2009 Award Winners

Congratulations ERSF 2009 Award Winners!

  Prize Name Project Title Student(s) School Name Award Name      
  Second Place Red Light, Green Light… Amanda Allers Ecole Pine Grove School JR Earth and Environmental Sciences      
  Third Place A Toxic Wave Winston Gamache H E Bourgoin Middle School JR Earth and Environmental Sciences      
  First Place Help! Wetlands at Risk. Graham Campbell H E Bourgoin Middle School JR Earth and Environmental Sciences      
  Honourable Mention A Sucker for Carbon William Mazurek Sir George Simpson Junior High JR Earth and Environmental Sciences      
  First Place A River Runs Through It – Phase IV Amanda Annett Jasper Place School JR Earth and Environmental Sciences      
  Second Place Anti-groundwater Graeme Byer Alternative Learning Program JR Earth and Environmental Sciences      
  Third Place What’s The Hold Up? Ardo Ahmed, Eyerusalem Ghebremusse Oliver School JR Earth and Environmental Sciences      
  First Place The Effects of Gender Identity on Short-Term Memor Arathi Unnikrishnan Aurora School JR Life Science      
  Third Place Real Eyes Realize Marian Grewal Aurora School JR Life Science      
  Second Place Bean Experiment Sapphire Fisher-Chessell, Amanda Leask Avonmore School JR Life Science      
  Honourable Mention Enhancing Various Performances of Athletes Christel Chattargoon, Sara Rubuliak Sir George Simpson Junior High JR Life Science      
  First Place More to Light Than Meets the Eye Phase III Kyle Schole Richard F Staples Secondary School SR Life Science      
  Honourable Mention Monkey See, Monkey Do! Safia Samji Aurora School SR Life Science      
  Second Place PKC and PICK1 are Vital for Synaptic Development Zachariah Mansour Alternative Learning Program SR Life Science      
  Third Place Fighting Type 2 Diabetes Sabrina Islam McNally School SR Life Science      
  Second Place Gender And Age In The Stroop Effect Neha Sam Aurora School JR Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
  Honourable Mention Beastly Bacteria Dallis Cartwright, Christina Cumberland Ecole Pine Grove School JR Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
  First Place One Two Freeze Thaw Charice Chan, Douglas Lam Grandview Heights School JR Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
  Third Place Straight From the Horse’s Heart Ashley Light Oliver School JR Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
  First Place Effects of fatty acids on hypoxia-induced injury Shahir Mishriki Louis St. Laurent SR Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
  Third Place Shift Happens: A Study of the iGeneration Kendra Manz, Kira Place W P Wagner School SR Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
  Second Place MMM: Manoeuvering Metastatic Melanoma Haiyu Bao, Zichao Kang Harry Ainlay School SR Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
  First Place Music To My Ear Madison Nyenhuis Oliver School JR Physical and Mathematical Sciences      
  Second Place Blood Spatter Analysis Andrea McDonald Oliver School JR Physical and Mathematical Sciences      
  Third Place The Gamer’s Edge Megan Albert Oliver School JR Physical and Mathematical Sciences      
  Honourable Mention If You Could See What I Hear Sofia Minenko Oliver School JR Physical and Mathematical Sciences      
  Second Place Can You See… The Unseen? Nishant Bhatia, Ryan Dela Pena Aurora School SR Physical and Mathematical Sciences      
  First Place What’s In Your Orange Juice? Vitamin C Jamie Harley Oliver School SR Physical and Mathematical Sciences      
  Third Place The Solar Mill Karamveer Lalh Grandview Heights School JR Engineering and Computer Science      
  Second Place Static Jackie Elgert, Amanda Yashuk Rochester School JR Engineering and Computer Science      
  First Place Author Analyzation Saumya Bhatoye, Marjory Olsen Avonmore School JR Engineering and Computer Science      
  First Place Multi-functional Mobility Aids Gary Kurek Bonnyville Centralized High School SR Engineering and Computer Science      
  Second Place Verification of Traffic Intersection Design Bidisha Dutta New Horizons School SR Engineering and Computer Science      
  Fourth Place Ahh, The Pressure Briar Huculak St. Angela Grade 4      
  Third Place Fat facts on fast food Ashley Toner St. Angela Grade 4      
  Fifth Place The Flyer Aaron Felstad, Matthew Rottier Dapp School Grade 4      
  First Place Solar City Abel Negatou, Lucas Zaychuk Bishop Savaryn Grade 4      
  Second Place Is It Quieter? Colton Nestorovich Eleanor Hall School Grade 4      
  Third Place Grandma Recycles We Should Too! Haley Campbell H E Bourgoin Middle School Grade 5      
  Fifth Place Shower or Bath? Aimee Allers Westhaven Elementary School Grade 5      
  Second Place Oil and Water Evan Gamble Sir Alexander Mackenzie School Grade 5      
  First Place HYPNOSIS: Entertainment or Therapy? Joanna Pearce Sir Alexander Mackenzie School Grade 5      
  Fourth Place Bite Me! Ardith Wilson Scott Robertson School Grade 5      
  Fifth Place Is It Worth It? Ethan Mueller, Peter Tymkow St. Mary School Grade 6      
  Fourth Place Magnetic or Air Zoraiz Amir, Anurag Sharma Aurora School Grade 6      
  Second Place Junkyard Turbine Carlie Voigt Sir Alexander Mackenzie School Grade 6      
  Third Place Don’t Fear the Water Brennon Grohn Aurora School Grade 6      
  First Place Drain Diet Kendall Leighton Sir Alexander Mackenzie School Grade 6      
  Honourable Mention A Sucker for Carbon William Mazurek Sir George Simpson Junior High EnviroExpo Award      
  Award A River Runs Through It – Phase IV Amanda Annett Jasper Place School EnviroExpo Award      
  Honourable Mention Fat facts on fast food Ashley Toner St. Angela Primary Care Division Award      
  Award Only Got 5 Seconds Janelle Somerville Oliver School Primary Care Division Award      
  Award EYEING THINGS UP, A Closer Look at Vision Kathryn Molzan St. Jerome Alberta Association of Optometrists Vision Science      
  Award Fatty Acids in the Battle Against Breast Cancer Viane Faily Old Scona School Alberta Research Council Biotechnology      
  Honourable Mention A River Runs Through It – Phase IV Amanda Annett Jasper Place School Alberta Research Council Biotechnology      
  Award Asteroid Effects Kyla Pisio Oliver School Alberta Research Council Earth Sciences      
  Honourable Mention Anti-groundwater Graeme Byer Alternative Learning Program Alberta Research Council Earth Sciences      
  Award MMM: Manoeuvering Metastatic Melanoma Haiyu Bao, Zichao Kang Harry Ainlay School Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Best Project in Medically-related Field      
  EL Honourable Mention Beanie Beans Tia Shank St. Mary School Alberta Institute of Agrologists Agrology      
  EL Award Plants and Light Equals Starch Brian Clausen Busby School Alberta Institute of Agrologists Agrology      
  JR/SR Award Bean Experiment Sapphire Fisher-Chessell, Amanda Leask Avonmore School Alberta Institute of Agrologists Agrology      
  JR/SR Honourable Mention Pondering the Preferred pH Alison Schole Richard F Staples Secondary School Alberta Institute of Agrologists Agrology      
  Honourable Mention MMM: Manoeuvering Metastatic Melanoma Haiyu Bao, Zichao Kang Harry Ainlay School Alberta Society of Gastroenterology Human Biology      
  Award PKC and PICK1 are Vital for Synaptic Development Zachariah Mansour Alternative Learning Program Alberta Society of Gastroenterology Human Biology      
  Honourable Mention Straight From the Horse’s Heart Ashley Light Oliver School B. K. Sinha Behavioral Sciences Research      
  Award The Gamer’s Edge Megan Albert Oliver School B. K. Sinha Behavioral Sciences Research      
  EL Award Junkyard Turbine Carlie Voigt Sir Alexander Mackenzie School APEGGA Award      
  JR Award The Solar Mill Karamveer Lalh Grandview Heights School APEGGA Award      
  SR Award Multi-functional Mobility Aids Gary Kurek Bonnyville Centralized High School APEGGA Award      
  SR Honourable Mention Verification of Traffic Intersection Design Bidisha Dutta New Horizons School APEGGA Award      
  Award Is It Worth It? Ethan Mueller, Peter Tymkow St. Mary School City of Edmonton Waste Management Award      
  Honourable Mention Heating Bills Beware Valerie McMillan, Samantha Moffat Richard F Staples Secondary School City of Edmonton Waste Management Award      
  Honourable Mention A Toxic Wave Winston Gamache H E Bourgoin Middle School Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Meteorology and Oceanography      
  Award Reviving the Dead Zone Margaret Hamilton-Lane Oliver School Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Meteorology and Oceanography      
  Honourable Mention Don’t Fear the Water Brennon Grohn Aurora School Christie Communications Excellence in Communications      
  Award A River Runs Through It – Phase IV Amanda Annett Jasper Place School Christie Communications Excellence in Communications      
  Award Oil and Water Evan Gamble Sir Alexander Mackenzie School Chemical Institute of Canada Award      
  Honourable Mention Don’t Fear the Water Brennon Grohn Aurora School Chemical Institute of Canada Award      
  Honourable Mention Toilet Paper Caper Brett Biddiscombe, Christopher Bourque St. Mary School ASM International Material Science      
  Award Paper Towel Pickup Bailey Hartwig, Rebeca Lewis Avonmore School ASM International Material Science      
  EL Honourable Mention What did the Lorax Know? Addison Huculak St. Angela Environment Canada Clean Air, Water and Land      
  EL Award Healthy Choice Organic Wise Furqan Sayeedi Edmonton Islamic School Environment Canada Clean Air, Water and Land      
  JR/SR Award A Toxic Wave Winston Gamache H E Bourgoin Middle School Environment Canada Clean Air, Water and Land      
  JR/SR Honourable Mention Killing Us One Raindrop At A Time Jessica Adam, Mackenzie Brown Ecole Pine Grove School Environment Canada Clean Air, Water and Land      
  Award Gender And Age In The Stroop Effect Neha Sam Aurora School Psychologists’ Association of Alberta Behaviour Science      
  Honourable Mention Subliminal Messaging Meriah Breckenridge Avonmore School Psychologists’ Association of Alberta Behaviour Science      
  EL Award Dirty Germs Bailey Grinder, Hailey Swingen St. Mary School Genome Alberta Genomics      
  EL Honourable Mention DNA deoxyribonucleic acid Marc Sellers St. Jerome Genome Alberta Genomics      
  SR Award Fatty Acids in the Battle Against Breast Cancer Viane Faily Old Scona School Genome Alberta Genomics      
  SR Honourable Mention PKC and PICK1 are Vital for Synaptic Development Zachariah Mansour Alternative Learning Program Genome Alberta Genomics      
  Award Grandma Recycles We Should Too! Haley Campbell H E Bourgoin Middle School Alberta Society of Professional Biologists Award      
  Honourable Mention Phosphates and Algae Growth Michael Tomm Barrhead Elementary School Alberta Society of Professional Biologists Award      
  Award Solar City Abel Negatou, Lucas Zaychuk Bishop Savaryn Solar Energy Society of Canada Solar Energy      
  Honourable Mention Dissolve It! Tokaj Kozak Oliver School Association of Chemical Professions of Alberta Award      
  Award A Sucker for Carbon William Mazurek Sir George Simpson Junior High Association of Chemical Professions of Alberta Award      
  Award A River Runs Through It – Phase IV Amanda Annett Jasper Place School Taylor Memorial Senior Chemistry      
  Honourable Mention What’s In Your Orange Juice? Vitamin C Jamie Harley Oliver School Taylor Memorial Senior Chemistry      
  Award Plugging Into The Sun Brayden Power Argyll Home School Centre E.H. Gowan Physics Award of Excellence      
  Award The Solar Mill Karamveer Lalh Grandview Heights School Kruger Memorial Senior Solar Energy      
  Honourable Mention Plugging Into The Sun Brayden Power Argyll Home School Centre Kruger Memorial Senior Solar Energy      
  Honourable Mention The Unknown Abyss Gurtej Baweja, Akhilesh Patel Aurora School Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Best Astronomical Award      
  Award Asteroid Effects Kyla Pisio Oliver School Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Best Astronomical Award      
  Award Is a Phantom Stealing Your Electricity Colleen Moore Sir Alexander Mackenzie School IEEE Award of Excellence      
  Honourable Mention The Solar Mill Karamveer Lalh Grandview Heights School IEEE Award of Excellence      
  Third Place A Toxic Wave Winston Gamache H E Bourgoin Middle School The Petroleum Society of Canada Best Project Related to the Oil and Gas Industry      
  Second Place Killing Us One Raindrop At A Time Jessica Adam, Mackenzie Brown Ecole Pine Grove School The Petroleum Society of Canada Best Project Related to the Oil and Gas Industry      
  First Place A Sucker for Carbon William Mazurek Sir George Simpson Junior High The Petroleum Society of Canada Best Project Related to the Oil and Gas Industry      
  Finalist A River Runs Through It – Phase IV Amanda Annett Jasper Place School Team Edmonton – CWSF Winnipeg      
  Finalist MMM: Manoeuvering Metastatic Melanoma Haiyu Bao, Zichao Kang Harry Ainlay School Team Edmonton – CWSF Winnipeg      
  Finalist One Two Freeze Thaw Charice Chan, Douglas Lam Grandview Heights School Team Edmonton – CWSF Winnipeg      
  Finalist Multi-functional Mobility Aids Gary Kurek Bonnyville Centralized High School Team Edmonton – CWSF Winnipeg      
  Finalist More to Light Than Meets the Eye Phase III Kyle Schole Richard F Staples Secondary School Team Edmonton – CWSF Winnipeg      
  Finalist The Effects of Gender Identity on Short-Term Memor Arathi Unnikrishnan Aurora School Team Edmonton – CWSF Winnipeg