Dublin Schools Win Awards at the Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair

March 13, 2013

Dublin High School, Fallon Middle School, Wells Middle School, St. Raymond’s Catholic School and Valley Christian School all participated on behalf of their schools and the City of Dublin at the Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair last Saturday (March 9). Dublin High School led the way with more participants than any other school at the fair – over 60 Dublin High School students participated representing 37 different projects earning 4 first place, 1 second place, 5 third place, and 5 fourth place awards. Fallon Middle School also secured a first place award, and Wells Middle School and St. Raymond’s Catholic School also took home awards. More important than the awards, however, was the effort by all participants to apply the scientific method to real world problems. In all hundreds of students from schools across Alameda County participated in the event.

Dublin High School’s young scientists were also awarded two Best in Category awards, for “Helping Handicapped Kids Play Basketball” and “The Efficiency of a Spectrophotometer”. The students that created “Helping Handicapped Kids Play Basketball” earned partial funding to attend the California State Science Fair (CSSF) in Los Angeles later this year. Congratulations to these young scientists and the teachers that support their efforts.

Below is a complete list of entrants from Dublin’s middle and high schools and more pictures from the event:

Dublin High School Entrants

Science Fair Project Title	Award	Dublin High School Students
Helping Handicapped Kids Play Basketball	1	Matthew Harrison, Vijay Mittal, Kimberli Zhong
The Efficiency of a Spectrophotometer	1	Vedika Chaudhri
Chords, Intervals, and Emotion in the Case of Western Music	1	Davis Zamboanga
Liver Disease: An Asian Silent-Killer Mystery	1	Cindy Won
Effect of Phosphate on the Metabolism of Water Plants	2	Almighty Bornfreedom
Aerodynamics and Slipstreaming in Sports	3	Sean Fukamaki, Grant Lemen
Affect of Motor Oil Runoff on Elodea	3	Neetika Patel
How Does Age and Musical Experience Affect the Ability to Match Pitch?”	3	Marley Rose Kless, Zachary Mattimore, Courtney Varela
The Symbiotic Effects of Environment on the HB101 E. coli Strain	3	Harshvir Jaggi, Navneedh Maudgalya, Kaushik Kasi
What Strategy Works the Best for You When Memorizing 12 Words?	3	Karina Gurusiddaiah, Kaitlyn Patterson
Does Color Change the Amount of Cricket Chirps in a Minute?	4	Sean Coakley, Alexei Pacholuk
Pattern Recognition Improved by Video Games	4	Robert Kaehms
The Effects of Vitamin C on Ripeness	4	Visesha Kakarla, Benson Kung, Cinyi Mao
The Positive and Negative Effects of Social Media in Dublin High School	4	Nicholas Padnos, Sean Haggerty
Vine Design	4	Elizabeth Brown, Nicole Dayton
Advancing Your Memory		Myriah Sims, Kristyn Ponce
Combination of Forces: Propellers		Ben Han, Michael Tran
Correlation of Acne Medication and Teenage Depression		Lilla Lavanakul, Jodi Warren, Lauren Wasilausky
Do Video Games Affect Human Decisions?		Danny Sung Han Lee
Ear Training		Josue Giron, Christian Viazzo
Effect of Stormwater Runoff on Plant Growth		Kana Mishra
Enviornmental pH Based on Bacteria		Nithya Rajakumar
How Water Quality and Quantity Affects the Brain		Abhinav Sehgal
Injury Rates: Epidemiological Study		Cody Chang, William Tan, Zachary Villarosa
Ionocrafts- Electricity and Lift		Kyle Haggin, Joshua Reiss
Measuring The Pollution Of Rainwater Using Daphnia		Kyeong Soo Lee
Modifying the Speed of a Slime Mold		Nilla Sivakumar
Plants vs. Excess Light		Luis Robles
Resuing Excess Heat from Machines		Justin Gau, Ray Pan
The Effect of Early Childhood Television on Today’s Adolescents		Victoria Datanagan
The Effect of Magnetization on Plant Seeds		Kayla Collins, Janette Kim, Hannah Graykowski
The Effect of UV Rays on Yeast		Jessica Li, Jessica Ngo
The Effect of Video Games and Music on the Brain		Matthew Gutwald, Jonathan Son, Isaac Weiman
The Effect of Water on the Growth of C3, C4, and CAM Plants		Lillian Zhang
The Genetic and Enivromental Affects on the Limbic System		Madison Calderaro
The Usage of Surface Tension to Pilot a Watercraft		Hayden Hui
What Number of Wheels on a Robot is the Most Ideal?		Jeff Kang

Dublin Middle School Entrants

Science Fair Project Title	Award	Students	School
The Amazing Water Cleanser	1	Brittany Brunckhorst, Mallika Pajjuri	Fallon Middle School
A Mane As Long As The Golden Gate Bridge		Hannah Allen	Saint Raymond’s Catholic School
Going Bananas!	4	Joanne Magano	Saint Raymond’s Catholic School
It’s A Garden Tea Party And Worms Are Welcome		Allison Andre	Saint Raymond’s Catholic School
Worm Wars: Race to Compost		Blaine Nye	Saint Raymond’s Catholic School
The Effects of Light on Mushroom Growth	3	Jessica Shipps	Wells Middle School
How To Make A Magnet		Dasha Petrov	Wells Middle School
Massive Toss		Aviram Bhalla-Levine	Wells Middle School
Wake Me Up Pillow		Jeffrey Fisher II	Wells Middle School
This Experiment Sucks! (How does the specific viscosity of different liquids effect their suction power?)		Ryan Shipps	Wells Middle School
Lightsaber: Is it possible?		Alexandra Stassinopoulos	Wells Middle School
Heat Dissipation – Building Materials / Directions / Insulation Materials		Diella Babu	Valley Christian School
The Effect of Daily Materials Blocking iPhone Reception		Ivan Man	Valley Christian School