REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR AWARD WINNERS NAMED

Category Winners

Junior Behavioral and Social Sciences

First place: Tiffany Miller, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, How Does the Time of Day Affect a Student's Recallability?

Second place: Colton Felker, Sikeston Middle School, Does Loud Rock 'N' Roll Music Affect the Memorization Skills.

Third place: Marisa Uzoaru, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau, Amazeing.

Junior Biochemistry

First place: Cecilia Kuntz, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau, Natural Reaction Boosters.

Second place: Kelly Bridger, Sikeston Junior High, Does Enzyme Concentration Effect Lactose Digestion?

Third place: Michael Sirimaturos, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Are There Differences Among Hand Lotions?

Junior Botany

First place: Anna Martin, Kennett Middle School, Fiber Development.

Second place: Rebecca Throop, Sikeston Junior High, The Effects of pH on Soybean Root Nodule Formation by Rhizobium japonicum.

Third place: Nikki Clark, Advance High School, The Effects of Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B-12) on the Growth of Corn.

Junior Chemistry

First place: Oliver Sanders, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Kinds of Plastics.

Second place: Brett Price, Nell Holcomb, Cape Girardeau, Do Chemicals Made Into Crystals Form Different Shaped and Colored Crystals?

Second place: Eric Hobeck, Oak Ridge High School, Waste = Energy.

Third place: Derek Robertson, Sikeston High School, Which Catalyst Produces the Fastest Chemical Reaction?

Third place: Gelanie Lockhart, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau, It's Your Move: A Test of Ductility and Detail Retention of Different Lead to Tin Mixtures.

Junior Earth and Space Sciences

First place: Lauren Wibbenmeyer, Sikeston Middle School, Does Where You Live Determine the Amount of Soil in Your Home.

Second place: Scott Wright, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau, Amount of Organic Matter in Soil.

Third place: Joe White, Hayti Junior High, Water Retention in Southeast Missouri Soils.

Junior Engineering

First place: Kurt Glastetter, Woodland Junior High, Marble Hill, What a Drag!

Second place: Michael Lottes, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Which Plane Will Fly the Furtherest.

Third place: Paul Bratcher, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau, Can Ocean Waves Be Used to Generate Electricity?

Junior Environmental Science

First place: Erin Jenkins and Miranda Jordan, Advance High School, The Effect of UV Radiation and pH on Duckweed.

Second place: Laura Jennings, Sikeston High School, Which Method of Planting Wheat Prevents the Erosion of Topsoil.

Third place: Cal Crader, Sikeston Junior High, How Vulnerable are Local Waters to Chemical Pollution?

Third place: Kevin Lankheit, Sikeston Junior High, Two Year Study of Water Quality: How Much Nitrate is in the Private Well of Southeast Missouri?

Junior Mathematics and Computer Sciences

First place: Jeffrey Overbey, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, The Low-Cost Network.

Second place: Amanda H. Peterman, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau, It's Your Birthday Too?

Third place: Suzanne White, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Is 4MB of Memory Enough?

Third place: Jackie McAllister, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau, Math in Music.

Junior Medicine and Health

First place: Jennifer Freeze, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau, Does Fluoride Help Strengthen Teeth.

Second place: Lindsay Bohnert, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Do You See What "Eye" See?

Third place: Trisha Brase, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Energy on Ice.

Third place: Jill Eichhorn, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Fat Content.

Junior Microbiology

First place: Gail Heuschober, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Bacteria: It's What's for Dinner -- Or Is It.

Second place: Andrew Essner and Wesley Steele, St. Mary School, Cape Girardeau, A Scrub a Day Keeps the Bacteria Away.

Third place: Sherri Grippo, Woodland Junior High, Marble Hill, Effect of Temperature on Yeast Activation.

Junior Physics

First place: Darren Hahs, Oak Ridge High School, Which Battery has the Most Power for a Penny?

Second place: Jennifer Phelps, Advance Junior High, Wind Power.

Third place: Eric Abernathy, Advance High School, The Effects of Reflective Insulation on Other Types of Insulation.

Junior Zoology

First place: Justin Welker, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Checking Up on Man's Best Friend.

Second place: Carissa Wilmarth, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Birdseed: Does Color Matter?

Third place: Laura Mittrucker, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, A Rollie Pollie's Environment.

Senior Biochemistry

First place: Julie Hicks, South Pemiscot High School, Steele, The Effects of Organic Solvents on the Cellular Membrane of Beta vulgarius.

Second place: April Arnold, Sikeston High School, How Does the pH Affect the Rate of Enzymatic Reactions of the Enzyme Catalase?

Second place: Erynn Hedrick, Sikeston High School, Susceptibility of Temperature Stress on Eukaryotic Cellular Membranes.

Senior Botany

First place: Matthew Jones, Sikeston High School, Plant Eco-physiology Experiment of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism.

Second place: Stephanie White, South Pemiscot High School, Steele, The Effects of Phosphorous Uptake on the Rate of Photosynthesis in Brassica oleracea Treated with Atrazine.

Third place: Shannon Sullivan, Sikeston High School, Do Sizes of Diatom Populations Vary With Different pH Levels of Water?

Senior Chemistry

First place: Belmarie Gonzalez-Estevez, Sikeston High School, Does the Concentration of Hydrochloric Acid Affect the Rate in which Different Metals Dissolve?

First place: Valerie Holt, South Pemiscot High School, Steele, Identification and Analysis of the Tensile Strength of Plastics.

Second place: Matthew Mangels, Oak Ridge High School, The Neutralization of Acids at Different Temperatures.

Senior Engineering

First place: Matt Garrett, Sikeston High School, Comparison of Iterative and Recursive Fibonacci Functions.

Second place: Barry Decker, Perryville High School, Armstrong the Automaton.

Second place: Scott Baker, Sikeston High School, Does Ten Percent Rubber Used as a Fine Aggregate Affect the Strength of Concrete? Recycling of Tire Rubber.

Third place: Seamus McGrath, Terry Jinkerson and Chris Carroll, North St. Francois County High, Bonne Terre, Prebov: Photon Recharged Electric Operated Vehicle.

Senior Environmental Science

First place: Swaroop Madduri, Poplar Bluff High School, Mitotic Index: Efficient and Cost Effective Method Study Harmful Effects of Environmental Pollutants.

Second place: Mary Ann Dailey, Sikeston High School, Does "Shenendoan 2000" Break Down Lipids in Wastewater.

Second place: Kara Grantham, Oak Ridge High School, Nitrates in Well Water Samples.

Third place: Chad Jennings, Sikeston High School, Does the Amount of Air Pollution Vary with Location?

Senior Medicine and Health

First place: Lacy Hinklin, South Pemiscot High School, Steele, The Isolation, Extraction and Evaluation of Anthocyanins as a Potential Food Dye.

Second place: Andrew Felker, Sikeston High School, Effects of NaCl and Glucose on Human Blood.

Third place: Jesse Smith, Sikeston High School, Is Space Age Aerogel a Safe and Effective Insecticide?

Senior Microbiology

First place: Susan Ellis, South Pemiscot High School, Steele, The Inhibition of Galactosidase (Gz) Enzyme Found in Microorganisms.

Second place: Teruko Lilly, Central Junior High School, Cape Girardeau, Growth of Schizophyllum commune on Sawdust.

Third place: Andrew Lawson, Sikeston High School, Ammonia vs. Bacteria.

Senior Physics

First place: Mark A. Adams, Sikeston High School, Recycle Materials: The New Age Insulators.

Second place: Dongyang Zhang, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau, Effects of Colored Lights on Current Produced by Solar Cells.

Third place: Lauren Lee, South Pemiscot High School, Steele, A Study of Space Shuttle Acceleration and Altitude Due to Launch Angle.

SPECIAL AWARDS

Alliance Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Junior

First place: Jennifer Freeze, Central Junior High School, Cape Girardeau, Does Fluoride Help Strengthen Teeth.

Second place: Lindsay Bohnert, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Do You See What "Eye" See?

Third place: Trisha Brase, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Energy on Ice.

Senior

First place: Lacy Hinklin, South Pemiscot High School, Steele, The Isolation, Extraction, and Evaluation of Anthocyanins as a Potential Food Dye.

Second place: Andrew Felker, Sikeston High School, Effects of NaCl and Glucose on Human Blood.

Third place: Jesse Smith, Sikeston High School, Is Space Age Aerogel a Safe and Effective Insecticide?

American Chemical Society

Junior Biochemistry: Cecilia Kuntz, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau, Natural Reaction Boosters.

Junior Chemistry: Oliver Sanders, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Kinds of Plastics.

Senior Biochemistry: Julie Hicks, South Pemiscot High School, Steele, The Effects of Organic Solvents on the Celluar Membrane of Beta vulgaris.

Senior Chemistry: Belmarie Gonzalex-Estevez, Sikeston High School, Does the Concentration of Hydrochloric Acid Affect the Rate in Which Different Metals Dissolve?

American Foundation of Vision Awareness

First place: Lindsay Bohnert, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Do You See What "Eye" See?

Second place: George Merrell, Hayti Junior High School, Alter Optical Perception.

American Meterological Society

Colleen Bates, Sikeston Middle School, What is the Most Efficient Substance for Melting Ice.

Association for Women Geoscientists

Swaroop Madduri, Poplar Bluff High School, Mitotic Index.

Cape Girardeau Area Engineers Club

Junior: Michael Lottes, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Which Plane will Fly the Furthest.

Senior: Scott Baker, Sikeston High School, Does Ten Percent Rubber Used as a Fine Aggregate Affect the Strength of Concrete?

Eastman Kodak Company

Justin Essner, St. Denis, Benton, Does a Higher Priced Film Always Reflect the Best Picture Quality?

Environmental Analysis South, Inc.

Seventh grade: Gail Heuschober, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Bacteria It's What's For Dinner -- Or Is it?

Eighth grade: Brandy Gonzales, Sikeston Junior High School, Are We Being Served Lead for Dinner?

Ninth grade: Erin Jenkins and Miranda Jordan, Advance High School, The Effect of UV Radiation and pH on Duckweed.

Junior Engineering Technical Society

Matt Garrett, Sikeston High School, Comparison of Iterative and Recursive Fibonacci Functions.

NACE International

Elliot Maschmann, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, How Different Solutions Affect the Rusting Rate of Nails.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Matt Garrett, Sikeston High School, Comparison of Iterative and Recursive Fibonacci Functions.

Southeast Missouri Dental Society

Junior: Gail Heuschober, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Bacteria It's What's for Dinner -- Or Is It?

Senior: Andrew Felker, Sikeston High School, Effects of NaCl and Glucose on Human Blood.

Louis Unfer Award

Junior Earth & Space Sciences

Lauren Wibbenmeyer, Sikeston Middle School, Does Where You Live Determine the Amount of Soil in Your Home?

Junior Engineering

Kurt Glastetter, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, What a Drag!

Union Electric

Paul Bratcher, Central Junior High School, Cape Girardeau, Can Ocean Waves be Used to Generate Electricity?

United States Army

Junior: Eli Marchbanks, Kennett Middle School, Stratistically Speaking.

Senior

Engineering: Barry Decker, Perryville High School, Armstrong the Automaton.

Environmental: John Warren, Sikeston High School, Does Clostridium pasteuranium Affect Chlorofluorocarbons on a Molecular Level.

Life Sciences: Susan Ellis, South Pemiscot High School, Steele, The Inhibition of Galactosidase (Gz) Enzyme Found in Microorganisms.

Physical Sciences & Top Award: Erica Hart, Sikeston High School, What are the Effects of Monosodium Glutamate on the Reproduction of Drosophilia Melanogaster?

United States Department of the Navy

Junior: Colton Felker, Sikeston Middle School, Does Loud Rock 'N' Roll Music Affect the Memorization Skills?

Senior

Anjuli Dahiya, Central Junior High School, Cape Girardeau, Expiration Frustration.

Teruko Lilly, Central Junior High School, Cape Girardeau, Growth of Schizophyllum commune on Sawdust.

Travis Ponder, Oak Ridge High School, Just Passing Through.

United States Metric Association

Dongyang Zhang, Central Junior High School, Effects of Colored Lights on Current Produced by Solar Cells.

United States Public Health Service

Amy Strickland, Oak Ridge High School, Carbon Dioxide Levels of Smokers and Non-smokers.

Yale Science & Engineering Association

Lauren Lee, South Pemiscot High School, Steele, A Study of Space Shuttle Acceleration and Altitude Due to Launch Angle.

People Choice Exhibits

Kurt Glasteter, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, What a Drag!

Amie Leible and Holly Balsman, St. Vincent Junior/Senior High School, Perryville, Cell Quenchers.

Gail Heuschober, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Bacteria It's What's For Dinner -- Or Is It?

Darren Hahs, Oak Ridge High School, Which Battery has the Most Power for a Penny?

Best Group Exhibit

Erin Jenkins and Miranda Jordan, Advance High School, The Effect of UV Radiation and Ph on Duckweed.

Overall Junior Life Science

Gail Heuschober, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Bacteria It's What's For Dinner -- Or Is It?

Overall Junior Physical Science

Oliver Sanders, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Kinds of Plastics.

Kiwanis Club Scholarship

Valerie Holt, South Pemiscot High School, Steele, Identification and Analysis of the Tensile Strength of Plastics.

Dr. E.L. Bahn Award

Belmarie Gonzales-Estevez, Sikeston High School, Does the Concentration of Hydrochloric Acid Affect the Rate in Which Different Meals Dissolve?

Top Eighth Grade Student

Oliver Sanders, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Kinds of Plastics.

ISEF Winners

Matthew Jones, Sikeston High School, Plant Eco-physiology: Experiment of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism.

Susan Ellis, South Pemiscot High School, Steele, The Inhibition of Galactosidase (Gz) Enzyme Found in Microorganisms.

1997 Logo Contest Winner

Sikeston High School, Principal: Randie Fidler, Teacher: Wanda Throop, Designer: Jesse Smith.