March 10-13, 2014

Program available at:

http://tinyurl.com/BCSRChome

Sponsors

Delaware Valley College

Insaco, Inc.

The Dow Chemical Company

Special Awards

Delaware Valley College Scholarships

Special Engineering Awards

Philadelphia Association for Critical Thinking (PhACT)

Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

The Precarious Alliance

Terese Grateful Co-Director

Mark Hayden

Co-Director

Edward Sambriski Facilities and Judging

Scientific Review Committee (SRC)

Terese Grateful, Co-Chair

Mark Hayden, Co-Chair

Joe Bagnick

Curtis Cowgill

Jon Heinrichs

Diane Johnson

Gerard Michaud

Mike Miller

Patricia Schweibenz

Special Thanks:

Henry Disston

Jon Evans

Dominic Fedele

Marilyn Jacobson

Debbie Liberman

Donna McTamney

William Rissinger

Central Bucks High School- West Mark Hayden Council Rock High School- North Terese Grateful Council Rock High School- South Arlene Spevak Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

Holland Middle School Dave Curry Holland Middle School Mary Krempa Lenape Middle School Erica Sobotka Lenape Middle School Jennifer Theil Neshaminy High School Gale Donohue

New Hope Solebury High School Kathleen Czupich Newtown Middle School Mary Joy Troxel Our Lady of Mount Carmel School Sarah Crandall Quakertown Christian School Debra Moody Seton School Diann Hritzo St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis St. Jude School Anita Marko Villa Joseph Marie High School Ellen Leaper

Villa Joseph Marie High School Jacquelyn Bellerby Villa Joseph Marie High School John Boyle Villa Joseph Marie High School John Gentile Villa Joseph Marie High School Nicholas Zlupko Villa Joseph Marie High School Shelley Ann Baker

Schools and Sponsors

Judges

Constance L. Ace Alan Agree Sergio Anis Bassam Annous Judy Barron James Busanus Nick Cammarota David Carroll Phyllis Carroll Tanya Casas* Jinhong Chang Stuart Claghorn Susan Clarke Janine Clemens James Connaughton George Crisafulli Cathy Davies Kenneth Dedeian Brian Dengel Barbara Faust* Dominic Fedele* Carmen Fernandez-Metzler

Jillian Gallagher Ghada Haddad Cayle Hamman Thomas Hauser Arthur Horbach Bernadette Hritzo Cynthia Keler Ian Kindle Paul Kolosick Roberta Kostick Eric Krieg* Robert Kronenbitter Melissa Langston Germaine Ledoux Ted Ledoux Gerald Liebling Debbie Liberman Keith Marshall Mort Metersky Gerard Michaud James Miller Thom Moll

Jimmy Mopecha Shawn Mountain Tom Napier* Robert Kronenbitter Melissa Langston Germaine Ledoux Ted Ledoux Gerald Liebling Debbie Liberman* Keith Marshall Mort Metersky Gerard Michaud James Miller Thom Moll Jimmy Mopecha Shawn Mountain Tom Napier Joann Nonini MaryEllen Noonan Terrence Noveske *Special Awards

Jay Ogle David Patterson Sarah Penniman Marie Politowski William Rissinger* Kathryn Schwenzer Alicia Shenko Svetlana Shkitko Elizabeth Skendzic Arlene Spevak Donald Steinberg Darl Swartz Anna Swartz Michael Tabachnick

Gloria Tafel David Tindall Carmen A. Torres Rodriguez Ruth Trubnik Shu-I Tu Joseph Uknalis Robert Upton Sheela Venkitachalam Bruce West Eugene Wingert Dave Wohlpart John Yu Herbert Zwilling

Judges

*Special Awards

A-FAIR ENTRANTS

Behavioral and Social Sciences (A-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Christian Centenera 9 Human Reaction Time Based on Genres of Music Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Morgan Gilmer 10 How Does Frustration Response Vary With Gender Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

Noel Langan 10 Testing Cognitive Ability to Learn ASL in Students Villa Joseph Marie High School

Ellen Leaper

Hannah McCausland 10 Behavioral Arts Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Eishna Ranganathan 10 Early to Bed, Early to Memorize... Neshaminy High School

Gale Donohue

Ashna Shah 11 Visual vs. Verbal Short Term Retention Council Rock High School- North

Terese Grateful

Hannah Sviridovsky 11 Examining Subconscious Racial Bias Among High School Students and Distinguishing Racial Bias Between Genders

Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

Solomiya Syvyk 11 "Sleeping with your memory" Neshaminy High School

Gale Donohue

Biochemistry (A-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Zoe Bremier 11 Utilization of Porous Microspheres as Drug Delivery Agents Analyzed via Live-Cell Microscopy

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Madelyn Czupich 11 Discovery of Novel Inhibitors of YES Kinase for Liver Cancer

New Hope Solebury High School

Kathleen Czupich

Ryan Devlin 11 From fruit skins to skinless leather: Tannin-like polymers as biomaterials building blocks

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Michael Lu 10 Identifying Sensitive Biomarkers that can be used for Monitoring the Growth Rate of Tumor cells.

Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

Botany (A-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Heidi Daraz 10 Microwave Energy and Seed Villa Joseph Marie High School

Jacquelyn Bellerby

Ella Mullikin 10 Protecting Grass From Urea With Calcium Carbonate Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Becky Peters 10 How Color of Light Affects Plant Growth Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

Chemistry (A-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Alison Castronuovo 9 Colorful Carnations Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

Karyn Castronuovo 9 The Effects of Temperature on a Latex Balloon Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

Rebecca Watson 10 Which food preserver works best? Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Roger Yu 10 The Cobalt-Phosphate Catalyst and Its Effects on the Splitting of Water

Council Rock High School- North

Terese Grateful

Isabel Wingert 12 Electrical Properties of the Atomic Layerings of Fe and Ni Films

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Julia Fischer 10 What is the effect of a chemical leavening agent on an originally non-chemically leavened product?

Council Rock High School- North

Terese Grateful

Nathaniel Watkins 9 Hydrogen Detection via the Optical Properties of Gold and Palladium Nanoparticles

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Computer Science (A-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Matt Bahner 11 Robocube Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Somil Govani 10 Algorithmic Composition with PureData Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Earth and Space Science (A-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

James Boulton 10 Asteroid Vaporizor Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Dean Woodrow 12 The Survival of Cyanobacteria and their Production of Oxygen in a Simulated Martian Environment

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Engineering (A-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Hayden Hotham 10 A Solar Powered Quadcopter Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Jessica Oriente 12 Gravity, Oil, and Water, Oh My! - Year 2 Villa Joseph Marie High School

John Gentile

Ashley Resuta 11 The Difference of Electrical Properties of Iron (Fe) Based on Thickness

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Anupama Shah 10 Bridges in correlation with its strength Council Rock High School- North

Terese Grateful

Alexandra Stolz 11 Ocean Wave Power as a Source of Renewable Energy Villa Joseph Marie High School

John Gentile

Miriam van der Spek 10 Preventing the Travel of Sound with Use of Common Materials

Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

William Watkins 9 Hydrogen Sensing via the Resistance of Fractured Palladium

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Environmental Science (A-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Shreya Chodisetty 9 Which household materials and foods are the most biodegradable in 2 months?

Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Victoria Gillespie 9 The effect of Artificial Sweeteners on Painted Lady Caterpillars

Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Danny Glickman 9 The effect of the concentration of biodiesel on the clouding point

Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Sanjana Jhaveri 11 Wind Energy Council Rock High School- North

Terese Grateful

Ashley Jia 10 Removal of anionic organic contaminants using anion exchange resins

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Michael Kanner 10 Capturing Carbon Dioxide Using Lime Water Council Rock High School- North

Terese Grateful

Cecilia Rabayda 9 Effects of Wireless Radiation on Plant Growth Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

James Tuttle 12 Freshwater Mussels: Not as Salty

Neshaminy High School

Gale Donohue

May Wang 10 Removal of bisphenol A with repeated use of activated charcoal

Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

Mathematics (A-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Samuel Czupich 9 Unnecessary Roughness New Hope Solebury High School

Kathleen Czupich

Sreeram Venkatarao 9 Solve It!: Using Group Theory Mathematics to Solve Permutation Puzzles

Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Theil

Medicine and Health (A-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Leah Balderson 9 Measurement of Electrolytes in Different Foods Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Mira Bhut 11 Injectable Hydrogels used for Delivery of Antibiotics to Site-Specific Regions.

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Amanda Craine 11 Identification of Cell Markers with FTIR Spectroscopy by Comparison to Histological Methods

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Andrius Duncia 10 The Effects of Different Amounts of Aspartame on the Fertility of Brine Shrimp

Council Rock High School- North

Terese Grateful

Ethan Kershner 10 Effects of Rhodiola Rosea on the Lifespan of Drosophila Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Ramya Pinninti 11 Surpassing the Hurdles of Bioengineering Vital Organs Villa Joseph Marie High School

Ellen Leaper

Microbiology (A-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Francesca Capozzi 9 Invasion of the Germs: Fungal Growth Within a Home Villa Joseph Marie High School

Nicholas Zlupko

Mitchell Fite 9 Chemotaxis and Chemical Cues in Physarum Polycephalum

Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

Orli Glickman 11 Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Cecelia Grant 10 What's In Your Wallet? Villa Joseph Marie High School

Shelley Ann Baker

Andrew Guo 11 Identification of Carcinogenic Effects of Substitute Sugars through the Ames Test

Council Rock High School- North

Terese Grateful

DhungJoo Kim 11 Crude Oil Digesting Pseudomonas Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Tanya Kumar 11 Plastic-Poof! Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

Patrick Mulcahey 11 Which leaf-derived essential oils can be used as effective antibacterial agents?

Council Rock High School- North

Terese Grateful

Marissa Pugliese 11 Compare the bacterial levels in milk with the same expiration date.

Villa Joseph Marie High School

Nicholas Zlupko

Aman Reddy 9 Does yeast have a sugar-free sweet tooth? Council Rock High School- North

Terese Grateful

Physics (A-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Deiter Hanbicki 11 Strontium-90 Beta Radiation Shielding using Magnetic Fields generated by Current Carrying Wires to a Modern Central Processing Unit in a Cloud Chamber

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Shane Hensel 11 Identifying the Magnetic Properties of Iron at Nanoscale Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Ruth Mandel 11 Resistance and Liquid Nitrogen Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

Isabella Olimpo 10 Clues that Matter...Revealed in the Spatter: Blood Spatter Analysis

Villa Joseph Marie High School

Ellen Leper

Zoology (A-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Grace Chu 10 Birdfeeder Preferences of Winter Birds Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

Lucy Hritzo 12 Neurological Tick-Borne Lyme Disease: Investigating the Blood Brain Barrier Host Response to the Invasion of Borrelia burgdorferi

Villa Joseph Marie High School

Shelley Ann Baker

James Kelleher 11 Effects of Environmental Factors on Red Cherry Shrimp Coloration

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Team Projects (A-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Payal

Jaslin

Patel

Tharakan

9 Can I Focus? Neshaminy High School

Gale Donohue

Brianna

Emily

Emily

Boccelli

Lax

Squillace

9 How does decorative packaging affect the eating habits of children?

Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Jamie

Caitlin

Karol

Kiernan

9 How Does Mint Gum and the Time Studied Effect the Students Grades

Holicong Middle School

Carrie Bannon

Sydney

Rachel

Talya

Eisenberg

Eisenberg

Held

9 The Effect of Caffeine on a Rat's Memory in a Maze Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Christina

Mackenzie

Fridman

Perillo

9 The Effect of Decorated Bags Holicong Middle School

Carrie Bannon

Julia

Natalie

Eckert

Santucci

10 The Effects of Cell Phones on Memory Villa Joseph Marie High School

Jacquelyn Bellerby

Rachael

Eva

Deck

Desaro

10 Fresh Fruits vs. Dehydrated Fruit Villa Joseph Marie High School

Nicholas Zlupko

Alekhya

Caroline

Gunturi

Wend

9 How Different Wavelengths of Colored Light Affect the Growth of Green Bean Plants

Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Samantha

Samantha

Bunke

Rowen

11 The Best Way to Store Strawberries Council Rock High School- North

Terese Grateful

Michaela

Megan

Drobac

Morrison

10 Burning Calories Villa Joseph Marie High School

John Boyle

Team Projects (A-Fair)

Emily

Victoria

Reese

Schneller

10 Can-able: Rethinking the Aluminum Can Villa Joseph Marie High School

John Boyle

Katie

Olivia

Connolly

Eife

9 Which color and fabric combination absorb and retain heat best?

Villa Joseph Marie High School

John Boyle

Shelby

Sanjana

Henn

Shah

9 The Correlation Between Age and BMI in Determining Blood Pressure

Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Maura

Caitlyn

Giannone

Gibbs

10 Ballistics of Paintball Villa Joseph Marie High School

Jacquelyn Bellerby

Kai

Melissa

McGinn

Wang

9 The Angle Lift of a Butterfly's Wing Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

Behavioral and Social Sciences (B-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Lauren Ballew 8 Music's Affects of the Brain Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Dario Cabal 8 How does Age affect Peripheral Vision Color Perception Lenape Middle School

Erica Dillman

Sophie Cleff 8 The Effects of Reading from a Screen or Book on Recall and Comrehension

Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Sophia DeFonce 8 How Music Affects Concentration St. Jude School Anita Marko

Holden Eriksson 8 The Effect of Sensory Stimuli on Memory Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Kennedy Farrior 8 The Affects of Reading on Memory Retention Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Erin Ferns 8 How does the brain react to the Stroop Effect St. Jude School Anita Marko

Amy Forst 8 The Effects of distractions on Human Minds St. Jude School Anita Marko

William Tyler

Gilbert 8 The strength of memory over time Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Theil

Reese Hollister 7 How Does Orchestral Music Affect Test Taking? Newtown Middle School

Mary Troxel

Edward Kim 8 Reaction to Stressful Situations Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Marissa Klein 8 The Effects of Television on the Human Test Taking Ability

Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Behavioral and Social Sciences (B-Fair)

Haylie Laff 8 What Color is Most Affective When Memorizing Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Christina Ludwig 7 Does your gender affect what you see? Our Lady of Mount Carmel School

Sarah Crandall

Rishi Mago 7 Can Learning Vocabulary Words Be Made More Efficient?

Newtown Middle School

Mary Joy Troxel

Brendan Mindiak 8 The Effect of Sound on Human Sight Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Kevin Conor

O'Neill 8 The Perception of Beauty Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Harrison Radovich 8 Effect of temperature on students test scores Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

John Santoro 8 Does aging affect memory? Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Emma Scupp 8 How does color affect memory? Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Michael Taylor 8 Can people really focus while doing two things at once? Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Carly VanCamp 7 Do You Taste With Your Taste? Our Lady of Mount Carmel School

Sarah Crandall

Heather Verani 8 To Fear or Not to Fear St. Jude School Anita Marko

Thomas Walsh 8 Dominant Eye Shooting Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Mia Walsh 8 Hand Gestures Differing from Instructions Affecting Task Accuracy

Holicong Middle School

Carrie Bannon

Behavioral and Social Sciences (B-Fair)

Syed Waseem 8 Walking Blindfolded In A Field! What? Holland Middle School

Dave Curry

Rachel Weinman 8 Remembering Different Types of Memories Over Time Holicong Middle School

Carrie Bannon

Lawrence Wi 8 Musics Effect on Concentration Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Hayden Winkler 8 The Effect of Rewards on Motivation Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Botany (B-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Ryan Bullotta 8 The effect of Acid Rain on plant growth Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Raul Casas 8 Aquaponics vs. Traditional Growing Techniques Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Jane Furgiuele 8 Caffeine's Effect on Mung Beans in an Acidic/Non-Acidic Environment

Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Lydia Hu 8 The Effect of an Aquaponic Environment on Plants' Growth

Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Lauren Hughes 8 The effects of coffee grounds on plant growth Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Aalisha Jhaveri 7 Growing Green: can plants successfully grow in greywater?

Newtown Middle School

Mary Joy Troxel

Jonathan Liu 8 How do different liquids affect bean germination. Newtown Middle School

Mary Joy Troxel

Allison Maloney 8 Does acid rain effect the travel of rain up a plant? St. Jude School Anita Marko

Natalie Ratzke 8 What herbicide is more deadly a natural herbicide or a herbicide from the store?

St. Jude School Anita Marko

Donovan Sak 8 The effect of hydrogen peroxide on seed germination and root cuttings.

Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Kendall Vuocolo 8 Shed a Little Light on Plants Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Chemistry (B-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Kiara Alvarez 7 Does temperature affect the amount of carbonation in soda?

Newtown Middle School

Troxel

Gabrielle Benzio 8 Electrolyte Content in Everyday Beverages Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Eva Caffrey 8 The Effect of Fabric Softener on Clothing Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Andrew Casale 8 The most cost-efficient electrochemical cell. Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Alexandra Chiarappa 8 What item found in Third World Countries can be used to filter harmful impurities.

Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Sarah Cooney 8 Glow in the Dark Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Andrew Cox 8 Effect of Bread, MIlk, and Ice on the Burn of Spice Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Dhruv Dhingani 8 The Effect of Soda on Teeth Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Lily Dineen 6 Watching Paint Dry Our Lady of Mount Carmel School

Sarah Crandall

Shannon Dyke 8 What solution has the lowest freezing point? St. Jude School Anita Marko

Sambhav Jain 8 How does different cooking alternatives effect Vitamin C? Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Sabrina Moody 8 Where's your mummy, mummy? Quakertown Christian School

Debra Moody

Chemistry (B-Fair)

Shivanand Peri 7 How heat affects crystal growth. Newtown Middle School

Mary Joy Troxel

Emily Pettitt 8 Nanophotonic Desalination Method Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Audrie Przybylski 8 The Effects of pH on Lead Testing Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Akash Shah 8 Which Has More Electrolytes: Sports Drinks or Juice? Newtown Middle School

Mary Joy Troxel

Ethan Smith 7 Lemon Vs. Potato St. Jude School Anita Marko

Veronica Vologina 8 Is Bottled Water Worth buying? Holland Middle School

Mary Krempa

William Weigl 8 How does changing a method of purification effect H2O quality?

Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

John Wuko 8 Boiling points of different drinks when different amouts of salt are added.

St. Jude School Anita Marko

Computer Science (B-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Brandon Korb 8 What is the fastest way to find prime numbers in java? Holicong Middle School

Carrie Bannon

Ian Kuo 8 Effect of password parameters on prevention against force hacking

Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Anna Wengyn 8 How Much Compression is Too Much? St. Jude School Anita Marko

Earth and Space Science (B-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Anne Biedermann 8 The effects of Light on the brightness and variety of objects in the night sky.

Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Brian Schaub 8 Effects of Tsunami Barriers on Tsunami Destruction Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Olga Zhugayevich 8 The Power of the Rainbow Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Engineering (B-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Joseph Clark 7 Mechanical Hands St. Jude School Anita Marko

James Crovo 7 Does Dia-Matter? Our Lady of Mount Carmel School

Sarah Crandall

Stephen Grzeczkowski

8 Can a Wooden Block be Moved Forward by Magnets St. Jude School Anita Marko

Jacqueline Hritzo 7 Evaluating the Performance of Various Robots on Inclines

Seton School Diann Hritzo

Robert Morsa 8 Most efficent water wheel Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Ryan Rosenberger 8 Automotive Aerodynamics, How Do They Affect Our Lives

Holicong Carrie Bannon

Jacob Semrow 8 How to reduce heat loss in a residential home Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Environmental Science (B-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Vijay Balaji 8 A new bioplastic Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Hayley Divita 8 Cost-effective way to purify water using the sun Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Olivia Fitzgerald 8 Trash vs. Composting and Recycling Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Mitchel Guarracino 8 How different variables affect the quality of soil produced by compost

Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Garrett Paley 8 Solar Power Efficiency Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Stephanos Panas 8 How will gray water affect grass. Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Tanvi Raman 8 Effective Solar Powered Water Desalination Devices Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Davis Wojnovich 7 What is the best way to purify river water? Newtown Middle School

Mary Joy Troxel

Mathematics (B-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Paul Messina 7 Hockey Wrist Shot Accuracy Our Lady of Mount Carmel School

Sarah Crandall

Victoria Miller 8 Math in Music St. Jude School Anita Marko

Medicine and Health (B-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Dylan Badger 8 Familial Fingerprints Holicong Middle School

Carrie Bannon

Blaise Heacox 8 Effect of drink on free throw percentage Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Sean Kerrigan 8 Effect of Peppermint on Reaction Time Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Olivia Luff 8 How Caffeine Affects Sports Performance Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Kayla Maerz 8 Which Song is Most Relaxing? St. Jude School Anita Marko

Lauren McGee 8 Which is better for the skin Salt Water or Chlorine? St. Jude School Anita Marko

Marcus Murphy 6 The Science of Anti-Acids Our Lady of Mount Carmel School

Sarah Crandall

Medicine and Health (B-Fair)

Maddie Nesteruk 8 How does BMI affect Blood Pressure? Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Deepti Tantry 8 Fingerprint Hereditariness Holicong Middle School

Carrie Bannon

Lillian Weitz 8 Are Your Earbuds Hurting You? Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Cole Wenner 8 The Effect of Sports Drinks and Water on Workout Performance

Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Microbiology (B-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Taylor Schellhorn 8 Whey or Firm - Does Time Control Yogurt Consistency? Holicong Middle School

Carrie Bannon

Physics (B-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Myles Bear 8 The effect of various fencing strategies on the amount of touches scored.

Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Theil

Carter Beyer 8 The Golf Ball Experiment Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Sophia Boschetto 8 Guitar Harmonics St. Jude School Anita Mrako

Physics (B-Fair)

Anna Boykis 7 The Power of Nature Holland Middle School

Mary Krempa

Bridget Casey 8 Effects of Temperature on Balloons St. Jude School Antia Marko

Julia Ferrara 8 Finding the Right Exposure Time for a Pinhole Camera Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Julia Gokalp 8 The effect of mass on the speed of a marble. Newtown Middle School

Troxel

Joshua Graham 8 How Does Heat Affect a Parachutes Rate of Fall and Landing Area

Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Mark Hitrik 8 Neodymium Magnet Strength Holland Middle School

Mary Krempa

Eric Holst 7 How does wing shape and design effect distance travel by an airplane?

Newtown Middle School

Mary Joy Troxel

Brendan Karle 8 Nothing But Net: The Science of Shooting Hoops St. Jude School Anita Marko

Josee Li 7 What is the Fastest Method to Cool a Soda? Newtown Middle School

Mary Joy Troxel

Trey Olimpo 6 The Graphite Light Our Lady of Mount Carmel School

Sarah Crandall

Ronak Pandya 7 Which Battery Has the Most Voltage? Newtown Middle School

Mary Joy Troxel

Shakti Ramnath 7 Factors Affecting Solar Panel Energy Outcome Newtown Middle School

Mary Joy Troxel

Gianni Recupero 8 Reactions of Various Materials to Infrared and Ultraviolet Radiation

Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Physics (B-Fair)

Jack Roland 8 Corked Bats; Advantage or Disadvantage? Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Nicole Schmauk 8 Orthotics Reduce Force on Joints Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Julia Smith 6 Produce Power Our Lady of Mount Carmel School

Sarah Crandall

Blake Teitel 8 Predict the Splatter of a Water Balloon Holicong Middle School

Carrie Bannon

Avery Twyman 8 Optimum Propulsion Setup for a Maglev Train System Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Zoology (B-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Aurora Budson 8 Which color are birds most attracted to? Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Hanne Scheel 8 The Effects of Sports and Energy Drinks on Vertebrates and Invertebrates

Lenape Middle School

Erica Sobotka

Emma Schwass 8 Scent and fear Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Louis Weimer 8 The Effect of Ant Repellents on the Ant Population Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

B-FAIR ENTRANTS

Behavioral and Social Sciences (B-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Dario Cabal 8 How does Age affect Peripheral Vision Color Perception

Lenape Middle School Erica Dillman

2 Brendan Mindiak 8 The Effect of Sound on Human Sight Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

3 Lauren Ballew 8 Music's Affects of the Brain Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

HM Rishi Mago 7 Can Learning Vocabulary Words Be Made More Efficient?

Newtown Middle School

Mary Joy Troxel

HM John Santoro 8 Does aging affect memory? Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

HM Thomas Walsh 8 Dominant Eye Shooting Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

HM Syed Waseem 8 Walking Blindfolded In A Field! What? Holland Middle School Dave Curry

Team Projects (B-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Holly

Samantha

Grosse

Razzi

8 Do Colors Affect The Memory? St. Jude School Anita Marko

Aidan

Marco

Feeney

Strozzieri

8 Facial Expression Experiment St. Jude School Anita Marko

Nina

Caitlyn

Dougherty

Stewart

8 Does your age affect your learning style? St. Jude School Anita Marko

Matthew

Joseph

Earley

Fluehr

7 The Effect of the Elodea Plant on Different Types of Oil St. Jude School Anita Marko

Tony

Adam

Carbino

Lawall

7 Got Dirt? St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Addison

Lauren

Eliason

Letizia

7 Bubble-ology St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Craig

Collin

Fox

O'Neill

7 Stop the Rot St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Camille

Dyani

Formica

Hernandez

7 Potato Batteries: How Different Potatoes Affect Light Bulbs

St. Jude School Anita Marko

Ryan

Colin

Corbett

McKeever

7 Which Brand of Paper Towels is Most Absorbent. St. Jude School Anita Marko

Jennifer

Katelynn

Llewellyn

McKee

7 Building Beaches St. Jude School Anita Marko

Team Projects (B-Fair)

Andy

Thomas

Guippone

Pistorius

7 Wave Blockers St. Jude School Anita Marko

Olivia

Rebecca

Tiley

Tiley

7 Watching Nuclear Particles: See Background Radiation Zoom Through A Cloud Chamber

St. Jude School Anita Marko

Mark

Dylan

Gardella

Landes

7 Creating a Safe Cell Free Car St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Samantha

Emily

Duckworth

Georgescu

7 Drip,Drip,Drip St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Zoe

John

Carbino

Gasiewski

7 Yeast Feast St. Andrew School Emily Delaurentis

Matt

Daniel

Koonce

Martinez

7 Filling A Bat: Is it worth it? St. Jude School Anita Marko

Consumer Science (B-Fair)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

Abigail Cramer 7 Where's the Beef? St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Sean Dixon 8 Fabric Types and Water Resistance St. Jude School Anita Marko

Meghan Dutill 7 How much lactose is in milk St. Jude School Anita Marko

Lindsey Friend 8 Mascara Lengthening Quakertown Christian School

Debra Moody

Olivia High 8 Which brand of paper towel is the most absorbent? St. Jude School Anita Marko

Lauren Kauffman 8 Childproof Containers: Do They Work? Lenape Middle School

Jennifer Thiel

Kennedy Kelly 7 Which is Most Moist St. Jude School Anita Marko

Caleb Pfleiger 8 Which Sock Has The Most Durability? Quakertown Christian School

Debra Moody

Nick Smith 8 What Paper Towel is the Strongest? Quakertown Christian School

Debra Moody

Matthew Tomlinson 6 Bubbles, Bubbles, Everywhere, but Not a Drop to Drink Our Lady of Mount Carmel School

Sarah Crandall

Ariana Trabachino 6 A Sticky Solution Our Lady of Mount Carmel School

Sarah Crandall

Behavioral and Social Sciences (A-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Noel Langan 10 Testing Cognitive Ability to Learn ASL in Students Villa Joseph Marie High School

Ellen Leaper

2 Solomiya Syvyk 11 "Sleeping with your memory" Neshaminy High School

Gale Donohue

3 Hannah McCausland 10 Behavioral Arts Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

HM Morgan Gilmer 10 How Does Frustration Response Vary With Gender Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

Biochemistry (A-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Madelyn Czupich 11 Discovery of Novel Inhibitors of YES Kinase for Liver Cancer

New Hope Solebury High School

Kathleen Czupich

2 Michael Lu 10 Identifying Sensitive Biomarkers that can be used for Monitoring the Growth Rate of Tumor cells.

Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

3 Ryan Devlin 11 From fruit skins to skinless leather: Tannin-like polymers as biomaterials building blocks

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

HM Zoe Bremier 11 Utilization of Porous Microspheres as Drug Delivery Agents Analyzed via Live-Cell Microscopy

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Botany (A-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Heidi Daraz 10 Microwave Energy and Seed Villa Joseph Marie High School

Jacquelyn Bellerby

2 Ella Mullikin 10 Protecting Grass From Urea With Calcium Carbonate

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

3 Becky Peters 10 How Color of Light Affects Plant Growth Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

Chemistry (A-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Nathaniel Watkins 9 Hydrogen Detection via the Optical Properties of Gold and Palladium Nanoparticles

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

2 Roger Yu 10 The Cobalt-Phosphate Catalyst and Its Effects on the Splitting of Water

Council Rock High School- North

Terese Grateful

3 Julia Fischer 10 What is the effect of a chemical leavening agent on an originally non-chemically leavened product?

Council Rock High School- North

Terese Grateful

Computer Science (A-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Somil Govani 10 Algorithmic Composition with PureData Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

2 Matt Bahner 11 Robocube Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Earth and Space Science (A-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 James Boulton 10 Asteroid Vaporizor Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

2 Dean Woodrow 12 The Survival of Cyanobacteria and their Production of Oxygen in a Simulated Martian Environment

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Engineering (A-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 William Watkins 9 Hydrogen Sensing via the Resistance of Fractured Palladium

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

2 Ashley Resuta 11 The Difference of Electrical Properties of Iron (Fe) Based on Thickness

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

3 Jessica Oriente 12 Gravity, Oil, and Water, Oh My! - Year 2 Villa Joseph Marie High School

John Gentile

HM Hayden Hotham 10 A Solar Powered Quadcopter Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Environmental Science (A-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Victoria Gillespie 9 The effect of Artificial Sweeteners on Painted Lady Caterpillars

Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

2 Sanjana Jhaveri 11 Wind Energy Council Rock High School- North

Terese Grateful

3 May Wang 10 Removal of bisphenol A with repeated use of activated charcoal

Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

HM Danny Glickman 9 The effect of the concentration of biodiesel on the clouding point

Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

Mathematics (A-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Sreeram Venkatarao 9 Solve It!: Using Group Theory Mathematics to Solve Permutation Puzzles

Lenape Middle School Jennifer Theil

2 Samuel Czupich 9 Unnecessary Roughness New Hope Solebury High School

Kathleen Czupich

Medicine and Health (A-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Mira Bhut 11 Injectable Hydrogels used for Delivery of Antibiotics to Site-Specific Regions.

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

2 Amanda Craine 11 Identification of Cell Markers with FTIR Spectroscopy by Comparison to Histological Methods

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

3 Ramya Pinninti 11 Surpassing the Hurdles of Bioengineering Vital Organs

Villa Joseph Marie High School

Ellen Leaper

HM Leah Balderson 9 Measurement of Electrolytes in Different Foods Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Microbiology (A-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 DhungJoo Kim 11 Crude Oil Digesting Pseudomonas Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

2 Tanya Kumar 11 Plastic-Poof! Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

3 Orli Glickman 11 Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

HM Mitchell Fite 9 Chemotaxis and Chemical Cues in Physarum Polycephalum

Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

Physics (A-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Shane Hensel 11 Identifying the Magnetic Properties of Iron at Nanoscale

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

2 Ruth Mandel 11 Resistance and Liquid Nitrogen Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

3 Isabella Olimpo 10 Clues that Matter...Revealed in the Spatter: Blood Spatter Analysis

Villa Joseph Marie High School

Ellen Leper

Team Projects (A-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Shelby

Sanjana

Henn

Shah

9 The Correlation Between Age and BMI in Determining Blood Pressure

Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

2

Sydney

Rachel

Talya

Eisenberg

Eisenberg

Held

9 The Effect of Caffeine on a Rat's Memory in a Maze Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

3 Christina

Mackenzie

Fridman

Perillo

9 The Effect of Decorated Bags Holicong Middle School

Carrie Bannon

HM Payal

Jaslin

Patel

Tharakan

9 Can I Focus? Neshaminy High School

Gale Donohue

Zoology (A-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Lucy Hritzo 12 Neurological Tick-Borne Lyme Disease: Investigating the Blood Brain Barrier Host Response to the Invasion of Borrelia burgdorferi

Villa Joseph Marie High School

Shelley Ann Baker

2 Grace Chu 10 Birdfeeder Preferences of Winter Birds Council Rock High School- South

Arlene Spevak

3 James Kelleher 11 Effects of Environmental Factors on Red Cherry Shrimp Coloration

Central Bucks High School- West

Mark Hayden

Botany (B-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Aalisha Jhaveri 7 Growing Green: can plants successfully grow in greywater?

Newtown Middle School

Mary Joy Troxel

2 Natalie Ratzke 8 What herbicide is more deadly a natural herbicide or a herbicide from the store?

St. Jude School Anita Marko

3 Lydia Hu 8 The Effect of an Aquaponic Environment on Plants' Growth

Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

HM Raul Casas 8 Aquaponics vs. Traditional Growing Techniques Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

HM Donovan Sak 8 The effect of hydrogen peroxide on seed germination and root cuttings.

Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

Chemistry (B-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Emily Pettitt 8 Nanophotonic Desalination Method Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

2 Kiara Alvarez 7 Does temperature affect the amount of carbonation in soda?

Newtown Middle School

Troxel

3 Andrew Cox 8 Effect of Bread, MIlk, and Ice on the Burn of Spice Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

HM Sarah Cooney 8 Glow in the Dark Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

HM Sambhav Jain 8 How does different cooking alternatives effect Vitamin C?

Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

HM Shivanand Peri 7 How heat affects crystal growth. Newtown Middle School

Mary Joy Troxel

HM Alexandra Chiarappa 8 What item found in Third World Countries can be used to filter harmful impurities.

Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Computer Science (B-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Ian Kuo 8 Effect of password parameters on prevention against force hacking

Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

2 Brandon Korb 8 What is the fastest way to find prime numbers in java?

Holicong Middle School

Carrie Bannon

3 Anna Wengyn 8 How Much Compression is Too Much? St. Jude School Anita Marko

Consumer Science (B-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Lauren Kauffman 8 Childproof Containers: Do They Work? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

2 Sean Dixon 8 Fabric Types and Water Resistance St. Jude School Anita Marko

3 Olivia High 8 Which brand of paper towel is the most absorbent? St. Jude School Anita Marko

HM Matthew Tomlinson 6 Bubbles, Bubbles, Everywhere, but Not a Drop to Drink

Our Lady of Mount Carmel School

Sarah Crandall

HM Caleb Pfleiger 8 Which Sock Has The Most Durability? Quakertown Christian School

Debra Moody

Earth and Space Science (B-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Brian Schaub 8 Effects of Tsunami Barriers on Tsunami Destruction Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

2 Anne Biedermann 8 The effects of Light on the brightness and variety of objects in the night sky.

Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

3 Olga Zhugayevich 8 The Power of the Rainbow Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

Engineering (B-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Jacqueline Hritzo 7 Evaluating the Performance of Various Robots on Inclines

Seton School Diann Hritzo

2 Jacob Semrow 8 How to reduce heat loss in a residential home Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

3 James Crovo 7 Does Dia-Matter? Our Lady of Mount Carmel School

Sarah Crandall

HM Robert Morsa 8 Most efficent water wheel Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

Environmental Science (B-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Tanvi Raman 8 Effective Solar Powered Water Desalination Devices

Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

2 Mitchel Guarracino 8 How different variables affect the quality of soil produced by compost

Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

3 Vijay Balaji 8 A new bioplastic Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

HM Stephanos Panas 8 How will gray water affect grass. Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

HM Davis Wojnovich 7 What is the best way to purify river water? Newtown Middle School

Mary Joy Troxel

Mathematics (B-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Paul Messina 7 Hockey Wrist Shot Accuracy Our Lady of Mount Carmel School

Sarah Crandall

2 Victoria Miller 8 Math in Music St. Jude School Anita Marko

Medicine and Health (B-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Lillian Weitz 8 Are Your Earbuds Hurting You? Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

2 Sean Kerrigan 8 Effect of Peppermint on Reaction Time Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

3 Olivia Luff 8 How Caffeine Affects Sports Performance Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

HM Cole Wenner 8 The Effect of Sports Drinks and Water on Workout Performance

Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

HM Kayla Maerz 8 Which Song is Most Relaxing? St. Jude School Anita Marko

Microbiology (B-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Taylor Schellhorn 8 Whey or Firm - Does Time Control Yogurt Consistency?

Holicong Middle School

Carrie Bannon

Physics (B-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Avery Twyman 8 Optimum Propulsion Setup for a Maglev Train System

Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

2 Josee Li 7 What is the Fastest Method to Cool a Soda? Newtown Middle School

Mary Joy Troxel

3 Nicole Schmauk 8 Orthotics Reduce Force on Joints Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

HM Shakti Ramnath 7 Factors Affecting Solar Panel Energy Outcome Newtown Middle School

Mary Joy Troxel

HM Julia Ferrara 8 Finding the Right Exposure Time for a Pinhole Camera

Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

Team Projects (B-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Tony

Adam

Carbino

Lawall

7 Got Dirt? St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

2 Matt

Daniel

Koonce

Martinez

7 Filling A Bat: Is it worth it? St. Jude School Anita Marko

3 Jennifer

Katelynn

Llewellyn

McKee

7 Building Beaches St. Jude School Anita Marko

HM Holly

Samantha

Grosse

Razzi

8 Do Colors Affect The Memory? St. Jude School Anita Marko

HM Matthew

Joseph

Earley

Fluehr

7 The Effect of the Elodea Plant on Different Types of Oil

St. Jude School Anita Marko

HM Zoe

John

Carbino

Gasiewski

7 Yeast Feast St. Andrew School Emily Delaurentis

Zoology (A-Fair)

Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

1 Aurora Budson 8 Which color are birds most attracted to? Holicong Middle School

Robert Meletti

2 Emma Schwass 8 Scent and fear Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

3 Louis Weimer 8 The Effect of Ant Repellents on the Ant Population Lenape Middle School Jennifer Thiel

HM Hanne Scheel 8 The Effects of Sports and Energy Drinks on Vertebrates and Invertebrates

Lenape Middle School Erica Sobotka