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Dr. Al Hovland, St. Mary's College
President of Fair
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Dr. Al Hovland, St. Mary's College
President of Fair
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Colonel Kenneth McCreedy
Director of Workforce Development for Energetics Technology Center
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Animal Science
Senior First Place, Ally Rogers, Oysters vs. Flatworms
Junior First Place, Sara Moore, Feathered Flight Simulator
Junior Second Place, Joseph Cavanaugh, Will Bugs Go Green?
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Behavioral and Social Sciences
Senior First Place, Nazat Ud Dowla, The Best Things in Life are Free!
Junior First Place, Molly McGowan, Can You Spot It?
Junior Second Place, Lovell Rose, The Eyes Have It
Junior Honorable Mention, Sarah Schachterle Color Coded
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Biochemistry
Senior Honorable Mention, Matthew Colon, Burning Peanut = Calories/Energy
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Cellular and Molecular Biology
Senior First Place, Aparna Sajja, Apoptosis and the Adhesion Factor of RBC’s
Senior Second Place, Jessica D’Ambrosio, The Effect of Water on Photosynthesis
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Computer Science
Junior First Place, Andrew Herbig, Is Your Computer Wasting Your Time?
Junior Second Place, Jeffrey Henkel, Pick a Card, Any Card
Junior Honorable Mention, Mikayla Graham, Goin’ Phishin’
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Chemistry
Senior First Place, Bryan Daly, How to Know Which Way to Go to Purify Your H20?
Senior Second Place, William Harris, A Better Copper Nickel
Senior Honorable Mention, Emily Rawlinson, Substituting Sugar Substitutes
Senior Honorable Mention, Eric Dudley, Blood Splatter
Junior First Place, Gabriel Sarlo, Sugar Power
Junior Second Place, Alexandra Ye, How Fat Affects Milk’s Freezing Point
Junior Honorable Mention, Victoria Lusk, Flamin’ Fabrics
Junior Honorable Mention, Michael Mills, The Pajama Flame
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Earth and Planetary Science
Junior First Place, Alex Ragland, International Plant Station
Junior Second Place, Connor Alsheimer, Solar Flare – Beware!
Junior Honorable Mention, Kiley Beall, Which Foot Surface Material Cools Faster?
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Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical
Senior First Place, Mark Ragland, Submerged Laser Communication
Senior Second Place, Emma Frank, The Albatross Alternative
Senior Honorable Mention, Alex Klapka, Tennis Enhancements: Hype of Substance
Junior First Place, Todd Roberts, 4 Wings, 1 Challenge
Junior Second Place, Douglas Post, Wonderful Water Turbines
Junior Honorable Mention, Hailey Dodges, Build a Better Level
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Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering
Senior First Place, Julie Walker, Look at the MES: Mars Environmental Simulator
Senior Second Place, Megan Triplett, Investigation Melted Granite
Junior First Place, Lance Casimir, Magnets and Temperature
Junior Second Place, Logan Dudley, Manipulated Foil: Deflector of Heat
Junior Honorable Mention, Stephen Henkel, But… But the Line Broke
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Energy and Transportation
Senior First Place, Kristina Dronenburg, Make Some Noise!
Senior Second Place, Molly Tracy, Wind Works!
Senior Honorable Mention, Rachel Husted, Staying in Your Comfort Zone
Junior First Place, Robert Vandegrift, Rocket Fin Aerodynamics
Junior Second Place, Courtney Springer, Now You’re Cooking
Junior Honorable Mention, Nicholas Wilson, Up In Flames
Junior Honorable Mention, Carlee Joseph, Color Energy
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Environmental Management
Senior First Place, Nicki Yochim, Which Polypedon Most Absorbs Pollutions?
Senior First Place, Robert Bishop, Effects of Energy Drinks on Worms
Senior Honorable Mention, Kate Farran, Reducing Our Carbon Footprint
Junior First Place, Matthew Miller, Best Natural Fibers to Protect the Bay
Junior Second Place, Maeve Coughlin, Free Heat! A Passive Solar Heater Meltdown
Junior Honorable Mention, Michael Mattingly, Shedding Light on Lighting Alternatives
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Environmental Science
Senior First Place, Shefali Shah, The Big, the Bad, the Small – Part II
Senior Second Place, Alexa Cohen, Breton Bay – Charming or Alarming?
Senior Honorable Mention, Kelles Gordge, Global Meltdown! Phase II
Mollie Wagoner, Decomposition of Different Paper Plates
Junior First Place, Christina Labows, Super – Steam!
Junior Second Place, Ken Gill, Sandy Filtration
Junior Honorable Mention, Clair Reining, Filtering the Bay
Junior Honorable Mention, Nick Stellway, Effects of pH on Plant and Worm Health
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Mathematics
Senior First Place, Peter Offenbacher, Pick a Lane – Any Lane?
Junior First Place, Mary Williams, Can You Guess?
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Medicine and Health Science
Senior First Place, Danielle Rodriguez, 2, 4, 6, 8... What’s Your CO2 Rate?
Senior Second Place, Melissa Boughton, Fluid Frenzy
Junior First Place, Matthew Johnson, Homework: Helpful or Harmful?
Junior Second Place, Aidan Dollins, The Sugar Project
Junior Honorable Mention, Madeleine Taylor, Radiation Germination
Jennifer Burn, Liquid Enemies
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Microbiology
Junior First Place, Sarah Bolesworth, The Amazing Molding Fruit
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Physics and Astronomy
Senior First Place, Ben Godwin, Overtones in Musical Instruments
Senior Second Place, Danielle Wilkin, The Sound of Music
Junior First Place, Mary Sullivan, Sound: Does Air Pressure Affect It?
Junior Second Place, Madison Taylor, Meltdown!
Junior Honorable Mention, Robert Schaidt, Measuring Surface tension of Water with a Penny
Victoria Murray, The Amazing Levitating Train
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Plant Science
Senior First Place, Markisha Allen, Wanted: Dead or Alive – Ivy and Vitamin A
Senior Second Place, Conor Smith, Nitrogen Fixation
Junior First Place, William Frech, Do Tomatoes See Red?
Junior Second Place, Samantha Reinhart, Do You Like Your Acids Hot or Cold?
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Team 1st Place
Senior First Place, Chris Egan and Robert Binger, Storage and Rate of Decay in Produce
Senior Second Place, Courtney Reese and Ashlynn Anderson, Painkillers
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Discovery Education – Young Scientist Challenge
Sara Moore, Feathered Flight Simulator
Molly McGowan, Can You Spot It?
Victoria Lusk, Flamin’ Fabrics
Gabriel Sarlo, Sugar Power
Connor Alsheimer, Solar Flare – Beware!
Alex Ragland, International Plant Station
Lindsay Hanf, Phantom Energy Usage
Robert Vandegrift, Rocket Fin Aerodynamics
Christina Labows, Super Steam!
Matthew Johnson, Homework: Helpful or Harmful?
Sarah Bolesworth, The Amazing Molding Fruit
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INCOSE
Senior First Place, Julie Walker, Look at this M.E.S.: Mars Environmental Simulator
Senior Second Place, Mark Ragland, Submerged Laser Communication
Senior Awards, Brendan Tomasic, Engine Powered by Air
Senior Awards, Rachel Husted, Staying in Your Comfort Zone
Senior Awards, Kelles Gordge, Global Meltdown! – Phase II
Junior First Place, Todd Roberts, 4 Wings, 1 Challenge
Junior First Place, Michael Lopez, Solar vs. Wind
Junior Second Place, Laura Pagliarula, Capturing the Wind’s Energy
Junior Awards, Kathryn Jahn, Thing Big, Go Small: Alternative Energy
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Best Use of Inexpensive Materials
Matthew Colon, Burning Peanut = Calories/Energy
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Best Correlation of Data
Gabriel Sarlo, Sugar Power
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Mike Moses Award for Best Teaching Aide
Joaquin Torello, Stress Analysis with a Polarmeter
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Best Presentation
Sara Moore, Feathered Flight Simulator
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The Patuxent Partnership
Best Physical/Life-Sciences Project Award
Connor Alsheimer, Solar Flare – Beware!
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The Patuxent Partnership
Best Environmental/Biological Project Award
Emmeline Jones, Squirrels Drink What?
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The Patuxent Partnership
Best Electrical/Electronics Project Award
Kristina Dronenburg, Make Some Noise!
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The Patuxent Partnership
Best Aeronautics/Aerospace Project Award
Sara Moore, Feathered Flight Simulator
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Society of Women Engineers
Senior Awards, Amie Gilligan, The Search for Propeller Efficiency
Senior Awards, Emma Frank, The Albatross Alternative
Senior Awards, Megan Triplett, Investigating Melted Granite
Junior Awards, Lindsay Hanf, Phantom Energy Usage
Junior Awards, Hailey Dodges, Build A Better Level
Junior Awards, Lexi Glockner, How Magnets Affect the Force of a Projectile
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Southern Maryland Audubon Society
Junior First Place, Kathryn Jahn, Think Big, Go Small: Alternative Energy
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Southern Maryland Audubon Society
Senior First Place, Shefali Shah, The Big, the Bad, and the Small – Part II
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Southern Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Board, Inc.
Junior First Place, Rachel Eckley, How Gray Water Affects Plants
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Southern Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Board, Inc.
Senior Second Place, Alexa Cohen, Breton Bay: Charming or Alarming?
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Southern Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Board, Inc.
Senior First Place, Shefali Shah, The Big, the Bad, and the Small – Part II
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Southern Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Board, Inc.
Junior Second Place, Nick Stellway, Effects of pH on Plant and Worm Health
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St. Mary’s Soil Conservation District
Junior First Place, Matthew Miller, Best Natural Fibers to Protect the Bay
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St. Mary’s Soil Conservation District
Senior First Place, Shefali Shah, The Big, the Bad, and the Small – Part II
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Town Creek Garden Club
Senior First Place, Alexa Cohen, Breton Bay: Charming or Alarming?
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Town Creek Garden Club
Junior First Place, Alex Ragland, International Plant Station
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Women’s Club of St. Mary’s
Senior First Place, Aparna Sajja, Apoptosis and the Adhesions Factor on RBC’s
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Women’s Club of St. Mary’s
Junior First Place, Rachel Eckley, How Gray Water Affects Plants
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Wyle Laboratories
Senior First Place, Joseph Vandegrift, Leading and Trailing Edge Devices and Airfoils
Senior Second Place, Amie Gilligan, The Search for Propeller Efficiency
Junior First Place, Connor Alsheimer, Solar Flare – Beware!
Junior Second Place, Sara Moore, Feathered Flight Simulator
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College of Southern Maryland, Sparkle Awards
Senior Winner, Courtney Maines, Efficiency of Wind Generator Blades
Senior Winner, Ally Rodgers, Oysters vs. Flatworms
Senior Winner, Robert Bishop, Effects of Energy Drinks on Worms
Senior Winner, Bryan Smith, Watch Out Below
Senior Winner, Robert Lewis, A Look at Salinity, Turbidity, and Temperature
Senior Winner, Ami D’Ambrosio, How Clean is Your Water?
Senior Winner, Mark Ragland, Submerged Laser Communication
Senior Winner, Markisha Allen, Wanted Dead or Alive: Ivy and Vitamin A
Senior Winner, Megan Triplett, Investigating Melted Granite
Junior Winner, Robert Vandegrift, Rocket Fin Aerodynamics
Junior Winner, Natalie Krissoff, Lemon Lightbulb
Junior Winner, Michael Lopez, Solar vs. Wind
Junior Winner, Lexi Glockner, How Magnets Affect the Force of a Projectile
Junior Winner, Zachary Smedley, Let’s Rock: to Acidity and Beyond
Junior Winner, Madison Taylor, Meltdown!
Junior Winner, Kathryn Jahn, Think Big, GO Small: Alternative Energy
Junior Winner, Sara Moore, Feathered Flight Simulator
Junior Winner, Mayokun Ojo, Earthly Energy
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Senior Medicine and Health, Danielle Rodriquez, 2, 4, 6, 8... What’s Your CO2 Rate?
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Junior Medicine and Health, Matt Johnson, Homework: Helpful or Harmful?
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Junior Microbiology, Sarah Bolesworth, The Amazing Molding Fruit
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Senior Cellular and Molecular Biology, Aparna Sajja, Apoptosis and the Adhesion Factor of RBC’s
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Senior Chemistry, Bryan Daly, How to Know Which Way to Go to Purify Your H20?
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Junior Chemistry, Gabriel Sarlo, Sugar Power
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Southern Maryland Association of Realtors Senior Scholarship Award
Julie Walker
Look at this M.E.S.: Mars Environmental Simulator
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St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Scholarship Award, Kristina Dronenburg, Make Some Noise!
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Junior Grand Prize
Sara Moore, Feathered Flight Simulator
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Junior Grand Prize
Alex Ragland, International Plant Station
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Senior Grand Prize
Shefali Shah, The Big, the Bad, and the Small – Part II
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Senior Grand Prize
Mark Ragland, Submerged Laser Communication
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invited to compete at the Regional Prince George’s Area Science and Engineering Fair in March 2009.
Junior Division Participants
Sara Moore , Feathered Flight Simulator
Molly McGowan, Can You Spot It?
Gabriel Sarlo, Sugar Power
Andrew Herbig, Is Your Computer Wasting Your Time?
Alex Ragland, International Plant Station
Lance Casimir, Magnets and Temperature
Todd Roberts, 4 Wings, 1 Challenge
Robert Vandegrift, Rocket Fin Aerodynamics
Mary Williams, Can You Guess?
Matthew Miller, Best Natural Fibers to Protect the Bay
Christina Labows, Super – Steam!
Matthew Johnson, Homework: Helpful or Harmful?
Sarah Bolesworth, The Amazing Molding Fruit
Mary Sullivan, Sound: Does Air Pressure Affect It?
William Frech, Do Tomatoes See Red?
Lovell Rose, The Eyes Have It
Douglas Post, Wonderful Water Turbines
Hailey Dodges, Build a Better Level
Ken Gill, Sandy Filtration
Madison Taylor, Meltdown!
Robert Schaidt, Measuring Surface Tension of Water with a Penny
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invited to compete at the Regional Prince George’s Area Science and Engineering Fair in March 2009.
Senior Division Participants
Ally Rogers, Oysters vs. Flatworms
Nazat Ud Dowla, The Best Things in Life are Free!
Aparna Sajja, Apoptosis and the Adhesion Factor of RBC’s
Bryan Daly, How to Know Which Way to Go to Purify Your H20?
Julie Walker, Look at the MES: Mars Environmental Simulator
Mark Ragland, Submerged Laser Communication
Kristina Dronenburg, Make Some Noise!
Shefali Shah, The Big, the Bad, the Small – Part II
Nicki Yochim, Which Polypedon Most Absorbs Pollutions?
Robert Bishop, Effects of Energy Drinks on Worms
Peter Offenbacher, Pick a Lane – Any Lane?
Danielle Rodriguez, 2, 4, 6, 8... What’s Your CO2 Rate?
Ben Godwin, Overtones in Musical Instruments
Markisha Allen, Wanted: Dead or Alive – Ivy and Vitamin A
Chris Egan and Robert Binger, Storage and Rate of Decay in Produce
William Harris, A Better Copper Nickel
Emma Frank, The Albatross Alternative
Alex Klapka, Tennis Enhancements: Hype of a Substance
Megan Triplett, Investigating Melted Granite
Alexa Cohen, Breton Bay: Charming or Alarming?
Kelles Gordge, Global Meltdown! Phase II
Molly Wagoner, Decomposition of Different Paper Plates
St. Mary's County Science and Engineering Fair Board
P.O. Box 258
California, Maryland 20619