The Strike a Spark planning committee is pleased to announce the award winners from the 2023 event. Congratulations to all participants.
Award winners can pick up their awards in Manderino Library beginning on Tuesday, April 25.
Awards of Outstanding Achievement
Creative Works
Joshua Getchen, “Manual Printing Using Digital Technology”
Kerry Ann Katz, “A Study of Biological Research”
Riley Roldan, “3D Facial Reconstruction on Dismembered Bodies”
Oral Presentations
Cammi Kovach, “Chilean Nysius Species Identification Through Phylogenetic and Traditional Taxonomic Analysis”
Posters
Johnathan F. Culhane, “Modeling Autism in Drosophila”
Kristen Hartz, “The Golden Ratio and Sums of Ratios in Fibonacci Numbers”
Alexa Manko and Bryce Lincoski “Can the Enzyme Lactone Hydrolase Degrade Aflatoxins Found in Agricultural Crops?”
David Mock, “Sectional Classification of Begonia Plant Species by Analysis of the Internal Transcribed Spacer Region, and Chloroplast and Mitochondrial DNA Regions”
Mara Proie, “Full STEAM Ahead: How the Rutledge Institute Promotes Creativity Through Educational Technology”
Sarah Seader, “Rural vs Urban Drug Overdoses: Saving Lives One Person at a Time”*
Awards of Distinction
Creative Works
Elijah Burgess, “Multidisciplinary Artist”
Samantha Trgovic, “Unveil”
Oral Presentations
Justina Arena, “Stratospheric Intrusions of Ozone in South Fayette”
Posters
Iliana Hunsberger and Mia Ola, “Does silencing ChREBP genes cause a higher rate of insulin resistance in Drosophila?”
Rashai Jackson, “Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches vs The Stress of Light”
Bryce Lincoski, “Do bacteria depend on RND efflux pumps for survival in abandoned mine drainage?”
*Asynchronous presentation.