2014 Fair Results

Best in Fair Awards

Best in Fair Junior ($200 cash)

Balacing Diversity and Fitness While Evolving Neural Networks

Student: Eric Wilson

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

Best in Fair Senior ($200 cash)

The effects of runoff on Salvia leucantha & Hummingbird interactions

Student: Danny Luu

School: Righetti High School

Best in Division Awards

Junior Biological ($100 cash)

Can Ant Pheromones Communicate Food Quality?

Student: Petey Roney

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

Junior Behavioral ($100 cash)

The Effect of Physical and Mental Exercise on Memory

Student: Miles Gaitan

School: Santa Barbara Junior High

Junior Environmental ($100 cash)

Using Grey Water; Does Your Plant Care?

Student: Claire Velez

School: La Colina Junior High School

Junior Microbiological ($100 cash)

Is Do-It-Yourself Detergent as Good at Cleaning Laundry as a Store Bought Brand?

Student: Amanda Roberts

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

Junior Physical Science ($100 cash)

Balacing Diversity and Fitness While Evolving Neural Networks

Student: Eric Wilson

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

Junior Mechanical ($100 cash)

Testing the Habitability of Exo-planets

Student: Daniela Castleberg

School: Santa Barbara Junior High

Senior Life Science ($100 cash)

The effects of runoff on Salvia leucantha & Hummingbird interactions

Student: Danny Luu

School: Righetti High School

Senior Physical Science ($100 cash)

Purifying Water Using the Thermoelectric Effect

Student: Savannah Benz

School: San Marcos High School

Special Awards

Will Winn Memorial Award

Inspiring Goleta Valley Junior High Students to Do Science ($35 cash)

Chameleon Color Change

Student: Anna Gilmore

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

The effect of different academic subjects on a maladaptive daydreamer's daydream time

Student: Palak Jain

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

Nutrients and Acidity in the Santa Barbara Channel

Student: Sophie Dutsch

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

Air & Waste Management Association

Best junior high projects with recommendations for improving the environment ($50 cash)

Oil vs. Biodiesel

Students: Sam Carroll , Junna Faessel

School: La Cumbre Jr. HS

Which solar water heater is more efficient a parabolic or flat solar water heater

Student: Noah Pang

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

Best high school project with recommendations for improving the environment ($50 cash)

Purifying Water Using the Thermoelectric Effect

Student: Savannah Benz

School: San Marcos High School

Parabolic Solar Water Heater

Students: William deBruynKops , Cooper Johnson

School: Santa Barbara High School

Independent Scientist Award

Winner ($50 cash)

The Effect of Hip Turnout on the Knee Tendon

Student: Sienna Watson

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

Association of Old Crows

Outstanding Project in Electronics or Computers ($50 cash)

Battle of the Bots: NXT vs. EV3

Student: Chloe Chou

School: La Colina Junior High School

Santa Barbara Audubon Socienty: The Joy Parkinson Award

Best project relating to wild birds, conservation, or ecology ($100 cash)

The effects of runoff on Salvia leucantha & Hummingbird interactions

Student: Danny Luu

School: Righetti High School

Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit

Best Project in Astronomy($150 cash)

Testing the Habitability of Exo-planets

Student: Daniela Castleberg

School: Santa Barbara Junior High

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and Ty Warner Sea Center

Best Junior High Project in Marine Sciences

How Wave Energy Affects the Tidal Zone

Student: Izabelle Ruehlman

School: Goleta Valley Junior High School

Best Senior High Project in Marine Sciences ($100 cash)

Beach Changes During a Period of Low Waves and High Tides

Students: Emily Imperato , Megan Hullander

School: San Marcos High School

Water Resources Special Award

Best junior high projects related to water resources, fresh water supplies, and water conservation ($200 cash)

Using Grey Water; Does Your Plant Care?

Student: Claire Velez

School: La Colina Junior High School

Grey Water Effects on Plants

Student: Ava Castanha

School: La Colina Junior High School

Best high school projects related to water resources, fresh water supplies, and water conservationes ($200 cash)

Solar Water Desalination

Student: Matthew Murray

School: Santa Barbara High School