Skyway STEM Poster Contest
April 16, 2010
Hosted by: Oakton Community College and
Waubonsee Community College
Best Overall Poster:
The response of European buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica to soil amendments in restoration Science by Dayani Pieri Oakton Community College
First Place:
Ecology in the field: exploring diversity indices by sampling prairie
Plants Science - by Alison Wilman Waubonsee Community College
Can green bags, loose zeolite, or activated carbon absorb ethanol fumes at room temperature? Technology by Alex Zarack, Jonathan Guerrero, Lisa Strzempa Moraine Valley Community College
What are the factors that determine how efficiently cloth will filter suspended material from water? Technology by Melissa Lonski, Thayer Yasin, Dana Hamed Moraine Valley Community College
Second Place:
Prove objects are allowed to rotate freely by using triple integral calculus to locate the center of mass, derive an expression for the moment of inertia, and derive the parallel-axis theory. Science by Peter Kallend, Heather Marie Carr Prairie State Community College
Can thermal loss through the windows of Crawley Science Hall on a typical winder day be reduced? Technology by Maggie Kopec, Jesse Rice, Kevin Jackson, Brian Larkin Moraine Valley Community College
Is there a relationship between distance and magnitude of earthquakes recorded by Waubonsees AS1 seismometer? Science by Cari Amelse Waubonsee Community College
Third Place:
How can we recycle used vegetable oil? - Science/Technology by Nadia Elgindy & Ritu Bhambhani Waubonsee Community College
Multiple stress response and its effect on ultraviolet radiation resistance in Escherichia coli. Science by Maria Nellessen McHenry Community College
Is the distance from the respective Chicago Water Purification Plant the dominant factor in municipal water quality? Technology by David Kaspar, Gina Vugrin, Derek Schumacher, Donna Dakes, Dominic DeBlasio, Catherine McGovern Moraine Valley Community College
