63Rd Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair Award Winners April 5-6, 2002

63rd Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair Award Winners — April 5-6, 2002

Junior Division — Physical Science (Grade 6)
Student / Title / School / Awards
KerrickDando / Measurement of Stomp Rockets / Franklin Regional Middle School / First PlaceCategory
Western PA Chapter of American Vacuum Society
MatthewNovosel / Fishing line / St. Joseph Regional Port Vue / Second PlaceCategory
WilliamPiccolino / Which Nut Has the Most Energy / Linton Middle School / Third PlaceCategory
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
JuliaCalabrese / How Cleanliness Affects Bacteria Growth / Highland Elementary / Honorable MentionCategory
AlexisKarchella-MacCumbee / Away the Maglev Goes! / Christ Lutheran School / Honorable MentionCategory
KateTuley / Influential Factors on Rope Runners / Penn Middle School / Honorable MentionCategory
Bechtel Bettis, Inc.
AnnieRago / Does Ink Color Affect Drying Time? / Carlow Campus School / PPG Industries, Inc.
MatthewGrassi / Protect Your Fragile Packages / Saint Elizabeth / American Society for Quality
Junior Division — Life Science (Grade 6)
MichaelAndryka / Pond Water, Study Eco Diversity / Linton Middle School / First PlaceCategory
Allegheny County Health Department
Carnegie Science Awards for Excellence Award
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
BenjaminSmithgall / A Study of Fermentation / Pine-Richland Middle School / Second PlaceCategory
Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse
LorrenKezmoh / Dolphin Experimentation Color Station / Brentwood Middle School / Third PlaceCategory
U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps
ChristianPenrod / Preserving your Christmas Tree / Christ Lutheran School / Honorable MentionCategory
JessicaChang / The Survival of Cut Roses / Mother of Sorrows School / Honorable MentionCategory
American Statistical Association, Pgh. Chapter
AaronPhillips / Hungry Hamsters / Highland Elementary / Honorable MentionCategory
U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services - U.S. Public Health Service Awards
Junior Division — Consumer Science (Grade 6)
HeatherNicholls / Stain Removers put to the Test / Christ Lutheran School / First PlaceCategory
LindsayTejan / Weed Feed / Rhema Christian School / Second PlaceCategory
JessicaPattyn / Show Us Your Pearly Whites / Moon Middle School / Third PlaceCategory
AlexandraDoonan / Chemistry of Toothpaste / St. Joseph Regional Port Vue / Honorable MentionCategory
Intermediate Division — Behavioral and Social Science(Grades 7 & 8)
ChristinaJohnston / Eyes or Ears? A Study of Reactions! / Gateway Middle School / First PlaceCategory
LisaMacPhail / Handedness vs. Coordination / Providence Heights Alpha School / Second PlaceCategory
ErinCorless / Computer Tests vs. Paper Tests / St. Thomas More School / Third PlaceCategory
StephenSpeicher / Gender and Distance Perception / Brentwood Middle School / Honorable MentionCategory
AlyssaGormish / Pain Pressure / Cambria Heights Middle School / Honorable MentionCategory
Intermediate Division — Biology (Grades 7 & 8)
DanielMiller / Reservatrol and Lung Cancer / Frick International Studies Academy / First PlaceCategory
American Industrial Hygiene Assoc.
Carnegie Science Awards for Excellence Award
NinaCarrillo / Glucose & Insulin on Chick Embryos / St. Thomas More School / Second PlaceCategory
Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C.
Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative
ChristinaDoty / Worth the Weight? / Cambria Heights Middle School / Third PlaceCategory
ErinAlbert / Color Contrast & Human Visual Acuity / St. Thomas More School / Honorable MentionCategory
ChadHoover / A Good Potato Chip? / Cambria Heights Middle School / Honorable MentionCategory
Duquesne University, Dept. of Biological Sciences
Eve MarieBlasinsky / Odors that Repel Drosophila / Providence Heights Alpha School / Honorable MentionCategory
BreanneZollner / Save the Birds / Gateway Middle School / U.S. Army
JackieJones / The Effect of Alchol on Daphnia / Ambridge Junior High / Chemical Association of Pittsburgh
KellyTimo / Which Liquid Makes Plants Grow Best / Mother of Sorrows School / Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
Intermediate Division — Chemistry (Grades 7 & 8)
JohnWattick / Analysis: Vitamin C Content/Florida Oranges / St. Thomas More School / First PlaceCategory
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
LynleyDoonan / Natural or Synthetic Insecticide? / St. Joseph Regional Port Vue / Second PlaceCategory
BraelynVillella / The Effect of Water on Concrete Strenght / Ambridge Junior High / Third PlaceCategory
Mine Safety Appliances Co. Charitable Foundation
ChristopherDeVita / Take Two and Call Me in the Morning / Carlow Campus School / Honorable MentionCategory
RishiMohnot / Medicines and Surfactants / Franklin Regional Middle School / Honorable MentionCategory
Pittsburgh Section of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry
MarissaPfoff / What Makes the Best Bubbles / Providence Heights Alpha School / Honorable MentionCategory
LouisArchila / The Effect of Wood Types on Ignition / Ambridge Junior High / The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
MelissaBlack / Fluffy Treats / Beaver Area Middle School / Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
AmandaJoyce / What can Slow the Rusting of a Nail? / Hopewell Junior High School / National Assoc of Corrosion Engineers, Pgh Section
DavidTodd / The Corrosion of Steel / Brentwood Middle School / Allegheny Technologies, Inc.
ASM International, Pittsburgh Golden Triangle Chapter
Pittsburgh Society for Coatings Technology
KyleMuir / Ice Melters / Hopewell Junior High School / Chemical Association of Pittsburgh
PhilipDulac / Will Hydrogen Fuel Our Future? / St. Maurice / Society of American Military Engineers
Intermediate Division — Computer Science/Math (Grades 7 & 8)
EugeneRaggi / Mathematical Patterns / John F Kennedy Middle School / First PlaceCategory
Intermediate Division — Consumer Science (Grades 7 & 8)
LiaYurjevich / The Effectiveness of Various Sunscreens / Ambridge Junior High / First PlaceCategory
MikeFrac / Clothing Insulators: Retain Body Heat / St. Thomas More School / Second PlaceCategory
JasonHeyman / Battery Buffness / Hopewell Junior High School / Third PlaceCategory
CoryLotis / Which Bow Shoots the Best? / Saint Elizabeth / Honorable MentionCategory
ZackSmith / Zip Seal Plastic Bag Testing / Mellon Middle School / Honorable MentionCategory
KristaMichaylo / Which Garbage Bag has the Most Strength? / Hopewell Junior High School / Honorable MentionCategory
KaraStonebraker / Too Much Caffeine? / St. Joseph Regional Port Vue / Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
LaurenKriss / The Battle of the Batteries / Frazier Middle School / J&L Specialty Steel, Inc.
MatthewHernandez / Does Temperature Affect Drying Time of Paint / Mother of Sorrows School / Pittsburgh Society for Coatings Technology
Intermediate Division — Earth/Space/Environment (Grades 7 & 8)
AngeloAquino / The Effect of Pollutants on Plants / Ambridge Junior High / First PlaceCategory
GeorgeFlaugh / Will Topsoil Retain More Water? / St. Joseph Regional Port Vue / Second PlaceCategory
DanielDeLozier / The Battle of the Trees / Cambria Heights Middle School / Third PlaceCategory
TracyPushak / The Effect of Purification Method on Water Purity / Ambridge Junior High / Honorable MentionCategory
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
Wheelabrator Air Pollution Control
SarahSmith / The Effect of Typhalatifolia on Streams / Spring Cove Middle School / Honorable MentionCategory
Dominion Peoples
Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
Pittsburgh Geological Society
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
AudraWargo / The Effect of Temperature on Decomposition of Organisms / Ambridge Junior High / Honorable MentionCategory
MichaelBashline / A Better Method of Filtration / Saint Elizabeth / Air & Waste Management Assoc., W. PA Section
Dominion Peoples
ArielleDyda / What is That in My Water? / Frick International Studies Academy / Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
BrieannanCraven / Round Ball Organic Based Fertilizers / South Allegheny Middle School / Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
Intermediate Division — Engineering/Robotics(Grades 7 & 8)
JenniferCross / BRASS: Basic Robotic Air-Ship System / Mt. Nittany Middle School / First PlaceCategory
Alcoa Foundation
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc.
National Electrical Contractors Association
Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
U.S. Army
AndrewArmstong / Logical Architecture / Independence Middle School / Second PlaceCategory
American Society of Civil Engineers, Pgh. Section
FedEx Ground, Inc.
AndreaFischione / Flexibility of Bridges / Mother of Sorrows School / Third PlaceCategory
Bombardier
Mascaro Construction Company, L.P.
University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Freshman Engineering
WilliamLauer / Trusses: Building Blocks of Bridges / Gateway Middle School / Honorable MentionCategory
American Society of Highway Engineers, Pgh. Section
Eastman Kodak company Photographic Award
Westinghouse Process Control, Inc.
JamesCamardese / Operation Parachute Drop / Rhema Christian School / Honorable MentionCategory
AnthonyCasuccio / Structural Sensibility of Bridges / Hopewell Junior High School / Michael Baker Corporation
EricaGorski / The Train of the 21st Century / Gateway Middle School / Urban Maglev Team
LynnRice / Mag-Lev Tain / Gateway Middle School / Michael Baker Corporation
NicoleDzenis / Maglev Motion / Gateway Middle School / University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Freshman Engineering
Intermediate Division — Medicine/Health/Microbiology (Grades 7 & 8)
MichaelMi / What prevents Bone Loss? / Mellon Middle School / First PlaceCategory
MeganMeinert / Medicinal Plants, Antibiotic Activity / St. Thomas More School / Second PlaceCategory
EricPrendergast / Tricky Triclosan and Irksome E-coli / Beaver Area Middle School / Third PlaceCategory
AnnamarieRodrigues / Do Common Chemicals Kill E-Coli? / St. Maurice / Honorable MentionCategory
Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
NathanYeager / Are Your Hands Clean? / Cambria Heights Middle School / Honorable MentionCategory
ShekarEswarakrishnan / Effect of Alcohol on Yeast / Providence Heights Alpha School / Honorable MentionCategory
JosephDoonan / Radiation or Food Preservatives? / St. Joseph Regional Port Vue / Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
MollyOnufer / Contact Solution and Bacteria / Carlow Campus School / Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
Intermediate Division — Physics (Grades 7 & 8)
RickElphinstone / The Effect of Wing Design on Lift / Ambridge Junior High / First PlaceCategory
WesleyBaker / Sir Isaac Newton and the BMX Bike Track / John F Kennedy Middle School / Second PlaceCategory
United States Steel
MattPitschman / What is the Perfect Pressure? / Gateway Middle School / Third PlaceCategory
WilliamKirk III / MAGLEV: Improving Track Design / Carson Middle School / Honorable MentionCategory
AdamVranesevic / Outerwear Preventing Hypothermia / St. Joseph Regional Port Vue / Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
AlexRompala / The Science of English / Hopewell Junior High School / Alcoa Foundation
Western PA Chapter of American Vacuum Society
ColinBrookes / Does temperature Affect the Voltage of a Battery? / Mellon Middle School / Urban Maglev Team
EliseLiu / Metals and Conducting Heat / Dorseyville Middle School / Allegheny Technologies, Inc.
Society of Women Engineers
EricSales / Pendulums / St. Bartholomew School / U.S. Metric Association
FredDiederich / The Amazing Magnetic Brake / Frazier Middle School / Urban Maglev Team
Western PA Chapter of American Vacuum Society
PhillipPaurlinch / Static Electric Generator / Hopewell Junior High School / Western PA Chapter of American Vacuum Society
RyanVery / A Study of Skateboard Velocity / Providence Heights Alpha School / U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps
TracyHreha / The Effect of Earplug Materials on Sound Level / Ambridge Junior High / National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
ZacharyTurek / Composite Woods Vs. Solid Wood / St. Joseph Regional Port Vue / Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
Senior Division — Behavioral and Social Science (Grades 9-12)
WilsonRagen / Physiological or Psychological: Nicotine Addictio / Norwin Senior High School / First PlaceCategory
TalieaNevels / Old Age, Cigarettes, the Senses, Correlation or Not / Westinghouse High School / Second PlaceCategory
The University of Pittsburgh Bradford
KatherineRehberg / What Color is Your Memory? / Linton Middle School / Third PlaceCategory
JamesGetchell / Cryptography, Are Your Messages Safe? / Quigley Catholic High School / Honorable Category
DiviyaKaul / Does Music Work With Work? / Taylor Alderdice High School / Honorable MentionCategory
Westminster College
NicoleEmert / Birth Order and Personality / Conemaugh Township Area High School / Westminster College
Senior Division — Biology (Grades 9-12)
MichaelRule / Magnesium & Chlorophyll / Fox Chapel Area High School / First PlaceCategory
AmandaGregg / The Effect of Ethyl Alcohol on the Heart Rate / Fox Chapel Area High School / Second PlaceCategory
BrennaBrucker / The Poor Man / Bethel Park High School / Third PlaceCategory
Point Park College
JosephScioscia / The Effect of Sound on Plant Growth / Pittsburgh Central Catholic / Honorable MentionCategory
AnitaVin / Protein Isolation: An Analysis / The Ellis School / Honorable MentionCategory
Perseverance Award - Honorary Scientist
JoannaArmstrong / Termites plus ink equals? / Bethel Park High School / American Meteorological Society
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
U.S. Army
Tyrone Cohen / Whis Gas Increases a Plant / Westinghouse High School / The University of Pittsburgh, Bradford
AmandaMcMillan / Bioluminescent Detection of E-coli in Drinking Wat / McMillan Homeschool / American Nuclear Society, Pgh. Section
AnnVoltz / Solid Phase Growth Factor Gradrent in Cell Rate / Fox Chapel Area High School / Duquesne University
The University of Pittsburgh (Oakland)
DanDeCapria / The Effects of Magnetic & Electrical Fields on Sim / Serra Catholic High School / National Electrical Contractors Association
DavidNegro / Bone Scaffold Design and Synhesis / Norwin Senior High School / Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative
EllenGoodlett / The Effect of U.V. Light on Frog Eggs / Upper St. Clair High School / Duquesne University, Dept. of Biological Sciences
JamieGray / DNA Dilemma / Linton Middle School / Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
JenniferDeCoskey / Does it "Lichen" it's environment / Hollidaysburg Area High School / Chatham College
Duquesne University
Westminster College
PatrickMcCoy / The Effect of Caffeine on Water Daphnia / St. Joseph School / Penn State Altoona
LauraMeans / Lights Effect on Monarch Development / Means HomeSchool / Mercyhurst College
Senior Division — Chemistry (Grades 9-12)
SamanthaConroy / Ethanol / Conroy Learning Center / First PlaceCategory
Allegheny County Health Department
American Chemical Society
Carnegie Science Awards for Excellence Award
U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps
HannahKaczka / Formations in Gel Systems / South Allegheny Sr. High School / Second PlaceCategory
INTEL International Science and Engineering Award
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
BridgetCollins / The OJ Trials: Oranges vs Tangelos / Hollidaysburg Area High School / Third PlaceCategory
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
MichaelSimms / Fire Retardant Paint Test / Gateway Middle School / Honorable MentionCategory
PPG Industries, Inc.
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
NathanDiorio-Toth / Comparison of Heats of Combustion / Pittsburgh Central Catholic / Honorable MentionCategory
Penn State Altoona
ChengjouLiao / Optimal Conditions for Sodium Chloride Electrolysi / Franklin Regional High School / Honorable MentionCategory
Bayer Corporation
Electrochemical Society, Pittsburgh Section
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
Daniele Baker / Up in Flames / Hollidaysburg Area High School / Mine Safety Appliances Co. Charitable Foundation
DanielBerardelli / The Effects of Acidic Rain on Metals / Beaver Area High School / NACE International (National Assoc. of Corrosion Engineers)
AdrienneWarhola / Get the Lead Out / South Allegheny Sr. High School / Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
Robert Morris University
American Chemical Society
AlisonCrotti / Dissolution? / South Allegheny Sr. High School / Duquesne University
ArindamGhosh / Analysis of Sports Drinks / Franklin Regional High School / Cellomics
Chemical Association of Pittsburgh
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
AutumnMarlowe / Conductivity in Crystals / South Allegheny Sr. High School / Carnegie Mellon University, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
DanaPrevite / Candy to Dye For / Hollidaysburg Area High School / Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
JulieSnyder / Nitrite in Hot Dogs / Hollidaysburg Area High School / The University of Pittsburgh (Oakland)
KatelynReighard / Is Rad. Bad? / Hollidaysburg Area High School / PPG Industries, Inc.
KelliMcGough / Hold Yourself Together / South Allegheny Sr. High School / Carlow College
Chatham College
U.S. Air Force
LeighDiCicco / Conductivity vs Carbon Chain Length in Primary / North Catholic High School / Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
Sunoco Chemicals
MeganMoore / Protein for Dancers: The Seafood Source / Hollidaysburg Area High School / Allegheny College
Chatham College
Mercyhurst College
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh Westminster College
SamanthaSheetz / My Cousin Vinegar: Starring Joe Acidity / Hollidaysburg Area High School / LabChem, Inc.
SugirdhanaVelpari / Are Canned Foods Safe for You? / Gateway High School / Penn State Altoona
PPG Industries, Inc.
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
ThomasWirth / The Inside Dirt About Dirt / Hollidaysburg Area High School / Allegheny College
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
Senior Division — Computer Science/Math (Grades 9-12)
JohnTuley / A Novel Calculus-Based Cipher / Penn Trafford High School / First PlaceCategory
Intel Excellence in Computer Science
INTEL International Science and Engineering Award
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
The Webb Law Firm
U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps
MaxGlick / Generalizations of the 8 Queen Problem / Mt. Lebanon Senior High School / Second PlaceCategory
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Robert Morris University
EricWiner / An Internet Encryption Algorithm / Mt. Lebanon Senior High School / Third PlaceCategory
LaurenPaoletti / Fractal Disasters / South Allegheny Sr. High School / Honorable MentionCategory
Association for Women GeoScientists
ZhipengSun / Increasing the Efficiency of the RSA Public-Key Cr / Fox Chapel Area High School / Honorable MentionCategory
La Roche College
StaceyIvol / A School Scheduling Module / Bethel Park High School / Honorable MentionCategory
Perseverance Award - Honorary Scientist
Angelo DiNardi / Creating an Instant Messenger / Seton LaSalle High School / Westinghouse Process Control, Inc.
Lon Farr / Can I Captcha Gimpy? / Mt. Lebanon Senior High School / Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
SteveHall / Is that as good as it gets? / Mt. Lebanon Senior High School / U.S. Air Force
Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse
Kimberley Kelley / The Topology of Borromean Rings and Brunnian Links / Westinghouse High School / Carnegie Mellon
TamiKunst / Mathematical Analysis of an Infectious Prion / Norwin Senior High School / Seton Hill College
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation U.S. Air Force
Shen Li / Cryptanalysis and Data Security / Mt. Lebanon Senior High School / Robert Morris University
Xin Sun / Randomness of Deterministic Equation / Mt. Lebanon Senior High School / The University of Pittsburgh, Bradford
Pittsburgh Technology Council
Miao Sun / Applicable Ranges of Vander Waals Equation / Mt. Lebanon Senior High School / Carnegie Mellon University Chapter of Sigma XI
The University of Pittsburgh, Oakland
Pittsburgh Technology Council
Senior Division — Earth/Space/Environment (Grades 9-12)
DaileFlurry / Oxidative Remediation of MTBE / Schenley High School / First PlaceCategory
Cummings Riter Consultants, Inc.
Intel Excellence in Environmental Health and Safety Award
The University of Pittsburgh (Oakland)
U.S. Air Force
KendalFowler / Oxidative Remediation of MTBE / Fox Chapel Area High School / Second PlaceCategory
AshleyResko / Rolling Down the River / South Allegheny Sr. High School / Third PlaceCategory
Bayer Corporation
LindseyPiker / All About Aluminum / South Allegheny Sr. High School / Honorable MentionCategory
Allegheny College
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist