2015 Fair Results
Best in Fair Awards
Best in Fair Junior ($200 cash)
The Art of Praise
Student: Michelle Qin
School: La Colina Junior High School
Best in Fair Senior ($200 cash)
Is Sugar Killing You? -The Effects of Sugar And Aspartame On the Longevity Of C.elegans
Student: Eveline Mayner
School: San Marcos High School
Best in Division Awards
Junior Biological ($100 cash)
The Effect of Nail Polish on Nail Growth
Student: Jennifer Quito Alvarez
School: Santa Barbara Junior High
Junior Behavioral ($100 cash)
The Art of Praise
Student: Michelle Qin
School: La Colina Junior High School
Junior Environmental ($100 cash)
What does it take to make clean water in a contaminated world?
Student: Isabella Hurvitz
School: La Colina Junior High Schoo
Junior Microbiological ($100 cash)
The Effect of Food Preservation Methods on the Enzyme Catalase
Student: Joe Debruynkops
School: Santa Barbara Junior High
Junior Physical Science ($100 cash)
A Computer Program for Counting Particle Trails
Student: Paul Grosen
School: Goleta Valley Junior High School
Junior Mechanical ($100 cash)
Cool Tool (Solar Powered Fridge)
Student: Tayla Beauchesne
School: La Colina Junior High School
Senior Life Science ($100 cash)
Is Sugar Killing You? -The Effects of Sugar And Aspartame On the Longevity Of C.elegans
Student: Eveline Mayner
School: San Marcos High School
Senior Physical Science ($100 cash)
Fecal Matters: Using Wastewater in a Microbial Fuel Cell
Student: Gabriela Goldberg
School: San Marcos High School
Special Awards
Will Winn Memorial Award
Inspiring Goleta Valley Junior High Students to Do Science ($35 cash)
Subconscious Perception
Student: Aidan Strong
School: Goleta Valley Junior High School
Can a dog reduce a adults or a kids stress rate more?
Student: gabby minier
School: Goleta Valley Junior High School
People's Greatest Fears
Student: Mario Aguirre
School: Goleta Valley Junior High School
Building the Purrfect Toy
Student: Jessica Salgado Delgado
School: Goleta Valley Junior High School
Air & Waste Management Association
Best junior high projects with recommendations for improving the environment ($50 cash)
Extracting Water From the Atmosphere Using the Thermoelectric Efect
Student: Savannah Benz
School: San Marcos High School
Running Away From Dust: A Study of Particulate Matter at Atkinson Park in Santa Maria, California.
Student: Patricia Martinez
School: Pioneer Valley HS
Be Clean and Be Green
Student: Angelika Pasion
School: Pioneer Valley HS
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 Nail Polish on Nail Growth
Student: Jennifer Quito Alvarez
School: Santa Barbara Junior High
Association of Old Crows
Outstanding Project in Electronics or Computers ($50 cash)
A Computer Program for Counting Particle Trails
Student: Paul Grosen
School: Goleta Valley Junior High School
Santa Barbara Audubon Socienty: The Joy Parkinson Award
Best project relating to wild birds, conservation, or ecology ($100 cash)
Effects of Iceplant on Soil PH and Temperature
Student: Emma MacArthur-Warner
School: Goleta Valley Junior High School
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and Ty Warner Sea Center
Best Junior High Project in Marine Sciences
Human Impact on Tide Pools
Student: Rosie Campbell
School: Santa Barbara Junior High
Best Senior High Project in Marine Sciences ($100 cash)
Does Brine Impact the Survival of the Tigriopus Californicus Copepod
Student: Spencer Wood
School: San Marcos High School
Water Resources Special Award
Runners-up for best project related to water resources, fresh water supplies, and water conservation ($100 cash)
The Affects of Chemically Altered Water on Grass Growth
Student: Hannah Sugano
School: La Colina Junior High School
The Evapotranspiration of Different Types of Plants
Student: Marlen Valle
School: La Colina Junior High School
Correlation between effects of drought stress and salinity stress on plants
Student: Nathaniel Denson
School: La Cumbre Jr. HS
Best project related to water resources, fresh water supplies, and water conservationes ($200 cash)
The Water Catcher
Student: Jennifer Soh
School: La Colina Junior High School
Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit
Best Project in Astronomy($300 cash)
Discovering New Worlds at Home
Student: Zoe Reifel
School: San Marcos High School