For years, Central Florida High School students have won awards and  cash prizes in STC Orlando writing competitions. While this program is not currently active, the chapter is proud to recognize the students who won these awards.

Totals

208 awards presented by the Orlando Chapter:
• 137 cash awards for $8,325
• 71 certificates

23 awards presented by STC:
• 12 cash awards for $6,300
• 11 certificates

Comprehensive List of All Award Recipients

2011-2012: Sixteenth Annual Competition

Level Award Essay Title Recipient School / Grade /
Sponsor
Excellence $150 The Effects of Antimatter on the World Jason Keeler Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia &
Ms. Judy Peck
Merit $75 Head Over Heels: The Mechanics of Horse Jumping Cassidy Hall Winter Springs High School
11th Grade
Ms. Michele Ciccarello
Achievement $25 Innate Behavior Katie Davis Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia &
Ms. Judy Peck
Achievement $25 Where is Everybody? Annika Norris Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia
Achievement $25 The Influence of Influenza Jared Russo Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia &
Ms. Judy Peck
Achievement $25 Music and Mathematics: The Unexpected Duo Austin Suarez Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia &
Ms. Judy Peck
Honorable Mention Certificate Sea Microbial Life Marcus Darby Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia &
Ms. Judy Peck
Honorable Mention Certificate The Lip’s Secret Yi-Ting Liu Winter Springs High School
11th Grade
Ms. Michele Ciccarello

 

2010-2011: Fifteenth Annual Competition

Level Award Essay Title Recipient School / Grade /
Sponsor
Excellence $150 Genetic Influence on the Development of Food Allergies Robert Batista Melbourne Central Catholic High
12th Grade
Ms. Rita Herschbach
Merit $75 Hydrogen Cyanide: A Necessary Evil Chandler Blount Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia
Merit $75 Can You Hear Me Now? : The Correlation between Hearing Loss and Marching Band Katharine Cournoyer Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia &
Ms. Judy Peck
Achievement $25 Training of Service Dogs Ninah Diaz Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia &
Ms. Judy Peck
Achievement $25 The Songs of Nature’s Greatest Musicians Deanna Ferrante Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia &
Ms. Judy Peck
Achievement $25 The Proton-Proton Chain: An Energy Solution John Ferrante Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Ms. Judy Peck &
Mrs. Kay Miraglia
Achievement $25 The Mad Genius: Is there a Correlation between Creativity and Mental Illness? Carly Howard Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia &
Ms. Judy Peck
Honorable Mention Certificate Speedo’s LZR: the World’s Fastest Swimsuit Reagan Fricke Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia
Honorable Mention Certificate Test Anxiety: Palms and Upset Stomach Molly Osgood Winter Springs High School
11th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia
Honorable Mention Certificate The Sportsmanship Debate of Soccer Technology Andrew Travis Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia &
Ms. Judy Peck

 

2009-2010: Fourteenth Annual Competition

Level Award Essay Title Recipient School / Grade /
Sponsor
Excellence $150 Choosing a Road Bike – Frame Materials Alexander Bourne Apopka High School
12th Grade
Mr. Ken Bowles
Excellence $150 Antimatter: The Mirror Universe Justin Moser Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Merit $75 What Doesn’t Kill Us… Andrew Gisel Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Merit $75 Zealously Obsessed Brent Minnis Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Achievement $25 VASIMR: The Future of Spaceflight Zachary Bohlmann Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Achievement $25 Squirt, Sniff, Burn Christopher
Duncan-Lewis
Winter Springs High School
11th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia
Achievement $25 Staying on Top of the Mudslide: Examining the Effects of the Internet and Internet Piracy on Media Industries William Emmanuel Jesuit High School
11th Grade
Mr. Eric Ramirez, SJ
Achievement $25 From a Blue Screen to the Silver Screen Kathryn Folse Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Achievement $25 The Silent Dominance of Smell Emily Hunter Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Achievement $25 Spinning vs. Baitcasting: The Reel Facts Pierson Monetti Apopka High School
12th Grade
Mr. Ken Bowles
Honorable Mention Certificate Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Kailee Brooks Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Honorable Mention Certificate How To: Draw Anime Style Guy Gourdet Apopka High School
12th Grade
Mr. Ken Bowles
Honorable Mention Certificate Whirlpools of Light – Black Holes Randall Nielsen Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Honorable Mention Certificate Human Sexual Selection and Attraction Robyn Smith Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner

 

2008-2009: Thirteenth Annual Competition

Level Award Essay Title Recipient School / Grade /
Sponsor
Distinguished $300 Memory: How and Why We Recall Our Experiences Kaley Wilburn1 Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia
Excellence $150 I Can. I Will. i-LIMB Kaitlan Aries Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Excellence $150 The Big Bounce Overtakes the Big Bang Gregory Braciak2 Hagerty High School
11th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Merit $75 Electric Cars: The Shocking Truth Ross Harrington Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia
Merit $75 Where Did All the Colors Go? Kristen Lichtenthal Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Merit $75 Photovoltaics as a Source of Renewable Energy Colin Tardrew Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Achievement $25 Powering America: Nuclear Energy Megan Amend Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Achievement $25 Been There, Done That?! Zachary Loparo Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Ms. Judy Peck &
Mrs. Kay Miraglia
Achievement $25 Stem Cell Research: Medical Ramifications vs. Ethical Risks Yvette Sierra-Vignau Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Ms. Judy Peck &
Mrs. Kay Miraglia
Honorable Mention Certificate Powering the World: The AC Motor Adam Collin Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Honorable Mention Certificate Physics of Football Cliff Deason Apopka
12th Grade
Mr. Ken Bowles
Honorable Mention Certificate Parasomnias: Nightmares, Sleepwalking, and Sleep Terrors Rhea Dorris Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia
Honorable Mention Certificate Troubled Waters Kait Moorman Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Honorable Mention Certificate Accutane: Miracle Drug or Death Trap Amy Rumbaugh Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia &
Ms. Judy Peck

1 Won Distinguished Award in international competition, #1 rated paper, $500 award.
2 Won Excellence Award in international competition, #2 rated paper, $100 award.
2007-2008: Twelfth Annual Competition

Level Award Essay Title Recipient School / Grade /
Sponsor
Excellence $150 Behind the Ink: Innovations in the Printing Process Kalyn Franke Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Kay Miraglia &
Ms. Judy Peck
Excellence $150 How Green is My Alley? Deirdre Manning Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Leni Schmidt &
Dr. Diane Harper
Merit $75 Plant Bioscience Melanie Abou-Jaoude2 Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Ms. Judy Peck
Merit $75 Tetra-Amino Macrocyclic Ligand Activators’ Affect on Pollution Gregory Braciak1 Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Diane Harper &
Dr. Romina Jannotti
Merit $75 The Science Behind the Sound Ansley Schulte Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Ms. Trent Daniel &
Dr. Diane Harper
Achievement $25 Down The Rabbit Hole: The Truth About Black Holes Exposed Christopher Allen Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Ms. Trent Daniel &
Kathryn Churchill
Achievement $25 Modeling the Behavior of a Quantum Well Utilizing the P-N Junction Michael Batista Melbourne Central Catholic H.S.
12th Grade
Ms. Antonyette Giammo
Achievement $25 Ansel Atoms: The Chemistry of Photography Alison Graff Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Diane Harper &
Dr. Romina Jannotti
Achievement $25 The Singing Voice and Posture Tori Hill Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Ms. Trent Daniel &
Dr. Maureen Warner
Achievement $25 The IAU Changes Our Solar System: Pluto Demoted Jonathan Sherman Lake Brantley High School
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention Certificate Bioluminescence: Biology of a Firefly Lauren Crawford Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Diane Harper &
Ms. Kim Dansereau
Honorable Mention Certificate Fascinating Physics of Contact Lenses Savannah Hughes Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Romina Jannotti &
Ms. Deanna Coopersmith
Honorable Mention Certificate Let it Glow Understanding Fluorescent Lamps Sarah Landers Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Diane Harper &
Dr. Romina Jannotti
Honorable Mention Certificate It’s Easy Being Green Joseph Manning Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Diane Harper &
Leni Schmidt
Honorable Mention Certificate How Roller Coasters Work Sean Mendes Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Ms. Trent Daniel &
Dr. Maureen Warner
Honorable Mention Certificate Nuclear Fusion: The Fuel of the Sun and Stars Cassandra Schuchart Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Diane Harper &
Dr. Romina Jannotti
Honorable Mention Certificate From the Ground Up Nadia Shokrani Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Dr. Romina Jannotti
Honorable Mention Certificate Fueling The Athlete Geoffrey Withers Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Ms. Kathryn Churchill &
Ms. Trent Daniel

1 Won Excellence Award in international competition, #2 rated paper, $500 award.
2 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, #4 rated paper, certificate.
2006-2007: Eleventh Annual Competition

Level Award Essay Title Recipient School / Grade /
Sponsor
Excellence $150 Inside Hair: A Closer Look at Color and Shape Adrienne Kuxhausen1 Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Ms. Trent Daniel &
Ms. Deanna Coopersmith
Merit $75 Scratch and Sniff Yesenia Ezell Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Ms. Trent Daniel &
Dr. Maureen Warner
Merit $75 No More Ironing? Jenna Nikles Winter Springs High School
11th Grade
Ms. Jenny Dunn
Merit $75 An Insight into the Future: Research on the Development of Superconductors Maurice Uchegbu2 Apopka High School
12th Grade
Mr. Kenneth Bowles
Achievement $25 Nanomedicine: The Miracle Elixir Andrew Boik Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Ms. Michele Ciccarello
Achievement $25 Biodetectors – What They Are and Why We Need Them Mansfield Burlingame Lake Brantley High School
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Achievement $25 Genetically Engineered Foods: The Opportunity to Enrich Lives or Harm Them? Emily Burris Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Ms. Trent Daniel &
Ms. Kathryn Churchill
Achievement $25 Necessity of Copper Recycling Taylor Chapman Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Romina Jannotti &
Dr. Maureen Warner
Achievement $25 Copper: The Heart of Cardiovascular Health Emily Gottfried Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Dr. Romina Jannotti
Achievement $25 The Effects of Wheelbase and Track on Vehicle Dynamics Shehan Sirigampola Winter Springs High School
12th Grade
Ms. Darlene DePalma &
Mr. Timothy Gallagher
Honorable Mention Certificate Take A Deep Breath… Thomas Calhoon Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Ms. Trent Daniel &
Dr. Maureen Warner
Honorable Mention Certificate Anabolic Androgenic Steroids Taylor Livingston Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Ms. Trent Daniel
Honorable Mention Certificate Silly Putty Rachel Martin Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Honorable Mention Certificate Gardasil: A Vaccine for Cancer? Jessica Swerdlow Lake Brantley High School
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention Certificate DNA An Overview Jessi Wood Hagerty High School
10th Grade
Ms. Trent Daniel &
Dr. Maureen Warner

1 Won Distinguished Award in international competition, #1 rated paper, $1,000 award.
2 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, #4 rated paper, certificate.
2005-2006: Tenth Annual Competition

Level Award Essay Title Recipient School / Grade /
Sponsor
Distinguished $250 Fighting Spam Andrew First1 Winter Springs High School
12th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Excellence $150 Managed Growth in Response to Suburban Sprawl: Merits, Negatives, and Potential Solutions David Thompson Winter Springs High School
11th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Merit $75 The Resistance from Microscopic Rebels: The Invisible Assassins Adrian Chase Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Achievement $25 Embryonic Stem Cells: The Good, The Bad, The Nebulous Nicole de Paz Winter Springs High School
11th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Achievement $25 The Merciless Killer Alexander Horton Lake Brantley High School
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Achievement $25 Nuclear Power Plants Christopher Johnston Lake Brantley High School
12th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Achievement $25 Antidepressants: A Risky Remedy Lauren Kramer Winter Springs High School
11th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Achievement $25 Chess, The Thinkers Sport Theodore Lepak Apopka High School
12th Grade
Mr. Kenneth Bowles
Achievement $25 Sleep Apnea Heather Lindsey Lake Brantley High School
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Achievement $25 Fuel: From the Harvest to the Engine Jenna Nikles Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Achievement $25 Hydrocephalus Suzanne Olvey Lake Brantley High School
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Achievement $25 Blue-Green and Red Hot Alexandra Pedicone Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Achievement $25 Overclocking: Getting More From Your Computer Jordan Sasscer Apopka High School
12th Grade
Mr. Kenneth Bowles
Honorable Mention Certificate Genetically Modified Organisms: A Step Forward For Mankind? Jamie Fromm Lake Brantley High School
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention Certificate Swim Fast! Rebecca Higley Lake Brantley High School
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention Certificate Fuel Cells: Power of the Future David Margolies Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Kay Miraglia
Honorable Mention Certificate VO2 Max: All About the Oxygen Baby! Kevin Martin Apopka High School
12th Grade
Mr. Kenneth Bowles
Honorable Mention Certificate Crohn’s Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment Sonja Shoemaker Lake Brantley High School
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel

1 Won Merit in international competition, #3 rated paper, $300 award.
2004-2005: Ninth Annual Competition

Level Award Essay Title Recipient School / Grade /
Sponsor
Excellence $150 OLEDs: The Displays of the Future Andrew First1 Winter Springs High School
11th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Ms. Jenny Dunn
Excellence $150 Epigenetics: The Hidden Potential Beyond Coding DNA Andrew Lai2 Winter Springs High School
12th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Ms. Michele Ciccarello
Merit $75 Angiogenesis: Cancer’s Lifeline Jeremy Hsu3 Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Merit $75 Parecon: The Economics of Equality Travis Pillow Winter Springs High School
11th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Achievement $25 Marijuana: God’s Gift to Man? Jacqueline Boehme Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Trent Daniel &
Dr. Maureen Warner
Achievement $25 Golden Fields of … Plastic? Nicole de Paz Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Achievement $25 Go Ballistic! With the Rail Gun Justin Lynn Apopka High School
11th Grade
Mr. Kenneth Bowles
Achievement $25 Carbon Nanotubes Dahvyd Wing Apopka High School
12th Grade
Mr. Kenneth Bowles
Honorable Mention Certificate Radio Telescopes: History and Function Christopher Bonk Lake Brantley High School
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention Certificate Stem Cells: The Science of Tomorrow Grant Chernoby Lake Brantley High School
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention Certificate Strike Three! The Physics Behind the Curveball Brennan Dobbins Lake Brantley High School
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention Certificate A Dream Come True: The Wankel Rotary Jason Kwong Winter Springs High School
11th Grade
Mrs. Trent Daniel &
Mrs. Rosemary Roberts
Honorable Mention Certificate Genetically Modified Organisms 101 — Ethics, Technology & Impact on Society Chris Lang Lake Brantley High School
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention Certificate Hydrogen Cars Andy Singh Apopka High School
12th Grade
Mr. Kenneth Bowles
Honorable Mention Certificate Ligers and Tigons and Bears, Oh My! Davis Tiblier Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Trent Daniel &
Dr. Maureen Warner
Honorable Mention Certificate Legal or Not? Music Sharing Should be Legal in the United States Kevin Walsh Crooms Academy of
Information Technology
12th Grade
Ms. Becky Vanderlugt
Honorable Mention Certificate The Human Genome Project Joel Weiss Lake Brantley High School
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel

1 Won Distinguished Award in international competition, #1 rated paper, $1,000 award.
2 Won Merit Award in international competition, #3 rated paper, $300 award.
3 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, #4 rated paper, certificate.
2003-2004: Eighth Annual Competition

Level Award Essay Title Recipient School / Grade /
Sponsor
Excellence $150 CAPTCHA: Read This! Eric First2 Winter Springs High School
11th Grade
Mrs. Trent Daniel &
Dr. Maureen Warner
Excellence $150 Telomerase: The Miracle Elixir for Cancer? Andrew Lai3 Winter Springs High School
11th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Ms. Michele Ciccarello
Merit $75 Artificial Muscles: Revolutionary Motors and Power Generators Andrew First1 Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Merit $75 Humor and Healing: Laughter Really is the Best Medicine Robyn Tapley Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Trent Daniel &
Dr. Maureen Warner
Achievement $25 The Shortest Distance Between Two Points: The Maglev Train Christian Blackwelder Apopka High School
12th Grade
Mr. Kenneth Bowles
Achievement $25 The Theory of Everything: Untangling The String Theory Katherine Cannon Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Trent Daniel &
Dr. Maureen Warner
Achievement $25 Bipolar Disorder in Children Stephanie Everett Lake Brantley High School
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Achievement $25 Nuclear Fusion: How Do They Do It? Jason Kwong Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Trent Daniel &
Dr. Maureen Warner
Achievement $25 Interleukin-2: The Cure to Cancer Jennifer Lai Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Ms. Michele Ciccarello
Achievement $25 Sea Turtles vs. Human Indifference Lauren Pell Deltona High School
12th Grade
Ms. Cynthia Boor
Achievement $25 Weaving the Semantic Web Scott Runda Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Honorable Mention Certificate Arches Can Be More Than Golden Kirstie Dodd Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Honorable Mention Certificate The Diet Craze Michael Dwyer Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Honorable Mention Certificate DNA Forensics Uncovered Michelle Gregory Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Honorable Mention Certificate A Creeping Killer: Cystic Fibrosis Jeremy Hsu Winter Springs High School
9th Grade
Ms. Debby Carli
Honorable Mention Certificate Sparkling Frauds? Jesse Huth Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Honorable Mention Certificate Another Ice Age Caitlin Kirchner Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Trent Daniel &
Dr. Maureen Warner
Honorable Mention Certificate A Little Perspective on the Camera Obscura Kelly Lenahan Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Honorable Mention Certificate Molecular Machinery Travis Pillow Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner
Honorable Mention Certificate The Torn ACL: Striking Fear Into the Hearts of Athletes Everywhere! Mary Kate Reischmann Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Honorable Mention Certificate The Joy of Soy Jonathan Ross Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Honorable Mention Certificate Anorexia – Striving for Starvation Ashton Sanders Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Trent Daniel &
Dr. Maureen Warner
Honorable Mention Certificate Viruses and Worms David Scott Winter Springs High School
10th Grade
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Honorable Mention Certificate Anthrax: An In-Depth Investigation of the Ultimate Bioweapon Deborah Swerdlow Lake Brantley High School
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel

1 Won Excellence Award in international competition, #2 rated paper, $500 award.
2 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, #4 rated paper (tied), certificate.
3 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, #4 rated paper (tied), certificate.
2002-2003: Seventh Annual Competition

Level Award Essay Title Recipient School / Grade /
Sponsor
Excellence $150 Augmented Reality: A Vision of the Future Eric First1 Winter Springs H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Excellence $150 Miscommunication: The Role of Cell Cycle Regulators in the Development of Cancer Andrew E. Lai2 Winter Springs H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner,
Mrs. Trent Daniel &
Mrs. Michelle Ciccarello
Merit $75 The Evolution of Computer Control Alexia Ash3 Winter Springs H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Merit $75 The Science Behind Photography Xiaojing “Bonnie” Li4 Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Achievement $25 Melanoma: A Reference Guide Lauren Brinton Winter Springs H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Achievement $25 Huntington’s Disease: A Fatal Mystery Paulina DelaCruz Winter Springs H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Achievement $25 Malignant Melanoma: Fun in the Sun? Katherine G. Geisler Winter Springs H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Achievement $25 B-2: The Stealth Bomber Adam Jaffe Lake Brantley High School
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Achievement $25 Athletic Injury: A Psychological Approach Erin Ramsey Winter Springs H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Achievement $25 The Design, Function and Operation of Light Emitting Diode Technology Matthew Sobieski Melbourne Central Catholic H.S.
11th Grade
Mrs. Joy Patterson
Honorable Mention Certificate Artillery: A Scientific and Historical Perspective Kevin Christian Lake Brantley High School
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention Certificate How Low Can It Go? When Blood Sugar Becomes a Clinical Condition Meghan Falter Winter Springs H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Honorable Mention Certificate Life After Gasoline: Hydrogen Economy, Fuel Cell Innovations and Internal Combustion Engines Ryan Harvey Winter Springs H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Honorable Mention Certificate Acoustical Physics: A Study of Sound Levels in Movie Theaters Mary Robinson Gateway H.S.
9th Grade
Ms. Michelle Lux
Honorable Mention Certificate Fluoride: Friend or Foe? Amanda Tarkowski Winter Springs H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Honorable Mention Certificate Dying to be Thin: Eating Disorders in Young Female Athletes Jillian Tellez Winter Springs H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Maureen Warner &
Mrs. Trent Daniel
Honorable Mention Certificate Genius in Disguise: The Autistic Savant Alice Yang Lake Mary H.S.
12th Grade
Mr. Mark Schiffer

1 Won Excellence Award in international competition, #2 rated paper, $500 award.
2 Won Merit Award in international competition, #3 rated paper, $300 award.
3 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, #4 rated paper (tied), certificate.
4 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, #4 rated paper (tied), certificate.
2001-2002: Sixth Annual Competition

Level Award Essay Title Recipient School / Grade /
Sponsor
Excellence $150 ATP Synthase: Evolution’s Bioenergetic Water Wheel Mark Donahue Lake Mary H.S.
12th Grade
Mr. Mark Schiffer
Excellence $150 Cryptography: A Description of the RSA Public Key Encryption Algorithm, Weaknesses, Strengths, and Longevity Sean R. Samuelson Cocoa Beach Sr/Jr H.S.
12th Grade
Ms. Deeanne Bennett
Merit $75 Migraines in Adolescents Jenica Heintzelman1 Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Merit $75 Pre-Natal Testing Daniel Mahfood Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Achievement $25 The Acoustics of a Guitar Ross Asdourian Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Achievement $25 Blue Genes: A Look at Adolescent Depression Jennifer Blank Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Achievement $25 Diabetes: A Resource for the Recently Diagnosed and the Misinformed Corey Forbus Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Achievement $25 Windows XP: The Operating System of the Future Andrew Lai Winter Springs H.S.
9th Grade
Mrs. Carli
Achievement $25 Removal of Arsenite from Water Using Ferric and Aluminum Hydroxide Coated Filter Media Parth Modi Titusville H.S.
11th Grade
Mr. Billy Bowen
Achievement $25 The Quagga Project Kristen Noble Tavares H.S.
12th Grade
Mrs. Deborah Ziebart
Achievement $25 aß Activation of Cdk5/p25 Pathway Resulting in Alzheimer’s Disease-like Tau Hyper-Phosphorylation: A Potential Vector for Pharmacological Treatment Anant Patel Astronaut H.S.
11th Grade
Dr. Scott McCord
Achievement $25 Psychological and Neurological Effects of Trauma Rachel L. Zelkowitz Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention Certificate The Evolution of the Baseball Bat Matt Dobbins Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention Certificate Bulimia: The Teenage Trap Christy Foley Lake Brantley H.S.
11th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention Certificate Effects of Nicotine Rahlys Harrison Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention Certificate Tuning a Musical Instrument Martin McBriarty Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention Certificate What Are Implanted Biochips? Michael Moseley Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention Certificate Smallpox: Its History, Eradication, and Potential Use as a Weapon of Biological Warfare Wesley Neuman Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention Certificate Causes of Heart Disease in Women and the Effect of Hormone Replacement Therapy Sandra Sander Spruce Creek H.S.
12th Grade
Mr. Scott Campbell

1 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, #6 rated paper, certificate.
2000-2001: Fifth Annual Competition

Level Award Essay Title Recipient School / Grade /
Sponsor
Excellence $150 Pluripotent Stem Cells: Biomedicine’s Promising New Superweapon David A. Zychinski1 Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Merit $75 A Computerized Theoretical Model for Generating Random Swing Jazz Christina Ricci2 Winter Springs H.S.
10th Grade
Ms. Trent Daniel
Merit $75 Feline Dental Care Kathy Jones3 The Florida H.S.
10th Grade
Ms. Debra Chamberlin
Merit $75 Breast Cancer Kimberly Carl Winter Springs H.S.
10th Grade
Ms. Trent Daniel
Honorable Mention $25 Scanning Probe Microscopy in Relation to Nanoscience Kyle Spector Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention $25 Is Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Bypass Surgery the Answer? Katie Booth Lake Mary H.S.
9th Grade
Mr. Mark Schiffer
Honorable Mention $25 Parkinson’s Disease: The Shaking Palsy Ryan Cook Winter Springs H.S.
9th Grade
Ms. Susan Hasley
Honorable Mention $25 Superconductivity and YBa2Cu3O7+X Thomas M. Zychinski Lake Brantley H.S.
12th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention $25 The Social, Moral, and Ethical Issues of the Human Genome Project Nirav Shah Winter Springs H.S.
10th Grade
Mr. Mark Huaman
Honorable Mention $25 Niemann-Pick Disease: Type A Christy Foley Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention $25 Remediation of Nitrate in Drinking Water Using Zero-Valent Iron Ashley E. Blazina Osceola H.S.
10th Grade
Ms. Nancy Evers
Special Middle School Awards
Outstanding Certificate Underage Drinking: A National Epidemic Allyson Snell Parkway M.S.
8th Grade
Ms. Georgia Oatis
Honorable Mention Certificate Mummies: Human Beings Being Embalmed After Death Genesis Tolentino Parkway M.S.
8th Grade
Ms. Georgia Oatis
Honorable Mention Certificate Alexander Fleming’s Drug, Penicillin — Drug of the Century Joshua Robinson Parkway M.S.
8th Grade
Ms. Georgia Oatis

1 Won Distinguished Award in international competition, #1 rated paper, $1,000 award.
2 Won Merit Award in international competition, #3 rated paper, $300 award.
3 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, #5 rated paper, certificate.
1999-2000: Fourth Annual Competition

Level Award Essay Title Recipient School / Grade /
Sponsor
Excellence $150 Satellite Television Ethan Heintzelman Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Merit $75 Spina Bifida Jeannie Hu Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Merit $75 What are the Major Benefits of C++ Programming? Sean R.Samuelson1 Cocoa Beach H.S.
10th Grade
David Schiffert
Merit $75 The Effects of Melatonin on the Bodies of Organisms Angela Goodwin Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Merit $75 Autoimmune Diseases Sean Amormino Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention $25 The New Future in Biotechnology: Human Gene Therapy Michael Behr Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention $25 Female Athletes and Eating Disorders Nancy Brown Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention $25 The Hubble Space Telescope Christine Offerman Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention $25 An Introduction to the Role of Outer Membrane Proteins in Mediating Antibiotic Resistance in B. cepacia Alyssa M. Zelkowitz Lake Brantley H.S.
11th Grade
Dr. Susan Behel
Honorable Mention $25 Insomnia and Melatonin: Is There A Significant Association? Megha Shah Melbourne Central
11th Grade
Joy B. Patterson

1 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, certificate.
1998-1999: Third Annual Competition

Level Award Essay Title Recipient School / Grade /
Sponsor
Excellence $100 Fractals: Unifying Structures in the Sciences Alan Jamison Lake Mary H.S.
12th Grade
Mark Schiffer
Excellence $100 Food Poisoning: Cause and Prevention Dana Markiewicz Apopka H.S.
10th Grade
Kim Santana
Excellence $100 Lung Cancer: A Deadly Threat Dan Zychinski Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Sue Behel
Excellence $100 The F-22 Raptor Steven McGregor Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Karen Doddridge
Merit $50 The Hubble Space Telescope Leah Marke Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Dr. Sue Behel
Merit $50 Auroras: Nature’s Light Show Amanda Knowles1 Lake Brantley H.S
10th Grade
Dr. Sue Behel

1 Won Honorable Mention in international competition, certificate.
1997-1998: Second Annual Competition

Level Award Essay Title Recipient School / Grade /
Sponsor
Excellence $75 Are the Results of DNA Analysis a Valid Type of Evidence to be Used in a Criminal Trial? Amber Folk1 Winter Park H.S.
11th Grade
Merit $25 Ebola: Hide and Seek Terina McEachern2 University H.S.
11th Grade
Merit $25 Pantene Pro-V Clarifying Shampoo: The Facts About a “Fortified” Hair Care Product Robyn Scrivener Oviedo H.S
11th Grade

1 Won Achievement Award in international competition.
2 Won Achievement Award in international competition.
1996-1997: First Annual Competition

Level Award Essay Title Recipient School / Grade /
Sponsor
Merit $25 Genetically Engineered Food Erin C. Kellogg Lake Brantley H.S.
10th Grade
Karen Doddridge

 

 

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