Congratulations ERSF 2017 Award Winners!

Divisional Award Winners

Full Award Name	Prize Name	Project Title	Student(s)	School Name	Award Name
Grade 4 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Gold	Water Evaporation	Emily Koza	Busby School	Grade 4
Grade 4 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Silver	Homemade Air Conditioner	Maria Latif	Edmonton Islamic Academy	Grade 4
Grade 4 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Silver	Baby Talk: The Science of Language Acquisition	Kateri Escober Doran	Out-of- District Program	Grade 4
Grade 4 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Silver	SilverEffective House Colour	Tarik Koban & Furkan Unal	Nebula Academy	Grade 4
Grade 4 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	Race the Pace	Nevaeha Woodcock	St. Mary School	Grade 4
Grade 4 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	Vinegar Electricity	Ameer Jomha	Edmonton Islamic Academy	Grade 4
Grade 4 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	Water pH	Ibrahim Anwar	Edmonton Islamic Academy	Grade 4
Grade 4 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	The Hottest Place on Earth	Mikael Fox  & Aeden Beide	Aurora Charter School	Grade 4
Grade 5 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Gold	Ultraviolet Radiation	Hasnaat Noor	Edmonton Islamic Academy	Grade 5
Grade 5 Awards of Excellence (2017 )	Silver	L.E.D Safety Glove	Namia Khan	Edmonton Islamic Academy	Grade 5
Grade 5 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Silver	SLED-MANIA	Mitchell Joyce & Jackson Froehler	St. Patrick School	Grade 5
Grade 5 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Silver	Memory Mnemonics	Hannah Abdo	Edmonton Islamic Academy	Grade 5
Grade 5 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	How Dose Stress affect us?	Nabeeha Irfan	Edmonton Islamic Academy	Grade 5
Grade 5 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	Psy-COLA- gy	Xavier Seatter	Pembina North Community School	Grade 5
Grade 5 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	Warm vs Cool… What Cleans Better?	Samantha Rimmer	Pembina North Community School	Grade 5
Grade 5 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	What is a Wetland and What do They do for the World?	Daemon Budnarchuk	St. Jerome	Grade 5
Grade 5 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	Fruity Power	Abdel-Halim Tarbine	Edmonton Islamic Academy	Grade 5
Grade 6 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Gold	Kool Burnings	Hannah Mukhi	Aurora Charter School	Grade 6
Grade 6 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Silver	Electric R.C Blimp	Yasmeen Mohamed	Edmonton Islamic Academy	Grade 6
Grade 6 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Silver	Moisturizing Solution	Sarah Eldassouki, Daniya Mouallem	Edmonton Islamic Academy	Grade 6
Grade 6 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Silver	The Best Body Moisturizer	Mikhail Popovskiy	Aurora Charter School	Grade 6
Grade 6 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	Solar Energy Applied!	Maryam Jawaad, Aimen Jawaad	Argyll Home School Centre	Grade 6
Grade 6 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	Lightning Strikes Again	Gaurang Bhana	Aurora Charter School	Grade 6
Grade 6 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	Tricky Sugars	Lydia Tesfaye, Iiesha Moume	Aurora Charter School	Grade 6
Grade 6 Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	Absolutely Fruity	Kiana LyNguyen	Aurora Charter School	Grade 6
Junior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Gold	The Projectile Problem	Robert Allen	Sir George Simpson Junior High	Junior
Junior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Gold	Friendly Fabric	Dana Pidsadowski	Sir George Simpson Junior High	Junior
Junior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Silver	Power Your Brain, Exercise!	Maria Janisz	Aurora Charter School	Junior
Junior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Silver	L’impact des Acariens Parasites sur les Abeilles en Hiver	Gabriel Nasr	Sir George Simpson Junior High	Junior
Junior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Silver	Inventing The Fibonacci Tree Solar Collector	Ivan Grobbelaar	Sir George Simpson Junior High	Junior
Junior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Silver	Wait, You Can Eat The Bottle	Umer Latif	Edmonton Islamic Academy	Junior
Junior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Silver	Plunging Into the Sequences of Penguins	Naomi Endale	Aurora Charter School	Junior
Junior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Silver	Light it Up!	Arman Mangat, Mohit Singh	Aurora Charter School	Junior
Junior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	How Lung Capacity Differs Between Ages	Shreya Sharma	Aurora Charter School	Junior
Junior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	Colourless Memory!	Sukhman Sohi	Aurora Charter School	Junior
Junior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	The Logic of “Entoptic”	Saransh Chaudhary	Aurora Charter School	Junior
Junior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	Multitasking Mouse Glove	Muhammad Arib Khan	Edmonton Islamic Academy	Junior
Junior Awards of Excellence (2016)	Bronze	Growing a Greener, Cleaner Environment	Lucas Mallette & Ray Cruz	Parkview School	Junior
Junior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	Chlorine Free!	Zia Mukhi	Aurora Charter School	Junior
Junior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	Do We Benefit From Nature	Mahek Bhatt	Aurora Charter School	Junior
Senior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Gold	The Effect of DNA Repair Pathway Defects on Anti-Inflammatory Drug Response In Colorectal Cancer Cells	Katie Du	Old Scona School	Senior
Senior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Silver	Bioavailability of Chia Seeds	Mihir Gothal	Allendale School	Senior
Senior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Silver	Cool Peptides	Siddhant Gautam	Harry Ainlay School	Senior
Senior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Silver	Swarm Robotics: How Robots Cooperate	Lénárd Grossmann	Argyll Home School Centre	Senior
Senior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	DNA’s Effect on the Biochemical Pathway of Lipitor	Amena Thraya	Edmonton Islamic Academy	Senior
Senior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	Artificial Pancreas – End To Finger Pricks; A Boon For Diabetics	Kanishka Raval	Aurora Charter School	Senior
Senior Awards of Excellence (2016)	Bronze	Energy at Your Fingertips	Abishek Reghuram & Anikit Raju	Aurora Charter School	Senior
Senior Awards of Excellence (2017)	Bronze	Investigation into the role of E-Cadherin, N-Cadherin and VE-Cadherin on the  Development and Organisation of Pig Islets in the Pancreas	Norman Kim	Old Scona School	Senior

 

SPECIAL AWARD Winners

Behavioural Science Awards

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

• Honourable Mention
  Swarm Robotics: How Robots Cooperate
  Student: Lénárd Grossmann
  School: Argyll Home School Centre
• Award ($150 cash)
  Memory Mnemonics
  Student: Hannah Abdo
  School: Edmonton Islamic Academy

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

• Honourable Mention
  Memory Mnemonics
  Student: Hannah Abdo
  School: Edmonton Islamic Academy
• Award ($150 cash)
  Bach to the Basics: The Effect of Music on Short Term Memory   
  Students: Tristan Kelm & Haley Nikel
  School: W P Wagner School

 

Biology Awards

Best Project in Human Nutritional Science Award
Sponsored by: The University of Alberta Centre for Health and Nutrition

• Honourable Mention
  Sour And Sweet The Hiccup Defeat
  Student: Amira Noseir
  School: Edmonton Islamic Academy
• Award ($150 cash)
  Bioavailability of Chia Seeds
  Student: Mihir Gothal
  School: Allendale School

Fortis Femella Health Sciences Award
Sponsored by: Mackenzie Martin

• Award ($150 cash)
  Clark Doll Test
  Student: Omar El-hajj
  School: Edmonton Islamic Academy

Genomics Award
 – Elementary
Sponsored by: Genome Alberta

• Honourable Mention
  Bark It Up
  Student: Kalee Seto
  School: Aurora Charter School
• Award ($150 cash)
  Type 1 Diabetes & Genetics
  Student: Maya Achuthan
  School: Aurora Charter School

Genomics Award – Junior
Sponsored by: Genome Alberta

• Honourable Mention
  Jack And The Fertilizer
  Students: Megan Huang & Carmen Yap
  School: Parkview School
• Award ($150 cash)
  Plunging Into the Sequences of Penguins   
  Student: Naomi Endale
  School: Aurora Charter School

Genomics Award – Senior
Sponsored by: Genome Alberta

• Honourable Mention
  Investigation into the role of E-Cadherin, N-Cadherin and VE-Cadherin on the Development and Organisation of Pig Islets in the Pancreas
  Student: Norman Kim
  School: Old Scona School
• Award ($150 cash)
  The Effect of DNA Repair Pathway Defects on Anti-Inflammatory Drug Response In Colorectal Cancer Cells
  Student: Katie Du
  School: Old Scona School

Human Biology Award
Sponsored by: The Alberta Society of Gastroenterology

• Honourable Mention
  Power Your Brain, Exercise!   
  Student: Maria Janisz
  School: Aurora Charter School
• Award ($150 cash)
  The Effect of DNA Repair Pathway Defects on Anti-Inflammatory Drug Response In Colorectal Cancer Cells
  Student: Katie Du
  School: Old Scona School

Professional Biologists’ Award

Sponsored by: Alberta Society of Professional Biologists

• Honourable Mention
  Bark it Up
  Student: Kalee Seto
 
  School: Aurora Charter School
• Honourable Mention
  Different Water Same Plant
 
  Students: Samira Haymour & Riham Mohammed Mousa
 
  School: Edmonton Islamic Academy
• Award ($150 cash)
  Baby Talk: The Science of Language Acquisition
  Student: Kateri Escober Doran
  School: Out-of-District Program

Vision Science Award
Sponsored by: Alberta Association of Optometrists

• Honourable Mention
  The Logic of “Entoptic”
  Student: Saransh Chaudhary
  School: Aurora Charter School
• Award ($150 cash)
  Now You See It, Now You Don’t!
  Students: Ayah Kadri & Issra Gill
  School: Edmonton Islamic Academy

 

Chemistry Awards

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

• Honourable Mention
  Wait, You Can Eat The Bottle
  Student: Umer Latif
  School: Edmonton Islamic Academy
• Award ($150 cash)
  Growing Borax Crystals
  Student: Shanelle Mak
  School: Aurora Charter School

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

• Honourable Mention
  Groovy Lava Lamp
  Students: Aamvi Anand & Eliza Pearl Cenizan
  School: Aurora Charter School
• Award ($150 cash)
  Fueling Up
  Student: Jonathan Afowork
  School: Aurora Charter School

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

• Honourable Mention
  Antacid Attack
  Student: Suleiman Darwish
  School: Edmonton Islamic Academy
• Award ($150 cash)
  How Sweet Is It? Measuring Glucose in Common Snack Foods
  Student: Aden Keough
  School: Swan Hills School

Taylor Memorial Senior Chemistry Award
Sponsored by: Alex Taylor Estate

• Honourable Mention
  Cool Peptides
  Student: Siddhant Gautam
  School: Harry Ainlay School
• Award ($150 cash)
  Bioavailability of Chia Seeds
  Student: Mihir Gothal
  School: Allendale School

 

Communication Awards

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

• Honourable Mention
  The Effect of DNA Repair Pathway Defects on Anti-Inflammatory Drug Response In Colorectal Cancer Cells
  Student: Katie Du
  School: Old Scona School
• Award ($150 cash)
  Inventing The Fibonacci Tree Solar Collector
  Student: Ivan Grobbelaar
  School: Sir George Simpson Junior High

 

Engineering Awards

ASM Material Science Award – Elementary
Sponsored by: ASM International – Edmonton Chapter

• Honourable Mention
  L.E.D. Safety Glove
  Student: Namia Khan
  School: Edmonton Islamic Academy
• Award ($150 cash)
  Our Solar System with Gravity and Our Future with AntiGravity
  Student: Shivalikaa Govind
  School: Stratford School

ASM Material Science Award – JR/SR
Sponsored by: ASM International – Edmonton Chapter

• Honourable Mention
  Technically Living
  Student: Eisha Arvikar
  School: Aurora Charter School
• Award ($150 cash)
  Wait, You Can Eat The Bottle
  Student: Umer Latif
  School: Edmonton Islamic Academy

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

• Honourable Mention
  L.E.D. Safety Glove
  Student: Namia Khan
  School: Edmonton Islamic Academy
• Award ($150 cash)
  Swarm Robotics: How Robots Cooperate
  Student: Lénárd Grossmann
  School: Argyll Home School Centre

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

• Honourable Mention
  The Effect of Forces on Spheres Traveling at Different Inclinations
  Student: Shriya Divekar
  School: Parkview School
• Award ($150 cash)
  Artificial Pancres – End To Finger Pricks; A Boon For Diabetics   
  Student: Kanishka Raval
  School: Aurora Charter School

SPE Canadian Educational Foundation Award
Sponsored by: The Society of Petroleum Engineers Canadian Educational Foundation

• Award ($150 cash)
  Sand Away
  Student: Maheen Arif
  School: Aurora Charter School

 

Environmental Science Awards

Clearflow Water Management Award
Sponsored by: Clearflow Group Inc.

• Award ($150 cash)
  Natural Energy Storage
  Student: Aly Chatur
  School: Aurora Charter School

 

Physics Awards

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

• Honourable Mention
  The Projectile Problem
  Student: Robert Allen
  School: Sir George Simpson Junior High
• Award ($150 cash)
  Disc Design
  Students: Namya Joshi & Aryan Verma
  School: Kate Chegwin School

Kruger Memorial Senior Solar Energy Award
Sponsored by: Jim Kruger Estate

• Honourable Mention
  Energy at Your Fingertips   
  Students: Abishek Reghuram & Anikit Raju
  School: Aurora Charter School
• Award ($150 cash)
  Inventing The Fibonacci Tree Solar Collector
  Student: Ivan Grobbelaar
  School: Sir George Simpson Junior High

RASC Astronomy Award – Elementary
Sponsored by: The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

• Honourable Mention
  Twinkle Twinkle
  Student: Idman Dua
  School: Aurora Charter School
• Award ($150 cash)
  Our Solar System with Gravity and Our Future with AntiGravity
  Students: Shivalikaa Govind
  School: Stratford School

RASC Astronomy Award – Jr./Sr.
Sponsored by: The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

• Award ($150 cash)
  The Milky Middle
  Student: Bavsheet Sohal
  School: Aurora Charter School

 

Elementary Divisional Grand Awards

Young Scientist Award – Grade 4
Sponsored by: The Edmonton Regional Science Fair

• Honourable Mention
  Protect Bee Population
  Student: Sagana Gokul Pradeep
  School: McKernan School
• Award ($150 cash)
  Homemade Air Conditioner
  Student: Maria Latif
  School: Edmonton Islamic Academy

Young Scientist Award – Grade 5
Sponsored by: The Edmonton Regional Science Fair

• Honourable Mention
  L.E.D Safety Glove
  Student: Namia Khan
  School: Edmonton Islamic Academy
• Award ($150 cash)
  SLED-MANIA
  Students: Mitchell Joyce & Jackson Froehler
  School: St. Patrick School

Young Scientist Award – Grade 6
Sponsored by: The Edmonton Regional Science Fair

• Honourable Mention
  Lightning Strikes Again
  Student: Gaurang Bhana
  School: Aurora Charter School
• Award ($150 cash)
  Electric R.C Blimp
  Student: Yasmeen Mohamed
  School: Edmonton Islamic Academy

Best Elementary Project Award
Sponsored by: The Edmonton Regional Science Fair

• Award ($150 cash)
  Tricky Sugars
  Students: Lydia Tesfaye & Iiesha Moume
  School: Aurora Charter School

 

Canada Wide Science Fair Team Edmonton 2017

The Effect of DNA Repair Pathway Defects on Anti-Inflammatory Drug Response In Colorectal Cancer Cells
Student: Katie Du
School: Old Scona School

Swarm Robotics: How Robots Cooperate
Student: Lénárd Grossmann
School: Argyll Home School Centre

Bioavailability of Chia Seeds
Student: Mihir Gothal
School: Allendale School

L’impact des Acariens Parasites sur les Abeilles en Hiver
Student: Gabriel Nasr
School: Sir George Simpson Junior High

Artificial Pancres – End To Finger Pricks; A Boon For Diabetics
Student: Kanishka Raval
School: Aurora Charter School

Cool Peptides
Student: Siddhant Gautam
School: Harry Ainlay School

Friendly Fabric
Student: Dana Pidsadowski
School: Sir George Simpson Junior High

The Projectile Problem
Student: Robert Allen
School: Sir George Simpson Junior High