Congratulations ERSF 2015 Award Winners!

Divisional — Grade 4
Prize Name	Project Title	Student(s)	School Name
Bronze	Soduim Surprise	Sage Sekulich	Busby School
Bronze	Bubble Solution	Sarah Eldassouki, Daniya Mouallem	Edmonton Islamic Academy
Bronze	Activities vs Electronic games	Omar Jomha, Mohamad Kabbani	Edmonton Islamic Academy
Silver	Zombie Vegetables	MacKenzie Pollard	Alternative Learning Program
Silver	How food wrappings affect spoilage	Adeen Shaukat	Edmonton Islamic Academy
Gold	Can Lint Absorb OIL? Introducing the LINTSORBENATOR	Jerica Drueco	St. Angela
Divisional — Grade 5
Prize Name	Project Title	Student(s)	School Name
Bronze	Acidic Electro Power	Kaden Thaver	Aurora Charter School
Bronze	Greenhouse Effects and Global Warming	Eisha Arvikar, Mahek Bhatt	Aurora Charter School
Bronze	How Structures Respond to Earthquakes	Ethan Weatherbee	St. Angela
Bronze	Promise or Poison	Mahnoor Choudhry, Humam Khan	Edmonton Islamic Academy
Silver	Duck, Duck, Chicken??	Morgan Ramsbottom	Brookside School
Silver	How Greasy Are Your Chips	Seth Price	Woodhaven Middle School
Silver	Short Term Memory	Haneen El Hajj Abdallah	Edmonton Islamic Academy
Gold	How Far Will It Go?	Wesley Joyce, Ethan Swerda	St. Patrick School
Divisional — Grade 6
Prize Name	Project Title	Student(s)	School Name
Bronze	Teachers…Be Warned!	Amandeep Bajwa	Aurora Charter School
Bronze	Microbes Away!	Inssia Ahmed, Aliza Aamir	Stratford School
Bronze	Solar vs Battery	Jayce Tomlinson	Pembina North Community School
Bronze	Homemade Air Conditioner	Umer Latif, Majd Younes	Edmonton Islamic Academy
Silver	Bathtime for the Birds	Skye Sekulich	Busby School
Silver	Still Edible?	Angel Chen, Fatima Mekioui	Stratford School
Silver	Heads Up	Rohan Persad	McKernan School
Silver	Acidified Water and Seashells	Quinn Goldberg	Elmwood School
Gold	That’s The Way To Roll	Faran Khan	Aurora Charter School
Gold	Traction or Reduction – Quelle est meillure facon	Nicole LaMer	St. Angela
Divisional — Junior
Prize Name	Project Title	Student(s)	School Name
Bronze	Medicine Dissolving Race	Amena Thraya	Edmonton Islamic Academy
Bronze	Friend Zoned	Harleen Multani, Kirat Sraa	Kate Chegwin School
Bronze	WATERCRESS CLEANS TOXIC CHEMICALS FROM WATERWAYS	Keegan Dursun	Stratford School
Bronze	Retention: Don’t let the brain confuse you	Kanishka Raval	Aurora Charter School
Bronze	True Colors	Jaspreet Sangha, Sarena Soodhar	Aurora Charter School
Bronze	When Pucks Fly	Gurkaran Badh, Graham Horyn	Kate Chegwin School
Bronze	Speeding Marbles	Brady Fedyniak, K’Pru Soe Hsa	St. Nicholas
Silver	Recycle Your Olive Seeds In Your Plants	Mehrin Hoque, Deena Mouallem	Edmonton Islamic Academy
Silver	The Wash N’ Flush Toilet	Ashley Abrahart, Lauren Moody	New Horizons School
Silver	Glarin’ At You	Angelina Omari, Axel-Rose Ducay	Aurora Charter School
Silver	Natural vs artificial smell it	Omar El-hajj, Muneer Nazir	Edmonton Islamic Academy
Silver	Balloon Jynx	Arman Mangat, Mohit Gill	Aurora Charter School
Gold	Endangered Alberta-Climate Change at OUR Doorstep	Lénárd Grossmann	McKernan School
Gold	Copper Sulphate in an Aquatic Environment:Secrets	Maliha Khan, Rumlah Khan	Edmonton Islamic Academy
Silver	The Defiance Against Bacteria	Mihir Gothal	Allendale School
Divisional — Senior
Prize Name	Project Title	Student(s)	School Name
Bronze	Protein Knockout From the Inside Out	Che-Min Lee	Old Scona School
Bronze	RFIDs Can Ruin You	Rudransh Kumar	Aurora Charter School
Bronze	UV Death Rays	Syed Shahmeer Shams	Aurora Charter School
Bronze	The Flu Clue: Curbing an Epidemic	Norman Kim	McKernan School
Bronze	RASSF1A-MOAP-1 in Exercise & Glucose Metabolism	Reshma Sirajee, Kierstyn Sahagun	Harry Ainlay School
Silver	siRNA-based therapeutics in breast cancer	Timothy Fu	Old Scona School
Silver	Algae: A Clean Road To Future Part 2	Rohan Walia	Aurora Charter School
Silver	Using Radio Waves to Harvest Energy	SIDDHANT GAUTAM	Richard F Staples Secondary School
Silver	Synthetic lethality between Wee1 and PNKP	Ruicen He, Garrett Tang	Old Scona School
Gold	Obliterating Osteosarcoma with M109	Tamara Radovic	Archbishop MacDonald
Gold	A Novel Printer for Reusable Photocatalytic Paper	Brendan Samek, Qasim Ali	Old Scona School
Grand — Team Edmonton CWSF
Prize Name	Project Title	Student(s)	School Name
Finalist	Endangered Alberta-Climate Change at OUR Doorstep	Lénárd Grossmann	McKernan School
Finalist	WATERCRESS CLEANS TOXIC CHEMICALS FROM WATERWAYS	Keegan Dursun	Stratford School
Finalist	Obliterating Osteosarcoma with M109	Tamara Radovic	Archbishop MacDonald
Finalist	Algae: A Clean Road To Future Part 2	Rohan Walia	Aurora Charter School
Finalist	A Novel Printer for Reusable Photocatalytic Paper	Brendan Samek, Qasim Ali	Old Scona School
Finalist	Using Radio Waves to Harvest Energy	Siddhant Gautam	Richard F Staples Secondary School
Finalist	UV Death Rays	Syed Shahmeer Shams	Aurora Charter School

Special Award Winners

Behavioural Science Awards

Behaviour Science Award
Sponsored by: The Psychologists’ Association of Alberta

• Honourable Mention
  (SBP02) Is It For Marks
  Student: Raeann Au
  School: Parkview School
• Award ($150 cash)
  (SLS04) Trauma’s Gone, Move On
  Student: Dimple Mazumdar
  School: W P Wagner School

B.K. Sinha Behavioral Sciences Research Award
Sponsored by: Dr. Birendra K. Sinha

• Honourable Mention
  (526) Short Term Memory
  Student: Haneen El Hajj Abdallah
  School: Edmonton Islamic Academy
• Award ($150 cash)
  (SLS02) Reward or Punishment
  Student: Kundran Kuralenthi
  School: Aurora Charter School

Alberta Institute for Human Nutrition Award
Sponsored by: The Nutrition Division of AFNS

• Honourable Mention
  (516) Is Delicious Nutritous
  Students: Rupamkaur Sekhon, Selyna Shum
  School: Stratford School
• Award ($150 cash)
  (SHS07) Western-Style Diet Affects Gut Immune Function
  Student: Ambika Agrawal
  School: Old Scona School

Genomics Award – Elementary
Sponsored by: Genome Alberta

• Award ($150 cash)
  (525) Genetic Modification
  Students: Laith Cheikh-Mohamad, Adam Zahwee
  School: Edmonton Islamic Academy

Professional Biologists Award
Sponsored by: Alberta Society of Professional Biologists

• Honourable Mention
  (618) Bathtime for the Birds
  Student: Skye Sekulich
  School: Busby School
• Award ($150 cash)
  (629) Is Seeing Believing?
  Student: Sydney Comfort
  School: Argyll Home School Centre

Vision Science Award
Sponsored by: Alberta Association of Optometrists

• Honourable Mention
  (403) Does Eye Colour Effect Red Eye?
  Students: Beckett Perrott, Nathan Clubine
  School: Ministik School
• Award ($150 cash)
  (629) Is Seeing Believing?
  Student: Sydney Comfort
  School: Argyll Home School Centre
  

 

Chemistry Awards

ACPA Alberta Chemist Award
Sponsored by: The Association of the Chemical Profession of Alberta

• Honourable Mention
  (JEE04) Water Water Everywhere and not a Drop to Drink
  Student: Abishek Reghuram
  School: Aurora Charter School
• Award ($150 cash)
  (JEE10) WATERCRESS CLEANS TOXIC CHEMICALS FROM WATERWAYS
  Student: Keegan Dursun
  School: Stratford School

ACPA Rick Dillen Memorial Award
Sponsored by: The Canadian Crude Quality Technical Association Alberta

• Honourable Mention
  (JEE03) Hydrogen Production by Water Electrolysis
  Student: Anikit Raju
  School: Aurora Charter School
• Award ($150 cash)
  (JEE11) Levels of Salt in Snowmelt
  Student: Calvin Shaw
  School: William D Cuts School

Chemical Institute of Canada Award
Sponsored by: The Chemical Institute of Canada – Edmonton

• Honourable Mention
  (502) Acidic Electro Power
  Student: Kaden Thaver
  School: Aurora Charter School
• Award ($150 cash)
  (510) Removing Tarnish (dirty black layer) from Silver
  Student: Linta Fatima
  School: Aurora Charter School

Taylor Memorial Senior Chemistry Award
Sponsored by: Alex Taylor Estate

• Honourable Mention
  (SEN04) A Novel Printer for Reusable Photocatalytic Paper
  Students: Brendan Samek, Qasim Ali
  School: Old Scona School
• Award ($150 cash)
  (SBP04) The Yin and Yang of the SERCA Protein
  Students: Madura Katta, Shauna Peng
  School: Old Scona School

 

Communication Awards

Carolla Christie Excellence in Communications Award
Sponsored by: Yardstick Software, Inc

• Honourable Mention
  (602) Density In Our Lives
  Student: Elsa Thaver
  School: Aurora Charter School
• Award ($150 cash)
  (JEE02) Shine Bright Like A Diamond
  Student: Ysabelle Kmiec
  School: Aurora Charter School

 

Engineering Awards

APEGA Award – Elementary 
Sponsored by: Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta

• Honourable Mention
  (603) That’s The Way To Roll
  Student: Faran Khan
  School: Aurora Charter School
• Award ($150 cash)
  (628) Heads Up
  Student: Rohan Persad
  School: McKernan School

ASM Material Science Award – Elementary
Sponsored by: ASM International

• Honourable Mention
  (401) Can Lint Absorb OIL? Introducing the LINTSORBENATOR
  Student: Jerica Drueco
  School: St. Angela
• Award ($150 cash)
  (628) Heads Up
  Student: Rohan Persad
  School: McKernan School

ASM Material Science Award – Junior/Senior)
Sponsored by: ASM International

• Honourable Mention
  (JHS02) The Defiance Against Bacteria
  Student: Mihir Gothal
  School: Allendale School
• Award ($150 cash)
  (SEE01) Natural Polymer
  Student: Justin Powley
  School: New Horizons School

IEEE Award of Excellence
Sponsored by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

• Honourable Mention
  (JEN05) Parkade light
  Student: Anica Kulas
  School: New Horizons School
• Award ($150 cash)
  (SEN06) Using Radio Waves to Harvest Energy
  Student: Siddhant Gautam
  School: Richard F Staples Secondary School

NAIT Women in Technology Award
Sponsored by: NAIT Women in Technology

• Honourable Mention
  (SBP05) Protein Knockout From the Inside Out
  Student: Che-Min Lee
  School: Old Scona School
• Award ($150 cash)
  (SHS08) A New Way to Suppress the Spread of Breast Cancer
  Student: Kaya Persad
  School: Lillian Osborne High School

Society of Petroleum Engineers Award
Sponsored by: Society of Petroleum Engineers Canadian Educational Trust

• Award ($150 cash)
  (SEE02) Algae: A Clean Road To Future Part 2
  Student: Rohan Walia
  School: Aurora Charter School

 

Environmental Science Awards

Clean Air, Water and Land Award – Elementary
Sponsored by: Environment Canada

• Honourable Mention
  (619) Pond Problems
  Students: Cole Littlechilds, Zachery Strydhorst
  School: Busby School
• Award ($150 cash)
  (618) Bathtime for the Birds
  Student: Skye Sekulich
  School: Busby School

E.H. Gowan Physics Award of Excellence
Sponsored by: E.H. Gowan Estate

• Honourable Mention
  (414) What Color Absorbs the most Heat?
  Student: Keagan Short
  School: St. Jerome
• Award ($150 cash)
  (JPM14) The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
  Student: Charlie Kim
  School: Vernon Barford School