Science Fair winners were recently announced in all categories, and several students on campus won big awards.

Here is a list of the winners:

• Behavioral and social sciences– 1st place- Hayley Hyde– Vocal recognition in relation to familiarity
• Behavioral and social sciences– 1st place- Maya Joyner– Adult vs. adolescent performance in different  mental abilities
• Behavioral and social sciences– 2nd place- Kayleigh Shumaker– Short-term memory vs. time of day
• Behavioral and social sciences– 2nd place- Ian Wood– Patterns patterns

• Behavioral and social sciences– 2nd place- Claire Meyer– The effect of TV shows on commercial decibel levels
• Behavioral and social sciences– 3rd place- Kristin Hauck– 3- The effect of external factors on short-term memories
• Behavioral and social sciences– 3rd place- Brooke Hanson– The malleability of memory
• Behavioral and social sciences– 3rd place – Sophie Wolfe– The effect of different music genres on the human heart rate
• Behavioral and social sciences– 4th place- Andrew Chahda– Lighten your day, darken your night
• Behavioral and social sciences– 4th place- Jocelyn Brooks– Correlation Between Audio mediums and motion during sleep
• Behavioral and social sciences– 4th place- Carina Vockell– The effect of distraction on reaction time
• Behavioral and social sciences– 5th place – Thomas Dean– The helping hand project
• Behavioral and social sciences– 5th place – Maya Levee– will student athletes or non student athletes perform better on two sample SAT scores?

Biochemistry & Biomedical/ Bio-infomatics & health science

• Biochemistry– 1st place- Shravani Deo– The production of sugar by salivary amylases from starch-rich foods
• Biomedical/Bio-infomatics & health sciences – 1st place- Shannon Kasprak– Type 1 diabetes vs. type 2 diabetes vitamin C and eyesight
• Biochemistry- 2nd place– Ciara Martin– Specific gravity vs. temperature

• Biomedical/ Bio-infomatics & health sciences– 2nd place- Rebekah Garza– The effects of music on adolescent’s focus levels
• Biomedical/bio-infomatics& health sciences– 3rd place- Skyla Gilmore– The effects of teeth whitener on teeth shades
• Biomedical/Bio-infomatics & health sciences– 3rd place- Juan Nino– Does monster dangerously affect blood pressure
• Biomedical/ Bio-infomatics & health sciences– 4th place- Elizabeth Tiedt– Let the beat drop
• Biochemistry– 5th place- Skylar Wolsch-Gallia– Hair types vs. hair products
• Biomedical/ Bio-infomatics & health sciences– Matthew Bosnyak– The effect of age on lung capacity

Cellular and molecular Biology & chemistry

• Chemistry– 2nd place- Elle Kuster– Amount of electrolytes in different drinks

• Chemistry– 2nd place- Sofia Hutton– The relationship between UV protection and cost of various brands of sunscreen
• Chemistry– 3rd place- Brianna Garcia– Testing oils with iodine
• Chemistry– 4th place- Juan Lee- Carpet cleaning
• Chemistry and molecular biology– 5th place- Gage Haden– Competition for space in microbiology
• Chemistry– 5th place- Faith Bodman– Vitamin C amount in Orange juice

Earth and environmental sciences

• Earth and environmental sciences– 1st place- Megan Oldham– Global renewable water filtration initiative
• Earth and environmental sciences– 2nd place- Jennifer Hoang– Using herbs to remove nitrates from lake water
• Earth and environmental sciences– 3rd place- Avery Wohleb– climate science
• Earth and environmental sciences- 4th place- Charlotte Taylor– The filtration of water by three raw materials
• Earth and environmental sciences– 4th place- Aurora Rochin– Drip Drop: Analysis of cave water
• Earth and environmental sciences– 5th place- Emma Roche– Ideal ratio of matter for indoor composting
• Earth and environmental sciences– 5th place- Lee Stone– “Can compostings smell be reduced?”

Energy: traditional/ alternative/energy efficiency & Animal sciences

• Energy: traditional/ alternative/ energy efficiency– 1st place- Ezan Arfi– Saline electrolytes
• Energy: traditional/ alternative/energy efficiency– 2nd place- Allyson Wenzloff– Efficiency of solar power
• Energy: Traditional/ alternative/energy efficiency– 3rd place- Felix Contreras– insulator efficiency
• Energy: Traditional/ alternative/energy efficiency– 4th place- Jake Brien– Powering mobile devices: outlook sunny
• Energy: Traditional/ alternative/energy efficiency– 5th place- Diana Dunn– Solar solutions
• Energy: Traditional/ alternative/energy efficiency– 5th place- Viviana Smith– Concentrated reflection of light on solar panels
• Energy: Traditional/ alternative/energy efficiency– 5th place- Alexander Cochrane– Improved wind turbines
• Animal sciences– 1st place- Dalton carter– Got calcium?
• Animal sciences– 2nd place- Tate Weston– Monster makes you a monster
• Animal sciences– 3rd place- Seth Leifheit– Mealworms vs. Superworms
• Animal sciences– 4th place- Marissa Aiken– Estrogen’s effect on aquatic life
• Animal sciences– 5th place- Ben Meyer– The effect of boric acid on monomorium minimum activity

Engineering Mechanics & Material science

• Engineering Mechanics– 2nd place- Joel Navarro– What beam resists more force?
• Engineering Mechanics– 3rd place- Rebecca Proffitt– Does the type of white led light affect the number of insects attracted?
• Engineering Mechanics– 3rd place- Katie Stephenson– Water purification with solar power
• Engineering Mechanics– 4th place- Kendrick Neptune– What is the wheel difference?
• Engineering Mechanics– 5th place- Daniel Tucker– The effects of a buildings structure on the weight a building can hold
• Engineering Mechanics– 5th place- John Martin– Modifying the frequency of a guitar pickup
• Engineering Mechanics– 5th place- Zachary Rogers– 2 stroke vs. 4 stroke
• Materials science– 1st place- Maggie Monroe– Burning different fabric fibers with varied thread counts
• Materials science– 2nd place- Bonnie Campbell– Correlation of physical properties and heat transfers in metals
• Materials science– 3rd place- Avery Helder– Which cleaning product best cleans up blood?
• Materials science– 3rd place- Lindsey Cottie– Which Powerline surface is the most ice resistant?
• Materials science– 5th place- Sereya Vasquez– Erosion of metals

Microbiology & Physics and Astronomy

• Microbiology– 1st place- Joe Morales– The effect of temperature and parts per million on a chlorine sanitizing solution
• Microbiology– 2nd place- Michelle David– Retainer hygiene experiment
• Microbiology– 3rd place- Maya Webb – Non-toxic vs. toxic cleaners
• Microbiology– 4th place- Lindsey Holland– Contaminated applicators, contaminated makeup
• Microbiology– 5th place- Jacob Thollander– Sourdough starter surprise
• Physics and Astronomy– 3rd place- Alexis Martinez– Tire pressure and traction
• Physics and astronomy– 3rd place- Seth Werchan– Comparison of wood and BBCOR baseball bats
• Physics and Astronomy– 4th place- Erik Atwell– The effect of weight and release on a disc’s flight

Plant sciences & computer science: Hardware/ embedded systems

• Plant sciences– 1st place- Katelyn Dill– Wheat fertilizer distance experiment
• Plant sciences– 2nd place- Bryan Moreno– Plants for biofuels
• Plant sciences– 3rd place- Becky Stubbs– The effect of greywater on plant growth
• Plant sciences– 4th place- Grace Widner– Urban gardening: planting with soil less mediums
• Plant sciences– 5th place- Kandace Blackburn– How hard and soft water can affect plant growth
• Computer science: hardware/embedded systems– 3rd place- John Shepherd– Temperature changes with different cooling methods in PC’s