2019 AWARDS 2019
2019
AWARDS2019
2019
CATEGORY AWARDSHigh School
11th - 12th Grade
2019
Delaware Valley University Scholarships
Delaware Valley Universityis offering the Heritage Award – a scholarship
worth $14,000 per year for 4-years - to all winners in the 11th – 12th
Grade Fair.
Additionally, the University is offering Full Tuition Scholarships to the 1st
place award winners in the Biochemistry and Chemistry Categories of the
11th – 12th Grade Fair.
2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences (11-12)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Aparna Dev 12The Effect of Artificial Additives on Drosophila Melanogaster
Behavior
Council Rock High
School- NorthTerese Grateful
2 Lina Choe 12 Testing the Effects of Caffeine on the Stress ResponseCouncil Rock High
School- NorthTerese Grateful
3 Margaret Zheng 12 Affective Political Polarization in the U.S.Council Rock High
School- NorthTerese Grateful
Biochemistry (11-12)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Andrew Yang 11Antioxidative Effects of Ascorbic Acid on Cisplatin-Induced
Cytotoxicity
Central Bucks High
School- EastJudy Elinow
2 Ling Xu 11The Effect of Almond Phytochemicals on Tumor
Development in Planaria
Central Bucks High
School- EastJudy Elinow
3 Sindhura Siddapureddy 12An In-Silico Approach to Immuno-Oncology: Novel Small
Molecule Inhibitors of the PD-1 Immune Checkpoint
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
HM Isabella Swartz 11Selective Induction of Toxicity in Hepatitis B Virus-Infected
Cells via Natural Products
Central Bucks High
School- SouthMark Hayden
HM Samantha Zanine 11 APOA2 Protein in Liver Cancer CellsCentral Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
Botany (11-12)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Tara Czekner 11How Can Changing the Makeup of a Propagation Gel Affect
Growth?
Villa Joseph Marie High
SchoolJohn Gentile
2 Jaden Schoenfeld 12 Human Urine Fertilizer Effects on Vigna radiataCouncil Rock High
School- NorthTerese Grateful
2019
Chemistry (11-12)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Gabriel Wingert 12The Effect of Different Metal Alloy Thin Films on the Thermal
Conductivity of Germanium, Calcium, and Manganese
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
2 Janice Chen 11Potassium Bicarbonate and Sodium Bicarbonate as an
Additive Fire Retardant in Paint
Central Bucks High
School- EastJudy Elinow
3 Lawrence Tsai 11 Effect of pH on Iron CorrosionCouncil Rock High
School- NorthStacey Gould
HM Jing Lin 12
Applying Solubility to Dissolve Fabrics That Only Contain
One Material and Reclaim Individual Components of Mixed
Fabric
Council Rock High
School- SouthMatthew Ciaudelli
Computer Science (11-12)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Ryan Young 11A Novel Implementation of a Convolutional Neural Network
for the Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease
Council Rock High
School- NorthTerese Grateful
2 Dylan Sheils 11Machine Learning: Learning Nonlinearly Separable Problems
(XOR)
Council Rock High
School- NorthStacey Gould
3 Aakhil Kassim 11 Training a Neural Network with ElectroencephalographyCouncil Rock High
School- NorthTerese Grateful
HM Garrett Fitzgerald 11 Networking Vehicular TransportCentral Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
HM Vinayak Jayaprakash 11 Internet Of Things- Study Of Bluetooth Low Energy SecurityCouncil Rock High
School- NorthTerese Grateful
Earth and Space Science (11-12)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Matthew Curry 11Recording Epicenter Dist. and Mag. with a Budget
Seismograph
Central Bucks High
School- EastJudy Elinow
2 Fiona McGinley 12Effectiveness of Using Caltha palustris as a Soft Structure to
Protect Against Shoreline Erosion
Council Rock High
School- SouthMegan Mohl
2019
Engineering (11-12)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 James Darcy 11 Obstacle Avoidance with an ArduinoCentral Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
2 Eric Holst 12Lemonized MXenes for Energy
Storage
Council Rock High
School- NorthTerese Grateful
3 Nathan Nazareth 11Environmentally Efficient Method of De-icing railroads using
biomimicry
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
HM Gabriella Lee 11 Mind Control: The Best Way to CommunicateCentral Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
HM Alexandra Worrall 11How Can A Robot Be Programmed So That It Can Sense
The Delicacy Of An Object?
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
HM Nicole Loza 12Testing Effectiveness of Small-Scale Manufactured
Graphene Sheets
Council Rock High
School- SouthMegan Mohl
HM Jackson Weiler 11Creation of Energy Through the Microbial Production of
Hydrogen
Council Rock High
School- NorthStacey Gould
Environmental Science (11-12)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Cassidy Pitts 12 Bioremediation of Bitumen with Naturally Present BacteriaCentral Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
2 Jordan Checkoff 11
Comparing Ideal Salinities of Potential Oil-Eating Bacteria
Pseudomonas putida and Bacillus subtilis for Oil Degradation
for More Efficient Bioremediation
Council Rock High
School- SouthMegan Mohl
3 Saikrishna Manojkumar 11Understanding How Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Affects
Phytoremediation of Lead in the Environment
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
HM Abhimanyu Nangunoori 11Temperature’s Effect on the Ability of Biodegradation by P.
Putida
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
HM Abbey Kollar 12 Using Natural Sorbent Combinations in Oil Spill CleanupCouncil Rock High
School- NorthTerese Grateful
2019
Mathematics (11-12)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Francis Peng 11 Relating Combinatoric Identities with Logical InspectionCentral Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
2 Samantha Remmey 11 A Variation of the Monty Hall ProblemCentral Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
3 Walker Anderson 12 Computational Complexity of Polyomino Packing ProblemsCentral Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
Medicine and Health Sciences (11-12)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Jessica Wang 11
Development of EnCore Lipid Nanoparticles to Facilitate the
Delivery of β-catenin Targeting siRNA to Tumor Cells for
Cancer Therapy
Council Rock High
School- SouthMatthew Ciaudelli
2 Rishi Vaidyanath 11The Kinetics of G10 Induced Apoptosis in hSTING Producing
Hepatocytes
Central Bucks High
School- EastMark Hayden
3 Sabrina Antonucci 12SMAC Mimetic Induces Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen-
Mediated Apoptosis in Hepatocytes
Central Bucks High
School- EastMark Hayden
HM Anna Szeto 12Cherries as an Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Agent in
Drosophila Melanogaster
Council Rock High
School- NorthStacey Gould
HM Lauren Spadt 12Exosomal Presence of α₁-Antitrypsin and SERPINA1 as
Biomarkers for HCC
Central Bucks High
School- SouthMark Hayden
Microbiology (11-12)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Cynthia Mathai 12The Effect of Curcumin on the Growth of Escherichia coli and
Serratia marcescens
Council Rock High
School- SouthMegan Mohl
2 Madison Charnigo 11Exosomal Haptoglobin Potential as Protein Biomarker for
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Central Bucks High
School- EastMark Hayden
3 Grace Enright 12Screening a Natural Products Library for Listeria Growth
Inhibitors
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
3 Alec Maraska 11Programmed Apoptotic Hepatocellular Death Induced by
SMAC Mimetic on SHB-Producing Cells
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
2019
Physics (11-12)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Matthew Billemeyer 12An Analysis of the Thermodynamic Properties of Germanium
Thin Films with Varying Thicknesses
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
Zoology (11-12)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Aditya Gunturi 11Role of Nitric Oxide in Heart Rate Modulation in Daphnia
Magna
Central Bucks High
School- EastJudy Elinow
2 Abigail Lustig 12The Effects of E-Cigarette Vapor on Drosophila at Different
Stages in the Life Cycle
Council Rock High
School- NorthTerese Grateful
3 Elissa Bulkin 11 Can Learning Be Detected in Gromphadorhina portentosaCouncil Rock High
School- SouthMatthew Ciaudelli
Team (11-12)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Run Jia Pan 11 Determining the Identity of an Unknown Human SkeletonCentral Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
Giulia Pascucci 11
2 Amy Bloesch 11Ocean Acidification: How CO2 Emissions Are Affecting The
Ocean's Wildlife
Villa Joseph Marie High
SchoolJohn Gentile
Emily Dwyer 11
HM Madeline Miller 11 Plant Growth In Different EcosystemsVilla Joseph Marie High
SchoolMegan Preedy
Abby Wyatt 11
HM Kathleen Campbell 11 What Is the Most Successful SunscreenVilla Joseph Marie High
SchoolJohn Gentile
Molly Taylor 11
2019
CATEGORY AWARDSHigh School
9th - 10th Grade
2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences (9-10)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Sadie Furgiuele 10 Is There a Behavioral Difference in Believability of a
Statement Said by an Expert vs a Celebrity
Central Bucks High
School- West
Mark Hayden
2 Jared Daniel 10 Children with Early Mental Illness: A Surveyed Study of the
Impact of the School Environment
Central Bucks High
School- West
Mark Hayden
Biochemistry (9-10)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Katie Burke 9 Measurement of Substrate Binding Affinity and Catalytic
Efficiency of Invertase
Council Rock High
School- South
Matthew Ciaudelli
2 Isha Dev 9 What is the Optimal pH for Catalase? Council Rock High
School- North
Terese Grateful
3 Katherine Daniels 9 Effects of Carvedilol on Drosophila Social Interaction Council Rock High
School- North
Terese Grateful
HM Sophie Kadan 10The Effect of Aphanizomenon Flos-aquae on HEK293
Embryonic Cell Growth
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
Botany (9-10)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Veronica Swartz 9The Effect of Lighting Conditions on Anthocyanin Expression
in Leaf Lettuce
Tamanend Middle
SchoolMark Hayden
2019
Chemistry (9-10)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Karen Song 9 Watering Plants Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon
2 Valarie Rubinstein 9 Analyzing the Fire Resistance of Various Household FabricsVilla Joseph Marie High
SchoolJamie Weiss
Computer Science (9-10)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Michael Rybalkin 10An Autonomous Self-Driving Survey Car For Assistance In
Search And Rescue Missions
Central Bucks High
School- EastJudy Elinow
2 Shivam Singh 10 Affordable Blind Spot DetectionCouncil Rock High
School- NorthStacey Gould
3 Jessica Kuo 10 Data Analysis of HBV with PythonCentral Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
HM Erin Young 9A Neural Network for the Analysis and Prediction of Historic
and Future Sports Information
Council Rock High
School- NorthStacey Gould
Earth and Space Science (9-10)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Elena Tawa 9What Is Gravity, And How Does It Effect The Trajectory Of
Galactic Objects?Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon
2 Megan Kraunelis 9 Which Area has Less Light PollutionVilla Joseph Marie High
SchoolMegan Preedy
2019
Engineering (9-10)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Jeremy Gamble 10 Determining the Resistivity of Alloys on the Molecular LevelCentral Bucks High
School- EastMark Hayden
2 Nicholas Worrall 9What Is The Best Base Isolator For A Bridge During An
EarthquakeLenape Middle School Mark Hayden
Environmental Science (9-10)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Lea Wang 9Observing Differences in Air Quality Through the
Identification of Lichens
Council Rock High
School- SouthMatthew Ciaudelli
2 Raj Kansara 10Efficiency of Various Microplastic Filtration Systems for Tap
Water
Council Rock High
School- NorthTerese Grateful
3 Cameron Schmidt 10Usability of Recycled Polylactide and Acrylonitrile Butadiene
Styrene via Filament Extrusion for 3D Printing Applications
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
HM Anirudh Nangunoori 10 Viability of Used Oil for BiodieselCentral Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
Mathematics (9-10)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Minseo Oh 10 Creating Fractals and Determining the Hausdorff DimensionsCentral Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
2019
Medicine and Health Sciences (9-10)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Flavien Moise 9 Drug to Defeat DiabetesCouncil Rock High
School- NorthTerese Grateful
2 Veronika Durr 10Comparative Study of Efficacy of a Variety of Sunscreen
Lotions
Quakertown
Community High
School
Mark Hayden
3 Griffin Smith 10 Biological Profile of a SkeletonCentral Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
HM Vineet Nayak 10The Effect of Various Food Materials on the Speed of Blood
Flow
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
HM Amanda George 10Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Metabolic
Studies of Low-Grade Gliomas of Childhood
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
Microbiology (9-10)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Shivani Kumar 9 Sunlight Vs. Clay Pots: Cheap Water Decontamination Council Rock High
School- SouthMegan Mohl
2 Gianna Fiduccia 10
Will Four Common Antibiotics (Penicillin, Ampicillin,
Neomycin, and Erythromycin) Have the Same Effect on Both
Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Bacteria?
Villa Joseph Marie High
SchoolJohn Gentile
Physics (9-10)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Bode Wildgrube 10 The Effects of a Curved Wingtip on LiftCouncil Rock High
School- NorthStacey Gould
2 Elizabeth Bowe 9 Wi-Fi's RangeVilla Joseph Marie High
SchoolJohn Gentile
2019
Team (9-10)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Claire Brodish 10 The Effect of Fruit Extract on the Growth of E. Coli Central Bucks High
School- EastJudy Elinow
Alexa Horvath 10
2 Maya Joseph 10 Soil Erosion Experiment Villa Joseph Marie High
SchoolKaren Scott
Emily Verespy 10
HM Milo Jezzeny 10The Effect of Soil Salt Stress on Plant Health and Plant
Ethylene
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
Dana Zhang 10
HM Jessica Angelucci 10Analyzing Plant Growth Using Organic and Chemical
Fertilizers
Villa Joseph Marie High
SchoolJohn Gentile
Alexandra Venth 10
2019
CATEGORY AWARDSMiddle School
6th - 8th Grade
2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences (6-8)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Julia Trumbo 8 Analyzing Ability of Different Species on Maze Completion Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager
2 Owen Huy 8 Will Color Affect Tastes In Different Drinks St. Jude School Anita Marko
HM Ella Lee 8 How Age Affects Time Perception Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager
HM Kailee Lynch 8 Color and Memory: A Surprising Alliance Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti
Biochemistry (6-8)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Max Lin 7 Pineapple PandemoniumNewtown Middle
SchoolMary Joy Troxel
2 Anthony Michael 8 The Effects of Soda Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti
HM Leo Ritz 8 How Smell Affects Taste Holicong Middle School Ashley Gresko
HM Annie Young 8 Analyzing Algae Photosynthesis With Different Climates Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti
Botany (6-8)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Carter Philo 8Studying Mushrooms Ability To Use Melanin In Their Skin To
Produce Food From RadiationLenape Middle School Deborah Wysocki
2 Klement Swartz 8 Effects of Tannin Seed Coating on GerminationTamanend Middle
SchoolMark Hayden
HM Liam Donnelly 8What is the Most Efficient Way to Preserve Fresh Water in
Agriculture?Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon
HM Lauren Boylan 8 How Cacti are Affected by a Cold Environment Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon
2019
Chemistry (6-8)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Clare Farrington 7 Bomb Calorimeter
Classical
Conversations of
Buckingham
Gloria Bayne
2 Raya Perate 6 How to Control Damage from Laundry Pods St. Andrew School Tracy Boedewig
HM Grace Canally 8 Comparing Digestion in Cat Food Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti
HM Nathan Chen 8Effects of Combining Coagulants in the Precipitation of Soy
ProteinHolicong Middle School Robert Meletti
HM Jackson Laing 8 Melting Ice the Fastest On Different Surfaces Lenape Middle School Deborah Wysocki
HM Jessie Jin 8 Which Electrolyte Produces the Most Oxygen?Newtown Middle
SchoolDave Curry
Computer Science (6-8)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Sean Blizard 8Measuring the Accuracy and Confidence of Facial
Recognition Holicong Middle School Ashley Gresko
2 Krithi Ramnath 7 Identifying the Best Sort Algorithm Newtown Middle
SchoolMary Joy Troxel
HM Alex Levinson 8 Staying Charged Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti
HM Alexander Robertson 8 Sorting Algorithm Speeds on Various Hardware Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti
2019
Consumer Science (6-8)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Kaitlyn Walters 8 How Color Effects Memory Holicong Middle School Ashley Gresko
2 Genevieve Adamow 6 Color Me ProtectedOur Lady of Mount
Carmel SchoolTeresa Yaegel
HM Madelynn Dovan 7 Timing Which Brand Of Markers Lasts Longer St. Jude School Anita Marko
HM Olivia Krempa 7 Which Food has the Most Glucose in it? St. Jude School Anita Marko
Earth and Space Science (6-8)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Liliane May 8 Analyzing Spectral Lines Using a Homemade Spectrometer Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager
2 Caroline Taylor 8 How Does Distance Affect The Brightness Of A Star Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager
HM Keanan Alemao 8 Improving the Key to Astronomy Holicong Middle School Ashley Gresko
HM Blake Simonson 6 Plant's Music TastesOur Lady of Mount
Carmel SchoolTeresa Yaegel
2019
Engineering (6-8)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Katie Monaghan 8 The Effectiveness of Sunglasses Against UV Radiation Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti
2 Nathan Mutchler 8How Does the Design of a Paper Airplane Effect It's Flying
Distance and Speed?Holicong Middle School Ashley Gresko
HM Francis Torres 8 The Silent Leacher - Analyzing Leaching of Bisphenol A Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti
HM Regan Eater 8 Tire Pressure: How it Affects Bike Performance Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti
HM Ryan Schwartz 8Comparing Sound Absorption of Common Objects &
Acoustical FoamsHolicong Middle School Robert Meletti
HM Ben Flego 8 The Best Skate Wax Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti
HM Barbora Mickute 8Most Efficient Way To Make Pond and Stream Water
Potable.Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti
Environmental Science (6-8)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Kaveena Ponamgi 8 Water Filtration With Green Materials Holicong Middle School Ashley Gresko
2 Chester Kempinski 8How Green Algae Can Bioremediate a source of Waste
WaterHolicong Middle School Carrie Bannon
HM Julia Rhodes 7 Energy From Compost Holland Middle School Mary Krempa
HM Hannah Knapp 7Analyzing the decomposition of different
biodegradable/compostable materials
Newtown Middle
SchoolMary Joy Troxel
2019
Mathematics (6-8)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Charley Wan 8Analyzing Performance of Different Catapults Through
Component AdjustmentsHolicong Middle School Robert Meletti
2 Samuel Blick 8Best Possible Opening Buys in Dominion Based on Buying
and Gaining Power
Newtown Middle
SchoolDave Curry
Medicine and Health Sciences (6-8)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Ally Cenci 8 Testing The Effectiveness Of Sunscreen. Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti
2 Elisabeth Davis 8The Effects of the Amount of Sleep One Receives on One's
BodyHolicong Middle School Carrie Bannon
HM Avery Ralph 8 The Effects of Antioxidants on Cancer Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti
HM Rohan Shetty 8Measuring Elongation of Patellar Tendon in Various
StretchesHolicong Middle School Robert Meletti
Microbiology (6-8)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Logan Brannan 8 How Does Dog Saliva Affect Bacterial Growth? Lenape Middle School Deborah Wysocki
2 Trinity Meehan 8 Which Hand Sanitize Inhibits K 12 E. coli St. Jude School Anita Marko
HM Caroline Alegado 8Is Hand Sanitizer of Soap more Effective in Inhibiting the
Growth of K-12 E. Coli?St. Jude School Anita Marko
2019
Physics (6-8)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Nathaniel Schwenker 8How Does The Shape Of A Bottle Rocket Nozzle Affect Its
Efficiency
Newtown Middle
SchoolMary Joy Troxel
2 Mason Matich 8 Shake, Rattle, and Roll: Seismic Design Effectiveness Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti
HM Dhaval Tantry 8 Wind Energy: Viable Source Or Bust Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti
HM Marianne Moise 6 What Materials Block Sound?Sol Feinstone
ElementaryStacey Gould
Zoology (6-8)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Shea Maxwell 7 Which Age Group of Dogs is the Smartest? St. Jude School Anita Marko
2 Savannah Burmaster 8 Can You Train Guinea Pigs by Sound Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon
2019
Team (6-8)
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Kelsey Blackshire 7How Temperature Affects the Chemical Reaction Rate of
Glow SticksSt. Andrew School Tracy Boedewig
Catharine DeGraw 7
2 Meghan Duffner 8 Does Mindset Change With Age? St. Jude School Anita Marko
Kalie Mogg 8
HM Laurel Blaine 7 What is the Best Bubble Solution St. Andrew School Tracy Boedewig
Ava Eiben 7
HM Reese Berry 7 Which iPhone Charges the Fastest St. Jude School Anita Marko
Kate Norbury 7
HM Kelsey Gallagher 7 Graffiti Removal St. Jude School Anita Marko
Colette Kirlin 7
HM Lukas Hudock 7 How Acidic Water Makes Rocks Disappear St. Jude School Anita Marko
Samuel Johnsson 7
HM Marisa Bencivengo 8 Spotting Levels in Dance St. Andrew School Tracy Boedewig
Ava Selzer 8
HM Kristin Taylor 6 An Excellent Eggsperiment St. Andrew School Tracy Boedewig
Sara Zink 6
2019
SPECIAL AWARDS
2019
Fred Beans Award
First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
James Darcy 11 Obstacle Avoidance with an ArduinoCentral Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
Jacob Adam Andrzejczuk 7How Do Different Gasoline Octane Levels Effect Engine
Performance?St. Jude School Anita Marko
Gabriel Bixby 7
American Society of Microbiology - Eastern PA Branch
First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
Cassidy Pitts 12 Bioremediation of Bitumen with Naturally Present BacteriaCentral Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
Reckner Award
First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
Genevieve Adamow 6 Color Me ProtectedOur Lady of Mount
Carmel SchoolTeresa Yaegel
Madelynn Dovan 7 Timing Which Brand Of Markers Lasts Longer St. Jude School Anita Marko
Baruch S. Blumberg High School Science Award
First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
Eric Sohn 11 Toxicity of DMSO on Planaria RegenerationCouncil Rock High
School- NorthStacey Gould
Jessica Wang 11
Development of EnCore Lipid Nanoparticles to Facilitate the
Delivery of β-catenin Targeting siRNA to Tumor Cells for
Cancer Therapy
Council Rock High
School- SouthMatthew Ciaudelli
2019
Edwin Krieg Memorial Award
First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
Nathaniel Schwenker 8How Does The Shape Of A Bottle Rocket Nozzle Affect Its
Efficiency
Newtown Middle
SchoolMary Joy Troxel
Philadelphia Association for Critical Thinking (PhACT) Awards
Place First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
1 Carter Philo 8Studying Mushrooms Ability To Use Melanin In Their Skin To
Produce Food From RadiationLenape Middle School Deborah Wysocki
2 Lina Hofmann 8 Suggested Recognition creates False memories Lenape Middle School Deborah Wysocki
3 Annie Young 8 Analyzing Algae Photosynthesis With Different Climates Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti
HM Brooke Wassmann 8 Two Truths and a Lie: Analyzing the Success of a Polygraph Lenape Middle School Deborah Wysocki
HM Caroline Alegado 8Is Hand Sanitizer of Soap more Effective in Inhibiting the
Growth of K-12 E. Coli?St. Jude School Anita Marko
Equorum et Plus
First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
Olivia Maurer 7Does Age and Weight Affect How Quickly A Horse Can
Change Their LeadSt. Jude School Anita Marko
Ava Wojtko 7
2019
Council Rock Education Association (CREA) Research Award
First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
Julia Rhodes 7 Energy From Compost Holland Middle School Mary Krempa
Katie Burke 9Measurement of Substrate Binding Affinity and Catalytic
Efficiency of Invertase
Council Rock High
School- SouthMatthew Ciaudelli
Lauryn Cove 12The Effects of Different Concentrations of Glyphosate on the
Viability of Lactobacillus acidophilus
Council Rock High
School- SouthMegan Mohl
CB Cares Educational Foundation Research Award
First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
Grace Kussay 8 How Effective is Your Shampoo? St. Andrew School Tracy Boedewig
Bianca Nace 8
Sophie Kadan 10The Effect of Aphanizomenon Flos-aquae on HEK293
Embryonic Cell Growth
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
Eric Sohn 11 Toxicity of DMSO on Planaria RegenerationCouncil Rock High
School- NorthStacey Gould
Lampire Biological Laboratories Award
First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
Sindhura Siddapureddy 12An In-Silico Approach to Immuno-Oncology: Novel Small
Molecule Inhibitors of the PD-1 Immune Checkpoint
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
Eric Sohn 11 Toxicity of DMSO on Planaria RegenerationCouncil Rock High
School- NorthStacey Gould
Madison Charnigo 11Exosomal Haptoglobin Potential as Protein Biomarker for
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Central Bucks High
School- EastMark Hayden
2019
Central Bucks Education Association (CBEA) Research Award
First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
Carter Philo 8Studying Mushrooms Ability To Use Melanin In Their Skin To
Produce Food From RadiationLenape Middle School Deborah Wysocki
Griffin Smith 10 Biological Profile of a SkeletonCentral Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
Sindhura Siddapureddy 12An In-Silico Approach to Immuno-Oncology: Novel Small
Molecule Inhibitors of the PD-1 Immune Checkpoint
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
Mideastern Region PSEA/Council for the Advancement of Public Schools Award
First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
Sean Blizard 8Measuring the Accuracy and Confidence of Facial
Recognition Holicong Middle School Ashley Gresko
Kaveena Ponamgi 8 Water Filtration With Green Materials Holicong Middle School Ashley Gresko
Claire Brodish 10 The Effect of Fruit Extract on the Growth of E. Coli Central Bucks High
School- EastJudy Elinow
Alexa Horvath 10
Veronica Swartz 9The Effect of Lighting Conditions on Anthocyanin Expression
in Leaf Lettuce
Tamanend Middle
SchoolMark Hayden
Matthew Curry 11Recording Epicenter Dist. and Mag. with a Budget
Seismograph
Central Bucks High
School- EastJudy Elinow
James Darcy 11 Obstacle Avoidance with an ArduinoCentral Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
2019
Rissinger Team Work Award
First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
Lily Fry 9 Using a Digital Camera to Measure Skyglow Lenape Middle School Jennifer Yeager
Trisha George 9
Ellen Winters 9
Meghan Duffner 8 Does Mindset Change With Age? St. Jude School Anita Marko
Kalie Mogg 8
DOW Chemical Company Award
First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
Klement Swartz 8 Effects of Tannin Seed Coating on GerminationTamanend Middle
SchoolMark Hayden
Elena Tawa 9What Is Gravity, And How Does It Effect The Trajectory Of
Galactic Objects?Holicong Middle School Carrie Bannon
Jordan Checkoff 11
Comparing Ideal Salinities of Potential Oil-Eating Bacteria
Pseudomonas putida and Bacillus subtilis for Oil Degradation
for More Efficient Bioremediation
Council Rock High
School- SouthMegan Mohl
2019
Delaware Valley University - Full Tuition Scholarship
First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
Gabriel Wingert 12The Effect of Different Metal Alloy Thin Films on the Thermal
Conductivity of Germanium, Calcium, and Manganese
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
Andrew Yang 11Antioxidative Effects of Ascorbic Acid on Cisplatin-Induced
Cytotoxicity
Central Bucks High
School- EastJudy Elinow
Delaware Valley University - Heritage Award
William Rissinger Award
First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
Mason Matich 8 Shake, Rattle, and Roll: Seismic Design Effectiveness Holicong Middle School Robert Meletti
Michael Dappolone Memorial Award
First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
Flavien Moise 9 Drug to Defeat DiabetesCouncil Rock High
School- NorthTerese Grateful
Darlene Jones Award
First Last Grade Project Title School Name Adult Sponsor
Alec Maraska 11Programmed Apoptotic Hepatocellular Death Induced by
SMAC Mimetic on SHB-Producing Cells
Central Bucks High
School- WestMark Hayden
The Heritage Award, an institutional merit-based scholarship worth $56,000 over four years ($14,000 annually), was awarded to
all students receiving a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or Honorable Mention in the 11-12 grade fair.