WSSF Preliminary Winners
2005 Wyoming State Science Fair
Junior Behavioral Sciences
1st – Kelly Barrett – St. Mary’s – “Elephants Never Forget, Do You?”
2nd – Lizzy Cooney – Pinedale Middle School – “A Moment in Memory”
3rd – Alexandra Ditzler – Cody Middle School – “Can You Sniff It, Can you Not?”
4th – Connor Board – Tongue River Middle School – “Sweet Motivation”
Junior Biochemistry
1st – Maggie Hudlow – Pinedale Middle School – “Riding the Ice Cream Wave”
2nd – Korinne Thoren – South Elementary – “Cookie Chaos”
3rd – AhsleyTranstrum – Pinedale Middle School – “Blood Glucose Levels: To Rise or Not to Rise”
4th – Jerica Poulignot – McCormick Junior High – “Drink Me, Eat Me”
4th – Elise Sterck – Pinedale Middle School – “Goat Milk?”
Junior Botany
1st – Lucinda VanZee – Slade Elementary – “Second Hand Smoke”
2nd – Anna Bales – Cody Middle School – “Mulch . . . A Plant’s Best Friend”
3rd – Scott Davis – Rawlins Middle School – “Light Growth”
4th – Dylan Strike – Pinedale Middle School – “Chilly Beans”
4th – Bryan McIntyre – Holy Name School – “War of the Waters”
Junior Chemistry
1st – Michael Meier – McCormick Junior High – “Filtering Out Forgery”
2nd – Natalie Shih – Spring Creek Elementary – “The pHantastic World of Spit”
3rd – Anna Boyle – South Elementary – “Paper, Paper, Paint”
4th – Cody Booth – Pinedale Middle School – “Which “Wood” Burn Best”
4th – Jake James – Pinedale Middle School – “Get the Scoop on all the Poop”
4th – Ryan Huxtable – Shoshoni Middle School – “Pop, Pop, Fizz”
Junior Computer Science
1st – Alex Dahlin – Sheridan Junior High – “Website Complexity”
Junior Earth and Space Science
1st – Eva Balding – Holy Name School – “Lights Out”
2nd –Martin Werbelow – Greybull Middle School – “Insulation Comparison”
3rd – Brittany Hamilton – Newcastle Middle School – “The Drain Game”
4th – Wilson Rogers – Pinedale Middle School – “Dirty Downfall”
4th – Kyle Hurley – Cody Middle School – “Are Estes Model-Rocket Testers Published Heights Correct?”
Junior Engineering
1st – David Berry – Holy Name School – “London Bridge is Holding Up”
2nd – Amanda Soule – Cody Middle School – “Hot Stuff”
3rd – Russell Goff – Shoshoni Middle School – “Bond, Balsa, Bond”
4th – Jacob Cooper – Cody Middle School – “Electro-Magnetic Shock”
4th – Kelsy Conners – Cody Middle School – Hot Wings
4th – Justin Strang – Poison Spider – “The Fishing Line Face-Off”
Junior Environmental Science
1st – Taylor Irwin – Pinedale Middle School – “Clean n’ Green”
2nd – Charlie Hawks – Jackson Hole Middle School – “Super Size my Landfills”
3rd – Paige Hammer – Starrett Junior High – “H2O, Oh NO!”
4th – Dawson Osborn – Sheridan Junior High – Coal Bed Methane Water Treatment”
4th – Julia Melia – St. Mary’s – “Radon: The Invisible Gas”
Junior Inventions
1st – Michael Leibrich – Sheridan Junior High – “Disk Dispenser Dilemma”
2nd – Colton Perkins – Cody Middle School – “Fish On”
3rd – Derek Neiderer – Jackson Hole Middle School – “A Raking Revolution”
4th –Daniel Rodosky – Jackson Hole Middle School – “Will by Snowmobile Trailer be Safe and Efficient”
4th – Eric Brandt – Cody Middle School – “Foot Scrubber 4000”
4th – Liz Shaffer – Pinedale Middle School – “Walkin’ Water”
Junior Mathematics
1st – Terry Knutson – Pinedale Middle School – “Dude, Where’s My Fuel?”
2nd – Lexi Strom – Sagewood Elementary – “Double Flavor”
3rd – Macey Curry – Sheridan Junior High – “Archimedes Principle”
4th – Evie Pickering – Cody Middle School – “Estimating the Stature of Adolescent Females”
4th – Leah Hoblit – Greybull Middle School – “Bach’s Mathmatical Music”
4th – Amy Clucas – Greybull Middle School – “The Pythagorean Theorem”
Junior Medicine and Health Sciences
1st – Harraz Mohd-Reza – Spring Creek Elementary – “Tumeric: Is it the Cure?”
2nd – David Finch – Verda James – “Lung Capacity”
3rd – Kristin Butt – McCormick Junior High – “Block it!”
4th – Kaleigh Peil – Wind River – “POP: Poison of pH”
4th – Shanna Corwin – Pinedale Middle School – “Fecal Frenzy”
4th – David Pesek – St. Mary’s – “Boning up on Calcium”
Junior Microbiology
1st – Josh Graham – Riverton Middle School – “Safe at Home?”
2nd – Jake Brunette – Pinedale Middle School – “Kahuna Coconut”
3rd – Kestrel Schmidt – Jackson Hole Middle School – “Rotten Eggs”
3rd – Mathias McCormick – UW Lab School – “The Effect of Storage Time on the Bacterial Load in Chicken”
4th – Kassey Braun – Pinedale Middle School – “It’s Just a Cowpie to the Eye”
4th – Morgan Sandbak – Cody Middle School – “Fungus Amongus”
Junior Physics
1st – Franklin Hinckley – Spring Creek Elementary – “Arrow Ballistics”
2nd – Bernadette Nelson – Pinedale Middle School – “Shoot for the Stars”
3rd – Travis Scharosch – Poison Spider – “Aerodynamics for Paper Projectiles”
4th – Jessica Fischer – Jackson Hole Middle School – “Are you Careless with Electricity?”
4th – Isaac Armstrong – Spring Creek Elementary – “Testing Airfoils”
Junior Zoology
1st – Bailey Terry – Newcastle Middle School – “Asia Invaders: Are they Lurking in your Town?”
2nd – Jessica Harrelson – Holy Name School – “Jump Easy”
3rd – Kyle Cope – Rock River – “Is the Grass really Greener on the Other Side”
4th – Jim Fenton – Wind River – “Is Bigger Better?”
4th – Trevor Jensen – Greybull Middle School – “Why do Chameleons Change Color?”
4th – Jordan Weliever – Shoshoni Middle School – “Alternatives to Branding”
Junior Teams
1st – Amy David and Jayne Thompson – Pinedale Middle School – “When the Dust Settles”
2nd – Matthew Meiring and Mathew Boyce – Pinedale Middle School – “Springing into the Future”
3rd – Colton Blankenship and Kyle Ehmke – St. Mary’s – “Helical Heights”
4th – Kena Rasmussen and Evan Goodnough – Sage Valley Junior High – “Mice Weight”
4th – Lucas Carr and Chris Maze – Tongue River Middle School – “Groovy Wings”
Senior Behavioral Sciences
1st – Alexis Lester – St. Mary’s – “Brain Drain”
2nd – Kyle Dieterich – Ten Sleep High School – “Remember What?”
3rd – Bessie Highfill – Newcastle High School – “The Effect of Being Right-Brained or Left-Brained on which direction you draw”
4th – Becky Holland – Aravda-Clearmont High School – Eye Love Basketball
4th – Monica Lavin – Pinedale High School – “The Subconscious Reaction to Ominous Sounds”
Senior Biochemistry
1st – Jena Perry – Arvada-Clearmont High School – “Fat Fry”
2nd – Kevin Deterich – Ten Sleep High School – “The C Factor”
Senior Botany
1st – Juliann Terry – Newcastle High School – “The Effects of Thinning Timing on Ips pini infestations”
2nd –Tika Hopkin – Arvada-Clearmont High School – “Management Method Prediction of Leafy Spurge”
3rd – Chelsy Hanson – Pinedale High School – “A Comparative of Conifer Tree Growth Rates in a Domestic and Natural Environment”
Senior Chemistry
1st – Ashley Sylvester – Greybull High School – “A Comp. Study of Ethanol Production Potential: Recycled Cellulose vs. Innovative Biomass”
2nd – Amy Knutson – Pinedale High School – “An Analysis of the Deterioration of a Swimming Suit as a Result of an Altered Environment”
3rd – Kathryn Ertmann – Newcastle High School – “CSI: Now you’re the detective”
4th – Cameron Green -- St. Mary’s – “Diffusion and Osmosis”
4th – Christine Smith – Newcastle High School – “Acetone and Fake Fingernails”
Senior Computer Science
1st – Brandon Reavis – Cody High School – “Digital Algorithmic Mice”
2nd – Dustin Williams – Laramie High School – “Creating a 3D Projectile Physics Simulation”
Senior Earth and Space Science
1st – Alexander Kuhn – Greybull High School – “Coal Bed Mehtane Effluents and their Effects on Soil Microorganisms”
2nd – Sarah Frenske – Ten Sleep High School – “Correlation of Gestation Periods and Weather Patterns”
3rd – Tucker Hamilton – Newcastle High School – “The Effect of Texture of Soil and its Ability to filter Aqueous Solutions”
4th – Kelton Keeney – St. Mary’s – “The Weather is Different Everywhere”
4th – Obadiah Brown-Beach – Newcastle High School – “Optimal Solargistics”
Senior Engineering
1st – Christopher Hall – Greybull High School – “Reduction of Radiation through the Use of a Novel Polystyrene/Carbon Matrix”
2nd – Ryan Abell – Laramie High School – “Comparison of Computer Cooling Concepts”
3rd – Virginia Switzer – Arvada-Clearmont High School – “Bridging the Gap”
Senior Environmental Science
1st – Swathi Katta – Laramie Junior High – “Arsenic Levels: What are you Drinking?”
2nd – Megan Kuper – Greybull High School – “Water-Borne PAH Concentrations Associated with Fossil Fuel Production”
3rd –Chaunce Criswell – Little Snake River Valley – “Is it Clear”
4th – Charlie Gorzalka – Arvada-Clearmont High School – “Dusty Roads”
Senior Mathematics
1st – Rebecca Rapf – Sheridan High School – “A Formal Explanation of Divisibility Heuristics”
2nd – Sean Harrison – Cody High School – “Riches off Ditches”
Senior Medicine and Health Sciences
1st – Myriah Sylvester – Greybull High School – “An Investigation of Nicotine and its Impact on Learning”
2nd – Kristen Wille – Little Snake River Valley – “Kill that Bacteria!”
3rd – Kate Taylor – Ten Sleep High School – “Pinning Down the Touch”
4th – Amy Foster – Little Snake River Valley – “Possible Radiation Induced Cancer Cluster”
Senior Microbiology
1st – Chad Linse – Greybull High School – “An Evaluation of Genetic Variation Induced by Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields”
2nd – Hannah McGuire – Pinedale High School – “The Effect of Tobacco Products on Animal Tissue Culture”
3rd – Liana Ksaibati – Laramie High School – “Conventional vs. Organic”
4th – Eva Harrower – Pinedale High School – “A Comparative Analysis of Bacterial Growth on Various Types of Contact Lenses”
4th – Denice Aponte – Newcastle High School – “Beefy Little Critters”
Senior Physics
1st – Erica David – Pinedale High School – “Boards and Branches! A Multivariable Study of Snow Interception”
2nd – Ted Scott – Greybull High School – “An Analysis of Force Value Variation in Different Composite Armor Designs”
3rd – Mike Kamber – Laramie High School – “Examining the Effectiveness of an Alternate Energy Source Computer”
3rd – Ryan Mikesell – Little Snake River Valley – “Heat Holders”
Senior Zoology
1st – Amy Keyser – Pinedale High School – “The Effects of Nature Sounds on the Vocalization Patterns of Various Parrot Species”
2nd – Forrest Michnevich – Pinedale High School – “A Behavioral Analysis of Memory in Carrasius Auratu”
3rd – Natasha Keierleiber – Newcastle High School – “The Effect of Using Various Food son the Number of Ants Attracted”
4th – Max Funk – Ten Sleep High School – “Sight vs. Sound (In Search of human Echolocation)”
Senior Teams
1st – Joel Sorensen and Jeremiah Huber – Greybull High School – “Ultrasonic Frequency Applications in the Field of Plant Development and Propogation”
2nd – Erin Michelena and Amy Feller – Greybull High School – “Impact of Lichen Toxicity on Elk Populations and the Possible Role of Climates”
3rd – Afton Evans and Trine Larsen – Greybull High School – “An Assessment of Voltage Production Associated with Rotor Style and Placement”
4th – Kenneth Lipps and Ian Weaklim – Laramie High School – “A Brief Analysis of Wireless Network” Security
4th – Samantha Schneider and Shyla Allen – Little Snake River Valley – “Nitrate Nasties”