69th Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair April 4-5, 2008 at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA
Overview: Over 1.000 students from 104 schools in 11 counties competed
for over $750,000 in cash prizes and scholarships.
Winners who will advance to the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair May 11-16, 2008 in Atlanta, George are
Jonathan Dumm, Penn Hills High School Project: Robotic Navigation 3: Taking Control
Matt Walentosky, Oil City High School Project: New Components in Accretion Disks: Evolution of the Lightcurve in WZ Sge
Michael Williams, Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School Project: The estrogenicity and proliferative activity of a commonly encountered pollutant, bisphenol A, on human breast cancer cell lines.
Teacher/School Awards
Junior Division School with Most Winning Entries - TIE - Economy Elementary and Mother of Sorrows School
Intermediate Division School with Most Winning Entries -
St. Thomas More School
Senior Division Schools with Most Winning Entries - The Ellis School
Junior Division Teacher with Most Winning Entries - TIE - Darlene Marek, Economy Elementary and Eric Turnbaugh, Mother of Sorrows School
Intermediate Division Teacher with Most Winning Entries -
Cathy Borecky, St. Thomas More School
Senior Division Teachers with Most Winning Entries - Kim Mechling, The Ellis School
Other Awards (Perseverance Awards, Carnegie Science Center Awards for Excellence, SSP Middle School program)
Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this year's Science Fair a success:
To all the volunteers, judges, students, teachers, to the staffs of SciTech, the Carnegie Science Center and Heinz Field, to mentors and parents It couldn't have happened without you. See you next year!