Colorado State Science Fair, Inc.
2009 Grand Award Winners
| PACE Teacher Awards |
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Senior
Division Best Team Projects |
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Junior
Division Best Team Projects |
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1st Place: 2nd Place: 3rd Place: Honorable Mention: |
Senior Division Animal Sciences
| 1st Place: Nakayla Lestina Biological Control of Canada Thistle - Phase 3: Local Crops for Damage by Canada Thistle Dove Creek, CO |
2nd Place: Michael Johnson Different Hunting Seasons and Their Effects on Deer and Elk Populations Canon City, CO |
3rd Place: Abby Ney Moo . . . gration Fort Collins, CO |
| Team Nomination: Ben Smith, Kasey Miles & Kyle Tallent Presenting the Champion or Maybe Not Hotchkiss, CO |
Team Nomination: Charlie Smith & Jennifer Vero Need a Compass? Find a Horse Nederland, CO |
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Junior Division Animal Sciences
| 1st Place: Randi Timmons Giddy-Up Glucose Walsh, CO |
2nd Place: Trey Nestor Swimming With Ease Could Make You Wheeze The Effect of Chlorine on the Respiratory System Merino, CO |
3rd Place: Chandler Kolb My Horse's Ultimate Exercise: Dressage vs. Recovery Time Colorado Springs, CO |
Senior Division Behavioral & Social Sciences
| 1st Place: Katlin Hornig The Effects of Equine Association on the Initial Beneficiary Benefactor Monte Vista, CO |
2nd Place: Raylene Larson Stressed Out? The Effects of Extra Curricular Activities on the Corisol Levels of Teens Fleming, CO |
3rd Place: Emily Owens Sleep-Deprivation Won't Make You a Dope Merino, CO |
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Mention: Brynna Hasvold-Rickett Personality and Politics: Is There a Correlation Between Personality and Political Affiliation? Fort Collins, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Alana Wilbee Do You See What I See? Colorado Springs, CO |
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Junior
Division Behavioral & Social Sciences
| 1st Place: Taylor Phelps Now You See It Now You Don't Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd Place: Meghan Shanahan That Darn Rat Monte Vista, CO |
3rd Place: Julia Siegel The Confusion of the Rainbow Englewood, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Carissa Harlow Call It Disaster: Cell Phone Use During Simulated Driving Canon City, CO |
Honorable Mention: Nick Fallentine Gone in 30 Seconds Colorado Springs, CO |
Honorable Mention: Michael Seltzer Don't Think and Drive! Boulder, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Kristiana Longfield The Effects of Television on Children's Choices Hotchkiss, CO |
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| 1st Place: Alan Bromwell The Alternative Application of the Sabatier Process for More Sustainable Transit Englewood, CO |
2nd Place: Benjamin Hoffman Synthesis of 4-Bromo-2,2'-Bipyridine Boulder, CO |
3rd Place: Emily Schnoor Catching the Electric Current Monte Vista, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Travis Zuniga Analysis of Fuel Composition by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) Pueblo, CO |
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| 1st Place: Belinda Pak Naturally Spotless Boulder, CO |
2nd Place: Tanner Dunivan Hazardous Herbicides Walsh, CO |
3rd Place: Gerri Roberts A Model Study of Drug Intake Berthoud, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Sophie Wright C What Happens to your Vitamin C Denver, CO |
Honorable Mention: Kole Van Treese A "Well" of a Problem Monte Vista, CO |
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Senior Division Earth & Space Sciences
| 1st Place: Tanya Petach Mitigation of Soil Liquification with Magnetic Fields Boulder, CO |
2nd Place: Sean Buck Reconstructing Paleoecosystems: Community Structure Throughout the EECO Englewood, CO |
3rd Place: Johanna Phillips Infested Forests and Evapotraspiration Monte Vista, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Lisa Kant Soil Biogeochemical Development of the Mendenhall Glacier Forelands Boulder, CO |
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Junior
Division Earth & Space Sciences
| 1st Place: Linda Kolb Soaking It Up Soil Style Monte Vista, CO |
2nd Place: Sophia Schneider Neutralization Investigation: Battery Chemicals in Landfills Colorado Springs, CO |
3rd Place: Taylor Volesky Acid Rain Effects on Cave Formation Aurora, CO |
Senior Division Energy & Transportation
| 1st Place: Stacey Lyne Improved Efficiency of Microbial Fuel Cells Brush, CO |
2nd Place: Grant Slinger H2O - Water or Fuel? Stratton, CO |
3rd Place: Raleigh Burt Optimizing Energy Extraction and Water Conservation of Geothermal Heating Systems Alamosa, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Abbi Helfer Sun-Sational Solar Colorado Springs, CO |
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Junior
Division Energy & Transportation
| 1st Place: Sara Volz Making Biodiesel Greener Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd Place: Grant Yowell Go Green with Thermal Energy Hugo, CO |
3rd Place: Drew Auburger H2O MPG: Does a Homemade Hydrogen Electrolyzer Really Improve Fuel Mileage? Springfield, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Kayla Boren Burn It Up - Measuring Fuel Efficiency In Manure Durango, CO |
Honorable Mention: Laura Mummery Blowin' In The Wind Durango, CO |
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| 1st Place: Ethan Hahn Design and Construction of a Silent Magnetohydrodynamic Propulsion System Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd Place: Jesse Ellison Plasma Propulsion III Bayfield, CO |
3rd Place: Ambrose Soehn Analyzing the Material "Fingerprint": The Relationship of Fundamental Frequency to young's Modulus Boulder, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Kelci Garcia Parabolic Solar Desalination for the Developing World Antonito, CO |
Honorable Mention: Kyle Myhra Spotsucker Cleaning System Broomfield, CO |
Honorable Mention: Cole Kembel Motion Sensored Controls: Advancement in a Higher Application Brush, CO |
| 1st Place: Wyatt Palser To Spin or Not to Spin: An Investigation of Fishing Lure Design Otis, CO |
2nd Place: Rachel Purswell Get A Grip Colorado Springs, CO |
3rd Place: Samir Berrada The Laser Car Cortez, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Kenna Brown Safest Skyscraper Foundation Grand Junction, CO |
Honorable Mention: Zachary Schoenherr How Does Your Spaghetti Hold Up? Keenesburg , CO |
Honorable Mention: Zane Wilburn Water Purification Off The Grid, Phase II Mancos, CO |
| Team Nomination: Erin McLaughlin & Jessie McLaughlin The Seawall Solution Boulder, CO |
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Senior Division Environmental Sciences
Junior
Division Environmental Sciences
| 1st Place: Casey Campbell Phytoremediation of Coal Bed Methane Produced Water La Veta, CO |
2nd Place: Sydney Matteson Heads or Tails? The Effects of Antibiotics in Stream Water on Planaria Regeneration Colorado Springs, CO |
3rd Place: Sabine Lindler Natural Materials for Insulation vs. Fiberglass Durango, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Logan Graham The Effects of Magnesium Chloride Road De-icer on Plants Durango, CO |
Honorable Mention: Ryan Tustin Waste Not! Watt Not!! Colorado Springs, CO |
Honorable Mention: Joel Lopez It's A Dirty Job Woodrow, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Melissa Poet Feces to Fuel Flagler, CO |
Honorable Mention: Amanda Coopersmith Snug as a Bug: Green Insulation Denver, CO |
Team Nomination: Damien Ruybal & Brady Copeland Fruit: The Greener Cleaner Pueblo, CO |
| Team Nomination: Allison Gudvangen & Claire Derr Toxic Waves Colorado Springs, CO |
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Senior Division Mathematics & Computer Sciences
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Place: Dominic Fuller-Rowell Dual Frequency GPS Accuracy with a Single Frequency Receiver Boulder, CO |
2nd
Place: Vikash Hypio Voting Systems: An Outcome Analysis Hotchkiss, CO |
3rd
Place: Bethany Dilda The Golden Ratio: An Exploration of the Prevalence of Phi Branson, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Christopher Krause Variograms: Forewarning Disaster Colorado Springs, CO |
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Junior
Division Mathematics & Computer Sciences
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2nd Place: Jessica Constant Your's, Mine and Our's II: A Further Study into Modeling the Spread of Pollutants in the Atmosphere Fort Collins, CO |
3rd Place: Tucker Leavitt Predicting the Inferno Durango, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Kaley Kukus Art and Nature: It All Adds Up Woodrow, CO |
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Senior
Division Medicine & Health
| 1st Place: Sarah Guthrie Effect of Cytotoxic Chemicals on Apoptosis in Caenorhabditis elegans Boulder, CO |
2nd Place: Aarthi Shankar Proteomic Characterization of ECM to Identify Tumor Associated Biomolecules Part 2 Colorado Springs, CO |
3rd Place: Connie Liu Restoration of microRNA-200c: Effect on HEY Cancer Cell Behavior Aurora, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Radhika Rawat Assaying Cellular Migration on a 2D Surface: A Comparative Approach to Cancer Metastasis Boulder, CO |
Honorable Mention: Nathan Frantz A Depressing Diet? A Study of Food Additives and Clinical Depression Fleming, CO |
Team Nomination: Tonya Pavlekno & Laura Gudvangen The Internal Battle With Melanoma: Triggering an Immune Response Using Toll Ligands Colorado Springs, CO |
Junior
Division Medicine & Health
| 1st Place: Quint Mediate The Size Is Right: A Study in Food Servings Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd Place: Clay Patton Farm Fresh vs. Store Bought Eggs Hugo, CO |
3rd Place: Mali Garrett-Mills The Effects of Various Liquids on Hydroxyapatite Calcium Tablets: An Inadequate Model for Tooth Decay Denver, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Madison Dewey Polyvinyl Chloride, Polypropylene, Polystyrene - Pick Your Poison? Colorado Springs, CO |
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| 1st Place: Kelli Lynch Irradiation Extermination Fort Collins, CO |
2nd Place: Jessie Haugen Slime Out: A Correlation Between the Effects of Digestive Enzymes on Pseudomonas Fluorescens Biofilm Monte Vista, CO |
3rd Place: Ryan Dewey Deadringing Copper: Amplifying the Bactericidal Properties of Copper and Cuprous Oxide Colorado Springs, CO |
| 1st Place: Savannah Lyle Vitamin C: A Potential Treatment for Cold Sores? Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd Place: Jens Hybertson Modern Drugs from Ancient Medicine: Finding New Antibiotics in Native American Medicinal Plants Boulder, CO |
3rd Place: Dante Carter Your Kitchen Cleaners Might Kill E. coli But What Else Do They Kill? Colorado Springs, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Rex Stowers Pure H2O: Will Solar Distillation Kill Bacteria? Durango, CO |
Honorable Mention: Michelle Dworkin Antibacterial Soap vs. Regular Soap Fort Collins, CO |
Honorable Mention: Jennifer Jones Transfer of Bacteria from a Person to a Bottle of Water Keenesburg, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Denvir Clarke Bacteria: What Products Kill the Most Bacteria? Bayfield, CO |
Honorable Mention: Avra Saslow Got Sour Milk? Durango, CO |
Honorable Mention: Malia Barca Water, Water, Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Drink: E. coli Dangers! Edwards, CO |
| 1st Place: Layne Barrett Wind Turbine and Bat Barotrauma Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd Place: Isaac Brost The Rotational Phenomenon of a Simple Wing Brush, CO |
3rd Place: Donald Dutro Identifying the Properties of Constructive and Destructive Interference Hugo, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Samuel Meaux Pressure Induced Voltage Output in Piezoelectric Crystals Broomfield, CO |
Honorable Mention: Shelby Messer That Sounds Suppressing: The Study of Acoustic Fire Suppression Hugo, CO |
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| 1st Place: Isabella Soehn Convection Cells: The Saline Effect Boulder, CO |
2nd Place: Srish Sharma An Investigation on How Applying Stress to a Fluid Effects the Fluids Ability to Disperse Force Littleton, CO |
3rd Place: Kyle Harlow Hot Rods: Three Methods for Measuring the Expansion Coefficients of Metals Canon City, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Sydney Rohlwing Txt r' Tlk: A Comparison of the Electromagnetic Fields Produced by Cell Phones When Calling and Text Messaging Littleton, CO |
Honorable Mention: Rachel Rossi Radio Wave Roundup Durango, CO |
Honorable Mention: Christopher Weyer "Higher" Performance Pinewood Car Monument, CO |
| Honorable Mention: John Cheslock Double Range With Double Counterweight Monte Vista, CO |
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Senior Division Plant Sciences
| 1st Place: Hadyn Christensen Aquaponics vs. Hydroponics: A Comparison of Tilapia Effluent and Conventional Fertilizers as a Hydroponic Nutrient Monte Vista, CO |
2nd Place: Jordan Lestina Biodiesel from Sunflowers: Phase 2 - An Analysis of Soil Moisture Content and Sunflower Oil Content Dove Creek, CO |
3rd Place: Nikki Buhrdorf Aspens in a State of SADness: A Statistical Analysis of the Decline of Populus tremula Hotchkiss, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Tawney Bleak Evaluating Forage Soybean as an Alternative Dryland Crop for the Central Great Plains Fort Collins, CO |
Honorable Mention: Andrew Delany Mendelian Study of Cosmos bipinnatus Basalt, CO |
Honorable Mention: Tyler Wilson The Effect of Carbon on Tanacetum vulgare Basalt, CO |
| Team Nomination: Lindsay Baum, Kylie Dickson & Kristin Watkins The Stress Effects of Caffeine and Alcohol on Arabidopsis Wild-type and Mutant Strains Louisville, CO |
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Junior
Division Plant Sciences
| 1st Place: Haley Matteson HOT PLANTS: The Effects of Global Warming on Development of Plants, Blossoms, Seeds, and Seed Pods Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd Place: Beth Lenz Does Carbon Dioxide Effect Zea mays and Phaseolus vulgaris Growth? Wray, CO |
3rd Place: Brisha Wakasugi Under Pressure: Stress Response in Pressure Bruised Tubers Blanca, CO |
| Honorable Mention: Anna Tedstrom Dog-Gone Yellow Spots Edwards, CO |
Team Nomination: Ryan Johnston & Maeva Allsup The Scent of Blood Dolores, 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 Georges LCF Cuvier in the
study of Animal Sciences- Reilly Hilbert
For following in the footsteps of Charles Darwin in the study of Animal Sciences
- Katelynn Lippitt
For following in the footsteps of Margaret Mead in the study of Behavioral &
Social Sciences - Emma Reece
For following in the footsteps of Sigmund Freud in the study of Behavioral &
Social Sciences - Julia Siegel
For following in the footsteps of Alfred Bernhard Nobel in the study of Chemistry
- Anthony Clark
For following in the footsteps of Marie Curie in the study of Chemistry - Haley
Foster
For following in the footsteps of Edwin Hubble in the study of Earth & Space
Sciences - Jordan Bushnell
For following in the footsteps of Alfred Lothar Wegner in the study of Earth
& Space Sciences - Lexi Thompson
For following in the footsteps of James Prescott Joule in the study of Energy
& Transportation - Melissa Poet
For following in the footsteps of Sir William Grove in the study of Energy
& Transportation - Alexandre Basagoitia
For following in the footsteps of Nicola Tesla in the study of Engineering -
Patrick Telck
For following in the footsteps of James Buchanan Eads in the study of Engineering
- Henry Kamp
For following in the footsteps of Rachel Louise Carson in the study of Environmental
Sciences - Joel Lopez
For following in the footsteps of Barry Commoner in the study of Environmental
Sciences - Caleb Wright
For following in the footsteps of Charles Babbage in the study of Mathematics
& Computer Sciences - Tyler Meyer
For following in the footsteps of Grace Hopper in the study of Mathematics
& Computer Sciences - Dominic Carrese
For following in the footsteps of GV Black in the study of Medicine & Health
- Hunter Sneller
For following in the footsteps of Albert Schweitzer in the study of Medicine
& Health - MacKenzie Renzelman
For following in the footsteps of Jonas Edward Salk in the study of Microbiology
- Austin Zuniga
For following in the footsteps of Louis Pasteur in the study of Microbiology
- Mackenzy Becker
For following in the footsteps of Albert Einstein in the study of Physics -
Andrew Perry
For following in the footsteps of Sir Isaac Newton in the study of Physics -
Wyatt Vick
For following in the footsteps of Max Planck in the study of Physics - Aidan
Mike
For following in the footsteps of Carolus Linnaeus in the study of Plant Sciences
- Josiah Higgins
For following in the footsteps of Luthar Burbank in the study of Plant Sciences-
Ashley Snyder
Junior Division:
Kaley Kukus
Art and Nature: It All Adds Up
Woodrow, CO
Senior Division:
Krista Garchar & Stephanie Williams
Can Carnations Smell Like Dead People? Ask a Trained K9
Dolores, CO
Ralph Desch Technical Writing Award
The winner of the Ralph Desch Technical Writing Award for 2009
was Sarah Guthrie for her project
Effect of Cytotoxic Chemicals on
Apoptosis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Sarah is from Boulder, CO.
Poster Art was done by Kenna Brown, East Middle School in Grand
Junction, CO .
The winners of the 2009 PACE Teacher Awards were Paul Strode
of Boulder High School in Boulder, Mike Viney of
Blevins Junior High School in Fort Collins, TJ Donahue of Cherry Creek High
School in Greenwood Village,
Karl Donnelson of Otis Jr/Sr High School in Otis, Patricia Keeling of La Veta
School District in La Veta, David Volz, and
Candus Muir of The Classical Academy in Colorado Springs.
The winner of the Lockheed Martin Colorado Science and Engineering Fair Teacher of the Year Award was Dena Palser of Lone Star School in Otis, CO.
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