Celebrate
Each year, the Maine State Science Fair recognizes students for their work and give four types of awards:
- Grand Awards are given to the top three projects presented at the fair. Grand Award winners represent Maine at the Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair.
- Scholarships are given by Maine colleges, universities, and foundations. Institutions looking to give scholarships at MSSF should contact Stefany Burrell by November 1.
- Category Awards are given to the top three projects (1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize including both individual and team projects), in each designated category of the Maine State Science Fair.
- Special Awards are given across categories to acknowledge student achievement. These awards are given by local, state, and national organizations. To give a special award, contact Stefany Burrell by January 15.
AWARD WINNERS
Saturday, March 23, 2024 | Online
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Grand Awards ⭐️ Sponsored by Maine Technology Institute
- Brandon Nguyen & Brayon Nguyen, Bangor High School
Hydroelectric Hydroponics: Plant Growth Analysis and Energy Conservation in Nutrient Film Technique Hydroponics - Joshua Andrew Placides, Oceanside High School
Influence of phage transduction on antimicrobial resistance properties of ESKAPEE bacteria - Aurora Milton, Cape Elizabeth High School
Biotextile Fabrication
Scholarships
The University of Maine
Full-tuition scholarships, renewable for up to four years; includes mentor and annual research budget:
- Ainsley Overlock, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Alexander Busko, Bangor High School
- Brayon Nguyen, Bangor High School
- Christopher Nichols, Bangor High School
- Damion Robinson, Nokomis Regional High School
- MacKenzie Robinson, Machias Memorial High School
- Mckenzie Trafton, Dexter Regional High School
- Raina Movalia, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Rosalyn O’Reilly, Orono High School
- Sabrina Newenham, Hancock County Technical Center
- Saladin Wise, Orono High School
- Skylar Willey, John Bapst Memorial High School
University of Southern Maine
Full-tuition scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Alexander Grant, Nokomis Regional High School
- Izabella Howell, Nokomis Regional High School
- Jack Martin, Medomak Valley High School
- Katherine Korupp, Baxter Academy for Technology and Science
- MacKenzie Robinson, Machias Memorial High School
- Mia Coots Nokomis, Regional High School
- Orla Murphy, Nokomis Regional High School
- Sabrina Newenham, Hancock County Technical Center
University of New England
$5,000 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Anna Possee, Medomak Valley High School
- Ella D’Auria, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Inga Yeo, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- Mei Martinez, Cape Elizabeth High School
- Suyoung Yoo, Falmouth High School
University of Maine at Farmington
$5,000 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Brianna Packard, Dexter Regional High School
- Jack Martin, Medomak Valley High School
- Rylee Smith, Nokomis Regional High School
- Elijah Whitehead, Baxter Academy for Technology and Science
University of Maine at Presque Isle
$2,500 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Elijah Whitehead, Baxter Academy for Technology and Science
- Emily Bourgoin, Van Buren District Secondary School
- Rylee Smith, Nokomis Regional High School
- Sabrina Newenham, Hancock County Technical Center
University of Maine at Augusta
$1,500 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Gabriella Berube, Van Buren District Secondary School
- Rylee Smith, Nokomis Regional High School
The University of Maine’s College of Engineering and Computing
$2,500 one-time scholarship:
- Hung Ngo, Fryeburg Academy
Mateo Patiño, Thornton Academy
$1,000 one-time scholarship:
- Aaron Sproul, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Carolina Lobe, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Kingsley Burch, Cape Elizabeth High School
Husson University
$2,500 one-time scholarship:
- Ciara Fraser, Nokomis Regional High School
- Mallory Beaulieu, Van Buren District Secondary School
The University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources
$2,000 one-time scholarship:
- Ella Sobol, Casco Bay High School
Category Awards
Animal Sciences – Behavior & Ecology ⭐️ Sponsored by Machias Savings Bank
- 1st Place – Dan Stoicov, Falmouth High School
- 2nd Place – Hadley Johnson, Cape Elizabeth High School
- 3rd Place – Ben Medd, Casco Bay High School
Animal Sciences – Development, Genetics, & Physiology ⭐️ Sponsored by Machias Savings Bank
- 1st Place – Kaitlyn Elias, Falmouth High School
- 2nd Place – Meghna Vijay, Bangor High School
- 3rd Place – Lyra Puchalski, Medomak Valley High School
Behavioral & Social Sciences – Neuroscience & Cognition
- 1st Place – Liam Waring, Orono High School
- 2nd Place – Raina Movalia & Lily Stelline, John Bapst Memorial High School
- 3rd Place – Samantha Bissell, Nokomis Regional High School
Behavioral & Social Sciences – Psychology & Sociology
- 1st Place – Chase Smith, Bangor High School
- 2nd Place – Saladin Wise, Orono High School
- 3rd Place – Abigail Werthmann, Falmouth High School
Biological Sciences & Engineering
- 1st Place – Abigail Gardner, Baxter Academy for Technology and Science
- 2nd Place – Brynn Stephenson, Hancock County Technical Center
- *Tie* 3rd Place – Sabrina Newenham, Hancock County Technical Center
- *Tie* 3rd Place – David Creamer, Medomak Valley High School
Biomedical & Health Sciences
- 1st Place – Mia Coots, Nokomis Regional High School
- 2nd Place – Theresa Straw, Cape Elizabeth High School
- 3rd Place – Jessica Thayer, Cape Elizabeth High School
Chemistry & Materials
- 1st Place – Aurora Milton, Cape Elizabeth High School
- 2nd Place – Violet Blum Levine, Deering High School
- 3rd Place – Lawrence Park, Fryeburg Academy
Computer Science
- 1st Place – Samuel Parent, Medomak Valley High School
- 2nd Place – Cameron Leonhirth, Cape Elizabeth High School
- 3rd Place – Frank Couture, Baxter Academy for Technology and Science
Engineering – Robotics, Embedded Systems, & Intelligent Machines ⭐️ Sponsored by Texas Instruments
- 1st Place – Victoria Wahlig, Falmouth High School
- 2nd Place – Jackson Haskell, Bangor High School
- 3rd Place – Surya Vel, John Bapst Memorial High School
Engineering – Mechanical & Structural ⭐️ Sponsored by Texas Instruments
- 1st Place – Lana Friess, Bangor High School
- 2nd Place – Brock Crump, Bangor High School
- 3rd Place – Riley Bosco, Bangor High School
Environmental Science – Water Quality ⭐️ Sponsored by Reny’s
- 1st Place – Kingsley Burch, Cape Elizabeth High School
- 2nd Place – Ainsley Overlock, John Bapst Memorial High School
- 3rd Place – Alexander Busko, Bangor High School
Environmental Science – Climate, Weather, & Energy ⭐️ Sponsored by Reny’s
- 1st Place – Ryan Waweru, Bangor High School
- 2nd Place – Ruby Dwyer, John Bapst Memorial High School
- 3rd Place – Ella Brochu, John Bapst Memorial High School
Environmental Science – Other Studies
- 1st Place – Inga Yeo, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- 2nd Place – Albin Darby, Fryeburg Academy
- 3rd Place – Elijah Whitehead, Eliot Verry-Gardella, & Wyatt Worcester, Baxter Academy for Technology and Science
Microbiology
- 1st Place – Joshua Andrew Placides, Oceanside High School
- 2nd Place – Chelsie Smith, Orono High School
- 3rd Place – Azlynn Olson, Nokomis Regional High School
Plant Sciences – Agriculture
- 1st Place – Brandon Nguyen & Brayon Nguyen, Bangor High School
- 2nd Place – Ace Moberly, Medomak Valley High School
- 3rd Place – Kierith Gentilini, Cape Elizabeth High School
Plant Sciences – Other Studies
- 1st Place – Nora Lin, Bangor High School
- 2nd Place – Brianna Packard, Dexter Regional High School
- *Tie* 3rd Place – Atticus Richard, Cape Elizabeth High School
- *Tie* 3rd Place – Anna Weber & Micaela Lorentzen, Medomak Valley High School
Special Awards
American Psychological Association
- Chase Smith, Bangor High School
Association for Women Geoscientists
- Fiona Johnson, Casco Bay High School
JAX Excellence in Methodology
- Wyatt Binette, Jack Mitchell, & Samuel Lavallee, Falmouth High School
JAX Future Innovator
- Ama Opoku, Bangor High School
- Elisah Stanton, Medomak Valley High School
- Mallory Smith, Nokomis Regional High School
- Jasmine Juraboeva, Bangor High School
NASA Earth System Science Award
- Daniel Tarr, Bangor High School
NOAA Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award
- Jiwon Choi, Fryeburg Academy
MMSA Reach Award
- Jacob Coons, Joshua Gormley, & Simon Van Deventer, Homeschool
- Madeline Mann, Noble Middle/High School
- Olivia Chong, Casco Bay High School
- Emarie Falzone, Robert W. Traip Academy
- Lisa Moses-Fynn, Maine Connections Academy
Regeneron Biomedical Science Award
- Abigail Gardner, Baxter Academy for Technology and Science
Ricoh Sustainable Development Award
- Avery Messer, John Bapst Memorial High School
United States Air Force
- Trevor Oakley, Cape Elizabeth High School
- Preston Couto, Bangor High School
- Luc Francis, Cape Elizabeth High School
- Zafir Bashir, Bangor High School
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Eric Nason, BCOPE
Yale Science and Engineering Association
- Sebastian Francis, Cape Elizabeth High School
Saturday, April 1, 2023 | The University of Maine
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Grand Awards
- 1st Grand Award – Emma Markowitz, Homeschool
An Antimicrobial Bacterial Cellulose Manuka Honey Wound Dressing that Detects Infection - 2nd Grand Award – May Shin & Jiwon Choi, Fryeburg Academy.
The Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Mushroom Substrate on the Plant Growth and Soil Characteristics under the Soil Contamination by PE Microplastics - 3rd Grand Award – Anh Võ, John Bapst Memorial High School.
Which areas of computer science have the most significant impact on inspiring girls to participate in the STEM fields?
Scholarships
The University of Maine
Full-tuition scholarships, renewable for up to four years; includes mentor and annual research budget:
- Abigail Woolls, Cape Elizabeth High School
- Carleton Hayward, Bangor High School
- Joshua Hicks, Baxter Academy for Technology and Science
- Julia Bassi, Bangor High School
- Brianna Townsend, Nokomis Regional High School
- Abigail Gardner, Baxter Academy for Technology and Science
- Emma Alexander, Dexter Regional High School
- Anna Weber, Medomak Valley High School
- Jacob Scrapchansky, Brunswick High School
- Muhammad Drammeh, Bangor High School
- Olivia Pelkey, Medomak Valley High School
- Annah VanDeventer, Nokomis Regional High School
University of Southern Maine
Full-tuition scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Anh Võ, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Abigail Woolls, Cape Elizabeth High School
- Chase Weaver, Belfast Area High School
- Elizabeth Leaf, Hancock County Technical Center
- Madden White, Nokomis Regional High School
- Muhammad Drammeh, Bangor High School
- Noah Allen, Belfast Area High School
University of New England
$5,000 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Joshua Hicks, Baxter Academy for Technology and Science
- Maren Berglund, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- James Fowler, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- Charlotte Schatz, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- Anna Weber, Medomak Valley High School
Saint Joseph’s College
$2,500 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Camellia Guzzi, Nokomis Regional High School
- Emily Adams, John Bapst Memorial High School
University of Maine at Augusta
$1,500 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Mallory Beaulieu, Van Buren District School
- Camellia Guzzi, Nokomis Regional High School
The University of Maine’s College of Engineering
$2,500 one-time scholarship:
- William Xu, Bangor High School
$1,000 one-time scholarship:
- James Fowler, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- Mallory Beaulieu, Van Buren District School
- Levi Duplessis-Pinkham, Van Buren District School
- Mackenzie Jones, Nokomis Regional High School
- Jiwon Choi, Fryeburg Academy
Category Awards
Animal Sciences
- 1st Place – Carrick Lally, Medomak Valley High School
- 2nd Place – Kristian Kendall & Seamus MacDonald, Bangor High School
- 3rd Place – Anna Possee, Medomak Valley High School
Behavioral Sciences – Clinical Psychology & Neuroscience
- 1st Place – Sydney Fogler, Dexter Regional High School
- 2nd Place – Phuoc Le, Fryeburg Academy
- 3rd Place – Quinn Natale, Medomak Valley High School
Behavioral Sciences – Cognitive Psychology & Sociology
- 1st Place – Anh Võ, John Bapst Memorial High School
- 2nd Place – Noah Corcoran, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- 3rd Place – Adriana Rogow, Falmouth High School
Biological Sciences & Engineering
- 1st Place – Abigail Gardner, Baxter Academy for Technology and Science
- 2nd Place – Albert Bai, John Bapst Memorial High School
- 3rd Place – Preston Couto & Zafir Bashir, Bangor High School
Biomedical & Health Sciences
- 1st Place – Emma Young, Cape Elizabeth High School
- 2nd Place – Kierith Gentilini, Cape Elizabeth High School
- 3rd Place – Emily Adams, John Bapst Memorial High School
Chemistry & Materials
- 1st Place – Trevor Oakley, Cape Elizabeth High School
- 2nd Place – Aurora Milton, Cape Elizabeth High School
- 3rd Place – Grace Bennett, Bangor High School
Computer & Data Sciences
- 1st Place – William Xu, Bangor High School
- 2nd Place – Luc Francis, Cape Elizabeth High School
- 3rd Place – Victoria Wahlig, Falmouth High School
Engineering
- 1st Place – Cuthbert Steadman, Bangor High School
- 2nd Place – Yujie Yang, Gould Academy
- 3rd Place – Clara Oldenburg & Emme Nguyen, Bangor High School
Environmental Sciences
- 1st Place – Carleton Hayward & Julia Bassi, Bangor High School
- 2nd Place – Patrick Wahlig, Falmouth High School
- 3rd Place – Eliot Verry-Gardella & Jules Vazquez, Baxter Academy for Technology and Science
Environmental Sciences – Climate & Energy
- 1st Place – Chase Smith & Alison St. Peter, Bangor High School
- 2nd Place – Eli Shifrin, Gould Academy
- 3rd Place – Ethan Yu, Bangor High School
Environmental Sciences – Water Studies
- 1st Place – Alexander Busko, Bangor High School
- 2nd Place – Forest Lytle, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- 3rd Place – Lydia Sharp, Maine Coast Waldorf School
Microbiology
- 1st Place – Emma Markowitz, Homeschool
- 2nd Place – Sofie Rueter, Bangor High School
- 3rd Place – Olivia Pelkey, Medomak Valley High School
Physics & Astronomy
- 1st Place – Maren Berglund, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- 2nd Place – Aaron Giberson, Lincoln Academy
- 3rd Place – Hunter Baldwin, Lincoln Academy
Plant Sciences – Growth & Development
- 1st Place – May Shin & Jiwon Choi, Fryeburg Academy
- 2nd Place – Charlotte Schatz, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- 3rd Place – Ava Pelkey & Bee Roeder, Bangor High School
Plant Sciences – Physiology & Pathology
- 1st Place – Elias Pluecker, Medomak Valley High School
- 2nd Place – Ruby Harrison, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- 3rd Place – Tess Straw, Cape Elizabeth High School
Special Awards
American Psychological Association
- Adriana Rogow, Falmouth High School
Association for Women Geoscientists
- May Shin & Jiwon Choi, Fryeburg Academy
Colleen McGraw Award for Excellence in Data Science ($100 prize)
- Katherine Lake, Bangor High School
JAX Future Innovator
- Keiran Roopchand, Lincoln Academy
- Clara White, Orono High School
- Trushan Viles, Nokomis Regional High School
- Kaydance Robichaud & Rylee Rancourt, Nokomis Regional High School
- Connor Moeykens, Orono High School
NASA Earth Systems Science Award
- Luke Saucier, Bangor High School
National Geographic Cultivating Empathy for the Earth ($100 prize)
- Kierith Gentilini, Cape Elizabeth High School
Naval Science Award
- Yujie Yang, Gould Academy
- Grace Bennett, Bangor High School
- William Xu, Bangor High School
- Aaron Giberson, Lincoln Academy
NOAA Taking the Pulse of the Planet
- Victoria Wahlig, Falmouth High School
Reach Award
- Isabella Burnham, Thomas Eaton, Miranda Falls, Joe Lane, & Alex Briggs; Bangor High School
- Chloe Joneth, Boothbay Region High School
Regeneron Biomedical Science Award ($375 prize)
- Carrick Lally, Medomak Valley High School
Ricoh Sustainable Development Award
- Beatrice Schatz, Maine Coast Waldorf School
Society for In Vitro Biology
- Albert Bai, John Bapst Memorial High School
Teachers in Space
- Cameron McLaughlin, Maine Coast Waldorf School
U.S. Agency for International Development
- Emma Markowitz, Homeschool
U.S. Air Force Award
- Jeffery Webber & Julien Bernat, Nokomis Regional High School
- Luc Francis, Cape Elizabeth High School
U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize
- Lydia Sharp, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- Forest Lytle, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- Alexander Busko, Bangor High School
Yale Science & Engineering Association
- Trevor Oakley, Cape Elizabeth High School
Saturday, March 26, 2022 | Colby College & Online
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Grand Awards
- 1st Grand Award – Cuthbert Steadman, Bangor High School. “Creating a Low Cost Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Monitoring and Automatic Insulin Injection System with an Artificial Neural Network and Raspberry Pi”
- 2nd Grand Award – Emma Markowitz, “A Non-Invasive Approach to the Treatment of Equine White Line Disease using Poly-wrap and Manuka Honey Topical”
- 3rd Grand Award – William Xu, Bangor High School. “Developing a scalable neural network model using medical imaging to better diagnose Alzheimer’s”
Scholarships
University of Maine
Full-tuition scholarships, renewable for up to four years; includes mentor and annual research budget:
- Sam Ahola, Bangor High School
- Will Caron, Bangor High School
- Jamie Fogg, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Ruth Havener, Medomak Valley High School
- Samantha Ismail, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Mackenzie Jones, Nokomis Regional High School
- Roland Ladd, Bangor High School
- Jacob Levesque, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Emma Markowitz, Homeschool
- Aishwarya Rajan, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Amber Stokes, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Patrick Wahlig, Falmouth High School
$2,000 scholarship for a student who enrolls in the UMaine School of Forest Resources:
- Rhys Cadigan, Falmouth High School
University of New England
$5,000 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Samantha Ismail, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Mia Khavari, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Patrick Wahlig, Falmouth High School
- Amber-Rae Pesek, Hancock County Technical Center
- Emma Markowitz, Homeschool
University of Southern Maine
Full-tuition scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Will Caron, Bangor High School
- Cody Chretien, Nokomis Regional High School
- Ella Donaghy, Medomak Valley High School
- Mia Khavari, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Lucy Rayback, Cape Elizabeth High School
University of Maine at Augusta
$1,500 scholarship, renewable for up to four years:
- Emma Markowitz, Homeschool
- Patrick Wahlig, Falmouth High School
Husson University
$2,500 scholarship:
- Samantha Ismail, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Lucy Rayback, Cape Elizabeth High School
Central Maine Community College
Semester of tuition and fees for a student who enrolls in CMCC’s Life Sciences program:
- Bridget Lambert, Bonny Eagle High School
Southern Maine Community College
Semester of tuition and fees for a student who enrolls in SMCC’s Marine Sciences or Biotechnology program:
- Bridget Lambert, Bonny Eagle High School
Washington County Community College
Semester of tuition and fees for a student who enrolls in WCCC’s Coastal Fisheries / Marine Technology program:
- Michael Willard, Maine Coast Waldorf School
Category Awards
Animal Sciences
- Emma Markowitz, Homeschool
- Uyen Nguyen, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Patrick Wahlig, Falmouth High School
Behavioral & Social Sciences
- Will Barmby, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- Camellia Guzzi, Nokomis Regional High School
- Hannah Pease, Nokomis Regional High School
Biological Sciences
- Cuthbert Steadman, Bangor High School
- Abigail Gardner, Baxter Academy for Technology and Science
- Celia Kehl, Meredith McGonigle, Robert W. Traip Academy
Biomedical Sciences
- Natalie Logan, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Albert Bai, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Coco Xu, Falmouth High School
Chemistry & Materials
- Ogechi Obi, Bangor High School
- Robert Smith, Medomak Valley High School
- Ruth White, Orono High School
Computer Science
- William Xu, Bangor High School
- Quan Le, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Maia Pietraho, Brunswick High School
Engineering
- Brady McQuaid, Brunswick High School
- Yujie Yang, Gould Academy
- Roland Ladd, Frederick Oldenburg, Bangor High School
Environmental Sciences
- Samantha Ismail, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Aishwarya Rajan, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Dorothy Barron, Bangor High School
Environmental Sciences – Water
- Quinn D’Alessio, Bangor High School
- Ginny Hunt, Bangor High School
- Alexander Busko, Bangor High School
Physics, Energy, & Astronomy
- Ziyu Huang, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Will Caron, Bangor High School
- Jacob Levesque, John Bapst Memorial High School
Plant Sciences
- Leah Muentener, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- Elias Pluecker, Medomak Valley High School
- Anh Vo, John Bapst Memorial High School
Special Awards
The Algae Foundation ($200 prize)
- Samantha Ismail, John Bapst Memorial High School
American Meteorological Society
- Uyen Nguyen, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Eli Shifrin, Gould Academy
American Psychological Association
- Will Barmby, Maine Coast Waldorf School
ASM Materials Education Foundation
- Ogechi Obi, Bangor High School
Association for Women Geoscientists
- McKayla Kendall & Maya Elkadi, Bangor High School
GENIUS Olympiad
- Quinn D’Alessio, Bangor High School
- Samantha Ismail, John Bapst Memorial High School
JAX Future Innovator ($100 prize)
- Makili Matty, Robert W. Traip Academy
- Sophie Yates-Paul, Lincoln Academy
- Audrey Farnham, Falmouth High School
- Elivia Mandani, Frances Burke, Robert W. Traip Academy
Mu Alpha Theta
- Boden Retherford, Falmouth High School
NASA Earth Systems Science Award
- Amber Stokes, John Bapst Memorial High School
National Geographic Society ($100 prize)
- Maia Pietraho, Brunswick High School
NOAA Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award
- Ginny Hunt, Bangor High School
Naval Science Award
- Ogechi Obi, Bangor High School
Reach Award ($100 prize)
- Alexander Benton, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- James Fowler, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- Benjamin Chonko, Ararat High School
- Eli Girouard, Fryeburg Academy
- Maggie Johnson, Washington Academy
Regeneron Biomedical Science Award ($500 prize)
- Simon Socolow, Bangor High School
U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize
- Quinn D’Alessio, Bangor High School
- Ginny Hunt, Bangor High School
- Alexander Busko, Bangor High School
US Agency for International Development
- Natalia Rothwell, Noble High School
Saturday, April 3, 2021 | Held online | Celebrating 75 years!
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Grand Awards
- 1st Grand Award – Linh Nguyen, 12th grade, Deering High School. Applications of Carbon Nanotube Based Sorbents for Removal of Arsenic from Polluted Water
- 2nd Grand Award – Vetri Vel, 12th grade, Bangor High School. Readily Implementable Fall Detection System for the Elderly Using Thermal Image Segmentation and Convolutional Neural Networks
- 3rd Grand Award – Mateus Nascimento, 11th grade, Brunswick High School. How Animals Talk: Understanding Silk Moth Communication through Detection of Pheromones with an Electronic Nose
Scholarships
The University of Maine
Full-tuition scholarships, renewable for up to four years, plus $500 annual research stipends and invitation to join Honors College:
- Ashton Caron, Nokomis Regional High School
- Quinn D’Alessio, Bangor High School
- Maya Elkadi, Bangor High School
- Matthew Gilbert, Greely High School
- Nora Goldberg-Courtney, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- Grace Hall, Belfast Area High School
- Emerson Harris, Boothbay Region High School
- Ashly Nyman, Nokomis Regional High School
- Ogechi Obi, Bangor High School
- Nick Pease, Nokomis Regional High School
- Carter Rice, Nokomis Regional High School
- Zoe Stankevitz, Nokomis Regional High School
College of the Atlantic
$20,000 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Nora Goldberg-Courtney, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- Emerson Harris, Boothbay Region High School
University of New England
$5,000 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Siobhan Duffy, Washington Academy
- Maya Elkadi, Bangor High School
- Grace Hall, Belfast Area High School
- Emerson Harris, Boothbay Region High School
University of Southern Maine
Full-tuition scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Quinn D’Alessio, Bangor High School
- Emerson Harris, Boothbay Region High School
One-time $5,000 USM Merit scholarships:
- Tomas Cundick, Foster Technical Center
- Siobhan Duffy, Washington Academy
- Nora Goldberg-Courtney, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- Grace Hall, Belfast Area High School
- Roland Ladd, Bangor High School
- Uyen Nguyen, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Simon Socolow, Bangor High School
- Virginia Weiss, Cape Elizabeth High School
St. Joseph’s College of Maine
$2,500 scholarships, renewable for up to four years, plus invitation to apply to the Honors College:
- Grace Hall, Belfast Area High School
- Uyen Nguyen, John Bapst Memorial High School
University of Maine at Augusta
$1,500 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Nora Goldberg-Courtney, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- Roland Ladd, Bangor High School
Husson University
One-time $1,000 scholarships:
- Grace Hall, Belfast Area High School
- Jordan Boyd, Nokomis Regional High School
- Cassidy Hodges, Nokomis Regional High School
- Ella Donaghy, Medomak Valley High School
York County Community College
One-time $1,000 scholarship to the YCCC Computer Science program:
- Amber-Rae Pesek, Hancock County Technical Center
Central Maine Community College
One semester of tuition and fees in the CMCC Life Sciences program:
- Lillian Philbrook, Hancock County Technical Center
Southern Maine Community College
One semester of tuition and fees for the SMCC Marine Sciences, Biotechnology, or Coastal Fisheries & Marine Technology program:
- Virginia Weiss, Cape Elizabeth High School
Cary James Water Ride Scholarship
One-time $5,000 scholarship for study in a water-related field:
- Linh Nguyen, Deering High School
Category Awards
Animal Sciences
- 1st – Patrick Wahlig, Falmouth High School, Stable Isotope Analysis of Maine-Caught Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) Otoliths as a Means of Determining Natal Origin
- 2nd – Runzhe Yao, Gould Academy, Effects of Disinfection Products on Pholcidae
- 3rd – Ashton Caron, Nokomis Regional High School, The Impact Of Forage Quality On Bovine Grazing Patterns
Behavioral Sciences – Psychology
- 1st – Sciatzy Solis, Medomak Valley High School, Comparing Self-Esteem Between Two Immigrant Generations
- 2nd – Vy Do, Washington Academy, Do Teenagers Tend to Stay Up Late?
- 3rd – Olivia Whitten, Nokomis Regional High School, The Impact of Positive and Negative Paper Space on Dyslexia
Behavioral Sciences – Sociology
- 1st – Siobhan Duffy, Washington Academy, Effects of Outdoor Activity on High Schoolers’ Well-being During COVID-19
- 2nd – Ella Donaghy, Medomak Valley High School, Do Demographic Factors and Exposure to COVID-19 Affect a Person’s Use of a Mask?
- 3rd – Chen Xie, Gould Academy, COVID-19, Social Isolation, Demographic Factors, and Feelings about Online Social Events as Predictors of Coping Styles in a Sample of Select High Schoolers in the United States and China
Biological Sciences
- 1st – Mateus Nascimento, Brunswick High School, How Animals Talk: Understanding Silk Moth Communication through Detection of Pheromones with an Electronic Nose
- 2nd – Simon Socolow, Bangor High School, Investigating Large Scale Low Trophic Level Food Alternatives
- 3rd – Ariel Larrabee, Hancock County Technical Center, Designing SynBio to Reduce Prolonged Microplastic Exposure in Fish
Biomedical and Health Sciences
- 1st – Emerson Harris, Boothbay Region High School, Customized Pointe Shoe Padding: Distributed Pressure and Proper Alignment to Reduce Long-Term Deformities
- 2nd – Coco Xu, Falmouth High School, Creating and Applying a Formula that Evaluates the Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease
- 3rd – McHenna Martin, Hancock County Technical Center, Designing a Better Lyme Disease Test
Chemistry
- 1st – Auburn Putz-Burton, Gould Academy, Understanding the Chemical Analysis of Soil at Historical/Archaeological Sites Based on a Study of the Smithtown Historical Society Heritage Site
- 2nd – Jiaqi Li, Gould Academy, How the Extract of Flavor E-Cigarette Impact Daphnia’s Heartbeat?
- 3rd – Grace Leschey, Virginia Weiss, Cape Elizabeth High School, Chloride in streams during the winter
Computer Sciences
- 1st – Nick Pease, Nokomis Regional High School, Creating a Portable Commercial and Private Aircraft Tracker
- 2nd – Alex Hardy, Foster Technical Center, Renewable Energy Rain Generator
- 3rd – Cuthbert Steadman, Beckett Mundell-Wood, Bangor High School, Testing the Effectiveness of a 3D Virtual Reality-Based Online Learning Program Compared to Traditional Online Schooling
Data Sciences
- 1st – Madyson Redding, Old Town High School, Fingerprint Analysis
- 2nd – Maia Pietraho, Brunswick High School, Author Attribution via Frequency Analysis of Stop Words
- 3rd – Jack Nussbaum, Brunswick High School, Is Bottle Redemption Really Effective and How Do You Maximize the Effects?
Engineering
- 1st – Vetri Vel, Bangor High School, Readily Implementable Fall Detection System for the Elderly Using Thermal Image Segmentation and Convolutional Neural Networks
- 2nd – Brady McQuaid, Brunswick High School, Biometric Pill Box
- 3rd – Jordan Boyd, Nokomis Regional High School, The Use of 3-D Printers to Design Prosthesis
Environmental Engineering
- 1st – Linh Nguyen,Deering High School, Applications of Carbon Nanotube Based Sorbents for Removal of Arsenic from Polluted Water
- 2nd – Maya Elkadi, McKayla Kendall, Bangor High School, The Creation of Silver Nanoparticle Tablets to Combat Heavy Metals in Water
- 3rd – Frederick Oldenburg, Roland Ladd, Bangor High School, The Development of an Autonomous Pollinating Drone
Environmental Sciences
- 1st – Swetha Palaniappan, Cape Elizabeth High School, Development of a Diagnostic Test for Microplastics in Water Samples
- 2nd – Paula Dauphinais, Nancy Dauphinais, Nokomis Regional High School, Hybridizing Fungi With Favorable Characteristics to Bioengineer a Potential Solution to the Microplastics Crisis
- 3rd – Ruth White, Orono High School, Investigating the Effect of Ski Wax on Plant Growth
Environmental Sciences – Water
- 1st – Miranda LeClair, Old Town High School, Maintaining Moisture in Soil with Wood Pellets
- 2nd – Ginny Hunt, Bangor High School, Identifying Microplastics in the Sediment of the Penobscot River Watershed using Arc-GIS
- 3rd – Quinn D’Alessio, Bangor High School, A Multi-Point Correlation to Lake Analytics in Developing a Method of Monitoring Eutrophication
Materials Science
- 1st – Ogechi Obi, Bangor High School, Treating Cellulose Nanofiber with Calcium Alginate to Improve Barrier Properties
- 2nd – Jinkyu Kim, Gould Academy, In-Depth Characterization of Nanoporous Carbon Photocatalyst From Coffee Waste
- 3rd – MacKenna Carter, Machias Memorial High School, Preening Oil is an Eco-Friendly Alternative to DWR rain jacket coating
Physics and Energy
- 1st – Mia Smith, Old Town High School, Body Angle and Motion Characteristics of Effective Softball Hitters
- 2nd – Nuthi Ganesh, Bangor High School, Assessing Solar Panel Array Efficiency with a Pyranometer and UVA Meter
- 3rd – Will Caron, Bangor High School, Solar Panel Tilt Angle and Percentage Loss Due to Angle
Plant Sciences
- 1st – Meaghan Caron, Bangor High School, Fallopia Japonica as an Alternative Fuel Source to Remediate the Spread of Invasive Species
- 2nd – Nora Goldberg-Courtney, Maine Coast Waldorf School, Mini Hydroponic Greenhouse
- 3rd – Bryce Carter, Hancock County Technical Center, The Role of Microgreens in Helping to Solve the Hunger Crisis
Special Awards
Algae Foundation ($200 prize)
- Quinn D’Alessio, Bangor High School, A Multi-Point Correlation to Lake Analytics in Developing a Method of Monitoring Eutrophication
The Jackson Laboratory Promising Scientist Award ($100 prize)
- Mary McPheeters, Falmouth High School, The Effects of Cover Crops on the Amount of Carbon in the Soil
- Avery Matthews, Falmouth High School, Microplastic In Water
- Katie Nakai, Brunswick High School, How to Get the Most Strawberry DNA from One Sample
- Alexander Benton, Maine Coast Waldorf School, The Effect of Part Cooling Fan Speed on Unsupported Filament Bridging
- Audrey Hufnagel, Lincoln Academy, The Effect of Oyster Shells on pH Levels
The Reach Award from the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance ($100 prize)
- Anna Molloy, James Wheeler, Orono High School, Genomic Characterization of a Novel Mycobacterium abscessus, prophiNQTL-1
- Esme Song, Penelope Haydar, Caroline Gentile, Cape Elizabeth High School, How an Increase in Surface Area of Plant Leaves Affect Carbon Dioxide Levels in a Closed System
Communicating Your Science Video Award ($50 prize)
- Emerson Harris, Boothbay Region High School, Customized Pointe Shoe Padding: Distributed Pressure and Proper Alignment to Reduce Long-Term Deformities
- Swetha Palaniappan, Cape Elizabeth High School, Development of a Diagnostic Test for Microplastics in Water Samples
Regeneron Biomedical Science Award ($500 prize)
- Albert Bai, John Bapst Memorial High School, Building Up New Lipid Nanoparticles and Evaluating their Potential to Address the Frozen Reality of Covid-19 mRNA Vaccine Stability
Society for Science Community Innovation Award ($500 prize)
- Meaghan Caron, Bangor High School, Fallopia Japonica as an Alternative Fuel Source to Remediate the Spread of Invasive Species
American Meteorological Society
- Quinn D’Alessio, Bangor High School, A Multi-Point Correlation to Lake Analytics in Developing a Method of Monitoring Eutrophication
- Kate Saidy, Gould Academy, Design of a Spectrometer to Analyze Toxic Algae
American Psychological Association
- Siobhan Duffy, Washington Academy, Effects of Outdoor Activity on High Schoolers’ Well-being During COVID-19
ASM Materials Education Foundation
- Ogechi Obi, Bangor High School, Treating Cellulose Nanofiber with Calcium Alginate to Improve Barrier Properties
Association for Women Geoscientists
- Miranda LeClair, Old Town High School, Maintaining Moisture in Soil with Wood Pellets
NASA Earth Systems Science Award
- Ruth White, Orono High School, Investigating the Effect of Ski Wax on Plant Growth
NOAA Award
- Eliza McPhee, Old Town High School, Impact of Climate Change on Arrival Dates of Select Species of Birds
Office of Naval Research Naval Science Award
- Alexander Benton, Maine Coast Waldorf School, The Effect of Part Cooling Fan Speed on Unsupported Filament Bridging
- Vetri Vel, Bangor High School, Readily Implementable Fall Detection System for the Elderly Using Thermal Image Segmentation and Convolutional Neural Networks
- Will Caron, Bangor High School, Solar Panel Tilt Angle and Percentage Loss Due to Angle
- MacKenna Carter, Machias Memorial High School, Preening Oil is an Eco-Friendly Alternative to DWR Rain Jacket Coating
Ricoh, USA, Inc. Award
- Bryce Carter, Hancock County Technical Center, The Role of Microgreens in Helping to Solve the Hunger Crisis
Stockholm Junior Water Prize
- Ginny Hunt, Bangor High School, Identifying Microplastics in the Sediment of the Penobscot River Watershed using Arc-GIS
- Quinn D’Alessio, Bangor High School, A Multi-Point Correlation to Lake Analytics in Developing a Method of Monitoring Eutrophication
- Miranda LeClair, Old Town High School, Maintaining Moisture in Soil with Wood Pellets
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Award
- Frederick Oldenburg, Roland Ladd, Bangor High School, The Development of an Autonomous Pollinating Drone
Saturday, March 30, 2020 | Held online
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Grand Awards
- 1st Grand Award – Vetri Vel, Bangor High School, “Real-time Fall Detection System for the Elderly Using Deep Learning and Thermal Imaging”
- 2nd Grand Award – Amara Ifeji, Bangor High School, “Using Biofiltration Media and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) to Enhance the Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals from Stormwater Reconstructed Wetlands”
- 3rd Grand Award – Patrick Wahlig, Falmouth High School, “Precision and Relative Accuracy of Striped Bass Age, Proportional Length, and Origin Estimates from Both Scales and Sagittal Otoliths of Maine Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis)”
Scholarships
The University of Maine
Full-tuition scholarships, renewable for up to four years, plus $500 annual research stipends and invitation to join Honors College:
- Meaghan Caron, Bangor High School
- Hannah Dunn, Bangor High School
- Nicholas Geiser, Bangor High School
- Matthew Hafener, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Grace Kessler, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- Rachel Kingsley, South Portland High School
- Ariel Larrabee, Hancock County Technical Center
- Alexander Maker, Washington Academy
- Alexandria Morgan, Washington Academy
- Lilian Nowak, Bangor High School
- Swetha Palaniappan, Cape Elizabeth High School
- Vetri Vel, Bangor High School
College of the Atlantic
$20,000 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Aniela Holtrop, Maine Coast Waldorf School
- Ariel Larrabee, Hancock County Technical Center
University of New England
$5,000 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Beau Briggs, Nokomis Regional High School
- Jenna Drake, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Marian Easton, Nokomis Regional High School
- Josephine Ek, Robert W. Traip Academy
- Natalie Shields, Medomak Valley High School
University of Southern Maine
Full-tuition scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Josephine Ek, Robert W. Traip Academy
- Adam Taddia, Baxter Academy for Technology and Science
St. Joseph’s College of Maine
$2,500 scholarships, renewable for up to four years, plus invitation to apply to the Honors College:
- Owen Arsenault, Noble High School
- Natalie Shields, Medomak Valley High School
University of Maine at Augusta
$1,500 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Alexandria Morgan, Washington Academy
- Wade Wahlig, Falmouth High School
Husson University
One-time $1,000 scholarships:
- Meaghan Caron, Bangor High School
- Ariel Larrabee, Hancock County Technical Center
- Alexandria Morgan, Washington Academy
- Patrick Wahlig, Falmouth High School
- Wade Wahlig, Falmouth High School
Category Awards
Animal Sciences – Behavior & Ecology
- 1st – Alexander Maker, Washington Academy, Using DNA Markers to Determine Source of Origin from a Mixed Stock Fishery – The West Greenland Atlantic Salmon Recreational Fishery
- 2nd – Lilian Nowak, Bangor High School, Assessing the Water Quality of Arctic Brook and Kenduskeag Stream Using Benthic Macroinvertebrates
- 3rd – Maria Castellanos, John Bapst Memorial High School, Mean Gulls: A Behavioral and Dietary Study of Larus marinus and Larus argentatus on Mount Desert Rock
Animal Sciences – Nutrition & Development
- 1st – Patrick Wahlig, Falmouth High School, Precision and Relative Accuracy of Striped Bass Age, Proportional Length, and Origin Estimates from Both Scales and Sagittal Otoliths of Maine Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis)
- 2nd – Hannah Dyer, George Stevens Academy, How Does Food Type Influence Larval Development in the Green Sea Urchin?
- 3rd – Amelia Jalbert, Carissa Lucas, Falmouth High School, Ocean Acidification and its Effect on Oyster Shells
Behavioral Sciences – Cognitive Psychology
- 1st – Molly Hale, Greely High School, Testing Reading Comprehension through Different Mediums: Paper Text vs Digital
- 2nd – Shruti Joshi, Jack Forester, Ben Sylvester, Falmouth High School, Relationship between Frequency of PowerSchool Logins, GPA, Difficulty of Classes, and Stress
- 3rd – Teagan Blackie, Old Town High School, Differences in Spatial Awareness by Gender
Behavioral Sciences – Sociology & Mental Health
- 1st – Isabel Harkins, Boothbay Region High School, Positive School Culture: Why it Must be Prioritized in Order to Improve the Environment and Empower the Students of Boothbay Region High School
- 2nd – Iann Leigh, Bangor High School, Identifying Shifts in Race and Income that Lead to Voting Differences in Geographically Similar Locations
- 3rd – Faith Foster, Nokomis Regional High School, Behavioral and Social Differences Between Autistic Males and Females Throughout the Years
Biomedical & Health Sciences
- 1st – Ijeoma Obi, Bangor High School, Synthesis of an Azobenzene – Based Cholesterol Mimic for Gated Ion Channel Modification
- 2nd – Arsh Agnihotri, Falmouth High School, Effectiveness of Conventional Environmental Face Masks
- 3rd – Joshua Bohm, Bangor High School, The LD50 of ECL on Worms
Chemistry
- 1st – Ogechi Obi, Bangor High School, CNF/Starch/Glycerol Composites Plasticized by MgCl2, NaCl, KCl and AlCl3
- 2nd – Erin McCarthy, Meaghan Caron, Bangor High School, Synthesis of Butadiene through Fallopia japonica and Lythrum salicaria
- 3rd – Naomi Noack, Bangor High School, Measuring Ocean Acidification and Possible Correlations to Stormwater
Computer Science & Mathematics
- 1st – Micah Pietraho, Brunswick High School, Local Search Optimization and the Virtual Keyboard Design Problem
- 2nd – Nhan Ngo, Simon Socolow, Bangor High School, Developing Deep Learning Networks for Dynamic Traffic Light Control
- 3rd – Cuthbert Steadman, Graham Glover, Beckett Mundell-Wood, Bangor High School, Using Neural Networks and Drones to Identify and Eliminate the Aquatic Invasive Plant Species Myriophyllum Spicatum
Engineering
- 1st – Vetri Vel, Bangor High School, Real-time Fall Detection System for the Elderly Using Deep Learning and Thermal Imaging
- 2nd – Oscar Hennin, Morse High School, The Study of Laminated Timbers
- 3rd – Minal Iftikhar, Bangor High School, Engineering a Prosthetic Hand through Additive Manufacturing
Environmental Sciences – Water Quality
- 1st – Jordyn Miller, Bangor High School, Using ArcGIS to Model Water Quality Relationships Based on Lake Inlet and Outlet Location
- 2nd – McKayla Kendall, Bangor High School, The Effects of The Bangor Mall on Water Quality in the Penjajawoc Stream
- 3rd – Rain Bugado, Noble High School, Risk of Algal Blooms and Hypoxia in a New England River
Environmental Sciences & Engineering
- 1st – Leila Davids, Bangor High School, Matlab Code that Identifies Macroinvertebrates to Assess Quality of Maine’s Waters
- 2nd – Quinn DAlessio, Bangor High School, Calculating Phytoplankton Biodiversity using Sampling and AI to Determine Ecological Conditions
- 3rd – Rowan Andrews, Bangor High School, Using GIS and a Water Quality Index to Analyze Biological Contamination and Observe Chemistry Fluctuation on Littoral Zones of Seven Recreational Freshwater Lakes and Ponds in Maine
Materials Science
- 1st – Jaylee Rice, Nokomis Regional High School, Will it Waterproof? Creating a Waterproof Coating Without the Use of PFAS
- 2nd – Ariel Larrabee, Hancock County Technical Center, Biodegradable Fishing Lures
- 3rd – Payton Ward, Islesboro Central School, Beeswax/Pine Resin Polymer for Mycelium Lobster Buoys
Microbiology
- 1st – Melissa Tian, Bangor High School, The Effects of Prolonged Nitrogen and Sulfur Deposition on Spore Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) from Bear Brook Watershed in Maine (BBWM)
- 2nd – Linh Nguyen, Deering High School, Testing the Effectiveness of TBAB SurfactantSorbents in Removing Ampicillin from Synthetic Effluent
- 3rd – Emma Markowitz, Boothbay Region High School, The Effects of Manuka Honey on Cultured Bacteria from Frog Infections (Thrush) in Equine Frog Tissue
Plant Sciences
- 1st – Amara Ifeji, Bangor High School, Using Biofiltration Media and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) to Enhance the Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals from Stormwater Reconstructed Wetlands
- 2nd – Nicholas Geiser, Bangor High School, Engineering a Sensor System for the Monitoring of Blueberry Barrens
- 3rd – Hannah Dunn, Bangor High School, Caliciopsis Canker Damage on Eastern White Pine Trees in Maine
Experiential Awards
Acadia Institute of Oceanography
Tuition to attend Advanced Marine Science Camp
- Hannah Dyer, George Stevens Academy
Hurricane Island
Tuition to attend Advanced Marine Biology Summer Camp:
- Erin McCarthy, Bangor High SchoolSpecial Awards
Special Awards
American Meteorological Society
- Naomi Noack, Bangor High School, Measuring Ocean Acidification and Possible Correlations to Stormwater
- Chloe Grant, Addison Bracken, Rachel Kingsley, South Portland High School, South Portland Air Quality Analysis
- Ogechi Obi, Bangor High School, CNF/Starch/Glycerol Composites plasticized by MgCl2, NaCl, KCl and AlCl3
- Melissa Tian, Bangor High School, The Effects of Prolonged Nitrogen and Sulfur Deposition on Spore Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) from Bear Brook Watershed in Maine (BBWM)
Association for Women Geoscientists
- Ginny Hunt, Bangor High School, Identifying and Classifying Plastics and Microplastics in Sediments
- Jordyn Miller, Bangor High School, Using ArcGIS to Model Water Quality Relationships Based on Lake Inlet and Outlet Location
Society for Science and the Public Community Innovation Award ($500 prize)
- Isaac Burtis, Brunswick High School, Dissolved Oxygen from Kelp
The Jackson Laboratory Promising Scientist Award ($100 prize)
- Margaret Kastelein, Lincoln Academy, Stereotypes and How They Effect Snap Judgement
- Anthony Ayer, Harpswell Coastal Academy, Analyzing the Effects of Various Climate Conditions on the Overall Efficiency of a Solar Panel
- Jett Lindelof, Islesboro Central School, How Does the Method of Crosslinking of Sodium Alginate Mixed with Calcium Chloride Effect it’s Performance as a Waterproof Coating in The Marine Environment?
- Aleah Sebrey, Medomak Valley High School, Lytic Tendencies of Bacteriophages Found in Water on Escherichia coli
- Hazel Van Dis, Islesboro Central School, 3D Printing with CNF and Wood Flour
Office of Naval Research Naval Science Award
- Sydney Sheehan, Old Town High School, Ropeless Lobster Trap
- Vetri Vel, Bangor High School, Real-time Fall Detection System for the Elderly Using Deep Learning and Thermal Imaging
- Nathan Chatterton, Boothbay Region High School, Predictive Machine Learning Model for Estimating Driving Force of a Sailboat Using Rigging Data
- Oscar Hennin, Morse High School, The Study of Laminated Timbers
The Reach Award from the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance ($100 prize)
- Kylie Brown, Boothbay Region High School, The Effect of Grade Obsession on How Students Learn, and How a New Grading System Has the Potential to Reverse These Effects
- Collin Peterson, Islesboro Central School, Biodegradable Additives and the Effects on Wood Pellets
- Thomas DiPhilippo, South Portland High School, Researching Green Alternatives to Mercury for the Clemmensen Reduction
- Elizabeth Chattley, Hancock County Technical Center, Blueberry Bushes as an Alternative to Lawns
- Adam Nussbaum, Brunswick High School, Mathematical Analysis of the Ability to Transition to Underground Wiring
Stockholm Junior Water Prize
- Jordyn Miller, Bangor High School, Using ArcGIS to Model Water Quality Relationships Based on Lake Inlet and Outlet Location
- Rain Bugado, Noble High School, Risk of Algal Blooms and Hypoxia in a New England River
- McKayla Kendall, Bangor High School, The Effects of The Bangor Mall on Water Quality in the Penjajawoc Stream • Mia Wang, Gould Academy, Microplastics
- Amber Halligan, Medomak Valley High School, How Run Off from Different Brands of Fertilizer Impact the Eutrophication Process
- Liulu Yue, Gould Academy, Airborne EM Technology and its Application in Detection of Underground Water
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Award
- Amara Ifeji, Bangor High School, Using Biofiltration Media and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) to Enhance the Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals from Stormwater Reconstructed Wetlands
- Ogechi Obi, Bangor High School, CNF/Starch/Glycerol Composites Plasticized by MgCl2, NaCl, KCl and AlCl3
Saturday, March 23, 2019 | Bowdoin College
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Grand Awards
- 1st Grand Award – Tyler Delargy of Bangor High School. Developing Three-Dimensional Spatial Cognition for the Visually Impaired Using Computational Depth Mapping and Vibro-Tactile Display.
- 2nd Grand Award – Antonina Zakorchemna & Artem Laptiev of Fryeburg Academy. Product Development of an Alternative Low-cost Braille E-Reader.
- 3rd Grand Award –Amara Ifeji of Bangor High School. Testing the Effectiveness of Mycorrhizae in the Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals from Stormwater.
Scholarships
The University of Maine
Full-tuition scholarships, renewable for up to four years, plus $500 annual research stipends and invitation to join Honors College:
- Leila Davids of Bangor High School
- Ijeoma Obi of Bangor High School
- Rowan Andrews of Bangor High School
- Madeline Ahola of Bangor High School
- Madison Momenee of Noble High School
- Emma Fitzpatrick of Greely High School
- Amara Ifeji of Bangor High School
- Connor Noddin of Bangor High School
- Anthony Caccese of Bangor High School
- Blake Erhard of Boothbay Region High School
- Lily McLaughlin of Bangor High School
- Marina Mohawass of Bangor High School
College of the Atlantic
$20,000 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Jordyn Miller of Bangor High School
- Jennifer Noyes of John Bapst Memorial High School
University of New England
$5,000 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Sarah Dorey of John Bapst Memorial High School
- Adelaide Valley of John Bapst Memorial High School
- Shannon O’Roak of Dexter Regional High School
- Madison Momenee of Noble High School
- Alyssa Ellis of Nokomis Regional High School
University of Maine at Augusta
$1,500 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Lauren Underhill of Nokomis Regional High School
- Jordyn Miller of Bangor High School
Husson University
One-time $1,000 scholarships:
- Shannon O’Roak of Dexter Regional High School
- Beau Briggs of Nokomis Regional High School
- Madison Hopkins of Nokomis Regional High School
- Vanessa Scott of Deering High School
- Taya Wood of Washington Academy
Category Awards
Animal Sciences 1
- First Place: Vetri Vel of Bangor High School
Using computer simulations to evaluate the potential impact of rising water temperatures and marine protected areas on the Gulf of Maine American lobster fishery - Second Place: Pierce Jones & Nate Ingebritson of Mount Desert Island High School
Basking sharks and mola mola in the dynamic warming Gulf of Maine; how are their populations changing? - Third Place: Matthew Hafener of John Bapst Memorial High School
Utilizing Photo-Identification to Study Summer Residence Patterns of Minke Whales in the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of Maine
Animal Sciences 2
- First Place: Logan Eckmann of John Bapst Memorial High School
Differentiation in herring gull tolerance levels between areas of varying human interaction - Second Place: Ashton Caron of Nokomis Regional High School
The Effect of Hair Length on Cattle Grazing - Third Place: Patrick Masse & Ben Wilson of Brunswick High School
Game tracking
Behavioral & Social Sciences 1
- First Place: Sirohi Kumar of Mount Desert Island High School
Changing Study Habits: An Interventional Study - Second Place: Naomi Noack of Bangor High School
Studying the Effects of Deliberate Practice on Ambidexterity - Third Place: Mallory Cogswell of Nokomis Regional High School
Effects of Preferred Music on the Academic Performance of Introverts and Extroverts
Behavioral & Social Sciences 2
- First Place: Micah Pietraho of Brunswick High School
N-Grams and Language Evolution - Second Place: Paula Dauphinais & Nancy Dauphinais of Nokomis Regional High School
Variances in social conformity among people of different ages, genders, neurological developments, and social media intake - Third Place: Noah Robinson of Bangor High School
Investigating the Relationship Between Polling Building Type and Voting Results
Biological Sciences & Engineering
- First Place: Yu Dong of Gould Academy
Control of Circadian Rhythms: Regulate Sleep Patterns Observable in Drosophila melanogaster - Second Place: Ibrahim Saleh of Greely High School
3D Printing and Optimizing Microfluidic Devices to Model a Lab-on-a-Chip - Third Place: Quinn DAlessio of Bangor High School
How can biomimicry be used to engineer a device that efficiently condenses water vapor from the atmosphere so that it can be stored and utilized?
Biomedical & Health Sciences
- First Place: Blake Erhard & Lilley Harris of Boothbay Region High School
Disguising Needles for Lowered Anxiety in Pediatric Patients - Second Place: Minjeong Kim of Gould Academy
Methylisothiazolinone induces cell death and apoptosis in human lung epithelial cells - Third Place: Riley Grindle of Hancock County Technical Center
2DG or not 2DG
Chemistry & Materials
- First Place: Marina Mohawass of Bangor High School
Use of Vanadium Organic Complex to Remove Ethanol from Water - Second Place: Tianze Xu of Gould Academy
Insulated Clothing Material Standard Test - Third Place: Leila Davids of Bangor High School
Improved Engineered Cementitious Composites Using Polyvinyl Fibers As Reinforcement and Cellulose Nanofibers
Computer Science & Mathematics
- First Place: Ijeoma Obi of Bangor High School
Developing a Fiji Program for Automated ImageJ – Based Analysis of Cardiomyocyte Contractions - Second Place: SeungHeon Song of Gould Academy
Smart Road Signs II: Road safety system for pedestrians and drivers distracted by mobile devices based on the Bluetooth 5 technology - Third Place: Isaac Sewell of Bangor High School
Wireless Data Server for the Doppler Bee Monitoring Radar
Energy
- First Place: Frederick Oldenburg, McKayla Kendall & Roland Ladd of Bangor High School
Designing the Most Efficient Propeller to be Used for Energy Collection and Movement - Second Place: Jaylee Rice of Nokomis Regional High School
Measuring the Conductivity of Salt Bridges in Voltaic Cells - Third Place: Nhan Ngo of Bangor High School
Developing Deep Learning Networks for Dynamic Traffic Light Control
Engineering Mechanics
- First Place: Tyler Delargy of Bangor High School
Developing Three-Dimensional Spatial Cognition for the Visually Impaired Using Computational Depth Mapping and Vibro-Tactile Display - Second Place: Antonina Zakorchemna & Artem Laptiev of Fryeburg Academy
Product Development of an Alternative Low-cost Braille E-Reader - Third Place: Nicholas Jacobs of Bangor High School
Replacing a Shelter Latch using Additive Manufacturing
Environmental Sciences 1
- First Place: Maddie Brookings of Bangor High School
Profiling Four Maine Oligotrophic Lakes for Stormwater Effects and Susceptibility to Eutrophication - Second Place: Natalie Liliav, Winnie French & Maya Elkadi of Bangor High School
The Effect that Vitamin C has when combined with a Silver Nanoparticle Tablet in Water - Third Place: Melissa Tian of Bangor High School
The Effects of Ammonium Sulfate Deposition on Endo and Ecto Mycorrhizae in Red Spruce and American Beech Roots from Bear Brook Watershed in Maine
Environmental Sciences 2
- First Place: Andrea Grossmann of John Bapst Memorial High School
Correlations Between Micro and Macroplastic Accumulation on Mount Desert Rock - Second Place: Adam Elkadi of Bangor High School
Providing an Efficient Solution to Our Plastic Pollution Problems - Third Place: Emma Raven of Greely High School
Method to Increase the Conversion Rate of Biodegradation of Polystyrene using Pseudomonas putida - Third Place: Colton Trisch & Aarav Singh of Bangor High School
Determining the Types of Electric Lighting that Contribute to Light Pollution in Maine
Physics & Astronomy
- First Place: Lindsay Cote of Nokomis Regional High School
The price of golf balls and its effect on distance consistency - Second Place: Grace Kirkpatrick of John Bapst Memorial High School
FFT Analysis of the Waveforms Produced By Various Instruments - Third Place: Du Duong & Nguyen Q of John Bapst Memorial High School
Alpha Orion Observation
Plant Sciences
- First Place: Amara Ifeji of Bangor High School
Testing the Effectiveness of Mycorrhizae in the Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals from Stormwater - Second Place: Madison Momenee of Noble High School
Maine Dichotomous Key - Third Place: Erica Schlichting of Gray New Gloucester High School
Exploration of growing spinach (Spinacia oleracea) in varying concentrations of folic acid on the biomass (g) of the plants with a discussion of anencephaly, a folic acid deficiency disease.
Experiential Awards
Hurricane Island Advanced Marine Biology Summer Program
- Wade Wahlig of Falmouth High School
iXplore STEM Summer Program
- Swetha Palaniappan of Cape Elizabeth High School
The Keller BLOOM Program
- Jordyn Miller of Bangor High School
UNE Health Careers Exploration Camp
- Alya Theriault of Caribou High School
Special Awards
The Reach Award ($100 prize)
- Dexuan Tang of Hebron Academy
- Antonina Zakorchemna & Artem Laptiev of Fryeburg Academy
- Blake Erhard, Lilley Harris of Boothbay Region High School
- Erica Schlichting of Gray New Gloucester High School
The Jackson Laboratory Future Innovator Award ($100 prize)
- Sirohi Kumar of Mount Desert Island High School
- Noah Coyle of Bangor High School
- Quinn DAlessio of Bangor High School
- Lily Millard of Bangor High School
- Alden WIlcox of Caribou High School
The Judges’ Fund for Excellence in Genetics ($100 prize)
- Brandon Aponte of John Bapst Memorial High School
The Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award ($200 prize)
- Ryan Kinney of Bangor High School
The Mu Alpha Theta Award for Excellence in Mathematics
- Samanthak Thiagarajan of Bangor High School
The Naval Science Award
- Leila Davids of Bangor High School
- Tyler Delargy of Bangor High School
- Anthony Caccese of Bangor High School
- Luke Conroy of Noble High School
Stockholm Junior Water Prize
- Lily McLaughlin & Rowan Andrews of Bangor High School
- Merline Feero of Waterville Senior High School
The SSP Community Innovation Award ($500 prize)
- Ibrahim Saleh of Greely High School
Saturday, March 24, 2018 | Thomas College
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Grand Awards
- 1st Grand Award – Noah Robinson, Bangor High School. Determining the Priming Effect of Voting on Category of Building of Polling Location.
- 2nd Grand Award – Tyler Delargy, Bangor High School. Developing a Tactile Depth Map for the Blind.
- 3rd Grand Award – Ibrahim Saleh, Greely High School. Reliability and Efficiency of 3D Printed Microfluidic Devices When Used in Ocean Acidification Testing.
Scholarships
The University of Maine
Full-tuition scholarships, renewable for up to four years, plus $500 annual research stipends and invitation to join Honors College:
- Gina Vo, Bangor High School
- Emily Hanscom, Telstar High School
- Madelaine Panici, Greely High School
- Noah Robinson, Bangor High School
- Ryan Kinney, Bangor High School
- Alexander Bloomer, Bangor High School
- Anna Briley, Greely High School
- Margaret Turcotte Seavey, Bangor High School
- Nick Baron, Old Town High School
- Kiara Kempthorne-Curiel, Washington Academy
- Mackenzie Ladd, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Hallie Macdougal, Watershed School
University of New England
$25,000 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Emma Gould, Morse High School
- Dana Tasker, Nokomis Regional High School
- Grace Harman, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Joshua Smestad, Nokomis Regional High School
- Hayden Black, Nokomis Regional High School
College of the Atlantic
$25,000 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Andrea Grossman, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Alex Facq, Watershed School
University of Maine at Augusta
$1,500 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Lauren Underhill, Nokomis Regional High School
- Tabitha Bell, Old Town High School
Category Awards
Animal Sciences – Behavior & Physiology
- Josephine Ek, Robert W Traip Academy
- Serena Blasius, Medomak Valley High School
- Natalie Shields, Medomak Valley High School
Animal Sciences – Ecology & Other Studies
- Nick Baron, Old Town High School
- Jacob Cote & Acacia Johnston, Presque Isle High School
- Rebecca Collins, Presque Isle High School
Behavioral & Social Sciences – Cognitive & Social Sciences
- Noah Robinson, Bangor High School
- Madelaine Panici, Greely High School
- William Lehan, Bangor High School
Behavioral & Social Sciences – Clinical, Neurological, Physiological & Other Studies
- Micah Pietraho, Brunswick High School
- Emily Hanscom, Telstar High School
- Harris Millette, Dexter Regional High School
Biomedical Sciences – Applied Biomedical Sciences
- Ijeoma Obi, Bangor High School
- Brett Kusnierz, Dexter Regional High School
- Safa Saleh, Greely High School
Biomedical Sciences – Cellular & Molecular Biology & Pathophysiology of Human Disease
- Lily Waddell, Bangor High School
- Meg Lander, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Minjeong Kim, Gould Academy
Chemistry & Materials
- Jaylee Rice, Nokomis Regional High School
- Nicholas Jacobs, Bangor High School
- Gaelan Boyle-Wight & Marta Opie, Telstar High School
Computer Science & Mathematics
- Alexander Moreira, Old Town High School
- Spencer Campbell, Bangor High School
- Taki Ishimura & Massimo Daul, Mount Desert Island High School
Energy
- Emma Raven, Greely High School
- Kiara Kempthorne-Curiel, Washington Academy
- Naomi Noack, Bangor High School
Engineering
- Tyler Delargy, Bangor High School
- Anthony Caccese, Bangor High School
- Zheyuan Liu, Gould Academy
Environmental Sciences – Climate & Weather
- David Rubin, Bangor High School
- Melissa Tian, Bangor High School
- Madeline Ahola, Bangor High School
Environmental Sciences – Oceans & Coasts
- Ibrahim Saleh, Greely High School
- Olivia Kelly, Islesboro Central School
- Emma Gould, Morse High School
Environmental Sciences – Water Quality
- Maddie Brookings, Bangor High School
- Mei Tian, Bangor High School
- John Connors, Bangor High School
Microbiology
- Meaghan Caron, Bangor High School
- Anna Briley, Greely High School
- Erin McCarthy, Bangor High School
Physics & Astronomy
- Margaret Turcotte Seavey, Bangor High School
- Grace Kirkpatrick, John Bapst Memorial High School
- Daniel Snider, Watershed School
Plant Sciences – Agriculture
- Gina Vo, Bangor High School
- Brooke Rethman, Maine School of Science and Mathematics
- Michaela Jordan, Cheverus High School
Plant Sciences – Ecology, Pathology & Physiology
- Amara Ifeji, Bangor High School
- Elyse Daub, Bangor High School
- Hannah Dunn, Bangor High School
Special Awards
The Reach Award ($100 prize)
- Emma Gould, Morse High School
- Marta Opie & Gaelan Boyle-Wight, Telstar High School
- Joshua Chun, Belfast Area High School
- Natalie Shields, Medomak Valley High School
The Jackson Laboratory Future Innovator Award ($100 prize)
- Taylor Sullivan & Colby Folsom, Old Town High School
- Ahmed Saleh, Greely High School
- Gordon Doore, Bangor High School
The Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award ($200 prize)
- Spencer Campbell, Bangor High School
American Meteorological Society
- David Brown, Bangor High School
- Rebecca Collins, Presque Isle High School
Association for Women Geoscientists
- Maddie Brookings, Bangor High School
Mu Alpha Theta
- Alexander Moreira, Old Town High School
NASA
- David Rubin, Bangor High School
NOAA
- Ibrahim Saleh, Greely High School
SSP Award for Community Innovation ($500 prize)
- Madelaine Panici, Greely High School
Solve It! Challenge
- Matthew Hartt, Old Town High School
Stockholm Junior Water Prize
- John Connors, Bangor High School
- Mei Tian, Bangor High School
- Andrea Grossmann, John Bapst Memorial High School
Yale Science and Engineering Association
- Grace Kirkpatrick, John Bapst Memorial High School
Saturday, March 25, 2017 | Colby College
View the 2017 Event Program
Grand Awards
- 1st Grand Award – SeungHeon Song, Gould Academy. Smart road signs.
- 2nd Grand Award – Sydney McDonald, Bangor High School. The future of prosthesis: The design & analysis of artificial muscle comprised of ionic-polymer metal composites.
- 3rd Grand Award – Lily Waddell, Bangor High School. Developing an alternative treatment for luminal B breast cancer by targeting DNA repair mechanisms.
Scholarships
The University of Maine
Full-tuition scholarships, renewable for up to four years, plus $500 annual research stipends and invitation to join Honors College:
- Mei Tian, Bangor High School
- David Rubin, Bangor High School
- Ashley Reynolds, Dexter Regional High School
- Kashmir Owen, Islesboro High School
- Maggie Nolan, Greely High School
- Chelsea Hoyt, Robert W. Traip Academy
- Elise Daub, Bangor High School
- Jacob Cote, Brewer High School
- Spencer Campbell, Bangor High School
- Hallie Macdougal, Watershed School
- Samuel Bonnevie, Greely High School
- Emma Bragdon, John Bapst Memorial High School
College of the Atlantic
$25,000 scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Kashmir Owen, Islesboro High School
- Gina Vo, Bangor High School
University of Southern Maine
$4,000 Presidential Scholarships, renewable for up to four years:
- Gina Vo, Bangor High School
- Dalena Bennet, Westbrook High School
- Usira Ali, Portland High School
- Jacob Freudenberger, Nokomis Regional High School
- Isaac Sewell, Bangor High School
- Jacob Cote, Brewer High School
- Hannah Farrar, Dexter Regional High School
- Emily Elwell, Nokomis Regional High School
- Hallie Macdougal, Watershed School
- Moonhwe Jang, Gould Academy
- Corrigan Farnham, Greely High School
- Alexander Moreira, Old Town High School
Category Awards
Animal Sciences
1st Award – Amara Ifeji, Bangor High School, Biodegradation and mineralization of polystyrene and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) by plastic-eating worms Tenebrio molitor and Zophobas morio
2nd Award – Chelsea Hoyt, Robert W Traip Academy, Biomechanics of jumping in equines: How jump height affects potential energy stored in the suspension apparatus
3rd Award – Kaitlyn Dunham, Old Town High School, Do Polydora websteri prefer a certain temperature?
Behavioral and Social Sciences
1st Award – Meghan Dye, Falmouth High School, Having your cake and eating it too: Maximizing the impact and accuracy of graphical visuals
2nd Award – Hannah Farrar, Dexter Regional High School, Training for peace
3rd Award – Megan Peach, Dexter Regional High School, The psychology of emojis
Behavioral and Social Sciences: Cognitive Psychology
1st Award – Noah Robinson, Bangor High School, Testing cognitive bias in relation to the Big-5 personality type model, age, and gender
2nd Award – Meghan Cantlin and Alison Noyes, Falmouth High School, Personality!
3rd Award – Amelia Ring, Falmouth High School, Peppermint’s impact on test taking speed
Biological Sciences and Engineering
1st Award – Sydney McDonald, Bangor High School, The future of prosthesis: The design & analysis of artificial muscle comprised of ionic-polymer metal composites
2nd Award – Jacob Cote, Brewer High School, Sequence analysis of rRNA and natural ribozymes
3rd Award – Robert Denegre, Taki Ishimura, and Nicholas Reznik, Mount Desert Island High School, Elucidating the underlying genetic pathways of beta-cell proliferation through quantitative trait locus analysis to shed new light in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes
Biomedical and Health Sciences
1st Award – Lily Waddell, Bangor High School, Developing an alternative treatment for luminal B breast cancer by targeting DNA repair mechanisms
2nd Award – Jacob Freudenberger, Nokomis Regional High School, The long term effects of a concussion
3rd Award – Christopher Allen, Eleanor Bridgers, and Nick Stanley, Mount Desert Island High School, Connecting circadian rhythm to type II diabetes using quantitative trait analysis
Chemistry and Materials
1st Award – Maggie Nolan, Greely High School, Development of rapid detection procedures for gamma-hydroxybutyrate derivative gamma-butyrolactone in varying liquid matrices
2nd Award – Marina Mohawass, Bangor High School, The construction of biodegradable, disposable diapers from cellulose nanofibers
3rd Award – Emma Payne, Bangor High School, Porous filtration membranes made from cellulose nanofibers
Computer Sciences
1st Award – SeungHeon Song, Gould Academy, Smart road signs
2nd Award – Spencer Campbell, Bangor High School, The creation of a masking program and a 3D triangulation program to assist in the optimization of a HIAD
3rd Award – David Brown, Anthony Caccese, and Jesse Karnes, Bangor High School, Designing a desk base containment system to improve the efficacy of a CPU heat-sink cooling system
Earth and Environmental Sciences: Energy, Climate, Weather
1st Award – Tyler Delargy, Bangor High School, A solution to the heat efficiency and environmental side-effects of oil boilers
2nd Award – David Rubin, Bangor High School, Modeling forest composition and water quality changes in Maine due to climate change
3rd Award – Dwight Knightly, Bangor High School, Snowfall quality as a measurement of particulate matter
Earth and Environmental Sciences: Water
1st Award – Mei Tian, Bangor High School, Testing the effectiveness of mycorrhizae in the remediation of phosphorus from stormwater
2nd Award – Naomi Moynihan, Bangor High School, How does road salt affect the Kenduskeag Stream?
3rd Award – Omar Alsamsam and Hassan Qureshi, Bangor High School, Storm water management research
Microbiology
1st Award – Corrigan Farnham, Greely High School, Modeling ultraviolet germicidal irradiation through Vibrio fischeri quorum sensing communication
2nd Award – Cecelia Ford, Nick Luce, and Lauren Richardson, Brewer High School, Does sound affect bacterial growth?
3rd Award – Alexis Allard, Nokomis Regional High School, S.C.O.B.Y sugar trials
Physics and Astronomy
1st Award – Samuel Bonnevie and Patrick Lyden, Greely High School, The effect of shoe sole tread design on the coefficient of friction
2nd Award – Ezra Smith, Lincoln Academy, A prototype of bone conducting headphones
3rd Award – Moonhwe Jang, Gould Academy, Considering the future of rocket nozzles
Plant Sciences
1st Award – Elyse Daub, Bangor High School, New England’s most valuable resource: Is increasing white pine (Pinus strobus) damage associated with a single fungal species or a community of fungi?
2nd Award – Hallie Macdougal, Watershed School, Oxygen production of phytoplankton
3rd Award – Ibrahim Saleh, Greely High School, The effect of glycine max heat exposure on the quantification of GMO events
Special Awards
The Jackson Laboratory Future Innovator Award ($100 prize)
Mack D’Angelo, Robert W. Traip Academy, Does learning style impact how you perform on optical illusion tests?
John Wahlig, Falmouth High School, Headfirst
John Connors and Jordyn Miller, Bangor High School, Studying the reactivation of biosand filters using microbiological testing
The Reach Award from MMSA ($100 prize)
Usira Ali, Portland High School, Nanoparticles: the effects of shell size on optical memory
Emma Hargreaves, Old Town High School, Reproductive cycles in Polydora websteri
Ezra Smith, Lincoln Academy, A prototype of bone conducting headphones
Alexis Allard, Nokomis Regional High School, S.C.O.B.Y sugar trials
Nursultan Rosen, Brunswick High School, What are the best conditions for preventing bread mold?
American Meteorological Society
Alexander Moreira, Old Town High School, Heron Project
Cam Doughty and Hannah Dunn, Bangor High School, The process of monitoring temperatures in the beehive
American Psychological Association
Noah Robinson, Bangor High School, Testing cognitive bias in relation to the Big-5 personality type model, age, and gender
Meghan Dye, Falmouth High School, Having your cake and eating it too: Maximizing the impact and accuracy of graphical visuals
ASM Materials Education Association
Marina Mohawass, Bangor High School, The construction of biodegradable, disposable diapers from cellulose nanofibers
Emma Payne, Bangor High School, Porous filtration membranes made from cellulose nanofibers
Association for Women Geoscientists
Sarah Marcotte, Bangor High School, Exploration of relationships between metal deposition and vegetation composition in a Floridian sediment core
Lauren Wallace, Washington Academy, Chandler River pollution study
GENIUS Olympiad
Elyse Daub, Bangor High School, New England’s most valuable resource: Is increasing white pine (Pinus strobus) damage associated with a single fungal species or a community of fungi?
Dwight Knightly, Bangor High School, Snowfall quality as a measurement of particulate matter
Kaitlyn Dunham, Old Town High School, Do Polydora websteri prefer a certain temperature?
Institute of Food Technologists
Ibrahim Saleh, Greely High School, The effect of glycine max heat exposure on the quantification of GMO events
Intel Excellence in Computer Science ($200 prize)
SeungHeon Song, Gould Academy, Smart road signs
Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Award
Jack Prior, Bangor High School, Applying O-Ring theory to the NBA and MLB
NASA Earth System Science Award
Nick Baron, Old Town High School, Investigating habitat for a great blue heron in Penobscot County, Maine
NOAA: Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award
David Rubin, Bangor High School, Modeling forest composition and water quality changes in Maine due to climate change
Kashmir Owen, Islesboro Central School, The impacts of ocean acidification on marine calcifiers
Ricoh Sustainable Development Award
Anthony Caccese, Jesse Karnes, and David Brown, Bangor High School, Designing a desk base containment system to improve the efficacy of a CPU heat-sink cooling system
Gina Vo, Bangor High School, Can a cost-effective aquaponics system be produced using kale and convict cichlids?
SSP Award for Community Innovation ($500 prize)
Spencer Krebs, Aiden McDonough, and Colby Grimble, Bangor High School, The effects of compost produced by mealworms through the consumption of polystyrene
Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Mei Tian, Bangor High School, Testing the effectiveness of mycorrhizae in the remediation of phosphorus from stormwater
U.S. Air Force
Alexander Inman, Bangor High School, Behavioral analysis of a 6 meter HIAD structure and components
Maggie Nolan, Greely High School, Development of rapid detection procedures for gamma-hydroxybutyrate derivative gamma-butyrolactone in varying liquid matrices
Minjeong Kim, Gould Academy, Investigating the toxicity and mutagenicity of PHMG
U.S. Metric Association
William Lehan and Alex Saros, Bangor High School, Acoustic analysis of various instruments, distortions, and tuning forks
Yale Science and Engineering Association
Ban Shoukeir, Bangor High School, Extracting four major phenolic compounds from chaga mushroom
Saturday, March 16, 2016 | Cross Insurance Center, Bangor
View 2016 Event Program
Grand Awards
- 1st Grand Award – Demetri Maxim, Gould Academy. Building human kidney tissue from pluripotent human stem cells: A promising new
treatment for kidney disease. - 2nd Grand Award – Paige Brown, Bangor High School. Constructing low-cost calcium alginate scaffolds for the reduction of pollutants in
stormwater. - 3rd Grand Award – Sydney McDonald, Bangor High School. The design and analysis of an artificial muscle comprised of ionic-polymer metal composites.
Category Awards
Animal and Plant Sciences
- 1st – Mei Tian, Bangor High School
Testing the effectiveness of mycorrhizae in the remediation of soils - 2nd – James Prescott, Bangor High School
The effects of the amino acid content of pollen on the foraging habits of honey bees - 3rd – Sarah Marcotte, Bangor High School
Effects of road salt on White Pine tree health
Behavioral and Social Sciences
- 1st – Madelyn Adams and Meghan Dye, Falmouth High School
Behavioral factors and their impact on sleep quality - 2nd – Kaici Aloupis and Emma England, Falmouth High School
The effects of music on comprehension performance - 3rd – Brooke Asherman, Greely High School
Visualization in sports
Biological Sciences and Engineering
- 1st – Demetri Maxim, Gould Academy
Building human kidney tissue from pluripotent human stem cells: A promising new treatment for kidney disease - 2nd – Sydney McDonald, Bangor High School
The design and analysis of an artificial muscle comprised of ionic-polymer metal composites - 3rd – Alejandro Ramos, Lincoln Academy
Tanausú
Biomedical and Health Sciences
- 1st – Lilly Waddell, Bangor High School
Testing the effectiveness of annual flu vaccines to corresponding flu outbreaks - 2nd – Aubrey Sparrow, Washington Academy
Accuracy of home blood pressure monitors versus medical-grade blood pressure monitors - 3rd – Evan Wyman, Greely High School
Dental staining
Chemistry and Materials Science
- 1st – Conor O’Brien, Bangor High School
Group theory and square paths - 2nd – Noah Gagne, Bangor High School
Preserve paper towel comparison - 3rd – Ibrahim Saleh, Greely High School
The effect of different stain removers on coffee stains
Computer Science and Robotics
- 1st – Karan Godara, Falmouth High School
Designing data acquisition, management, and analysis software within Android - 2nd – Jason Millette, Dexter Regional High School
What is the most efficient and effective way to cool a computer - 3rd – Brendan Martin, Bangor High School
The effects of artificial intelligence in game playing
Earth and Environmental Sciences
- 1st – Hassan Qureshi and Clara Bradley, Bangor High School
Stormwater effects on water quality in Bangor streams - 2nd – Maggie Nolan, Greely High School
The effects of stormwater runoff and other pollutants on freshwater quality in Maine - 3rd – David Rubin, Bangor High School
The impact of forest type on water quality in Maine lakes
Energy and Transportation
- 1st – Tyler Delargy, Bangor High School
The effects of car braking - 2nd – Dwight Knightly, Bangor High School
Extending the duration of an organic battery - 3rd – Nicolas Giandrea, Greely High School
Recovery of waste energy using Peltier plates
Mechanical and Environmental Engineering
- 1st – Paige Brown, Bangor High School
Constructing low-cost calcium alginate scaffolds for the reduction of pollutants in stormwater - 2nd – Emma Payne, Bangor High School
Designing and producing a biodegradable K-cup using cellulose nanofibers - 3rd – Samuel Bonnevie, Greely High School
Initial rocket propulsion via steam explosion
Microbiology
- 1st – Corrigan Farnham, Greely High School
The effectiveness of disinfectants on bacterial quorum sensing communication - 2nd – Madelaine Panici, Greely High School
Metals’ effect on bacterial growth - 3rd – Annabelle Williams, Greely High School
The effect of natural antibacterials on Moraxella catarrhalis
Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics
- 1st – William Reynolds, Bangor High School
Automated search and cataloging of supernovae - 2nd – Conor Thompson, Bangor High School
Group theory and square paths - 3rd – Elyse Daub and Victoria Brissette-Rice, Bangor High School
How light pollution from Bangor, ME affects Acadia National Park
Special Awards
The Jackson Laboratory Future Innovator Award ($100 prize)
- Beatrice Buckley, The Watershed School
Remote sensing of street lighting levels - Conor O’Brien, Bangor High School
The effects of temperature on biosand filters - Jordan Bryant, Greely High School
Visual memory
The Reach Award – MMSA ($100 prize)
- Alejandro Ramos, Lincoln Academy
Tanausú
American Meteorological Society
- Maddie Brookings and Reya Singh, Bangor High School
How to fix the effects of road salt on local streams - Sarah Montembeau and Sadie Humiston, R.W. Traip Academy
Local water health
American Psychological Association
- Madelyn Adams and Meghan Dye, Falmouth High School
Behavioral factors and their impact on sleep quality
ASM Materials Education Foundation
- Erica Desjardins, Bangor High School
Artistic science: Paint and viscosity
Intel Award for Excellence in Computer Science ($200 prize)
- Karan Godara, Falmouth High School
Designing data acquisition, management, and analysis software within Android
Mu Alpha Theta
- Conor Thompson, Bangor High School
Group theory and square paths
National Aeronautic and Space Administration
- David Rubin, Bangor High School
The impact of forest type on water quality in Maine lakes
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Elizabeth Robbins, Bangor High School
Macro invertebrates as bioindicators to assess stream health
Office of Naval Research
- Mei Tian, Bangor High School
Testing the effectiveness of mycorrhizae in the remediation of soils - MaggieBeth Turcotte, Bangor High School
Observing Groombridge 1618 for a potential planetary system
Ricoh Americas Corporation
- Mei Tian, Bangor High School
Testing the effectiveness of mycorrhizae in the remediation of soils
Yale Science and Engineering
- Sydney McDonald, Bangor High School
The design and analysis of an artificial muscle comprised of ionic-polymer metal composites
Stockholm Junior Water Prize
- Conor O’Brien, Bangor High School
The effect of temperature on biosand filters - Paige Brown, Bangor High School
Constructing low-cost calcium alginate scaffolds for the reduction of pollutants in stormwater - David Lavoie, Bangor High School
Live data mapping of storm water runoff using HTML and Google databases to show up-to-date graphs for each area for each condition and source amount given
US Air Force
- Kaici Aloupis and Emma England, Falmouth High School
The effects of music on comprehension performance - Clara Bradley and Hassan Qureshi, Bangor High School
Stormwater effects on water quality in Bangor streams
Saturday, March 23, 2015 | Cross Insurance Center, Bangor
View 2015 Event Program
Grand Awards
- 1st Grand Award – Demetri Maxim, Gould Academy. Directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into kidney cells.
- 2nd Grand Award – Ben Schade & Justin Hamilton, Maine School of Science and Mathematics. Calculating the horizon with perspective projection.
- 3rd Grand Award – Paige Brown, Bangor High School. Identifying and remediating the sources of pollution in impaired Bangor streams.
Category Awards
Animal Sciences
- 1st – Sarah Caldwell & Chris Teufel, Falmouth High School. What are the effects of melatonin and caffeine on the behavior of Oreochromis aureus?
- 2nd – Elliott Ross, Hebron Academy. A test of optimal foraging theory: prey handling time by crayfish as a function of temperature.
- 3rd – Elizabeth Robbins, Bangor High School. Macroinvertebrates.
Behavioral and Social Sciences
- 1st – Kaici Aloupis & Emma England, Falmouth High School. Technological effects on eyesight.
- 2nd – Sarah Franklin, Maine School of Science and Mathematics. Why “password” is not a good password.
- 3rd – Julian Wiley, Falmouth High School. Password selection strength: male vs. female.
Biology, Biochemistry, & Medical Sciences
- 1st – Demetri Maxim, Gould Academy. Directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into kidney cells.
- 2nd – Meagan Currie, Greely High School. Planaria regeneration: effects of anti-cancer agents paclitaxel and demecolcine on the regenerative capacity and rate of the brown planaria, Dugesia tigrina.
- 3rd – Clinton Jeffery & Xingyao Chen, Mount Desert Island High School. Trp53 and atherosclerosis.
Chemistry and Mathematics
- 1st – Maggie Nolan, Greely High School. Detection of ethanol and its concentration through use of new identification kits.
- 2nd – Anton Bershanskyy, Maine School of Science and Mathematics. GEB-type integer sequences.
- 3rd – Conor Thompson, Bangor High School. Number paths in triangular grids.
Computer Science
- 1st – Ben Schade & Justin Hamilton, Maine School of Science and Mathematics. Calculating the horizon with perspective projection.
- 2nd – Daniel O’Brien, Bangor High School. Creating a computer model and software to extract additional, relevant data from MRIs for clinical and research application.
- 3rd – Benjamin Sinclair, Greely High School. Utilization of whois domain registration data for SMTP spam filtering.
Earth Science, Physics & Astronomy
- 1st – Jared Merrifield, Greely High School. The effect of aerodynamics on a pellet.
- 2nd – Vishva Nalamalapu & Marcy Kitteredge, Falmouth High School. Varying molecular sizes of condensation nuclei impact on cloud duration.
- 3rd – MaggieBeth Turcotte, Bangor High School. Observational study of Galilean moons of Jupiter and their differences between Jupiter and each other.
Energy & Transportation
- 1st – Daniel Alfonsetti, Lewiston High School. Optimizing wireless power transfer using resonate inductive coupling.
- 2nd – Evan Irwin, Falmouth High School. Experimentations in energy.
- 3rd – Ezra Smith, Home School. Potatoes to power: are organic materials relevant for electricity production?
Engineering & Materials Science
- 1st – Aidan Coyne, Bangor High School. The investigation of possible substitutes for Zostera marina in intertidal zones of Frenchman Bay.
- 2nd – Hannah Rubin, Bangor High School. A laboratory procedure to determine the water holding capacity of synthetic track materials for thoroughbred horse racing.
- 3rd – Gabriel Oldfield, Bangor High School. The effects of different refining and drying processes on the ability of cellulose nanofiber filters to filter water.
Environmental Science
- 1st – Paige Brown, Bangor High School. Identifying and remediating the sources of pollution in impaired Bangor streams.
- 2nd – Andrew Sandweiss, Bangor High School. A novel model to better predict the intensity of El Niño Modoki in the pacific basin.
- 3rd – Lillian Black, Greely High School. Fecal coliforms happen.
Microbiology
- 1st – Griffin Weston, Greely High School. The effect of ultraviolet light on bacterial growth.
- 2nd – Tyler DeFroscia, Bangor High School. Development of an affordable biosensor for the rapid detection of red tide.
- 3rd – Elyse Daub, Susannah Powell & Ban Shoukeir; Bangor High School. Can variable soils affect the energy output of microbial fuel cells?
Plant Sciences
- 1st – Stephen Comeau, Bangor High School. The effect of eastern white pine needle disease and plot density on Maine’s white pine.
- 2nd – Morgan Jones, Bangor High School. Comparing hydroponic vs. soil-based plant growth.
- 3rd – Haili Rahkonen & SeungMin Nam, Maine School of Science and Mathematics. The level of pH, acidic or basic, affects the growth of Mentha and Ocimum citriodorum.
Special Awards
The Reach Award – MMSA ($100 prize)
- Elliott Ross, Hebron Academy. A test of optimal foraging theory: prey handling time by crayfish as a function of temperature.
American Meteorological Society
- Andrew Sandweiss, Bangor High School. A novel model to better predict the intensity of El Niño Modoki in the pacific basin.
- Sydney McDonald, Bangor High School. A durable tethered balloon system.
American Psychological Association
- Safa Saleh, Greely High School. What’s up with science’s gender gap?
ASM Materials Education Foundation
- Hannah Rubin, Bangor High School. A laboratory procedure to determine the water holding capacity of synthetic track materials for thoroughbred horse racing.
Association for Women Geoscientists
- Morgan Jones, Bangor High School. Comparing hydroponic vs. soil-based plant growth.
ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives
- Paige Brown, Bangor High School. Identifying and remediating the sources of pollution in impaired Bangor streams.
- Aaron Fleischer, Berwick High School. Recycling wasted/lost energy in chimney heat to prevent ice dams.
INTEL Excellence in Computer Science ($200 prize)
- Ben Schade & Justin Hamilton, Maine School of Science and Mathematics. Calculating the horizon with perspective projection.
Mu Alpha Theta
- Anton Bershanskyy, Maine School of Science and Mathematics. GEB-type integer sequences.
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
- Kyle Hansen, Greely High School. The efficiency of different types of solar trackers over a full solar cycle.
Office of Naval Research (U.S. Navy and Marine Corps)
- Meagan Currie, Greely High School. Planaria regeneration: effects of anti-cancer agents paclitaxel and demecolcine on the regenerative capacity and rate of the brown planaria, Dugesia tigrina.
- Ben Schade & Justin Hamilton, Maine School of Science and Mathematics. Calculating the horizon with perspective projection.
Ricoh Americas Corporation
- Mary Butler, Bangor High School. CNF as a component of a low-cost water filtration system.
Society for In Vitro Biology
- Demetri Maxim, Gould Academy. Directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into kidney cells.
Stockholm Jr. Water Prize
- Gabriel Oldfield, Bangor High School. The effects of different refining and drying processes on the ability of cellulose nanofiber filters to filter water.
- David Rubin, Bangor High School. Analysis of phosphorus levels in Maine municipal water supplies.
U.S. Air Force
- Mariah Gould, Nokomis Area High School. How a gluten-based diet affects weight.
Yale Science and Engineering
- Aidan Coyne, Bangor High School. The investigation of possible substitutes for Zostera marina in intertidal zones of Frenchman Bay.
