2009 Project Competition Winners
Grades 4–6
First Place
Teja Nikhil Peddada
Cleaning Oil Spills
Washington GT Magnet Elementary School, Raleigh, North Carolina
Second Place
Nisanth Jayram
California’s Rolling Stop: Fact or Fiction? A Statistical Study
Sravani Academy, Morgan Hill, California
Grades 7–9
Second Place
Christoffer Crowley
For Better or for Worse … The Pythagorean Win Theorem
Homeschool, Bernville, Pennsylvania
Grades 10–12
First Place (tie)
Samuel L. Carson
Examining the Accuracy of the Windows XP Installation Time Prediction and How to Improve It
Scripps Ranch High School, San Diego, California
Matthew Adelman, Daniel Hemmendinger, and Brian Stellingwerf
The Wikipedia Game Experiment
West Morris Mendham High School, Mendham, New Jersey
Second Place
Laura K. Neiditch
The Association Among Etiquette and Gender
Oakton High School, Vienna, Virginia
Third Place
Olivia Lewis
Is It Double the Stuff?
Salem Academy, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
2009 Project Competition Judges
Megan E. Mocko of the University of Florida directed the competition with the following judges:
Gulhan Algargu, California State University Fullerton
Patricia Bahnsen, Baylor University
Laura Bauer, Villa Maria Academy, Malvern, Pennsylvania
Timothy Bergquist, Northwest Christian University
Floyd Bullard, North Carolina School of Science and Math, Durham
Subha Chakraborti, University of Alabama
Rameela Chandrasekhar, University at Buffalo
Meghan Cherry, Saginaw Valley State University
Julie Clark, Hollins University
Laura Conroy, West Ashley High School, Charleston, South Carolina
Valerie Durkalski, Medical University of South Carolina
Brian Gray, U.S. Geological Survey
Katherine Harris, Patrick Henry High School, Ashland, Virginia
Mary Harrison, Salem High School, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Carl Henriksen, Eastside High School, Gainesville, Florida
Elena Kaczorowski, Fox Lane High School, Bedford, New York
Vatsala Karwe, Novo Nordisk
Brianna Killian, Daytona State College
Elizabeth Koehler, Vanderbilt University
Lee Kucerra, Capistrano Valley High School, Laguna Beach, California
Christopher J. Malone, Winona State University
Eric Nelson, Thurston High School, Redford, Michigan
Herbert Pang, Duke University
Michael Posner, Villanova University
Ann Ramage, Hanover High School, Mechanicsville, Virginia
John Rinehart, Self Employed
Matthew Rusek, Kankakee High School, Kankakee, Illinois
Michael Rutter, Penn State
Lisa Schell, Solanco High School, Quarryville, Pennsylvania
Marla Smith, Environmental Protection Agency
Kristen Springfield, Markham Woods Middle School, Seminole County, Florida
LeAnna Stork, Monsanto Company
Reiken Venema, University of Alaska
Nancy Wells, Milford Mill Academy, Baltimore, Maryland
Carol Wetherington, Durant High School, Plant City, Florida
Linda Wohlever, Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio
Agnes Wong, Sanford Middle School, Sanford, Florida
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