Grand Prize Junior Division 2008

Runner-Up:
Name: Cassandra Famoso
School: St Michael’s Parish School
Project Title: Caffeine: A Little Fishy?

Winner:
Name: Collin Gaus
School: St Vincent de Paul Parish School
Project Title: What Factor Affect Candle Soot? A Second-Year Study

Grand Prize Senior Division 2008

Runner-Up:
Name: Brigid Cain
School: Central Catholic High School
Project Title: Does the addition of carbon nanofibers affect the compression strength of concrete?

Winner:
Name: Elizabeth Salvaterra
School: Bishop Donahue High School
Project Title: Do Wild Birds Have a Scent Preference?

2008 Society for Science & the Public Middle School Program Awards

Cassandra Famoso
8th grade, St. Michael’s Parish School

Collin Gaus
8th grade, St. Vincent de Paul Parish School

Dana Jackson
7th grade, Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy

Special Awards 2008

Certificate Awards:

ASM International Foundation: Brigid Cain
Central Catholic High School
“Does the Addition of Carbon
Nanofibers Affect the Compression Strength of Concrete?”

American Psychological Assoc: Allison Ferrell
Bishop Donahue High School
“Does Color Affect Long-term
and Short-term Memory Differently?

Herbert Hoover Engineering: Brigid Cain
Central Catholic High School
“Does the Addition of Carbon
Nanofibers Affect the Compression Strength of Concrete?”

National Society of Pro-
fessional Engineers: Blake Humphrey
Triadelphia Middle School
“Science of a Bridge Collapse”

Stockholm Water Prize: Deidre Smith
Bishop Donahue High School
“H2O Filtration: Regulation?”

U.S. Metric Association: Elizabeth Salvaterra
Bishop Donahue High School
“Do Wild Birds Have a Scent Preference?”

Yale Science and Engineering
Association: Jessica Midcap
Bishop Donahue High School
“How to Up Your Chances of
Hitting a Home Run”

Military Awards:

U.S. Air Force (Certificates, Medallion, and a daypack)
Allison Ferrell
Bishop Donahue High School
“Does Color Affect Long-term and Short-term Memory Differently”

Brigid Cain
Central Catholic High School
“Does the Addition of Carbon Nanofibers Affect the Compression Strength of Concrete?”

Marc Sneddon
Bishop Donahue High School
“Are Solar-Powered Hydrogen Cells Better than Fossil
Fuel Alternatives?”

Elizabeth Salvaterra
Bishop Donahue High School
“Do Wild Birds Have a Scent Preference?”

U.S. Army Awards (all 5- Certificate and vouchers for polo shirts, top 1 medallion)
5. Krista Bittengle
Bishop Donahue High School
“Which Practice is Better- Mental or Physical?”

4. Allison Ferrell
Bishop Donahue High School
“Does Color Affect Long-term and Short-term Memory
Differently?”

3. Deidre Smith
Bishop Donahue High School
“H2O Filtration: Regulation?”

2. Elizabeth Salvaterra
Bishop Donahue High School
“Do Wild Birds Have a Scent Preference?”

1. Marc Sneddon
Bishop Donahue High School
“Are Solar-Powered Hydrogen Cells Better than Fossil
Fuel Alternatives?”

U.S. Navy Awards (Certificate + Medallion):
Junior Division:
Aaruran Chandrasekhar
St. Michael’s Parish School
“Friction Addiction- Which Material Conducts More
Friction?”

Zach Hamm
Our Lady of Peace
“Your Teeth and Your Tongue Aren’t the Only Things in
Your Mouth”

Senior Division:
Michael Angalich
Bishop Donahue High School
“Effects of Temperature on Baseballs”

Krista Bittengle
Bishop Donahue High School
“Which Practice is Better- Mental or Physical?”

Cash Awards:

Barbara Sterling Award (2 awards, $50.00 each):
Zach Hamm
Our Lady of Peace
“Your Teeth and Your Tongue Aren’t the Only Things in
Your Mouth”

Megan Rush
Our Lady of Peace
“K-9 Kisses”

Biology Club Award ($25.00):
Rachel Painter
St. Michael’s Parish School
“Picky Kitties”

Chemistry Club Award (2 awards, $50.00 each)
Jr: Josephine Mosman
Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy
“What Type of Breakfast Affects Your School
Performance?”

Sr: Sara Carpenter
Bishop Donahue High School
“How Permanent Are Magic Markers?”

Chi Beta Phi Award ($50.00)
Luke Drnach
St. Vincent de Paul Parish School
“Colloidal Silver: Perilous Poison or Magic Medicine?”

H.A. Cook Multi-Year Project Award ($50.00 each)
Sr: Elizabeth Salvaterra
Bishop Donahue High School
“Do Wild Birds Have a Scent Preference?”

Jr: Collin Gaus
St. Vincent de Paul Parish School
“What Factors Affect Candle Soot- A Second Year
Study”

Humane Award ($100.00):
Zoe Buccella
Home-Schooled
“Winter Feeding the Cantankerous Cardinal”

Near Earth Object Foundation Award ($50.00)
Morgan Carroll
Our Lady of Peace
“ROY G BIV”

Pittsburgh Analytical Chemical Society Awards ($75.00):
Junior Division: Olivia Marie Gazzola
St Vincent de Paul Parish School
“Burning Questions”

Senior Division: Kaylee Purpura
Magnolia High School
“Acrylamide-Do You Want Fries With
That?”

Touchstone Innovation Award ($100.00)
Blake Humphrey
Triadelphia Middle School
“Science of a Bridge Collapse”

WLSC Charles Davis Alumni Award ($50.00):
Aaruran Chandrasekhar
St. Michael Parish School
“Friction Addiction- Which Material Conducts More
Friction?”

Wheeling District Dental Society Award (2 awards, $50.00 each)

Zach Hamm
Our Lady of Peace
“Your Teeth and Your Tongue Aren’t the Only Things in
Your Mouth”

Megan Rush
Our Lady of Peace
“K-9 Kisses”

2008 Junior Division Awards
$100 Cash 1st Place
$50 Cash 2nd Place
Certificates in 3rd and Honorable Mention

Behavioral & Social Science
3rd:
Name: Amirah Moore
School: Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy
Project Title: Exercising with Music

2nd:
Name: Zachary Garrett
School: Warwood School
Project Title: Seeing is Believing

1st:
Name: Madeline Hall
School: Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy
Project Title: Where You Eat: It Matters

Biochemistry
3rd:
Name: Josephine Mosman
School: Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy
Project Title: What type of Breakfast Affects your school performance?

Botany
Honorable Mention:
Name: Cori Carney
School: Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy
Project Title: Which Source Works? Creek water, river water, or tap water.

3rd:
Name: Golnara Baranik
School: Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy
Project Title: Does the Amount of Light Affect Plant Growth?

2nd:
Name: Mary Coleman
School: Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy
Project Title: Plant Growth in Colored Light

1st:
Name: Juan D. Dunlap
School: New Covenant Academy
Project Title: Miracle Gro, Peter’s, or Water?

Chemistry

3rd :
Name: Samantha Millhouse
School: Warwood School
Project Title: What kind of salt melts the ice the fastest?

2nd:
Name: Dana Jackson
School: Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy
Project Title: The Chemistry of Ice Cream Making: Lowering the Freezing Point of Water

1st:
Name: Olivia Marie Gazzola
School: St. Vincent de Paul Parish School
Project Title: Burning Questions

Earth & Space
1st:
Name: Katlyn Beabout
School: St. Vincent de Paul Parish School
Project Title: Weather Forecasts: Accurate or Not?

Engineering
2nd:
Name: Annemarie Krall
School: Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy
Project Title: Edible Acids

1st:
Name: Blake Humphrey
School: Triadelphia Middle School
Project Title: Science of a Bridge Collapse

Environmental
Honorable Mention:
Name: Hannah Roberts
School: Warwood School
Project Title: Which Warms Up Faster, Sand or Water?

3rd:
Name: Danielle Coss
School: Warwood School
Project Title: What’s in your water?

1st:
Name: Collin Gaus
School: St. Vincent de Paul Parish School
Project Title: What factors affect candle soot? A Second year study

Medicine & Health
Honorable Mention:
Name: Luke Drnach
School: St Vincent de Paul Parish School
Project Title: Colloidal Silver: Perilous Poison or Magic Medicine?

3rd:
Name: Anthony Tighe
School: St Vincent de Paul Parish School
Project Title: Best of the Buffers

2nd:
Name: Karen Laska
School: St. Vincent de Paul Parish School
Project Title: Does Eye Color Affect Vision?

1st:
Name: Zach Hamm
School: Our Lady of Peace
Project Title: Your teeth and your tongue aren’t the only things in your mouth

Microbiology
2nd:
Name: Kerri Rogers
School: Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy
Project Title: Dirty Mouth? A Comparison of feline, canine, and human mouths

Physics
3rd:
Name: Emily Armstrong
School: St Vincent de Paul Parish School
Project Title: Power Up with Fruit
2nd:
Name: Michael Tighe
School: St. Vincent de Paul Parish School
Project Title: Which size of ice cools water fastest?
1st:
Name: Aaruran Chandrasekhar
School: St. Michael Parish School
Project Title: FRICTION ADDICTION- Which material conducts more friction?

Zoology
Honorable Mention:
Name: Ali Jamison
School: St. Vincent de Paul Parish School
Project Title: What type of dog toys (hard or soft) does your dog prefer?

3rd:
Name: Zoe Buccella
School: Home School
Project Title: Winter feeding the cantankerous cardinal

2nd:
Name: Megan Rush
School: Our Lady of Peace
Project Title: K-9 Kisses

1st:
Name: Cassandra Famoso
School: St. Michael’s Parish School
Project Title: Caffeine: A Little Fishy?

2008 Senior Division Awards
$100 Cash 1st Place
$50 Cash 2nd Place
Certificates in 3rd and Honorable Mention

Behavioral & Social Science
2nd:
Name: Krista Bittengle
School: Bishop Donahue High School
Project Title: Which practice is better- mental or physical?

1st:
Name: Allison Ferrell
School: Bishop Donahue High School
Project Title: Does Color Affect Long-term and Short-term Memory Differently?

Chemistry
2nd:
Name: Sara Carpenter
School: Bishop Donahue High School
Project Title: How permanent are magic markers?

1st:
Name: Kaylee Purpura
School: Magnolia High School
Project Title: Acrylamide- Do You Want Fries With That?

Engineering
1st:
Name: Brigid Cain
School: Central Catholic High School
Project Title: Does the addition of carbon nanofibers affect the compression strength of concrete?

Environmental Science
Honorable Mention
Name: Marc Sneddon
School: Bishop Donahue High School
Project Title: Are solar-powered hydrogen cells better than fossil fuel alternatives?

1st:
Name: Deidre Smith
School: Bishop Donahue High School
Project Title: H2O Filtration: Regulation?

Medicine & Health
3rd:
Name: Stephanie Kudia
School: Bishop Donahue High School
Project Title: Sports Drink and Reaction Time

Microbiology
Honorable Mention:
Name: Michael Matheny
School: Bishop Donahue High School
Project Title: Dirty Water?

3rd:
Name: Olivia Pavlic
School: Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy
Project Title: Collection of Bacteria in a Water Bottle

Physics
2nd:
Name: Michael Angalich
School: Bishop Donahue High School
Project Title: Effects of Temperature on Baseballs

1st:
Name: Jessica Midcap
School: Bishop Donahue High School
Project Title: How to up your chances of hitting a home run

Zoology
1st:
Name: Elizabeth Salvaterra
School: Bishop Donahue High School
Project Title: Do wild birds have a scent preference?

Team
Honorable Mention:
Name: Travis Montgomery & Garson Taylor
School: Bishop Donahue High School
Project Title: Will it burn?