2011 Award Winners

Congratulations ERSF 2011 Award Winners!

  Prize Name Project Title Student(s) School Name Award Name      
  Second Place Diet Coke and Mentos Reaction Keaton Comfort Argyll Home School Centre Grade 4      
  First Place Can a Back Massager Improve Brain Power? Alyson Katerenchuk Sir Alexander Mackenzie School Grade 4      
  Fifth Place Medieval Trebuchet Andrew Chan, Noah Weinkauf-Bowman Victoria School Grade 4      
  Honourable Mention Snowing Around Fausto Santoro St. Angela Grade 4      
  Third Place Hatching Eggs Teron Callihoo Barrhead Elementary School Grade 4      
  Fourth Place Germs Evan Felstad Dapp School Grade 4      
  Second Place Blink those Eyes! Abhijeet Singh Tempo School Grade 5      
  First Place Blobs in a Bottle Alexis Myschuk, Kennedy Roblin Strathcona Christian Academy Grade 5      
  Fifth Place See What Eye See Makayla Catherine Chamzuk St. Mary School Grade 5      
  Third Place 1,2,3…Dissolve with Me! Kristyn-Faith Chamzuk, Ashley Tymkow St. Mary School Grade 5      
  Honourable Mention How Do You Turn Salt Water Into Fresh Water? Joel Downer St. Jerome Grade 5      
  Fourth Place Oil The Unnatural Disaster Robert Bokenfohr, Aidan Victoor Busby School Grade 5      
  Third Place The Application of Microcontrollers in Robotics Neelam Reddy Alternative Learning Program Grade 6      
  Fourth Place Colour in the Mind’s Eye Prabhav Patel Aurora Charter School Grade 6      
  First Place Quiet Please! Nicholas Silver Sir Alexander Mackenzie School Grade 6      
  Fifth Place Reusable or Not Brittany Parent St. Mary School Grade 6      
  Second Place Waterfront Property Nathanael Tabert Westlock Elementary School Grade 6      
  Honourable Mention solar: the green way lucas zaychuk Scott Robertson School Grade 6      
  Honourable Mention Gettin The Dirt On Laundry Aimee Allers Ecole Pine Grove School JR Earth and Environmental Sciences      
  Third Place Green Scene Grace Silver Sir George Simpson Junior High JR Earth and Environmental Sciences      
  Second Place The Life of Recyclables! Haley Campbell H E Bourgoin Middle School JR Earth and Environmental Sciences      
  First Place Effective Effluent Expurgation-Naphthenic Acids Michael Gras, Brennon Grohn Aurora Charter School JR Earth and Environmental Sciences      
  Third Place It’s Hot In Here! Ruby Bhutani, Niranjanaa Shenoy Aurora Charter School SR Earth and Environmental Sciences      
  Second Place Mission: Attain Oil Falak Shah Aurora Charter School SR Earth and Environmental Sciences      
  First Place Novel concepts to decontaminating oiled birds Andrea Isabelle De Ocampo , Kaelyn Gras Archbishop MacDonald SR Earth and Environmental Sciences      
  Honourable Mention Elect-Chronic! Marian Grewal Aurora Charter School SR Earth and Environmental Sciences      
  Second Place Is It Really That Safe? Karina To Aurora Charter School JR Life Science      
  Honourable Mention Protection from Pop Tanya Sam Aurora Charter School JR Life Science      
  First Place ‘Twas the Night or Day Before the Test? Qasim Ali Aurora Charter School JR Life Science      
  Third Place Best Of The Best Bhawan Chahal, Navrit Dhillon Kate Chegwin School JR Life Science      
  Third Place Are You Smarter Than A Canadian Rodent? Holly Kaswarra, Yana Kostonyan Aurora Charter School SR Life Science      
  Honourable Mention Gender Brain Differences Momina Abbasi, Harshika Nambiar McNally School SR Life Science      
  Second Place Horse Hues II Dominique Drouin-Moreland McNally School SR Life Science      
  First Place More to Wi than Meets the Eye? Kyle Schole Richard F Staples Secondary School SR Life Science      
  Honourable Mention Colour Matters! Adithya Rajeev Aurora Charter School JR Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
  Second Place Bacteria vs. Antibiotics Simran Gill Aurora Charter School JR Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
  First Place Get The Lead Out? OR Lead It Be? Jane Anderson Oliver School JR Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
  Third Place Word War III Alexia Walsh Avonmore School JR Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
  Third Place Sir E.coli: The King’s New Poison Tester Abdulllah Farooq Argyll Home School Centre SR Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
  First Place The Role of O-GlcNAc on Cancer Progression Danny (Yuhao) Huang, Jaclynn Wong Harry Ainlay School SR Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
  Second Place MMP-2, -9 Expression During MCF10A Transformation Andrew Qi, Jessie Wang Old Scona School SR Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
  Honourable Mention Identification and Isolation of the Antibacterial Catherine Fan, Jessica Li Old Scona School SR Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
  First Place Do You Have The Power?    Samandip Grewal Aurora Charter School JR Physical and Mathematical Sciences      
  Second Place Going The Distance Maria Vergara Oliver School JR Physical and Mathematical Sciences      
  Honourable Mention Poptastic Amanda Beaumont, Hurshdeep Rehal Avonmore School JR Physical and Mathematical Sciences      
  Third Place Paint off Alice Schoenberg Avonmore School JR Physical and Mathematical Sciences      
  Third Place Dust, Away! Tammy Cao Aurora Charter School SR Physical and Mathematical Sciences      
  First Place Bend it Like Beckham: The Science of Soccer Balls Julia Sieben, Rubi Wiersma New Horizons School SR Physical and Mathematical Sciences      
  Second Place Batteries Better For Your Buck Ravleen Gill, Jasmine Rai Avonmore School SR Physical and Mathematical Sciences      
  First Place Pocket Project Daniel Blair, Anthony Nguyen Progressive Academy JR Engineering and Computer Science      
  Second Place Technical Air Purifier Omar Haymour, Norman Murray Edmonton Khalsa School JR Engineering and Computer Science      
  Honourable Mention Your Identity Behind The Screen Isra Jime, Yomna Mohamed Edmonton Islamic School JR Engineering and Computer Science      
  Third Place Cranes Jesse Belanger Dr Swift Middle School JR Engineering and Computer Science      
  Second Place LEDs, Efficiency, and Building a Better Flashlight Evan Sandercock Alternative Learning Program SR Engineering and Computer Science      
  First Place From The Ground Up: Part 2 Madison Ricard Old Scona School SR Engineering and Computer Science      
  Award The Role of O-GlcNAc on Cancer Progression Danny (Yuhao) Huang, Jaclynn Wong Harry Ainlay School Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions Best Project in a Medically-Related Field      
  Honourable Mention MMP-2, -9 Expression During MCF10A Transformation Andrew Qi, Jessie Wang Harry Ainlay School Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions Best Project in a Medically-Related Field      
  Honourable Mention Is It Really That Safe? Karina To Aurora Charter School Alberta Health Services Community & Rural Zone Award      
  Award Hemispheric Dominance Affecting Health Neha Sam Aurora Charter School Alberta Health Services Community & Rural Zone Award      
  Award Sugar Treat….Bitter Sweet Omer Munir, Syed Farhan Sayeedi Edmonton Islamic School Alberta Institute for Human Nutrition Award      
  Honourable Mention Berry Power Sukhraj Hothi Aurora Charter School Alberta Institute for Human Nutrition Award      
  Honourable Mention Colour Matters! Adithya Rajeev Aurora Charter School Alberta Society for Gastroenterology Human Biology Award      
  Award Sir E.coli: The King’s New Poison Tester Abdulllah Farooq Argyll Home School Centre Alberta Society for Gastroenterology Human Biology Award      
  EL Award The Mystery Of Mortality Gaurav Sidhu, Tharidu Witharana Aurora Charter School Genome Alberta Genomics Award      
  JR Award Bacteria vs. Antibiotics Simran Gill Aurora Charter School Genome Alberta Genomics Award      
  SR Honourable Mention Sir E.coli: The King’s New Poison Tester Abdulllah Farooq Argyll Home School Centre Genome Alberta Genomics Award      
  SR Award MMP-2, -9 Expression During MCF10A Transformation Andrew Qi, Jessie Wang Old Scona School Genome Alberta Genomics Award      
  Honourable Mention Hatching Eggs Teron Callihoo Barrhead Elementary School Alberta Society of Professional Biologists Award      
  Award Mold on Food Alexandra Kopf, John Whitehead Barrhead Elementary School Alberta Society of Professional Biologists Award      
  Award Horse Hues II Dominique Drouin-Moreland McNally School Alberta Association of Optometrists Vision Science Award      
  Honourable Mention More to Wi than Meets the Eye? Kyle Schole Richard F Staples Secondary School Alberta Association of Optometrists Vision Science Award      
  Award ‘Twas the Night or Day Before the Test? Qasim Ali Aurora Charter School B. K. Sinha Behavioral Sciences Research Award      
  Honourable Mention Are You Smarter Than A Canadian Rodent? Holly Kaswarra, Yana Kostonyan Aurora Charter School B. K. Sinha Behavioral Sciences Research Award      
  Honourable Mention Stressed For Desserts? Gouri Kumar Aurora Charter School Psychologists’ Association of Alberta Behaviour Science Award      
  Award Hemispheric Dominance Affecting Health Neha Sam Aurora Charter School Psychologists’ Association of Alberta Behaviour Science Award      
  Award Effective Effluent Expurgation-Naphthenic Acids Michael Gras, Brennon Grohn Aurora Charter School Christie Communications Excellence in Communications Award      
  Honourable Mention Novel concepts to decontaminating oiled birds Andrea Isabelle De Ocampo , Kaelyn Gras Archbishop MacDonald Christie Communications Excellence in Communications Award      
  Honourable Mention Reusable or Not Brittany Parent St. Mary School City of Edmonton Waste Management Award      
  Award The Life of Recyclables! Haley Campbell H E Bourgoin Middle School City of Edmonton Waste Management Award      
  EL Honourable Mention 1,2,3…Dissolve with Me! Kristyn-Faith Chamzuk, Ashley Tymkow St. Mary School Environment Canada Clean Air, Water and Land Award      
  EL Award Deadly Detergents Erika MacDonald Sir Alexander Mackenzie School Environment Canada Clean Air, Water and Land Award      
  JR/SR Honourable Mention Gettin The Dirt On Laundry Aimee Allers Ecole Pine Grove School Environment Canada Clean Air, Water and Land Award      
  JR/SR Honourable Mention Oil Spill Rescue Shreya Pillai Aurora Charter School Environment Canada Clean Air, Water and Land Award      
  JR/SR Award Novel concepts to decontaminating oiled birds Andrea Isabelle De Ocampo , Kaelyn Gras Archbishop MacDonald Environment Canada Clean Air, Water and Land Award      
  Honourable Mention Don’t Eat Yellow Snow Zoe Quinn Oliver School ACPA Alberta Chemist Award, sponsored by the Association of the Chemical Profession of Alberta      
  Award Design of carbon nanotubes for gene delivery Eric Xu, Ashlee Yang Old Scona School ACPA Alberta Chemist Award, sponsored by the Association of the Chemical Profession of Alberta      
  Award Effective Effluent Expurgation-Naphthenic Acids Michael Gras, Brennon Grohn Aurora Charter School ACPA Rick Dillen Memorial Award, sponsored by the Canadian Crude Quality Technical Association      
  Honourable Mention What’s Really In Your Watershed? Kathleen Keohane, Helena Mills Oliver School ACPA Rick Dillen Memorial Award, sponsored by the Canadian Crude Quality Technical Association      
  Award Sir E.coli: The King’s New Poison Tester Abdulllah Farooq Argyll Home School Centre Taylor Memorial Senior Chemistry Award      
  Honourable Mention Novel concepts to decontaminating oiled birds Andrea Isabelle De Ocampo , Kaelyn Gras Archbishop MacDonald Taylor Memorial Senior Chemistry Award      
  Honourable Mention Diet Coke and Mentos Reaction Keaton Comfort Argyll Home School Centre Chemical Institute of Canada Award      
  Award Solar: the Green Way Lucas Zaychuk Scott Robertson School Chemical Institute of Canada Award      
  Award The Future Of Energy Michael Nunes, Timothy Nunes Strathcona Christian Academy Solar Energy Society of Canada Solar Energy Award – EL      
  Honourable Mention Think Climate Change is Bad Now? Briar Huculak, Liam Huculiak St. Angela Solar Energy Society of Canada Solar Energy Award – EL      
  Award Sun Car Jayden Ludington Ecole Plamondon School Solar Energy Society of Canada Solar Energy Award – JR/SR      
  Honourable Mention LEDs, Efficiency, and Building a Better Flashlight Evan Sandercock Alternative Learning Program Solar Energy Society of Canada Solar Energy Award – JR/SR      
  Honourable Mention Solar System Orbit 2 Shail Kochhar Aurora Charter School Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Astronomy Award      
  Award Going The Distance Maria Vergara Oliver School Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Astronomy Award      
  Honourable Mention Effective Effluent Expurgation-Naphthenic Acids Michael Gras, Brennon Grohn Aurora Charter School ASM International Material Science Award      
  Award Million Dollar Nails Sapphire Fisher-Chessell, Erin McBean Avonmore School ASM International Material Science Award      
  Award Muscle Fatigue during NMES Jenny Lou, Jennifer (Zhou) Yu Old Scona School IEEE Award of Excellence      
  Honourable Mention More to Wi than Meets the Eye? Kyle Schole Richard F Staples Secondary School IEEE Award of Excellence      
  Award From The Ground Up: Part 2 Madison Ricard Old Scona School NAIT Women in Technology Award      
  Honourable Mention Novel concepts to decontaminating oiled birds Andrea Isabelle De Ocampo , Kaelyn Gras Archbishop MacDonald NAIT Women in Technology Award      
  EL Honourable Mention The Application of Microcontrollers in Robotics Neelam Reddy Alternative Learning Program Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta Award      
  EL Award Waterfront Property Nathanael Tabert Westlock Elementary School Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta Award      
  JR Award Sun Car Jayden Ludington Ecole Plamondon School Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta Award      
  JR Honourable Mention Can you take the cold? Sarah Faily Avonmore School Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta Award      
  SR Honourable Mention LEDs, Efficiency, and Building a Better Flashlight Evan Sandercock Alternative Learning Program Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta Award      
  SR Award From The Ground Up: Part 2 Madison Ricard Old Scona School Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta Award      
  First Place Oil Spill Rescue Shreya Pillai Aurora Charter School Petroleum Society Educational Trust Fund Award      
  Second Place Effective Effluent Expurgation-Naphthenic Acids Michael Gras, Brennon Grohn Aurora Charter School Petroleum Society Educational Trust Fund Award      
  Honourable Mention It’s Hot In Here! Ruby Bhutani, Niranjanaa Shenoy Aurora Charter School Petroleum Society Educational Trust Fund Award      
  Third Place Novel concepts to decontaminating oiled birds Andrea Isabelle De Ocampo , Kaelyn Gras Archbishop MacDonald Petroleum Society Educational Trust Fund Award      
  SR Honourable Mention Sir E.coli: The King’s New Poison Tester Abdulllah Farooq Argyll Home School Centre IBM Centennial 2011 – Smarter Planet Award      
  SR Award From The Ground Up: Part 2 Madison Ricard Old Scona School IBM Centennial 2011 – Smarter Planet Award      
  JR Award Particularly Interesting? Anna Talman Oliver School IBM Centennial 2011 – Smarter Planet Award      
  JR Honourable Mention Let There Be Silence Lindsay Korol Oliver School IBM Centennial 2011 – Smarter Planet Award      
  EL Award The Application of Microcontrollers in Robotics Neelam Reddy Alternative Learning Program IBM Centennial 2011 – Smarter Planet Award      
  Finalist Effective Effluent Expurgation-Naphthenic Acids Michael Gras, Brennon Grohn Aurora Charter School Team Edmonton – CWSF Toronto      
  Finalist The Role of O-GlcNAc on Cancer Progression Danny (Yuhao) Huang, Jaclynn Wong Harry Ainlay School Team Edmonton – CWSF Toronto      
  Finalist From The Ground Up: Part 2 Madison Ricard Old Scona School Team Edmonton – CWSF Toronto      
  Finalist Novel concepts to decontaminating oiled birds Andrea Isabelle De Ocampo , Kaelyn Gras Archbishop MacDonald Team Edmonton – CWSF Toronto      
  Finalist More to Wi than Meets the Eye? Kyle Schole Richard F Staples Secondary School Team Edmonton – CWSF Toronto