Winners

2010 Special Award Winners

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Notable projects promoting green values

  Honorable Mention ($10 cash)
    (2803) Geyser Power
        Student: Jocelyn Flattery
        School: San Marcos High School

    (2811) Wave Energy Extraction System
        Students: Hannah Ontiveros , Hayes Dunn
        School: St. Joseph High School

    (1620) Concrete... A Use For Used Tires
        Student: Jenna Hulme
        School: La Colina Junior High School

  Winner ($25 cash)
    (2711) Solar Oven Improvement
        Student: Julia Pilkington
        School: Bishop Garcia Diego H.S.

Air & Waste Management Association

  Environmentally-related projects with conclusions/ recommendations for improving the environment. ($50 cash)
    (2803) Geyser Power
        Student: Jocelyn Flattery
        School: San Marcos High School

    (2711) Solar Oven Improvement
        Student: Julia Pilkington
        School: Bishop Garcia Diego H.S.

    (1610) Optimal Hydrogen Concentration for HHO Rocket Fuel
        Student: Kyle Kovacs
        School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

    (1620) Concrete... A Use For Used Tires
        Student: Jenna Hulme
        School: La Colina Junior High School

    (1616) Skimming the Surface: An Investigation in Oil Spill Clean-up Technology
        Student: Jieh Meinhold
        School: La Colina Junior High School

    (1307) The Truth About Burned Soil
        Students: Dan Roman , Coop Pugh
        School: La Colina Junior High School

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis

  Best Junior Ecology Project ($50 cash)
    (1304) Exhausted Grass
        Student: Katie Lefley
        School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

  Best Senior Ecology Project ($50 cash)
    (2711) Solar Oven Improvement
        Student: Julia Pilkington
        School: Bishop Garcia Diego H.S.

Will Winn Memorial Award

  Inspiring Goleta Valley Junior High Students to Do Science ($25 cash)
    (1103) Where's My Food?
        Students: Jodi Balster , Andrea Laughrin
        School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

    (1403) Effective and Cost-Efficient Disinfectants
        Student: Sophia Zheng
        School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

    (1514) Contrasting the Visible Light Spectrum
        Student: Julia DeRogatis
        School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

    (1410) Can Harmless Water Insects Be Contaminating Creeks?
        Student: Brandon Kelley
        School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

Independent Scientist Award

   ($50 cash)
    (1506) Compressed for Time: Examining file compression in computers
        Student: Andrew Dutcher
        School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

Independent Scientist Award

  Best project done with minimal resources and mentorship (a.k.a. kitchen/garage science award) ($50 cash)
    Prize not awarded

Best Project in Marine Science

  Best Projects in Marine Science ($100 cash)
    (1101) HUMAN IMPACTS ON ROCKY INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENTS: SAN NICHOLAS ISLAND VERSUS THE CALIFORNIA COAST
        Student: Emerson Pizzinat
        School: La Colina Junior High School

    (2712) Analysis of Red Coralline Algae from the Intertidal Region of Shell Beach, California
        Student: Urina Kim
        School: St. Joseph High School

Association of Old Crows

  Outstanding Project in Electronics or Computers ($50 cash)
    (1609) Single Coil Pickup Variations
        Student: Austin Howard
        School: La Colina Junior High School

    (2807) Construction of an High Q Tuner for a Simple AM Radio
        Student: Mary Lou Bailey
        School: Bishop Garcia Diego H.S.

Water Resources Special Award

  Honorable Mention ($100 cash)
    Prize not awarded

  Runner Up ($150 cash)
    (1408) Wilderness Water: Which is Safest?
        Student: William Burre
        School: La Colina Junior High School

  Winner ($200 cash)
    (1312) Clean Water... Or is it?
        Student: Phillip Downey
        School: La Colina Junior High School