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Science Project Info & Classroom Teacher Resources
CSEF Teacher of the Year Award
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Senior
Division Best Team Projects |
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Place: (Also pictured are Bailey Jones & Patrick Martin for receiving a nomination for the team awards.) |
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Junior
Division Best Team Projects |
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Place: 2nd
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pictured are Milan Patel & Chris Delgado and Jace Khosla &
Jerica Khosla for receiving a nomination for the team awards.) |
Senior Division Behavioral & Social Sciences
| 1st
Place: Rachel Wynn Does Music + Math = More Success? Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd
Place: Melanie Twiss Later-WHO-WHAT-HOW MANY-ality Canon City, CO |
3rd
Place: Amber Harlan Are the Guilty Innocent? Monte Vista, CO |
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Mention: Rachel Strauch Sense of Scents Flagler, CO |
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Junior Division Behavioral & Social Sciences
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Place: Katy Schneider The Mind's Eye Durango, CO |
2nd
Place: Caitlin Reeves Contagious Laughing Cortez, CO |
3rd
Place: Christina Wilkinson Rock'n Rats! Colorado Springs, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Megan Morgenthaler Is There a Correlation Between Personality and Instrument Selection Conifer, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Erin Burke Lexicon Science Durango, CO |
Team
Nomination: Kurt Oleson & Michael Sadwith A Lunch Is a Terrible Thing to Waste! Denver, CO |
| Team
Nomination: Jace Khosla & Jerica Khosla Caffeine's Effect on an Adult Pueblo, CO |
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| 1st
Place: Kaitlyn Lingus One "Mite"y Mission: Biological Compensation Suppression of Convolvulus arvensis Implementing Host-Specific Aceria malherbae Phase II Trinchera, CO |
2nd
Place: Michaela Kaiser Verifying Greenhouse Techniques Used to Test Potatoes for Susceptibility to Powdery Scab Monte Vista, CO |
3rd
Place: Kayla Thoma Polyethylene Glycol Affects: Acclimation, Cultured Russet Potato Exposed to Pseudomonas fluorescens Woodrow, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Ilan Kaye The Relative Effects Of Smoke On The Germination Of Noxious Weed And Native Colorado Plant Species Denver, CO |
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| 1st
Place: Alan Seltzer A Dose of Detergent and Duckweed Boulder, CO |
2nd
Place: KC Zinn Erwinia on the Eye Monte Vista, CO |
3rd
Place: Doyle Vulcani When Plants Attack Lakewood, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Michael McKenna How Does the Rate of Transpiration Affect Movement of Water Through Xylem Tubes of Vascular Plants? Loveland, CO |
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| 1st
Place: Lisa Grossman UV Aware: The Effectiveness of Sunscreens in Blocking UVA Light Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd
Place: Robin Blenden The Effects of Anti-Gel Additives on Biodiesel and Petroleum Diesel Blends Monte Vista, CO |
3rd
Place: Daniel Cromer Applications of a Myoglobin Biosensor Optimized for Cyanide Detection Greenwood Village, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Alex West Validation of a Rapid Cellar Detection Method for 4-ethyl phenol Produced in Red Wine Fermentations Conifer, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Michael Lenker Gas in Motion Colorado Springs, CO |
Team
Nomination: Max Krakauer & Alex Ruch Lighting a Fire: A Study of the Fuels Involved in the Hayman Fire Colorado Springs, CO |
| 1st
Place: Jordan Lestina L-Ascorbic Acid - Analyzing Food by Titration Dove Creek, CO |
2nd
Place: Emmie Mediate Color and Chlorine Colorado Springs, CO |
3rd
Place: Katelyn Yowell Column Chromatography Hugo, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Travis Zuniga Egg Eaters Pueblo, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Joel Lowinger Gas? What's the Alternative? Grand Junction, CO |
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Senior Division Earth & Space Sciences
| 1st
Place: Chris Twombly The Mystery of the Teepee Buttes Conifer, CO |
2nd
Place: Stephen Wilfong Deadly Snow Moffat, CO |
3rd
Place: Charisma Rascon Cosmic Potholes Blanca, CO |
| Team
Nomination: Bailey Jones & Patrick Martin What is the Radiation Like in Canon City? Canon City, CO |
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Junior Division Earth & Space Sciences
| 1st
Place: Hannah Piekenbrock Erosion in the Denver Metro Area Conifer, CO |
2nd
Place: Jonathan Witte Impact to Sudden Death Littleton, CO |
3rd
Place: Thomas Roland The Effects of Particle Size on Settling Rate Fort Collins, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Shelby Campbell Is It All Global Warming or Do Heat Islands Exist? Paonia, CO |
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| 1st
Place: Chris Messick Point and Click, Literally, Phase II Monte Vista, CO |
2nd
Place: Forrest Friesen Design and Construction of a Dynamic Artificial Neural Network Colorado Springs, CO |
3rd
Place: Tim Schneider Running Monoped Robots Durango, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Matthew Zubiel Indoor Firefighter Location Monument, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Andrew West The Production of Diesel Fuel from Food Grade Vegetable Oil by a Method of Catalytic Hydrocracking Conifer, CO |
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| 1st
Place: J. Raleigh Burt Deflation Evaluation: Investigating Passive Air Loss from Butyl Bicycle Tubes Monte Vista, CO |
2nd
Place: Christopher Krause Caution: Leaky Levees! Colorado Springs, CO |
3rd
Place: Madeline Camp-Drees Snap on Safety Neck Protection La Veta, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Kendall Wilkins It's Getting Hot in Here Yuma, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Scott Uhlrich Blowin' in the Wind Fort Collins, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Daniel Haarburger Resource Face-Off: Hydrogen vs. Solar Boulder, CO |
| Team
Nomination: Amanda Summers & Trent Thelen Hurricane Busters Colorado Springs, CO |
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Senior Division Environmental Sciences
| 1st
Place: Tyler Keck Can Super Absorbent Polymers Lower the Concentration of Metals in Real Water Environments? Monte Vista, CO |
2nd
Place: DJ Horton Biological Control of a Common Corn Criminal, Phase III Hotchkiss, CO |
3rd
Place: Cody Caver Hidden Contamination: An Investigation of Elevated Sulfate Levels Woodrow, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Lesley Petrie A Socioclimatological Analysis of the Repercussions of Hurricane Katrina Nederland, CO |
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Junior Division Environmental Sciences
| 1st
Place: Emily Schnoor De"gas"enator Monte Vista, CO |
2nd
Place: Isaiah Branch-Boyle Solar Integration - The Key to Passive Solar Efficiency Durango, CO |
3rd
Place: Jacob Kanack Innovative and Insulated Loveland, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Amanda Wilcox Cactus Goo to the Rescue! Does Mucilage Clean Contaminated Water? Merino, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Danielle Burke Up, Up, and Away Windsor, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Taylor Graham Train Smoke in Durango: An Epidemiological Study Durango, CO |
| Team
Nomination: Matthew Brown & Chris Bennett Quality H2O Limon, CO |
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Senior Division Mathematics & Computer Sciences
| 1st
Place: Chelsea Oden Pursuing Patterns in Primes, Face III: An Investigation of Prime Properties in a Three-Dimensional Sieve of Eratosthenes Monte Vista, CO |
2nd
Place: Andrew Milian Computer Chord Recognition Greenwood Village, CO |
3rd
Place: John Meluso The Demise of the File System Colorado Springs, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Adam Goss Measuring the Fractal Dimension of a Cauliflower Brush, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Gregory Carlson Talent Versus Population Canon City, CO |
Team
Nomination: Robert Glissmann & Gwyneth Glissmann Using Eulerian Models to Determine Initial Conditions of Severe Weather Lafayette, CO |
Junior Division Mathematics & Computer Sciences
| 1st
Place: Robin Betz Evolving Solutions Boulder, CO |
2nd
Place: Rahul Shankar To Switch or Not to Switch Colorado Springs, CO |
3rd
Place: Shayne Taylor The Birthday Paradox Canon City, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Candace White Scienceopoly Fort Collins, CO |
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Senior Division Medicine & Health
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Place: Miri Kornfeld ROS Mediated Activation of Human Endothelial Cells in Response to HIV-1 Tat Protein Denver, CO |
2nd
Place: Ananth Sridhar Screening for Immune Deficiencies in Newborns Using Microfluidics Greenwood Village, CO |
3rd
Place: Stephanie Sandhu Effect of Myostatin Blockade and Hind Limb Suspension on Leg Muscle Protein Composition Boulder, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Kelsey Day Bodybuilding Blackworms: The Effects of Creatine Supplement on Lumbriculus variegatus Otis, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Elizabeth O'Donnell Anisomycin Influence on Cell Death in Hippocampus Louisville, CO |
Team
Nomination: Michael Polmear & Lalith Polepeddi Dystrophic Skeletal Muscle Cell Membranes Patched by Poloxamer 407 Greenwood Village, CO |
Junior Division Medicine & Health
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Place: Jennifer Manfredo A Dazzling Time with Visual Acuity Canon City, CO |
2nd
Place: Hannah Price Stuck on You Monte Vista, CO |
3rd
Place: Kristen Burns Is Cholesterol Level Affected by Different Diets? Conifer, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Joel Jakel Which Type of Tablet Dissolves the Fastest? Keenesburg, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Kami Keeling How Theobroma cacao Affects Blood Pressure Part II Ordway, CO |
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| 1st
Place: Lindsey Rugh Fire on the Mountain Paonia, CO |
2nd
Place: Rachel Kelley Bacteriophages as Antibiotics Greenwood Village, CO |
3rd
Place: Joey Baum Examining LMP-1 Effects on Tyk2 Phosphorylation in IL-12 Boulder, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Cory Brownell The Effects of Fungicides on Early Blight Spores Fleming, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Leslie Hase An Unlikely Weapon Against Bacteria: Bacteriophage Therapy as an Alternative to Traditional Treatment Merino, CO |
Team
Nomination: Paul Macias & Alexis Hepworth Bacteria in Public Restrooms: Harmless Germs or Health Hazard Pueblo, CO |
| 1st
Place: Marlena Widman Grapes in Your Gas Tank Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd
Place: Zane Sternberg Does Phellinus rimosus Contain Antibacterial Agents? La Veta, CO |
3rd
Place: Alek Blubaum The Germinator: Death of Escherichia coli Littleton, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Aarthi Shankar Dirty Laundry Secrets Colorado Springs, CO |
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| 1st
Place: Diana Qiu Liquid Crystals Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd
Place: Meredith MacGregor Cracking the Brazil Nut Effect Boulder, CO |
3rd
Place: David Miller Characterization of NiTi Nanoparticles Englewood, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Cesar Garcia Insulation: Do You Dress Right? Walsh, CO |
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| 1st
Place: Ethan Hahn Ion Lifter Thrust Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd
Place: Allison Bernett Discovering How to Determine the Height from Which a Ball Was Dropped Lafayette, CO |
3rd
Place: Conor May Taking the Blow - A Study of Shock Absorption Durango, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Hannah Carrese What's Hot; What's Not: Reflections on Three Solar Thermal Principles Colorado Springs, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Krista Kinkel What's That Burning? Flagler, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Abbi Helfer Altitude Adjusted Colorado Springs, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Matthew Avischious Winning at the Free Throw Line Colorado Springs, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Dane Whicker The Effect of Household Materials on WiFi Signal Strength Fort Collins, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Kate Cedars Burn It Down Denver, CO |
| Team
Nomination: Zoe Phillip & Ashton Taylor Guns Galore Limon, CO |
Team
Nomination: Milan Patel & Chris Delgado Kelvin Thunderstorm Canon City, CO |
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| 1st
Place: Malcolm Young Coral Bleaching Adaptation Lafayette, CO |
2nd
Place: Taylor Thompson The Effects of Ethanol Wet Distillers Grain in Beef Finishing Diets Merino, CO |
3rd
Place: Evan Duggan New Diagnostics for the Twelve World Families of Solifugae Greenwood Village, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Ashley Pollock Evaluation of Primary and Secondary Cells for In Vitro Assessment of the Foreign Body Response Wiggins, CO |
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| 1st
Place: Alex Hetrick This Little Piggy . . . Didn't Quite Make It! Walsh, CO |
2nd
Place: Trevar Hobbs The Tel1 Mutation and Its Effects on the Drosphila melanogaster Ordway, CO |
3rd
Place: James Mauch Moose on the Mesa Grand Junction, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Chase Martin Humans Like It . . . Ants Don't Grand Junction, CO |
Team
Nomination: Brandy Haller & Kelsey Martin You Can Crawl, But You Can't Hide: Characterization of Satellite DNA in the Family Tenebrionidea Woodrow, CO |
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Knowing that science throughout history has progressed in a series of fits and starts, and knowing that the pioneers of science probably did not show genius if their first scientific endeavors, the Board of Directors of the Colorado Science and Engineering Fair has created this series of Pioneers of Science Awards to encourage our youngest scientists to endeavor to achieve greatness.
For following in the footsteps of Abraham Maslow in the study of Behavioral & Social Sciences - Reno Tsosie
For following in the footsteps of Luthar Burbank in the study of Botany - Lilith Jacobs
For following in the footsteps of Marie Curie in the study of Chemistry - Antonia Lira
For following in the footsteps of Alfred Lothar Wegner in the study of Earth & Space Sciences - Kevin Harris
For following in the footsteps of James Buchanan Eads in the study of Engineering - Kaitlin Hanenburg
For following in the footsteps of Rachel Louise Carson in the study of Environmental Sciences - Noah Fischer
For following in the footsteps of Charles Babbage in the study of Mathematics & Computer Sciences - Buddy Watson
For following in the footsteps of Hippocrates in the study of Medicine & Health - Bess Boucher
For following in the footsteps of Jonas Edward Salk in the study of Microbiology - Monica Brandhube
For following in the footsteps of Albert Einstein in the study of Physics - Shawn Guice
For following in the footsteps of Georges LCF Cuvier in the study of Zoology - Bethany Maxwell
Junior
Division:
Caitlin Reeves
Contagious Laughing
Cortez, CO
Senior
Division:
Robert Glissmann & Gwenyth Glissmann
Using Eulerian Models to Determine Initial Conditions of Severe Weather
Boulder, CO
Ralph Desch Technical Writing Award
The
winner of the Ralph Desch Technical Writing Award for 2006 was Meredith
MacGregor for her project
Cracking the Brazil Nut Effect.
Meredith is from Boulder, CO.
Poster Art was done by Boya Liu from Fairview High School in Boulder, CO.
The winner of the Lockheed Martin Colorado Science and Engineering Fair Teacher of the Year Award was TJ Donahue from Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, CO.