70th Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair April 3-4, 2009 at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA
Overview: Nearly 1.000 students from 99 schools in 13 Pennslyvania counties and one county in Maryland competed
for over $750,000 in cash prizes and scholarships.
Winners who will advance to the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair May 10-15, 2009 in Reno, Nevada are:
Jennifer Butchart, Oil City High School Project: Identifying T Tauri Stars Using Small-Scale Optical Telescopes
Ariel Schroeder, St. Joseph High School Project: White Coats: Boon or Bane?
Matthew Stoffregen, Woodland Hills High School Project: Erdos's Conjecture
Teacher/School Awards
Junior Division School with Most Winning Entries - - St. Elizabeth Elementary
Intermediate Division School with Most Winning Entries -
Mary Queen of Apostles
Senior Division Schools with Most Winning Entries - St. Joseph High School
Junior Division Teacher with Most Winning Entries - - Sue Morgan, St. Elizabeth Elementary
Intermediate Division Teacher with Most Winning Entries -
Cheryl Kestner, Mary Queen of Apostles
Senior Division Teachers with Most Winning Entries - Cathy Greco, St. Joseph High School
Other Awards (Perseverance Awards, Carnegie Science Center Awards for Excellence, SSP Middle School program)
Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this year's Science Fair a success:
To all the volunteers, judges, students, teachers, to the staffs of SciTech, the Carnegie Science Center and Heinz Field, to mentors and parents It couldn't have happened without you. See you next year!