THE THIRTY-FIRST LONDON DISTRICT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FAIR
G. A. WHEABLE CENTRE FOR ADULT EDUCATION
6-7-8 APRIL 2001
Youth Science Foundation Regional Science Fair Awards
    AECL Research Award
                   JASON DICKSON                                     66
                   MOUNTSFIELD SCHOOL, LONDON
                   TURBINE PROPELLERS - EFFICIENCY BY DESIGN
    Intel Award
            FIRST: JOHN-PAUL LOBOS                                   37
                   CATHOLIC CENTRAL SEP. SCHOOL, LONDON
                   QUALITY CONTROL USING COMPUTER VISION
 
           SECOND: ANDY CHMIEL                                       42
                   BLESSED KATERI SCHOOL, LONDON
                   COMPUTER SPEED

    Aventis CropScience Canada Limited Award
                   MOHAMED EL NAGGAR     RAN RAN                     16
                   ORCHARD PARK SCHOOL, LONDON
                   EMF vs. NATURAL PLANT GROWTH

SciTech Ontario Awards
    Scientific American Subscription Awards
                   BRAD DANIEL                                       35
                   NORTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL, PARKHILL
                   BRAKES...BUILT TO STOP DRIVERS

                   JOSHUA WOOD                                       49
                   A.B. LUCAS SEC. SCHOOL, LONDON
                   OIL SPILLS

                   SANTIAGO ALVAREZ                                  85
                   MOUNTSFIELD SCHOOL, LONDON
                   HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES

                   DREW MIKITIUK                                    129
                   ST. GEORGES SCHOOL, LONDON
                   SUPER TASTER

                   PENCILLA LANG                                    204
                   A.B. LUCAS SEC. SCHOOL, LONDON
                   FIBER OPTIC PRESSURE SENSORS

    2001 Pfizer Canada Minister's Award of Excellence
                   JOHN-PAUL LOBOS                                   37
                   CATHOLIC CENTRAL SEP. SCHOOL, LONDON
                   QUALITY CONTROL USING COMPUTER VISION


LOCAL AWARDS
    Western Fair Awards
                   Kara Barfett                                       7
                   ST. THOMAS AQUINAS SECONDARY SCHOOL, LONDON
                   "Life Stick" Aquatic Biological Filtration System

                   RANJIT SINGARAYER                                 21
                   ST. MARTIN SEP. SCHOOL, LONDON
                   CATTAIL SOLUTION!

                   JULIA DEKAY                                      105
                   BONAVENTURE MEADOWS PUBLIC SCHOOL, LONDON
                   THE PROCESS OF GERMINATION

                   JULIE WARREN                                     117
                   NORTHDALE CENTRAL SCHOOL, DORCHESTER
                   WATER RETENTION PROPERTIES OF SOIL

                   STEFANIE CADDEY  KAYLEE VEROUGSTRAETE            125
                   NORTHDALE CENTRAL SCHOOL, DORCHESTER
                   BREAD MOLDS

                   DANA HAVARIS                                     130
                   NORTHDALE CENTRAL SCHOOL, DORCHESTER
                   DO DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS AFFECT PLANT GROWTH?

    Labatt's Food and Nutrition Award
                   KATIE IRETON                                      22
                   SIR WILFRID LAURIER SEC. SCHOOL, LONDON
                   GLUTAMATE PRODUCTION WITH CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM

                   JAMIE HARRIS                                      41
                   BLESSED KATERI SCHOOL, LONDON
                   FAST FOOD MAY BE YOUR LAST FOOD

                   AMBER HARWOOD                                    122
                   A.B. LUCAS SEC. SCHOOL, LONDON
               BYE, BYE VITAMIN C - THE EFFECT OF HEAT ON THE LOSS OF VITAMIN C
 
    Lawson Research Institute Award
                   Christina Castellani                               2
                   JOHN PAUL II SEP. SCHOOL, LONDON
                   STILL BREATHING

                   SARAH McCANN                                      36
                   NORTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL, PARKHILL
                   SONOLUMINESCENCE: LIGHT FROM SOUND

                   AMANDA MANSHIP                                    96
                   BONAVENTURE MEADOWS PUBLIC SCHOOL, LONDON
                   SEEING IS BELIEVING
 
    Peoples Choice Awards
         FIRST PRIZE:


        SECOND PRIZE:



SCIENCE FAIR DIVISIONAL AWARDS
  SENIOR DIVISION (Grades 11 and 12)
    Combined Life Science
      FIRST PRIZE: Janet Wan                                        201
                   A.B. LUCAS SEC. SCHOOL, LONDON
                   Bacterial Interference: A New Approach to Fighting Bacterial Infection
 
     SECOND PRIZE: Murray Cutler                                      3
                   LONDON CENTRAL SEC. SCHOOL, LONDON                     
                   The Effect of Resveratrol on Drug Metabolism                               

                   KATIE IRETON                                      22
                   SIR WILFRID LAURIER SEC. SCHOOL, LONDON                
                   GLUTAMATE PRODUCTION WITH CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM                       

      THIRD PRIZE: Kara Barfett                                       7
                   ST. THOMAS AQUINAS SECONDARY SCHOOL, LONDON            
                   "Life Stick" Aquatic Biological Filtration System                          
 
      HONORABLE MENTIONS:
                   ROMAN PEVCEVICIUS  NATALIA SAWCHUK                29

    Combined Physical Science
      FIRST PRIZE: ADRIAN ROELANDS                                   28
                   NORTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL, PARKHILL         
                   SKATEBOARD SCIENCE                                                         
 
                   BRAD DANIEL                                       35
                   NORTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL, PARKHILL         
                   BRAKES...BUILT TO STOP DRIVERS                                             

     SECOND PRIZE: NOT AWARDED
 
      THIRD PRIZE: BETHANY ELLIOTT                                   27
                   NORTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL, PARKHILL         
                   HOLOGRAPHY                                                                 

                   SARAH McCANN                                      36
                   NORTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL, PARKHILL         
                   SONOLUMINESCENCE: LIGHT FROM SOUND                                         
 
    Combined Technological
      FIRST PRIZE: JOHN-PAUL LOBOS                                   37
                   CATHOLIC CENTRAL SEP. SCHOOL, LONDON                   
                   QUALITY CONTROL USING COMPUTER VISION                                      
 
     SECOND PRIZE: NOT AWARDED

      THIRD PRIZE: JEFF WATSON  RICK HODGINS                         26
                   NORTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL, PARKHILL         
                   ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPULSION OF SPACE SHUTTLES                               

     HONORABLE MENTIONS:
                   MARCO PEETERS                                     34


  INTERMEDIATE DIVISION (Grades 9 and 10)
    Individual Life Science
      FIRST PRIZE: Ram Naidu                                          1
                   CENTRAL ELGIN COLLEGIATE SEC. SCHOOL, ST. THOMAS       
                   Antibacterial Activity of Plant Extracts                                   
 
     SECOND PRIZE: NOT AWARDED

      THIRD PRIZE: AMBER HARWOOD                                    122
                   A.B. LUCAS SEC. SCHOOL, LONDON                         
                 BYE, BYE VITAMIN C - THE EFFECT OF HEAT ON THE LOSS OF VITAMIN C

    HONORABLE MENTIONS:
                   ASHLEY MORLEY                                     51
                   NEEL MALHOTRA                                     55

    Individual Physical Science
      FIRST PRIZE: Jamieson Roberts                                   6
                   SIR FREDERICK BANTING SEC. SCHOOL, LONDON              
                   The Counterweight Trebuchet & The Forces That Act Upon its Projectiles
 
     SECOND PRIZE: Christina Castellani                               2
                   JOHN PAUL II SEP. SCHOOL, LONDON                       
                   STILL BREATHING                                                            
 
      THIRD PRIZE: Voula Zervakos                                     5
                   WELDON PARK ACADEMY, LONDON                            
                   Getting Rusty?                                                             

                   UTSAV PARDASANI                                   50
                   A.B. LUCAS SEC. SCHOOL, LONDON                         
                   INFLUENCE OF MATERIAL PROXIMITY ON ANTENNAS                                
 
    Individual Technological
      FIRST PRIZE: PENCILLA LANG                                    204
                   A.B. LUCAS SEC. SCHOOL, LONDON                         
                   FIBER OPTIC PRESSURE SENSORS                                               
 
     SECOND PRIZE: RANJIT SINGARAYER                                 21
                   MOTHER TERESA SCHOOL, LONDON
                   CATTAIL SOLUTION!                                                          

                   JOSHUA WOOD                                       49
                   A.B. LUCAS SEC. SCHOOL, LONDON                         
                   OIL SPILLS                                                                 
 
      THIRD PRIZE: JOANNA SIDHU                                      76
                   WELDON PARK ACADEMY, LONDON                            
                   OIL SPILL! HELP IS HERE                                                    
 
    Group Life Science
      FIRST PRIZE: LAUREN BLUMAS  HEATHER GUNN                       68
                   A.B. LUCAS SEC. SCHOOL, LONDON                         
                   BODY IMAGE AND EATING DISORDERS IN GRADE NINE LUCAS GIRLS                  

    Group Physical Science

                   NONE AWARDED

    Group Technological
 
                   NONE AWARDED


  JUNIOR DIVISION
    Individual Life Science:
      FIRST PRIZE: AMANDA MANSHIP                                    96
                   BONAVENTURE MEADOWS PUBLIC SCHOOL, LONDON              
                   SEEING IS BELIEVING                                                        
 
                   RAJESH BHAYANA                                   133
                   WELDON PARK ACADEMY, LONDON                            
                   THE EFFECT OF ROAD SALTS ON PEA PLANTS                                     
 
     SECOND PRIZE: RISHI PATPATIA                                    57
                   WELDON PARK ACADEMY, LONDON                            
                   WHICH JUICE HAS THE MOST VITAMIN C?                                        
 
                   TEJA VORUGANTI                                    62
                   MATTHEWS HALL, LONDON                                  
                   THE EFFECT OF ROAD SALT ON PLANTS                                          

                   SANTIAGO ALVAREZ                                  85
                   MOUNTSFIELD SCHOOL, LONDON                             
                   HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES                                                       
 
      THIRD PRIZE: BETH CARRUTHERS                                   12
                   CARADOC SOUTH SCHOOL, MELBOURNE                        
                   HEART SMART                                                                

                   REBECCA MADER                                     65
                   MOUNTSFIELD SCHOOL, LONDON                             
                   PUMP UP THE VOLUME                                                         

                   JULIE WARREN                                     117
                   NORTHDALE CENTRAL SCHOOL, DORCHESTER                   
                   WATER RETENTION PROPERTIES OF SOIL                                         

                   NICK HEYNINCK                                    120
                   ST. GEORGES SCHOOL, LONDON                             
                   DOES AGE AND GENDER AFFECT THE SEEING OF THE MAGIC EYE?                    

                   DREW MIKITIUK                                    129
                   ST. GEORGES SCHOOL, LONDON                             
                   SUPER TASTER                                                               

      HONORABLE MENTIONS:
                   KRYSTLE BUTSON                                    19
                   ADAM UNDERHILL                                    24
                   SAMANTHA FOSTER                                   94
                   JULIA DEKAY                                      105
                   ERIN LEPPARD                                     112
                   LEILA NATTAGH                                    113
                   THOMAS BECKETT                                   114
                   JESSIE TOWELL                                    124
                   DANA HAVARIS                                     130

    Individual Physical Science
      FIRST PRIZE: SARANYA NAIDU                                     92
                   WELDON PARK ACADEMY, LONDON                            
                   TO DRINK OR NOT TO DRINK                                                   
 
     SECOND PRIZE: CHRISTOPHER JONES                                 39
                   WELDON PARK ACADEMY, LONDON                            
                   LIFT                                                                       
 
                   JOSH SMITH                                       106
                   BONAVENTURE MEADOWS PUBLIC SCHOOL, LONDON              
                   WHAT IS WAVE EROSION REALLY?                                               

                   PAUL HAMMOND                                     128
                   ST. GEORGES SCHOOL, LONDON                             
                   A COMPARISON OF ICE MELTING PRODUCTS                                       
 
     THIRD PRIZE:  CHRISTIAN HEGELE                                  63
                   MATTHEWS HALL, LONDON                                  
                   THE COOLING OF WATER AND INSULATION                                        

                   ALEX CORBITT                                     104
                   BONAVENTURE MEADOWS PUBLIC SCHOOL, LONDON              
                   HOW FAR WILL THEY GO?                                                      

       HONORABLE MENTIONS:
                   ASHLEE HOWARTH                                    23
                   ANDREW BRENNAN                                    43
                   NICOLA CIRCELLI                                   46
                   KYLE HARRIS                                       56
                   ROBYN HICOCK                                      73
                   GEORGE CROUCH                                     74
                   NEAL GRADY                                        81
                   TARA CLANCY                                       90
                   MARC HERSCOVITCH                                 111

    Individual Product Evaluation
      FIRST PRIZE: STACY CHAMBERS                                   109
                   ST. GEORGES SCHOOL, LONDON                             
                   ICE MELT PRODUCTS                                                          

     SECOND PRIZE: BRITTANEE CORNETT                                 97
                   BONAVENTURE MEADOWS PUBLIC SCHOOL, LONDON              
                   CONDITIONER CLEANING                                                       
 
                   SAIRA OBRAI                                      126
                   ST. GEORGES SCHOOL, LONDON                             
                   POPCORN                                                                    

                   KATLYNN PETTIT                                   132
                   NORTHDALE CENTRAL SCHOOL, DORCHESTER                   
                   WHICH PAPER TOWEL HOLDS THE MOST?                                          
 
      THIRD PRIZE: DAVID LUNDBERG                                    17
                   ORCHARD PARK SCHOOL, LONDON                            
                   CASTING A LINE                                                             
 
                   ANNE JOLLIFFE                                    121
                   ST. GEORGES SCHOOL, LONDON                             
                   STUBBORN STAINS                                                            

       HONORABLE MENTIONS:
                   JAMIE HARRIS                                      41
                   STEPHANIE MO                                      64
                   LEAH MOL                                         100
                   EVERETT OKANSKI                                  118
 
    Individual Technological
      FIRST PRIZE: MIRA PAVAN                                        45
                   MATTHEWS HALL, LONDON                                  
                   DESIGNER HULLS                                                             
 
                   WARREN AMOROSO                                    52
                   HILLCREST SCHOOL, LONDON                               
              SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL (A STUDY OF EARTHQUAKE PROOFING OF BUILDINGS)
 
     SECOND PRIZE: JASON DICKSON                                     66
                   MOUNTSFIELD SCHOOL, LONDON                             
                   TURBINE PROPELLERS - EFFICIENCY BY DESIGN                                  

                   AARON LAMERS                                      82
                   MATTHEWS HALL, LONDON                                  

                   ALEX GRAHAM                                      110
                   ST. GEORGES SCHOOL, LONDON                             
                   ENERGY EFFICIENT HOME                                                      
 
      THIRD PRIZE: ANDREW POLESKA                                     9
                   WESTFIELD SCHOOL, INGERSOLL                            
                   BRIDGE TYPES - WHO'S THE STRONGEST                                         
 
                   AIDIN KASHIGAR                                    32
                   ORCHARD PARK SCHOOL, LONDON                            
                   PENDULUM                                                                   
 
    HONORABLE MENTIONS:
                   TOMAS GVERZDYS                                    59
                   AUSTEN BERLET                                    205

    Group Junior Life Science
      FIRST PRIZE: MICHELLE HOGENDOORN  LINDSAY MURPHY               47
                   MOUNTSFIELD SCHOOL, LONDON                             
                   CAN DIFFERENT SCENTS AFFECT YOUR MOOD?                                     
 
     SECOND PRIZE: MONICA CIRIELLO  MARY CHO                         58
                   BLESSED KATERI SCHOOL, LONDON                          
                   GIRLS SMELL BETTER THAN BOYS                                               
 
      THIRD PRIZE: JODY HODGINS  ZAC HODGINS                         14
                   CARADOC SOUTH SCHOOL, MELBOURNE                        
                   WHAT PLANT ARE YOU ROOTING FOR?                                            
 
                   NICK MAHON  ANDREW VERSOLATTO                    115
                   NORTHDALE CENTRAL SCHOOL, DORCHESTER                   
                   MIND GAMES                                                                 
 
    HONORABLE MENTIONS:
                   MOHAMED EL NAGGAR  RAN RAN                        16
                   MICHI GEDYE  XINYU TAN                            33
                   COREY GRAY  ALLEN GARDINER                        53
                   JESSIE BIALEK  LEANNA WALSH                       95

    Group Physical Science
      FIRST PRIZE: BRITTANY GRANT  ALEXANDRA LACEY                   40
                   WELDON PARK ACADEMY, LONDON                            
                   ECO-CONCRETE                                                               
 
     SECOND PRIZE: PETER KYRIAKAKIS  KENT TOMKINS-MORGAN             86
                   MOUNTSFIELD SCHOOL, LONDON                             
                   SUBSTANCES                                                                 

      THIRD PRIZE: NOT AWARDED
 
    HONORABLE MENTIONS:
                   PAT REILLY  MINMIN LUO                            31
                   JAMIE PSZENICZNY  BRENDAN SCHLEEN                 79

    Group Product Evaluation
      FIRST PRIZE: COURTNEY RICHARDSON  KAYLA TRUSWELL               15
                   ORCHARD PARK SCHOOL, LONDON                            
                   WHITENING TOOTHPASTE COMPARISON                                            
 
                   MARIANA KIM  MANDY GRENIER                        80
                   BLESSED KATERI SCHOOL, LONDON                          
                   TO BURN OR NOT TO BURN                                                     
 
     SECOND PRIZE: BRYAN SHMUIR  PETER ANCKAERT                     123
                   NORTHDALE CENTRAL SCHOOL, DORCHESTER                   
                   ANTIBACTERIAL CLEANING TESTS                                               
 
      THIRD PRIZE: DANIEL TANSY  KORAB SHABANI                      103
                   BONAVENTURE MEADOWS PUBLIC SCHOOL, LONDON              
                   WHICH DIAPER CAN TAKE THE MOST PUNISHMENT?                                 
 
    HONORABLE MENTIONS:
                   HEATHER VANKA  BRITTANY DEPUES                    10
                   PAULA SHAW  MARY HASAN                            20
                   ALEMA SOGOLJ  AMANDA STERLING                     48
                   JOHN NELLIGAN  PHILLIP WILLIAMSON                 87
 
    Group Technological
      FIRST PRIZE: ANDREW VINCENT  RICHARD DREW                      71
                   HILLCREST SCHOOL, LONDON                               
                   THE MARVIN PROGRAM (MARS VEHICULAR INOVATION)                              
 
     SECOND PRIZE: RAHUL SHARMA  KANGCHENG LI                        25
                   ORCHARD PARK SCHOOL, LONDON                            
                   MAGNETIC LEVITATION                                                        
 
      THIRD PRIZE: BRAD PATRIQUIN  LUKAS WRIGHT                      67
                   MOUNTSFIELD SCHOOL, LONDON                             
                   STRENGTHS OF MATERIALS AND SHAPES                                          

                   KIRA COSTELLO-TOFT  MALLORY DELUCE                83
                   MATTHEWS HALL, LONDON                                  
                   HOVERCRAFT                                                                 
 
    HONORABLE MENTIONS:
                   RYAN LEMON  ANTHONY DOLCETTI                       8
                   SETH LIGHTFOOT  ANDREW SOMERS                    116
                   ERIN OLIVER  CURTIS OLIVER                       203

SCIENCE FAIR GRAND AWARDS
  University of Western Ontario Summer Jobs





  Trips to the Canada Wide Science Fair
              Ram Naidu                                               1
              CENTRAL ELGIN COLLEGIATE SEC. SCHOOL, ST. THOMAS
              Antibacterial Activity of Plant Extracts

              JOHN-PAUL LOBOS                                        37
              CATHOLIC CENTRAL SEP. SCHOOL, LONDON
              QUALITY CONTROL USING COMPUTER VISION

              RAJESH BHAYANA                                        133
              WELDON PARK ACADEMY, LONDON
              THE EFFECT OF ROAD SALTS ON PEA PLANTS

              Janet Wan                                             201
              A.B. LUCAS SEC. SCHOOL, LONDON
          Bacterial Interference: A New Approach to Fighting Bacterial Infection

              PENCILLA LANG                                         204
              A.B. LUCAS SEC. SCHOOL, LONDON
              FIBER OPTIC PRESSURE SENSORS


  Secondary School Having the Best Senior Exhibit in the Fair

              CATHOLIC CENTRAL SEP. SCHOOL, LONDON

  Secondary School Making the Best Overall Contribution to the Fair
       in the Intermediate Division

              A.B. LUCAS SEC. SCHOOL, LONDON

  Elementary School Making the Best Overall Contribution to the Fair

              WELDON PARK ACADEMY, LONDON