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2010-2011: Fifteenth Annual Competition
| Level | Award | Recipient | Sponsor |
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| Excellence | $150 | Genetic Influence on the Development of Food Allergies |
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| Merit | $75 | Hydrogen Cyanide: A Necessary Evil |
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| Merit | $75 | Can You Hear Me Now? : The Correlation between Hearing Loss and Marching Band |
Ms. Judy Peck |
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| Achievement | $25 | Training of Service Dogs |
Ms. Judy Peck |
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| Achievement | $25 | The Songs of Nature's Greatest Musicians |
Ms. Judy Pecka |
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| Achievement | $25 | The Proton-Proton Chain: An Energy Solution |
Mrs. Kay Miraglia |
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| Achievement | $25 | The “Mad Genius”: Is there a Correlation between Creativity and Mental Illness? |
Ms. Judy Peck |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Speedo’s LZR: the World’s Fastest Swimsuit |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Test Anxiety: Palms and Upset Stomach |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | The Sportsmanship Debate of Soccer Technology |
Ms. Judy Peck |
2009-2010: Fourteenth Annual Competition
| Level | Award | Recipient | Sponsor |
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| Excellence | $150 | Choosing a Road Bike - Frame Materials |
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| Excellence | $150 | Antimatter: The Mirror Universe |
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| Merit | $75 | What Doesn't Kill Us... |
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| Merit | $75 | Zealously Obsessed |
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| Achievement | $25 | VASIMR: The Future of Spaceflight |
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| Achievement | $25 | Squirt, Sniff, Burn |
Duncan-Lewis |
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| Achievement | $25 | Staying on Top of the Mudslide: Examining the Effects of the Internet and Internet Piracy on Media Industries |
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| Achievement | $25 | From a Blue Screen to the Silver Screen |
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| Achievement | $25 | The Silent Dominance of Smell |
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| Achievement | $25 | Spinning vs. Baitcasting: The Reel Facts |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Pediatric Bipolar Disorder |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | How To: Draw Anime Style |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Whirlpools of Light - Black Holes |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Human Sexual Selection and Attraction |
2008-2009: Thirteenth Annual Competition
| Level | Award | Recipient | Sponsor |
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| Distinguished | $300 | Memory: How and Why We Recall Our Experiences |
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| Excellence | $150 | I Can. I Will. i-LIMB |
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| Excellence | $150 | The Big Bounce Overtakes the Big Bang |
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| Merit | $75 | Electric Cars: The Shocking Truth |
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| Merit | $75 | Where Did All the Colors Go? |
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| Merit | $75 | Photovoltaics as a Source of Renewable Energy |
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| Achievement | $25 | Powering America: Nuclear Energy |
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| Achievement | $25 | Been There, Done That?! |
Mrs. Kay Miraglia |
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| Achievement | $25 | Stem Cell Research: Medical Ramifications vs. Ethical Risks |
Mrs. Kay Miraglia |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Powering the World: The AC Motor |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Physics of Football |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Parasomnias: Nightmares, Sleepwalking, and Sleep Terrors |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Troubled Waters |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Accutane: Miracle Drug or Death Trap |
Ms. Judy Peck |
2 Won Excellence Award in international competition, #2 rated paper, $100 award.
2007-2008: Twelfth Annual Competition
| Level | Award | Recipient | Sponsor |
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| Excellence | $150 | Behind the Ink: Innovations in the Printing Process |
Ms. Judy Peck |
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| Excellence | $150 | How Green is My Alley? |
Dr. Diane Harper |
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| Merit | $75 | Plant Bioscience |
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| Merit | $75 | Tetra-Amino Macrocyclic Ligand Activators' Affect on Pollution |
Dr. Romina Jannotti |
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| Merit | $75 | The Science Behind the Sound |
Dr. Diane Harper |
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| Achievement | $25 | Down The Rabbit Hole: The Truth About Black Holes Exposed |
Kathryn Churchill |
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| Achievement | $25 | Modeling the Behavior of a Quantum Well Utilizing the P-N Junction |
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| Achievement | $25 | Ansel Atoms: The Chemistry of Photography |
Dr. Romina Jannotti |
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| Achievement | $25 | The Singing Voice and Posture |
Dr. Maureen Warner |
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| Achievement | $25 | The IAU Changes Our Solar System: Pluto Demoted |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Biolumenecence: Biology of a Firefly |
Ms. Kim Dansereau |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Fascinating Physics of Contact Lenses |
Ms. Deanna Coopersmith |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Let it Glow – Understanding Fluorescent Lamps |
Dr. Romina Jannotti |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | It's Easy Being Green |
Leni Schmidt |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | How Roller Coasters Work |
Dr. Maureen Warner |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Nuclear Fusion: The Fuel of the Sun and Stars |
Dr. Romina Jannotti |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | From the Ground Up |
Dr. Romina Jannotti |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Fueling The Athlete |
Ms. Trent Daniel |
2 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, #4 rated paper, certificate.
2006-2007: Eleventh Annual Competition
| Level | Award | Recipient | Sponsor |
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| Excellence | $150 | Inside Hair: A Closer Look at Color and Shape |
Ms. Deanna Coopersmith |
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| Merit | $75 | Scratch and Sniff |
Dr. Maureen Warner |
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| Merit | $75 | No More Ironing? |
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| Merit | $75 | An Insight into the Future: Research on the Development of Superconductors |
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| Achievement | $25 | Nanomedicine: The Miracle Elixir |
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| Achievement | $25 | Biodetectors - What They Are and Why We Need Them |
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| Achievement | $25 | Genetically Engineered Foods: The Opportunity to Enrich Lives or Harm Them? |
Ms. Kathryn Churchill |
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| Achievement | $25 | Necessity of Copper Recycling |
Dr. Maureen Warner |
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| Achievement | $25 | Copper: The Heart of Cardiovascular Health |
Dr. Romina Jannotti |
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| Achievement | $25 | The Effects of Wheelbase and Track on Vehicle Dynamics |
Mr. Timothy Gallagher |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Take A Deep Breath... |
Dr. Maureen Warner |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Anabolic Androgenic Steroids |
Ms. Trent Daniel |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Silly Putty |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Gardasil: A Vaccine for Cancer? |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | DNA An Overview |
Dr. Maureen Warner |
2 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, #4 rated paper, certificate.
2005-2006: Tenth Annual Competition
| Level | Award | Recipient | Sponsor |
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| Distinguished | $250 | Fighting Spam |
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| Excellence | $150 | Managed Growth in Response to Suburban Sprawl: Merits, Negatives, and Potential Solutions |
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| Merit | $75 | The Resistance from Microscopic Rebels: The Invisible Assassins |
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| Achievement | $25 | Embryonic Stem Cells: The Good, The Bad, The Nebulous |
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| Achievement | $25 | The Merciless Killer |
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| Achievement | $25 | Nuclear Power Plants |
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| Achievement | $25 | Antidepressants: A Risky Remedy |
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| Achievement | $25 | Chess, The Thinkers Sport |
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| Achievement | $25 | Sleep Apnea |
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| Achievement | $25 | Fuel: From the Harvest to the Engine |
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| Achievement | $25 | Hydrocephalus |
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| Achievement | $25 | Blue-Green and Red Hot |
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| Achievement | $25 | Overclocking: Getting More From Your Computer |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Genetically Modified Organisms: A Step Forward For Mankind? |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Swim Fast! |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Fuel Cells: Power of the Future |
Mrs. Kay Miraglia |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | VO2 Max: All About the Oxygen Baby! |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Crohn's Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment |
2004-2005: Ninth Annual Competition
| Level | Award | Recipient | Sponsor |
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| Excellence | $150 | OLEDs: The Displays of the Future |
Ms. Jenny Dunn |
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| Excellence | $150 | Epigenetics: The Hidden Potential Beyond Coding DNA |
Ms. Michele Ciccarello |
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| Merit | $75 | Angiogenesis: Cancer's Lifeline |
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| Merit | $75 | Parecon: The Economics of Equality |
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| Achievement | $25 | Marijuana: God's Gift to Man? | Dr. Maureen Warner |
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| Achievement | $25 | Golden Fields of ... Plastic? | Mrs. Trent Daniel |
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| Achievement | $25 | Go Ballistic! With the Rail Gun | ||
| Achievement | $25 | Carbon Nanotubes | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Radio Telescopes: History and Function | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Stem Cells: The Science of Tomorrow | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Strike Three! The Physics Behind the Curveball | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | A Dream Come True: The Wankel Rotary | Mrs. Rosemary Roberts |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Genetically Modified Organisms 101 -- Ethics, Technology & Impact on Society | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Hydrogen Cars | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Ligers and Tigons and Bears, Oh My! | Dr. Maureen Warner |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Legal or Not? Music Sharing Should be Legal in the United States | Information Technology |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | The Human Genome Project |
2 Won Merit Award in international competition, #3 rated paper, $300 award.
3 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, #4 rated paper, certificate.
2003-2004: Eighth Annual Competition
| Level | Award | Recipient | Sponsor |
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| Excellence | $150 | CAPTCHA: Read This! | Dr. Maureen Warner |
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| Excellence | $150 | Telomerase: The Miracle Elixir for Cancer? | Ms. Michele Ciccarello |
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| Merit | $75 | Artificial Muscles: Revolutionary Motors and Power Generators | Mrs. Trent Daniel |
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| Merit | $75 | Humor and Healing: Laughter Really is the Best Medicine | Dr. Maureen Warner |
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| Achievement | $25 | The Shortest Distance Between Two Points: The Maglev Train | ||
| Achievement | $25 | The Theory of Everything: Untangling The String Theory | Dr. Maureen Warner |
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| Achievement | $25 | Bipolar Disorder in Children | ||
| Achievement | $25 | Nuclear Fusion: How Do They Do It? | Dr. Maureen Warner |
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| Achievement | $25 | Interleukin-2: The Cure to Cancer | Ms. Michele Ciccarello |
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| Achievement | $25 | Sea Turtles vs. Human Indifference | ||
| Achievement | $25 | Weaving the Semantic Web | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Arches Can Be More Than Golden | Mrs. Trent Daniel |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | The Diet Craze | Mrs. Trent Daniel |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | DNA Forensics Uncovered | Mrs. Trent Daniel |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | A Creeping Killer: Cystic Fibrosis | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Sparkling Frauds? | Mrs. Trent Daniel |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Another Ice Age | Dr. Maureen Warner |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | A Little Perspective on the Camera Obscura | Mrs. Trent Daniel |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Molecular Machinery | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | The Torn ACL: Striking Fear Into the Hearts of Athletes Everywhere! | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | The Joy of Soy | Mrs. Trent Daniel |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Anorexia - Striving for Starvation | Dr. Maureen Warner |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Viruses and Worms | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Anthrax: An In-Depth Investigation of the Ultimate Bioweapon |
2 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, #4 rated paper (tied), certificate.
3 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, #4 rated paper (tied), certificate.
2002-2003: Seventh Annual Competition
| Level | Award | Recipient | Sponsor |
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| Excellence | $150 | Augmented Reality: A Vision of the Future | Mrs. Trent Daniel |
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| Excellence | $150 | Miscommunication: The Role of Cell Cycle Regulators in the Development of Cancer | Mrs. Trent Daniel & Mrs. Michelle Ciccarello |
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| Merit | $75 | The Evolution of Computer Control | Mrs. Trent Daniel |
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| Merit | $75 | The Science Behind Photography | ||
| Achievement | $25 | Melanoma: A Reference Guide | Mrs. Trent Daniel |
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| Achievement | $25 | Huntington's Disease: A Fatal Mystery | Mrs. Trent Daniel |
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| Achievement | $25 | Malignant Melanoma: Fun in the Sun? | Mrs. Trent Daniel |
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| Achievement | $25 | B-2: The Stealth Bomber | ||
| Achievement | $25 | Athletic Injury: A Psychological Approach | Mrs. Trent Daniel |
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| Achievement | $25 | The Design, Function and Operation of Light Emitting Diode Technology | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Artillery: A Scientific and Historical Perspective | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | How Low Can It Go? When Blood Sugar Becomes a Clinical Condition | Mrs. Trent Daniel |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Life After Gasoline: Hydrogen Economy, Fuel Cell Innovations and Internal Combustion Engines | Mrs. Trent Daniel |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Acoustical Physics: A Study of Sound Levels in Movie Theaters | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Fluoride: Friend or Foe? | Mrs. Trent Daniel |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Dying to be Thin: Eating Disorders in Young Female Athletes | Mrs. Trent Daniel |
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| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Genius in Disguise: The Autistic Savant |
2 Won Merit Award in international competition, #3 rated paper, $300 award.
3 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, #4 rated paper (tied), certificate.
4 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, #4 rated paper (tied), certificate.
2001-2002: Sixth Annual Competition
| Level | Award | Recipient | Sponsor |
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| Excellence | $150 | ATP Synthase: Evolution's Bioenergetic Water Wheel | ||
| Excellence | $150 | Cryptography: A Description of the RSA Public Key Encryption Algorithm, Weaknesses, Strengths, and Longevity | ||
| Merit | $75 | Migraines in Adolescents | ||
| Merit | $75 | Pre-Natal Testing | ||
| Achievement | $25 | The Acoustics of a Guitar | ||
| Achievement | $25 | Blue Genes: A Look at Adolescent Depression | ||
| Achievement | $25 | Diabetes: A Resource for the Recently Diagnosed and the Misinformed | ||
| Achievement | $25 | Windows XP: The Operating System of the Future | ||
| Achievement | $25 | Removal of Arsenite from Water Using Ferric and Aluminum Hydroxide Coated Filter Media | ||
| Achievement | $25 | The Quagga Project | ||
| Achievement | $25 | αβ Activation of Cdk5/p25 Pathway Resulting in Alzheimer's Disease-like Tau Hyper-Phosphorylation: A Potential Vector for Pharmacological Treatment | ||
| Achievement | $25 | Psychological and Neurological Effects of Trauma | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | The Evolution of the Baseball Bat | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Bulimia: The Teenage Trap | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Effects of Nicotine | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Tuning a Musical Instrument | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | What Are Implanted Biochips? | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Smallpox: Its History, Eradication, and Potential Use as a Weapon of Biological Warfare | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Causes of Heart Disease in Women and the Effect of Hormone Replacement Therapy |
2000-2001: Fifth Annual Competition
| Level | Award | Recipient | Sponsor |
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| Excellence | $150 | Pluripotent Stem Cells: Biomedicine's Promising New Superweapon | ||
| Merit | $75 | A Computerized Theoretical Model for Generating Random Swing Jazz | ||
| Merit | $75 | Feline Dental Care | ||
| Merit | $75 | Breast Cancer | ||
| Honorable Mention | $25 | Scanning Probe Microscopy in Relation to Nanoscience | ||
| Honorable Mention | $25 | Is Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Bypass Surgery the Answer? | ||
| Honorable Mention | $25 | Parkinson's Disease: The Shaking Palsy | ||
| Honorable Mention | $25 | Superconductivity and YBa2Cu3O7+X | ||
| Honorable Mention | $25 | The Social, Moral, and Ethical Issues of the Human Genome Project | ||
| Honorable Mention | $25 | Niemann-Pick Disease: Type A | ||
| Honorable Mention | $25 | Remediation of Nitrate in Drinking Water Using Zero-Valent Iron | ||
| Special Middle School Awards | ||||
| Outstanding | Certificate | Underage Drinking: A National Epidemic | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Mummies: Human Beings Being Embalmed After Death | ||
| Honorable Mention | Certificate | Alexander Fleming's Drug, Penicillin — Drug of the Century | ||
2 Won Merit Award in international competition, #3 rated paper, $300 award.
3 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, #5 rated paper, certificate.
1999-2000: Fourth Annual Competition
| Level | Award | Recipient | Sponsor |
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| Excellence | $150 | Satellite Television | ||
| Merit | $75 | Spina Bifida | ||
| Merit | $75 | What are the Major Benefits of C++ Programming? | ||
| Merit | $75 | The Effects of Melatonin on the Bodies of Organisms | ||
| Merit | $75 | Autoimmune Diseases | ||
| Honorable Mention | $25 | The New Future in Biotechnology: Human Gene Therapy | ||
| Honorable Mention | $25 | Female Athletes and Eating Disorders | ||
| Honorable Mention | $25 | The Hubble Space Telescope | ||
| Honorable Mention | $25 | An Introduction to the Role of Outer Membrane Proteins in Mediating Antibiotic Resistance in B. cepacia | ||
| Honorable Mention | $25 | Insomnia and Melatonin: Is There A Significant Association? |
1998-1999: Third Annual Competition
| Level | Award | Recipient | Sponsor |
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| Excellence | $100 | Fractals: Unifying Structures in the Sciences | ||
| Excellence | $100 | Food Poisoning: Cause and Prevention | ||
| Excellence | $100 | Lung Cancer: A Deadly Threat | ||
| Excellence | $100 | The F-22 Raptor | ||
| Merit | $50 | The Hubble Space Telescope | ||
| Merit | $50 | Auroras: Nature's Light Show |
1997-1998: Second Annual Competition
| Level | Award | Recipient | Sponsor |
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| Excellence | $75 | Are the Results of DNA Analysis a Valid Type of Evidence to be Used in a Criminal Trial? | ||
| Merit | $25 | Ebola: Hide and Seek | ||
| Merit | $25 | Pantene Pro-V Clarifying Shampoo: The Facts About a "Fortified" Hair Care Product |
2 Won Achievement Award in international competition.
1996-1997: First Annual Competition
| Level | Award | Recipient | Sponsor |
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| Merit | $25 | Genetically Engineered Food |
Totals
200 awards presented by the Orlando Chapter:• 131 cash awards for $8000
• 69 certificates
23 awards presented by the STC:
• 12 cash awards for $6300
• 11 certificates
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