Colorado State Science Fair, Inc.
2000 Special Award Winners
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Organization
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Winner(s)
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Award(s)
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United States Air Force
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Kevin Weber Colorado Springs, Colorado To Fly Or Not To Fly? Exploring Airfoils And Lift |
certificate, medal, planner |
| Shere Brisendine Walsh, Colorado Germ Warfare |
certificate, medal, planner | |
| Steve Wilson Boulder, Colorado Terminating Turbulence |
certificate, medal, planner | |
| Alex Lyddon Littleton, Colorado Gyroscopic Speeds In Stabilization |
certificate, medal, planner | |
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Renae Sessions Merino, Colorado Do Hemolymph And Cell Suspension Decrease Paralysis In Munduca sexta? |
certificate, $50 savings bond |
| Milena Pastore Monte Vista, Colorado Welcome To The Colembola Cafe |
certificate, $50 savings bond | |
| Ryan Patterson Grand Junction, Colorado Sleuthbot: A Robotic Search Tool |
certificate, $50 savings bond | |
| Kevin Christopher Englewood, Colorado Neural Networks For Constellation Identification |
certificate, $50 savings bond | |
| Jessica Caver Deer Trail, Colorado Determining The Effects Of Annealing On A Metallurgical Explosive Bond |
certificate, $50 savings bond | |
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Ryan Patterson Grand Junction, Colorado Sleuthbot: A Robotic Search Tool |
certificate, graphing calculator |
| Benjamin Staub Greeley, Colorado Combating Resistance To Penicillin In Staphylococcus epidermis |
certificate, graphing calculator | |
| Stephen Canham Englewood, Colorado Dandelions: The Medical Weed? |
certificate, graphing calculator | |
| Ben Grass Englewood, Colorado A Comparative Study Of The Aerodynamic Efficiency Of Newer & Older Body Styles Of Pickup Trucks |
certificate, graphing calculator |
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Organization
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Winner(s)
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Award(s)
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Air and Waste Management Association
Rocky Mountain Section |
Ryan Schnell Boulder, Colorado Aerosol Black Carbon As A Possible Air Pollution Measurement |
$100, certificate |
| Pavan Sekhar Englewood, Colorado Phytoextraction And Rhizofiltration Of Toxic Metals |
$50, certificate | |
| Kalen Meine Denver, Colorado Talkin' Trash: From Garbage To Gas |
$100, certificate | |
| Katherine Hermann Louisville, Colorado The Chemicals And Plant Life In Boulder Creek |
$50, certificate | |
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Lauren Smith Colorado Springs, Colorado Fun With Fungi: The Effects Of pH On Yeast Growth |
$100 |
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Rocky Mountain Section |
Pavan Sekhar Englewood, Colorado Phytoextraction And Rhizofiltration Of Toxic Metals |
$50 |
| Kalen Meine Denver, Colorado Talkin' Trash: From Garbage To Gas |
$100 | |
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Denver/Boulder Chapter |
Kayla Harris Lamar, Colorado What Does It Take To Be A Weather Watcher? |
certificate, subscription to Weatherwise magazine, weather radio |
| Ryan Schnell Boulder, Colorado Aerosol Black Carbon As A Possible Air Pollution Measurement |
certificate, subscription to Weatherwise magazine, weather radio | |
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Rocky Mountain Chapter |
Jessica Caver Deer Trail, Colorado Determining The Effects Of Annealing On A Metallurgical Explosive Bond |
$100, $100 for winner's school |
| Adam Sidman Colorado Springs, Colorado Flywheels: A New Spin On Energy Storage |
$50, $50 for winner's school | |
| Krista Davies Brush, Colorado The Effects Of Varying Wavelengths On Liesegang Rings |
$100, $100 for winner's school | |
| Caleb Creel Pagosa Springs, Colorado The Fabrication, Testing And Analysis Of A YBCO High Temperature Ceramic Superconductor |
$50, $50 for winner's school | |
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Colorado Section |
Anne McLaughlin Durango, Colorado Prosthetics |
$25, trophy |
| Jessica Caver Deer Trail, Colorado Determining The Effects Of Annealing On A Metallurgical Explosive Bond |
$25, trophy | |
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William Hickey Hillrose, Colorado Orderly Ants |
certificate, $100 |
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Rocky Mountain Chapter |
Caleb Creel Pagosa Springs, Colorado The Fabrication, Testing And Analysis Of A YBCO High Temperature Ceramic Superconductor |
$75 |
| Jessica Caver Deer Trail, Colorado Determining The Effects Of Annealing On A Metallurgical Explosive Bond |
$50 | |
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Denver Chapter |
Michelle Lyons Rifle, Colorado Single Celled Spelunkers . . . The Microbes Of Glenwood Caverns |
$50, rock sample, certificate |
| Aanna Blacker Lamar, Colorado Landfills vs. Recycling |
$50, rock sample, certificate | |
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Kalen Meine Denver, Colorado Talkin' Trash: From Garbage To Gas |
$50, certificate |
| Alex Lyddon Littleton, Colorado Gyroscopic Speeds In Stabilization |
$50, certificate | |
| Ryan Patterson Grand Junction, Colorado Sleuthbot: A Robotic Search Tool |
$50, certificate | |
| Henry Berkowitz Englewood, Colorado Applying Teflon To Windshields |
$50, certificate | |
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Collin Weber Atwood, Colorado How Low Can You Go? A Possible Treatment For Corn And Freezing Temperatures |
$25, plaque |
| Lauren Iske Vona, Colorado Oral Glutamine Supplementation On Plasma Glutamine And Tissue PGE2 Levels In Dogs Experiencing |
$25, plaque | |
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Andrea Buxton Lamar, Colorado Enamel: Here Today Gone Tomorrow |
watch |
| Shere Brisendine Walsh, Colorado Germ Warfare |
watch | |
| Jessami Claunch Walsh, Colorado A "Bonding" Experience? Comparing The Effectiveness Of Dental Bonding Materials |
watch | |
| Heather Wright Akron, Colorado Identifying The Amount Of Hg Leached From Silver Dental Amalgams |
$50, plaque | |
| Melissa Timko Merino, Colorado Spit For Science! The Caries Questions Answered By Class |
$25, plaque | |
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Janessa Dermer Merino, Colorado Beef's Protection Against E. coli Infection - Corn Or Hay? |
$50, certificate |
| Nathan Davidson Monte Vista, Colorado Potato Virus Y Spread In Potatoes |
$50, certificate | |
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Emily Rosa Loveland, Colorado Geodesy - Measuring The Earth With Original Instruments |
$75 |
| Evan Burgess Boulder, Colorado Predicting Avalanche Risk |
$75 | |
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Lauren Neher Brush, Colorado Antiseptics: Their Purpose And Function |
$100 savings bond, trip, certificate |
| Benjamin Staub Greeley, Colorado Combating Resistance To Penicillin In Staphylococcus epidermis |
$100 savings bond, trip, certificate | |
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Edward Munsell Loveland, Colorado Crystals - What Affects Their Size, Shape And Hardness? |
$25, 2 mineral specimens, certificate, book |
| Michelle Lyons Rifle, Colorado Single Celled Spelunkers . . . The Microbes Of Glenwood Caverns |
$25, 2 mineral specimens, certificate, book | |
| Katherine Muterspaugh Colorado Springs, Colorado Shake, Rattle, And Roll |
$25, 2 mineral specimens, certificate, book | |
| Jeremy Walter Colorado Springs, Colorado Can Buildings Withstand An Earthquake? |
$25, 2 mineral specimens, certificate, book | |
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Wendi Swan Woodrow, Colorado Contributions Towards A Monograph Of Cytospera Species In Colorado |
$25, book on fungi, certificate |
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Colorado Psychological Society
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Brian Camley Colorado Springs, Colorado Of Mice And Men: Amazing Tales |
certificate, psychology textbook |
| Talia Rubin Denver, Colorado Is Your Mood Affected By The Weather? |
certificate, psychology textbook | |
| Katie Smith Lochbuie, Colorado Does TV Violence And It's Effect On The Hypothalamus Make Us More Susceptible To Violent Acts? |
certificate, psychology textbook | |
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Paul Valdez Walsenberg, Colorado Sands Of Time |
$100 |
| Evan Burgess Boulder, Colorado Predicting Avalanche Risk |
$75 | |
| Emily Rosa Loveland, Colorado Geodesy - Measuring The Earth With Original Instruments |
$75 | |
| Karla Harris Wiggins, Colorado Edible Rocks: The Collection And Classification Of Micro-Meteorites |
$50 | |
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Megan Malone Colorado Springs, Colorado The Relationship Between The Solubility Of Compounds And Rates Of Evaporation |
certificate, $100 |
| Caleb Creel Pagosa Springs, Colorado The Fabrication, Testing And Analysis Of A YBCO High Temperature Ceramic Superconductor |
certificate, $100 | |
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Tejaswini More Denver, Colorado Functional Analysis Of Z-ALK-8, A Novel Type I TGF-B Receptor In Zebrafish |
certificate, $100 |
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Department of Chemistry |
Tracy Douglass Lindon, Colorado Determining The Corrosion Resistance & Degradation Of Treated Iron Nails |
certificate, $100 |
| Burgandy Brown Thornton, Colorado The Chemistry Of Photography Using Salted Paper Prints |
certificate, $100 | |
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Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture |
David Bonomo Loveland, Colorado Which Way Is Up? |
$100 |
| Nathan Davidson Monte Vista, Colorado Potato Virus Y Spread In Potatoes |
$100 | |
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Aanna Blacker Lamar, Colorado Landfills vs. Recycling |
$100, book on sustainability |
| Kate Quick Colorado Springs, Colorado Recycling Water Using Aquatic Plants |
$50, book on sustainability | |
| Megan McDavid Colorado Springs, Colorado Let There Be Light! |
$100, book on sustainability | |
| Natalie Barnes Brush, Colorado Oscar The Grouch's Fine Wine: The Conversion Of Biomass To An Energy Intensive Fuel Source |
$50, book on sustainability | |
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Janessa Dermer Merino, Colorado Beef's Protection Against E. coli Infection - Corn Or Hay? |
certificate, gold medallion, $50 |
| Amanda Baker Woodrow, Colorado Cancer Eye: Probing The Squamous Cell Carcinoma/Matrix Metalloproeinas Connection |
certificate, gold medallion, $50 | |
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Cody Jolly & Joel Martin Hugo, Colorado Reducing Water Erosion On Farmland |
$50, plaque |
| Mary Grace Beard Walsh, Colorado Microbial Decontamination Of Soil |
$50, plaque | |
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Hach Scientific Foundation
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Michael York Greeley, Colorado Nitrates In Different Types Of Soils |
$75 |
| Katherine Hermann Louisville, Colorado The Chemicals And Plant Life In Boulder Creek |
$50 | |
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Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
University of Colorado |
Erika Langhart & Kelsea Ferrato Durango, Colorado Florida River Water Health Analysis |
certificate, baseball cap, subscription to institute's academic journal |
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Erika Langhart & Kelsea Ferrato Durango, Colorado Florida River Water Health Analysis |
35mm camera |
| Amanda Baker Woodrow, Colorado Cancer Eye: Probing The Squamous Cell Carcinoma/Matrix Metalloproeinas Connection |
35mm camera | |
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Ryan Patterson Grand Junction, Colorado Sleuthbot: A Robotic Search Tool |
Titan IV B model |
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Emily Rosa Loveland, Colorado Geodesy - Measuring The Earth With Original Instruments |
certificate, plaque, $100 savings bond |
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Kalen Meine Denver, Colorado Talkin' Trash: From Garbage To Gas |
$50, trip to laboratory |
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Edward Munsell Loveland, Colorado Crystals - What Affects Their Size, Shape And Hardness? |
certificate, cash award |
| Paul Valdez Walsenberg, Colorado Sands Of Time |
certificate, cash award | |
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Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium
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Keri Propst Sterling, Colorado Stopping Stroke Damage: A Quantitative Approach To Reduce Malondialdehyde With Ascorbic Acid |
lodging, banquet tickets for two to present project at conference |
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Kyle Cureau Edwards, Colorado The Force Is With You |
$50 |
| Dusty Behrens Merino, Colorado Arthritic Articular Joints - Is The Glucosamine/Chondroitin Sulfate Combo For You? Phase II |
$50 | |
| Ryan Patterson Grand Junction, Colorado Sleuthbot: A Robotic Search Tool |
$50 | |
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Thomas Liu Aurora, Colorado Mathematical Modeling Of Fringe Patterns From Double Stars |
subscription to Discover magazine, certificate |
| Ian Cain Dolores, Colorado Solar Cell Performance |
subscription to Discover magazine, certificate | |
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Katie Gelvin Joes, Colorado Water: Let's Make It Perfectly Clear! |
plaque, $100 |
| Josh Dember Denver, Colorado Water Quality |
plaque, $75 | |
| Brad Cook Walsh, Colorado What's The pH Of Your Water? |
plaque, $50 | |
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Erika Langhart & Kelsea Ferrato Durango, Colorado Florida River Water Health Analysis |
savings bond, certificate |
| Courtney Cudlip & Carys Horgan Englewood, Colorado The Effectiveness Of Anacharis In Phytoxemediation Of Aqueous Copper Pollution |
savings bond, certificate | |
| Cory Swanson Fort Lupton, Colorado From Household Chemicals To Injection Wells: Are We Ruining Weld County's Water? |
savings bond, certificate | |
| Eric Doner Walsh, Colorado Pollution In Groundwater Study II |
savings bond, certificate | |
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Rocky Mountain Section |
Anne McLaughlin Durango, Colorado Prosthetics |
certificate, $60 |
| Jamie Karp Grand Junction, Colorado Fabulous Frequencies: Harmonics Of A Single And Open-Ended Pipe |
certificate, $40 | |
| Natalie Barnes Brush, Colorado Oscar The Grouch's Fine Wine: The Conversion Of Biomass To An Energy Intensive Fuel Source |
certificate, $40 | |
| Leota McDaniel Brush, Colorado Designing A MAV |
certificate, $60 | |
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Colorado Chapter |
Kate Quick Colorado Springs, Colorado Recycling Water Using Aquatic Plants |
$50, voucher from Hach Company, certificate, ribbon |
| Mary Grace Beard Walsh, Colorado Microbial Decontamination of Soil |
$50, voucher from Hach Company, certificate, ribbon | |
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Space Imaging
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Emily Rosa Loveland, Colorado Geodesy - Measuring The Earth With Original Instruments |
National Geographic Satellite Atlas of the World, IKONOS First Image of Washington DC Poster, IKONOS Launch Video |
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Michelle Lyons Rifle, Colorado Single Celled Spelunkers . . . The Microbes Of Glenwood Caverns |
plaque |
| Thomas Liu Aurora, Colorado Mathematical Modeling Of Fringe Patterns From Double Stars |
plaque | |
| Paul Valdez Walsenberg, Colorado Sands Of Time |
plaque | |
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Shalini Therese Low-Nam Boulder, Colorado Screening For Protease Inhibitors To Block HIV Maturation And Infectivity |
$100 |
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Emily Rosa Loveland, Colorado Geodesy - Measuring The Earth With Original Instruments |
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| Paul Valdez Walsenberg, Colorado Sands Of Time |
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Corinne D'Ippolito Boulder, Colorado The Modern Day Milky Way: What Can We Find Out About It? |
$100 |
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Organization
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Winner(s)
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Award(s)
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Conservation International
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Shannon George Brush, Colorado Desert Remediation: Selecting for Salt Tolerant Native Grasses |
certificate, T-shirt |
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Lauren Smith Colorado Springs, Colorado Fun With Fungi: The Effects Of pH On Yeast Growth |
certificate, T-shirt, DYSC nomination |
| Emily Rosa Loveland, Colorado Geodesy - Measuring The Earth With Original Instruments |
certificate, T-shirt, DYSC nomination | |
| Kevin Weber Colorado Springs, Colorado To Fly Or Not To Fly? Exploring Airfoils And Lift |
certificate, T-shirt, DYSC nomination | |
| Kalen Meine Denver, Colorado Talkin' Trash: From Garbage To Gas |
certificate, T-shirt, DYSC nomination | |
| Kira Newman Denver, Colorado The Effect Of Cadmium On Macrophages |
certificate, T-shirt, DYSC nomination | |
| Nyssa Walker Thornton, Colorado Playing By The Numbers |
certificate, T-shirt, DYSC nomination | |
| Robin Blenden Monte Vista, Colorado Inductrack Maglev: Phase I |
certificate, T-shirt, DYSC nomination | |
| Hildur Boylston Boulder, Colorado Beetle Juice |
certificate, T-shirt, DYSC nomination | |
| Erika Langhart & Kelsea Ferrato Durango, Colorado Florida River Water Health Analysis |
certificate, T-shirt, DYSC nomination | |
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Ryan Patterson Grand Junction, Colorado Sleuthbot: A Robotic Search Tool |
medallion, certificate |
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Eastman Kodak
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Theresa Bloemker Brush, Colorado Turning Up the Beat |
35 mm camera |
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Kevin Christopher Englewood, Colorado Neural Networks For Constellation Identification |
certificate, $200, Intel momento |
| Milena Pastore Monte Vista, Colorado Welcome To The Colembola Cafe |
certificate, $200, Intel momento | |
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Nicholas Hall Englewood, Colorado The Higher Dimensions of Spheres |
certificate, NCTM publication |
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Society for In Vitro Biology
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Scott Lancaster Walsh, Colorado Microbial Fuel Cells |
certificate |
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United States Department of Health and Human Services
United States Public Health Services |
Kira Newman Denver, Colorado The Effect Of Cadmium On Macrophages |
certificate |
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Water Environment Federation
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Katherine Hermann Louisville, Colorado The Chemicals And Plant Life In Boulder Creek |
certificate |
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Natalie Barnes Brush, Colorado Oscar The Grouch's Fine Wine: The Conversion Of Biomass To An Energy Intensive Fuel Source |
certificate, pewter medallion |
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Organization
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Winner(s)
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Award(s)
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| Adams State College | Scott Lancaster Walsh, Colorado Microbial Fuel Cells |
one-year full resident tuition & fees scholarship |
| Evan Burgess Boulder, Colorado Predicting Avalanche Risk |
one-year full resident tuition & fees scholarship | |
| Mary Grace Beard Walsh, Colorado Microbial Decontamination of Soil |
one-year full resident tuition & fees scholarship | |
| Natalie Barnes Brush, Colorado Oscar The Grouch's Fine Wine: The Conversion Of Biomass To An Energy Intensive Fuel Source |
one-year full resident tuition & fees scholarship | |
| Jennifer Green Sterling, Colorado Bouncing: A Sensory Integration Technique For Children With Autism |
one-year full resident tuition & fees scholarship | |
| Isabelle Zaugg La Jara, Colorado Can Losing Strategies Win? Parrondo's Paradox |
one-year full resident tuition & fees scholarship | |
| Krista Davies Brush, Colorado The Effects Of Varying Wavelengths On Liesegang Rings |
one-year full resident tuition & fees scholarship | |
| Eric Oestman Wray, Colorado Home For The Homeless Ladybugs |
one-year full resident tuition & fees scholarship | |
| Colorado State University | Pavan Sekhar Englewood, Colorado Phytoextraction And Rhizofiltration Of Toxic Metals |
one-year, renewable $1,000 scholarship |
| Thomas Liu Aurora, Colorado Mathematical Modeling Of Fringe Patterns From Double Stars |
one-year, renewable $2,500 scholarship | |
| Milena Pastore Monte Vista, Colorado Welcome To The Colembola Cafe |
one-year, renewable $2,500 scholarship | |
| Ryan Patterson Grand Junction, Colorado Sleuthbot: A Robotic Search Tool |
one-year, renewable $2,500 scholarship | |
| Benjamin Staub Greeley, Colorado Combating Resistance To Penicillin In Staphylococcus epidermis |
one-year, renewable $1,000 scholarship | |
| Kevin Christopher Englewood, Colorado Neural Networks For Constellation Identification |
one-year, renewable $1,000 scholarship | |
| Jessica Caver Deer Trail, Colorado Determining The Effects Of Annealing On A Metallurgical Explosive Bond |
one-year, renewable $1,000 scholarship | |
| Renae Sessions Merino, Colorado Do Hemolymph And Cell Suspension Decrease Paralysis In Munduca sexta? |
one-year, renewable $1,000 scholarship | |
| Colorado School of Mines | Will Helling Kersey, Colorado Object Recognition Through The Use Of Linear Neural Networks |
one-year $1,000 scholarship |
| Paul Valdez Walsenberg, Colorado Sands Of Time |
four-year $2,000 scholarship | |
| Krista Davies Brush, Colorado The Effects Of Varying Wavelengths On Liesegang Rings |
four-year $2,000 scholarship | |
| Michelle Lyons Rifle, Colorado Single Celled Spelunkers . . . The Microbes Of Glenwood Caverns |
four-year $2,000 scholarship | |
| Thomas Liu Aurora, Colorado Mathematical Modeling Of Fringe Patterns From Double Stars |
four-year full tuition scholarship |
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