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Senior
Division All Fair

1st Place:
Craig Wright
Designing a Linear Peristaltic Pump Using Ferrofluids
Akron, CO
2nd Place:
Josh Haimes
WGA Amplification and Thin Film Detection of Methicillin Resistant/Sensitive
Staphylococcus aureus
Boulder, CO
3rd Place:
Aaron Burgess & Kristen Rasmussen
Aircraft Icing: Why Does It Happen?
Boulder, CO
Junior
Division All Fair

1st Place:
Meredith MacGregor
Avalanche! A Search for Self-Organized Criticality
Boulder, CO
2nd Place:
Adam Sidman
Wind Turbine Design
Colorado Springs, CO
3rd Place:
Nathan McNew
Investigation of Prime Numbers
Arvada, CO
1st
Place:
Nicole Thomas
WNC 230-14RU Resistant or Immune to Potato Leaf Roll Virus
Blanca, CO |
2nd
Place:
Jacqueline Consaul
A Study on the Interaction Between Blackleg and PVY on Potatoes
Center, CO |
3rd
Place:
Wumesh Khatri
Glycolysis in Isoprene-Emitting Chloroplasts
Boulder, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Levi Klausner
Selecting for Salt Tolerance in 5 Varieties of Wheat
Woodrow, Colorado |
Honorable
Mention:
Tyler Benton
An Ecological Study of the Efficacy of the Conservation Reserve
Program
Vona, CO |
Junior
Division Botany
1st
Place:
Harold Klausner
Available Nitrogen vs. Legume Nodulation
Woodrow, CO |
2nd
Place:
Mallory White
The Effects of Agrobacterium tumefaciens on the Growth of Crown
Galls on Different Dicotyledonous Plants
Colorado Springs, CO |
3rd
Place:
Ashley Button
Don't Invade My Space
Fort Lupton, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Chris Messick
The Role of Preservatives in the Delay of Senescence of Cut Flowers
Monte Vista, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Emily Woods
Secret Weapons: Allelochemicals in Plants
Boulder, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Mathew Brennan
This Is My Space - The Impact of Allelopathy
Durango, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Kevin Hurd
Jack, Check Your Soil's pH Before You Plant Your Beans!
Grand Junction, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Jed Michal
Depth vs. Development
Flagler, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Bradley Hertneky
The Role of Polymers in Crop Drought Tolerance
Burlington, CO |
Senior
Division Earth & Space Sciences
1st
Place:
Brandon Rosgen
River Banks - Nature's Erodible Boundaries
Pagosa Springs, CO |
2nd
Place:
Adam Curry
The Cosmic Early Warning
Palisade, CO |
3rd
Place:
Renee Musgrave
Rainbow Lightning?
Yuma, CO |
Junior
Division Earth & Space Sciences
1st
Place:
Annie Sandner
Aerodynamics of Modern Rocketry
Durango, CO |
2nd
Place:
Jeffrey Hrncir
Dinosaur Tacks
Grand Junction, CO |
3rd
Place:
Lena Martin
Time: Sun vs. Clock
Genoa, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Will Scripps
Which Helicopter Floats Slowest?
Evergreen, CO |
Senior
Division Engineering
1st
Place:
Craig Wright
Designing a Linear Peristaltic Pump Using Ferrofluids
Akron, CO |
2nd
Place:
Robert Ussery
Autonomous UAV Design
Fort Collins, CO |
3rd
Place:
Justin Migacz
Thermal Degradation of Josephon Junctions
Englewood, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Michael Yurkoski
Rarr - An Alternative to Human Reconnaissance
Broomfield, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Craig Bryan
Vulcan Block II
Monte Vista, Colorado |
Honorable
Mention:
Emma McArdle
Is Your Roof Snow Proof?
Monte Vista, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Dak Steiert
Ramjet Propulsion for High Altitude Launch and Research
Edwards, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Leyton Laybourn
The Best Superinsulator
Cope, CO |
Junior
Division Engineering
1st
Place:
Adam Sidman
Wind Turbine Design
Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd
Place:
Matthew Rotbart
Modeling the Collapse of the World Trade Center: The Effect of
Heat on the Tensile Strength of Steel
Denver, CO |
3rd
Place:
Joseph Kelly
How Well Does a Directional Antenna Concentrate Radio Energy?
Loveland, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Devin Adam
A Hot Idea for a Cool Computer
Crawford, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Molly May
A Comparison of Tensile Strength of Various Materials
Durango, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Daniel Weidlein
Into the Wind: Wind Power Cars
Boulder, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Steven Mitton
Holy Hovercraft
Macos, CO |
Senior
Division Environmental Sciences
1st
Place:
Jessica Caver
Evaluating Designer Solids for Remediation of Heavy Elements in
Aqueous Waste Streams
Deer Trail, CO |
2nd
Place:
Benjamin Howard
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Reformulated Gasoline in
Reducing Urban Concentrations
Boulder, CO |
3rd
Place:
Katherine Hermann
Predicting Water Quality With Landscape Metrics
Louisville, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Christine Knoblauch
Where's It Coming From?
Del Norte, Colorado |
Honorable
Mention:
Stephen Canham
Prevention of Soil Salinization From a Rising Water Table
Greenwood Village, CO |
Junior
Division Environmental Sciences
1st
Place:
Meaghan Kormondy
Paper or Plastic?
Highlands Ranch, CO |
2nd
Place:
Maggie Reinsvold
The Effect of Magnesium Chloride on Decomposition
Greeley, CO |
3rd
Place:
Jacquie Beckvermit
Do You Drink Undrinkable Water?
Berthoud, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Laura Biggins
The Effect of Wood Extracts on the Germination of Seeds
LaPorte, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Anna Hermann
Under the Stream: Using Aquatic Insects to Determine Water Quality
Louisville, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Lyle Hoffschneider
"Black Gold" Particles: Comparing Particles of Fuel Sources
Pagosa Springs, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Melissa Kanack
Snow 'n' Ice 'n' Everything Not So Nice
Loveland, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Cacia Steenson
Does Pollution Affect Oxygen Production in Aquatic Plants?
Pine, CO |
Senior
Division Health & Behavioral Sciences
1st
Place:
April Mertens
A Promising Cancer Treatment: Tumor Suppression Using the Synergism
of NSAID and Aloe
Merino, CO |
2nd
Place:
Jaymee Jungie
Manipulation of the Kreb's Cycle
Englewood, CO |
3rd
Place:
Brian Camley
Every Breath You Take: The Effects of Radon on Biological Tissue-Damage
and Immune Response
Colorado Springs, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Michelle Keck
Remembered and Forgotten: An Examination of Autobiographical Memory,
Reminiscence, and Cultural Influences on Memory
Monte Vista, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Jeff Marlow
Hydroxl Radical Neutralization by Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory
Drugs Related to Alzheimer's Prevention
Englewood, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Krista Schroeder
Feeling Smart
Colorado Springs, CO |
Junior
Division Health & Behavioral Sciences
1st
Place:
Jeff Loewe
Pick Up the Beat
Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd
Place:
Kelly Cook
Is What You See What You Get?
Fort Collins, CO |
3rd
Place:
Allison Qubain
Into Thin Air
Gardner, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Andrea Buxton
Fluoride: When Is Enough
Lamar, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Hannah Lowinger
Type A & GPA - Are They Synonymous?
Englewood, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Ian Springer
Lunar Changes and Their Effect on Human Behavior
Lamar, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
T. J. Van Bibber
You Are What You Eat
Monte Vista, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Kelly Dimmen
Stop In The Name Of The Law
Colorado Springs, CO |
Senior
Division Mathematics & Computer Sciences
1st
Place:
Colin Oldberg
Light-Operated Logic
Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd
Place:
Amanda Parker
Not So Perfect Sine Waves: A Fourier Analysis of an Audio Oscillator
Centennial, CO |
3rd
Place:
Eric Solanyk
The Strategy to Monopoly: A Computer Simulation of the Probabilities
of Movement and the Economics
Loveland, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Lila Hickey
Ups & Downs: Simulated Elevator Control
Hillrose, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Paul Scott
Knotty Knumbers: Calculating Alexander's Polynomial
Akron, CO |
Junior
Division Mathematics & Computer Sciences
1st
Place:
Nathan McNew
Investigation of Prime Numbers
Arvada, CO |
2nd
Place:
Robert Glissmann
Never Blinking, Never Sleeping: Image Preparation Improves Machine
Vision
Boulder, CO |
3rd
Place:
Timothy Schneider
Programmable Vacuum Cleaner
Durango, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Max Krakauer
Good to the Last Drop: The World Oil Shortage Simulator
Colorado Springs, CO |
Senior
Division Microbiology
1st
Place:
Josh Haimes
WGA Amplification and Thin Film Detection of Methicillin Resistant/Sensitive
Staphylococcus aurus
Boulder, CO |
2nd
Place:
Sara McFarland
The Effect of Triclosan on Antibiotic Resistance
Trinidad, CO |
3rd
Place:
Lauren Goulding
Chemical Memory: Can Physarum Polycephalum Reproduce a Pattern?
Colorado Springs, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Lauren Etl
Antioxidants: Youth at Your Fingertips
Fleming, CO |
Junior
Division Microbiology
1st
Place:
Kelly Valdes
Thieves Steal Bacteria
Littleton, CO |
2nd
Place:
Michael Dango
The Effect of Salinity on the Effectiveness of Bioremediation of Oil
Spills Utilizing Pseudomonas and Penicillin
Colorado Springs, CO |
3rd
Place:
Jesse Sindler
Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Fungi Fly
Canon City, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Ashley Maddux
Glow in the Dark - Will Bacteria Accept a Gene From a Jellyfish?
Pagosa Springs, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Alex Schanderbeck
Density of Bacteria on Public Surfaces
Monte Vista, CO |
Senior
Division Physical Sciences
1st
Place:
Amber Henry
An Algorithm Demonstrating Impact Splatter Pattern Due to Angle
of Incidence Using a Dichotomous Key
Joes, CO |
2nd
Place:
Adam Brungardt
Spinning Samaras: A Study Into Seed Distribution
Brush, CO |
3rd
Place:
Leota McDaniel
An Investigation Into the Weissenberg Phenomenon
Brush, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Kyle Atwater
Trebuchet Ballistics
Genoa, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
William Eucker
Metallurgical Characteristics of the Sacagawea Dollar
Denver, CO |
Junior
Division Physical Sciences
1st
Place:
Meredith MacGregor
Avalanche! A Search for Self-Organized Criticality
Boulder, CO |
2nd
Place:
Megan Emmons
Friction Over Tribology
Alamosa, CO |
3rd
Place:
John Wilkinson, Jr.
Sailing With Wind Power!
Colorado Springs, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Adreanne Brungardt
Shake It Up: A Study on Size Separation
Brush, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Tyler Hutchinson
Catalysts, The Chemical Matchmakers
Grand Junction, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Matt Zubiel
Predicting UHF Radio Range From Antenna Height
Monument, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Rebecca Richardson
Sodium Bicarbonate and pH: What Can It Lead To?
Avon, CO |
Senior
Division Zoology
1st
Place:
Holly McGuire
Comparing Extracted and Amplified Mitochondrial DNA
Lindon, CO |
2nd
Place:
Robert Bernton
In Vivo PLA2 Inhibition
Littleton, CO |
3rd
Place:
Kori Tagtmeyer
Determining Failure of Passive Transfer in Neonatal Bovine Based
on Immunoglobulin G Levels
Seibert, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Trixie Lee
The Squeeze Is On: Overcoming Overpopulation
Crook, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Matthew Simes
Relative Abundance of Ponderosa Pine Bird Species Along an Elevational
Gradient
Lafayette, CO |
Junior
Division Zoology
1st
Place:
Marty Sandberg
Rat Race
Littleton, CO |
2nd
Place:
Lisa Harms
Got Silk?
Haxtun, CO |
3rd
Place:
Timothy Sauer
Oh, Rats!
Littleton, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Travis Garoutte
Pupation Creation
Antonito, CO |
Senior
Division Team Projects
1st
Place:
Aaron Burgess & Kristen Rasmussen
Aircraft Icing: Why Does It Happen?
Boulder, CO |
2nd
Place:
Eric King & David Van Wagener
Significant Factors That Affect Perception of Location
Englewood, CO |
3rd
Place:
David Sanford & Adam Ginsburg
Computer Simulation of Stability of the Orbits in a Multi-Planet
System
Englewood, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Brittani Cliff & Breanna Anderson
Stress and Immunity: Qualification of Immunoglobulin G and Leucocytes
Akron, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
David Whacker & Curtis Larimer
The Collatz Code
Colorado Springs, CO |
Junior
Division Team Projects
1st
Place:
Alex West & Andrew West
I'm Exhausted
Conifer, CO |
2nd
Place:
Jessica Nygren & Caresse Wagner
Spaced Out
Littleton, CO |
3rd
Place:
Danika Friedley & Whitney Howard
Erosion and the Formation of Alluvial Fans
Bayfield, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Noah Husek & Jonathan Wolfe
Kids Don't Bounce
Boulder, CO |
Honorable
Mention:
Hannah Schumacher & Erin Luck
Burning Up
Boulder, CO |
Student
Choice Awards

Junior
Division: Meredith MacGregor
Avalanche! A Search for Self-Organized Criticality
Boulder, CO
Senior
Division:
Brandon Rosgen
River Banks - Nature's Erodible Boundaries
Pagosa Springs, CO
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