Senior Division winners (L to R): Jason Rosenberg,
Aleena Glinski, and Taylor Warner
Congratulations to the 2012 DuPont Challenge© Senior Division First, Second, and Third-place Winners, and all Honorable Mentions!
First Place: Taylor Warner
InTech Collegiate High School
North Logan, UT
Sponsoring Teacher: Stephanie Kawamura
Essay:The Lowly Earthworm: A Powerful Protector of All
Second Place: Jason Rosenberg
Blind Brook High School
Rye Brook, NY
Sponsoring Teacher: Michele Sugantino
Essay: Splitting the Universe One Choice at a Time
Third Place: Aleena Glinski
Catalina Foothills High School
Tucson, AZ
Sponsoring Teacher: Bryan Sobehrad
Essay: Tying the Universe Together
Alexander Atanasov
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Alexandria, VA
P Versus NP and the Quest for Efficiency
Omar Acio, Teacher
Kyle Blidy
Francis Lewis High School
Fresh Meadows, NY
Can you SEE what eye SEE?
Francine Weissman, Teacher
Christine Catlin
Mounds View Senior High School
Arden Hills, MN
Solving the Energy Crisis One Leaf at a Time
Holly Maeckelbergh, Teacher
Ryan Charland
Broadalbin-Perth High School
Broadalbin, NY
Music and Expectation: The Rewards of Listening
Maura Hibbitts, Teacher
Lillian Day
Wilmington High School
Wilmington, MA
Old Rememdies Working in New Ways
Brenda Marcoux, Teacher
Christopher DeTroia
Ward Melville High School
East Setauket, NY
Herpes. It Can Actually Help Us?
Jennifer Visconti, Teacher
Anna Diyamandoglu
Nyack High School
Upper Nyack, NY
Leukemia + Cord Blood = Cure
Marybeth Foisy, Teacher
Jill Dolowich
Jericho High School
Jericho, NY
The Unsolved Puzzle of Honeybees Disappearances
Serena McCalla, Teacher
Julia Filloon
Maclay School
Tallahassee, FL
Cochlear Implants: Ears vs. the Brain
Mary King, Teacher
Jenna Galyon
Green Valley High School
Henderson, NV
Ocean Surface Topography
Scott Panik, Teacher
Amanda Hedgecock
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School
Plainview, NY
Music Training: An Instrument of Academic Success
Marylou O'Donnell, Teacher
Linette Ho
Moscrop Secondary School
Burnaby, British Columbia
Moss Bob
Christine Clowers, Teacher
Elayna Kirsch
Lynbrook High School
Lynbrook, NY
Discovery of BCL11A Leads to New Hope
David Shanker, Teacher
Jonathan Lee
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Alexandria, VA
Blood Tells All: Estimating Age with Blood
Hadan Kauffman, Teacher
Natalie Lucas
Upper St. Clair High School
Upper St. Clair, PA
Premature Weight and Vaccines
Laura Marks, Teacher
Kevin Mark
Providence High School
Burbank, CA
Going up? Taking the Elevator into Space
Ilyea Shaikh, Teacher
Marisa Meier
Bios Christian Academy
Gilbert, AZ
Folding Through Science
Kelly Maguire, Teacher
Emilio Minichiello-Epstein
W.C. Mepham High School
North Bellmore, NY
The Obesity Vaccine: A Revolutionary Breakthrough?
LorriLee Geraci, Teacher
Jacquelyn Moller
Ward Melville High School
East Setauket, NY
Custom-Made Organs: A Realistic Expectation?
Jennifer Visconti, Teacher
Anusha Nathan
Centennial High School
Ellicott City, MD
It's All in Your Head
Michelle Bagley, Teacher
Esther Park
Central High School
Little Rock, AR
Mycelia and Spiderman's Webs: Both Save the World
Sarah Schutte, Teacher
Yeonjin Park
Bergen County Academies
Hackensack, NJ
Thank You Berry Much!
Judith Pinto, Teacher
James Parkes
Home school
Chesterfield, VA
The Higgs Boson: The Search for Mass
Karen Parkes, Teacher
Sophie Pearlman
Syosset High School
Syosset, NY
Twenty-Seven: A Neuroplastic Number
Lori Haubrich, Teacher
Camille Petersen
Villa Walsh Academy
Morristown, NJ
E. Coli Could Save the Earth
Preethi Thomas, Teacher
Marissa Phelan
Atlantic Coast High School
Jacksonville, FL
An Alternative to Traditional Triple Bypass Heart Surgery
V.M. James, Teacher
Kate Porter
Central High School
Aberdeen, SD
My Kind of High
Jan Palmer, Teacher
Julie Puterbaugh
Lexington Catholic
Lexington, KY
Helminthic Therapy for Asthmatic COPD
Clifford Slusher, Teacher
Rachel Rounds
Mecosta/Osceola ISD Math Science Technology Center
Big Rapids, MI
Tiny Allies
Laura Forbes, Teacher
Shane Steell
North Dakota Center for Distance Education
Fargo, ND
Could Aquaculture Save the Shark?
Janice Leger, Teacher
Benjamin von Bredow
Eastview Secondary School
Barrie, Ontario
The God Particle: To Be or Not To Be (Very Soon)
Doug MacMillan, Teacher
Jung Min (Jenny) Yun
Bergen County Academies
Hackensack, NJ
Artificial Leaf: The Holy Grail of Science
Judith Pinto, Teacher
Emma Zisek
Green Hope High School
Cary, NC
The Power of Oligonucleotide Therapeutics in Patients
Kevin Jordan, Teacher
See the full list of Junior Division winners.
