Fairfax County Public Schools hosted their 64th annual Regional Science and Engineering Fair on Saturday, March 16, 2019. The fair is comprised of winning science and engineering projects from high school students representing private and public schools in Fairfax County.
SLHS sent 22 students to compete and 22 SLHS students received recognition at the 2019 Regional Science Fair. “This is an all time high achieving group of projects” said Dr. Pepper D. Buckley, organizer and judge coordinator of our school’s fair. Nearly 400 science fair projects in a wide variety of categories ranging from plant sciences to physics and astronomy took part in the event. Professionals from local government agencies and private organizations possessing extensive academic or professional experience in their selected categories participated as judges.
Our heart felt congratulations to South Lakes’s young scientists.
Category Results
Grand Prize Alternates
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Ryan Gray for: “The effect of dataset size on the accuracy of semantic segmentation performed by a generative adversarial network”.
Grand Prize Nominee
Materials Science
Ryan Ferzoco, Spencer Harris for: “The effect of microgravity on self-healing concrete”.
First Place
Animal Sciences
Emilia Cayelli for: “The effect that different sedatives and stimulants have on an ant’s time going through a maze”.
First Place
Engineering Mechanics
Sarah Bradshaw for: “The effect of house supports on the ability to withstand flooding”.
First Place
Materials Science
Ryan Ferzoco, Spencer Harris for: “The effect of microgravity on self-healing concrete”.
First Place
Mathematics
Shannon Gallagher for: “The effect of shuffling on the card count of a deck of cards”.
First Place
Robotics & Intelligent Machines
Ryan Gray for: “The effect of dataset size on the accuracy of semantic segmentation performed by a generative adversarial network”.
Second Place
Materials Science
Sarah Burgum, Emma Lynch for: “The relationship between types of material used in sports helmets and the force levels to the head on impacts”.
Second Place
Physics & Astronomy
Kaia Goodiel, Molly Shapiro for: “The effects of types of strings in a lacrosse head on the speed of the shot”.
Third Place
| Arion Mitchell | The Effect of an Iodine Solution Mixed into Water on the Percentage of White Light Absorbed or Reflected |
| Rachel Butlin | The Effect of Different Temperatures on the Chemical Reaction of Catalase in Hydrogen Peroxide |
| Sattviki Chintaluri, Shreya Tangirala | The Effect of Different Liquids on the Corrosion of Iron |
| Ryan LeVault | The Effect of Surface Area of Drum Head on Pitch Produced |
| Ethan Boswell | The effect of air foils on the amount of lift exerted |
| Justin Burke | The Effect of Drone Propeller Material and Blade Quantity on Drone Performance |
| The Effect of Roofing Material on the Temperature Inside the House | Jacob Loveranes |
| Sri Kapa | The effect of the type of foam on the height of bounce of the ball |
| Krishan Shah, Parker Knowlton, Christopher Zhong | The Effect of the Number of Heatpipes in the Cooler of a Desktop Computer on a CPU’s Average Operational Temperature |
| Ons Bouali | An Investigation of the Antibiotic Potential of alpha/beta Citral, Chamomile Essential Oil, and alpha-Bisabolol |
| Caitlyn Morris, Emma Grossback | The Effect of Urea Concentration on Vibrio fischeri Luminance |
Honorable Mention
| Noah Davidson, Colin McQuarrie | The effect of antenna gain on received signal strength |
| Riya Pradhan | The effect of image size (in pixels) on the training accuracy of neural networks for image classification |
Corporate and Professional Organization Awards
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Ethan Boswell (3rd place) Won an invitation to a 3-day Mission Lifecycle Event at Goddard Center for his project: “The effect of air foils on the amount of lift exerted”.
American Society for Microbiology, Wash. DC Branch (ASM)
Ons Bouali (1st place) Won $75.00 cash for the project entitled: “An investigation of the Antibiotic potential of alpha/beta citral, chamomile essential oil, and alpha-bisabolol”.
Caitlyn Morris, Emma Grossback (2nd place) Won $30.00 cash for their project: “The effect of urea concentration on vibrio fischeri luminance”.
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, Northern VA Chapter (AFCEA)
Noah Davidson, Colin McQuarrie (2nd place) Won $400.00 cash and an invitation to the AFCEA Banquet Meeting for their project: “The effect of antenna gain on received signal strength”.
COX Communications
Noah Davidson, Colin McQuarrie (2nd place) Won $200.00 VISA gift card and Certificate of Merit for their project: “The effect of antenna gain on received signal strength”.
Fairfax County NAACP ACT-SO (ACT-SO)
Shannon Gallagher (1st place – Mathematics) Won $25.00 gift card and Certificate of Excellence for the project: “The effect of shuffling on the card count of a deck of cards”.
Geological Society of Washington (GSW)
Max Levy, Gabriel Levy (Honorable mention) Certificate of Merit for the project: “The effect of meteorite mass on crater diameter”.
Northern Virginia Dental Society (NVDS)
Ryan Gray (Honorable Mention) Certificate of Merit for the project: “The effect of dataset size on the accuracy of semantic segmentation performed by a generative adversarial network”.
Patent and Trademark Office Society (PTO Society)
Ons Bouali (1st place) Certificate of Merit for the project entitled: “An investigation of the Antibiotic potential of alpha/beta citral, chamomile essential oil, and alpha-bisabolol”.
Virginia Lakes Watersheds Association (VLWA)
Sarah Bradshaw (Junior) Won a $50.00 Target gift card for her project: “The effect of house supports on the ability to withstand flooding”.
