14 March 2012
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Science Challenge
Congratulations to all the winners of the Science Challenge, which was held at the Orlando Science Center on March 10. Presented by Bright House Networks, the Science Challenge is intended to encourage excellence in science education plus provide an intermediate event between the County Science Fairs and the State Science Fair.
More than 100 students showcased over 90 projects. The participants are the first place winners in the physical science competitions for middle and high schools in County Science Fairs for the eight surrounding counties (Brevard, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole and Volusia).
Alex Keeler, Best in Fair winner, was awarded $4,000 for his project. His teacher, Emily Keeler of South Sumter High School, earned the Teacher Award and $1,000 for their school. Category winners also received a cash prize.
The complete list of winners is included below:
| Category | Name | School | Title of Project |
| Jr Chem | Karcher Kendall | Delaura Middle |
Plankton: How Ironic? |
| Sr Chem | Albert Halbing | Cocoa Beach Jr/Sr High | A kinetic study of electrolysis: Half-cell reacton rates for discrete electrode materials and electrolytes Year 4 |
| Jr Comp Sci | Nikhil Patel | Sanford Middle |
Shrinc-it software heuristic to remove irrelevant and unnecessary content in text |
| Sr Comp Sci | Daniel Hammack | Jacksons Heights Middle |
Focus on Wi-Fi Part 2 |
| Jr Earth&Space | Jonathan Sepulveda | Sanford Middle |
Trends in rainfall and temperature moving averages in central Florida may support the theory of global warming |
| Sr Earth&Space | Cleo Koenig | Heritage High |
Geobot 3D: Improving the Functionality through Three-Dimensional Imaging for an Automated Geological Sample Identification |
| Jr Engineering | Alexandra Daley | Grace School | Dung Deal: horsepower revisited |
| Sr Engineering | Priya Sathyanarayan | Spruce Creek High |
Active damping of propellant slosh |
| Jr Environmental Sci | Srimayi Tenali | West Shore Jr/Sr High |
The effects of plants on water purification |
| Sr Environmental Sci | Zachary Loeb | Eau Gallie High | Preventing the reproductive failure of aquatic life from the global threat of nonylphenol contamination through catalytic waste water |
| Jr Math | Hunter Dalton | Stone Middle | The design, construction and testing of a lego gearbox capable of predicting moon phases and tides |
| Sr Math | Rashad Abdulla | West Shore Jr/Sr High | On the fine classification of periodic orbits of continuous endomorphisms the real line with application in chaos theory |
| Jr Physics & Astro | David DeVore | St Thomas Aquinas Catholic |
Does a magnetic field affect how quickly a plant grows? |
| Sr Physics & Astro | Sarah Van Sickle | Satellite High | Design and Analysis of a Fractal Antenna for Free OTA TV |
| Jr Team | Bobby Burwell | Rock Lake Middle |
Data Transmission over a Laser Beam |
| Jr Team | Sean Clarke | Rock Lake Middle |
Data Transmission over a Laser Beam |
| Sr Team | Luke Evans | Viera High |
The effects of extracted phycocyanin from spirulina platensis on irradiated raphanus sativus |
| Sr Team | John Evans | Viera High |
The effects of extracted phycocyanin from spirulina platensis on irradiated raphanus sativus |
| Best In Fair | Alex Keeler | South Sumter High |
The Effect of Triflitoxin on the Elimination of Citrus Greening |
| Teacher Award | Emily Keeler |
