Results for 2012 are in:
Missouri Tri-county Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Savannah Est, 1st place winner in MO Tri-county Fair, 9–12 Honors Division
- Honors Division
- 1st place: Savannah Est, Grade 11, Holt High School, Wentzville, MO, Optimizing a Dye-sensitized Solar Cell
- No other awards given.
- Grades 9–12
- No place awards were given this year.
- Honorable Mention: Ann Chen, Grade 10, Orchard Farm High School, St Charles, MO, Break the Ice
- Grades 5–8
- 1st place: Casey Mareschal, Grade 6, North Middle School, O’Fallon, MO, Go Bananas
- 2nd place: Sam Steinmetz-Crouse, Grade 5, Orchard Farm Elementary, St Charles, MO, Plop Plop Fizz Fizz: The Effect of Temperature on the Rate of a Reaction
- 3rd place: Katie Weber, Grade 5, Peine Ridge Elementary School, Wentzville, MO, A Rainbow in Black
- Grades K–4
- A congratulatory letter and a purple participation ribbon were given to each of the 58 chemistry-related entrants this year.
Illinois Junior Academy of Science Region 12 Science Fair
Cody Hughes snagged top honors in the 9–12 division at the Illinois Jr Academy of Science fair
- Grades 9–12
- 1st place: Cody Hughes, Grade 11, Governor French Academy, O’Fallon, IL, Passive Solar Heating Tubes
- 2nd place: Madi Maharaj, Grade 11, Governor French Academy, O’Fallon, IL, Don’t Forget Your Coat, It’s Raining Stomach Acid
- 3rd place: Hope Cash and Madison Bemis, Grade 9, Alton High School, Alton, IL, The Effect of Temperature on Glow Sticks
- Grades 5–8
- 1st place: Stephen DeMartini, Grade 8, Gillespie Middle School, Gillespie, IL, Temperature Effect on Solar Cell Electrical Output
- 2nd place: Mickinney Zhang, Grade 8, Waterloo Junior High School, Waterloo, IL, Does the Type of Nut Affect the Amount of Calories Inside the Nut?
- 3rd place: Tyler Holt, Grade 5, Albert Cassens Elementary School, Glen Carbon, IL, Making Cents of the Battery
- Honorable Mention:
— Morgan Swanner and Lindsey Hohlt, Grade 6, Lincoln Middle School, Edwardsville, IL, Does Bromelain Prevent Gelatin from Solidifying?
— Hannah Ervie, Grade 7, Saint Libory School, Saint Libory, IL, Which Additives Make the Strongest Gelatin?
Greater St Louis Science Fair
Mrigank Gupta’s project took a 1st in the 9–12 Honors Division at the Greater St Louis Fair
- Honors Division, Grades 9–12
- 1st place: Mrigank Gupta, Grade 12, Parkway West High School, Ballwin, MO, The Effect of Different Types of Separators on Power Produced in a Microbial Fuel Cell with Brewery Wastewater Substrate
- 2nd place: Isha Pathak, Grade 11, Parkway South High School, Manchester, MO, The Effect of Monovalent and Divalent Ions on the Tetrameric Stability of KirBac1.1 Protein
- 3rd place: Jasmine Raskas, Grade 12, Clayton High School, Clayton, MO, Analysis of Gas Phase Diatomic Molecules by Intracavity Laser Spectroscopy
- Grades 9–12
- 1st place: Jerrin Bowen, Grade 11, Pattonville Senior High, Pattonville, MO, Comparing the Accuracy of Half-life of Polonium-210
- 2nd place: Raymond Lay, Grade 11, Parkway South High School, Manchester, MO, Is Organic Really Worth It?
- 3rd place: Cate Allen, Grade 9, Ursuline Academy, Oakland, MO, The Effect of Heat on Vitamin C Content
- Grades 5–8
- 1st place: Jourdyn Tamaray, Grade 6, North Kirkwood Middle School, Kirkwood, MO, Does the type of solution affect a chemical reaction’s formation of a precipitate?
- 2nd place: Alex Panchot, Grade 8, Crossroads College Prep School, St Louis, MO, Vegetable Oil Energy
- 3rd place: Raven Schad, Grade 6, Rockwood Valley Middle School, Glencoe, MO, Base, pH, and Acid…Rain
- Honorable Mentions:
— John Palmer and Jackson Kesting, Grade 6, St John Lutheran School, Ellisville, MO, Water Temperature and Rust
— Zoe Alper, Grade 6, Solomon Schechter Day School, St Louis, MO, Climbing Colors
— Michaela Morhaus, Grade 8, St Bridget of Kildare School, Pacific, MO, Are You Gelling?
- Grades K–4
- A congratulatory letter and a purple participation ribbon were each given to 354 chemistry-related entrants this year.
“Computers and the physics of complex biological systems”
