PVI Science Fair Awards
February 01, 2012
Best of Show:
CH15 Madison Nguyen
Organic Bone Scaffolds: Composition Kappa Carrageenan & Chitosan
MC04 Minsuk Kim
Continued Fractions, Divisibility Properties, Zecendorf Representations of Fibonacci & Lucas Numbers
Biology/Medicine & Health
1st Place:
BI02 Carina Pereira Chillin' with my Peeps
Andrea Miranda
2nd Place:
MH02Mary Krolicki No Hard Feelings
Sydney Kristek
Liza Brown
3rd Place:
MH05Elisabeth Lamas "C" Ya Later
Lindsey Vu
Katelan Young
Honorable Mention:
MH06Emma Merrill No Head? No Problem...
Meredith Cervi
Nicole Mastracchio
Bio-Technology
1st Place:
BT06 Jordan E. Kijewski Acid vs. E. Coli - The Battle for Safer Foods
2nd Place:
BT04 Bryce Kidwell Effects of Food Preservatives on Escherichia Coli &
Lactobacillus Aidophus
3rd Place:
BT11 Kelly J. McLean Color Inheritance in Mice
Honorable Mention:
BT09 Elizabeth C. Turcott Effect of Home Made vs. Store-bought Disinfectant on
Megan M. O’Keefe Elimination of Bacteria from Raw Chicken
Chemistry
1st Place:
CH15 Madison Nguyen Organic Bone Scaffolds: Composition Kappa Carrageenan & Chitosan
2nd Place:
CH04 Anna Tapen The Effects of Cooking Methods on Vitamin C
Maggie Keane
Kim Rieder
3rd Place:
CH13 Nicole Kirk Testing pH Levels Using Various Sources of Anthocyanin
Honorable Mention:
CH12 Kathryn Brown Effects of Temperature on Light Intensity & Duration of Luminol
CH23 Katie M. Neubig Effect of Different Solvents on the Rusting of Steel
Earth & Environmental Science
1st Place:
EE05 Brian Owings Electricity from a River Mud Fuel Cell
Christopher Rybicki-Williams
2nd Place:
EE11Noelle Dorgham The Lakes of Reston
Victoria Carboni
3rd Place:
EE03 Gillian E. Gregory Is Water Cleaner Near the Surface or the Bottom?
Honorable Mention:
EE10 Gabrielle Smith Effects of pH & Nitrite Level on the Life of Micro-organisms
Suzannah Trainer
Megan Turcol
Math & Computers
1st Place:
MC04Minsuk Kim Continued Fractions, Divisibility Properties, & Zecendorf
Representations of Fibonacci & Lucas Numbers
2nd Place:
MC03Caroline E. Peters Effect of Trackers on Time to Download Torrents
3rd Place:
MC01 Christian Turner Effect of Materials on Blocking Radio Waves
Honorable Mention:
MC02April Dietrich Tartini Tones
Physics & Engineering
1st Place:
PE06 Theresa M. Neubig Effects of String Tension on the Spin of a Tennis Ball
2nd Place:
PE15 Natalie Grim Comparing the Average EMF Radiation Emitted by Everyday Devices
3rd Place:
PE34 Tim Knowles Surf Wax
Tommy Whittaker
Scott Primeau
Honorable Mention:
PE19 Emily Haller Toothpick Bridges
PE09 Amanda Malloy Effects of Temperature on Board Strength
Plant Sciences
1st Place:
PS10 Molly Yanchulis Hyper Houseplants? Effect of Caffeine on Plant Growth
Rebeca Lamas
2nd Place:
PS04 Nicola Toole Effects of Detergents on Plants
3rd Place:
PS03 Courtney Check Poinsettias: Red Chlorophyll?
Thank You to Our Judges
Daniel J. Brunk
Mary Ann Wangemann
Debbie Bozik
George Capen
Laura Cunniff
Niamh M. Lowry
Virginia Perna
Suzanne Knight
Mary Burke Fox
Allan Rowley
Diana M. Skouby
Joyce Krolicki
Thomas Cleary
Daniel Nguyen
Steve Kelly
Chris Carlson
Glen Perez
Dave Herbert
Hai Eastman
Kevin Kiley
Carmen Martinez
Eric Malloy
Leigh Knodt
Susan Woo
Ray Derr
Maureen Cleary
Patrick Rozmajzl
