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2017

AWARDS2017

2017

CATEGORY AWARDSHigh School

11th - 12th Grade

2017

Delaware Valley University

is offering the Heritage Award – a scholarship worth $14,000 per year for 4-

years - to all winners in the 11th – 12th Grade Fair.

Additionally, the University is offering Full Tuition Scholarships to the 1st

place award winners in the Biochemistry and Chemistry Categories of the

11th – 12th Grade Fair.

2017

Behavioral Science (11-12)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Megan McDonnell 12th Effects of Exercise on Mental Capacity of Mus musculus over

Two Weeks

Council Rock High

School- South

Matthew Ciaudelli

Biochemistry (11-12)


1 Chaitanya Nimmagadd

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12th Cellulase Production by Aspergillus Niger Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

2 Kayleigh McGinley 12th Research in the Crossbreeding of GMO and non GMO

soybeans

Council Rock High

School- South

Matthew Ciaudelli

3 Lydia Hu 11th Analyzing Drug Binding on the Hepatitis B Virus Capsid

Protein

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

HM Stephanie Johnson 11th Why Do Some People Respond to Drugs Differently than

Others?

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

Botany (11-12)


1 Sophia Swartz 11th Molecular-Based Selection for Anthocyanin in Lactuca sativa,

Year Two

Central Bucks High

School- South

Brian Testa

2 Danny Glickman 12th Development of a Molecular Biomarker for the Prediction of

Toxic Algal Blooms

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

3 Jessica Rubanich 12th The Effects of Different Concentrations of Hydrogen

Peroxide on Plant Seed Germination

Council Rock High

School- South

Matthew Ciaudelli

HM Nicole Khusid 11th Herbicides and Stages of Plant Growth Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

2017

Chemistry (11-12)


1 Collin Schmidt 11th Comparison of the Effectiveness of Different Deicers' Ability

to Influence Grip on Roads

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

Computer Science (11-12)


1 Briana Cowles 12th Modeling Nuclear Contamination with Fractals Villa Joseph Marie High

School

John Boyle

2 Calvin Yu 12th Convolutional Neural Networks and Image Classification Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

3 Ian Kuo 11th Image Recognition using Machine Learning and Pattern

Recognition

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

HM Lauren D'Amelia 12th Voice Recognition-Enabled Emergency Application Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

Earth and Space (11-12)


1 Olivia Cantrell 12th Isolation of LDPE Degrading Bacteria from Landfill Soil Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

Engineering (11-12)


1 Charlotte Lang 12th Artificial Cartilage Derived from Bioplastic Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

2 Isabelle D'Amico 11th Hydrologic Solar Circuit for the Acquisition of Sustainable

Energy

Council Rock High

School- South

Matthew Ciaudelli

3 Chloe Wszolek 12th Risk of Concussion Wearing a Riddell 360 Helmet Council Rock High

School- South

Matthew Ciaudelli

2017

Environmental (11-12)


1 Shreya Chodisetty 12th Bioremediation of 3-NBA Through the Use of Natural

Microbes

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

2 Regina Salzer 12th Sunscreen's Effect on Bioluminescent Dinoflagellate Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

3 Piper Jones 12th Bioremediation Using the Mycelium of Pearl Oyster

Mushrooms

Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

HM Amanda Plichta 11th A Novel, Renewable Filter for the Removal of Pathogens,

Turbidity, and Heavy Metals in Contaminated Water

Council Rock High

School- South

Matthew Ciaudelli

HM Johanna Batterton 12th Thermal Mass: Foreign Objects Effect On Comfort

Temperature in Earth Ship

Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

Mathematics (11-12)


1 William Watkins 12th Reducing the Dimensionality of Protein Sequences with an

Autoencoder

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

2 Tom Wade 12th On the Application of Regular Perturbation Theory to

Integrating Factors of ODEs

Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

Medicine and Health (11-12)


1 Nadya Felker 11th The Buffering Effects of Baking Soda and Xylitol in addition

to Tooth Brushing on Tooth Decay

Villa Joseph Marie High

School

Jacqueline Bellerby

2 Michele Anzabi 11th How Does the Percentage of Anti-Coagulants and Time

Affect the Coagulation of Blood?


School

Ellen Leaper

3 Shreyaa Kassim 12th Transforming Vitamin Capsules Into Orally Dissolving Films Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

HM Gavin Burn 12th Does the Presence of Triclosan in Soap Lead to Antibiotic

Resistance in Bacteria?

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

2017

Microbiology (11-12)


1 Rachel Swope 12th Establishing HBV Replicons Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

2 Donovan Sak 11th Phage Therapy for Beehives Afflicted by American Foulbrood Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

3 Joseph Crooks 12th Lipid Accumulation in Algae under a Biofuel Lens Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

Physics (11-12)


1 Nathaniel Watkins 12th Effect of Composition on the Manipulation of Light through

Electrically Controlled Polaritons on 2D Materials

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

2 Meghan Darcy 12th Acoustical Properties on Various Building Materials Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

3 Jordyn Lynn Armstrong 12th Rockets: Engineering the Perfect Flight Villa Joseph Marie High

School

John Gentile

HM Rebecca Douglas 11th How Does LED Brightness Vary With Current? Villa Joseph Marie High

School

John Gentile

2017

Team (11-12)


1 Sean Condon 12th Power Plants: An Investigation of the Efficiency of Polymer

Solar Cells Using Various Species of Chlorophyll

Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

1 Benjamin Melnick 12th

2 Chikodi Ebo 11th Garlic's Effect on Bacteria Villa Joseph Marie High

School

Jamie Wiess

2 Riley Eisler 11th

HM Elizabeth Sims 11th Can Common Synthetic Food Colorants be Harmful to the

Growth and Development of Organisms?

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

HM Kaitlyn Sims 11th

2017

CATEGORY AWARDSHigh School

9th - 10th Grade

2017



1 Jessica Wang 9th Male vs. Female: Multitasking with Phones Council Rock High

School- South

Matthew Ciaudelli

2 Andrew Doyle 10th Melodic Medicine: How Different Genres of Music Impact

Stress

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

3 Rehan Devaravar 9th Multitasking's Affect on Memory Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

Biochemistry (9-10)


1 Shakti Ramnath 10th How To Make An Antioxidant Rich Smoothie Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

2 Shivanand Peri 10th How Can Microbial Fuel Cells be Optimized? Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

3 Tara Czekner 9th Can Individual Specimens Be Identified When Burned To An

Unrecognizable State?


School

Kathleen Sundquist

HM Aalisha Jhaveri 10th Do Grey Watered Plants Absorb the Chemicals in the

Water?

Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

Botany (9-10)


1 Kelly Orr 10th The Effect of Growth Hormones on Pea Plants Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

2 Janice Chen 9th The Effects of the Hydroponic System vs Traditional on the

Growth Rate of Peas

Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

3 Isabelle Anzabi 9th Effects of Irradiation on Seed Germination: "Rad Radishes" Villa Joseph Marie High

School

Nicholas Zlupko

2017

Chemistry (9-10)


1 Andrew Yang 9th Protein Solubility Based on Water Temperature Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

2 Ling Xu 9th Effects of Various Climates and Storage Methods on Battery

Efficiency

Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon

3 Gemma Lopena 9th Pantry Pastes Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon

HM Gabriel Wingert 10th The Chemistry Behind Pool Water: Are Pools Meeting Their

Standards?

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

HM Vinayak Jayaprakash 9th The Mpemba Effect Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful



1 Anne Jeanette Ardito 10th Computer Engineering: Why are My Video Games so Slow? Villa Joseph Marie High

School

John Gentile

2 Ryan Young 9th What Computer Language is Best at Running Complex

Equations?

Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

3 Ayush Shah 9th Coding Traffic Lights Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

Earth and Space (9-10)


1 Jackson Weiler 9th Effects of Runoff Pollution on Aquatic Plants Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

2 Terence Devlin 10th Does the Mass of a Pulsar Affect the Velocity of it's Spin? Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

2017

Engineering (9-10)


1 Aparna Dev 10th The Effect of Blade Number on Energy Produced in

Windmills

Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

2 Rajan Patel 9th Safe Ride Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

3 Alexandra Worrall 9th How can Piezoelectric Machines be Applied to Everyday

Life?

Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

Environmental (9-10)


1 Isabella Swartz 9th Nutrient Sources for Aquatic Plants in the Bradford Reservoir Tamanend Middle

School

Mark Hayden

2 Kacy Liang 10th The Effect of Ocean Acidification on Artemia salina Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

3 Liam Safran 10th Cleaning Oil Spills with Magnetism Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

Mathematics (9-10)


1 Walker Anderson 10th An Algorithm For Solving Lakes Puzzles Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

2 Jhanvi Dasaka 9th Math in Music: Exploring Patterns in Bach Council Rock High

School- South

Matthew Ciaudelli

2017

Medicine and Health (9-10)


1 Anna Szeto 10th Short-Term Effects of Smartphone Usage on Human Vision Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

2 Hanna Kerest 9th The Affect Soda and Juice Have on Teeth Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon

3 Tegan Horan 10th The Use of Mechanics to Recreate a Human Hand Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

Microbiology (9-10)


1 Shichen Nie 10th Treating HBV by GANAB and MOGs Knockouts Using

Genetic Editing

Central Bucks High

School- East

Pamella Eggleston

2 Gowtham Pichaiyan 9th The Effect of Sand Filters on E Coli Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

3 Nathan Ocampo 10th The Effect of UV Lights Bacteria Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

Physics (9-10)


1 Kanishk Nazareth 9th The Linear Magnetic Accelerator Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

2 Sharvil Misra 9th Efficient Propeller Design Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

2017

Zoology (9-10)


1 Aditya Gunturi 9th The Antibacterial Effects of Allicin and Other Compounds

Present in Spices on L. Acidophilus.


2 Vanessa McCole 10th Magnetizing Life Jackets to Repel Sharks Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

Team (9-10)


1 Claudia Eder 10th The Effect of Limonene on the Synthetic Decomposition of

Polystyrene

Central Bucks High

School- East

Robert Meletti

1 Mikayla Horvath 10th

2 Roman Katona 9th Do Different Materials Prevent Damage From Catastrophic

Earthquakes?


2 Nathan Nazareth 9th

HM Meghan Alexander 10th Fertilizer's Effect on Local Ecosystems Villa Joseph Marie High

School

Nicholas Zlupko

HM Caroline Brandt 10th

HM Allison Gallant 9th Global Warming: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Shells Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

HM Emily Kriner 9th

2017

CATEGORY AWARDSMiddle School

6th - 8th Grade

2017



1 Gabrielle Wilga 8th Memory and the Senses Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

2 Hannah Allen 7th Horsin' Around Our Lady of Mount

Carmel School

Marianne Thompson

HM Isabella Centenera 8th Does Color Affect Perceived Taste? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

HM Nolan Forst 8th Analyzing how Fears Change Within age St. Jude School Anita Marko

HM Kaethe Callan 8th Does Age Affect Memory? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

HM Allison Verani 7th Is Somebody Watching Me? The Psychology of Feeling

Watched

St. Jude School Anita Marko

Biochemistry (6-8)


1 Emily Bernabe 8th Sugar Content in Ripening Fruit Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

2 Jacob Holcombe 8th Which Food Produces the Best Growth  and Reproduction in

European Nightcrawlers?


HM Justin Hartranft 8th Does Bacteria Grow Fastest in Refrigerated, Room

Temperature, or Boiled Milk?


HM Bridgett McGee 8th How Does Different Temperatures Affect RedHeads vs. Non

Redheads


2017

Botany (6-8)


1 Nathan DiFulvio 8th Hydroponics vs. Soil: The Effect Growing Medium has on

Plant Growth and Health


2 Chloe Timberg 8th How Does an Aquaponic System Affect the Growth Rate of a

Plant?


HM Cynthia Hu 8th Will Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Effect the Growth of

Mungbeans?


HM Reagan Sharp 7th Will Plants Grow Faster in a Bigger Pot or Smaller Pot Our Lady of Mount

Carmel School

Marianne Thompson

Chemistry (6-8)


1 Camille D'Amico 8th Do Natural Dyes Create a Better Hue and Safe Dye for

Clothing Than Synthetic dyes?

Richboro Middle School Megan Mohl

2 Bianca Nace 6th How Effective is Your Lip Balm? St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

HM Julianne Kruse 8th Sugar's Role in Baking Newtown Middle

School

Mary Joy Troxel

HM Farrah Khatri 8th How Fast Do Different Liquids rust a nail? Holland Middle School Dave Curry

HM Katherine Doherty 8th Effects of Different Artificial Sweeteners on Teeth Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon

HM Matthew Moore 8th Identifying the Relationship Between the pH Level of Four

Crystalline Substances and Their Growth Rates?


HM Jasmine Woods 8th What Percentage of Salt to Water Makes the Best Defroster Holland Middle School Dave Curry

2017



1 Michael Rybalkin 8th How a Solar Tracker Affects Energy collection of a Solar

Panel


2 David Gogiberidze 8th Simulation of the Effects of Global Warming on the United

States

Holland Middle School Dave Curry

HM Richard Rubel 8th How Can We Make Passwords Stronger? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

Consumer Science (6-8)


1 Riley Growney 8th What Methods of Preservation Keep Food Fresh Longest? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

2 Maria Recupero 8th How Different Proportions of Ingredients Affect the Outcome

of a Cookie


Earth and Space Science (6-8)


1 Riya Keshri 8th What Robot Design Would Be the Most Effective To Do

Simple Tasks?


2 Sabrina Eisenberg 8th Wind and Solar Energy Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

HM Annie Wang 8th Steric Sea Level Rise Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

HM Kiera Donnelly 8th Light Pollution in Different Types of Skies Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

2017

Engineering (6-8)


1 Jeremy Gamble 8th Laser Guided Walking for the Blind Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

2 Charles Baeringer 8th The Forces Of Flight Holicong Middle School Steve Geneva

HM Maria Adamow 6th Life-Like Hand vs. Robotic Claw - Which Will Make the

Loudest Sound?

Our Lady of Mount

Carmel School

Marianne Thompson

HM Carolena Bellini 8th Testing Various Biological Water Filters that are Fit for 3rd

World Countries


Environmental (6-8)


1 Vidya Balaji 8th Effectiveness of Biodegradable Plastics vs. Real Compost

and Conventional Plastic


2 William Ostrander 8th Hydroponic Growing Process vs. Traditional Soil Method Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon

HM Bailey Coghlan 8th Finding the Effect of Various Types of Road Salt on Soil pH Newtown Middle

School

Mary Joy Troxel

HM Jessica Neary 8th How Does Ocean Acidification Effect an Organisms Color

and Mass?


Mathematics (6-8)


1 Ryan Bencivengo 7th Can We Make Music Out of Math St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

2 Christopher Poon 8th How Many People is an Average Person Connected to? Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon

2017

Medicine and Health Sciences (6-8)


1 Gianna Marino 8th Sensitivity on the Dominant Side of the Body Holicong Middle School Steve Geneva

2 Reuben Trachtenber

g

8th How Sugar Affects Your Brain Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

HM Kushaal Chokhany 8th Does Blindness Effect Your Sense of Touch? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

HM Sajan Shah 8th Effect of Different Beverages on Teeth Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

HM Katie Volans 8th Concussion headbands affect on force Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

HM Lauren Hanna 8th How Does a Person's Overall Lung Capacity Change With

Different Types of Exercise?


Microbiology (6-8)


1 Cody Kulick 8th Which Antibiotics are the Most Effective at Inhibiting

Escherichia Coli


2 Alexa Horvath 8th The Effect of Essential Oils on Bacterial Colonization Holicong Middle School Steve Geneva

HM Colin Jefferis 8th Can Dog Saliva Kill Bacteria? Our Lady of Mount

Carmel School

Marianne Thompson

2017

Physics (6-8)


1 Holden Emery 8th The Science Behind the Swing Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

2 Minseo Oh 8th Refraction Of Light in Different Mediums Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

HM Alex Fusca 7th How is the Strength of the Magnetic Field Produced by an

Electromagnet?


HM Bode Wildgrube 8th Blocking Cosmic Radiation Newtown Middle

School

Mary Joy Troxel

Zoology (6-8)


1 Phoebe Cramer 8th When The Ants Go Marching In St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

2 Leigh Herbst 8th Reducing Anxiety In Guinea Pigs When Traveling By Car Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon

2017

Team (6-8)


1 Joseph Georgescu 6th How Far Can Sparks Go? St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

1 Sean Lehane 6th

2 Mackenzie Kelly 6th Can Lithium Batteries Burn Through Store Bought Meat? St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

2 Julia Perate 6th

HM Joseph Cole 7th How Do Fears Change with Age? St. Jude School Anita Marko

HM Brendan Schaefer 7th

HM Lauren Dienna 7th How Does the Color of a Drink Affect the Accuracy of a

Person's Identification of the Drink?


HM Julie Huber 7th

HM Marisa Bencivengo 6th Bubbles Galore St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

HM Hollie Stoklosa 6th

HM Christopher Gasiewski 8th Makeshift Food Fires St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

HM Jaxson Talbot 8th

2017

SPECIAL AWARDS

2017

Darlene Jones Founder's Award

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Sophia Swartz 11th Molecular-Based Selection for Anthocyanin in Lactuca

sativa, Year Two

Central Bucks High

School- South

Brian Testa

William Rissinger Founder's Award


Vidya Balaji 8th Effectiveness of Biodegradable Plastics vs. Real Compost

and Conventional Plastic


DOW Chemical Award (9-12)


Amanda Plichta 11th A Novel, Renewable Filter for the Removal of Pathogens,

Turbidity, and Heavy Metals in Contaminated Water

Council Rock High

School- South

Matthew Ciaudelli

William Watkins 12th Reducing the Dimensionality of Protein Sequences with an

Autoencoder

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

Danny Glickman 12th Development of a Molecular Biomarker for the Prediction of

Toxic Algal Blooms

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

Shichen Nie 10th Treating HBV by GANAB and MOGs Knockouts Using

Genetic Editing

Central Bucks High

School- East

Pamella Eggleston

DOW Chemical Award (6-8)


Nathan DiFulvio 8th Hydroponics vs. Soil: The Effect Growing Medium has on

Plant Growth and Health


Anirudh Nangunoori 8th How Does the Fat and Oil Content of Vegetable Oil Affect

the Amount of Usable Bio-Diesel Made and Soap Content?


Jeremy Gamble 8th Laser Guided Walking for the Blind Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

Connor D'Arcy 8th CPU Generation Effect on Temperature, Clock Speed, and

Voltage


2017

Baruch S. Blumberg High School Science Award


Gavin Burn 12th Does the Presence of Triclosan in Soap Lead to Antibiotic

Resistance in Bacteria?

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

Stephanie Johnson 11th Why Do Some People Respond to Drugs Differently than

Others?

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

Reckner - Best Individual


Maria Recupero 8th How Different Proportions of Ingredients Affect the Outcome

of a Cookie


Riley Growney 8th What Methods of Preservation Keep Food Fresh Longest? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

American Society for Microbiology - Eastern Branch


1 Rachel Swope 12th Establishing HBV Replicons Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

Delaware Valley University - Full Tuition Scholarship


Chaitanya Nimmagadda 12th Cellulase Production by Aspergillus Niger Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

Collin Schmidt 11th Comparison of the Effectiveness of Different Deicers' Ability

to Influence Grip on Roads

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

Delaware Valley University - Heritage Award

The Heritage Award, an institutional merit-based scholarship worth $48,000 over four years ($12,000 annually), was awarded to

all students receiving a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or Honorable Mention in the 11-12 grade fair.

2017

Philadelphia Association for Critical Thinking (PhACT) Awards


1 Lauren Hirschmann 7th Does the Temperature of a Liquid Affect the Absorbency of

Paper Towels?


Katie Hogan 7th

2 Jack Cleary 7th Why Does Mint Make Things Cold? St. Jude School Anita Marko

Jason Stein 7th

3 Luke Kawczynski 8th Does the Amount of Lemon Oil on a Solar Panel Effect the

Output of Energy?


HM Kaethe Callan 8th Does Age Affect Memory? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

Edwin Krieg Memorial Award


Jeremy Gamble 8th Laser Guided Walking for the Blind Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

Team Work Award


Marisa Bencivengo 6th Bubbles Galore St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Hollie Stoklosa 6th Bubbles Galore St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

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