Category Awards
Animal Sciences
Senior First Place, Megan Yuen, Darkling Beetle Growth
Junior First Place, Karson Harris, What Foods Send the Ants Marching?
Junior Second Place, Adam Lindholm, How the Tyron King Used its Arms
Junior Third Place, Madeleine Bridgewater, Under Pressure
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Senior First Place, Rose Young, Read My Lips!
Senior Second Place, Abisha Dowla, Ages that Pay, Genders that Spend
Senior Third Place, Max Lucas, Food – For Real?
Junior First Place, Calie Neville, Can Eating be a Distraction to Driving?
Junior Second Place, Alexandra Myers, Sleep, Tea, or Animal
Junior Third Place, Olivia Carr, Think Fast
Chemistry
Senior First Place, Elizabeth Coughlan, Effect of Temp of Wheat Mashing Time
Senior Second Place, Clare Tennant, Atomic Radii and Energy Absorption
Senior Second Place, Jessica Lessnau, Electrochemistry
Senior Third Place, Greg Sowa, Red Hot Calormetry
Senior Third Place, Sarita Lee, Toxic Baby Blankets
Junior First Place, Samuel Rivera, To See or Not to See, Through the Glass
Junior Second Place, Carleigh Wood, Poly Bounce A Lot
Computer Science
Junior First Place, Leanna Garner, 3D Rendering and Computer Processing
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Junior First Place, Juliana Geyer, Meteor Angle and Sediment Size vs. Material Displacement
Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical
Senior First Place, Mina Fahmi, iControl
Senior Second Place, Kunal Kataria, Safety First
Senior Third Place, Delaney Hancock, Improving the View
Junior First Place, Jaret Williams, Smart Mailbox
Junior Second Place, Natalie Wolfe, Home Hydropower
Junior Third Place, Clayton Crownover, Solar Cube
Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering
Senior First Place, Kaylee Torgesen, Insulating Factors
Senior Second Place, Casey Scheetz, Color vs. Absorbance
Senior Third Place, Allan Li, Cellulose Insulation vs. Fiberglass Insulation
Junior First Place, Alex Motamed, The Wind-Resistant Tent
Junior Second Place, Samantha Schwalbe, Hard Hitting (Meddling with Metals)
Junior Third Place, Annie Imhof, Keeping My Cool
Energy and Transportation
Senior First Place, Sonia Lee, Holey Wings
Senior First Place, Michael Lopez, Hydrokinetic Energy System
Senior Second Place, Madeline Roberts, Wagging for Efficiency
Senior Third Place, Zachary Hoffman, Gone with the Wind
Senior Honorable Mention, Edward Gesser, Distracted Driving
Junior First Place, Anna Shevchuk, Dimples Do Make a Difference
Junior Second Place, Samuel Hawkins, Super Solar Energy Efficient Heater
Junior Third Place, Victor Shaughnessy, It’s Not Rocket Sciences…Oh Wait…Yes, It Is!
Environmental Management
Senior First Place, Rupali Shah, Tame that Rain!
Senior Second Place, Caroline Brigham, The Power of Sustainability Makes Us Infinite
Junior First Place, Kaylee Canales, To Drink of Not to Drink? That is the Question.
Junior Second Place, Grace Leget, Tsunamis Score, No More!
Junior Third Place, Finnegan O’Neill, Crops and Soil Erosion on a Hill
Environmental Sciences
Senior First Place, Colin Jonason, It’s All Down Hill from Here
Senior Second Place, Virginia Detrick, Shrimp Aquaponics
Senior Third Place, Patrizia Pelingon, Tissue Decomposition: Soil vs. Compost
Junior First Place, Colin Thomas, Live Up Top
Junior Second Place, Thomas Wild, Captain Cordgrass Saves the Bay
Junior Third Place, Sarah Woodburn, Waterspouts
Mathematical Sciences
Senior First Place, Robert Vandegrift, What a Drag
Junior First Place, Marianne Beaulieu, Heads or Tails Probability in Fours
Junior Second Place, Owen Burke, Topologies Tell the Time
Medicine and Health Science
Senior First Place, Quinn Alsheimer, The Accuracy of Medicine Dosing Devices
Senior Second Place, Hannah Simmerman, Think Fast!
Senior Third Place, Sohum Shah, Let’s Burn Heartburn!
Junior First Place, Jay Tracy, Protect the Teeth You Want to Keep!
Junior Second Place, Roma Kankaria, Is Natural the Way to Go?
Microbiology
Senior First Place, Matthew Manning, How Dirty is the Bottom of Your Shoe?
Senior Second Place, Reema Patel, Let’s Mix it Up
Senior Third Place, Tom Beary, Don’t Put that in Your Mouth
Junior First Place, Tucker Protzman, Germs, Germs Everywhere!
Junior Second Place, Alyssa Brookhart, Filtering with UV Technology
Junior Third Place, Anna Weber, Algae Abloom
Physics and Astronomy
Senior First Place, Paul Pietsch, The Perfect Flick
Senior Second Place, Connor Alsheimer, Listening to Lightning
Senior Third Place, Eric Dalgetty, Recycling Wasted Heat
Junior First Place, Varun Kataria, Breaking the Surface
Junior Second Place, Jonathan Yu, Liftoff – the Electro Magnetic Launcher!
Junior Second Place, Connor Shaffer, Got Kick?
Plant Science
Senior First Place, Alyssa Kaigler, Coffee Stunts Growth? Part 2
Senior Second Place, Desiree Norris, Soil Toil
Senior Third Place, Miranda Hall, Ah, The Sound of Growing!
Junior First Place, Michelle Beaulieu, Venus Shrimp Traps
Junior Second Place, Brynn Lemmon, Can You See the Light?
Junior Third Place, Zachary Krawczyk, Look at the Size of that Root!
Sparkle Awards
Senior Winner, Eric Dalgetty, Recycling Wasted Heat
Senior Winner, Edward Gesser, Distracted Driving
Senior Winner, Breanna Chagnon, OTC Medicine Affecting a Daphnia’s Heart Rate
Senior Winner, Greg Sowa, Red Hot Calormetry
Senior Winner, Samantha Youmans, Taking a Closer Look
Senior Winner, Rebecca Wolf, Energy’s Future: Is It Underwater?
Senior Winner, Alyssa Kaigler, Coffee Stunts Growth? Part 2
Junior Winner, Brynn Lemmon, Can You See the Light?
Junior Winner, Michelle Beaulieu, Venus Shrimp Traps
Junior Winner, Jay Tracy, Protect the Teeth You Want to Keep
Junior Winner, Connor Shaffer, Got Kick?
Junior Winner, Tucker Protzman, Germs, Germs Everywhere!
Enrichment Award
Senior Division Enrichment Awards
Best Use of Inexpensive Materials , Michael Lopez, Hydrokinetic Energy System
Best Presentation , Robert Vandegrift, What a Drag
Best Presentation , Connor Alsheimer, Listening to Lightning
Best Correlation of Data, Connor Alsheimer, Listening to Lightning
Mike Moses Award for Best Teaching Aide , Jessica Lessnau, Electrochemistry
Junior Division Enrichment Awards
Best Use of Inexpensive Materials , Samuel Hawkins, Super Solar Energy Efficient Heater
Best Presentation , Samuel Rivera, To See or Not to See, Through the Glass…
Best Correlation of Data , Tucker Protzman, Germs, Germs, Everywhere!
Mike Moses Award for Best Teaching Aide , Natalie Wolfe, Home Hydropower
Special Awards
Discovery Education Young Scientist Challenge (A Junior Division Award)
Junior Award Winner, Madeleine Bridgewater, Under Pressure
Junior Award Winner, Calie Neville, Can Eating be a Distraction to Driving
Junior Award Winner, Juliana Geyer, Meteor Angle and Sediment Size vs. Material Displacement
Junior Award Winner, Jaret Williams, Smart Mailbox
Junior Award Winner, Anna Shevchuk, Dimples Do Make a Difference
Junior Award Winner, Colin Thomas, Live Up Top
Junior Award Winner, Marianne Beaulieu, Head or Tails Probability in Fours
Junior Award Winner, Jay Tracy, Protect the Teeth You Want to Keep!
Junior Award Winner, Tucker Protzman, Germs, Germs Everywhere!
Junior Award Winner, Varun Kataria, Breaking the Surface
Junior Award Winner, Michelle Beaulieu, Venus Shrimp Traps
Forefeathers Enterprises - Best Use of Graphics in Presenting Data
Junior Award Winner, Madeleine Bridgewater, Under Pressure
INCOSE
Senior First Place , Kunal Kataria, Safety First
Senior First Place, Sonia Lee, Holey Wings
INCOSE Award, Connor Alsheimer, Listening to Lightning
Junior First Place, Jonathan Yu, Liftoff – The Electro Magnetic Launcher
Junior Second Place, Annie Imhof, Keeping My Cool
INCOSE Award, Jaret Williams, Smart Mailbox
INCOSE Award, Anna Shevchck, Dimples Do Make a Difference
The Patuxent Partnership
Senior Aeronautics/Aerospace Project Award, Brendan Cain, Clover Leaf vs. Rubber Duck
Senior Electrical/Electronics Project Award, Mina Fahmi, iControl
Senior Environmental/
Biological Project Award, Rupali Shah, Tame that Rain
Senior Physical/Life-Science Project Award, Elizabeth Coughlan, Effect of Temperatures on Wheat Mashing Time
Junior Aeronautics/Aerospace Project Award, Victor Shaughnessy, It’s Not Rocket Science…Oh Wait…Yes, It Is!
Junior Electrical/Electronics Project Award, Jonathan Yu, Liftoff – The Electro-Magnetic Launcher!
Junior Environmental/
Biological Project Award, Kaylee Canales, To Drink or Not to Drink? That is the Question.
Junior Physical/Life-Science Project Award, Jay Tracy, Protect the Teeth You Want to Keep
Southern Maryland Association of Realtors
Senior Division Grand Award Winner, Michael Lopez, Hydrokinetic Energy System
Southern Maryland Audubon Society
Senior First Place, Virginia Detrick, Shrimp Aquaponics
Junior First Place, Emily Imhof, Bananas for Biofuels
Southern Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Board
Senior First Place, Rebecca Wolf, Energy’s Future, Is It Underwater?
Senior Second Place, Michael Lopez, Hydrokinetic Energy System
Junior First Place, Finnegan O’Neill, Crops and Soil Erosion on a Hill
Junior Second Place, Clayton Crownover, Solar Cubes
St. Mary’s Hospital Award
Senior Award Chemistry, Elizabeth Coughlan, Effect of Temp of Wheat Mashing Time
Senior Award Microbiology, Matthew Manning, How Dirty is the Bottom of Your Shoe?
Senior Award Medicine and Health Sciences, Quinn Alsheimer, Accuracy of Medicine Dosing Devices
Junior Award Chemistry, Samuel Rivera, To See or Not to See, Through the Glass
Junior Award Medicine and Health Sciences, Jay Tracy, Protect the Teeth You Want to Keep!
Junior Award Microbiology, Tucker Protzman, Germs, Germs, Everywhere!
Town Creek Garden Club
Senior Division , Rupali Shah, Tame that Rain!
Junior Division, Jude Luke, Salty Seeds
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Southern Maryland - Joseph Priestley Award
Senior Division First Place, Elizabeth Coughlan, Effect of Temp on Wheat Mashing Time
Senior Division Second Place, Greg Sowa, Red Hot Calormetry
Junior Division First Place, Samuel Rivera, To See or Not to See, Through the Glass
Junior Division Honorable Mention, Carleigh Wood, Poly Bounce A Lot
Water and Waste Operators Association
Senior First Place, Virginia Detrick, Shrimp Aquaponics
Junior First Place, Kaylee Canales, To Drink or Not to Drink? That is the Question.
Wyle
Senior First Place, Robert Vandegrift, What a Drag
Senior Second Place, Zachary Hoffman, Gone with the Wind
Junior First Place, Jonathan Yu, Liftoff- The Electro-Magnetic Launcher!
Junior Second Place, Anna Shevchuk, Dimples Do Make a Difference
SENIOR GRAND PRIZE
Mina Fahmi, iControl
Michael Lopez, Hydrokinetic Energy System
JUNIOR GRAND PRIZE
Juliana Geyer, Meteor Angle and Sediment Size vs. Material Displacement
Jaret Williams, Smart Mailbox
The following St. Mary’s County Science and Engineering Fair participants have been invited to compete at
the Regional Prince George’s Area Science and Engineering Fair in March 2013.
Senior Division
Megan Yuen, Darkling Beetle Growth
Rose Young, Read My Lips!
Abisha Dowla, Ages that Pay, Genders that Spend
Elizabeth Coughlan, Effect of Temp of Wheat Mashing Time
Clare Tennant, Atomic Radii and Energy Absorption
Jessica Lessnau, Electrochemistry
Mina Fahmi, iControl
Kunal Kataria, Safety First
Kaylee Torgesen, Insulating Factors
Casey Scheetz, Color vs. Absorbance
Sonia Lee, Holey Wings
Michael Lopez, Hydrokinetic Energy System
Madeline Roberts, Wagging for Efficiency
Rupali Shah, Tame that Rain!
Caroline Brigham, The Power of Sustainability Makes Us Infinite
Colin Jonason, It’s All Down Hill from Here
Virginia Detrick, Shrimp Aquaponics
Robert Vandegrift, What a Drag
Quinn Alsheimer, The Accuracy of Medicine Dosing Devices
Hannah Simmerman, Think Fast!
Matthew Manning, How Dirty is the Bottom of Your Shoe?
Reema Patel, Let’s Mix it Up
Paul Pietsch, The Perfect Flick
Connor Alsheimer, Listening to Lightning
Alyssa Kaigler, Coffee Stunts Growth? Part 2
Desiree Norris, Soil Toil
Junior Division
Karson Harris, What Foods Send the Ants Marching?
Adam Lindholm, How the Tyron King Used its Arms
Calie Neville, Can Eating be a Distraction to Driving?
Alexandra Myers, Sleep, Tea, or Animal
Samuel Rivera, To See or Not to See, Through the Glass
Carleigh Wood, Poly Bounce A Lot
Leanna Garner, 3D Rendering and Computer Processing
Juliana Geyer, Meteor Angle and Sediment Size vs. Material Displacement
Jaret Williams, Smart Mailbox
Natalie Wolfe, Home Hydropower
Alex Motamed, The Wind-Resistant Tent
Samantha Schwalbe, Hard Hitting (Meddling with Metals)
Anna Shevchuk, Dimples Do Make a Difference
Samuel Hawkins, Super Solar Energy Efficient Heater
Junior Division continued
Kaylee Canales, To Drink of Not to Drink? That is the Question.
Grace Leget, Tsunamis Score, No More!
Colin Thomas, Live Up Top
Thomas Wild, Captain Cordgrass Saves the Bay
Marianne Beaulieu, Heads or Tails Probability in Fours
Owen Burke, Topologies Tell the Time
Jay Tracy, Protect the Teeth You Want to Keep!
Roma Kankaria, Is Natural the Way to Go?
Tucker Protzman, Germs, Germs Everywhere!
Alyssa Brookhart, Filtering with UV Technology
Varun Kataria, Breaking the Surface
Jonathan Yu, Liftoff – the Electro Magnetic Launcher!
Connor Shaffer, Got Kick?
Michelle Beaulieu, Venus Shrimp Traps
Brynn Lemmon, Can You See the Light?