2012 Semi-Finalists

Matthew Court
Lyneham High School, ACT
Project Title: Does Pressure Affect the Time it Takes for A Tablet To Dissolve?

Kevin Jacob
Canberra Grammar School, ACT
Project Title: The Unquiet Earth

Seneli Kommala
Lyneham High School, ACT
Project Title: Antibacterial Activity of Herbs on Staphylococcus Bacteria

Joshua Liow
Daramalan College, ACT
Project Title: Canberra Tree Rings and Annual Climatic Conditions

Isaac Perticato
Daramalan College, ACT
Project Title: Phase Changing Materials

Hirumi Samarakoon
Telopea Park School, ACT
Project Title: Insulation Properties of Bricks

Lauren Sarre
Lyneham High School, ACT
Project Title: How Different Surfaces and Angles of a Slope Affect Water Runoff

Max Wallner
Canberra Grammar School, ACT
Project Title: Bouncing Balls On Bats

Yi-Ying Zeng
Telopea Park School, ACT
Project Title: Glutinous Rice in Sweet Rice Wine

Maddie Bailey
Roseville College, NSW
Project Title: Impact of insulation and Colour on the Thermal Performance of Housing

Marcus Berkely
Barker College, NSW
Project Title: Does temperature affect battery voltage while under load?

Joseph Danelie
Freeman Catholic High School, NSW
Project Title: Effect of heating a bar magnet on the amount of current produced as a result of electromagnetic induction

Ira Fung
St Pius X College, NSW
Project Title: Leidenfrost effect

Aidan Hammerschmid
Armidale High School, NSW
Project Title: Model bridges and their structures

Lisha Lobo
Hornsby Girls High School, NSW
Project Title: Effectiveness of disinfectants

Adam Solomon
Moriah War Memorial College, NSW
Project Title: Effect of Flow velocity on electrical Conductivity of Water

Nicole Sung
Presbyterian Ladies College, NSW
Project Title: Best aeroplane wingspan: fuselage ratio

Avan Zeng
James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW
Project Title: Testing lift and drag of airfoils

Christina Bormann
A B Paterson College, QLD
Project Title: Dripping Candles

Rijin Choi
Queensland Academy of Health Sciences, QLD
Project Title: Effectiveness of Herbal extracts in Inhibiting growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Rebecca Coxon
Trinity Anglican School, QLD
Project Title: Slip, Slop, Slap, Stop UV Radiation

Rebecca Coxon
Trinity Anglican School, QLD
Project Title: Weed Killer: Home Remedies

Ezaam Fraz
Trinity Anglican School, QLD
Project Title: Taping Windows for Maximum Protection: Cyclone Glasi

Adam Galea
Queensland Academy of Health Sciences, QLD
Project Title: Lead Rubber Bearings and Building movement in Earthquakes

Catriona Gray
Trinity Anglican School, QLD
Project Title: Cooking With The Sun

Jarred Gunn
Kingaroy State High School, QLD
Project Title: Chicken Growth Feed Trials

Mitchell Hardwick
Trinity Anglican School, QLD
Project Title: Aerodynamics of Cars and Caravans

Mitchell Hardwick
Trinity Anglican School, QLD
Project Title: Wine Extended Investigation

Rochelle Simone Helman
Helensvale State High School, QLD
Project Title: The Optimal Conditions Required for E. Coli to Grow

Silvie Ngan Kim Nguyen Hoang
Corinda State High School, QLD
Project Title: Consequences of Ozone Depletion on Crop Yield in the Future

Daniel Jones
Trinity Anglican School, QLD
Project Title: Mobile Tracking

Madeleine Philp
Trinity Anglican School, QLD
Project Title: Common Household Items as Insulators

Natasha Retallick
Queensland Academy of Health Sciences, QLD
Project Title: Surface Water Run Off and Eutrophication

Robin Wang
Trinity Anglican School, QLD
Project Title: Terrifying Transmissions

Donal Watters
Trinity Anglican School, QLD
Project Title: How Should I Ride my Bike?

Stephanie Minami Wilkins
Trinity Anglican School, QLD
Project Title: Biodegradable Fishing Lines for a Sustainable Future

Georgina Belder
St Peter's Collegiate Girls School, SA
Project Title: An Investigation Into Solar Energy

Kroum Klutchkov
Australian Science and Mathematics School, SA
Project Title: Electron-Gamma Ray Cascade Simulation

Kelsey Lamont
Mary MacKillop College, SA
Project Title: Optimum Temperature For Catalase in Plants Grown at Different Temperatures

Maithili Mishra
St Peter's Collegiate Girls School, SA
Project Title: Investigating the Antibacterial Properties of Turmeric Powder

Oscar Beattie The Hutchins School
Tas
Project Title: How the Shelf Life Of Milk is Affected by its Somatic Cell Count,

Bradley Cannan
The Don College, Tas
Project Title: Soil Quality: Native vs Plantation

Eleanor Cooke
Exeter High School, Tas
Project Title: Manufactured or Natural Antibacterials?

Tegan Craig
Exeter High School, Tas
Project Title: Manufactured or Natural Antibacterials?

Eliza Cropp
Ogilvie High School, Tas
Project Title: The Use of Rotifer Culture in Environmental Water Assessment

Jack Dunn
Launceston Church Grammar School, Tas
Project Title: the Effect of Soil Containing Biochar on Plant Growth Rates

Jonty Fahey
Marist Regional College, Tas
Project Title: Germination Determination

Samantha Flight
Hellyer College, Tas
Project Title: Bloomin Wastes

Cameron O Brien
The Don College, Tas
Project Title: Soil Quality: Native vs Plantation

Jessica Woolnough
Wynyard High School, Tas
Project Title: A Mobile Reaction

Conroy Cheers
Caulfield Grammar School, Vic
Project Title: Choosing A Good Bike Tyre Pressure

Tavish Eenjes
Girton Grammar School, Vic
Project Title: Is Information read on Paper Retained Better than Information on an Electronic Screen

Sarah Jeffreson
Methodist Ladies' College, Vic
Project Title: Investigation into the Fundamental Frequency of Oscillation of Brass Rods

Luke Suhr
St Kevin's College, Vic
Project Title: Nail Lubricant Experiment

Emma Wu
Presbyterian Ladies' College, Vic
Project Title: The Effect of Indole - 3 - Acetic Acid Auxin on Vigna Radiation Root Initiation

Natasha Zonn
Methodist Ladies' College, Vic
Project Title: A Comparison of Natural and Synthetic Fungicides on the Fungus A Niger

India Brockman
Perth Modern School, WA
Project Title: The Effects of Diet and Exercise on Muscle Necrosis in M D X Mice

Thomas John Gambuti
Shenton College, WA
Project Title: Messina the saline saviour

Eve MacDonald
Perth Modern School, WA
Project Title: Differences in Memory Between Genders

Ashkan Moradi Zaniani
Shenton College, WA
Project Title: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Bonnie Paul
Perth Modern School, WA
Project Title: identifying Residues within a novel peptide responsible for attenuating beta amyloid induced neurotoxicity

Robert Peacock
Shenton College, WA
Project Title: The effect of osmotic pressure on the rate & efficiency of reverse osmosis

Narani Santhirakumaran
Shenton College, WA
Project Title: The effect of osmotic pressure on the rate & efficiency of reverse osmosis