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714.504.1085
Alyssa Mihm
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714.234.2780
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Fairmont Wins Best School Award at OC Science and Engineering Fairmont for 8th Consecutive Year; Students Take Home 35 AwardsApril 2009 |
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Anaheim, Calif., April 27, 2009 — What do fire, Fibonacci numbers, human eyes and wetlands have in common? They were the topics of scientific inquiry explored by Fairmont’s first place winning OC Science and Engineering Fair participants. This year, Fairmont racked up an impressive 35 total awards taking home the Best School Award in junior high for the 8th consecutive year. Students from our Anaheim Hills, Edgewood and Preparatory Academy campuses participated in the fair with 23 students winning awards. In addition to three first place wins, Fairmont Prep student Jordan Francis won the Sweepstakes award for the best junior high overall project at the Fair in with his “We Can Stop the Fire!” project. The Edgewood campus secured Fairmont’s long-standing reputation as the best school at the Fair by winning the Best Overall School Award for the second year running (all campuses considered, this is Fairmont’s 8th consecutive year of winning the award). “I am so proud of our students and their teachers for another incredible showing this year at the Science and Engineering Fair. As our state and nation slips further and further behind in the math and sciences, Fairmont is a bright light proving that curiosity and scientific investigation is alive and well in the minds of our students,” says Fairmont President David Jackson. Individual Fairmont student winners are listed below: ANAHEIM HILLS CAMPUS Keren Rosenthal--First Place Fibonacci Numbers in Nature, Mathematics and Software Kelsey Pearson--Second Place, Municipal Water Districts of Orange County Award Water, More Water, Still More Water, Environmental Science/Ecology Christine Boutros--Honorable Mention To Pre-rinse or Not to Pre-rinse, Microbiology and Cell Biology Supriya Bhupathy--Honorable Mention Left Brain, Right Brain, Social Sciences EDGEWOOD CAMPUS Alexandra Bollman-First Place OC Engineering Council Award Seeing is Believing: Eye Improvement by Motivation of the Human Mind, Behavioral Sciences Ethan Maahs First Place Bryton Horner--Second Place Society of Automotive Engineers Award, Office of Naval Research Award Fuel Troubles: Testing Aerodynamic Effects of Golf Ball-style Dimples on Vehicles, Fluids/Aerodynamics/Thermodynamics Diego McDonald--Second Place N3419P TAKES OFF, Fluids/Aerodynamics/Thermodynamics Alexandra Mowrey--Second Place Grow with the Flow, Environmental Science/Ecology Sanjna Ghanshani--Second Place Beckman Coulter Award, American Association of Clinical Chemistry Award The Hype around CRP and Statins: Association between heart disease risk factors and elevated C-Reactive Protein (CRP) levels suggests healthy lifestyle choices could avoid dependence on cholesterol-lowering statins, Physiology Jessica Rutten--Second Place The Greenest Clean; An investigation of the effect of micro quantities of eco-friendly cleaning fluids on plants, Botany Nikita Patel-Third Place, Beckman Coulter Award, Society of Women Engineers: Orange County Chapter Award Gone with the Wind: An investigation of wind turbine efficiency, Fluids/Aerodynamics/Thermodynamics Alexis Pace--Third Place Grow Grass Grow: An Investigation of Grass Growth Using Different Types of Water, Botany Sonya Mital--Third Place Got Turmeric: The Magic Spice? Investigating the Anti-bacterial Properties of Turmeric on the Shelf-Life of Milk, Pharmacology Matthew Tatarka-Brown--Honorable Mention Case In Point - A comparative, qualitative analysis of the efficacy of polystyrene, polypropylene and cellulose in the protection of optical CD-R media from degradation under fluorescent lighting, Product Testing Preparatory Academy Jordan Francis— Sweepstakes Orange County Science Education Association Award, Office of Naval Research Award We Can Stop The Fire!, Product Testing Avneesh Sharma--First Place, Sea and Sage Audubon Society Award Do Wetlands Effectively Remove Nitrates from River Water?, Environmental Science/Ecology Allison Cheung--Second Place, OC Engineering Council Award, OC Engineering Council Award Smell Your Way to Good Memory Power, Behavioral Sciences Cody Lo--Second Place, Beckman Coulter Award, Southern California College of Optometry Award Will You Miss The World With Color Contact Lenses?, Physiology Brandon Nguyen--Third Place Sink or Float: Effect of Salinity on Fluid Density and Buoyancy, Fluids/Aerodynamics/Thermodynamics Mark Abad--Honorable Mention Think Fast!, Behavioral Sciences Sonali Nayak--Honorable Mention Bye-Bye Bacteria, Product Testing Nakul Makkad--Honorable Mention Pedal Your Way to Power, Electricity and Electronics |
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