prevention

Student(s) Catherine Davis

Oxford Oxford High School 3130

LS

3

Grade 12

Town Oxford

Mrs. Scheuerk Ultraviolet Bacterial Eradication Using Low Cost Light Emitting Diodes

Student(s) Tyler Fallas

Grade 12

Town Oxford

l American Society of Safety Engineers, CT Valley Chapter --- $150 grade 9-12 project

3/13/2015


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Conn. Science & Engineering Fair [SchTown] [School] [Proj#] [FCat] [Honors] Oxford Oxford High School 6030

PS


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Mrs. Scheuer

1

Electrically Independent, Low Cost, Self-Filling Water Bottle for use in Water Locked Regions

Student(s) Zachary Frew

Grade 12

Town Oxford

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- 1st Place High School - $500 and Plaque, Medallion l United Technologies Corporation Awards --- $500 in UTC Common Stock, Plaque, Backpack, Book, and Annual Report l Stockholm Junior Water Prize --- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF, possible advance to further competition l Connecticut Invention Convention “Next Step Inventors” --- $50 gift certificate & invitation to present at CT Invention Convention as “CIC Next Step Inventors” Oxford Oxford High School 3127

LS

Mrs. Scheuer

3

Making a Portable, Low Cost Hydroponics System

Student(s) Sviatoslav Kit

Oxford Oxford High School 3064

LS

The Effectiveness of Homeopathic Antibiotics Versus Pharmaceutical Antibodies on the eradication of E. Coli.

Student(s) Noah Lisewski

3012

LS

6028

PS

3

3

2

Pawcatuck St. Michael School L7

Town Oxfrod

An analysis of particle-driven physics simulations when compared with entity-driven simulations

2

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Town Oxford

Grade 8

Town Charlestown

Grade 7

Town Pawcatuck

Michael DeNoia Making Music Louder Without Electricity

Student(s) Drew Babineau

2033

Grade 9

Ms. Scheuer

Pawcatuck St. Michael School P8

Town Oxford

The Effect of pH on DNA Isolation

Student(s) Dylan Ramsay

5548

Grade 12

Ms.Scheuer

Student(s) Shannen Parker

Oxford Oxford High School

Town Oxford

Mrs. Scheur

3

Oxford Oxford High School

Grade 10

Michael DeNoia Why Did The chicken Cross The Road?

Student(s) Kathryn Logel

l Henderson Award --- Certificate and $50 Amazon Gift Card given by CSF Pawcatuck St. Michael School 5044

P7

2

Michael Denoia What is the most effective treatment for melting ice?

Student(s) Sean Peglow

3/13/2015

Grade 7


Town Old Mystic

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Conn. Science & Engineering Fair [SchTown] [School] [Proj#] [FCat] [Honors] Pawcatuck St. Michael School 2520

L8

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Michael DeNoia Effects of Mnemonic Methods on Memory

Student(s) Kyle Remmert

Grade 8

Town Pawcatuck

l American Psychological Association --- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF l Sister Mary Christine Life Sciences Award --- $150 and plaque for excellence in the life sciences by a catholic middle school project Plantsville J.F. Kennedy Middle School 5517

P8

2

Mrs. Pepin

Burning Biofuels: An Alternate Form of Energy

Student(s) Mary Bilodeau

Grade 8

Town Plantsville

l Association for Women Geoscientists --- Certificate & $50 girt card to Amazon given by CSEF Plantsville J.F. Kennedy Middle School 1020

LT

3

Pamela Pepin

Got White?-Which toothpaste will whiten the best on stained limestone tiles?

Student(s) Tara Brock Hannah Sousa

Grade 7 Grade 7

Town Southington Town Southington

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- 5th Place- Biotechnology 7th grade- trophy Plantsville J.F. Kennedy Middle School 4015

PT

2

Mrs. Maringola

Ramps, Textures, and Cars, Oh My!

Student(s) Sarah Falcetti Kiralyn Wadman

Plantsville J.F. Kennedy Middle School 1013

LT

3

Grade 7 Grade 7

Town Plantsville Town Southington

Grade 8 Grade 8


Mrs. Wasserman

Gas Released by Yeast

Student(s) Julia Jackman Sarah Mathew l J.A. Augustine Award --- $100 for excellence in biology Plantsville J.F. Kennedy Middle School 4026

PT

2

Mr Cipollini

Structure Vs Nature: The Effect of Landslide Duration on Different House Structures

Student(s) Mia Langston Abigail Lo Presti

Grade 8 Grade 8

Town Southington Town Plantsville

l Connecticut Architecture Foundation --- $250 Gift Certificate to Barnes and Noble from the Connecticut Architecture Foundation, William M. Mack, AIA Award.

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Plantsville J.F. Kennedy Middle School 2010

L7

1

Sponsor(s)


Mrs.Pepin

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

Student(s) Matthew Maciejewski

Grade 7

Town Plantsville

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 Plantsville J.F. Kennedy Middle School 5063

P7

1

Mrs. Marongolia

How Accurate can your Local Weather Applications Be?

Student(s) Trevor Messina

Grade 7

Town Southington

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences 7th Grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- 3rd Place Middle School - Trophy , $100 from People’s United Bank Plantsville J.F. Kennedy Middle School 2518

L8

1

Mrs. Pepin

Nutrient Comparison of Lettuce Grown Hydroponically and in Soil

Student(s) Hannah Platt

Grade 8

Town Southington

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 5th Place- Life Sciences 8th grade- trophy and Invite to Compete Broadcom MASTERS l Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- Middle School- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF Putnam Putnam Science Academy 3504

LST

2

Serdar Haytiyev

Maintaining a Better Society by Decreasing CO2 Levels Through the Growth of Large Trees and Plants

Student(s) Ahmet Akarsu Kerven Saryyev

Putnam Putnam Science Academy 3518

LST

3

Town Putnam Town Putnam

Serdar Haytiyev

Using Fall Foliage as an Alternative for Paper Production to Reduce Deforestation

Student(s) Omer Aydin

3/13/2015

Grade 11 Grade 11

Yunus Demirkol

Grade 11 Grade 11


Mehmet Coskun

Grade 11

Town Putnam


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PST

1

Sponsor(s)


Serdar Haytiyev

Designing a High Efficiency and Low Cost Wind Turbines bu Utilizing Organic Solar Panels made from Rosa Canina

Student(s) Cagri Aytekin Furkan Sahin

Grade 12 Grade 10


Furkan Aldemir

Grade 11

Town Putnam

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Physical Sciences Senior High Team- $500 (split) & Plaque l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- 3rd Place High School - $ 200 and Plaque, Medallion l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion l Constellation - An Excelon Company --- For Excellence in clean renewable / sustainable energy - Grades 9 - 12 l American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics - Connecticut Section --- $200 award, certificate Putnam Putnam Science Academy 3024

LS

2

Owen Quantick

Effect of Brine Concentration on Wettability on Atomisticly Smooth Surfaces

Student(s) Hacibey Catalbasoglu

Grade 12

Town Putnam

l ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Inititatives --- Certificate-Nomination to Compete in 2016 Sustainability Solutions Festival and $50 Gift Card Putnam Putnam Science Academy 3507

LST

1

Serdar Haytiyev

Use of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae and Biosorption in the Purification of Industrially Polluted Waters

Student(s) Enes Cicek Murat Acar

Grade 11 Grade 10


Amir Edris

Grade 10

Town Putnam

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 3rd Place - Life Sciences Senior High Team - Plaque l Stockholm Junior Water Prize --- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF, possible advance to further competition Putnam Putnam Science Academy 6507

PST

1

Serdar Haytiyev

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

Student(s) Ahmet Sirrik Tarik Kesen

Grade 11 Grade 11


Ali Akcakir

Grade 11

Town Putnam

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 3rd Place - Physical Sciences Senior High Team - Plaque l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion Putnam Putnam Science Academy 3520

LST

1

Caron Quantick

A Natural Way to Keep Insects Away by Using Various Essential Plant Oils as an Organic Insect Repellent

Student(s) Omer Tekin Abidin Emhan Taha Cangoz

Grade 12

Town Putnam

Grade 12 Grade 12


l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 2nd Place- Life Sciences Senior High Team- $300 (split) & Plaque l Jon Stone Memorial Award --- $150 cash for Innovative Engineering 3/13/2015


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PS

1

Sponsor(s)


Serdar Haytiyev

Designing a Braille E-Book For the Visually Impaired and Blind People

Student(s) Abdulkadir Yilmaz

Grade 11

Town Putnam

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- 3rd Place High School- $200, Plaque, Medallion l Connecticut Association for the Gifted --- Leonardo Davinci 9-12 Grade $50 Gift Certificate l ISA - International Society for Automation --- 3rd - $50 award l Leask/Francoeur Family Awards --- Award for excellence and innovation in electrical engineering or computer science - $200 cash l Education Connection- Center for 21st Century Skills Awards --- $100 For innovative use of technology to advance science or engineering l Connecticut Invention Convention “Next Step Inventors” --- $50 gift certificate & invitation to present at CT Invention Convention as “CIC Next Step Inventors” Redding Joel Barlow High School 6046

PS

2

Dr. Katherine Nuzzo

Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide by Lithium Orthosilicate in a Clay Body in Ambient Air

Student(s) Lia Bozzone

Grade 11

Town West Redding

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- HS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic award Redding Joel Barlow High School 3066

LS

3

Catherine Cheng

Calories consumed during lunch by students from the Joel Barlow HS cafeteria compared to their GPA

Student(s) Benjamin El-wardany

Redding Joel Barlow High School 3035

LS

3

Global Climate Change Affects the Ecosystem by Elevating Carbon and Nitrogen Emissions which Increases Allergies

Redding Joel Barlow High School LS

3

Redding Joel Barlow High School PS

1

Grade 12

Town Redding

Dr. Katherine Nuzzo

Natural Dye Treatments of Gossypium hirsutum using several Naturopathic sources in combination with the mordant of Aluminum Potassium Sulfate

Student(s) Devon Grey

6098

Town Easton

Dr. Katherine Nuzzo

Student(s) Alyssa Gontzes

3087

Grade 9

Grade 11

Town Redding

Dr. Katherine Nuzzo

The Development of an Immunosorbant Assay (ELISA) for detection of IgG and IgA antibodies against Tissue Transglutaminase for the diagnosis of Celiac disease.

Student(s) Andrea McGowan

Grade 12

Town Redding

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 4th Place- Physical Sciences Senior High Individual - Plaque l Lunch with a Patent Attorney --- Lunch with a Patent Attorney

3/13/2015


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PS

2

Sponsor(s)

Impact of the manipulation of the viscosity of ethanol on the particulate matter output and the efficiency of combustion.

Redding Joel Barlow High School PS

1

Award(s)

Dr. Katherine Nuzzo

Student(s) John Mulcahy

6007

Winning Projects

Grade 11

Town Redding

Dr. Katherine Nuzzo

The effect of snow and ice thickness on the winter respiration Carbon Dioxide output

Student(s) Justin Pusztay

Grade 11

Town Easton

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Redding Joel Barlow High School 6021

PS

2

Katherine Nuzzo

Measuring the Feasibility of an In-Home In Situ Carbonation Device Utilizing Calcium Rich Basalt

Student(s) Justin Schachter


PS

2

Grade 11

Town Redding

Dr. Katherine Nuzzo

A Statistical Analysis on the Effects of Volcanic Sulfate Emissions on Precipitation Patterns as Analogue for Geoengineering

Student(s) Megan Siedman

Grade 11

Town Redding

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 Redding Joel Barlow High School 3081

LS

2

Dr. Katherine Nuzzo

The Effect of Gut Denitrification of Dressina polymorpha on the Nitrate and Nitrite Availability in the Freshwater System of Eichler's Cove, Newtown

Student(s) Gillian Storey


LS

2

Grade 11

Town Redding

Katherine Nuzzo

Zostera marina’s Effect on Carbon Dioxide Levels in Long Island Sound and Predicted Effects

Student(s) Nathaniel Tomczak

Grade 11

Town Easton

l Southeastern New England Marine Educators --- $100 award and membership in SENEME - 1st Place Senior & TShirt Redding Joel Barlow High School 3015

LS

3

Katherine Nuzzo

The Effects of Sulfur Dioxide on Solanum lycopersicum subsp. Tiny Tim and Soil pH in Varying Temperatures

Student(s) Hannah Villhauer

Redding SCSEF - Amity Regional High School 3085

LS

2

Town Redding

Deborah Day

Applying the Friendship Paradox to Trends within the High School Population

Student(s) Julia Nadelmann

3/13/2015

Grade 12

Grade 10


Town Woodbridge

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Redding SCSEF - Amity Regional High School 6055

PS

2

Sponsor(s)


Ms. Deborah Day

A Novel Method of Controlling Size of Carbon Nanotubes

Student(s) Joseph Neumann

Redding SCSEF - Old Saybrook Senior High School 3075

LS

2

Grade 12

Town Woodbridge

Kellie Sutliff-Brady

Elevated Levels Of Interleukin-8 in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers induce Cell Survival During Chemotherapy

Student(s) Andrew Pan

Grade 12

Town Old Saybrook

l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir l University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in Cell and Molecular Biology Redding SCSEF - Ridgefield High School 6040

PS

2

Michael Yagid

Gender-Specific Copepod Susceptibility to Phytoplankton Neurotoxins at Various Concentrations

Student(s) Lily Meyers

Ridgefield Ridgefield High School 6086

PS

2

Grade 12

Town Ridgefield

Michael Yagid

Maximization of the Profit of a Large, Prestigious University in the Presence of a State University

Student(s) Adam Davidovich

Grade 12

Town Ridgefield

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 in Mathematics Ridgefield Ridgefield High School 6047

PS

2

Patrick Hughes

The Effect of Different Checkerboard Sizes on Steady State Visually Evoked Potentials

Student(s) Randy Deng

Grade 12

Town Ridgefield

l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Award l Connecticut Association of Physics Teachers --- $100 Senior project l IEEE, Connecticut Section --- $100 Honorable Mention Salisbury Salisbury School 6014

PS

3

Tobias Ayer The physics of the space elevator construction.

Student(s) Kyungmin Lee

Grade 11

Town Salisbury

l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- 3rd Place High School - Plaque, $200 from People’s United Bank l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion, Acrylic Award l Barker Mohandas Award for Transportation Research --- $200 Cash & Plaque for Excellence in Transportation Related Research- High School Sandy Hook Newtown High school 6105

PS

2

Timothy Dejulio

3D Printer for Creating Domestic Utilities for Developing Countries

Student(s) David Corsi

Grade 12

Town Sandy Hook

l Spirit of Invention Award --- $100 Cash and Plaque for Inventive Concepts

3/13/2015


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Sandy Hook Newtown High school 6003

PS

2

Sponsor(s)

3502

LST

3

Boiling Water with Nano Particles.

PS

2

3062

LS

2

3001

LS

3

Town Shelton Town Shelton

Grade 10

Town Shelton

Move Over Opec/Oil from Biomass

Mr.Goddard The Effect of Osmotic Pressure on Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria

Student(s) Veina Pillai

Shelton Shelton High School

Grade 12 Grade 12

Dr. Tosca Rivera

Student(s) James Peck


Town Newtown

Temperature Rising: Exhausted Efforts Gina Ciambriello

6058

Grade 12

Christine McNamara

Student(s) Marta Brzostowska


Award(s)

Tim Dejulio

Student(s) Christopher Gamble


Winning Projects

Grade 12

Town Shelton

Grade 11

Town Shelton

Kathleen Hayes A Natural Fighter Against E. Coli

Student(s) Alyson Shaw

l Institute of Food Technologists, Nutmeg Section --- $50 award + invitation to dinner Shelton Shelton High School 3083

LS

3

Mr. Charles Fowler Magic Magnets

Student(s) Deloshene Sittambalam

Shelton Shelton Intermediate School 5539

P8

2

Weather Conditions And Its Effect On Football Pressure.

Shelton Shelton Intermediate School PT

2

Shelton Shelton Intermediate School 2

Town Shelton

Grade 7 Grade 7

Town Shelton Town Shelton

What is the Best Ice Insulator? Bridgette Kline

P7

Grade 8

Genova

Student(s) Hailey Greenleaf

5058

Town Shelton

Mrs. Genova

Student(s) Andrew Cortes

4016

Grade 9

Mrs. Genova

The Voltage Changes from Different Wavelength Radiations on a Solar Panel

Student(s) Siddharth Jain

Grade 7

Town Shelton

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

3/13/2015


Page 59

Conn. Science & Engineering Fair [SchTown] [School] [Proj#] [FCat] [Honors] Shelton St. Joseph School 5008

P7

2


Sponsor(s)

5521

P8

3

Crossing the Gap... But With What?

1

Town Shelton

Grade 8

Town Seymour

Zap That Zit

Simsbury Independent - Simsbury High School PS

Grade 7

Mr Kieran Hyland

Student(s) Shelby Plotkin

6004

Award(s)

Kieran Hyland

Student(s) Ethan Novicio

Shelton St. Joseph School

Winning Projects

Danny Martins

The Effects of Thickness of Steel, Ball Bearing Size, and Drop Height of Ball Bearing During Dent Resistance Testing on Galvanized Steel versus Aluminum-Alloy.

Student(s) Rachel Baumann

Grade 10

Town West Simsbury

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l American Society for Metals - Hartford Chapter --- $100 Check Southington J.A. DePaolo Middle School 2023

L7

3

Mrs. Shea

The Microwave: Is It Safe For Life?

Student(s) Betul Agirman

Southington J.A. DePaolo Middle School 4030

PT

2

Mrs.Shea

Chris Chaplinsky

Southington J.A. DePaolo Middle School PT

2


2


Paper Chromatography: The Science of Color Separation

Southington J.A. DePaolo Middle School PT

Grade 7 Grade 7

Mrs. Shea

Student(s) Delaney Farr

4027


Hydroelectric Energy Ryan Asido

P7

Grade 7 Grade 7

Shea

Student(s) Evan DeSandre

5062

Town Southington

To Melt or Not To Melt: Using Natural Materials As Insulators

Student(s) Jonathan Breski

4014

Grade 7

Grade 7

Town Southington

Grade 8 Grade 8


Ms. Shay

Shape Affects Speed

Student(s) Jessica Griffin Olivia Sherwood

l U.S. Air Force --- Certifcate and Amazon $50 gift card given by CSEF

3/13/2015


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LT

3

Sponsor(s)


Mrs.Shea

Softening Sweets

Student(s) Avery Korp Megan Mikosz


L7

3

Diffusion Confusion: Which Liquid Does Blue Food Coloring Diffuse The Fastest In

Southington St. Thomas School P8

3

2

3

Town Southington

How Much Sugar is Needed for Bread to Raise the Most

Stamford Bi-Cultural Day School LT

Grade 8

Mr. Christopher Graseck

Student(s) Shira Cohen

1014

Town Southington

Soaking it Up?

Stamford Bi-Cultural Day School L7

Grade 7

Mrs. Pauline Pelczar

Student(s) Dennis Cawley

2017


Mrs.Shea

Student(s) Sarah McAuliffe

5559

Grade 7 Grade 7

Grade 7

Town Stamford

Mr. Chris Graseck

To Hatch or Not to Hatch: Brine Shrimp & Pollution

Student(s) Gabriel Dweck Andrew Ukhanov

Grade 7 Grade 7

Town Armonk Town Stamford

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- MS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic award Stamford Bi-Cultural Day School 1010

LT

3

Mr. Graseck

Which Liquid Prevents Oxidation?

Student(s) Maya Jubas Rina Marlowe

Stamford Bi-Cultural Day School 1017

LT

3

Grade 7 Grade 7


Chris Graseck

The Impact of Acidic Water on Germinating Mung Beans.

Student(s) Jordana Raich Tilly Chamberlain

Grade 7 Grade 7


l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 7h grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir Storrs E.O. Smith High School 3037

LS

1

Jon Swanson The Effect of Iron Levels on Marine Algal Growth

Student(s) Luke Stover

Grade 10

Town Columbia


3/13/2015


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Stratford St. Mark School

Michael McMahon

5059

P7

3

Sponsor(s)

5545

P8

Award(s)

Relinquishing Rust

Student(s) Kelly DeRosa

Stratford St. Mark School

Winning Projects

Grade 7

Town Stratford

Mr. Michael McMahon

1

Using Induced Wind Force to Increase the Efficiency of an Electric Vehicle Battery

Student(s) Emily Fedor

Grade 8

Town Derby

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 and Trophy 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 Calculator l David and Torrey Fenton Awards --- For creative work in the physical sciences- middle school; $200 cash Stratford St. Mark School 5554

P8

Mr. Michael McMahon

2

How Substances Affect Tonic Water Glow

Student(s) Sophie Kirn

Stratford St. Mark School 5560

P8

Grade 8

Town Stratford

Mr. Michael McMahon

1

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

Student(s) Kristen Robertson

Grade 8

Town Stratford

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 Trophy l Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Trophy l Society of Women Engineers - Hartford Section --- Scientific Calculator Stratford St. Mark School 2030

L7

Mr. Michael McMahon

2

A Photosynthesis Lab: The Effect of Light Intensity, Water Temperature, Colored Lights, and Contaminated Water on the Rate of Photosynthesis of the Aquatic Plant, Elodea Densa

Student(s) Natalie Sciallo

Suffield Suffield High School 6072

PS

3

6009

PS

3

Grade 11

Town Suffield

Omni-Directional Maglev Cableless Elevator

Mitch Charkiewicz An app to assimilate information during a presentation without note taking

Student(s) Madison D'Ostuni

3/13/2015

Town Stratford

Mitch Charkiewiecz

Student(s) Lukas Baker

Suffield Suffield High School

Grade 7

Grade 10


Town Suffield

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Conn. Science & Engineering Fair [SchTown] [School] [Proj#] [FCat] [Honors] Suffield Suffield High School 6075

PS

2


Sponsor(s)


Mr. Mitchell Charkiewicz Energy Transfer Using Laser Power Beaming

Student(s) Joseph Howarth

Grade 11

Town Suffield

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- 2nd Place High School - $300 Cash and Plaque, Trip to Compete GENIUS Olympiad, Oswego, NY l Coherent, Inc. Richard Hart Award for Excellence in Photonics --- $300 cash, plaque, invitation to lunch and tour Coherent factory Suffield Suffield High School 3501

LST

3

Mitchell Charkiewicz The Turbidity of Water Affects the Health of Aquatic Ecosystems

Student(s) Yash Mehta Jason Werenski


PS

2

Grade 10 Grade 10

Town Suffield Town Suffield

Mitchell Charkiewicz Reverse Osmosis Water Desalination Via the Harnessing of Perpetual Wave Energy

Student(s) Matthew Rogers

Grade 11

Town Suffield

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award l Energize CT/eesmarts Future Sustainability Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Award l Stockholm Junior Water Prize --- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF, possible advance to further competition l Wisner Award --- $250 cash and plaque l University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in Sustainability l John S. Kendall Memorial Award --- $500 John S. Kendall Award for Excellence In Mechanical Engineering - High School l 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


PST

2

Mitch Charkiewicz Determining the Effects of Different Products on Desalination

Student(s) Rachel Roncaioli


PS

3

Katherine Baker

Grade 10 Grade 10

Town Suffield Town Suffield

Caitlin Kirschbaum

Grade 10

Town Suffield

Mitchell Charkiewicz Printlet (combination between a printer and a tablet)

Student(s) Tyler Zolciak

Tolland Stonewall Academy 6018

PS

2

Grade 11

Town Suffield

Don Peck A Novel Approach to Increase the Power Efficiency of a Wind Turbine with a Shroud and Diffuser Design

Student(s) Amelia Peck

Grade 10

Town Tolland

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

3/13/2015


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Trumbull Christian Heritage School 5509

P8

1

Sponsor(s)


Mrs. Oshin

The Effect of Using Foam to Create a More Sophisticated Highway Barrier on Lessening the Spike of Gforces During an Impact

Student(s) Daniel Colgate

Grade 8

Town Bridgeport

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences 8th Grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l American Society of Safety Engineers, CT Valley Chapter --- $100 grade 7-8 project l Dakers Award for Transportation Engineering --- $100 Award For Innovative Transportation Engineering Trumbull Christian Heritage School 6103

PS

2

Daniel Cote

Hardening of electronics and satellite communication systems from sunspots and coronal mass ejections

Student(s) Jiabei Jin


P8

2

Grade 11

Town Trumbull

Mrs. Oshin

HOW TO INSULATE YOUR HOUSE AND REDUCE YOUR FUEL BILLS

Student(s) Garrett Kalker

Grade 8

Town Monroe

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award l Office of Naval Research- U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps --- Middle School- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF Trumbull Christian Heritage School 6094

PS

2

Daniel Cote

The refinement and production of bio-diesel derived from laboratory grown nannochloropsis algae

Student(s) Sarah Mack

Grade 11

Town West Haven

l Energize CT/eesmarts Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards --- High School Finalist - Medallion l Meyerand Young Woman Scientist Awards --- $300 cash - High School, Physical Sciences Trumbull Christian Heritage School 6022

PS

3

Mr. Daniel Cote

The Effect of Electric Charge on the pH of a Magnesium Sulfate Solution

Student(s) Catherine Reid


P8

2

Grade 11

Town Oxford

Mrs Oshin

The Effect of Catapult Arm Length on the Distance the Projectile Travels

Student(s) Nicholas Rosselli

Grade 8

Town Trumbull

l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion & Arcylic Award Trumbull Christian Heritage School 3034

LS

3

Daniel Cote

The Effect of alcoholic, nicotinized, caffeinated, and adrenergic solutions on Arrhythmias

Student(s) Valeria Sarmiento

3/13/2015

Grade 11


Town Norwalk

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Wallingford Choate Rosemary Hall 3112

LS

2

Sponsor(s)


Rachel Gritzer

The Effect of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor on Retinoic Acid Differentiated SH-SY5Y Cells: A Model for Striatal-Enriched Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase in Parkinson’s Disease

Student(s) Archeta Rajagopalan

Grade 12

Town Glastonbury

l 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 Washington Shepaug Valley School 3043

LS

2

Scott Werkhoven

The Spread of Zebra Mussels in Lake Lillinonah in 2013 and 2014

Student(s) Nadia Racz

Washington The Gunnery 6077

PS

2

Grade 9

Town Roxbury

Steven Bailey A Novel Solar Powered Photobioreactor Design for Waste Water Treatment and Producing Biofuel From Micro-Algae

Student(s) Grace Herrick

Grade 10

Town Sandy Hook

l Arthur Mensing Award --- $1000 cash award for excellence in the physical sciences Watertown The Taft School 3510

LST

3

Jim Lehner The Designing and Application of the Single-Cell Immunoplex Device

Student(s) Leon Vortmeyer James Lee

West Hartford Kingswood Oxford School 6041

PS

2

Using a Hydraulic System and a Heat-Induced Magnetic Adhesive to Create a Manipulatable Array that Increases the Efficiency of Piezoelectric Generators

West Hartford Solomon Schechter Day School L7

1

Town New Haven Town Watertown

Tim Allerton/Sheeba Zaidi

Student(s) Humza Zaidi

2016

Grade 11 Grade 11

Grade 9

Town Avon

Grade 7

Town Woodbridge

Sue Prihar

Music and Memory

Student(s) Ariel Gordon

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Life Sciences 7th grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l American Psychological Association --- Certificate, $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF West Hartford Solomon Schechter Day School 2504

L8

2

Sue Prihar

The Cocktail Party Effect: An Inside Look at Multitasking

Student(s) Samara Gordon Wexler

West Hartford Solomon Schechter Day School 2546

L8

1

Grade 8

Town West Hartford

Grade 8

Town West Hartford

Sue Prihar

The Effect of Brain Dominance on Memory

Student(s) Olivia Rotter

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 2nd Place- Life Sciences 8th grade- $200 & trophy and Invite to Compete Broadcom MASTERS

3/13/2015


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West Hartford St. Brigid School 5567

P8

2

Sponsor(s)

Super Suds

West Hartford St. Timothy Middle School P8

2

1

Town West Hartford

Spot On! The Use of the Visible Electromagnetic Spectrum to Determine the Effectiveness of Stain Removers

West Hartford St. Timothy Middle School L7

Grade 8

Mrs. Christina Simao-Breen

Student(s) Michael Baldini

2041

Award(s)

Zoe Mendal

Student(s) Dylan Errico

5541

Winning Projects

Grade 8

Town West Hartford

Ms. Breen

A Study of the Relationship between Apple Price and Vitamin C

Student(s) Benjamin Lee

Grade 7

Town West Hartford

l Pfizer Life Sciences Awards --- 2nd Place- Life Sciences 7th grade- $100 & trophy and Invite to Compete Broadcom MASTERS West Hartford St. Timothy Middle School 5056

P7

3

Mrs. Christina Simao-Breen

Electromagnetic Energy and Innovative Applications

Student(s) Steven Liu

Grade 7

Town West Hartford

l Barker Mohandas Award for Transportation Research --- $100 Cash & Plaque for Excellence in Transportation Related Research- Middle School West Hartford St. Timothy Middle School 5022

P7

3

MS. VITALI

Cu at the Bottom

Student(s) Robert Sarkisian

West Haven Notre Dame High School 6052

PS

2

6053

PS

1

Town West Hartford

Katie Saxon

Fabrication of Enhanced Organic Solar Cells Using 3m Micro Prismatic Technology

Student(s) Christopher Gaiser

Westport Staples High School

Grade 7

Grade 11

Town North Haven

Dr. Nicholas D. Morgan The Derivation of Habitable Zones around Binary Star Systems: Is Planetary Stability Possible?

Student(s) Leo Andriuk

Grade 12

Town Westport

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences Senior High - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford --- Senior Project-$150, subscription to Sky and Telescope magazine and ASGH meeting invitation l Connecticut College-Physics, Astronomy, & Geophysics Dept. --- $150 and certificate, Senior Physics & teeshirt Westport Staples High School 6002

PS

2

Dr Nicholas Morgan Developing an Alternative Technique of Mechanically Exfoliating Topological Insulator Bismuth Telluride

Student(s) Kyle Baer

3/13/2015

Grade 12


Town Westport

Page 66

Conn. Science & Engineering Fair [SchTown] [School] [Proj#] [FCat] [Honors] Westport Staples High School 6013

PS

2


Sponsor(s)


Dr. Morse Chemical Looping Combustion: A Zero CO2 Footprint Energy Conversion Process

Student(s) Rees Chang

Grade 11

Town Westport

l Air and Waste Management Association, Connecticut Chapter --- $100 Senior, Environmental Research, air pollution related Westport Staples High School 3084

LS

3

Dr. Nicholas Morgan An Evaluation of Machine Learning Methods for Genetic Variant Error Detection

Student(s) Zachary Effman

Westport Staples High School 3080

LS

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3007

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Stabilization of CXCR4 for Crystallization by Tyrosine Sulfation of the N-Terminus

3033

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3

Town Westport

Grade 12

Town Westport

Michelle Morse

Dr. Morse Is it possible to graft the scion of Non-Leguminous Plant (tomato) to the root stock of a Leguminous Plants (soybeans)?

Student(s) Kristen Onorato


Grade 12

Quantitation of Regeneration in Planaria

Student(s) Alexandra Mignucci


Town Westport

Dr. Michele Morse

Student(s) Malin Hovstadius


Grade 12

Grade 12

Town Westport

Grade 12

Town Westport

Dr. Morse Antimicrobial Activity of Lichen Extracts

Student(s) Pamela Onorato

l Yale Peabody Museum --- Family “six-pack” of free passes to the Yale Peabody Museum Westport Staples High School 6035

PS

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Michele Morse The European Centre for Medium Range Forecasts vs the Global Forecasting System

Student(s) Scott Pecoriello


LS

3

Grade 12

Town Westport

Dr. Nick Morgan Analysis of Transport of Nitrogen Species through Right-of-way-Bioswales

Student(s) Grant Schwabacher

Grade 12

Town Westport

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

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Dr. Nick Morgan Smoking Gun in the Milky Way Galaxy: Open Clusters and Dwarf Galaxies

Student(s) Xiaotian Zhang

Grade 11

Town Westport

l People’s United Bank Mathematics Awards - with ATOMIC --- High School Finalist - Medallion & Acrylic Award l Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford --- Senior Project-$100, subscription to Sky and Telescope magazine and ASGH meeting invitation Wilton Middlebrook School 5049

P7

3

Ms. Paige Randall Self-Inflating Balloons

Student(s) Trisha Mhatre

Wilton Middlebrook School 5009

P7

1

Grade 7

Town Wilton

Grade 7

Town Wilton

Mrs. Randall The Impact of Turbine Blades on Power Output

Student(s) Vignesh Subramanian

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Sciences 7th Grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l J.A. Augustine Award --- $100 for excellence in physical sciences Wilton Middlebrook School 5562

P8

2

Mrs. Festa Shrouded Wind Turbine and the Venturi Effect

Student(s) Jonathan Wu

Wilton Middlebrook School 1022

LT

3

Grade 8

Town Wilton

Grade 8 Grade 7

Town Wilton Town Wilton

Mrs. Debbie Mallozzi Acid Rain in Wilton, CT

Student(s) Elizabeth Yoon Anna Yoon

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- MS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic award Windsor Madina Academy 2541

L8

2

Esslam Hassan Inexpensive Treatments for Plants Affected from Contaminated Soil by Oil Spills

Student(s) Radeyah Ahmed

Grade 8

Town Bloomfield

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PT

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

Student(s) Adelisa Cecunjanin Alina Mohammed

Grade 8 Grade 8

Town Windsor Town Windsor

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- Finalist - Physical Science sJr Team - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- 2nd Place MS- $200, Trophy, CACIWC gifts l Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Trophy

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Conn. Science & Engineering Fair [SchTown] [School] [Proj#] [FCat] [Honors] Windsor Madina Academy 4008

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Esslam Hassan Investigating Novel Methods to Harvest Solar Energy for Generation of Solar Steam from Salt Water and Snow Using Graphene and Carbon Foam

Student(s) Maryam Moghul Ibrahim Moghul

Grade 8 Grade 7

Town Bloomfield Town Bloomfield

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 1st Place- Physical Sciences MS Team- $100 each & trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- MS Finalist - CACIWC gifts, CSF Medallion, Acrylic award l Energize CT/eesmarts Sustainable Resources and Practices Awards --- Middle School Finalist - Medallion and Acrylic Trophy Windsor Madina Academy 1005

LT

3

Mr. Hassan The effect of organic and non-organic compost produced by vermicomposting with eisenia foetida on the growth of lycopsersicon lycopersicum.

Student(s) Ayesha Nazir Ruqayyah Paine

Grade 7 Grade 7

Town Manchester Town Terryville

l Environmental Sciences Awards with CACIWC --- 3rd Place MS- $100, Trophy, CACIWC gifts l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 7h grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir Windsor Madina Academy Upper School 6516

PST

2

Esslam Hassan

The Use of Carbon Nanotubes for the Filtration of Heavy Metal Ions From Water

Student(s) Usra Qureshi Aasiya Ahmed

Windsor St. Gabriel School 5531

P8

2

4011

PT

2

PT

3

Town Windsor

Grade 7 Grade 7


Miss Rosa Fore! Logan Doyle

4028

Grade 8

Gauss Launcher Efficiency

Student(s) Brenden Bellinger

Windsor St. Gabriel School


Ms. Rosa

Student(s) Elena Anderson

Windsor St. Gabriel School

Grade 12 Grade 12

Margaret Rosa Does your shirt have your back: A study of clothing features that protect against UV light

Student(s) Alma Clark Benjamin Clark

Grade 7 Grade 7


l Alexion Biotechnology Awards --- Finalist - Biotechnology 7h grade - CSF Medallion & Acrylic Award Souvenir Windsor St. Gabriel School 2530

L8

3

Ms. Rosa How the Cookie Crumbles

Student(s) Molly Henderson

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Grade 8


Town Windsor

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Woodbridge Amity Regional High School 3006

LS

2

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Awareness and Knowledge of HPV Among High School Students

Woodbridge Amity Regional High School LS

3

1

Town Orange

Determining the Most Effective Tick Repellent in Replace of DEET Based Products

Woodbridge Amity Regional High School PST

Grade 12

Deborah Day

Student(s) Emily Criscuolo

6509

Award(s)

Deborah Day

Student(s) Dana Chung

3022

Winning Projects

Grade 10

Town Woodbridge

Deborah Day

Echocardiogram-Based Wireless Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) with Mobile Application Monitoring and Control

Student(s) Daniel Giebisch Noah Gallant

Grade 12 Grade 12

Town Woodbridge Town Bethany

l Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Physical Sciences Awards --- 2nd Place- Physical Sciences Senior High Team- $300(split) & Plaque l Xerox Computer Science Awards --- 1st Place High School - $400, Plaque, Medallion l Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award --- $200 & certificate l IEEE, Connecticut Section --- $100 Honorable Mention l University of New Haven High School Awards in Engineering & Science --- $100 For High School Project in Computer Science Woodbridge Amity Regional High School 6515

PST

2

Deborah Day

Exploring the Effects of Ammonia on the Electrical Resistivity of Graphene

Student(s) Arvene Golbazi Owais Khan


LS

2


2

Deborah Day

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2

Grade 12

Town Orange

Deborah Day

Deciphering the effects of aerobic glycolysis of tumor cells on host anti-tumor immunity

Student(s) Victoria Li

3/13/2015

Town Woodbridge

Engineering of ZnO Tapered Pillar Nanostructures as Antireflection Coatings on Silicon Solar Cells


Grade 12

Deborah Day

Student(s) Sricharan Kadimi

3010

Town Woodbridge

The Role of the Genetic Transfer of Mobile Genetic Elements in the Evolution of Microbial Populations

Woodbridge Amity Regional High School PS

Grade 10

Ms. Deborah Day

Student(s) Arpita Jajoo

6083

Town Bethany Town Orange

The Correlation of Written and Spoken Language Development With Intelligence Quotient Throughout Reading Instruction

Student(s) James He

3058

Grade 12 Grade 12

Grade 11


Town Woodbridge

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Deborah Day

Determination of Illicit Drug Residues on Currency Using LC-MS/MS

Student(s) Victoria Liu

Grade 12

Town Bethany

l Barnes Aerospace Applied Technology Awards --- Senior High Finalist - Medallion and acrylic award Woodbridge Amity Regional High School 6037

PS

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Ms. Deborah Day

The Effect of 2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) Dillutions on Nanoparticle Radius Using Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS)

Student(s) Ryan Oleynik


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Neurochemical signature of cerebral vasospasm in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage


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Town Woodbridge

Deborah Day

Student(s) Rohan Patel

3002

Grade 11

Grade 10

Town Orange

Deborah Day

The Effects of Atypical PH on Bay Scallops (Argopecten irradians)

Student(s) Dana Perry

Grade 12

Town Bethany

l U.S. Metric Association --- Certificate & $50 gift card to Amazon given by CSEF Woodbridge Amity Regional High School 6012

PS

2

Ms. Deborah Day

Robots in the Classroom: The Effect of Social Robots on Student Memorization and Participation

Student(s) Sarah Saxe


PST

2

Deborah Day

Kevin Dardik

Woodbridge Amity Regional High School LST

2


Town Woodbridge Town Bethany

The Influence of Time Consistency and Processing Speed on Multimodal Perceptual Experience Yiran Zhang

PS

Grade 11 Grade 11

Deborah Day

Student(s) Eli Silvert

6082

Town Woodbridge

Validating the Effectiveness of Biosensor Imaging of Redundant Deviation in Shifts

Student(s) Vincent Silverman

3512

Grade 10

Grade 11 Grade 11

Town Woodbridge Town Orange

Deborah Day

Creating a Semantic Search Engine with Voice Integration

Student(s) David Wang

Grade 11

Town Bethany

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