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| Canada Wide Science Fair 2007 Awards | |||||||||||
| Students from the Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair
at the Canada Wide Science Fair in Truro won $3000 cash, a silver medal,
three bronze medals, an honourable mention, the Actuarial Foundation of Canada Award at the senior level, and were offered
a total of $5500 in entrance scholarships at the University of Western Ontario. Details are below. |
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Arshia Azizeddin (See Fred Yin) |
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Using Phage to Fight Disease
These experiments will determine when is the best time for applying bacteriophage during an E. coli bacterial infection. The E. Coli has the lux gene integerated in it and therefore a colony will emit bioluminescence. Using a special camera, called Night Owl, we will be observing the intensity of the light after applying phage to the colonies to determine the effectivness of the bacteriophage. 2007 Project Report. |
Centennial Collegiate and Vocational Institute |
Mihail Buse (see Peter Wawzonek) |
Awards from CWSF 2005 ($700 and $1000 Scholarship at the University of Western Ontario) ($300 and $1000 Scholarship at the University of Western Ontario) Awards from WWSEF 2005 Awards from CWSF 2003 Awards from WWSEF in 2003 |
2007 Ergonomics Within the Workplace Using four case studies, our the aim is to improve the workplace ergonomic conditions, therein reducing wear and tear on the worker's body. We will find the most prominently used muscle groups, then examine the relationship between the amount of mass being moved and the level of muscle contraction, thus quantifying the effects of several work-place variables on muscle contractions. 2007 Project Report. 2005 Ergonomics Today Project Report 2003 The Thirteen Century Trial Project Report |
St. John's–Kilmarnock  |
Zach Elgood |
Isotopic Fingerprinting Of CH4
This project examines the concentration and isotope signature of human-emitted methane. Breath and colonic samples were analyzed using gas chromatography and isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Vegetarians produced the highest levels of methane. 13C values confirm that the methane collected was of biogenic origin. 2007 Project Report. |
Courtland Avenue Public School |
Andrew Gerwin |
Who Will Save The Electric Car?
Five electric car batteries were load-tested with four different resistors under three temperature conditions. Weight, volume, cost, capacity, power, charge times and low-temperature performances were evaluated. Lithium-ion batteries made by Altair and A123 outperformed the lead-acid and nickel metal-hydride batteries. Between the lithium-ion batteries, Altair's battery was less expensive, had greater specific capacity and reached full charge faster, but A123's battery had a higher energy density. 2007 Project Report. |
King George Public School |
Edward Kim |
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2007 Project Could This be Random? Probably! I wrote computer programs to investigate how shuffled decks approached randomness. The programs tested decks with riffle shuffles compared against random re-orderings. Statistical analysis of the decks revealed that it took three shuffles to have the majority of cards equally likely to appear in any location, whereas it took seven shuffles to have the majority of deck combinations equally likely. 2007 Project Report 2006 Project The Factorial Factor The purpose of the experiment was to investigate whether card sleeves had an effect on the shuffling of a deck of cards. Results were measured by using “Rising Sequence” and “Adjacent Pairs” to evaluate randomness. Card sleeves were found to affect shufflers with an inverse proportion to the shuffler’s skill. 2006 Project Report |
Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute 2006 Courtland Avenue Senior Public School |
Brian Krug |
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Ames Test: Chemicals to Cancer
This research used the Ames test, a standard reverse mutation assay, to assess environmental pollutants for mutagenic activity, mutagens being potentiallly carcinogens. Literary articles had previously found correlations between environmental pollutants and increased cancer incidence. The Ames test uses 6 strains of Salmonella typhimurium to detect reverse mutations in a his- mutant population. A positive response was observed and confirmed testing bus exhaust. 2007 Project Report. |
King George Public School |
Peter Wawzonek (see Mihail Buse) |
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2007 Project Ergonomics Within the Workplace Using four case studies, our the aim is to improve the workplace ergonomic conditions, therein reducing wear and tear on the worker's body. We will find the most prominently used muscle groups, then examine the relationship between the amount of mass being moved and the level of muscle contraction, thus quantifying the effects of several work-place variables on muscle contractions. 2007 Project Report. 2005 Project Winter Watch |
St. John's–Kilmarnock |
Fred Yin (See Arshia Azizeddin) |
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Using Phage to Fight Disease
These experiments will determine when is the best time for applying bacteriophage during an E. coli bacterial infection. The E. Coli has the lux gene integerated in it and therefore a colony will emit bioluminescence. Using a special camera, called Night Owl, we will be observing the intensity of the light after applying phage to the colonies to determine the effectivness of the bacteriophage. 2007 Project Report. |
Centennial Collegiate and Vocational Institute |
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Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals are assigned to the top
projects in each division and category. Medal awards are based on marks
assigned by the judges therefore there are times when not all medals are awarded.
There are many other awards at the CWSF which vary yearly. Up to date information is available from YSF Canada |
In each of the three age Categories in each of the six Divisions, the following general guide is used:
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