2015 North Museum Science & Engineering Fair

Champions and Category Award Winners:

Entries include: Students name, grade, school, title of project

Grand Champion: Shohini Banerjee, 10, Warwick HS, Effect of LArginine on Cisplatin With hSOD1 Disaggregation

Senior Champion: Maya Rao, 12, Hempfield HS, Bacterial Counts

Using Nanocomposites

Senior Reserve Champion: Alec Winpenny, 10, Warwick HS, Silver

Decorated Ceramic to Remove E. coli From Water

Jr. High Champion: Gaurav Mittal, 7, Manheim Township MS, Your

Personal Thermo-Electric Generator - An Alternative Source of Energy

Jr. High Reserve Champion: David Winner, 8, Lancaster Country

Day, Wishful Flying: Improving the Efficiency of Aircraft through Design
[Jr. High] Engineering
1st Place Robbie Perot, 8, Lancaster Country Day, How Parachutes
are Affected By Cold Temperatures?
2nd Place Peter Campagna, 8, Sacred Heart, Is it Possible to Purify
Rain Water Through a Filtration Tank?
3rd Matthew Gerace, 8, Lancaster Country Day, What Truss Can You
Trust to Hold the Most Weight?
[Jr. High] Consumer Science
1st Place Nina Shih, 7, Lancaster Country Day, A Messy Project: Making
Paper
2nd Place Suchita Ramachandra, 8, Manheim Township MS, Go
Camping...The Green Way!
3rd Place Meg Grasberger, 7, St. Anne, Bounce-ology

HM Evan Jacobs, 7, Landisville MS, The Latency of Programming

Methodologies
HM Ashley Deck, 8, Centerville MS, Which Method Preserves a Carved
Pumpkin for the Longest Amount of Time?
HM Elizabeth Weaver, 7, Landisville MS, Do Vitamin C Levels in
Bananas Change As They Ripen?
HM Aidan Borry, 8, Ephrata MS, Don't Let Your $$$ Go Up in Smoke
HM Antonio Astarita, 7, Lancaster Country Day, Is Magnesium Hard on
Bubbles?
[Jr. High] Earth Science
1st Place Joseph Wentling, 8, Landisville MS, What is the Effect of
Riparian Forest Buffers in Agricultural Region Headwater Streams on
Water Quality
2nd Place Rhea Kumar, 7, Centerville MS, Can We Use Magnetized
Fluids to Clean Up Oil Spills?
3rd Place Abigail Claus, 7, Homeschool, Slow the Flow
HM Katrina Faullkner, 8, Lancaster Country Day, Pipelines: Does a
Pipeline Crossing a Farmers Field Affect the Temperature of the Soil
Above it?
[Jr. High] Life Science
1st Place Grace Buckwalter, 8, Centerville MS, What is the Effect of
UV Radiation on Algae Growth?
2nd Place Nishant Balepur, 8, Landisville MS, Fracturing Fractals - A
Study of Fractals and its Application in Bone Repair
3rd Place Elizabeth Levy, 8, New School, Daphnia vs. Roundup: How
Much is Too Much?
HM Sinclaire Schuetze, 8, Centerville MS, How Does the Distortion of
An Eye's Lens Affect Visual Acuity?

HM Isabella DiCamillo, 8, New School, Sugar Content Gone Bananas

[Jr. High] Plant Science
1st Place Dominic France, 7, New School, The Effects of Soil
Temperature on Soybean Germination and Early Root Growth
2nd Place Teresa Murphy, 7, Lancaster Country Day, The Big Bloom:
Algae and Fertilizers
3rd Place Nicte Machado Aco, 8, St. Anne, The Effect of Oxidizing
Agents on Bean Germination
HM Jonah Rebert, 7, Lancaster Country Day, Blades of Glory: Which
Fertilizer Best Repairs Sports' Turf?
HM William Messick, 8, Lancaster Country Day, The Effects of Over the
Counter Medications on Plant Growth
[Jr. High] Physical Science
1st Place Johann Imperial, 8, OMPH, The Thermal Insulation Effect of
Recycled Polystyrene Foam on Concrete Block
2nd Place Thomas Westbrook, 8, Lancaster Country Day, Materials for
Attenuating Sounds at Different Wavelengths
3rd Place Cara Mahoney, 8, Centerville MS, Shades of Autumn
HM Andrew Jordan, 8, Landisville MS, My Ears!
HM Luke Mangione, 8, Lancaster Country Day, Testing the Types of
Wood
HM DJ Esbenshade, 8, Landisville MS , Get the Ball Rolling
HM Serena Eberly, 7, Ephrata MS, Comparing Heat Conduction of
Metal Wires
HM Christina McBride, 8, Conestoga Valley MS, Eco-Friendly Graffiti
Removal
HM Grace Kramer, 7, Centerville MS, Candy Chromatography

HM Katelyn Struminger, 7, OMPH, Measuring Surface Tension of Water

with a Penny
HM Christopher Martin, 7, St. Anne, Parachute Drop Speed
HM Haley Morphy, 7, Lancaster Country Day, Cups Composing
Cordless a Capella
HM Rachel Olson, 8, New School, Don't Be a Drag
HM Johnny Lindsey, 8, Sacred Heart, Mining on the Sun
SENIOR DIVISION
Animal Science
1st Place Nathaniel Deimler, 10, Warwick HS, Effect of Carbaryl on
Ghost Shrimp and Eastern Oysters
2nd Place Taylor Gonzales, 10, Warwick HS, The Effects of Ionic
Liquids on Aquatic Snails
3rd Place Lenea Riehl, 11, Pequea Valley HS, The Anti-Microbial
Properties of Essential Oils - Is a Dog's Mouth Really That Clean?
HM Maddie Wagner, 10, Warwick HS, Snails Remove Chemicals from
Wastewater
HM Elizabeth Warner, 11, Pequea Valley HS, Organic Solution to
Streptococcus uberis
Behavioral and Social Sciences
1st Place Misee Vang, 9, Ephrata HS, Red is Black and Triangle is
Square
2nd Place Malia Waltman, 11, Pequea Valley HS, Typography: How It
Affects Reading
3rd Place Elizabeth McCombs, 9, Conestoga Valley HS, Adults,
Children and Adolescents Interpreting Emotions Through Photographs
of Eyes

Biochemistry
1st Place Catriona Mitchell, 10, Warwick HS, Proflavine: DNA Binding
2nd Place Evan Crawford, 10, Warwick HS, The Effectiveness of Using
Sol-Gel to Protect Heme Enzymes
3rd Place Matt Polonus, 11, Warwick HS, Adsorption of Glucose
Oxidase onto Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Its Application in
Layer-By-Layer Biosensors
Cellular and Molecular Biology
1st Place Sneha Mittal, 10, Manheim Township HS, Predicting Genetic
Biomarkers Using Web-based Bioinformatics Resources
Chemistry
1st Place Brian McMinn, 11, Elizabethtown HS, Carbon Sequestration:
Empirical Study Utilizing a Nickel Nanoparticle Catalyst
2nd Place Ethan Norman, 10, Warwick HS, Bioavailability of
Contaminated Soil
3rd Place Erin Houser, 10, Warwick HS, Synthesis of Detergent
Perfume
HM Macaylah Mutchler, 10, Warwick HS, Controlled Release from
Hydrogels
HM Rachel Pfennig, 10, Conestoga Valley HS, Energy for $ale: Spectral
Analysis of Energy Drinks with Acceptable Caffeine Levels for
Teenagers' Consumption
HM Chad Barthe, 11, Warwick HS, NAS reaction by Ergosterol

Computer Science
1st Place Liam McFalls, 11, Conestoga Valley HS, Can the Human
Voice be Used to Authenticate a User?

2nd Place Mengyun (Olivia) Xu, 12, Lancaster Country Day, Got Milk?
A Refrigerator Inventory on Your Smartphone
3rd Place Corbett Rider, 12, Elizabethtown HS, Portable MotionTracking Quadcopter
HM Aaron Becker, 12, Elizabethtown HS, Voice Controlled Flying Device
Simulation
HM Jack Kinsey, 11, Conestoga Valley HS, A Stenographic Score:
Encoding Text as Music
Earth and Planetary Science
1st Place Kari Eshleman, 10, Warwick HS, Cyanobacteria on Mars
2nd Place Samantha Machin, 11, Warwick HS, How Waves Travel
Through Different Soils
HM Claire Molitoris, 11, Penn Manor HS, Are Stream Meanders on the
Conestoga Formation Joint-Controlled?

Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical

1st Place Ben Cutler, 11, Conestoga Valley HS, Assistance Belt for the
Visually Impaired
2nd Place Quinn Fox, 12, Conestoga Valley HS, Designing a Better
Spoon for Parkinsons Sufferers

Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering

1st Place Daniel Gates, 11, Warwick HS, Efficacy of Water Collection
Based on Different Materials
2nd Place Jack Coble, 11, Conestoga Valley HS, Which Type of Riparian
Corridor Provides the Largest Measurable Benefits in Reducing
Sediment and Pollutant Discharges to a Waterway?

3rd Place Mai-Phuong Le, 11, Conestoga Valley HS, How Does
Bioplastic Derived from Bananas Compare to Conventional Plastic in
Performance?
HM Jackie Shontz, 12, Elizabethtown HS, Solar Powered Prosthetic Leg
HM Laura Gribble, 12, Conestoga Valley HS, The Sound of Music: A
Study in Band Room Acoustics
HM Ryan Nedrow, 10, Conestoga Valley HS, Effects of Heat Transfer in
Metals
HM Violet Hershberger, 9, Ephrata HS, Counteracting Vibrations in the
Ground Caused by Hydraulic Fracking
Energy and Transportation
1st Place Morgan McLucas, 11, Warwick HS, Proton Transport in a
Microbial Fuel Cell
2nd Place Joseph Betz, 12, Elizabethtown HS, Hydrogen-Powered
Pulse Jet
3rd Place Trey Cowher, 11, Warwick HS, Designing and Building a
Magnetic Powered Electric Generator
HM Alexis Flora, 9, Ephrata HS, Making Green by Growing Green
Environmental Management
1st Place Kate Suchanec, 12, Elizabethtown HS, The Effect of Carbon
Nanotubes on Protozoa used in Wastewater Treatment
2nd Place Olivia Nolt, 11, Elizabethtown HS, The Agricultural Potential
of Biochar in Lancaster County

Environmental Science
1st Place Ryan Hohman, 10, Warwick HS, Biodesiel Methyl Ester
Emissions

2nd Place Will Mobley, 10, Warwick HS, Recycling Cardboard Milk
Cartons
HM Luke Emmerling, 9, Ephrata HS, The Salinity Crisis
Mathematical Sciences
1st Place Lauren Moyer, 11, Ephrata HS, Quasicrystal Diffraction
Patterns
2nd Place Dorlisa Frank, 10, Pequea Valley HS, Rubik's Cube Algorithm
3rd Place Tayler Moyer, 9, Ephrata HS, Using Graph Theory to Find an
Eulerian Circuit
Medicine and Health
1st Place Alexander Myers, 10, Warwick HS, Diabetes Drug In
Fenugreek Seed Pellets
2nd Place Megan MacNair, 10, Warwick HS, The Effect of Distractions
on Reactions
3rd Place Janessa Fryberger, 12, Pequea Valley HS, Antiseptic
Qualities of Phenol as a Body Piercing Cleaner
HM Ashley Weaver, 12, Pequea Valley HS, The Effect of Colloidal Silver
on Staphylococcus aureas
Microbiology
1st Place Brooke Anthony, 11, Warwick HS, The Effect of
Sesquiterpenoids Combined with Antibiotics on E. coli and S.
epidermidis
2nd Place Erin Hirtzel, 10, Warwick HS, Oleoyl Chitosan Nanoparticles
on Bacteria
3rd Place Natalie Weaver, 11, Warwick HS, Lactic Acid Kills E. coli
HM Racquel Hackman, 9, Ephrata HS, Clean Eyes: Bacteria and
Contact Solutions

Physics and Astronomy

1st Place Hannah Bollinger, 11, Warwick HS, Measuring Caramel Color
by Fluorescence
2nd Place Gabrielle Claus, 11, Lancaster Catholic HS, Clashing the
Harmonies: Exploring the Electromagnetic and Harmonic Influence in a
Vibrating System to Discover Interaction Between Pitches In Music
3rd Place Meka Root, 10, Warwick HS, Determining the Coefficient of
Discharge for a Draining Container
HM Zach Bomberger, 10, Warwick HS, Analysis of Blue Man Group
Pipes End Effect
HM Doug Wise, 11, Warwick HS, Effective Length and Bell Effect on
Trombones
Plant Science
1st Place Kaitlyn Whipple, 11, Conestoga Valley HS, Can Pawpaws be
Commercialized Based on Ripeness and its Effect on Nutritional Value?