Regional 
Science Fair 
Awards
2009

 

Mercer County Science and Engineering Fair
March 2009
Rider University

First
Place:
 

Jessie Lee Cunningham

 

The Dirty Truth About Cleaning!
Trenton Catholic Academy

Second
Place 

Christina Razzano

Manufacturing Biomethane
Villa Victoria Academy

Third
Place

Melissa Marie Aguiar

Fashionably Green: Testing the Biodegradibility of Fabrics
Trenton Catholic Academy

Honorable
Mentio

Ommul Ali

Will successive bacterial generations build an immunity to the disinfectant, Lysol?Hamilton High East

Honorable
Mention 

Molly O'Mara

Growing Five Algae: Which of These Strains is Best For Creating Biofuel
Villa Victoria Academy

 

North Jersey Regional Science Fair
March 2009
Rutgers University

First
Place:

 

Sarah Ashley Kerin

Analysis of the Mutagenic Potential of Artificial Sweeteners through Reverse Mutations in Yeast.
Pascack Hills High School

Second
Place 

 

Nick Hlushko

Movement of Rhodobacter Spheroides along a Linear Magnetic Gradient
Colonia High School

 

Third
Place

 

Maria Theresa Mejia

The Effects of Probiotics on
Fibrinogen Levels
Bergen County Academies

 

Honorable
Mention

 

Morli Kishan Gandhi

Anti-Bacterial Activity of
Origanum vulgare
Essential Oils
John F. Kennedy Memorial H.S.

 

Honorable
Mention

 

Jillian Brooke Laub

 

The Effect of Purell on Skin Flora
Pascack Hills High School