Research Paper Winners
1st Place Research Paper Winners for 2009
Left to right: Lori Schlatter, Kaila Swain, Alex Heeb, Randy Ray, Bridget Waller, and Caitlyn Schottel
BEHAVIOR/EDUCATION
“Face Recollection: Developing a Novel Training Program to Increase Recollection Rates in Eyewitness Identification” by Lori Schlatter, Camdenton High School, Camdenton, MO, Christopher Reeves, Sponsoring Teacher
CHEMISTRY/BIOCHEMISTRY
“A Comparison of Caffeine Content between Energy Drinks and Their Nutritional Labels Utilizing an HPLC” by Kaila Swain, Pleasant Hope High School, Pleasant Hope, MO, James Flora, Sponsoring Teacher
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
“Health Impacts of Burning Agricultural Crop Stubble” by Alex Heeb, Home School, Chaffee, MO, Dan Heeb, Sponsoring Teacher
GENERAL BIOLOGY
“Transforming Ipomea batatas via Direct Inoculation with Agrobacterium rhizogenes” by Randall S. Ray II, Wentzville Holt High School, Wentzville, MO, Jennifer Berendzen, Sponsoring Teacher
MICROBIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
“Cloning and Expression of a Putative Non-Specific Phospholipase C in Arabidopsis (PLC523)” by Bridget Waller, Cor Jesu Academy, St. Louis, MO, William Joern, Sponsoring Teacher
PHYSICS, MATH, ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
“Influence of Varying Salt Concentrations on Extraction of Oil from Limestone” by Caitlyn M. Schottel, Mid-Buchanan High School, Faucett, MO, Tereasa Freeman and Lindsay Ussary, Sponsoring Teachers