Special Awards Judged by Vermont Organizations
Vermont Principal’s Association
Best Senior Project Award to the top-scoring senior project - $200
Joseph Dexter, Green Mountain Union High School,
Title: Improving Combinatorial Chemical Synthesis with a 2-D Microfluidic Chip
American Chemical Society--Green Mountain Section
First Place Award to a project in chemistry, any grade level – $ 100
plus $10,000 per year Next Generation Scholarship to Green Mountain College*
Brian Ribbans, Mount Saint Joseph's Academy
Title: The Purification of Waste Vegetable Oil into Biodiesel
Second Place Award to a project in chemistry, any grade level – $ 50
plus $10,000 per year Next Generation Scholarship to Green Mountain College*
Meghan Lavoie, Mater Christi School,
Title: Jell-O or Gel-No?
Alex Drost, Windsor High School
Title: The Effect of Conductivity on the Electrolysis of Water
plus $5,000 per year Next Generation Scholarship to Norwich University**
Entergy Vermont Yankee
Best of Show Awards to projects on nuclear energy or any energy related field - $100 to each team
Celena O'Brien, Michael Teixeira, Christ the King School, Burlington
Title: How's The Blade Made
Matthew Cecere, Nathaniel Crane, Main Street Middle School
Title: The Power of Water
Best of Show Awards to projects on nuclear energy or any energy related field - $150 to each project
Ellie Briggs, Rutland High School
Title: The Efficiency of Insulation
plus $5,000 per year Next Generation Scholarship to Norwich University**
Heather Selmer, Weathersfield School
Title: Wind Turbines- How the Blade Pitch Affects the Output Power
Entergy Women In Nuclear (WIN) at Vermont Yankee
Best of Show awards to projects involving geology and earth science as they relate to earth power generation, any grade level, - $ 100 per person
Patrick Asselin, Homeschool
Title: Insulation
Nathaniel Crane & Matthew Cecere, Main Street Middle School
Title: The Power of Water
Vishnu Premsankar, Saint Francis Xavier School
Title: Windmill Efficiency
Honorable Mention Award to a project involving geology and earth science as they relate to earth power generation, any grade level, -$50
Margaux Von Buren,
Title: Juicy Fruits and Vegetables
Institute of Food Technologists, Northeast Section
Best of Show Awards to top two food-related science projects, any grade level - $200 & dinner for two at NEIFT Student Recognition Night
Connor Mawe, Hinesburgh Community School,
Title: A Cheesy Dilemma
Flora Su, South Burlington High School,
Title: The Relationship between Calcium Lactate Crystal Growth on Cheddar Cheese and Exposure of...
Northeast Branch American Society for Microbiology
Best of Show Awards to two projects in the areas of microbiology, biotechnology or microbial genetics, any grade level - $100 each
plus $10,000 per year Next Generation Scholarship to Green Mountain College*
Chantel Girard, South Burlington High School
Title: Exposure of Felines to Heartworm Disease in Vermont
plus $5,000 per year Next Generation Scholarship to Norwich University**
Leah Rogstad, Mill River Union High School,
Title: Antibiotics Attack: How Much Does it Take to Get the Job Done?
Sigma Xi, Vermont Chapter
Best of Show Awards to the top three projects demonstrating good research techniques, any grade level - $50
plus $10,000 per year Next Generation Scholarship to Green Mountain College*
Stephanie Chang, South Burlington High School
Title: Reducing Phosphorus in Dairy Effluent via Constructed Wetland-Steel Slag Filter System
Brian Ribbans, Mount Saint Joseph's Academy
Title: The Purification of Waste Vegetable Oil into Biodiesel
Rainbow Squier, Mill River Union High School
Title: Poop Paper
Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Green Mountain Chapter
Best of Show award to any project showing innovation, any grade level - $100
Rainbow Squier, Mill River Union High School
Title: Poop Paper
Society of Women Engineers, North Country Section
Honorable Mention Awards to three excellent projects involving young women doing research in engineering or math - SWE bag
Katie McNally, Green Mountain Union Middle/High School
Title: Catching Rays
Jessica Ralston, Green Mountain Union Middle/High School
Title: Catching The Wind
Heather Selmer, Weathersfield School
Title: Wind Turbines- How the Blade Pitch Affects the Output Power
Best of Show award to the top project involving a young women in engineering or math, any grade - $ 100 plus SWE bag,
Sally Hogan, Christ the King School, Rutland
Title: Does the Design of a Paper Airplane's wings Affect How it Flies?
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Best of Show award to the top project involving engineering or physics, any grade - $50
Adrian Kelly, Renaissance School
Title: Harnessing High Altitude Wind
Vermont Academy of Arts and Science
Best Senior Project award to the top project showing good research techniques by a senior in any area - $100
plus $10,000 per year Next Generation Scholarship to Green Mountain College*
Caroline Weaver, South Burlington High School,
Title: Prevalence of Human Papilloma Virus in Young Vermont Women: Implications for the HPV Vaccine
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources/Department of Environmental Conservation
Best Middle School Projects Awards to the top three middle school projects applying the scientific method in environmental science - $100
Patrick Asselin, Homeschool
Title: Insulation
Ethan Prehoda, Saint Francis Xavier School
Title: Solar Solutions
Maggie Sanborn, Christ the King School, Rutland
Title: What Tastes Better? Bottled vs Tap
Best High School Projects awards to the top three high school projects applying the scientific method in the environmental sciences-
$100 each project plus $10,000 per year conditional* Next Generation Scholarship to Green Mountain College for each
Eliza Warren-Shriner, Kvehl McDermott, and Maya von Wodtke, Brattleboro Union High School
Title: The Effect of Snowmaking on Soil Quality
Ajay Patel, South Burlington High School
Title: Vermonts Waters' Effect on Cyanobacteria
Austin Ventrone, South Burlington High School,
Title: How Proximity to Runoff Producing Roads Effects the Health of Potash Brook
10% Challenge Program
Best Middle School Project Award to the top middle school project that addresses global climate change - $50
Best High School Project Award to the top high school project that addresses global climate change - $50
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Vermont State Nurses Association
Best of Show award to a project involving health, nutrition, or human physiology, any grade level – $50
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Ethical Science & Education Coalition
Best of Show Award to the top project that promotes awareness, compassion and understanding of animals, any grade level, - DVD/CD plus $10,000 per year conditional* Next Generation Scholarship to Green Mountain College
Madeleine Slack, Rutland High School
Title: What's Under Foot?
Honorable Mention Award to project that promotes awareness, compassion and understanding of animals, any grade level, - certificate
Sara Muguira, Green Mountain Union High School
Title: Working The Bit
Green Mountain Water Environment Association
First Prize to the top project involving water pollution control, water quality, or drinking water, any grade level, -$150
plus Stockholm Junior WaterPrize nomination and $10,000 per year Next Generation Scholarship to Green Mountain College*
Stephanie Chang, South Burlington High School
Title: Reducing Phosphorus in Dairy Effluent via Constructed Wetland-Steel Slag Filter System
Second Prize to a project involving water pollution control, water quality, or drinking water, any grade level, -$100
plus $10,000 per year Next Generation Scholarship to Green Mountain College*
Rebecca Goldberg, South Burlington High School
Title: Phosphorus Runoff
Third Prize to projects involving water pollution control, water quality, or drinking water, any grade level, -$50 each
plus $10,000 per year Next Generation Scholarship to Green Mountain College*
Aya Alnamee, South Burlington High School
Title: Water Quality and Stream Project in Different Places in Vermont
Brianna Rotella, Saint Francis Xavier School
Title: How Much Acid is Too Much
William White, Windsor High School
Title: Effects of Acid Rain on Seed Germination
Stockholm International Water Institute Vermont
Young Water Scientist Prize to an outstanding water science research project, middle school, -Certificate
Brianna Rotella, St. Francis Xavier School
Title: How Much Acid is Too Much
Maggie Sanborn, Christ the King School
Title: What Tastes Better? Bottled vs Tap
Stockholm International Water Institute’s Junior Water Prize to an outstanding water science research project, grades 9-12, - Nomination for New England competition for the opportunity to win an all expense paid trip for the student and the science teacher to the Nationals in Anchorage, Alaska. There is no monetary award given to the student and these students are recognized through the GMWEA award.
Stephanie Chang, South Burlington High School
Title: Reducing Phosphorus in Dairy Effluent via Constructed Wetland-Steel Slag Filter System
*student must maintain a 3.0 cumulative Grade Point Average in High School and while at Green Mountain College
**student must maintain a 2.5 cumulative Grade Point Average in High School and while at Norwich University
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