2009 Fair Results
Best in Fair Awards
Best in Fair Junior ($200 cash)
Decision making in the face of risk
Student: Michael Feldman
School: La Colina Junior High School
Best in Fair Senior ($200 cash)
The Effect of LED Wavelength on the Phototaxis of Artemia
Student: Evan Lincoln
School: San Marcos High School
Best in Division Awards
Junior Biological ($100 cash)
Which Way Is Up?
Student: Sofia Lochner
School: La Colina Junior High School
Junior Behavioral ($100 cash)
Decision making in the face of risk
Student: Michael Feldman
School: La Colina Junior High School
Junior Environmental ($100 cash)
Is There Plastic In Your Water?
Student: Erendiz Tarakci
School: La Colina Junior High School
Junior Microbiological ($100 cash)
Spice It Up: The Effect of Spices on Bacteria
Student: Miranda Ruth
School: Goleta Valley Junior High School
Junior Physical Science ($100 cash)
Clothing Material Matters
Student: Eric Hauser
School: La Colina Junior High School
Junior Mechanical ($100 cash)
Machines In Your Motions
Student: Caroline Vance
School: La Colina Junior High School
Senior Life Science ($100 cash)
The Effect of LED Wavelength on the Phototaxis of Artemia
Student: Evan Lincoln
School: San Marcos High School
Senior Physical Science ($100 cash)
Overpowering Oysters: the Effect of pH on the Bending Moment of Oyster Shells
Student: Ken Farris
School: San Marcos High School
Special Awards
Air & Waste Management Association
Environmentally-related projects with conclusions/ recommendations for improving the environment. ($50 cash)
Solar Powered Electromagnetic Propulsion: Eco-Friendly Solution for the Existing Rail Infrastructure
Student: Nicholas Vanhecke
School: Santa Barbara Christian School
Electrolyze Your Life!
Students: Robin Zelko , Samantha Flattery
School: San Marcos High School
Up in Smoke, A Temporal Analysis of the Effect of Fireplace Smoke on Santa Barbara Air Quality
Student: Anthony Granatelli
School: Marymount School
GO WITH THE FLOW
Student: Forbes Bainou
School: La Colina Junior High School
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
Best Junior Ecology Project ($50 cash)
Is There Plastic In Your Water?
Student: Erendiz Tarakci
School: La Colina Junior High School
Best Senior Ecology Project ($50 cash)
The Effect Of Lipophilic Chain Length of Detergents on Breaking Down Oil in Seawater
Students: Kelly McKay , Jenise Fretz
School: San Marcos High School
Will Winn Memorial Award
Inspiring Goleta Valley Junior High Students to Do Science ($25 cash)
You Can Lead a Person To a Door But You Can't Make Them Open It
Student: Hannah Cruz
School: Goleta Valley Junior High School
Which Salt Works
Students: Joaquin Arias , Rafael Perez
School: Goleta Valley Junior High School
Visualizing Sound
Student: Malika Agrawal
School: Goleta Valley Junior High School
Crystallization of Epsom Salt
Student: Leah Tiethof
School: Goleta Valley Junior High School
Goleta Water District
First Place - Regarding water resources. ($75 cash)
Is There Plastic In Your Water?
Student: Erendiz Tarakci
School: La Colina Junior High School
Second Place - Regarding water resources. ($50 cash)
The Impacts of Urbanization on a Local Stream
Students: Justin Perocco , Jake Castellanos
School: San Marcos High School
Third Place - Regarding water resources. ($25 cash)
Leaching, What's in Your Water?
Student: Nimisha Shinday
School: Goleta Valley Junior High School
Cachuma Lake Nature Center Award
Relating to the Cachuma Lake watershed area ($50 cash)
The Impacts of Urbanization on a Local Stream
Students: Justin Perocco , Jake Castellanos
School: San Marcos High School
Plant Growth and Seed Germination
Student: Aryanna Aronson
School: La Colina Junior High School
Association of Old Crows
Outstanding Project in Electronics or Computers ($50 cash)
Effects of Voltage and Concentration on the Fractal Dimension of Electrodeposited Copper Aggregates
Student: Daniel Gay
School: Goleta Valley Junior High School
Make Your Own Guitar Pickup.
Student: Michael Harris
School: La Colina Junior High School
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Southern California Chapter Award
Bioluminescence Lumination Lessens
Student: Shaunessy Grant
School: Goleta Valley Junior High School
Independent Scientist Award
Which Way Is Up?
Student: Sofia Lochner
School: La Colina Junior High School