2014 Winners
Grades 9-12 Professional Awards
American Meteorological Society - Certificate & listing of award winners in the December issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society to two top projects in atmospheric science
Winner 1: Sara Kunin, South Burlington HS
Title: How Does Air Temperature Affect the Transpiration Rate of Plants
Winner 2: Isaac Cohen, South Burlington HS
Title: The Effects of Sodium Chloride Road Dusting on the Environment
American Psychological Association - Certificate to top project in psychology
Winner: Gabe Nelson, South Burlington High School
Title: How do people react to being alone?
American Society of Materials International Foundation - Certificate & Medallion to top project in materials engineering
Winner: Ateev Nahar, South Burlington HS
Title: The effect of the length of the sand column on the effectiveness of bio sand filters
Association for Women Geoscientists - Certificate to top project by female student in the geosciences
Winner: Emilie Manchester, Mississquoi Valley Union HS
Title: Types of Rocks that Absorb the Most Oil
Excellence in Computer Science - Certificate & $200 to top project in computer science
Winner: Lin Pease, Burlington HS
Title: Memory in Evolutionary Robotics
Mu Alpha Theta Secondary Mathematics Honor Society- Certificate to top project in mathematics
Winner: Ethan Hill, Windsor HS
Title: The Effect of Distance on Home Court Advantage
National Society of Professional Engineers - Certificate, Lapel Pin, & entry in a drawing to win $1000 to share
no projects eligible for this award
Ricoh Sustainable Development Award - Certificate to project whose principles and technical innovations offer the greatest potential for increasing our ability to grow environmentally friendly and socially responsible businesses
Winner: Rachael Stone, South Burlington HS
Title: Compost Composition and its Effects on Wisconsin Fast Growing Plants
Society for in Vitro Biology - Certificate to top project in plant or animal in vitro biology or tissue culture & listing of award winner in the fall issue of the SIVB Newsletter; grade 11
Winner: Clark Deng, South Burlington HS
Title: A Comparative Analysis of Proteins Produced in Physarum Polycephalum under Migratory and Static States
U.S. Metric Association - Certificate to top project with the best use of the SI (metric) system of measurement
Winner: Daniel Yi, South Burlington HS
Title: The Bacterial Resistance of Antibiotics by Escheriachia Coli
Yale Science and Engineering Association - Certificate & Medallion to top project in computer science, engineering, physics, or chemistry; grade 11
Winner: Group of Brett Johnson and Andrew Hubbard, Mississquoi Valley Union HS
Title: Fuel from Biomass: Is It Possible?
2013 Winners
Grades 9-12 Professional Awards
American Meteorological Society - Certificate & listing of award winners in the December issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society to two top projects in atmospheric science
Winner 1: Basundhara Mukhergee, South Burlington HS
Title: The Effects of pH and Alum Variations on Ceriodaphnia dubia
Winner 2: William Fretwell, South Burlington HS
Title: Is Cow Manure the Most Effective Culture for Anaerobic Digestion
American Psychological Association - Certificate to top project in psychology
Winner: Gia Gould, South Burlington HS
Title: The Impact of Perceived Intellect on Attaction
American Society of Materials International Foundation - Certificate & Medallion to top project in materials engineering
Winner: Harpreet Rattu, South Burlington HS
Title: How the Manipulation of Algal Lipid Composition Can Provide an Alternative Source for Biofuel
Association for Women Geoscientists - Certificate to top project by female student in the geosciences
Winner: Caitlin Hanley, Rutland HS
Title: Digestion's Implact on Green House Gases
Excellence in Computer Science - Certificate & $200 to top project in computer science
No projects elegible
Mu Alpha Theta Secondary Mathematics Honor Society- Certificate to top project in mathematics
Winner: Keegan O'Hara, South Burlington HS
Title: Water Quality Index of Different Parts of Lack Champlain
National Society of Professional Engineers - Certificate, Lapel Pin, & entry in a drawing to win $1000 to share
Winner: Elijah Eaton, Taylor Marquis & Kraig McFadden, Missisquoi Valley Union HS
Title: Producing Biodiesel by Heatless Transesterification of Recycled Cooking Oil
Ricoh Sustainable Development Award - Certificate to project whose principles and technical innovations offer the greatest potential for increasing our ability to grow environmentally friendly and socially responsible businesses
Winner: Vignesh Rajendran, Essex HS
Title: Designing and Optimizing a Cost-effective Model for Extracting Lipid from Algae
Society for in Vitro Biology - Certificate to top project in plant or animal in vitro biology or tissue culture & listing of award winner in the fall issue of the SIVB Newsletter; grade 11
Winner: Danny Greenblatt, South Burlington HS
Title: Freezing Microbes
U.S. Metric Association - Certificate to top project with the best use of the SI (metric) system of measurement
Winner: Alexander Pasanen, South Burlington High School
Yale Science and Engineering Association - Certificate & Medallion to top project in computer science, engineering, physics, or chemistry; grade 11
Winner: Courtney Connolly, Rutland High School
Title: Rosin Affects Sound
Title: How Surfaces Affect the Flow Rate of Water
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2012 I-SWEEEP Scholarship Award Winners
GENIUS Olympiad New in 2011!
The VSSMF will select two high school projects based upon their abstracts to compete in the GENIUS Olympiad to be held at Oswego State University of New York. These projects will be selected for their excellence in one of the following GENIUS-Science categories: ecology and biodiversity, environmental quality, resources and energy, human ecology, and a special problem, oil removal from water. The winning projects will be will have to register on line. They will have a higher chance of being selected as finalists from Vermont because they have won at the VSSMF. There is a GENIUS-Arts component to this competition which others can apply for. If you believe your project fits into the above five categories and it would be competitive because it includes an outstanding conceptual design, short film, satirical illustration, digital media, or photographic media, VSSMF encourages you to register your project at the second URL below: Each Award winner and his/her adult sponsor is invited to attend the International GENIUS Olympiad at SUNY Oswego, NY, around the end of June. GENIUS Olympiad will provide all meals, lodging, and domestic transportation within Oswego for these projects. VSSMF will cover mileage to the GENIUS Olympiad.
For more details, go to www.geniusolympiad.org. or www.geniusart.org