REGIONAL ENGINEERING & SCIENCE FAIR RESULTS
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Congratulations to the 40 students representing Marshall High School at the 54th Annual Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair this past weekend at Robinson Secondary School.
Grand Prize Winner (yes, we did it again, or should we say, the Gerners did it again):
Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering (that what it says on the website anyway)
Adaptive Tip Sails for Wind Induced Drag Reduction
Joseph A. Gerner
*Marshall will be sending Joseph A. Gerner to Reno for the International Science and Engineering Fair. He will be joined by 7 other individual grand prize winners from other schools and 3 team grand prize winners. He does not need to compete in the state competition.
Grand Prize nominees:
Engineering
Electrical and Mechanical Body Changes to a Die-cast Car on Wind Resistance
Gavin Campbell, Michael E. Conway
A Magnetic Levitation Presentation
Olivia K. Baskerville, Eian G. Burgess
Plant Science
Competition Among Lentils and Mung Beans
Silvia Cho, Yura Kim, Camille A. Lorenzana
All grand prize winners and nominees from above plus:
Biochemistry
Effect of Bitter Melon on Glucose Concentration
Mai S. Abdel-Ghani
Environmental Analysis
The Effect of Greywater on Plants
Gabriel A. Ritter
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Organic Compost Growth on Lettuce
Amir Noorbakhsh
Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on Vigna Radiata
Christine L. Grilliot, Ipsita Salim
Investigation of Aerosol Optical Scattering
Ellen Chapin, Theresa Marie Hackett, Juliana Yahn
Energy and Transportation
Width of Channel on Wind Speed Produced by OWC
Jordan B. Rennert
Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical
The Effect of Angled Blades on Wind Turbines
Carmen M. Mann, Anita Palmer
Environmental Analysis
The Effect of Compost Materials on Heat Generation
Nicholas A. Ritter, Sean P. Ryan
Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical
The Effect of Blade Pitch Generated Energy and RPM
Mark R. Bergenholtz, Ryan Walter
Mathematical Sciences
The Effect of Different Card Counting Techniques
Navid R. Alavi, Don D. Choi
Environmental Management
Green Roofs: Effect on Home Insulation Value
Abby H. Schneider
Physics and Astronomy
Relationship Between Vandegraff Size and Charge?
Tahsin Chowdhury
For a complete list of winners, see the link: http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/sciengfair/
ALL FIRST PLACE WINNERS advance to the Virginia State Science & Engineering Fair which will be held on April 4, 2009 at the Johnson Center of George Mason University, Fairfax Virginia, with set-up on Friday, April 3, 2009.
Congratulations again to all the students who participated in the regional science fair AND to all the teachers in the Science Department for all their support and hard work in making this year another notable one in science!
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