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Special Awards

Delaware Valley College Scholarships Dow Chemical Company Special Awards

Founder’s Award: William Rissinger Founder’s Award: Darlene Jones

Philadelphia Association for Critical Thinking (PhACT) Baruch S. Blumberg High School Science Award

Edwin Krieg Memorial Award Reckner Award

American Society for Microbiology- Eastern Branch Award Teamwork Award

BCSRC Board Members

Terese Grateful Co-Director

Mark Hayden

Co-Director

Jason Downs

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:

Paul Kolosick Henry Disston Mickey Disston Sheila Romine Sue Johnston

Suzanne Mecouch Jon Evans

Dominic Fedele Jane White

Marilyn Jacobson William Rissinger

Darlene Jones Bashar Hanna Laurie Ward Amanda Silar

Jessica Hankey Art Goon

Research Advisers and Schools:

Judges:

2017

PARTICIPANTS2017

2017

High School

11th - 12th Grade

2017

Behavioral and Social Sciences (11-12)

First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor

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)


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

Protein

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

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

soybeans

Council Rock High

School- South

Matthew Ciaudelli

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

School- North

Terese Grateful

Botany (11-12)


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

Toxic Algal Blooms

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

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

School- North

Terese Grateful

Jessica Rubanich 12th The Effects of Different Concentrations of Hydrogen

Peroxide on Plant Seed Germination

Council Rock High

School- South

Matthew Ciaudelli

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

Year Two

Central Bucks High

School- South

Brian Testa

2017

Chemistry (11-12)


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)


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

School

John Boyle

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

School- North

Terese Grateful

Ian Kuo 11th Image Recognition using Machine Learning and Pattern

Recognition

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

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

School- North

Terese Grateful

Earth and Space Science (11-12)


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

School- West

Mark Hayden

2017

Engineering (11-12)


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

Energy

Council Rock High

School- South

Matthew Ciaudelli

Jacob Diefes 12th Digital Data Communication using Light as a Carrier Council Rock High

School- South

Matthew Ciaudelli

Joseph John 12th Desalination Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

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

School- North

Terese Grateful

Sarah Lefebvre 12th Printing Prosthetics with 3D Plastic Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

Benjamin Metz 11th Rotating Bed 3D Printer Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

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

School- South

Matthew Ciaudelli

2017

Environmental Science (11-12)


Solomon Abrahamson 12th Utilizing Algae as Fertilizer Substitute Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

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

Temperature in Earth Ship

Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

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

Microbes

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

Piper Jones 12th Bioremediation Using the Mycelium of Pearl Oyster

Mushrooms

Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

Dana Novikov 12th Using Plants to Remove Phosphates and Nitrates from

Water

Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

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

Cecilia Rabayda 12th Potential for Iron Fertilization in Low-Nutrient Low-Chlorophyll

Environments Using Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacteria

Council Rock High

School- South

Matthew Ciaudelli

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

School- North

Terese Grateful

Shreya Singh 12th Portable Water Desalination Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

Mathematics (11-12)


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

Integrating Factors of ODEs

Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

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

Autoencoder

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

2017

Medicine and Health Sciences (11-12)


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

Affect the Coagulation of Blood?

Villa Joseph Marie High

School

Ellen Leaper

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

Resistance in Bacteria?

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

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

to Tooth Brushing on Tooth Decay


School

Jacqueline Bellerby

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

School- North

Terese Grateful

Microbiology (11-12)


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

School- North

Terese Grateful

Aman Reddy 12th Using Nanoparticles as a UV Repellent for Glass Surfaces Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

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

School- West

Mark Hayden

Ishan Shah 11th Screening Compound Library For Efficiency Against HBsAG Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

Rachel Swope 12th Establishing HBV Replicons Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

2017

Physics (11-12)


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

School

John Gentile

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

School- West

Mark Hayden

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

School

John Gentile

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

2017

Team (11-12)


Mikayla Clark 11th Effect of Baking Powder On Muffin Density Villa Joseph Marie High

School

John Boyle

Maggie Tolkach 11th

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

Benjamin Melnick 12th

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

School

Jamie Wiess

Riley Eisler 11th

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

Growth and Development of Organisms?

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

Kaitlyn Sims 11th

2017

High School

9th - 10th Grade

2017



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

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

Stress

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

Madeline Marriott 9th The Effects of Chewing Gum on Different Areas of the Brain Villa Joseph Marie High

School

Ellen Leaper

Alesandra Temerte 10th The Effect of Smartphones on Memory Central Bucks High

School- East

Pamela Eggleston

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

School- South

Matthew Ciaudelli

Biochemistry (9-10)


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

Unrecognizable State?


School

Kathleen Sundquist

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

Water?

Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

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

School- North

Terese Grateful

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

School- North

Terese Grateful

2017

Botany (9-10)


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

School

Nicholas Zlupko

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

Growth Rate of Peas

Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

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

School- North

Terese Grateful

WIlliam Sohn 9th Which lights affect the rate of photosynthesis Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

Chemistry (9-10)


Vinayak Jayaprakash 9th The Mpemba Effect Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

Gemma Lopena 9th Pantry Pastes Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon

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

Standards?

Central Bucks High

School- West

Mark Hayden

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

Efficiency

Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon

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

2017



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

School

John Gentile

Ayush Shah 9th Coding Traffic Lights Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

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

Equations?

Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful



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

School- West

Mark Hayden

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

School- North

Terese Grateful

Engineering (9-10)


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

Windmills

Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

Rajan Patel 9th Safe Ride Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

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

Life?

Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

2017



Matthew Curry 9th Hybrid MPG Evaluation: Testing Manufacturer and

Dashboard Claims

Tohickon Middle

School

Mark Hayden

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

School- North

Terese Grateful

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

School- North

Terese Grateful

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

School

Mark Hayden

Mathematics (9-10)


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

School- West

Mark Hayden

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

School- South

Matthew Ciaudelli



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

School- West

Mark Hayden

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

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

School- North

Terese Grateful

2017

Microbiology (9-10)


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

Genetic Editing

Central Bucks High

School- East

Pamella Eggleston

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

School- West

Mark Hayden

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

School- North

Terese Grateful

Physics (9-10)


Sharvil Misra 9th Efficient Propeller Design Council Rock High

School- North

Terese Grateful

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

Zoology (9-10)


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

Present in Spices on L. Acidophilus.


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

School- West

Mark Hayden

2017

Team (9-10)


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

School

Nicholas Zlupko

Caroline Brandt 10th

Maeve Coogan 10th Genetically Modified Seeds Vs. Organic Seeds Villa Joseph Marie High

School

Kathleen Sundquist

Molly Kraunelis 10th

Kyra Cunningham 9th Effects of Different Factors on Enzyme Activity During

Photosynthesis


Abigail Kearns 9th

Jacquelin Spring 9th

Morgan D'Angelo 9th How Does Color Affect Food Choices? Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

Mary Duffner 9th

Lindsey Thompson 9th

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

Polystyrene

Central Bucks High

School- East

Robert Meletti

Mikayla Horvath 10th

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

Emily Kriner 9th

Gabrielle Hocker 10th Are Coffee Grounds the New Fertilizer? Villa Joseph Marie High

School

Kathleen Sundquist

Kaitlin Lawler 10th

Roman Katona 9th Do Different Materials Prevent Damage From Catastrophic

Earthquakes?


Nathan Nazareth 9th

2017

Middle School

6th - 8th Grade

2017



Kylie Aivazian 8th Fear Pulsing Through Your Body Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

Hannah Allen 7th Horsin' Around Our Lady of Mount

Carmel School

Marianne Thompson

Mason Bates 8th Gaming and the Mind Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

Elizabeth Bolton 8th Does Students or Adults Have a Higher Mental Vitality? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

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

Heather Carr 7th Does Gender and Age Determine How Fast the Brain

Processes Information?

St. Jude School Anita Marko

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

Caroline Crecca 8th How Does Packaging Affect Consumer Decisions? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

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

Amanda George 8th How Does Gender Affect the Way Different Illusions are

Viewed?


Gabriela Hernandez 8th Is Seeing Different Images in Optical Illusions a Boy or Girl

Thing?


Sarah Kadan 8th How Do Electronics Affect Processing Speed Ability? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

Carlin McFadden 8th How Does Sound in a Movie Affect Perceived Fear? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

Ema Mir 8th Will Multitasking Be Helpful or Inefficient Towards Academic

Goals?


Theresa Montalbano 8th The Effects of Distractions on Reaction Times Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

2017

Behavioral and Social Sciences (6-8) (Cont.)


Isabella Repko 8th How Does Color Affect Long-Term Memory? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

Anna Riley 8th How Stress Affects Cognition and Performance Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

Sophia Schaefer 8th Does Brain Yoga Increase People's Mental Thinking

Capacity?


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

Watched


Sarah Watson 8th Does Mint Effect Memorization? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

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

Dana Zhang 8th Do Video Game Players Have Faster Reaction Times Than

Non-Players?


Biochemistry (6-8)


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

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

Temperature, or Boiled Milk?


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

European Nightcrawlers?


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

Redheads


2017

Botany (6-8)


Andy Chen 8th How Does the Color of Light Affect the Speed in Which a

Seed Germinates?

Holicong Middle School Steve Geneva

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

Plant Growth and Health


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

Mungbeans?


Megan Kraunelis 7th Corn vs Corn St. Andrew School Emily Delaurentis

Taylor Lee 8th How do different wavelengths of light affect plant growth? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

Ryan Levant 8th Does Chemical Infested Water Eeffect the Speed of Plant

Growth?


Andrew Phillips 8th How Acids Affect the Growth of Plants St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

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

Carmel School

Marianne Thompson

Arushi Singh 7th Growth of Mung Beans in Different Fertilizers Newtown Middle

School

Mary Joy Troxel

Dillan Smith 6th What Is a Plants Best Friend? St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

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

Plant?


Lea Wang 7th The Effect of Light Intensity on Plant Photosynthesis Holland Middle School Dave Curry

2017

Chemistry (6-8)


Maria Bottino 8th Can Mints Decrease the Temperature of a Liquid? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

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

Clothing Than Synthetic dyes?

Richboro Middle School Megan Mohl

Isha Dev 7th How Do Artificial Sweeteners Affect the pH of Coffee? Newtown Middle

School

Mary Joy Troxel

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

Aidan Drakeley 7th How Does the Density of a Liquid Affect the Amount of Time

it Takes for a Liquid to bubble, boil, or vaporize


Isabell James 8th How Do Different Spices Affect the pH of Stomach Acid? Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon

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

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

School

Mary Joy Troxel

Isabella McMahon 8th Which Liquids Evaporate The Fastest? St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Lindsay Miller 8th What is the Most Effective Road Salt Alternative? Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon

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

Crystalline Substances and Their Growth Rates?


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

Owen Panyard 8th Is Our Waste Less Corrosive Than Rock Salt and as

Effective in Deicing Roads?

Newtown Middle

School

Mary Joy Troxel

Pavel Serhiayenka 8th Do Different Types of Salt Waters Conduct Electricity? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

Joshua Tobias 8th What Liquid Dissolves Salt the Fastest? Newtown Middle

School

Mary Joy Troxel

Brielle Trickett 7th What Difference Does the Color of Candles Have on How

Fast They Burn?


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

2017



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

Voltage


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

States

Holland Middle School Dave Curry

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

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

Panel


Consumer Science (6-8)


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

Kira Kawczynski 7th What Tissue or Handkerchief Type Blocks Sneezes the Best St. Jude School Anita Marko

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

of a Cookie


Megan Sullivan 7th Which Brand of Ketone Strips is the Better Buy? St. Jude School Anita Marko

2017



Syan Arora 6th Weather and Climate in Your Neighborhood St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Samuel Berry 8th How Will Acids of Various pH Levels Affect Rock? Holland Middle School Dave Curry

Eric Burton 7th Using A Video Camera To Measure Skyglow Newtown Middle

School

Mary Joy Troxel

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

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

Jack James 7th Geothermal Energy Simulation St. Jude School Anita Marko

Raj Kansara 8th How Does the Diameter of the Meteorite Affect the Diameter

of the Crater?

Newtown Middle

School

Mary Joy Troxel

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

Simple Tasks?


Danny Perez 8th Determining Star Color Using Astrophotography Holland Middle School Dave Curry

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

2017

Engineering (6-8)


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

Loudest Sound?

Our Lady of Mount

Carmel School

Marianne Thompson

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

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

World Countries


Kaitlyn Fisher 8th Soundproofing Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon

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

Lauren Geib 8th Airfoils: Which Shapes are Most Effective? Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

Jonathan Gotschal 8th A Car's Magnetic Motor Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

Shivani Kumar 7th Investigating the Operation of an Artificial Pancreas Richboro Middle School Megan Mohl

Ava Noorchashm 6th Solar Oven St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Alexandra Schramm 8th Autonomous Flying Drone Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

Galen Sutterlin 8th Making People Aware of Solar Energy's Potential Holicong Middle School Steve Geneva

2017



Carly Ackerman 8th Water Quality Based on Population Density Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

Hafsah Ahmad 8th How Does pH Effect the Size of Brown Trout and White

Water-Lilies?


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

and Conventional Plastic


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

School

Mary Joy Troxel

Owen Duddy 8th How does Petroleum Pollution affect coral Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

Lily Gilbert 8th How Composting Effects Trash Production Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon

Emily Horan 8th Saltwater Survivor? Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

Grace Maund 8th Soil Efficiency on Plant Growth Holicong Middle School Steve Geneva

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

Amount of Usable Bio-Diesel Made and Soap Content?


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

and Mass?


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

William Shaulis 7th Fertilizer Ddissolution Speeds Newtown Middle

School

Mary Joy Troxel

Klement Swartz 6th Nutritional Requirements for Sustained Growth of the

Invasive Trapa natans

Titus Elementary

School

Carla Walls

Mathematics (6-8)


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

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

2017



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

Morgan Eater 8th Preventing Shock from Being Transfered During a

Concussion


Olivia Eckhardt 8th How Do People Perceive Light and Color Differently? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

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

Different Types of Exercise?


Sanjana Harihar 8th Thinner is the Winner Newtown Middle

School

Mary Joy Troxel

Gavin Johnston 8th How Different Types of Exercise Affect Heart Rate Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

Hannah Klein 8th How Does Fingerprinting Help Authorities Today? Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

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

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

Daniel Shiloh 7th Do Video Games Affect Pain Tolerance? Richboro Middle School Megan Mohl

Joey Stella 8th How Age Effects the Body Holicong Middle School Steve Geneva

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

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

2017

Microbiology (6-8)


Cameron Blind 8th What Duration of UV Light Exposure Kills Bacteria Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager

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

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

Carmel School

Marianne Thompson

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

Escherichia Coli


Michael Osmolovskiy 7th Mold in Everyday Foods Newtown Middle

School

Mary Joy Troxel

Physics (6-8)


Caitlyn Afflerbach 8th How Sneaker Insoles Affect Impact Force Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti

Allison Bergkoetter 8th Absorption of Radiant Energy by Different Colors St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Nathan Burdo 7th Golf Ball Choice Newtown Middle

School

Mary Joy Troxel

Brandon Dorsey 8th How Does Temperature and Salt Content of Water Affect

Wave Propagation?

St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

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

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

Electromagnet?


Paige Gilbert 8th How Do Different Starting Positions in Basketball Affect the

Shooting Percentage?


Joseph James 7th Does Height Affect How Far the Projectile Goes? St. Jude School Anita Marko

Sophie Kadan 8th Finding the Relationship Between Density and Refraction of

LIght


2017

Physics (6-8) (cont.)


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

Output of Energy?


Mary Koonce 8th Bouncing Balls in Different Temperatures St. Jude School Anita Marko

Nicholas Landes 6th Which Insulated Cup Keeps Liquid Hot or Cold For a Long

Period of Time?


Sean Martinez 7th The Physics of Cheating in Baseball St. Jude School Anita Marko

Lukas Mullen 6th Electric Potato St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

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

Stephen Phillips 7th What Materials Block WIFI the Most St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Sanjula Reddy 7th The Effect of Temperature on Cellphone Electromagnetic

Radiation

Newtown Middle

School

Mary Joy Troxel

Shivam Singh 8th Study of the Creation of and the Effects of Vibration on a

Fiber-Optic Interferometer

Newtown Middle

School

Mary Joy Troxel

Bode Wildgrube 8th Blocking Cosmic Radiation Newtown Middle

School

Mary Joy Troxel

Zoology (6-8)


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

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

2017

Team (6-8)


Kayla Bayachek 7th What Substances Make Gummy Bears Grow the Largest? St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Brynn Davis 7th

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

Hollie Stoklosa 6th

Zachary Braunstein 8th Quadratic Soccer St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Gavin Kelly 8th

Nathan Ra 8th

Olivia Burke 6th Does Color Affect The Burning Rate Of Candles? St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Ava Casey 6th

Ava Selzer 6th

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

Jason Stein 7th

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

Brendan Schaefer 7th

Colin Corbett 7th What Type of Cup Will Keep Warm Water at the Same

Temperature for the Longest


Braden Hynes 7th

2017

Team (6-8) (cont.)


Luigi Corrado 7th Which Process of Growing a Wisconsin Fast Plant Grows the

Fastest and Healthiest?


Cole Hudock 7th

Brendan Krug 7th

Sean Costigan 8th A Shocking Solution St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Daniel Featherstone 8th

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

Person's Identification of the Drink?


Julie Huber 7th

Zachary Dinan 8th How Does Listening to Music Effect Performance on a

Homework Assignment?


Patrick Ferns 8th

Peter diPalma 8th How Does Color Affect Memory? St. Jude School Anita Marko

James Giordano 8th

Declan Mahoney 8th

James Egner 7th What Paper Airplane Will Go the Furthest St. Jude School Anita Marko

Nolan Maurer 7th

Madeline Fasti 7th Will You Bank The Shot? St. Jude School Anita Marko

Caitlin Martinez 7th

James Ferraro 6th What Type of Water Will Help Your Plant Grow Best? St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

James McKenna 6th

2017

Team (6-8) (cont.)


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

Jaxson Talbot 8th

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

Sean Lehane 6th

Andrew Giampa 8th Which Sports Drink Has the Most Electrolytes St. Jude School Anita Marko

Daniel McBryan 8th

Owen Webster 8th

Maria Gordon 7th Does the Volume of Water in the Bottle Affect How the Bottle

Will Land


Isabella Solov 7th

Genavieve Gorman 7th Testing Fertilized vs. Non-fertilized Soil in Plants Growth St. Jude School Anita Marko

Tierney Morrison 7th

Alex Guinan 7th Which Brand of Popcorn Leaves the Least Amount of

Unpopped Kernels?


Earl Kelly 7th

Sam Perry 7th

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

Paper Towels?


Katie Hogan 7th

2017

Team (6-8) (cont.)


Emily Hopkins 8th What Grows Rock Candy the Best? St. Jude School Anita Marko

Katie Huber 8th

Liam Huy 8th Markers in Different Temperatures St. Jude School Anita Marko

Tyler Stimmler 8th

Morgan Hynes 7th Do Different Types of Water Effect Plant Growth? St. Jude School Anita Marko

Anna Grace Johnsson 7th

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

Julia Perate 6th

Ava Knaus 6th "Dye" for Flowers St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Sarah Taylor 6th

Emma Lewinsky 7th Tie Dye and Fabric Types St. Jude School Anita Marko

Shannon Poole 7th

Aubrie Maerz 8th Will People Remember Something Better After Seeing It or

Hearing It?


Brooke Rankin 8th

Autumn Weber 8th

Patrick Maerz 7th Which Stove Boils Water the Fastest? St. Jude School Anita Marko

Connor Wetzel 7th

2017

Team (6-8) (cont.)


Ryan Martinez 7th Does the Strength of a Magnet Vary with Temperature St. Jude School Anita Marko

Joe Perry 7th

Kiera Maxwell 7th How High Do You Have to Make the Starting Point of a Track

in Order For a Marble to Loop the Loop


Ellie Perry 7th

Patrick McKeever 7th How Does Gender Affect the Way You See in Natural and

Artificial Light?


Connor Mehlmann 7th

Olivia Millevoi 8th Which Wood Should Good Builders Use? St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Matthew Millevoi 6th

Julia Noone 7th Do Natural Candles or Dyed Candles Burn Faster? St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Devin Smith 7th

Nadia Noorchashm 8th Are All Decaffinated Coffees Caffeine Free? St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Isabella Pontarelli 8th

Allison Phillips 7th Big Pieces Little Pieces St. Andrew School Emily DeLaurentis

Nitaliya Schaeber 7th

Natalya Rozinski 7th Does Mint Actually Cool Things Down? St. Jude School Anita Marko

Natalie Zoglio 7th

Documents

Program available at: //...2017 Chemistry (11-12) First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor Collin Schmidt 11th Comparison of the Effectiveness of Different Deicers