Science Fair Winners 2005

Behavioral and Social Sciences | Biochemistry | Botany | Chemistry
Earth and Space | Engineering | Environmental Science | Mathematics
Medicine and Health | Microbiology | Physics | Zoology

BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCES

First Place: Andrew Dupree "We're All in This Together"

First Place: Benhur Tesfay "The Drug in Every Household"

Second Place: Sara Harris "Chew on This-What Is the Effect of Chewing Gum While Taking a Basic Math Test?"

Second Place: Sara Harrison "Which Gender Remembers?"

Third Place: Brittany Woodson "Umm.I Forgot"

Third Place: Omotunwase Olubayo "Dreams Are the Personalities That Recall Them"

Honorable Mention: Sarah Hartman "Reward Is a Better Motivator Than Punishment"

Honorable Mention: Meliasa Robinson "Common Knowledge For the Students"

Honorable Mention: Yvonne Wilson Hocus Pocus or Horoskopus?"

Honorable Mention: Elisa Ascencio "How the Psychological Effects of Watching Violence Affects Memory"

Honorable Mention: Brittany Varner "Body Image and Ethnicity"

Honorable Mention: Tamara Barnes "What Is the Effect of Noise on Accuracy of Math Problem-Solving"

Honorable Mention: Emily Leach "Stroop Vs. Age"

BIOCHEMISTRY

First Place: Jonathan Franklin "Can You Measure the Amount of Saturated Fat?"

First Place: Cat Donley "The Effect of Nut Size on the Amount of Calories in a Nut"

Second Place: Sharnita Nelson "Double AA Fruit"

BOTANY

First Place: Theresa Dauz "The Effects of Soil pH on Seed Germination and Growth"

Second Place: Rebecca Heller "A Study on the Germination of Black Locust Seeds"

Third Place: Arielle Gandee "pH and Plants"

Honorable Mention: Jared Dixon "Effect of Colored Light on the Speed of Seed Germination"

Honorable Mention: Kenneth Catama "The Secret to Longer Plant Life"

CHEMISTRY

First Place: Melanie Middleton "The Effect of Sodium Hydroxide and Ammonium Thioglycolate on Hair"

First Place: Melissa Velasquez "The Effect of Distance on pH of Tap Water"

Second Place: Phillip Dupree "Solar Electrolysis and the Energy Source of the Future"

Second Place: Dane Fernandez "Dude, How Much Oxygen?"

Third Place: Erica Queen "Does Storing Popcorn at Different Temperatures Affect the Number of Kernals Popped?"

Third Place: Krystina Jackson "Caffein Counts in Cola Wars: Pepsi Vs. Coke"

Honorable Mention: Mikeala Smith "Does Heat Affect the Coagulation of Eggs?"

Honorable Mention: Janine Allen "Disappearing Dye"

Honorable Mention: Jasmine Ross "Can Water Boil In Different Variables?"

EARTH AND SPACE

First Place: David Woodson "What If?"

Second Place: Vincent Lubetsky "Are There Differences in Trends in Sand Along the East Coast?"

Third Place: Jessica Lash "Is a Manufactured Barometer More Effective Than a Home-Made One?"

ENGINEERING

First Place: Kelsey McConkey "What Is the Effect of Proportion of Sand on the Weight-Supporting Ability of Mortar"

Second Place: Natalie Capati "What Is the Effect of Bridge Type on Weight Resistance?"

Second Place: Jessica Vermeire "Is It Better to be Hot or Cold?"

Third Place: Arnold Tamoria "Can't Keep It Bottled Up Inside?"

Honorable Mention: Christopher Lambert "Which Wood Is Weakest?"

Honorable Mention: Keith Rhym "Electric Generator"

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

First Place: Christine Adams and Jessica Collins "What Is the Effect of Pesticides on Pipes?"

Second Place: Cydnee Dupree "What Is the Effect of Sodium Phosphate?"

Second Place: Kalea Selmon "The Oil Picker-Upper"

Third Place: Verlyncia Tyson "Disappearing Act"

Third Place: Nicole Wellington "Rain, Rain Go Away"

Honorable Mention: Anastasia Glogowski "Can Polluted Water Make an Onion Grow"

Honorable Mention: Autumn Madden "Plant Be Gone"

MATHEMATICS

First Place: Anthony DeGennaro "The Transmission of a Chaotically-Encrypted Message Through Sound Waves"

Third Place: Jasmine Gray "The Math Marble Launch"

MEDICINE & HEALTH

First Place: Fawne Robinson "Are Your Teeth Really Clean or Safe?"

First Place: Meagan Mazzei "Are Similarities in Fingerprints Genetic?"

Second Place Ryan Middleton "Orthodontics"

Second Place: Rebecca Middleton "What Soap Do You Use?"

Third Place: Melissa DeLoach "Harmful Handles"

Third Place: Demetrius Brown "Gatorade Vs. Water"

Honorable Mention: Brittany Quarles "Do You Smell?"

Honorable Mention: Kristin Beall "Softball: Healthrate Vs. Heartrate"

MICROBIOLOGY

First Place: Laurel-Ashley Christian "Micro-New York City"

First Place: Kristin Glogowski "Puffing-Is It Magic or Harm?"

Second Place: Kevin Joy "Good Wipe, Bad Wipe"

Second Place: Sarah Burnett "Are Your Teeth Clean?"

PHYSICS

First Place: Eugene Edora "The Effect of the Gas in a Light Bulb on the Brightness of the Light"

First Place: Daniel Grenier "Breaking Wood"

Second Place: James DeBolt "What Is the Effect of Spring Combinations on the Resulting Spring Constant?"

Second Place: Greg Dion "The Effect of the Time of Day on Broadcast AM Reception"

Second Place: Philip Denton "Gauge Fire"

Third Place: Marylou Venida "Will the Number of Paperclips on a Paper Airplane Affect the Distance It Can Fly?"

Honorable Mention: Cameron Kirkland "Can You Determine How Far a Golf Ball Can Travel By How High It Bounces"

Honorable Mention: Brandon Lally "Conductivity Requires Electricity"

Honorable Mention: Christopher Marshall "The Path of Least Resistance"

Honorable Mention: " What Is the Effect of Citrus Fruit on the Amount of Electricity Generated?"

ZOOLOGY

First Place: Molly Gillis "Shocking: What Is the Effect of Different Amounts

of Electricity on EarthWorms?

Second Place: Ricardo Durham "What Is the Effect of Pollutants on Aquatic Life?"

Third Place: Caitlin Brown "Who's In Charge Here?"

Grand Prize: Anthony DeGennaro

Second Grand Prize: Christine Adams and Jessica Collins