S/I/T Exhibition 2010
We would like to congratulate all of our participants in their pursuit of further education and thank our sponsors who help to make this event possible. We hope to see you next year and wish you the best in all of your academic endeavors.
- S/I/T Committee
2010 Exhibition Winners
| Award | Love of Science Trophy | | Sponsor | Trophy King of Ramsey | | Title | Safe Automobile Jumper Cables | | Student 1 | Robert Romoff (Grade 5, Montebello Road School) |
| Award | Love of Science Trophy | | Sponsor | Trophy King of Ramsey | | Title | Can You Hear It? | | Student 1 | Sophie Jay (Grade 5, Montebello Road School) | | Student 2 | Emily Newman (Grade 5, Montebello Road School) |
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| Award | $50 Bond |
| Sponsor | N. Rockland H.S. Science Honor Society |
| Title | Wii Sports VS. Real Sports |
| Student 1 | Christopher Mena (Grade 5, Cherry Lane Elementary School) |
| Student 2 | William Tenzer (Grade 5, Cherry Lane Elementary School) |
| Award | Susan Staub Memorial Award/Inventions - $100 Bond |
| Sponsor | Soffer Family |
| Title | solar powered USB charger |
| Student 1 | Avery T. Cramer (Grade 5, Montebello Road School) |
| Award | Susan Staub Memorial Award/Inventions - $100 Bond |
| Sponsor | Soffer Family |
| Title | Sani-Handle |
| Student 1 | Peter Manos (Grade 6, Suffern Middle School) |
| Award | Susan Staub Memorial Award - $200 Bond |
| Sponsor | Staub Family |
| Title | The Air Pressure Dryer; An exceptional way to dry your clothes |
| Student 1 | Hannah Consiglio (Grade 7, Suffern Middle School) |
| Award | $100 Bond |
| Sponsor | Dominican College |
| Title | Rat Behavior |
| Student 1 | Amanda Scholl (Grade 5, Montebello Road School) |
| Award | $100 Bond |
| Sponsor | Dominican College |
| Title | The Pillow Pal |
| Student 1 | Sydney Tuysuzian (Grade 7, Suffern Middle School) |
| Student 2 | Hallie Tuysuzian (Grade 7, Suffern Middle School) |
| Award | $25 Gift Certificate - Grade 5-6 |
| Sponsor | Education Warehouse |
| Title | The Big Freeze To the Finish Line:Hot vs. Cold |
| Student 1 | Caitriona Keane (Grade 5, Richard P. Connor Elementary School) |
| Award | $25 Gift Certificate - Grade 5-6 |
| Sponsor | Education Warehouse |
| Title | Hard or Soft Ice Cream - Which one will melt faster? |
| Student 1 | Sarah Kissel (Grade 5, Montebello Road School) |
| Award | $25 Gift Certificate - Grade 5 |
| Sponsor | Rockland County Medical Society |
| Title | every day germs |
| Student 1 | Christian Velez (Grade 5, Richard P. Connor Elementary School) |
| Award | $25 Gift Certificate - Grade 5 |
| Sponsor | Rockland County Medical Society |
| Title | Wii Sports VS. Real Sports |
| Student 1 | Christopher Mena (Grade 5, Cherry Lane Elementary School) |
| Student 2 | William Tenzer (Grade 5, Cherry Lane Elementary School) |
| Award | $25 Gift Certificate - Grade 5 |
| Sponsor | Rockland County Medical Society |
| Title | how much can soda effect teeth an dhow much soda can effect teeth |
| Student 1 | Hannah Schimko (Grade 5, Willow Grove Middle School) |
| Award | $50 Bond - Grade 6 |
| Sponsor | Rockland County Medical Society |
| Title | The Myelin Project |
| Student 1 | Hannah Berg (Grade 6, Felix V. Festa Middle School) |
| Student 2 | Courtney Ollis (Grade 6, Suffern Middle School) |
| Award | $50 Bond - Grade 7-9 |
| Sponsor | Rockland County Medical Society |
| Title | Is Indian Point causing Thyroid Cancer in the Hudson Valley? |
| Student 1 | Jules Oppenheim (Grade 7, Suffern Middle School) |
| Award | $50 Bond - Grade 7-9 |
| Sponsor | Rockland County Medical Society |
| Title | The Effect of Caffeine on Heart Rate |
| Student 1 | Erika Samovici (Grade 7, Suffern Middle School) |
| Award | $100 Bond - Grade 10 |
| Sponsor | Rockland County Medical Society |
| Title | the autism Puzzle |
| Student 1 | Daniela Feingold (Grade 10, Suffern Senior High School) |
| Award | $250 Bond - Grade 11 |
| Sponsor | Rockland County Medical Society |
| Title | Early Maternal Care develops proper development in infant mice |
| Student 1 | Niket Subhedar (Grade 11, Suffern Senior High School) |
| Award | $250 Bond - Grade 12 |
| Sponsor | Rockland County Medical Society |
| Title | A Grape-Seed Polyphenolic Extract Isolate Enriched For Monomeric Polyphenolic Components Attenuates The Progression Of Alzheimer’s Disease-Type Cognitive Behavioral Dysfunctions In The Tg2576 Transgenic Mouse Model of the Disease |
| Student 1 | Phoebe Kurtzman (Grade 12, Suffern Senior High School) |
| Award | SONY Inventions Award |
| Sponsor | SONY |
| Title | The Cake Protector |
| Student 1 | Sara Holand (Grade 6, Reuben Gittelman Hebrew Day School) |
| Award | Behavioral Science/Gr. 5-8 - $50 Bond |
| Sponsor | Avon, McLaren, Furgang & Adwar |
| Title | Can i make you smile? |
| Student 1 | Maya Gogia (Grade 6, Suffern Middle School) |
| Student 2 | Katie Sadoff (Grade 6, Suffern Middle School) |
| Award | Behavioral Science/Gr. 9-12 - $50 Bond |
| Sponsor | Avon, McLaren, Furgang & Adwar |
| Title | Synaesthetic Prevalence in Musicians |
| Student 1 | Adrian Singleton (Grade 11, Nyack Senior High School) |
| Award | Earth Science/Gr. 5-8 - $50 Bond |
| Sponsor | Avon, McLaren, Furgang & Adwar |
| Title | put it up |
| Student 1 | Melanie Sadoff (Grade 6, Suffern Middle School) |
| Student 2 | Julia Szurnicki (Grade 6, Suffern Middle School) |
| Award | Engineering/Gr. 5 - $50 Bond |
| Sponsor | Avon, McLaren, Furgang & Adwar |
| Title | Hot Air Solar Panels |
| Student 1 | Sam Atkin (Grade 5, Montebello Road School) |
| Student 2 | Jason Dunn (Grade 5, Montebello Road School) |
| Award | Engineering/Gr. 6-8 - $50 Bond |
| Sponsor | Avon, McLaren, Furgang & Adwar |
| Title | Parts of an Electric Motor |
| Student 1 | Emilio Hernandez (Grade 6, Willow Grove Middle School) |
| Student 2 | Austin Hervias (Grade 6, Willow Grove Middle School) |
| Award | Environment/Gr. 5 - $50 Bond |
| Sponsor | Avon, McLaren, Furgang & Adwar |
| Title | Color of a house |
| Student 1 | Jacqueline Becker (Grade 5, Montebello Road School) |
| Award | Environment/Gr. 5 - $50 Bond |
| Sponsor | Avon, McLaren, Furgang & Adwar |
| Title | Venus Fly trap studies |
| Student 1 | Alexandra Harris (Grade 5, Willow Grove Middle School) |
| Award | Environment/Gr. 6-8 - $50 Bond |
| Sponsor | Avon, McLaren, Furgang & Adwar |
| Title | Does Smoking ban have an impact on Air quality index? |
| Student 1 | Amit Krishnan (Grade 7, South Orangetown Middle School) |
| Student 2 | Aneesh Soni (Grade 7, Suffern Middle School) |
| Award | Medicine/Health/Gr. 5-8 - $50 Bond |
| Sponsor | Avon, McLaren, Furgang & Adwar |
| Title | Efeect of carbonated drinks on teeth |
| Student 1 | Namrata Mehta (Grade 7, Pearl River Middle School) |
| Award | Medicine/Health/Gr. 9-10 - $50 Bond |
| Sponsor | Avon, McLaren, Furgang & Adwar |
| Title | Rett Syndrome |
| Student 1 | Jonathan Munitz (Grade 10, Suffern Senior High School) |
| Award | Medicine/Health/Gr.11-12 - $50 Bond |
| Sponsor | Avon, McLaren, Furgang & Adwar |
| Title | Prediction of H1N1 outbreaks based on school absenteeism data |
| Student 1 | Sheila Krishnan (Grade 11, Tappan Zee High School) |
| Award | Microbiology/Gr. 9-12 - $50 Bond |
| Sponsor | Avon, McLaren, Furgang & Adwar |
| Title | Age- Related Macular Degeneration |
| Student 1 | Nawshin Chowdhury (Grade 11, Suffern Senior High School) |
| Award | Physics/Gr. 5-8 - $50 Bond |
| Sponsor | Avon, McLaren, Furgang & Adwar |
| Title | MAG LEV |
| Student 1 | Jack Maguire (Grade 5, Haverstraw Middle School) |
| Student 2 | Micheal Tartakovsky (Grade 5, Haverstraw Middle School) |
| Award | Physics/Gr. 9-12 - $50 Bond |
| Sponsor | Avon, McLaren, Furgang & Adwar |
| Title | Strong Gravitational Lensing as a Probe of Gravity, Dark-Matter and Super-Massive Black Holes |
| Student 1 | Aj Ranzato (Grade 10, Suffern Senior High School) |
| Award | Zoology/Gr. 5-8 - $50 Bond |
| Sponsor | Avon, McLaren, Furgang & Adwar |
| Title | The effect of hardwoods on bess beetles |
| Student 1 | Lindsay Corbett (Grade 6, James A. Farley Middle School) |
| Award | Honorable Mention Inventions/Gr. 5 - Space Mission |
| Sponsor | LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | The Double Dance Shoe |
| Student 1 | Maya Williams (Grade 5, Montebello Road School) |
| Award | 3rd Place Inventions/Gr.5 - $50 Bond & Space Mission |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY & LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | Hot-Rod Hiking Stick |
| Student 1 | Anthony Guccione (Grade 5, Montebello Road School) |
| Student 2 | Owen Loeb (Grade 5, Montebello Road School) |
| Award | 2nd Place Inventions/Gr.5 - $75 Bond & Space Mission |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY & LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | Umbrella Fella |
| Student 1 | Harrison Dranoff (Grade 5, Montebello Road School) |
| Student 2 | Jake Spence (Grade 5, Montebello Road School) |
| Award | 1st Place Inventions/Gr.5 - $100 Bond & Space Mission |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY & LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | solar powered USB charger |
| Student 1 | Avery T. Cramer (Grade 5, Montebello Road School) |
| Award | Honorable Mention Inventions/Gr. 6 - Space Mission |
| Sponsor | LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | The Safeware Line |
| Student 1 | Rachel Russo (Grade 6, Reuben Gittelman Hebrew Day School) |
| Award | 3rd Place Inventions/Gr.6 - $50 Bond & Space Mission |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY & LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | The Kiddy Cup Holder |
| Student 1 | Rachel Fischer (Grade 6, Reuben Gittelman Hebrew Day School) |
| Award | 2nd Place Inventions/Gr.6 - $75 Bond & Space Mission |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY & LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | Sani-Handle |
| Student 1 | Peter Manos (Grade 6, Suffern Middle School) |
| Award | 1st Place Inventions/Gr.6 - $100 Bond & Space Mission |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY & LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | The Cake Protector |
| Student 1 | Sara Holand (Grade 6, Reuben Gittelman Hebrew Day School) |
| Award | 3rd Place Inventions/Gr.7-9 - $50 Bond, $25 Gift Cert. & Space Mission |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY & LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | The Air Pressure Dryer; An exceptional way to dry your clothes |
| Student 1 | Hannah Consiglio (Grade 7, Suffern Middle School) |
| Award | 2nd Place Inventions/Gr.7-9 - $75 Bond, $25 Gift Cert. & Space Mission |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY & LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | Athletic Aid |
| Student 1 | Danielle Dgheim (Grade 8, Suffern Middle School) |
| Award | 1st Place Inventions/Gr.7-9 - $100 Bond, $25 Gift Cert. & Space Mission |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY & LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | The Pillow Pal |
| Student 1 | Sydney Tuysuzian (Grade 7, Suffern Middle School) |
| Student 2 | Hallie Tuysuzian (Grade 7, Suffern Middle School) |
| Award | Honorable Mention Science/Gr. 5 - Space Mission |
| Sponsor | LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | Do Dogs Know Best? |
| Student 1 | Charlotte Hold (Grade 5, Valley Cottage School) |
| Award | 3rd Place Science/Gr. 5 - $50 Bond & Space Mission |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY & LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | Rat Behavior |
| Student 1 | Amanda Scholl (Grade 5, Montebello Road School) |
| Award | 1st Place Science/Gr. 5 - $100 Bond & Space Mission |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY & LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | Venus Fly trap studies |
| Student 1 | Alexandra Harris (Grade 5, Willow Grove Middle School) |
| Award | 1st Place Science/Gr. 5 - $100 Bond & Space Mission |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY & LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | Magnet Powered Power Generator |
| Student 1 | Seth Ledford (Grade 5, Haverstraw Middle School) |
| Student 2 | Nevin Mathew (Grade 5, Haverstraw Middle School) |
| Award | Honorable Mention Science/Gr. 6 - Space Mission |
| Sponsor | LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | The Myelin Project |
| Student 1 | Hannah Berg (Grade 6, Felix V. Festa Middle School) |
| Student 2 | Courtney Ollis (Grade 6, Suffern Middle School) |
| Award | 3rd Place Science/Gr. 6 - $50 Bond & Space Mission |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY & LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | oobleck |
| Student 1 | Colin Cooper (Grade 6, Haverstraw Middle School) |
| Award | 1st Place Science/Gr. 6 - $100 Bond & Space Mission |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY & LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | Vibrations and Amplification |
| Student 1 | Catherine Mizzi (Grade 6, Willow Grove Middle School) |
| Award | 1st Place Science/Gr. 6 - $100 Bond & Space Mission |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY & LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | How a V8 Engine Works |
| Student 1 | William Lenore (Grade 6, Willow Grove Middle School) |
| Award | 3rd Place Science/Gr.7-9 - $50 Bond, $25 Gift Cert. |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY & LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | The Effect of Caffeine on Heart Rate |
| Student 1 | Erika Samovici (Grade 7, Suffern Middle School) |
| Award | 2nd Place Science/Gr.7-9 -$75 Bond, $25 Gift Cert. |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY & LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | Does Smoking ban have an impact on Air quality index? |
| Student 1 | Amit Krishnan (Grade 7, South Orangetown Middle School) |
| Student 2 | Aneesh Soni (Grade 7, Suffern Middle School) |
| Award | 1st Place Science/Gr.7-9 - $100 Bond, $25 Gift Cert. |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY & LHVChallenger Center |
| Title | Predicting Thunderstorms: An Inovative Forecast Model Based On Cloud Sequenses and Weather Variable Trends |
| Student 1 | Jeremy Pardo (Grade 9, Other) |
| Award | 3rd Place Science/Gr. 10 - $75 Bond |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY |
| Title | Total Liquid Ventilation Provides Ultra-Fast Cardioprotective Cooling |
| Student 1 | Jared Feldman (Grade 10, Suffern Senior High School) |
| Award | 3rd Place Science/Gr. 10 - $75 Bond |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY |
| Title | Brain Estrogen Deficiency Accelerates Aβ Plaque Formation in an Alzheimer’s Disease Animal Model |
| Student 1 | Pallavi Tatapudy (Grade 10, Suffern Senior High School) |
| Award | 3rd Place Science/Gr. 10 - $75 Bond |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY |
| Title | A Brief Exposure to Moderate Passive Smoke Increases Metabolism and Thyroid Hormone Secretion |
| Student 1 | Samuel Oppenheim (Grade 10, Suffern Senior High School) |
| Award | 2nd Place Science/Gr.10 - $100 Bond & $25 Gift Cert |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY |
| Title | Negative symptoms are associated with less alcohol use, craving and "high" in alcohol dependent patients with schizophrenia |
| Student 1 | Priyal Soni (Grade 10, Suffern Senior High School) |
| Award | 1st Place Science/Gr.10 - $200 Bond & $25 Gift Cert |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY |
| Title | the autism Puzzle |
| Student 1 | Daniela Feingold (Grade 10, Suffern Senior High School) |
| Award | 3rd Place Science/Gr.11 - $100 Bond & $25 Gift Cert |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY |
| Title | Brain-Computer Interfaces |
| Student 1 | Jacob Rose (Grade 11, Suffern Senior High School) |
| Award | 2nd Place Science/Gr.11 - $175 Bond & $25 Gift Cert |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY |
| Title | Visual fatigue caused by 3D stereoscopic images |
| Student 1 | Kevin Silverstein (Grade 11, Nyack Senior High School) |
| Award | 1st Place Science/Gr.11 - $300 Bond & $25 Gift Cert |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY |
| Title | Engineering Energy: Molecular Genetic Engineering of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC6803 to Produce a Biological Solar Panel |
| Student 1 | Yudi Pardo (Grade 11, Other) |
| Award | 3rd Place Science/Gr.12 - $100 Bond & $25 Gift Cert |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY |
| Title | Validation of an Automated PET labeling method for Alzheimers disease |
| Student 1 | Daniel Diner (Grade 12, Suffern Senior High School) |
| Award | 2nd Place Science/Gr.12 -$250 Bond & $25 Gift Cert |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY |
| Title | Germination times for Jetropha seeds |
| Student 1 | Jordan Del Fierro (Grade 12, Ramapo High School) |
| Award | 1st Place Science/Gr.12 - $500 Bond & $25 Gift Cert |
| Sponsor | Novartis, Orange & Rockland, Pfizer, SONY |
| Title | Molecular characterization of charged residues in the first two intracellular loops of the human Sodium/Iodide Symporter (hNIS) |
| Student 1 | Kainath Ahsan (Grade 12, Suffern Senior High School) |
