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2000 SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS
Each recipient of this special award from our title sponsor received:
10 shares of UTC common stock valued at more than $500, a pen, and
the UTC Annual Report
- 2502 Lindy M. Alener, Mystery Foam Har-Bur Middle
School Burlington
- 5035 Roman F. Loonis, Can A Wing's Profile Affect Lift?
Harborside Middle School Milford
- 5511 Briana K. Morey, How Can I Control A Remote Control
Car Using A Computer East Granby Middle School East Granby
- 5520 Rowan R. A. Sheldon, The Music Of Speed Canton
Jr/Sr High School Canton
- 6003 Benjamin C. Shaffer, Tesla Coil Shelton High
School Shelton
- 6004 Scott L. Boynton, Automating The Study Of The Earth's
Magnetic Field East Granby High School East Granby
- 6038 Michael H. Nyberg, Analysis Of The Passivity Of Iron
In Aerated Distilled Water Lyme-Old Lyme High School Old
Lyme
- 6048 Robert W. Mulcare, Laser-Induced Fluorescence Suitable
For Study Of Common Molecular Systems Greenwich High School
Greenwich
Quinnipiac Scholarship Award
A special mention to project numbers 3012 and 3038.
Both of these Students received scholarships to Quinnipiac University
valued at $20,000
Special Award Winners
2000 Connecticut State Science Fair
Quinnipiac College
Hamden, CT
March 14-18
All results are unaudited by the fair's database committee. CSF
reserves the right to correct listings.
These are the listings by project number:
Project Type: Biological Junior Team
- 1001 Quantitative Analysis Of Tomato's Lycopene Absorption
And Effect On Cancer Cells Hillel Academy Fairfield
- Institute of Food Technologists $25 and subscription
- Connecticut State Medical Society Plaque and $250
- 1003 How Safe Is The Milk We Drink? St. Lawrence
School Huntington
- Connecticut Department of Public Health $50
- 1008 Quantitative Analysis Of Silver Compounds On Antibacterial
Activities Hillel Academy Fairfield
- Connecticut Nurses' Association $50 and Certificate for
each team member
- 1009 West Nile Encephalitis: Coincidence or Not? Our
Lady of Fatima School Wilton
- Connecticut Dept. of Public Health Services $50
- 1011 The Physio-Ecology Of Hemigrapus sanguineus In The
Long Island Rocky Intertidal Zones Brooklyn Middle School
Brooklyn
- Discovery Communicaions t-shirt, pin and invite
- Project Oceanology 2 tickets per team member
- Long Island Sound Foundation, Inc. $500 Bond - Microbiology
- 1014 Analysis Of Bacterial Growth & Prevention On Sprouts
& Any Nutrient Loss Hillel Academy Fairfield
- Institute of Food Technologists $25 and Subscription
- CT Ag. Education Foundation $50
- 1020 Effect Of Pollutants & Hypoxia In Long Island Sound
On Lobster Losses Hillel Academy Fairfield
- CT College Conservation $100
- Bayer Corporation $100
- American Meterological Society 2 Certificates per project
- Project Oceanology 2 tickets per team member
- 1023 Every Breath You Take St. Mary School Branford
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 2 Certificates
per project
- 1033 Canine Behavior Assumption School Fairfield
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin and invite
- 1037 Green Tea As Antioxidant & Effect On Cell Rehydration
& Vitamin C Content Hillel Academy Fairfield
- Connecticut State Medical Society Book and Plaque
- 1049 To Tea Or Not To Tea, That Is The Question Science
Horizons 2000 Danbury
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin and invite
Project Type: Biological 7th Grade
- 2005 Back (Breaking) Packs Gideon Welles School Glastonbury
- National Council Teachers Math Certificate and Publication
- 2006 Tadpoles And Their Thyroid Gland Talcott Mountain
Academy Avon
- Southern New England Herpetological Assoc. membership,
invite and a book
- 2007 Electro-Charged Greenhouse Sacred Heart School
New Britain
- Eastman Kodak Company Photo Kit
- 2008 Water Conservation: What Can We Do To Help St.
Francis Of Assisi Middle School New Britain
- 2011 Roadkill Fields Memorial School Bozrah
- Southern New England Herpetological Assoc. Book, membership,
invite
- 2012 The Study Of Lead Pollution In A Rural Connecticut
Town Brooklyn Middle School Brooklyn
- Connecticut Nurses' Association $50 and Certificate
- CT Architecture Foundation $100 Bond
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin and invite
- Trinity College $100 Bond and certificate
- 2014 How Does The Level Of Acidity In Newington Bodies Of
Water Compare To Newington Tap Water? St. Mary School Newington
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin and invite
- 2015 The Effect Of Electromagnetic Fields On (Eremosphaera)
Algae Cells St. Sebastian School Middletown
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin, and invite
- 2023 What Is The Effect Of Caffeine On Mealworms Harborside
Middle School Milford
- Institute of Food Technologists $25 and Subscription
- 2029 Dental Hygiene Sacred Heart School New Britain
- 2030 Fruit Or Consequences Our Lady Of Mercy School
Madison
- Institute of Food Technologists $25 and Subscription
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin and invite
- 2033 Beauty And The Yeast Nathan Hale School New Haven
- 104 Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin, and invite
- 2035 Antacids: Do They Really Work? St. Patrick Cathedral
School Norwich
- American Assoc. Clinical Chemistry, CT Valley $50
- 2038 Cortland Connection Nathan Hale School New Haven
- CT Ag. Education Foundation $50
- 2039 The Effect Of Spices On E Coli Bacteria New
Haven City Fair New Haven
- CT Ag. Education Foundation $100
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin and invite
- 2040 Not Too Crabby: The Predator/Prey Relationship In The
Mystic River Mystic Middle School Mystic
- Southern New England Herpetological Assoc. T-Shirt, membership,
invite
- Discovery Communications T-shirt, pin and invite
- Project Oceanology book and 2 tickets
- Long Island Sound Foundation, Inc. $500 Bond - Microbiology
- 2044 The Effect Of Oil On The Heartrate Of Mytilus edulis
Brooklyn Middle School Brooklyn
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin and invite
- Project Oceanology 2 tickets
Project Type: Biological 8th Grade
- 2501 Idiopathic Scoliosis: The Scoop On Schooliosis - That
Backpack On Your Spine Science Horizons 2000 Danbury
- National Council Teachers Math Certificate & Publication
- 208 American Society of Safety Engineers $50 and Dinner
Meeting Invite
- 2502 Mystery Foam Har-Bur Middle School Burlington
- American Waterworks HS Plaque
- 2503 The Effects Of pH On Lettece Seed Germination And Growth
New Haven City Fair New Haven
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin and invite
- 2504 The Effect Of Various Marine Pollutants On The Heart
Rate Of Mytilus edulis Brooklyn Middle School Brooklyn
- Southeastern NE Marine educators $50
- Project Oceanology 2 tickets
- 2507 How Do Age And Gender Affect Audio And Visual Memory
And Memory Retention? West Hills School New Haven
- CT Assoc. of School Psych. $100
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin and invite
- 2511 The Effect Of Vinegar (Gastric Acid) On Food and Antacids
Gideon Welles School Glastonbury
- American Assoc. Clinical Chem, CT Valley $50
- 2517 The Effect Of Music On Short Term Memory And Mathematical
And Spatial Reasoning Timothy Edwards Middle School South
Windsor
- CT Assoc. of School Psych. $25
- 2523 The Invisible Guest: Where In Your Home Does Bacteria
Call Its Home St. Joseph School Danbury
- 2524 How Polluted Is The Quinnipiac River?An Inverterbrate
Assay Provides The Answer Adams Middle School Guilford
- American Electro $50 Bond
- Project Oceanology 2 tickets
- 2528 VOCıs In Groundwater Our Lady of Fatima School
Wilton
- Bayer Corporation $50
- Connecticut Dept. of Public Health Services $50
- 2529 Are You Getting Enough ZZZ's DePaolo Middle School
Southington
- Connecticut Nurses' Association $50 and Certificate
- 2533 Chemicals And Minerals In Water Bridgeport City
Fair Bridgeport
- American Waterworks Jr. HS Plaque
- 2536 The Effect Of Common Contaminants On The Mortality And
Migration Of Littorina littorea Brooklyn Middle School
Brooklyn
- Discovery Communications t-shirt,pin and invite
- Project Oceanology 2 tickets
- Long Island Sound Foundation, Inc. $500 Bond - Environmental
- 2539 Success Exposed Betsy Ross School New Haven
- 2547 Rescue Your Fescue Mystic Middle School Mystic
- The Nature Conservancy $50 and Book
Project Type: Biological Senior
- 3001 The Effects Of Saturation And Different Types Of Activated
Carbon On Carbon's Ability To Absorb Organic Contaminants
Danbury High School Danbury
- Conservation International Certificate
- 3002 Life In A Water Drop: The Effects Of Change In Water
Temperature On The Number Of Organisms Observed Glastonbury
High School Glastonbury
- Water Environment Federation Certificate
- 3005 The Effect Of Lactase On The Carbon Dioxide Production
Of Yeast In Milk East Hartford High School East Hartford
- Institute of Food Technologists $25 and Subscription
- 3007 P53 And Ki-67 As Prognostic Markers For Ovarian Serous
Tumors Of Low Malignant Potential With Implants And Their Role
In The Deadliness Of Certain Forms Of Ovarian Cancer Greenwich
High School Greenwich
- U.S Navy Graphing Calculator, certificate and invite
- BioTech invite to compete and $250
- 3008 MTBE - Controlling Carcinogenesis Science Horizons
2000 Danbury
- Intel $200
- Trinity College $100 Bond and certificate
- 3011 The Effect Of Nitrates On Algae Growth In The Long Island
Sound Hamden Hall Country Day School Hamden
- U.S. Army $50 Savings Bond
- Boeheinger-Ingleheim $500
- 3012 Utilizing The Phytoextractive Capabilities Of Eugeni-Americus
Danbury High School Danbury
- U.S Navy graphing calculator, certificate and invite
- Quinnipiac University $20,000 Scholarship
- 3013 An Alternate Model Of Cellular Morphology Science
Horizons 2000 Danbury
- Mohegan Sun $250
- U.S Navy graphing calculator, certificate and invite
- BioTech invite to compete and $250
- Intel $200
- 3014 How Do Various Kinds Of Detergents Affect The Growth
Of Algae? Warren Harding High School Bridgeport
- U.S. Army $100 Savings Bond
- Conservation International certificate
- 3015 Which Protects Against Bacteria Better: Chlorine Or
Bromine? Mercy High School Middletown
- 3021 Possible Effects Of Decibel Lavels On Hearing Science
Horizons 2000 Danbury
- American Society of Safety Engineers $100 and Dinner Meeting
Invite
- 3023 The Effects Of Alternative Medicine As Controlling
Agents Against Staphylococcous Aureus Infections Hamden
Hall Country Day School Hamden
- Society for In-Vitro Biology Certificate
- 3033 The Plant/Music Experiment Shelton High School
Shelton
- CT Assoc. of School Psych. $25
- 3035 From Waste To Heat Mary Immaculate Academy New
Britain
- U.S Army $50 Savings Bond
- 3038 Water And The Chrysanthemum Leucanthemem Warren
Harding High School Bridgeport
- Quinnipiac University $20,000 scholarship
- 3039 Analysis of Ionic Content of Perspiration Using Liquid
Chromatograhpy to Determine Physical Fitness Greenwich
High School Greenwich
- Connecticut State Medical Society Book and Plaque
- 3043 The Race To Decompose: Pillbugs vs Earthworms, Who Can
Do It Faster? East Hartford High School East Hartford
- U.S. Army $50 Savings Bond
- CT Entonomological $50
- Northeast Utilities $125 Scholarship
- 3048 Lyme Disease In Horses Norwich Free Academy Norwich
- CT Entomological $75
- University of Connecticut $200 Bond
- 3057 Can Mercenaria Mercenaria, Hard Shell Clams, Be Fully
Protected From Predators? Mercy High School Middletown
- Project Oceanology 2 tickets
- 3059 Do Inividuals With Neurological Disabilities Rely Less
On The Written Word Guilford High School Guilford
- CT Assoc. of School Psych. $50
- Connecticut Nurses' Association $50 and Certificate
- 3060 Use Of Antibodies To Target Cancer For Treatment Greenwich
High School Greenwich
- U.S. Army $50 Savings Bond
- Connecticut State Medical Society Plaque and $250
- Connecticut Nurses' Association $50 and Certificate
- Society for In-Vitro Biology Certificate
- U.S Navy Graphing Calculator, certificate and invite
- BioTech invite to compete and $250
Project Type: Physical Junior Team
- 4004 Servomagnetism DePaolo Middle School Southington
- IEEE - Connecticut Section $25 per team member
- 4007 Strengthening Recycled Paper: Are Chemicals Up To The
Job Science Horizons 2000 Danbury
- CT Resources $150 and $50 teacher Grant
- ISA CT Valley $50
- 4010 Warm Waves Collecting Solar Energy In Water St.
Mary School Branford
- American Waterworks Jr. HS Plaque
- 4011 Demonstration Of An Underground Fuel Oil Storage Tank
Woodbury Middle School Woodbury
- CT Yankee $200 Savings Bond
- 4018 Biorusting: An Explosion Of Corrosion St. Joseph
School Bristol
- NACE International Certificate
- 4020 Which Kind Of Paper Would Be Better To Recycle? St.
Mary School Newington
- CT Resources $50and $50 teacher grant
- CT Yankee $100 Savings Bond
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin and invite
- 4023 Which Fabric Is The Warmest? Woodbury Middle
School Woodbury
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin and invite
- 4026 How Do Windmills Generate Electricity? St. Lawrence
School Huntington
- U.S Metric Association 2 Cert per project
- 4028 Elastic Plastic Metals Jared Eliot Middle School
Clinton
- American Society for Materials $100 Bond
- 4033 How Does Omitting An Ingredient Affect A Cookie? JFK
Middle School Plantsville
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin and invite
- 4036 Plastics Resistance Of Impact Under Temperature Independent
Day School Middlefield
- American Society for Materials $100 Bond
- Gerber Scientific $100 per Team
- 4037 Can Holograms Be Made Using Inexpensive Semiconductor
Lasers? Sts. Peter & Paul School Waterbury
- Pitney Bowes $200 for team
- Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford $50 and invitation
to present
- 4038 Haze - Why Is The Sky Blue? Pawcatuck Middle
School Pawcatuck
- American Meterological Society 2 Certificates per Project
- 4041 Water Chemistry Of North Canaan Rivers - The Effect
Of Various Water Conditions On The Number Of Fish Living In The
Area Tested North Canaan Elementary School Canaan
- American Electro $100 Bond per team
- Discovery Comunications t-shirt, pin and invite
Project Type: Physical 7th Grade
- 5007 The Cleaning Effectiveness Of Laundry Detergents On
A Variety Of Common Stains St. Joseph School Shelton
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin and invite
- 5008 Artificial Intelligence Effect On Player Advantage In
3D Tic Tac Toe Science Horizons 2000 Danbury
- Trinity College $50 Bond, certificate and Shirt
- 5011 A Computer Model Applied To The Orienteering Problem
Salem Elementary School Salem
- Trinity College $50 Bond, certificate and shirt
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin and invite
- 5014 City vs Well Water Har-Bur Middle School Burlington
- American Waterworks Jr. HS Plaque
- Assoc. for woman geo Certificate
- 5018 Isopropyl Achohol And The Appearance Of Cosmic Rays
Middlebrook School Wilton
- Trinity College $100 bond and certificate
- 5020 Is The Weight Of A Rocket Directly Proportional To Its
Performance? Independent Day School Middlefield
- American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, CT Section
$100, Certificate and Meeting Invite
- 5022 Metal - Indigestion Troup Academy of Science
New Haven
- American Electro $50 Bond
- 5025 Science For The Citizens: Designing An Ergonomic Plastic
Bag Handle Adams Middle School Guilford
- American Society of Safety Engineers $50 and Dinner Meeting
Invite
- 5031 Weather And Electric Fields Science Horizons
2000 Danbury
- Gerber Scientific $50
- American Chemical Society $100 bond, dinner invitation
and subscription
- 5036 The Effect Of Salt And Temperature On The Water Uptake
Rate Of Celery Adams Middle School Guilford
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin and invite
- Eastman Kodak Photo kit
- 5041 What Is The Relationship Between The Vertical Movement
Of An Object And The Weight Of That Object? Integrated
Day Charter School Norwich
- Science Center of Eastern CT 1 year Family Membership
Project Type: Physical 8th Grade
- 5504 Sound Waves From Sound Holes East Ridge Middle
School Ridgefield
- Acoustical Society of America $100
- 5506 Auto Safety: Is It In The Bag St. Francis Of
Assisi Middle School New Britain
- American Society of Safety Engineers $50 and Dinner Meeting
Invite
- 5511 How Can I Control A Remote Control Car Using A Computer
East Granby Middle School East Granby
- Gems Sensors $200
- IEEE - Connecticut Section $150
- American Chemical Society $100 bond, dinner invitation
and subscription
- 5512 Bridges Fields Memorial School Bozrah
- 242 Society of Women Engineers, Hartford Calculator
- 5514 Do You See What I See? Sacred Heart School New
Britain
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin and invite
- 5515 How Much Ram Must You Cram? Har-Bur Middle School
Burlington
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin and invite
- 5517 What pH Level Is Most Conducive To Corrosion In Iron
And Copper St. Mary School Newington
- American Electro $50 bond
- 5520 The Music Of Speed Canton Jr/Sr High School Canton
- CT College dept. of physics $50 and certificate
- 5522 Why Does A Stream Meander? Science Horizons 2000
Danbury
- American Waterworks HS Plaque
- CT College dept. of physics $50 and certificate
- Pitney Bowes $100
- 5524 Does Changing The Shape And Weight Of Objects With The
Same Volume Affect Their Rate Of Descent Through Viscous Fluid?
St. Mary School Newington
- Society of Women Engineers, Hartford Calculator
- Discovery Communications t-shirt, pin and invite
- 5527 Zipper Seals vs Ziplock Seals Fishers Island
School Fishers Island
- Henderson Award $50 Gift Certificate
- 5529 Water Purification West Hills School New Haven
- American Electro $50 Bond
- American Waterworks HS Plaque
- 5534 What Metals Will Oxidize Faster, And In What Liquid
St. Mary School Branford
- American Electro $50 Bond
- 5536 Shielding Effect Of Certain Materials On Radio Waves
East Ridge Middle School Ridgefield
- IEEE - Connecticut Section $50
- 5541 Seismographs East Ridge Middle School Ridgefield
- ISA CT Valley $125
- Association for Women Geoscientists certificate
- 5546 What Is The Best Type Of Wood For Heat? Canton
Jr/Sr High School Canton
- CT Architecture Foundation $100 Bond
- 5558 Steam As Mechanical Energy Fields Memorial School
Bozrah
- Society of Women Engineers, Hartford Calculator
- 5559 How Well Is Your House Held Together? Lyme-Old
Lyme Middle School Old Lyme
- The Stanley Works $100
- Science center of CT 1 yr family membership
- 5561 Hovercrafts - Flying Without Wings East Granby
Middle School East Granby
Project Type: Physical Senior
- 6003 Tesla Coil Shelton High School Shelton
- Gems Sensors $200
- CONNECT $100 Bond, teacher/entor compl. admission to event
- Wisner Award $500 Bond
- 231 IEEE - Connecticut Section $50
- 6004 Automating The Study Of The Earthıs Magnetic Field East
Granby High School East Granby
- Herbert Hoover Young Engineers Medallion and Certificate
- U.S Navy graphing calculator, certificate and invite
- Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford $100 and Invite
to present at meeting
- IEEE - Connecticut Section $50
- 6010 Using Artificial Neural Networks To Recognize Handwitten
Letters Science Horizons 2000 Danbury
- 6015 Are Catanionic Surfactants Useful As Aqueous Drag Reduction
Additives? Danbury High School Danbury
- Herbert Hoover Young Engineer Medallion and Certificate
- 6017 Surface Water Acidity Levels: A Regional Study Of Lakes
Across Connecticut Mercy High School Middletown
- American Waterworks HS Plaque
- Water Environment Federation Certificate
- Mystic Aquarium $50
- University of Connecticut $200 Bond
- Southeastern NE Marine educators $50
- Project Oceanology 2 tickets
- 6020 A New Energy Efficient Hot Water Heater Mary
Immaculate Academy New Britain
- CT Yankee $300 Savings Bond
- 6023 Neural Networks And Handwriting Recognition Norwich
Free Academy Norwich
- U.S. Army $100 Savings Bond
- Schlumberger- Doll Reseach $500
- U.S Navy graphing calculator, certificate and invite
- IEEE - Connecticut Section $150
- 6024 How Do Girders Strengthen Bridges Science Horizons
2000 Danbury
- American Society of Safety Engineers $100 and Dinner Meeting
Invite
- Society of Women Engineers, Hartford Calculator
- ISA CT Valley $75
- 6032 Secrets In Starlight: The Strange Case Of R Coronae
Borealis Glastonbury High School Glastonbury
- U.S. Army $50 Savings Bond
- Schlumberger-Doll research $500
- U.S Navy graphing calculator, certificate and invite
- 6033 Get A Grip With Newton Science Horizons 2000
Danbury
- American Society of Safety Engineers $100 and Dinner meeting
invite
- 249 University of Connecticut Physics Department Physics
Book
- 219 CT College dept. of physics $50 and certificate
- 6036 Atmospheric Variations Determined Through Spectral Analysis
Greenwich High School Greenwich
- American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, CT Section
$100, Certificate and Meeting Invite
- 6039 A Method For Predicting Chaotic Levels In Ordinary Chemical
Reactions Greenwich High School Greenwich
- YSEA Certificate
- Trinity College $100 Bond, Certificate and Shirt
- 250 Wesleyan University physics dept. Book and tour invite
- 6043 Acoustics Of Bubbles As A Measure Of Wave Size And Gas
Exchange Between The Ocean And The Atmosphere American
School for the Deaf West Hartford
- Acoustical Society of America $100
- 6045 Production and Application Of Ethanol As A Synthetic
Fuel Science Horizons 2000 Danbury
- U.S Army $50 Savings Bond
- Xerox $100
- 6048 Laser-Induced Fluorescence Suitable For Study Of Common
Molecular Systems Greenwich High School Greenwich
- U.S. Army $50 Savings Bond
- American Waterworks $500 Scholar and Plaque
- Bayer Corporation $50
- U.S Navy graphing calculator, certificate and invite
- American Chemical Society $200 bond, dinner invitation
and subscription
- 6052 The Testing Of Rain's Effect On Low-Range Phosphates/Orthophosphates
In Inland Water East Hartford High School East Hartford
- American Waterworks HS Plaque
- 6053 Investigating Surface Temperature Gradient For Radiant
Floors Danbury High School Danbury
- Northeast Utilities $125 Scholarship
- 6055 Accumulation Of Cadmium And Chromium In The Sediments
Of Binney Pond And Its Creeks Following Dredging Greenwich
High School Greenwich
- U.S Army $50 Savings Bond
- American Electro $100 Bond
- YSEA Certificate
- Boeheinger-Ingleheim $500
- Mystic Aquarium $50
- Project Oceanology book and 2 tickets
- Trinity College $100 bond and certificate
- Long Island Sound Foundation, Inc. $500 Bond - Environmental
Project Type: Physical Senior Teams
6505 What Are Random Numbers And How Are They Used? Shelton
High School Shelton
- The American Society for Quality $100 Bond
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