Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair 2011 | Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy

AzRISE joins the community in celebrating the Young Solar Innovator Awards at the Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair (SARSEF).

AzRISE presented the Young Solar Innovator Awards to 17 Students, all of whom focused their science projects on some aspect of solar energy. The Solar Innovators ranged in age from kindergarten through high school. They were awarded certificates of merit, ribbons and prize money for their projects at the 2011 Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair (SARSEF) which was held March 22-25 at the Tucson Convention Center, Exhibit Halls B & C.

                                       Mysterious Baghdad Battery                                                             Solar vs. Conventional Ovens: No Compromise on
                                          Andrew Thai, 1st Grade                                                                   Yummy Tasting Peanut Butter Marble Cake with
                                                                                                                                                                           Blue and White Frosting!
                                                                                                                                                                              Lucia Wert, 1st Grade

Solar Power and Air Pollution Sun Shades - Heat Fades
Ruby Lenertz, 1st Grade Krishna Dasika, 2nd Grade

                                                      Empower                                                                                                        Solar Spectrum Sunglasses
                                              Kade Dean, 2nd Grade                                                                                           Daniel Giordano, 3rd Grade

The Battle of Solar Panels vs. Batteries Electric Soil?
Emeline Rhoads, 4th Grade Nicholas Taylor, 4th Grade

Summer Colors vs. Heat Absorbers Sun Angle and Solar Power
Rudrakshi Dasika, 4th Grade Quinn Oliver, 5th Grade

Solar Power: A Bright Idea Cooking with Solar Ovens
Erik Herklotz, 5th Grade Ashling Whelan, , 6th Grade

Solar Power Radio Parabolic Trough Water Heater
Nathan Ryberg, 6th Grade Zachary Kirch, 7th Grade

                                                Moth Eye Solar Cell                                                                           The Impact of Ambient Air Temperature on the
                                         Merin Thomas,  8th Grade                                                                                     Efficiency of a Photovoltaic Cell
                                          Judin Thomas, 6th Grade                                                                                            Ethan Gould, 8th Grade

                    Parabolic, Hazard-Limited, Collapsing Solar Stirling                                            Light Filtering with Photovoltaic Concentrators
                                              Insolation Collector                                                                                                    Ostin Zarse, Grade 10
                                            Cory Owan, Grade 10

2011 Young Solar Innovator Awardees

First Grade Winners:

1^st place: Andrew Thai, Project: "Mysterious Baghdad Battery"
2nd place: Lucia Wert, Project: “Solar vs. Coinventional Ovens: No Compromise on
Yummy Tasting Peanut Butter Marble Cake with Blue and White Frosting”
2nd place: Ruby Lenertz, Project: "Solar Power and Air Pollution"

Second Grade Winners:

1^st place: Krishna Dasika, project: “Sun Shades - Heat Fades”

2^nd place: Kade Dean, project: “Empower”

Third Grade Winners:

1^st place: Daniel Giordano, project: “Solar Spectrum Sunglasses”

Fourth Grade Winners:

1st place: Emeline Rhoads, project: "The Battle of Solar Panels vs. Batteries

1st place: Nicholas Taylor, Best Use of Natural Materials, Rosemont Copper Award

2^nd place: Rudrakshi Dasika, project: “Summer Colors vs. Heat Absorbers”

Fifth Grade Winners:

1^st place: Quinn Oliver, project: “Sun Angle and Solar Power"
2^nd place: Erik Herklotz, project: “Solar Power: A Bright Idea”

Sixth Grade Winners:

2^nd place: Ashling Whelan, project: “Cooking with Solar Ovens”

2^nd place: Nathan Ryberg, project: “Solar Power Radio”

Grades 7 - 12 Winners:

1^st place: Zachary Kirch, project: “Parabolic Trough Water Heater”
1st place, Ethan Gould, project: "The Impact of Ambient Air Temperature on the Efficiency of a Photovoltaic Cell"
2^nd place: Ostin Zarse, project: “Light Filtering and Photovoltaic Concentrators”

Grand Prize Winners:

Overall Grand Prize Winner: Cory Owan, project: “Parabolic, Hazard-Limited, Collapsing Solar Stirling Insolation Collector”
Grand Prize Winner: Merin Thomas, Judin Thomas, project: "Moth Eye Solar Cell"