Category Award Winners for the 2008 South Central South Dakota Regional Science & Engineering Fair


Representing the South Central South Dakota Regional Science & Engineering Fair at the
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair will be Jordan Krell, Nicole DeJong,
Alex Wold, Jerry Farke, Shelby Williams and Daylyn Baysinger.


2008 Science Fair List of Winners

Award Student Name School
Project #
Project Title
Senior Grand Award (2 Individual Projects)
$1000 DWU Scholarship Jordan Krell Plankinton High
2109
Smart Search: Location Detection System
$1000 DWU Scholarship Nicole DeJong Avon High
2203
What Factors Influence Seed Imbibitions
Senior Grand Award (1 Group Project) 
$1000 DWU Scholarship Jerry Farke Armour High
2318
Radio Controlled Reconnaissance
$1000 DWU Scholarship Alex Wold Armour High
2318
Radio Controlled Reconnaissance
$1000 DWU Scholarship    
 
 
  Student Observer
Student Observers Shelby Williams Avon High
2108
Shut Off Trap On A Vacuum Truck
  Daylyn Baysinger Woonsocket High
2125
Corn - Honey Ethanol
Junior Grand Award (2 Individual Projects)
  Tyler VanDuysen Avon Middle
1204
Need More Nodule?
  Taylor Kinyon Plankinton Middle
1104
Spring Wound Energy
Junior Grand Award (1 Group Project)
  Lanae VanGerpen & Shayna Nagel Avon Middle
1303
How Small Can It Get?
Life & Behavioral Sciences - Junior Division
1st Place Alexis Olson Mitchell Middle
1207
Fantastic Fluorescence
2nd Place Lynn Ymker Armour Middle
1213
Control The Grow
3rd Place Brayden Peterson Woonsocket Middle
1237
Swimming Pools, Which Is Healthier?
Honorable Mention Rachelle Moore Sanborn Central Middle
1210
Clean Mouths
Certificates of Merit  Kyle Bachelor Littleburg Middle
1200
Woodworking
  Ariel Gould Kimball Middle
1206
Optical Illusions
  Caleb Millar Mitchell Middle
1208
Cricket Chow
  Lindsay Borgmann White Lake Middle
1214
Tweety Diversion
  Rachel Selland Woonsocket Middle
1236
Does Colored Lighting Affect Plant Growth?
  Lacey VanLaeken Sanborn Central Middle
1211
Powered Up About Fruits
  Emily Maas Dakota Christian Middle
1220
What Do You Remember?
  Jessica Kaemingk Dakota Christian Middle
1230
Chunking Helps?
  Tristen Wormstadt Sanborn Central Middle
1212
Do The Eyes Have It?
  Morgan Larson Woonsocket Middle
1232
Are You Left or Right Sided?
Life & Behavioral Sciences - Senior Division
1st Place $750 DWU Scholarship Emily Bartunek Avon High
2202
Cold Requirements of Seeds
2nd Place $500 DWU Scholarship Ashley Thelen Mitchell High
2211
Salivary Amylase As An Indicator of Stress
3rd Place $250 DWU Scholarship Derek Cihak Avon High
2209
Cow Leg Angle And Hoof Damage
Honorable Mention Troy Koppe Avon High
2207
Caffeine In Water And Spacing Of Fish
Certificates of Merit Megan Poppe Avon High
2204
Clinical Environment On Blood Pressure Readings
  Emily VanGerpen Avon High
2206
Can Crickets Tell Temperature?
  Mitch Kraft Wessington Springs High
2219
Brushing Your Dog's Teeth and Bacteria
  Megan Groves Wessington Springs High
2220
Age Realization And Breast Cancer Risk
  Nakayla Pheifer Dakota Christian High
2224
Are You In Your Right Mind?
  Erin Brondsema Platte/Geddes High
2227
My Dye Is Better Than Yours
Physical Science & Engineering - Junior Division
1st Place Travis Grablander Klein Middle
1123
How Is Electricity Made?
2nd Place Zach Martish Ethan Middle
1101
What Baseball Bat Hits Farther?
3rd Place Jennie Steckley Kimball Middle
1107
What Detergent Works Best?
Honorable Mention Lindsey Pazour Kimball Middle
1112
Temperature/Height Of A Super Ball
Certificates of Merit Taylor Steiger Kimball Middle
1108
Solar Water Heater
  Keenan Shannon Mitchell Middle
1114
Got Prep?
  Caleb Larson Klein Middle
1126
Wind Power
Physical Science & Engineering - Senior Division
1st Place $750 DWU Scholarship Shelby Williams Avon High
2108
Shut Off Trap On Vacuum Truck
2nd Place $500 DWU Scholarship Daylyn Baysinger Woonsocket High
2125
Corn-Honey Ethanol
3rd Place $250 DWU Scholarship Jill Guericke White Lake High
2121
Flammability of Siding
Honorable Mention Elizabeth Bosworth White Lake High
2120
Better Air Filter
Certificates of Merit Kaye Leiferman Kimball High
2102
Fighting Gravity
  Josh Cihak Avon High
2103
Wood Density Affect
  Brennan Hilzendeger Avon High
2105
Area Driver
  Erik Muckey Corsica High
2110
Space Jeans
  Kourtney Hauge White Lake High
2119
Horse Trailer
Group Projects - Junior Division
1st Place Lexi Halvorson & Paige Vilhauer Avon Middle
1401
Weedy Situation
2nd Place Emily Mudder & Alyson Roth Avon Middle
1305
Blowin' In The Wind
3rd Place Candau Page & Jolyn Baysinger Sanborn Central Middle
1408
Bacteria Battle
Honorable Mention Shelly Tilberg & Kaci Tuttle Ethan Middle
1400
Who's Mouth Is Cleaner?
Certificates of Merit Travis Gerlach & Brady Moke Corsica Middle
1310
The Color Of Heat
  Cadee Nikolaus & Brooklyn Urban Kimball Middle
1405
Color Conclusions
  Ryan Pearson & Bryce Wallace Sanborn Central Middle
1315
Which Bridge Is Stronger?
  Donnie Bechman & Ross Kieffer White Lake Middle
1317
Put A Cork In It
  Drew Hinker & Corrie Snedeker Woonsocket Middle
1410
Real Or Fake? Can You tell?
Group Projects - Senior Division
1st Place $750 DWU Scholarship Philip Becker & Spenser Olson Mitchell High
2316
Metal Corrosion Due To Pigeon Guano
2nd Place $500 DWU Scholarship David Guenthner & Jackie Niewenhuis Stickney High
2412
Tooth Decay
3rd Place $250 DWU Scholarship Diandra Diede & Kelsey Henton Avon High
2306
Fenton Reaction For Water Treatment
Honorable Mention Victoria Rezac & Jennifer Ratzlaff Avon High
2308
Removal Of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
Certificates of Merit Brian Bogenhagen & Casey Reinesch White Lake High
2325
Arrow Penetration
  Emily Beckman & Kayleen Munsen White Lake High
2414
Keyed Instruments And Typing Speeds
  Taylor Overweg & Kerry Shannon Mitchell High
2315
Chloramine Water Treatments And Lead Leaching
  Thomas Geyer & Sam Reuland White Lake High
2323
Best Blade For Most Wind Energy
  Sydney Swenson & Allison Uttecht Woonsocket High
2415
Therapeutic Riding
Special Awards
American Meteorological Society
Siouxland WeatherMINDS, SD Association
Zachary VanZee Dakota Christian Middle
1120
Steam Killer
American Psychology Association Valerie Menning Mitchell High
2213
Sign Language: Who Learns Faster?
Andromeda Award--American
Assoc. of University Women
Not Awarded  
 
 
ASM International Foundation Jill Guericke White Lake High
2121
Flammability Of Siding
Association For Women Geoscientists Andrea Taylor & Tayla Thomas Kimball High
2314
Shakin' Things Up
Avon School's Excellence in Science    
 
 
Senior Division Jordan Krell Plankinton High
2109
Smart Search: Location Detection System
Junior Division Jennie Steckly Kimball Middle
1107
What Detergent Works Best
Best New Idea--Winner School Spencer Olson & Philip Becker Mitchell High
2316
Metal Corrosion Due to Pigeon Guano
Best Presenters Award Avon School  
 
 
The Daily Republic Shelby Williams Avon High
2108
Shut Off Trap On A Vacuum Truck
DWU, Art Department Travis Grablander Klein Middle
1123
How Is Electricity Made
DWU, English Department Taylor Overweg & Kerry Shannon Mitchell High
2315
Chloramine Water Treatments and Lead Leaching
DWU, Mathematics Department Derek Cihak Avon High
2209
Cow Leg Angle And Hoof Damage
DWU, Nursing Department Not Awarded  
 
 
Excellence In Grammar Award Alexis Olson Mitchell Middle
1207
Fantastic Fluorescence
Herbert Hoover Young Engineer Elizabeth Bosworth White Lake High
2120
A Better Air Filter
Innovative Ideas--Mitchell High
School Science Club
   
 
 
Best Board and Original Idea Sydne Pickner Kimball Middle
1110
Bubbles Are Baffling
  Alexis Olson Mitchell Middle
1207
Fantastic Fluorescence
  Emily Mudder & Alyson Roth Avon Middle
1305
Blowin' In The Wind
  Voni Fink & Lexy Jurrens Avon MIddle
1403
Double The Stubble
Intel Excellence In
Computer Science Award
Jordan Krell Plankinton High
2109
Smart Search: Location Detection System
International Society
For Optical Engineering
Jerry Farke & Alex Wold Armour High
2318
Radio Controlled Reconnaissance
  Troy Gillen & Zane Nightingale  White Lake High
2326
Focal Length and Angle of View
  Christin VanDerPol Dakota Christian Middle
1225
Dixel Perfect
Lakeview Veterinary Clinic Valerie Menning Mitchell High 
2213
Sign Language: Who Learns Faster
Mu Alpha Theta Diandra Diede & Kelsey Henton Avon High
2306
Fenton Reaction For Water Treatment
NABT (National Association
for Biology Teachers)
Lynn Ymker Armour Middle
1213
Control The Grow
NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmosphere Administration) Not Awarded  
 
 
NSPE (Nat'l Society
Professional Engineers)
Jordan Krell Plankinton High
2109
Smart Search: Location Detection System
Ricoh Sustainable Development Stephan Miedema & Russell Pick Kimball Middle
1404
Hydroponic Plants
Society For In Vitro Biology Daylyn Baysinger Woonsocket High
2125
Corn - Honey Ethanol
Society for Science and the Public Alexis Olson Mitchell Middle
1207
Fantastic Fluorescence
  Lynn Ymker Armour Middle
1213
Control The Grow
  Brayden Peterson Woonsocket Middle
1237
Swimming Pools, Which Is Healthier?
  Rachelle Moore Sanborn Central Middle
1210
Clean Mouths
  Travis Grablander Klein Middle
1123
How Is Electricity Made?
  Zach Martish Ethan Middle
1101
What Baseball Bat Hits Farther?
  Jennie Steckley Kimball Middle
1107
What Detergent Works Best?
  Lindsey Pazour Kimball Middle
1112
Temperature/Height Of A Super Ball
  Lexi Halvorson & Paige Vilhauer Avon Middle
1401
Weedy Situation
  Emily Mudder & Alyson Roth Avon Middle
1305
Blowin' In The Wind
  Candau Page & Jolyn Baysinger Sanborn Central Middle
1408
Bacteria Battle
  Shelly Tilberg & Kaci Tuttle Ethan Middle
1400
Who's Mouth Is Cleaner?
  Tyler VanDuysen Avon Middle
1204
Need More Nodule?
  Taylor Kinyon Plankinton Middle
1104
Spring Wound Energy
  Lanae VanGerpen & Shayna Nagel Avon Middle
1303
How Small Can It Get?
SD Academy of Science     
 
 
  Alexis Olson Mitchell Middle
1207
Fantastic Fluorescence
  Tyler Van Duysen Avon Middle
1204
Need More Nodule?
  Rachelle Moore Sanborn Central
1210
Clean Mouths
  Lynn Ymker Armour Middle
1213
Control The Grow
  Lindsay Borgmann White Lake Middle
1214
Tweety Diversion
  Lanae VanGerpen & Shayna Nagel Avon Middle
1303
How Small Can It Get?
  Dexter Dethlefson & Phillip Schroeder White Lake Middle
1319
Arrow Penetration
  Voni Finck & Lexi Jurrens Avon Middle
1403
Double The Stubble
South Dakota Army National Guard
Junior Division Taylor Kinyon Plankinton Middle
1104
Spring Wound Energy
Senior Division Brandon Koster Stickney High
2118
Wind Generator
South Dakota Council of
Teachers of Mathematics
Taylor Overweg & Kerry Shannon Mitchell High
2315
Chloramine Water Treatments and Lead Leaching
South Dakota Science
Teachers Association
Shayna Nagel & Lanae VanGerpen Avon Middle
1303
How Small Can It Get
South Dakota Society for
Clinical Laboratory Science
Ashley Thelen Mitchell High
2211
Salivary Amylase As  An Indicator of Stress
South Dakota Veterinary Medical Alliance Derek  Cihak Avon High
2209
Cow Leg Angle And Hoof Damage
Trail King Scholarship Jordan Krell Plankinton High
2109
Smart Search: Location Detection System
United States Air Force
  Jordan Krell Plankinton High
2109
Smart Search: Location Detection System
  Corrie Snedeker & Drew Hinker Woonsocket Middle
1410
Real or Fake, Can You Tell
  Kate Lippert Mitchell High
2212
Are You Getting Enough Air
  Ashley Thelen Mitchell High
2211
Salivary Amylase As An Indicator of Stress
United States Department of
Health & Human Services
BreeAnna Goodbeau & Chelsea Tyrrell Kimball High
2402
Healthy Lifestyles
United States Department of the Army
  Allison Uttecht & Sidney Swensen Woonsocket High
2415
Theraputic Riding
  Ariel Glissendorf White Lake High
2223
Optical Illusions
  Sarah Mentzer Wessington Springs High
2217
The Rotation of a Record Player
1st Place: Lindsey Mettler Wessington Springs High
2218
A Brush With Bacteria
United States Department of The Navy/Marine Corps
Senior Division: Erick Muckey Corsica High
2110
Space Jeans
Senior Division: Daylyn Baysinger Woonsocket High
2125
Corn-Honey Ethanol
Senior Division: Theo Twedt Woonsocket High
2225
What Makes Greaser Pizza?
Senior Division: Jill Guericke White Lake High
2121
Flammability Of Siding
Junior Division: Lindsey Pazour Kimball Middle
1112
Temperature/Height Of A Super Ball
Junior Division: Caleb Millar Mitchell Middle
1208
Cricket Chow
Junior Division: Lanae VanGerpen & Shayna Nagel Avon Middle
1303
How Small Can It Get?
Junior Division: Jessica Kaemingk Dakota Christian Middle
1230
Chunking Helps?
United States Metric Association Kaye Leifferman Kimball High
2102
Fighting Gravity
Water Environment Federation Jennifer Ratzlaff & Victoria Rezac Avon High
2308
Removal of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
Yale Science & Engineering
Association, Inc.
Shelby Williams Avon High
2108
Shut Off Trap On A Vacuum Truck

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