Pikes Peak Regional Science Fair Results
Mar 14, 2005


Grand Awards


Senior High Grand Award

Herklotz, Patrick [12], Pine Creek HS/Carol Wheeler: ``Tracking the genes for dyslexia: An expanded study''

Senior High Grand Award Runner Up

Sidman, Adam [11], Palmer HS/Brad Bogard: ``Camera stabilization: Take two''

Junior High Grand Award

Busby, Ben [7], North MS/Stori Zimmerman: ``The effects of Echinacea on tumor cells''

Junior High Grand Award Runner Up

Knight, Dan [8], Sabin MS/Rose Di Censo: ``Aeronautical aerodynamics''

Senior Division People's Choice

Turner, Christian [7], Classical Academy - North/Candus Muir: ``Wind tunnel and shapes - What a drag!''

Junior Division People's Choice

Friesen, Forrest [10], Palmer HS/Darin Smith: ``Existing technology applied to pseudoholographic visual immersion''

Senior Awards


First Place - Senior High Behavioral Science

Edwards, Morgan [12], Ponderosa Glad Academy/Susan Edwards: ``Criminals for life?''

Second Place - Senior High Behavioral Science

Fisk, Andrew [11], Home School/Keli Stoddard: ``Coffee's big bucks: A survey and financial analysis of coffee sales and coffee-growing country economics''

Third Place - Senior High Behavioral Science

Burgie, Jyl [9], Coronado HS/Lynne Williams: ``The biology of language''

Fourth Place - Senior High Behavioral Science

Dix, Tana [12] & Miller, Elyssa [11], Peyton HS/Tim Van Sickler: ``Blood tells stories: Can you hear them?''

Fifth Place - Senior High Behavioral Science

Wynn, Emily [9], Coronado HS/Lynne Williams: ``Teenage dreaming''

Sixth Place - Senior High Behavioral Science

Edwards, Nick [10], Evangelical Christian/Dennis Bruns: ``Dog alert''
Harris, Sarah [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Does the composer change the beat''

First Place - Senior High Biochemistry

Grossman, Lisa [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Plants through chromatography''

Second Place - Senior High Biochemistry

Boudreaux, Austyn [10], Classical Academy - North/Linda Cummings: ``The effects of residual anti-depressants on aquatic wildlife''

First Place - Senior High Botany

Thomsen, Michelle [10], Classical Academy - North/Linda Cummings: ``Kelp? Quite the help? How does your garden grow?''

Second Place - Senior High Botany

Konik, Joe [9], Coronado HS/Lynne Williams: ``Plant population density''

Third Place - Senior High Botany

Craw, Shelby [9], Palmer HS/Martha Alvarez: ``Extending the lives of cut carnations''

Fourth Place - Senior High Botany

Ajamian, Daniel [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Best pH for marigolds''

Fifth Place - Senior High Botany

Tippit, Bree [9], Palmer HS/Martha Alvarez: ``The growth of potatoes in water''

First Place - Senior High Chemistry

Li, Rosie [10], Palmer HS/Darin Smith: ``Where is the endpoint? Using lasers to help pinpoint the end of titration''

Second Place - Senior High Chemistry

Miller, Myriah [10], Classical Academy - North/Linda Cummings: ``Removing your morning coffee stain''

Third Place - Senior High Chemistry

Higgs, Julia [10], Classical Academy - North/Linda Cummings: ``Fireworks and the chemicals that make them work''

Fourth Place - Senior High Chemistry

Cross, Rebekah [9], Doherty HS/Connie Law: ``The mummification dehydrating process''

First Place - Senior High Earth Science

Rodzinyak, Kristyn [12], Rampart HS/Clark Maxon: ``The effects of powdered versus evaporated salts on crater formation and implications for the presence of w''

Second Place - Senior High Earth Science

Woehrman, Jacob [9], Doherty HS/LiAnne Thiessen: ``Calories in a nut''

First Place - Senior High Environmental

Leonard, Julia [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Weather or not: Does weather affect traffic noise?''

Second Place - Senior High Environmental

Allison, Kali [9], Coronado HS/Lynne Williams: ``Snow insulation''

Third Place - Senior High Environmental

Wood, Michelle [9], Coronado HS/Sally Heise: ``Blue sky''

First Place - Senior High Math, Eng., & C.S.

Sidman, Adam [11], Palmer HS/Brad Bogard: ``Camera stabilization: Take two''

Second Place - Senior High Math, Eng., & C.S.

Thomsen, Nathan [12], Classical Academy - North/Lonnie Roberts: ``Robotic roving: Robotic navigation and obstacle avoidance using sensors''

Third Place - Senior High Math, Eng., & C.S.

Friesen, Forrest [10], Palmer HS/Darin Smith: ``Existing technology applied to pseudoholographic visual immersion''

Fourth Place - Senior High Math, Eng., & C.S.

Zubiel, Matt [9], Lewis Palmer HS/Tyler Dall: ``Fractal antenna design''

Fifth Place - Senior High Math, Eng., & C.S.

Flynn, Andrew [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Flap or flop: Engineering a robot fly''

Sixth Place - Senior High Math, Eng., & C.S.

Lenker, Michael [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Got Volts?''
Whitlock, Caleb [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Building a trebuchet''

First Place - Senior High Medicine & Microbio.

Herklotz, Patrick [12], Pine Creek HS/Carol Wheeler: ``Tracking the genes for dyslexia: An expanded study''

Second Place - Senior High Medicine & Microbio.

Ransom, Andrew [9], Coronado HS/Lynne Williams: ``All puffed up''

Third Place - Senior High Medicine & Microbio.

Schneider, Anna [10], Classical Academy - North/Linda Cummings: ``Loops, lines and lineage: A study of sibling fingerprints''

Fourth Place - Senior High Medicine & Microbio.

Kemble, Camille [11], Coronado HS/Kendra Schleiker: ``Mouthwash: Bad breath terminator?''

Fifth Place - Senior High Medicine & Microbio.

Curti, Andrea [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``The Affects of Sugar on Muscle Strength''

First Place - Senior High Physics

Qiu, Diana [10], Palmer HS/Darin Smith: ``Giant magnetoresistance''

Second Place - Senior High Physics

King, Parker [9], Coronado HS/Sally Heise: ``Arrows skyward''

Third Place - Senior High Physics

Hubl, Erin [9], Coronado HS/Lynne Williams: ``Vertical axis wind turbines''

Fourth Place - Senior High Physics

Dolata, Jenna [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Swim fast or not?''

Fifth Place - Senior High Physics

Gonzalez, Jordan [9], Palmer HS/Martha Alvarez: ``Liquid viscosity and the resistance of marbles''

Sixth Place - Senior High Physics

Mahoy, Nic [9], Coronado HS/Lynne Williams: ``Altitude - A critical factor in baseball''

First Place - Senior High Zoology

Sweeney, Jason [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Facial reconstruction of a skull cast''

Second Place - Senior High Zoology

Cavanaugh, Kerry [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Overwintering of adult Culex pipiens pipiens mosquitoes''

First Place - Senior High Group

Krakauer, Max [9] & Beard, Danny [9], Palmer HS/Martha Alvarez: ``Programming the past: The development of a programmable catapult''

Second Place - Senior High Group

Michaels, Thomas [9] & Wood, Daniel [9], Coronado HS/Lynne Williams: ``What drives your plant life?''

Third Place - Senior High Group

Schueneman, Nicole [9] & Cruickshank, Anna [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Memory capacity''

Fourth Place - Senior High Group

Wells, Kristen [12] & Jones, Karen [12], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``MDR and HL6U cancer cells''

Fifth Place - Senior High Group

Ash, Devin [9] & Whitford, Katie [9], Palmer HS/Martha Alvarez: ``The effect of magnets on marigolds''
Mahan, Joshua [9] & Hazelton, Stewart [9], Palmer HS/Karen Crosson: ``Worm regeneration''

Sixth Place - Senior High Group

Cheek, Tessa [9] & Radoshevich, Danica [9], Palmer HS/Martha Alvarez: ``Stairway to emotion: Music and the mind''
Schnarr, Laura [9] & Stapp, Jimmie [9], Palmer HS/Martha Alvarez: ``An egg's semi-permeable membrane''

Junior Awards -- Eighth Grade


First Place - 8th Grade Earth & Environ. Science

Jennings, Jaimie [8], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Head for the hills''

Second Place - 8th Grade Earth & Environ. Science

Stuckert, Amber [8], North MS/Stori Zimmerman: ``Infrared - The changing of autumn leaves''

First Place - 8th Grade Life Science & Medicine

Ziegler, Jordan [8], Classical Academy - North/Colleen Orotelli: ``Now you C it, now you don't!''

Second Place - 8th Grade Life Science & Medicine

Michael, Sara [8], Classical Academy - North/Robert Thomason: ``Acidus Imber''

Third Place - 8th Grade Life Science & Medicine

St Louis, Tabea [8], Classical Academy - North/Robert Thomason: ``Chill out''

Fourth Place - 8th Grade Life Science & Medicine

Davis, Annika [8], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Wash your cares away: The effectiveness of antibacterial soap''

First Place - 8th Grade Behavioral Science

Bohnen, Joshua [8], Panorama MS/Jason Katzmann: ``How to deal?''

Second Place - 8th Grade Behavioral Science

Nehls, Sarah [8], North MS/Greg Busby: ``The science of meditation''

First Place - 8th Grade Physical Science

Knight, Dan [8], Sabin MS/Rose Di Censo: ``Aeronautical aerodynamics''

Second Place - 8th Grade Physical Science

Anderson, Skylar [8], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Always B sharp, never B flat, but sometimes B fractal: Composing with fractals''

Third Place - 8th Grade Physical Science

Brewer, Bethany [8], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Oh say can you see?''

Fourth Place - 8th Grade Physical Science

Hibbert, Elise [8], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Science friction''

Fifth Place - 8th Grade Physical Science

Jahner, Kayla [8], Sabin MS/Rose Di Censo: ``Got oranges?''

Sixth Place - 8th Grade Physical Science

Gaydusek, Douglas [8], Sabin MS/Nancy Haley: ``Peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence''

Junior Awards -- Seventh Grade


First Place - 7th Grade Chemistry & Biochem.

Summers, Amanda [7], Classical Academy - North/Candus Muir: ``Got green hair?''

Second Place - 7th Grade Chemistry & Biochem.

Krause, Christopher [7], Classical Academy - North/Candus Muir: ``Time to burn!''

First Place - 7th Grade Earth & Environ. Sci.

Whitford, Annie [7], North MS/Stori Zimmerman: ``Do plants like coffee?''

Second Place - 7th Grade Earth & Environ. Sci.

Leonov, Boris [7], North MS/Stori Zimmerman: ``The formula of destruction''

Third Place - 7th Grade Earth & Environ. Sci.

Ben-Amots, Barak [7], West MS/Becky Haffke: ``Wind power and propeller efficiency''

Fourth Place - 7th Grade Earth & Environ. Sci.

LaFreniere, David [7], Classical Academy - North/Candus Muir: ``Windmill blades''

Fifth Place - 7th Grade Earth & Environ. Sci.

McFarland, Trevor [7], Evangelical Christian/Karen Leidecker: ``Sunny side up''

First Place - 7th Grade Engineering

Turner, Christian [7], Classical Academy - North/Candus Muir: ``Wind tunnel and shapes - What a drag!''

Second Place - 7th Grade Engineering

Walker, Nolan [7], North MS/Stori Zimmerman: ``Platinum verses copper''

First Place - 7th Grade Life Science

Busby, Ben [7], North MS/Stori Zimmerman: ``The effects of Echinacea on tumor cells''

Second Place - 7th Grade Life Science

Pfeffer, Joe [7], North MS/Stori Zimmerman: ``To grow or not to grow''

First Place - 7th Grade Medical & Behavioral

Shankar, Aarthi [7], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``How does the nutritional content of one's diet affect the tensile properties of human hair''

Second Place - 7th Grade Medical & Behavioral

Bossert, David [7], Classical Academy - North/Annette Calabretta: ``Heart rate and oxygen saturation comparison after running vs. swimming''

Third Place - 7th Grade Medical & Behavioral

Altmeyer, Kaileigh [7], Classical Academy - North/Candus Muir: ``Color memory''

First Place - 7th Grade Physical Sciences

Thelen, Trenton [7], Classical Academy - North/Candus Muir: ``Stretching electricity''

Second Place - 7th Grade Physical Sciences

Owens, Austin [7], Fox Meadow MS/Jason Katzmann: ``Cornzapoppin'''

Third Place - 7th Grade Physical Sciences

Joynton, Andrew [7], West MS/Becky Haffke: ``Waves in motion''

Junior Awards -- Sixth Grade


First Place - 6th Grade Chemistry & Biochem.

Raitz, Katie [6], North MS/Greg Busby: ``A cell's life: Short and sweet''

Second Place - 6th Grade Chemistry & Biochem.

Rizzo, Joanna [6], North MS/Greg Busby: ``A series of electrical events by: Lemony Circuit''

Third Place - 6th Grade Chemistry & Biochem.

Bland, Nathan [6], Creekside MS/Karla Balk: ``Power in the poop?''

Fourth Place - 6th Grade Chemistry & Biochem.

Grainger, Malia [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Nancy Rauenzahn: ``Sugar crystals in the making''

First Place - 6th Grade Earth & Environmental Sc.

Wadsworth, Samantha [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``The effects of earthquakes on different shaped buildings''

Second Place - 6th Grade Earth & Environmental Sc.

Sandoval, Kayla [6], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Cleaning oil spills from water''

Third Place - 6th Grade Earth & Environmental Sc.

Van Matre, Michelle [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``Clean the environment''

Fourth Place - 6th Grade Earth & Environmental Sc.

Louie, Dana [6], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Observing intersections''

Fifth Place - 6th Grade Earth & Environmental Sc.

Welch, Ryan [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``Lights, solar panel, action''

Sixth Place - 6th Grade Earth & Environmental Sc.

Loewe, Jason [6], Sabin MS/Marvin Jameson: ``Heavy metal vegetables''

First Place - 6th Grade Life Science

Padgett, Michaela [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``Organism attack''

Second Place - 6th Grade Life Science

Grossman, Raymond [6], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Nature numbers''

Third Place - 6th Grade Life Science

Semwal, Meha [6], West MS/Becky Haffke: ``Melancholy music or wiggly worms: Which one will help wheatgrass grow best?''

Fourth Place - 6th Grade Life Science

Angstadt, Aya [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``The barbarians of yeast''

Fifth Place - 6th Grade Life Science

Angeles, Mark [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``Playing with radiation''

First Place - 6th Grade Medical & Behavioral

Walker, Kaela [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``Genetics, the key to life''

Second Place - 6th Grade Medical & Behavioral

Brewer, Kelsey [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``America the fat: A big problem''

Third Place - 6th Grade Medical & Behavioral

Wert, Jonathan [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Nancy Rauenzahn: ``Do different antibiotics kill bacteria found in the mouths of humans, cats and dogs?''

Fourth Place - 6th Grade Medical & Behavioral

Gaydusek, Sarah [6], Sabin MS/Sara Lewis: ``Which type of pill dissolves quicker in your stomach?''

Fifth Place - 6th Grade Medical & Behavioral

Kunkel, Megan [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``Propriception: A sense we can't live without''

First Place - 6th Grade Physical Sciences

Meluso, Anthony [6], North MS/Greg Busby: ``What goes up must come down! Archery physics''

Second Place - 6th Grade Physical Sciences

Friesen, Evan [6], Horace Mann MS/Tim Kaiser: ``Which baseball bat is better? testing for ringers''

Third Place - 6th Grade Physical Sciences

Helfer, Zacc [6], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Say cheese''

Fourth Place - 6th Grade Physical Sciences

Williams, Storm [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Rachel Jarrimijo: ``Flying high with Bernoulli''

Fifth Place - 6th Grade Physical Sciences

Van Diest, Allison [6], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Magnetic propulsion''

Sixth Place - 6th Grade Physical Sciences

Carrese, Hannah [6], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Where will it land? The accuracy and precision of spitballs''

Junior Awards -- Junior High Group


First Place - Junior High Group Projects

Dostal, Zoe [8] & Siegel, Rebecca [8], West MS/Becky Haffke: ``Methane metropolis''

Second Place - Junior High Group Projects

Butler, Emily [7] & Kellerhouse, Lauren [7], Creekside MS/Karla Balk: ``Colors of the world''

Third Place - Junior High Group Projects

Killian, Joey [8] & Killian, Alex [6], West MS/Becky Haffke: ``Leaf-ing the greenhouse behind: Carbon dioxide filtering by common house plants''

Fourth Place - Junior High Group Projects

Baker, Corrie [7] & Arturbury, Andrea [7], West MS/Becky Haffke: ``Private and public high school attendance''

Special Awards


AFCEA Junior 3rd

Ben-Amots, Barak [7], West MS/Becky Haffke: ``Wind power and propeller efficiency''

AFCEA Junior 2nd

Anderson, Skylar [8], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Always B sharp, never B flat, but sometimes B fractal: Composing with fractals''

AFCEA Junior 1st

Thomsen, Sarah [7], Classical Academy - North/Candus Muir: ``De``light''ful solar power''

AFCEA Senior 3rd

Flynn, Andrew [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Flap or flop: Engineering a robot fly''

AFCEA Senior 2nd

Krakauer, Max [9] & Beard, Danny [9], Palmer HS/Martha Alvarez: ``Programming the past: The development of a programmable catapult''

AFCEA Senior 1st

Rodzinyak, Kristyn [12], Rampart HS/Clark Maxon: ``The effects of powdered versus evaporated salts on crater formation and implications for the presence of w''

AFCEA Junior Teacher

Muir, Candus [], /: ``''

AFCEA Senior Teacher

Maxon, Clark [], /: ``''

American Association of University Women

Sandoval, Kayla [6], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Cleaning oil spills from water''
Li, Rosie [10], Palmer HS/Darin Smith: ``Where is the endpoint? Using lasers to help pinpoint the end of titration''

American Meteorological Society

Fox, Christina [8], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Mood fronts: The effects of weather on human emotions''
Balch, Charlie [10], Classical Academy - North/Linda Cummings: ``Smog busters''

American Psychological Association

Harris, Sarah [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Does the composer change the beat''

American Society for Materials, International

Gaydusek, Douglas [8], Sabin MS/Nancy Haley: ``Peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence''

Association for Women Geoscientists

Talbot, Lindsay [10] & Glass, Sarai [10], Coronado HS/Lynne Williams: ``Cracking down on earthquakes and skyscrapers''

Biological Sciences Curriculum Study

Wert, Jonathan [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Nancy Rauenzahn: ``Do different antibiotics kill bacteria found in the mouths of humans, cats and dogs?''

Citizen's Project

Semwal, Meha [6], West MS/Becky Haffke: ``Melancholy music or wiggly worms: Which one will help wheatgrass grow best?''
Green, Jennifer [9] & Cress, Selena [9], Palmer HS/Martha Alvarez: ``Plant growth and light''

Colorado Associates in Medical Physics

Qiu, Diana [10], Palmer HS/Darin Smith: ``Giant magnetoresistance''

Colorado Geological Survey

Bottorff, Sarah [7], North MS/Stori Zimmerman: ``Forest fires: Friends or foes''
Cohn, Ben [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Quicksand!''

Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society

Bell, Kathryn [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``Crystals''
Wadsworth, Samantha [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``The effects of earthquakes on different shaped buildings''
Meluso, John [8], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Having a blast yet?''
Bowlin, Jeremy [8], West MS/Becky Haffke: ``Meteor madness''
Cohn, Ben [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Quicksand!''
Rodzinyak, Kristyn [12], Rampart HS/Clark Maxon: ``The effects of powdered versus evaporated salts on crater formation and implications for the presence of w''

Comfort Zone Jr. High

Thomsen, Sarah [7], Classical Academy - North/Candus Muir: ``De``light''ful solar power''

Comfort Zone Sr. High

Graner, Dan [9] & Gradinariu, Tudor [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Snappy McSolar''

Discovery Sciences

Ahlers, Kaitlin [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``Pollution problem solvers''
Sandoval, Kayla [6], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Cleaning oil spills from water''
Wadsworth, Samantha [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``The effects of earthquakes on different shaped buildings''
Welch, Ryan [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``Lights, solar panel, action''
Padgett, Michaela [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``Organism attack''
Brewer, Kelsey [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``America the fat: A big problem''
Gaydusek, Sarah [6], Sabin MS/Sara Lewis: ``Which type of pill dissolves quicker in your stomach?''
Kunkel, Megan [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``Propriception: A sense we can't live without''
Walker, Kaela [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``Genetics, the key to life''
Carrese, Hannah [6], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Where will it land? The accuracy and precision of spitballs''
Friesen, Evan [6], Horace Mann MS/Tim Kaiser: ``Which baseball bat is better? testing for ringers''
Grossman, Raymond [6], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Nature numbers''
LaFreniere, David [7], Classical Academy - North/Candus Muir: ``Windmill blades''
Martinez, Jeremy [7], Ellicott MS/Suzanne Blau: ``Self cooling doghouse''
Turner, Christian [7], Classical Academy - North/Candus Muir: ``Wind tunnel and shapes - What a drag!''
Busby, Ben [7], North MS/Stori Zimmerman: ``The effects of Echinacea on tumor cells''
Bossert, David [7], Classical Academy - North/Annette Calabretta: ``Heart rate and oxygen saturation comparison after running vs. swimming''
Shankar, Aarthi [7], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``How does the nutritional content of one's diet affect the tensile properties of human hair''
Hubl, CaraJo [7], West MS/Becky Haffke: ``Stop''
Joynton, Andrew [7], West MS/Becky Haffke: ``Waves in motion''
Owens, Austin [7], Fox Meadow MS/Jason Katzmann: ``Cornzapoppin'''
Thelen, Trenton [7], Classical Academy - North/Candus Muir: ``Stretching electricity''
Davis, Annika [8], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Wash your cares away: The effectiveness of antibacterial soap''
Brewer, Bethany [8], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Oh say can you see?''
Vetrano, Todd [8], Ellicott MS/Suzanne Blau: ``Solar powered oven''

Eastman Kodak

Helfer, Zacc [6], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Say cheese''

El Paso County Psychological Society - Senior

Conway, Emily [9] & McCready, Loren [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Cognitive psychology and behaviorism''
Edwards, Morgan [12], Ponderosa Glad Academy/Susan Edwards: ``Criminals for life?''

El Paso County Psychological Society - Junior

Kunkel, Megan [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``Propriception: A sense we can't live without''
Bohnen, Joshua [8], Panorama MS/Jason Katzmann: ``How to deal?''

Horticultural Society of Colorado Springs, Inc. Junior

Killian, Joey [8] & Killian, Alex [6], West MS/Becky Haffke: ``Leaf-ing the greenhouse behind: Carbon dioxide filtering by common house plants''

Horticultural Society of Colorado Springs, Inc. Senior

Grossman, Lisa [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Plants through chromatography''

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library

Thomsen, Nathan [12], Classical Academy - North/Lonnie Roberts: ``Robotic roving: Robotic navigation and obstacle avoidance using sensors''

Inspiring Excellence

Sidman, Adam [11], Palmer HS/Brad Bogard: ``Camera stabilization: Take two''
Whitlock, Caleb [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Building a trebuchet''
Mathis, Stephen [10], Classical Academy - North/Linda Cummings: ``Electric magnets''

Intel Corp. Excellence in Computer Science

Friesen, Forrest [10], Palmer HS/Darin Smith: ``Existing technology applied to pseudoholographic visual immersion''

International Society of Optical Engineers

Sidman, Adam [11], Palmer HS/Brad Bogard: ``Camera stabilization: Take two''

Iota Sigma Pi Chemistry Society Certificate of Merit

Higgs, Julia [10], Classical Academy - North/Linda Cummings: ``Fireworks and the chemicals that make them work''

Memorial Hospital Laboratory

Angstadt, Aya [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``The barbarians of yeast''
Wert, Jonathan [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Nancy Rauenzahn: ``Do different antibiotics kill bacteria found in the mouths of humans, cats and dogs?''
Li, Rosie [10], Palmer HS/Darin Smith: ``Where is the endpoint? Using lasers to help pinpoint the end of titration''
Wells, Kristen [12] & Jones, Karen [12], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``MDR and HL6U cancer cells''

Mu Alpha Theta

Friesen, Evan [6], Horace Mann MS/Tim Kaiser: ``Which baseball bat is better? testing for ringers''

Penrose Hospital

Sweeney, Jason [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Facial reconstruction of a skull cast''

Pike's Peak Peace and Justice Commission

Marten, Caridad [7], North MS/Stori Zimmerman: ``The greenhouse effect''
Balch, Charlie [10], Classical Academy - North/Linda Cummings: ``Smog busters''

Ricoh

Dostal, Zoe [8] & Siegel, Rebecca [8], West MS/Becky Haffke: ``Methane metropolis''

Society for In-Vitro Biology

Konik, Joe [9], Coronado HS/Lynne Williams: ``Plant population density''

Society of Women Engineers

Thomsen, Sarah [7], Classical Academy - North/Candus Muir: ``De``light''ful solar power''
Qiu, Diana [10], Palmer HS/Darin Smith: ``Giant magnetoresistance''

Soil and Water Conservation Society

Shonts, Kelsey [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``Is your water safe?''
Bottorff, Sarah [7], North MS/Stori Zimmerman: ``Forest fires: Friends or foes''
Griffee, Christina [9], Palmer HS/Martha Alvarez: ``Which material filters water the best?''
Montano, Armando [9], Palmer HS/Martha Alvarez: ``Colorado Springs creek water testing''

Ted's Bicycles

Bossert, David [7], Classical Academy - North/Annette Calabretta: ``Heart rate and oxygen saturation comparison after running vs. swimming''
Thomsen, Sarah [7], Classical Academy - North/Candus Muir: ``De``light''ful solar power''

U. S. Air Force

Li, Rosie [10], Palmer HS/Darin Smith: ``Where is the endpoint? Using lasers to help pinpoint the end of titration''
Thomsen, Nathan [12], Classical Academy - North/Lonnie Roberts: ``Robotic roving: Robotic navigation and obstacle avoidance using sensors''
Zubiel, Matt [9], Lewis Palmer HS/Tyler Dall: ``Fractal antenna design''
Gill, Robby [9], Palmer HS/Carol Bach: ``Variables of gyrating flight by objects of differing mass, size, and shape''

U. S. Metric Association Certificate of Achievement

Carrese, Hannah [6], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Where will it land? The accuracy and precision of spitballs''

U. S. Navy & Marines - Junior

Pelican, Hanna [6], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Meet me for lunch in the bathroom''
Grossman, Raymond [6], North MS/Greg Busby: ``Nature numbers''
Krause, Christopher [7], Classical Academy - North/Candus Muir: ``Time to burn!''
Ben-Amots, Barak [7], West MS/Becky Haffke: ``Wind power and propeller efficiency''
Whitford, Annie [7], North MS/Stori Zimmerman: ``Do plants like coffee?''

U. S. Navy & Marines - Senior

Thomsen, Michelle [10], Classical Academy - North/Linda Cummings: ``Kelp? Quite the help? How does your garden grow?''
Friesen, Forrest [10], Palmer HS/Darin Smith: ``Existing technology applied to pseudoholographic visual immersion''
Sidman, Adam [11], Palmer HS/Brad Bogard: ``Camera stabilization: Take two''
Herklotz, Patrick [12], Pine Creek HS/Carol Wheeler: ``Tracking the genes for dyslexia: An expanded study''

Water Environment Federation

Williamson, Rachel [9], Home School/Ruthann Williamson: ``Water purification''

Western Museum of Mining and Industry

Van Matre, Michelle [6], Mountain Ridge MS/Regina Miller: ``Clean the environment''

Yale Science & Engineering Association

Sidman, Adam [11], Palmer HS/Brad Bogard: ``Camera stabilization: Take two''

SENIOR DIVISION STATE SCIENCE FAIR COMPETITORS

Ben Busby
Forrest Fiesen
Lisa Grossman
Patrick Herklotz
Erin Hubl
Parker King
Dan Knight
Joe Konik
Max Krauker & Danny Beard
Julia Leonard
Rosie Li
Diana Qui
Kristyn Rodzinyak
Adam Sidman
Michelle Thomsen
Nathan Thomsen
Matt Zubiel

JUNIOR DIVISION STATE SCIENCE FAIR COMPETITORS

Skylar Anderson
Joshua Bohnen
Zoe Dostal & Rebecca Siegel
Jamie Jennings
Anthony Meluso
Aarthi Shankar
Amber Stuckert
Amanda Summers
Trenton Thelen
Samantha Wadsworth
Jordan Ziegler