Roanoke Valley Governor’s School for Science and Technology 2010 PROJECT FORUM AWARDS LIST ANIMAL SCIENCE
First Place Taylor Holden, Franklin County High School Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Lumbriculus variegatus Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert Second Place Sarah Zillioux, Cave Spring High School Effect of Bisphenol-A on the Development of Artemia Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert Second Place Nirja Inamdar, Lord Botetourt High School and Meredith Swartwout, Craig Co. High School The Effect of Different Concentrations of Chlorinating Concentrate on the Pulsation Rate of Lumbriculus veriegates Teacher sponsor: John Kowalski Third Place Elizabeth Higgs, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of Cu on the Regeneration of L. variegatus Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert Special Awards:
Most Promising Project Sarah Liu, William Fleming High School Effect of Ehinyl Estradiol on Reproduction in L. variegatus Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert
Passion for Zoo Animals Alina Woodford, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of Different Enrichments on Wolverine Behavior Teacher sponsor: Cindy Bohland Passion for Zoo Animals Elizabeth Nelson, Lord Botetourt High School The Effects of Different Enrichments on Red Panda Behavior Teacher sponsor: Cindy Bohland
BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES A First Place Phillip Harmon, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of Age on Facial Recognition Among Adolescents Second Place Elaina Prillaman, Lord Botetourt High School Investigation of the Suffix Effect on Stimuli Recall Teacher sponsor: Melissa Harnist Second Place Bonnie Wei, Northside High School The Effect of Mnemonic Devices on Short Term Memory Teacher sponsor: Melissa Harnist Third Place Stephanie Teeple, Franklin County High School Demographic Analysis of Birthright Citizens Administered the U.S. Naturalization Exam Teacher sponsor: Anthony Curtis BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES B First Place Courtney Brothers, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of a Flicker on Change Detection Teacher sponsor: Melissa Harnist Second Place Carrington Austin, Salem High School The Effect of Handedness on Reaction Time Teacher sponsor: Melissa Harnist Third Place
Erin Cao, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of Smells on the Number of Words Remembered Teacher sponsor: Melissa Harnist
SPECIAL AWARDS Outstanding Experimental Design Christian Dehli, Staunton River High School The Effect of Hand Dominance on Recognition Time of Words and Images Teacher sponsor: Linda Gooding Outstanding Poster Display Erin Cao, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of Smells on the Number of Words Remembered Teacher sponsor: Melissa Harnist
Outstanding Project Development Toria Knox, Franklin County High School Identification of Emotions Between Genders Teacher sponsor: Melissa Harnist BIOCHEMISTRY/CHEMISTRY First Place Blake Anderson, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of Temperature on the Effectiveness of Enzymes Teacher sponsor: Melissa Harnist Second Place Jessica Chen, William Fleming High School; Charne Delport, Franklin County High School Nitrogen Fixation Rates and Methane Production of Reticulitermes flavipes and Cryptocercus punctulatis Teacher sponsor: Anthony Curtis Third Place Sarah Merten, Patrick Henry High School A Comparison of Standard, DHA omega-3, and Free-Range Eggs Teacher sponsor: Anthony Curtis Third Place Casey Harless, Franklin County High School Effect of Microwave Radiation on the Leaching of Ceramic Glazes Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert ENGERY AND TRANSPORTATION A First Place Jade Andrade, Salem High School; Joshua Green, Lord Botetourt High School; Paul Williams, William Byrd High School Automated Hypermile Teacher sponsor: Shelley Miller Second Place Josh Pecaric, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of Car Bodies on Drag Coefficients Teacher sponsor: Anthony Curtis Third Place
Mollie Donihe, Patrick Henry High School Various Native Warm Season Grasses as Possible Biofuels Teacher sponsor: Steve Smith ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION B First Place Robert Kuczmarski, Staunton River High School Do Fishy Cars Go Faster? Teacher sponsor: Bill Saunders Second Place Josh Boitnott, Franklin County High School Testing a Sea Wave Generator's Efficiency Teacher sponsor: Bill Saunders Third Place Joey Johnson, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of Signal Timings on Traffic Flow through an Intersection Teacher sponsor: Melissa Harnist ENGINEERING (ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL) First Place Michael Zhang, Cave Spring High School Testing Different Dyes in Organic Solar Cells for Efficiency Teacher sponsor: Bill Saunders Second Place Ben Lowman, Franklin County High School The Development and Testing of a Cost Effective Turbidimeter Apparatus Teacher sponsor: Bill Saunders Third Place Wade Hess, Franklin County High School The Effect of a Propeller's Pitch on Thrust Teacher sponsor: Bill Saunders SPECIAL AWARDS
Outstanding Poster Display Tyler Anderson, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of Locomotion on the Handling Ability of a Mars Rover Teacher sponsor: Brent Holt Outstanding Creativity Michael Zhang, Cave Spring High School Testing Different Dyes in Organic Solar Cells for Efficiency Teacher sponsor: Bill Saunders ENGINEERING (MATERIALS AND BIOENGINEERING) First Place Waylon Puckett, Lord Botetourt High School Comparing the Torque and Efficiency of Electromagnetic Piston Engines Teacher sponsor: Bill Saunders Second Place Matthew Price, Franklin County High School The Optimal Post Mass Density for a Balsa Structure Teacher sponsor: Bill Saunders Third Place Gracy Casola, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of Different Materials on Sound Insulation Teacher sponsor: Bill Saunders Third Place Alec Paget, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of Bridge Material on Weight-Bearing Capacity Teacher sponsor: Bill Saunders Third Place Zachary Paget, Patrick Henry High School Effect of Types of Structure on Time of Destruction Teacher sponsor: Bill Saunders SPECIAL AWARDS Creative Use of Apparatus Mason Fike, Franklin County High School
Effect of Building's Structure Shape on its Strength Teacher sponsor: Bill Saunders Creative Use of Apparatus Caitlyn Overbay, Lord Botetourt High School Testing Structural Integrity of Buildings to Earthquakes Teacher sponsor: Bill Saunders ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES A First Place Ellison Heil, Salem High School The Effect of Cobalt 60 Radiation on the Growth and Root Cell Division of Raphanus sativus Teacher sponsor: Kerry Zell Second Place Spencer Carl, Northside High School Determining the Presence of Chlorine in "Baby-Cut" Carrots Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert Third Place Emily Blanton, Patrick Henry High School Effect of Type of Wood on PAHs Phase II Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert Third Place Allison White, Cave Spring High School The Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals by Brassica juncia Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert SPECIAL AWARDS Outstanding Poster Zachary Hughes, Franklin County High School A Survey of Energy Efficient Devices Purchased by Homeowners Teacher sponsor: Anthony Curtis ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES B First Place Rem Hinshaw, Patrick Henry High School Water Quality of Murray Run Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert
Second Place Sarah Melendez, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of Diesel and Biodiesel on Germination and Growth of Raphanus sativus Teacher sponsor: Kerry Zell Third Place Kaleb Cahoon, James River High School The Effects of Runoff on the Populations of Macroinvertebrates in Craig Creek Teacher sponsor: Cindy Bohland ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES C First Place Rachel Strauss, Patrick Henry High School Corrosion of Rebar Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert Second Place Scott Duvall, Franklin County High School Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Methane Generation from Sludge Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert Third Place Kendall Jenkins, Glenvar High School The Effects of Sulfur Dioxide on the Growth and Development of Lichen Teacher sponsor: Cindy Bohland SPECIAL AWARDS Outstanding Poster Display Drew Beck, Patrick Henry High School; Brittany Clifton, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of Bacterial Biofilms on the Extraction of MTBE From Local Water Systems Teacher sponsor: John Kowalski Outstanding Data Analysis and Use of Statistics Lauren Clements, Hidden Valley High School The Effect of Movement on Phaseolus vulgaris Teacher sponsor: Kerry Zell Outstanding Applied Science Experiment Rachel Strauss, Patrick Henry High School
Corrosion of Rebar Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS First Place Locher Grove, Patrick Henry High School Creating a GIS of the Battle of Hanging Rock: 1864 Teacher sponsor: Fred Hoffman Second Place Melinda Boggs, Hidden Valley High School; Courtney Harmon, Hidden Valley High School Swine Flew: Tracking the spread of H1N1 throughout the country Teacher sponsor: Fred Hoffman Third Place Catherine Adkins, Patrick Henry High School Cancer Incidence vs. Death Rates Over Time Teacher sponsor: Fred Hoffman MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES/COMPUTER SCIENCE First Place Dru Knox, Patrick Henry High School Deterministic Lexical Categorization Using Genetic Algorithms Teacher sponsor: Linda Gooding Second Place Abby Caldwell, Glenvar High School Mathematical Logic, Probability, and Blackjack Teacher sponsor: Linda Hanks Third Place Sarah Hammer, Lord Botetourt High School Alternative Methods for Dividing Rationals Teacher sponsor: Melissa Harnist Third Place Bradford Klodowski, Franklin County High School
The Effect of Network Segmentation on Data Throughput Teacher sponsor: Anthony Curtis SPECIAL AWARDS
Best Oral Presentation Dru Knox, Patrick Henry High School Deterministic Lexical Categorization Using Genetic Algorithms Teacher sponsor: Linda Gooding Outstanding Display Brooke Williams, Lord Botetourt High School Probability in the Game of Blackjack Teacher sponsor: Melissa Harnist Outstanding Perseverance in Research Emily Davis, Patrick Henry High School An Investigation of Improper Integrals and Infinite Series Teacher sponsor: Linda Hanks MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES A First Place Zachary Kemp, William Byrd High School The Effect of Body Mass Index and Lung Capacity on Volume and Range of Trumpet Players Teacher sponsor: Melissa Harnist Second Place Adam Nicholas, Patrick Henry High School; Nhuan Pham, Patrick Henry High School The Efficiency of Siver Nanoparticles as an Antimicrobial Agent on Gram positive and Negative Bacteria Teacher sponsor: John Kowalski Third Place Danielle Thumann, Staunton River High School Regression Rates of Cervical Dysplasia One Year After Treatment Teacher sponsor: Anthony Curtis SPECIAL AWARDS
Outstanding Data Analysis Lacy Grindstaff, Craig County High School Optimization of the Acu-Dose Rx Teacher sponsor: Anthony Curtis Outstanding Creativity Caroline Thomsen, Glenvar High School An Analysis of CA-125 Counts in Women with Ovarian Neoplasms Teacher sponsor: Anthony Curtis MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES B First Place Se Jeong, Franklin County High School The Inhibition of U87MG Human Malignant Brain tumor Cells in vitro Using Garlic Juice Teacher sponsor: John Kowalski Second Place Mary Catherine Sowder, Hidden Valley High School Analyzing Trends in the Occurrence of Group A Streptococcal Infections Teacher sponsor: Anthony Curtis Third Place Devin Chavira, Patrick Henry High School; Sean Norton, Patrick Henry High School Health Care for Pets in an Economic Recession Teacher sponsor: Anthony Curtis Third Place Charlie Harless, Franklin County High School The Rate of Antibiotic Prescribing by Emergency Department Providers for Cutaneous Abscess Teacher sponsor: Anthony Curtis MICROBIOLOGY A First Place Garrett Fonacier, Hidden Valley High School UVA & UVB Protection and SPF Levels Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert Second Place Sachith Gullapalli, Hidden Valley High School Non-Thermal Effects of Microwave Radiation on E.coli Teacher sponsor: Cindy Bohland Third Place Katherine Wilkin, Hidden Valley High School The Effects of Antimicrobial Spices on E. coli Teacher sponsor: Cindy Bohland Third Place Dylan Tokotch, Cave Spring High School The Effects of UV Radiation on HA1 Saccharomyces cerevisiae Teacher sponsor: Cindy Bohland MICROBIOLOGY B First Place Jared Johnson, Northside High School Effectiveness of Preservatives to Inhibit Fungal Growth in Strawberries Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert Second Place Annie Barnes, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of Spices on the Zone of Inhibition of Aspergillus flavus Teacher sponsor: Melissa Harnist Second Place Samip Patel, Lord Botetourt High School The Effects of Bacteriophages on Two Species of E. coli Teacher sponsor: Cindy Bohland Third Place Sreemoyee Som, Hidden Valley High School The Effect of Lignin and Lignin Derivatives on the Growth of Potentially Tumorigenic Bacteria Teacher sponsor: Steve Smith SPECIAL AWARDS Honorable Mention Kristyn Bandy, Lord Botetourt High School Quorum Sensing and Bioluminescence in Vibrio fischeri Teacher sponsor: John Kowalski Honorable Mention Joseph Coro, Hidden Valley High School The Evolution of Bacterial Resistance to Spices Teacher sponsor: Cindy Bohland PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY First Place Devin Willey, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of String Tension on its Resonant Frequency Teacher sponsor: Bill Saunders Second Place Elly Roller, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of String Price on the Reliability of the Pitch Teacher sponsor: Melissa Harnist Third Place Harsh Patolia, Hidden Valley High School Exploration of Waves Induced by Projectile Impact Teacher sponsor: Melissa Harnist Third Place Nicci Stiles, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of Ethnicity on Tensile Strength of Hair Teacher sponsor: Cindy Bohland PLANT SCIENCES A First Place Morgan Shannon, Cave Spring High School Use of Yellow Squash to Remove Pd & Cd from Water Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert Second Place Tram Phung, William Fleming High School The Effect of Mixed Gravitational Signals on the Growth of Radishes Teacher sponsor: Steve Smith Third Place Kathleen Kennedy, Patrick Henry High School
The Effect of Allicin on Staphylococcus epidermidis Teacher sponsor: Steve Smith Third Place Suellen Li, Hidden Valley High School Effect of Sucralose on Photosythesis in Elodea junsa Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert SPECIAL AWARDS
Outstanding Photography Michael Board, Hidden Valley High School The Effect of Root-Knot Nematodes on the Health of Wild-Type and Mutant Arabidopsis Teacher sponsor: John Kowalski Outstanding Presentation Kathleen Kennedy, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of Allicin on Staphylococcus epidermidis Teacher sponsor: Steve Smith Outstanding Creativity Tram Phung, William Fleming High School The Effect of Mixed Gravitational Signals on the Growth of Radishes Teacher sponsor: Steve Smith Outstanding Display Suellen Li, Hidden Valley High School Effect of Sucralose on Photosythesis in Elodea junsa Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert Outstanding Experimental Design Morgan Shannon, Cave Spring High School Use of Yellow Squash to Remove Pd & Cd from Water Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert PLANT SCIENCES B First Place Erik Zorn, Patrick Henry High School The effect of Rhizobium leguminosa innoculation on the growth of Phaseolus vulgaris Teacher sponsor: Steve Smith Second Place Emma Webb, Franklin County High School
Comparing CO2 Production from Different Kinds of Algae Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert Third Place Cathy Ren, Patrick Henry High School Effect of various Metals on the Germination of Grass Seeds Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert SPECIAL AWARDS Outstanding Creativity KaLynn Harlow, Franklin County High School The Effect of Various VOCs on the Green Leaf Volatiles of Lima Beans Teacher sponsor: Steve Smith PLANT SCIENCES C First Place Ethan Scott, Cave Spring High School The Effect of UV light on the Growth of Lactuca sativa Teacher sponsor: Steve Smith Second Place Alexander Snodgrass, Cave Spring High School Separating a Parasite from Its Host: A Dodder Story Teacher sponsor: Steve Smith Third Place William O'Brochta, Patrick Henry High School The Effectiveness of the Phytoremediation of Dicofol Using Lycopersicon esculentum Teacher sponsor: Steve Smith
Third Place Caroline Brown, Lord Botetourt High School Uptake of Heavy Metals by Helianthus annuus Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert SPECIAL AWARDS Outstanding Presentation Matthew Catron, Patrick Henry High School The Effect of Caffeine on the Growth of Phaseolus vulgaris Teacher sponsor: Steve Smith
Outstanding Poster Display Alexander Thomas, Cave Spring High School Effects of Light Intensity on Production of Biodiesel from Algae Teacher sponsor: Gwen Sibert PRODUCT DESIGN ENGINEERING First Place Richard E, II Miles, Staunton River High School; Benjamin Woodford, Staunton River High School Ergo-Chair 2000 Teacher sponsor: Shelley Miller Second Place Brittany Booth, Patrick Henry High School; Burgin Collis, Patrick Henry High School Safe Smiles Teacher sponsor: Shelley Miller Third Place Matthew Paysour, Lord Botetourt High School; Ian Campbell, Staunton River High School; Jordan Dehli, Staunton River High School Q-Brace Teacher sponsor: Shelley Miller
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