Best of Fair 2005

Sergio Zanisek

Elise Hope

Alternate:

Jacob Reisberg

Thomas Stout

Team Best of Fair

Matthew McKinney and Cole Streiff

Alternates:

Brian Siperstein, Arnoud Sillis and Keenan Ferar

US AWARDS BY CATEGORY
Project Title	Adult Sponsor	Students	CAT	AWARDS
Are there any gender difference in human ability to multitask?	Lamb, Bill	James Yoo	Behavioral & Social Sci	HM
Tracking Eye-movements to Examine the Influence of Visual Bias on Eyewitness_s Examination of Police Photospreads	Langley, Peter	Jacob Reisberg	Behavioral & Social Sci	1st
Music's Effect on Spatial Skills	Knight, Sue	Alex Truax	BE
The acute effects of heading in soccer on neuropsychological performance	Knight, Sue	Jeremy Carp	Behavioral & Social Sci	3rd
The Media's Effect on Body Image Perception of Ethnically Diverse Males and Females in Grade Levels One through Twelve	Langley, Peter	Molly Morgan	Behavioral & Social Sci	2nd
The comparison of Korean and American people by Sa-Sang Constitution	Hemphill, Rosa	Tae Yoon Kim	Behavioral & Social Sci	3rd
Recombination of RNA in Compartmentalized Systems: An Origin-of-Life Study	Hemphill, Rosa	Sergio-Francis Zenisek	Biochemistry	1st
Comparing the Effects of Various Cryoprotectants on the Viability of Brine Shrimp Eggs	Langley, Peter	Elysha Wiest	Biochemistry	3rd
Pollen Concentration, Color, and Turbidity of Honey: Do They Correlate With Antioxidant Levels?	Langley, Peter	Dimitris Stavrakis	Biochemistry	HM
Bioluminescence: A Study of Firefly Luciferase Expression in Drosera adelae	Langley, Peter	Kevin Cudahy, Akhil Srinivasan	BI
Determining Whether Heat Affects Antioxidant Levels in Tomatoes via a Novel Chemiluminescent Detection Method	Langley, Peter	Brandon Lei	Biochemistry	HM
The Denaturing Effects of Citric Acid and Heat on Fish Proteins	Langley, Peter	Colin Platt	BI
Unique Genes Expressed in Regenerating Hydra	Hemphill, Rosa	Thomas Stout	Biochemistry	1st
An Improved Original Chloroplast-Powered Electrochemical Cell	Hemphill, Rosa	Lauren Eyler	BI
Can I create identifiable mutations of the C-fern by exposing spores to gamma irridation?	Lamb, Bill	Rahael Gupta	Botany	2ND
What is the effect of different colors of light on the growth rate of Brassica rapa, keeping light intensity and other factors influencing growth the same?	Lamb, Bill	Kyung Ha Lee	Botany	3RD
Effectiveness and Efficiency in Temperature and Humidity of the OES Greenhouse	Langley, Peter	Daniel Matthews	Botany	HM
Effects of Taiwanese Tea Tree Foliar Fertilizer on Plants.	Langley, Peter	Sherry Huang	Botany	HM
Removal of Arsenic from Drinking Water by Water Hyacinths	Lamb, Bill	Katie VanderWeele	Botany	1ST
Testing the Voltage Production of a Nanocrystalline Photoelectrochemical Cell When Sensitized with Different Dyes	Lamb, Bill	Dylan Page, Zeb Russo	Chemistry	2ND
Investigating the Rheological Properties of Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Poly(acrylic acid) Gels for the Design of a Polymer Gel Linear Actuator	Lamb, Bill	Neil Lakin	Chemistry	1ST
Reproducing Pigments	Hemphill, Rosa	Claire Oberholtzer	CH
The Effects of Chromophores on Titanium Dioxide	Hemphill, Rosa	Dagnie Howard	CH
Testing the Lightfastness of Acrylic Paints	Hemphill, Rosa	Michaela Skiles	CH
Coloring Ceramic Glazes with Ash	Hemphill, Rosa	Steven Morrison	CH
A Study of Briggs-Rauscher Reaction	Hemphill, Rosa	Mamiya Adachi, Yan Zhang	Chemistry	HM
Alcohol Fuels	Hemphill, Rosa	Calvin Strahorn-Brown	CH
Blue Fireworks	Hemphill, Rosa	Tori Finlayson	CH
Detection of arson through analysis of headspace volatiles	Hemphill, Rosa	Remy Olson	Chemistry	3RD
How do different cleaning methods affect luminol detection of blood?	Knight, Sue	Zach Hoffman	Chemistry	HM
Glaze Formulation	Knight, Sue	Natasha Michalowsky	CH
The Secret Formulas of Perfume	Orr, Robert	Soon Jae Hwang	CH
Intensity and Fading of Dyes	Orr, Robert	Alyssa Kershaw	CH
Creating, Collecting, and Identifying Carbon Nanotubes Using a Scaled-Down Arc-Discharge Apparatus	Orr, Robert	Monica Scheer	Chemistry	3RD
Battery Analysis	Hemphill, Rosa	Courtney Dunn	CH
A Comparative Study of the Accuracy in New Facial Recognition Software with Three-Dimensional Imaging Technology Between Males and Females	Lamb, Bill	Tiga Schuepp	Computer Science	2ND
Using a Neural Network for Automated Analysis of Spectral Data	Hemphill, Rosa	Solly Reisberg	Computer Science	1ST
The frequency and intensity of hurricanes Have they increased because of global warming over the last hundred years?	Lamb, Bill	Maja Schling	Earth Sciences	2ND
Melting of Glaciers by the Effect of Global Warming	Lamb, Bill	Ryan Shin	Earth Sciences	HM
Water, Sand, and Slumping Patterns	Langley, Peter	Holly Flack	Earth Sciences	1ST
Sand Movement; Patterned or Random?	Knight, Sue	Gwynneth Johnson	Earth Sciences	HM
The construction of an autonomous robot to create an accurate map of an area and the obstacles within said area and to render that map into a form readable by humans.	Lamb, Bill	Seth Just	EG
Tensile Strength and Electrical Conductivity of Composite Materials Made From Single Walled Carbon Nanohorns, Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and High Density Polyethylene	Lamb, Bill	Colin MacLean	Engineering	1st
Designing a Cooling Blanket through Evaporative Cooling	Lamb, Bill	Julia Cohen	Engineering	3rd
Flowers Act As Speakers Using Special Vase	Lamb, Bill	Lewis Godowski	Engineering	3rd
The making and evaluating of a hovercraft	Lamb, Bill	Albert Tseng	EG
Making Snow Supra-0_ Celsius	Hemphill, Rosa	Jordan Yeager	EG
R/C Rock Crawler	Knight, Sue	Pip Allen	Engineering	2nd
Comparing the insulation properties of a natural and an industrial insulation material	Langley, Peter	Sarah Baker	Environmental Science	1ST
The Effect of Zinc in Plant Fertilizer on Free-Floating Spirodela polyrhiza	Langley, Peter	Jenny Woo	Environmental Science	HM
Nitrates Due to Decomposition in Stream Water	Orr, Robert	Rachel Gipe	Environmental Science	3RD
Water Turbidity in the Wood's Creek	Orr, Robert	Nadine Munezero	Environmental Science	HM
An Inferential Study of the Efficiency of the Natural Filtration Process of the OES Wetlands as Determined by the Bioluminescent Capabilities of the Dinoflagellate Pyrocystis noctiluca.	Hemphill, Rosa	Matthew McKinney, Cole Streiff	Environmental Science	3RD
A collaborative juxtaposition of past and present qualitative chemical data in the Oregon Episcopal School wetlands concerning phosphate, nitrate, heavy metals, pH, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, ammonia, and temperature.	Hemphill, Rosa	Elizabeth Cooper, Nick Devich, Brian Johnson, Brandon Parker, Emma Paul, Becki Phillips, Adam Tate, Samantha Taylor, Kyle Witcosky	Large Team	1ST
OES Wetlands Water and Air Quality Testing	Hemphill, Rosa	Charles Hartzell, Logan Johnston, Qingyuan Ma, Aleks Magi, Andrew Wang, Peng Wang	Large Team	2ND
Grafting Dormant Cacti and Promoting Artificial Growth	Sagar, Scott	Corinna Ace, Stewart Lawson, John Robinson, Mary Warrington	Large Team	3RD
Distinguishing between Dissimilar Instruments with FFT	Hemphill, Rosa	Andrew Reinders	Mathematics	1ST
The Characterization of Chromosomal Abnormalities in an Established Primary Fibroblast Cell Line Derived from a Fanconi Anemia Patient	Lamb, Bill	Caroline Kokubun	ME
The relationship between hair products and the level of damage to hair	Hemphill, Rosa	Bada Kim, Won-Woo Sohn	ME
An Analysis of Brain Tissue Sections for Proteins Targeted by the Genotoxicant Methylazoxymethanol (MAM)	Hemphill, Rosa	Allison Rhines	Medicine & Health	2nd
The Effects of St. John's Wort, Hypericum perforatum and Ethanol on the Heart Rate of Daphnia magna and the Behavior of Triops longicaudatus	Langley, Peter	Ivana Horvat	Medicine & Health	1st
An Assessment of the Ability of Tea Extract from Camellia sinensis L. to Protect Tissue-Cultured Fibroblast Cells Against Ultraviolet Radiation	Langley, Peter	Tiiu Magi, Kay Matsuyama	ME
Acute Anterior Uveitis Candidate Gene Expression in Uveal Tissues	Langley, Peter	Priya Bhatt	Medicine & Health	HM
Toxic agents released during ischemia: A comparison of thier damage to mouse cortical neurons.	Langley, Peter	Christine Groner, Cassie Hoffman	Medicine & Health	3rd
How Sunscreen Affects Cells	Sagar, Scott	Brianna Bowman, Alexa Schock	ME
Teflon: is it Safe?	Langley, Peter	Anna Sassalos	ME
Effectiveness of Lemon, Cranberry, Horseradish, Rose, and Pomegranate When Killing Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli	Lamb, Bill	Alix Elsen, Robyn Wolochow	MI
A Tissue Culture Survey of the Carcinogenicity of Natural Instincts Sunflower Blonde Hair Dye.	Lamb, Bill	Kamini Kuchinad	MI
Antibacterial Properties of Essential Oils on Air Sterilization	Hemphill, Rosa	Julia Kim	Microbiology	1st
The Removal of Heavy Metals Using Pedomicrobium Manganicum	Hemphill, Rosa	Lenka Ilcisin, Jessica Tsao	Microbiology	HM
The Effects of Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, Chlorine Bleach, Boiling Water, and Sodium Carbonate Peroxyhydrate on Brettanomyces Bruxellensis in an Oak Wine Barrel	Hemphill, Rosa	Keenan Ferar, Arnaud Sillis, Brian Siperstein	Microbiology	3rd
Optimizing Hydrogen Production from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii	Langley, Peter	Scott Saiget	Microbiology	1st
The Effect of Light and Gravity on the Movement of Oscillatoria Positioned Within a Water Column over a 24 Hour Period	Langley, Peter	Allison von Behren	MI
Improving the Resistance of T4 Bacteriophages Against UV Lights to Enhance the Control of Escherichia coli	Langley, Peter	Jae Park	Microbiology	HM
The Sensitivity of Escherichia coli to Methylene Blue and Toluidine Blue in Light and Dark	Langley, Peter	Johnny Chen	MI
Cellulose Biosynthesis with Acetobacter xylinum	Langley, Peter	David Chen	MI
The antibiotic actions of different ethnic cooking sauces	Orr, Robert	Yunha Kim	MI
(n.c.) Comets and Their Velocities	Hemphill, Rosa	Natascha Deininger	NC
NC: Tracking Comet Magnitude with Comparison Stars	Hemphill, Rosa	Alexandra Mason	NC
Impact on different surface	Knight, Sue	Michel Elliott	NC
Bamboozled! A Grafting Approach	Sagar, Scott	Kelsey Chapman, Dan Lakin, Scott Teufel, Addison Van Hatcher	NC
A Meaurement of the Degradation of DNA in Human Blood Under Varying Selected Environmental Circumstances	Lamb, Bill	Samantha Ward	NC
Examining the positive environmental effects of growing grass with Azotobacter compared to normal growing methods.	Sagar, Scott	Hannah Conwell, Youngha Jang, Sarah Marshall, Jason Westlund	NC
The Effect of Extended Bacterial Growth on the Amount of Green Fluorescent Protein Produced.	Langley, Peter	Michael London	NC
Is gender determinable by the components in sweat?	Knight, Sue	Hilary Lakin	NC
How Vitamin C and Calcium affect the way a Brassica Rapa plant grows	Knight, Sue	Carter Inskeep-Rosenfeld	NC
The Effect of Common Fertilizer on Peppermint (Mentha Piperita L.) Plants	Orr, Robert	Sean Friar	NC
How does the exposure of brassica rapa to differently colored light affect the plants' color and growth stages?	Knight, Sue	Anne Wolfstone	NC
How do different increments of Amino Acid affect the growth rate of Brassica Rapa?	Knight, Sue	Lauren Cudahy	NC
The Comparison Study of Sundew Plants	Sagar, Scott	Ju Young Park, ZuoZhong Tang, Tom Van Gasse	NC
Effects of Different Catalysts on the Brilliance and Length of the Chemiluminescence of Luminol	Hemphill, Rosa	Emily Lorenzen	NC
Car Paint	Hemphill, Rosa	Nick Tenhulzen	NC
The Effect of Different Photoperiods on Duckweed	Lamb, Bill	Paul Kruss	NC
Building a Solar and Wind Powered Electric Car	Lamb, Bill	Lief Esbenshade	NC
Building a Guitar Tube Amp	Lamb, Bill	Brandon Wei	NC
	Lamb, Bill	Lia Dawley	NC
Sodium Paths in Water	Orr, Robert	James Coe	NC
The Effects of Nitrates on Woods Creek	Orr, Robert	Robert Inskeep	NC
Handedness and Learning Styles: A Connection?	Knight, Sue	Emily Gray	NC
Chemical Composition of Fingerprint Residue from Different Age Groups	Langley, Peter	David Dreisin	NC
Authored By.....	Knight, Sue	Katy George	NC
How does music affect how well students do on a test?	Knight, Sue	Reed Jackson	NC
Survey on books and movies	Knight, Sue	Teeona Wilson	NC
E. Coli in Tryon Creek: Problem or Not?	Knight, Sue	Francesca Bean	NC
The Survival and Mortality of Alnus Rubra, Salix and Cornus Trees in a Renovated Wetland	Langley, Peter	Kahori Sugiyama, Elizabeth Workman	NC
Particulate emissions from internal combustion engines	Orr, Robert	David Conwell, Aria Vossoughi	NC
Phosphates in the Willamette River	Orr, Robert	Krissi Kuni, Sarah Kushner	NC
Saving a Dying Lake	Sagar, Scott	Grant Davenport	NC
The Length of Time Required for Water to Remain Stationary in order for Diffusion to Take Place Properly	Lamb, Bill	Robin Orr	NC
Volleyball Spike	Lamb, Bill	Casey Von Ofenheim	NC
The Effected Billiard Balls	Knight, Sue	Ben Gionet	NC
Strung Out	Knight, Sue	Craig Haskins	NC
How do different materials absorb sound?	Knight, Sue	Dawn Lim	NC
How do current and voltage affect the brightness of a working bulb?	Knight, Sue	Cheng Sun	NC
PVC Pitch	Knight, Sue	Will Bland	NC
Wax!	Knight, Sue	Chris Chapman	NC
Breaking Points	Knight, Sue	Sean Gordon	NC
Airfoil Study	Knight, Sue	Jake Hanson	NC
How do different ski waxes affect skiing speed?	Knight, Sue	Taylor Hill	NC
How Does Humidity Affect Sound?	Knight, Sue	Libby Morrison	NC
How does the temperature of a gas tank effect the speed and break area of a paintball shot from a paintball gun?	Knight, Sue	Myles Schmertzler	NC
Stauder Stuff	Knight, Sue	Elsa Stauder	NC
Styrofoam Shapes in Free Fall	Knight, Sue	Derek Van Riper	NC
sound penetration through solids	Orr, Robert	James Campbell	NC
The affect of tire inflation on a go-kart	Orr, Robert	Philip Hibbs	NC
How Does It Break?	Knight, Sue	Erin Colton-Enberg	Physics	HM
How water turns into ice	Orr, Robert	Hui-Yi (Hedy) Huang	PH
Break an Egg!	Orr, Robert	James Kempsell	Physics	HM
Reflections on the Inverse Square Law	Orr, Robert	Garrett Lee	PH
A Study of the Effect of Removing Valence Electrons on Half-Life of Beta Emission of Selected D-Block Nuclides	Lamb, Bill	Andrew Kushner, Jared Mueller, Nick Thiessen	Physics	2nd
Incorporating a Pendulum for the purpose of the study of the magnetic induction, and its variables	Lamb, Bill	Patrick Chen	Physics	1st
The Effect of Gas Density on a Falling Object	Hemphill, Rosa	Kyle Kuchs	Physics	3rd
Global warming and glaciers melting	Lamb, Bill	Erich Wang	PP
Perpetual Motion Machine	Lamb, Bill	Colin Cassard	PP
An evaluation of potato cannon performance with varying fuels	Lamb, Bill	Hayden English	PP
NC: Luminol GLOWS	Hemphill, Rosa	Travis Lazar, Stephen Spitz	PP
Testing of Drinking Water Contaminants in Rural and Urban High Schools of Oregon	Orr, Robert	Chelsey Brack	PP
Gender Differences in Short Term Memory	Lamb, Bill	Micaela Kaiser	PP
Crayola Comparison	Orr, Robert	Sia Kruss	PP
Comparing the vitamin C concentrate in different types of Orange Juice	Lamb, Bill	Lauren Stover	PP
How Does Rainfall Affect the Production of Dissolved Oxygen in Woods Creek?	Orr, Robert	Marina Cheatham	PP
Dissolved Oxygen in Woods Creek	Orr, Robert	Meredith Dugoni	PP
The Behavior of Carbon Dioxide after Shaking a Can of Soda: Is there an inverse relationship between the time waited after shaking a can of soda and the volume of soda lost when the can is opened?	Lamb, Bill	Brittney Lenard	PP
Battery Life in Extreme Conditions	Orr, Robert	Nicholas Chessar	PP
	Orr, Robert	Chong Seok Choi	PP
How much force can a CD stand?	Orr, Robert	Caitlin Donovan	PP
Voltage studies in fruit	Orr, Robert	Woo-Yoon (Eric) Han	PP
Light studies on refraction through matirials	Orr, Robert	Kuan-Yu (Jacky) Huang	PP
The Free Throw	Orr, Robert	Tai-Yen (Vincent) Lan	PP
Spiral Galaxy Type vs. Galactic Rotational Velocity	Lamb, Bill	Emily Petroff	Space Science	3RD
Spectra Analysis of Variable Stars	Hemphill, Rosa	Anne Drinkward, Sam Shainsky	SP
Comparing Selected Properties of Variable Stars TT Oph and AC Her	Hemphill, Rosa	Kyle Dern, Murat Oztaskin	SP
Comparing Two Algol-type Eclipsing Binaries	Hemphill, Rosa	Minsung Kang, Sheng Ng	SP
A Study of Change in Comet Orbits	Hemphill, Rosa	Patricia Wang	SP
A Study of V380 Ori	Hemphill, Rosa	Jennifer Wolochow	Space Science	2ND
Creating a Novel Program for Determining the Three-Dimensional Movement Rates of Sunspots and Active Solar Magnetic Regions: Year 2	Hemphill, Rosa	Elyse Hope	Space Science	1ST
Behavioral Correlations in Sleep Between Fruit Flies and Mammals	Lamb, Bill	Dalia Taylor	Zoology	1ST
Methylmercury Levels in Tuna	Hemphill, Rosa	Kasey Grewe, Peggy Moser, Valerie Rippey	Zoology	2ND