63rd Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair Award Winners — April 5-6, 2002
Junior Division — Physical Science (Grade 6)
Student
Title
School
Awards
Kerrick Dando
Measurement of Stomp Rockets
Franklin Regional Middle School
First Place Category
Western PA Chapter of American Vacuum
Society
Matthew Novosel
Fishing line
St. Joseph Regional Port Vue
Second Place Category
William Piccolino
Which Nut Has the Most Energy
Linton Middle School
Third Place Category
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
Julia Calabrese
How Cleanliness Affects Bacteria Growth
Highland Elementary
Honorable Mention Category
Alexis Karchella-MacCumbee
Away the Maglev Goes!
Christ Lutheran School
Honorable Mention Category
Kate Tuley
Influential Factors on Rope Runners
Penn Middle School
Honorable Mention Category
Bechtel Bettis, Inc.
Annie Rago
Does Ink Color Affect Drying Time?
Carlow Campus School
PPG Industries, Inc.
Matthew Grassi
Protect Your Fragile Packages
Saint Elizabeth
American Society for Quality
Junior Division — Life Science (Grade 6)
Michael Andryka
Pond Water, Study Eco Diversity
Linton Middle School
First Place Category
Allegheny County Health Department
Carnegie Science Awards for Excellence
Award
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
Benjamin Smithgall
A Study of Fermentation
Pine-Richland Middle School
Second Place Category
Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse
Lorren Kezmoh
Dolphin Experimentation Color Station
Brentwood Middle School
Third Place Category
U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps
Christian Penrod
Preserving your Christmas Tree
Christ Lutheran School
Honorable Mention Category
Jessica Chang
The Survival of Cut Roses
Mother of Sorrows School
Honorable Mention Category
American Statistical Association, Pgh.
Chapter
Aaron Phillips
Hungry Hamsters
Highland Elementary
Honorable Mention Category
U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services -
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U.S. Public Health Service Awards
Junior Division — Consumer Science (Grade 6)
Heather Nicholls
Stain Removers put to the Test
Christ Lutheran School
First Place Category
Lindsay Tejan
Weed Feed
Rhema Christian School
Second Place Category
Jessica Pattyn
Show Us Your Pearly Whites
Moon Middle School
Third Place Category
Alexandra Doonan
Chemistry of Toothpaste
St. Joseph Regional Port Vue
Honorable Mention Category
Intermediate Division — Behavioral and Social Science (Grades 7 & 8)
Christina Johnston
Eyes or Ears? A Study of Reactions!
Gateway Middle School
First Place Category
Lisa MacPhail
Handedness vs. Coordination
Providence Heights Alpha School
Second Place Category
Erin Corless
Computer Tests vs. Paper Tests
St. Thomas More School
Third Place Category
Stephen Speicher
Gender and Distance Perception
Brentwood Middle School
Honorable Mention Category
Alyssa Gormish
Pain Pressure
Cambria Heights Middle School
Honorable Mention Category
First Place Category
American Industrial Hygiene Assoc.
Carnegie Science Awards for Excellence
Award
Second Place Category
Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C.
Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative
Intermediate Division — Biology (Grades 7 & 8)
Daniel Miller
Reservatrol and Lung Cancer
Frick International Studies Academy
Nina Carrillo
Glucose & Insulin on Chick Embryos
St. Thomas More School
Christina Doty
Worth the Weight?
Cambria Heights Middle School
Third Place Category
Erin Albert
Color Contrast & Human Visual Acuity
St. Thomas More School
Honorable Mention Category
Chad Hoover
A Good Potato Chip?
Cambria Heights Middle School
Honorable Mention Category
Duquesne University, Dept. of Biological
Sciences
Eve Marie Blasinsky
Odors that Repel Drosophila
Providence Heights Alpha School
Honorable Mention Category
Breanne Zollner
Save the Birds
Gateway Middle School
U.S. Army
Jackie Jones
The Effect of Alchol on Daphnia
Ambridge Junior High
Chemical Association of Pittsburgh
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63rd Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair Award Winners — April 5-6, 2002
Kelly Timo
Which Liquid Makes Plants Grow Best
Mother of Sorrows School
Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
St. Thomas More School
First Place Category
Intermediate Division — Chemistry (Grades 7 & 8)
John Wattick
Analysis: Vitamin C Content/Florida
Oranges
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
Lynley Doonan
Natural or Synthetic Insecticide?
St. Joseph Regional Port Vue
Second Place Category
Braelyn Villella
The Effect of Water on Concrete Strenght
Ambridge Junior High
Third Place Category
Mine Safety Appliances Co. Charitable
Foundation
Christopher DeVita
Take Two and Call Me in the Morning
Carlow Campus School
Honorable Mention Category
Rishi Mohnot
Medicines and Surfactants
Franklin Regional Middle School
Honorable Mention Category
Pittsburgh Section of the American
Association for Clinical Chemistry
Marissa Pfoff
What Makes the Best Bubbles
Providence Heights Alpha School
Honorable Mention Category
Louis Archila
The Effect of Wood Types on Ignition
Ambridge Junior High
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Melissa Black
Fluffy Treats
Beaver Area Middle School
Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
Amanda Joyce
What can Slow the Rusting of a Nail?
Hopewell Junior High School
National Assoc of Corrosion Engineers, Pgh
Section
David Todd
The Corrosion of Steel
Brentwood Middle School
Allegheny Technologies, Inc.
ASM International, Pittsburgh Golden
Triangle Chapter
Pittsburgh Society for Coatings Technology
Kyle Muir
Ice Melters
Hopewell Junior High School
Chemical Association of Pittsburgh
Philip Dulac
Will Hydrogen Fuel Our Future?
St. Maurice
Society of American Military Engineers
John F Kennedy Middle School
First Place Category
Intermediate Division — Computer Science/Math (Grades 7 & 8)
Eugene Raggi
Mathematical Patterns
Intermediate Division — Consumer Science (Grades 7 & 8)
Lia Yurjevich
The Effectiveness of Various Sunscreens
Ambridge Junior High
First Place Category
Mike Frac
Clothing Insulators: Retain Body Heat
St. Thomas More School
Second Place Category
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Jason Heyman
Battery Buffness
Hopewell Junior High School
Third Place Category
Cory Lotis
Which Bow Shoots the Best?
Saint Elizabeth
Honorable Mention Category
Zack Smith
Zip Seal Plastic Bag Testing
Mellon Middle School
Honorable Mention Category
Krista Michaylo
Which Garbage Bag has the Most
Strength?
Hopewell Junior High School
Honorable Mention Category
Kara Stonebraker
Too Much Caffeine?
St. Joseph Regional Port Vue
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
Lauren Kriss
The Battle of the Batteries
Frazier Middle School
J&L Specialty Steel, Inc.
Matthew Hernandez
Does Temperature Affect Drying Time of
Paint
Mother of Sorrows School
Pittsburgh Society for Coatings Technology
Intermediate Division — Earth/Space/Environment (Grades 7 & 8)
Angelo Aquino
The Effect of Pollutants on Plants
Ambridge Junior High
First Place Category
George Flaugh
Will Topsoil Retain More Water?
St. Joseph Regional Port Vue
Second Place Category
Daniel DeLozier
The Battle of the Trees
Cambria Heights Middle School
Third Place Category
Tracy Pushak
The Effect of Purification Method on Water
Purity
Ambridge Junior High
Honorable Mention Category
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
Wheelabrator Air Pollution Control
Sarah Smith
The Effect of Typhalatifolia on Streams
Spring Cove Middle School
Honorable Mention Category
Dominion Peoples
Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
Pittsburgh Geological Society
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
Audra Wargo
The Effect of Temperature on
Decomposition of Organisms
Ambridge Junior High
Honorable Mention Category
Michael Bashline
A Better Method of Filtration
Saint Elizabeth
Air & Waste Management Assoc., W. PA
Section
Dominion Peoples
Arielle Dyda
What is That in My Water?
Frick International Studies Academy
Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
Brieannan Craven
Round Ball Organic Based Fertilizers
South Allegheny Middle School
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
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63rd Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair Award Winners — April 5-6, 2002
Intermediate Division — Engineering/Robotics (Grades 7 & 8)
Jennifer Cross
BRASS: Basic Robotic Air-Ship System
Mt. Nittany Middle School
First Place Category
Alcoa Foundation
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Institute of Electrical & Electronics
Engineers, Inc.
National Electrical Contractors Association
Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
U.S. Army
Andrew Armstong
Logical Architecture
Independence Middle School
Second Place Category
American Society of Civil Engineers, Pgh.
Section
FedEx Ground, Inc.
Andrea Fischione
Flexibility of Bridges
Mother of Sorrows School
Third Place Category
Bombardier
Mascaro Construction Company, L.P.
University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Freshman
Engineering
William Lauer
Trusses: Building Blocks of Bridges
Gateway Middle School
Honorable Mention Category
American Society of Highway Engineers,
Pgh. Section
Eastman Kodak company Photographic
Award
Westinghouse Process Control, Inc.
James Camardese
Operation Parachute Drop
Rhema Christian School
Honorable Mention Category
Anthony Casuccio
Structural Sensibility of Bridges
Hopewell Junior High School
Michael Baker Corporation
Erica Gorski
The Train of the 21st Century
Gateway Middle School
Urban Maglev Team
Lynn Rice
Mag-Lev Tain
Gateway Middle School
Michael Baker Corporation
Nicole Dzenis
Maglev Motion
Gateway Middle School
University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Freshman
Engineering
Intermediate Division — Medicine/Health/Microbiology (Grades 7 & 8)
Michael Mi
What prevents Bone Loss?
Mellon Middle School
First Place Category
Megan Meinert
Medicinal Plants, Antibiotic Activity
St. Thomas More School
Second Place Category
Eric Prendergast
Tricky Triclosan and Irksome E-coli
Beaver Area Middle School
Third Place Category
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63rd Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair Award Winners — April 5-6, 2002
Annamarie Rodrigues
Do Common Chemicals Kill E-Coli?
St. Maurice
Honorable Mention Category
Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
Nathan Yeager
Are Your Hands Clean?
Cambria Heights Middle School
Honorable Mention Category
Shekar Eswarakrishnan
Effect of Alcohol on Yeast
Providence Heights Alpha School
Honorable Mention Category
Joseph Doonan
Radiation or Food Preservatives?
St. Joseph Regional Port Vue
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
Molly Onufer
Contact Solution and Bacteria
Carlow Campus School
Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
Intermediate Division — Physics (Grades 7 & 8)
Rick Elphinstone
The Effect of Wing Design on Lift
Ambridge Junior High
First Place Category
Wesley Baker
Sir Isaac Newton and the BMX Bike Track
John F Kennedy Middle School
Second Place Category
United States Steel
Matt Pitschman
What is the Perfect Pressure?
Gateway Middle School
Third Place Category
William Kirk III
MAGLEV: Improving Track Design
Carson Middle School
Honorable Mention Category
Adam Vranesevic
Outerwear Preventing Hypothermia
St. Joseph Regional Port Vue
Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
Alex Rompala
The Science of English
Hopewell Junior High School
Alcoa Foundation
Western PA Chapter of American Vacuum
Society
Colin Brookes
Mellon Middle School
Urban Maglev Team
Elise Liu
Does temperature Affect the Voltage of a
Battery?
Metals and Conducting Heat
Dorseyville Middle School
Allegheny Technologies, Inc.
Society of Women Engineers
Eric Sales
Pendulums
St. Bartholomew School
U.S. Metric Association
Fred Diederich
The Amazing Magnetic Brake
Frazier Middle School
Urban Maglev Team
Western PA Chapter of American Vacuum
Society
Phillip Paurlinch
Static Electric Generator
Hopewell Junior High School
Western PA Chapter of American Vacuum
Society
Ryan Very
A Study of Skateboard Velocity
Providence Heights Alpha School
U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps
Tracy Hreha
The Effect of Earplug Materials on Sound
Level
Ambridge Junior High
National Institute of Occupational Safety and
Health
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63rd Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair Award Winners — April 5-6, 2002
Zachary Turek
Composite Woods Vs. Solid Wood
St. Joseph Regional Port Vue
Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
Norwin Senior High School
First Place Category
Westinghouse High School
Second Place Category
Senior Division — Behavioral and Social Science (Grades 9-12)
Wilson Ragen
Taliea Nevels
Physiological or Psychological: Nicotine
Addictio
Old Age, Cigarettes, the Senses,
Correlation or Not
The University of Pittsburgh Bradford
Katherine Rehberg
What Color is Your Memory?
Linton Middle School
Third Place Category
James Getchell
Cryptography, Are Your Messages Safe?
Quigley Catholic High School
Honorable Category
Diviya Kaul
Does Music Work With Work?
Taylor Alderdice High School
Honorable Mention Category
Westminster College
Nicole Emert
Birth Order and Personality
Conemaugh Township Area High School
Westminster College
Senior Division — Biology (Grades 9-12)
Michael Rule
Magnesium & Chlorophyll
Fox Chapel Area High School
First Place Category
Amanda Gregg
The Effect of Ethyl Alcohol on the Heart
Rate
Fox Chapel Area High School
Second Place Category
Brenna Brucker
The Poor Man
Bethel Park High School
Third Place Category
Point Park College
Joseph Scioscia
The Effect of Sound on Plant Growth
Pittsburgh Central Catholic
Honorable Mention Category
Anita Vin
Protein Isolation: An Analysis
The Ellis School
Honorable Mention Category
Perseverance Award - Honorary Scientist
Joanna Armstrong
Termites plus ink equals?
Bethel Park High School
American Meteorological Society
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
U.S. Army
Tyrone Cohen
Whis Gas Increases a Plant
Westinghouse High School
The University of Pittsburgh, Bradford
Amanda McMillan
Bioluminescent Detection of E-coli in
Drinking Wat
Solid Phase Growth Factor Gradrent in
Cell Rate
McMillan Homeschool
American Nuclear Society, Pgh. Section
Fox Chapel Area High School
Duquesne University
The University of Pittsburgh (Oakland)
The Effects of Magnetic & Electrical Fields
on Sim
Serra Catholic High School
National Electrical Contractors Association
Ann Voltz
Dan DeCapria
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David Negro
Bone Scaffold Design and Synhesis
Norwin Senior High School
Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative
Ellen Goodlett
The Effect of U.V. Light on Frog Eggs
Upper St. Clair High School
Duquesne University, Dept. of Biological
Sciences
Jamie Gray
DNA Dilemma
Linton Middle School
Perseverance Award - Junior Scientist
Jennifer DeCoskey
Does it "Lichen" it's environment
Hollidaysburg Area High School
Chatham College
Duquesne University
Westminster College
Patrick McCoy
The Effect of Caffeine on Water Daphnia
St. Joseph School
Penn State Altoona
Laura Means
Lights Effect on Monarch Development
Means HomeSchool
Mercyhurst College
Senior Division — Chemistry (Grades 9-12)
Samantha Conroy
Ethanol
Conroy Learning Center
First Place Category
Allegheny County Health Department
American Chemical Society
Carnegie Science Awards for Excellence
Award
U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps
Hannah Kaczka
Formations in Gel Systems
South Allegheny Sr. High School
Second Place Category
INTEL International Science and
Engineering Award
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
Bridget Collins
The OJ Trials: Oranges vs Tangelos
Hollidaysburg Area High School
Third Place Category
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Michael Simms
Fire Retardant Paint Test
Gateway Middle School
Honorable Mention Category
PPG Industries, Inc.
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
Nathan Diorio-Toth
Comparison of Heats of Combustion
Pittsburgh Central Catholic
Honorable Mention Category
Penn State Altoona
Chengjou Liao
Optimal Conditions for Sodium Chloride
Electrolysi
Franklin Regional High School
Honorable Mention Category
Bayer Corporation
Electrochemical Society, Pittsburgh Section
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
Daniele Baker
Up in Flames
Hollidaysburg Area High School
Mine Safety Appliances Co. Charitable
Foundation
Daniel Berardelli
The Effects of Acidic Rain on Metals
Beaver Area High School
NACE International (National Assoc. of
Corrosion Engineers)
Updated: 5/10/02
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63rd Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair Award Winners — April 5-6, 2002
Adrienne Warhola
Get the Lead Out
South Allegheny Sr. High School
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
Robert Morris University
American Chemical Society
Alison Crotti
Dissolution?
South Allegheny Sr. High School
Duquesne University
Arindam Ghosh
Analysis of Sports Drinks
Franklin Regional High School
Autumn Marlowe
Conductivity in Crystals
South Allegheny Sr. High School
Cellomics
Chemical Association of Pittsburgh
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University, Dept. of
Materials Science & Engineering
Dana Previte
Candy to Dye For
Hollidaysburg Area High School
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
Julie Snyder
Nitrite in Hot Dogs
Hollidaysburg Area High School
The University of Pittsburgh (Oakland)
Katelyn Reighard
Is Rad. Bad?
Hollidaysburg Area High School
PPG Industries, Inc.
Kelli McGough
Hold Yourself Together
South Allegheny Sr. High School
Carlow College
Chatham College
U.S. Air Force
Leigh DiCicco
North Catholic High School
Megan Moore
Conductivity vs Carbon Chain Length in
Primary
Protein for Dancers: The Seafood Source
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
Sunoco Chemicals
Allegheny College
Chatham College
Mercyhurst College
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
Westminster College
Samantha Sheetz
My Cousin Vinegar: Starring Joe Acidity
Hollidaysburg Area High School
LabChem, Inc.
Sugirdhana Velpari
Are Canned Foods Safe for You?
Gateway High School
Penn State Altoona
PPG Industries, Inc.
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
Thomas Wirth
The Inside Dirt About Dirt
Hollidaysburg Area High School
Allegheny College
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
Penn Trafford High School
First Place Category
Intel Excellence in Computer Science
INTEL International Science and
Engineering Award
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
The Webb Law Firm
Hollidaysburg Area High School
Senior Division — Computer Science/Math (Grades 9-12)
John Tuley
Updated: 5/10/02
A Novel Calculus-Based Cipher
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U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps
Max Glick
Generalizations of the 8 Queen Problem
Mt. Lebanon Senior High School
Second Place Category
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Robert Morris University
Eric Winer
An Internet Encryption Algorithm
Mt. Lebanon Senior High School
Third Place Category
Lauren Paoletti
Fractal Disasters
South Allegheny Sr. High School
Honorable Mention Category
Association for Women GeoScientists
Zhipeng Sun
Increasing the Efficiency of the RSA
Public-Key Cr
Fox Chapel Area High School
Honorable Mention Category
La Roche College
Stacey Ivol
A School Scheduling Module
Bethel Park High School
Honorable Mention Category
Perseverance Award - Honorary Scientist
Angelo DiNardi
Creating an Instant Messenger
Seton LaSalle High School
Westinghouse Process Control, Inc.
Lon Farr
Can I Captcha Gimpy?
Mt. Lebanon Senior High School
Institute of Electrical & Electronics
Engineers
Steve Hall
Is that as good as it gets?
Mt. Lebanon Senior High School
U.S. Air Force
Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse
Kimberley Kelley
The Topology of Borromean Rings and
Brunnian Links
Westinghouse High School
Carnegie Mellon
Tami Kunst
Mathematical Analysis of an Infectious
Prion
Norwin Senior High School
Seton Hill College
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation
U.S. Air Force
Shen Li
Cryptanalysis and Data Security
Mt. Lebanon Senior High School
Robert Morris University
Xin Sun
Randomness of Deterministic Equation
Mt. Lebanon Senior High School
The University of Pittsburgh, Bradford
Pittsburgh Technology Council
Miao Sun
Applicable Ranges of Vander Waals
Equation
Mt. Lebanon Senior High School
Carnegie Mellon University Chapter of
Sigma XI
The University of Pittsburgh, Oakland
Pittsburgh Technology Council
Schenley High School
First Place Category
Cummings Riter Consultants, Inc.
Intel Excellence in Environmental Health
and Safety Award
The University of Pittsburgh (Oakland)
Senior Division — Earth/Space/Environment (Grades 9-12)
Daile Flurry
Updated: 5/10/02
Oxidative Remediation of MTBE
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U.S. Air Force
Kendal Fowler
Oxidative Remediation of MTBE
Fox Chapel Area High School
Second Place Category
Ashley Resko
Rolling Down the River
South Allegheny Sr. High School
Third Place Category
Bayer Corporation
Lindsey Piker
All About Aluminum
South Allegheny Sr. High School
Honorable Mention Category
Allegheny College
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
Todd Feiler
Green Chemistry
Fox Chapel Area High School
Honorable Mention Category
Society of Petroleum Engineers, Pittsburgh
Section
Water Environment Federation
Lindsay McMinn
Algae and A.M.D.
Indiana Senior High School
Honorable Mention Category
American Society of Civil Engineers, Pgh.
Section
Alandra Kahl
Science On the Slopes
Derry Area High School
American Meteorological Society
Alisha McCurdy
Indiana Senior High School
U.S. Air Force
Dan Heggenstaller
Chloride Levels In Watersheds From Road
Salt
Twolick Creek Mine Discharge
Indiana Senior High School
Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
Katrina Greco
Antifreeze Comparison
St. Joseph School
Point Park College
Nicole Rodrigues
Heavy Metals Effect on Algae
Woodland Hills High School
Conservation International
Perseverance Award – Honorary Scientist
Princeton Alumni Association of WPA
Raina Sharma
Cleaning Up Oil Spills - Bioremediation
Taylor Alderdice High School
Allegheny County Health Department
Rebecca Stelor
Seeing is Believing
South Allegheny Sr. High School
Air & Waste Management Assoc., W. PA
Section
Duquesne University
Mt. Lebanon Senior High School
First Place – Senior Category
American Society for Quality
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
Robert Morris University
The University of Pittsburgh (Oakland)
U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps
United States Steel
University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of
Neuroscience
Senior Division — Engineering/Robotics (Grades 9-12)
Brendan Meeder
Updated: 5/10/02
Artificial Intelligence through Computer
Vision
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63rd Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair Award Winners — April 5-6, 2002
Yale Science and Engineering Assoc.
Sean Conroy
Wings
Conroy Learning Center
Second Place Category
INTEL International Science and
Engineering Award
Robert Morris University
Aunup Bhattacharyya
Heat Transfer Shape or Substance?
Franklin Regional High School
Third Place Category
FedEx Ground, Inc.
Benjamin Hull
Capturing Waves in My Walls
Hull HomeSchool
Honorable Mention Category
Westinghouse Electric Company
Kevin Kaufman
A Material Analysis of Concrete
Reinforcements
Conemaugh Township Area High School
Honorable Mention Category
AMS International Foundation
Bombardier
Continental Design and Management Group
Point Park College
Matt McKeown
The Design and Engineering of a Rocket
Shady Side Academy
Honorable Mention Category
Point Park College
Robert Morris University
U.S. Army
Casey Campbell
Ventilation
South Allegheny Sr. High School
Westinghouse Electric Company
Laurel Warner
Torsion vs. Architectural Design
Norwin Senior High School
Sony Technology Center-Pittsburgh
Mark Kabana
The Application of Visual Basic
Programming to Rob
Norwin Senior High School
J&L Specialty Steel, Inc
Sony Technology Center-Pittsburgh
Thomas DeCarlo
The Effect of Holes on Wooden Support
Beams
For Every Bridge...
Serra Catholic High School
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Taylor Alderdice High School
Carnegie Mellon
The Art Institute
Yael Klionsky
Senior Division — Medicine/Health/Microbiology (Grades 9-12)
Nivedita Sahu
A Study of UV Radiation on DNA
Fox Chapel Area High School
First Place Category
Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C.
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
Anu Gangopadhyay
Silencing the Gene
Gateway High School
Second Place Category
Allegheny County Medical Society
Foundation
Pittsburgh Technology Council
Anirban Sahu
A Study of Herbs on E. coli
Fox Chapel Area High School
Third Place Category
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63rd Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair Award Winners — April 5-6, 2002
Nisha Vasavada
Effect of Mouthwashes on the Growth of S.
mutans
Fox Chapel Area High School
Honorable Mention Category
Whitney Henry
The Great Grape Debate
The Ellis School
Honorable Mention Category
Allegheny County Medical Society
Foundation
Master Brewers Association of America
Maureen Logan
The Microbiology of Infant Formula
Keystone Oaks High School
Honorable Mention Category
Westminster College
Joseph Balestrino
Is Ground Water Safe to Drink?
Pittsburgh Central Catholic
Cellomics
Amanda Satryan
Fat Facts about Cooking Oil
Hollidaysburg Area High School
Westminster College
Colleen Gavin
Eradicating E.Coli: Do Surface Wipes
Work?
The effects of mouthwash vs. hydrogen
peroxide
Inspiring Asthmatics
Derry Area High School
Seton Hill College
Westinghouse High School
Dental Society of Western Pennsylvania
Fox Chapel Area High School
Carlow ColleGE
Chatham College
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientis
Seton Hill College
Westminster College
Marilyn Michelow
Histiocytes in the Posterior PituitaryHypothalami
Taylor Alderdice High School
Mercyhurst College
Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse
U.S. Air Force
Maulin Shah
UV Protection Evaluation
Gateway High School
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
Rebecca Mielnik
UV Sorry!
Hollidaysburg Area High School
Mercyhurst College
Seraphim Thornton
Breast Cancer Cell Behavior
Taylor Alderdice High School
Allegheny County Medical Society Alliance
INTEL International Science and
Engineering Award
La Roche College
Society for In Vitro Biology
The University of Pittsburgh (Oakland)
U.S. Air Force
Westminster College
Tara Williams
Do higher SPFs really work?
Quigley Catholic High School
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
Zarrin McDaniel Leff
L. Edodes on Diff. Substrates
Shady Side Academy
Duquesne University, Dept. of Biological
Sciences
Dorena Jackson
Emma Shoucair
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63rd Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair Award Winners — April 5-6, 2002
Senior Division — Physics (Grades 9-12)
Jason Zeleznik
Lonely Electrons
South Allegheny Sr. High School
First Place Category
U.S. Army
U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps
Alex Lesnick
Can Lower Wavelength Diodes Produce
Brighter Holog
Seton LaSalle High School
Second Place Category
Duquesne University
Shanon Bridge
Does the Span of an Arch Affect its
Deflection?
Derry Area High School
Third Place Category
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
Association
Mark Bender
Untangling Knots in Granular Chains by
Vibrations
Bethel Park High School
Honorable Mention Category
Master Brewers Association of America
Allen Grimm
I Think it is Starting to Take Shape
Beaver Area High School
Honorable Mention Category
Jake Belsky
The Effect of Weight Control on Bridge
Design
Quigley Catholic High School
Association for Bridge Construction &
Design
Alexander Shaver
Space and Time
Conemaugh Township Area High School
Duquesne University
Brent Kostella
Weather/Aircraft Performance
Upper St. Clair High School
American Meteorological Society
The Aviation Foundation
James Dunstan
Big Blockbuster Movie Stunts - Exposed!
East Allegheny High School
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
Kirstin Fowler
Exploring the Static Deformation of Beams
Fox Chapel Area High School
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
Society of Women Engineers
The University of Pittsburgh (Oakland)
Kristen Stash
Fruit Batteries: Acidity vs. Power
Serra Catholic High School
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation
Matthew Herrmann
A Comparison of Floor Joists
Quigley Catholic High School
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
Melissa Cox
Music and the Brain
Bethel Park High School
Allegheny College
Paige Stokes
Whatever Floats Your Boat
South Allegheny Sr. High School
Perseverance Award - Associate Scientist
Susan Frankiewicz
Energy in 2-D Transformations
East Allegheny High School
Perseverance Award - Honorary Scientist
Updated: 5/10/02
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