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The Harold W. and Helen M. Ritchey State Science and Engineering Fair of Utah is a regional fair held at Weber State University on March 19, 2008.  InTech Collegiate High School sent seventeen students representing fifteen projects to the fair.  Below is a list of students, projects, and awards won (only cash awards listed).

Whitney Ashliman - Thermal Conductivity

•  Excellence - Engineering

Louisa Barta - From Gray to Green: Observing the Effects of Graywater on Brassica Rapa

• 3rd place - Botany ($25 + $350 scholarship to WSU)

• Nature High Summer Camp - 1 week summer camp

Menen Bitter and Connor George - Comparison of Audiological Profiles in Children With Language Based Learning Disabilities

• Excellence - Medical/Health

Jonathan Cook - Wind-and Wave-Proof Houses

• 3rd place - Engineering ($25 + $350 scholarship to WSU)

• US Army Award

Mary Dettenmaier - Caffeine Content of Popular Beverages

• Excellence - Chemistry

Joanna Dobrowolska - How Does Glucose Level Affect Yeast Growth

• Honorable Mention - Microbiology

JR Dupont & Neal Hengge - The Relationship Between Elevation, Temperature, And Pm2.5 Levels In Smithfield Canyon.

• 2nd place - Environmental Science ($50 + $500 scholarship to WSU)
• American Meteorology Award
• American Society of Safety Engineering - 3rd place ($100)

Duncan Edwards - Identifying Potential Sources of Eutrophication in a Cache Valle Canal

• Excellence - Environmental Science

Theodore Hegemann - Swarm Modeling and its Weakness

• Excellence - Math/Physics

• Symantec - 2nd place - 120 GB removable hard drive

Taylor Howard - No Crystals in no Bake Cookies

• Excellence - Chemistry

Matthew May - Planeria Regeneration

• 2nd place - Zoology ($50 + $500 scholarship to WSU)

Jordan McKay - Black Holes, Their Size and their Power

• 2nd place - Earth Space ($50 + $500 scholarship to WSU)

• NASA 2nd place

Abby Stevens - Number One Phenomenon: Benford's Law in the Natural World

• 1st place - Math/Physics ($100 + $750 scholarship to WSU)

• Mu Alpha Theta Award

• Utah Chapter of National Chapter of Teachers of Mathematics ($50)

• NASA 4th place

• ATK - 1st place ($100)

• International Science and Engineering Fair - Atlanta, GA - May 11 - 16

Logan Stodart - The Analysis of Grasses Reaction to Different Growth Simulating Plant Hormones

• Excellence - Botany

Tal Thatcher - Encryption

• Excellence - Math/Physics
• Symantec - 4th place - 4 GB drive

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