Colorado State Science Fair,
Inc.
2003 CSEF Finalists
| Western Regional Science Fair | ||
Arkansas Valley Regional Science Fair
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Finalist(s)
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Project Title
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Division/Category
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School
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| Michael Archuleta | Plants That Purify | Senior Environmental Sciences | Branson School |
| Kyla Blouin | Soggy Or Not? | Junior Physics | La Veta Middle School |
| Kelsey Chambers | Man's Sticky Situation | Junior Environmental Sciences | La Veta Middle School |
| Yuri Dudik | Enlightening Waters | Junior Engineering | Gardner School |
| Katanna Ellis | Limiting Cellular Damage In Simple Organisms - Cryonics | Junior Zoology | La Junta Middle School |
| Devin Hamon | Touching The Clouds | Junior Environmental Sciences | Gardner School |
| Avery Hollingsworth | Which Soil Holds The Most Water? | Junior Earth & Space Sciences | Kim School |
| Jessica Kleinschmidt & Catie McArthur | Memory Magic | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Gardner School |
| Shannon Lambert | Is More Better? | Senior Chemistry | La Veta High School |
| Kaitlyn Lingus | The Effect Of Phosphates On Aquatic Plants | Junior Environmental Sciences | Branson School |
| Angela Martinez | Effects Of Drugs | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Ward Middle School |
| Rhett Neve | Temperature And Enzymes | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Swink School |
| Claire Quibain | The Honest Olfactory | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Gardner School |
| Gavin Shields | Perplexual Perpetual | Junior Engineering | West Elementary School |
| David Tomky | Boiling Liquids | Junior Physics | Ward Middle School |
Boulder Valley Regional Science Fair
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Finalist(s)
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Project Title
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Division/Category
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School
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| Nick Allman & Noah Janssen | The Effect Of The Weight Location Of The Speed Of The Skateboard | Junior Physics | Casey Middle School |
| Jasmine Bascom | The Effects Of Nitrogen Treatments On The Competition Between Lasthenia conjugens And Lolium perenne | Senior Environmental Sciences | Fairview High School |
| Lisa Campbell | As Far As The Eye Can See: Experiments With Solar Beads | Junior Physics | Centennial Middle School |
| Martha Carol | The Safe Kitchen: Sponge vs. Paper Towel | Junior Microbiology | Summit Middle School |
| Laurie Cornell | Pass The Salt: The Ecological Impacts Of Magnesium Chloride De-Icer On Roadside Vegetables In The Nederland Region | Senior Environmental Sciences | Nederland Jr/Sr High School |
| Matthew Eckstein | How Does Heat Affect Metamorphosis? | Junior Zoology | Summit Middle School |
| Dominic Fuller-Rowell | Sound Is Supersonic | Junior Physics | Summit Middle School |
| Kevin Gao | Ion Propulsion Engine: To Space And Beyond | Junior Engineering | Burbank Middle School |
| Emily Gu | The Effects Of Synthetic Surfactants On Surface Motility Of Bacillus subtilis | Senior Chemistry | Fairview High School |
| Lisa Han | Comparison Of Life Spans Of The Free Living Nematode C. elegans From Three Geographical Locations | Junior Zoology | Summit Middle School |
| Irina Hardesty | Fire Resistant Mulch: An Additional Precaution Against Forest Fires | Senior Environmental Sciences | Gilpin County School |
| Jake Harman | Predicting Viscosity Using Rotational Velocity | Junior Physics | Centennial Middle School |
| Scott Headrick | Slow Down | Senior Physics | Gilpin County School |
| Katherine Hermann | The Development OF An Analytical Method By Which To Measure 1, 3, 7 - Trimethyl-xanthine In Water Samples | Senior Environmental Sciences | Boulder High School |
| Rachael Hoover | The Effects Of Color On Short-Term Memory | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Boulder County Day School |
| Shana Keilson | Calcium - Do You Get Enough? Perception vs. Reality | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Boulder County Day School |
| Dailey Kluck | Wind Blocks | Junior Earth & Space Sciences | Centennial Middle School |
| Andrew Leifer & Raymund To & David Pothier | Fractals, Power-Laws, And The Weibull Distribution: Mathematically Modeling Crumpled Paper | Senior Mathematics & Computer Sciences | Fairview High School |
| Meredith MacGregor | Dropping Into Chaos | Junior Physics | Burbank Middle School |
| Adam Maerz | Avalanche Prediction Using High Frequency Radar | Senior Earth & Space Sciences | Monarch High School |
| Nathan Spaulding | Proto-Oncogenes And Their Role In The Presence Of Cancer In Various Species | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | New Vista High School |
| Austin Van Grack | The Effect Of Moisture On Plant Growth | Junior Botany | Casey Middle School |
Denver Metro Regional Science Fair
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Finalist(s)
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Project Title
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Division/Category
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School
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| Jim Bautsch & Seong Shin | Big Balls Of Carbon And Their Effect On Wood's Metal | Senior Engineering | Cherry Creek High School |
| Adrienne Blum | Saltgreens | Junior Botany | Rocky Mountain Hebrew Academy |
| Janel Brown | Observing The Asteroid 808 Merxia | Senior Earth & Space Sciences | Cherry Creek High School |
| Mallory Chan | Hypersmolality (NaCl) Induction Of Interleukin-8: Implications For Cystic Fibrosis | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | George Washington High School |
| Allyson Claybaugh | Tornadoes: The Fearful Weather Of Extreme Destruction To Nature | Junior Earth & Space Sciences | West Jefferson High School |
| Lauren Doty | Cooking: A Matter Of Life Or Death | Junior Environmental Sciences | St. Mary's School of Littleton |
| Joelle Dozoretz | Shake 'n' Bake | Junior Earth & Space Sciences | Rocky Mountain Hebrew Academy |
| Brad Engel & Brian Henning | Ramifications Of Temperature Fluctuations And Thrombolytic Enzymes | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Cherry Creek High School |
| William Eucker | Field Emission Capability vs. Diameter Of Vertically Aligned MWNTs | Senior Physics | George Washington High School |
| Ilan Kaye | Dam Evaporation! | Junior Earth & Space Sciences | Rocky Mountain Hebrew Academy |
| Miri Kornfield | Got Garlic? | Junior Zoology | Rocky Mountain Hebrew Academy |
| Jeff Marlow | The Role Of Oxygen In Cobalt Dopes Titanium Oxide Thin Films | Senior Engineering | Cherry Creek High School |
| Nathan McNew | An Analysis Of Complexity Measures For Computer Generated Mazes | Senior Mathematics & Computer Sciences | Jefferson Academy High School |
| Yael Munishor | Got Milk? | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Rocky Mountain Hebrew Academy |
| Matthew Rotbart | Testing The Characteristics Of Steel: Modeling The Collapse Of The World Trade Center | Senior Engineering | Rocky Mountain Hebrew Academy |
| Emily Rotbart | It's All Chinese To Me! The Effect Of Women's And Girl's Ages On Learning And Retention | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Rocky Mountain Hebrew Academy |
| Brian Russell & Vincent Rouse | Bac In The Dish | Junior Microbiology | St. Mary's School of Littleton |
| Lisa Saccomano | Abnormal Otic Invagination With Possible Associations To OAV Spectrum | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Cherry Creek High School |
| Abbie Schwab | The Grass Is Always Greener | Junior Botany | Rocky Mountain Hebrew Academy |
| Aaron Schwab | Lights, Projector, Action! | Junior Engineering | Rocky Mountain Hebrew Academy |
| Balaji Sridhar | Removal Of Arsenic Residues From Drinking Water Treatment Sludge | Senior Environmental Sciences | Cherry Creek High School |
| Cacia Steensen | Forest Fire Fuels | Junior Environmental Sciences | West Jefferson Middle School |
| Kristine Thompson | A Water Powered Gameboy | Junior Engineering | West Jefferson Middle School |
| Greg Thues | Music vs. Appetite | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | West Jefferson Middle School |
| Phillip Torres | The Best Wing Angle For Absorbing Heat From Light In Nymphalis antiopa | Senior Zoology | Cherry Creek High School |
| Mike Vaggalis | The Properties Of Wood | Junior Physics | West Jefferson Middle School |
| Mikaila Way | An Apple A Day Keeps The Dentist Away? | Junior Microbiology | West Jefferson Middle School |
| Natalia Wilkins & Sarah Cornish | Gravity vs. Velocity | Junior Physics | Rick's Center for Gifted Students |
| Zachary Zillmann | Wireless Moisture Detector For G-Tube Feedings | Junior Engineering | Jefferson Academy Junior High School |
East Central Regional Science Fair
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Finalist(s)
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Project Title
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Division/Category
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School
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| Mark Allis & Scott Poss | Bridges: Man Marvel | Junior Engineering | Genoa-Hugo School |
| Tyler Benton | Determining Ice Core Storage Efficacy Using Oxygen Isotope Comparisons | Senior Earth & Space Sciences | Stratton High School |
| Danielle Borcyczkowski & Kelsey Dutton | Rough Tough Papertowels | Junior Engineering | Limon Elementary School |
| Kali Ewing | Filling Gaps By Making Maps | Senior Zoology | Limon Jr/Sr High School |
| Michelle Haley | Stuck On Wallpaper | Junior Engineering | Limon Jr/Sr High School |
| Amber Henry | Biometric Identification: An Analysis Of Lannarelli's System Of Ear Identification | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Hi-Plains High School |
| Beth Hubbell & Katie Preston | Apple vs. Air | Junior Chemistry | Arriba-Flagler Middle School |
| Andy Humpert & Corey Borden & Jeremy Giersdorf | Blast Off | Junior Physics | Limon Jr/Sr High School |
| Amy Levin & Denise Arensdorf | Which Liquid Will Keep A Carnation Alive The Longest? | Junior Botany | Arriba-Flagler Middle School |
| Lena Martin | Where Are We? Calculating Your Position Using Early Tools | Junior Earth & Space Sciences | Genoa-Hugo School |
| Tiffany Poet | What's Eating You? | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Arriba-Flagler Middle School |
| Kori Tagtmeyer | A Study Of Canine Reproduction Via Ultrasound | Senior Zoology | Hi-Plains High School |
| Angela Tornowski & Cassy Schoonover & Sara Morrissey | Purified vs. Pond: Which Will Make Wheat Sprout Faster? | Junior Botany | Genoa-Hugo School |
| KJ Ward | Does Your Drink Have The Kick OF Carbonation? | Junior Chemistry | Genoa-Hugo School |
| Anthony White | Effects Of Various Soils On Sunflower Growth | Junior Botany | Limon Jr/Sr High School |
| Mindy Witt & Mindy Schifferns | Soil, Seed And ??? WHAT?! | Junior Botany | Arriba-Flagler Middle School |
Longs Peak Regional Science Fair
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Finalist(s)
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Project Title
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Division/Category
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School
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| Kassandra Barber | Changes In The Poudre River | Junior Environmental Sciences | Frontier Academy |
| Stephen Ben Majed | Survival Of The Fittest | Junior Botany | Fort Lupton Middle School |
| Luke Chop | Does Pool Water Have More Of A Corrosive Affect Than Distilled Water On Different Metals? | Junior Engineering | St. John the Evangelist School |
| Kelly Cook | Is What You See, What You Get? Brain Perception & The Physics Of Light | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Boltz Junior High School |
| Leah Flink | What Color Was The Black Ink? | Junior Chemistry | Turner Middle School |
| Mary Beth Hammer | How Does Acid Rain Affect The Growth Of Corn,Beans, And Peas? | Junior Botany | St. John the Evangelist School |
| Wilson Hansen | Velocity | Junior Physics | Mead Middle School |
| Justin Hatchell | Caffeine | Junior Zoology | Fort Lupton Middle School |
| Emily Jones | The Tensile Strength Of Guitar Strings | Junior Engineering | Windsor Charter Academy |
| John Kelly | Lenz's Law: How Fast Does A Magnet Fall Through Different Metal Tubes? | Junior Physics | Kelly Home School |
| Joseph Kelly | How Does The Inductance Of A Coil Vary With Coil Construction? | Junior Engineering | St. John the Evangelist School |
| Brad Klingenberg | Tinder Box: An Exploration In Geopolitical Modeling, Abstraction, And Statistical Inference | Senior Mathematics & Computer Sciences | Greeley Central High School |
| Anthony Lieser | Aerodynamics Wind Tunnel Testing | Junior Engineering | Brentwood Middle School |
| Jeffrey Lipinski | What Is The Water Quality Of Boyd Lake During A Drought Season? | Junior Environmental Sciences | St. John the Evangelist School |
| Anita Lowe | The Effects Of Pulsed DC Electricity On Pond Water Bacteria | Junior Microbiology | Turner Middle School |
| Ruth McClure | Thermodynamics: Energy Transfer | Junior Physics | Fort Lupton Middle School |
| Abi McGaha Miller | The Effects Of Whitening Agents On Teeth | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Boltz Junior High School |
| Jason Pope | Hydroponics vs. Soil | Junior Botany | Fort Lupton Middle School |
| Gabriel Recchia | Creating Application-Independent Accessibility Software For The Mobility Impaired | Senior Mathematics & Computer Sciences | Berthoud High School |
| Maggie Reinsvold | The Effect Of Magnesium Chloride On Aquatic Life | Senior Environmental Sciences | Frontier Academy |
| Cassondra Riddle | The Poser Of Sound | Junior Physics | Brentwood Middle School |
| Darren Solanyk | Methods For Sensing Train Track Misalignment | Junior Engineering | Loveland PR Christian School |
| Robert Ussery | Sailplane Winch Launch Telemetry And Data-Logging | Senior Engineering | Ussery Home School |
Morgan/Washington Regional Science Fair
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Finalist(s)
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Division/Category
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School
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| David Bloemker | Winging It - A Variable Camber Airfoil | Senior Engineering | Brush High School |
| Brittelle Bowers | Characterization Of The LDH Enzyme In Cattle Serum | Senior Zoology | Woodlin School |
| Janice Bowers | Using Blood Spattering As A Forensic Analysis | Senior Mathematics & Computer Sciences | Woodlin School |
| Adam Brungardt | Effect Of Varying Electrical Potential On Liesegang Rings Growth | Senior Chemistry | Brush High School |
| Adreanne Brungardt | A Possible Mechanism For Explaining The Lake Nyos Tragedy | Junior Earth & Space Sciences | Brush Middle School |
| Cody Caver | Lights Out: Exploring The Electrical Conductivity Of MgCl2 | Junior Environmental Sciences | Woodlin School |
| Jessica Caver | Designing And Testing Solids To Remove Arsenic | Senior Environmental Sciences | Woodlin School |
| Amy Davies | Shakin' It Up: A Study On Sedimentation | Senior Mathematics & Computer Sciences | Brush High School |
| Kelly Haller | The Effects Of N-3 Fatty Acids On Inflammatory Mediators In Arthritic Patients | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Woodlin School |
| Charlie Kauffman | Wind Power | Junior Engineering | Wiggins Junior High School |
| Chad Kembel | Mathematics Of A Rotating Cylinder | Senior Mathematics & Computer Sciences | Brush High School |
| Levi Klausner & Harold Klausner | Wheat Variation Response To Drought | Senior Botany | Woodlin School |
| Leyton Laybourn | Designing A Constant Temperature Reduced Pressure Drying System | Senior Engineering | Arikaree School |
| Leota McDaniel | An Investigation Into The Leidenfrost Phenomenon | Senior Physics | Brush High School |
| Holly McGuire | Phospolipid Uptake And Production In Toxoplasma gondii | Senior Microbiology | Woodlin School |
| Heather McGuire | Selenium Utilization As Protection From Oxidative Stress Induces By Ultraviolet Radiation | Senior Microbiology | Woodlin School |
| Donald Mead | Comparing Organic And Inorganic Media On Tobacco Clones | Junior Botany | Woodlin School |
| Eris Moore | Growth Regulators Of Agrobacterium tumefaciens | Senior Botany | Woodlin School |
| Brandon Ohr | Prime Patterns | Junior Mathematics & Computer Sciences | Woodlin School |
| Ashley Pollock | How Does Your Garden Grow? | Junior Zoology | Woodlin School |
| Brandy Rogers | Bubbles | Junior Physics | Wiggins Junior High School |
| Leslie Sauer | Resistant To What? | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Wiggins Junior High School |
| Bridget Schoenecker | Re-Optimization Of The Leishmaniasis ELISA | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Akron High School |
| Paul Scott & Shawn Schnabel | Going Up? Space Elevator Design Criteria | Senior Mathematics & Computer Sciences | Woodlin School |
| Tyler Sherman | Up IN Flames | Junior Chemistry | Woodlin School |
| Colton Stephenson | Optimization Of Soybean Photoperiod | Senior Botany | Akron High School |
| Cassondra Walter | Is Your Child's Clothing Really Fireproof? | Junior Chemistry | Trinity Lutheran School |
| Kassi Watson | A Walk Down Memory Lane | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Trinity Lutheran School |
| Craig Wright | Designing An Innovative Micropump | Senior Engineering | Woodlin School |
Northeast Regional Science Fair
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Finalist(s)
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Project Title
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Division/Category
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School
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| Andy Bartlett | The Impact Of De-Icing With Magnesium Chloride During Drought - Are Plants Growing, Going, Or Gone? | Junior Environmental Sciences | Merino Jr/Sr High School |
| Steven Carpio | Which Building Won't Shake, Rattle, Or Roll? | Junior Physics | Yuma Middle School |
| Chase Chesterman | Can You Go Baby Go? Passin' With Your Pastern And Gaskin | Junior Zoology | Merino Jr/Sr High School |
| Rachelle County | Which Amount Of RAM Results In The Most Efficient Computer? | Junior Mathematics & Computer Sciences | St. Anthony School |
| Richelle Fritzler | Got Milk? Got Hormones? A Study Done With Bovine Somatotropin And Grout | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Merino Jr/Sr High School |
| Diane Gumina | A Possible Breast Cancer Treatment: Interferon Alpha Combined With Indole-3-Carbinol | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Merino Jr/Sr High School |
| John Heermann | Oil Pollution Solution II | Junior Environmental Sciences | Haxtun Middle School |
| Kendra Kailey | Watch The Burn: Promoting Fire Resistance In Grass Landscapes | Senior Environmental Sciences | Merino Jr/Sr High School |
| Amber Ladd | It's Time To Change: A Comparison Of Growth And Leaching Of Rotated And Non-Rotated Soils | Junior Botany | Merino Jr/Sr High School |
| Dylan McKie | Fossil Fuels: Who Needs Them? | Junior Engineering | Yuma Middle School |
| Danielle Nuding | Lightning . . . Is It The Answer? | Senior Earth & Space Sciences | Liberty High School |
| Sarah Owens | The Cutting Edge: The Union Of Staphyloccus And Lactobacillus In Limiting Surgical Infection | Junior Microbiology | Merino Jr/Sr High School |
| Mackenzie Peake | Parkinson's Medication Dilemma: Folate Supplementation To Reduce L-dopa's Risk | Senior Zoology | Merino Jr/Sr High School |
| Caitlin Pomeroy | Diggin' Trig: Sun Light, Sun Bright, Can I Measure The Sun Before Night? | Junior Mathematics & Computer Sciences | Merino Jr/Sr High School |
| Christina Russell | Let's Read: A Comparative Study Of Child Behavior And Daily Reading | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Merino Jr/Sr High School |
| Taylor Thompson | The Effect Of Ephedra On Hissing Cockroaches | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Merino Jr/Sr High School |
| Lydia Van Deraa | Corn Emergence | Junior Botany | Yuma Middle School |
| Amber Widgery | To Grow Or Not To Grow | Junior Botany | Haxtun Middle School |
| Logan Wilkins | Does Color Effect How Fast Water Evaporates? | Junior Chemistry | Yuma Middle School |
| Bryan Wisdom | We'll Have, Fun, Fun, Fun Since Aerodynamics Took Our Parasitic Drag Away | Junior Engineering | Merino Jr/Sr High School |
Pikes Peak Regional Science Fair
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Finalist(s)
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Project Title
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Division/Category
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| Graham Anderson | What A Scorching State! Is Urban Growth Worsening Drought In Colorado? | Senior Earth & Space Sciences | Palmer High School |
| Brian Camley | The Telltale Heart Of Darkness: Differentiating Between Authors - Beyond Naive Bayesian Classification | Senior Mathematics & Computer Sciences | Palmer High School |
| Anna Cruikshank | That Is One Strong Arch! | Junior Physics | North Middle School |
| Michael Dango | Augmenting Bioremediation | Junior Microbiology | Challenger Middle School |
| Mali Darr | Which Cat Liter Is Best? | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | North Middle School |
| Kelly Dimmen | The Law Says Stop, Not Just Slow Down | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Sabin Middle School |
| Courtney Eichengreen | Bioenergetics And Echinacea | Senior Zoology | Palmer High School |
| Dawn Elliott | Rapid Evaporation: Colors Can Make It Happen! | Junior Physics | North Middle School |
| Annalise Everett | For Whom The Cell Tolls | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Palmer High School |
| Forrest Friesen | Magnetically Levitated vs. Conventional Vehicles: The Effects Of Friction On Velocity And Acceleration | Junior Engineering | North Middle School |
| Kirsten Gosch | Defrosting Meats: What Really Grows | Senior Microbiology | Palmer High School |
| Jaimie Jennings | Just Wash Your Hands! | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | North Middle School |
| Katie Luff | The Rehabilitation Of Burned Areas | Junior Environmental Sciences | North Middle School |
| Jennifer McDonough | Cruciferous Platyhelminthes | Senior Zoology | Palmer High School |
| John Meluso | Light Up The World | Junior Physics | North Middle School |
| Colin Olivier | Landslide Generated Mega-Tsunami | Senior Physics | Palmer High School |
| Kristin Parrinella | The Brain Drain | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Palmer High School |
| Autumn Petros-Good | Colored Chemical Chaos: The Absorption Of Light Wavelengths | Senior Chemistry | Palmer High School |
| Diana Qiu | Lorentz Force | Junior Physics | North Middle School |
| Adam Sidman | Spinning Wind Energy In A New Direction: The Darrieus Vertical Axis Wind Turbine | Senior Engineering | Palmer High School |
| Jessica Sidman | The Filtering Effects Of Anodonta grandis | Senior Environmental Sciences | Palmer High School |
| Rebecca Siegel & Zoe Dostal | Memorize To The Beat | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | West Middle School |
| Lauren Smith | Xanthomonas campestirs pv. Vesicatoria: A Study Of The Relationship Between Extra-Cellular Material & Heightened Host Response | Senior Botany | Rampart High School |
| Linsi Stoddard | Flaming Firs | Senior Botany | Stoddard Home School |
| Jessica Stroud | Along Came A Spider | Senior Microbiology | Palmer High School |
| Lindsey Tagen | Will The Bugs Win? | Senior Microbiology | Palmer High School |
| Kristen Wells & Karen Jones | Waiting To Exhale: The Truth Behind The Leaves | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Palmer High School |
| Ashley Wilkinson | Got Water? | Junior Botany | Timberview Middle School |
| Matt Zubiel | Visual Password System | Junior Mathematics & Computer Sciences | Creekside Middle School |
San Juan Basin Regional Science Fair
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Finalist(s)
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Division/Category
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| Leander Anderegg | Color In The Caprine Realm | Junior Zoology | Cortez Middle School |
| Justin Boren | Dead Or Alive | Junior Zoology | St. Columba School |
| Sarah Boyle | Who's Got The Power: Acid Or Alkaline | Junior Chemistry | St. Columba School |
| Lauren Butero | Up In Smoke - Flammability Testing Children's Sleepwear | Junior Chemistry | Bayfield Middle School |
| Nick Ganevsky | Will Fire Ash Help? | Junior Environmental Sciences | Miller Middle School |
| JB Holmes | Acid Rain Affects Bacteria | Junior Environmental Sciences | Miller Middle School |
| Jessica Houtz & Kayla Friedley | If Trees Could Talk | Junior Environmental Sciences | Bayfield Middle School |
| Jesse Johnson | Is A Little Radiation Good For You? | Junior Botany | Cortez Middle School |
| Jimmy Johnson & Devon Belgard & Daryl Kurtz | Reficul | Senior Mathematics & Computer Sciences | The Excel School |
| Mackenzie Kitson | Sugar And Weight: How Do They Relate? | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Pagosa Springs Junior High School |
| Molly May | Magnets And Maglev | Junior Engineering | St. Columba School |
| Will McLaughlin | Bacteria Busters | Junior Microbiology | Miller Middle School |
| Kendall Murphy & Joaquin Milburn & Alex Zemach | Helping The Hearing Impaired | Junior Engineering | Miller Middle School |
| Julia Nell | Driving Reaction Times | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Pagosa Springs Intermediate School |
| Clare O'Connor-Seville | Ips Beetles | Junior Zoology | Dolores Middle School |
| Joseph Reimers | Does A Humid Ball Fly Farther? | Junior Physics | Bayfield Middle School |
| Timothy Schneider | Can You Hear Me? | Junior Engineering | Miller Middle School |
| Kade Skoglund | Oil Spills | Junior Environmental Sciences | Pagosa Springs Intermediate School |
| Derek Tucson | Trigonometry In Space | Junior Mathematics & Computer Sciences | Miller Middle School |
| Chris Young | Battery Power | Junior Engineering | Miller Middle School |
San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair
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Finalist(s)
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| Daniel Armstrong | Medieval Physics | Junior Physics | Monte Vista Middle School |
| Lenny Benton | Mousetrap Dragster | Junior Physics | Benton Home School |
| David Bothell | Economic Effects Of Mosaic | Junior Botany | Sargent Elementary School |
| Jade Brooks | Hydrophobicity: How Hydrophobic Soils Affect Runoff Within A Watershed | Senior Earth & Space Sciences | Sierra Grande School |
| Rachel Doyle | The Effect Of Yearly Precipitation On Water Quality In The Rio Grande River Of Colorado | Senior Environmental Sciences | Monte Vista High School |
| Elizabeth Garcia | Rock-n-Roll | Junior Earth & Space Sciences | Sargent Elementary School |
| Tyler Garcia | The Racer's Edge | Junior Engineering | Sargent Junior High School |
| Justin Garoutte | The Milky Way | Junior Chemistry | Centauri Middle School |
| Maddison Gunnels | Is It Safe To Look Good? | Junior Microbiology | Sargent Elementary School |
| Michaela Kaiser | How Fast Is The Clock Ticking? Titer vs. Time | Junior Botany | Sargent Junior High School |
| Tyler Keck | The Super Absorber: Using Sodium Polyacrylate To Absorb Metals In Water | Senior Chemistry | Monte Vista High School |
| Emma McArdle | Is Your Plastic Board? | Senior Engineering | Monte Vista High School |
| Jeremy McCann | Aloha e | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Centauri Middle School |
| Kelly McNeil | The Relationship Between Stress Levels And Personality Types Among Teenagers | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Monte Vista High School |
| Heather Messick | The Effects Of Seed Treatments In Tuberization Of Potatoes | Senior Botany | Sargent High School |
| Chris Messick | A Comparison Of The Water Consumption And Productivity Of Residential And Agricultural Areas | Junior Environmental Sciences | Sargent Junior High School |
| Chelsea Oden | Pursuing Patterns In Primes | Junior Mathematics & Computer Sciences | Monte Vista Middle School |
| Alex Schnaderbeck | Density Of Bacteria On Public Surfaces II | Junior Microbiology | Sargent Junior High School |
| Tucker Smith | Which Wax? | Junior Engineering | Salida Middle School |
| Kellyn Wilkinson | Math Made Fun! | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Monte Vista High School |
Southeast Regional Science Fair
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Finalist(s)
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| Jayme Berggren | Pennzoil vs. AMG 2000 | Junior Physics | Plainview School |
| Andrea Buxton | The Abrasive Question: Amalgam vs. Composites | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | McClave High School |
| Kole Dennis | Which Design Of Beam Supports The Most Weight? | Junior Engineering | Lamar Middle School |
| Tucker Dunivan | Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining | Junior Earth & Space Sciences | Walsh Jr/Sr High School |
| Thomas Francis | Icing On The Wing | Junior Engineering | Lamar Middle School |
| Linell Griffin | Dead Or Dormant? The Effects Of Herbicides On Convolvulus arvensis | Senior Botany | Walsh Jr/Sr High School |
| Trey Harris | Levitation | Junior Engineering | Plainview School |
| Meagan Henderson | Tornado 3: Which Building Material Can Withstand A Tornado's Wrath? | Senior Earth & Space Sciences | Springfield Jr/Sr High School |
| Adam Jaime & Clinton Straily | Water Wars - The Battle Of Water Quality In The Arkansas River | Junior Environmental Sciences | Lamar Middle School |
| Shadow Jenkins | Eggylicious | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Alta Vista Charter School |
| Michael Macklin | I-Cubed | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Springfield Jr/Sr High School |
| Allison McVey & Katelin Mackey | Simple Water Conservation | Junior Engineering | Springfield Jr/Sr High School |
| Nathaniel Smartt | Connecting Wires | Junior Physics | Alta Vista Charter School |
| Vicki Specht & Miranda Weber | Should Taste Buds Get All The Credit? | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Plainview School |
| Erin Specht | Power Or Peace? | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Plainview School |
| Ian Springer | Robotic Rescue - Designing And Building A Light Sensing Robot For Search And Rescue Of Disaster Victims | Junior Mathematics & Computer Sciences | Lamar Middle School |
| Kami Stum & Katharina Greuel | Boys vs. Girls - Who Has "Cents'? | Senior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Plainview School |
| Jeffrey West | Will Different Types Of Soil Affect The Amount Of Water Erosion? | Junior Environmental Sciences | Lamar Middle School |
Southern Colorado Regional Science Fair
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Finalist(s)
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School
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| Abbey Aaroe | Do Larger Animals Have Larger Red Blood Cells? | Junior Zoology | Madison Exploratory School |
| Bryan Gillespie | Wind Energy | Junior Engineering | Beulah School |
| Devin Hart | Buoyancy | Junior Physics | Beulah School |
| Leah Jarvis | What's Up With "Hi"? | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Canon City Middle School |
| Zina Kalipolites & Karen Kirkman | Beam vs. Truss | Junior Engineering | Harrison Elementary School |
| Stacia Koster | Sleep Easy | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Beulah School |
| Bryan Mifflin | Does Music Affect Plant Growth? | Junior Botany | Canon City Middle School |
| Stephen Powley | Magnets And Floppy Disks: What's The Harm? | Junior Mathematics & Computer Sciences | Mountain View Core Knowledge School |
| Sara Stewart | Venus Flytrap | Junior Botany | Lincoln Elementary School |
| Christopher Toman | Wind Energy | Junior Engineering | Beulah School |
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Finalist(s)
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Division/Category
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School
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| Devin Adam | Liquid Cooling Effects On Computers | Senior Engineering | Hotchkiss High School |
| Kevin Bailey | Bean Plant vs. Electromagnetic Field | Junior Botany | Holy Family Catholic School |
| Nolan Cmerek | Effects Of Specific Design Modifications On The Capabilities Of Airfoils - Phase II | Senior Engineering | Hotchkiss High School |
| Jed Dusenbury | Resonance Of Sound | Junior Physics | Redlands Middle School |
| Sarah Finney | Unstoppable Windpower | Senior Engineering | Hotchkiss High School |
| Dani Gonzales | Groundwater - Is It Safe? | Junior Environmental Sciences | LW St. John Middle School |
| Tom Herter | Hylemya sp.'s Effects On Fitness Of Ploemonium foliosissimum | Senior Botany | Meeker High School |
| Clint Hervert | Baking With An Altitude | Junior Chemistry | Eagle County Charter Academy |
| Jeffrey Hrncir | Reconstructing The Paleoclimate Of The Green River Formation | Junior Earth & Space Sciences | East Middle School |
| Holli Linman | Flying Jewels | Junior Zoology | Crawford School |
| Chelsea Linman | Thanks For The Memories | Junior Health & Behavioral Sciences | Eagle County Charter Academy |
| Sasha Montgomery & Alicia Eggen | Mold: Covert Killer | Senior Microbiology | Rifle High School |
| Sean Pierce | Solar Reflections | Junior Engineering | Orchard Mesa Middle School |
| Andy Ralston & Josh King | Bouncing Light | Junior Engineering | Bookcliff Middle School |
| Nathan Rogers | Wind Turbine Design | Senior Engineering | Hotchkiss High School |
| Brooke Segerberg | Hair Today. Oil Gone Tomorrow. | Junior Environmental Sciences | Eagle County Charter Academy |
| Lisa Truong | How Do You Make An Electromagnet? | Junior Physics | East Middle School |
| Carmen Winn | The Orientation Of Spiral Galaxies | Junior Earth & Space Sciences | Redlands Middle School |
| Kayla Zimmerman | The Effect Of Three Types Of Mulches On Soil Dwelling Bacteria In A Peach Orchard In Western Colorado | Senior Microbiology | Hotchkiss High School |
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