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9th-12th Grade National Awards

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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:  Kellie French, Windsor High School
Title:  Methods of Filtering Water in Third World Countries 

 

Winner 2:  Abby Millard, Windsor High School
Title:  Plants and Acid Rain: exploring the use of fertilizer to reduce negative effects
  
 
American Psychological Association - Certificate & listing of award winner in a future issue of the Journal of the American Psychological Association to top project in psychology
Winner:  Sierra Cooper, South Burlington High School
Title: Subliminal Messages  
 
 
American Society of Materials International Foundation - Certificate & Medallion to top project in materials engineering
Winner: Win Townsend, Windsor High School
Title:  Airfoil Surface Textures
 
 
Association for Women Geoscientists - Certificate to top project by female student in the geosciences
  
Winner:  Alexandra Groen, South Burlington High School
Title:  Decomposing Plastics
 
 
Excellence in Computer Science - Certificate & $200 to top project in computer science

 

Winner:  Matthew Tufts, Windsor High School
Title:  Percentage of Runs Prevented: An Alternative Baseball Statistic
 
 
Mu Alpha Theta Secondary Mathematics Honor Society- Certificate to top project in mathematics
 
Winner:  Jane Goodwin, Woodstock Union High School
Title:  Exotic Spheres in n-dimentional Hyperspace
 
National Society of Professional Engineers - Certificate, Lapel Pin, & entry in a drawing to win $1000 (new in 2010)
 
Winner:   Maraika Lumholt, South Burlington
Title:  Music Preferences and Emotional Activity
 
 
 
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
 
09 Winner:
Windsor High School, Cody Dana
Title: Wind-Powered Battery Charger
 
 
 
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
 
09 Winner:
South Burlington High School, Winfield Holt
Title: Yeast Mutations Caused by Common Compounds
 
 

 

 
U.S. Metric Association - Certificate to top project with the best use of the SI (metric) system of measurement
 
09 Winner:
South Burlington High School, Ajay Patel
Title: Vermont's Waters' Effect on Cyanobacteria
 
 
 
Yale Science and Engineering Association  - Certificate & Medallion to top project in computer science, engineering, physics, or chemistry; grade 11   
 
09 Winner:
Windsor High School, Brian Holloway

Title: Insulation Effectiveness

 

 

ISWEEEP Scholarship Awards 

Each Scholarship winner and his/her adult sponsor is invited to attend the International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering, & Environment) Project Olympiad in Houston, Texas.  I-SWEEEP will provide all meals, lodging, and domestic transportation within Houston including transportation from and to the airport  for these projects during the I-SWEEEP Fair.  I-SWEEEP contestants and their adult supervisors are responsible for their own travel arrangements to and from the Houston area. For this reason, I-SWEEEP has allocated a budget to extend financial aid to help meet the travel expenses of eligible students. 
 

For more details, go to www.isweeep.org.

 

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

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