Saginaw County Science & Engineering Fair 1998 Results               Return to SCSEF Results

 

Student

Gr.

School

Sponsor

Project Title

Further Competition Qualifiers

 

 

 

International Science and Engineering Fair

International Science Fair Qualifiers for Fort Worth, Texas

ISEF

Sara Emmenecker

10

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

The efficacy of extracting human DNA fingerprints from Aedes Triseriatus at a crime scene.

ISEF

Doug Merriam

9

CAS/Heritage

Gary Barker

Investigation of harmful microbial presence in restaurant condiments as a result of unsafe food handling

Michigan Science & Engineering Fair

State Science Fair in Detroit

MiSEF

Christopher Cunningham

9

CAS/B. C. Handy

Gary Barker

The Cunningham Set: A new type of Fractal

MiSEF

Sara Emmenecker

10

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

The efficacy of extracting human DNA fingerprints from Aedes Triseriatus at a crime scene.

MiSEF

Stacy Finkbeiner

10

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

The effect of antacids on endogenous nitric oxide synthesis

MiSEF

Nicole Gregus

12

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

Measuring the effects of amount and pace of light or photosynthetic efficiency of aquatic plants

MiSEF

Wendy Hastings

11

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

Reversing Bacterial Plasmid-Borne Resistance in Antibiotics

MiSEF

Adam Helmer

10

CAS/Nouvel

Gary Barker

Chaos, where does it all start

MiSEF

Doug Merriam

9

CAS/Heritage

Gary Barker

Investigation of harmful microbial presence in restaurant condiments as a result of unsafe food handling

MiSEF

Anne Marie Oeming

10

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

Fine tuning time of death by combining entomology and protein electrophoresis

MiSEF

Rebecca Otterbacher

9

CAS/Bullock Creek

Gary Barker

The good, the bad and the toxic: Herbicide induced stress on daphnia magna

MiSEF

Abbie Tingstad

10

Heritage

David Swenson

The effects of added carbon sources on the matabolism of 2-Nitrophenol: a model for environmental remediation

1998 SCSEF Grand Awards


Pl.

Student

Gr.

School

Sponsor

Project Title

Senior Division

 

 

 

1

Doug Merriam

9

CAS/Heritage

Gary Barker

Investigation of harmful microbial presence in restaurant condiments as a result of unsafe food handling

2

Sara Emmenecker

10

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

The efficacy of extracting human DNA fingerprints from Aedes Triseriatus at a crime scene.

3

Abbie Tingstad

10

Heritage

Dr. David Swenson

The effects of added carbon sources on the matabolism of 2-Nitrophenol: a model for environmental remediation

4

Rebecca Otterbacher

9

CAS/Bullock Creek

Gary Barker

The good, the bad and the toxic: Herbicide induced stress on daphnia magna

5

Stacy Finkbeiner

10

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

The effect of antacids on endogenous nitric oxide synthesis

FC

Anne Marie Oeming

10

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

Fine tuning time of death by combining entomology and protein electrophoresis

FC

Nicole Gregus

12

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

Measuring the effects of amount and pace of light or photosynthetic efficiency of aquatic plants

FC

Christopher Cunningham

9

CAS/Bay City Handy

Gary Barker

The Cunningham Set: A new type of Fractal

FC

Wendy Hastings

11

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

Reversing Bacterial Plasmid-Borne Resistance in Antibiotics

FC

Adam Helmer

10

CAS/Nouvel

Gary Barker

Chaos, where does it all start

FC

James Matherly

9

CAS/Bay City Handy

Gary Barker

A tool for monitoring and modeling human eye performance

FC

Erin McGrath

9

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

Do sound waves have an effect on sand erosion?

FC

Kathryn Rich

9

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

Bringing the Sun's heating power down to Earth

FC

Hubert Alexander

10

CAS/Arthur Hill

Dan Sealey

Mapping the field of a helmholtz coil

FC

David Betts

11

CAS/Arthur Hill

Dan Sealey

The effects of caffeine on a spider's web

Junior Division Physical Sciences

 

1

David Greko

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

Can I create an autonomous laboratory aid to perform simple scientific tasks?

2

Paul Trieb

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

Can I write a program in C++ using a form of artificial intelligence to interpret visual data, phase II

3T

Paul Tierman

7

CAS/Handley

Dan Sealey

Comparison of the concentration of nitrogen phosphorus and potassium in compost and lawn and garden soil.

3T

P. J. Bonk

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

Seismographic Precision

5

Scott Otterbacher

7

CAS/Handley

Dan Sealey

The dimple dilemma: can a hook or slice be corrected by altering a golf ball

FC

Neil Block

7

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

Rust or bust

FC

Philip Nash

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

A computer model for pollution filtration in a discritized column

FC

Karolina Sarnowska

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

Prime numbers vs computer languages

FC

Joey Lewis

7

CAS/Handley

Dan Sealey

What if the earth were cubical

FC

Ruben Olivarez

7

CAS/South

Dan Sealey

What metal transfers heat the best?

FC

Cedrick Pruitt

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

How air flows

FC

John Bedtelyon

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

Simply Smashing

FC

Tyler Melinda Baldwin

8

CAS/South

Gary Barker

How does age effect money mass?

FC

Nicole Williams

8

CAS/Immanuel Lutheran

Gary Barker

Which type of washable paint works best?

Junior Division Life Sciences

 

1

Craig Chasseur

7

CAS/Handley

Dan Sealey

The effects of water contaninants on height of Brassica rapa

2

Nathan Lord

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

The effect of varying CO2 concentrations on glucose syntheis in Elodea

3

Brigitte Wilson

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

Air or Air2: is the amount of air particulate matter in the air near urban areas significantly larger than air particulates in rural areas?

4T

Stephen Guldenzoph

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

Too hot to handle

4T

John Zimcosky

7

CAS/Bay City Handy

Gary Barker

The effect of goldfish and plants on water

4T

Ashley Lewis

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

The effects of potassium on the life span of fruit flies

4T

Scott Allen

7

CAS/Sts. Peter & Paul

Gary Barker

Does caffeine have an effect on cockroache's race times

FC

Kevin Jankowski

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

Do increased atmospheric pressure effect plant growth?

FC

Jacob Loiselle

7

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

What is the effect of electric fields on radish growth

FC

Ian Bugenske

7

CAS/Handley

Dan Sealey

Do changes in climate and pollution effect tree ring development

FC

Indraneel Chakraborty

7

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

Environmental Effects on the biodegradability of plastic bags, paper bags and newspaper.

FC

Jonathan Yanca

8

CAS/North

Gary Barker

Does the color of a hockey puck effect a goalies's save percentage

FC

Sean Howley

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

Garlic and aloe: More than just herbs and spices?

FC

Ashley Anderson

7

CAS/Handley

Dan Sealey

Rainbow lights and Mealworms

Middle Division Physical Sciences

 

1

Stacy Maturen

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

Store vs. national cereal

2

Arya Namboodiri

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

Is fat a factor?

3

Adam Emmenecker

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

Melting ice or freezing water

4T

Ashlegh Smith

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

Do generic or name brand cereals wilt faster in milk?

4T

Eric Mansfield

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

Building a better bridge

FC

Erika Hare

6

Handley/CAS

Melinda Baldwin

Purified to perfection?

FC

Danielle Myers

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

Juicy Juice

FC

David Stinton-Czuprynski

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

Can you taste color?

FC

Gina Kearly

6

Handley/CAS

Melinda Baldwin

Bigger core lifts more

FC

Chris Scott

6

Handley/CAS

Melinda Baldwin

What material conducts the most electricity?

Middle Division Life Sciences

 

1

Sam Howell

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

How did Jack grow that bean stalk? Can the growth of bean plants be effected by nutritive solutions?

2

Ami Patel

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

The effects of gender on short term memory.

3T

Nidhi Atri

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

Water vs. sweetened beverages

3T

Trent Allen

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

To was, or not to wash

4

Alex Weir

6

Handley/CAS

Melinda Baldwin

Can calcium carbonate ease the transition from pet store to home aquarium?

5

Kalum Meyers

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

Which affects your rat more: you or food?

FC

Gretchen Nash

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

Does brain domanance affect the way people see optical illusions?

FC

Catherine Daniels Riveros

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

Is handedness absolute or relative? An investigation of two models of handedness.

FC

Douglas Shell

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

What is the effects of sugar, salt and baking soda on house plants?

FC

Mackenzie McGrath

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

Starchy tubers

FC

Abby Gorski

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

Should you pay the extra buck for expensive skin lotion

Elementary Division Physical Sciences

 

1

Aubrie Mauro

5

Herig

Vernestine Jones

Its a piece of cake

2

Alex Puszykowski

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

Power of a triangle

3T

Elizabeth Largent

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

What fluid does newspaper dissolve quickest in?

3T

Talitha Taylor

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

Iced Rose

5

Adam Anderson

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

Battery packed

FC

Trevor Jacques

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

Growing Crystals in different heat and light conditions

FC

Logan Smith

5

Chester Miller

Barbara Fabus

How accurate are weather forecasts?

FC

Sean Kloc

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

Muscle bags

FC

Sam Leggitt

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

Which battery keeps going and going and going

FC

Mitchel McKay

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

Get the picture

FC

Samantha Bradley

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

Water Testing, flouride, sodium, pH high or low

Elementary Division Life Sciences

 

1

Zachary Tickner

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

You drink this

2

Leah Tabacsko

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

What color does the human eye see first?

3

Kelley Priem

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

The effect of gender identity on short term memory and does age effect it?

4

Todd Lewis

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

How does color affect blood pressure

5T

Courtney Garrett

5

Chester Miller

Jean Sarantos

Effectiveness of sunscreens

5T

Kathryn Rittenberry

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

Does the amount of bacteria present in processed chicken increase as it approaches the expiration date?

5T

Kathleen Bogart

5

Kempton

William Ostler

Do chickens lay more eggs to music?

FC

Alexandria Jackson

5

Morley

Kermit Diggs

Snow water vs. tap water for plant growth

FC

Samantha Maturen

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

Music Therapy

FC

Kendrea Melville

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

Super growth or super fraud? Does plant food really effect plant growth?

FC

R. J. Oliver

5

Chester Miller

Jean Sarantos

Effects of different liquids on plant growth

FC

Matthew Mason

5

Chester Miller

Jean Sarantos

What kinds of material will break down in soil?

FC

Christopher Rick

5

Kempton

William Ostler

How today's detergents affect plant life.

FC

Philip McDonald

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

Bread box bacteria

Category Awards


Place

Student

Gr.

School

Sponsor.

Project Title

Elementary Division

 

Behavioral

Kelley Priem

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

The effect of gender identity on short term memory and does age effect it?

Botany

Alexandria Jackson

5

Morley

Kermit Diggs

Snow water vs. tap water for plant growth

Chemistry

Elizabeth Largent

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

What fluid does newspaper dissolve quickest in?

Earth & Space

Talitha Taylor

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

Iced Rose

Engineering

Alex Puszykowski

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

Power of a triangle

Environmental

Matthew Mason

5

Chester Miller

Jean Sarantos

What kinds of material will break down in soil?

Medicine

Leah Tabacsko

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

What color does the human eye see first?

Microbiology

Zachary Tickner

5

Handley

Shelly Dawson

You drink this

Physics

Allena DeLao

5

Chester Miller

Barbara Fabus

What holds materials together better: a nail or a screw?

Product Testing

Aubrie Mauro

5

Herig

 Vernestine Jones

Its a piece of cake

Zoology

Kathleen Bogart

5

Kempton

William Ostler

Do chickens lay more eggs to music?

Middle Division

 

Behavioral

Ami Patel

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

The effects of gender on short term memory.

Botany

Sam Howell

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

How did Jack grow that bean stalk? Can the growth of bean plants be effected by nutritive solutions?

Chemistry

Arya Namboodiri

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

Is fat a factor?

Engineering

Eric Mansfield

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

Building a better bridge

Environmental

Jeff Jones

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

What are the effects of human carelessness on plants

Medicine

Nidhi Atri

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

Water vs. sweetened beverages

Microbiology

Trent Allen

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

To was, or not to wash

Physics

Gina Kearly

6

Handley/CAS

Melinda Baldwin

Bigger core lifts more

Product Testing

Stacy Maturen

6

Handley

Melinda Baldwin

Store vs. national cereal

Zoology

Alex Weir

6

Handley/CAS

Melinda Baldwin

Can calcium carbonate ease the transition from pet store to home aquarium?

Junior Division

 

Behavioral

Stephen Guldenzoph

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

Too hot to handle

Botany

Kevin Jankowski

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

Do increased atmospheric pressure effect plant growth?

Chemistry

Paul Tierman

7

CAS/Handley

Dan Sealey

Comparison of the concentration of nitrogen phosphorus and potassium in compost and lawn and garden soil.

Computers

Paul Trieb

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

Can I write a program in C++ using a form of artificial intelligence to interpret visual data, phase II

Earth & Space

Joey Lewis

7

CAS /Handley

Dan Sealey

What if the earth were cubical

Engineering

David Greko

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

Can I create an autonomous laboratory aid to perform simple scientific tasks?

Environmental

Craig Chasseur

7

CAS /Handley

Dan Sealey

The effects of water contaninants on height of Brassica rapa

Medicine

Ashley Lewis

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

The effects of potassium on the life span of fruit flies

Microbiology

Sean Howley

8

CAS /Handley

Gary Barker

Garlic and aloe: More than just herbs and spices?

Physics

John Bedtelyon

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

Simply Smashing

Product Testing

Nicole Williams

8

CAS/Immanuel

Gary Barker

Which type of washable paint works best?

Zoology

Scott Allen

7

CAS/SSPP

Gary Barker

Does caffeine have an effect on cockroache's race times

Senior Division

 

Behavioral

Jeff Barrett

9

CAS /Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

The role of the power of suggestion in image interpretation

Biochemistry

Sara Emmenecker

10

CAS /Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

The efficacy of extracting human DNA fingerprints from Aedes Triseriatus at a crime scene.

Botany

Nicole Gregus

12

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

Measuring the effects of amount and pace of light or photosynthetic efficiency of aquatic plants

Chemistry

Frank Conic

12

CAS/Saginaw

Dan Sealey

Studies of concentration cells

Computers

James Matherly

9

CAS/BCy Handy

Gary Barker

A tool for monitoring and modeling human eye performance

Earth & Space

Erin McGrath

9

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

Do sound waves have an effect on sand erosion?

Engineering

Kathryn Rich

9

CAS /Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

Bringing the Sun's heating power down to Earth

Environmental

Abbie Tingstad

10

Heritage

Dr. William Swenson

The effects of added carbon sources on the matabolism of 2-Nitrophenol: a model for environmental remediation

Mathematics

Christopher Cunningham

9

CAS/BC Handy

Gary Barker

The Cunningham Set: A new type of Fractal

Medicine

Doug Merriam

9

CAS /Heritage

Gary Barker

Investigation of harmful microbial presence in restaurant condiments as a result of unsafe food handling

Microbiology

Stacy Finkbeiner

10

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

The effect of antacids on endogenous nitric oxide synthesis

Physics

Adam Helmer

10

CAS/Nouvel

Gary Barker

Chaos, where does it all start

Zoology

David Betts

11

CAS/Arthur Hill

Dan Sealey

The effects of caffeine on a spider's web

Special Awards


Place

Student

Gr

School

Sponsor.

Project Title

Air & Waste Management Association, East Michigan Chapter, East Central Section

 

Recognition

John Zimcosky

7

CAS/Bay City Handy

Gary Barker

The effect of goldfish and plants on water

Recognition

Philip Nash

8

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

A computer model for pollution filtration in a discritized column

Senior

Rebecca Otterbacher

9

CAS/Bullock Creek

Gary Barker

The good, the bad and the toxic: Herbicide induced stress on daphnia magna

Senior

Abbie Tingstad

10

Heritage

Dr. David Swenson

The effects of added carbon sources on the matabolism of 2-Nitrophenol: a model for environmental remediation

American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Mid-Michigan Section

 

 

Nirmal Mankani

7

CAS/Handley

Dan Sealey

Food preservation methodology

 

Kristin Schwannecke

6

Handley/CAS

Melinda Baldwin

Do I really want to drink that?

American Meteorological Society

 

 

Joey Lewis

7

CAS/Handley

Dan Sealey

What if the earth were cubical

 

Mark Chappell

11

CAS/Arthur Hill

Dan Sealey

Water drops and surface tension

Association for Women Geoscientists

 

 

Erin McGrath

9

CASArthur Hill

Gary Barker

Do sound waves have an effect on sand erosion?

Eastman Kodak Company

 

 

Sara Emmenecker

10

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

The efficacy of extracting human DNA fingerprints from Aedes Triseriatus at a crime scene.

National Association of Corrosion Engineers International (NACE)

 

 

Indraneel Chakraborty

7

CAS/Handley

Gary Barker

Environmental Effects on the biodegradability of plastic bags, paper bags and newspaper.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

 

 

Christopher Cunningham

9

CAS/Bay City Handy

Gary Barker

The Cunningham Set: A new type of Fractal

Saginaw Public Schools’ R. E. A. P. Program

 

 

Jonathan Yanca

8

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

Does the color of a hockey puck effect a goalies's save percentage

Saginaw County Mosquito Abatement Commission

 

Junior

Scott Allen

7

CAS/Sts. Peter & Paul

Gary Barker

Does caffeine have an effect on cockroache's race times

Senior

Sara Emmenecker

10

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

The efficacy of extracting human DNA fingerprints from Aedes Triseriatus at a crime scene.

Society for In Vitro Biology

 

 

Wendy Hastings

11

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

Reversing Bacterial Plasmid-Borne Resistance in Antibiotics

Intel Corporation

 

 

James Matherly

9

CAS/Bay City Handy

Gary Barker

A tool for monitoring and modeling human eye performance

U. S. Department of Health and Human Services

 

 

Gregoiro Estrada

5

Miller

Barbara Fabus

What are the effects of smoking?

U. S. Department of the Army

 

Hon. Mention

Wendy Hastings

11

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

Reversing Bacterial Plasmid-Borne Resistance in Antibiotics

Engineering

Hubert Alexander

10

CAS/Arthur Hill

Dan Sealey

Mapping the field of a helmholtz coil

Environmental / Earth Sci.

Abbie Tingstad

10

Heritage

Dr. William Swenson

The effects of added carbon sources on the matabolism of 2-Nitrophenol: a model for environmental remediation

Mathematics / Computer Sci

Christopher Cunningham

9

CAS/Bay City Handy

Gary Barker

The Cunningham Set: A new type of Fractal

Physical Sciences

Stacy Finkbeiner

10

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

The effect of antacids on endogenous nitric oxide

Life Sciences

Sara Emmenecker

10

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

The efficacy of extracting human DNA fingerprints from Aedes Triseriatus at a crime scene.

Grand winner

Sara Emmenecker

10

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

The efficacy of extracting human DNA fingerprints from Aedes Triseriatus at a crime scene.

U. S. Metric Association

 

 

Jason Bocade

11

CAS/Arthur Hill

Dan Sealey

Determining the reaction time of a night light with physics

United States Navy

 

 

Kathryn Rich

9

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

Bringing the Sun's heating power down to Earth

 

Adam Helmer

10

CAS/Nouvel

Gary Barker

Chaos, where does it all start

 

Abbie Tingstad

10

Heritage

Dr. William Swenson

The effects of added carbon sources on the matabolism of 2-Nitrophenol: a model for environmental remediation

 

Sara Emmenecker

10

CAS/Arthur Hill

Gary Barker

The efficacy of extracting human DNA fingerprints from Aedes Triseriatus at a crime scene.

Yale Scientific & Engineering Association, Inc.

 

 

Mark Chappell

11

CAS/Arthur Hill

Dan Sealey

Water drops and surface tension

 

 

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