2002 Wyoming State Science Fair Awards
March 10 - 12, 2002
Laramie, Wyoming
Senior Results
2002 Wyoming State Science Fair
Senior Behavioral Sciences
1st Place - Saygar Bevenger - Cody High School - Cody - Fun With Shapes
2nd Place - Jennifer Kuper - Greybull High School - Greybull - Evaluation of Biological Basis for Personality & Multiple Intelligence
3rd Place - Meredith Garret - Laramie High School - Laramie - Childhood to Adolescense: Social and Sexual Changes
4th Place - Matthew Root - Cody High School - Cody - The Illusionist
4th Place - Kirsten Ingle - Laramie High School - Laramie - War and Depression
Senior Biology
1st Place - Kyle Fox - Laramie High School - Laramie - Sperm Say NO: Measuring for levels of Nitric Oxide in Sperm Samples
2nd Place - Jared Collingwood - Greybull High School - Greybull - Mitigation of IL-2 Presence in NR8383 Cells
Senior Botany
1st Place - Jamie Riesland - Newcastle High School - Newcastle - Keeping Freshness in Fresh Cut Produce
Senior Chemistry
1st Place - Taffy Kempton - Sheridan High School - Sheridan - Heat Up With Which Salt
2nd Place - Rebecca Robertson - Laramie High School - Laramie - Copper Electroplating
3rd Place - Randy Davis - Little Snake River School - Baggs - Hay Nutrition
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Senior Computer Science
1st Place - Dietrich Wambach - Guernsey-Sunrise High - Guernsey - Tic-Tac-Toe How Hard is Three in a Row?
2nd Place - Sean Leach - Greybull High School - Greybull - Computer Analysis of Iteration Consistency in the Madelbrot Set
Senior Earth Science
1st Place - Casey Lipp - Greybull High School - Greybull - Geologic Determination of Native American Lithic Origins in the Big Horn
1st Place - Laura Vietti - Hot Springs Co High School- Thermopolis - A Study of Contemporary and Ancient Hot Spring Deposits
3rd Place - Brandon Drake - Hot Springs Co High School - Thermopolis - Re-evaluation of Fossiliferous Sites
4th Place - Matthew Parsons - Newcastle High School - Newcastle - Microgravity Candles
4th Place - Ira Waldron - Little Snake River School - Baggs - Water Retention of Soils
Senior Engineering
1st Place - Nate Collins - Wheatland High School - Wheatland - The Effects of Magnesium Powder
Determining the Strength and Porosity for Concrete
3rd Place - Forrest Maclean - Pinedale High School - Pinedale - Charpy Impact Testing of Composite Laminates
4th Place - Shannon Wilson - St. Anthony School - Casper - Biodiesel is Better
4th Place - Travis Menge - Little Snake River School - Baggs - Hot Box
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Senior Environmental Science
1st Place - Jordan Hunter - Greybull High School - Greybull - Multi-variable Analysis of Population Impacts to Big Horn River Water Quality
2nd Place - Elise Verley - Laramie High School - Laramie - Water, Water Everywhere, but Which Will Make Your Plants Grow?
3rd Place - Travis Cochran - Wheatland High School - Wheatland - Ring-necked Revolution
4th Place - Eamon O'Toole - Little Snake River School - Baggs - Dust Suppressant
4th Place - Brian Johnson - Kemmerer High School - Kemmerer - Drought: Out and About
Senior Mathematics
1st Place - Yuan Chen - Laramie High School - Laramie - The Mathematics of Lights Out on a Triangular Grid
Senior Medical Science
1st Place - Alyson Hertzog - Greybull High School - Greybull - Immunocytochemical Analysis
1st Place - Heather Jo Dixon - Rock River High School - Rock River - Eating to Live or Living to Eat
3rd Place - Jonathan Weaver - Wheatland High School - Wheatland - What Do You Do in Bed?
4th Place - Sara Darlington - Newcastle High School - Newcastle - The Black and White of Colorblindness in Children
4th Place - Jessie Galloway - Laramie High School - Laramie - Germs vs. Humans: The Ultimate Battle
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Senior Microbiology
1st Place - Alesia Cheatham - Greybull High School - Greybull - A Comparative Analysis of Bacteriostatic Capabilities
2nd Place - Jessica Jennings - Newcastle High School - Newcastle - X-terminating X-rays
3rd Place - Tomy Jansen - Laramie High School - Laramie - Eupenicillin Bovifimosum (cow dungy with a brush)
Senior Physics
1st Place - Kyle Sundell - Kemmerer High School - Kemmerer - Complex Electric Motors
2nd Place - Justin Van Baalen - Laramie High School - Laramie - Splitting Hairs
3rd Place - Greg Bauman - Little Snake River School - Baggs - Golf Balls
4th Place - Megan Bolin - Newcastle High School - Newcastle - What's Your Angle?
Senior Zoology
1st Place - Savanah Sheehan - Little Snake River School - Baggs - The Effects of Salinity on the Development of Amphibian's Eggs
2nd Place - Becky Thompson - Wheatland High School - Wheatland - Every Dog Has Its Day
3rd Place - Shawn Milek - Hot Springs Co High School - Thermopolis - Have You Herd?
4th Place - Leita Rolfe - Newcastle High School - Newcastle - Mice and Mazes
4th Place - Brynn Elliott - Newcastle High School - Newcastle - Shocking Experience
Senior Teams
1st Place - Erin Donndelinger/Sarah Wood - Greybull High School - An Analysis of PSA Reduction
2nd Place - Brianna Montgomery/Sara Schnieider - Little Snake River School - The Effects of Melathion on Insects
3rd Place - Dennis Mundt/Anna Schuch - Laramie High School - Effects of Racism - Small City vs. Large City
4th Place - Heather Lenardson/Lisa Hill/Ian Patterson - Newcastle High School - Blue is the Clue
4th Place - Jessica Garvin/Stacy Stocks - Little Snake River School - Back Packs: Packing Around Trouble
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