The following St. Mary’s County Science and Engineering Fair participants have been 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

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