Category Award Winners for the 2007 South Central South Dakota Regional Science & Engineering Fair



2007 Science Fair List of Winners

Award Student Name School
Project #
Project Title
Grand Award (2 Individual Projects)   (Each student receives a Dakota Wesleyan University $1,000 Scholarship)
$1000 DWU Scholarship Jordan Krell Plankinton High
2100
Smart Swim: A Drowning Alert System
$1000 DWU Scholarship Victoria Koupal Avon High
2218
Repelling Insects
Grand Award (2 Individual Projects)   (Each student receives a Dakota Wesleyan University $1,000 Scholarship)
$1000 DWU Scholarship Hilary VanGerpen & Leslie VanGerpen Avon High
2409
Smoke & Seed Germination
Student Observer  
Student Observers Taylor Overweg & Kerry Shannon Mitchell High
2405
Is It Safe to Carry Cellphones in Pockets?
Life & Behavioral Sciences - Junior Division
1st Place Jordan Johnson Avon Middle
1226
How Sweet It Is
2nd Place Alexis Olson Mitchell Middle
1229
Smoking Plants
3rd Place Ivory Niewenhuis Dakota Christian Middle
1213
A Slow Hello
Honorable Mention Cheyenne Zimmerman Avon Middle
1227
Corn Food-Phosphate Or Nitrogen
Certificates of Merit   Katelyn Lieuwen Dakota Christian Middle
1218
Fantastic Foam Or Awesome Antibacterial?
  Hope Veurink Dakota Christian Middle
1216
Tall Or Small?
  Lottie Grimshaw Klein Middle
1224
Extracting DNA
  Sarah Calhoon Winner Middle
1230
Storage Temperature Of Popcorn
  Esteban Rodriguez Geddes Middle
1235
Chromatography Of Vegetable Pigments
  Kyle Bachelor Littleburg Middle
1239
Light Bright
  Tanner Jackson Todd County Middle
1231
Rocks And Crystals
  Jill Small Bear O'Kreek Middle
1237
Music Vs. Silence On Sleeping Children
  Jenetta Porter Geddes Middle
1234
Growth Rates In Horses
  Lexy Overweg Dakota Christian Middle
1202
Waste Not, Want Not
Life & Behavioral Sciences - Senior Division
1st Place $750 DWU Scholarship Ashley Losing Wessington Springs High
2201
Retyping As Effective As Rewriting?
2nd Place $500 DWU Scholarship Michaela Meiers Avon High
2219
Does Temperatore Affect Germination?
3rd Place $250 DWU Scholarship Jessica Peters White Lake High
2233
Perceptual Blindness
Honorable Mention Valerie Menning Mitchell High
2212
Worrying About Body Image and Gender
Certificates of Merit Abby Thiry White Lake High
2234
Bacteria Growth/Reused Drinking Bottles
  Kristi Peters White Lake High
2231
Does Tobacco Use Decay Teeth?
  Mallory Wipf Wessington Springs High
2206
Law Of Conservation In Young Children
  Ashley VanGenderen Corsica High
2209
Did You See That?
  Christian Backes Kimball High
2226
Crickets As Thermometers?
  Abbey Cuka Avon High
2222
Can iPods Cause Hearing Damage?
  Bryanna Sully Marty Indian High
2236
Smoking Affects
  Emily Nachtigal Geddes High
2200
Gases In Produce
Physical Science & Engineering - Junior Division
1st Place Alex Wold Armour Middle
1111
Windy Wind Tunnel
2nd Place Matthew Johnson Avon Middle
1106
Juice and Model Trains
3rd Place Max Grimshaw Kelin Middle
1104
Fast Forward
Honorable Mention Alex Petritz Avon Middle
1110
Man It Is Windy
Certificates of Merit Teela Lamoureaux Todd County Middle
1112
W.W.S.U?
  Nick Gillen White Lake Middle
1115
Barrior Prevention and Buildings
  Samantha Fast Horse O'Kreek Middle
1118
Speed Of Film And Tolerance To Light
Physical Science & Engineering - Senior Division
1st Place $750 DWU Scholarship Daylyn Baysinger Woonsocket High
2105
Honey Alcohol
2nd Place $500 DWU Scholarship Brian Kelley Avon High
2111
Wave Energy
3rd Place $250 DWU Scholarship Frank Wiebenga Avon High
2112
Can You Build a Better Shopping Cart?
Honorable Mention Elizabeth Bosworth White Lake High
2121
Methane
Certificates of Merit Sarah Luebke Corsica High
2106
Glycerine
  Ted Fennema Avon High
2109
Spring
  Regina Cuka Avon High
2110
Bacterian Inlfuence Rust Formation
  Brad Heath Kimball High
2116
The Effect of Helium
  Mollie Kieffer White Lake High
2119
House Strength In Hurricanes
  Vincent Bickner Kimball High
2122
Life Light
Group Projects - Junior Division
1st Place Troy Gillen & Zane Nightingale White Lake Middle
1325
Background And Time Exposure
2nd Place Jordan Drapeau & Eveline Arrow Marty Indian Middle
1422
Hip-Hop Clothing Vs. Modern Clothing
3rd Place Natasha Hauge & Melanie Suelflow White Lake Middle
1413
And the Race Is On
Honorable Mention Tina O'Connor, Brady Shields & Elizabeth Patterson Marty Indian Middle
1416
What Does The Buffalo Represent?
Certificates of Merit Wyatt Beeson & Tyler Van Duysen Avon Middle
1405
What Fertilizer Is The Best?
  Marrel Black Lance & Domingo Tamayo Todd County Middle
1408
Super Continents
  Todd Stekl & Nick Miller Sanborn Central Middle
1336
Motor Madness
  Thomas Geyer & Samuel Reuland White Lake Middle
1323
Wind Power
  Beaux Beauvias, Andrew Rivera & AJ Whipple Todd County Middle
1312
Igniting Fabric & Resistance
  Alie Martinson &   Heather Mead   McCook Central Middle
1302
Vitamin C
  Marcus Bruce & Dillan Schmidt Woonsocket Middle
1313
Meteorites And Craters
  Issac Olson & Shelby Grassel Woonsocket Middle
1315
Biodiesel
  Olivia DeWaard & Whitney Kuyper Stickney Middle
1320
Cooking With Rays
  Taran Feather & Trevor Zephier Marty Indian Middle
1419
Can We Learn The Dakota Language?
Group Projects - Senior Division
1st Place $750 DWU Scholarship Taylor Overweg & Kerry Shannon Mitchell High
2405
Is It Safe To Carry Cell Phones In Pockets?
2nd Place $500 DWU Scholarship Stephanie Gillen & Kelsey Suelflow White Lake High
2326
Improving Wind Energy Efficiency
3rd Place $250 DWU Scholarship Justin Kehn & Spenser Olson Mitchell High
2406
How Hot Does Your Lap(Top) Get?
Honorable Mention Hayley Hento & Laura VanGerpen Avon High
2408
Does Soot Affect Polar Ice Cap Melting?
Certificates of Merit Andrew Krueger & Jedd Schlicht Woonsocket High
2401
Are You In The O-Zone?
  Kendell Smith & Ashley Thelen Mitchell High
2404
Muscle Tone
  Tanner Hento & Nathan Snyder Avon High
2310
The Factors Of Phosphorescence
  Brandi Gau & Megan Poppe Kimball High
2311
What Factors Affect Food Coloring?
  Andrea Taylor & Tayla Thomas Kimball High
2313
An Eye To The Sky
  Ryan Benda & Ethan Schaffer Kimball High
2315
Saving Sound
  Monique Zephier & Ross Hare Marty Indian High
2327
Knowledge Of The Wicahpi
  Kassie Beck & Kayla Hohbach Mitchell High
2306
Alternative Energy
  John & Mohnen & Dustin Reinesch White Lake High
2322
Viscosity Of Oil
Special Awards
American Meteorological Society, Siouxland WeatherMINDS, SD Association
  Christin Vanser Pol   Dakota Christian Middle
1201
Ring Around the Weather
  Ashley Clites & Chelsey Stahl Whilte Lake
2320
Tornado
American Psychology Association Jill Small Bear O'Kreek Middle  
1237
Music Vs. Silence On Sleeping Children
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating
and Airconditioning Engineers
Elizabeth Bosworth White Lake High
2121
Methane
Andromeda Award--American Assoc.
of University Women
Tayla Thomas & Andrea Taylor Kimball
2313
A Eye to the Sky
ASM International Foundation Jamie Veurink Dakota Christian High
2108
Pykrete Vs. Ice
Avon School's Excellence in Science
Senior Division Taylor Overweg & Kerry Shannon Mitchell High
2405
Is It Safe To Carry Cell Phones in Pockets?
Junior Division Jordon Johnson Avon Middle  
1226
How Sweet It Is?
Best New Idea--Winner School Tanner Hento & Nathan Snyder Avon High
2310
The Factors of Phosphorescence
Best Presenters Award Avon School  
 
The Daily Republic Jill Guericke White Lake High
2118
Energy Producing Car
Dakota Wesleyan University
Art Department
Dena DeLange & Megan Boltjes Dakota Christian High
2407
Fat Rats
Dakota Wesleyan University
English Department
Jordan Krell Plankinton High
2100
Smart Swim: A Drowning Alert System
Dakota Wesleyan University
Mathematics Department
Frank Wiebenga Avon High
2112
Can You Build A Better Shopping Cart?
Dakota Wesleyan University
Nursing Department
Shanda Dean & Allison Schmit Sanborn Central Middle
1433
Smoke Chokes
Discovery Young Scientist Challenge 2007
  Troy Gillen & Zane Nightingale White Lake Middle
1325
Background And Time Exposure
  Jordan Drapeau & Eveline Arrow Marty Indian Middle
1422
Hip-Hop Clothing Vs. Modern Clothing
  Natasha Hauge & Melanie Suelflow White Lake Middle
1413
And the Race Is On
  Tina O'Connor, Brady Shields & Elizabeth Patterson Marty Indian Middle
1416
What Does The Buffalo Represent?
  Jordan Johnson Avon Middle
1226
How Sweet It Is
  Alexis Olson Mitchell Middle
1229
Smoking Plants
  Ivory Niewenhuis Dakota Christian Middle
1213
A Slow Hello
  Cheyenne Zimmerman Avon Middle
1227
Corn Food-Phosphate Or Nitrogen
  Alex Wold Armour Middle
1111
Windy Wind Tunnel
  Matthew Johnson Avon Middle
1106
Juice and Model Trains
  Max Grimshaw Kelin Middle
1104
Fast Forward
  Alex Petritz Avon Middle
1110
Man It Is Windy
Excellence In Grammar Award Ivory Niewenhuis Dakota Christian Middle
1213
A Slow Hello
  Cooper Dykstra Dakota Christian Middle
1220
Think Fast!
  Leanna Bentz Dakota Christian Middle
1222
Perfect Pitch-Or Not
  Harlan Big Crow Dakota Christian Middle
1225
Height Makes Right
  Tawny Barry Klein Middle
1223
Does Height Affect Balance?
  Michelle Holbeck & Julie Mingo Armour Middle
1406
Pumping Iron
  Mara Harrington, Courtney Lau & Lynn Ymker Armour Middle
1309
Pulp Power
  Taylor Barry & Megan Assman Klein Middle
1400
Early Detection/B reast Cancer Prevention
Herbert Hoover Young Engineer Brian Kelley Avon High
2111
Wave Energy
Innovative Ideas--Mitchell High School Science Club
Best Board and Original Idea    
 
  Max Grimshaw Klein Middle  
1104
Fast Forward
  Jordan Pearson, Trevor Wormstadt & Troy Grassel Sanborn Central
1430
How Accurate is Artificail Insemination
  Voni Finck and Kari Rucktaeschel Avon Middle
1307
Nuts With Energy
  Shelby Grassel and Issac Olson Woonsocket Middle
1315
Biodiesel
Intel Excellence In Computer Science Award Jordan Krell Plankinton High
2100
Smart Swim: A Drowning Alert System
International Society For
Optical Engineering Award
Troy Gillen & Zane Nightingale White Lake Middle
1325
Background and Time Exposure
Lakeview Veterinary Clinic Lottie Grimshaw Klein Middle
1224
Extracting DNA
Mu Alpha Theta Blair DeJong & Clarence Vanderlei Avon High
2312
Get Your Mind Out of the Gutter
NABT (National Association for Biology Teachers Victoria Koupal Avon High
2218
Repelling Insects
NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmosphere Administration) Brian Kelley Avon High
2111
Wave Energy
NSPE (Nat'l Society Professional Engineers) Elizabeth Bosworth White Lake High
2121
Methane
Ricoh Sustainable Development Elizabeth Bosworth White Lake High
2121
Methane
Society For In Vitro Biology Elizabeth Bosworth White Lake High  
2121
Methane
SD Academy of Science   Tanner Hento & Nathan Snyder Avon High
2310
The Factors Of Phosphorescence
  Megan Poppe & Brandi Gau Avon High
2311
What Factors Affect Food Coloring
  Kerry Shannon & Taylor Overweg Mitchell High
2405
Is It Safe To Carry Cell Phones in Pockets
  Alexis Olson Mitchell Middle
1229
Smoking Plants
  Brian Kelley Avon High
2111
Wave Energy
South Dakota Army National Guard
Junior Division Whitney Kuyper & Olivia DeWaard Stickney Middle
1320
Cooking With Rays
Senior Division Jordan Krell Plankinton High
2100
Smart Swim: A Drowning Alert System
South Dakota Council of
Teachers of Mathematics
Ted Fennema Avon High
2109
Spring
South Dakota Science Teachers Association Natasha Hauge & Melanie Suelflow White Lake Middle
1413
And the Race Is On
South Dakota Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
  Brooke Veurink Dakota Christian
2214
The Darker Side of Tanning
South Dakota Veterinary Medical Alliance Natash Hauge & Melanie Suelflow White Lake Middle
1413
And the Race is On
Trail King Scholarship Jordan Krell Plankinton High
2100
Smart Swim: A Drowning Alert System
United States Air Force
  Alex Wold Armour Middle
1111
Windy Wind Tunnel
  Jordan Johnson Avon Middle
1226
How Sweet It Is
  Kendell Smith & Ashley Thelen Mitchell High
2404
Muscle Tone
United States Department of
Health & Human Services
Megan Assman & Taylor Barry Klein Middle
1400
Early Detection/Breast Cancer Prevention
United States Department of the Army
  Brian Kelley Avon High
2111
Wave Energy
  Keith Fennema Avon High
2113
Roller Coaster
  Kourtney Hauge White Lake High
2120
Horse Trailer Paint and Rusting
  Kaye Leiferman Kimball High
2115
Watch It Spin!
  Brooke Veurink Dakota Christian High
2214
The Darker Side Of Tanning
United States Department of The Navy/Marine Corps
Senior Division: Jordan Krell Plankinton High
2100
Smart Swim: A Drowning Alert System
Senior Division: Molly Kieffer White Lake High
2119
House Strength In Hurricanes
Senior Division: Kaye Leiferman Kimball High
2115
Watch It Spin!
Senior Division: Michael Zomer Dakota Christian High
2216
Effect Of Helium
Junior Division: Olivia DeWaard & Whitney Kuyper Stickney Middle
1320
Cooking With Rays
Junior Division: Alex Wold Armour Middle
1111
Windy Wind Tunnel
Junior Division: Kim Collins Woonsocket Middle
1314
Solar Car
Junior Division: Kelsey Schmidt Woonsocket Middle
1314
Solar Car
United States Metric Association Hayley Hento & Lauren Van Gerpen Avon High
2408
Does Soot Affect Polar Ice Cap Melting
Water Environment Federation Hayley Hento & Lauren VanGerpen Avon High
2408
Does Soot Affect Polar Ice Cap Melitng
Yale Science & Engineering Association, Inc. Elizabeth Bosworth White Lake High
2121
Methane

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