Congratulations HISEF Winners February 23, 2013. HONORABLE MENTION Elementary School Entries

Congratulations HISEF Winners

February 23, 2013

HONORABLE MENTIONElementary

School Entries

5th Grade Anna Marie Jacobson Grace Connolly, Rachel

Hattasch The Apple of My Eye

6th Grade Ryan Elementary Kylie Motley, Shiden Young,

Simone Simmons Water Quantity vs. Water

Quality

HONORABLE MENTION

Jr. High Entries

PLANT SCIENCES7th GradePayne Junior

Kylie Jackson

Musical Plants

MEDICINE AND HEALTH

7th GradeWillis JuniorGiselle Barocio

Mag-nificent Baby Formula

BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

7th Grade Willis Junior Dhanielle

Bartolome & Madison Golding

The Color of Time

7th Grade Bogle Junior Maya Bickham

& Sage Hamming

Environmental Memorization

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

7th GradePayne JuniorCollin HoagDry Ice Preservation

8th Grade Az College Prep Hayley Benson The Effect of

Propeller Designs on the Efficiency of Wind Turbines

CHEMISTRY7th Grade Erie Nick Nold The Effect of

Liquids on the Amount of Corrosion

8th Grade SanTan Junior Jacqueline

Palmer, Samantha Hadley, Madison Hillis

Insulation Station

EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE

7th GradeArizona

College PrepMax WeissHot Wheels

8th GradeBogle Jr. HighKeely OrndorffDynamic

Earth

PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

8th GradeArizona College PrepAudrey GallowayThe Effect of Mass on

Drop Rate

COMPUTER SCIENCE

7th GradeAMS BashaHarpaul SidhuRam Ready

ENGINEERING7th GradeArizona College Prep Jerry ZhuThe Effect of Turbine Blade

Designs on the Amount of Electricity Generated

HONORABLE MENTIONHigh School

Entries

PLANT SCIENCESRachel Foote, Madison

Keyser(HHS/Moran)Electrolytes

MEDICINE & HEALTH

Drishti Panse, Alisha Joshi, Sarina Patel

(HHS/Weidenbach)Are Cholesterol Drugs Worth Their Hype

MICROBIOLOGYViputheshwar Sitaraman(HHS/Nipar)The efficacy of ZFN catalytic

domains

ANIMAL SCIENCEEmily Dennee(HHS/Weidenbach)Hoof Wax vs. Hoof Growth

BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE

Ryleigh Williams(HHS/Holubowsky)Heart rate in music

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Jackson Blessing,Alexander Falk

(HHS/Amberg)Let the Sun Shine In

BIOCHEMISTRYAshlyn Weninger(HHS/Moran)

Dissolving the Pain

CHEMISTRYNoelia Varelas(ACP/Glassmeyer)

Rubber Egg Experiment

ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION

Mitchell Behling(ACP/Lowe)Energy Efficiency: The Test for the Best Light Bulb

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY

Dominique Davis(HHS/Tilley)The Holography Experiment

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Elliot Smith(HHS/Clark B.)Sinusoidal Beat Frequencies

ENGINEERINGTristan Phillips &Thatcher Hoppe

(HHS/Moran)Wuthering Windmills

3rd PLACEElementary

School Entries

5th Grade

Hayley Kellen Richardson, Jonah Nygren

The Wheel of Fortune

6th Grade

Navarrete Nicholas

Howell, Dylan Hernandez

UV Radiation Intervention

3rd PLACEJr. High Entries

PLANT SCIENCES7th Grade ACP - Erie Annelise

Alvarado The Effect of the

Brand of Fertilizer on Plant Growth

8th GradeSantan Junior High School

Bria WelchFertilizer to Algae

MEDICINE AND HEALTH

7th GradeBogle JuniorRashmi Athavale

Antioxidants in Tomatoes

ANIMAL SCIENCE7th GradePayne Junior

Skylar WardBugs Be Gone

BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

7th GradeBogle JuniorPayton FreiThe Taste and

Smell Connection

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

7th Grade Bogle Junior Owen Maloney The Effect of

Nutrients on the Growth of Algae for Biofuel

8th Grade Az College Prep Reid Wagner What is the

Effect of Temperature on the Distribution of UV Rays?

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR

BIOLOGY7th GradePayne JuniorNina KrolakBerry Full of

DNA

CHEMISTRY7th Grade Az College Prep Madison

Chapuis The Effect of

Temperature on Crystal Growth

8th Grade Bogle Junior Anastasia Pickett

& Cassandra Kuerner

The Chemiluminescence Effect

EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE

7th GradePayne Jr HighNoah

RenfrowFin Fun

8th Grade Arizona College

Prep Johanna Crowl,

Victoria Schifsky Destruction Zone

PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

8th GradeBogle Jr High Jenna GlewLift: Doing it the Wright

Way

ENGINEERING7th GradeBogle Jr HighTerry KangPractice

Makes Perfect

8th GradeSantan Jr

HighMichael LiGeometric

Giants

3rd PLACEHigh School

Entries

PLANT SCIENCES Adam Thompson & Carter Eggleston (HHS/Moran) The effect of different concentrations

of hydrogen peroxide on the percentage of seed germination

MEDICINE & HEALTH

Megan Seibel(HHS/Loutzenheiser)What is the Effect of the Landing

Surface on the Amount of Damage to the Bone Replica?

MICROBIOLOGYGabrielle Baillargeon, Kalyca

Ngov, Erynne Sorrell(ACP/Glassmeyer)The Effect of the Type of Music

on the Growth of Bacteria

ANIMAL SCIENCEJake Besch-Stokes, Emma

Paunil(ACP/Lowe)The Effect of Surroundings

on Cricket Chirping

BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE

Jordan Jones, Savannah Pearson

(HHS/Welch)Taking care of BusinessTechniques

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Mukund Khanwalker (HHS/Wicklow)Lead Analysis

BIOCHEMISTRYHannah Krivickas(HHS/Dooley)

Egg-Cellent Osmosis

CHEMISTRYGabby Martinez, Joy Custer, Nicole Hill

Tang, Frank Li (HHS/Loutzenheiser)

Oxidation Nation

ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION

Christian Weaghington(HHS/Weidenbach)

Wind vs. Hydropower

EARTH & SPACEPaige Falkengren(HHS/Miner)Tsunami vs. Houses

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY

Ernesto Mauricio, Brandon Krcilek, Brad Pauley

(HHS/Weidenbach)Preventing Concussions

ENGINEERINGTyler Pinho(BHS/Mckelvy)Heatpipes: Keeping It Cool

2nd PLACEElementary

School Entries

5th Grade

Knox Gifted Academy

Chloe Leff, Ellie Nash

Jolly Ranchers- Yummy Candy of Nasty Artificial Dye

6th Grade

NavarreteEthan Glass,

Holden Brotherson

Shaping Solar Tech

2nd PLACEJr. High Entries

PLANT SCIENCES7th Grade Basha

Accelerated Middle School

Alliya Dulaney Vegg ‘n’ Out

8th GradeSanTan Junior

Cynthia LeeThe Glow Show

MEDICINE AND HEALTH

7th GradeBogle JuniorArnav BawaStronger Magnet = Better MRI??

8th GradeSanTan Junior

Kara KostiewKnee Deep

ANIMAL SCIENCE7th Grade Payne Junior Molly

Woodward, Aryn Moran & Kaylee Ivie

Something Fishy

8th Grade SanTan Junior Karolyn Hasler,

Jennifer Kocis, & Claire Mulholand

It’s a Worm’s World

BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

7th GradeSanTan

JuniorTiana MarksIs Childproof

Just a Spoof?

8th GradeSanTan JuniorAnuj ShahCan the

Stroop be Duped?

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

7th GradeACP Dorothy TungThe Effect of

Greywater on Plant’s Growth

8th Grade Willis Junior Nicole Amparan

& Kayla Cross The Effect of

CO2 on Photosynthesis

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR

BIOLOGY7th Grade Az College Prep Mackenzie

Chapuis The Effect of

Different Organisms on Nucleus Area and C-Value Size

8th Grade Bogle Junior Lily Arnpriester The Effect of

Ripeness of Fruit on DNA Extraction

CHEMISTRY7th GradeACPHope Melton

The Salty Road

8th GradeSanTan Junior

Cindy LiHeatful of Colors

EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE

7th GradeArizona

College PrepTristan BartaThe ‘Dirt’ on a

Passive Solar Design

8th GradeSantan Jr HighMatthew

HoangTo Fall or Not

to Fall

PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

7th Grade Arizona College

Prep Anika Banister The Effect of

Water Depth on Wave Speed

8th Grade Bogle Jr High Chris Braddock,

Isaac Dowdle, Mikwy St. Onge

Electricity Generated with Different Angles of Rotor Blades on a Wind Turbine

COMPUTER SCIENCE

8th GradeBogle Jr High Zhengdong WangThe Amount of Energy

Various Screensavers Save

ENGINEERING7th Grade Arizona College

Prep Michael Sauer The Effect of

Antenna Length on Radio Waves

8th GradeSantan Jr HighHannah

ButcherBuilding

Bridges

2nd PLACEHigh School

Entries

PLANT SCIENCESTaylor, Sifferman(HHS/Dooley)

Caffeine or Not?

MEDICINE & HEALTH

Jack Gillhouse(HHS/Dooley)Effect of Carbonated Liquids on Meat Products

MICROBIOLOGYHannah Miao, Justin Yu(HHS/Clark B.)The Effect of Different Food

Preservation Methods on MIcrobial Growth

ANIMAL SCIENCESNitish Peela(HHS/Nipar)

Reducing antibiotic-induced side-effects in chickens

BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE

Devangi Shah (CHS /Bond) The Effect of the Degree of Counter-

Stereotypes Presented to Members of Various Demographic Sectors of the Healthcare Profession on the Reversal and Malleability of the Ultimate Attribution Error Inherent in Implicit Biases from a Race-Ethnicity Implicit Association Test

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

David Owusu-Antwi(ACP/Lowe)The Effect of Increase in

Heat Dispensation on Rate of Dissolution

BIOCHEMISTRYJonathan Chien(HHS/Nipar)

First place for BACE-1

CELLULAR & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Sanjay Srinivasan(HHS/Nipar)The Relationship between

VEGF, GADD45, and Cardiac Fibroblast Proliferation

CHEMISTRYJustin Tullis, Patrick Gilmore(PHS/Morgan)Sport Drink Electrolytes

ENERGY & TRANPORTATION

Chance Vance, Kate Welsh, Stacy Sonnabend

(HHS/Crane)Heat Stoppers

EARTH & SPACEMercedes Escobar(HHS/Rodgers)Chubasc Weather Station

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY

Jordan Kahl(ACP/Glassmeyer)

Vibration Intensity

ENGINEERINGAndrew Kaye(BHS/Mckelvy)Biofuel Synthesis: Optimizing

Clostridia Growth Using Agricultural Biomass

1st PLACEElementary

School Entries

5th Grade

CTA Freedom Meagan

Effinger “Current”ly

Splitting

6th Grade

CTA Independence

Kallen Ruddle, Tyler Bonilla, Justin Ngo

Harvesting the Wind

1st PLACEJr. High Entries

PLANT SCIENCES7th GradeWillis JuniorKaty Fortner & Jihan Fajut

Hydroponic vs. Soil - based

8th GradeACPMackenzie Brown & Haily Thompson

Apple Wraps

MEDICINE AND HEALTH

7th Grade Payne Junior Branden Lamb The Effect of

Fenugreek Seed, Probiotics and Prilosec on Carbohydrate Digestion

8th GradeSanTan JuniorSarah GilliamEggciting Effects

ANIMAL SCIENCE7th GradePayne Junior

Lois Zozobrado

Calls of the Wild

8th Grade Willis Junior Savannah

Bowers & Breanna Nehrkorn

The A-MAZE-ing MICEtro

BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

7th Grade Willis Junior Edda Anderson

& Gillian Harrill

Mind Over Medicine

8th GradeSanTan Junior

Cindy HaI-Witness

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

7th Grade Bogle Junior Rose & Grace

Wodaryk The Effect of Carbon

and Nitrogen Based Compost Materials on the Biodegrading of Decomposable Paper

8th GradeAz College

PrepMcKenna LoopThe Algae

Dilemma

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR

BIOLOGY7th Grade Willis Junior Erin Guldner,

Jordan Simon, Hailey Brown - Cagan

DNA all the Way

8th Grade Bogle Junior Veronica Driz &

Rachna Guntu The Effect of

Health-Benefitting and Caffeine Drinks on the Heartbeat of Daphnia

CHEMISTRY7th Grade Basha

Accelerated Middle

Katie Wilkinson Floating in

Oxygen

8th Grade Willis Junior Alex Chavez,

Rachel Mehara & Alberto Vidana

Keep the Heat

EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE

7th GradeBogle Jr HighMallorie

Nelson, Tate Herreid

Erosion

8th GradeSantan Jr High Jane Wang,

Lena Han, Feona Dong

Magnets: Hot or Cold

PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

7th GradeArizona

College PrepSparks from

SeawaterAditya Ashar

8th Grade Bogle Jr High Mackenzie

Pearson The Effect on

Where the Ball is Hit to How Far it Travels

COMPUTER SCIENCE

7th Grade Bogle Jr High James Cortezano,

Bilal Kapadya The Effect of

Different Software Programs on Computer Performance

8th GradeWillis Jr High Justin Wayne,

Giuse NguyenA Sharper

Image

ENGINEERING7th GradeBogle Jr HighSarah AlwinSound Power

8th GradeArizona

College PrepGabriel

SchugardtElectrified

Heat

Mathematical Science

7th GradePayneEthan MychajlonkaThe Effect of Different Drop

Rates on How Much Water was Wasted

1st PLACEHigh School

Entries

PLANT SCIENCESKiera Blawn(HHS/Lasswell)The Salty Truth Part Deux

MEDICINE & HEALTH

Kaitlyn Spooner(HHS/Clark B.)The Effect of the Type of Ibuprofen on Its Dissolving Time

MICROBIOLOGYMehrdad Dariush, Hunter

Hamblin, Michael Perez(ACP/Glassmeyer)Antiseptics vs Bacteria

ANIMAL SCIENCESJillian Solomon (BHS/Mckelvy)

Japanese Quail: Raising Heavyweights

BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE

Christopher KantzosBrandon Ngo

(BHS/Mckelvy)When is Being Right, Right?

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Kimberly Slaughter(HHS/Miner)

Wind Power

BIOCHEMISTRYPaula Beatty & Jacob

Cabrejas(HHS/Nipar)

Beta Cell Research

CELLULAR & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Tejas Dharmaraj & Manav Sevak (CHS/Bond) The Effect of Withaferin A on the

Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein and Vimentin in an In Vitro Model of Mechanically Induced Reactive Astrogliosis

CHEMISTRYIris Chang(HHS/Moran)

Thirsty for Toxins?

ENERGY & TRANPORTATION

Kaitlyn Loop(ACP/Lowe)

The Energy in Algae

EARTH & SPACEChaz Simmons(HHS/Prince)Earthquake Madness

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY

Olivia Talarico(HHS/Crane)

The Effect of Frequency on Complexity

ENGINEERINGIvy Chang(HHS/Nipar)Investigation of the Electrical

Properties of Metal/Pyrite (FeS2) Junctions (II)

WATER WISEELEMENTARY AWARDS 5th Grade: Patterson Elementary

Livi Lawrence - Evaporation Sensation

6th Grade: Tarwater Elementary Taylor Katz - Self Watering Plants

WATER WISEJUNIOR HIGH AWARDS

7th Grade: Payne Junior High School Ethan Mychajlonka - The Effect of Different Drop

Rates

8th Grade: Santan Junior High School Carter Crawford - Bath or Shower

WATER WISEHIGH SCHOOL AWARDAlex Alverio (HHS/Bhagdev)

Wind Speed vs. Rate of Transpiration

EXCELLENCE IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING

ELEMENTARY AWARDS 5th Grade: CTA FREEDOM

Meagan Effinger – “Current”ly Splitting

6th Grade: NAVARRETE Nicholas Howell, Dylan Fernandez– UV

Radiation Intervention

EXCELLENCE IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS CATEGORY: Willis Junior High

Edda Anderson, Gillian Harrill – Mind Medicine

CATEGORY: Bogle Junior High Mackenzie Pearson – The Effect on Where

the Ball is Hit to How Far it Travels

INTEL INNOVATOR ELEMENTARY AWARDS 5th Grade: Riggs Elementary

Curly CurlEmilee BentleyMakayla FromRylee Simmons

6th Grade: Navarrete Elementary Aarjav Pandya -Chromatic Conservation

INTEL INNOVATOR JUNIOR HIGH AWARDS

MEDICINE & HEALTH: Payne Junior High School Brandon Lamb - The Effect of Fenugreek Seed,

Probiotics and Prilosec on Carbohydrate Digestion

ENVIRONMENTAL: Arizona College Preparatory Hayley Benson - Saving Gas

INTEL INNOVATOR HIGH SCHOOL AWARDRyan Bui (BHS/Mckelvy)

Fruit Flies: UV Sterilized?

BEST OF FAIR BIOLOGICAL Christopher Kantzos,

Brandon Ngo (BHS/Mckelvy)

When is Being Right, Right?

PHYSICAL Ivy Chang (HHS/Nipar)

Investigation of the Electrical Properties of Metal/Pyrite (FeS2) Junctions (II)

ISEF Qualifiers Alternate Christopher Kantzos,

Brandon Ngo (BHS/Mckelvy)

When is Being Right, Right?

Qualifier Ivy Chang (HHS/Nipar)

Investigation of the Electrical Properties of Metal/Pyrite (FeS2) Junctions (II)