Grand Champion, 1-4th Place, and Special Award Results from 2024
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Senior Division - Grand Champion
Angelina Le -The Effect of Exogenous Aromatic Alcohols on Growth and Flocculation of Commercial Beer Brewing Strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Beer Wort - (Proctor High School)
Senior Division - Runner-up Grand Champion
Richard Xu -Computational modelling of potential interaction of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and ion channel in heart (New Hartford High School)
Junior Division - Grand Champion
Trent Jenny -Defying Drought (Remsen Junior High School)
Senior Division - Physical Science
1st -Ella Kelly - Cookie Monster: How Baking Powder Affects the Size of Cookies (Clinton Senior High School)
2nd - Elizabeth Bashant - Sound vs. Distance in the CCS Theater (Clinton Senior High School)
3rd - Ben Topi - How do different soils affect the pH of water over time? (Clinton Senior High School)
4th - Emily Smith - Nature vs. City: Which is Better? (Poland Senior High School)
Senior Division - Natural Science
1st - Angelina Le - The Effect of Exogenous Aromatic Alcohols on Growth and Flocculation of Commercial Beer Brewing Strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Beer Wort (Proctor High School)
2nd - Richard Xu - Computational modelling of potential interaction of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and ion channel in heart (New Hartford Senior High School)
3rd - Jack Hoffman (Pyomelanin Synthesis in Pseudomonas uticensis (Poland Senior High School)
4th -Karl van Hoesel - Micro Plastics: There or not? (Rome Free Academy)
Senior Division - Math, Computer, and Engineering
1st - Eliana Bentley - Facial Emotion Recognition Using AI (Clinton Senior High School)
2nd - Sohayla Mohamed - Progressive Water (Utica Academy Of Science Charter School)
3rd - Elizabeth Friot - Jacob's Ladder (Whitesboro High School)
4th - Evangeline Gwilt - How does the pH balance of soil react to changes in temperature? (Whitesboro High School)
Junior Division - Physical Science
1st - Jase Kinsley & Jacob Southwick - Soaring Sport Balls (Remsen Junior High School)
2nd - Aliyah Bentley - Loop-de-Loop Science (Clinton Middle School)
3rd - Lars van Hoesel - Which Lip Balm is "The Bomb?" (Strough Middle School)
4th - Chitsnow Oo & Merijema Zukanovic - Tornado Box (Utica Academy Of Science Charter School)
Junior Division - Natural Science
1st - Trent Jenny - Defying Drought (Remsen Junior High School)
2nd - Alaina Meyer - A Tough Egg to Crack (Poland Junior High School)
3rd - Greta Burdell & Wyatt Rapson - Sunflower Power (Remsen Junior High School)
4th - Dax Coe - Does it Sanitize (Poland Junior High School)
Junior Division - Math, Computer, and Engineering
1st - Harper Hawkridge - Can biodegrable hydrogels help conserve water in farming? (Poland Junior High School)
2nd - Emily Pope - Chalk Outline! (Poland Junior High School)
3rd - Asma Mohamed & Zion Moo - Engineering LED night-light (Utica Academy Of Science Charter School)
4th - Chase Poczatek & Grayson White - The Wandering Fungus (Remsen Junior High School)
Special Awards
Harper Hawkridge - AFCEA Award Supported by the Local Air Force Research Laboratory - Junior Level 1st Place - Monetary award received at fair
Chase Poczatek - AFCEA Award Supported by the Local Air Force Research Laboratory - Junior Level 2nd Place - Monetary award received at fair
Grayson White - AFCEA Award Supported by the Local Air Force Research Laboratory - Junior Level 2nd Place - Monetary award received at fair
Trinity Lyman - AFCEA Award Supported by the Local Air Force Research Laboratory - Junior Level 3rd Place - Monetary award received at fair
Richard Xu - AFCEA Award Supported by the Local Air Force Research Laboratory - Senior Level 1st Place - Monetary award received at fair
Eliana Bentley - AFCEA Award Supported by the Local Air Force Research Laboratory - Senior Level 2nd Place - Monetary award received at fair
Elizabeth Friot - AFCEA Award Supported by the Local Air Force Research Laboratory - Senior Level 3rd Place - Monetary award received at fair
Eliana Bentley - American Psychological Association Award - Senior or Junior Level - Certificate and complimentary one-year student affiliate membership in the APA
Trent Jenny - Asa Gray Biological Society Award - Junior Level - 75.00
Karl van Hoesel - Asa Gray Biological Society Award - Senior Level - 75.00
Emily Smith - Association for Women Geoscientists Award - Senior or Junior Level - Certificate and honorary AWG membership for the current year
Greta Burdell - Doc Aaronson Award - Junior Level - 25.00
Wyatt Rapson - Doc Aaronson Award - Junior Level - 25.00
Ali Rosic - Doc Aaronson Award - Senior Level - 25.00
Jayde Hammill - Doris Miga Award - Junior Level - 75.00
Ariana Levkovets - Doris Miga Award - Senior Level - 100.00
Andrew Bashant - NASA Earth System Science Award - Senior or Junior Level - Certificate and invitation to a NASA Earth Science Division webinar
Karl van Hoesel - NOAA’s Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award - Senior or Junior Level - Certificate
Trinity Lyman - Norman P. Bernstein Award - Junior Level - 25.00
Richard Xu - Norman P. Bernstein Award - Senior Level - 25.00
Trent Jenny - Office of Naval Research Science Award - Junior Level Certificate
Alaina Meyer - Office of Naval Research Science Award - Junior Level Certificate
Angelina Le - Office of Naval Research Science Award - Senior Level - Certificate, Gift Card
Richard Xu - Office of Naval Research Science Award - Senior Level - Certificate, Gift Card
Angelina Le - Regeneron Biomedical Science Award - Senior level - Certificate and $375
Sofia Protasovitskiy - RICOH Sustainable Development Award - Senior or Junior Level - Certificate
Angelina Le - Society for In Vitro Biology Award - Senior Level - Certificate, membership to the society, and electronic journal access
Dax Coe - The “Doc” Aaronson Award in Biology - Junior Level - 75.00
Richard Xu - The “Doc” Aaronson Award in Biology - Senior Level - 100.00
Aliyah Bentley - The Adam and Bertha Lachut Award - Junior Level - 75.00
Elizabeth Friot - The Adam and Bertha Lachut Award - Senior Level - 100.00
Trent Jenny - The Copernicus Award - Junior Level - 75.00
Elizabeth Bashant - The Copernicus Award - Senior Level - 100.00
Jacob Southwick - The Madame Curie Award - Junior Level - 75.00
Jase Kinsley - The Madame Curie Award - Junior Level - 75.00
Karl van Hoesel - The Madame Curie Award - Senior Level - 100.00
Merijema Zukanovic - The Sally Lachut Majka '61 and Donald Majka Award in Earth Science or Conservation - Junior Level - 75.00
Chitsnow Oo - The Sally Lachut Majka '61 and Donald Majka Award in Earth Science or Conservation - Junior Level - 75.00
Evangeline Gwilt - The Sally Lachut Majka '61 and Donald Majka Award in Earth Science or Conservation - Senior Level - 100.00
Jayden Dibble - U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) - Senior or Junior Level - Certificate and invitation to have virtual conversation with USAID leaders
Harper Hawkridge - U.S. Metric Association Award - Senior or Junior Level - Certificate and free 1-year individual membership to the USMA
Trent Jenny - United States Air Force Research Laboratory - Junior level - Certificate and a Sling pack, Power Bank, USB Flash Memory Drive, and USB Car Charger
Eliana Bentley - United States Air Force Research Laboratory - Senior level - Certificate and a Sling pack, Power Bank, USB Flash Memory Drive, and USB Car Charger
Eliana Bentley - Yale Science and Engineering Association Award - Senior Level Certificate and an e-book