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Elementary Division
Junior Division
Senior Division
Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
Special Awards

Schools with most winner

Grand Prize

Nicole Hom

The Effects of pH and Temperature on the Development of Tadpoles

Hamilton High East


1st Runner-up Award

Rebecca Ehrhardt

EMERGENCY SOLAR WATER PASTEURIZATION

Home school

 


Mercer Science and Engineering Club (top)
Elementary Division
Honorable Mention

Ryan Zujkowski

How much pressure can different types of wood take?

Yardville Elementary

Clare Gannon

Air Junk

Yardville Heights Elementary

Austin Jenkins

The Salty Solution

Robinson Elementary

Kelsey Doell

Does the Design of a Parachute Affect How Fast It Falls to the G

Villa Victoria

Paige Conti

Which cookie sheet cooks cookies faster?

Sayen Elementary

Austin Cento

Something Fishy

Mercerville Elementary

Maddie Walsh

Catch!

Morgan Elementary

Edmund Skwara

That's the Way the Ball Bounces

Alexander School

Elizabeth Mydlowski

Naturally Delcious Dyes

Yardville Elementary

Anthony Tafrow

The Effect of Caffeine On Human Blood Pressure

Mercerville Elementary

Maeve McCann

How Does Music Affect Your Ability To Learn?

Sayen Elementary

Kyle O'Sullivan

What substance melts ice the quickest?

University Heights Elementary

Allison Guynn

Chill Out-The Effect of Menthol on Body Temperature

Mercerville Elementary

Cecily Zecca-Naples

What is the Difference Between a Hurricane Wind Proof Building?

Villa Victoria

DAVID KLINE

DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH!

Yardville Heights Elementary

Ashley Wilczek

Salamanders and their Behavior in Water

Yardville Elementary

Craig Cortright

Taste or Smell

Sayen Elementary

 

Meritorious Achievement

Brendan Harshman

Nuts For Power

Sayen Elementary

Kevin Smiegocki

Crazy Candles

Robinson Elementary

Jennifer Clark

DROOL DUEL

University Heights Elementary

Courtney West

How will different solutions affect the growth of a lima bean se

Villa Victoria

Jillian Corn

What is the Most Effective Germ Killer?

Sayen Elementary

Connor Matts

Does TV Make You Smarter

Morgan Elementary

 

Outstanding Achievement

Zoe MacIntyre

Do worms help plants grow or are they just creepy crawlers?

Villa Victoria

Megan Brown

Do dogs have a right paw or left paw preference?

University Heights Elementary

Matthew Amodie

Hot or Cold, How Attractive am I?

Robinson Elementary

Alexis Rendina

If seeds should not smoke or drink neither should unborn babies

University Heights Elementary

Christopher Kline

Are You a Morning Person?

Morgan Elementary

Erin Malloy

How does a submarine float and sink?

Villa Victoria

 

Superior Achievement

Samantha Morgan

Macroinvertebrates, They're Telling Us Something

Villa Victoria

Scott Robb

Working Memory

University Heights Elementary

Cassidy Wagner

I'm All Ears

Robinson Elementary

Brittany McCarty

Picky Kids

Morgan Elementary

Nicole Jacoby

A problem that's a bit nutty! Which nut has the most chemical en

Yardville Elementary

Christopher Angelini

Wings of Flight

University Heights Elementary


Mercer Science and Engineering Club (top)
Junior Division

Biological
Honorable Mention

Emilly Kraft

the decomposition of a carrot

Villa Victoria

Rachael Dripps

Trying to Breathe

St. Gregory the Great

Andrew Bernard

Flower Power

St. Gregory the Great

Michael Prihoda

Rain Water

St. Gregory the Great

Serina Durand

The Effect of Light Wavelengths on the Rate of Photosynthesis in

Chapin School

Physical
Honorable Mention

Edmund Witkowski IV

S.C.I.-C.A.R. (Sound Controlled Intelligently Computerized Analy

Albert E. Grice Middle

Zachary Pappas

Hybrid or Hype - An investigation of the Benefits and Limitation

Reynolds Middle

Gordon DeGeorge

Why are Airplane Wings Shaped the Way They Are?

Chapin School

Elizabeth Felkner

To Rot or Not to Rot?

Westerly Learning Center

Shubham Chattopadhyay

Slip Slidin' Awayy

Chapin School

 

Biological
Meritorious Achievement

Andrew Smith

Body Temperature Dynamics

Timberlane Middle

McEllen Lawrence

Can I extract onion DNA using household products?

Villa Victoria

James Harshaw

Crystal Clear

Westerly Learning Center

Physical
Meritorious Achievement

Jenna Payesko

Rains,Drains

St. Gregory the Great

Jacqueline Cunningham

Spaceships, Hot and Cold

Trenton Catholic

Danielle Caruso

BEEfficiency

Villa Victoria

 

Biological
Outstanding Achievement

Julia Vari

Milk Fortification for Effective Bacterial Fermentation

St. Ann's

Caitlin Sommerville

The effect of magnets on radish seedlings.

Villa Victoria

Tyler Reed

Acid Rain Effects on Daphnia magna

Crockett Middle

Physical
Outstanding Achievement

Rosalie Machado

Simple Energy Conservation Measures Will Reduce Household Carbon

St. Pauls

Alexandra Simcik

Does Weather Affect the Pain of Previously Broken Bones?

Villa Victoria

Jesse Dill

What kind of memory do you have, auditory or visual?

Westerly Learning Center

 

Biological
Superior Achievement

Jeremy Thong

How the Electromagnetic Spectrum Affects Bird Feeding Behavior

Timberlane Middle

Samantha Bowers

White Line Fever

Villa Victoria

Jamie Kolano

Geckos Can Climb der Waals

Timberlane Middle

Physical
Superior Achievement

Molly O'Mara

Light from Sound: Can I Achieve sonoluminescence using dilute wa

Villa Victoria

Andrew Auger

Hang Up and Drive!

Our Lady of Sorrows School

Christopher Betz

How Does Water Height Affect The Output Of A Turbine?

St. Gregory the Great


Mercer Science and Engineering Club (top)
Senior Division

Behavioral and Social Science
Honorable Mention

Ijeoma Okpara

Beautiful Dreamer

Trenton Catholic

Chemistry
Honorable Mention

Alehtee Taylor

Can the Life Span of a Soap Bubbles Be Extended in Different Tem Conditions

Trenton Catholic

Environmental Management
Honorable Mention

Rod' Esther Castor

The Strength of Paper: Cotton vs. Recycled

Hamilton High East

Mathematical Sciences
Honorable Mention

Anthony Bonomo

Is the Queen's Gambit a Gambit Worth Taking? The Statistical Tr

Hamilton High East

Medicine and Health
Honorable Mention

Katie Wood

Will drinking different liquids affect the output from your kidn

Hamilton High East

Physics and Astronomy
Honorable Mention

Nervah Cheremond

the power of magnesium in moving a wind turbine

Hamilton High East

 

Medicine and Health
Third Place

Robert Pfeiffer

The effects of creatine on physical performance of mice.

Hamilton High East

 

Chemistry
Second Place

Sarah Webster

Which Food: Chocolat Chips, Baked Potato Chips, Fried Potato Chi the Most Fat? Which One has the Most Nutritional Value? Does a B Than a Fried Potato Chip?

Villa Victoria

Energy and Transportation
Second Place

Rachel Friesel

Magnetic Cars

Villa Victoria

Environmental Management
Second Place

Katherine Kloda

Which soil is most effective for building a septic system?

Hamilton High East

Medicine and Health
Second Place

Jessie Cunningham

I'm Sick of This Cold!

Trenton Catholic

Microbiology
Second Place

Nicholas Parrotta

A Study of the Microorganisms in the Air We Breathe

Hamilton High East

Physics and Astronomy
Second Place

Courtney Braconi

That's A Wrap

Trenton Catholic

Plant Sciences
Second Place

Kaitlin Kenney

The Power of Water

Villa Victoria

 

Animal Sciences
First Place

Nicole Hom

The Effects of pH and Temperature on the Development of Tadpoles

Hamilton High East

Behavioral and Social Science
First Place

Ryan Bohler

How does an individual's body language and eye movement affect t

Hamilton High East

Biochemistry
First Place

Christina Amendola

Which parent's fingerprint patterns are shown more in their offs

Villa Victoria

Chemistry
First Place

Sheena Patel

The Measurement of Ascobic Acid of Different Juices through Titr

Villa Victoria

Energy and Transportation
First Place

Katie O'Mara

Renewable Energy Production from Waste Biomass Materials

Villa Victoria

Engineering Electrical and Mechanical
First Place

Rebecca Ehrhardt

EMERGENCY SOLAR WATER PASTEURIZATION

Home school

Engineering Materials and Bioengineering
First Place

Mark Ketterer

The effectiveness of different types of insulation on retaining

Hamilton High East

Environmental Management
First Place

Chris Adams

Acid Rain and its Effects on Plants: A Study Involving Two Gener

Hamilton High East

Medicine and Health
First Place

Nathalie Vera

The effect of diet pills on the heart rate of water daphnia.

Hamilton High East

Microbiology
First Place

Michelle Blatt

The Effect of Traffic on Airborne Allergens

Hamilton High East

Physics and Astronomy
First Place

Thomas Bonomo

An Acoustical Study on the Sound Absorption of Various Materials

Hamilton High East

Plant Sciences
First Place

Danielle Smith

Asian Invasion: Quantifying the Advantage of One Non-native Inva

Hamilton High East


Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (top)


Discovery Science Award

Erin Malloy

How does a submarine float and sink?

Villa Victoria

Samantha Morgan

Macroinvertebrates, They're Telling Us Something

Villa Victoria

Brendan Harshman

Nuts For Power

Sayen Elementary

Scott Robb

Working Memory

University Heights Elementary

Courtney West

How will different solutions affect the growth of a lima bean se

Villa Victoria

Nicole Jacoby

A problem that's a bit nutty! Which nut has the most chemical en

Yardville Elementary

Alexis Rendina

If seeds should not smoke or drink neither should unborn babies

University Heights Elementary

Christopher Angelini

Wings of Flight

University Heights Elementary

Brittany McCarty

Picky Kids

Morgan Elementary

Jennifer Clark

DROOL DUEL

University Heights Elementary

Zoe MacIntyre

Do worms help plants grow or are they just creepy crawlers?

Villa Victoria

Jenna Payesko

Rains,Drains

St. Gregory the Great

Jesse Dill

What kind of memory do you have, auditory or visual?

Westerly Learning Center

Danielle Caruso

BEEfficiency

Villa Victoria

Jacqueline Cunningham

Spaceships, Hot and Cold

Trenton Catholic

McEllen Lawrence

Can I extract onion DNA using household products?

Villa Victoria

Andrew Smith

Body Temperature Dynamics

Timberlane Middle

Tyler Reed

Acid Rain Effects on Daphnia magna

Crockett Middle

Andrew Auger

Hang Up and Drive!

Our Lady of Sorrows School

Christopher Betz

How Does Water Height Affect The Output Of A Turbine?

St. Gregory the Great

Jeremy Thong

How the Electromagnetic Spectrum Affects Bird Feeding Behavior

Timberlane Middle

James Harshaw

Crystal Clear

Westerly Learning Center

Molly O'Mara

Light from Sound: Can I Achieve sonoluminescence using dilute wa

Villa Victoria

Rosalie Machado

Simple Energy Conservation Measures Will Reduce Household Carbon

St. Pauls

Julia Vari

Milk Fortification for Effective Bacterial Fermentation

St. Ann's

Samantha Bowers

White Line Fever

Villa Victoria

Jamie Kolano

Geckos Can Climb der Waals

Timberlane Middle

Alexandra Simcik

Does Weather Affect the Pain of Previously Broken Bones?

Villa Victoria

Caitlin Sommerville

The effect of magnets on radish seedlings.

Villa Victoria


Special Awards

Mercer Science and Engineering Club (top)

Elementary Division
Environmental Achievement

Samantha Morgan

Macroinvertebrates, They're Telling Us Something

Villa Victoria

Junior Division

Tyler O'Neill

Clean Lake

St. Gregory the Great

Bethany Pacifico

Guppy O

St. Gregory the Great


Mercer Science and Engineering Club (top)
Computer and Engineering Award

Elementary Division

Jarett Elser

the rocket lauch

Sayen Elementary

Junior Division

Zachary Pappas

Hybrid or Hype - An investigation of the Benefits and Limitation

Reynolds Middle

Senior Division

Christina Razzano

Candy Rockets

Villa Victoria


Rider University (top)
Elementary Division

Most Superior

Brittany McCarty

Picky Kids

Morgan Elementary

Junior Division

Biological
Most Superior

Jeremy Thong

How the Electromagnetic Spectrum Affects Bird Feeding Behavior

Timberlane Middle

Physical
Most Superior

Christopher Betz

How Does Water Height Affect The Output Of A Turbine?

St. Gregory the Great

Senior Division

Most Superior

Nicole Hom

The Effects of pH and Temperature on the Development of Tadpoles

Hamilton High East


Philadelphia Conference of CASA (top)

Superior Achievement

Julia Vari

Milk Fortification for Effective Bacterial Fermentation

St. Ann's

James Harshaw

Crystal Clear

Westerly Learning Center


Le Camera and Video (top)

Best Use of Photography

Ashley Ginelli

Which fabric resists grape juice and grass stains the best?

Villa Victoria


Air Force Research Laboratory (top)
Senior Division

Certificate of Achievement

Rachel Friesel

Magnetic Cars

Villa Victoria

Danielle Smith

Asian Invasion: Quantifying the Advantage of One Non-native Inva

Hamilton High East

Rebecca Ehrhardt

EMERGENCY SOLAR WATER PASTEURIZATION

Home school

Katie O'Mara

Renewable Energy Production from Waste Biomass Materials

Villa Victoria


U.S. Navy/Marine Corps (top)
Junior Division

Honorable Mention

Andrew Auger

Hang Up and Drive!

Our Lady of Sorrows School

Robert Conway

Hotter Better?

St. Gregory the Great

Rosalie Machado

Simple Energy Conservation Measures Will Reduce Household Carbon

St. Pauls

Matthew Calcagno

Fido Feeding

St. Gregory the Great


Junior Division

U.S Navy/Marine Corps Award

Samantha Bowers

White Line Fever

Villa Victoria

Jeremy Thong

How the Electromagnetic Spectrum Affects Bird Feeding Behavior

Timberlane Middle

Christopher Betz

How Does Water Height Affect The Output Of A Turbine?

St. Gregory the Great

Molly O'Mara

Light from Sound: Can I Achieve sonoluminescence using dilute wa

Villa Victoria


Senior Division

U.S Navy/Marine Corps Award

Nervah Cheremond

the power of magnesium in moving a wind turbine

Hamilton High East

Danielle Smith

Asian Invasion: Quantifying the Advantage of One Non-native Inva

Hamilton High East


U.S. Army Research Office (top)
Senior Division

Honorable Mention

Katie O'Mara

Renewable Energy Production from Waste Biomass Materials

Villa Victoria

 

Engineering Award

Danielle Smith

Asian Invasion: Quantifying the Advantage of One Non-native Inva

Hamilton High East

 

Environmental Sciences Award

Gabriella Rich

Does the Concentration of Dissolved Oxygen Vary Between Lakes in

Hamilton High East

 

Physical Sciences Award

Sheena Patel

The Measurement of Ascobic Acid of Different Juices through Titr

Villa Victoria

 

Life Sciences Award

Danielle Smith

Asian Invasion: Quantifying the Advantage of One Non-native Inva

Hamilton High East


Water Environment Federation (top)
Senior Division

Stockholm Junior Water Prize

Katherine Kloda

Which soil is most effective for building a septic system?

Hamilton High East


Theobald Smith Society (top)
Senior Division

Theobald Smith Award in Microbiology

Elizabeth Tadie

FIVE SECOND RULE!

Villa Victoria

Katie O'Mara

Renewable Energy Production from Waste Biomass Materials

Villa Victoria

Katherine Kloda

Which soil is most effective for building a septic system?

Hamilton High East

Jessie Cunningham

I'm Sick of This Cold!

Trenton Catholic

Nicholas Parrotta

A Study of the Microorganisms in the Air We Breathe

Hamilton High East


ASM International Foundation (top)
Senior Division


Superior Achievement

Tom Mannuccia

Creep and Stress

Trenton Catholic


Association of Women Geoscientists (top)
Senior Division

Superior Achievement

Christina Razzano

Candy Rockets

Villa Victoria


American Psychological Association (top)
Senior Division

Superior Achievement

Ryan Bohler

How does an individual's body language and eye movement affect t

Hamilton High East


American Meteorological Society (top)
Senior Division

Superior Achievement

Geraldine Altema

The Spin On Physics (The Mechanisms Behind The Study Of Twisters

Hamilton High East


Society for In Vitro Biology (top)
Senior Division

Superior Achievement

Nathalie Vera

The effect of diet pills on the heart rate of water daphnia.

Hamilton High East


U.S. Metric Association (top)
Junior Division

Special Award

Paul Batterman

Mass Matters

Chapin School


U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (top)
Junior Division

Special Award

Rosalie Machado

Simple Energy Conservation Measures Will Reduce Household Carbon

St. Pauls


Yale Science and Engineering Association (top)
Senior Division

Excellence in Engineering

Rachel Friesel

Magnetic Cars

Villa Victoria


Ricoh Corp. (top)
Senior Division

The Regional Ricoh Sustainable Development Award

Nervah Cheremond

the power of magnesium in moving a wind turbine

Hamilton High East


Federal Alarm (top)
Elementary Division

3rd

Alexis Rendina

If seeds should not smoke or drink neither should unborn babies

University Heights Elementary

 

2nd

Samantha Morgan

Macroinvertebrates, They're Telling Us Something

Villa Victoria

 

1st

Cecily Zecca-Naples

What is the Difference Between a Hurricane Wind Proof Building?

Villa Victoria


Junior Division

3rd

Jacqueline Cunningham

Spaceships, Hot and Cold

Trenton Catholic

 

2nd

Benjamin Granzow

The Edge Factor

Chapin School

 

1st

Jeffrey Wagner

BurningQuestion

St. Gregory the Great


Senior Division

3rd

Jessie Cunningham

I'm Sick of This Cold!

Trenton Catholic

 

2nd

Katie Wood

Will drinking different liquids affect the output from your kidn

Hamilton High East

 

1st

Nathalie Vera

The effect of diet pills on the heart rate of water daphnia.

Hamilton High East


Peddie School Summer Science Institute (top)

Summer Science Institute 2nd Place

Christina Amendola

Which parent's fingerprint patterns are shown more in their offs

Villa Victoria

 

Summer Science Institute 1st Place

Jeremy Thong

How the Electromagnetic Spectrum Affects Bird Feeding Behavior

Timberlane Middle


MIRTHE (top)
Junior Division

1st Place - Optics

Molly O'Mara

Light from Sound: Can I Achieve sonoluminescence using dilute wa

Villa Victoria

 

Honorable Mention - Environmental Science

Imani Nero

Acid Rain. Does Distence make a difference?

Villa Victoria

Zachary Pappas

Hybrid or Hype - An investigation of the Benefits and Limitation

Reynolds Middle

 

2nd Place - Environmental Science

Jenna Payesko

Rains,Drains

St. Gregory the Great

 

1st Place - Environmental Science

Jaime Geter

Burn Baby Burn!

Villa Victoria

 

2nd Place - Health

Gianna Gard

Does the 5 second Rule on dropping food really work?

Villa Victoria

 

1st Place - Health

Colleen Driesen

Which works better on cleaning gym equipment toweletts or wet p

Villa Victoria

 

Honorable Mention - Environmental Science

Mitch Wien

The Effect of Pesticides on Plant Growth

Hamilton High East

Chris Adams

Acid Rain and its Effects on Plants: A Study Involving Two Generations

Hamilton High East

 

1st Place - Environmental Science

Katie O'Mara

Renewable Energy Production from Waste Biomass Materials

Villa Victoria


Senior Division

2nd Place - Health

Nathalie Vera

The effect of diet pills on the heart rate of water daphnia.

Hamilton High East

 

1st Place - Health

Jessie Cunningham

I'm Sick of This Cold!

Trenton Catholic

Schools with Most Winners    (top)

Senior Division: Hamilton High East

Junior Division: Villa Victoria Academy

Elementary Division: Villa Victoria Academy

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