2005 Grand Award Winners

1st Place: Balaji Sridhar Oxidative DNA Damage During Symbiosis Between Sinorhizobium meliloti and the Alfalfa Plant Greenwood Village, CO	2nd Place: Kirk Wilkinson Want Vitamin C? Eat a Potato! Monte Vista, CO	3rd Place: Lisa Grossman Plants Through Chromatography Colorado Springs, CO
Honorable Mention: Holli Linman A Cornucopia of a Green Salad of Cover Crops: Solicam Phytoremediation Hotchkiss, CO	Honorable Mention: Ty Goodan The Effect of Yucca on Native Rangleand in Union County, New Mexico Branson, CO	Honorable Mention: Michaela Kaiser Utilizing Greenhouse Techniques for Evaluation of Advanced Potato Cultivars Infected with Spongospor Monte Vista, CO

Junior Division Botany

1st Place: Alex Brown Can Zea Mays Leaf Emergence Be Predicted by Direction of the Seed Placement? Yuma, CO	2nd Place: Robert McCall The Effect of Crop Residue On Millet Germination Otis, CO	3rd Place: Eliot Jackson The Relationship Between the Type of H2O Salinities and the Growth of Marine Plants Denver, CO
Honorable Mention: Jessica Spencer Potatoes: From Tissue Culture To Tubers Monte Vista, CO	Honorable Mention: John William Sabin Can You Dig It? Denver, CO	Honorable Mention: Emily Houlihan Plants with a Tan Boulder, CO
Honorable Mention: Lyndee Charles How Deep Is Too Deep? Flager, CO	Honorable Mention: Levi Zwirn Green Thumb Economics Yuma, CO	Team Nomination: Allie Martin & Rebekkah McCaleb Spuds Gone Bad Woodrow, CO

Senior Division Chemistry

1st Place: Alex West Development of a Rapid Cellar Detection Method for 4-Ethyl Phenol in Red Wine Fermentations Conifer, CO	2nd Place: Daniel Cromer Cyanide Detection Using a Myoglobin Biosensor Greenwood Village, CO	3rd Place: Rosie Li Where's the Endpoint? Using Lasers to Help Detect the End of Titration Colorado Springs, CO
Honorable Mention: Robin Blenden Selecting Oils to Make Better Biodiesel Monte Vista, CO

Junior Division Chemistry

1st Place: Katelyn Yowell Candy Chromatography Hugo, CO	2nd Place: Crystal Purcell Do You Know Your H2O? Pagosa Springs, CO	3rd Place: Kaleb Kurtzer The Heat Is On: Floor Fires Merino, CO
Honorable Mention: Trevar Hobbs Copper Flame Test Ordway, CO	Team Nomination: Juan Delgado & Vernon Wares Chalk It Up to Chemical Weathering Pueblo, CO

Senior Division Earth & Space Sciences

1st Place:
Kristyn Rodzinyak
Crater Characteristics: Water on Mars?
Colorado Springs, CO

2nd Place:
Farheen Rizvi
Kinematics of Highly Ionized High-Velocity Clouds
Boulder, CO

3rd Place:
Jessie Chavez
Sprouts vs. Nodes: Establishing a Correlation Between Burn Severity and Sprout Density in Populus t
Blanca, CO

Honorable Mention:
Tyler Benton
Investigating Surface Geology of the Anton Scarp Formation
Stratton, CO

Junior Division Earth & Space Sciences

1st Place: Helen Killeen Solar Flux: The Ultimate DJ Boulder, CO	2nd Place: Samantha Wadsworth The Effects of Earthquakes on Different Shaped Buildings Colorado Springs, CO	3rd Place: Nicholas Skahill Spacewalk: A Study in Space Insulation Durango, CO
Honorable Mention: Dakotah Andreatta What Effects the Transition of a Static Spark? Durango, CO	Honorable Mention: Allyson Claybaugh Basis of Weather: Air Pressure and Convection Conifer, CO

Senior Division Engineering

1st Place: Robert Glissman Utilizing Audio Profile Mathcing Technology for Replicating Body Kinesis Lafayatte, CO	2nd Place: Adam Sidman Camera Stabilization: Take 2 Colorado Springs, CO	3rd Place: Chris Messick Point and Click, Literally Monte Vista, CO
Honorable Mention: Nathan Thomsen Robotic Roving: Robotic Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance Using Sensors Colorado Springs, CO

Junior Division Engineering

1st Place: Anand Natarajan Nozzle Design for a High Altitude Sounding Rocket Lafayette, CO	2nd Place: Caitlin Mahanna Engineering a Roller Coaster Hayden, CO	3rd Place: Alexia Russell Heat Storage in Various Media Clifton, CO
Team Nomination: Dominic Fuller-Rowell & Tim Cowley Alternative Transportation Through Magnetic Levitation and Propulsion Boulder, CO	Honorable Mention: Kristine Thompson DAGM (Diabetic Adavnced Glucose Monitor) Deuce, " A Diabetic's Help Is on the Way!" Conifer, CO

Senior Division Environmental Sciences

1st Place: Ananth Sridhar A Novel Method to Assist Regulators Determine Site Specific WQC for Copper Using BLM and Bioassays Greenwood Village, CO	2nd Place: Cody Caver Simple Arsenic Filtration Devise " Nails" Worlds Largest Mass Poisoning Woodrow, CO	3rd Place: Corey Swanson The Toxicity and Movement of Pollutanats in Underground Water Fort Lupton, CO
Honorable Mention: Tessa Nelson Salt, Sediment, and Storm Drains: Impacts to Urban Aquatic Invertebrates Denver, CO		Honorable Mention: Eric Keeling Freshwater, Road Salt, & Spineless Creatures La Veta, CO

Junior Division Environmental Sciences

1st Place: Sam Rotbart Modeling a Bioterrorism Attack: Factors Affecting the Distribution of Airborne Bacteria Denver, CO	2nd Place: Kelsey Martin Waste Watchers Woodrow, CO	3rd Place: Nathan Smock Sea Salt, Salt from the Sea, Does It Kill the Algae? Merino, CO
Honorable Mention: Jacob Beu Gassed Out, Does Corn Fed, Or Prairie Grass Fed Cow Manure Produce the Most Methane? Merino, CO	Honorable Mention: Conor May Clean Water for Developing Countries: Biosand Filtration and UV Disinfection Durango, CO	Honorable Mention: Gwyneth Glissman A 21st Century Problem: Carbon Dioxide Lafayette, CO
Team Nomination: Bryan Gillespie, Jason Wells, & Mason Miller Naturally Insulated Houses Beulah,CO	Team Nomination: Alexandra Dostal & Rebecca Siegel Methane Metropolis Colorado Springs, CO

Senior Division Behavioral & Social Sciences

1st Place:
Nissa Schmidt
The Psychopharmacological Effects of Antidepressants on Procambarus clarkii
Merino, CO

2nd Place:
Samantha McDonnel
Are Rules Generally Used in Processing and Producing Language?
Broomfield, CO

3rd Place:
Erin McAuliffe
The Effects of Emotional Words: Supraliminal vs. Subliminal
Monte Vista, CO

Junior Division Behavioral & Social Sciences

1st Place: Jaimie Jennings Head for the Hills Colorado Springs, CO	2nd Place: Karina Schorr Road Narrows Edwards, CO	3rd Place: Taylor Symons Do You Stop or Do You Roll? Canon City
Team Nomination: Kurt Oleson & Michael Sadwith Will a Mouse Follow a Lighted Path? Denver, CO	Honorable Mention: Iftin Abshir The Proof Is in the Print: An Analysis of Fingerprint Patterns within Different Human Ethnicities Littleton, CO	Honorable Mention: Kelsey Burns Less Stress - Read Best? Flagler, CO

Senior Division Mathematics & Computer Sciences

1st Place:
Sarah Moll
The Probability of God
La Veta, CO

2nd Place:
Megan Emmons
Analysis of Driver Strategy on Traffic Flow
Del Norte, CO

3rd Place:
Chris Mullins
Using the Subset Sum to Develop Secure Encryption Algorithms
Meeker, CO

Junior Division Mathematics & Computer Sciences

1st Place: Skylar Anderson Always B Sharp, Never B Flat, But Sometimes B Fractal: Composing with Fractals Colorado Springs, CO	2nd Place: Mindy Perkins At What Speed Does an Animation Appear to Travel Backwards? Lafayette, CO	Honorable Mention: Buddy Watson Does the 1st Takedown Win the Match? Fort Morgan, CO
Honorable Mention: Brian Bales Does the Distance From Affect the Speed of a Local Area Network? Fort Collins, CO

Senior Division Medicine & Health

1st Place: Amanda Parker Origin of HIV Wildtype Revertants Following 3TC Greenwood Village, CO	2nd Place: Brittelle Bowers Expression of MrC-1 By Cultured Macrophages Woodrow, CO	3rd Place: Patrick Herklotz Tracking Dyslexia with A DNA Probe Colorado Springs, CO
Team Nomination: Michael polmear & Lalith Polepeddi Proteomics Analysis of Osteosarcoma Cells Greenwood Village, CO

Junior Division Medicine & Health

1st Place: Matthew Eckstein Got Milk? The Efficacy of Enteric Coatings Boulder, CO	2nd Place: Sarah Oden How Loud Is Too Loud: Can Personal CD Players Hurt Your Hearing? Monte Vista, CO	3rd Place: Aarthi Shankar How Does the Nutritional Content of One's Diet Affect the Tensile Properties of Human Hair? Colorado Springs, CO
Honorable Mention: Erika Baker The Tooth and Nothing But the Tooth Merino, CO

Senior Division Microbiology

1st Place: Brian Roth Where Tubulin Goes, It Glows Louisville, CO	2nd Place: Andrew Fritzler Antibiotic Resistance: A Study of the Affect of Genetic Markers Used in Bioengineered Foods Merino, CO	3rd Place: Eris Moore Old Traditions: New Applications Characterization of Plants as Protease Inhibitors Woodrow, CO
Honorable Mention: K J Ward What Lies Beneath: Bacteria in Bottled Water Hugo, CO

Junior Division Microbiology

1st Place: Bryar DeSanti Is the Hiss Worse Than Their Bite? The Risk of Septicemia in a Model of a Komodo Dragon's Bite Merino, CO	2nd Place: Madeline Camp-Drees Bacterial Study II Medicine Or Myth? La Veta,CO	3rd Place: Martha Carol What Sponges Accumulate Salmonella, E Coli, Coliform and Oh My! Boulder, CO
Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Thomas Bacteria vs. Cleaning Methods Durango, CO		Honorable Mention: Todd Harper Germ Genocide Yuma, CO

Senior Division Physics

1st Place: Meredith MacGregor Raising the Rayleigh Number: Plumes and Circulation in Turbulent Thermal Convection Boulder, CO	2nd Place: David Miller A Study of the Changes in Resistance of Super Elastic NiTi Greenwood Village, CO	3rd Place: Diana Qiu Giant Magnetoresistance Colorado Springs, CO
Honorable Mention: Linell Griffin The Effects of a Magnetic Field on the Viscosity of Magnetorheological Fluid Walsh, CO	Honorable Mention: Adreanne Brungardt The Impinging Water Droplet Brush, CO	Honorable Mention: Parker King Arrows Skyward Colorado Springs, CO
Team Nomination: Corey Kembel & David Unger A Study of Dispersion States Iin Driven Surface Waves Brush, CO

Junior Division Physics

1st Place: J. Raleigh Burt Dangerous Decision: The Consideration for Helmet Use at Any Speed Monte Vista, CO	2nd Place: Matthew Piskorz Why Some Violins Are More Desirable Than Others Boulder, CO	3rd Place: Zoe Wallace Brrr! It's Cold Out There! Fort Collins, CO
Honorable Mention: Jeffrey Carlson Going For a Spin with Gravity Canon City, CO	Honorable Mention: Jackson Beall The Effects of Electricity on Water Durango, CO	Honorable Mention: Anthony Meluso What Goes Up, Must Come Down! Archery Physics Colorado Springs, CO
Team Nomination: Kaleen Masse & Elizabeth Ary Bouncing Balls Canon City, CO	Team Nomination: Shelby Loflin & Paige Kelley How Hot Is Hot Walsh, CO

Senior Division Zoology

1st Place:
D J Horton
Biological Control of a Common Corn Criminal; Phase II
Hotchkiss, CO

2nd Place:
Allison McVey
Monarch Murderer
Springfield, CO

3rd Place:
Trevor Doyle
Genotype and Its Effects on the Phenotype of Oreohelix Snails
Boulder,CO

Junior Division Zoology

1st Place: Weston Charles Birds of a Feather, Must They Flock Together: The Effects of Socialization on Animal Growth Flagler, CO	2nd Place: McKenzie Binder Fight the Bite with the Larvacide That's Right Grand Junction, CO	3rd Place: Abigail Funk Keep the Ants Out of Your Pants: An Analysis of Natural Substance's Ability to Repel Ants Littleton, CO
Honorable Mention: Erik Schnaderbeck Do Solar Lunar Periods Predict Fishing Success? Monte Vista, CO	Honorable Mention: Ty Walter Are Parasites Bugging Your Cows? Keenesburg, CO

Student Choice Awards

The winner of the Ralph Desch Techinical Writing Award for 2005 was Kristyn Rodzinyak for her project
Crater Characteristics: Water on Mars?. Kristyn is from Colorado Springs, CO.

Poster Art was done by Allison McVey, Springfield Jr/Sr High School, Springfield, CO.

The winner of the first Colorado Science and Engineering Fair Teacher of the Year Award was Penny Propst of Merino Jr/Sr High School.