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2019

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2019

CATEGORY AWARDSHigh School

11th - 12th Grade

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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2019

CATEGORY AWARDSHigh School

9th - 10th Grade

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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2019

CATEGORY AWARDSMiddle School

6th - 8th Grade

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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2019

SPECIAL AWARDS

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.