2009 WINNERS

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Congratulations to the 2009 DuPont Challenge© Junior Division First, Second, and Third-place Winners, and all Honorable Mentions!

First Place: Sivabalan Manivasagam
Rice Midde School
Plano, TX
Sponsoring Teacher: Joan Roberts
Essay: A New Look at Bees and Wasps

Second Place: Sarah Stites
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Alexandria, VA
Sponsoring Teacher: Erinn Harris
Essay: Battle in the Body

Third Place: Chris Behling
Georgetown Ninth Grade Center
Georgetown, TX
Sponsoring Teacher: Mary Baugh
Essay: Mary Had a Little...Clone?

honorable mention

Pamela Banas
Saint Joseph Elementary
Long Island City, NY
HIV vs Frog Sweat
John Barry, Teacher

Kate Byrne
Martinsburg High School
Martinsburg, WA
Love Them or Hate Them: Science Says Wolves Are Good for the Ecosystem
Jim Arndt, Teacher

Lauren Carrillo
Indian Ridge Middle School
Davie, FL
“Clean” Energy, the Key to a Healthy Environment
Liane Green, Teacher

Kevin Cleveland
Woodrow Wilson School
Bayonne, NJ
Electrochemical Reactions in Energy Efficient Electric Vehicles and Toy Cars
Larissa Drennan, Teacher

Gabrielle Garruppo
Bedminster Township School
Bedminster, NJ
The Rainy Side to Hydrogen Power
Carl Hazen, Teacher

Ryan Ginsburg
James Madison High School
Vienna, VA
Proof that Life Could Exist on Mars
Donna Volkmann, Teacher

Josh Jacobs
Heathwood Hall Episcopal School
Columbia, SC
How Does an Arrow Fly?
Pamela Bulak, Teacher

Ashley King
Talley Middle School
Wilmington, DE
The Power of Genes and Heredity!
Cynthia Brauer, Teacher

Andrew Coe
Herricks High School
New Hyde Park, NY
The Impact of Music on the Brain
Renee Barcia, Teacher

Snigdha Kumar
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
Alexandria, VA
How Fruit Flies Can Be Used to Model Human Hearts
Erinn Harris, Teacher

Nicholas Meyer
Paul J. Gelinas Jr. High School
Setauket, NY
Why is Nuclear Power a Better Alternative to Oil?
Peter Schuchman, Teacher

Tiffany Minors
Sanford H. Calhoun High School
Merrick, NY
The Science Of Music
Matthew Kramer, Teacher

April Mitchell
Garland High School
Garland, TX
Global Warming In India
Rosemary Barber, Teacher

Abigail Parker
Bedminster Township School
Bedminster, NJ
Ballet Physics
Carl Hazen, Teacher

Austin Parker
Mountain Gap Middle School
Huntsville, AL
Terraforming Mars – The New Earth?
Nell Fisher, Teacher

Paul Pippin
Bellevue Middle School
Nashville, TN
How Video Games Help with Surgery
June Stevens, Teacher

Julie Puterbaugh
Lexington Catholic High School
Lexington, KY
Attacked from Within: A Study of the Malaria Parasite
Teresa Hoffmann, Teacher

Pranita Ramakrishnan
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
Alexandria, VA
The Bitter Medicine with a Better Value
Jennifer Seavey, Teacher

Robby Souza
Clovis North Educational Center
Fresno, CA
Can Carbon Nanotubes Make The Worlds Strongest Glue?
Jonathan Bowns, Teacher

Nina Wang
Brighton High School
Rochester, NY
Blue Beams and Bad Breath
Michael Bonadonna, Teacher

Caitlyn Ward
Bellevue Middle School
Nashville, TN
How Music Affects The Brain
June Stevens, Teacher

Jonathan Zylberberg
HAFTR High School
Cedarhurst, NY
Can Dogs Smell Cancer?
Imelda Gallagher, Teacher

See the full list of Senior Division winners.

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