RESEARCH AWARDS 2006-2007
|
CONTEST |
AWARD* |
STUDENT(S) |
PROJECT TITLE |
MENTOR/LAB |
SCHOOL ADVISOR |
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INTEL Science Talent Search |
Semifinalist |
Samantha Fishbein |
When DonÕt Means Do: The Impact
of Antismoking Advertising |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
INTEL International Science and
Engineering Fair |
Finalist |
Jenna Kahn |
When the Third Degree is
Necessary: Do Pediatricians Obtain Enough Information to Detect Patients at Risk for
HCM?0 |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
Siemens Science and Technology Competition |
Regional Semifinalist |
Dhruv Vasishtha |
The Influence of
LevoDopa on the Morphine Receptor and Morphine Production in Neuroblastoma
Cells
|
Mr. Kirk Mantione -- SUNY Old Westbury |
Mr. John Kranz |
|
Robert Wood Johnson Young Epidemiology Scholars Contest |
2nd Place |
Jessica Nussbaum |
The Impact of
Anti-Alcohol Presentations on
TeensÕ Perceptions and
Consumption of Alcohol
|
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
Regional Finalist |
Michael Schneider |
Factors Influencing StudentsÕ Attitudes toward and Intentions to Use Athletic Performance Enhancing Substances |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
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Regional Semifinalists |
Samantha Fishbein |
America Runs on Dunkin': |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
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|
Samantha Goldstein |
Are Schools Undermining Efforts
to Feed Students Well? |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
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Jordan Meltzer |
The Annual
Comprehensive Physical Examination: A Tool to
Detect Disease at an Early Stage |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
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Long Island Science and
Engineering Fair |
1st Place |
Jenna Kahn |
When the Third Degree is
Necessary: Do Pediatricians Obtain Enough Information to Detect Patients at Risk for HCM? |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
2nd Place |
Fangfei Shen |
Cataloguing Significant Galactic Events as Gravitational-Wave Search Candidates |
Dr. Luca Matone - Columbia
University |
Ms. Irena Tsarevsky |
|
|
Best in Category |
Fangfei Shen |
Cataloguing Significant Galactic Events as Gravitational-Wave Search Candidates |
Dr. Luca Matone - Columbia
University |
Ms. Irena Tsarevsky |
|
|
3rd Place |
Lucas Neill |
Do the Clothes Make the Athlete? The Effect of Clothing Type and Color on Perceived Competitiveness and Ability of Basketball Players |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
|
Raymond Kim |
The Effects of Smoking on |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
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Honorable Mention |
Jessica Nussbaum
|
The Impact of
Anti-Alcohol Presentations on
TeensÕ Perceptions and
Consumption of Alcohol
|
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
|
Junior Science and Humanities
Symposium |
1st Place Ð
Psychology |
Erica Berck |
Factors Predicting Adolescent
Sexual Permissiveness |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
1st Place Ð Education
and Psychology |
Michael Shores |
When the A is for Agreement:
Factors Affecting EducatorsÕ Evaluations of Student Essays |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
|
Finalist |
Fangfei Shen |
Cataloguing Significant Galactic Events as
Gravitational-Wave Search Candidates |
Dr. Luca Matone Ð Columbia
University |
Ms. Irena Tsarevsky |
|
|
Otto P. Burgdorf Research
Competiton |
1st Place |
Erica Berck |
Factors Predicting Adolescent
Sexual Permissiveness |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
Highest Honors |
Michael Shores |
When the A is for Agreement:
Factors Affecting EducatorsÕ Evaluations of Student Essays |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
|
Honors |
Samantha Goldstein |
Are Schools Undermining Efforts
to Feed Students Well? |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
|
Long Island Science Congress |
State Qualifier, Highest Honors |
Jenna Kahn |
When the Third Degree is
Necessary: Do Pediatricians Obtain Enough Information to Detect Patients at Risk for HCM? |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
Highest Honors |
Evan Babazadeh |
Differentiation of Putative
Pluripotent Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Neuronal-like Cells |
Dr. Daylon James Ð Weill-Cornell
Medical College |
Mr. John Kranz |
|
|
High Honors |
Brittany Katz |
The Effect of Varying
Concentrations of Eriotinib and Premextred on the Growth of H1650 Cancerous
Cells |
Tianhong Lee - Montifiore
Medical Center |
Ms. Irena Tsarevsky |
|
|
High Honors |
Amy Ramirez |
The Effect of Light on Diluted
Magnetic Semiconductors |
Dr. Alexander Lisyansk |
Ms. Irena Tsarevsky |
|
|
Honors |
Jordana Abraham and Nissa
Ostroff-Moskowitz |
Sex, Science, and Stereotypes Grade and Gender Differences in
Perceptions of Women in the Physical Sciences |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
|
Honors |
Allison Frey |
ConsumersÕ Perceptions of Food
Products |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
|
Honors |
Adam Ilowite |
The Effect
of Stereotype Violation and Gender of Homosexuals on Elicited
Homophobia |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
|
Honors |
Alexis Shaw |
The Relationship between
Computer-Mediated Communication and StudentsÕ Writing and Grammar Skills |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
|
Rohm and Haas Senior Division |
1st Place |
Jessica Nussbaum |
The Impact of
Anti-Alcohol Presentations on
TeensÕ Perceptions and Consumption of
Alcohol
|
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
|
2nd Place |
Michael Shores |
Factors Related to Student
Academic Success |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
|
3rd Place |
Samantha Fishbein |
America Runs on Dunkin': |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
|
Honorable Mention |
Samantha Goldstein |
Are Schools Undermining Efforts to
Feed Students Well? |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
Rohm and Haas Invitational
Material Science Fair Junior Division |
1st Place |
Jenna Kahn |
When the Third Degree is
Necessary: Do Pediatricians Obtain Enough Information to Detect Patients at Risk for HCM? |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
Samantha Lefland |
Is the Cookie Worth the
Calories? The Relationship between Weight and Happiness in High School
Students |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
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|
Jourdan Urbach |
The Effect of Signaling
Molecules on Oligodendrocyte Morphology, Proliferation, and Survival |
Dr. Holly Colognato, Stony Brook
Medical Center |
Ms. Irena Tsarevsky |
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|
Ben Wasserman |
The Impact of Spanish on Social
Attitudes |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
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|
2nd Place |
Jordana Abraham and Nissa
Ostroff-Moskowitz |
Sex, Science, and Stereotypes Grade and Gender Differences in
Perceptions of Women in the Physical Sciences |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
|
Adam Ilowite |
The Effect
of Stereotype Violation and Gender of Homosexuals on Elicited
Homophobia |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
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|
3rd Place |
Evan Babazadeh |
Differentiation of Putative
Pluripotent Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Neuronal-like Cells |
Dr. Daylon James Ð Weill-Cornell
Medical College |
Mr. John Kranz |
|
|
Brittany Katz |
The Effect of Varying
Concentrations of Eriotinib and Premextred on the Growth of H1650 Cancerous
Cells |
Tianhong Lee - Montifiore
Medical Center |
Ms. Irena Tsarevsky |
||
|
Amy Ramirez |
The Effect of Light on Diluted
Magnetic Semiconductors |
Dr. Alexander Lisyansk |
Ms. Irena Tsarevsky |
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|
Alexis Shaw |
The Relationship between
Computer-Mediated Communication and StudentsÕ Writing and Grammar Skills |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
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|
Jon White |
The Relationship between
Pressure and Performance in Baseball Players |
In-house |
Dr. Judith Sedaitis |
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|
Honorable Mention |
Allison Frey |
ConsumersÕ Perceptions of Food
Products |
In-house |
Dr. Allyson Weseley |
|
|
Jake Levy |
What Variables Affect A PlayerÕs
Performance When He Changes Teams? |
In-house |
Dr. Judith Sedaitis |
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|
Jessica Ruben and Ali Somerstein |
The Influence of Visual Images
and Priming Experiments on StudentsÕ Self-Esteem |
In-house |
Dr. Judith Sedaitis |
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|
Nebula Fair |
1st Place |
Jeff Baxt and Jacob Schulman |
Who Cheats on What? |
In-house |
Ms. Andrea Pearlman |
|
Henna Kamdar |
The Effect of Magnetic
Stimulation on the Germination of Carrot Seeds |
In-house |
Dr. Debbie Oleksiak |
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|
2nd Place |
Amanda Bader |
Teen Weight and Health |
In-house |
Dr. Judith Sedaitis |
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|
Chelsea Jurman, Nicole Crystal,
Alyssa Cohen |
Is Time on Your Side? The effects of timed testing on exam
scores |
In-house |
Ms. Andrea Pearlman |
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|
Scott Sherman |
To Chill or Not to Chill: That
is the Question |
In-house |
Ms. Andrea Pearlman |
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|
3rd Place |
Rachel Bass |
Pain Hurts:
Discrimination against the Chronically Ill |
In-house |
Dr. Judith Sedaitis |
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|
Honorable Mention |
Esther Ha and Joonie Jang |
Does Anguish Breed Violence? The Effects of Childhood
Neglect on Adult Behavior |
In-house |
Dr. Judith Sedaitis |
|
|
Trisha Nussbaum |
Girls in Science and Math: The Impact of Role Modeling on
Career Choice |
In-house |
Ms. Andrea Pearlman |
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|
Ariel Pick |
Factors Affecting School Success |
In-house |
Dr. Judith Sedaitis |
*The award list includes only the main awards from each contest; special awards are not included
LONG ISLAND MATH FAIR AWARDS Ð 2006-2007
|
STUDENT |
GRADE |
AWARD |
|
Alexa DÕAmbra |
9 |
Bronze Medal |
|
Lara Elowsky |
9 |
Silver Medal |
|
Nikola Hadzibabic |
9 |
Silver Medal |
|
Samantha Halpern |
9 |
Gold Medal |
|
Brian Jeong |
9 |
Bronze Medal |
|
Sharona Khaneyan |
9 |
Silver Medal |
|
Andrew Kim |
9 |
Silver Medal |
|
Jennifer Kim |
9 |
Silver Medal |
|
Aaron Levine |
9 |
Silver Medal |
|
Lindsay Mandel |
9 |
Silver Medal |
|
Joshua Mayourian |
9 |
Bronze Medal |
|
Zach Reisner |
9 |
Bronze Medal |
|
Max Rubin |
9 |
Gold Medal |
|
Kevin Xu |
9 |
Gold Medal |
|
Samantha Batel |
10 |
Gold Medal |
|
Thomas Pfrang |
10 |
Silver Medal |
|
Justin Shapiro |
10 |
Silver Medal |
|
Jourdan Urbach |
10 |
Gold Medal |
|
Stephanie Wang |
10 |
Gold Medal |
|
Jennifer Batel |
11 |
Gold Medal |
|
Lindsay DerAris |