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2012 Special Award Winners
Back to Winners main pageAmerican Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
3 x $200 ea ($200 cash)  (1302) Battle of the Ecofridges: Traditional Zeer Pot vs. Scrap Metal Fridge
    Student: Conor Mulcahy
    School: Hawthorne Public School
  (2601) A Better Insulator for hot water pipes
    Students: Adam Jackson , Liiban Hersi
    School: Colonel By Secondary School
  (1308) In-Vent: The Electricity Producing Attic Vent
    Student: Dinu Heiyantuduwa
    School: Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Assoc (AFCEA) -- Ottawa Chapter
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) -- Ottawa Chapter ($75 cash)  (1607) Which one works Better: the Capacitor or the Battery
    Students: Ry Rutherford , Mickey Holmes
    School: Queen Elizabeth Public School
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) -- Ottawa Chapter ($125 cash)
  (1313) Sound Obstacle Avoidance Light Activated Robot (S.O.A.L.A.R.) version 2.0
    Student: Judd Foster
    School: Cedarview Middle School
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) -- Ottawa Chapter ($175 cash)
  (3302) Caspar: A Natural Language Understanding System Based on Isomorphic Grammar Trees
    Student: Sandro Young
    School: Lisgar Collegiate Institute
Canada Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Ottawa Centre
Cash, certificate ($100 cash)  (2503) Ocean Destruction
    Students: Justice Iris , Amber Carlsson
    School: Venta Preparatory School
Cash, certificate and school plaque ($75 cash)
  (1226) Watering Our Way To Coolness
    Student: Adam Coe
    School: Turnbull School
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (National Capital Section)
Canadian Society of Civil Engineering ($100 cash)  (2604)
    Students:
    School: Collège Catholique Samuel-Genest
  (1205) What's in your water? Towards a community based water monitoring system in the social networking era
    Student: Haripriya Pulyassary
    School: Venta Preparatory School
  (1604) Are Yellow Traffic Light Times Set Correctly?
    Student: Joana Alhegagi
    School: Henry Munro Middle School
Chemical Institute of Canada/Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering
Chemical institute of Canada ($100 cash)  (3101) Multifunctional SPIO Nanoparticle-enabled MR Imaging for Spinal Cord Injury
    Student: Jiakai Ji
    School: Sir Robert Borden High School
Chemical Institute of Canada ($100 cash)
  (1605) Identifying Chemical Properties of Substances and Materials
    Student: Amit Scheer
    School: Broadview Public School
COM DEV Ltd.
COM DEV Ltd. ($100 cash)  (1609) Do Black Holes Spin
    Students: Adib Bakth , Adam Younis
    School: Queen Elizabeth Public School
  (2303) Lighting the Way to a Brighter Future
    Students: Steven Chen , William Xu
    School: Colonel By Secondary School
  (2302) Which Solid Rocket Propellant Is Most Efficient
    Students: Austin Pineault , Isaac Cowan
    School: Colonel By Secondary School
JR Hall Memorial Award
($75 cash)  (1205) What's in your water? Towards a community based water monitoring system in the social networking era
    Student: Haripriya Pulyassary
    School: Venta Preparatory School
Laurentian Chapter of SETAC Award
Best project on a topic related to environmental toxicology, chemistry, pollution, contamination, remediation or environmental p ($100 cash)  (2403) Coffee Grinds and Tea Leaves as Biosorbents for Toxic Lead in Drinking Water
    Students: Ying Lin , Nasana Vaidya
    School: Colonel By Secondary School
National Police Services - RCMP Foundation Award
$75 ($75 cash)  (3301) An Efficient Object Recognition Algorithm for Mobile Vision
    Student: Fan Zhang
    School: Lisgar Collegiate Institute
  (1313) Sound Obstacle Avoidance Light Activated Robot (S.O.A.L.A.R.) version 2.0
    Student: Judd Foster
    School: Cedarview Middle School
  (1639) Theta le bras bionique
    Students: Simon Cousineau , Stephanie Sibbald
    School: École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité
Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences
Intermediate, book valued at $100 or more  (2203) Was Ice the Problem?
    Student: Shamus McCoy
    School: Immaculata High School
  (2604)
    Students:
    School: Collège Catholique Samuel-Genest
Natural Resources Canada -- Energy
Junior, 1st place Book valued at $100 or more  (1330)
    Student: Thomas Jager
    School: Collège catholique Franco-Ouest
Intermediate 2nd, Book valued at $100 or more
  (2601) A Better Insulator for hot water pipes
    Students: Adam Jackson , Liiban Hersi
    School: Colonel By Secondary School
Intermediate 1st, Book valued at $100 or more
  (2205) Bioraffinage : un avenir prometteur!
    Student: Olivier Cossette
    School: Collège Catholique Samuel-Genest2
Natural Resources Canada -- Environmental Sciences
Junior, 2nd - Book valued at $100 or more  (1211) Are oil spills silent murderers?
    Students: Eva Li , Fadumo Arwo
    School: Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School
Junior, 1st - Book valued at $100 or more
  (1205) What's in your water? Towards a community based water monitoring system in the social networking era
    Student: Haripriya Pulyassary
    School: Venta Preparatory School
Intermediate - Book valued at $100 or more
  (2403) Coffee Grinds and Tea Leaves as Biosorbents for Toxic Lead in Drinking Water
    Students: Ying Lin , Nasana Vaidya
    School: Colonel By Secondary School
2012 Ontario Association of Medical Laboratories Award
($100 cash)  (1205) What's in your water? Towards a community based water monitoring system in the social networking era
    Student: Haripriya Pulyassary
    School: Venta Preparatory School
Orezone Award For Innovation in Earth Sciences
($75 cash)  (2203) Was Ice the Problem?
    Student: Shamus McCoy
    School: Immaculata High School
  (2101) Gold Nanoparticle-based Aptasensor for Homocysteine determination in Biological Fluids
    Students: Alexandra Pipe , Elaine Zhang
    School: Elmwood School
ORSF Committee - Consumer Products
ORSF Committee -- Consumer Products ($75 cash)  (2506) Why'd you buy that?
    Student: Melysa Torrey
    School: Bell High School
  (1402) Pomegranate: The Fruit of Life for Cancer
    Student: Gaurav Jain
    School: Bishop Hamilton Montessori
  (2405) Redresse toi!
    Student:
    School: Collège Catholique Samuel-Genest
  (1330)
    Student: Thomas Jager
    School: Collège catholique Franco-Ouest
Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club
Presenter has prize ($100 cash)  (1501) Wild Cats in Danger
    Students: Maya Perelman , Annie Zhang
    School: Broadview Public School
  (2203) Was Ice the Problem?
    Student: Shamus McCoy
    School: Immaculata High School
  (2102) War of the Wasps: comparing the parasitism effectiveness of the wasps D. insulare and M. mediator
    Student: Adamo Young
    School: Lisgar Collegiate Institute
Ottawa Horticultural Society
Ottawa Horticultural Society (Junior) ($75 cash)  (1206) plants to the future
    Students: shawn lee , Alex Bracanovich
    School: Venta Preparatory School
Ottawa Horticultural Society (Intermediate & Senior) ($75 cash)
  (2102) War of the Wasps: comparing the parasitism effectiveness of the wasps D. insulare and M. mediator
    Student: Adamo Young
    School: Lisgar Collegiate Institute
Partners in Research
Each prize winner will be presented with a certificate and a $75 award. ($75 cash)  (1406) Antacids vs Acid Reflux: The Epic Battle
    Student: Sophie Baremberg
    School: Broadview Public School
Each prize winner will be presented with a certificate and a $75 award. ($75 cash)
  (2403) Coffee Grinds and Tea Leaves as Biosorbents for Toxic Lead in Drinking Water
    Students: Ying Lin , Nasana Vaidya
    School: Colonel By Secondary School
Each prize winner will be presented with a certificate and a $75 award. ($75 cash)
  (3401) Effect of Curcumin on Respiratory Syncytial Virus replication and virus induced cytokine production
    Student: Tannya Cai
    School: Elmwood School
Professional Engineers Ontario-Ottawa Chapter
Professional Engineers Ontario -- Ottawa Chapter ($100 cash)  (2603) Absorption des couches
    Student: Mireille Salloum
    School: École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité
  (1302) Battle of the Ecofridges: Traditional Zeer Pot vs. Scrap Metal Fridge
    Student: Conor Mulcahy
    School: Hawthorne Public School
  (1308) In-Vent: The Electricity Producing Attic Vent
    Student: Dinu Heiyantuduwa
    School: Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School
  (1322) A Reliable, Portable, Monitoring Device for the Prevention of Accidental Drowning
    Student: Soumya Srinivasan
    School: Turnbull School
  (1639) Theta le bras bionique
    Students: Simon Cousineau , Stephanie Sibbald
    School: École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité
University of Ottawa Physics Department
University of Ottawa Physics Department ($50 cash)  (2601) A Better Insulator for hot water pipes
    Students: Adam Jackson , Liiban Hersi
    School: Colonel By Secondary School
University of Ottawa Physics Department ($75 cash)
  (2604)
    Students:
    School: Collège Catholique Samuel-Genest
  (2301) Temperature's of Mediums Effect on Sound Behaviour
    Student: Asif Islam
    School: Colonel By Secondary School
Youth MBA Scholarship Award
Scholarship for Youth MBA Programme ($1 scholarship)  (1302) Battle of the Ecofridges: Traditional Zeer Pot vs. Scrap Metal Fridge
    Student: Conor Mulcahy
    School: Hawthorne Public School
  (1308) In-Vent: The Electricity Producing Attic Vent
    Student: Dinu Heiyantuduwa
    School: Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School
  (1412) Do people have ants in their pants: Moving crowds of people
    Students: Jenna Morton , Laima Noori
    School: Queen Elizabeth Public School
  (1331) Trott-hyBRI
    Student: Brielle Johnston
    School: Collège catholique Franco-Ouest
  (1322) A Reliable, Portable, Monitoring Device for the Prevention of Accidental Drowning
    Student: Soumya Srinivasan
    School: Turnbull School