2010 Fair Results

Best in Fair Awards

Best in Fair Junior ($200 cash)

Enzyme Stabilization in Calcified Marine Algae

Student: Madeline Matthys

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

Best in Fair Senior ($200 cash)

Is Rinsing Your Apple Enough?

Student: Jaimie Mayner

School: San Marcos High School

Best in Division Awards

Junior Biological ($100 cash)

Don't Drink and Sing

Student: Cole Kurth

School: La Colina Junior High School

Junior Behavioral ($100 cash)

Detecting Image Forgeries

Student: Varsha Manjunath

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

Junior Environmental ($100 cash)

Living in Acid

Student: Alyssa Mueller

School: La Colina Junior High School

Junior Microbiological ($100 cash)

Beating Bacteria: What is the Best Bet?

Student: Siena Okomo

School: Santa Barbara Junior High

Junior Physical Science ($100 cash)

Enzyme Stabilization in Calcified Marine Algae

Student: Madeline Matthys

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

Junior Mechanical ($100 cash)

Concrete... A Use For Used Tires

Student: Jenna Hulme

School: La Colina Junior High School

Senior Life Science ($100 cash)

Is Rinsing Your Apple Enough?

Student: Jaimie Mayner

School: San Marcos High School

Senior Physical Science ($100 cash)

Factors Affecting Gas Diffusion

Student: Michael Feldman

School: San Marcos High School

Special Awards

Notable projects promoting green values

Honorable Mention ($10 cash)

Geyser Power

Student: Jocelyn Flattery

School: San Marcos High School


Wave Energy Extraction System

Students: Hannah Ontiveros , Hayes Dunn

School: St. Joseph High School


Concrete... A Use For Used Tires

Student: Jenna Hulme

School: La Colina Junior High School


Winner ($25 cash)

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)Geyser Power

Student: Jocelyn Flattery

School: San Marcos High School


Solar Oven Improvement

Student: Julia Pilkington

School: Bishop Garcia Diego H.S.


Optimal Hydrogen Concentration for HHO Rocket Fuel

Student: Kyle Kovacs

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School


Concrete... A Use For Used Tires

Student: Jenna Hulme

School: La Colina Junior High School


Skimming the Surface: An Investigation in Oil Spill Clean-up Technology

Student: Jieh Meinhold

School: La Colina Junior High School


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)

Exhausted Grass

Student: Katie Lefley

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

Best Senior Ecology Project ($50 cash)

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)

Where's My Food?

Students: Jodi Balster , Andrea Laughrin

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School


Effective and Cost-Efficient Disinfectants

Student: Sophia Zheng

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School


Contrasting the Visible Light Spectrum

Student: Julia DeRogatis

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School


Can Harmless Water Insects Be Contaminating Creeks?

Student: Brandon Kelley

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

Water Resources Special Award

Winner - Regarding water resources. ($200 cash)

Wilderness Water: Which is Safest?

Student: William Burre

School: La Colina Junior High School

Runner Up - Regarding water resources. ($150 cash)

The Impacts of Urbanization on a Local Stream

Students: Justin Perocco , Jake Castellanos

School: San Marcos High School

Best Project in Marine Science

Best Projects in Marine Science ($100 cash)

HUMAN IMPACTS ON ROCKY INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENTS: SAN NICHOLAS ISLAND VERSUS THE CALIFORNIA COAST

Student: Emerson Pizzinat

School: La Colina Junior High School

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)

Single Coil Pickup Variations

Student: Austin Howard

School: La Colina Junior High School

Construction of an High Q Tuner for a Simple AM Radio

Student: Mary Lou Bailey

School: Bishop Garcia Diego H.S.

Independent Scientist Award

Compressed for Time: Examining file compression in computers

Student: Andrew Dutcher

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School