Canada-Wide Science Fair

The following projects were selected to attend the Canada Wide Science Fair in Peterborough, Ontario.

A Helping Hand
Noah Bayless and Sam Harrison - Point Grey
Emergency Preparedness hat
Bennett Stothers - St George's School
Packing Pyramids
Duncan Stothers - St George's School
Who's Green... You, Me or Nobody?
Anna Dunn - Urban Academy
A Statistical Approach to the Applications of Fractal Geometry
Steven Zheng - R C Palmer Secondary
The Anti-Tumor Triad
Linda Wei - Sir Winston Churchill School
Power Generated from a Wind Turbine
Darrick Lee and Owen Lu - Richmond Secondary
Tylenol and Echinacea Don't Rhyme!
Arooj Hayat - Britannia Secondary School
Something Fishy
Patricia Poon and Sean MacDougall - Britannia (Secondary)
Sweet Poison:An evaluation of aspartame peptide bond stability and novel analogues for PKU patients
Jennifer Campbell - David Thompson
Investigation into the Effects of Phytochemicals from Dandelion Plants on Melanoma Cells
Danielle Xu and Michael Shao - Sir Winston Churchill
Man-Made Muscle
Nicholas Mani-Flower and Matthew McRoberts - Sentinel Secondary

Gold Medal Winners - Junior

Earth and Environmental Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Engineering and Computing Sciences
A Helping Hand
Noah Bayless and Sam Harrison - Point Grey
Packing Pyramids
Duncan Stothers - St George's School

Health Sciences
Emergency Preparedness hat
Bennett Stothers - St George's School
Do Microwaves Kill Vitamin C?
Jasmyne Kassam - York House School

Life Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Achieving Greater Efficiency in Harnessing Heat by Exploring Properties of Good Insulators
Emmanuel Sales - David Livingstone

Gold Medal Winners - Intermediate

Earth and Environmental Sciences
Who's Green... You, Me or Nobody?
Anna Dunn - Urban Academy
Something Fishy
Patricia Poon and Sean MacDougall - Britannia Secondary School

Engineering and Computing Sciences
A Greener World One Scoop of Mud at a Time!
Valeriya Zaborska and Natasha Sharma - Moscrop Secondary

Health Sciences
The Antimicrobial Effects and Antioxidant Levels of Lemongrass
Yichen Zhang - A.R. MacNeill Secondary

Life Sciences
The Effect of Colicin Activity on Escherichia Coli K-12 and Critical Endotoxic Membrane
Jasmine Zijin Cheng - Sir Winston Churchill

Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Winging It
Tyler Young and Derek Tam - Eric Hamber
A Statistical Approach to the Applications of Fractal Geometry
Steven Zheng - R C Palmer Secondary

Gold Medal Winners - Senior

Earth and Environmental Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Engineering and Computing Sciences
Man-Made Muscle
Matthew McRoberts and Nicholas Mani-Flower - Sentinel Secondary

Health Sciences
Do NMDA receptors affect early brain development?
Claire Edgcumbe - Kitsilano Secondary School
Tylenol and Echinacea Don't Rhyme!
Arooj Hayat - Britannia Secondary School
Effect of transplanting fat from two different embryological origins on type II diabetes in lipodystrophic mice
Andy Hung-Yi Lee - St George's School
Sweet Poison:An evaluation of aspartame peptide bond stability and novel analogues for PKU patients
Jennifer Campbell - David Thompson
Investigation into the Effects of Phytochemicals from Dandelion Plants on Melanoma Cells
Danielle Xu and Michael Shao - Sir Winston Churchill

Life Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Constructing Inverse Limits With Upper Semi-continuous Functions
Jonathan Zhou - Pinetree Secondary School
Power Generated from a Wind Turbine
Darrick Lee and Owen Lu - Richmond Secondary

Silver Medal Winners - Junior

Earth and Environmental Sciences
Tomorrows Weather?
Lewis Janzen - St John's School
To Catch a Bug-The Beatles greatest legacy
Anna Yamaoka - Collingwood School
Yucky Energizers: Garbage = Fuel?!
Shifa Hayat - Britannia (Elementary)

Engineering and Computing Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Health Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Life Sciences
Can everyday lights mutate DNA?
Giulio Rossi and Chris Aloise - Queen Mary
Give Me Proof It's Waterproof
Phoebe Johannesen - West Point Grey Academy
How does your personal diet effect the enviroment
Ridge Frank-White and Rowan Burns-Kirkness - Magnussen School
THE TASTE OF COLOUR. How Does What We See Affect What We Taste?
Donat Daoutov - Kitsilano

Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Ship Shape Ship Design
Nathan Ng and Owen Iyer-Grant - Queen Mary

Silver Medal Winners - Intermediate

Earth and Environmental Sciences
A Survey on the Acute Aquatic Toxicity of Three Common Household Medicines:Human and Environmental Risk Assessment
Tophy David and Matthew Hall-Stevenson - Vancouver Technical Secondary
Does Water Temperature Affect Plant Growth?
Emily Tu and McKenzie Frost - King George Secondary

Engineering and Computing Sciences
The Green Pipe: Saving the World, One Pipe at a Time
Celine Au and Christy Choi - J N Burnett Secondary

Health Sciences
Do Herbal Remedies Work?
Carol Dou - Sir Winston Churchill Secondary
No Fear, Acetic Acid is Here
Zi Wei Li - Sir Winston Churchill Secondary

Life Sciences
The Effect of Different Speeds of Music on Memory
Emma Rahemtulla - Mulgrave School
Blind Prejudice
Matan Halevy - A.R. MacNeill Secondary
RedBull - It's Worth It
Carson Shi and John Wei - Burnaby North Secondary

Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Fire Fight - Fire Extinguisher Efficiency
Dylan Chow - Vancouver Technical

Silver Medal Winners - Senior

Earth and Environmental Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Engineering and Computing Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Health Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Life Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Effects of Localized Gravity on the Evolution of the Universe
Mathias Hudoba de Badyn - Windsor Secondary School

Bronze Medal Winners - Junior

Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Cost of Freeways
Mina Elza - Prince of Wales Secondary School
Rubber Tails in the Fluids
Daniel Kim - Ideal Mini School

Engineering and Computing Sciences
Micromeld
Jasper Chapman-Black and Kevin Leung - Queen Mary
Unbeatable Artificial Intelligence?
Sever Topan - Burnaby South Secondary

Health Sciences
Tea-zing Out Caffeine
Claire Honda - Prince of Wales Secondary School

Life Sciences
Parler sur le téléphone en conduissant
Lara Wood and Sophie Warren - Vancouver Technical Secondary School

Physical and Mathematical Sciences
What's Up With Wings?
Timothy Branch - Burnaby North Secondary School
Paper Airplanes: How to Achieve the Longest Flight Distance
David Ma and Trevor Jones - Burnaby South Secondary School
Accumulation of Rust on Nails in differenty Substances
Stefan Grahovac - Britannia (Elementary)
The Effects of Impurities on Water- A Method of Analysis of Water Content by Lauren E. Johnston
Lauren Johnston - Collingwood School

Bronze Medal Winners - Intermediate

Earth and Environmental Sciences
Noise Pollution; Green Solution
Sheida Naderi-Azad - Prince of Wales

Engineering and Computing Sciences
Crystal Clear Radio
Victoria Chung and Jennifer Lee - Eric Hamber

Health Sciences
As Smooth as a Baby's Bottom
Namhee Kim - Burnaby North Secondary
Spices VS Food Poisoning: The Effect of HCl Treatment on the Antibacterial Properties of Spices
Peter Gao - West Vancouver Secondary
Green Tea against Huntington's Disease
Xiang Xie - Sir Winston Churchill

Life Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Physical and Mathematical Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Bronze Medal Winners - Senior

Earth and Environmental Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Engineering and Computing Sciences
Protein Network for Immune Response and Carcinogenic Process of Human Cells Infected by H. pylori
Suji Kang - Sir Winston Churchill

Health Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Life Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Physical and Mathematical Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Honourable Mentions - Junior

Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biomass to Gas
Nicholas Maryn - St John's School
Can They Hear Us?
Maya Schofield and Nancy Wang - Ideal Mini School
Water Purification
Xandrina Fitz - St Thomas Aquinas
Cultivation of Lima Beans
Tracy Tam and Lillian Fu - Killarney

Engineering and Computing Sciences
Trebuchet
Josh Siewert and Toby Mithell - John Oliver Secondary School
Earthquakes: Testing How Buildings Withstand the Disaster
Hannah Ker and Tara Bishop - Point Grey Secondary School

Health Sciences
Plant Insulin
Duva Karunakaran - Queen Mary
Elastiques Fantastiques
Gabrielle Christie and Celine Hayek - Ecole secondaire Jules-Verne
Vitamin E
Brenda Lim - David Livingstone
Can playing video games affect your reaction time?
Tim Bolotov - Vancouver Technical

Life Sciences
Which Beverages Do Mung Beans Prefer?
Alison Tam and Amy Wang - Burnaby South Secondary
Our Friends of the Sea
Katrina McCallum - St John's School
L'adaptions de l'oeil a la lumière
Cosette Mangas and Kira Radosevic - Vancouver Technical
How Does the Manipulations of the Words Influence the Stroop Effect?
Rachel Ho - Alpha Secondary

Physical and Mathematical Sciences
"Ice the Puck"
Patrick Neal - St Thomas Aquinas
Great Golf ball Delima
Kamyar Yamini - West Point Grey Academy
The Most Capable Candle
Katrina Koehn - Burnaby North Secondary

Honourable Mentions - Intermediate

Earth and Environmental Sciences
3 Shades of Red
Darcy Noon and Emma Renaerts - Windermere Secondary
Sunny Peas
Matthew Chu and Derek Kwan - David Thompson

Engineering and Computing Sciences
Is Anybody Listening?
Trevor Quon and Janz Arqueza - Moscrop Secondary
Heat Regain from Down the Drain
Alisha Fredriksson - Prince of Wales

Health Sciences
Do chili peppers block and kill fat-forming cells and help prevent obesity?
Isabella Aversa - York House School
Improving Mobility for the Visually Impaired
Justin Yung and Jason Mittertreiner - Eric Hamber

Life Sciences
Losing Sight: Other Senses Heighten
Jessica Pan - Sir Winston Churchill

Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Volleyball Bounce
James Champion - Vancouver Technical
Burn Baby Burn
Sarah Look and Michelle Lin - Burnaby North Secondary

Honourable Mentions - Senior

Earth and Environmental Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Engineering and Computing Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Health Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Life Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Physical and Mathematical Sciences
**no winners in this category**

Special Awards

The Al Appleton Worksafe Award
Emergency Preparedness hat
Bennett Stothers - St George's School

AIHA Award (American Industrial Hygiene Association)
Multitasking-friend or foe?
Samuel Holm - Bowen Island Community School

Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC - Junior Level
Toilettes Hydro-Energétiques
Chloé Van de Panne and Loïc Caloren - Ecole secondaire Jules-Verne

Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC - Intermediate Level
Nice Cream
Katharine So - Sir Winston Churchill

Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC - Senior Level
Investigating Simulative Designs to Increase the Efficiency of Microfluidic Chips
Hin Ni (Teresa) Law and Laurence Leung - David Thompson

BC Agriculture in the Classroom Award
To Catch a Bug-The Beatles greatest legacy
Anna Yamaoka - Collingwood School

BC Greenhouse Grower's Association Award
How does your personal diet effect the enviroment
Ridge Frank-White and Rowan Burns-Kirkness - Magnussen School

BC Hydro PowerSmart Award
Achieving Greater Efficiency in Harnessing Heat by Exploring Properties of Good Insulators
Emmanuel Sales - David Livingstone

BC Nature Award
Our Friends of the Sea
Katrina McCallum - St John's School

BCIC (British Columbia Innovation Council) Award - Student
Improving Mobility for the Visually Impaired
Justin Yung and Jason Mittertreiner - Eric Hamber
BCIC (British Columbia Innovation Council) Award - Teacher
Brenda Dowle - Eric Hamber

BCIC Young Innovator Award
Micromeld
Jasper Chapman-Black and Kevin Leung - Queen Mary

BCIC Young Innovator Scholarship
Man-Made Muscle
Nicholas Mani-Flower and Matthew McRoberts - Sentinel Secondary

BC Science Teachers Association Award
Bones
Olivia Hunter - West Point Grey Academy

Canadian Insitute of Energy (Vancouver Branch) Award - Intermediate Level
The Green Pipe: Saving the World, One Pipe at a Time
Celine Au and Christy Choi - J N Burnett Secondary

Canadian Insitute of Energy (Vancouver Branch) Award - Senior Level
Wind Turbines On Highways - A Viable Power Generation System?
Sungjea Cho - Collingwood School

Chevron Canada Award
The Cost of Freeways
Mina Elza - Prince of Wales

Chief Judge (Walter Olson) Award
Accumulation of Rust on Nails in differenty Substances
Stefan Grahovac - Britannia (Elementary)

David Laugherne Award
Improving Mobility for the Visually Impaired
Justin Yung and Jason Mittertreiner - Eric Hamber

Division for Advancement of Women in Engineering and Geoscience Award - Junior
Direction and Collision
Symphony Huang - Moscrop Secondary

Division for Advancement of Women in Engineering and Geoscience Award - Senior
Man-Made Muscle
Matthew McRoberts and Nicholas Mani-Flower - Sentinel Secondary

Enviro Expo Special Award sponsored by VIA Rail
Heat Regain from Down the Drain
Alisha Fredriksson - Prince of Wales

Genome British Columbia Award
Investigation into the novel proteins SGO_0707 and SGO_1487 in Streptococcus gordonii
Junho Oh - Meadowridge Secondary
Protein Network for Immune Response and Carcinogenic Process of Human Cells Infected by H. pylori
Suji Kang - Sir Winston Churchill

Greater Vancouver Mining Woman Association - Junior Level
Not Awarded

Greater Vancouver Mining Woman Association - Intermediate Level
Not Awarded

Greater Vancouver Mining Woman Association - Senior Level
END OF THE WORLD ?!
Doris Mo - Eric Hamber

Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC and Yukon Award
Plant Insulin
Duva Karunakaran - Queen Mary

James International Award
The Effect of Colicin Activity on Escherichia Coli K-12 and Critical Endotoxic Membrane
Jasmine Zijin Cheng - Sir Winston Churchill

John O'Connor Award
Not Awarded

North Vancouver School Board Award
Effects of Localized Gravity on the Evolution of the Universe
Mathias Hudoba de Badyn - Windsor Secondary

PIMS (Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences) Awards for Applied Mathematics - First Place
Power Generated from a Wind Turbine
Darrick Lee and Owen Lu - Richmond Secondary
Effects of Localized Gravity on the Evolution of the Universe
Mathias Hudoba de Badyn - Windsor Secondary School

PIMS (Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences) Awards for Applied Mathematics - Second Place
Mesuré la vitesse de la lumiere dans les matieres
Bryn Shaffer - Kitsilano Secondary

PIMS (Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences) Awards for Applied Mathematics - Third Place
Hazards of H₂O Electrolysis Battery
Vincent Chen - Point Grey

Science World Award
A Statistical Approach to the Applications of Fractal Geometry
Steven Zheng - R C Palmer Secondary

SCWIST (Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology)
No Fear, Acetic Acid is Here
Zi Wei Li - Sir Winston Churchill Secondary

Simon Fraser University Department of Chemistry Awards
Bottled vs. Tap: the Never-ending Battle
Jessica Jun - Eric Hamber Secondary School
Nitrates, Nitrites
Weige Zhao - Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School
Do Microwaves Kill Vitamin C?
Jasmyne Kassam - York House School
Eco-Feutre
Clara Gatien - Ecole secondaire Jules-Verne
The Most Capable Candle
Katrina Koehn - Burnaby North Secondary School

Structural Engineering Association of BC Young Members Group Award
Earthquakes: Testing How Buildings Withstand the Disaster
Hannah Ker and Tara Bishop - Point Grey Secondary School

Student Choice
The A*MAZE*ing Fishes
Claire Attridge - Mulgrave School

The Michael Crooks Physics Prize
A Helping Hand
Noah Bayless and Sam Harrison - Point Grey

The Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation (TRCR) Award
Wind Turbines On Highways - A Viable Power Generation System?
Sungjea Cho - Collingwood School

UBC Department of Computer Science Award
Spots-O-Meter: Automatic Spots Measurement with Flood-Fill Algorithm
Anne Lim - Burnaby North Secondary School

UBC Engineering Award
Man-Made Muscle
Nicholas Mani-Flower and Matthew McRoberts - Sentinel Secondary

UBC Engineering-Physics Award
What's Up With Wings?
Timothy Branch - Burnaby North Secondary

UBC School of Environmental Health Award
Bye Bye Bacteria
Benae Tutelman and Rebecca Friesen - R C Palmer Secondary School

UBC Science Entrance Award - Health Sciences
Tylenol and Echinacea Don't Rhyme!
Arooj Hayat - Britannia Secondary School

UBC Science Entrance Award - Physics or Chemistry
Power Generated from a Wind Turbine
Darrick Lee and Owen Lu - Richmond Secondary

UBC Science Entrance Award - Mathematical Sciences
Constructing Inverse Limits With Upper Semi-continuous Functions
Jonathan Zhou - Pinetree Secondary School

UBC Statistical Methods Award - Junior
Do Microwaves Kill Vitamin C?
Jasmyne Kassam - York House School

UBC Statistical Methods Award - Intermediate
Blind Prejudice
Matan Halevy - A.R. MacNeill Secondary School

UBC Statistical Methods Award - Senior
Tylenol and Echinacea Don't Rhyme!
Arooj Hayat - Britannia Secondary School

Vancouver School Board Award
The Anti-Tumor Triad
Linda Wei - Sir Winston Churchill School

W.E. Coates Award
Down the Drain
Tian Shu Ji - Sir Winston Churchill