2007 Galveston County Science and Engineering Fair Category Winners

 

  Junior Division

          Life Science:                     

                 Category         Behavorial & Social Sciences

                 First Place                    Caleb Wimer         The Stroop Effect: Males vs. Females

                 Second Place               Michelle Dupont    I Witnessed

                 Third Place                  Erin Mullican        The Real Americans

                 Category         Biochemistry & Microbiology

                 First Place                    Aproteem Choudhury       Disinfectants vs. Bacterial Resistance

                 Second Place               Faheem Bilal         DNA: Fragments of Life

                 Third Place                  Frankie Petronella  Is Your Shopping Cart "Bugging" You

                 Honorable Mention        Alolika Sarkar       Let's Keep it Fresh

                 Honorable Mention        Dino Georgeton    To Drink or Not To Drink (Again)

                 Category         Botany

                 First Place                    Sheereen Ibtesam  Effect of Root-Nodule Extract on Plant Growth

                 Second Place               Ashley Olsen        pH Plants

                 Third Place                  Chengxi Li           Garlic Growth Race

                 Honorable Mention        Devin Welsh         Does Acid Rain Cause Plants "Pain"

                 Honorable Mention        Joel Araujo           Plant's Different Way's of Evolution

                 Category         Environmental Sciences

                 First Place                    Daniel Rockey      Possible Potable Processes

                 Second Place               Megan Webber      Birds of A Feather

                 Third Place                  Charles Barnett     Clean Up That Mess

                 Category         Medicine & Health

                 First Place                    Derek Brown         Do You Have Your Vitamin C?

                 Second Place               Jonathon Viernes  SPF Reality

                 Third Place                  Anthony Huynh     "Moisture In a Dish"

                 Category         Zoology

                 First Place                    Katrina Patterson   Motion Analysis

                 Second Place               Bryan Archer        Toad's Respiratory System Effected by Temperature

                 Third Place                  Brandon Slanina   How Different Colored Lights Attract Fish

                 Honorable Mention        Erin Brayley          Bact-Oral Flora

 

         Physical Science:

                 Category         Chemistry

                 First Place                    Jordan Nemeth     A Rise in Temperature

                 Second Place               Ashlee James       Saponification

                 Third Place                  Brandon Melton    Be Sick

                 Honorable Mention        Kwan Young Kim   Splitting Water

                 Category         Earth & Space Sciences

                 First Place                    Lindsay Bonnen    Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs?

                 Second Place               Marcus Esther       In the Air

                 Category         Engineering

                 First Place                    Stephen McGarvey Efffect of Circuit Desing on Current II

                 Second Place               Amanda Mckee      Concrete Creations

                 Third Place                  Mason DeBruhl     Battle of the Generators

                 Category         Mathematics

                 First Place                    Allyson DeBruhl    Chance of Probability

                 Category         Physics

                 First Place                    Kevin Chew          Rocket Right .. Or Rocket Wrong?

                 Second Place               Tori Wilcoxson     Hit or Miss?

                 Third Place                  Colton Herdt         Light Measurement?

 

  Ninth Grade Division

                 Category         Behavorial & Social Sciences

                 First Place                    Hannah Willey      The Qcquisition of Ambidexterity

                 Second Place               Andrew Stevens    The Subliminal Verses

                 Third Place                  Rachelle Greer      Right or Left?

                 Category         Biochemistry & Microbiology

                 First Place                    Teagan Batts        Rx .. Is it Better?

                 Second Place               Carter Henderson  What Drugs Kill the Bugs?

                 Third Place                  Taylor Scott          What's That Smell?

                 Category         Botany

                 First Place                    Laura Stephens     Which Plant Grafting Technique is Best?

                 Second Place               Kelsey Stein         Liquid vs. Powder

                 Category         Environmental Sciences

                 First Place                    Drew Jones          E-85 Gasoline- Safe for all Vehicles

                 Second Place               Elizabeth Conger   Cool Concrete

                 Third Place                  Lucille Hatherill     Ultraviolet Rays Effect on Bacteria

                 Category         Medicine & Health

                 First Place                    Chris Shannon     Sort Drinks and Tooth Decay

                 Second Place               Brittany Stutts        Spinal "Disk" overy

                 Third Place                  Parth Patel           Coke vs. Root Beer

                 Category         Zoology

                 First Place                    Zachary Wimer      The Effect of Light on Sleep

                 Honorable Mention        Gabriela Morillo     Sediment Pollutant Effects on Sea Anemones

                 Honorable Mention        Marah Garza         Amazeing Mice

               Category         Chemistry

                 First Place                    James Gregory     How Much Vitamin C?

                 Second Place               Anita Saini           The Effect of pH on Tissues

                 Third Place                  Athena Metaxas     Break It Down Now!

                 Honorable Mention        Elliot Landon        Sports Drinks Lose their Cool

                 Category         Earth & Space Sciences

                 First Place                    Ryan Kahre          Solar Oven? Is it Possible

                 Second Place               Malcolm Simpson  Tornado Simulator

                 Category         Engineering

                 First Place                    Kelly LaBuff          Hovercraft Heave

                 Second Place               Michael Rockey     Sudden Impact

                 Third Place                  Joseph Glywasky  Save the Road Kill the Ice

                 Category         Physics

                 First Place                    Michael Hughes    The Effects of a Solar Furnace on Common Metals

                 Second Place               Ariel Jimenez        Electrical Soil

                 Third Place                  John Ford           Glacier Displacer

 

Senior Division

                Category        Behavorial & Social Sciences

                 First Place                    Joseph Miniot       Personality and Politics

                 Second Place               Lena Silva            Dress for Success

                 Third Place                  Kassandra Budzik  Vertigo and Beyond!

                 Category          Biochemistry & Microbiology

                 First Place                    Cheyenne Forne   The Effects of Cinnamaldehyde on E. coli

                 Second Place               Khadijah Bilal       Stem Cells: Future of 21st Century Medicine

                 Third Place                  Kimberley Brown    Salivary  Amylase and Starch Digestion

                 Honorable Mention        Michelle Tibbitts    Materials' Prevention of Bacterial Growth

                 Honorable Mention        Fredrick Patrick     Bac-Man

                 Category         Botany

                 First Place                    Kelli Svatek          Bodacious Botany

                 Second Place               Makenzie Dixon     Quest for the Best 2

                 Third Place                  Gina Pham           Dicotyledon Durability

                 Category         Environmental Sciences

                 First Place                    Carter Ware          Bones or Homes?

                 Second Place               Lauren Hollaway    Ozone Alert

                 Third Place                  Allison Piwetz       Bye Bye Biofuels

                 Category         Medicine & Health

                 First Place                    Sanchir Enkhbaatar         MMPs and Tumor Cell Invasion

                 Second Place               Kelly Wong          Discovery of Vitamin C

                 Third Place                  Yvana Rivera        Don't Decalcify! Alkalize Your Body!

                 Honorable Mention        Luke Landers        Can You Be Healthy?

                 Category         Zoology

                 First Place                    Carolina White      The Effects of Environmental Changes on Brine Shrimp Physiology

                 Second Place               Heather Goeke      Shoo Bug, Don't Bother Me

                 Third Place                  Abigail Wolff         Good Dog!

                Category         Chemistry

                 First Place                    Kendra Brown       Catalysis Using Enzymes in Bromeliads

                 Second Place               Derek Schilling     Conductivity-Corrosion Correlation

                 Third Place                  Ashley Bass         A Little Rusty

                 Category         Computer Science

                 First Place                    Lee Denson          Learning your ABC's

                 Second Place               Aimee Konet         Say no to Wires

                 Third Place                  Wes Wolfe           JAVA Socket Challenge

                 Honorable Mention        Phillip Jablonski    Random or Not?

                 Category         Earth & Space Sciences

                 First Place                    Sherry Firouzbakht Wave Energy II

                 Second Place               Wes Piwetz           Atmospheric Gases and Solar Energy

                 Third Place                  Bethany Burdick    Spaced Out: The Effects of Microgravity on Piloting Performance

                 Category         Engineering

                 First Place                    Hannah Owen       Put the Pressure On

                 Second Place               Ryann Rupp         Harnessing Waves

                 Third Place                  Benjamin Cuadra   Energy City

                 Category         Mathematics

                 First Place                    Ben Braun            Deriving Nth Roots

                 Second Place               Thuy Tran            Who is Really Number One?

                 Third Place                  Pikria Saliaskvili    Pitch in a Bottle