State Science Day - May 12, 2007

        Sponsored by The Ohio Academy of Science, American Electric Power, The Ohio

                Environmental Education Fund, and Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane, Inc.

                                                 Hosted by The Ohio State University

 

RESULTS OF JUDGING

Rather than browsing down, in Windows use Control and F keys at the same time. On a Macintosh computer , use Command F keys at the same time.

Then type in a student's last name

(or a school name).

Then use the enter key.

 

CODES:

SCH=scholarship

1-SCH=1st place scholarship

2-SCH=2nd place scholarship

3-SCH=3rd place scholarship

ALT=alternate (1st-6th identifies alternate rank)

HM=honorable mention

 

All Saints, Cincinnati

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Peter F Young                                   Superior                                 

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Bust the truss: The effect of force on statically determinate truss designs

  All Saints, Steubenville

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Rosita M Asawa                                 Superior                                 

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Flour power

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Tierra L Mitchell                                Superior                                 

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Limestone: Helpful or harmful

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Kathryn P Danaher                            Excellent                                

  Grade: 08      Project Type:  Team

  Project Title:     Water, clay, pennies, oh my!

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Lindsey T Stover                               Excellent                                

  Grade: 08      Project Type:  Team

  Project Title:     Water, clay, pennies, oh my!

  Alliance HS, Alliance

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Alison H Draves                                Superior             142 SCH                   

  Grade: 09      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Turning around

  Alliance MS, Alliance

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Samantha N Beetler                           Superior                                 

  Grade: 08      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Eye color effects on vision

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Connor F Trautman                           Excellent                                

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Does color affect memory?

  Aquinas Central, Steubenville

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Alexander C Bednar                           Excellent                                

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Which glue can hold the most weight using wood

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Christopher E Irvin                            Superior                                 

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Which hair color is the strongest?

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Molly M Metcalf                                 Excellent                                

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     How to keep your hot chocolate hot?

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Mitchell L Morelli                               Excellent            036 1st                   

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Does temperature affect yeast decomposition?

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Brannt J Pieniazek                             Superior                                 

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     What pH level is most conducive to corrosion in iron and copper?

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr David A Shore                                   Good                                      

  Grade: 08      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Do people remember audio or visual information better?

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr William M Varkony                            Good                                      

  Grade: 08      Project Type:  Team

  Project Title:     Can sugar concentrations in liquids be determined by using the index of refraction of the solution?

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Matthew J Whiteside                          Good                                      

  Grade: 08      Project Type:  Team

  Project Title:     Can sugar concentrations in liquids be determined by using the index of refraction of the solution?

  Archbishop Alter, Kettering

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Michael C Cata                                   Excellent                                

  Grade: 10      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Hydropower efficiency

  Archbishop Alter, Kettering

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Kelsey A Fath                                    Superior             028 1st                   

  Grade: 11      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Does age affect memory?

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Elizabeth A Furrer                             Superior                                 

  Grade: 10      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     The effects of toxic and non-toxic cleaners on bacteria

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Melissa C Schroth                             Excellent                                

  Grade: 09      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Extracting pigments from powdered drinks

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Jennifer E Shal                                 Excellent                                

  Grade: 09      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     What color light bulb will remain at the highest temperature after being turned off?

  Ascension, Kettering

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Gabirelle S Carter                              Superior                                 

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     How does pressure affect popcorn yield?

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Stephanie M Shubert                         Superior                                 

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Does gender affect pulse rates?

  Ashland Christian, Ashland

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Jordan R Dohner                               Superior                                 

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Physics and golf: What brand of golf ball flies farther

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Matthew R Wise                                 Excellent                                

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Does processed food produce gas?

  Ayersville HS, Defiance

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Chris J Colwell                                  Excellent                                

  Grade: 10      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Cow power II

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Mark R Hagen                                    Excellent                                

  Grade: 11      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Is "Junk" DNA junk?

  Baker MS, Fairborn

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Kristin N Flickinger                           Excellent                                

  Grade: 08      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     The effect of different acidic liquids on the oxidation of apples

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Mason L Badger                                Superior                                 

  Grade: 08      Project Type:  Team

  Project Title:     The effect of Mentos on carbonated beverages

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Joseph S Lorenzetti                           Superior                                 

  Grade: 08      Project Type:  Team

  Project Title:     The effect of Mentos on carbonated beverages

  Barnesville HS, Barnesville

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Brindan M Jackson                            Superior             034 2nd                   

  Grade: 09      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Got amylase? Which foods contain the digestive enzyme amylase?

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Sarah E McConnell                           Excellent                                

  Grade: 10      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Blood decomposition

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Emily J Rockwell                              Superior             031 3rd   032 3SCH   034 2nd   187 1st       

  Grade: 12      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     The apple, the whole apple and nothing but the apple

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Timmy A Ferguson                            Excellent                                

  Grade: 10      Project Type:  Team

  Project Title:     Viscosity challenge

  Barnesville HS, Barnesville

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Ryan G Heskett                                  Excellent                                

  Grade: 10      Project Type:  Team

  Project Title:     Viscosity challenge

  Barnesville Independent Elementary, Barnesville

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Micaela S Rockwell                           Excellent                                

  Grade: 08      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     What's the degree?

  Beaumont School, Cleveland Hts

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Stephanie M Andrus                          Superior             072 HM   080 HM   086 2nd   171 SCH       

  Grade: 11      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     What is the effect of variable dissolved oxygen levels and phosphate loading on the algae Cladophora sp in a simulated

                     Lake Erie near shore environment versus a control? Phase III

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Rumneek K Bedi                               Superior             142 SCH                   

  Grade: 10      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     The effect of curcumin on RKO colon cancer cell lines

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Monika A Cepulis                              Excellent                                

  Grade: 09      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     How do our faces measure up?

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Aiste S Degesys                                Superior             034 1st   142 SCH               

  Grade: 10      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Prenatal cocaine addiction's long term effects on children: The relationship of nutrition with anemia

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Rachel E Hubbard                             Superior             147 1SCH                   

  Grade: 11      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Anabolic effects of intermittent PTH therapy on bone trauma healing in simulated microgravity

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Jane E Lodwick                                 Superior             136 5th                   

  Grade: 09      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Left or right? The effects of water pollution on pulmonate and prosobranch snail populations

  Beaumont School, Cleveland Hts

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Suzanne M Maloney                          Superior             001 1st   032 3rd               

  Grade: 11      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     The effect of thermal pretreatments on the amylase content of bean seeds

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Meredith E Muir                                Superior             050 1st   142 SCH               

  Grade: 10      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Five fat mice...see how they run: Analyzing the genetic composition of the gut microbiota of mouse strain C57BL/6J

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Ellen A Pifer                                      Excellent            061 3rd                   

  Grade: 10      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Structural dynamics

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Mary J Ryan                                      Excellent                                

  Grade: 11      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Going green: A study of the antioxidant content of green tea and grape seed extract

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Kathryn H Seringer                            Excellent            059 4th   105 1st   185 1SCH           

  Grade: 11      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Particle dispersion in metal matrix composites

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Elizabeth K Walton                            Superior                                 

  Grade: 10      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     There's more to tennis than meets the eye

  Bellbrook HS, Bellbrook

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Kaitlin S Bernard                               Superior                                 

  Grade: 09      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     The effects of electromagnetic radiation on algae cell structure

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Alexander T Chappars                       Superior                                 

  Grade: 11      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     The optimal number and placement of turbine blades for maximum electrical output in a marine turbine

  Bellbrook MS, Bellbrook

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Stephen L Annas                               Excellent                                

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     What gets your blood pumping?

  Bellbrook MS, Bellbrook

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Charles S Black                                 Excellent                                

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Vacuum vs compressed air: Which has more buoyancy?

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Nicholas R Brown                              Excellent                                

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Free-throw angles

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Margaret A Cinibulk                          Excellent                                

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Comparison of heating rate of homemade solar water heaters

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr William H Giffin                                 Superior                                 

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Which bridge is stronger?

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Bradley E Ritzel                                 Superior                                 

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Sweet angles

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Samuel W Salchak                             Superior             105 3rd   154 1st               

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Trebuchet trajectory

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Laurel G Sira                                     Superior                                 

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Meow, bow-WOW! An animal intelligence test

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Laura E Sooy                                    Excellent                                

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     How does caffeine affect performance in swimming and running?

  Benjamin Logan HS, Bellefontaine                           Harold C. Shaw School Award

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Jessie L Behnke                                Superior                                 

  Grade: 11      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Demagnetization

  Benjamin Logan HS, Bellefontaine                           Harold C. Shaw School Award

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Jessica A Frasure                              Excellent            090 2nd   132 SCH               

  Grade: 11      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     A future with phytoremediation

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Andrew J Haun                                  Superior             090 1st                   

  Grade: 10      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Will corn yield and nitrogen loss increase with incremental nitrogen applications?

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Katrina M Huey                                  Superior             083 1st   142 SCH               

  Grade: 12      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Analysis of antibiotic resistance to E. coli and other bacteria of the Mad River

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Emily E Jones                                   Superior             142 SCH                   

  Grade: 09      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     The effects of pH and organic matter on Streptomyces and antibiotic production

  Benjamin Logan MS, Bellefontaine

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Sam Z Baker                                      Excellent                                

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Wing tuning to adjust downforce

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Steven T Hall                                     Superior                                 

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Enzymes in food sources: Cattle rumen microbe - digestibility of various food sources

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Kathleen M Seeley                             Good                                      

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Can sugar beets beat acid rain

  Big Walnut HS, Sunbury

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr John A Clark                                      Superior                                 

  Grade: 10      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     The effects of gamma radiation on bean growth

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Betsy A Dible                                    Superior             032 2nd                   

  Grade: 10      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     What is the effect of gibberellic acid on seed germination and plant growth?

  Big Walnut HS, Sunbury

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Sarah E Frontz                                  Excellent                                

  Grade: 11      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Lateral growth of Poa annua Agrostis palustris

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Garrett P Koehler                               Superior                                 

  Grade: 11      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     The best magnum rimfire cartridge

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Sara J Predieri                                  Superior                                 

  Grade: 11      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     A comparison of pH levels and the foaming reagents of toothpaste: A focus on sodium laurel sulfate

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Alfred D Yates                                    Excellent                                

  Grade: 10      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Regeneration of planaria

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Rachel A Yoho                                  Superior             041 1st   087 1st   171 SCH   187 1st       

  Grade: 11      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     A study of agricultural bacterial populations and the presence of Branta canadensis

  Big Walnut MS, Sunbury

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Nathaniel S Fagan                             Excellent                                

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Spuds away! Does the distance a projectile travels vary based on muzzle depth in a potato cannon model?

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Amanda J Meade                               Excellent                                

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Which water works?

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Eric A Mink                                        Excellent                                

  Grade: 08      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Phosphates in water

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Dillon M Stenger                                Excellent                                

  Grade: 08      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Energy blades

  Big Walnut MS, Sunbury

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Savannah  Bever                               Excellent                                

  Grade: 08      Project Type:  Team

  Project Title:     Bone appetite: Do dogs prefer healthy food over unhealthy food?

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Claire E George                                 Excellent                                

  Grade: 08      Project Type:  Team

  Project Title:     Bone appetite: Do dogs prefer healthy food over unhealthy food?

  Bishop Fenwick, Zanesville

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Mr Matthew J Baker                                Excellent                                

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Fishing line tensile strength

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Megan C Nash                                   Excellent                                

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     pH fun with household solutions

  Bishop Flaget, Chillicothe

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Erin R Danneker                                Superior             034 1st   154 1st               

  Grade: 08      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Finding alternative fats

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Paige A Lanning                               Excellent                                

  Grade: 07      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Who has the best memory?

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Colleen M Ryan                                 Excellent                                

  Grade: 08      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     A new method to measure bone strength during spinal reconstructive surgery

                                                            OAS AWARD         Sponsored Award Number and rank -if any

  Ms Victoria J Skowronek                        Excellent                                

  Grade: 08      Project Type:  Individual

  Project Title:     Quenching technique and metal hardness