2012 final report - connecticut science & engineering fair · 2012 final report. 64th...

Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CTMarch 13 - 17

Connecticut Science Fair AssociationAll-volunteer Connecticut non-profit organization

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Connecticut Science Fairwww.ctsciencefair.org

64th Year

2012 Final Report

64thConnecticut Science Fair

Quinnipiac UniversityHamden

March 13 - 17, 2012

Connecticut Science Fair Association, IncCromwell, Connecticut

Publication of the Connecticut Science Fair Association, Inc.

April 2012

2012 Final Report

64th Connecticut Science Fair

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Awards .......................................... ( 1- 52) Life Sciences 1000 series - 7th and 8th grade team ................................................ 3 2000 series - 7th grade ..................................................................... 5 2500 series - 8th grade ..................................................................... 9 3000 series - 9 thru 12th grade ......................................................... 13 3500 series - 9 thru 12th grade team ................................................ 22 Physical Sciences 4000 series - 7th and 8th grade team ................................................ 24 5000 series - 7th grade ..................................................................... 28 5500 series - 8th grade ..................................................................... 32 6000 series - 9 thru 12th grade ......................................................... 38 6500 series - 9 thru 12th grade team ................................................ 47 Summary Tables Regular Categories ........................................................................... 50 Special Categories ............................................................................ 51 Statistics Plus ................................ (53 - 74) Fair Data .......................................................................................................... 55 Historical Data ................................................................................................. 57 School Tracking ............................................................................................... 58 Returning Students .......................................................................................... 61 Beyond CSF .................................................................................................... 63 ISEF Competitors ............................................................................. 64 I-SWEEEP Competitors ................................................................... 69 GENIUS Competitors ..................................................................... 72 Indexes .......................................... (75- 86) Schools ............................................................................................................ 77 Regional/City Fairs ......................................................................................... 79 Independent/Homeschooled Students ............................................................. 79 Sponsors ......................................................................................................... 80 Students ........................................................................................................... 82 Next Fair ......................................................................................................... 86

WEB SITES

CSF .............................. http://www.ctsciencefair.org ISEF ............................. http://www.societyforscience.org/isef 2012 ISEF .................... http://www.societyforscience.org/intelisef2012 I-SWEEEP ................... http://www.isweeep.org GENIUS Olympiad ..... http://www.geniusolympiad.org

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Life Sciences

FORMAT KEY

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

CSF 2012 Final Report

AWARDS

Life Sciences

1001 LT Is Your Daphnia Hopped Up On Caffeine? Bridgeport, Park City Prep Charter School, Teacher - Mrs. Vicky Boudreau Genesis Moran, Bridgeport 7 Jania Oliver-White Bridgeport 7 Awards: Honors = 3 •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward 1002 LT Is it REALLY Blood? Danbury, St. Joseph School, Teacher - Jennifer Page Alex Christoforides, Danbury 7 John Mollenthiel Danbury 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeSciencesMiddleSchoolTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 1003 LT Do magnets effect the growth of radishes? West Hartford, Solomon Schechter Day School, Teacher - Mrs. Varnum MollieGaudet,Bloomfield7RachelFiedlerNewington7 Awards: Honors = 3 1004 LT Algae The Key to our Future Hartford, SS. Cyril and Methodius School, Teacher - Mrs. Powell ErikaDiaz,Middletown8SusannahOrzechowskiWethersfield8 Awards: Honors = 3 1005 LT The Effectiveness of Natural Acne Products vs. Chemical Commercial Products Ridgefield,EastRidgeMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mrs.SullivanDanburyScienceHorizons MargaretComer,Ridgefield8GwenByrneRidgefield8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeSciencesMiddleSchoolTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 1006 LT Do you know how much bacteria you are touching? Southington, Joseph A. DePaolo Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Brostrom Rachel Dufresne, Southington 8 Grace Conklin Southington 8 Awards: Honors = 3 1007 LT Environmental Effects Bethel,BethelMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mr.ReynoldsDanburyScienceHorizons Caroline Crouse, Bethel 7 Sara Pallas Bethel 7 Awards: Honors = 3 1008 LT Weed Massacre Madison, Our Lady of Mercy School, Teacher - Mrs. Rosalie Zonder Megan Phillips, Madison 7 Elaine Lynders Guilford 7 Awards: Honors = 2 1009 LT Strange Heights Middlebury, Memorial Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Sachs Kaela Harris, Southbury 7 Dakota Cipriano Middlebury 7 Awards: Honors = 3

Connecticut Science Fair

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1010 LT Testing the Effect of pH Levels of Polluted Fresh Water on Elodea Canadensis Life Span Newtown,St.RoseofLimaSchool,Teacher-Mrs.DimonDanburyScienceHorizons Lauren Cirone, Newtown 7 Anna Brubaker Southbury 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeSciencesMiddleSchoolTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---3rdPlace-Biotechnology7thgrade-$100&trophy 1011 LT One Nasty Fact Bridgeport, Cesar A. Batalla School, Teacher - Adam Bell Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Daniela Arteaga, Bridgeport 7 Kelsie Santiago Bridgeport 7 Awards: Honors = 3 1012 LT The Effect of Electromagnetic Fields on Scenedesmus Algae Cells Newtown,St.RoseofLimaSchool,Teacher-Mrs.MardeDimonDanburyScienceHorizons KaterinaRinges,SandyHook8MarinaRenziNewtown8 Awards: Honors = 2 •ConnecticutScienceSupervisorsAssociation---$125foramiddleschoolproject 1013 LT Can Pepsi Kill? Hamden, Hamden Middle School, Teacher - Deirdre Green Kayla Johnson, Hamden 7 Aakshi Agarwal Hamden 7 Awards: Honors = 3 1014LTHydrationBenefitswithFruitsandVegetablesandEffectonCellAbsorption Orange, Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy, Teacher - Karen Howell Devora Hodakov, New Haven 7 Batsheva Lipsker Stamford 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-LifeSciencesMSTeam-$100each&trophyandInviteCompeteBroadcom MASTERS •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---4thPlace-Biotechnology7thgrade-trophy 1015 LT X-rays: Friend or Foe Guilford, E. C. Adams Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Cory Slifstein/ Anita M. Soucy Hannah Soucy, Guilford 7 Abigail Yerkes Guilford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 1016 LT Harvesting Wild Yeast For Local Sourdough New Hartford, Montessori Middle School at Millstream Farm, Teacher - Caren Ross UnaShea,Litchfield8BrookeHurstWestSimsbury8SamanthaBradyThomaston Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---3rdPlace-LifeSciencesMSTeam-trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS 1017 LT The Effects of Global Warming on Marine Life Plantsville, John F. Kennedy Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Pepin Kimberly Stafko, Southington 7 Alexa Maddalena Southington 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeSciencesMiddleSchoolTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-Biotechnology7hgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •NationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration---Certificate,medallion,and$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF 1018 LT Eco-friendly, Equally Effective? Stamford,TrailblazersAcademy,Teacher-JessicaManeyapanda Ebboni Lloyd, Stamford 7 Shanice Silpot Stamford 7 Ashley Prawl Stamford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 1019 LT The Mighty Houseplant Pawcatuck, St. Michael School, Teacher - Mr. DeNoia Kelly Giffault, Stonington 7 Paige Giffault Stonington 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeSciencesMiddleSchoolTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •ConnecticutCollege-BiologicalandBotanyDepartment---$100forexcellenceinthebiologicalsciences •AirandWasteManagementAssociation,ConnecticutChapter---$100Junior,EnvironmentalResearch,airpollutionrelated •ConnecticutValleyBiologicalSupplyCompany,Inc.---$50GiftCertificate

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Life Sciences1020 LT Say Cheese Hartford, Classical Magnet School, Teacher - Ms. P. Koenig Clare DiMaiolo, Tolland 7 Sarah Stevenson East Hartford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 1021 LT What Medium Gathers the Most Molusk Mucus? West Hartford, Solomon Schechter Day School, Teacher - Barbara Varnum Yaakov Schectman, Windsor 7 Gabriel Silver West Hartford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 1022 LT Analysis of Omega Oils as Cancer Inhibitors and Antioxidants plus Effect on Cell Bioavailability Orange, Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Karen Howell Rivka Kantor, Westport 8 Bracha Hecht Orange 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---1stPlace-LifeSciencesMSTeam-$100each&trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcom MASTERS

1024 LT The Battle of Lung Capacity Southington, Joseph A. DePaolo Middle School, Teacher - Sharon Brostrom Megan Enright, Southington 8 Morgan Shubert Southington 8 Awards: Honors = 2 1025 LT Drastic Plastics Stamford,TrailblazersAcademy,Teacher-JessicaManeyapanda Timothy Smith-Val, Stamford 7 Imani Morgan Stamford 7 Awards: Honors = 2 1026 LT Colorful Choices Norwalk, Roton Middle School, Teacher - John Skopp Norwalk Norwalk Public Schools Isabel Vineyard, Norwalk 7 Olivia Fassett Norwalk 7 Awards: Honors = 2 1027 LT Hidden Horrors: Do Germs Lurk in Our School? Danbury, St. Joseph School, Teacher - Mrs. J. Page Michael Casino, Brewster 7 Rachel Hewitt Danbury 7 Awards: Honors = 2 •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-Biotechnology7hgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 1028 LT Run Run Run! Middlebury, Memorial Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Sachs Michael Pierce, Southbury 7 Jackson Morris Middlebury 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2001 L7 Battling Bacteria of the Mouth Forestville, St. Matthew School, Teacher - Danielle Ricci John Allen, Burlington 7 Awards: Honors = 2 2002 L7 Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! - The Biodegradable Factor Milford, St. Gabriel School, Teacher - Mr. Schnakenberg Jesse Greene, Milford 7 Awards: Honors = 2 2003 L7 Depleting Oyster Population: Alarming Coincidence, or CO2? Westport, Avdiu Home School, Teacher - Opala Avdiu Homeschooled Aishah Avdiu, Westport 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2004 L7 Environmental Acidity and Bioluminescent Algae Avon, Talcott Mountain Academy, Teacher - John Pellino Abigail Marmer-Adams, Colebrook 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeSciences7thgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward


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2005 L7 In which of the three environments does a green banana ripen the fastest? Newington, St. Mary School, Teacher - Mrs. Giantonio Angel Zohrabian, West Hartford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2006L7AffectsofPhosphorusonGrowthofAzolla. Norwalk, The Montessori Middle School, Teacher - Carolyn Stenerson Katherine Fennell, Wilton 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---1stPlace-LifeSciences7thgrade-$200&trophyandInvitationtoCompeteBroadcom MASTERS

2007 L7 Peel Power Bridgeport, Thurgood Marshall Middle School, Teacher - Carmen Andrews Jonathan Siveyer, Monroe 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeSciences7thgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---1stPlaceMiddleSchool-$300andTrophy,MedallionandProjectOceanology’sOcean Camp •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---2ndPlace-Biotechnology7thgrade-$200&trophy 2008 L7 Food is Fuel Middlebury, Memorial Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Sachs Scarlet Broderick, Middlebury 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2009 L7 Is My Water Potable Avon, Talcott Mountain Academy, Teacher - Tom Noonan Max Nobel, Avon 7 Awards: Honors = 2 2010 L7 Total Suspended Solids on Waste Water New Britain, Sacred Heart School, Teacher - Mrs. Kornas MateuszGaciarz,NewBritain7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeSciences7thgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 2011L7TheEfficacyofBleachasaDisinfectant Madison, Our Lady of Mercy School, Teacher - Rosalie Zonder Nicole Bonadies, Branford 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeSciences7thgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 2012 L7 Watch it Rot New Haven, Worthington Hooker Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Jones Khadija Hussain, New Haven 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2013L7The-Eco-FriendlyDiaperLandfillDesign“TheTypeofClothVersustheRateofDecomposition” Kensington,St.PaulSchool,Teacher-BethanyPerzanowski ElizabethLopreiato,NewBritain7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-LifeSciences7thgrade-$100&trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS •MeyerandYoungWomanScientistAwards---$300cash-MiddleSchoolLifeSciences 2014 L7 Which brand of Orange Juice Has More Vitamin C? Westbrook, Westbrook Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Lepore Caitlin McNary, Westbrook 7 Awards: Honors = 3

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Life Sciences 2015L7EffectofFertilizeronAlgalGrowth Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Sara Campolettano Claudia Bernstein, Westport 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2016L7Rain...Runoff...Ramifications? East Granby, East Granby Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Langan Jonathan Kelly, East Granby 7 Awards: Honors = 2 •RicohCorporation/SocietyforScience&thePublic---Certificate,LapelPin,$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF 2017 L7 Can homeopathic solutions inhibit the growth of Group A Streptococcus bacteria? Windsor, Madina Academy, Teacher - Aisha Seyal Amira Elfeky, Simsbury 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeSciences7thgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---5thPlace-Biotechnology7thgrade-trophy 2018 L7 Ants, Glucose, Diabetes....Huh? Guilford, E. C. Adams Middle School, Teacher - Ms. Arnold Manik Jayawardena, Guilford 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeSciences7thgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 2019L7WhenYourSnifferSnoozes Plantsville, John F. Kennedy Middle School, Teacher - Pamela Pepin Nickolina Doran, Southington 7 Awards: Honors = 2 2020L7ShouldWeBeGoingBananas?!TheStudyofOceanandFreshwaterAcidificationanditsHarmfulEffectontheShellsof Aquatic Organisms and the Evaluation of a Banana-Derived Additive to Reduce It. Trumbull, St. Catherine of Siena School, Teacher - Mrs. Kelly Collins Abigail Kelly, Shelton 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---5rdPlace-LifeSciences7thgrade-trophy 2021 L7 Frog Peptides Vs. Bacteria Avon, Talcott Mountain Academy, Teacher - Mr. Pellino Devon Bierut, Windsor 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2022L7OneDog’sPoop,AnotherMan’sTreasure. New Haven, Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School, Teacher - Mrs. Cichus Brian Brigham, Orange 7 Awards: Honors = 3 •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-Biotechnology7hgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •TheChildren’sMuseum---1family4-PackofAdmissionPassestotheChildren’sMuseum 2023 L7 Hydroponic Tomatoes Norwalk, The Montessori Middle School, Teacher - Carolyn Stenerson OliviaPritchard,Fairfield7 Awards: Honors = 3 •InstituteofFoodTechnologists,NutmegSection---$50award+invitationtodinner 2024 L7 Music and Its Effect on Reading Speed West Hartford, Solomon Schechter Day School, Teacher - Barbara Varnum Sydney Weiser, West Hartford 7 Awards: Honors = 3


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2025 L7 Think Fast Westbrook, Westbrook Middle School, Teacher - Ms. Lepore Jason Matunas, Westbrook 7 Awards: Honors = 3 •AmericanPsychologicalAssociation---Certificate,$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF 2026 L7 How Plants React to Different Types of Music During Growth Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Sara Campolettano John Ong, Norwalk 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2027 L7 How What We Eat for Breakfast Affects Schoolwork, Mood, Wakefulness, and Energy Throughout the Morning. Norwalk, The Montessori Middle School, Teacher - Carolyn Stenerson Jonas Lustbader, Weston 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---4thPlace-LifeSciences7thgrade-trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS 2028 L7 The Sugar Substitution Hartford,ClassicalMagnetSchool,Teacher-R.Kaluzny-Blaszczyk Hayley Bissonnette, Hartford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2030 L7 How Does Caffeine Effect the Heart Danbury, St. Joseph School, Teacher - Mrs. Page Wes Gannon, Danbury 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---3rdPlace-LifeSciences7thgrade-$100&trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS •U.S.AirForce---Certificate,sportbag,speaker,organizer 2031 L7 Geotropism: Fact or Fake Newington, St. Mary School, Teacher - Mrs. Debbie Giantonio Kathryn Vassilopoulos, Rocky Hill 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2032 L7 The Greenhouse Effect Guilford, E. C. Adams Middle School, Teacher - Lynn Arnold Jake Moscarelli, Guilford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 2033 L7 The Clean Water Project New Haven, Worthington Hooker Middle School, Teacher - Douglas Jones YogasaiGazula,NewHaven7 Awards: Honors = 2 •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---3rdPlaceMiddleSchool-$100andTrophy,Medallion •Environmental/EnergyAward-UrbanPublicSchoolStudent---$100Awardfortopenvironmentaloralternativeenergyproject from a New Haven public school 2034L7Doesthetimeofdayaffecttheperformancceonaquiz? Middlebury, Memorial Middle School, Teacher - Randi Sachs Danielle Meyers, Southbury 7 Awards: Honors = 2 2035 L7 Electricity from where? Danbury, St. Peter-Sacred Heart Upper School, Teacher - Gregory Capone Gabrielle Goldman, Danbury 7 Awards: Honors = 3

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Life Sciences 2501L8RocktheBrownfieldsGreen:FoodforFungi Bridgeport, Thurgood Marshall Middle School, Teacher - Carmen Andrews AnnHewitt,Fairfield8 Awards: Honors = 2 •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---MSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Acrylicaward •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionand Acrylic Trophy

2502 L8 The Great Plains of Change Wilton, Middlebrook School, Teacher - Victoria Madden Jessica Kobsa, Wilton 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2503 L8 Teredo Navalis - A Population Density Study Bozrah,FieldsMemorialSchool,Teacher-Mrs.E.Brown NicholasTatro,Bozrah8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeSciences8thgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---MSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Acrylicaward •LongIslandSoundFoundation,Inc.---$500LifeScience/EnvironmentalScience/Physicalscience •ProjectOceanology---Individual-Book+2tickets,FirstPlaceJunior,checkfor$100,t-shirt •BanningFamilyLifeScienceAward---Forexcellenceininvasivespeciesresearch,$100cash 2504 L8 The Effect of Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels on Plant Growth Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Sara Campolettano Mary-Louise Foster, Darien 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2505 L8 How Does Different Water Solutions (Pollution) Affect Daphnia? Trumbull, Christian Heritage School, Teacher - Mrs. Oshin Stephen Bruno, Newtown 8 Awards: Honors = 3 2506 L8 Balance Norwalk, West Rocks Middle School, Teacher - Sue Delong Vivain Conley, Norwalk 8 Awards: Honors = 3 •ConnecticutAcademyofAudiology---$150CashAwardMiddleSchool-ForExcellenceinAudiologyandAcoustics 2507 L8 Analysis of Local Watershed and River Contaminated Sediments, and Effect on River and Long Island Sound Waters Orange, Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy, Teacher - Karen J Howell Hadassah Sessel, Orange 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-LifeSciences8thgrade-$200&trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---MSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Acrylicaward •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---MiddleSchool-Certificate,$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF •LongIslandSoundFoundation,Inc.---$500LifeScience/EnvironmentalScience/Physicalscience •SoutheasternNewEnglandMarineEducators---$75awardandmembershipinSENEME-1stPlaceJunior&T-Shirt •SchoepferAwardforExcellenceinLocalAquaticScience---Forexcellenceinalocalwaterqualitystudy,$100cash •TheMaritimeAquariumEnvironmentalStewardshipAward---1yearFamilyMembership,FamilyiMax,FamilyCruise. 2508 L8 Indicate your Vitamin C Bridgeport, Park City Magnet School, Teacher - Mrs. Simone Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Jacqueline Anaeto, Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 3 2509 L8 Do Ambient Temperatures Affect Bat Mortality? Avon, Talcott Mountain Academy, Teacher - Tom Noonan GwynneDomashinski,WestSuffield8 Awards: Honors = 2 •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---1stPlaceMS-$300,Trophy,Audubongifts •YalePeabodyMuseum---Oneyearfamilymembership


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2510 L8 Distracted Driving Bethel,St.MarySchool,Teacher-Ms.ConoverDanburyScienceHorizons Jack Garvey, Bethel 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2511 L8 Can Wii Sports be a Form of Exercise? Norwalk, Ponus Ridge Middle School, Teacher - Christine Willman Norwalk Norwalk Public Schools Matthew Josephs, Norwalk 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2512 L8 An Investigation Into Hydrogen-Producing Green Algae Greenwich, Eastern Middle School, Teacher - Brian Carstens Independent Paul Hansel, Old Greenwich 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---3rdPlace-LifeSciences8thgrade-$100&trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---3rdPlaceMiddleSchool-$100andTrophy,Medallion •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---3rdPlaceMiddleSchool-$100Cash and Trophy •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---1stPlaceMiddleSchool-$500Cashand Trophy •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---$1,000Cashandplaque •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,Backpack,Book,andAnnualReport •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---1stPlace-Biotechnology8thgrade-$300&trophyandInvitationCompeteinBroadcom MASTERS 2513 L8 Out With Indigestion Windsor, St. Gabriel School, Teacher - Margaret Rosa Kirsten Mossberg, Windsor 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---5thPlace-Biotechnology8thgrade-trophy 2514L8AMoreEfficientWaytoDetectSchistosomiasis Avon, Talcott Mountain Academy, Teacher - John Lombardo Patrick Kage, Glastonbury 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2515L8PolypropyleneOilMagnets:Acomparisonofthisnovelapproachusingferrofluidstoestablishedmethodsofoilspillremoval including OEMs, woodchips, hay, and compost. Windsor, Madina Academy, Teacher - Aisha Seyal Ayesha Khan, Windsor 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---MSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Acrylicaward •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionand Acrylic Trophy •U.S.AirForce---Certificate,sportbag,speaker,organizer 2516 L8 The Effect of Different Organic Materials on the Number of Ants Repelled Bethel,BethelMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mr.LabountyDanburyScienceHorizons NicolasCazzaniga,Bethel8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---5thPlace-LifeSciences8thgrade-trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---MSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Acrylicaward •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---4thPlace-Biotechnology8thgrade-trophyandInvitationCompeteinBroadcomMASTERS 2517 L8 Measuring Air Pockets in Store-Bought vs. Farm Fresh Eggs Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Sara Campolettano India Carpenter, Darien 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2518 L8 Giggle, Giggle Bridgeport,HighHorizonsMagnetSchool,Teacher-Mrs.Scott-ThiamBridgeportBridgeportPublicSchools Alexis Greene, Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 3

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Life Sciences 2519 L8 The Name Game: Boys vs. Girls Milford, St. Gabriel School, Teacher - Mr. Schnakenberg Brooke Hiatt, Milford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 2520 L8 Musical Sociology: The Placebo Effect in Action Ridgefield,EastRidgeMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mr.BozzutoDanburyScienceHorizons GwendolynEllis,Ridgefield8 Awards: Honors = 3 •AmericanPsychologicalAssociation---Certificate,$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF 2521L8TheEffectofVitaminDonBoneRecalcification Trumbull, Christian Heritage School, Teacher - Mrs. Oshin Valeria Sarmiento, Norwalk 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2522 L8 The Dirt on Worms EastGranby,EastGranbyMiddleSchool,Teacher-RobertPaskiewicz Olivia Morris, East Granby 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeSciences8thgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 2523 L8 Blood Pressure: Red Rising? Forestville, St. Matthew School, Teacher - Danielle Ricci Olivia Kilbourne, Bristol 8 Awards: Honors = 3 2524 L8 The Effects of Symphytum on Bone Cell Growth New Haven, Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School, Teacher - Mrs. MacDonald Evan Robison, Wallingford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward 2525L8HowDoDifferentColorsandSizesAffectMemory Avon, Talcott Mountain Academy, Teacher - John Pellino Mark Shapiro, Glastonbury 8 Awards: Honors = 3 •XeroxComputerScienceAwards---3rdPlaceMiddleSchool-$100,Trophy,Medallion 2526 L8 Duped by Stroop Norwalk, West Rocks Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Mitchell Norwalk Norwalk Public Schools Erin Vallerie, Norwalk 8 Awards: Honors = 3 2527 L8 Manufacturing and Biodegrading Bioplastics: Observing the speed of biodegradation of potato, rice, tapioca and corn starch based plastics. Windsor, Madina Academy, Teacher - Aisha Seyal Muhammad Ali, Windsor 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---4thPlace-LifeSciences8thgrade-trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---3rdPlaceMS-$100,Trophy,Audubongifts •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---3rdPlaceMiddleSchool-$200Cashand Trophy •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---3rdPlace-Biotechnology8thgrade-$100&trophyandInvitationCompeteinBroadcom MASTERS •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---MiddleSchool-Certificate,$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF •TalcottMountainScienceCenter---Founder’sAward-$450SaturdayMentorshipCourseatTMSC-MiddleSchoolLife Science •InstituteofFoodTechnologists,NutmegSection---$50award+invitationtodinner


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2528 L8 Should We Doubt the Short and Stout? Bethel,BethelMiddleSchool,Teacher-StevenLaBountyDanburyScienceHorizons Monisha Das, Bethel 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2529L8Don’tDrinkandDrive Milford, St. Gabriel School, Teacher - Mr. Schnakenberg / Mr. McGovern Sean Lonergan, Milford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 2530 L8 GMO or no GMO Bridgeport, John Winthrop School, Teacher - Mr. Walsh Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Timothy Graham, Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 3 •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward •CSFBoardofDirectorsAward---Certificateand$50AmazongiftcardgivenbyCSF 2531 L8 Should a School Advertise more Sports or Academics Online? Newington, St. Mary School, Teacher - Mrs. Giantonio Andrew Kostka, Middletown 8 Awards: Honors = 3 2533 L8 The Power of Suggestion: Flavor Wilton, Middlebrook School, Teacher - Victoria Madden Alexander Scaperotta, Wilton 8 Awards: Honors = 3 2534 L8 Password Security Bozrah,FieldsMemorialSchool,Teacher-Mrs.E.Brown ConnorProvost,Bozrah8 Awards: Honors = 2 •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---1stPlaceMiddle School-$150fromATOMIC,andTrophy,$300fromPeople’sUnitedBank •XeroxComputerScienceAwards---1stPlaceMiddleSchool-$300,TrophyandMedallion •IEEE,ConnecticutSection---$100HonorableMention 2535 L8 Grapefruit Juice or Gatorade, Which Has More Electrolytes? Danbury, St. Joseph School, Teacher - Mrs. Jennifer Page Ryan Anderson, Danbury 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2536L8DoesFacialCompositionaffectfirstimpressions? Bridgeport, Bridgeport Hope School, Teacher - Abraham Deshotel Jasmeen Mohammed, Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2537 L8 Make a Mummy Out of Me Forestville, St. Matthew School, Teacher - Danielle Ricci George Pittman, Bristol 8 Awards: Honors = 3 •YalePeabodyMuseum---Family“six-pack”offreepassestotheYalePeabodyMuseum 2538 L8 Are You Really Going to Eat That? Windsor, St. Gabriel School, Teacher - Miss Rosa Charlotte Tappenden, Windsor 8 Awards: Honors = 2 2539 L8 Pharmaceutical and Herbal Antibiotic Effectiveness on Bacteria from Multiple Collection Sources East Granby, East Granby Middle School, Teacher - Ms. Scull Matthew Borsari, East Granby 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeSciences8thgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward


Life Sciences2540 L8 The Effects of De-Icing Salts and Chemical Compounds on Adiantum pedatum Fairfield,OurLadyoftheAssumptionSchool,Teacher-KathyAlmeida AmandaGerstenfeld,Fairfield8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeSciences8thgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionand Acrylic Trophy •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-Biotechnology8thgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AlumniBotanyAwards---AlumniMiddleSchoolBotanyAward-$100Cash 2541L8KillingtheInvisibleEnemyonOurHands:DoWeUseSoaporHandSanitizer? Pawcatuck, St. Michael School, Teacher - Michael Denoia Adeline Visscher, Mystic 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeSciences8thgrade-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 2542 L8 Stooped By Stroop Stamford,TrailblazersAcademy,Teacher-JessicaManeyapanda Bojana Todorovska, Stamford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 2543 L8 Phytoremediation: Removal of metal pollutants from contaminated soil and effect of chelators Orange, Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Karen Howell Alex Russell, New Haven 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---1stPlace-LifeSciences8thgrade-$300&trophyandInvitetoCompeteBroadcomMASTERS •ConnecticutScienceTeachersAssociation’sMartyTafelStudentResearchAward---LifeScience8thGrade-$500andinviteto CSTA Award Banquet •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---2ndPlace-Biotechnology8thgrade-$200&trophyandInvitationCompeteinBroadcom MASTERS •AmericanMeteorologicalSociety---Certificate&$50AmazongiftcardgivenbyCSF •AirandWasteManagementAssociation,ConnecticutChapter---$100Junior,EnvironmentalResearch,wasterecyclingrelated 2544 L8 Relationship between ability to recall and typed notes versus handwritten notes in 8th grade girls Greenwich, Greenwich Academy, Teacher - Anne Decker Alexa Beeson, Riverside 8 Awards: Honors = 3 3001 LS Learning a new language and age Trumbull, Christian Heritage School, Teacher - Dan Cote Ruobing Yu, Seymour 11 Awards: Honors = 3 3002 LS Making Friends with an Invasive; Novel Evaluation of Key Resources of Gracilaria tikvahiae Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Mary Cirino, Greenwich 11 Awards: Honors = 2 3003 LS Planarian Regeneration: A Comparison of a Triclad Redding,JoelBarlowHighSchool,Teacher-KatherineNuzzo Lia Cirelli, Redding 10 Awards: Honors = 2 3004 LS Bio-engineering: Microbial Properties of Shark Skin and Other Natural Surfaces Hartford, Academy of Aerospace and Engineering, Teacher - Dr. Aramli Russell Weeks, Portland 11 Awards: Honors = 3 •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward 3005 LS Inhabition of applying different types of food spices to prevent the growth of bread mold on organic bread NewLondon,Science&TechnologyMagnetHighSchool,Teacher-TheresaNatoli DeAnte Bruton, New London 9 Awards: Honors = 3


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3006 LS The effect of different protein sources on the growth and development of Tenebrio Molitor Greenwich,BrunswickSchool,Teacher-DanaMontanez John Erdman III, Greenwich 11 Awards: Honors = 2 3007 LS Antibiotic inactivation at home: A Proposal for Disposal Can antibiotics be inactivated so that they may be disposed of down the drain? Danbury,DanburyHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.TraceyDanburyScienceHorizons Fiona Lunt, Danbury 10 Awards: Honors = 2 •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 3008 LS Which Intestinal Bacteria is Best? A study of the Effectiveness of Single and Multi-Strain Probiotics. Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Antony Manokhin, Greenwich 10 Awards: Honors = 2 •InstituteofFoodTechnologists,NutmegSection---$50award+invitationtodinner 3009 LS The Effect of Dance on Mood and Mental Acuity Fishers Island, Fishers Island School, Teacher - Carol Giles Katie McCarthy, North Stonington 11 Awards: Honors = 3 •U.S.Army---Certificateand$50savingsbond 3010LSHowtemperatureaffectsthePeroxidaseenzyme Bridgeport, Warren Harding High School, Teacher - Dr. Gupta Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Natalie Louis, Bridgeport 11 Awards: Honors = 3 3011LSInVitro15-LipoxygenaseInhibitionofPolyphenolicAnti-inflammatoryAgentsFromMalaeDomestica Redding,JoelBarlowHighSchool,Teacher-KatherineNuzzo Samantha Goldburg, Easton 12 Awards: Honors = 2 3012LSPseudoscienceorAgriculturallyBeneficial:TheEffectofMagneticWaterontheGrowthofLegumes Greenwich,BrunswickSchool,Teacher-DanaMontanez Ashish Ramachandran, Stamford 10 Awards: Honors = 2 •AlumniBotanyAwards---AlumniHighSchoolBotanyAward-$100Cash 3013 LS Is It Blood? Hartford, Classical Magnet School, Teacher - Zuleyka Morales Benjamin Mucci, Farmington 10 Awards: Honors = 3 3014LSTheDietaryEffectsofCaffeineandSugaronAnxietyinCorrespondencewithPsychogenicNon-EpilepticSeizures Hartford, Academy of Aerospace and Engineering, Teacher - Dr. Lily Aramli Ester Wasserman, East Haddam 11 Awards: Honors = 2 3015 LS An Analysis of Biotic and Abiotic Factors in Newtown Vernal Pools Sandy Hook, Newtown High School, Teacher - Tim DeJulio Tarren Horvath, Newtown 12 Awards: Honors = 3 3017 LS Determination of evolutionary relationships among coral species by comparison of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA markers Storrs, E. O. Smith High School, Teacher - Jon Swanson JonasBurkhard,MansfieldCenter10 Awards: Honors = 3 •YalePeabodyMuseum---One-YearFamilyMembershiptotheYalePeabodyMuseum


Life Sciences 3018LSTheInfluenceofEstradiolBetaontheDevelopmentofZebrafishEmbryos Hartford,GreaterHartfordAcademyofMath&Science,Teacher-LiliAramli Sophie Ackerman, Granby 11 Awards: Honors = 2 3019 LS The True Origins of River Foams NewMilford,NewMilfordHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.FeltenDanburyScienceHorizons Esther Kang, New Milford 11 Awards: Honors = 2 3021 LS Is our water safe? NewHaven,CooperativeArts&HumanitiesHighSchool,Teacher-Mrs.Corbin Laura Knoedler, Milford 10 Awards: Honors = 3 3022 LS The Effect of Sodium Chloride on Heart Rate Guilford, Guilford High School, Teacher - Mr. Curtis Luke Malinowski, Guilford 9 Awards: Honors = 2 •U.S.Army---Certificateand$50savingsbond 3023 LS The Effect of Social Fear on Racial Stereotyping Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Deborah Day Lamisa Mannan, Orange 10 Awards: Honors = 3 3026 LS Algae Biodiesel Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Tracy Haswell Emily Petno, New Canaan 12 Awards: Honors = 2 •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicAward 3027LSTheEffectofaBacteria’sSourceOnAMicrobialFuelCell’sElectricalOutput NewMilford,NewMilfordHighSchool,Teacher-Ms.LangrebeDanburyScienceHorizonsISEF Jaden Williams, New Milford 11 Awards: Honors = 2 3028 LS Topical Gel Method Toward the Removal of Tattoo Pigment in the Epidermis and Dermis Skin Layers Oxford,OxfordHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.Kroeze Aedan Kennedy, Oxford 12 Awards: Honors = 2 3029LSTheeffectsofantibioticsonthedevelopmentofzebrafishembryos. Hartford,GreaterHartfordAcademyofMath&Science,Teacher-Dr.LiliAramli Ian Shusdock, Farmington 11 Awards: Honors = 2 3031 LS Antiseptics in the Hospital: A Comparative Study of Soaps Used In Our Health Facilities Shelton,SheltonHighSchool,Teacher-HiramVelez Thomas Ball, Shelton 10 Awards: Honors = 2 3032 LS EMDR:Successfully Treating PTSD Guilford, Guilford High School, Teacher - Mr. Cuddy AllisonBreeze,Guilford9 Awards: Honors = 3 •U.S.Army---Silvermedallion&Certificate&$100savingsbond


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3033 LS Chaos in Bacterial Growth with Sinusoidal Temperature Cycles Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Dr. Michele Morse MichaelMenz,Westport11 Awards: Honors = 2 •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---HighSchool Finalist-Medallion&AcrylicAward •MuAlphaTheta---Certificate,$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF 3034 LS Graphene Oxide as a Novel Biosensor in Targeted Delivery of Water-Insoluble Cancer Drugs Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Annie Zhang, Cos Cob 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---5thPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHigh-trophy •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---4thPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-$200&trophy 3035LSUsingNewApproachestoEvaluatePolyvinylpyrrolidone’sEffectsonRenalFunction Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Deborah Day Qi Yan, Woodbridge 12 Awards: Honors = 2 3036 LS Athletes Performance on Different Types of Drinks! Hartford, Classical Magnet School, Teacher - Thomas Holloway Amanda Smith, Manchester 11 Awards: Honors = 3 3037 LS The Application of the Photosynthetic Hydrogen Production of C. reinhardtii in Hydrogen Fuel Cells Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Dr. Nick Morgan Jay Tsai, Westport 12 Awards: Honors = 2 •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion •EducationConnection-Centerfor21stCenturySkillsAwards---$100Forinnovationinscienceorengineering 3038 LS Propagation and Mass Changes of Coral under Different Circumstances Storrs, E. O. Smith High School, Teacher - Jon Swanson Timothy Nolan, Willington 10 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 3039 LS The Physical Relationship of NOTCH4 and MKL1 Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Dr. Michele Morse Isabel Baker, Westport 12 Awards: Honors = 2 3040 LS The Correlation Between Acute Stress and Cognitive/Memory Function In High School Students Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Deborah Day IzabelaBanka,Bethany10 Awards: Honors = 3 3041LSTheEffectofIncreasedSeaSurfaceTemperatureandOverfishingonCarcharhiniformesAttacksonHumans Redding,JoelBarlowHighSchool,Teacher-Dr.Nuzzo Peter Gombos, Easton 9 Awards: Honors = 2


Life Sciences 3042 LS Mycoremediation of PCB Soil Contaminants with Pleurotus Ostreatus Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Mallory Madfes, Greenwich 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---3rdPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHigh-$200&trophy •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---3rdPlaceHS-$100,Trophy,Audubongifts •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---3rdPlaceHighSchool-$300CashandTrophy •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---$1,000Cashandplaque •U.S.MetricAssociation---Certificate&$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF •LongIslandSoundFoundation,Inc.---$500LifeScience/EnvironmentalScience/Physicalscience •GENIUSOlympiad---GENIUSOlympiadCompetitionforHSstudent(s)andadvisor-Environmental 3045 LS The Compatibility Between Pure 2-D Sericin Membranes and Cell Growth Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Jed McKinney, Old Greenwich 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---HighSchool-Certificate,$75.00giftcertificate •SocietyforInVitroBiology---Certificateand$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF 3046 LS Optogenetic Interrogation of Prefrontal Cortex Dopamine D1 Receptor-Containing Neurons as a Technique to Restore Timing: A Novel Approach to Treat Prefrontal Disorders Westport StaplesHighSchool,Teacher-AlfredJ.Scheetz John Solder, Westport 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---1stPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHigh-$500&trophy,TriptocompeteatIntelISEF •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---$1,000Cashandplaque •H.JosephGerberMedalofExcellence,anawardoftheConnecticutAcademyofScienceandEngineeringinpartnershipwith CCAT---LifeSciencesSenior-$1,000cash,SolidSilverMedalofExcellence,invitetoCASEAnnualMtg •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---1stPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-TriptocompeteatIntelISEF,$500&trophy, •ConnecticutScienceSupervisorsAssociation---$125forahighschoolproject 3047 LS Biochemistry of antibiotics in Dentistry Watertown, The Taft School, Teacher - Amanda Benedict Jung Su Kim, Watertown 11 Awards: Honors = 2 3048 LS Analysis of Agent X and Methylglyoxal in Honey Variance Hamden, Hamden High School, Teacher - Sonia Beloin Justin Thomas, Hamden 10 Awards: Honors = 2 3050LSChromosomesegregationandlocalizationpatternsinFtsZmutantstrains Glastonbury, Glastonbury High School, Teacher - Ms. Pintavalle Glastonbury Glastonbury Public Schools Kaitavjeet Chowdhary, Glastonbury 11 Awards: Honors = 2 3051 LS Saving the Planet by Decomposing Ink Bethel, Bethel High School, Teacher - Michele Leary Ashley Johnson, Bethel 10 Awards: Honors = 3 3052LSTheEffectivenessofP.virgatuminoculatedwithMycorrhizalfungiatremediatingforlmaldehyde(Voc)inacontrolled environment East Hartford, Connecticut IB Academy, Teacher - Ms. Meghan Twohig Marrium Qureshi, Windsor 11 Awards: Honors = 2 •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---2ndPlaceHS-$200,Trophy,Audubongifts


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3054 LS Photodynamic Therapy for Accelerated Wound Healing Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Deborah Day Shiyu Zhuang, Orange 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 3056 LS An Examination of Autism in Connecticut Public Schools Sandy Hook, Newtown High School, Teacher - Timothy Dejulio Ali Kennedy, Newtown 12 Awards: Honors = 3 3057LSUseofFormantValuesinClassifyingVocalizationsofBelugaWhales(Delphinapterusleucas) Darien, Darien High School, Teacher - David Lewis Brooke Davis, Darien 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 3058 LS The Effect of Different Nutrient Solutions on Hydroponically Grown Plants Guilford, Guilford High School, Teacher - Mr. Curtis Natalia Provolo, Guilford 9 Awards: Honors = 3 3059 LS The effect of different Northern Catalpa Bark chemicals on Pogonomrymex Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Deborah Day Brian Liang, Bethany 11 Awards: Honors = 2 •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---HSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Arylicaward 3060 LS The Factors of Life Guilford, Guilford High School, Teacher - John Cuddy Jessica Martin, Guilford 9 Awards: Honors = 2 3061 LS Role of MyD88 in DNA Damage Response Hamden, Hamden High School, Teacher - Sonia Beloin Yiyuan Hu, Hamden 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHigh-$300&trophy,TriptocompeteatIntelISEF •SocietyforInVitroBiology---Certificateand$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF 3062 LS From Shape Recognition to Multi-Calculus Thinking: Study of Geometric Perception and Spatial Cognition in Early Alzheimer’sDiseasePatients Watertown, The Taft School, Teacher - Mr. Michael McAloon Xinhe Zheng, Watertown 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---2ndPlaceHigh School-$100fromATOMIC,Trophy,$300fromPeople’sUnitedBank •OteroFamilyAward---TheOteroFamilyAward;$200cash 3066 LS What is This About Again? A Study of the Correlation Between Age and Short Term Memory Bethel,BethelHighSchool,Teacher-RaymondTurekDanburyScienceHorizons Tori Bonagura, Bethel 11 Awards: Honors = 2 3067 LS Hydrogels as a Novel Drug Delivery System Hamden, Sacred Heart Academy, Teacher - Sibani Sengupta Ashley Garcia, Deep River 9 Awards: Honors = 2


Life Sciences 3068LSConfirmingConclusionsMadeinaPreviousStudyWhichFoundaCorrelationbetweenLucidDreamingandVentromedial Versus Dorsolateral Prefrontal Task Performance in Minors versus Adults Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Ms. Deborah Day Eeman Abbasi, Orange 10 Awards: Honors = 3 3069 LS Microstructured Hydrogels for Drug Delivery Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Dr. Michele Morse Michael Adler, Westport 11 Awards: Honors = 3 3070 LS Non-Invasive Dissipation of 2,4-D Pesticide in Standing Water Using Iris Versicolor Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Anne Merrill, Old Greenwich 10 Awards: Honors = 2 •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---HSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Arylicaward •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicAward •StockholmJuniorWaterPrize---Certificate,Letter,$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF,possibleadvancetofurther competition

3071 LS The Effect of Using Gracilaria tikvahiae as a Soil Conditioner in Clay Soil Bridgeport, Bridgeport Aquaculture School, Teacher - Mr. Shadle Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Christine Jones, Bridgeport 12 Awards: Honors = 2 3072LSAssessmentofLepidopteraHostPlantPreferenceatMassAudubon’sFelixNeckWildlifeSantuary Greenwich, Greenwich Academy, Teacher - Ann Decker ElizabethWolf,Greenwich10 Awards: Honors = 3 •YalePeabodyMuseum---One-YearFamilyMembershiptotheYalePeabodyMuseum •LolaLampeMüllerAward---$150cashforamiddleorhighschoolproject 3073 LS The Effects of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus on Cherry Tomatos and Pepper Plants Fishers Island, Fishers Island School, Teacher - Carol Giles Robert Backhaus, Stonington 11 Awards: Honors = 3 3074 LS Novel Removal of Escherichia Coli 0157:H7 from Fresh Water Sources using Amino Acid Attractants Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Shira Rieke, Old Greenwich 10 Awards: Honors = 2 •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---HSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Arylicaward 3075LSAStudyof“EbbandFlo”AquaponicsastheMostEffectiveGrowingSystemforRomaineLettuceasComparedtoa Hydroponic and an Organic, Soil-Based, Growing System Hamden,SacredHeartAcademy,Teacher-Dr.ElizabethChristophy Olivia Kelly, Shelton 10 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---HighSchool-Certificate,$75.00giftcertificate •UniversityofConnecticut-PhysicsDepartment---UCONNEarlyCollegeExperienceProgram:LifeSciences-Co-Op$100 GiftCertificate 3076 LS The effect of the overexpression of HDAC5 in N2A cells on PGC-1 and glucose transporters Greenwich, Greenwich Academy, Teacher - Dr. Antoinette Decker Priyanka Arora, Stamford 11 Awards: Honors = 2


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3077 LS Optimal Concentrations of Anti-microbials against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Glastonbury, Glastonbury High School, Teacher - Diane Pintavalle Glastonbury Glastonbury Public Schools Anna Wieselberg, South Glastonbury 12 Awards: Honors = 3 3078 LS The Prevalence of Family History of Psychiatric Conditions Among Individuals with Optimal Outcomes and Individuals who have Retained Their Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnoses. Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Deborah Day Andrew Chen, Bethany 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 3079 LS Pigeon Talk: A Bio-acoustical Analysis of Variation in Male Fantail Pigeon Display Calls Bethel,BethelHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.RaymondTurekDanburyScienceHorizons Aiden Ford, Bethel 11 Awards: Honors = 3 •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---HSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Arylicaward 3080 LS Expression Patterns of MicroRNA-228 in C. Elegans New Haven, Hopkins School, Teacher - Frank Slack Independent Mariel Shlomchik, Woodbridge 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 3081 LS Assessment of the Accuracy of the Euroscore and STS risk predicting algorithms for patients undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement Glastonbury, Glastonbury High School, Teacher - Ms. Pintavalle Glastonbury Glastonbury Public Schools Omar Allam, glastonbury 12 Awards: Honors = 2 •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---3rdPlaceHigh School-Trophy,$200fromPeople’sUnitedBank 3082LSTheRegulationofDcR3andTL1AbyPro-inflammatoryCytokinesinFirstTrimesterDecidualCells Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Michele Morse Jillian Pecoriello, Westport 12 Awards: Honors = 2 3083 LS How Wise are Your Eyes? Does brain development affect optical perception? Bethel,BethelHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.RaymondTurekDanburyScienceHorizons Kathryn Kennedy, Bethel 10 Awards: Honors = 3 3084 LS The Biological Control of Zebra Mussels Using the Marine Natural Product Aaptamine. Danbury,DanburyHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.LaRosaDanburyScienceHorizons Janine Kerr, Danbury 9 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---1stPlaceHS-$500,Trophy,Audubongifts •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---3rdPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-$300&trophy •TheGoodwin-NieringCenterfortheEnvironment---$100for“ExcellenceinEnvironmentalConservationStudies” •SoutheasternNewEnglandMarineEducators---$75awardandmembershipinSENEME-1stPlaceSenior&T-Shirt •MeyerandYoungWomanScientistAwards---$300cash-HighSchool,LifeSciences •GENIUSOlympiad---GENIUSOlympiadCompetitionforHSstudent(s)andadvisor-Biodiversity 3085 LS Marsh Elevation in Response to Sea Level Rise on Long Island, NY Darien, Darien High School, Teacher - David Lewis Amanda Sommi, Darien 12 Awards: Honors = 2 3086 LS The Application of LT and 5-HTP in Serotonin Synthesis Shelton, Shelton High School, Teacher - Mary Clark Anna Marini, Shelton 12 Awards: Honors = 3


Life Sciences 3087 LS Investigation and Remediation of the Health of New Creek Salt Marsh through the Studies of Benthic Invertebrates Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Mathieu Freeman Sisam Acharya, Stratford 12 Awards: Honors = 2 3088 LS Linum usitatissimum and Cottage Cheese On MCF7 Breast Cancer Cells. Weston, Weston High School, Teacher - Ms. Lauren Hauser Esha Kaushik, Weston 12 Awards: Honors = 2 3089 LS Cleaning Worms Bridgeport, Central Magnet High School, Teacher - Mrs. Dritschler Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Cynthia Vu, Bridgeport 9 Awards: Honors = 3 3090 LS Exploring the Levels of Environmental Chitin and Chitineses in House Dust and their association with Asthma Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Deborah Day Evan Fox, Woodbridge 11 Awards: Honors = 2 3091 LS The Effects of Music on Memory: Musical Memories Fishers Island, Fishers Island School, Teacher - Carol Giles Samantha Grader, Groton 12 Awards: Honors = 3 3092 LS Creating a Cre/Lox Barcoding System: a Potential Breakthrough in Tracking the Heterogeneity of Glioblastoma Multiforme Greenwich, Convent of the Sacred Heart School, Teacher - Mary Musolino Catherine Colford, Scarsdale 12 Awards: Honors = 2 •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 3093 LS Are High School Band Students at Risk for Hearing Damage? Hamden, Hamden High School, Teacher - Sonia Beloin Jacob Zavatone-Veth, Hamden 9 Awards: Honors = 2 •AmericanSocietyofSafetyEngineers,CTValleyChapter---$150grade9-12project •ConnecticutAcademyofAudiology---$150CashAwardHighSchool-ForExcellenceinAudiologyandAcoustics 3094LSNaturalFruit-BasedDrinksvs.SportsDrinks:Isone“electro-light?” Guilford, Guilford High School, Teacher - Mr. John Cuddy Linnea Geary, Guilford 9 Awards: Honors = 3 3095 LS The Effect of Disinfectant Byproducts in Relation to Allergic Asthma Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Morgan Karetnick, Greenwich 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---4thPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHigh-trophy 3096 LS An Investigation of the Effects of Distraction on Concentration Greenwich,BrunswickSchool,Teacher-Mrs.Montanez Thomas Tranfo, Greenwich 10 Awards: Honors = 3 3097LSTheEffectofDiazofluorenesonOvarianCancerCells Hamden, Sacred Heart Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Pam Brownell Taylor DeRosa, Hamden 12 Awards: Honors = 2


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3098LSTheEffectsOfCommercialNon-AgriculturalTargetSpecificAndNon-SpecificHerbicidesatSpecificTemperaturesOnThe EmbryonicDevelopmentOfZebrafish Hartford,GreaterHartfordAcademyofMath&Science,Teacher-Dr.Aramli Rishmitha Satyaneni, Farmington 12 Awards: Honors = 3 •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward 3099 LS The regeneration of human tooth enamel in physiological conditions Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Stephen Le Breton, Greenwich 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 3100 LS Color Appeal and Age Bridgeport, Central Magnet High School, Teacher - Ms. Catherman Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Aleen Williams, Bridgeport 11 Awards: Honors = 3 3101 LS The Effect of Intrauterine Growth Retardation on Gene Expression in Muscle Tissue of Newborn Lambs Glastonbury, Glastonbury High School, Teacher - Ms. Pintavalle Glastonbury Glastonbury Public Schools Andrew Galinsky, South Glastonbury 10 Awards: Honors = 2 3102 LS The Effect of Buffer Zone Composition on Water Pollution NewMilford,NewMilfordHighSchool,Teacher-Ms.LandgrebeDanburyScienceHorizons Krista Pullen, New Milford 11 Awards: Honors = 2 3103 LS Responses of Different Types of Brass to Diesel Fuel during Phytoremediation Hebron, RHAM High School, Teacher - Mr. Staron Samuel Rudolph, Hebron 9 Awards: Honors = 3 3104 LS Wet Pits: The Effect of Active Ingredient of Antiperspirant Deodorant on the Amount of Human Perspiration Bethel,BethelHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.TurekDanburyScienceHorizons GriffinTeed,Bethel11 Awards: Honors = 3 3105 LS The Effect of Turmeric on Mice Cognition and Development Hartford, Academy of Aerospace and Engineering, Teacher - Dr. Lili Aramli Christina Chacko, Newington 11 Awards: Honors = 2 3501 LST Beluga Behavior Study West Hartford, American School for the Deaf, Teacher - Mary Laporta DazjahniqueParker,Ansonia11FayeFrez-AlbrechtCanton11LynetteSaucierBristol11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHighTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •LongIslandSoundFoundation,Inc.---$500 •MysticAquarium---$100and4AdmissionTicketstoMysticAquarium 3502 LST The Heart of Gaming Bridgeport, Bassick High School, Teacher - A. Walsh Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Lucky Sinbandith, Bridgeport 9 Josue Zentle Bridgeport 9 Awards: Honors = 2 3503 LST Ethylene Production Norwalk, Brien McMahon High School, Teacher - Mr. Seuch Norwalk Norwalk Public Schools Vishesh Ramesh, Norwalk 9 Douglas Thomson Norwalk 9 Awards: Honors = 2


Life Sciences 3504LSTTheEffectsofWatershedPollutionontheCommonInhabitantFreshWaterPlant,Nasturtiumofficinale Putnam, Putnam Science Academy, Teacher - Mehmet Yaramis Mehmet Karaduman, Putnam 9 Mehmet Eygoren Putnam 9 Hacibey Catalbasoglu Putnam 9 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHighTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 3505 LST Which removes the most bacteria? Bridgeport, Warren Harding High School, Teacher - Fred Vigeant Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Shennell Tyndell, Bridgeport 11 Angel Vicioso Bridgeport 11 Awards: Honors = 3 3506 LST Investigation of Factors that Affect the Regeneration Rate of Planaria Hartford, Academy of Aerospace and Engineering, Teacher - Dr. Lili Aramli Saban Becirovic, Hartford 11 Jonathan Comulada Hartford 11 Awards: Honors = 2 3507LSTWhichSpeciesofEarthwormDecomposeWasteinLandfillsMostEfficiently? Putnam, Putnam Science Academy, Teacher - Mehmet Yaramis YavuzSefik,Putnam9MuhammedBursalPutnam9BerkSuleymanPutnam9 Awards: Honors = 2 3508 LST The Effect of Drugs and Herbal Remedies on Propionibacterium Acnes Hartford,GreaterHartfordAcademyofMath&Science,Teacher-Dr.Aramli Kush Desai, Rocky Hill 12 Rushi Shah Rocky Hill 11 Jasmine Wilson Rocky Hill 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHighTeam-$300(split)&trophy •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward 3509 LST Lie Detection through Pulse Rate NewLondon,Science&TechnologyMagnetHighSchool,Teacher-TheresaNatoli Lillian James, New London 9 CJ Parker New London 9 Rohit Kumar New London 9 Awards: Honors = 3 3510LSTMicrobialFuelCellEfficiencyandDesign Danbury, Immaculate High School, Teacher - Mrs. Murphy Merna Haddad, Danbury 11 Adriana DeNardis Danbury 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHighTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion 3512 LST Brachypodium distachyon: Building a Better Biofuel New Haven, Wilbur Cross High School, Teacher - Mary DeRome Tarpley Hitt, New Haven 11 Alessandra Hogan New Haven 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---1stPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHighTeam-$500(split)&trophy •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward 3513 LST Agave: The Future of Biofuels A Comparison of the Biofuel Potential of Agave Americana Grown with Different Amounts of Water Windsor, Madina Academy Upper School, Teacher - Iman Al-Naggar Aasiya Ahmed, Windsor 9 Usra Qureshi Windsor 9 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHighTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 3514 LST Bass Attack Shelton,SheltonHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.O’Reilly Gary Thompson Jr., Shelton 12 Ryan Daiss Seymour 12 Awards: Honors = 3


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3515 LST Environmentally Friendly Photodegradation of Aliphatic Pollutants in Water by Using Visible Light Activated Chlorophyll Putnam, Putnam Science Academy, Teacher - Serdar Haytiyev AlmasMyrzatay,Putnam10SelmanAvciMiddletown10MuhammedKosePutnam10 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHighTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicAward 3517LSTHowTemperatureChangeAffectsthePulsationRateofMoonJellyfish Bridgeport, Bridgeport Aquaculture School, Teacher - Mr. Shadle Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Shannon Chatlos, Stratford 12 Alyssandra Lake Bridgeport 12 Awards: Honors = 2 3519 LST Target Practice: The Effects of Herbicides and Pesticides on Unintended Targets Hartford, Classical Magnet School, Teacher - Zuleyka Morales-Torres Madeline Kumm, New Britain 9 Emily Walicki Plainville 9 Awards: Honors = 2 3520LSTTheApplicationofSufiMusicasaCommunicationMethodwithPlantstoStimulateO2andCO2Productionduring Photosynthesis and Aerobic Respiration Putnam, Putnam Science Academy, Teacher - Ahmet Duman SelahaddinOzkan,Putnam12AbdullahErguderPutnam12 Awards: Honors = 3 3521 LST The Effect of Hydrocarbon Materials on Oil Stamford,AcademyofInformationTechnology&Engineering,Teacher-Mr.Kondracky Chandu Goli, Stamford 10 Lohith Annumala Stamford 10 Awards: Honors = 3 3522 LST How Radiation Affects Cells Shelton,SheltonHighSchool,Teacher-DanielNazzaro Caroline Steadham, Shelton 9 Sydney Carter Shelton 9 Johnna Bakalar Shelton 9 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHighTeam-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 3523LSTTheEffectsofCommonPainkillersonZebrafish Hartford,GreaterHartfordAcademyofMath&Science,Teacher-Dr.Aramli Paras Shah, Rocky Hill 11 Henry Aroian Berlin 11 Awards: Honors = 3

4001 PT The Effect of Different Angles of Impact on the Area of a Simulated Blood Spatter Hamden, Hamden Middle School, Teacher - Danny Martins Kelly Tran, Hamden 8 Joyce Bian Hamden 8 Francesca Kleine Hamden 8 Awards: Honors = 2 4002 PT Determining Amount Of Sugar, Salt, and Alcohol in a Water Solution with a Laser Pointer Ridgefield,EastRidgeMiddleSchool,Teacher-Ms.SullivanDanburyScienceHorizons MartinHerlihy,Ridgefield8BrendanDonnellyRidgefield8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesJrTeam-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---3rdPlaceMiddle School-Trophy,$100fromPeople’sUnitedBank •ISA-InternationalSocietyforAutomation---3rd-$50award

Physical Sciences


Physical Sciences

4003PTPingPongJazz New Haven, Worthington Hooker Middle School, Teacher - Douglas Jones Charlotte Gordon, New Haven 8 Eleanor Morgan New Haven 8 Awards: Honors = 3 4004 PT Disappearing Act Madison, Our Lady of Mercy School, Teacher - Rosalie Zonder Clara Bechtold, Madison 7 Clare Gagliano Madison 7 Awards: Honors = 2 •AmericanMeteorologicalSociety---Certificate&$50AmazongiftcardgivenbyCSFcertificate&membershiptoCTScience Center given by CSF 4005 PT Egg-ceptional Packaging Material New Britain, Sacred Heart School, Teacher - Miss Kornas Maximilian Muller, Berlin 8 Briana Muller Berlin 7 Awards: Honors = 3 •SisterMaryChristineLifeSciencesAward---$100andplaqueforexcellenceinthelifesciencesbyamiddleschoolproject 4006 PT Are you Safe this Winter? Plantsville, John F. Kennedy Middle School, Teacher - Pepin / Wasserman Krysta Tsangarides, Milldale 8 Rebecca Caisse Plantsville 8 Awards: Honors = 2 4007 PT Soap Mania Ridgefield,EastRidgeMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mrs.DeborahSullivanDanburyScienceHorizons SarahBattipaglia,Ridgefield8ElisaJonasRidgefield8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---3rdPlace-PhysicalSciencesMSTeam-trophy,inviteto compete Broadcom MASTERS 4008 PT Hydropower Hamden, Hamden Middle School, Teacher - Danny Martins Zara Ahmed, Hamden 8 Ananya Baghel Hamden 8 Awards: Honors = 2 4009 PT Fading Away Norwalk, Nathan Hale Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Fareira Norwalk Norwalk Public Schools MackenzieLowden,Norwalk7WendyGutierrezNorwalk7 Awards: Honors = 3 4010PTAnalysisandBioavailabilityofChemicalDyesVersusNaturalDyeswiththeirAntioxidantBenefits. Orange, Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Howell Chana Piekarski, Hamden 7 Esther Caroline New Haven 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesJrTeam-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---1stPlace-Biotechnology7thgrade-$300&trophy •DavidandTorreyFentonAwards---Forcreativeworkinthephysicalsciences-middleschool;$200cash •StanleyLessoffAwardforExcellenceInAnalyticalTechnique---$200CashandPlaque 4011 PT The Negative Effects of Teeth Whiteners Ridgefield,EastRidgeMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mrs.SullivanDanburyScienceHorizons SarahLoughran,Ridgefield8AllisonDonnellyRidgefield8 Awards: Honors = 2 4012 PT Rubber Bands For Energy Bridgeport, Park City Prep Charter School, Teacher - Ms. Johnson Darien Gilling, Bridgeport 8 Joshua Defrancisco Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 3


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4015 PT The Windy 500: The Test of Drag and Down Force on Rear Spoilers Plantsville, John F. Kennedy Middle School, Teacher - Pepin Emily Maciejewski, Plantsville 8 Laura Koba Southington 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---1stPlace-PhysicalSciencesMSTeam-$100each&trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---1stPlaceMiddleSchool-$300andTrophy,Medallion •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---$1,000Cashandplaque •U.S.AirForce---Certificate,sportbag,speaker,organizer 4016 PT Linear Accelerator Stratford, Harry B. Flood Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Gorski Chris Kovach, Stratford 8 Dhruva Chagi Stratford 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •ISA-InternationalSocietyforAutomation---2nd-$75award •HarveyHubbellFoundationAward---$100ForExcellenceinEngineering 4017PT“BlockthatSound” Pawcatuck, St. Michael School, Teacher - Mr. DeNoia Sarah Hillegass, Stonington 8 Kate Peglow Old Mystic 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •AmericanSocietyofSafetyEngineers,CTValleyChapter---$100grade7-8project 4018 PT Can You Hear Me Now? Danbury, St. Peter-Sacred Heart Upper School, Teacher - Greg Capone TessMichaelsen,Brookfield7ShelbyAlvesDanbury7 Awards: Honors = 3 4019 PT Vehicle Energy Conservations Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook Middle School, Teacher - Mary Looney Kiwon Dionne-Jee, Old Saybrook 7 Alexander Ruth Old Saybrook 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-PhysicalSciencesMSTeam-$100each&trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS 4020 PT Does the shape of an ice cube effect how quickly it melts? Stratford, St. Mark School, Teacher - Philip Flynn Elena Wood, Stratford 8 Ashley Young Stratford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 4021 PT Physics Or Lyrics? Bridgeport, Park City Prep Charter School, Teacher - Tiffany Johnson EmmanuelChinyumba,Bridgeport8JustinRuizBridgeport8 Awards: Honors = 3 4022PTHowdoacidseffectcupcakesize? Trumbull, Christian Heritage School, Teacher - Mrs. Oshin Lindsey Augustin, Stratford 8 Josie Bentlage Shelton 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •InstituteofFoodTechnologists,NutmegSection---$50award+invitationtodinner 4023 PT The Improved Refrigeration Unit Fairfield,St.ThomasAquinasCatholicSchool,Teacher-Mr.Santoli MatthewPompa,Easton8EvanO’HaraFairfield8 Awards: Honors = 2


Physical Sciences

4024 PT Increasing Solar Energy New Haven, Worthington Hooker Middle School, Teacher - Doug Jones Joshua Levine-Ritterman, New Haven 8 Foster Hall New Haven 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesJrTeam-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallion, Acrylic Award 4025 PT Which pain reliever acts the fastest Hartford, SS. Cyril and Methodius School, Teacher - Mrs. Powell JoelTavarez,Hartford7JeremyTorresHartford7 Awards: Honors = 3 4026 PT ND-9 No Dirt-9 Innings Fairfield,St.ThomasAquinasCatholicSchool,Teacher-Mr.Santoli ChaseMascolo,Fairfield8AustinGoldenSouthport8ChristopherKralFairfield8 Awards: Honors = 2 4027 PT Solar Panel in Greenhouse Glastonbury, Smith Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Falcigno Glastonbury Glastonbury Public Schools Ninad Vora, Glastonbury 7 Soham Kale Glastonbury 7 Awards: Honors = 3 •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallion, Acrylic Award •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,Backpack,Book,andAnnualReport 4028PTWhat’sTheFreezingPointOfOil Hartford, SS. Cyril and Methodius School, Teacher - Mrs. Powell AmiraGilbert,Hartford7ShelbySisnerozHartford7 Awards: Honors = 3 4029 PT How Does Combining Metals Lead to Rust Development Bethel,BethelMiddleSchool,Teacher-Mr.ReynoldsDanburyScienceHorizons Jessica MacIntyre, Bethel 7 Kallan Hook Bethel 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesJrTeam-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •AmericanSocietyforMetals-HartfordChapter---$100Check 4030 PT Floating in Density Stratford, Harry B. Flood Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Gorski Alex Ghajar, Stratford 8 Patrick Haggerty Stratford 8 Awards: Honors = 2 4031 PT SWISH! The Physics of a Basketball Shot Stratford, St. Mark School, Teacher - Mr. Philip Flynn Michael Giannotta, Stratford 8 TJ Dillon Stratford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 4032 PT Riding On Air Bridgeport, Park City Prep Charter School, Teacher - Mrs. Vicky Boudreau Jonathan Moura, Bridgeport 7 Afa Reyes Bridgeport 7 Awards: Honors = 2 4033 PT Tension Tamers Bridgeport, John Winthrop School, Teacher - Susan Beres Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools KaraCloud,Bridgeport7EdgarMartinezBridgeport7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesJrTeam-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award


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4034 PT Constantly Spring Southington, Joseph A. DePaolo Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Brostrom AshleyNafis,Southington8MelanieTedeschiSouthington8 Awards: Honors = 2 4035 PT The Effect of Soil Type on Earthquake Damage Newtown,NewtownMiddleSchool,Teacher-BettyJeanneLibertyDanburyScienceHorizons Lydia Field, Newtown 8 Caitlin Moss Sandy Hook 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesJrTeam-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award

4036 PT The Dissolving Effect of Alcohols on Amber Pawcatuck, St. Michael School, Teacher - Michael DeNoia SaraWrotniak,Pawcatuck7ElizabethBrissetteWesterly7 Awards: Honors = 2 5001 P7 Distance Versus Launch Angle Southington,St.ThomasSchool,Teacher-Mrs.Pelczar Ross Ayer, Southington 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5002 P7 Citrus Battery Norwalk, All Saints Catholic School, Teacher - Mrs. Snow Maxwell Coughlan, Norwalk 7 Awards: Honors = 2 5003 P7 Corrosive Sodas Southington,St.ThomasSchool,Teacher-PaulinePelczar Brandon Matta, Southington 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5004P7Soundproofing“WhatTypeofMaterialWorksBest?” Stafford Springs, St. Edward School, Teacher - Mrs. Napolitano Addison Jacoboski, Willington 7 Awards: Honors = 2 5005P7DesigninganEffectiveDye-SensitizedSolarCells Danbury, St. Joseph School, Teacher - Mrs. Page Martha Haddad, Danbury 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---3rdPlace-PhysicalSciences7thGradeInd.-$100&trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---2ndPlaceMiddleSchool-$200 Cash and Trophy •ASMMaterialsEducationFoundation---Certificate&$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF&medallion •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---MiddleSchool-Certificate,$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF 5006 P7 Are some magnetic materials more temperature dependent than others? Bridgeport, Park City Prep Charter School, Teacher - Mrs. Vicky Boudreau Chancelle Negron, Bridgeport 7 Awards: Honors = 3 •AmericanSocietyforQuality-ThamesValleySection---$500U.S.SavingsBond 5007 P7 Distracted Driving Southington, Joseph A. DePaolo Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Brostrom Michael Freeman, Southington 7 Awards: Honors = 2 •AmericanSocietyofSafetyEngineers,CTValleyChapter---$100grade7-8project


Physical Sciences

5008 P7 Which Type of Ice Melt Product Works Best? Manchester, St. Bridget School, Teacher - Mrs. Kim Maysonet Matthew Bendernagel, South Windsor 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5009 P7 Batteries: Should you Buy more or Charge what you Have Groton, Sacred Heart School, Teacher - Sheryl McCarthy Benjamin Godley, north Stonington 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5010P7TheEffectivenessofPeatBiofilters Norwalk, All Saints Catholic School, Teacher - Mrs. Erin Snow Sean Leary, Norwalk 7 Awards: Honors = 2 5011 P7 How Much Height to Loop the Loop? Cheshire, St. Bridget School, Teacher - Kerry Martens Donald Ciampi, III, Cheshire 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5012P7GoWithTheFlow:ApplyingDarcy’sLawtotheFlowofGroundwater Stratford, St. Mark School, Teacher - Phillip Flynn GabriellaLarizza,Stratford7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences7thGrade-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •ConnecticutCollege-Physics,Astronomy,&GeophysicsDept.---$150andcertificate,JuniorPhysics&teeshirt •RandyGibsonAwardforEarthScienceResearch---$100cashandplaque •SocietyofWomenEngineers-HartfordSection--- 5013P7HowisaSoilsPermeabilityRelatedtoitsGrainSizeDistribution? Westbrook, Westbrook Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Lepore Liam Collins, Westbrook 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences7thGrade-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award

5014 P7 Passive Solar Energy New Haven, Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School, Teacher - Mrs. Cichus Hunter Congdon, Milford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5017 P7 Energy Saver Bridgeport, Cesar A. Batalla School, Teacher - Mr.Bell Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools JohnnyLopez,Bridgeport7 Awards: Honors = 3 •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward 5018 P7 Angling For Energy Hartford, Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Parmelee Amrit Parmanand, Ellington 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •WisnerAward---$250cashandplaque 5019P7ImprovingEfficiencyofSolarEnergy Wilton, Middlebrook School, Teacher - Robert Moya Kevin Moya, Wilton 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-PhysicalSciences7thGradeInd.-$100&trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallion, Acrylic Award


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5020 P7 Back to the Future with Mud Brick and Clay Egyptian Houses and Wooden American Houses: Comparing cooling and heating methods, structure stability, and cost differences Windsor, Madina Academy, Teacher - Aisha Seyal Malak Enayetallah, Tolland 7 Awards: Honors = 3 •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionand Acrylic Trophy

5021P7Whatvariablesaffectthegraspefficiencyofaroboticarm? Bozrah,FieldsMemorialSchool,Teacher-Mrs.E.Brown EmilyO’Connor,Bozrah7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences7thGrade-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •XeroxComputerScienceAwards---2ndPlaceMiddleSchool-$200,TrophyandMedallion •IEEE,ConnecticutSection---$100HonorableMention 5022P7ABrightIdea:ComparingtheEfficiencyofIncandescent,CFL,andLEDLightBulbs Stratford, St. Mark School, Teacher - Mr. Phil Flynn Megan Robertson, Stratford 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---4thPlace-PhysicalSciences7thGradeInd.-trophy,inviteto compete Broadcom MASTERS •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---MiddleSchool Finalist-Medallion&ArcylicAward •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallion, Acrylic Award •MeyerandYoungWomanScientistAwards---$300cash-MiddleSchool,PhysicalSciences •WilfredA.MüllerAward---$150cashawardforcreativeuseofmathematics 5023 P7 The Sands of Time in Computer Processing Groton, Sacred Heart School, Teacher - Sheryl McCarthy Shenandoah Terry, Ivoryton 7 Awards: Honors = 2 5024 P7 The Science of Tornadoes Stafford Springs, St. Edward School, Teacher - Mrs. Napolitano Samuel Teerlinck, Monson 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---5thPlace-PhysicalSciences7thGradeIndividual-trophy 5025 P7 The Investigation of the Presence of Caffeine in Groundwater and Sewage Newtown,St.RoseofLimaSchool,Teacher-Mrs.DimonDanburyScienceHorizons Grace Herrick, Sandy Hook 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---1stPlace-PhysicalSciences7thGradeInd.-$200&trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---2ndPlaceMS-$200,Trophy,Audubongifts •AssociationforWomenGeoscientists---Certificate&$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---MiddleSchool-Certificate,$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF 5026 P7 Nut Job Bridgeport, Park City Magnet School, Teacher - Mrs. Simone Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Crystal Vu, Bridgeport 7 Awards: Honors = 2 5027 P7 Can you Cost-Effectively make a Solar Powered panel Water Heater out of Parts you Buy at Home Depot Groton, Sacred Heart School, Teacher - Sheryl McCarthy Virginia Poe, Groton 7 Awards: Honors = 3


Physical Sciences

5028 P7 Signs of the Times: A Comprehensive Study of Street Signs Brookfield,St.JosephSchool,Teacher-Mrs.BeldenDanburyScienceHorizons Douglas Girardot, New Milford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5029 P7 Electromagnetism Hartford, Classical Magnet School, Teacher - Ms. P. Koenig Claudia Ballestas, Hartford 7 Awards: Honors = 2 5030 P7 Aqua- The Swimming Robot Guilford, E. C. Adams Middle School, Teacher - Lynn Arnold Andrea Boskovic, Guilford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5031P7Whichmetalsaremoreefficientelectrodesintheprocessofelectrolysisofwater? Westport, Bedford Middle School, Teacher - Kim Matarese Evan Feder, Westport 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5032 P7 Ocean Wave and Tide Energy Project Danbury, St. Joseph School, Teacher - Mrs. Page JamesParris,Brookfield7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences7thGrade-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionand Acrylic Trophy •AmericanMeteorologicalSociety---Certificate&$50AmazongiftcardgivenbyCSF •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---MiddleSchool-Certificate,$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF 5033 P7 Charge your device in a power blackout: Effective methods to generate electricity from heat and solar energy using thermoelectric generators Windsor, Madina Academy, Teacher - Aisha Seyal Osama ElSherbini, Windsor 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences7thGrade-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallion, Acrylic Award •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionand Acrylic Trophy

5034 P7 Oils: The Disgusting Truth Forestville, St. Matthew School, Teacher - Danielle Ricci AmeliaSanchez,Bristol7 Awards: Honors = 3 5035 P7 Acid Rain and its effects on Plant Growth and Seed Germination Stratford, St. Mark School, Teacher - Mr. Philip Flynn Alexandra Sciallo, Stratford 7 Awards: Honors = 2 5036 P7 Rush Hour Newtown,St.RoseofLimaSchool,Teacher-Mrs.MardeDimonDanburyScienceHorizons Ashley Wagnblas, Roxbury 7 Awards: Honors = 2


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5037P7QuantifyingMagnusEffectInducedDragMinimization Madison, Walter C. Polson Middle School, Teacher - Madhuparna Roychoudhury Ankita Roychoudhury, Madison 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5038P7Lights,Water,Reflection! West Hartford, St. Timothy Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Breen Anderson Murphy, West Hartford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5039 P7 How Much Vitamin C Is In An Orange East Granby, East Granby Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Langan Jolie Berger, East Granby 7 Awards: Honors = 2 •InstituteofFoodTechnologists,NutmegSection---$50award+invitationtodinner 5040 P7 Crater Mania Kensington,St.PaulSchool,Teacher-Ms.Perzanowski Matthew Starr, Berlin 7 Awards: Honors = 2 5041 P7 Visible or Invisible Plantsville, John F. Kennedy Middle School, Teacher - Joseph Cipollini Delaney Picard, Southington 7 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences7thGrade-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award

5042 P7 What Brand Pops The Most Popcorn Milford, St. Gabriel School, Teacher - Mr. Schnakenberg Margaret Sullivan, Milford 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5043 P7 Do Different Kinds of Wood Burned Affect the Burning Time? Westbrook, Westbrook Middle School, Teacher - Ms Lepore Nicholas Perregaux, Westbrook 7 Awards: Honors = 2 5044 P7 Aerodynamics Hartford, Classical Magnet School, Teacher - Ms. Paula Koenig Holly Weldon, South Windam 7 Awards: Honors = 3 •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---2ndPlaceMiddleSchool-$200andTrophy,Medallion •BobHarrisFixItAward---$100andCertificate 5045 P7 How Do Video Games Affect Blood Pressure Norwalk, All Saints Catholic School, Teacher - Mrs. Erin Snow Cooper Ehring, Norwalk 7 Awards: Honors = 3 5046 P7 Yeast vs. Juice West Hartford, St. Brigid School, Teacher - Jennifer H. Bernaiche EmilyGartrell,Bloomfield7 Awards: Honors = 2 5501 P8 Distracted driving: practice makes perfect Bridgeport, Park City Prep Charter School, Teacher - Tiffany Johnson Markus Wilson, Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 2


Physical Sciences

5502 P8 The Stirling Engine and the Effect of Temperature Differential on Engine Performance Manchester, St. Bridget School, Teacher - Kim Maysonet Nicole Robitaille, Manchester 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences8thGrade-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallion, Acrylic Award •SocietyofWomenEngineers-HartfordSection---ScientificCalculator 5503 P8 What Cools Soda Best? West Hartford, St. Timothy Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Simao Breen Peter Chapman, West Hartford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5504 P8 Tower Power Newtown,St.RoseofLimaSchool,Teacher-Mrs.MardeDimonDanburyScienceHorizons Dominic Pagliaro, Sandy Hook 8 Awards: Honors = 2 5505 P8 Programming NANORGS in a Virtual World Danbury, St. Peter-Sacred Heart Upper School, Teacher - Mr. Greg Capone Gabriel Correa, Danbury 8 Awards: Honors = 3 •XeroxComputerScienceAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallion,AcrylicAward 5506P8TheCommercializationofProtonExchangeMembrane-basedFuelCellSystemsforHouseholdUse Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Sara Campolettano Jules Becker, Westport 8 Awards: Honors = 2 5507 P8 Absorbent Answers Hartford, Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Parmelee Charlotte Rhodes, Manchester 8 Awards: Honors = 2 5508 P8 Puxatawney Phil: Fact or Folklore? Stratford, Harry B. Flood Middle School, Teacher - Mr. David Gorski Caitlin Wardlow, Stratford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5509P8DigitalPinholeCamerasandtheEffectofApertureSizeonImageSharpness Stafford Springs, St. Edward School, Teacher - Mrs. Napolitano Amy Agro, Somers 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •DreamsUnlimited---$100cashaward+certificate 5510 P8 The Fading of Fabric Groton, Sacred Heart School, Teacher - Sheryl McCarthy Beatrice Mills, Groton 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5511 P8 Trebuchet All the Way Southington,St.ThomasSchool,Teacher-PaulinePelczar Jameson Kief, Plantsville 8 Awards: Honors = 2


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5512 P8 Cold Pack Chemistry Trumbull, St. Catherine of Siena School, Teacher - Mrs. Kelly Collins William Quigley, Trumbull 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences8thGrade-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award

5513 P8 Effects of Salt and Temperature on Surface Tension New Britain, Sacred Heart School, Teacher - Mrs. Wasielewski ElzbietaChwatko,NewBritain8 Awards: Honors = 2 5514P8Pigg’nOut Bridgeport, Park City Magnet School, Teacher - Mrs. Simone Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Justin Watts, Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5515 P8 Cooling Soda Cheshire, St. Bridget School, Teacher - Mr. Martens Daniel Herlihy, Wallingford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5516 P8 Material Density vs. Angle of Refraction Wilton, Middlebrook School, Teacher - Norman Kendra Mishil Nana, Wilton 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences8thGrade-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •AstronomicalSocietyofGreaterHartford---JuniorProject-$100,subscriptiontoSkyandTelescopemagazineandASGH meeting invitation

5517 P8 The Physics of Cheating in Baseball Stratford, Harry B. Flood Middle School, Teacher - David Gorski EmilySchofield,Stratford8 Awards: Honors = 2 5518 P8 Ferro Fluid West Hartford, St. Brigid School, Teacher - Ms. Jennifer Bernaiche Zacharie Mega, West Hartford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5519 P8 Flammability and Fabric Softener Stafford Springs, St. Edward School, Teacher - Mrs. Donna Napolitano Lindsay Albert, Stafford Springs 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •AmericanSocietyofSafetyEngineers,CTValleyChapter---$100grade7-8project 5520 P8 Comparison of Baseball Bat Composition: Safety EastGranby,EastGranbyMiddleSchool,Teacher-MrPaskiewicz Gavin McConnell, East Granby 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---4thPlace-PhysicalSciences8thGradeInd.-trophy,inviteto compete Broadcom MASTERS •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,Backpack,Book,andAnnualReport 5521 P8 Experimental Evaluation of Techniques for Protecting Users from Malware Attacks Norwalk, The Montessori Middle School, Teacher - Carolyn Ogden-Stenerson Samyukt Kumar, Stamford 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •XeroxComputerScienceAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallion,AcrylicAward •IEEE,ConnecticutSection---$100HonorableMention


Physical Sciences

5522 P8 Color Flash At Work Bridgeport, Park City Magnet School, Teacher - Mrs. Simone Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Anna Chanyarakskul, Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 3 •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward 5523 P8 Measuring the Speed of Light Using a Microwave Stratford, St. Mark School, Teacher - Mr. Flynn CheyennePerez,Stratford8 Awards: Honors = 3 •ISA-InternationalSocietyforAutomation---1st-$125award 5524 P8 Do Brightly Colored Roofs Reduce Thermal Radiation? Fairfield,OurLadyoftheAssumptionSchool,Teacher-Mrs.KathyAlmeida PatrickAgonito,Fairfield8 Awards: Honors = 2 •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionand Acrylic Trophy •CSFBoardofDirectorsAward---Certificateand$50AmazongiftcatdgivenbyCSF 5525 P8 Development of a Prototype Pendulum Wave Energy Conversion Device Hebron, Oei Home School, Teacher - Mrs. Ellen Oei Homeschooled Maura Oei, Hebron 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-PhysicalSciences8thGradeInd.-$200&trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---MiddleSchool Finalist-Medallion&ArcylicAward •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---1stPlaceMiddleSchool-$300Cash and Trophy •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPracticesAwards---2ndPlaceMiddleSchool-$300Cashand Trophy •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---$1,000Cashandplaque •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,Backpack,Book,andAnnualReport •MITClubofHartfordK-12Initiative---Forexcellenceinenergyrelatedresearch,middleschool,$150cashaward •MiltonFisherScienceFairAwardforInnovationandCreativity---ForExcellenceinCreativityandInnovationbyaMiddle Schoolstudent,$100cash •ProConnPowerInc.AwardforSustainableElectricalEnergyResearch---$250forExcellenceinSustainableElectricalEnergy Research 5526 P8 What to Wear? New Britain, Sacred Heart School, Teacher - Ms. Kornas Robert Ebrahimi, Farmington 8 Awards: Honors = 2 5527 P8 The Wing and the Wind Norwalk, The Montessori Middle School, Teacher - Carolyn Stenerson NicolasLob,Fairfield8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences8thGrade-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award


AWARDS

36

5528 P8 On the Application of Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitors Glastonbury, Smith Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Falcigno Glastonbury Glastonbury Public Schools Paul Han, Glastonbury 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---1stPlace-PhysicalSciences8thGradeInd.-$300&trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---2ndPlaceMiddleSchool-$200andTrophy,Medallion •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallion, Acrylic Award •ConnecticutScienceTeachersAssociation’sMartyTafelStudentResearchAward---PhysicalScience8thGrade-$500and invite to CSTA Award Banquet •IEEE,ConnecticutSection---$250HonorsAward-Junior •BarkerMohandasAwardforTransportationResearch---$250CashforExcellenceinTransportationRelatedResearch •JohnB.TrevorAwardinElectricalEngineering---$500cashawardforaninnovativeelectronicorelectricalproject •Leask/FrancoeurFamilyAwards---1stPlaceMiddleSchool-innovationelectricalengineeringorcomputerscience-$100cash 5529 P8 What Are The Short Term (drying) And Long Term (after drying) Affects Of Temperature On Water Based Paints? Fairfield,OurLadyoftheAssumptionSchool,Teacher-Mrs.KathyAlmeida Allison Bourque, Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 2 5530 P8 The design and construction of a superlative HHO generator and the effect of complex carbohydrates on the output of hydroxide. Windsor, Madina Academy, Teacher - Aisha Seyal Abdulqadeer Bin Sajid, Bristol 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences8thGrade-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---MiddleSchoolFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward 5531P8HomemadeWaterFiltrationModelsandPondWaterPurification Southington,St.ThomasSchool,Teacher-Mrs.Pelczar CaleighWaskowicz,Southington8 Awards: Honors = 2 5532 P8 Greener Cleaner? Testing the Level of Phosphates in Everyday Cleaners Bozrah,FieldsMemorialSchool,Teacher-Mrs.E.Brown MeganLavallee,Bozrah8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences8thGrade-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •QuinnipiacUniversityScholarships---$20,000,4yearscholarshiptoQuinnipiacUniversityforMiddleSchoolStudent •RicohCorporation/SocietyforScience&thePublic---Certificate,LapelPin,$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF •TalcottMountainScienceCenter---Founder’sAward-$450SaturdayMentorshipCourseatTMSC-MiddleSchoolPhys Science

5533 P8 Fermi Action Hartford, Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Penny Parmelee Maya Ernest, Windsor 8 Awards: Honors = 3 •HendersonAward---Certificateand$50AmazongiftcardgivenbyCSF 5534 P8 Bird Wing Technology Stratford, Harry B. Flood Middle School, Teacher - Mr. Gorski Paige LeComer, Stratford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5536 P8 Cooling Soda Groton, Sacred Heart School, Teacher - Sheryl McCarthy Kimberly Thomson, Groton 8 Awards: Honors = 3


Physical Sciences

5537 P8 Killing us slowly, radiation in our toys and household appliances. Hartford, SS. Cyril and Methodius School, Teacher - Alice Powell Greta Peleckaite, East Hartford 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5538P8MakingWindTurbinesQuieterandMoreEfficient Danbury, St. Peter-Sacred Heart Upper School, Teacher - Dr. Greg Capone Sarah Eriksson, Naugatuck 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •AssociationforWomenGeoscientists---Certificate&$50girtcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF 5539 P8 Crude Awakening Disaster In The Gulf Type of Absorbent vs. Time of Oil Absorption Kensington,St.PaulSchool,Teacher-BethanyPerzanowski/ElaineKotler Evan Rigsby, Kensington 8 Awards: Honors = 2 5540 P8 Diaper Olympics West Hartford, St. Brigid School, Teacher - Ms. Bernaiche Blake Greenslade, Newington 8 Awards: Honors = 2 5541 P8 A Bridge Too Strong Norwalk, All Saints Catholic School, Teacher - Erin Snow Zachary Guerrera, Norwalk 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---5thPlace-PhysicalSciences8thGradeInd.-trophy,inviteto compete Broadcom MASTERS 5542 P8 Killer Waves West Hartford, St. Timothy Middle School, Teacher - Mrs. Breen Stephen Gosselin, West Hartford 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •BiophysicalSociety---BiophysicsAward-$100 5543 P8 Effects of Current on Power of Electromagnets Groton, Sacred Heart School, Teacher - Sheryl McCarthy Matthew Murphy, Gales Ferry 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5544 P8 Cold Pack Chemistry - Where does the heat go? Danbury, St. Peter-Sacred Heart Upper School, Teacher - Greg Capone Hailey Davis, Danbury 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5545 P8 What is a Trombe wall? Norwalk, The Montessori Middle School, Teacher - Ramani DeAlwis Chelsea Miller, Norwalk 8 Awards: Honors = 2 5546 P8 Electric Car Bridgeport, Geraldine W. Johnson School, Teacher - Erica Svendsen Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Sabrina Keo, Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5547 P8 Absorption Rate of Lead Compounds on Simulated Skin and Cells and Effect of Chelators and Heat on Absorption. Orange, Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Karen Howell Yehoshua Yaffe, Guilford 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---3rdPlace-PhysicalSciences8thGradeInd,-$100&trophy, invite to compete Broadcom MASTERS


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38

5548 P8 How Music Affect Moods Bridgeport, Bridgeport Hope School, Teacher - Abraham Deshotel Gean Bernard, Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 3 5549 P8 Rust Above The Rest Hartford, Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Parmelee Kevin Paradis, East Harford 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •ASMMaterialsEducationFoundation---Certificate&$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF&medallion •AmericanSocietyforMetals-HartfordChapter---$100Check 5551 P8 Which Plane Design Creates the Greatest Lift? Fairfield,OurLadyoftheAssumptionSchool,Teacher-KathyAlmeida Matthew Boykin, Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences8thGrade-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award

5552 P8 How To Make An Aircraft Invisible to Radar New Haven, Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School, Teacher - Ms Amy Piccirillo (Laggis) Avery Jones, Orange 8 Awards: Honors = 2 5553 P8 Measuring Temperature with a Violin Stratford, Harry B. Flood Middle School, Teacher - Mr. David Gorski Autumn Wagner, Stratford 8 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciences8thGrade-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award

5554 P8 Ski Physics Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Sara Campolettano Grant Moberg, Westport 8 Awards: Honors = 2 •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---2ndPlaceMiddle School-$100fromATOMIC,andTrophy,$200fromPeople’sUnitedBank 5555 P8 Bubble Time! Bridgeport, John Winthrop School, Teacher - Gregory Walsh Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools NathaliaHernandez,Bridgeport8 Awards: Honors = 2 5556 P8 Snow Problem? No Problem. Bridgeport, Bridgeport Hope School, Teacher - Abraham Deshotel Benjamin Van Geldern, Bridgeport 8 Awards: Honors = 3 6001 PS A Neuresthetic Study on the Acoustical Cognitive Perception of the Mathematical Harmony in the Golden Section Oxford, Oxford High School, Teacher - Mrs. Granucci Skyler Werner, Oxford 12 Awards: Honors = 2


Physical Sciences 6002PSPolyvinylideneFluoride(PVDF)PiezoelectricGenerator:ANovelApproachtoHarvestingVibrationsfromHuman Respiration to Power Biological Implant Devices Manchester, East Catholic High School, Teacher - Ms. Holly Noble Bridget Oei, Hebron 10 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighIndividual- $300&trophy,triptocompeteatIntelISEF •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---HighSchool Finalist-Medallion&AcrylicAward •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---1stPlaceHighSchool-$500Cash and Trophy •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---2ndPlaceHighSchool-$500CashandTrophyandTrip to Compete I-SWEEEP, Houston •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---$1,000Cashandplaque •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,Backpack,Book,andAnnualReport •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---5thPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-trophy •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---HighSchool-Certificate,$75.00giftcertificate •CTTechnologyCouncilYouthInnovationAward---$150CashAwardforTechnologicalInnovation •I-SWEEEP(InternationalSustainableWorldProjectOlympiad)---I-SWEEEPCompetitionforstudent(2)andadvisor-2nd Place HS Future Sustainability 6003 PS Aerodynamic drag of bicycle wheels and its effect on total drag of a rider and his bike Guilford, Guilford High School, Teacher - John Cuddy Giuseppe Pantalone, Guilford 9 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award 6004PSTheEfficiencyofAirMultiplicationTechnologyversustheEfficiencyofBladedFanTechnology Greenwich,BrunswickSchool,Teacher-DanaMontanez Spencer McDonough, Greenwich 10 Awards: Honors = 2 •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---HighSchool-Certificate,$75.00giftcertificate 6006 PS Effect of Indexing String Length On Speed and Memory Usage for Digital Karyotyping Query Algorithms Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Deborah Day Jordan Henck, Woodbridge 11 Awards: Honors = 2 •XeroxComputerScienceAwards---1stPlaceHighSchool-$400,Trophy,Medallion •IntelExcellenceinComputerScienceAward---$200&certificate •MiltonFisherScienceFairAwardforInnovationandCreativity---ForExcellenceinCreativityandInnovationbyaHigh Schoolstudent,$200cash •Leask/FrancoeurFamilyAwards---1stPlaceHighSchool-Forinnovationelectricalengineeringorcomputerscience-$200 cash 6007 PS Role of Electro-Chemical Double Layer Capacitors in Energy Storage Norwich, Norwich Free Academy, Teacher - Mr. Scanlon IanDakers,Bozrah12 Awards: Honors = 2 •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion


AWARDS

40

6008PSNovelFiberOpticDyeSensitizedSolarCellAidedbytheBiosynthesisofDiatomFrustules Fairfield,FairfieldCollegePreparatorySchool,Teacher-Dr.Lewis Kyle Ryan, Trumbull 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---3rdPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighIndividual-$200 &trophy •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---1stPlaceHighSchool-$500andTrophy,Medallion •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---2ndPlaceHighSchool-$300Cash and Trophy •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---$1,000Cashandplaque •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---2ndPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-$400&trophy, •YaleScience&EngineeringAssociation,Inc.---Certificate,Medallion,$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF •YaleChapterofSigmaXi,TheScientificResearchSociety---DinneratMory’sforfour-withmembersofYaleChapterof Sigma Xi •LunchwithaPatentAttorney---LunchwithaPatentAttorney 6009 PS Alternative Material and Three-Dimensional Structure to Solar Panel Technology Oxford,OxfordHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.Kroeze William Denslow, Oxford 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award

6011PSMP3Compressionandit’srelationtoPsychoacoustics. NewLondon,Science&TechnologyMagnetHighSchool,Teacher-Mrs.Natoli Jalen Chambers, Groton 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6012 PS Alternative liquid cooling methods for a computers central processing unit. Oxford,OxfordHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.Kroeze Ari Bigi, Oxford 11 Awards: Honors = 3 6014 PS Music, Chemicals, and Elements Hamden, Sacred Heart Academy, Teacher - Pam Brownell Cassandra Moore, Killingworth 10 Awards: Honors = 3 6015 PS Autochrome: The Chemical Renovation of a 19th Century Art. Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Dr. Mathieu Freeman BrianHirschfeld,Fairfield12 Awards: Honors = 2 6016PSUtilizingaRoboticTurningMechanismtoFocusontheSuninOrdertoMaximizetheEfficiencyofaParabolicTroughWater Heating System Norwich, Norwich Free Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Jones Remington Carle, Norwich 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •XeroxComputerScienceAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallion,AcrylicAward •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicAward •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,Backpack,Book,andAnnualReport •ConnecticutAssociationofPhysicsTeachers---$100Seniorproject •IEEE,ConnecticutSection---$100HonorableMention •I-SWEEEP(InternationalSustainableWorldProjectOlympiad)---I-SWEEEPCompetitionforstudent(2)andadvisor- 6019 PS The Effects of Temperature and Age on Vitamin C Levels in Organic vs. Conventional Green Bell Peppers Hamden, Sacred Heart Academy, Teacher - Dr. Christophy Julia Mocciola, Shelton 10 Awards: Honors = 2


Physical Sciences

6021 PS Remediation of Heavy Metals from River Water via a Novel Lemna minor Activated On-line Filtration System Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Nicholas Dorian, Riverside 12 Awards: Honors = 2 •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---3ndPlaceHighSchool-$200andTrophy,Medallion •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---HSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Arylicaward •StockholmJuniorWaterPrize---Certificate,Letter,$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF,possibleadvancetofurther competition 6022 PS The Effects of Shaking or Not Shaking Ten Dose Vaccine Vials on the Amount of Metals per Dose NewMilford,NewMilfordHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.FeltenDanburyScienceHorizons Alexa Collins, New Milford 11 Awards: Honors = 2 6023PSFeedingTubeOcclusions:AnIn-VitroEvaluationofCiprofloxacinTablets Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Ms. Deborah Day Helen Zhao, Woodbridge 11 Awards: Honors = 2 6024 PS Can Ski Resorts be Inferior Goods? Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Dr. Michele Morse Jacob Epstein, Westport 12 Awards: Honors = 2 6025 PS Methods of Cleaning up an Oil Spill Bethel, Bethel High School, Teacher - Sharon Bly ElizabethLocke,Bethel10 Awards: Honors = 2 •U.S.Army---Certificateand$50savingsbond 6026 PS Membranes for Biochemical Separations Storrs, E. O. Smith High School, Teacher - Robert Pirrie Paula Chen, Storrs 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion •YaleScience&EngineeringAssociation,Inc.---Certificate,Medallion,$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF 6027 PS Neutron Star/Black Hole X-Ray Timing Analysis as a Probe of High-Field General Relativity Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Dr. Nicholas Morgan Jason Lustbader, Westport 12 Awards: Honors = 2 6028 PS Underwater Construction Design for Residential Purposes with Materials and Energy Used Glastonbury, Glastonbury High School, Teacher - Diane Pintavalle Glastonbury Glastonbury Public Schools Kewa Jiang, Glastonbury 12 Awards: Honors = 3 6029 PS Rowing and Ergometers Bethel, Bethel High School, Teacher - Sharon Bly Rebecca Joseph, Bethel 11 Awards: Honors = 3 6030PSSignificanceofSupernovaeonNearbyNear-SupernovaWhiteDwarves Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Deborah Day Ehsan Khan, Bethany 11 Awards: Honors = 2 •YalePeabodyMuseum---Family“six-pack”offreepassestotheYalePeabodyMuseum


AWARDS

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6031 PS The Investigation of the Role of Methylating Bacteria in the Reintroduction Of Mercury into Long Island Sound Bridgeport, Bridgeport Aquaculture School, Teacher - Mr. Shadle Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Allison Haley, Shelton 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---3ndPlaceHighSchool-$200andTrophy,Medallion •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---HSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Arylicaward •LongIslandSoundFoundation,Inc.---$500LifeScience/EnvironmentalScience/Physicalscience •ProjectOceanology---Individual-Book+2tickets,FirstPlaceSenior,checkfor$100,t-shirt •TheMaritimeAquariumEnvironmentalStewardshipAward---IyearFamilyMembership,FamilyiMax,FamilyCruise •GENIUSOlympiad---GENIUSOlympiadCompetitionforHSstudent(s)andadvisor-Ecology 6032PSDesignofaSmartBrickwithImprovedInsulationandIntuitiveReflectionofSunlight Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Lindsey Noskin, Greenwich 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---5thPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighIndividual-trophy •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---3rdPlaceHighSchool-$200Cash and Trophy •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicAward •TheNationalSocietyofProfessionalEngineers---Certificate,LapelPin,$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF •ConnecticutArchitectureFoundation---$100GiftCertificatetoBarnesandNobles •NortheastUtilities:EnvironmentalManagement---Senior-$250Scholarship,energyconservationandrenewableenergy sources •SocietyofWomenEngineers-HartfordSection---ScientificCalculator •UniversityofConnecticut-PhysicsDepartment---UCONNEarlyCollegeExperienceProgram:PhysicalSciences-Co-Op $100GiftCertificat •I-SWEEEP(InternationalSustainableWorldProjectOlympiad)---I-SWEEEPCompetitionInvitationtosubmit- •EducationConnection-Centerfor21stCenturySkillsAwards---$100Forinnovationinscienceorengineering

6033 PS NGC 2194: Clues to Stellar Evolution Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Dr. Nicholas Morgan Kim Adler, Westport 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---4thPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighIndividual-trophy •AstronomicalSocietyofGreaterHartford---SeniorProject-$150,subscriptiontoSkyandTelescopemagazineandASGH meeting invitation •ConnecticutCollege-Physics,Astronomy,&GeophysicsDept.---$150andcertificate,SeniorPhysics&teeshirt 6034 PS Driving to School is Exhaust-ing Bethel,BethelHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.RaymondTurekDanburyScienceHorizons Drew Ziegler, Bethel 10 Awards: Honors = 3 6035 PS The Overtones of String and Woodwind Instruments Fishers Island, Fishers Island School, Teacher - Carol Giles Annabelle Orlando, Waterford 11 Awards: Honors = 3 6036 PS Finding the Perfect Basketball Shot Guilford, Guilford High School, Teacher - Mr. Cuddy Alyssa Devin, Guilford 9 Awards: Honors = 3 •UniversityofConnecticut-PhysicsDepartment---UCONNPhysicsDepartment-Co-Op$100GiftCertificate 6037 PS Geometrical Symmetry Analysis of the Skeletonema costatum Amorphous Cell Structure Bridgeport, Bridgeport Aquaculture School, Teacher - Mr. Shadle Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Genesis Garcia, Bridgeport 12 Awards: Honors = 2 •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---1stPlaceHighSchool-$500andTrophy,MedallionandtriptocompeteatIntelISEF


Physical Sciences

6038 PS Feasibility of Identifying Different Auditory Qualities in Violas Via Audacity Redding,JoelBarlowHighSchool,Teacher-KatherineNuzzo Jamie Curtis, Redding 10 Awards: Honors = 3 6039 PS Are wind turbines big fans of clean energy: The Role of Blades in Power Generation Danbury,DanburyHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.JackTraceyDanburyScienceHorizons Justin Tung, Danbury 10 Awards: Honors = 2 6040 PS Cantilever Oscillation Amplitude at Resonant Frequencies Storrs, E. O. Smith High School, Teacher - Dr. Richard Jones Jessica Hyde, Ashford 11 Awards: Honors = 2 6041PSPollution’sEffectontheAngleofRefractioninWater NewMilford,NewMilfordHighSchool,Teacher-Mrs.LandgrebeDanburyScienceHorizons QuentinLeitz,NewMilford11 Awards: Honors = 2 6042 PS Alternative Materials Substituted For Wood in Acoustic Guitars Westport, Staples High School, Teacher - Dr. Morgan Jonathan Morris, Westport 12 Awards: Honors = 2 6043 PS The Coordination of Glucose with Transition-Metal-Ion Complexes of tris(2-aminoethyl)amine Glastonbury, Glastonbury High School, Teacher - Diane Pintavalle Glastonbury Glastonbury Public Schools Kashish Hora, Glastonbury 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award

6044PSThePowerofDomesGeodesicDomesVersusFlatPanels:SolarEfficiency Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Deborah Day Westport Southern CT Invitational Daniel Giebisch, Woodbridge 9 Awards: Honors = 2 •U.S.Army---Certificateand$50savingsbond •WestinghouseElectricCompany/NewEnglandChapterofNorthAmericanYoungGenerationinNuclear---1stplace,Excellence inEnergyResearch,$100cashaward 6045PSAHiddenTreasure;DehumidificationofAirImprovesIndoorAirQuality Fairfield,FairfieldWardeHighSchool,Teacher-AndrewBramante SofiaBramante,Fairfield10 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •TheNationalSocietyofProfessionalEngineers---Certificate,LapelPin,$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF •SocietyofWomenEngineers-HartfordSection---ScientificCalculator •AirandWasteManagementAssociation,ConnecticutChapter---$100Senior,EnvironmentalResearch,airpollutionrelated •MeyerandYoungWomanScientistAwards---$300cash-HighSchool,PhysicalSciences 6046 PS The Effects of Water Temperature on Tornadoes Trumbull, Christian Heritage School, Teacher - Dan Cote Brianna Schlemmer, Ansonia 11 Awards: Honors = 3 6047 PS Fluid of the Future Fishers Island, Fishers Island School, Teacher - Mrs. Carol Giles Connor Thompson, Ledyard 12 Awards: Honors = 3


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6048 PS Image Resolution Loss for Dummies East Hartford, East Hartford High School, Teacher - Timothy Reid Shiv Patel, East Hartford 10 Awards: Honors = 3 6049 PS An Organic Thin Film Transistor and Elastic Organic Solar Cell Based Electronic Skin for Biochemical and Tactile Sensing Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante RyotaIshizuka,CosCob12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---1stPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighIndividual-$500 &trophy,triptocompeteatIntelISEF •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,Backpack,Book,andAnnualReport •H.JosephGerberMedalofExcellence,anawardoftheConnecticutAcademyofScienceandEngineeringinpartnershipwith CCAT---PhysicalSciencesSenior-$1,000cash,SolidSilverMedalofExcellence,invitetoCASEAnnualMtg •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---HighSchool-Certificate,$75.00giftcertificate •IEEE,ConnecticutSection---$250HonorsAward-Senior •Coherent,Inc.RichardHartAwardforExcellenceinPhotonics---$300cash,plaque,invitationtolunchandtourCoherent factory •ArthurMensingAward---$500cashawardforexcellenceinthephysicalsciences 6050 PS The Effect of Water Current Direction on Turbine Productivity Danbury,DanburyHighSchool,Teacher-SusanDeMattioDanburyScienceHorizons Sydney Purdue, Danbury 10 Awards: Honors = 2 6051 PS The Analysis of the Spatial Variation of Chromium, Copper, and Lead in Long Island Sound, Black Rock Harbor, and Ash Creek Bridgeport, Bridgeport Aquaculture School, Teacher - Mr. Shadle Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Devan Kingston, Shelton 12 Awards: Honors = 2 6052 PS Paper Batteries: A Viable Lithium Ion Battery Technology Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Dr. Mathieu Freeman William Picoli, Wilton 12 Awards: Honors = 2 •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward •NortheastUtilities:EnvironmentalManagement---Senior-$250Scholarship,pollutionprevention,sourcereduction,recycling, min. waste 6053 PS The general equation of the sum of power series Trumbull, Christian Heritage School, Teacher - Dan Cote Xiaofei Yu, Shelton 11 Awards: Honors = 2 •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---1stPlaceHigh School-$150fromATOMIC,Trophy,$500fromPeople’sUnitedBank •MuAlphaTheta---Certificate,$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF 6055 PS Can the Concentration of Sugar Dissolved in a Liquid be Determined by Using the Index of of Refraction of the Solution? Guilford, Guilford High School, Teacher - Mr. Curtis Michael Chapman, Guilford 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6056PSProductionofHighQualityCeramicCoatingsforTurbineApplicationsbyFreezeSprayDeposition Greens Farms, Greens Farms Academy, Teacher - Dr. Mathieu Freeman Kishan Patel, Westport 12 Awards: Honors = 2 •AmericanInstituteofAeronautics&Astronautics-ConnecticutSection---$200award,certificate 6057PSIsaac’sRebelFluids:AStudyofNon-NewtonianFluids Bethel,BethelHighSchool,Teacher-TurekDanburyScienceHorizons Masudur Bhuiyan, Bethel 11 Awards: Honors = 3


Physical Sciences

6058 PS A Statistical Analysis of Data Collecting Methodology Hamden, Hamden High School, Teacher - Ms. Beloin Ank Agarwal, Hamden 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6059 PS Innovative design for cellulosic ethanol production as bio-fuel Danbury, Immaculate High School, Teacher - Mrs. Betsy Murphy Narmien Haddad, Danbury 12 Awards: Honors = 2 6060PSMinimizingEutrophicationThroughtheUseofClayandPlasticLiningforManureLagoons Redding,JoelBarlowHighSchool,Teacher-Dr.KatherineNuzzo Ruth Lee, Redding 12 Awards: Honors = 2 6061 PS Electromagnetic Accelerator Fishers Island, Fishers Island School, Teacher - Carol Giles Andrew Elmore, Stonington 12 Awards: Honors = 3 6062PSPropellerEfficiency Bridgeport, Bridgeport Aquaculture School, Teacher - Mr. Shadle Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Rami Kharbouch, Bridgeport 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6063PSSimplifiedDetectionofAromaticNitroaminePesticidesusingBeeVenomLuminescence Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Brittney Lew, Riverside 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---HSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Arylicaward •SocietyofWomenEngineers-HartfordSection---ScientificCalculator 6064 PS Ideal Location Guilford, Guilford High School, Teacher - Mr. Curtis Ashley Hess, Guilford 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6065 PS Effects of Magnets on a Linear Motor NewLondon,Science&TechnologyMagnetHighSchool,Teacher-Mrs.Natoli NathanMartinez,NewLondon9 Awards: Honors = 2 6066PSRevolutionizingCancerTreatment:ASimulationofNanocarriersUsingSwarmIntelligenceforTargetedCancerCells Shelton, Shelton High School, Teacher - Mrs. Dunham Rigel Mahmood, Shelton 10 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •XeroxComputerScienceAwards---2ndPlaceHighSchool-$300,Trophy,Medallion •IntelExcellenceinComputerScienceAward---$200&certificate •IEEE,ConnecticutSection---$100HonorableMention 6067 PS Does Sugar Lengthen the Life of Cut Roses? Norwalk, Norwalk High School, Teacher - Mrs. Morrison Norwalk Norwalk Public Schools Emily Curran, Norwalk 9 Awards: Honors = 3


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6068PSIsotropicVersusAnisotropicMaterials:AffectonViolinResonanceUsingYoung’sModulus Brewster,BrewsterHighSchool,Teacher-EdwardSchmidtDanburyScienceHorizonsISEF Samantha Skaller, Brewster 11 Awards: Honors = 2 6069 PS The Effect of Weather on Common Roadside Trash Guilford, Guilford High School, Teacher - Mr. Curtis Alice Valley, Guilford 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6070 PS Correlation Between Average Annual Global Temperature and Annual Gross Domestic Product in United States Redding,JoelBarlowHighSchool,Teacher-Dr.Nuzzo Benjamin Rigby, Redding 10 Awards: Honors = 2 6071 PS Battle of the Solvents-thin Layer Chromatography NewHaven,CooperativeArts&HumanitiesHighSchool,Teacher-SheliaMartin-Corbin Mairead Brennan, New Haven 9 Awards: Honors = 2 •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward •DavidandTorreyFentonAwards---Forcreativeworkinthephysicalsciences-highschool;$200cash 6072PSProducingCeramicFiltersinaTwo-StepProcesswithVaryingSawdustSizes Glastonbury, Glastonbury High School, Teacher - Ms. Diane Pintavalle Glastonbury Glastonbury Public Schools Areej Jahangir, South Glastonbury 12 Awards: Honors = 2 6073PSTheEffectoftheStickTipSizeontheHeightofRebound. East Hartford, East Hartford High School, Teacher - Mr. Timothy Reid Adam Willette, East Hartford 10 Awards: Honors = 3 6074PSCatalase&pHSensitivity Hartford, Classical Magnet School, Teacher - Holloway, T. JeseniaCruz,NewBritain11 Awards: Honors = 3 6075 PS Application of iDS-PBR to Prolongate Algal Photobiolysis in C. Reinhardtii Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Thomas Yang, Greenwich 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicAward 6076PSSurfactants:EmulsificationEffectsofSynthetic,MicrobialandPlant-DerivedSurfactants Redding,JoelBarlowHighSchool,Teacher-KatherineNuzzo Morgan Jordan, Easton 12 Awards: Honors = 2 •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---1stPlaceHighSchool-$800Cash,Trophy,andTripto Compete I-SWEEEP, Houston •QuinnipiacUniversityScholarships---$20,000,4yearscholarshiptoQuinnipiacUniversityforHighSchoolStudent •I-SWEEEP(InternationalSustainableWorldProjectOlympiad)---I-SWEEEPCompetitionforstudent(2)andadvisor-1st Place HS Future Sustainability

6077 PS Re-Recycling Bethel,BethelHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.RaymondTurekDanburyScienceHorizons Joshua Yoon, Bethel 11 Awards: Honors = 2


Physical Sciences

6078 PS Exploring the Relationship between Soil Chemistry and Water Quality at the Upper Cove River Watershed Woodbridge, Amity Regional High School, Teacher - Ms. Deborah Day Zelun Wang, Orange 12 Awards: Honors = 3 6079 PS Recovery of Light Hydrocarbon Fuels from PETE Recycling with Concurrent Reduction in the Recyclable Footprint Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante ClaraEizayaga,Riverside11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion •U.S.MetricAssociation---Certificate&$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF •AirandWasteManagementAssociation,ConnecticutChapter---$100Senior,EnvironmentalResearch,wasterecyclingrelated •MITClubofHartfordK-12Initiative---Forexcellenceinenergyrelatedresearch,highschool,$150cashaward 6081PSTheUseofBerriesfromConnecticutInvasivePlantsinDye-SensitizedSolarCells Hebron, RHAM High School, Teacher - Mrs. Kristin Spinelli Tim Breckel, Hebron 9 Awards: Honors = 2 •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---HSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Arylicaward •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---Finalist-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward 6082 PS Nuts About Energy Bethel, Bethel High School, Teacher - Ms. Bly Romana Pilepich, Bethel 10 Awards: Honors = 2 6501 PST A Comparative Analysis of Bio-Diesel Emissions Versus Emissions of Petroleum Diesel Greenwich,BrunswickSchool,Teacher-Mrs.DanaMontanez MatthewMayfield,Greenwich11VikramBodasGreenwich10 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorTeam-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,Backpack,Book,andAnnualReport 6502 PST The Effect of Geometric Shapes on Parachutes NewLondon,Science&TechnologyMagnetHighSchool,Teacher-Mrs.Natoli Trajan Murphy, Quaker Hill 9 Yasmin Eley Waterford 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6503 PST Effective Removal of BTEX from Industrial Wastewater by Using Banana Peels as an Environmentally Friendly and Low- Cost Bio-Sorbent Putnam, Putnam Science Academy, Teacher - Serdar Haytiyev SerikTukupov,Putnam11ValiGasimovPutnam11HumzaAhmedTolland11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorTeam-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicAward •AmericanSocietyofSafetyEngineers,CTValleyChapter---$150grade9-12project •I-SWEEEP(InternationalSustainableWorldProjectOlympiad)---I-SWEEEPCompetitionInvitationtosubmit- 6504 PST The Effect of Different Packaging Materials On Allowing An Egg To Crack When Dropped Norwalk, Brien McMahon High School, Teacher - Thomas Seuch Norwalk Norwalk Public Schools LaurenRainone,Norwalk9ElizabethWarfieldNorwalk9 Awards: Honors = 3


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6505 PST Chromatography of Lip Gloss and Lipstick NewLondon,Science&TechnologyMagnetHighSchool,Teacher-LouAllen Liliana Figueroa, New London 9 Lilyana Santore New London 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6506 PST Visible Light Scattering Analysis To Detect Lead Bridgeport, Bassick High School, Teacher - A.Walsh Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Karen Seymour, Bridgeport 11 Lydia Guadalupe Bridgeport 11 Awards: Honors = 3 •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---2ndPlaceHighSchool-$300andTrophy,Medallion 6507PSTVitaminC+Iodine Norwalk, Norwalk High School, Teacher - Mr. Belmonte Norwalk Norwalk Public Schools Eddie Donovan, Norwalk 9 Patrick Barrantes Norwalk 9 Awards: Honors = 2 6508 PST Effects of Humidity on Music Shelton, Shelton High School, Teacher - Mrs. Lucia Alyssa Johnson, Shelton 11 Lauren Montagna Shelton 11 Awards: Honors = 2 6509 PST Interminable Instant Icepacks Hamden, Sacred Heart Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Brownell Bryanna Dellaripa, Wallingford 10 Lucy Andersen Woodbridge 10 Demery Ormrod Orange 10 Awards: Honors = 2 6510PSTEfficientandPracticalApproachtoRemovalofBTEXfromIndustrialWasteWaterbyUsingTeaWaste Putnam, Putnam Science Academy, Teacher - Serdar Haytiyev RejepmuhammetGurbannazarov,Putnam10KeremOnPutnam10 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorTeam-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •AmericanSocietyofSafetyEngineers,CTValleyChapter---$150grade9-12project 6511 PST Racing Away From Fossil Fuels NewLondon,Science&TechnologyMagnetHighSchool,Teacher-ThereseNatoli Russell Crumley, Norwich 9 Josh Vincent New London 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6512 PST Auxochromes and Fading Prevention Hamden, Sacred Heart Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Brownell Natalia Fronsaglia, Shelton 10 Edrienne Arroyo Hamden 10 Awards: Honors = 2 6513PSTUsingEnvironmentalFriendlyandCostEffectiveFerrofluidMagnetiteasanAdsorbingAgenttoEfficientlyRemove Petroleum Spills from Water Sources and its Commercial Application with a Robot Arm Putnam, Putnam Science Academy, Teacher - Hakan Duman ZekeriyaAbacioglu,Putnam12BahadirOzgenturkPutnam12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorTeam-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion 6515PSTTestingtheViabilityofAdaptiveWingletTechnologytoImproveFuelEfficiencyonMidsizeCommercialAirlinersusing Computational Fluid Dynamics Middletown, Xavier High School, Teacher - Manoj Rahematpura Christopher Muckle, Madison 12 Miraj Rahematpura Middletown 12 Mario Chris Storrs 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---1stPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighTeam-$500(split) &trophy •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion •AmericanInstituteofAeronautics&Astronautics-ConnecticutSection---$200award,certificate •I-SWEEEP(InternationalSustainableWorldProjectOlympiad)---I-SWEEEPCompetitionforstudent(2)andadvisor-


Physical Sciences

6516PSTWhatistheFastestWaytoSolveaSudokuPuzzle? Shelton,SheltonHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.Nazzaro Ryan Zuklie, Shelton 12 Alex Wlcek Shelton 12 Mike Dellolio Shelton 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorTeam-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •XeroxComputerScienceAwards---3rdPlaceHighSchool-$200,Trophy,Medallion 6517PSTCanyouchargeyourphonewirelessly?Cordlesselectricitytransmissionbypiezoelectricexcitationvialowfrequency acoustic waves. Madison, Daniel Hand High School, Teacher - Madhuparna Roychoudhury Shayan Roychoudhury, Madison 9 Wesley Kimmel Madison 10 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighTeam-$300(split) &trophy •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---2ndPlaceHighSchool-$300andTrophy,Medallion •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion •GENIUSOlympiad---GENIUSOlympiadCompetitionforHSstudent(s)andadvisor-Energy 6518 PST Bulletproof Liquid Hartford, Classical Magnet School, Teacher - Mr. Holloway AbigailKehoe,EastHartford11LaurenOldziejHartford11 Awards: Honors = 3 6519 PST Which Factor Affects the pH Levels of Bodies of Water More: Direct Sunlight or Rain? Hebron, RHAM High School, Teacher - Mr. Richard Staron Shannon Moquin, Marlborough 9 Megan Moquin Marlborough 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6520 PST Fingerprint Types on Various Surfaces NewLondon,Science&TechnologyMagnetHighSchool,Teacher-Ms.Natoli Nikita Terry, New London 9 Meredith Hird New London 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6521 PST Fire Retardant Paint Shelton, Shelton High School, Teacher - Mrs. Patricia Presutto Alessandra Boisvert, Shelton 11 Myles Hoponick Shelton 11 Rachel Cataudella Shelton 11 Awards: Honors = 2 6522 PST The Chemical Analysis of Soil with Respect to Birch Tree Growth Hamden,SacredHeartAcademy,Teacher-Dr.ElizabethChristophy Tess Cersonsky, Oxford 11 Christina Jiang Hamden 11 Awards: Honors = 2 6523 PST Decibel output related to the grade of clarinet reed. NewLondon,Science&TechnologyMagnetHighSchool,Teacher-ThereseNatoli Mia Delgado, New London 9 Nathaniel Bowe New London 9 Awards: Honors = 3 6524 PST The Toxic Truth About Paint: The Effects of VOCs on Paint Quality Hamden, Sacred Heart Academy, Teacher - Dr. Christophy Emma Dragan, Orange 10 Sienna DeMaio Bethany 10 Awards: Honors = 2 •ConnecticutArchitectureFoundation---$100GiftCertificatetoBarnesandNobles 6525 PST Javonic Bonding Bridgeport, Central High School, Teacher - Ms. Sullivan Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Monsurat Olaosebikan, Bridgeport 11 Carolyn Roach Bridgeport 11 Jaymi Gooden Bridgeport 11 Awards: Honors = 3 •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallionandacrylicaward •XeroxComputerScienceAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallion,AcrylicAward


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AwdCSF – Life Sciences CSF – Physical Sciences

LT L7 L8 LS LST PT P7 P8 PS PST

1 1022 2006 2543 3046 3512 4015 5025 5528 6049 65152 1014 2013 2507 3061 3508 4019 5019 5525 6002 65173 1016 2030 2512 3042 4007 5005 5547 60084 2027 2527 3095 5022 5520 60335 2020 2516 3034 5024 5541 6032M 1002 2004 2503 3038 3501 4002 5012 5502 6003 6501M 1005 2007 2522 3045 3504 4010 5013 5512 6009 6503M 1010 2010 2539 3054 3510 4024 5021 5516 6016 6510M 1017 2011 2540 3057 3513 4029 5032 5527 6026 6513M 1019 2017 2541 3062 3515 4033 5033 5530 6031 6516M 2018 3075 3522 4035 5041 5532 6043M 3078 5551 6045M 3080 5553 6063M 3084 6066M 3099 6075M 6079MM

Winning Projects of Regular Categories

AwdBiotechnology

7th grade 8th grade 9-12th gr

1 4010 2512 30462 2007 2543 60083 1010 2527 30844 1014 2516 30345 2017 2513 6002M 1017 2540 3007M 1027 3075M 2022 3092M 3099M 6081

Winning Projects of Special Categories


Summary Tables

AwardComputer Science Mathematics Applied Tech Envir Science Urban SchoolMiddle High Middle High Middle High Middle High Middle School

1 2534 6006 2534 6053 4015 6008 2509 3084 2007 60372 5021 6066 5554 3062 5528 6517 5025 3052 5044 65063 2525 6516 4002 3081 2512 6021 2527 3042 2033 6031M 5505 6016 5022 3033 5032 6004 2501 3059 1001 3004M 5521 6525 5525 6002 5525 6032 2503 3070 2524 3098M 5530 6052 2507 3074 2530 3508M 2515 3079 4024 3512M 2516 6021 5017 6071M 6031 5522 6525M 6063M 6081M

UTC CSTA CASE QU EngineeringMiddle High Middle High Middle High Middle High

2512 6002 2543 3046 5532 6076 2512 30424027 6016 5528 6049 4015 30465520 6049 5525 60025525 6501 6008

AwardEnergy Sustainable Resource Future Sustainability Beyond CSF

Middle High Middle High I-SW GENIUS

1 5525 6002 2512 6076 I-SWEEEP 6076 3042

2 5005 6008 5525 6002 I-SWEEEP 6002 30843 2512 6032 2527 3042 6016 6031M 4024 3026 2501 3026 6515 6517M 4027 3037 2515 3070M 5019 3510 2540 3515M 5022 6007 5020 6016M 5033 6026 5032 6032 ISEFM 5502 6075 5033 6075 Sponsor Project

M 5528 6079 5524 6503 CSF 3042M 6081 CSF 3061

M 6501 CSF 6002M 6513 CSF 6049M 6515 Alexion 3046M 6517 USC 6037

Winning Projects of Special Categories

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STATS PLUS Fair Data

Projects

Students

Project Category JrTm 7th 8th Sr SrTm Total %

Life Sciences 27 34 43 92 20 216 48%

Physical Sciences 34 44 54 74 24 230 52%

Total 61 78 97 166 44 446

Percent 14% 17% 22% 37% 10% 100%

Project Grade 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total

Life Sciences 54 50 20 23 41 28 216Physical Sciences 55 77 22 19 33 24 230

Total 109 127 42 42 74 52 446

Percent 24% 28% 9% 9% 17% 12% 100%

Project Gender 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total

Male 42 58 21 17 29 25 192

Female 67 69 21 24 43 27 251Not Given 1 2 3

Total 109 127 42 42 74 52 446

Student Category JrTm 7th 8th Sr SrTm Total %

Life Sciences 56 34 43 92 47 272 48%Physical Sciences 70 44 54 74 54 296 52%

Total 126 78 97 166 101 568Percent 22% 14% 17% 29% 18% 100%

Student Grade 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total

Life Sciences 75 58 32 26 50 31 272Physical Sciences 68 100 30 26 44 28 296

Total 143 158 62 52 94 59 568

Percent 25% 28% 11% 9% 17% 10% 100%

Student Gender 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total

Male 50 68 32 23 37 31 241

Female 93 90 30 28 55 28 324Not Given 1 2 3

Total 143 158 62 52 94 59 568


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Fair Data

Summary

Awards

Honors

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

Life Sciences 133 139 272 103 169 272 52 45

Physical Sciences 168 128 296 138 158 296 56 39

Total 301 267 568 241 327 568 67 53

Percent 53% 47% 42% 58%

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

Life Sciences 104 112 216 77 92 169 27 20 47Physical Sciences 132 98 230 98 74 172 34 24 58

Total 236 210 446 175 166 341 61 44 105

Percent 53% 47% 51% 49% 58% 42%

Regular = Reg + SpCat

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

Life Sciences 41 36 77 22 19 41 48 44 92Physical Sciences 42 35 77 34 29 63 58 41 99

Total 83 71 154 56 48 104 106 85 191

Percent 54% 46% 54% 46% 55% 45%

Category Hon Jr Sr Total % Jr Sr Total %

Life Sciences 1 29 23 52 38 36 74Physical Sciences 33 23 56 42 33 75

Sub Total 62 46 108 24% 80 69 149 26%

Life Sciences 2 29 51 80 35 58 93

Physical Sciences 51 42 93 67 51 118Sub Total 80 93 173 39% 102 109 211 37%

Life Sciences 3 46 38 84 60 45 105

Physical Sciences 48 33 81 59 44 103Sub Total 94 71 165 37% 119 89 208 37%

Total 446 568

Projects Students

Team Projects

Not to be totaled


Historical Data

General Totals History

Year Location Proj Stu Sch Twn 1992 Quinnipiac College, Hamden 403 465 130 81 1993 U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London 393 461 119 78 1994 U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London 435 511 123 72 1995 University of Connecticut, Storrs 421 513 121 70 1996 Connecticut College, New London 430 527 116 77 1997 Connecticut College, New London 410 491 119 75 1998 Quinnipiac College, Hamden 435 527 110 64 1999 Quinnipiac College, Hamden 419 525 102 65 2000 Quinnipiac College, Hamden 416 533 93 61 2001 Quinnipiac University, Hamden 430 543 118 65 2002 Quinnipiac University, Hamden 463 583 124 64 2003 Quinnipiac University, Hamden 482 613 114 68 2004 Quinnipiac University, Hamden 421 536 121 70 2005 Quinnipiac University, Hamden 407 501 103 63 2006 Quinnipiac University, Hamden 415 538 105 66 2007 Quinnipiac University, Hamden 407 498 103 65 2008 Quinnipiac University, Hamden 374 450 101 64 2009 Quinnipiac University, Hamden 409 498 114 68 2010 Quinnipiac University, Hamden 395 476 114 66 2011 Quinnipiac University, Hamden 442 526 122 66 2012 Quinnipiac University, Hamden 446 568 120 61

Project History by Category

Year LT L7 L8 LS LST PT P7 P8 PS PST 1992 32 35 60 79 7 23 45 60 62 0 1993 37 53 58 47 4 23 45 74 49 3 1994 31 40 70 64 14 25 49 88 51 3 1995 34 46 57 60 11 37 53 68 50 5 1996 40 42 64 53 14 37 44 76 54 6 1997 35 51 49 60 11 32 41 80 49 2 1998 35 58 61 56 15 30 58 54 58 10 1999 40 46 39 63 18 39 49 63 58 4 2000 46 46 44 62 11 43 42 59 50 13 2001 36 47 56 78 7 54 38 56 45 13 2002 43 44 63 74 27 36 47 59 58 12 2003 39 54 57 59 32 42 44 78 64 13 2004 32 40 44 67 16 42 38 65 58 19 2005 21 35 48 54 24 35 51 72 56 11 2006 22 25 46 48 29 33 47 76 63 26 2007 20 38 28 66 16 38 48 65 76 12 2008 19 38 46 59 29 14 47 51 61 10 2009 24 40 35 83 18 27 53 44 69 16 2010 19 30 36 75 16 23 52 61 65 18 2011 22 31 42 85 11 25 60 62 86 18 2012 27 34 43 92 20 34 44 54 74 24


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

Avon Talcott Mountain Academy 1 - - 6 0 6 - 6 - 6Bethel Bethel High School 2 x sh 0 4 - 11 - 11 11Bethel Bethel Middle School 1 x sh - - 4 - 4 - 4Bethel St. Mary School 1 x sh - - 1 - 1 - 1Bozrah FieldsMemorialSchool 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Brewster Brewster High School 2 x sh - - - 1 - 1 1Bridgeport Bassick High School 2 x bp - - - 2 - 2 2Bridgeport Bridgeport Aquaculture School 2 x bp - - - 6 - 6 6Bridgeport Bridgeport Hope School 1 - - 4 0 3 - 3 - 3Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools 2 - bp 15 20 - - - - -Bridgeport Central High School 2 x bp - - - 1 - 1 1Bridgeport Central Magnet High School 2 x bp - - - 2 - 2 2Bridgeport Cesar A. Batalla School 1 x bp - - 2 - 2 - 2Bridgeport Geraldine W. Johnson School 1 x bp - - 1 - 1 - 1Bridgeport HighHorizonsMagnetSchool 1 x bp - - 1 - 1 - 1Bridgeport John Winthrop School 1 x bp - - 3 - 3 - 3Bridgeport Park City Magnet School 1 x bp - - 4 - 4 - 4Bridgeport Park City Prep Charter School 1 - - 6 0 6 - 6 - 6Bridgeport Thurgood Marshall Middle School 1 - - 3 0 2 - 2 - 2Bridgeport Warren Harding High School 2 x bp - - - 3 - 2 2Brookfield St.JosephSchool 1 x sh - - 1 - 1 - 1Cheshire St. Bridget School 1 - - 2 0 2 - 2 - 2Danbury Danbury High School 2 x sh - - - 4 - 4 4Danbury Immaculate High School 2 - - 0 2 - 2 - 2 2Danbury ScienceHorizons,Inc. 2 - sh 17 18 - - - - -Danbury St. Joseph School 1 - - 6 0 6 - 6 - 6Danbury St. Peter-Sacred Heart Upper Sch 1 - - 6 0 5 - 5 - 5Darien Darien High School 2 - - 0 4 - 2 - 2 2East Granby East Granby Middle School 1 - - 6 0 6 - 5 - 5East Hartford CT Intl Baccalaureate Academy 2 - - 0 1 - 1 - 1 1East Hartford East Hartford High School 2 - - 0 5 - 3 - 2 2Fairfield FairfieldCollegePreparatorySchool 2 - - 0 2 - 2 - 1 1Fairfield FairfieldWardeHighSchool 2 - - 0 1 - 1 - 1 1Fairfield OurLadyofAssumption/HolyFamilySchool 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Fairfield St.ThomasAquinasSchool 1 - - 2 0 2 - 2 - 2Fishers Island Fishers Island School 2 - - 0 8 - 6 - 6 6Forestville St. Matthew School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Glastonbury Glastonbury High School 2 x gp - - - 8 - 7 7Glastonbury Glastonbury Public Schools 2 - gp 6 12 - - - - -Glastonbury Smith Middle School 1 x gp - - 2 - 2 - 2Greens Farms Greens Farms Academy 2 - - 6 5 6 5 6 5 11Greenwich Brunswick School 2 - - 0 8 - 6 - 5 5Greenwich Convent of the Sacred Heart School 2 - - 0 12 - 1 - 1 1Greenwich Eastern Middle School 1 x In 1 - 1 - 1 - 1Greenwich Greenwich Academy 2 - - 4 2 2 2 1 2 3Greenwich Greenwich High School 2 - - 0 14 - 15 - 15 15Groton Sacred Heart School 1 - - 6 0 6 - 6 - 6Guilford E.C. Adams Middle School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Guilford Guilford High School 2 - - 0 10 - 10 - 10 10Hamden Hamden High School 2 - - 0 6 - 4 - 4 4Hamden Hamden Middle School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 3 - 3Hamden Sacred Heart Academy 2 - - 0 9 - 9 - 9 9Hartford Academy of Aerospace and Engineering 2 - - 0 11 - 5 - 4 4Hartford Annie Fisher STEM Magnet School 1 - - 6 0 - - - - -Hartford Classical Magnet School 2 - - 4 6 4 5 4 5 9Hartford GreaterHartfordAcademyofMath&Science 2 - - 0 12 - 7 - 5 5Hartford Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Hartford High School, Inc. 2 - - 0 12 - - - - -Hartford SS. Cyril and Methodius School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Hebron Oei Home School 1 - hs 1 0 1 - 1 - 1Hebron RHAM High School 2 - - 0 3 - 3 - 3 3


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

Kensington St. Paul School 1 - - 4 0 3 - 3 - 3Madison Daniel Hand High School 2 - - 0 1 - 1 - 1 1Madison Our Lady of Mercy School 1 - - 4 0 3 - 3 - 3Madison Walter C. Polson Middle School 1 - - 1 0 1 - 1 - 1Manchester East Catholic High School 2 - - 0 1 - 1 - 1 1Manchester St. Bridget School 1 - - 2 0 2 - 2 - 2Middlebury Memorial Middle School 1 - - 6 0 4 - 4 - 4Middletown Xavier High School 2 - - 0 1 - 1 - 1 1Milford St. Gabriel School 1 - - 6 0 4 - 4 - 4New Britain Sacred Heart School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4New Hartford Montessori Middle School at Millstream Farm 1 - - 3 0 1 - 1 - 1New Haven Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4New Haven Cooperative Arts and Humanities Magnet High 2 - - 0 12 - 6 - 2 2New Haven Hopkins School 2 x In - 1 - 1 - 1 1New Haven Wilbur Cross High School 2 - - 0 1 - 1 - 1 1New Haven Worthington Hooker School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4NewLondon Science&TechnologyMagnetHighSchool 2 - - 0 10 - 9 - 9 9New Milford New Milford High School 2 x sh - - - 5 - 5 5Newington St. Mary School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 3 - 3Newtown Newtown Middle School 1 x sh - - 1 - 1 - 1Newtown St. Rose of Lima School 1 x sh - - 5 - 5 - 5Norwalk All Saints Catholic School 1 - - 6 0 4 - 4 - 4Norwalk Brien McMahon High School 2 x np - - - 2 - 2 2Norwalk Nathan Hale Middle School 1 x np - - 1 - 1 - 1Norwalk Norwalk High School 2 x np - - - 3 - 2 2Norwalk Norwalk Public Schools Att BMHS 2 - np 5 7 - - - - -Norwalk Ponus Ridge Middle School 1 x np - - 1 - 1 - 1Norwalk Roton Middle School 1 x np - - 1 - 1 - 1Norwalk The Montessori Middle School 1 - - 6 0 6 - 6 - 6Norwalk West Rocks Middle School 1 x np - - 2 - 2 - 2Norwich Norwich Free Academy 2 - - 0 2 - 2 - 2 2Old Saybrook Old Saybrook Middle School 1 - - 1 0 1 - 1 - 1Orange Southern CT Hebrew Academy 1 - - 6 0 6 - 6 - 6Oxford Oxford High School 2 - - 0 4 - 4 - 4 4Pawcatuck St. Michael School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Plantsville John F. Kennedy Middle School 1 - - 5 0 5 - 5 - 5Putnam Putnam Science Academy 2 - - 0 12 - 7 - 7 7Redding Joel Barlow High School 2 - - 0 7 - 7 - 7 7Ridgefield EastRidgeMiddleSchool 1 x sh - - 5 - 5 - 5Sandy Hook Newtown High School 2 - - 0 2 - 2 - 2 2Shelton Shelton High School 2 - - 0 8 - 8 - 8 8Southington Joseph A. DePaolo Middle School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Southington St. Thomas School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Stafford Springs St. Edward School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Stamford AcademyofInformationTechnology&Eng 2 - - 0 4 - 1 - 1 1Stamford Bi-Cultural Day School 1 - - 3 0 - - - - -Stamford Stamford High School 2 - - 0 1 - 1 - - -Stamford TrailblazersAcademy 1 - - 6 0 3 - 3 - 3Storrs E.O. Smith High School 2 - - 0 8 - 4 - 4 4Storrs MansfieldMiddleSchool 1 - - 1 0 - - - - -Stratford David Wooster Middle School 1 - - 6 0 - - - - -Stratford Harry B. Flood Middle School 1 - - 6 0 6 - 6 - 6Stratford St. Mark School 1 - - 6 0 6 - 6 - 6Trumbull Christian Heritage School 2 - - 3 3 3 3 3 3 6Trumbull St. Catherine of Siena School 1 - - 4 0 2 - 2 - 2Wallingford Choate Rosemary Hall 2 - - 0 2 - - - - -Watertown The Taft School 2 - - 0 3 - 3 - 2 2West Hartford American School for the Deaf 2 - - 0 2 - 1 - 1 1West Hartford Solomon Schechter Day School 1 - - 3 0 3 - 3 - 3West Hartford St. Brigid School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 3 - 3West Hartford St. Timothy Middle School 1 - - 4 0 3 - 3 - 3


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

School Tracking

Westbrook Westbrook Middle School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Weston Weston High School 2 - - 0 1 - 1 - 1 1Westport Avdiu Home School 1 - hs 1 0 1 - 1 - 1Westport Bedford Middle School 1 - - 2 0 1 - 1 - 1Westport Coleytown Middle School 1 - - 6 0 - - - - -Westport SouthernCTInvitationalSci&EngFair 2 - ci 0 4 - - - - -Westport Staples High School 2 - - 0 10 - 10 - 10 10Wilton Middlebrook School 1 - - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4Windsor Madina Academy 2 - - 6 7 6 2 6 1 7Windsor St. Gabriel School 1 - - 4 0 2 - 2 - 2Woodbridge Amity Regional High School 2 - - 0 12 - 13 - 13 13

Schools = 133 295 313 241 226 236 210 446

Abbreviations: bp = Bridgeport Public, ci = SCISEF, gp = Glastonbury Public, hs = homeschooled, in = independent, np=NorwalkPublic,sh=ScienceHorizons,x=noregistration,J,S,P=Jr,Sr,andbothProjects

Note: The following schools have projects in both a regional fair and Connecticut Science Fair. Bethel , Bethel High - 7(sh), 4(csf) Westport, Staples High - 1(ci), 9(csf) Woodbridge, Amity Reg High - 1(ci), 12(csf)

School Summary for 2012

Total Contacts = 133 Schools (Unregistered schools are included)

Registered Schools = 103 Regular Schools = 101 Home Schools = 2 Non-Registered Schools = 30 Independents = 2 Bridgeport Public Schools = 10 Glastonbury Public Schools = 2 Norwalk Public Schools = 6 ScienceHorizons=10

Sch Proj StuReserved 106 608 Registered 123 467 594Entered 120 446 568


Returning Students

Yrs Student Hometown Grade School SchTown Honors

6 Years - 1 Student6 Dakers Ian Bozrah 12 NorwichFreeAcademy Norwich 2

5 Years - 2 Students5 Haddad Narmien Danbury 12 Immaculate High School Danbury 2 5 Ryan Kyle Trumbull 11 FairfieldCollegePreparatorySchool Fairfield 1

4 Years - 2 Students4 Carle Remington Norwich 11 Norwich Free Academy Norwich 1 4 Oei Bridget Hebron 10 East Catholic High School Manchester 1

3 Years - 17 Students3 Abacioglu Zekeriya Putnam 12 Putnam Science Academy Putnam 1 3 Ahmed Aasiya Windsor 9 Madina Academy Upper School Windsor 1 3 Chowdhary Kaitavjeet Glastonbury 11 Glastonbury High School Glastonbury 2 3 DeNardis Adriana Danbury 11 Immaculate High School Danbury 1 3 Goldburg Samantha Easton 12 Joel Barlow High School Redding 2 3 Goli Chandu Stamford 10 AcademyofInformationTechn&Eng Stamford 33 Hu Yiyuan Hamden 12 Hamden High School Hamden 1 3 Kaushik Esha Weston 12 Weston High School Weston 2 3 Kelly Olivia Shelton 10 Sacred Heart Academy Hamden 1 3 Kerr Janine Danbury 9 Danbury High School Danbury 1 3 Mocciola Julia Shelton 10 Sacred Heart Academy Hamden 2 3 Muckle Christopher Madison 12 Xavier High School Middletown 1 3 Qureshi Marrium Windsor 11 Connecticut IB Academy East Hartford 2 3 Roychoudhury Shayan Madison 9 Daniel Hand High School Madison 1 3 Wang Zelun Orange 12 Amity Regional High School Woodbridge 3 3 Werner Skyler Oxford 12 Oxford High School Oxford 2 3 Yang Thomas Greenwich 11 Greenwich High School Greenwich 1

2 Years - 78 Students2 Agro Amy Somers 8 St. Edward School Stafford Springs 2 2 Ahmed Humza Tolland 11 PutnamScienceAcademy Putnam 12 Anderson Ryan Danbury 8 St. Joseph School Danbury 2 2 Annumala Lohith Stamford 10 AcademyofInformationTech&Eng Stamford 32 Avci Selman Middletown 10 Putnam Science Academy Putnam 1 2 Baker Isabel Westport 12 Staples High School Westport 2 2 Bernard Gean Bridgeport 8 Bridgeport Hope School Bridgeport 3 2 Caisse Rebecca Plantsville 8 John F. Kennedy Middle School Plantsville 2 2 Chanyarakskul Anna Bridgeport 8 Park City Magnet School Bridgeport 3 2 Chapman Michael Guilford 9 Guilford High School Guilford 3 2 Chen Andrew Bethany 11 Amity Regional High School Woodbridge 1 2 Cirelli Lia Redding 10 Joel Barlow High School Redding 2 2 Correa Gabriel Danbury 8 St. Peter-Sacred Heart Upper School Danbury 3 2 Diaz Erika Middletown 8 SS.CyrilandMethodiusSchool Hartford 32 Dillon TJ Stratford 8 St. Mark School Stratford 3 2 Domashinski Gwynne WestSuffield 8 TalcottMountainAcademy Avon 22 Dorian Nicholas Riverside 12 Greenwich High School Greenwich 2 2 Ebrahimi Robert Farmington 8 Sacred Heart School New Britain 2 2 Elmore Andrew Stonington 12 Fishers Island School Fishers Island 3 2 Eriksson Sarah Naugatuck 8 St. Peter-Sacred Heart Upper School Danbury 2 2 Fox Evan Woodbridge 11 Amity Regional High School Woodbridge 2 2 Garvey Jack Bethel 8 St. Mary School Bethel 2 2 Gosselin Stephen West Hartford 8 St. Timothy Middle School West Hartford 2 2 Grader Samantha Groton 12 Fishers Island School Fishers Island 3 2 Greene Alexis Bridgeport 8 HighHorizonsMagnetSchool Bridgeport 32 Greenslade Blake Newington 8 St. Brigid School West Hartford 2 2 Haddad Merna Danbury 11 Immaculate High School Danbury 1 2 Han Paul Glastonbury 8 Smith Middle School Glastonbury 1 2 Hansel Paul Old Greenwich 8 Eastern Middle School Greenwich 1


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Yrs Student Hometown Grade School SchTown Honors

Returning Students

2 Hecht Bracha Orange 8 Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy Orange 1 2 Henck Jordan Woodbridge 11 Amity Regional High School Woodbridge 2 2 Hitt Tarpley New Haven 11 Wilbur Cross High School New Haven 1 2 Hogan Alessandra New Haven 11 Wilbur Cross High School New Haven 1 2 Hyde Jessica Ashford 11 E. O. Smith High School Storrs 2 2 Ishizuka Ryota CosCob 12 GreenwichHighSchool Greenwich 12 Jiang Christina Hamden 11 Sacred Heart Academy Hamden 2 2 Kantor Rivka Westport 8 Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy Orange 1 2 Kennedy Aedan Oxford 12 Oxford High School Oxford 2 2 Kennedy Ali Newtown 12 Newtown High School Sandy Hook 3 2 Kharbouch Rami Bridgeport 9 Bridgeport Aquaculture School Bridgeport 3 2 Kief Jameson Plantsville 8 St. Thomas School Southington 2 2 Knoedler Laura Milford 10 CooperativeArts&HumanitiesHighSch NewHaven 32 Kobsa Jessica Wilton 8 Middlebrook School Wilton 2 2 Kumm Madeline New Britain 9 Classical Magnet School Hartford 2 2 Lonergan Sean Milford 8 St. Gabriel School Milford 3 2 Lunt Fiona Danbury 10 Danbury High School Danbury 2 2 Lustbader Jason Westport 12 Staples High School Westport 2 2 Mahmood Rigel Shelton 10 Shelton High School Shelton 1 2 Marini Anna Shelton 12 Shelton High School Shelton 3 2 Mascolo Chase Fairfield 8 St.ThomasAquinasCatholicSchool Fairfield 22 McConnell Gavin East Granby 8 East Granby Middle School East Granby 1 2 McKinney Jed Old Greenwich 11 Greenwich High School Greenwich 1 2 Mohammed Jasmeen Bridgeport 8 Bridgeport Hope School Bridgeport 2 2 Morgan Imani Stamford 7 TrailblazersAcademy Stamford 22 Mossberg Kirsten Windsor 8 St. Gabriel School Windsor 2 2 Myrzatay Almas Putnam 10 PutnamScienceAcademy Putnam 12 Oei Maura Hebron 8 Oei Home School Hebron 1 2 Ozgenturk Bahadir Putnam 12 PutnamScienceAcademy Putnam 12 Ozkan Selahaddin Putnam 12 PutnamScienceAcademy Putnam 32 Pagliaro Dominic Sandy Hook 8 St. Rose of Lima School Newtown 2 2 Pecoriello Jillian Westport 12 Staples High School Westport 2 2 Prawl Ashley Stamford 7 TrailblazersAcademy Stamford 32 Provost Connor Bozrah 8 FieldsMemorialSchool Bozrah 22 Qureshi Usra Windsor 9 Madina Academy Upper School Windsor 1 2 Ringes Katerina Sandy Hook 8 St. Rose of Lima School Newtown 2 2 Robitaille Nicole Manchester 8 St. Bridget School Manchester 1 2 Shapiro Mark Glastonbury 8 Talcott Mountain Academy Avon 3 2 Solder John Westport 12 Staples High School Westport 1 2 Tappenden Charlotte Windsor 8 St. Gabriel School Windsor 2 2 Thompson Connor Ledyard 12 Fishers Island School Fishers Island 3 2 Todorovska Bojana Stamford 8 TrailblazersAcademy Stamford 32 Tukupov Serik Putnam 11 Putnam Science Academy Putnam 1 2 Van Geldern Benjamin Bridgeport 8 Bridgeport Hope School Bridgeport 3 2 Visscher Adeline Mystic 8 St. Michael School Pawcatuck 1 2 Waskowicz Caleigh Southington 8 St.ThomasSchool Southington 22 Yan Qi Woodbridge 12 Amity Regional High School Woodbridge 2 2 Young Ashley Stratford 8 St. Mark School Stratford 3 2 Zhuang Shiyu Orange 11 Amity Regional High School Woodbridge 1

Total Returns = 100 Students


Beyond CSF

Beyond CT Science Fair

Many projects have won trips to other competitions. The following pages show some of those projects with their CSF awards and abstracts.

Intel ISEF CSF Life Sciences John Solder (This 1st place project will represent Alexion Biotechnology at ISEF.) Yituan Hu Mallory Madfes (This 3rd place project will represent CSF Life Sciences at ISEF.) CSF Physical Sciences RyotaIshizuka Bridget Oei CSF Special Categories Alexion Biotechnology - John Solder Urban School Challenge - Genesis Garcia

I-SWEEEP Morgan Jordan Bridget Oei (also winner of CSF Physical Sciences) Remington Carle Christopher Muckle, Miraj Rahematpura, Mario Chris (Presentation will be by 2 team members only.)

GENIUS Environmental - Mallory Madfes (also winner of CSF Life Sciences) Biodiversity - Janine Kerr Ecology - Allison Haley Energy - Shayan Roychoudhury and Wesley Kimmel

The date and place of coming science fairs are shown below.

May 13-17, 2012Pittsburgh, PA

2012 Intel ISEF

May 3-6, 2012Houston, Texas

2012 I-SWEEEP

June 24-29, 2012Oswego, NY

2012 Genius Olympiad


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Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) Competitors

CSF Life Sciences

This 1st place project will represent Alexion Biotechnology at ISEF3046 LS Optogenetic Interrogation of Prefrontal Cortex Dopamine D1 Receptor-Containing Neurons as a Technique to Restore Timing: A Novel Approach to Treat Prefrontal Disorders Westport StaplesHighSchool,Teacher-AlfredJ.Scheetz John Solder, Westport 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---1stPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHigh-$500&trophy,TriptocompeteatIntelISEF •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---$1,000Cashandplaque •H.JosephGerberMedalofExcellence,anawardoftheConnecticutAcademyofScienceandEngineeringinpartnershipwith CCAT---LifeSciencesSenior-$1,000cash,SolidSilverMedalofExcellence,invitetoCASEAnnualMtg •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---1stPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-TriptocompeteatIntelISEF,$500&trophy, •ConnecticutScienceSupervisorsAssociation---$125forahighschoolproject

3061 LS Role of MyD88 in DNA Damage Response Hamden, Hamden High School, Teacher - Sonia Beloin Yiyuan Hu, Hamden 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHigh-$300&trophy,TriptocompeteatIntelISEF •SocietyforInVitroBiology---Certificateand$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF

This 3rd place project will represent CSF Life Sciences at ISEF3042 LS Mycoremediation of PCB Soil Contaminants with Pleurotus Ostreatus Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Mallory Madfes, Greenwich 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---3rdPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHigh-$200&trophy •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---3rdPlaceHS-$100,Trophy,Audubongifts •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---3rdPlaceHighSchool-$300CashandTrophy •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---$1,000Cashandplaque •U.S.MetricAssociation---Certificate&$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF •LongIslandSoundFoundation,Inc.---$500LifeScience/EnvironmentalScience/Physicalscience •GENIUSOlympiad---GENIUSOlympiadCompetitionforHSstudent(s)andadvisor-Environmental

Alexion Biotechnology

3046 LS Optogenetic Interrogation of Prefrontal Cortex Dopamine D1 Receptor-Containing Neurons as a Technique to Restore Timing: A Novel Approach to Treat Prefrontal Disorders Westport StaplesHighSchool,Teacher-AlfredJ.Scheetz John Solder, Westport 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---1stPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHigh-$500&trophy,TriptocompeteatIntelISEF •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---$1,000Cashandplaque •H.JosephGerberMedalofExcellence,anawardoftheConnecticutAcademyofScienceandEngineeringinpartnershipwith CCAT---LifeSciencesSenior-$1,000cash,SolidSilverMedalofExcellence,invitetoCASEAnnualMtg •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---1stPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-TriptocompeteatIntelISEF,$500&trophy, •ConnecticutScienceSupervisorsAssociation---$125forahighschoolproject


Beyond CSF

Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) Competitors

CSF Physical Sciences

6049 PS An Organic Thin Film Transistor and Elastic Organic Solar Cell Based Electronic Skin for Biochemical and Tactile Sensing Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Ryota Ishizuka, Cos Cob 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---1stPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighIndividual-$500 &trophy,triptocompeteatIntelISEF •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,Backpack,Book,andAnnualReport •H.JosephGerberMedalofExcellence,anawardoftheConnecticutAcademyofScienceandEngineeringinpartnershipwith CCAT---PhysicalSciencesSenior-$1,000cash,SolidSilverMedalofExcellence,invitetoCASEAnnualMtg •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---HighSchool-Certificate,$75.00giftcertificate •IEEE,ConnecticutSection---$250HonorsAward-Senior •Coherent,Inc.RichardHartAwardforExcellenceinPhotonics---$300cash,plaque,invitationtolunchandtourCoherent factory •ArthurMensingAward---$500cashawardforexcellenceinthephysicalsciences

6002PSPolyvinylideneFluoride(PVDF)PiezoelectricGenerator:ANovelApproachtoHarvestingVibrationsfromHumanRespiration to Power Biological Implant Devices Manchester, East Catholic High School, Teacher - Ms. Holly Noble Bridget Oei, Hebron 10 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighIndividual- $300&trophy,triptocompeteatIntelISEF •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---HighSchool Finalist-Medallion&AcrylicAward •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---1stPlaceHighSchool-$500Cash and Trophy •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---2ndPlaceHighSchool-$500CashandTrophyandTrip to Compete I-SWEEEP, Houston •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---$1,000Cashandplaque •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,Backpack,Book,andAnnualReport •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---5thPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-trophy •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---HighSchool-Certificate,$75.00giftcertificate •CTTechnologyCouncilYouthInnovationAward---$150CashAwardforTechnologicalInnovation •I-SWEEEP(InternationalSustainableWorldProjectOlympiad)---I-SWEEEPCompetitionforstudent(2)andadvisor-2nd Place HS Future Sustainability

Urban School Challenge

6037 PS Geometrical Symmetry Analysis of the Skeletonema costatum Amorphous Cell Structure Bridgeport, Bridgeport Aquaculture School, Teacher - Mr. Shadle Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Genesis Garcia, Bridgeport 12 Awards: Honors = 2 •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---1stPlaceHighSchool-$500andTrophy,MedallionandtriptocompeteatIntelISEF


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NAME: Mallory Madfes SCHOOL: Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CTTEACHER/MENTOR: Andrew Bramante

TITLE: Mycoremediation of PCB Soil Contaminants with Pleurotus Ostreatus

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) are remarkably stable compounds. Their resilience in the environment is of major concern due to their damaging effects on humans. Current cases of PCB contamination in soil require one of three costly methods of remediation; soil is unearthed to an off-site location with high temperature incineration, microbial degradation through reductive dechlorination of the biphenyl skeleton, and chemical degradation via electron transfer to form PCB anions. Mycoremediation may offer a cheap, thorough, and noninvasive alternative to these methods. Previous studies have investigated the effects of Pleurotus ostreatus (PO) in the remediation of PCB contaminated liquids, with some success for low and moderate contamination. ThisresearchinsteadfocusesonuseofPOfungusinthemycoremediationofPCB’sinacontrolledsoil-likemedium.1000ppm Aroclor 1016 was added to 4 g of pre-cultivated PO in pine sawdust, which contained 2.4% fungus, 69.8% water, and the remaining sawdust. An extraction method was created to reliably recover PCB content from the sawdust mixture; 0.2 g of contaminatedfungalsawdustwasmixedwith0.5mlofhexanefor10min,followedbyfiltration.Gaschromatography(FlameIonizationDetection)wasusedtomeasurethePCBcontentofsoilwithPOfungus.ResultsindicatethatthePCBconcentrationin untreated sawdust remained constant over time, while those chambers with a thriving PO colony showed as ~ 60% reduction inPCBcontentin1day.InfivedaysofPOtreatment,asmuchas99.6%oftheoriginalloadof1000ppmAroclor1016wasremediated, with only 4 ppm remaining. The rate of remediation per load of PO in the soil-like medium was determined to be 24.4 ppm PCB per day, per gram of PO, within 1 kg of soil.

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

TITLE: Role of MyD88 in DNA Damage Response The myeloid differentiation primary response factor 88 (MyD88) is an essential adaptor protein in the signaling of the innate immune system through Toll-like receptors (TLRs). The goal of this study was to further explore the role of MyD88 after collaboratorsreportedthattheexpressionofDNAdamagerepairgeneswasinducedbyTLRstimulation.MyD88’spossibleroleintheDNAdamageresponse(DDR)wasinterrogatedusingmurineembryonicfibroblasts(MEFs)derivedfromMyD88wildtypeandMyD88-deficient(knockout)mouseembryos.MyD88knockoutMEFshadlessgrowthwhencomparedtothatofwild-typeMEFs.Knockoutcellshadlesssurvivalsevendaysafterionizingandultravioletradiationthanwild-typecells.Knockout cells also exhibited delayed reentry into mitosis following irradiation as well as heightened sensitivity to stress caused by Fetal Bovine Serum starvation. Notably, western blotting showed that the induction of ATM, a critical early DNA damagesensor,anddownstreamproteinssuchasChk2,P53,andphosphorylatedP53isdecreasedinMyD88-deficientcells.CompleximmunoprecipitationfurtherrevealedthenuclearlocalizationofMyD88andamoredirectassociationwithATM.ThesenovelfindingssuggestthatMyD88assistsinthemaintenanceofgenomicstabilitybystabilizingtheinductionofthecritical DNA damage sensor ATM.

ISEF Abstracts - CSF Life Sciences


Beyond CSF

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

TITLE: An Organic Thin Film Transistor and Elastic Organic Solar Cell Based Electronic Skin for Biochemical and Tactile Sensing

Organic Thin Film Transistors (OTFTs) are low-cost and scalable electronics that have been limited by their dependence on external power sources. The development of stretchable Organic Photovoltaic Devices (OPVCs) would allow for solar harvesting on non-planar surfaces of textiles, vehicles, and buildings or integration into such OTFT electronics to provide portable energy. This study demonstrates flexibleOTFT pressure sensors powered by elasticOPVCs,whichmay serve as electronic skinmimickingtactilesensingforartificialintelligence.CompressivestrainswereappliedtoaPDMSelastomerofOPVCswithe-GaInliquidmetaltopcontactsandgraphemeoxidebaselayers,creatingelasticfilmbuckles.PDMSsubstrateandthinfilmthicknesseswereanalyzedbySpectralReflectance,SEM,andEDStooptimizeoutputs.OptimizedelasticOPVCsgenerated0.56V at a PCE of 2.56% while stretched to 120%, paralleling production from conventional rigid OPVCs. Compression of the PDMS dielectric in OTFT pressure sensors produced changes in device capacitance and output current corresponding to the appliedpressure.Sensitivitywasmaximizedwithvaryingsubstrates,organicsemiconductors,andelectrodes.OTFTsdetectedminute pressures of 500 Pa with a rapid response of 0.2 seconds. Adaptability of OTFT applications was demonstrated through abiosensorOTFTwithlaminatedflowcellthatconvertedthebindingofnegativebiomoleculestocurrentchanges.Label-freedetectionoftraceelementsofbiotinandSDSwasachievedwithCuPcsurfacepassivationfilms,whichpotentiallyallowformultiple analyte discriminating sites. The novel elastic, collapsible, and robust OPVCs may serve as off-grid power for a new generationofflexibleandself-poweredconsumerandbiomedicaldevices.

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

TITLE: PolyvinylideneFluoride(PVDF)PiezoelectricGenerator:ANovelApproachtoHarvestingVibrationsfromHuman Respiration to Power Biological Implant Devices

Traditional batteries used in biological implants require the patient to undergo invasive surgery during the replacement process. Onepromisingsolutionistodirectlyharvestenergyfromthebiologicalsystemitselftorealizeself-poweredbiomedicaldevices.This research explores the development of a practical micro-scale device for harvesting energy from a regular human activity—respiration.TheenergyharvestingreliesontheresonantoscillationofapiezoelectricgeneratorwhoseprimecomponentisaPVDFthinfilmshapedinaflapper,reedorwindsockconfiguration.PiezoelectricGeneratorswithPVDFthinfilmthicknessof26,52and100micronsweretestedtoinvestigatetheircapabilityofconvertinglow-speedairflowenergyintoelectricity.Experimentsindicatedthatthepeakpowergeneratedincreasedasafunctionofthecubicpowerofthepeakairflowvelocity.Greater power was produced by PVDF of decreasing thickness. This correlated with the prediction from the mathematical model.ThewindsockconfigurationproducedthegreatestpowerforagivenPVDFthicknessthroughouttherangeofpeakairflowvelocity. Thiswas followedby theflapper configuration and then the reed configuration. Thebest configurationtestedwasthe28micronthickPVDFfilminthewindsockconfiguration.PVDFoscillationsandpowerwasproducedwithairflowvelocityas lowas3.4ft/sec. In therangeofhumanbreathingvelocity(10ft/sec to25ft./sec), thisconfigurationproduced between 10 to 110 microwatts. At a peak of 10 microwatts, a pacemaker is the largest consumer of electricity of any biomedicaldevice.ThelowendofthePVDFPiezoelectricGeneratorpowerrangeissufficienttopowerapacemakeratitspeakrequirements.ThePVDFPiezoelectricGeneratortestedproducedmorethansufficientpowertooperatethisdevice.

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NAME: John Solder SCHOOL: Staples High School, Westport, CTTEACHER/MENTOR:AlfredJ.Scheetz

TITLE: Optogenetic Interrogation of Prefrontal Cortex Dopamine D1 Receptor-Containing Neurons as a Technique to Restore Timing: A Novel Approach to Treat Prefrontal Disorders

Millions suffer debilitating prefrontal cortex (PFC) impairments. Current treatment options are limited; medications affect molecularmechanismssystemicallyanddeepbrainstimulationisregion-butnotmechanism-specific.Thisprojectusednovel optogenetic interrogation methods to study: 1) the role of ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopaminergic projections and dopamine D1-receptor containing PFC neurons in the control of timing behavior, a relatively understudied PFC function criticaltodailyactivities,and2)optogeneticsasamechanism-andregion-specificapproachtotreatPFCimpairment.Inwork performed in collaboration with a team of university researchers, impaired interval timing performance of rats was observed after dopaminergic blockade both in the VTA and of PFC dopamine D1 receptors, supporting the importance ofthisbrainsystemintimedresponses.PerformanceimprovedafterPFCfiberopticlightdeliverytomicethatexpressed473nm,bluelaserlight-sensitiveactivatingchannels,Channelrhodopsin-2,specificallyindopamineD1receptor-containingneurons. This showed PFC D1 neuron optogenetic stimulation can improve PFC-related timing performance. Constructs weredevelopedtotestafinalhypothesisthatoptogeneticstimulationofpostsynapticPFCD1receptor-containingneurons,viabluelightsensitiveactivatingChannelrhodopsin-2,issufficienttocompensateforalossofVTAdopaminesignalinginmiceexpressingunfloxed590nmyellowlight-sensitiveinhibitorychannelhalorhodopsininVTAneurons.Thefindingsdemonstrate the importance of PFC D1 neurons in adaptive control of timing responses and provide a novel optogenetic treatment model for PFC disorders, including those arising from impairments upstream.

NAME: Genesis Garcia SCHOOL: Bridgeport Aquaculture School, Bridgeport, CTTEACHER/MENTOR: Mr. Shadle

TITLE: Geometrical Symmetry Analysis of the Skeletonema costatum Amorphous Cell Structure

S. costatum, a common species of diatom native to coastal waters around the world, typically grows in chains or colonies. Eachcellisconjoinedbylongprocessesormarginalspinestoformfilaments.Likeotherdiatomspecies,S.costatumcontainsa frustule (cell wall), the main component of the silica structure. After cell division, within the frustule, the Silicon Deposition Vesicle (SDV) forms and expands constructing complex radial symmetrical shapes of areolae (pores), spiral processes (ribs) and girdle bands called cincture. These microscopic photosynthetic organisms contain a periodic nanostructure composed of silica thatsuggestsanidealareolaeformationforthepotencyofsolarpanelefficiency.UnderstandingtheS.costatumamorphoussilica pattern within its porous structure can lead to a pattern model that, if replicated in photocatalyst and solar cell construction, willgreatlyimprovethesolarcell’senergyoutput.Todevelopapatternmodel,in-depthanalysisofSEM(ScanningElectronMicroscope) imagery including, length-width ratios of individual areola, the average count and the relative distribution angles oftheareolainterpretsS.costatum’sfrustulegeometry.ExaminingtheS.costatumingirdleviewaroundthecylindricalcanshapeofthediatomat20,000xmagnification,exposedahexagonaloutlinepatterncomprisedofsevenindividualareolaewithsignificantasymmetricalalterations.Theindividualareolae“positioning”at62°+/-2°,relativefromcenterdimensions,withan areola mean dimensional range of .04um length and .03um width respectively. The distribution angles coupled with the dimensionalrangeswithinthishexagonaloutlinepatterndefinethefinalfrustuleformation.Interpretingthisintricatemoldof the areola can help understand how this growth pattern forms during the pre-stages of cell division that can potentially be appliedtosolarpanelconstructionforimprovedefficiency.

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International Sustainable World (I-SWEEEP) Competitors

6076PSSurfactants:EmulsificationEffectsofSynthetic,MicrobialandPlant-DerivedSurfactants Redding,JoelBarlowHighSchool,Teacher-KatherineNuzzo Morgan Jordan, Easton 12 Awards: Honors = 2 •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---1stPlaceHighSchool-$800Cash,Trophy,andTripto Compete I-SWEEEP, Houston •QuinnipiacUniversityScholarships---$20,000,4yearscholarshiptoQuinnipiacUniversityforHighSchoolStudent •I-SWEEEP(InternationalSustainableWorldProjectOlympiad)---I-SWEEEPCompetitionforstudent(2)andadvisor-1st Place HS Future Sustainability

6002PSPolyvinylideneFluoride(PVDF)PiezoelectricGenerator:ANovelApproachtoHarvestingVibrationsfromHumanRespiration to Power Biological Implant Devices Manchester, East Catholic High School, Teacher - Ms. Holly Noble Bridget Oei, Hebron 10 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighIndividual- $300&trophy,triptocompeteatIntelISEF •ATOMIC(AssociatedTeachersofMathematicsInCT)MathematicsAwards-withPeople’sUnitedBank---HighSchool Finalist-Medallion&AcrylicAward •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---1stPlaceHighSchool-$500Cash and Trophy •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---2ndPlaceHighSchool-$500CashandTrophyandTrip to Compete I-SWEEEP, Houston •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---$1,000Cashandplaque •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,Backpack,Book,andAnnualReport •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---5thPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-trophy •OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps---HighSchool-Certificate,$75.00giftcertificate •CTTechnologyCouncilYouthInnovationAward---$150CashAwardforTechnologicalInnovation •I-SWEEEP(InternationalSustainableWorldProjectOlympiad)---I-SWEEEPCompetitionforstudent(2)andadvisor-2nd Place HS Future Sustainability

6016PSUtilizingaRoboticTurningMechanismtoFocusontheSuninOrdertoMaximizetheEfficiencyofaParabolicTroughWater Heating System Norwich, Norwich Free Academy, Teacher - Mrs. Jones Remington Carle, Norwich 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •XeroxComputerScienceAwards---SeniorHighFinalist-Medallion,AcrylicAward •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-MedallionandAcrylicAward •UnitedTechnologiesCorporationAwards---$500inUTCCommonStock,Plaque,Backpack,Book,andAnnualReport •ConnecticutAssociationofPhysicsTeachers---$100Seniorproject •IEEE,ConnecticutSection---$100HonorableMention •I-SWEEEP(InternationalSustainableWorldProjectOlympiad)---I-SWEEEPCompetitionforstudent(2)andadvisor-

6515PSTTestingtheViabilityofAdaptiveWingletTechnologytoImproveFuelEfficiencyonMidsizeCommercialAirlinersusing Computational Fluid Dynamics Middletown, Xavier High School, Teacher - Manoj Rahematpura Christopher Muckle, Madison 12 Miraj Rahematpura Middletown 12 Mario Chris Storrs 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---1stPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighTeam-$500(split) &trophy •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion •AmericanInstituteofAeronautics&Astronautics-ConnecticutSection---$200award,certificate •I-SWEEEP(InternationalSustainableWorldProjectOlympiad)---I-SWEEEPCompetitionforstudent(2)andadvisor-


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NAME: Morgan JordanSCHOOL: Joel Barlow High School, Redding, CTTEACHER/MENTOR:KatherineNuzzo

TITLE: Surfactants:EmulsificationEffectsofSynthetic,MicrobialandPlant-DerivedSurfactants

Surfactants, specifically emulsifiers, are used in a varietyof industries and applications, from thepharmaceutical industrytobioremediationefforts.Manychemicallysynthesizedsurfactants,however,areharmfultotheenvironmentandcanhaveadverse health effects. Microbial and plant-derived surfactants are alternatives to these potentially harmful synthetic surfactants. Inthisexperiment,threedifferentsurfactantswerecomparedintermsofemulsificationactivitythroughmeasuringtheturbidityofsolutionsspectrophotometricallyandusinganemulsificationindex.Solutionscontaineddieselfuel(asubstituteforcrudeoil), water, and a surfactant. The surfactants tested were Triton X-100, a synthetic surfactant, soy lecithin, a plant-derived surfactant, and rhamnolipid biosurfactant, a microbial surfactant. The microbial surfactant was comparable to Triton X-100 intermsofemulsificationactivityasdeterminedbyboththemeasurementofturbidityusingaspectrophotometerandusinganemulsificationindex.Bothshowedhighlevelsofemulsionof thehydrocarbonandthewater.Becauseof this, itcanbeconcluded that microbial surfactants could potentially replace synthetic surfactants. Further research should focus on testing theefficacyofmicrobialsurfactantsinspecificapplicationsandindustriescurrentlyusing synthetic surfactants.

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

TITLE: PolyvinylideneFluoride(PVDF)PiezoelectricGenerator:ANovelApproachtoHarvestingVibrationsfromHuman Respiration to Power Biological Implant Devices

Traditional batteries used in biological implants require the patient to undergo invasive surgery during the replacement process. Onepromisingsolutionistodirectlyharvestenergyfromthebiologicalsystemitselftorealizeself-poweredbiomedicaldevices.This research explores the development of a practical micro-scale device for harvesting energy from a regular human activity—respiration.TheenergyharvestingreliesontheresonantoscillationofapiezoelectricgeneratorwhoseprimecomponentisaPVDFthinfilmshapedinaflapper,reedorwindsockconfiguration.PiezoelectricGeneratorswithPVDFthinfilmthicknessof26,52and100micronsweretestedtoinvestigatetheircapabilityofconvertinglow-speedairflowenergyintoelectricity.Experimentsindicatedthatthepeakpowergeneratedincreasedasafunctionofthecubicpowerofthepeakairflowvelocity.Greater power was produced by PVDF of decreasing thickness. This correlated with the prediction from the mathematical model. ThewindsockconfigurationproducedthegreatestpowerforagivenPVDFthicknessthroughouttherangeofpeakairflowvelocity.Thiswasfollowedbytheflapperconfigurationandthenthereedconfiguration.Thebestconfigurationtestedwasthe28micronthickPVDFfilminthewindsockconfiguration.PVDFoscillationsandpowerwasproducedwithairflowvelocityaslowas3.4ft/sec.Intherangeofhumanbreathingvelocity(10ftsecto25ft./sec),thisconfigurationproducedbetween10to 110 microwatts.At a peak of 10 microwatts, a pacemaker is the largest consumer of electricity of any biomedical device. The lowendofthePVDFPiezoelectricGeneratorpowerrangeissufficienttopowerapacemakeratitspeakrequirements.Atthehighendofthisrange,thePVDFPiezoelectricGeneratorgenerateseleventimesthepowernecessarytooperateapacemaker.

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Beyond CSF

NAME: Remington Carle SCHOOL: Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, CTTEACHER/MENTOR: Mrs. Jones

TITLE: UtilizingaRoboticTurningMechanismtoFocusontheSuninOrdertoMaximizetheEfficiencyofaParabolic Trough Water Heating System

Isitpossibletoincreasetheefficiencyofaparabolictroughwaterheatingsystembyusingaroboticrotationmechanismthatwould turn the trough to face the sun? Parabolic troughs have been used to collect solar energy in the form of hot water. The baselinedatashowsthelimitationsofastationaryparabolictrough;peakefficiencyisshortlivedbecausethesunisconstantlymovingandthefocalpointhastobeprecise.Myideawastoutilizerobotictechnologyinordertomaintainthefocusoftheparabolictroughonthesuntherebysustainingmaximumefficiency.Idesignedandconstructedaparabolictroughwiththeability to rotate freely. The Lego Mindstorm robotics system was adapted to act as a pulley system in order to move the parabolic trough into focus. The robot was then programmed to accept input from a solar cell. The solar cell generated a voltage to provide a signal to control the attitude of the trough. The robot would poll the voltage that was generated by the solar cell and follow the algorithm until it reached a certain voltage, which provided feedback that the trough was focused. The data showed that therobotsinputduringtestingmaintainedthesameorbettertemperaturedifferentials.Thepeakefficiencywassustainedoverperiods of time as opposed to the baseline. In conclusion, the robot design and software solution was successfully programmed to maintain focus of a parabolic trough to gather heat energy from the sun.

NAME: Miraj Rahematpura and Mario Chris SCHOOL: Xavier High School, Middletown, CTTEACHER/MENTOR: Manoj Rahematpura

TITLE: TestingtheViabilityofAdaptiveWingletTechnologytoImproveFuelEfficiencyonMidsizeCommercialAirliners using Computational Fluid Dynamics

Problemsduetoincreasingcarbonemissions,fuelprices,andnoisepollutionhavepressuredairlinestorevisittheefficiencyofairplanes.Recentlymidsizecommercialplaneshavetrendedtowardsimplementingwinglets,angledsurfacesatthetipsofwings,toimprovefuelefficiencybyincreasingeffectivewingspanandreducingdragvortices.Unfortunately,wingletsimprovefuelefficiencyonlyatcruiseconditions—duringclimbanddescent,wingletsactuallydecreasefuelefficiency.Thisresearchproposedanadaptive/morphingwingletstructurewhichmimicsbird-likeflightbychangingitscantangle,relativetothewing,toimprovethefuelefficiencycomparedtoairplaneswithfixedcantwinglets.First,usingComputerAidedDesign(CAD)andComputational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) as well as static equations of equilibrium, a proof-of-concept innovative mechanism was designed to adapt thewinglet cant in flight.Next, drag reduction due towinglets on a baselinemidsize commercialairplane (representative of a Boeing 737)/wing model was calculated using CFD analyses. Afterwards, the wing geometry was remodeledandanalyzedwitharrayofcantedwingletstorepresentvariableadaptivewingletconfigurationatsixdifferentflightconditions.Byemployingtheadaptivewingletdesign—“FalconTip”—inlieuofthestandardfixedcantwinglet,basedonthecalculatedreductionindrag,theairlineindustryjustflyingtheB737willsave600milliongallonsofjetfuelperyear,worthroughly 2 billion dollars. This fuel savings corresponds to a 7% reduction in CO2 emissions, approximately equivalent to the amount of CO2 absorbed by 50 million trees.

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GENIUS Olympiad Competitors

Environmental

3042 LS Mycoremediation of PCB Soil Contaminants with Pleurotus Ostreatus Greenwich, Greenwich High School, Teacher - Andrew Bramante Mallory Madfes, Greenwich 11 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---3rdPlace-LifeSciencesSeniorHigh-$200&trophy •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---3rdPlaceHS-$100,Trophy,Audubongifts •eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards---3rdPlaceHighSchool-$300CashandTrophy •GoodrichISRAwardsforExcellenceInEngineering---$1,000Cashandplaque •U.S.MetricAssociation---Certificate&$50giftcardtoAmazongivenbyCSF •LongIslandSoundFoundation,Inc.---$500LifeScience/EnvironmentalScience/Physicalscience •GENIUSOlympiad---GENIUSOlympiadCompetitionforHSstudent(s)andadvisor-Environmental

Biodiversity 3084 LS The Biological Control of Zebra Mussels Using the Marine Natural Product Aaptamine. Danbury,DanburyHighSchool,Teacher-Mr.LaRosaDanburyScienceHorizons Janine Kerr, Danbury 9 Awards: Honors = 1 •PfizerLifeSciencesAwards---Finalist-LifeScienceSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion&AcrylicAward •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---1stPlaceHS-$500,Trophy,Audubongifts •AlexionBiotechnologyAwards---3rdPlace-BiotechnologySeniorHigh-$300&trophy •TheGoodwin-NieringCenterfortheEnvironment---$100for“ExcellenceinEnvironmentalConservationStudies” •SoutheasternNewEnglandMarineEducators---$75awardandmembershipinSENEME-1stPlaceSenior&T-Shirt •MeyerandYoungWomanScientistAwards---$300cash-HighSchool,LifeSciences •GENIUSOlympiad---GENIUSOlympiadCompetitionforHSstudent(s)andadvisor-Biodiversity

Ecology

6031 PS The Investigation of the Role of Methylating Bacteria in the Reintroduction Of Mercury into Long Island Sound Bridgeport, Bridgeport Aquaculture School, Teacher - Mr. Shadle Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Schools Allison Haley, Shelton 12 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---Finalist-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHigh-CSFMedallion& Acrylic Award •UrbanSchoolChallengeAwards---3ndPlaceHighSchool-$200andTrophy,Medallion •AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicalsEnvironmentalAwards---HSFinalist-Audubongifts,CSFMedallion,Arylicaward •LongIslandSoundFoundation,Inc.---$500LifeScience/EnvironmentalScience/Physicalscience •ProjectOceanology---Individual-Book+2tickets,FirstPlaceSenior,checkfor$100,t-shirt •TheMaritimeAquariumEnvironmentalStewardshipAward---IyearFamilyMembership,FamilyiMax,FamilyCruise •GENIUSOlympiad---GENIUSOlympiadCompetitionforHSstudent(s)andadvisor-Ecology

Energy

6517PSTCanyouchargeyourphonewirelessly?Cordlesselectricitytransmissionbypiezoelectricexcitationvialowfrequency acoustic waves. Madison, Daniel Hand High School, Teacher - Madhuparna Roychoudhury Shayan Roychoudhury, Madison 9 Wesley Kimmel Madison 10 Awards: Honors = 1 •Dominion’sMillstonePowerStationPhysicalSciencesAwards---2ndPlace-PhysicalSciencesSeniorHighTeam-$300(split) &trophy •BarnesAerospaceAppliedTechnologyAwards---2ndPlaceHighSchool-$300andTrophy,Medallion •CleanEnergyFinanceandInvestmentAuthorityAlternative/RenewableEnergyAwards---HighSchoolFinalist-Medallion •GENIUSOlympiad---GENIUSOlympiadCompetitionforHSstudent(s)andadvisor-Energy


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GENIUS Olympiad Abstracts

NAME: Mallory Madfes SCHOOL: Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CTTEACHER/MENTOR: Andrew Bramante

TITLE: Mycoremediation of PCB Soil Contaminants with Pleurotus Ostreatus

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) are remarkably stable compounds. Their prolonged resilience in the environment is of major concern, as PCBs are known to have a damaging effect on humans. Current cases of PCB contamination in soil require one of three costly methods of remediation, where the soil is unearthed to an off-site location; incineration at high temperatures, microbial degradation through reductive dechlorination of the biphenyl skeleton, and chemical degradation via electron transfer to form PCB anions. Mycoremediation may offer a cheap, thorough, and uninvasive alternative to these methods. Previous studies have investigated the effects of Pleurotus ostreatus, the oyster mushroom, in the remediation of PCB contaminated liquids, with some success for low and moderate contamination. This research instead focuses on use of the same fungus in the mycoremediationofPCB’sinacontrolledsoil-likeenvironment.1000ppmAroclor1016wasaddedto4gramsofpre-cultivatedPO in pine sawdust, which contained 2.4% fungus, 69.8% water, and the remaining sawdust. An extraction method was created to repeatedly and reliably recover PCB content from the sawdust mixture; 0.2 grams of contaminated fungal sawdust was mixed with0.5mlofhexanefor10minutes,followedbyfiltration.Gaschromatography,withFlameIonizationDetection,wasusedto measure the PCB content of soil with PO fungus. Results indicate that the PCB concentration in untreated sawdust remained constant over time, while those chambers with a thriving PO colony showed as ~ 60% reduction in PCB content in 1 day. In fivedaysofPOtreatment,asmuchas96%oftheoriginalloadof1000ppmAroclor1016wasremediated,withonly4ppmremaining. The rate of remediation per load of PO in the soil-like medium was determined to be 24.4 ppm PCB per day, per gram of PO, within 1 kg of soil.

NAME: Janine Kerr SCHOOL: Danbury High School, Danbury, CTTEACHER/MENTOR: Mr. LaRosa

TITLE: The Biological Control of Zebra Mussels Using the Marine Natural Product Aaptamine.

TheinvasionofZebramusselsintoourcountry’swaterwayshasbecomeanincreasinglysignificantenvironmentalproblem.They foul pipes, grow on ship hulls, cost millions to remove, and cause major disruption to the ecosystem. Presently, the only waytocontrolzebramusselsisthroughenvironmentallyhazardousmolluscicides.InordertoseeifZebramusselinfestationcould be halted or reversed in an environmentally safe manner, I set out to identify a safe biological control agent. Aaptamine, amarinenaturalproducttakenfromIndonesiansponges,wastestedforitseffectivenessatcontrollingzebramusselattachmentandmortalityintestchambersandcomparedtothemolluscicidemetaldahyde.AaptaminehadanEC50between2-3μg/mlinboth the attachment and mortality assays. This was similar to the EC50 for molluscicide. Aaptamine was demonstrated to be environmentally safe in a toxicity assay with the aquatic invertebrate Daphnia, and in a phytotoxicity assay with the aquatic plant duckweed. Unlike Aaptamine, molluscicide treatment proved to be toxic to both aquatic invertebrates and plants at concentrationsbelow.01μg/ml.Therefore,molluscicidewasdeterminedtobeecologicallyharmfulforusetocontrolzebramussels.Conversely,Aaptaminewasshowntobebothsafeandeffectiveatcontrollingzebramusselgrowthandattachment.Itseffectonzebramusselattachmentmakesitapotentialantifoulingagent,whichcouldpreventtheneedforcostlymusselremoval.Furthermore,itseffectivenessonzebramusselmortalitysuggestsitcouldbeusedasanecologicallyfriendlybiologicalcontrol agent to prevent and even reverse the ecological damage done byzebramussels.


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NAME: Shayan Roychoudhury and Wesley Kimmel SCHOOL: Daniel Hand High School, Madison, CTTEACHER/MENTOR: Madhuparna Roychoudhury

TITLE: Canyouchargeyourphonewirelessly?Cordlesselectricitytransmissionbypiezoelectricexcitationvialow frequency acoustic waves.

Cell phones are ubiquitous; however, theymust be tethered to the wall for periodic charging. To enable true “wireless”operation, means for charging the devices cordlessly must be developed. We set out to determine if this was possible. Our goal was to identifyoptions for transferringelectricitywirelessly.We identifiedacoustical andmechanicalvibrationharvestingviapiezoelectriccrystalsasapossibleoption.Wefoundandacquiredaclassofpiezoelectriccrystalsmarketedforremotesensing applications. We subsequently designed a circuit and adapted them for power generation from acoustic vibrations. The circuitconsistedofarectifier,capacitorandload.BothACandDCpowergeneratedbythevibratingpiezoelectricmaterialwasmeasured.Wemappedtheresponseofthecrystalstofiveparameters:Frequency,Amplitude,TipMass,Distancefromtheacousticexcitationsourceandlengthofthepiezoelectricstrip.Bychangingthesevariables,wefoundharmonicfrequencieswherethevoltageoutputpeakedandonespecificresonantfrequencywhereitwasdramaticallyhigher.Althoughwegeneratedless than 1 milliwatt of power, it successfully powered an LED! However, the power generated was relatively low. Additional worktowardsmaximizingpoweroutput,minimizingsize,etc.remainstobedoneinordertorealisticallychargeacellphone.Nevertheless, we demonstrated proof-ofconcept that with future development cell phones can be cordlessly recharged by harvesting energy from ambient sound and mechanical vibrations. The data generated from the research and testing should be extremelyvaluabletowardsdevelopinghigh-fidelityengineeringsolutions.

NAME: Allison HaleySCHOOL: Bridgeport Aquaculture School, Bridgeport, CTTEACHER/MENTOR: Mr. Shadle

TITLE: The Investigation of the Role of Methylating Bacteria in the Reintroduction Of Mercury into Long Island Sound

It is hypothesized that cyanobacteria methylation of fixed mercury in the sediments of Long Island Sound promotes areintroductionofmercuryintothewatercolumn.Todeterminethis,seventy-twosedimentsampleswerecollectedandanalyzedfrom seventeen sites in Long Island Sound using a ponar grab and from fourteen sites in Ash Creek. Associated water samples were taken one meter from the surface and one meter from the bottom of each site as well. For analysis preparation, sediment sampleswerelyophilizedfortwentyfourhoursatapproximately-48degreesCelsiusatabout0.150mBar.Post-lyophilization,sedimentsamplesweregroundwithamortarandpestleintoafinepowder.Astandardcurvewasconstructedforamercuryanalyzerwithamercuryfishtissuestandard.Sedimentsampleswererunonamercuryanalyzer.Thesamplesfromsite3takenin Ash Creek displayed concentrations of mercury less than 0.160 mg/kg in sediment samples but elevated concentrations of mercury in the corresponding cyanobacteria sample which were greater than 0.180 mg/kg. At site 11 in LIS, the mercury concentrationofthesedimentsamplewas0.1983mg/kgwhichissignificantlylowerthanthemercuryconcentrationofthecorresponding cyanobacteria sample, which was 0.2396 mg/kg. A regression analysis of the sediment samples versus the associated cyanobacteria samples displayed an R value of 0.9439. The corresponding water sample taken one meter above the bottom of site 11 displayed a mercury concentration of 0.0005 mg/kg. The presence of mercury in the corresponding water sample and the elevated mercury level in the correspondingcyanobacteria sample support the stated hypothesis.

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SchoolsINDEX

Avon Talcott Mountain Academy 2004 2009 2021 2509 2514 2525

Bethel Bethel High School 3051 3066 3079 3083 3104 6025 6029 6034 6057 6077 6082 Bethel Middle School 1007 2516 2528 4029 St. Mary School 2510

Bozrah Fields Memorial School 2503 2534 5021 5532

Brewster Brewster High School 6068

Bridgeport Bassick High School 3502 6506 Bridgeport Aquaculture School 3071 3517 6031 6037 6051 6062 Bridgeport Hope School 2536 5548 5556 Central High School 6525 Central Magnet High School 3089 3100 Cesar A. Batalla School 1011 5017 Geraldine W. Johnson School 5546 HighHorizonsMagnetSchool 2518 John Winthrop School 2530 4033 5555 Park City Magnet School 2508 5026 5514 5522 Park City Prep Charter School 1001 4012 4021 4032 5006 5501 Thurgood Marshall Middle Sch 2007 2501 Warren Harding High School 3010 3505

Brookfield St. Joseph School 5028

Cheshire St. Bridget School 5011 5515

Danbury Danbury High School 3007 3084 6039 6050 Immaculate High School 3510 6059 St. Joseph School 1002 1027 2030 2535 5005 5032 St. Peter-Sacred Heart Upper Sch 2035 4018 5505 5538 5544

Darien Darien High School 3057 3085

East Granby East Granby Middle School 2016 2522 2539 5039 5520

East Hartford Connecticut IB Academy 3052 East Hartford High School 6048 6073

Fairfield FairfieldCollegePreparatorySch 6008 FairfieldWardeHighSchool 6045 Our Lady of the Assumption Sch 2540 5524 5529 5551 St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Sch 4023 4026

Fishers Island Fishers Island School 3009 3073 3091 6035 6047 6061

Forestville St. Matthew School 2001 2523 2537 5034

Glastonbury Glastonbury High School 3050 3077 3081 3101 6028 6043 6072 Smith Middle School 4027 5528

Greens Farms Greens Farms Academy 2015 2026 2504 2517 3026 3087 5506 5554 6015 6052 6056

Greenwich Brunswick School 3006 3012 3096 6004 6501 Convent of the Sacred Heart Sch 3092 Eastern Middle School 2512 Greenwich Academy 2544 3072 3076 Greenwich High School 3002 3008 3034 3042 3045 3070 3074 3095 3099 6021 6032 6049 6063 6075 6079

Groton Sacred Heart School 5009 5023 5027 5510 5536 5543

Guilford E. C. Adams Middle School 1015 2018 2032 5030 Guilford High School 3022 3032 3058 3060 3094 6003 6036 6055 6064 6069

Hamden Hamden High School 3048 3061 3093 6058 Hamden Middle School 1013 4001 4008 Sacred Heart Academy 3067 3075 3097 6014 6019 6509 6512 6522 6524

Hartford Academy of Aerospace and Eng 3004 3014 3105 3506 Classical Magnet School 1020 2028 3013 3036 3519 5029 5044 6074 6518 GrtrHrtfdAcadyofMath&Sci 3018 3029 3098 3508 3523 Hrtfd Magnet Trinity Coll Acady 5018 5507 5533 5549 SS. Cyril and Methodius School 1004 4025 4028 5537


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The Montessori Middle School 2006 2023 2027 5521 5527 5545 West Rocks Middle School 2506 2526

Norwich Norwich Free Academy 6007 6016

Old Saybrook Old Saybrook Middle School 4019

Orange Southern Conn. Hebrew Academy 1014 1022 2507 2543 4010 5547

Oxford Oxford High School 3028 6001 6009 6012

Pawcatuck St. Michael School 1019 2541 4017 4036

Plantsville John F. Kennedy Middle School 1017 2019 4006 4015 5041

Putnam Putnam Science Academy 3504 3507 3515 3520 6503 6510 6513

Redding Joel Barlow High School 3003 3011 3041 6038 6060 6070 6076

Ridgefield East Ridge Middle School 1005 2520 4002 4007 4011

Sandy Hook Newtown High School 3015 3056

Shelton Shelton High School 3031 3086 3514 3522 6066 6508 6516 6521

Southington Joseph A. DePaolo Middle School 1006 1024 4034 5007 St. Thomas School 5001 5003 5511 5531

Stafford Springs St. Edward School 5004 5024 5509 5519

Stamford AcademyofIT&Engineering 3521 TrailblazersAcademy 1018 1025 2542

Storrs E. O. Smith High School 3017 3038 6026 6040

Stratford Harry B. Flood Middle School 4016 4030 5508 5517 5534 5553 St. Mark School 4020 4031 5012 5022 5035 5523

Hebron Oei Home School 5525 RHAM High School 3103 6081 6519

Kensington St. Paul School 2013 5040 5539

Madison Daniel Hand High School 6517 Our Lady of Mercy School 1008 2011 4004 Walter C. Polson Middle School 5037

Manchester East Catholic High School 6002 St. Bridget School 5008 5502

Middlebury Memorial Middle School 1009 1028 2008 2034

Middletown Xavier High School 6515

Milford St. Gabriel School 2002 2519 2529 5042

New Britain Sacred Heart School 2010 4005 5513 5526

New Hartford Montessori Middle School at Millstream Farm 1016

New Haven Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School 2022 2524 5014 5552 Coop.Arts&HumanitiesHigh 3021 6071 Hopkins School 3080 Wilbur Cross High School 3512 Worthington Hooker Middle Sch 2012 2033 4003 4024

New London Science&TechMagnetHighSch 3005 3509 6011 6065 6502 6505 6511 6520 6523

New Milford New Milford High School 3019 3027 3102 6022 6041

Newington St. Mary School 2005 2031 2531

Newtown Newtown Middle School 4035 St. Rose of Lima School 1010 1012 5025 5036 5504

Norwalk All Saints Catholic School 5002 5010 5045 5541 Brien McMahon High School 3503 6504 Nathan Hale Middle School 4009 Norwalk High School 6067 6507 Ponus Ridge Middle School 2511 Roton Middle School 1026


Schools

Trumbull Christian Heritage School 2505 2521 3001 4022 6046 6053 St. Catherine of Siena School 2020 5512

Watertown The Taft School 3047 3062

West Hartford American School for the Deaf 3501 Solomon Schechter Day School 1003 1021 2024 St. Brigid School 5046 5518 5540 St. Timothy Middle School 5038 5503 5542

Westbrook Westbrook Middle School 2014 2025 5013 5043

Weston Weston High School 3088

Westport Avdiu Home School 2003 Bedford Middle School 5031 Staples High School 3033 3037 3039 3046 3069 3082 6024 6027 6033 6042

Wilton Middlebrook School 2502 2533 5019 5516

Windsor Madina Academy 2017 2515 2527 5020 5033 5530 Madina Academy Upper School 3513 St. Gabriel School 2513 2538

Woodbridge Amity Regional High School 3023 3035 3040 3054 3059 3068 3078 3090 6006 6023 6030 6044 6078

Regional/City Fairs

Bridgeport City Fair, Bridgeport Bassick High School 3502 6506 Bridgeport Aquaculture School 3071 3517 6031 6037 6051 6062 Central High School 6525 Central Magnet High School 3089 3100 Cesar A. Batalla School 1011 5017 Geraldine W. Johnson School 5546 HighHorizonsMagnetSchool 2518 John Winthrop School 2530 4033 5555 Park City Magnet School 2508 5026 5514 5522 5006 5501 Thurgood Marshall Middle School 2007 2501 Warren Harding High School 3010 3505

Norwalk Public School Fair, Norwalk Brien McMahon High School 3503 6504 Nathan Hale Middle School 4009 Norwalk High School 6067 6507 Ponus Ridge Middle School 2511 Roton Middle School 1026 West Rocks Middle School 2506 2526

Southern CT Invitational Sci & Eng Fair, Westport Westport, Staples High School 3046 Woodbridge, Amity Reg High Sch 6044

Science Horizons, Danbury

Bethel Bethel High School 3066 3079 3083 3104 6034 6057 6077 Bethel Middle School 1007 2516 2528 4029 St. Mary School 2510Brewster Brewster High School 6068*Brookfield St. Joseph School 5028Danbury Danbury High School 3007 3084 6039 6050New Milford New Milford High School 3019 3027* 3102 6022 6041Newtown Newtown Middle School 4035 St. Rose of Lima School 1010 1012 5025 5036 5504Ridgefield East Ridge Middle School 1005 2520 4002 4007 4011

*ScienceHorizonsISEFwinners

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Independent School Students Greenwich, Eastern Middle Sch 2512 New Haven, Hopkins School 3080

Homeschooled Students Hebron, Oei Home School 5525 Westport, Avdiu Home School 2003


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Regular Award Sponsors

Alexion Biotechnology Awards See Biotechnology awards, page 50

ATOMIC (Associated Teachers of Mathematics In CT) with People’sUnitedBank See Mathematics awards, page 51

AudubonConnecticut&ArchChemicals See Environmental Science awards, page 51

Barnes Aerospace See Applied Technology awards, page 51

CSF Computer Science Awards See Computer Science awards, page 51

Connecticut Science Teachers Association - Marty Tafel Student Research Award See CSTA awards, page 51

CT Clean Energy Fund Alternative/Renewable Energy Awards See Energy awards, page 51

Dominion’sMillstonePowerStation See Physical Science awards, page 50

eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundFutureSustainabilityAwards See Future Sustainability awards, page 51

eesmarts/CTEnergyEfficiencyFundSustainableResourcesandPractices Awards See Sustainable Resources awards, page 51

Goodrich Awards for Excellence In Engineering See Engineering awards, page 51

H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence, an award of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering in partnership with CCAT See CASE awards, page 51

PfizerLifeSciencesAwards See Life Sciences awards, page 50

Quinnipiac University Scholarships See QU awards, page 51

United Technologies Corporation Awards See UTC awards, page 51

UrbanSchoolChallengepresentedbyCSF&CASE See Urban School awards, page 51

Special Award Sponsors

Air and Waste Management Association, Connecticut Chapter 1019 2543 6045 6079Alumni Botany Awards 2540 3012AmericanInstituteofAeronautics&Astronautics-Conn.Section 6056 6515American Meteorological Society 2543 4004 5032American Psychological Association 2025 2520American Society for Metals - Hartford Chapter 4029 5549American Society for Quality - Thames Valley Section 5006American Society of Safety Engineers, CT Valley Chapter 3093 4017 5007 5519 6503 6510Arthur Mensing Award 6049ASM Materials Education Foundation 5005 5549Association for Women Geoscientists 5025 5538Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford 5516 6033Banning Family Life Science Award 2503Barker Mohandas Award for Transportation Research 5528Biophysical Society 5542Bob Harris Fix It Award 5044 Coherent, Inc. Richard Hart Award for Excellence in Photonics 6049Connecticut Academy of Audiology 2506 3093Connecticut Architecture Foundation 6032 6524Connecticut Association of Physics Teachers 6016Connecticut College-Biological and Botany Department 1019ConnecticutCollege-Physics,Astronomy,&GeophysicsDept. 5012 6033Connecticut Science Supervisors Association 1012 3046Connecticut Valley Biological Supply Company, Inc. 1019CSF Board of Directors Award 2530 5524CT Technology Council Youth Innovation Award 6002David and Torrey Fenton Awards 4010 6071


Sponsors

Dreams Unlimited 5509Education Connection- Center for 21st Century Skills Awards 3037 6032Environmental/ Energy Award- Urban Public School Student 2033GENIUS Olympiad 3042 3084 6031 6517Harvey Hubbell Foundation Award 4016Henderson Award 5533I-SWEEEP (International Sustainable World Project Olympiad) 6002 6016 6032 6076 6503 6515IEEE, Connecticut Section 2534 5021 5521 5528 6016 6049 6066Institute of Food Technologists, Nutmeg Section 2023 2527 3008 4022 5039Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award 6006 6066ISA - International Society for Automation 4002 4016 5523John B. Trevor Award in Electrical Engineering 5528Leask/Francoeur Family Awards 5528 6006LolaLampeMüllerAward 3072Long Island Sound Foundation, Inc. 2503 2507 3042 3501 6031Lunch with a Patent Attorney 6008Meyerand Young Woman Scientist Awards 2013 3084 5022 6045Milton Fisher Science Fair Award for Innovation and Creativity 5525 6006MIT Club of Hartford K-12 Initiative 5525 6079Mu Alpha Theta 3033 6053Mystic Aquarium 3501National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1017Northeast Utilities: Environmental Management 6032 6052OfficeofNavalResearch-U.S.Navy/U.S.MarineCorps 2507 2527 3045 3075 5005 5025 5032 6002 6004 6049Otero Family Award 3062ProConn Power Inc. Award for Sustainable Electrical Energy Res. 5525

Project Oceanology 2503 6031Randy Gibson Award for Earth Science Research 5012RicohCorporation/SocietyforScience&thePublic 2016 5532Schoepfer Award for Excellence in Local Aquatic Science 2507Sister Mary Christine Life Sciences Award 4005Society for In Vitro Biology 3045 3061Society of Women Engineers - Hartford Section 5012 5502 6032 6045 6063Southeastern New England Marine Educators 2507 3084Stanley Lessoff Award for Excellence In Analytical Technique 4010StockholmJuniorWaterPrize 3070 6021Talcott Mountain Science Center 2527 5532TheChildren’sMuseum 2022The Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment 3084The Maritime Aquarium Environmental Stewardship Award 2507 6031The National Society of Professional Engineers 6032 6045U.S. Air Force 2030 2515 4015U.S. Army 3009 3022 3032 6025 6044U.S. Metric Association 3042 6079University of Connecticut - Physics Department 3075 6032 6036Westinghouse Electric Company/New England Chapter of North American Young Generation in Nuclear 6044WilfredA.MüllerAward 5022Wisner Award 5018YaleChapterofSigmaXi,TheScientificResearchSociety 6008Yale Peabody Museum 2509 2537 3017 3072 6030YaleScience&EngineeringAssociation,Inc. 6008 6026


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Abacioglu Zekeriya 6513Abbasi Eeman 3068Acharya Sisam 3087Ackerman Sophie 3018Adler Kim 6033Adler Michael 3069Agarwal Aakshi 1013Agarwal Ank 6058Agonito Patrick 5524Agro Amy 5509Ahmed Aasiya 3513Ahmed Humza 6503Ahmed Zara 4008Albert Lindsay 5519Ali Muhammad 2527Allam Omar 3081Allen John 2001Alves Shelby 4018Anaeto Jacqueline 2508Andersen Lucy 6509Anderson Ryan 2535Annumala Lohith 3521Aroian Henry 3523Arora Priyanka 3076Arroyo Edrienne 6512Arteaga Daniela 1011Augustin Lindsey 4022Avci Selman 3515Avdiu Aishah 2003Ayer Ross 5001Backhaus Robert 3073Baghel Ananya 4008Bakalar Johnna 3522Baker Isabel 3039Ball Thomas 3031Ballestas Claudia 5029Banka Izabela 3040Barrantes Patrick 6507Battipaglia Sarah 4007Bechtold Clara 4004Becirovic Saban 3506Becker Jules 5506Beeson ‘16 Alexa 2544Bendernagel Matthew 5008Bentlage Josie 4022Berger Jolie 5039Bernard Gean 5548Bernstein Claudia 2015Bhuiyan Masudur 6057Bian Joyce 4001Bierut Devon 2021Bigi Ari 6012Bin Sajid Abdulqadeer 5530Bissonnette Hayley 2028Bodas Vikram 6501Boisvert Alessandra 6521Bonadies Nicole 2011Bonagura Tori 3066Borsari Matthew 2539Boskovic Andrea 5030Bourque Allison 5529Bowe Nathaniel 6523Boykin Matthew 5551

Brady Samantha 1016Bramante Sofia 6045Breckel Tim 6081Breeze Allison 3032Brennan Mairead 6071Brigham Brian 2022Brissette Elizabeth 4036Broderick Scarlet 2008Brubaker Anna 1010Bruno Stephen 2505Bruton DeAnte 3005Burkhard Jonas 3017Bursal Muhammed 3507Byrne Gwen 1005Caisse Rebecca 4006Carle Remington 6016Caroline Esther 4010Carpenter India 2517Carter Sydney 3522Casino Michael 1027Catalbasoglu Hacibey 3504Cataudella Rachel 6521Cazzaniga Nicolas 2516Cersonsky Tess 6522Chacko Christina 3105Chagi Dhruva 4016Chambers Jalen 6011Chanyarakskul Anna 5522Chapman Michael 6055Chapman Peter 5503Chatlos Shannon 3517Chen Andrew 3078Chen Paula 6026Chinyumba Emmanuel 4021Chowdhary Kaitavjeet 3050Chris Mario 6515Christoforides Alex 1002Chwatko Elzbieta 5513Ciampi, III Donald 5011Cipriano Dakota 1009Cirelli Lia 3003Cirino Mary 3002Cirone Lauren 1010Cloud Kara 4033Colford Catherine 3092Collins Alexa 6022Collins Liam 5013Comer Margaret 1005Comulada Jonathan 3506Congdon Hunter 5014Conklin Grace 1006Conley Vivain 2506Correa Gabriel 5505Coughlan Maxwell 5002Crouse Caroline 1007Crumley Russell 6511Cruz Jesenia 6074Curran Emily 6067Curtis Jamie 6038Daiss Ryan 3514Dakers Ian 6007Das Monisha 2528Davis Brooke 3057


StudentsDavis Hailey 5544Defrancisco Joshua 4012Delgado Mia 6523Dellaripa Bryanna 6509Dellolio Mike 6516DeMaio Sienna 6524DeNardis Adriana 3510Denslow William 6009DeRosa Taylor 3097Desai Kush 3508Devin Alyssa 6036Diaz Erika 1004Dillon TJ 4031DiMaiolo Clare 1020Dionne-Jee Kiwon 4019Domashinski Gwynne 2509Donnelly Allison 4011Donnelly Brendan 4002Donovan Eddie 6507Doran Nickolina 2019Dorian Nicholas 6021Dragan Emma 6524Dufresne Rachel 1006Ebrahimi Robert 5526Ehring Cooper 5045Eizayaga Clara 6079Eley Yasmin 6502Elfeky Amira 2017Ellis Gwendolyn 2520Elmore Andrew 6061ElSherbini Osama 5033Enayetallah Malak 5020Enright Megan 1024Epstein Jacob 6024Erdman III John 3006Erguder Abdullah 3520Eriksson Sarah 5538Ernest Maya 5533Eygoren Mehmet 3504Fassett Olivia 1026Feder Evan 5031Fennell Katherine 2006Fiedler Rachel 1003Field Lydia 4035Figueroa Liliana 6505Ford Aiden 3079Foster Mary-Louise 2504Fox Evan 3090Freeman Michael 5007Frez-Albrecht Faye 3501Fronsaglia Natalia 6512Gaciarz Mateusz 2010Gagliano Clare 4004Galinsky Andrew 3101Gannon Wes 2030Garcia Ashley 3067Garcia Genesis 6037Gartrell Emily 5046Garvey Jack 2510Gasimov Vali 6503Gaudet Mollie 1003Gazula Yogasai 2033Geary Linnea 3094

Gerstenfeld Amanda 2540Ghajar Alex 4030Giannotta Michael 4031Giebisch Daniel 6044Giffault Kelly 1019Giffault Paige 1019Gilbert Amira 4028Gilling Darien 4012Girardot Douglas 5028Godley Benjamin 5009Goldburg Samantha 3011Golden Austin 4026Goldman Gabrielle 2035Goli Chandu 3521Gombos Peter 3041Gooden Jaymi 6525Gordon Charlotte 4003Gosselin Stephen 5542Grader Samantha 3091Graham Timothy 2530Greene Alexis 2518Greene Jesse 2002Greenslade Blake 5540Guadalupe Lydia 6506Guerrera Zachary 5541Gurbannazarov Rejepmuhammet 6510Gutierrez Wendy 4009Haddad Martha 5005Haddad Merna 3510Haddad Narmien 6059Haggerty Patrick 4030Haley Allison 6031Hall Foster 4024Han Paul 5528Hansel Paul 2512Harris Kaela 1009Hecht Bracha 1022Henck Jordan 6006Herlihy Daniel 5515Herlihy Martin 4002Hernandez Nathalia 5555Herrick Grace 5025Hess Ashley 6064Hewitt Ann 2501Hewitt Rachel 1027Hiatt Brooke 2519Hillegass Sarah 4017Hird Meredith 6520Hirschfeld Brian 6015Hitt Tarpley 3512Hodakov Devora 1014Hogan Alessandra 3512Hook Kallan 4029Hoponick Myles 6521Hora Kashish 6043Horvath Tarren 3015Hu Yiyuan 3061Hurst Brooke 1016Hussain Khadija 2012Hyde Jessica 6040Ishizuka Ryota 6049Jacoboski Addison 5004Jahangir Areej 6072


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James Lillian 3509Jayawardena Manik 2018Jiang Christina 6522Jiang Kewa 6028Johnson Alyssa 6508Johnson Ashley 3051Johnson Kayla 1013Jonas Elisa 4007Jones Avery 5552Jones Christine 3071Jordan Morgan 6076Joseph Rebecca 6029Josephs Matthew 2511Kage Patrick 2514Kale Soham 4027Kang Esther 3019Kantor Rivka 1022Karaduman Mehmet 3504Karetnick Morgan 3095Kaushik Esha 3088Kehoe Abigail 6518Kelly Abigail 2020Kelly Jonathan 2016Kelly Olivia 3075Kennedy Aedan 3028Kennedy Ali 3056Kennedy Kathryn 3083Keo Sabrina 5546Kerr Janine 3084Khan Ayesha 2515Khan Ehsan 6030Kharbouch Rami 6062Kief Jameson 5511Kilbourne Olivia 2523Kim Jung Su 3047Kimmel Wesley 6517Kingston Devan 6051Kleine Francesca 4001Knoedler Laura 3021Koba Laura 4015Kobsa Jessica 2502Kose Muhammed 3515Kostka Andrew 2531Kovach Chris 4016Kral Christopher 4026Kumar Rohit 3509Kumar Samyukt 5521Kumm Madeline 3519Lake Alyssandra 3517Larizza Gabriella 5012Lavallee Megan 5532Le Breton Stephen 3099Leary Sean 5010LeComer Paige 5534Lee Ruth 6060Leitz Quentin 6041Levine-Ritterman Joshua 4024Lew Brittney 6063Liang Brian 3059Lipsker Batsheva 1014Lloyd Ebboni 1018Lob Nicolas 5527Locke Elizabeth 6025

Lonergan Sean 2529Lopez Johnny 5017Lopreiato Elizabeth 2013Loughran Sarah 4011Louis Natalie 3010Lowden Mackenzie 4009Lunt Fiona 3007Lustbader Jason 6027Lustbader Jonas 2027Lynders Elaine 1008Maciejewski Emily 4015MacIntyre Jessica 4029Maddalena Alexa 1017Madfes Mallory 3042Mahmood Rigel 6066Malinowski Luke 3022Mannan Lamisa 3023Manokhin Antony 3008Marini Anna 3086Marmer-Adams Abigail 2004Martin Jessica 3060Martinez Edgar 4033Martinez Nathan 6065Mascolo Chase 4026Matta Brandon 5003Matunas Jason 2025Mayfield Matthew 6501McCarthy Katie 3009McConnell Gavin 5520McDonough Spencer 6004McKinney Jed 3045McNary Caitlin 2014Mega Zacharie 5518Menz Michael 3033Merrill Anne 3070Meyers Danielle 2034Michaelsen Tess 4018Miller Chelsea 5545Mills Beatrice 5510Moberg Grant 5554Mocciola Julia 6019Mohammed Jasmeen 2536Mollenthiel John 1002Montagna Lauren 6508Moore Cassandra 6014Moquin Megan 6519Moquin Shannon 6519Moran Genesis 1001Morgan Eleanor 4003Morgan Imani 1025Morris Jackson 1028Morris Jonathan 6042Morris Olivia 2522Moscarelli Jake 2032Moss Caitlin 4035Mossberg Kirsten 2513Moura Jonathan 4032Moya Kevin 5019Mucci Benjamin 3013Muckle Christopher 6515Muller Briana 4005Muller Maximilian 4005Murphy Anderson 5038


StudentsMurphy Matthew 5543Murphy Trajan 6502Myrzatay Almas 3515Nafis Ashley 4034Nana Mishil 5516Negron Chancelle 5006Nobel Max 2009Nolan Timothy 3038Noskin Lindsey 6032O’Connor Emily 5021O’Hara Evan 4023Oei Bridget 6002Oei Maura 5525Olaosebikan Monsurat 6525Oldziej Lauren 6518Oliver-White Jania 1001On Kerem 6510Ong John 2026Orlando Annabelle 6035Ormrod Demery 6509Orzechowski Susannah 1004Ozgenturk Bahadir 6513Ozkan Selahaddin 3520Pagliaro Dominic 5504Pallas Sara 1007Pantalone Giuseppe 6003Paradis Kevin 5549Parker CJ 3509Parker Dazjahnique 3501Parmanand Amrit 5018Parris James 5032Patel Kishan 6056Patel Shiv 6048Pecoriello Jillian 3082Peglow Kate 4017Peleckaite Greta 5537Perez Cheyenne 5523Perregaux Nicholas 5043Petno Emily 3026Phillips Megan 1008Picard Delaney 5041Picoli William 6052Piekarski Chana 4010Pierce Michael 1028Pilepich Romana 6082Pittman George 2537Poe Virginia 5027Pompa Matthew 4023Prawl Ashley 1018Pritchard Olivia 2023Provolo Natalia 3058Provost Connor 2534Pullen Krista 3102Purdue Sydney 6050Quigley William 5512Qureshi Marrium 3052Qureshi Usra 3513Rahematpura Miraj 6515Rainone Lauren 6504Ramachandran Ashish 3012Ramesh Vishesh 3503Renzi Marina 1012Reyes Afa 4032

Rhodes Charlotte 5507Rieke Shira 3074Rigby Benjamin 6070Rigsby Evan 5539Ringes Katerina 1012Roach Carolyn 6525Robertson Megan 5022Robison Evan 2524Robitaille Nicole 5502Roychoudhury Ankita 5037Roychoudhury Shayan 6517Rudolph Samuel 3103Ruiz Justin 4021Russell Alex 2543Ruth Alexander 4019Ryan Kyle 6008Sanchez Amelia 5034Santiago Kelsie 1011Santore Lilyana 6505Sarmiento Valeria 2521Satyaneni Rishmitha 3098Saucier Lynette 3501Scaperotta Alexander 2533Schectman Yaakov 1021Schlemmer Brianna 6046Schofield Emily 5517Sciallo Alexandra 5035Sefik Yavuz 3507Sessel Hadassah 2507Seymour Karen 6506Shah Paras 3523Shah Rushi 3508Shapiro Mark 2525Shea Una 1016Shlomchik Mariel 3080Shubert Morgan 1024Shusdock Ian 3029Silpot Shanice 1018Silver Gabriel 1021Sinbandith Lucky 3502Sisneroz Shelby 4028Siveyer Jonathan 2007Skaller Samantha 6068Smith Amanda 3036Smith-Val Timothy 1025Solder John 3046Sommi Amanda 3085Soucy Hannah 1015Stafko Kimberly 1017Starr Matthew 5040Steadham Caroline 3522Stevenson Sarah 1020Suleyman Berk 3507Sullivan Margaret 5042Tappenden Charlotte 2538Tatro Nicholas 2503Tavarez Joel 4025Tedeschi Melanie 4034Teed Griffin 3104Teerlinck Samuel 5024Terry Nikita 6520Terry Shenandoah 5023Thomas Justin 3048


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Quinnipiac University, Hamden

2013 Connecticut Science Fair

Thompson Connor 6047Thompson Jr. Gary 3514Thomson Douglas 3503Thomson Kimberly 5536Todorovska Bojana 2542Torres Jeremy 4025Tran Kelly 4001Tranfo Thomas 3096Tsai Jay 3037Tsangarides Krysta 4006Tukupov Serik 6503Tung Justin 6039Tyndell Shennell 3505Vallerie Erin 2526Valley Alice 6069Van Geldern Benjamin 5556Vassilopoulos Kathryn 2031Vicioso Angel 3505Vincent Josh 6511Vineyard Isabel 1026Visscher Adeline 2541Vora Ninad 4027Vu Crystal 5026Vu Cynthia 3089Wagnblas Ashley 5036Wagner Autumn 5553Walicki Emily 3519Wang Zelun 6078Wardlow Caitlin 5508Warfield Elizabeth 6504Waskowicz Caleigh 5531Wasserman Ester 3014

Watts Justin 5514Weeks Russell 3004Weiser Sydney 2024Weldon Holly 5044Werner Skyler 6001Wieselberg Anna 3077Willette Adam 6073Williams Aleen 3100Williams Jaden 3027Wilson Jasmine 3508Wilson Markus 5501Wlcek Alex 6516Wolf Elizabeth 3072Wood Elena 4020Wrotniak Sara 4036Yaffe Yehoshua 5547Yan Qi 3035Yang Thomas 6075Yerkes Abigail 1015Yoon Joshua 6077Young Ashley 4020Yu Ruobing 3001Yu Xiaofei 6053Zavatone-Veth Jacob 3093Zentle Josue 3502Zhang Annie 3034Zhao Helen 6023Zheng Xinhe 3062Zhuang Shiyu 3054Ziegler Drew 6034Zohrabian Angel 2005Zuklie Ryan 6516

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