2002 Merit Award Winners

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ACT

Felix Aplin
'Bird brains'
Telopea Park High, ACT

Jessica Brent
'L'escargot Cuisine - a study into the culinary preferences of snails'
Lyneham High, ACT

Christopher Brink
'Properties of a variety of wood species'
Lyneham High, ACT

Sam Dixon
'It's all about Sol'
Lyneham High, ACT

Jessica Farrant
'Alternative Fuels...which one?'
Telopea Park School, ACT

Ashlin Flanagan
'Running Roads'
Lyneham High, ACT

Max Ginpil
'Force and Fling'
Lynneham High, ACT

Rebecca Hewat
'Clay Shrinkage Tests'
Lyneham High, ACT

Zoe Huang
Lyneham High, ACT
'Comparing leaf surfaces of dry plants with rainforest plants'

Andrew Jackson
'Cricket Bowling Conditions'
Calwell High School, ACT

Rafael Jerjen
'Measuring the variability of a Blue Straggler Star'
Telopea Park High, ACT

Julia Kirschbaum
'Burning, PH and soils'
Lyneham High, ACT

Tom Lyons
'The big break'
Lyneham High, ACT

Ken Maddess
'Bug eyed'
Lyneham High, ACT

Andrew McCalman
'Blocking Out Chopin'
Telopea Park High School, ACT

David McIntyre
'Candles; The Burning Issue'
Calwell High School, ACT

Mira Melaluca-Venugopal
'Saturation Point'
Lyneham High, ACT

Kathryn Neilson
'Keep the home fires burning'
Telopea Park School, ACT

Nick Preston
'How hot are your clothes?'
Lyneham High, ACT

Alexander Sadleir
'Digital Pathogens and Computer Program Decay'
Telopea Park, ACT

Alison Tandy
'Better Bubble Bath'
Calwell High School, ACT

Michael Webster
'Finding your way around the night sky'
Lyneham High, ACT

William Witheridge
'Physical Activity vs Heart Rate'
Telopea Park School, ACT

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NSW

Jessica Ainge-Allen
'Gases in soft drinks'
Ascham, NSW

Rebekah Andrews
'An Investigation of the Refresh Rate of the Human Eye'
Galston High School, NSW

Sarah Bell
'An Investigation of the Refresh Rate of the Human Eye'
Galston High School, NSW

Emma Blackburn
'Hot swimmers in cold water'
Lyneham High, NSW

Scott Bothamley
'Strength of Silk (comparison)'
Galston High School, NSW

Stefanie Brown
'Background Radiation'
Ascham School, NSW

Siobahn Burnett
'Thermo Efficient House'
Helensburgh Public School, NSW

Madeleine Chrissonopoulos
'The shower curtain phenomenon experiment'
Kincoppal Rose Bay, NSW

Edwina Christie
'Water quality in the Centennial Park Ponds'
Ascham School, NSW

Yen-Gin Chuang
'CD Burner - the conditions for a great quality cd'
Acsham school, NSW

Ritha Chuur
'Potato Magic'
Westfields Sports, NSW

Robert Close
'A report on changes in people's recycling and conservation habits'
Arden Anglican School, NSW

Georgia Davis
'Water quality and health around Sutton'
Lyneham High, NSW

Gemma Dittmar
'Water quality of the Tweed River
'Murwillumbah High School, NSW

Chavi Fernando
'Slipperiness - Who is responsible'
James Ruse Agricultural High, NSW

Maureen Flynn
'Thermo Efficient House'
Helensburgh Public School, NSW

Melanie Halliday
Abbosleigh, NSW
'Reaction time and hand-eye coordination'

Rebecca Harris
'Milk Frothing'
Ascham, NSW

Tim Hart
'The formula to calculate the correct boiling time for a soft boiled egg'
St Aloysius, NSW

Emily Ingleton
'Cigarettes and the amount of tar that comes out of filtered and unfiltered ones'
Ascham School, NSW

Jittra Jaikhan
'Potato Magic'
Westfields Sports, NSW

Kohei Katagiri
'An Investigation of the Refresh Rate of the Human Eye'
Galston High School, NSW

Luke King
'Aerodynamic properties of cars'
St Josephs Catholic High, NSW

Jenny La
'Potato Magic'
Westfields Sports, NSW

Tiffany Ma
'Mobile Phones: Are we at risk?'
Roseville College, NSW

Ashley Morse
'Strength of Silk (comparison)'
Galston High School, NSW

Chamali Nagodavithane
'The effect of soil pH on bean plant growth'
Cheltenham Girls High School, NSW

Ally Porter
'The drying dates of liquid paper'
Ascham, NSW

Jennifer Potter
'Impact of logging on Frogs'
Camden Haven High School Distance Education, NSW

Trang Quach
'Potato Magic'
Westfields Sports, NSW

Jason Rushton
'Avalanches'
St Aloysius College, NSW

Amber See
'Potato Magic'
Westfields Sports, NSW

Sonali Seneviratne
'Water conservation'
Cheltenham Girls High School, NSW

Noor Shehabi
'Absorption rates'
Ascham School, NSW

Hannah Tadros
'Hot chips - and which hot chips packet is the best insulator?'
Ascham School, NSW

Davina Thomas
'Paint Porosity'
Ascham, NSW

Ashish Thomas
'Anti Bubbles'
Sydney Grammar Preparatory, NSW

Katie Wallis
'Girls Just Want To Have Fun'
Taree High School, NSW

Angela Wong
'Plants/Horticulture'
Ascham School, NSW

Bethany Young
'Thermo Efficient House'
Helensburgh Public School, NSW

Annelise Young
'Mobile Phones: Are we at risk?'
Roseville College, NSW

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QLD

Christopher Bentley
'Chilli versus Micro-organisms'
All Saints Anglican School, QLD

Lasitha Demel
'Corrosion and Corrosion Prevention'
Trinity Lutheran College, QLD

Mark Drager
'Factors affecting the rate of a chemical reaction'
Rosewood State High, QLD

Amy Hart
'What would the earth be like if it was a cube?'
Marshall Road State School, QLD

Tracey Knight
'Not just a drop of water!'
Keebra Park State High, QLD

Ian Pettigrew
'The effect of temperature on the strength of nylon 6,6 Polymer'
Park Ridge State High, QLD

Daniel Qualischefski
'Activated Carbon: its adsorbent qualities'
Trinity Lutheran College, QLD

Gareth Smith
'Microbiology of sago and the determining factors of sago haemolytic disease'
Ignatius Park College, QLD

Thomas Whiteway
'Water Quality - Our Most Precious Resource, Let's Look After It'
All Saints Anglican School, QLD

Francis Wild
'The Dawn Chorus'
Trinity Lutheran College, QLD

Nathen Zipf
'Polymers - An Environmental Hazard'
Keebra Park State High School, QLD

SA

Konrad Pilch
'Biogas - Future source of energy'
St Peter's College, SA

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VIC

Melanie Coulston
'Does an audience improve the performance of an athlete?'
Doncaster Secondary College, VIC

Anneke Graf
'Rate of alcohol metabolism in a human subject under different conditions'
Toorak College, VIC

Nicholas Karsz
'Can Wheat Take Up Iodine?'
Christ Church Grammar School, VIC

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WA

Claira Ang
'Anti bacterial properties of essential oils of E.erythrocorys and A flexulosa'
Willeton Secondary High School, WA

Aleisha Banner
'Poisons in Plastics'
Willeton Secondary High School, WA

Liam Baron
'Anti bacterial properties of essential oils of E.erythrocorys and A flexulosa'
Willeton Secondary High School, WA

Keat-Meng Chan
'Oil and Water'
Willeton Secondary High School, WA

Keat-Meng Chan
Safe-A-Ware - Pool Guard
Willeton Secondary High School, WA

Andrew Chan
'Anti bacterial properties of essential oils of E.erythrocorys and A flexulosa'
Willeton Secondary High School, WA

Mandy Chan
"Swimming: Is this a threat to your hair? Will your hair turn green?'
Willeton Secondary High School, WA

Najette El-gaddafi
'Poisons in Plastics'
Willeton Secondary High School, WA

Michael Fairhurst
'Oil and Water'
Willeton Secondary High School, WA

Neil Gray
'Super Squashed Soil'
Willeton Secondary High School, WA

Marie Holgate
'Marine Mollusc Content from Differnet Beach Sands in the Perth Area'
St Mary's Anglican Girls School, WA

Yang Yang Huong
'Are our rivers tyred?'
Willeton Secondary High School, WA

Adam Lyus
'Safe-A-Ware - Pool Guard'
Willeton Secondary High School, WA

Ian McLaughlin
'Super Squashed Soil'
Willeton Secondary High School, WA

Liam O'Donnell
'Super Squashed Soil'
Willeton Secondary High School, WA

James Porteous
'An investigation into copper wire impedance as a function of temperature'
Guildford Grammar School, WA

Shuen-Chyn Soh
'Swimming: Is this a threat to your hair? Will your hair turn green?'
Willeton Secondary High School, WA

Eric Tang
'The Effect of Leaf litter on the population of Eugle.na'
Willeton Secondary High School, WA

Lyn-Lee Teh
'Energy lost through friction in pipes'
St Mary's Anglican Girls School, WA

Ross Thyer
'Don't Get Crabby'
Lesmurdie Senior High School, WA

Jeremy Wong
'Are our rivers tyred?'
Willeton Secondary High School, WA