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Science Project Info & Classroom Teacher Resources
CSEF Teacher of the Year Award
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Place: Nikki Buhrdorf & Vikish Hypio Mytilus edulis Protein Strength: Mussels Have Muscles Hotchkiss, CO |
2nd
Place: Nakayla Lestina Biological Control of Diffuse Knapweed: Analyzing Two Natural Insect Enemies Dove Creek, CO |
3rd
Place: Bth Lenz Calving Under Pressure Wray, CO |
4th
Place: Tess Ringlein One Fish, Two Fish, Normal Fish? Otis, CO |
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Mention: Nicholas Lobato Studying the Effects of Incubation Rates and Water Temperature on Gila Pandora's Eggs Center, CO |
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Junior Division Animal Sciences
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Place: Nadja de Sa Sticky Fingers Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd
Place: Madison Olver Hay! How's Your Dust, Mold, and Nutritional Value? Fort Collins, CO |
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Senior Division Behavioral & Social Sciences
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Place: Caitlyn Lee Happiness is Associated with a Sronger Belief in the Value of Prosocial Behavior Boulder, CO |
2nd
Place: Dora Seres Evaluation of Creek's Graduating Class of 2011 Greenwood Village, CO |
3rd
Place: Braeden Horten, Brydie Mitchell & Elizabeth Wood The Rubik's Cube of Political Gridlock: Resistance to Change in the American Tax System Hotchkiss, CO |
4th
Place: Cristina Loranca A La Deerecha o a la Izquierda (To the Right or To the Left) Anton, CO |
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Mention: Dorothee Bohme How to Negate the Stroop Effect Anton, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Kate Weimer A Colorful Debate: A Study on the Effect of FD&CYellow 5 on Gromphadorhina portentosa Merino, CO |
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Junior Division Behavioral & Social Sciences
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Place: Callie Matteson & Ashley Vitti Just a Minute Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd
Place: Kristina Cavey Secret Savior Berthoud, CO |
3rd
Place: Diego Ruis Human Reactions Under Pressure Greeley, CO |
4th
Place: Wyatt Hurt How is the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony Affected by the Method of Questioning? Grand Junction, CO |
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Mention: Bethany Levy Operation Meditation Cortez, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Lauren Lang Very Handy Lafayette, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Mallory Noble Brains vs. Brawn Otis, CO |
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| 1st
Place: Gerri Robets & Hannah West Green Processing of Fatty Acids for Fuel Production Fort Collins, CO & Windsor, CO |
2nd
Place: Aniruddh Prakash Effect of Defects on Selectivity Parameters of SAPO-34 Zeolite Membranes Boulder, CO |
3rd
Place: Sydney Anderson Shampoo Chemistry Yoder, CO |
4th
Place: John Cheslock Comparative Study of Binding Strengths of Food Dyes FDA Red 40 & Natural Extract Betanin on Firboin Monte Vista , CO |
| Honorable
Mention: LaRae Cesko Stainless Truth Flagler, CO |
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| 1st
Place: Marlo Masters My Mom Was Robbed!! Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd
Place: Nicholas Finan Sticky Water: Intermolecular Attraction Lafayette, CO |
3rd
Place: Chris Alleman What's Up with the Poudre? Ft. Collins, CO |
4th
Place: Karli Buchanan Kitchen Chemistry 101: Fluffy Pancakes Wray, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Matthew Manfredo An "Egg"cellent "Egg"periment Canon City, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Zach Wilson Tip of the Iceberg: Lowering the Melting Point of Water Walsh, CO |
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Senior Division Earth & Space Sciences
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Place: Johanna Phillips Water In, Water Out: Using a Water Balance Model to Estimate Net Consumptive Availability Monte Vista, CO |
2nd
Place: Anna Kulp A New Approach to Treating & Remediating Incrusting Bacterias in Water Supply Wells via Center, CO |
3rd
Place: Sydney Matteson How Well Is Your Well: The Effect of Hydrofracking Fluids on a Eukariotic Species Colorado Springs, CO |
4th
Place: Isabella Soehn A Wind Field Study Comparing Five Automatic Weather Stations on the Antarctic Ross Ice Shelf Boulder, CO |
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Mention: Emma Frantz The Effect of the Sun on Cloud Formation and the Earth's Climate Colorado Springs, CO |
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Junior Division Earth & Space Sciences
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Place: Alexandra Famiglietti Dissolving History: The Effects of Acid Rain on Marble and Other Building Materials Denver, CO |
2nd
Place: Ivo Erben Hyperborean History Boulder, CO |
3rd
Place: Kelsey Kimberling Dust Away Monte Vista, CO |
4th
Place: David McHugh Commotion in the Ocean Colorado Springs, CO |
Senior Division Energy & Transportation
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Place: Sara Volz Enhancing Algae Biofuels Artificial Selection & Nitrogen Stress as Methods to Induce Lipid Synthesis Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd
Place: Wyatt Goodin Examination of Power Grid Cascading Failure Through Simulation Boulder, CO |
3rd
Place: Max Snider Fermentation of Spirogyra After a Period of Growth Monte Vista, CO |
4th
Place: Eric Lyne Boosting Solar-Collector Efficiency with a Fresnel Lens Brush, CO |
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Mention: Noah Westfall Heat Transfer from Biomass II Greenwood Village, CO |
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Junior Division Energy & Transportation
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Place: Evan Savage Savage Growing Algae for Biodiesel in the Desert Boulder, CO |
2nd
Place: Keanan Anderson & Tate Hinger What Is the Delta T of a Two Can Stirling Engine? Pagosa Springs, CO |
3rd
Place: George Liu Caught Sleeping Colorado Springs, CO |
4th
Place: Mitchell Fosdick Hydrogen: The Clean Energy of Today Fowler, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Brandon Cruz Fossil Fuel Pueblo, CO |
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| 1st
Place: Easton LaChappelle Fine Motor Skills Using EEG Technology and Biomechanical Prosthesis Mancos, CO |
2nd
Place: Wesley Hileman & Matthew Hileman Ion Propulsion: Electrostatic Thruster Design and Optimization for Space Applications Colorado Springs, CO |
3rd
Place: Nathan Frantz On the Road: From Dual Disability to Independence Fleming, CO |
4th
Place: Connor Sendel Optimization of Materials for Catcher's Gear Chest Protectors Greenwood Village, CO |
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Mention: Joey Park, Matthew Winchester & Nidesh Lamichhane Nerve Cell Functions/Uses Outside the Body Greenwood Village, CO |
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| 1st
Place: Leighton Burt Elastic, Plastic, or Bust: Investigating Yeild Strength of Butyl Rubber Inner Tubes Monte Vista, CO |
2nd
Place: Johann Kailey-Steiner Rocket Design Part 2- Testing the Effects of Vortex Generators on Drag Coefficient Denver, CO |
3rd
Place: Clint Sexton Wiismart Ft. Collins, CO |
4th
Place: Mary Hood Doggie's New Playmate Monte Vista, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Roger Nakagawa The Effect of Dimple Size on How Golf Balls Roll Denver, CO |
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Senior Division Environmental Sciences
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Place: Leslie Seitz Running Dry? Developingan Intuitive Water Planning Interface Boulder, CO |
2nd
Place: Maislinn Helfer Lights Out: The Use of Vibrio fischeri to Determind Water Quality Colorado Springs, CO |
3rd
Place: Michale Seltzer Optimization of the Amount of Iron for the Enhancement of Phytoplankton Blooms Greenwood Village, CO |
4th
Place: Clark Cranfill Thicker Phloem Monte Vista, CO |
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Mention: Boyu Wang, Yichen (Astron) Liu & Stephan Liu Self-Sustained Desalination in Combination with Wastewater Treatment-Hybrid Microbial Desalination Lakewood, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Vishal Krishnan Mitigation of Environmental Impacts Caused by Wind Turbines Greenwood Village, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Brisha Wakasugi Kerber Creek Restoration Using Phytoremediation III: Prioritizing Clean-up Areas Blanca, CO |
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Junior Division Environmental Sciences
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Place: Joshua Courtney Condition Indexes of Fish as bioindicators One Year After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Monument, CO |
2nd
Place: Rahul Ramesh Got Fuel? Denver, CO |
3rd
Place: Ramsey Carter The Effect of a Thin, Clear, Plastic Membrane on a Snow Collector Denver, CO |
4th
Place: Emma Cooney Removing Copper with Fruit Peels and Seaweed Boulder, CO |
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Mention: Grace Romer Searching for Clarity: Drop by Drop Denver, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Rebecca Bloomfield Hit Me with Your Best (Lead) Shot: Lead Contamination on Rampart Shooting Range Colorado Springs, CO |
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Senior Division Mathematics & Computer Sciences
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Place: Jessica Constant Computer Modeling V: A Predictive Model of Tracer Dispersion in the Atmosphere Ft. Collins, CO |
2nd
Place: Ben Ribovich Decomposition of Automorphism Groups Greenwood Village, CO |
3rd
Place: Cole Hugelmeyer Proof That a Circular Hopf Link is a Stationary Point for Mobius Energy Boulder, CO |
4th
Place: Coby Buck Predicting Depressions with Presidential Regressions Wray, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Simon Schaefer Gravity's Effect on Non-Uniform Suspended Chains Monte Vista, CO |
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Junior Division Mathematics & Computer Sciences
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Place: Avi Swartz One Out of 400 Choose 100 Denver, CO |
3rd
Place: Peter Shearon Program and Play Colorado Springs, CO |
Senior Division Medicine & Health
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Place: Lawrence Zhang miRNA 205: Suppressing Inpp4b and Wnt5a Expression Boulder, CO |
2nd
Place: Rahul Shankar Assembling a Dextron-Based Nanoparticle Platform for Uptake by Cancerous Cells Colorado Springs, CO |
3rd
Place: Cody Mattern, Brett Reinke & Jay Rosenfield Quantifying Postural Sway of Simulated Pre & Post Traumatic Brain Injury Trails Arvada, CO |
4th
Place: Apruva Subramanian Does the TAST2R38 Gene Affect Body Fat Composition? Greenwood Village, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Austin Reed Time Course of Doxorubicin Accumulation in Cardiovascular Tissue Wray, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Nicolette Laird The Role of the miR-106b-25 miRNAs in Predicting Breast Cancer Outcomes in Differential Subtypes Louisville, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Jenna Hartley Engineering a Novel Inhibitor for Encapsulated Pathogens Colorado Springs, CO |
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Junior Division Medicine & Health
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Place: Aleesa Muir Analyzing the Effects of Dietary Supplement Consumption on Probiotic Growth Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd
Place: Ted Dumont The Effect of Altitude on Hematocrit Estes Park, CO |
3rd
Place: Michael Harms Got Oxygen Colorado Springs, CO |
4th
Place: Alison Weinberger Is Homeopathy More Than the Placebo? The Effect of Homeopathic Arnica Montana on Fruit Flies Denver, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Alea Hardesty Energy Buzz! Wray, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Kaitlyn Carson iVet vs. Evo Fort Collins, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Nicole Whitehead The Aimless Fingerprint Colorado Springs, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Lauren Zawacki Wash Those Hands Colorado Springs, CO |
| 1st
Place: Kelli Lynch Irradiation Extermination Part 3: A Portable System to Eliminate Water-Borne Microorganisms Fort Collins, CO |
2nd
Place: Genysie Van Duren The Effect of pH on the Efficiency of Transformation Fleming, CO |
3rd
Place: Darian Wilson The Effect of Fasudil on the Metastasis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fleming, CO |
4th
Place: Monica Gaitonde The Effect of Sodium Bicarbonate and Hydrogen Peroxide on the Growth of Steptococcus Mutans Lamar, CO |
| 1st
Place: Seth Young Microbe Blaster for a Crude Oil Distater Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd
Place: Kelsey Lindbloom Fueling the Future Salida, CO |
3rd
Place: Lauren Soehner Isolation of Propionibacterium acnes Wray, CO |
4th
Place: Courtney Haag & Jewell Humphrey Do Cooking Methods Prevent Bacteria Growth on Defferent Meat Types? Denver, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Midison McDonald How Does Temperature Affect Bacterial Growth in a Plastic Water Bottle? Ft. Collins, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Gabriella Lopez & Jinny Lehr Have You Cleaned You Cucumis melo reticulates? La Veta, CO |
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| 1st
Place: Ya'el Courtney Does Ambient Air Pressure Affect Rocket Motor Performance? Monument, CO |
2nd
Place: Jacob Nichols An Investigation of the Washboard Road Phenomenon Brush, CO |
3rd
Place: Victoria Milano The Phenomenon of Oscillons in Vertically Vibrated Granular Material Brush, CO |
4th
Place: Casey Huz Film Canister Cannon Rocky Ford, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Genesis Villa & Jasmine Garcia Infrared Radiation vs. Thermal Conduction for Hair Permanence to Reduce Pili Damage Center, CO |
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| 1st
Place: Alex Roerty It's Not a Catapult! Ft. Collins, CO |
2nd
Place: Elya Courtney Is the Drag Force on a Supersonic Projectile Proportional to Air Density Monument, CO |
3rd
Place: Ilse Meiler Splat! An Investigation into the Splatter Patterns of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids Colorado Springs, CO |
4th
Place: Ali Betsch Racer Ready? Colorado Springs, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Marika Basagoitia Brush Buster or Brush Busted? Monte Vista, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Davis Parr, Jr. Soundproofing for the Musician Durango, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Heather Graham Screws vs. Nails: The Practical Test Hugo, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Nathan George Perpetual Motion: Fact or Fiction? Walsh, CO |
Senior Division Plant Sciences
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Place: Samantha Chin Effects of Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) Extracts on the Growth of Mature Winter Wheatgrass Lafayette, CO |
2nd
Place: Elizabeth Hoffner Is There Strength in Numbers? Center, CO |
3rd
Place: Neal Hiser Effect of Allelochemicals on the Growth of Western Wheat Grass Basalt, CO |
4th
Place: Evan Waters How Much Is Too Much? Springfield, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Davis Lange A Cell Plant Regeneration Denver, CO |
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Junior Division Plant Sciences
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Place: Alison Henry This Is Your Bean. This Is Your Bean on Drugs Colorado Springs, CO |
2nd
Place: Misha Kummel Field Parameterization of a Model for Secondary forest Succession by Shade Tolerance Colorado Springs, CO |
3rd
Place: Alexander Crane Better Lawn Care? Loveland, CO |
4th
Place: Courtnie Hunter Stablization or Poison: The Effects of Soil Stabilizer on Plant Germination Monte Vista, CO |
| Honorable
Mention: Alexandra Tompkins Is the Grass Greener? Coulder, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Taylor Saffer Too Much of a Good Thing? Flager, CO |
Honorable
Mention: Madison Thompson The Effects of Sequestrating Carbon Dioxide onto C3, C4, and CAM Plants Otis, 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 - Sean Flatten
For following in the footsteps of Margaret Mead in the study of Behavioral
& Social Sciences - Journey Simmons
For following in the footsteps of Sigmund Freud in the study of Behavioral
& Social Sciences - Bethany Levy
For following in the footsteps of Marie Curie in the study of Chemistry
- Zach Wilson
For following in the footsteps of Edwin Hubble in the study of Earth &
Space Sciences - Zander Graham
For following in the footsteps of James Prescott Joule in the study
of Energy & Transportation - Luke Tyler
For following in the footsteps of Nicola Tesla in the study of Engineering
- Roger Nakagawa
For following in the footsteps of Rosalie Edge in the study of Environmental
Sciences - Rebecca Erickson
For following in the footsteps of Rachel Louise Carson in the study of
Environmental Sciences - Sierra Kelly
For following in the footsteps of Grace Hopper in the study of Mathematics
& Computer Sciences - Avi Swartz
For following in the footsteps of GV Black in the study of Medicine &
Health - Nicole Whitehead
For following in the footsteps of Jonas Edward Salk in the study of Microbiology
- Michael Stankiewicz
For following in the footsteps of Louis Pasteur in the study of Microbiology
- Julia Ludwig
For following in the footsteps of Max Planck in the study of Physics -
Marika Basagoitia
For following in the footsteps of Edward Teller in the study of Physics - Josie Sitton
For following in the footsteps of Luthar Burbank in the study of Plant
Sciences - Thomas McCarthy
Junior Division:
Mitchell Fosdick
Hydrogen:
The Clean Energy of Today
Fowler, CO
Senior
Division:
Easton LaChappelle
Fine Motor Skills
Using Using EEG Technology and Biomechanical Prosthesis
Mancos, CO
Ralph Desch Technical Writing Award
The
winner of the Ralph Desch Technical Writing Award for 2012 was Rahul Shankar for his project
Assembling a Dextron-Based
Nanoparticle Platform for Uptake by Cancerous Cells. Rahul
is from Colorado Springs, CO.
Poster Art was done by Alison Weinberger, Cherry Creek Challenge School in Denver, CO .
The winner of the Lockheed Martin Colorado Science and Engineering Fair Teacher of the Year Award was Dave Miner of Brush High School in Brush, CO.