2010 Participants
Alphabetical List including previous years awards.
If there are errors please contact Jim at jimphyllis@sympatico.ca
Michael Abu
The carbon nanotube project
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
St. John's-Kilmarnock School
Nathan Adam and Connor O'Neill
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Need for speed
Hespeler P.S.
Oriana Aguas
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Concentration
Centennial P.S.
Paul Albert-Lebrun
The hidden value of waste water and carbon dioxide
Pere-Rene-de-Galinee High School
2010 Award: Gold Medal
Jocelyn Andress and Kelsey Widdrington
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Bite Me Baby
St. John Brebeuf C.S. – Erin
Brianna Barnhart and Rosalie Matthews Tooth Abuse
St. John Brebeuf C.S. - Erin
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
2009 Award: Honourable Mention (Brianna partnered with Jessie Oreskovic)
Rianne Beach and Erika Lade
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Quick, Efficient, but Healthy?
Rithika BeenaKumary
2010 Award: Silver Medal
IntelliMusic
Queensmount Senior P.S.
Allison Bell and Caitlin MacGillivray
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Pass Your Print
St. John Brebeuf C.S. - Erin
Austin Bender
2010 Award: Silver Medal
2009 Award: Bronze Medal
Recycled Heat
Waterloo Oxford D.S.S
Laura Bertrand
Greenroof = Green Living
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Jennifer Bheemsingh and Lisa Nguyen
Taylor Evans P.S.
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Waterloo Oxford D.S.S.
St. Teresa of Avila C.S. - Elmira
Does Gender or Age affect smiling
Hayley Birss
How Permanent Are Permanent Markers?
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Megan Bittner Is Your House Really Getting Cleaned
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Northlake Woods P.S.
Wm. G. Davis P.S. - Congregated Class
Leslie Bothwell and Jenny Tian Total Resistant Starch Concentration in Potatoes
Centennial C. & V.I.
2010 Canada Wide Science Fair Awards; Senior Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Honourable Mention ($100)
2010 WWSEFAwards: Award of Merit, Best of the Biotechnology Division, Gold Medal, Scholarships to
Conestoga College and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier.
2009 WWSEFAwards: (Jenny submitted a single person project) Gold Medal, OAML Award,
Scholarships to Conestoga College and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier.
Jack Boyle and Nigel Ridge
ECO – CHARGER
St. John Brebeuf C.S. – Erin
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Daniel Brenneman and Addie McCall
Queensmount Senior P.S.
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Shea Brenneman and Colton Robbins
2010 Award: Gold Medal
Lens The Behind (Behind The Lens)
The Stroop Effect
Forest Glen P.S.
Lisa Brock
Corrosion Inhibiting Coatings
Orangeville District S.S.
2010 Awards: Sir Isaac Newton Award—Intermediate Level and a Silver Medal
2009 Award: Bronze medal
Carolyn Buchanan
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
2009 Award: Bronze Medal
Watt Water
St. John's-Kilmarnock School
Mariel Burnside
Stuck Stuck Stuck - Prepare Your Nature Wear
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Cassandra Busuttil
You're Putting WHAT On Your Face?!
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Annie Byca
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Charlotte Carbone
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Optical Illusions
Waterproof Mascara
Ali Carroll and Katelyn Shantz
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Hespeler P.S.
St. John's-Kilmarnock School
St. Andrew's P.S.
Wm. G. Davis P.S. - Congregated Class
Food For The Thought
Waterloo Oxford D.S.S.
Mackenzie Carter
STOL'n Lift
St. John's - Kilmarnock School
2010 Canada Wide Science Fair Awards: Senior Engineering Gold Medal ($1500), International Summer
School for Young Physicists Award ($2500), University of Western Ontario $2000 Entrance Scholarship,
University of Ottawa $20,000 ($5000/yr for 4 yrs) Entrance Scholarship, Dalhousie University Faculty of
Science $4000 Entrance Scholarship.
2010 WWSEF Awards The most outstanding project of the Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering
fair receives a trophy, and admission scholarships to Conestoga College, the University of Guelph, the
University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, and the University of Ottawa. RIM provides a $250 cash
award.
2010 WWSEFAwards: Award of Excellence, Award of Merit, Best of the Engineering Science Division, Gold
Medal, Scholarships to Conestoga College and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier and
Ottawa.
2008 Canada Wide Science Fair Awards: Bronze Medal, Automotive ($300), Bronze Medal, Engineering
($300) ,
2008 WWSEF Awards: Award of Merit, Gold Medal, Intermediate Engineering.
2006 WWSEF Awards: Silver Medal.
Nicole Cassidy-Small
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Do Mares have Shorter Strides Then Geldings
Anthony Cerullo and Adam Schefter
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Bradley Champagne
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Jun Yi Chen
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
2009 Award: Bronze Medal
What Can Improve G.T Racer Speed?
How much does this suck?
Handy Soap
Centennial P.S.
St. Agnes C.S.
St. John's-Kilmarnock Schoo
Taylor Evans P.S.
Seiji Chiba
A day in the life of radiation. Have you had your
2010 Award: Silver Medal
St. John's-Kilmarnock School
Andreea Chiorean and Mckayla Meyer
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
How Can Grey Water Benefit You?
Danielle Coffin and Kristina Osterman
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Rock That Sound
Bianca Colcer and Joy Park
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
St. Agnes C.S.
St. John Brebeuf C.S. – Erin
Thirst No More
Waterloo C.I.
Matt Cooper
Generating power through Natural Acids
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Orangeville District S.S.
Sarah Costello and Kelly Henderson
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
The Static Eliminator
St. Agnes C.S
Kyla Craig
2010 Award: Gold Medal
2008 Award: Silver Medal
Give the Fish a Brake
St. John's-Kilmarnock School
Heather Cressman
Do Fats and Salt interfere with the Rising of ...
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Waterloo Oxford D.S.S.
Colleen Danner and Felicia Wagler
2010 Award: Gold Medal
Is Gum Dumb
Forest Glen P.S
Deena Dam and Miffy Yeung
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
First Impressions
Taylor Evans P.S.
Jodre Datu and James Mesich
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Sleep Deprivation
Taylor Evans P.S
Jessica Davison and Rachel Lichti
2010 Award: Silver Medal
2009 Award: Honourable Mention Certificate
Perfect Timing
Waterloo Oxford D.S.S.
Hillary Dawkins and Susie Pan
Solar Juice
Centennial C. & V.I
2010 Awards: Hydro One Energy Ambassador Award, Gold Medal, Scholarships to Conestoga College
and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier.
2010 International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering, Environment) Project Olympiad April 1419, in Houston, Texas Hillary Dawkins and Susie Pan of Guelph won Bronze Medals(+$400) in the Senior
Energy and Engineering Divisions. Their project, "Solar juice: Creating Green and Cost-Effective Dye
Sensitized Solar Cells", focused on generating the greatest current output of dye sensitized solar cells by
mixing different dyes and finding their optimal pH level.
2009 Awards: Gold Medal, Best in Division – Engineering, Award of Merit, Scholarships to Conestoga
College and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier.
Laura Deacon and Laura Temple
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Michaela Demysh and Emma-Lee Peller
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Low Fat vs. Regular Products
Solar Power
Rebecca Diemert and Claire Hanley
2010 Award: Silver Medal
"Salty" Alternatives
Charlene Ditner
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
2009 Award: Bronze medal
To Pop Or Not To Pop
Centennial P.S.
Rockwood Centennial P.S.
St. Teresa of Avila C.S. – Elmira
Forest Glen P.S.
Laurie Dombrowski
2010 Award: Silver Medal
How Sweet is it?
St. Agnes C.S.
Kelly Dong
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Estimating PI
Waverly Drive P.S.
Jen Duimering and Monisha Naik
2010 Award: Gold Medal
Dawn vs Dusk
Alexander Duong and Nina Milanovski
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Fonts. Live long and be legible.
Mac Eckert
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Centennial P.S
Queensmount Senior P.S.
Cell Phone Radiation: Fact Or Fiction
Hespeler P.S.
Jake Elgood and Callum McRae
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Is Your Plant Green?
Forest Glen P.S.
Jessi Elgood
2010 Award: Silver Medal
What's Your Colour?
Forest Glen P.S.
Zach Elgood
In-Stream Bioreactor: CH4 production and Removal
Cameron Heights C.I.
2010 Canada-Wide Science Fair Awards: Intermediate Earth and Environmental Sciences Bronze Medal
($300), University of Western Ontario $1000 Entrance Scholarship
2010 Awards: Award of Merit, Gold Medal, Ontario Ministry of Environment - Environmental Innovator
Award.
2010 International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering, Environment) Project Olympiad April 1419, in Houston, Texas. Zach Elgood of New Hamburg won a Gold Medal, and $1000, in the Senior
Environment Category. His project "Methane Production and Removal in an In-Stream Bioreactor" looked at
a method for reducing methane produced in a bioreactor designed to remove nitrates from water.
2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Reno, Nevada
selected as a member of 2009 Team Canada, with his project "In-Stream Bioreactors: N2O Producers?"
was awarded Third place, and $1000, in the Environmental Management Division.
Cameron Heights C.I.
2009 WWSEF Award: Silver Medal
2008 CWSF Award: Honourable Mention($100)
2008 Awards WWSEF
Medal, Junior Physical Science.
Individual Entry
2007 Awards Canada Wide Science Fair
al in the Junior Physical and Mathematical
($1000)
2007 Awards WWSEF
Stephen J. Little Presentation Award, Gold Medal.
Courtland Avenue P. S.
Alex Emrich
It's None Of Your Beeswax...OR IS IT
2010 Awards Best of Earth and Environmental Science, and a Gold Medal
Hespeler P.S
Rukiye Ermis
Extracting Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid from berries
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Islamic School Of Cambridge
Brian Eszes
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Glacial Power
St. John's-Kilmarnock School
Desirae Evans and Raluca Oprean
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Wildlife and Oil Spills Don't Mix
W.T. Townshend P.S.
Ian Fare
2010 Award: Gold Medal
2009 Award: Bronze Medal
A New Way to Learn?
K.W. Bilingual School
Tamim Faruk
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Foot Power
Lester B. Pearson P.S.
Alexandra Ficht
2010 Award: Silver Medal
This Science Fair Is Garbage
Andrei Florescu
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Maglev Train
Northlake Woods P.S.
Emily Foell and Maddie Petrie
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Are You in the Right Mind?
Centennial P.S.Class
Alexandra (Allie) Fong
2010 Award: Silver Medal
St. John's-Kilmarnock School
Measuring Air Quality in Public Places
Samantha Fowler
2010 Award: Gold Medal
Yeast it Up!
Emilee Galea and Mike Williams
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Running Shoes VS Bare Feet
Jessica Gascon
2010 Award: Gold Medal
K.W. Bilingual School
Centennial P.S.
Does That Make Scents?
Centennial P.S.
Forest Glen P.S.
Shannon Gay and Safa Zargari
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
2009 Award: Honourable Mention
Pepsi vs. Pepsi
Hespeler P.S.
Halie Gilmore and Madeline Shantz
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
2009 Award: Bronze Medal
MMM Whatcha Smell
Forest Glen P.S.
Sarah Gingerich
2010 Award: Silver Medal
The Secrets Behind What You Eat
Forest Glen P.S.
Charlie Goertz
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Power Play
Rockway Mennonite Collegiate
Zachary Goetz
Rethinking Garbage Waste
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
2009 Award: Honourable mention
St. Teresa of Avila C.S. - Elmira
Emily Graetz and Bronte Smith
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
St. John Brebeuf C.S. - Erin
Plants Testify
Cid Grischow-Bradley and Paige Snowdon
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Ashley Hammerbacher and Jessica Tjong
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
A Soapy Mess
Hespeler P.S.
Adolescents as Eyewitnesses
Alyssa Harvey
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Insulation for Conservation
Claire Hanley and Rebecca Diemert
2010 Award: Silver Medal
"Salty" Alternatives
Emma Hawley-Yan
Exploring the Principles of Gravitropism
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Waterloo C.I
Rockwood Centennial P.S
St. Teresa of Avila C.S. - Elmira
Orangeville District S.S.
Kelly Henderson and Sarah Costello
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
The Static Eliminator
St. Agnes C.S
John Hinch
Food Power
Forest Glen P.S.
2010 Award: Gold Medal
Cathy Hoang and Nary Uy
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Reusable Paper is the new GREEN!
Elizabeth Hodgson
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
How Cool Is That?
Alison Holman
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Synthetic Crystals
Taylor Evans P.S.
St. John's-Kilmarnock School
Wm. G. Davis P.S. - Congregated Class
Lauren Horst
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
The Truth About Hamburger
St. Jacobs P.S.
Caitlin Idziak and Hannah Rempel
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
How Clean is Your Cutlery?
St. Agnes C.S.
Casey Ingold and Madison Sekulin
Muffin Mania
2010 Award: Gold Medal
2009 Award: Bronze Medal (Casey entered a single person project)
Calahan Janik-Jones and Thomas Rowlands
Centennial P.S. - Congregated Class
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Taylor Jarvis
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Forest Glen P.S.
Avalanche Attack!
How to REMEMBER not to FORGET
Taylor Evans P.S.
Sabaszan Jeganathan and Alex Schmidt
The Musical Heartbeat Project
Wm. G. Davis P.S. – Congregated
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Tony Jin
Thingamabobs, whatchamacallits, and Solenoids?
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Alexandra Johns and Michaela Johns
K.W. Bilingual School
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Cameron Heights C.I.
Light and Starch Production in Geranium Plants
Jessica Johns
Plants, Natures Oxygen Factories
2010 Awards: Chem13 Award and a Gold Medal
Waterloo C.I
Derek Jouppi
Preparation I (Because A through H Were A Failure)
St. John's-Kilmarnock School
2010 Award: Silver Medal
2009 Award: Silver Medal
Madeleine Jutzi
2010 Award: Silver Medal
2009 Award: Bronze Medal
Mnemonics?
Forest Glen P.S.
Avani Karadkhedkar
2010 Award: Silver Medal
2009 Award: Bronze Medal
Global Warming
Cameron Heights C.I.
Kayvan Riazi Kermani
Effect of magnetic field on CaCO3 precipitaion
2010 Awards: Sir Isaac Newton Award –Senior Level, and a Silver Medal
Maya Ingrid Keshav
Weatherproofing Newspaper
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Waterloo C.I.
Centennial P.S. - Congregated Class
Melad Khajepour
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Aquarium Filtration
Centennial P.S.
Eddie Kim
Toxicity of Carbon Nanotubes in Daphnia Magna Cameron Heights C.I.
2010 Awards: Gold Medal, Scholarships to Conestoga College and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo,
and Wilfrid Laurier.
2009 Awards: (with partner Brian Hatton) Gold Medal, The Award of Excellence, Award of Merit, Best in
Division - Life Science. Best Senior Written Report, Scholarships to Conestoga College and the
Universities of Guelph, Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier, Ottawa.
WWSEF 2008 Awards: Gold Medal, Intermediate Biotechnology.
WWSEF 2007 Awards: Award of Merit, Intermediate Sir Isaac Newton Award, Gold Medal.
Canada Wide Science Fair 2006 Awards: Honourable Mention, Junior Physical and Mathematical
Sciences ($100 and a certificate)
WWSEF 2006 Awards: Award of Merit, Gold Medal, Junior Sir Isaac Newton Award, Stepping Stone
Award
Natalie Kim and Paige Strong
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Whew! I am Winded!!
Centennial P.S.
Matt Kirby
A Proteomics Approach to Identification of a Bioma
Centennial C. & V.I
2010 Awards: Ontario Association of Medical Laboratories Award, and a Gold Medal
Sian Kou-Giesbrecht and Lily Li
2010 Award: Silver Medal
UW: Computer Power Conservation
Troy Kozlowski
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Re-Engerize Your Home
Waterloo C.I.
Lester B. Pearson P.S.
Brian Krug
Catechin's effect on ovarian cancer progression
Individual Entry
2010 International Science and Engineering Fair: Brian represented Canada at the International Science
and Engineering Fair, May 9-14, 2010 in San Jose, CA.
2010 WWSEF Awards: Award of Merit, Best of the Life Science Division, Gold Medal, Scholarships to
Conestoga College and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier.
2010 International BioGENEius Challenge, May, 2010
Brian was named a finalist, and awarded an honourable mention, plus $500, for his project titled
"Catechin's anti-angiogenic effects in epithelial ovarian cancer".
2009 WWSEF Awards: Gold Medal, Award of Merit
2008 WWSEF Awards: Silver Medal, OAML Award.
2007 Canada Wide Science Fair Awards: Silver Medal in the Junior Life Sciences Category ($700 and a
certificate) Entrance Scholarship to the University of Ontario ($1500)
2007 WWSEF Awards: Stepping Stone Award, Award of Merit, Best of Junior Life Science Category,
Gold Medal,
Lydia Kuhl
Mind Over Matter
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Centennial P.S. - Congregated Class
Bobby Langridge
The Study of Food Colour and How it Effects
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Centennial C. & V.I.
Erika Lade and Rianne Beach
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Quick, Efficient, but Healthy?
Waterloo Oxford D.S.S.
Madeline Lass and Nicole Ramseyer
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
2009 Award: Honourable Mention
2008 Award: Honourable Mention
Water In Perpetual Motion
Waterloo Oxford D.S.S.
Jenna Lee and Lexi Wong
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Lily Li and Sian Kou-Giesbrecht
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Tasting 1,2,3 ... Organic vs. Non-organic Milk
UW: Computer Power Conservation
Centennial P.S.
Waterloo C.I.
Tony Li and Emanuel Mendreu
2010 Award: Silver Medal
The Miracles of Urine
Waterloo C.I.
Rachel Lichti and Jessica Davison
Perfect Timing
2010 Award: Silver Medal
2009 Award: Honourable Mention Certificate
Nicole Lindner
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Waterloo Oxford D.S.S.
Soap Wars
St. Jacobs P.S.
Steven Liu and Kevin Peng
Stick it to the Man
Centennial P.S. - Congregated Class
2010 Awards: Award of Merit, Best of the Physical and Mathematical Science Division, Gold Medal, Sir
Isaac Newton Award
Jacky Ly and Noah Taylor
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Potatoes
St. Teresa of Avila C.S. - Elmira
Jessica MacDonald and Emilie van Gent Taste and Our 5 Senses
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
W.T. Townshend P.S.
St. John Brebeuf C.S. – Erin
Caitlin MacGillivray and Allison Bell
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Pass Your Print
Ethan Main
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
The Best Way To Bust A Bug
Andrea Maltez
2010 Award: Silver Medal
St. Andrew's P.S.
The Effect Of Temperature on A Magnet
Centennial P.S.
Laura Maly
The Science of Popcorn - Which Brand of ...
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Taylor Evans P.S.
Cedric Martin and Riley Mills
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Waterloo Oxford D.S.S.
Radio Control Hovercraft
Andrea Mataruga and Sara Stojanovic
2010 Award: Gold Medal
Bird Communicatio
Rosalie Matthews and Brianna Barnhart
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Tooth Abuse
Addie McCall and Daniel Brenneman
Queensmount Senior P.S.
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Lens The Behind (Behind The Lens)
Lauren McFadyen
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
W.T. Townshend P.S.
St. John Brebeuf C.S. – Erin
What's on Your Hands? Centennial P.S. - Congregated Class
Callum McRae and Jake Elgood
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Is Your Plant Green?
Forest Glen P.S.
Emanuel Mendreu and Tony Li
2010 Award: Silver Medal
The Miracles of Urine
Waterloo C.I.
James Mesich and Jodre Datu
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Mckayla Meyer and Andreea Chiorean
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Justin Michael and Andrew Svoboda
Sleep Deprivation
Taylor Evans P.S.
How Can Grey Water Benefit You?
Paramagnetic Liquids
St. Agnes C.S.
Centennial C. & V.I
2010 Awards: Gold Medal, Scholarships to Conestoga College and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo,
and Wilfrid Laurier.
Nina Milanovski and Alexander Duong
Senior P.S
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Fonts. Live long and be legible.
Isaac Miller
Wireless whistle controls time clock
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Riley Mills and Cedric Martin
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Radio Control Hovercraft
Tristan Mills
Crystal Clear Calculations
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Queensmount
Forest Glen P.S.
Waterloo Oxford D.S.S.
St. John's-Kilmarnock School
Daniel Moholia
Solar Wind Hybrids
Cameron Heights C.I.
2010 Awards: Award of Merit, Gold Medal, University of Ontario Institute of Technology Innovation Award.
2009 Awards: Gold Medal, Award of Merit, Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Stepping Stone
Award, Hydro One Energy Ambassador Award
2008 Awards: Silver Medal
Rachel Morton
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
THe Perfect Cookies
Forest Glen P.S.
Emma Mulholland
2010 Award: Gold Medal
A-Salting the Environment
Centennial P.S.
Jamie Murray and Gwen Reid
Seasoned Out! Centennial P.S. - Congregated Class
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
2009 Award: Bronze Medal (Jamie entered as an individual)
Monisha Naik and Jen Duimering
2010 Award: Gold Medal
Dawn vs Dusk
Centennial P.S.
Lisa Nguyen and Jennifer Bheemsingh
Taylor Evans P.S.
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Does Gender or Age affect smiling
Sofia Oke and Noorain Shethwala Chemosensitizers: The Answer to Cancer Centennial C. & V.I
2010 Canada-Wide Science Fair Awards: Senior Health Sciences Bronze Medal ($300), University of
Western Ontario $1000 Entrance Scholarship, University of Ottawa $1000 Entrance Scholarship
2010 Awards: Award of Merit, Gold Medal, Scholarships to Conestoga College and the Universities of
Guelph, Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier
2009 Awards: Gold Medal, Best in Division – Biotechnology, Award of Merit, Scholarships to Conestoga
College and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier
2008 Award: Silver Medal
Connor O'Neill and Nathan Adam
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Need for speed
Hespeler P.S.
Raluca Oprean and Desirae Evans
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Wildlife and Oil Spills Don't Mix
W.T. Townshend P.S.
Kristina Osterman and Danielle Coffin
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Rock That Sound
Jenny Pan and Kirstin Pulles
2010 Award: Silver Medal
The Band-Aid Solution
St. John Brebeuf C.S. – Erin
Waverly Drive P.S.
Susie Pan and Hillary Dawkins
Solar Juice
Centennial C. & V.I
2010 Awards: Hydro One Energy Ambassador Award, Gold Medal, Scholarships to Conestoga College
and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier.
2010 International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering, Environment) Project Olympiad April 1419, in Houston, Texas Hillary Dawkins and Susie Pan of Guelph won Bronze Medals(+$400) in the Senior
Energy and Engineering Divisions. Their project, "Solar juice: Creating Green and Cost-Effective Dye
Sensitized Solar Cells", focused on generating the greatest current output of dye sensitized solar cells by
mixing different dyes and finding their optimal pH level.
2009 Awards: Gold Medal, Best in Division – Engineering, Award of Merit, Scholarships to Conestoga
College and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier.
Avinash Pandey
The Raisin Project: A computer based text reminder
K.W. Bilingual School
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Emerson Paleshi
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
2009 Award: Bronze Medal
The Homade Potato Cannon
Joy Park and Bianca Colcer
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Thirst No More
Emma-Lee Peller and Michaela Demysh
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Solar Power
Daniel Penner
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Northlake Woods P.S.
Waterloo C.I.
Rockwood Centennial P.S.
The Sound of Electricity
Waterloo C.I.
Kevin Peng and Steven Liu
Stick it to the Man
Centennial P.S. - Congregated Class
2010 Awards: Award of Merit, Best of the Physical and Mathematical Science Division, Gold Medal, Sir
Isaac Newton Award
Maddie Petrie and Emily Foell
Are You in the Right Mind?
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Elizabeth Pfisterer
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
St. John Brebeuf C.S. - Erin
What Is A Mass Spectrometer?
Northlake Woods P.S.
Wm. G. Davis P.S. – Congregated
Kylie Phillips
Effective Stain Removal
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Rhiannan Pinnell and Beverly Yang
What are you drinking.
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
2009 Award: Honourable mention (Rhiannon worked with Carrie Yam)
K.W. Bilingual Schoo
Elizabeth Porter
What's growing on your bread?
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Wm. G. Davis P.S. - Congregated Class
Emilie Power
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
High C's
Centennial P.S. - Congregated Class
Madeline Power
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
KoolPool & HotSpot
Kirstin Pulles and Jenny Pan
2010 Award: Silver Medal
The Band-Aid Solution
Waverly Drive P.S.
Matthew Putman
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Slope Safety --On Demand
Rockwood Centennial P.S.
Janelle Quinn
2010 Award: Silver Medal
St. John's-Kilmarnock School
For Real or Façade?
Waterloo C.I.
Nicole Ramseyer and Madeline Lass
Waterloo Oxford D.S.S.
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
2009 Award: Honourable Mention
2008 Award: Honourable Mention
Water In Perpetual Motion
Jake Raw
2010 Award: Gold Medal
Chemical or Natural?
Centennial P.S.
Gwen Reid and Jamie Murray
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Seasoned Out! Centennial P.S. - Congregated Class
Hannah Rempel and Caitlin Idziak
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
How Clean is Your Cutlery?
Nigel Ridge and Jack Boyle
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
ECO – CHARGER
Colton Robbins and Shea Brenneman
2010 Award: Gold Medal
The Stroop Effect
Melissa Castillo Romero
Edna Staebler P.S.
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Can humans tell the difference between genuine...
Thomas Rowlands and Calahan Janik-Jones
Centennial P.S. - Congregated Class
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Ethan Rudd
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Arushi Sachdev and Yujie Zhang
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Adam Schefter and Anthony Cerullo
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
St. Agnes C.S.
St. John Brebeuf C.S. – Erin
Forest Glen P.S.
Avalanche Attack!
Drive to Survive
Wm. G. Davis P.S. - Congregated
Music and Learning
Waterloo C.I.
What Can Improve G.T Racer Speed?
St. Agnes C.S.
Alex Schmidt and Sabaszan Jeganathan
Wm. G. Davis P.S. - Congregated
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
The Musical Heartbeat Project
Madison Sekulin and Casey Ingold
2010 Award: Gold Medal
Muffin Mania
Forest Glen P.S
Emma Seymour
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Insulation Inquiry
St. Jacobs P.S.
Saman Shafiq
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Henna vs. Permanent Tattoos
Hespeler P.S.
Katelyn Shantz and Ali Carroll
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Madeline Shantz and Halie Gilmore
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Food For The Thought
MMM Whatcha Smell
Waterloo Oxford D.S.S.
Forest Glen P.S.
Sofia Oke and Noorain Shethwala Chemosensitizers: The Answer to Cancer Centennial C. & V.I
2010 Canada-Wide Science Fair Awards: Senior Health Sciences Bronze Medal ($300), University of
Western Ontario $1000 Entrance Scholarship, University of Ottawa $1000 Entrance Scholarship
2010 Awards: Award of Merit, Gold Medal, Scholarships to Conestoga College and the Universities of
Guelph, Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier
2009 Awards: Gold Medal, Best in Division – Biotechnology, Award of Merit, Scholarships to Conestoga
College and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier
2008 Award: Silver Medal
Hyunwook Shin
Mammalian Protein to Save Fish from Iron Pollution
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Cameron Heights C.I.
Jennifer Shu
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Pendulums and Resonance
Edna Staebler P.S.
Arthur Sit and Jack Stamp
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Mini Earthquake Simulator
Lester B. Pearson P.S.
Bronte Smith and Emily Graetz
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Plants Testify
St. John Brebeuf C.S. - Erin
Katherine Smith
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Polymers Gone Wild
Forest Glen P.S.
Paige Snowdon and Cid Grischow-Bradley
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
A Soapy Mess
Hespeler P.S.
Jason Sousa
Sound the Alarm!
2010 Awards: Stephen J. Little Award, and a Silver Medal
Forest Glen P.S.
St. John Brebeuf C.S. – Erin
Laura Squires and Alyssa Tondat
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Sunlight vs. Colour
Jack Stamp and Arthur Sit
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Mini Earthquake Simulator
Nathan Stewart and Kayla Strong
Waterloo C.I.
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Soil Erosion Prediction in Waterloo Region
Sara Stojanovic and Andrea Mataruga
2010 Award: Gold Medal
Bird Communicatio
Lester B. Pearson P.S.
W.T. Townshend P.S.
Kayla Strong and Nathan Stewart
Waterloo C.I.
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Soil Erosion Prediction in Waterloo Region
Paige Strong and Natalie Kim
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Whew! I am Winded!!
Centennial P.S.
Andrew Svoboda and Justin Michael
Paramagnetic Liquids
Centennial C. & V.I
2010 Awards: Gold Medal, Scholarships to Conestoga College and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo,
and Wilfrid Laurier.
Wuyou Sui
2010 Award: Silver Medal
McKenna Szczepanowsk I
Centennial P.S.
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
The Beef with Beef
Waterloo C.I.
The Right Colour: Does Colour Affect Our Memory?
Janelle Tam
GP64 vs.Polyhedrin: The Ultimate Showdown
Waterloo C.I.
2010 International Science and Engineering Fair: Third place in the Team Projects Category (with
Vivienne Tam)
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
2009 Award: Gold Medal
Vivienne Tam
Deciphering the Water Code
Waterloo C.I.
2010 International Science and Engineering Fair: Third place in the Team Projects Category (with Janelle
Tam)
2010 Award: Silver Medal
2009 Award: Gold Medal
Noah Taylor and Jacky Ly
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Potatoes
Laura Temple and Laura Deacon
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Low Fat vs. Regular Products
Centennial P.S.
Angus Thacker
2010 Award: Gold Medal
Weight Makes Friction
Centennial P.S.
Naythrah Thevathasan and Alexis Wagner
Centennial C. & V.I.
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Alana Thoma and Megan Weishar
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
St. Teresa of Avila C.S. - Elmira
Turmeric: Beyond the Taste
We Recycle - Do You?
St. Teresa of Avila C.S. - Elmira
Missy Thomas
The Sweetest Coca-Cola Project
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Edna Staebler P.S.
Jenny Tian and Leslie Bothwell Total Resistant Starch Concentration in Potatoes
Centennial C. & V.I.
2010 Canada Wide Science Fair Awards; Senior Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Honourable Mention ($100)
2010 WWSEFAwards: Award of Merit, Best of the Biotechnology Division, Gold Medal, Scholarships to
Conestoga College and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier.
2009 WWSEFAwards: (Jenny submitted a single person project) Gold Medal, OAML Award,
Scholarships to Conestoga College and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier.
Jessica Tjong and Ashley Hammerbacher
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Adolescents as Eyewitnesses
Waterloo C.I.
Emma Todd
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Wax On, Wax Off
Centennial P.S.
Alyssa Tondat and Laura Squires
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Sunlight vs. Colour
St. John Brebeuf C.S. - Erin
Nary Uy and Cathy Hoang
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Reusable Paper is the new GREEN!
Tommy Vandrus
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Down Force Dilemma
Taylor Evans P.S.
St. John's-Kilmarnock School
Emilie van Gent and Jessica MacDonald Taste and Our 5 Senses
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Sarah Visakhamoorthy
2010 Award: Gold Medal
High Heel Kinematics
EmilyTianna Vukovic
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Make-Up!
Felicia Wagler and Colleen Danner
Is Gum Dumb
W.T. Townshend P.S.
Waterloo C.I.
W.T. Townshend P.S.
Forest Glen P.S
2010 Award: Gold Medal
Alexis Wagner and Naythrah Thevathasan
Centennial C. & V.I.
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Turmeric: Beyond the Taste
Christina Warkentin
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Fingerprints: Genetic or Random?
Megan Weishar and Alana Thoman
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
We Recycle - Do You?
Colin White
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Pushing Pykrete to the Limit
Emma Whitehall
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Sunny Days
Kelsey Widdrington and Jocelyn Andress Bite Me Baby
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Forest Glen P.S.
St. Teresa of Avila C.S. - Elmira
Queensmount Senior P.S.
St. John's-Kilmarnock School
St. John Brebeuf C.S. - Erin
Mike Williams and Emilee Galea
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Running Shoes VS Bare Feet
Centennial P.S.Class
Chelsea Wilson
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
The Organic Craze
St. Jacobs P.S.
Lexi Wong and Jenna Lee
Centennial P.S.
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Tasting 1,2,3 ... Organic vs. Non-organic Milk
Riley Wood
Identifying the Effects of Water pH on Bean
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Isaac Wright
Sports Balls and How They Bounce
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Wm. G. Davis P.S. - Congregated Class
Madi Wright
Taking the Permanent out of Permanent Markers
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Magen Wydeven
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Venissa Xiao
2010 Award: Silver Medal
Waterloo Oxford D.S.S.
Are they childproof?
A Whole New Meaning for Garlic
Grace Xu
Does listening to music help people memorize more?
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
St. Andrew's P.S.
Hespeler P.S.
Waterloo C.I.
Edna Staebler P.S.
Michael Xu
Infection Connection?
Cameron Heights C.I.
2010 Awards: Gold Medal, Scholarships to Conestoga College and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo
and Wilfrid Laurier
Beverly Yang and Rhiannan
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
What are you drinking.
K.W. Bilingual Schoo
Sarah Yang and Alice Zhou
Edna Staebler P.S.
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
How Will Baroque Music Affect Cognitive Tasks?
Miffy Yeung and Deena Dam
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
First Impressions
Taylor Evans P.S.
Safa Zargari and Shannon Gay
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
2009 Award: Honourable Mention
Pepsi vs. Pepsi
Hespeler P.S.
Yujie Zhang and Arushi Sachdev
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
Music and Learning
Waterloo C.I.
Alice Zhou and Sarah Yang
Edna Staebler P.S.
2010 Award: Bronze Medal
How Will Baroque Music Affect Cognitive Tasks?
Linda Zhu and Jessica Zou
Engineering of LEA Genes for Salt Tolerance Centennial C. & V.I
2010 Awards: Gold Medal, Scholarships to Conestoga College and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo
and Wilfrid Laurier
Leighton Zink
2010 Award: Honourable Mention
Look, Smell, Enjoy
Northlake Woods P.S.
Jessica Zou and Linda Zhu
Engineering of LEA Genes for Salt Tolerance Centennial C. & V.I
2010 Awards: Gold Medal, Scholarships to Conestoga College and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo
and Wilfrid Laurier
2009 Awards: (Jessica entered a project by herself) Gold Medal and Scholarships to Conestoga College
and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier