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Welcome to the 2017 Colorado Science & Engineering Fair

Congratulations to this year’s CSEF Finalists. The dedication displayed by each and every participant is commendable. Each of you is already a winner, having completed a self-directed scientific research project and earned the opportunity to represent your region at the state level. We are all here to celebrate your success and applaud your parents, teachers and mentors for their enthusiastic support. From start to finish, and at all levels of participation, the science and engineering fair experience is one not only of competition, but also of camaraderie, creativity and education. Well done Finalists!

I have been the CSEF Director

for 18 years now and I must say, every year has something new for me to get excited about. This year, I was able to complete and implement the Middle School Guidelines and Rulebook, which was quite the accomplishment. I hope this helps our middle school teachers and students.

The success of each year’s

CSEF is directly dependent upon the support of public and private organizations, government agencies, school districts and universities, as well as the efforts of hundreds of committed volunteers. I want to say thank you to the members of the Board of Directors who oversee the nonprofit organization, the

members of the Advisory Council who aid me in making sure everything runs smoothly; the judges; and hundreds of on-site volunteers who do the actual work during the CSEF.

I would also like to say thank

you for the support given to me by my colleagues in the CNS Education & Outreach Center (EOC) at Colorado State University. CSEF has called the EOC home for the past 18 years and the EOC is proud to include the state science fair as one of its many outreach endeavors in the area of science and mathematics education.

Each year, the CSEF sends the

top senior division projects to compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, being held this year in Los Angeles, CA May 14 – 19, 2017. These students join the 20 or so other students who attend representing their regional science fair. I wish these students good luck and I know they will represent the state of Colorado well.

The top junior division projects are nominated to complete the application process for the Broadcom MASTERS competition. Each year, 300 semi-finalists are chosen from the thousands who enter and from those, 30 finalists are awarded a trip to compete for up to $25,000

in scholarship funds. In 2016, Colorado had one finalist for the Broadcom MASTERS competition, Emhyr Subramanian. He traveled to Washington, DC in October 2016 where he was presented with a 2nd Place Engineering Award of $2,500, a STEM summer camp experience and an iPAD. Congratulations Emhyr!!

As usual, we aim to make each

year’s CSEF better and better. We have recruited over 200 grand award judges to help us choose the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and honorable mention winners. And we have been working hard to expand our Special Award Organizations list and have approximately 80 companies, organizations, and individuals providing awards to students based on criteria they are interested in. And we have been diligently pursuing more sponsorships to help keep the registration fees for the students down to a minimum.

Thank you so much for

attending and I look forward to many more years as the CSEF Director. Sincerely, Courtney Butler CSEF Executive Director

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62nd Annual Colorado Science & Engineering Fair Thursday, April 6, 2017

Finalist Schedule

8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. SRC Interviews – Interviews must be done BEFORE a project may be set up. Room 308/310

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Junior and Senior Division Finalist Check-In Grand Ballroom Foyer

Finalists MUST stay with their exhibit until Display & Safety Inspection has been done and an Official Photo has been taken. Finalists must be out of the exhibit areas by 11:30 a.m.

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Tour Ticket Pick-Up & Sales Room 322

1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Judging – Students must be at their exhibits for interviews. Grand Ballroom

Adult Schedule

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ISEF Rules Update & Discussion Room 312

2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Professional Development for Teachers – Science Fair Best Practices Candus Muir – The Classical Academy & Loree’ Harvey – Monte Vista HS Room 312

Judging Schedule

9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Grand Awards Judge Captains’ Briefing LSC Theater

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Grand Awards Judges’ Briefing LSC Theater

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 noon Grand Awards Judges’ Luncheon LSC Theater Lobby

12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Special Awards Judges’ Briefing North Ballroom

12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m. Judging Grand Ballroom

11:30 – 12:30 p.m. Grand Award Judges only may enter the exhibit area. Judges only in the exhibit area.

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Special Award Judges may enter the exhibit area. Judges only in the exhibit area.

1:30 – 5:00 p.m. Students will be at their exhibits for interviews.

5:30 p.m. Exhibit area is locked. Final judging continues. Only Judging Captains and SRC Members are permitted in the exhibit area at this time.

Friday, April 7, 2017 10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. CSEF Finalist Exhibits Open to the Public and the Media Grand Ballroom

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Guest Speaker – David Aucsmith Applied Physics Lab at University of Washington LSC Theater

11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Tours – Registration is required.

2:00 p.m. Finalist Ballots for Student Choice and Poster Contest are due. Registration Booth

6:00 p.m. CSEF Awards Ceremony Timberline Church

Saturday, April 8, 2017 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. CSEF Finalist Exhibits Open to the Public and the Media

Finalists MUST be at their projects for interaction with the public. Grand Ballroom

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Advisory Council & Regional Fair Directors Meeting – open to all Room 322

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Pizza Party - Finalists, adult sponsors, & family members are invited. Finalists must be present to win door prizes!

Grand Ballroom Foyer

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Exhibit Dismantling - Everything must be removed by 1:00 p.m. Grand Ballroom

12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m. Board of Directors Meeting – open to all Room 322

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2017 Colorado Science & Engineering Fair Guest Speaker David Aucsmith

Applied Physics Lab at University of Washington

April 7, 2017 Colorado State University Theater

Conflict in Cyberspace – Past, Present & Future

Mr. Aucsmith’s talk will examine conflict in cyberspace – crime, espionage, and warfare – from both an historical and technical perspective. It will look at the current state of cyberspace and why conflict is inevitable. It will also provide an analysis on how such conflict is likely to evolve and the career opportunities that evolution is likely to create. About Speaker:

David Aucsmith is a senior computer scientist and technology leader with over 30 years of experience in industry, government, and academia. His current research interests include the security of cyber-physical systems. He has worked in a variety of security technology areas including secure computer systems, secure communications systems, security architecture, random number generation, cryptography and cryptographic systems, steganography and network intrusion detection. Aucsmith is a former officer in the US Navy and has written extensively on cybercrime, cyber espionage and cyber warfare. He has been a representative to numerous international, government and academic organizations including the National Academy advisory board on Survivability and Lethality Analysis and the Directorate Advisory Council for the National Security Directorate of Pacific Northwest National Labs. He is co-chairman of the FBI’s Information Technology Study Group, a member of

the President’s Task Force on National Defense and Computer Technology and a member of the Department of Defense’s Global Information Grid Senior Industry Review Group. Aucsmith was also US industry representative to the G8 Committee on Organized, Transnational and Technological Crime where he participated directly in the G8 summits in Paris, Berlin and Tokyo. Aucsmith holds 33 patents for digital security and is a member of the advisory board for the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He currently lectures at the Naval Postgraduate School and the USAF Air War College.

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2017 Colorado Science & Engineering Fair Tours Friday, April 7, 2017

Morning Tours

1A CSU Anatomy/Physiology Lab (Junior Division Student Tour ONLY!) Tour starts at 11:00 a.m. Presented by CSU Honors Biomedical Science Students 2A National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation Tour starts at 11:00 a.m. Presented by Amy Gurza, NCGRP 8A Electron Microscopy Demo Tour starts at 11:00 a.m. Presented by Pat McCurdy 9A Star Lab Presentation starts at 11:00 a.m. Presented by Timnath Elementary School students 10 Patents: How Do They Work and Do I Need One? Presentation starts at 11:00 a.m. Presented by Jeremy Nelson, CSU Ventures 11 CSU Museum of Arthropod Biodiversity Presentation starts at 11:00 a.m. Presented by CSU’s Entomology Club 15A Get Critical! Science Exploration Activity begins at 11:00 a.m. Presented by the CSU STEM Educator’s Club 17A Intro to Veterinary Medicine Tour starts at 11:00 a.m. Presented by Dr. Bob Lee, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences 20A Journey Through Space and Time in 3D Presentation begins at 11:00 a.m. Presented by Dr. Andrew Warnock, CNS Education &

Outreach Center 22A CSU Campus Tour Tour begins at 11:30 a.m. Presented by CSU Student Ambassadors 30 Guppy Lab Tour begins at 11:00 a.m. Presented by CSU’s Dept. of Biology Guppy Lab

Afternoon Tours

1B CSU Anatomy/Physiology Lab (Senior Division Student Tour ONLY!) Tour starts at 12:00 p.m. Presented by CSU Honors Biomedical Science Students 2B National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation Tour starts at 1:00 p.m. Presented by Annette Miller, NCGRP 5 The Last Flight of 746 (Forensic Science) Presentation starts at 12:30 p.m. Presented by Dr. Bob Morrow, CSEF Alumni 8B Electron Microscopy Demo Presentation starts at 2:00 p.m. Presented by Kim Vanderpool 9B Star Lab Presentation starts at 12:45 p.m. Presented by Timnath Elementary School students 9C Star Lab Presentation starts at 1:45 p.m. Presented by Timnath Elementary School students 15B Pico Pong Science Exploration Activity begins at 1:00 p.m. Presented by the CSU STEM Educator’s Club 17B Intro to Veterinary Medicine Tour begins at 2:00 p.m. Presented by Dr. Bob Lee, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences 18 Geologic History of the Front Range Tour begins at 1:00 p.m. Presented by Rick Aster, Dept. of Geosciences 19 Medical Mysteries Activity begins at 1:30 p.m. Presented by CSU Senior Microbiology Students 20B Journey Through Space and Time in 3D Presentation begins at 12:30 p.m. Presented by Dr. Andrew Warnock, CNS Education &

Outreach Center 20C Journey Through Space and Time in 3D Presentation begins at 1:45 p.m. Presented by Dr. Andrew Warnock, CNS Education &

Outreach Center 22B CSU Campus Tour Tour begins at 12:30 p.m. Presented by CSU Student Ambassadors 28 Using Your Brainwaves to Control a Computer with

Your Thoughts Presentation begins at 2:00 p.m. Presented by Chuck Anderson, Dept. of Computer

Sciences

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2017 Colorado Science & Engineering Fair Sponsors & Contributors

The Colorado State Science Fair, Inc. is an independent, nonprofit organization. For this reason, CSSF, Inc. is totally dependent upon the generous donations of those private businesses, organizations, and individuals that provide support for the prize money, the ISEF trips, and other expenses. We thank you for encouraging Colorado's young scientists, engineers, and mathematicians through your generous support.

Diamond Sponsors provide support of $10,000 or more

Platinum Sponsors provide support of $5,000 - $9,999

Lockheed Martin US Department of Commerce/NOAA

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Gold Sponsors provide support of $2,500 - $4,999

Colorado Dental Association Society of Petroleum Engineers, Denver Section

Silver Sponsors provide support of $1,000 - $2,499

Black & Veatch CableLabs

Colorado Medical Society Education Foundation

ICAT Managers IEEE, Denver Section

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Seagate Technology

Copper Sponsors provide support of $500 - $749

Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Michael Bemski

Colorado Engineering Council Exponential Engineering Company

Galvanic Engineering IEEE, High Plain Section

Optimal Schedule San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair, Inc.

Sundyne Corporation Dr. Larry & Carol Sveum

Vaughan Web Works, LLC

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Contributors provide support of $499 or less

AceTivity Colorado Association of Science Teachers

Colorado BioScience Institute Hahn Water Resources

King Soopers Kristi Mountain Sports

Myers Brothers Truck & Tractor, Inc. ProSports

Lucy & Ed Adams Sam & Eileen Bartlett

Alfred Bedard, Jr. Thomas Butts Emily Chan Karl Dise

Monica Engler James & Wendy Fischer

Darcy Gulig Shelley & Glenn Gundrey

Michael Higgins

Carol Hoffman Gina Holland & Isaac Britton

Dr. David & Vonda Holm Neil Kelley

Dan Kowal & Karen McCarthy The Lenz Kids

Lale Lovell Ron McDaniel

Dr. Woody Moss Jennifer & Matt Nehring

Jody & Floyd Oaks Toni Patton

Jennie Ridgley James Rivers, Jr.

Thomas Salmon & Kay Duncan Michel Schuh Tracy Webb

The RedLion York Kate Zerefos

Pizza Party Door Prize Donors The CSEF Pizza party will be held Saturday, April 8th starting at 11 a.m. outside the Grand Ballroom of the

Lory Student Center. Finalists MUST be present to win a door prize.

Colorado Avalanche Colorado Geological Survey

Colorado State University Bookstore Colorado State University, CNS Education & Outreach Center

Colorado State University College of Natural Sciences Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Durango/Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Mesa Verde Museum Association

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Steve Spangler Science

Texas Instruments USA Rugby

Thank you to the many community members who use Goodsearch and AmazonSmile to raise money for CSEF with their internet searches and purchases.

Visit the CSEF web site to find out how you can help!

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2017 Colorado Science & Engineering Fair Vital Statistics

379 Finalist Participants with 338 Exhibits from 13 Regional Science Fairs 144 Senior Division Finalists with 123 Exhibits 235 Junior Division Finalists with 215 Exhibits

-Overall- ---------Division--------- ---------------------Grade---------------------

Category Projects Junior Senior 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Animal Sciences 26 19 7 5 7 7 1 2 2 2

Behavioral & Social Sciences 40 26 14 6 4 16 4 5 3 2

Chemistry & Biochemistry 31 20 11 3 4 13 2 5 2 2

Earth & Space Science 18 11 7 2 3 6 3 1 1 2

Energy 21 14 7 2 6 6 0 2 2 3

Engineering 33 23 10 2 10 11 3 1 2 4

Environmental Sciences 36 22 14 6 5 11 2 5 4 3

Mathematics & Computer Sciences 18 9 9 0 5 4 1 3 2 3

Medicine & Health 31 20 12 2 8 10 3 2 6 1

Microbiology & Molecular Biology 19 9 10 0 4 5 3 1 1 5

Physics 33 23 10 5 7 11 3 4 1 2

Plant Sciences 31 19 12 5 4 10 2 6 3 1

TOTAL Exhibits 338 215 123 38 67 110 27 37 29 30

TOTAL Finalists 379 235 144 42 77 116 31 43 34 36

Schools/Teachers:

129 schools from throughout the state were represented, and 204 teachers and adults sponsored the students’ projects. There were 55 high schools represented.

Grand Award Judges:

Over 240 professional scientists and engineers volunteered to interview the Finalists for the grand awards.

Special Awards:

At least 80 organizations, universities and individuals offered over 350 individual special awards and scholarships worth over $270,000 to the finalists, judged by more than 200 professionals from those organizations.

2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair: Los Angeles, CA May 14 – 19 2018 Colorado Science & Engineering Fair: Colorado State University April 5 – 7

Dates are subject to change.

2017 Colorado Science & Engineering Fair Alphabetical List of Finalists

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Jonathan Acosta 1-11-301 Ashley Aguilar 2-05-001 Senna Aldoubosh 1-12-001 Silas Almgren 2-08-301 Matthew Anderson 1-11-001 Kaleb Andreatta 1-07-301 Antonio Arant 2-04-001 Jay Armstrong 2-06-001 Elias Arredondo 1-12-002 Kai Arriaga 1-09-001 Mary Austin 1-03-001 Jayden Baca 1-02-001 Sofia Bader 1-12-003 Jack Balaguer 1-08-001 Abbi Barthel 1-01-001 Nazeeya Bathhef 1-06-001 Eric Bauman 1-11-002 Jessalyn Bay-Voit 2-12-001 Eric Bear 2-07-001 Danae Beauprez 2-03-001 George Beck 1-06-002 Paige Beedy 1-12-301 Seth Beedy 2-06-002 Madisyn Beers 1-01-303 Caitlin Belcher 2-07-002 Jonathan Belcher 2-08-301 Matthew Belleau 1-02-002 Blakeley Bennett 1-02-003 *Aubrey Berger 2-06-003 Jace Birch 1-11-301 Shannon Bland 2-06-004 *Cassandra Blew 2-02-001 Solomon Bloomfield 2-09-001 Edwin Bodoni 2-02-303 Evelyn Bodoni 2-02-303 Madison Bohling 2-04-301 *Isabella Bowland 2-12-002 Raja Braford 1-04-301 Nathaniel Brim 1-07-015 Jeffrey Brittain 1-01-015 Paul Brophy 2-11-001 Payton Brown 1-05-001 Colin Burdine 2-08-001

Leighton Burt 2-06-005 Tyler Burt 1-03-002 Emmalie Byrne 1-12-004 Kristyn Cameron 1-02-004 Brooklynn Cancino 1-11-003 Katelyn Carpenter 1-01-003 Mindi Carr 1-09-002 Saul Carrillo 1-11-004 Kaitlyn Carson 2-10-001 Rochelle Casey 1-09-003 Angel Castillo 2-02-002 Santiago Castillo 1-06-003 C J Caton 1-11-302 Ethan Cerniglia 1-11-005 *Jay Chandra 2-05-002 Felix Channiago 2-01-001 Anjali Chaparala 1-10-001 Joshua Chapman 2-03-002 Celestina Charette 2-11-002 Lilian Christer 1-12-005 Anand Chundi 2-01-301 Christoph Cikraji 2-11-005 Charlie Clapper 1-03-003 Connor Clark 1-06-004 Ellie Clark 1-06-005 Isabel Cleveland 1-02-301 Scott Clousing 2-11-007 Tyler Collins 1-09-004 Thomas Connell 1-07-002 Chase Cromwell 2-06-006 Jason Cui 1-09-005 Kirstin Dahl 1-03-301 Alexandra Dalton 1-01-004 Sarah Danekind 2-10-301 Sarah Davidson 2-02-009 Kennedy Dechant 1-02-005 Maddy Dellinger 2-09-002 Kate DeMarsh 2-04-301 John Denigan 2-08-302 Anna Dery 1-04-001 McKinley Dirks 2-07-301 Brecken Dobbs 1-09-006 Kaydee Dodge 1-03-004

Brody Doherty 1-09-007 Kody Donnelson 1-07-003 D'Neil Doyle 1-09-008 Theodore Duarte 1-11-006 Victoria Dunivan 2-07-003 Tayler Dunn 1-12-006 Maya Duran 2-02-302 Michael Duran 2-11-005 Xander Duvall 1-11-007 Sarah Duzenack 1-12-007 Jayden Edson 2-03-003 Madigan Egizio-Hughes 1-02-302 Elishevlyne Eliason 1-01-005 Michael Erwin 1-01-301 Sophie Eschallier 1-02-006 Aydon Escobedo 1-07-004 Sergio Estrada 2-07-004 Emily Evans 2-11-301 Jacob Evans 1-02-303 Jillian Evans 1-01-302 Colleen Farrell 1-09-018 Isaac Fayram 1-02-007 Mikailah Feinman 1-07-005 Anika Fergusson 1-10-002 Thomas Ferrell 1-11-008 Lilly Figueroa 1-01-006 Natalie Finamore 2-01-002 Ashton Flint 1-03-005 Henry Foisie 1-05-002 Mitchell Fosdick 2-07-005 Leo Foster Greer 2-04-002 Serenity Foutz 1-04-002 Kylie Franklin 2-03-301 Kyle Fridberg 2-03-004 Danny Gallant 2-07-302 Ariel Gallegos 1-02-304 Aaliayh Garcia 2-03-005 Tyler Giallanza 2-02-301 Ashley Gilmore 1-06-006 Aliya Godoy 2-03-006 Anurag Golla 2-06-007 Elia Gorokhovsky 2-08-002 *Elliot Gorokhovsky 2-08-003


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Katie Gorsline 2-11-006 Brendan Gould 2-03-007 Charlotte Granrud 1-09-009 Olivia Greene 1-11-009 Juno Gregg 1-05-003 Owen Grimmer 1-08-002 Sayer Guerrero 2-02-302 Maggie Haase 1-03-006 Sam Haggans 1-04-003 Chelsey Hale 1-01-007 Echo Hamilton 1-01-008 Cooper Hanley 1-05-004 Tyler Hase 1-11-010 Thomas Hatcher 2-04-003 Faith Headlee 1-01-009 Rebekah Heath 2-02-004 Sydney Heffernan 2-02-005 Madison Hening 1-02-008 Evan Higgins 1-05-301 Tyler Higgins 1-05-301 Chance Hill 1-02-009 Kaden Hinkle 1-06-007 Timothy Hittle 1-11-011 Kobi Hobert 1-03-007 Josephina Hoskins- 2-07-006 Trystin Hottel 1-05-005 Ethan Hotz 1-03-008 Nicholas Huber 1-06-008 Maggie Huddleston 1-07-006 Graham Hutchison 1-08-003 Canyon Ishikawa 1-03-009 Ilana Jacobs 1-02-010 Tristen Jarmon 2-12-003 Byron Jean 1-06-009 Caroline Jennings 2-08-004 Brooklyn Johnson 2-12-004 Adrienne Jones 2-04-004 *Isaac Jordan 2-06-008 Marissa Jordan 1-06-010 Mia Kantorovich 1-07-007 *Kaybree Keating 2-02-305 Kaytlyn Keating 1-09-301 Mason Keeler 1-06-011

Garrison Keeton 1-06-012 Juliana Kelley 1-09-010 Joe Kilde 1-05-006 Jocelynn King 1-10-003 Joslyn King 1-12-008 Paris King 1-01-010 Paul Knight 1-07-008 Jeffery Knutson 1-08-004 Natalya Komleva 2-01-005 Molly Koslosky 1-01-303 Alden Kruse 1-06-013 Kathryn Kummel 1-04-009 *Michelle Kummel 2-12-005 Kadence Kunselman 1-05-007 Evan LaMunyon 1-02-011 Taylor LaRose 1-12-009 Carter Larsen 1-01-301 Katherine Larson 2-09-003 Allie Lauck 1-03-301 Reiley Leake 1-02-305 Alyssa Lee 1-11-012 Peyton Leyendecker 2-10-002 Jaret Lichty 1-12-010 Lauren Linnebur 1-09-302 Scott Litwiler 2-02-008 Dixi Lockhart 1-03-302 Jadi Lockhart 1-03-302 Kayli Lopez 1-03-010 Manuel Lucero 1-07-009 *Drake Ludgate 2-07-303 Connor Lutz 2-10-003 Kendyl MacAskill 1-07-010 Hayli Mackey 1-02-012 Isabella Malherbe 1-10-004 Max Markuson DiPrince 2-05-003 James Mars 1-05-008 Ava Marso 1-03-011 Brandon Martinez 1-04-005 Nico Martinez 1-06-014 Trista Marx 1-12-301 Marin Masters 1-11-013 Cavin Mccay 1-07-301 Karizma McCord 1-02-013

Brooke McDonald 1-02-014 Katherine McDonald 1-10-005 Dustin Medina 1-03-012 Hailey Melvin 1-05-009 Weston Metzler 2-08-005 Joshua Miller 1-04-006 Levi Miller 1-05-010 Jocelyn Millican 1-09-011 *Nathaniel Miner 2-07-303 Maya Monks 1-10-301 Annabelle Mortimeyer 1-07-011 Christopher Moser 1-11-014 Sophia Murray 1-02-015 Jaime Nab 1-06-015 Kate Nakasato 2-09-301 Anila Narayana 2-09-004 *Molly Nehring 2-11-004 Sara Nehring 1-08-005 Tesla Newton 2-10-301 Amy Nguyen 2-06-301 Lacey Niccoli 2-07-007 Sophia Niccoli 2-12-006 Tristin Niccoli 1-11-015 Ibrohim Nosirov 2-09-005 Julianna O'Clair 2-05-302 Olivia Odle 1-03-303 Rachel Odle 1-12-011 Sarah-Cate Ogden 1-09-012 Allen Olmedo Soto 2-03-008 Daniel Orbidan 2-05-301 Rain Orsi 2-04-005 Emily Osborne 1-12-012 Nathan Panzer 1-09-013 Gryphon Patlin 1-06-016 Ethan Pattison Shoop 1-02-021 Alyssa Pecoraro 2-02-007 Josef Perko 1-04-007 Malayne Perry 1-09-302 Brian Phan 2-07-302 Lauren Phillips 1-11-016 Karry Pileggi 2-12-007 Tell Piner 1-01-011 Ty Piner 2-02-006


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Adrian Pizano 1-04-008 Cassidy Plane 2-10-004 Tommy Pope 1-04-004 Anuradha Prakash 1-12-013 Scarlett Prather 1-02-301 Grace Priest 1-07-012 Scott Prieve 1-07-013 Amrita Purkayastha 2-01-004 Ember Quick 1-08-006 Caleb Rabon 1-06-017 Rewa Raizada 1-07-014 Krithik Ramesh 2-06-009 Grace Ramsey 1-07-001 Noah Randall 1-03-013 Parker Randolph 2-12-008 Michaela Ravenkamp 1-12-014 *Alyssa Rawinski 2-07-008 Camille Rawinski 1-01-012 Annika Reeder-Holman 1-10-301 Maria Reeves 2-12-009 Michelle Ren 2-05-302 Selene Rhoades 1-02-304 Caleb Riggenbach 1-12-015 Lexy Riggio-Guadagnoli 2-10-005 Josie Riseling 1-11-017 Madison Risi 2-09-301 Alexandrea Rivera 2-07-301 Cody Robinson 2-09-006 Helen Rodstrom 1-11-018 Kylea Roitsch 1-03-014 Grace Romero 1-07-016 Kiersten Romero 1-06-018 Shaleese Romero 2-10-302 Belen Roof 1-04-301 Allison Rose 1-06-019 Sydnee Roth 2-01-003 Charles Rothbaum 1-08-007 Teagan Roukema 1-01-013 Riley Russell 2-01-301 Bridget Ryan 1-03-015 Jaedyn Ryba 1-10-006 Katelynn Salmon 2-03-009 *Jenna Salvat 2-04-006

Geneva San Nicolas 2-02-304 Brady Sanchez 1-03-303 Jocelyn Sanchez 1-07-017 Charlese Satterfield 1-01-014 Michael Savala 2-07-009 Sidney Schaffer 2-02-304 Corey Schanker 1-11-019 Libby Schelich 1-01-002 Alleson Schlosky 1-01-302 Tyson Schneider 2-03-010 Cora Schrock 1-09-014 Tate Schrock 1-06-020 Ellie Schueler 1-02-017 Eden Sears 1-07-018 *Casey Shaw 2-12-010 Samantha Shelton 1-07-019 Colby Simmons 1-03-016 Ethan Simpson 2-05-301 Isani Singh 2-09-007 Mattie Singley 2-09-008 Anna Slade 2-08-302 Courtney Smith 1-02-018 Elora Smith 2-10-006 Erin Smith 1-10-007 Tessa Smith 1-09-015 Talia Snyder 1-04-010 *Hari Sowrirajan 2-09-009 Colt Spencer 2-12-011 Shane Spotz 1-02-019 Shreyas Sriram 1-08-008 Sean Steinhart 2-05-005 Emma Stone 1-02-305 Parker Stone 1-12-016 Emily Stratman 2-11-301 Elizabeth Sundheim 1-08-009 Diya Suri 1-05-011 Avi Swartz 2-10-007 Jake Swift 1-11-020 Kory Tacha 1-11-302 Beau Tate 1-10-008 Breanna Terrones 2-10-302 Levi Tichi 1-11-021 Keely Timme 1-12-017

Nate Timme 1-01-016 Katherine Tran 2-06-301 Alex Tseng 1-05-012 Gihven Tucker 1-07-020 Shannon Tyler 1-02-303 Evie Upchurch 1-09-016 Samuel Uyemura 1-06-021 Marysa Valdez 1-09-017 Grace Valentine 1-03-017 McKinze Vaughn 1-02-020 Elissa Velasquez 2-01-006 *Claire Victor 2-05-004 Kylie Walters 1-06-022 Chelsea Wang 2-09-010 Julia Warnock 1-07-021 Max Warnock 2-07-010 Rachel Washburn 2-02-003 Braden Wedel 1-12-018 Kharis Weller 1-02-302 *Aubrey Wells 2-02-305 Emilee Wells 1-09-301 *Kaitlin Wells 2-02-305 Chance Wiening 2-12-012 Wyatt Wiening 2-07-011 Danielle Wise 2-11-008 Lauren Wood 2-03-301 Justin Wright 1-06-023 Gabe Wu 1-05-013 Sai Kaushik Yeturu 2-11-003 Andrew Ying 2-02-301 *Seth Young 2-10-008 Hannah Zagone 2-09-011 Daniel Zamoshchin 2-08-006 Kate Zerefos 1-02-016 Stephanie Zhang 2-08-007 *Regional Science Fair Intel International Science & Engineering Fair Finalist.

2017 Colorado Science & Engineering Fair Senior Division Finalists

# indicates the number of previous years the finalist has participated in the CSEF.

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Animal Sciences 2-01-001 The Effect of Airborne Vibration on Sensory

Hairs of Phidippus Jumping Spiders # Felix Channiago - 10th grade - Conifer High

School - Conifer - Mr. Paul Teel II 2-01-002 When Sharks Fly # Natalie Finamore - 12th grade - Centaurus High

School - Lafayette - Mr. Nicholas Cady 2-01-003 Don't Stress Me Out! # Sydnee Roth - 10th grade - Liberty School - Joes -

Mrs. Linda Niccoli 2-01-004 Role of Endothelin Receptor B in Vertebrate

Pigment Cell Evolution # Amrita Purkayastha - 11th grade - Fairview High

School - Boulder - Mr. Tyler Square

2-01-005 Brain Food: The Effects of Nutritional Changes In Memory Enhancement and Neurotransmitter Functional Natalya Komleva - 12th grade - Northridge High School - Greeley - Mrs. Yajaira Fuentes-Tauber

2-01-006 Epi(c)genetics # Elissa Velasquez - 9th grade - Dolores Huerta

Preparatory High School - Pueblo - Mr. Moise Carelus

2-01-301 Morphological Effects of a Predator on Crayfish: Fight or Flight?

# Riley Russell - 11th grade - SkyView Academy - Highlands Ranch - Mrs. Manjula Chundi

# Anand Chundi - 9th grade - SkyView Academy - Highlands Ranch - Mrs. Manjula Chundi

Behavioral & Social Sciences 2-02-001 Investigating Triggers of Sundowners

Syndrome in Dementia Patients in an Institutional Setting: Year Two

#### Cassandra Blew - 10th grade - La Veta Schools - La Veta - Mrs. Pat Keeling

2-02-002 “Extra” Focus Angel Castillo - 9th grade - West Grand High School – Kremmling -Mr. Greg Bachman

2-02-003 The Effect of Pop and Classical Music on the Time to Complete Cognitive Tasks Rachel Washburn - 9th grade - Sand Creek High School - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Caitlin Casai

2-02-004 The Effects of Reading Speed on Comprehension

# Rebekah Heath - 10th grade - Springfield Jr/Sr High School - Springfield - Mr. Earl Heath

2-02-005 Taste That! Sydney Heffernan - 9th grade - The Vanguard School - Colorado Springs - Ms. Cheryl Holling

2-02-006 Who Dun It? The Accuracy of Eye Witness Testimony

# Ty Piner - 10th grade - Wiley Jr/Sr High School - Wiley - Mr. Dean Thompson

2-02-007 Think Fast! Alyssa Pecoraro - 9th grade - The Vanguard School - Colorado Springs - Ms. Cheryl Holling

2-02-008 Teenagers Texting While Driving: Computerized Eye Tracking as a Method to Assess Visual Distraction During Driving Simulations Scott Litwiler - 11th grade - Fairview High School - Boulder - Mr. Joe Hasley

2-02-009 Differences in Functions of Proprioceptive Feedback Mechanisms: In Shod and Barefoot Conditions Sarah Davidson - 11th grade - Nederland Middle-Senior High School - Nederland - Mr. Alberto Real

2-02-301 Overcoming Cognitive Biases in Mathematical Finance: An Artificial Intelligence Approach

## Tyler Giallanza - 12th grade - Cherry Creek High School - Greenwood Village - Mr. Ethan Dusto Andrew Ying - 11th grade - Cherry Creek High School - Greenwood Village - Mr. Ethan Dusto

2-02-302 Strike a Pose ## Maya Duran - 11th grade - Dolores Huerta

Preparatory High School - Pueblo - Ms. Lori Leyh ## Sayer Guerrero - 11th grade - South High School

- Pueblo - Ms. Lori Leyh 2-02-303 Hearts Over Minds ### Edwin Bodoni - 10th grade - Cherry Creek High

School - Greenwood Village - Dr. Keith Harrison ## Evelyn Bodoni - 9th grade - Cherry Creek High

School - Greenwood Village - Dr. Keith Harrison



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Behavioral & Social Sciences cont. 2-02-304 In the Eye of the Biased Beholder: Attacking

Our Attractions from a Different Angle Sidney Schaffer - 10th grade - Northridge High School - Greeley - Mrs. Yajaira Fuentes-Tauber Geneva San Nicolas - 10th grade - Northridge High School - Greeley - Mrs. Yajaira Fuentes-Tauber

2-02-305 Me, MySelfie, and I: Experimental Evidence of the Value is Self-Esteem and Selfies

### Aubrey Wells - 12th grade - Fort Morgan High School - Fort Morgan - Mrs. Krista Wells

#### Kaybree Keating - 10th grade - Weldon Valley School - Weldona - Mrs Krista Wells

#### Kaitlin Wells - 11th grade - Fort Morgan High School - Fort Morgan - Mrs. Krista Wells

Chemistry & Biochemistry 2-03-001 Dying To Know: How Quickly Does Hair Dye

Leach Out? # Danae Beauprez - 10th grade -Yuma High School

- Yuma -Mrs. Amy Melby 2-03-002 General Formula for Deriving Reaction Rate

Constants Joshua Chapman - 12th grade - Cherry Creek High School - Greenwood Village - Mr. Ethan Dusto

2-03-003 Improving Latent Blood Testing ## Jayden Edson - 10th grade - West Grand High

School - Kremmling - Mrs. Lori Birch 2-03-004 A Novel Method of Producing Colloidal Gold

Nanoparticles from Gold Ore and Aqueous Sulfuric Acid

# Kyle Fridberg - 11th grade - Fairview High School - Boulder - Dr. Michael Marshak

2-03-005 Wildland Firefighter Defense System: Phase Two Aaliayh Garcia - 10th grade - Center High School - Center - Mr. John Whitinger

2-03-006 Does Humidity of a Crime Scene Affect Transfer Quality of a Fingerprint?

# Aliya Godoy - 10th grade - SkyView Academy - Highlands Ranch - Mrs. Dana McNutt

2-03-007 Going Bananas: Using Banana Peels in Polymerization Reactions to Produce Thermoplastics

# Brendan Gould - 9th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Ms. Linda Cummings

2-03-008 From Poop To Your Table Allen Olmedo Soto - 12th grade - Greeley West High School - Greeley - Mrs. Cynthia Stump

2-03-009 Biodetoxification and Quantification of N-Nitrosamines by Symbiotaphrina kochii

## Katelynn Salmon - 10th grade - Palmer Ridge High School - Monument - Mr. Tom Salmon

2-03-010 Wicktastic Tyson Schneider - 9th grade - Arickaree School - Anton - Mr. Donald Myers

2-03-301 It's Electro...phoresis! Kylie Franklin - 11th grade - Campo School - Campo - Mrs. Kim Jenkins Lauren Wood - 11th grade - Campo School - Campo - Mrs. Kim Jenkins


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Earth & Space Sciences 2-04-001 How Far is Far Away? Parallax Continued . . # Antonio Arant - 9th grade - Trinidad High School

- Trinidad - Ms. Gina Festi-Gitano 2-04-002 Harvest Project: Correcting Sea State Bias

Leo Foster Greer - 12th grade - Boulder High School - Boulder - Mr. Matthieu Talpe

2-04-003 Harnessing the Yarkovsky Effect to Protect Earth from Asteroids Thomas Hatcher - 9th grade - Telluride High School - Telluride - Mr. Seth Berg

2-04-004 Borax Crystal Growth Response to Environmental Audio Variables

# Adrienne Jones – 11th grade – Trinidad High School – Trinidad – Ms. Gina Festi-Gitano

2-04-005 Is Your Faith in Fracking Shaken? # Rain Orsi - 9th grade - Rocky Mountain High

School - Fort Collins - Ms. Nicole McMahon 2-04-006 Characterization of the Pyroelectric and

Piezoelectric Effect Exhibited by Î±-Crystalline SiO2

# Jenna Salvat - 10th grade - Coronado High School - Colorado Springs - Mr. Steven Veatch

2-04-301 Cape Verde Hurricanes: How Genesis Point Impacts Landfall Latitude Kate DeMarsh - 12th grade Madison Bohling - 12th grade - Monarch High School - Lousiville - Mr. Kristopher Karnauskas

Energy 2-05-001 Converting Mechanical Vibrations into

Electrical Energy Via Dielectric Elastomer Generators (DEGs) Ashley Aguilar - 12th grade - New Vista High School - Boulder - Mr. Nicholas Kellaris

2-05-002 Carbon Coatings on a Copper Antimonide Anode for Enhanced Performance and Lifetime in Rechargeable Metal-Ion Batteries

# Jay Chandra - 11th grade - Fossil Ridge High School - Fort Collins - Dr. Amy Prieto

2-05-003 Windmill Efficiency Part 2: Replicating & 3D Printing Natural Leaf Designs on a Vertical-axis Turbine

### Max Markuson DiPrince - 11th grade - Pueblo Central High School - Pueblo - Mrs. Jamie Withnell

2-05-004 Renewable Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: The Future of Energy Claire Victor - 12th grade - Centaurus High School - Lafayette - Mr. Nicholas Cady

2-05-005 There's So Much Energy: And We Are Missing Out! Sean Steinhart - 12th grade - Limon Schools - Limon - Ms. Brandie Bellefeuille

2-05-301 The Impact of Rutile Phase Titania Nanowire Length on Periphyton Colonization and Voltage Output Daniel Orbidan - 10th grade - SkyView Academy - HighlandsRanch - Mr. Timothy Smith Ethan Simpson - 10th grade - SkyView Academy - HighlandsRanch - Mr. Timothy Smith

2-05-302 Energy Production of Microbial Fuel Cells # Michelle Ren - 10th grade - Brush High School -

Brush - Mr. David Miner # Julianna O'Clair - 10th grade - Brush High

School - Brush - Mr. David Miner


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Engineering 2-06-001 Hands-off Heterodyning: The Science and

Technology Behind the Theremin # Jay Armstrong - 12th grade - Fort Morgan High

School - Fort Morgan - Mr. Daniel Thistle 2-06-002 A Sand Rail: The Cost # Seth Beedy - 10th grade - Limon Schools - Limon

- Mr. Steve Beedy 2-06-003 Mechanized Collection of Organic Spider Silk

Aubrey Berger - 11th grade - Eaglecrest High School - Centennial - Ms. Nicole Buyck

2-06-004 Stop That Flood (Part VI) ##### Shannon Bland - 12th grade - Lamar High School

- Lamar - Ms. Robin Staker 2-06-005 Life Saving Locating: Developing Autonomous

Avalanche Rescue Part 3 ###### Leighton Burt - 12th grade - Sargent Jr/Sr High

School - Monte Vista - Mr. Rafe Paulson 2-06-006 Stampede Arm ## Chase Cromwell - 9th grade - Lamar High School

- Lamar - Ms. Robin Staker

2-06-007 Motility Optimization of the PNIPAm Based Drug Delivery System

# Anurag Golla - 12th grade - Fairview High School - Boulder - Mr. Tong Shen

2-06-008 A Novel Approach for Sensing Seismic Events: Applications of Graphene Nano-flake Powder Composites

## Isaac Jordan – 11th grade – Animas High School – Durango – Mr. Michael Jordan

2-06-009 Redesigning the Jet Engine to be Impervious to Foreign Contaminants: Part Two

# Krithik Ramesh - 9th grade - Cherry Creek High School - Greenwood Village - Dr. Keith Harrison

2-06-301 Let It Flow: Developments of a New Two-Leaflet Bovine Tissue Mitral Valve Replacement

# Amy Nguyen - 9th grade - DSST: College View High School - Denver - Mr. Hieu Nguyen

# Katherine Tran - 9th grade - DSST: College View High School - Denver - Mr. Hieu Nguyen

Environmental Sciences 2-07-001 Determining Water Treatment Planning Using

a Classification Model Neural Network # Eric Bear - 11th grade - Colorado Academy -

Denver - Mr. Andrew Coles 2-07-002 AsH2O

Caitlin Belcher - 9th grade - West Grand High School - Kremmling - Ms. Emmylou Harmon

2-07-003 Analyzing the High Park Wildfire Utilizing Remotely Sensed Data

### Victoria Dunivan - 10th grade - Walsh Jr/Sr High School - Walsh - Ms. Criscindy Malosh

2-07-004 Identifying the Effects of Frequency of Lumbricus Terrestris, Gryllidae, and Drosophiliaâ’s Environment

# Sergio Estrada - 12th grade - Northridge High School - Greeley - Mrs. Yajaira Fuentes-Tauber

2-07-005 The Uptake of Copper Ions by Chlorella Vulgaris

###### Mitchell Fosdick - 12th grade - Fowler High School - Fowler - Ms. Debbie Fosdick

2-07-006 When Even the Early Bird is Late # Josephina Hoskins-Marcantonio - 11th grade -

Fairview High School - Boulder - Dr. Paul Strode

2-07-007 Reclaimed! The Effects of Amendments on Soil Reclamation

## Lacey Niccoli - 10th grade - Arickaree School - Anton - Mr. Donald Myers

2-07-008 Western Snowy Plover Nest Site Characteristics and Use of Drone Imagery in Predicting Potential Nest

### Alyssa Rawinski - 10th grade - Monte Vista High School - Monte Vista - Ms. Loree’ Harvey

2-07-009 Ferro-Solution? Can Iron Nanoparticles Help with Oil Spill Clean-up? Michael Savala - 10th grade - Monte Vista High School - Monte Vista - Ms. Loree' Harvey

2-07-010 The Impact of Odor Control Clothing on Water Boatmen (Corixidae)

### Max Warnock - 9th grade - Poudre Global Academy - Fort Collins - Dr. Andrew Warnock

2-07-011 Effect of Milankovitch Cyclicity on Prehistoric Marine Life of the Late Cretaceous Middle Cenomanian

#11 Wyatt Wiening - 11th grade - Trinidad High School - Trinidad - Mrs. Yvonne Wiening


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Environmental Sciences cont. 2-07-301 Methods to Reduce Micropollutants in Treated

Water McKinley Dirks - 11th grade - SkyView Academy - Highlands Ranch - Mr. Jon Dirks

# Alexandrea Rivera - 11th grade - SkyView Academy - Highlands Ranch - Mr. Jon Dirks

2-07-302 The Effect of Human Population Density on EPT Abundance Danny Gallant - 12th grade - Monarch High School - Louisville - Mrs. Stephanie Parker Brian Phan - 12th grade - Monarch High School - Louisville - Mrs. Stephanie Parker

2-07-303 Black Carbon Detection: A Regional Snow Survey

#### Nathaniel Miner - 10th grade - Brush High School - Brush - Mr. David Miner

### Drake Ludgat - 10th grade - Brush High School - Brush - Mr. David Miner

Mathematics & Computer Sciences 2-08-001 Determining the Complexity of Boolean

Formulae Modeling NP Decision Problems # Colin Burdine - 12th grade - Cherry Creek High

School - Greenwood Village - Dr. Keith Harrison 2-08-002 A Method for the Reduction of Time Error in

the Ensemble Adjustment Kalman Filter Elia Gorokhovsky - 10th grade - Fairview High School - Boulder - Dr. Paul Strode

2-08-003 Adding Data-Aware Sort Optimizations to C-Python

# Elliot Gorokhovsky - 12th grade - Fairview High School - Boulder - Dr. Paul Strode

2-08-004 Population Dynamics of Predation in a Competitive Lupine-Ovine-Grassland Ecosystem: The Simulation that Cried Wolf

## Caroline Jennings - 10th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Ms. Linda Cummings

2-08-005 Compiling to Higher Levels of Abstraction on Calculators Weston Metzler - 11th grade - Peak to Peak Charter School - Lafayette - Dr. David Knox

2-08-006 Predicting Clickbait Headlines Using Machine Learning and the Naive Bayes Classifier

# Daniel Zamoshchin - 9th grade - Cherry Creek High School - Greenwood Village - Dr. Keith Harrison

2-08-007 Gene Expression and Diseases Phase II: Developing a Model to Predict Cancer Progression

## Stephanie Zhang - 11th grade - Fairview High School - Boulder - Dr. Paul Strode

2-08-301 Implementation of a Vernam Cipher # Silas Almgren - 10th grade - West Grand High

School - Kremmling - Mrs. Lori Birch #### Jonathan Belcher - 10th grade - West Grand High

School - Kremmling - Mrs. Lori Birch 2-08-302 Solids of Known Cross Section Investigation

John Denigan - 12th grade - Rye High School - Rye - Mrs. Kathy Dodge Anna Slade - 12th grade - Rye High School - Rye - Mrs. Kathy Dodge


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Medicine & Health 2-09-001 Amph-1 Knockdown Aggravates Pathogenesis

of Alzheimer’s Disease in Caenorhabditis Elegans Solomon Bloomfield - 11th grade - Fairview High School - Boulder - Mr. Joshua Morgenstern

2-09-002 Homology Directed Repair: The Difference Between Single Stranded and Double Stranded Donor DNA Maddy Dellinger - 11th grade - Fairview High School - Boulder - Dr. Paul Strode

2-09-003 Electrical Impedance Tomography as a Tool for Detecting Tumors Katherine Larson - 11th grade - Home School - Colorado Springs - Dr. Michael Larson

2-09-004 Exploring The Genome: A Search for the Eczema Gene Anila Narayana - 10th grade - Rock Canyon High School - Highlands Ranch - Dr. Deepa Thayi

2-09-005 Use of SPECT Imagery to Establish a General Statistical Predictive Model for Dementia Ibrohim Nosirov - 9th grade - SkyView Academy - Highlands Ranch - Mr. Zafar Nasyrov

2-09-006 Over the Limit: The Breath of a Diabetic # Cody Robinson - 10th grade - Yuma High School

- Yuma - Mrs. Amy Melby

2-09-007 Worse Outcomes in Turner Syndrome Women Compared to Women Without Turner Syndrome

# Isani Singh - 11th grade - Cherry Creek High School - Englewood - Mr. Ethan Dusto

2-09-008 Sulfites: The Hidden Headache ## Mattie Singley - 9th grade - Brush High School -

Brush - Mr. Brian Singley 2-09-009 Optimization of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles for

Vaccine Delivery #### Hari Sowrirajan - 11th grade - Cherry Creek High

School - Greenwood Village - Mr. Ethan Dusto 2-09-010 Alterations in Sleep Architecture Resulting

from Amygdala Kindling in Mice Chelsea Wang - 11th grade - Fossil Ridge High School - Fort Collins - Dr. Gordon Buchanan

2-09-011 Dissolving the Pain Hannah Zagone - 9th grade - West Grand High School - Kremmling - Mr. Greg Bachman

2-09-301 Meta Analysis of Brain and Immune Interactions: Anger Kate Nakasato - 12th grade - Monarch High School - Louisville - Ms. Marianne Reddan Madison Risi - 12th grade - Monarch High School - Louisville - Ms. Marianne Reddan

Microbiology & Molecular Biology 2-10-001 The Effects of Wash Water Temperature on

Egg Shell Permeability #### Kaitlyn Carson - 12th grade - Windsor High

School – Windsor - Dr. Leisa Carson 2-10-002 Manuka Honey Surgical Adhesive

Peyton Leyendecker - 9th grade - SkyView Academy - Highlands Ranch - Mr. Kurt Leyendecker

2-10-003 A Magnetic Primer Designer Connor Lutz - 9th grade - Primero Jr/Sr High School - Weston - Ms. Josette Andrews

2-10-004 Can This Macromolecule Captivate Your Miroorganisms?

### Cassidy Plane - 12th grade - Alamosa High School - Alamosa - Mr. Matthew Relyea

2-10-005 Investigating the Ability of D-mannose To Inhibit the Growth of Escherichia Coli

## Lexy Riggio-Guadagnoli - 9th grade - La Veta Schools - La Veta - Mrs. Pat Keeling

2-10-006 That Gut Feeling: Identifying the Gut Microboita in Different Groups of Children

# Elora Smith - 10th grade - Sargent Jr/Sr High School - Monte Vista - Mr. Rafe Paulson

2-10-007 Statistical Analysis of Graft vs. Host Disease and Immune Reconstitution in Humanized Mice

#### Avi Swartz - 12th grade - Cherry Creek High School - Greenwood Village - Mr. Ethan Dusto

2-10-008 Applied Biomineralization: Increasing Magnetosome Formation in AMB-1 for Industrial Purposes Through Genetic Recombination of Genes Essential to Magnetosome Formation and Mutation Mediated by UV Radiation

# Seth Young - 12th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Ms. Linda Cummings

2-10-301 Cultivation of Soil Bacteria Across Stress Gradients Sarah Danekind - 12th grade - Monarch High School - Louisville - Dr. Paul Carini Tesla Newton - 12th grade - Monarch High School - Louisville - Dr. Paul Carini

2-10-302 Bacteria Hysteria II: Battle of the Sexes ## Shaleese Romero - 11th grade - Central High

School - Pueblo - Mrs. Jamie Withnell Breanna Terrones - 11th grade - Central High School - Pueblo - Mrs. Jamie Withnell


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Physics 2-11-001 Non-Newtonian Fluids in Baseball

Paul Brophy - 10th grade - Yuma High School - Yuma - Mrs. Amy Melby

2-11-002 As Blood As My Witness Celestina Charette - 9th grade - Walsh Jr/Sr High School – Walsh - Mrs. Janet Chenoweth

2-11-003 A Bio-inspired Saddle Mechanism for Mechanical Energy Storage Sai Kaushik Yeturu - 12th grade - Peak to Peak Charter School - Lafayette - Mr. Robert Hettmansperger

2-11-004 Dancing with the Stars: Simulating Multi-Star Solar Systems & the Probability of Planetary Ejection

#### Molly Nehring - 10th grade - Monte Vista High School - Monte Vista - Ms. Loree' Harvey

2-11-005 How Strong Is Water? Michael Duran - 10th grade - Primero Jr/Sr High School - Weston - Ms. Josette Andrews

2-11-006 Friction and Penetration Katie Gorsline - 11th grade - Greeley West High School - Greeley - Mrs. Cynthia Stump

2-11-007 The Effect of Temperature on the Decay of Intensity of Sound Waves Scott Clousing - 10th grade - SkyView Academy - Highlands Ranch - Mr. Brian Clousing

2-11-008 Does the Roughness of a Road Cause Friction? Danielle Wise - 9th grade - Genoa-Hugo School - Hugo - Mrs. Marguerite Yowell

2-11-009 Artificial Gravity Concept for Sustainable Space Exploration

## Christoph Cikraji - 12th grade - Durango High School - Durango - Dr. Kaori Takano

2-11-301 Walking with Coffee Emily Stratman - 9th grade - Brush High School - Brush - Mr. David Miner Emily Evans - 9th grade - Brush High School - Brush - Mr. David Miner

Plant Sciences 2-12-001 The Future of Barley Fodder is Agricultural

Farming ### Jessalyn Bay-Voit - 12th grade - Mancos High

School - Mancos - Ms. Chyrise Bay 2-12-002 Bad Altitude: Climate Change in the Alpine

May Alter Beneficial Plant-Fungal Relationships Isabella Bowland - 11th grade - Fairview High School – Boulder - Mr. Cliff Bueno de Mesquita

2-12-003 Hydroponics: The Wave of the Future? ## Tristen Jarmon - 10th grade - Dove Creek High

School - Dove Creek - Ms. Cathrine Boyd 2-12-004 A Study of Edaphology Using Daucus carota

Subspecies sativus Brooklyn Johnson - 10th grade - Northridge High School - Greeley - Mrs. Yajaira Fuentes-Tauber

2-12-005 Microclimatological Feedbacks at Treeline ##### Michelle Kummel - 11th grade - Palmer High

School - Colorado Springs - Dr. Miroslav Kummel 2-12-006 Storage War II: The Effect of Storage

Conditions on Feeds ## Sophia Niccoli - 10th grade - Arickaree School -

Anton - Mr. Donald Myers

2-12-007 The Effects of Auxin with External Factors on Root Growth Karry Pileggi - 10th grade - SkyView Academy - Highlands Ranch - Ms. Luz Pileggi

2-12-008 Examining the Effects of Martian Soil, Additives, Water Quality, and Companion Planting on Biomass a

## Parker Randolph - 10th grade - Monte Vista High School - Monte Vista - Mrs. Gina Randolph

2-12-009 The Effects of Increasing Pesticide Concentration on Wisconsin Fast Plants Maria Reeves - 10th grade - Cherry Creek High School - Greenwood Village - Mr. Stephen Smith

2-12-010 Make Way for Duckweed: Observing the Growth Rates of Lemna and its Effect on Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentrations in a Simulated Carbon Sink

##### Casey Shaw - 11th grade - Liberty School - Joes - Mrs. Linda Niccoli

2-12-011 The Greenhouse Effect # Colt Spencer - 9th grade - Mancos High Schools -

Mancos - Mrs. Sara Spencer 2-12-012 The Effects of Light Duration on Pinto Bean

Germination Chance Wiening - 9th grade - Trinidad High School - Trinidad - Mrs. Yvonne Wiening

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Animal Sciences 1-01-001 A-Maze-Ing Olfaction

Abbi Barthel - 8th grade - Ignacio Middle School - Ignacio – Mrs. Katie Barthel

1-01-002 Cup vs. Normal Incubation Showdown Libby Schelich - 7th grade - Eaton Middle School - Eaton - Mrs. Amber Schelich

1-01-003 Bite Katelyn Carpenter - 7th grade - Dolores Middle School - Dolores - Mrs. Kathy Carpenter

1-01-004 Lobelia vs. Daphnia Alexandra Dalton - 8th grade - Peak to Peak Charter School - Lafayette - Mr. Brandon Nelson

1-01-005 The Least of Us Elishevlyne Eliason - 8th grade - Challenge School - Denver - Mr. John Wiley

1-01-006 What in the Whorl! Lilly Figueroa - 6th grade - Mancos Middle School - Mancos - Mrs. Holly Figueroa

1-01-007 Caution: Is Turf Toxic? Chelsey Hale - 7th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir

1-01-008 Doggie Diets Echo Hamilton - 6th grade - Silverton School - Silverton - Mr. Paul Joyce

1-01-009 Sniff Sniff Faith Headlee - 6th grade - Lamar Middle School - Lamar - Ms. Robin Staker

1-01-010 You're Getting on My Nerves Paris King - 8th grade - Liberty School - Joes - Mrs. Linda Niccoli

1-01-011 An Eggcellent Question Tell Piner - 6th grade - Wiley Jr/Sr High School - Wiley - Mr. Dean Thompson

1-01-012 Do Female Quarter Horses Have Better Memory Than Males? Yay or Neigh? Camille Rawinski - 7th grade - Monte Vista Middle School - Monte Vista - Ms. Loraine Glidewell

1-01-013 Types of Ropes Teagan Roukema - 6th grade - Ignacio Middle School - Ignacio - Mr. Tom Rohde

1-01-014 Bigger Eggs for Peanuts Charlese Satterfield - 7th grade - Canon Exploratory School - Canon City - Ms. Mimi Dolan

1-01-015 Deer Crossing Mitigation # Jeffrey Brittain - 8th grade - Ignacio - Middle

School - Ignacio - Mrs. Jennifer Boniface 1-01-016 Rats and Extracts # Nate Timme - 8th grade - Pueblo School for Arts

& Sciences - Pueblo - Ms. Lori Leyh 1-01-301 Planarian Regeneration and Its Effect on

Behavioral Memory Retention Michael Erwin - 8th grade - Challenge School - Denver - Mrs. Denise Erwin Carter Larsen - 8th grade - Challenge School - Denver - Mrs. Denise Erwin

1-01-302 Zebus and Sounds Jillian Evans - 7th grade - Pueblo Academy of Arts - Pueblo - Mrs. Mary Jose Alleson Schlosky - 7th grade - Pueblo Academy of Arts - Pueblo - Mrs. Mary Jose

1-01-303 Swirling Personalities Molly Koslosky - 7th grade - Eaton Middle School - Eaton - Mrs. Jill Koslosky Madisyn Beers - 7th grade - Eaton Middle School - Eaton - Mrs. Jill Koslosky



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Behavioral & Social Sciences 1-02-001 Back in My Day

Jayden Baca - 8th grade - Goodnight School - Pueblo - Mr. George Guddendorf

1-02-002 An Examination in Small Group Conformity Matthew Belleau - 8th grade - Ignacio Middle School - Ignacio - Mr. Tom Rohde

1-02-003 Got Color Cognitivity? Blakeley Bennett - 8th grade - North Middle School - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Jacqueline Bennett

1-02-004 Is President Trump Correct About Attitudes Toward Immigration? Kristyn Cameron - 8th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir

1-02-005 To Mimic or Not To Mimic Kennedy Dechant - 8th grade - Pinnacle Charter School - Federal Heights - Mrs. Shawna Dechant

1-02-006 Exercise: A Wonder of Science Sophie Eschallier - 6th grade - Mancos Middle School - Mancos - Mrs. Liza Eschallier

1-02-007 The Winning Touch Isaac Fayram - 8th grade - Blevins Middle School - Fort Collins - Dr. Andrew Fayram

1-02-008 The Effect of Music on Cardiovascular Physiology Madison Hening - 7th grade - St. Columba Catholic School – Durango - Mrs. Etoile Hening

1-02-009 The Stroop Effect Chance Hill - 6th grade - Walt Clark Middle School - Loveland - Mrs. Debbie Hill

1-02-010 Sound As Sight Ilana Jacobs - 8th grade - Denver Jewish Day School - Denver - Ms. Melanie Knowles

1-02-011 Multitasking Evan LaMunyon - 6th grade - Dolores Middle School - Dolores - Mr. Chris LaRose

1-02-012 The Effects of Cognitive Distraction on Reaction Times Hayli Mackey - 8th grade - Springfield Jr/Sr High School - Springfield - Mrs. Susie Mackey

1-02-013 Binaural Beats: Digital Drugs Karizma McCord - 8th grade - Pueblo School for Arts & Sciences - Pueblo - Ms. Lori Leyh

1-02-014 Take A Stand Brooke McDonald - 6th grade - Walsh Elementary School - Walsh - Mrs. Janet Chenoweth

1-02-015 Mind the Gap: Growth Mindset and Gender Sophia Murray - 8th grade - Summit Charter Middle School - Boulder - Mrs. Valerie Keeney

1-02-016 The Good, the Bad, and the Gritty: Is Grit Situational or Persistent?

# Kate Zerefos - 7th grade - Monument Academy - Monument - Mrs. Julie Seymour

1-02-017 Violence in the Media: An Analysis of the Effects of Media Violence on Mental and Physical Health

# Ellie Schueler - 8th grade - North Middle School - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Erryn Tanner

1-02-018 Does Suggestion Affect Memory Courtney Smith - 8th grade - Goodnight School - Pueblo - Mr. George Guddendorf

1-02-019 Multitasking: Constructive or Unproductive Shane Spotz - 8th grade - Fort Morgan Middle School - Fort Morgan - Mr. Erik Stone

1-02-020 Do Nice Guys Really Finish Last? McKinze Vaughn - 8th grade - Genoa-Hugo School - Hugo - Mr. William Mallory

1-02-021 The Music of Typing Ethan Pattison Shoop - 7th grade - STEM High & Academy - Highlands Ranch - Mr. Dwayne Shoop

1-02-301 How Perceptive Are You in Your Everyday Life Isabel Cleveland - 7th grade - Stanley British Primary School - Denver - Mrs. Dalton McCurdy Scarlett Prather - 7th grade - Stanley British Primary School - Denver - Mrs. Dalton McCurdy

1-02-302 The Happy Scent Madigan Egizio-Hughes - 6th grade - Silverton Schools - Silverton - Mr. Paul Joyce Kharis Weller - 6th grade - Silverton Schools - Silverton - Mr. Paul Joyce

1-02-303 The Cross-Racial Effect Jacob Evans - 8th grade - Union Colony Preparatory School - Greeley - Mrs. Becky Evans Shannon Tyler - 8th grade - Union Colony Preparatory School - Greeley - Mrs. Becky Evans

1-02-304 Dance To the Beat Selene Rhoades - 6th grade - Silverton Schools - Silverton - Mr. Paul Joyce Ariel Gallegos - 6th grade - Silverton Schools - Silverton - Mr. Paul Joyce

1-02-305 Which Is the Fairest of Them All? ## Emma Stone - 8th grade - Brush Middle School -

Brush - Mrs. Cynthia Albo ## Reiley Leake - 8th grade - Brush Middle School -

Brush - Mrs. Cynthia Albo



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Chemistry & Biochemistry 1-03-001 Flair for Hair

Mary Austin - 8th grade - Holy Family Catholic School - Grand Junction - Mrs. Yolanda Pacheco

1-03-002 BPANIC? # Tyler Burt - 8th grade - North Arvada Middle

School - Arvada - Ms. Stacy Uyeda 1-03-003 Viscosity

Charlie Clapper - 7th grade - Stratton Schools - Stratton - Ms. Deidra Shutte

1-03-004 Pumpkin Preservation Part 3: Evaluating Hazards of Petroleum Jelly as a Jack ‘o Lantern Preservative

# Kaydee Dodge - 8th grade - Craver Middle School - Colorado City - Mrs. Adrienne Bidula

1-03-005 OW, My Stomach Hurts Ashton Flint - 8th grade - Holly Schools - Holly - Mrs. Jennifer King

1-03-006 Skunk Scent Solutions Maggie Haase - 6th grade - Eads Middle School - Eads - Mr. Justin McLoud

1-03-007 Iron Oxide Kobi Hobert - 8th grade - Turner Middle School - Berthoud - Ms. Kimberly Hobert

1-03-008 How Cool Is That Light? Ethan Hotz - 8th grade - Monte Vista Middle School - Monte Vista - Ms. Loraine Glidewell

1-03-009 Different Liquid Temperatures Over a 12 Hour Period Canyon Ishikawa - 6th grade - Ridgway Secondary School - Ridgway - Mrs. Tanya Ishikawa

1-03-010 Hair Normal Activity Kayli Lopez - 6th grade - Jefferson Intermediate School - Rocky Ford - Ms. Marylynn Goodman

1-03-011 Evidence Lost? Ava Marso - 8th grade - Holy Family Catholic School - Grand Junction - Mrs. Yolanda Pacheco

1-03-012 Plop-Plop Fizz-Fizz: How Does Surface Area and Temperature Affect Chemical Reaction Rates?

## Dustin Medina - 8th grade - Corwin International Magnet School - Pueblo - Mrs. Linda Medina

1-03-013 Biodegradable Darts Noah Randall - 8th grade - Flagstaff Academy - Longmont - Ms. Stephanie Randall

1-03-014 Leaching Chemicals Kylea Roitsch - 8th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir

1-03-015 Soaper Duper Science Bridget Ryan - 8th grade - St. Mary Catholic School - Greeley - Mrs. Amanda Zimmer

1-03-016 Battle of the Electrolytes # Colby Simmons - 7th grade - Genoa-Hugo School

- Hugo - Mr. William Mallory 1-03-017 The Effect of Cocoa Content, Cooling Time

and Heating Temperature on the Tempering of Chocolate Grace Valentine - 7th grade - Most Precious Blood Catholic School - Denver - Mrs. Ann Valentine

1-03-301 Will It Freeze? Kirstin Dahl - 7th grade - Fort Morgan Middle School - Fort Morgan - Mr. Eric Stone Allie Lauck - 7th grade - Fort Morgan Middle School - Fort Morgan - Mr. Eric Stone

1-03-302 The Effects of Water on Rock Crystals # Dixi Lockhart - 8th grade - Genoa-Hugo School -

Hugo - Mr. William Mallory Jadi Lockhart - 6th grade - Genoa-Hugo School - Hugo - Mr. William Mallory

1-03-303 Absorb This # Olivia Odle - 8th grade - Brush Middle School -

Brush - Mrs. Cynthia Albo # Brady Sanchez - 8th grade - Brush Middle School

- Brush - Mrs. Cynthia Albo



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Earth & Space Science 1-04-001 Distance to the Stars

Anna Dery - 7th grade - Holy Family Catholic School - Grand Junction - Mr. Robert Dery

1-04-002 Gone with the Water Serenity Foutz - 6th grade - Bayfield Middle School - Bayfield - Mrs. Matthew Foutz

1-04-003 Does Position Matter? Testing Different Layouts of Erosion Barriers in a Stream Bed Sam Haggans - 8th grade - Summit Charter Middle School - Boulder - Mrs. Valerie Keeney

1-04-004 Slippery Slope: A Study on Erosion Control Methods

# Tommy Pope - 7th grade - St. Columba Catholic School - Durango - Mrs. Tracy Pope

1-04-005 Porosity of Sandstone In Prowers County Brandon Martinez - 6th grade - Lamar Middle School - Lamar - Ms. Robin Staker

1-04-006 Effect of Sand Grain Size on Supportiveness of a Structure During a Liquefaction Event

# Joshua Miller - 8th grade - Skinner Middle School - Denver - Mr. Craig Miller

1-04-007 Effects of Dry Ice Sublimation on Mars Geology, Part 2

# Josef Perko - 7th grade - Walt Clark Middle School - Loveland - Dr. Howard Perko

1-04-008 Testing the Waters Adrian Pizano - 8th grade - Rocky Ford Jr/Sr High School - Rocky Ford - Mrs. Melany Lucero

1-04-009 Gone with the Wind: The Horseshoe Vortex Behind Tree Islands on Pikes Peak & Impact on Tree Growth

## Kathryn Kummel -8th grade - North Middle School - Colorado Springs -Dr. Miroslav Kummel

1-04-010 Soil Studies Talia Snyder - 8th grade - Walt Clark Middle School - Loveland - Mrs. Angela Snyder

1-04-301 Let It Snow Raja Braford - 8th grade - Silverton Schools - Silverton - Mr. Paul Joyce Belen Roof - 7th grade - Silverton Schools - Silverton - Mr. Paul Joyce

Energy 1-05-001 Hemp Hemp Hooray

Payton Brown - 8th grade - Sargent Jr/Sr High School - Monte Vista - Mrs. Terri Paulson

1-05-002 Easy Peazy Piezo Power Henry Foisie - 7th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir

1-05-003 The Effect of Electricity's Fields on the Strength of an Electromagnet Juno Gregg - 7th grade - Skinner Middle School - Denver - Ms. Heather Gregg

1-05-004 Can You Generate Electricity By Moving? Cooper Hanley - 8th grade - Louisville Middle School - Louisville - Ms. Anne Gallager-West

1-05-005 Can Sounds’ Ability to Change Enable Us To Hear What We Are Not Supposed To? Trystin Hottel - 8th grade - West Ridge Charter Academy - Greeley - Mr. Don Stutler

1-05-006 Solenoid Engine Joe Kilde - 8th grade - Turner Middle School - Berthoud - Mrs. Debra Kilde

1-05-007 I've Got the Power Kadence Kunselman - 7th grade - Walsh Jr/Sr High School - Walsh - Mrs. Janet Chenoweth

1-05-008 Biofuel vs. Fossil Fuel James Mars - 7th grade - Ignacio Middle School - Ignacio - Mr. Dusty Mars

1-05-009 Can You Make an Alternate Fuel Out of Food? Hailey Melvin - 6th grade - Dolores Middle School - Dolores - Mr. Chris LaRose

1-05-010 Fuel Cells: Fueling the Future ## Levi Miller - 8th grade - Genoa-Hugo School -

Hugo - Mr. William Mallory 1-05-011 YES! We Can Get More from the Rain

Diya Suri - 6th grade - Monument Academy - Monument - Mrs. Julie Seymour

1-05-012 Which Waste Shouldn't Be Wasted? Alex Tseng - 7th grade - Stanley British Primary School - Denver - Mrs. Dalton McCurdy

1-05-013 Improving the LED Solar Panel Light Circuit Gabe Wu - 7th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir

1-05-301 Battle of the Oils ## Tyler Higgins - 8th grade - Genoa-Hugo School -

Hugo - Mr. William Mallory Evan Higgins - 6th grade - Genoa-Hugo School - Hugo - Mr. William Mallory



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Engineering 1-06-001 The Effects of Turbid Water on Electricity

Nazeeya Bathhef - 8th grade - Crescent View Academy - Aurora - Mr. Iyad Wazwaz

1-06-002 Human vs Machine: Consistent Measurements in Dog Feeding George Beck - 8th grade - Aspen Middle School - Aspen - Mrs. Brandy Keleher

1-06-003 Reducing Seismic Accelerations in Buildings by Adding Reinforcements Santiago Castillo - 8th grade - Challenge School - Denver - Mr. John Wiley

1-06-004 Concrete Brick Strength Testing Connor Clark - 7th grade - Frontier Academy - Greeley - Mrs. Shelley Welch

1-06-005 Fabric Nanofinishing: Adventures in Textile Engineering

# Ellie Clark - 7th grade - St. Columba Catholic School - Durango - Dr. Matthew Clark

1-06-006 What's in My Ear? Part II # Ashley Gilmore - 8th grade - Lamar Middle

School - Lamar - Ms. Robin Staker 1-06-007 Mass’ Effect on a Hovercraft’s Acceleration

Kaden Hinkle - 8th grade - Summit Charter Middle School - Boulder - Mr. Peter Teasdale

1-06-008 Solar Still Design Efficiency # Nicholas Huber - 7th grade - St. Columba

Catholic School - Durango - Mr. Marc Huber 1-06-009 Medical vs 3D Printed Prosthetics

Byron Jean - 8th grade - Monument Academy - Monument - Mr. Bert Jean

1-06-010 A Softer Side of Robots: Using Grippers Made From Soft Materials

# Marissa Jordan - 8th grade - Home School - Ignacio - Mr. Michael Jordan

1-06-011 Crosswinds Mason Keeler - 8th grade - Liberty School - Joes - Mrs. Linda Niccoli

1-06-012 A Deal You Can Feel Garrison Keeton - 7th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir

1-06-013 Into Thin Air: A Search for Microbes in the Stratosphere Alden Kruse - 8th grade - Home School - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Tamara Kruse

1-06-014 Does a Robotic Hand Have the Ability to Grasp and Move Objects in a Timely Manner? Nico Martinez - 6th grade - Pueblo Academy of Arts - Pueblo - Mrs. Lorraine Chacon

1-06-015 The Gravity Dam Jaime Nab - 6th grade - Fleming Middle School - Fleming - Mr. Karl Donnelson

1-06-016 An In-Ductive Dust Vanquisher Gryphon Patlin - 7th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir

1-06-017 Concrete Smasher 2.0 # Caleb Rabon - 8th grade - Sargent Jr/Sr High

School - Monte Vista - Mrs. Terri Paulson 1-06-018 Lift It Up

Kiersten Romero - 7th grade - Goodnight School - Pueblo - Mr. George Guddendorf

1-06-019 Engineering Design of an Improved Grasper for Eating Cheesy-Sticky Snacks Allison Rose - 7th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir

1-06-020 H2 and O2 Generator Fabrication & PEM Fuel Cell Efficiency Tate Schrock - 7th grade - Arickaree School - Anton - Mr. Donald Myers

1-06-021 The Future of Flight Samuel Uyemura - 8th grade - Buchanan Middle School - Wray - Ms. Suzanna Cure

1-06-022 The Blind Side Kylie Walters - 7th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir

1-06-023 Propeller to the Air # Justin Wright - 7th grade - Walsh Jr/Sr High

School - Walsh - Mrs. Janet Chenoweth



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Environmental Sciences 1-07-001 Worming Around With Compost

Grace Ramsey - 7th grade - Windsor Charter Academy – Windsor - Ms. Katie Blankenbaker

1-07-002 Sediment - A Pain in the Wattle Thomas Connell - 7th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir

1-07-003 Marble, Marble, Everywhere and What an Acid Rain Drop Will Do Kody Donnelson - 6th grade - Fleming Middle School - Fleming - Mr. Karl Donnelson

1-07-004 Life Stinks Aydon Escobedo - 6th grade - Woodlin School - Woodrow - Ms. Alyshia Reaves

1-07-005 Produced Gas Well Water: Can It Be Repurposed for Agricultural Use? Mikailah Feinman - 7th grade - Primero Jr/Sr High School - Weston - Ms. Josette Andrews

1-07-006 Preventing Erosion . . . Saving Our Community! Maggie Huddleston - 8th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir

1-07-007 The Effect of the Construction of Tall Buildings on the Population of Nocturnal Migrating Birds Mia Kantorovich - 8th grade - Summit Charter Middle School - Boulder - Mr. Adam Perkins

1-07-008 Tidy Up Those Tailings # Paul Knight - 8th grade - Miller Middle School -

Durango - Mrs. Barb Wynne 1-07-009 Those "Banking" Beavers: A Trickle-Down

Approach to Conservation Manuel Lucero - 6th grade - Centauri Middle School - La Jara - Mr. Andrew Shelton

1-07-010 Hot or Not Kendyl MacAskill - 8th grade - Holy Family Catholic School - Grand Junction - Mrs. Yolanda Pacheco

1-07-011 Suck It Up Annabelle Mortimeyer - 6th grade - Wiley Jr/Sr High School - Wiley - Mr. Dean Thompson

1-07-012 Centrifugal Force vs. Contaminated Water Grace Priest - 6th grade - St. Columba Catholic School - Durango - Mr. Travis Priest

1-07-013 To Rip or To Rap: How Does the Design of Erosion Control on a Creek Bend Affect Bank Deterioration?

# Scott Prieve - 8th grade - North Middle School - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Nancy Prieve

1-07-014 Water Conservation Using SMART Technology

# Rewa Raizada - 7th grade - STEM School & Academy - Highlands Ranch - Mr. Shashank Raizada

1-07-015 Depuration Kinetics of Activated Carbon With Ion Exchange Resins, Poly Filter Pad, and Freshwater Bivalves in Aqueous Solutions contaminated with Heavy Metals

# Nathaniel Brim - 8th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir

1-07-016 The Effect Water Pollutants Have on Vegetation Grace Romero - 8th grade - Aspen Middle School - Aspen - Mrs. Brandy Keleher

1-07-017 Geographical Landscapes and Their Effects on Our Atmosphere

## Jocelyn Sanchez - 8th grade - Corwin International Magnet School - Pueblo - Ms. Janette Ackerman

1-07-018 Ripples in the Water Eden Sears - 8th grade - Liberty School - Joes - Mrs. Linda Niccoli

1-07-019 Water, Water Everywhere Is It Safe To Drink? Understanding the Variables That Affect Alamosa's Water Quality Samantha Shelton - 6th grade - Centauri Middle School - La Jara - Mr. Andrew Shelton

1-07-020 Filthy Rich # Gihven Tucker - 8th grade - Woodlin School -

Woodrow - Ms. Alyshia Reaves 1-07-021 Habitats Most Affected by Light Pollution in

Red Fox Meadows # Julia Warnock - 7th grade - Poudre Global

Academy - Fort Collins - Dr. Andrew Warnock 1-07-301 Enhancing the Survival of Microinvertebrates

in Rural Waste Water Treatment Plants # Kaleb Andreatta - 8th grade - La Veta Schools -

La Veta - Mrs. Pat Keeling # Cavin McCay - 7th grade - La Veta Schools - La

Veta - Mrs. Pat Keeling



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Mathematics & Computer Sciences 1-08-001 Rally Time: The Effects of Psychological

Momentum in Baseball Jack Balaguer - 8th grade - Summit Charter Middle School - Boulder - Mr. Peter Teasdale

1-08-002 Go Green Owen Grimmer - 7th grade - Vail Ski & Snowboard Academy - Minturn - Mr. Scott Hopkins

1-08-003 Going Surfing on the Search Engines: Which Is Best?

Graham Hutchison - 7th grade - Merino Jr/Sr High School - Merino - Mr. Robert Newton

1-08-004 Behind the Screen (of Gaming) Jeffery Knutson - 7th grade - Manzanola Junior High School - Manzanola - Ms. Tammy Salazar

1-08-005 Over the Hill and Through the Codes to Encryption and Decryption We Go!

## Sara Nehring - 8th grade - Monte Vista Middle School - Monte Vista - Ms. Loraine Glidewell

1-08-006 Triangles, Diamonds, and Squares, Oh My! Ember Quick - 7th grade - Woodlin School - Woodrow - Ms. Alyshia Reaves

1-08-007 Learning Robots Charles Rothbaum - 8th grade - Corwin International Magnet School - Pueblo - Mr. Yuri Rothbaum

1-08-008 Designing a Crowd-Sourced Weather Alert System Shreyas Sriram - 7th grade - Challenge School - Denver - Mr. Sriram Ganesh

1-08-009 Monte Python and the Search for the Perfect Plinko Placement Elizabeth Sundheim - 8th grade - St. John the Evangelist Catholic School - Loveland - Mr. Rick Gerkin

Medicine & Health 1-09-001 Caffeinated Creatures

Kai Arriaga - 7th grade - Goodnight School - Pueblo - Mr. George Guddendorf

1-09-002 Deep Knee Bends ## Mindi Carr - 8th grade - Genoa-Hugo School –-

Hugo - Mr. William Mallory 1-09-003 Coffee Buzz: Does Caffeine Affect the Heart

Rate of Daphnia? # Rochelle Casey - 7th grade - Walsh Jr/Sr High

School - Walsh - Mrs. Janet Chenoweth 1-09-004 Agility vs Power: But Who's Faster?

Tyler Collins - 8th grade - Buchanan Middle School - Wray - Ms. Suzanna Cure

1-09-005 Powerful Natural Antibiotics Jason Cui - 7th grade - Southern Hills Middle School - Boulder - Ms. Deborah Darnell

1-09-006 Tooth Enamel: Can It Really Be Strengthened? Year Two

# Brecken Dobbs - 8th grade - La Veta Schools - La Veta - Mrs. Pat Keeling

1-09-007 Empowering Enzymes # Brody Doherty - 7th grade - Branson School -

Branson - Mrs. Jodi Doherty 1-09-008 Dangerous Temptations

D'Neil Doyle - 8th grade - Walsh Jr/Sr High School - Walsh - Mrs. Janet Chenoweth

1-09-009 Which Sunscreen Provides the Most Protection from Harmful Sun Rays? Charlotte Granrud - 7th grade - Frontier Academy - Greeley - Mrs. Shelley Welch

1-09-010 Organic: "Can" It Be Better? Juliana Kelley - 8th grade - Pueblo School for Arts & Sciences - Pueblo - Ms. Lori Leyh

1-09-011 Gluten Free or Gluten Foe? Jocelyn Millican - 6th grade - Monument Academy - Monument - Mrs. Julie Seymour

1-09-012 Fat Cat Sarah-Cate Ogden - 8th grade - Eaton Middle School - Eaton - Mrs. Amy Ogden

1-09-013 The Effects of Foreign Substances on Blood Coagulation Times

# Nathan Panzer - 8th grade - North Arvada Middle School - Arvada - Mr. David Panzer

1-09-014 Familial Dermatoglyphic Analysis Cora Schrock - 6th grade - Arickaree School - Anton - Mr. Donald Myers

1-09-015 The Golden Rays of Summer ## Tessa Smith - 8th grade - Genoa-Hugo School -

Hugo - Mr. William Mallory 1-09-016 Nice Ice?

Evie Upchurch - 7th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir



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Medicine & Health cont. 1-09-017 Eating with Your Eyes

Marysa Valdez - 8th grade - Pueblo School for Arts & Sciences - Pueblo - Ms. Lori Leyh

1-09-018 Hidden Dangers of the Doctor's Office # Colleen Farrell - 7th grade - Eagle County Charter

Academy - Edwards - Dr. Angela Ammon 1-09-301 Detox Your Mouth to Cleanse Your Health! ## Kaytlyn Keating - 8th grade - Weldon Valley

School - Weldona - Mrs. Krista Wells ## Emilee Wells - 8th grade - Fort Morgan Middle

School – Fort Morgan – Mrs. Krista Wells

1-09-302 Student Health Literacy and Snack Consumption in Elementary and Middle Schools Lauren Linnebur - 7th grade - Liberty Middle School - Aurora - Dr. Lorry Getz Malayne Perry - 7th grade - Liberty Middle School - Aurora - Dr. Lorry Getz

Microbiology & Molecular Biology 1-10-001 Gut Less Sugar # Anjali Chaparala - 8th grade - The Classical

Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir 1-10-002 pH and Probiotics: Is Traditional Yogurt

Better? Anika Fergusson - 8th grade - Summit Charter Middle School - Boulder - Mr. Adam Perkins

1-10-003 Farm vs Pharmacy Jocelynn King - 7th grade - Challenge School - Denver - Mr. John Wiley

1-10-004 Antibiotic Resistance Isabella Malherbe - 8th grade - Turner Middle School - Berthoud - Dr. Chris Malherbe

1-10-005 Stick To It: How Honey Affects Bacterial Growth Katherine McDonald - 8th grade - Blevins Middle School - Fort Collins - Mr. Michael Stine

1-10-006 Don't Be a Bum: Properly Clean the Scum Jaedyn Ryba - 8th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir

1-10-007 Is Benzalkonium Chloride an Effective Replacement for Triclosan? Erin Smith - 7th grade - SkyView Academy - Denver - Mr. Timothy Smith

1-10-008 They See Me Flossing! Beau Tate - 7th grade - Walsh Jr/Sr High School - Walsh - Mrs. Janet Chenoweth

1-10-301 Effect of Teeth Brushing and Chewies on Canine Oral Bacterial Count Maya Monks - 7th grade - Stanley British Primary School - Denver - Mrs. Dalton McCurdy Annika Reeder-Holman - 7th grade - Stanley British Primary School - Denver - Mrs. Dalton McCurdy



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Physics 1-11-001 How the Percentage of Alpha Particles

Shielded Changes with Different Types of Shielding Matthew Anderson - 7th grade - Challenge School - Denver - Mrs. Alison Anderson

1-11-002 In the Absence of Air Eric Bauman - 8th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir

1-11-003 Flying High in the Sky Brooklynn Cancino - 7th grade - Pueblo School for Arts & Sciences - Pueblo - Mr. Anthony Cancino

1-11-004 Don't Tread on Me Saul Carrillo - 8th grade - Walsh Jr/Sr High School - Walsh - Mrs. Janet Chenoweth

1-11-005 Lift Off Ethan Cerniglia - 8th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir

1-11-006 Have Fun Storming the Castle: Which Type of Catapult Can Hurl an Object the Farthest? Theodore Duarte - 6th grade - Quest K-8 Academy - Dacono - Mrs. Carol Duarte

1-11-007 Magnetic Effects on Subatomic Particles # Xander Duvall - 6th grade - Thomas MacLaren

School - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Tanya Duvall 1-11-008 Learning Physics Using a Pendulum and an

Arduino Thomas Ferrell - 6th grade - Home School - Durango - Dr. Robert Ferrell

1-11-009 The Need for Speed Olivia Greene - 7th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir

1-11-010 Conductivity of Alloy Tyler Hase - 8th grade - Liberty School – Joes - Mrs. Linda Niccoli

1-11-011 Rocket Sauce: Do Different Liquids Affect the Flight of a Water Rocket? Timothy Hittle - 7th grade - Pagosa Springs Middle School - Pagosa Springs - Mrs. Tiffany Candelaria

1-11-012 The Physics of Flying: G-Forces in Aerial Dance Alyssa Lee - 8th grade - Summit Charter Middle School - Boulder - Mr. Peter Teasdale

1-11-013 Got Potholes? Marin Masters - 7th grade - The Classical Academy - Colorado Springs - Mrs. Candus Muir

1-11-014 Stellar Propeller Christopher Moser - 8th grade - Notre Dame Catholic School - Denver - Ms. Rebecca Mock

1-11-015 A Weighted Question Tristin Niccoli - 8th grade - Arickaree School - Anton - Mr. Donald Myers

1-11-016 What Is the Best Material for Soundproofing? Lauren Phillips - 8th grade - Blevins Middle School - Fort Collins - Ms. Heather Phillips

1-11-017 Hit Me with Your Best Shot Josie Riseling - 8th grade - Walsh Jr/Sr High School - Walsh - Mrs. Janet Chenoweth

1-11-018 Does Salt Water Lessen the Strength of a Magnet? Helen Rodstrom - 6th grade - Bayfield Middle School - Bayfield - Mr. - Jake Rodstrom

1-11-019 Kinetic Energy Corey Schanker - 8th grade - Turner Middle School - Berthoud - Mr. Chris Schanker

1-11-020 What's the Attraction? Jake Swift - 7th grade - Miller Middle School - Durango - Mrs. Barb Wynne

1-11-021 Ski Wax Levi Tichi - 7th grade - St. Columba Catholic School - Durango - Mrs. Kerry Tichi

1-11-301 The Magic Behind Levitation Jonathan Acost - 6th grade - Fort Morgan Middle School - Fort Morgan - Mr. Erik Stone Jace Birch – 7th grade - Fort Morgan Middle School - Fort Morgan - Mr. Erik Stone

1-11-302 Magnus Madness Kory Tacha - 8th grade - Limon Schools - Limon - Ms. Brandie Bellefeuille CJ Caton - 8th grade - Limon Schools - Limon - Ms. Brandie Bellefeuille



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Plant Sciences 1-12-001 The Effect of Acid Rain on Seed

Germination Senna Aldoubosh - 8th grade - Crescent View Academy - Aurora - Mr. Iyad Wazwaz

1-12-002 Fish Fertilizer: The Correlation Between Fish and Foliage Elias Arredondo - 6th grade - Monte Vista On-line Academy - Monte Vista - Mrs. Devon Davey

1-12-003 Build the Swamp # Sofia Bader - 8th grade - Miller Middle School -

Durango - Mrs. Barb Wynne 1-12-004 Down To Earth

Emmalie Byrne - 8th grade - Colorado Digital Academy – Lakewood - Ms. Elaine Riegel

1-12-005 Can Different Types of Light Be More Effective in Creating Healthy Plants Lilian Christer - 6th grade - Walt Clark Middle School - Loveland - Mr. Marek Christer

1-12-006 Why Do Plants Grow Up? Tayler Dunn - 8th grade - Blevins Middle School - Fort Collins - Mrs. Lindsey Madison

1-12-007 A Comparison of Endomycorrhizae and Commercial Fertilizer on Fodder Crops: Year 3

## Sarah Duzenack - 8th grade - La Veta Schools - Mrs. Pat Keeling

1-12-008 In-Furrow Fertilizer: Which Fertilizer Affects Germination and Plant Growth? Joslyn King - 7th grade - Arickaree School - Anton - Mr. Donald Myers

1-12-009 Aloe Aegis Taylor LaRose - 6th grade - Dolores Elementary School - Dolores - Mr. Chris LaRose

1-12-010 The Effects of Tilled and No-tilled Land on Corn Growth Jaret Lichty - 8th grade - Liberty School - Joes - Mrs. Linda Niccoli

1-12-011 The Superberry vs. the Problematical Radical Rachel Odle - 8th grade - Good Shepherd Catholic School - Denver - Mrs. Annette Humphrey

1-12-012 How Well Do Plants Grow In Different Color Spectrums? Emily Osborne - 7th grade - West Grand Middle School - Kremmling - Ms. Emily Taugner

1-12-013 Pee Is for Plants Anuradha Prakash - 8th grade - Summit Charter Middle School - Boulder - Mr. Adam Perkins

1-12-014 Farmtastic # Michaela Ravenkamp - 7th grade - Genoa-

Hugo School - Hugo - Mr. William Mallory 1-12-015 The Little Things in Life A Study on

Microorganisms Caleb Riggenbach - 8th grade - Monte Vista Middle School - Monte Vista - Ms. Loraine Glidewell

1-12-016 Get It Ripe Parker Stone – 6th grade – Beaver Valley Elementary School – Brush – Mr. Erik Stone

1-12-017 A Rose By Any Other Name Keely Timme - 6th grade - Pueblo School for Arts & Sciences - Pueblo - Mrs. Christina Rodell

1-12-018 Recycled Iron # Braden Wedel - 7th grade - Stratton Schools -

Stratton - Ms. Deidra Shutte 1-12-301 Organic Fertilizers

Paige Beedy - 8th grade - Limon Schools - Limon - Ms. Brandie Bellefeuille Trista Marx - 7th grade - Limon Schools - Limon - Ms. Brandie Bellefeuille

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2017 Colorado Science and Engineering Fair School & Teacher Participants

Alamosa High School Matthew Relyea

Arickaree School Donald Myers

Aspen Middle School Brandy Keleher

Branson School Jodi Doherty

Brush High School David Miner Brian Singley

Brush Middle School Cynthia Albo

Buchanan Middle School Suzanna Cure

Campo School Kim Jenkins

Canon Exploratory School Mimi Dolan

Centauri Middle School Andrew Shelton

Centaurus High School Nicholas Cady

Center High School John Whitinger

Central High School Jamie Withnell

Challenge School John Wiley

Cherry Creek High School Ethan Dusto

Keith Harrison Stephen Smith

Colorado Digital Academy Elaine Riegel

Corwin International Magnet School Janette Ackerman

Craver Middle School Adrienne Bidula

Crescent View Academy Iyad Wazwaz

Denver Jewish Day School Melanie Knowles

Dolores Huerta Preparatory HS Moise Carelus

Dolores Middle School Chris LaRose

Dove Creek High School Cathrine Boyd

Eads Middle School Justin McLoud

Eaglecrest High School Nicole Buyck

Fairview High School Paul Strode

Fort Morgan High School Daniel Thistle

Fort Morgan Middle School Erik Stone

Frontier Academy Shelley Welch

Genoa-Hugo School William Mallory

Marguerite Yowell Good Shepherd Catholic School

Annette Humphrey Goodnight School George Guddendorf

Greeley West High School Cynthia Stump Holly Schools

Jennifer King Holy Family Catholic School

Yolanda Pacheco Ignacio Middle School

Joseph Duffy Tom Rohde

Jefferson Intermediate School Marylynn Goodman La Veta School

Pat Keeling Lamar Middle School

Robin Staker Liberty Middle School

Lorry Getz Liberty School

Linda Niccoli Limon Schools

Brandie Bellefeuille Louisville Middle School

Anne Gallager-West Merino Jr/Sr High School

Robert Newton Miller Middle School

Barb Wynne Monte Vista High School

Loree' Harvey Gina Randolph

Monte Vista Middle School Loraine Glidewell

Monte Vista On-line Academy Devon Davey

Monument Academy Julie Seymour

Nederland Middle-Senior High School Alberto Real

North Middle School Erryn Tanner

Northridge High School Yajaira Fuentes-Tauber

Notre Dame Catholic School Rebecca Mock

Pagosa Springs Middle School Tiffany Candelaria

Peak to Peak Charter School Robert Hettmansperger

Brandon Nelson Primero Jr/Sr High School

Josette Andrews

Pueblo Academy of Arts Mary Jose

Pueblo School for Arts & Sciences Lori Leyh

Christina Rodell Rocky Ford Jr/Sr High School

Melany Lucero Rye High School

Kathy Dodge Sand Creek High School

Caitlin Casai Sargent Jr/Sr High School

Rafe Paulson Terri Paulson

Silverton Schools Paul Joyce

SkyView Academy Timothy Smith

Southern Hills Middle School Deborah Darnell

St John the Evangelist Catholic School Rick Gerkin

St. Mary Catholic School Amanda Zimmer

Stanley British Primary School Dalton McCurdy

Stratton Schools Deidra Shutte

Summit Charter Middle School Valerie Keeney Adam Perkins Peter Teasdale

The Classical Academy Linda Cummings

Candus Muir The Vanguard School

Cheryl Holling Trinidad High School

Gina Festi-Gitano Vail Ski & Snowboard Academy

Scott Hopkins Walsh Jr/Sr High School

Janet Chenoweth Criscindy Malosh

West Grand High School Greg Bachman

Lori Birch Emmylou Harmon

West Grand Middle School Emily Taugner

West Ridge Charter Academy Don Stutler

Wiley Jr/Sr High School Dean Thompson

Windsor Charter Academy Katie Blankenbaker Woodlin School

Alyshia Reaves Yuma High School

Amy Melby

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2017 Colorado Science & Engineering Fair Advisory Council

The CSEF Advisory Council includes all Regional Fair Directors, the CSSF, Inc. Board of Directors and many volunteers.

Colorado State Science Fair, Inc. Executive Committee

President Mr. Brian Scriber Vice President Mrs. Dolly Morrow Treasurer Mr. Dan Kowal Secretary Ms. Madison Martinez Past President Dr. Russell Chadwick Executive Director Ms. Courtney Butler

Board of Directors Members Michael Bemski Optimal Schedule Mike Bemski Brian Scriber Gwyneth Glissmann Kerry Scriber Colorado Dental Association San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair Dolly Morrow Dr. David Holm Dr. Robert Morrow Jody Oaks Colorado Engineering Council Dr. Larry & Carol Sveum Sam Bartlett Dr. Larry Sveum Colorado State University Lucy Adams Dr. Andrew Warnock US Department of Commerce/NOAA Dr. Jan Nerger Dr. Russell Chadwick Galvanic Engineering Dan Kowal Ryan Patterson Vaughan Web Works Katlin Hornig Nancy Glissmann IEEE Denver Section Peter Teasdale David Young Jackie Adams Associate/Alternate Members Lockheed Martin Elemer Bernath – Historian Ed Scholz Dr. Alfred Bedard – NOAA National Renewable Energy Laboratory Doug Everett – SRC Chair Madison Martinez Judy Prester – Dr. Larry Sveum

Past CSEF Directors Charles Bragaw* 1956-1967 Lloyd Walker 1986-1988 Calvin Fisher* 1968-1974 Connie Vader-Lindholm 1989-1990 Sam Shushan* 1975-1977 Lynn Butler 1991-1992 Gordon Moore 1978-1979 Kate Taylor 1993-1994 Russell B. Stoner* 1979-1981 Christal McDougall 1995-1996 Virgil A. Sandborn 1982-1983 Kate Taylor 1997-1998 James R. Sites 1984-1985 Lucy Adams 1999

Courtney Butler 2000-present *Director Emeritus for outstanding contribution to the CSEF and

more than two years of service as CSEF Director.

At Large Advisory Council Members Loree’ Harvey Steve Hiebert Steve Iona Ron Kollars Nicole McMahon Kim Melville-Smith Candus Muir Rodney Simpson Jim Sites Laura Ussery Tracy Webb Wendy Wempe

Participating Regional

Science Fairs

Arkansas Valley Regional Science Fair

Dol Nath Khanal Wayne Beadles

Boulder Valley Regional Science Fair

Marlys Lietz Sennen Knauer

Denver Metro Regional Science Fair

Jennifer Hellier

East Central Colorado Regional Science Fair

William Mallory Marguerite Yowell

Longs Peak Regional Science Fair

Lori Ball

Morgan/Washington Bi-County Regional Science Fair

Darline Miner

Northeastern Colorado Regional Science Fair

Sonya Shaw

Pikes Peak Regional Science Fair

Nancy Hampson

San Juan Basin Regional Science Fair

Sheila Weahkee

San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair

Lucy Adams

Southeast Colorado Regional Science Fair

Valerie Reifschneider

Southern Colorado Regional Science Fair

George Guddendorf

Western Colorado Regional Science Fair

Kevin Hoskin

2017 Colorado Science & Engineering Fair Grand Awards Judges

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Katherine Acosta**, BS

Colorado State University (student) Jackie Adams, BS

SecondStar Solutions Jed Aist

Colorado State University (student) Tessa Albrecht, PhD

Colorado State University Don Alcott, BS Brad Allen, BS

University of Colorado, Boulder (student) Scott Allen, BS

Lockheed Martin Muhannad Altarifi, PhD

University of Colorado, Boulder Tori Anderson, MS

Colorado State University Lauralee Arnold, BA

Denver Public Schools Jose Arroyo, BS

Colorado State University (student) Mark Azeltine, MS

University of Colorado, Denver Sunil Baidar, PhD

University of Colorado, Boulder Don Barnes*, BS

Good Samaritan Society Loveland Village Stephanie Barnhizer, MS

University of Colorado, Boulder Michael Bemski*, BA, PMP

Canberra Industries Heather Bender, BS

Colorado State University (student) Stephen Bernard*, MBA, MEPM,

AT&T Joshua Biller, PhD

US Department of Commerce/NIST James Boaz, BS

Metropolitan Surveyors, LLC Denise Bolte*, MS

Colorado State University Christina Bonfanti**, MS

US Department of Commerce/NOAA Tim Bonin, PhD

CIRES Grace Borlee, PhD

Colorado State University Raven Bough**, MS

Colorado State University (student) Katie Boyd, MS Donald Brandborg, BA, DMNS

Union Pacific Rail Road (retired) Amanda Broad, MS

Colorado State University (student) Hilaire Brockmeyer, BA, ITIL, CSM,

CO Gov. Office of Information Technology

Jared Brohl Colorado State University (student)

Christian Brown*, BS CO Gov. Office of Information Technology

Rachel Brown, AS CO Gov. Office of Information Technology

Amanda Broz*, PhD Colorado State University

Anthony Bubb, BS Seagate Technology

Rebecca Buchholz**, PhD UCAR

Suzanne Buntrock, MS, PE US Bureau of Land Management; US Forest Service (retired)

Shaun Case, MPH, APHA, Colorado State University

Kevin Cash, PhD Colorado School of Mines

Russell Chadwick*, PhD US Department of Commerce/NOAA (retired)

Katie Chaney, BS Colorado State University (student)

Aditya Choukulkar, PhD US Department of Commerce/NOAA

Trent Clarke, PhD US Patent & Trademark Office

Matthew Coggon, PhD US Department of Commerce/NOAA

Scot Colburn^, MS UCAR

Shelley Coldiron**, PhD W.O.L.F. Sanctuary

Rex Craig^, MS Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

Jeremy Craner, MS Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

Shaun Cross**, BS Colorado State University (student)

Mark Crowder*, PhD Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

Benjamin Curtis, DVM Colorado State University (student)

Michelle Daniels, BA, ISTQB CO Gov. Office of Information Technology

Hugh Davidson, MS State Of Colorado

Joshua De La Cruz**, BS University of Colorado, Boulder

Stephen DelGrosso, PhD USDA Agricultural Research Services

Jane Dianich, MAT Tyler Dockum

US Air Force Academy (cadet) Nicholas Dummer, BS, EIT

CO Dept. of Public Health & Environment

Leon Durivage, MS Broadcom

Brian Ebel, MS, PE US Bureau of Reclamation

Susan Eccles*, BS, MBA Cigna

Kathleen Eddy*, BS Colorado State University

Steve Eddy, BS Bob Elsheimer, MS

Broadcom Megan Emmons^, MS

Colorado State University (student) Kara Epple**, BA

Boulder Land Consultants Emily Everett, BA

CO Dept. of Public Health & Environment Joseph "JC" Fischer, BA

Colorado State University (student) Bryna Fitzgerald, PhD

Colorado State University Darcy Fletcher, BS

Colorado State University (student) Karl Ford*, PhD

US Bureau of Land Management (retired) Sandra Fortson, MSW

Treatment & Evaluation Services Ryan Fulgham, BS

Colorado State University (student) Hannah Garrett, BS

Colorado State University (student) Brian Geiss*, PhD

Colorado State University Johannes Gessler, PhD, PE

Colorado State University (retired) Stefan Gessler^, BS David Ginley**, PhD

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Paul Goldan, PhD

US Department of Commerce/NOAA (retired)

Claire Goodwin**, MS, CSP City of Fort Collins

Elizabeth Gordon Colorado State University (student)

Raina Gough, PhD James Graham, BS

Colorado State University (student) Lisa Gray, MA Rebecca Greben**, BS

CO Dept. of Labor & Employment (retired) Tyler Green, BS

Colorado State University (student) Melinda Gross^, BS

United Health Group Bob Grossman, PhD


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William Grush, MS Jim Gunderson*, PhD

Gunderfish Tyler Hajewski

US Air Force Academy (cadet) Robert Hamilton, PhD Laura Hantzis, MS

Colorado State University Lauren Harris, DVM

Colorado State University (student) Julia Hartig, BS

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Luke Hartje**, MS

Colorado State University (student) Kelly Hassell, MS

Colorado State University (student) Jessica Haugen^*, BS

Colorado State University (student) Donald Henderson, BS

State of Colorado Lisa Herickhoff, PhD, MBA

Membrane Protective Technologies, Inc. Jolena Herron

Colorado State University (student) Wes Herweynen, BS

Colorado State University (student) Steve Hiebert, BS, CFS Mary Holschbach, PhD

Colorado State University Rachel Hoover^, MS

Southwest Research Institute Debra Horensky, MD

Colorado State University Arielle Howell**, BS

Colorado State University (student) Vaughn Hoxie, MS

University of Colorado, Boulder Kelly Hughes, DVM, DACVP

Colorado State University (student) Tiffany Hughes, DVM

Aspen Meadows Veterinary Specialists Mohammad Nurul Islam*, PhD

Colorado State University Arianna Jakositz, BS

University of Colorado, Boulder Aimee Jalkanen, DVM

Colorado State University (student) Allison Jaynes, PhD

University of Colorado, Boulder Sally Jones, MS

Colorado State University Richard Juday, PhD

NASA Johnson Space Center (retired) Gary Julian, BS, PE Tessema Kassaw, PhD

Colorado State University

Kristyn Kelly, MS TOLMAR, Inc.

Beth Kelsic, MS, PE Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

Gary Kelsic, MS Hugh Kirbie, MS Deborah Kloeckner, BA Rachel Konda-Sundheim, MD

Loveland Youth Clinic Louise Koss, MS David Krenek, MS, PE William Kucharski*, BS

Oracle Corporation Anita Kuepper, MS

Colorado State University (student) Andrew Kumler**, MS

US Department of Commerce/NOAA Isabelle Kunz, BS

Colorado State University (student) Taisa Kushner, BA

University of Colorado, Boulder (student) Peter Laird, BS

Salesforce Erin Lamb, PhD

US Department of Commerce/NIST Kara Lamb**, PhD

US Department of Commerce/NOAA Howard Landman, MS Jeff Leget, MA, MBA

CableLabs Katherine Li**, BS

Colorado State University (student) Yu Li, MS, MBA

Medtronic James Ling, PhD Byron Lopez, BS Bevin Luna, MS

Colorado State University Roberta Magnuson, BS

Colorado State University Katherine Manfred, PhD

US Department of Commerce/NOAA Mike Mangalea**, MS

Colorado State University (student) Kristen Marra, PhD

US Geological Survey Gary Mason, PhD, DVM

Colorado State University James Mason**, PhD

University of Colorado, Boulder Will Masters**, BS

DISH Network Pablo Maurin, BS

Cardinal Peak Christie Mayo, PhD, DVM


Katherine McCaffery, PhD US Department of Commerce/NOAA

Starin McKeen**, BA Colorado State University (student)

Nicole McMahon**, MS Colorado State University (student)

Trevor McQuain*, MA, LPC University of Colorado Health

Jaime Mencke, BS Colorado State University (student)

Aimee Merkel, PhD University of Colorado, Boulder

Carolyn Meyer, PhD Colorado State University

Rebecca Michel, BS, RN TOLMAR, Inc.

Leonardo Micheli, PhD National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Kaitlyn Miedema, BS Colorado State University (student)

Othmane Mikou, BS, MBA CO Gov. Office of Information Technology

Kyle Miller, MS Digital Power Designs

Kayla Moden, BS Colorado State University (student)

Bill Moniger*, PhD US Department of Commerce/NOAA

Dominique Montano, BS Colorado State University (student)

Steven Morgan, BS, PE Boulder Energy Engineers, LLC

Stephanie Morphet, BS, BA Colorado State University (student)

Christopher Morroni, BS University of Colorado, Boulder (student)

Woody Moss, DO Northern CO Anesthesia Professionals

Annika Muehlbradt, BS University of Colorado, Boulder, (student)

Kurt Muenchow, BS US Forest Service

James Neely, MS, PE NPC, Inc.

Wylie Nelson, BS, JD, MBA Kyrio

Thang Nghiem, BS CO Dept. of Public Health & Environment

Marc Nishimura, PhD Colorado State University

Barry Noakes, BS Lockheed Martin

Marc Oddo, MS Agrium

Carlos Olivo, PhD, EdD Colorado State University


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Iuliana Oprea, PhD

Colorado State University Stephen Osborn, BS, MBA

Zrak Systems, LLC John Patterson, BS, MLS

Colorado State University (student) Toni Patton, PhD

National Wildlife Research Center Stephen Pearce, PhD

Colorado State University Brian Perri, BS

Colorado State University (student) Josh Pettit, MS

University of Colorado, Boulder (student) Courtney Pierce, BS

Colorado State University (student) David Pinter, MS

Seagate Technology Ganna Portyankina, PhD

University of Colorado, Boulder Omkar Pradhan, MS

University of Colorado, Boulder Kristen Pudenz, PhD

Lockheed Martin Russel Quan, BS, PMP Kristen Rasmussen^*, PhD

Colorado State University F. Andrew Ray, PhD

Colorado State University Josh Redmore, BS

CableLabs Crystal Reid^, PhD

Colorado State University (student) Richard Rew, BS, EIT/FE Mike Rider, MS, PE

Cigna Emily Riley Dellaripa, PhD

Colorado State University James Rivers, Jr, MS, PMD

Lockheed Martin (retired) Mark Roberts, MS

Harbortronics, Inc. Tom Roberts, MS

Bureau of Land Management (retired) Jake Rodgers, BS

Colorado State University (student) Larry Roesner, PhD

Colorado State University (retired) Barbara Rose*, BS, MT

Colorado State University Rhea Kay Rowe, BS

Colorado State University (student) Alan Rudolph, PhD, MBA

Colorado State University Joanie Ryan, BS


Naoko Sakaeda, PhD US Department of Commerce/NOAA

Roxanne Santiago, MS TOLMAR, Inc.

Kirsten Sawtelle, BS National Wildlife Research Center

William Schoeppner, BA CO Gov. Office of Information Technology

Kristen Scholfield, MS Hewlett-Packard

Matthew Scholfield*, PhD Colorado State University

Michel Schuh, BS, PE US Bureau of Reclamation (retired)

Nicholas Schultz, BS Stolle Machinery Company

Rebecca Schwantes, PhD NCAR

Brian Scriber, MS, MBA Optimal Schedule

Anca Selariu**, PhD Colorado State University

Vanessa Selwyn, MA Colorado State University

Joel Sharbrough, PhD Colorado State University

Hazheen Shirnekhi, BS Colorado State University (student)

Rodney Simpson^*, PhD Colorado State University

Rachel Sobke, BS Stolle Machinery, Inc.

Ben Southworth, MS University of Colorado, Boulder

Danika Spock, BS Colorado State University (student)

Katherine Stals, BS Colorado State University (student)

Catherine Stewart, PhD US Department of Agriculture - ARS

Colin Stewart, MS, EIT University of Colorado, Boulder

Paul Stewart, MS Stewart Production Company

Emily Stuchiner, BA Colorado State University (student)

Tom Stuve, MS Envisagent Systems, Inc.

Erica Suchman**, PhD Colorado State Univeristy

Rebeca Teves Colorado State University (student)

Douglas Thamm, DVM Colorado State University

Chelsea Thompson, PhD US Department of Commerce/NOAA

Lauren Truman, BS Colorado State University (student)

Venkata Uddaraju, BS University of Colorado, Boulder (student)

Maria Usanova, PhD University of Colorado, Boulder

Kaci VanDalen, MS National Wildlife Research Center

Maxine Verbit, AAS Cheyenne Regional Medical Center

Patrick Veres, PhD US Department of Commerce/NOAA

Deandra Walker, BS, CVT Colorado State University

Austin Wand Colorado State University (student)

Xuezhen Wang, PhD Broadcom

David Warren, BS Ryan Webb, PhD, EIT

University of Colorado, Boulder Tracy Webb, PhD, DVM

Colorado State University Rachel West**, MS

Colorado State University (student) Cindi Wika, BS, PMP

CO Gov. Office of Information Technology Robert Wimbish, MS

Colorado State University (student) Eric Wolf, MS

NetApp, Inc. Daniel Workman, BS

Colorado State University (student) Susan Yonemura, PhD

Terumo BCT RedLion York*, BS

Broadcom Karl Zeller, PhD, CCM

KsubZ, LLC; Rickards $ Co., LLC

*Judging Team Captains **Judging Team Assistant Captains

^CSEF Alumni

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2017 Colorado Science & Engineering Fair Special Awards Program

Organizations

Air & Waste Management Association American Association of University Women

American Chemical Society American Industrial Hygiene Association

American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics American Institute of Chemical Engineers

American Institute of Professional Geologists American Meteorological Society

American Public Power Association & Platte River Power Authority

American Statistical Association American Vacuum Society

ASM International Biophysical Society

Colorado Association of Meat Processors Colorado Association of Science Teachers Colorado Biology Teachers' Association

Colorado BioScience Institute Colorado Chemistry Teachers' Association

Colorado Dental Association Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety

Colorado Environmental Health Association Colorado Foundation for Agriculture

Colorado Geographic Alliance Colorado Medical Society Colorado Mineral Society

Colorado Mycological Society Colorado Native Plant Society

Colorado Scientific Society Colorado State University

College of Agricultural Sciences College of Natural Sciences

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department of Chemistry

Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Energy Institute

School of Biomedical Engineering Colorado Veterinary Medical Association

Colorado's Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Colorado-Wyoming Society of American Foresters

Comstock Family Constant Family

Consumer Energy Education Foundation Dairy Tech, Inc. Eppler Family

Fort Collins Conservation District

Frank Armbruster Foundation Geological Society of America

Gromko Family Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Koppa Research, LLC Little Shop of Physics

Lockheed Martin National Centers for Environmental Information

National Defense Industrial Association National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association

SACNAS, Colorado State University Chapter Science Toy Magic, LLC

Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Society of Women Engineers Soil & Water Conservation Society

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics The Aquaponic Source

The Inventors' Roundtable Trout Unlimited

United States Air Force United States Department of Commerce

United States Geological Survey United States Navy & Marine Corps

University of Colorado, Denver University of Northern Colorado, MAST Institute

Vaughan Web Works Wilkins Family

Wojtaszek Family Women in Physics, Colorado State University

Zonta Club of Boulder County

Scholarships Adams State University

Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University

Colorado State University, Pueblo University of Colorado, Boulder

Teacher Awards

Lockheed Martin SparkFun Electronics

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2017 Colorado Science & Engineering Fair Volunteers

The following list of people deserves our most sincere thanks for volunteering their time to do a variety of jobs during the CSEF. When you see a person wearing a green “Volunteer” name badge, please take a moment to thank them for their efforts. The Colorado Science and Engineering Fair would not be possible without their dedication. An * indicates these are CSEF Alumni who are volunteering this year.

Lucy Adams Jackie Adkins Andrew Allsup Samuel Bartlett Wayne Beadles Elemer Bernath

Nikkie Brandborg Melanie Brim

Eric Burt Lisa Burt

Gopi Chaparala Janet Chenoweth Sarah Coleman Amy Collins Mingxue Cui

Trenton Danna Shawna Dechant Melissa Edwards

Doug Everett Alex Fout

Sarah Gallant Hannah Goodman

Gwyneth Glissmann* Jeanette Gould

George Guddendorf Nancy Hampson Loree’ Harvey Brian Heinze

Jennifer Hellier*

Steve Hiebert David Holm

Kevin Hoskin Diane Hunter

Steve Iona Lucas Johnson Lynne Judish Ron Kollars Dan Kowal Terri Lira

Madison Martinez Eileen McKinney Nicole McMahon

Amy Melby Kim Melville-Smith

Tara Mensch* Amber Michel Sarah Mitchell Bob Morrow*

Carol Morrow* Dolly Morrow Candus Muir Dean Muir

Devon Osbourne Vivian Patlin

Heather Phillips Judy Prester Penny Propst Tobi Ratcliffe

Lisa Rawinski Valerie Reifschneider

Elaine Riegel Will Risheill Connie Ryba

Ed Scholz Brian Schroder

Sonya Shaw Ranee Shenoi Rod Simpson*

James Sites Sean Soliz

Larry Sveum Peter Teasdale Boo Thomas

Julia Trowbridge Michelle Uyemura

David Ussery Laura Ussery

Swetha Varadarajan Nancy Vaughan

Andrew Warnock Sheila Weahkee

Tracy Webb Justin Weinmeister Nicole Whitehead*

Stephen Witt

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2017 Colorado Science & Engineering Fair Directions to Awards Ceremony Site

This year’s CSEF Award Ceremony will be held at Timberline Church in Fort Collins, CO starting at 6 p.m. The address to use with GPS units is 2908 South Timberline Road Fort Collins, CO 80525. Please note that large vehicles should use the East side parking lot for dropping off passengers and parking. Attendees can use either side of the building to enter and the ceremony will be held in the South Auditorium. Directions from Colorado State University Campus: Head South on either College Avenue or Shields Street. Turn East (left) onto Drake Road. Take Drake to Timberline Road. Turn South (right) onto Timberline Road. Turn East (left) onto Custer Drive (first light). Take the first right (Illinois Drive) into the church parking lot. Directions from I-25: Take Harmony Road (exit 265) – turn West into town. Turn North (right) onto Timberline Road. Timberline Church will be past Horsetooth Road, but before Drake Road on the right hand side of the road. There are two entrances into the church parking lot prior to reaching Custer Drive.

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