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On Friday, April 1, 700 middle and high school students from throughout Oregon and southwest Washington presented original science research projects at the 22nd annual Intel Northwest Science Expo, held at Portland State University and presented by PSU and Vernier Software and Technology.
This year the Expo consisted of three separate fairs: the middle school fair; the high school at-large regional fair for students who had not competed in another regional fair; and the high school state fair for students who qualified at one of six regional fairs held previously this spring, and with separate judging for life and physical sciences.
Best of Fair winners were announced at an awards ceremony Friday evening. Top finishers at the high school level will compete as members of Team Oregon at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), May 8-13, 2005, in Phoenix, Ariz. Over 300 awards were presented, including college scholarships; complete results will be posted at the Expo's Web site, www.nwse.org, on Monday, April 4, 2005.
The Intel Northwest Science Expo is affiliated with the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair and the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge. Its mission is to develop scientific talent and promote science literacy in Oregon and southwest Washington students. The Expo is a project of the Center for Science Education at Portland State University, and receives additional financial support from the Intel Foundation, Vernier Software and Technology, the Edward and Romell Ackley Foundation, Youth Exploring Science!, Girl Scouts' Columbia River Council, AVS (NW Section), Madden Industrial Craftsmen and Bill Becker. Judging and interviews were conducted by 240 scientific professionals from throughout the area.
Winners from the 2005 Intel Northwest Science Expo:
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Middle School Awards |
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Award |
Student Names |
School |
Grade |
Project Title |
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Best of Fair |
Yale Fan |
Meadow Park Middle School (Summa) |
7 |
Polymers Prefigured |
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Best of Fair |
Sarah Doyle |
Evergreen Middle School |
7 |
Differentiating the Kingdoms Using DNA Fingerprinting |
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High School At-Large Regional Fair Awards |
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Award |
Student Names |
School |
Grade |
Project Title |
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Best of Fair |
Saate Shakil |
Benson High School |
11 |
Changes In Brain Function Following High/Low Novelty-Seeking |
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ISEF Finalist, Individual |
Saate Shakil |
Benson High School |
11 |
Changes In Brain Function Following High/Low Novelty-Seeking |
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ISEF Finalist, Individual |
Anarghya Vardhana |
Jesuit High School |
11 |
Primality Testing: Utilizing Characteristics of Prime Numbers, that Allow for Optimal Deterministic and Probabilistic Primality Testing Algorithms in Polynomial Time |
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ISEF Finalist, Team |
Devin Lane, Ben Buford |
Benson High School |
12, 12 |
Computer Analysis of Bacteria Growth Over Time |
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ISEF Alternate |
Donna Canada-Smith |
Catlin Gabel School |
12 |
Flavonoids: Composition in Weeds and Applications in Modern Medicine |
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ISEF Alternate |
Marta Bryan |
Bend Science Station |
9 |
Active Infrared Triggering and the Migration Patterns of Rana Pretiosa |
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High School State Awards: Life Sciences |
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Award |
Student Names |
School |
Grade |
Project Title |
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Best of Fair |
Sergio-Francis Zenisek |
Oregon Episcopal Upper School |
11 |
Recombination of RNA in Compartmentalized Systems: An Origin-of-Life Study |
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ISEF Finalist, Individual |
Vanessa Esch |
Skyview High School |
12 |
A State-by-State Analysis of the Benefits Derived from State Lottery Programs |
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ISEF Finalist, Individual |
Allison Rhines |
Oregon Episcopal Upper School |
11 |
An Analysis of Brain Tissue Sections for Proteins Targeted by the Genotoxicant Methylazoxymethanol (MAM) |
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ISEF Alternate |
Laura Street |
West Salem High School |
12 |
Spores from the Great Basin Floors |
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ISEF Alternate |
Jacob Reisberg |
Oregon Episcopal Upper School |
11 |
Tracking Eye-movements to Examine the Influence of Visual Bias on Eyewitness Examination of Police Photospreads |
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High School State Awards: Physical Sciences |
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Award |
Student Names |
School |
Grade |
Project Title |
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Best of Fair |
Elyse Hope |
Oregon Episcopal Upper School |
11 |
Creating a Novel Program for Determining the Three-Dimensional Movement Rates of Sunspots and Active Solar Magnetic Regions: Year 2 |
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ISEF Finalist, Individual |
Jennifer Wolochow |
Oregon Episcopal Upper School |
11 |
A Study of V380 Ori |
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ISEF Finalist, Individual |
Philip Mu±oz |
Merlo Station High School |
12 |
Accelerated Angular Scanning in Holographic Data Storage |
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ISEF Finalist, Team |
Alan Pierce, Nate Broussard |
Merlo Station High School |
12, 12 |
Combining Text Recognition Methods for Increased Accuracy |
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ISEF Alternate |
Kathryn King |
McNary High School |
11 |
The Design and Construction of a Clinostat for Educational and Research Purposes |
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ISEF Alternate |
Solly Reisberg |
Oregon Episcopal Upper School |
10 |
Using a Neural Network for
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Source: Stephanie Jones, Intel Northwest Science Expo (503-725-8748)
For Immediate Release (#05-048)
