Students bring home national science medals
16 Hamilton and area residents bring home 12 awards
CBC News
Posted: May 24, 2012 11:03 AM ET
Last Updated: May 24, 2012 11:01 AM ET
Our Lady of Peace Catholic elementary school student Adrian Hucal makes the call home from Charlottetown, PEI that he has won a bronze medal at the Canada-Wide Science Fair. (Youth Science Canada and Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair)
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Hamilton and area students brought home the hardware, snagging 12 awards at the 52nd annual Canada-Wide Science Fair.
Sixteen students who took part in the Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair in March advanced to the national competition. The group made their way to Charlottetown, PEI and when they came back, in tow were two silver and eight bronze medals.
Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair students bring home 12 awards from the 52nd annual Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair held in Charlottetown, PEI. (Youth Science Canada and Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair)Here are the list of BASEF winners:
Silver Medal:
Graham Bohm, From Salted Streets To Salty Streams (St. Augustine, Dundas) Catharine Bowman, Get a Grip on it! (St. Augustine, Dundas)
Bronze Medal:
Alex and Erik Bercik, A Novel Rooftop Wind Turbine for Convenient Residential Use (Westdale, Hamilton)
Olivia Cerilli, Paw Prints Through the Forest: Tracking Grey Wolves in Superior National Forest (Canadian Martyrs, Burlington)
Adrian Hucal, Where Does the Wind Test Best? (Our Lady of Peace, Hamilton)
Kaushar Mahetaji, Corresponding With the Brain (W. H. Morden Public School, Oakville)
John Mikhaeil, Detoxification of Jatropha Oil-Cake from Phorbol Esters (King's Christian Collegiate, Oakville)
Alexander Rey, More than Just Brushing (Brantford Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, Brantford)
Arjuna Yusuf, The Effect of Baroque Music and Silent Sitting on Concentration (Ancaster High, Ancaster)
Edmund Zamora, Double Trouble - The Effects of Multitasking and the Dangers of Distracted Driving (Trinity Christian School, Burlington)
Special Awards:
Information Challenge Award: Edmund Zamora, Double Trouble - The Effects of Multitasking and the Dangers of Distracted Driving (Trinity Christian School, Burlington)
Actuarial Award:
Alexander Rey, More than Just Brushing (Brantford Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, Brantford)
Check out the photo gallery for images of the trip, courtesy of Youth Science Canada and BASEF.
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