2006 Junior & Senior Special Award Winners - Central Utah Science ...
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<strong>Winners</strong> <strong>Special</strong> <strong>Award</strong>s 7-12<br />
<strong>Award</strong> Name Name School Name Project Title<br />
American Meteorological Society <strong>Award</strong><br />
Alisha Anderson<br />
Lehi High<br />
Global warming and its effect on various<br />
earth systems<br />
American Meteorological Society <strong>Award</strong><br />
Samantha Goodrich<br />
Oquirrh Hills Middle<br />
The Effect of Solar Storms on the Earth's<br />
Magnetic Field<br />
American Meteorological Society <strong>Award</strong><br />
Kiaya Hurst<br />
Orem <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Voyager Green<br />
American Meteorological Society <strong>Award</strong><br />
American Meteorological Society <strong>Award</strong><br />
Spencer Larson Provo High<br />
An Analysis of the Effects of the June, 1991<br />
Eruption of Mt. Pinatubo on Ocean Surface<br />
Temperatures<br />
Richard Sagers Midvale Middle<br />
The Dark Side<br />
American Meteorological Society <strong>Award</strong><br />
Selina Weighill<br />
Lone Peak High<br />
Effects of Acid Rain on Good Bacteria in the<br />
Soil<br />
American Psychological Association <strong>Award</strong><br />
Rachel Davis<br />
Rocky Mountain Middle<br />
Color My Mood<br />
American Psychological Association <strong>Award</strong><br />
Mackenzie Jacoby<br />
Walden School of Liberal Arts<br />
The Red Herring Quiz and the Subliminal<br />
Stars<br />
American Psychological Association <strong>Award</strong><br />
Sarah Tuttle<br />
Lone Peak High<br />
Cursive, the Lost Art Form?<br />
ASM Materials Education Foundation <strong>Award</strong><br />
Colin Delahunty<br />
Crescent View Middle<br />
Metal and Weld Strength<br />
ASM Materials Education Foundation <strong>Award</strong><br />
Eric Thornley<br />
South Hills Middle<br />
A Continuing Study of Eliminating or<br />
Reducing Windshield Damage Caused by<br />
Road Debris<br />
ASM Materials Education Foundation <strong>Award</strong><br />
Steven van Dijk<br />
Pleasant Grove High<br />
Testing for GMO foods by detecting the<br />
CaMV35S promoter or NOS terminator<br />
sequences using PCR and gel<br />
electrophoresis<br />
Association for Women Geoscientists<br />
Kathleen Anderson<br />
Provo High<br />
Determining Present and Paleo<br />
Environments Based on the Properties of<br />
Sand<br />
Association for Women Geoscientists<br />
Samantha Goodrich<br />
Oquirrh Hills Middle<br />
The Effect of Solar Storms on the Earth's<br />
Magnetic Field<br />
Association for Women Geoscientists<br />
Mary Wang<br />
Provo High<br />
Determining Paleo and Present<br />
Environments based on the Properties of<br />
Sand<br />
Friends of the Great Salt Lake <strong>Award</strong><br />
Brian Vawdrey<br />
American Fork <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Which Spot of the Great Salt Lake is the<br />
Saltiest?<br />
Herbert Hoover Young Engineer <strong>Award</strong><br />
Brennen Chadburn<br />
Riverton High<br />
Freeze in a Flash<br />
Herbert Hoover Young Engineer <strong>Award</strong><br />
Amanda Westberg<br />
Riverton High<br />
Freeze in a Flash<br />
Herbert Hoover Young Engineer <strong>Award</strong><br />
Jerry Westberg<br />
Riverton High<br />
Freeze in a Flash<br />
Intel Excellence in Computer <strong>Science</strong> <strong>Award</strong><br />
Chandler Newby<br />
Lakeridge <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Fried Chips<br />
International Society for Optical Engineering<br />
<strong>Award</strong><br />
Anthony Morgan<br />
American Fork High School<br />
Automatic Attendance with LabVIEW<br />
International Society for Optical Engineering<br />
<strong>Award</strong><br />
Lauren Richey<br />
Springville High<br />
A Study of the Negative Refractive Qualities<br />
of Synthetic and Naturally Occurring<br />
Photonic Crystals<br />
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<strong>Award</strong> Name Name School Name Project Title<br />
International Society for Optical Engineering<br />
<strong>Award</strong><br />
Trinity A. Romney<br />
Riverton High<br />
Right Angle Coupling<br />
Microscopy <strong>Award</strong><br />
Kathleen Anderson<br />
Provo High<br />
Determining Present and Paleo<br />
Environments Based on the Properties of<br />
Sand<br />
Microscopy <strong>Award</strong><br />
Sara-Marie Bass<br />
Spanish Fork <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Is Bio-Diesel a Practal Choice<br />
Microscopy <strong>Award</strong><br />
Mary Wang<br />
Provo High<br />
Determining Paleo and Present<br />
Environments based on the Properties of<br />
Sand<br />
Mu Alpha Theta, Excellence in Mathematics<br />
<strong>Award</strong><br />
Heidi Anderson<br />
Springville High<br />
Analyzing Pythagorean Triples on a Sphere<br />
Mu Alpha Theta, Excellence in Mathematics<br />
<strong>Award</strong><br />
Kathryn Dallon<br />
Spanish Fork <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Impossible Tessellations<br />
Mu Alpha Theta, Excellence in Mathematics<br />
<strong>Award</strong><br />
Mike Meyers<br />
American Fork High School<br />
Net Forces<br />
National Society of Professional Engineers<br />
<strong>Award</strong><br />
Devin Adams<br />
Lehi High<br />
Comparing Parabolic, Semicircle, and<br />
Funicular Shaped Bridges<br />
National Society of Professional Engineers<br />
<strong>Award</strong><br />
Bradley Peterson<br />
Riverton High<br />
Faster, Stronger, Cheaper<br />
National Society of Professional Engineers<br />
<strong>Award</strong><br />
Eric Thornley<br />
South Hills Middle<br />
A Continuing Study of Eliminating or<br />
Reducing Windshield Damage Caused by<br />
Road Debris<br />
NOAA's Taking the Pulse of the Planet<br />
<strong>Award</strong><br />
McKay Burrows<br />
Lone Peak High<br />
How Global Warming Affects the Sea Level<br />
NOAA's Taking the Pulse of the Planet<br />
<strong>Award</strong><br />
NOAA's Taking the Pulse of the Planet<br />
<strong>Award</strong><br />
Spencer Larson Provo High<br />
An Analysis of the Effects of the June, 1991<br />
Eruption of Mt. Pinatubo on Ocean Surface<br />
Temperatures<br />
Maurissa Weight<br />
Rocky Mountain Middle<br />
S'no Problem?<br />
Originality <strong>Award</strong><br />
Katherine Clark<br />
Canyon View <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Early Walkers/Faster Runners?<br />
Originality <strong>Award</strong><br />
Joseph Stoddard<br />
Springville <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Concrete Buoyancy<br />
Presentation <strong>Award</strong><br />
Tom Dudley<br />
American Fork <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Magnetic and kinetic energy, can I measure<br />
it?<br />
Presentation <strong>Award</strong><br />
Dana Hancock<br />
Lone Peak High<br />
Pepsin Activity<br />
Research Design <strong>Award</strong><br />
Ashley Banks<br />
Hillcrest High<br />
Recyclable Technology<br />
Research Design <strong>Award</strong><br />
Annicka Carter<br />
Midvale Middle<br />
Asexual Propagation<br />
Research Design <strong>Award</strong><br />
Brianne Cunningham<br />
Hillcrest High<br />
Recyclable Technology<br />
Research Design <strong>Award</strong><br />
Mark Jessen<br />
Hillcrest High<br />
Recyclable Technology<br />
Research Design <strong>Award</strong><br />
Ellie Vawdrey<br />
Midvale Middle<br />
Asexual Propagation<br />
Ricoh Corporation <strong>Award</strong> for Excellence in<br />
Environmental <strong>Science</strong><br />
Kellsey Christofferson<br />
Lehi High<br />
How does pollution affect clothing?<br />
Ricoh Corporation <strong>Award</strong> for Excellence in<br />
Environmental <strong>Science</strong><br />
Geoffrey McManus<br />
Crescent View Middle<br />
GEET vs. Gasoline<br />
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<strong>Award</strong> Name Name School Name Project Title<br />
Ricoh Corporation <strong>Award</strong> for Excellence in<br />
Environmental <strong>Science</strong><br />
Patrick McManus<br />
Crescent View Middle<br />
GEET vs. Gasoline<br />
Scientific American <strong>Award</strong><br />
Amanda Arthur<br />
Bingham High<br />
Simple Motors<br />
Scientific American <strong>Award</strong><br />
Kate Arthur<br />
Bingham High<br />
Simple Motors<br />
Scientific American <strong>Award</strong><br />
Diane Cardon<br />
Walden School of Liberal Arts<br />
Spider Web<br />
Scientific American <strong>Award</strong><br />
Christina Champenois<br />
Provo High<br />
Coloration of the Dragonfly Wing: An SEM<br />
Study<br />
Scientific American <strong>Award</strong><br />
Sean Christiansen<br />
Bingham High<br />
Simple Motors<br />
Scientific American <strong>Award</strong><br />
Jordan Conlin<br />
Rocky Mountain Middle<br />
Spyware Protection, Fact or Fiction<br />
Scientific American <strong>Award</strong><br />
Victor Felton<br />
Midvale Middle<br />
Bacterial Biofilms in Carpets<br />
Scientific American <strong>Award</strong><br />
Elizabeth Flores<br />
Timpview High<br />
Alteration of BoNT (Botox) Action by<br />
Oxidation/Reduction of Protein SNAP-25<br />
Scientific American <strong>Award</strong><br />
Christina Izatt<br />
Timpview High<br />
Alteration of BoNT (Botox) Action by<br />
Oxidation/ Reduction of Protein SNAP-25<br />
Scientific American <strong>Award</strong><br />
Trevor Jackson<br />
Rocky Mountain Middle<br />
Right or Left?<br />
Scientific American <strong>Award</strong><br />
Celsie Long<br />
Spanish Fork <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
License, Registration and...Mouthwash???<br />
Scientific American <strong>Award</strong><br />
Mandi Tibbitts<br />
Oquirrh Hills Middle<br />
Sandstone to Sediment<br />
Scientific Journal <strong>Award</strong><br />
Xavier Falco<br />
Hillcrest High<br />
AI: A talking computer<br />
Scientific Journal <strong>Award</strong><br />
Hayley Hendrix<br />
Rocky Mountain Middle<br />
burrr! baby, it's cold outside!<br />
Scientific Journal <strong>Award</strong><br />
Manoli Liodakis<br />
Hillcrest High<br />
AI: A talking computer<br />
Stockholm Jr. Water Prize<br />
Stockholm Jr. Water Prize<br />
Stockholm Jr. Water Prize<br />
U.S. Air Force <strong>Award</strong><br />
Shannon Babb American Fork High School Deadly Waters: A 12 Month Water Qualty<br />
Study of a Newly Erupted Sulfur Spring and<br />
its Longitudinal Effect on Diamond Fork<br />
Creek<br />
Spencer Larson Provo High<br />
An Analysis of the Effects of the June, 1991<br />
Eruption of Mt. Pinatubo on Ocean Surface<br />
Temperatures<br />
Selina Weighill<br />
Kiaya Hurst<br />
Lone Peak High<br />
Orem <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Effects of Acid Rain on Good Bacteria in the<br />
Soil<br />
Voyager Green<br />
U.S. Air Force <strong>Award</strong><br />
Robert Murray<br />
South Hills Middle<br />
Fire Drags<br />
U.S. Air Force <strong>Award</strong><br />
Bradley Peterson<br />
Riverton High<br />
Faster, Stronger, Cheaper<br />
U.S. Air Force <strong>Award</strong><br />
Trinity A. Romney<br />
Riverton High<br />
Right Angle Coupling<br />
U.S. Army Research <strong>Award</strong><br />
Garrett DeBruyn<br />
Riverton High<br />
Quake Guard<br />
U.S. Army Research <strong>Award</strong><br />
Matthew Drake<br />
Riverton High<br />
What Parent's Don't Know<br />
U.S. Army Research <strong>Award</strong><br />
Elizabeth Flores<br />
Timpview High<br />
Alteration of BoNT (Botox) Action by<br />
Oxidation/Reduction of Protein SNAP-25<br />
U.S. Army Research <strong>Award</strong><br />
Lorin Hanson<br />
Riverton High<br />
What Parent's Don't Know<br />
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<strong>Award</strong> Name Name School Name Project Title<br />
U.S. Army Research <strong>Award</strong><br />
Ian Hartman<br />
Bingham High<br />
Asyncronous electromagnetic linear<br />
induction motor<br />
U.S. Army Research <strong>Award</strong><br />
Michael Hayden<br />
Riverton High<br />
Virtual Depth Perception Test<br />
U.S. Army Research <strong>Award</strong><br />
Kiaya Hurst<br />
Orem <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Voyager Green<br />
U.S. Army Research <strong>Award</strong><br />
Matias Iturbide<br />
Spanish Fork <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Ion Propulson: The future of Space Travel<br />
U.S. Army Research <strong>Award</strong><br />
Christina Izatt<br />
Timpview High<br />
Alteration of BoNT (Botox) Action by<br />
Oxidation/ Reduction of Protein SNAP-25<br />
U.S. Army Research <strong>Award</strong><br />
Taylor Jacoby<br />
Walden School of Liberal Arts<br />
Kissing: The Ups and Downs<br />
U.S. Army Research <strong>Award</strong><br />
Aliza Jensen<br />
Walden School of Liberal Arts<br />
Kissing: The Ups and Downs<br />
U.S. Army Research <strong>Award</strong><br />
Carlos Killpack<br />
Spanish Fork <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Ion Propulson: The future of Space Travel<br />
U.S. Army Research <strong>Award</strong><br />
Collin Pulley<br />
Riverton High<br />
Dry Ice Engine<br />
U.S. Army Research <strong>Award</strong><br />
Nick Reay<br />
Bingham High<br />
Asyncronous electromagnetic linear<br />
induction motor<br />
U.S. Army Research <strong>Award</strong><br />
Derek Weatherford<br />
Spanish Fork <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Clash of Steel<br />
U.S. Department of Health and Human<br />
Services<br />
Ginger Christopher<br />
Spanish Fork <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Hang Time, Improving a Dancers Leap<br />
U.S. Department of Health and Human<br />
Services<br />
Steven Decker<br />
Sunset Ridge Middle School<br />
Sugar High<br />
U.S. Department of Health and Human<br />
Services<br />
Mark Evans<br />
Hillcrest High<br />
Chronic Hexosamine Flux Activates AMPactivated<br />
Protein Kinase in Adipocytes: An<br />
Explanation for the Metabolic Complications<br />
of Type 2 Diabetes<br />
U.S. Metric Association<br />
Elizabeth Hilton<br />
Lakeridge <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Soccer vs. Swimming<br />
U.S. Metric Association<br />
Brenton Mangum<br />
Lakeridge <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Radio Wave Weaknesses<br />
U.S. Metric Association<br />
Anthony Morgan<br />
American Fork High School<br />
Automatic Attendance with LabVIEW<br />
U.S. Metric Association<br />
Kelcy Reynolds<br />
Provo High<br />
Methane Hydrates + Archimedes Principle;<br />
A Purposed Solution<br />
U.S. Metric Association<br />
Sophie Siebach<br />
Lakeridge <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Soccer vs. Swimming<br />
U.S. Metric Association<br />
Alyssa Warren<br />
South Hills Middle<br />
To Age or Not to Age, That is the Question.<br />
Aging Process of Vitamin C in Food.<br />
U.S. Metric Association<br />
Pascal Weingartner<br />
American Fork High School<br />
A More Efficient Solar Cell?<br />
U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps<br />
Devin Adams<br />
Lehi High<br />
Comparing Parabolic, Semicircle, and<br />
Funicular Shaped Bridges<br />
U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps<br />
Heidi Anderson<br />
Springville High<br />
Analyzing Pythagorean Triples on a Sphere<br />
U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps<br />
Karianne Ballash<br />
Bingham High<br />
What are the Effects of Phytoplankton on<br />
the Growth of Clams<br />
U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps<br />
Sara-Marie Bass<br />
Spanish Fork <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Is Bio-Diesel a Practal Choice<br />
U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps<br />
Ian Bliss<br />
Centennial Middle<br />
Wind Resistance for Three Pinewood Derby<br />
Cars<br />
Monday, December 04, <strong>2006</strong> Page 4 of 5
<strong>Award</strong> Name Name School Name Project Title<br />
U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps<br />
Mark Evans<br />
Hillcrest High<br />
Chronic Hexosamine Flux Activates AMPactivated<br />
Protein Kinase in Adipocytes: An<br />
Explanation for the Metabolic Complications<br />
of Type 2 Diabetes<br />
U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps<br />
Jefferson McClain<br />
Springville <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Water Extraction<br />
U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps<br />
Bradley Peterson<br />
Riverton High<br />
Faster, Stronger, Cheaper<br />
U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps<br />
Amanda Routt<br />
John Hancock Charter School<br />
Use Your Noodle<br />
<strong>Utah</strong> Council of Teachers of Mathematics<br />
Heidi Anderson<br />
Springville High<br />
Analyzing Pythagorean Triples on a Sphere<br />
<strong>Utah</strong> Council of Teachers of Mathematics<br />
Kelley Schaefer<br />
American Fork <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
The Chess Code<br />
<strong>Utah</strong> Division of Natural Resources<br />
Jesse Galovich<br />
Spanish Fork <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Fishes Wishes<br />
<strong>Utah</strong> Division of Natural Resources<br />
Skyler Hardman<br />
Spanish Fork <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Fishes Wishes<br />
<strong>Utah</strong> Division of Natural Resources<br />
Maurissa Weight<br />
Rocky Mountain Middle<br />
S'no Problem?<br />
<strong>Utah</strong> Rocket Club <strong>Award</strong><br />
Christian Geddes<br />
Oquirrh Hills Middle<br />
Water Rockets<br />
<strong>Utah</strong> Rocket Club <strong>Award</strong><br />
Conner Van Skyhawk<br />
Oquirrh Hills Middle<br />
Water Rockets<br />
<strong>Utah</strong> Veterinary Medical Association<br />
Jillian Ferrell<br />
Mountain Ridge <strong>Junior</strong> High<br />
Good Dog<br />
<strong>Utah</strong> Veterinary Medical Association<br />
Carly Miles<br />
Riverton High<br />
Polymorphisms in DNA: A Comparison of<br />
Canine DNA Study Year 2<br />
<strong>Utah</strong> Veterinary Medical Association<br />
Kelsey Shields<br />
Riverton High<br />
Polymorphisms in DNA: A Comparison of<br />
Canine DNA Study Year 2<br />
Yale <strong>Science</strong> & Engineering Association<br />
Russell Barker<br />
Bingham High<br />
To Sail Or Not To Sail<br />
Yale <strong>Science</strong> & Engineering Association<br />
Ashley Mason<br />
Bingham High<br />
To Sail Or Not To Sail<br />
Yale <strong>Science</strong> & Engineering Association<br />
Bradley Peterson<br />
Riverton High<br />
Faster, Stronger, Cheaper<br />
Monday, December 04, <strong>2006</strong> Page 5 of 5
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