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Area High Schools' Science Fair Winners

Posted on: Saturday, 9 April 2005, 09:00 CDT

High school results

Note: Elementary-school results were published last Sunday on Page B5. Middle-school results, including fifth grade, were published Wednesday on Page E8.

Arizona State School for the Deaf and the Blind: Francisco Avelar, Joshua Spears, "Soil Quality at ASDB," 3rd place, Earth Science Team. Lani Murashige, Diana Quezada, "Polyurethane Foam," 2nd place, Physics Team. Jassamin Messer, Maria Angulo, "Manure and Plants," 3rd place, Botany Team.

Canyon del Oro High: Emily Graves, "Biometric Imagery Applications," 1st place, Computer Science Individual.

Catalina Foothills High: Tasnuva Kaochar, "Basal to Apical Perfusion of Schlemm's Canal Monolayers," 1st place, Medicine and Health Individual, Society for InVitro Biology.

Luz Academy Of Tucson: Irma Medina, "Rusty & Why?" American Society Of Materials International Foundation.

Morenci Junior/Senior High: Michael Miranda, "Can a High School Student Make a Superconductor?" U.S. Air Force, Southwest Gas Corp. Justin Baughman, "Wind Power," American Meteorology Society-Nat. Susanne Lockman, "Parabolic Sound-Collecting Dish," 3rd place; Engineering Individual, U.S. Army, 2nd place. Benjamin Lande, "Does Miracle Grow, Grow Miracles?" 3rd place, Botany Individual.

Pueblo High Magnet: Melissa Lamberton, "Implications for Planetary Protection: The Growth of Bacteria Cultured From Spacecraft Surfaces in a Simulated Martian Environment," Southwest Gas Corp., 1st place, Space Science Individual, University of Arizona Scholarship - $4,000, Pima Community College, Raytheon Scholarship, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist. Oscar Sainz, "Characterization of the Antibiotic Properties of the Creosote Bush," 1st place, Botany Individual, Pima Community College.

Pusch Ridge Christian Academy: Jason Solomon, "Pyrotechnics," Southwest Gas Corp. Rebecca Yuhas, "Where in a Slinky Is the Magnetic Field Strongest?" 1st place, School Physics Individual, Tucson Electric Power. Adam Shoun, "Air Pollution (pm10) Variability in Metropolitan Tucson," American Meteorology Society-Nat. Aaron McLeod, "Credibility of Hydroelectric Power," Southwest Gas Corp. Sean Wolff, "Do Slanted Fins Help Rockets?" 3rd place, Physics Individual. Sarah Bueche, "The Amazing Effect of Rusting," Arizona Hydrology Society. Jennie Shepherd, "Which Metal Is the Most Rust- resistant, Either in Tap Water or in Saltwater (Silver, Copper, Zinc, Steel, Aluminum)," Iota Sigma Pi. Jordan Cooper, "Habitat for the Pygmy Owl," Raytheon, 1st place, Earth Science Individual.

Rio Rico High: Raena Kamakahi, Hernan Lopez, "The Ralo Project," 1st place, Behavioral/Social Science Team. Krystle Potter, Ariel Potter, "Does an Oxidant Stress, H2o2, In Vitro, Directly Cause Insulin Resistance?" Pima Community College - Team Award, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist. Marisa Gerber, Aleena Astorga, Christine Pak: Hereditary Hypertension, American Society of Quality-HS 1. Will Green, "Origins of Mass Polarization in the American Electorate," American Psychology Association, 1st place, Behavioral/Social Science Individual, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Alternate, SAPA 1st, Pima Community College. Anahi Quintero, Marilyn Limas, Miriam Granillo, "Symmetrical Beauty," SAPA 3rd, American Society of Quality, 2nd place High School Social/Behavioral Team. Alejandra Pesqueira, "Ankle Solutions," U.S. Navy, Pima Community College, University of Arizona Scholarship - $2,000.

Salpointe Catholic High: Christopher Weeks, "Advantages and Trade- offs of Conical Versus Monopole Antennas," U.S. Air Force, 2nd place, Engineering Individual. Melissa McBride, "Making Martian Soil Productive to Sustain Terran Plant Life," 2nd place, Earth Science Individual. Tyler Sherban, "The Shockingly Sweeter Origin Of Life," U.S. Navy HS, 1st place, Biochemistry Individual. Nicole Nametz, Kaitlyn Quigley, "Effects of Oxidation on the Survival of E. Coli on Copper Surfaces," 3rd place, Microbiology Team. Thomas Fields, "Effects Of Artifical Reefs on Ocean Waves," 2nd place, Physics Individual. Tyler Gallo, "Energy Creation Through the Conversion of Compressed Air Into Water Power in a Self-Contained Hydroelectric System," U.S. Air Force. Megan Siquieros, "Our Culture Is Our Strength; The Aftershock Of Indian Boarding Schools; Alcoholism in the Tohono O'odham Tribe," American Psychology Association, U.S. Army, 1st place. Mario Marquez, "Early Investigation of the Self- Sufficient Hydrogen Engine," Southwest Gas Corp., HS. Meghan Sarkozi, Robert McManimon, "Influence of Metal Composition on Bullet Perfomance," 1st place, Physics Team, American Society Of Materials International Foundation, Pima Community College-Team. Award, Raytheon, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist. Clay Hudecek, "Aircraft Drag Reduction by the Application of Suction Through a Porous Fuselage," U.S. Air Force, 1st place, Engineering Individual. Kyle Wright, "H2O Additives to Maximize the Extinguishing Capabilities on Destructive Fires," 3rd Place, Chemistry Individual.

Tombstone High: Robert Currier, "Meteors the Path of Destruction," U.S. Army, 3rd place.

Tucson Magnet High: Chelsey Yingling, "Black Murex Snail (hexaplex Nigritus) as a Habitat for Larvae of the Pacific (catrina) Calico Scallop, Argopecten Ventricosus," 1st place, Environmental Individual, SAEMS, Pima Community College, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist. Jaime Campos, "Effects of Pea Aphid (acyrthosiphon Pisum) T-type Secondary Symbionts on the Behavior of a Natural Enemy, Aphidius Ervi, in a Y-tube," 2nd place High School Zoology Individual, Raytheon. Saman Nematollahi, "The Expression of Arc Mrna in Regions of the Brain, 3rd place High School Medicine and Health Individual, Pima Community College- Individual, Raytheon. Brandon Sternberg, "Is Plasma Fibrinogen Significantly Increased in Type 2 Diabetic Zdf Rats?" Southern Arizona Veterans Health Care Service. Clara Wilch, Mondana Nakai, "The Effects of Predator Presence on Mate-choice Copying in the Trinidadian Guppy (poecilia Reticulate)," Second Place High School Zoology Team, Individual. Award-E. Baker in Memory of Rogers. Sarah Rios, "Evaluating the Influences of Inhalant and Injectable Anesthesias on Vascular Volume & Permeability of Mda-mb-231 Exograft Tumors in Scid Mice as Measured by Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance," SwAEBR, 2nd place, Medicine and Health Individual, Raytheon. Alexandra Jimenez, "The Effects of Rainfall on Nectar Production in Extra Floral Nectaries of Fishhook Barrel Cactus (ferocactus Wislizenii)," 2nd place, Botany Individual, TCSS- Second. Chhitij Bashyal, "The Effects of Cuticle Electrode Implantation on the Behavior of the American Cockroach," Periplanteta Americana, 3rd place, Zoology Individual, Raytheon. Michelle Barghout, "The Effect of Color on Olfactory Perception of Commonly Encountered Scents," 2nd place, Behavioral/Social Science Team. Dominic Vendell, "Locus of Recessive Suppressor of Bri1 Mutants in Arabidopsis Thaliana," 2nd place, Biochemistry Individual, U.S. Navy. Lesley Ash, "Olfactory Learning and Brain Plasticity in Honeybees (apis Mellifera) in the Absence of Visual Cues," 1st place, Zoology Individual, Raytheon, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist. Hailey McNelis, "The Role of Extrafloral Nectar in the Diet of Ants on Barrel," 3rd place, Zoology Individual, Raytheon, TCSS - HM.

University High: Liz Baker, "The Effect of a Bi-orbital Rotational Therapy Swing on Children With ADHD," Raytheon, 1st place, Behavioral/Social Science Individual, SAPA 2nd, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist, University of Arizona Scholarship-$4,000. Alice Ferng, "Rna Interference: Optimizing Gene-silencing in Plants," 1st place, Medicine and Health Individual.

Vail Charter High: Theresa Moore, "Bilinda Mize: Silence vs. Distraction in Test Taking," 3rd place, Behavioral/Social Science Team.

Home school: Corina Gay, "The Midas Touch - Does Father Know Best?" Raytheon, 1st place, Mathematics Individual.

Source: Arizona Daily Star

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