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March 14, 2015
Science & Engineering Competition Awards Top Prizes to Students From Bridgeport, Danbury, Greenwich, Newtown, Orange, Plantsville, Putnam, Stratford, and Windsor
HAMDEN, Conn., Mar. 14, 2015 – Students from across our state won awards at the Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair during Saturday’s ceremony at Quinnipiac University. The top high school life and physical science winners, as well as the Urban School Challenge and Alexion Biotechnology winners, listed below, will all go to the prestigious Intel International Science & Engineering Fair, to be held this May in Pittsburgh.
Other winners from the Fair will represent Connecticut and compete for more millions in cash and scholarships at competitions such the International Sustainable World Engineering, Energy & Environment Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP), GENIUS Olympiad, and the Broadcom MASTERS competition.
Click HERE for all Fair results, including Special Award winners.
Physical Science Winners
Grades 9-12
1st Place: Ethan Novek of Greenwich High School
Low Grade Waste Heat Recovery and Carbon Sequestration using an Innovative Reverse Electrodialysis (RED) and Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) System
2nd Place: Margaret Cirino of Greenwich High School
Synthesis of an Electromagnetically-Controlled Corn-Starch/PVA Biopolymer Microstructure for Extended and Targeted Drug Delivery
Grades 9-12 Team
1st Place: Cagri Aytekin, Furkan Sahin, and Furkan Aldemir of Putnam Science Academy
Designing a High Efficiency and Low Cost Wind Turbines bu Utilizing Organic Solar Panels made from Rosa Canina
Grade 8
1st Place: Emily Fedor, St. Mark School (Stratford)
Using Induced Wind Force to Increase the Efficiency of an Electric Vehicle Battery
Grade 7
1st Place: Sarah Johnson, Westside Middle School Academy (Danbury)
Opening a Garage Door with Raspberry Pi
Grades 7+8 Team
1st Place: Maryam Moghul and Ibrahim Moghul, Madina Academy (Windsor)
Investigating Novel Methods to Harvest Solar Energy for Generation of Solar Steam from Salt Water and Snow Using Graphene and Carbon Foam
Life Science Winners
Grades 9-12
1st Place: Olivia Hallisey, Greenwich High School
Temperature-Independent, Portable, and Rapid Field Detection of Ebola via a Silk-Derived Lateral-Flow System
2nd Place: Reid Radulovacki, Greenwich High School
Chocolate’s Theobromine, and not Caffeine, significantly reduces sleep in Drosophila
3rd Place: William Yin, Greenwich High School
Hybridized Manganese Dioxide & Gold-Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Inhibition of Tumor Growth via Radiosensitization and Tumor Microenvironment Control
Grades 9-12 Team
1st Place: Jamie MacFarlane, Nick VanBelle, and Eric Ganshaw, Brunswick School (Greenwich)
Target Identification: Frequency of the PV92 Alu Insertion within a Given Population
Grade 8
1st Place: Catherine Herrick, St. Rose of Lima School (Newtown)
An Investigation of the Ingestion of Microscopic Plastic Particles by the Blue Mussel, Mytlus edulis
Grade 7
1st Place: Matthew Maciejewski, J.F. Kennedy Middle School (Plantsville)
“Pore” My Way to Cleaner Water: The use of flocculants and porous ceramic pots for purifying drinking water in developing countries
Grades 7+8 Team
1st Place: Sarah Yaffe and Mindel Yaffe, Southern CT Hebrew Academy (Orange)
Analysis of Moisture and Retention of Body Lotions and Correlation to Microbial Growth
Alexion Biotechnology
High School
1st Place: Olivia Hallisey, Greenwich High School
Temperature-Independent, Portable, and Rapid Field Detection of Ebola via a Silk-Derived Lateral-Flow System
Middle School
1st Place: Matthew Maciejewski, J. F. Kennedy Middle School, Plantsville
“Pore” My Way to Cleaner Water: The Use of Flocculants and Porous Ceramic Pots for Purifying Drinking Water in Developing Countries
Urban School Challenge
1st Place: Eunsun Hong, Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture School
Development of Non-toxic Photostabilized Phycoerythrin for Application in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
Middle School
1st Place: Christopher Hwang, Westside Middle School Academy, Danbury
UV-C Lighting As A Supplemental Method of Preservation In Refrigerators To Reduce Energy Consumption
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