2007 Wyoming State Science Fair Awards
March 4 - 6, 2007
Laramie, Wyoming
WSSF Preliminary Winners
2007 Wyoming State Science Fair
Junior Behavioral Sciences and Social Sciences
1st – JoLee Springman--Pinedale Middle School -- Feminine Protection or Prosecution
2nd – Nicholas Groshart --Holy Name Catholic School -- Squirrels-Not Just Another Nut Case
3rd – Hannah Wille -- Frontier Middle School--Is it the Real Thing?
4th – Hannah Stansbury--Spring Creek Elementary--Food for Thought?
4th – Joe Siverston--Crest Hill Elementary--The Scoop on Stroop
Senior Behavioral Sciences and Social Sciences
1st – Brittany Herold--Little Snake River Valley--The Poweful Mind
2nd- Jace Munzing--Little Snake River Valley--Coo Coo for Cocoa
Junior Biochemistry
1st – Mariah Strike -- Pinedale Middle School -- Actions: Reactions
2nd -- Hadley Pape -- Pinedale Middle School -- Teratogen Tragedies
3rd -- Noelle Golinuaux -- Holy Name Catholic School -- A Pain in the Neck
4th -- Jessica Luke -- Sheridan Junior High School -- Is EC the Same?
4th -- McKenzie Kuznia -- Sagewood -- Pop-Pop Science
Senior Biochemistry
1st -- Chloe Cundall -- Greybull High School -- Migration of Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Reduction of VEGF Associated Angiogenesi
Junior Botany
1st -- Heidi Hanekamp -- UW Lab School -- The Effect of Detergent on Grass Growth
2nd -- Morgan Patterson -- Holy Name Catholic School -- Botany Beauty
2nd -- Samantha Lambert -- Cody Middle School -- Planting Dilemma: What Works for Watering?
3rd -- Anna Bales -- Cody Middle School -- What are the Affects of Soil Compaction Using Different Types?
3rd -- Jackie Van Noy -- Cody Middle School -- Frantic Fertilizer
4th -- Shanda Post -- North Elementary -- Different Types of Soil
4th -- David Wilson -- Noah Webster Christian School -- Does Magnetic Field Affect Plant Growth
4th-- Kade Simonson -- North Elementary -- The Growth of Beanstalks
Senior Botany
1st -- Juliann Terry -- Newcastle High School -- The Correlation btwn Starch Content in Ponderosa Pine and Ips Infestation
2nd -- Arlan Howe -- Greybull High School -- Evaluation of Beet Pulp and Barley as Carbohydrate Sources in Ethanol Production
3rd -- Trevor Stith -- Newcastle High School -- The Effect of Light on Photosynthesis
4th -- Austin Stege -- Noah Webster Christian School -- Should Plants Smoke Cigs?
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Junior Chemistry
1st -- Charles Evans -- Jackson Hole Middle School -- Metalbusters
2nd -- Ishara Nisley -- Afflerbach Elementary -- The Grass is Greener on the Other Side of the pH
3rd -- Courtney Stratton -- Poison Spider Elementary -- Jell-O Exterminator
3rd -- Christopher Romanjenko -- Sheridan Junior High School -- Fiery Fuels
4th -- Steven Wilcox -- Lander Christian Academy -- More Mileage?
4th -- Lillian Clark -- South Elementary -- Paintball Pollution
Senior Chemistry
1st -- Darshan Patel -- Newcastle High School -- The Effects of Metals on Oxygen Levels in Water
2nd -- Nikki Highfill -- Newcastle High School -- The Effects of Different Solutions on Keeping Cantaloupe Fresh and Edible
4th -- Courtney Mathews-- Newcastle High School -- The Effect of Artificial Sweeteners on Brownie Densit
Junior Computer Science
1st -- Alexandria Billings -- Sagewood -- Japanese Janken
1st--- Shane Adams -- Pinedale Middle School -- The Less of Wireless
2nd -- Cole Bateman -- Sheridan Junior High School -- Wireless Computer Network Woes
3rd -- Rahul Dhami -- St. Mary’s School -- Is Faster Better?
Junior Earth and Space Science
1st -- Connor Trulock -- Pinedale Middle School -- Go with the Flow
2nd -- Ryan Ogden -- Poison Spider Elementary -- Earthquake Liquefaction
3rd -- Annie Grant -- Pinedale Middle School -- Crazy Crystals
3rd -- Curtis Foster -- Holy Name Catholic School -- Episode III: Revenge of the Limer
4th -- Shay Horton -- Wind River Middle School -- Permeable Soils
4th -- William Andrus -- Cody Middle School -- To Stick or Not to Stick
Senior Earth and Space Science
1st -- Sean Sylvester -- Greybull High School -- Analysis of Potential Hydrothermal Mineral Extraction Through Zeolite Absoption
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Junior Engineering
1st -- Hattie McKay -- Pinedale Middle School -- Insulation Naturally
2nd -- Eric Young -- St. Mary’s -- Catch the Wind
3rd -- Kodee Williams--Pinedale Middle School
4th -- Alex Hogan -- South Elementary --Get the Dirt on Ponding Water!
4th -- Shayley Cooper -- Sheridan Junior High School --Holding Back the Waters
Senior Engineering
1st -- David Hohl -- Pinedale High School -- Effects of Throwing Arm Proportions on Trebuchet Performance
2nd -- Matthew Boyce -- Pinedale High School-- A Comparative Study of Alternate Energy Sources
Junior Enviornmental Science
1st -- Maggie Hudlow -- Pinedale Middle School -- Frac-n-Stein
2nd -- Adair Walker -- Pinedale Middle School -- Fear Factor: Fecal Coliform
3rd -- Laney Johnston -- Pinedale Middle School -- Fire CON trol
4th -- Thomas Shaffer -- Pinedale Middle School -- Don’t Refuse to Reuse
4th -- Lingga Adidharma -- Spring Creek Elementary -- One Man’s Waste is Another Man’s Soil
Senior Enviornmental Science
1st --Erica David -- Pinedale High School -- Boards & Branches: Year 6 -- A Multivariate Study of Impacts of Snow
2nd -- Ashley Sylvester -- Greybull High School -- An Evaluation of Perchlorate Exposure on Brine Shrimp Mortality
3rd --Elizabeth Pieper -- St. Anthony Tri-Parish -- Household Items with a Little Zest -- Which Cleans up Oil the Best?
4th -- Tucker Hamilton -- Newcastle High School -- The Effect of Melting Ice on Water Level
4th --Patrick Rodgers -- St. Anthony Tri-Parish --Vegetation Degradation
Junior Inventions
1st -- Kyle McGaugh -- Tongue River Middle School -- Kyle’s Auto Fisher 3000
2nd -- Eric Holmquist -- Noah Webster Christian School -- Human Powered Electricity Generator
3rd -- Thane Balling -- Cody Middle School -- Hold it Frenchy
4th -- Maria Stoddard -- Cody Middle School -- Are You Hoveren?
4th -- Kelsey Perkins -- Cody Middle School -- The New Fish on
Junior Mathematics
1st -- Ashley Hopkin -- Greybull Middle School -- Earstothenes Returns
2nd -- Tayln Costello -- Pinedale Middle School -- Phillips 66
3rd -- Brigit Kelly -- Poison Spider Elementary -- Pick’s Pick
4th -- Shaide Pingetzer -- Shoshoni Elementary -- To Save or Not to Save
4th -- Jack Boyle -- South Elementary -- Crunch Time
Senior Mathematics
1st -- Rebecca Rapf --Sheridan High School -- Cryptic Keys to Correspondence: Fermat’s Little Theorem Applies to Cryptography
2nd --Susie Button -- Newcastle High School -- The Effect of Diff. Heights Above Water on Quarters Dropping into a Shot Glass
Junior Medicine and Health Science
1st -- Harraz MohdReza -- Laramie Junior High School -- The Bitter The Better
2nd -- Emily Berry -- Holy Name Catholic School -- Eat, Drink, and be Smokey
3rd -- Jessica Moore -- Jackson Hole Middle School -- ZAP -- Radiation increasing the mutation Rate of Fruit Flies
4th -- Lorianne Ellingrod -- Arvada/Clearmont -- Move to the Beat
4th -- Daniel Wille -- Little Snake River Valley -- Alternatives are Washing Away Your Teeth
4th -- Jalin McKinney -- Pinedale Middle School -- Let the Beat Go On!
Senior Medicine and Health Science
1st -- Olga Schamber -- Greybull High School -- Cellular Development and Excessive Noise: Changes in EGFR Protein Expression
2nd -- Kristen Willie -- Little Snake River Valley -- More Ways to Eradicate Bacteria
3rd --Angie Peck -- Whiting High School -- Sparkling Smiles
4th -- Ryan Dixon -- Newcastle High School -- The Effect of Coffee on Blood Pressure
Junior Microbiology
1st -- Wynton Grant -- Holy Name Catholic School -- Money Laundering
2nd -- Sabrina Georgio-Westover -- Afflerbach Elementary -- Looks Are Deceiving
3rd -- Erika Wolaver -- Pinedale Middle School -- Got Slime?
4th -- Travis Boulette --North Elementary -- Fighting Fruit
4th -- Hayden Leeds -- Jackson Hole Middle School -- pH Levels: Poison or Promise?
Senior Microbiology
1st -- Amy Feller -- Greybull High School -- Antimicrobial and Biomedical Potential of Thermophilic Algal Extracts
2nd -- Daniel Manders -- Newcastle High School -- Bottle Growth
3rd -- Denice Aponte -- Newcastle High School -- Sweet Seduction
Junior Physics
1st -- KayLee Fegler -- Shoshoni Elementary -- Fabric, Distance, and Static Electricity
2nd -- Katherine Benkman -- UW Lab School -- The Effect of Temperature on Telegraph Transmission
3rd -- George Case -- South Elementary -- Watt’s Up? Testing 1,2,3
4th -- Stephen Belden -- Paradise Valley Christian -- Timing Venturi
4th -- Randall Jiron -- St. Mary’s School -- What a Drag: Downhill Distance
Senior Physics
1st --Jayme Fraser -- Cody High School -- Study of Planet Hunting Techniques and Their Likelihood to Find a Plane…
2nd -- Orin Hutchinson -- Newcastle High School -- The Effect of Temperature on the Refraction and Degradation Angles of Liquids
3rd -- Zach Herold -- Little Snake River Valley -- Razor Sharp
4th -- Ashley Adams -- Newcastle High School -- The Effect of Electricity on Different Liquids
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Junior Zoology
1st -- Donald Jones -- Spring Creek Elementary -- A Freezer Full of Fur
2nd -- Abigail Ouellette -- Holy Name Catholic School -- Hair is for Horses
3rd -- Jessica Pingetzer -- Shoshoni Junior High -- Organic vs. All-Natural
3rd -- Tyler Graham -- Riverton Middle School -- Wind River Bubot: Are They at the End of the Line?
4th -- Tate Chamberlain -- Poison Spider School -- Come and Get It!!!
4th -- Derek Powell -- Spring Creek Elementary -- Dolphin or Flutter: What’s the Best Kick?
Senior Zoology
1st -- Skye Weaver -- Newcastle High School -- The Effect of Alcohol on Daphnia Magna Heart Rate
2nd -- Josh Graham -- Riverton High School -- Micro chemical Analysis of Burbot Otoliths
3rd --Hayley Rodriquez -- Little Snake River Valley -- Family Profiles
Junior Teams
1st – Buster Volmer and Thomas Kane -- Tongue River Middle School -- Moon or Bust
2nd -- Niko Kolis and Michael Payne -- Pinedale Middle School -- I Scream for Ice
3rd – Kayla Grove and Sadie Meeks -- Pinedale Middle School -- Heart Attack
4th – Alec Britt and Mackenzie Morgan -- Frontier Middle School -- That’s How the Ball Bounces
4th – Kalli Whiteaker and Victoria Stille -- Noah Webster -- How Do You Feel About That?
Senior Teams
1st – Brian Reavis and Brandon Reavis -- Cody High School -- Fluorotype: A System to Transcode Info embedded in UV-reactive Data Matrices
2nd – Christopher Hall and Christopher Hederman -- Greybull High School -- An Assessment of Alt. Microwave Methodologies for the Reclamation of Oil Contmn.
3rd – Nathan Stamstad and Jordan Collingwood -- Greybull High School -- Mitigation of Environmental Arsenic Contamination by Means of An Ionic Exchange
4th – Elise Geier and Kylee Sewell --Newcastle High School -- The Effect of Different Types of Teeth Whitener On the Color of Teeth
4th – Shyla Allen and Ryan Mikesell -- Little Snake River Valley -- Better than Brita
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