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After all of the hard work and fierce competition, The 2007 Young Scientist Challenge has come to a close. Congratulations to the YSC's top three winners, as well as the selected finalists who won a variety of exciting special prizes! Read the press release for more information about winners and prizes and see photos from finalist week and the awards ceremony.
Each challenge in this year's "Operation Green"-themed event required students to rely on their broad range of scientific knowledge, decision-making, and communication skills as they tackled environmental issues. The winners were judged based on a composite of scores earned from oral presentations of their individual science projects, which they presented at the Smithsonian's National Museum of History and their participation in two days of challenges held at the University of Maryland in College Park.
Erik Gustafson, 11
Homer Intermediate School
Cortland, NY $20,000 Scholarship
Katherine Strube, 14
Nipher Middle School
Glendale, MO $10,000 Scholarship
Ambrose Soehn, 14
Summit Middle School
Boulder, CO $5,000 Scholarship
Erik was selected as the grand prize winner from an elite group of forty of the top young scientists in the nation and won a $20,000 scholarship award. He also earns the distinction of being the youngest YSC champion in history! His impressive skills of leadership, teamwork, scientific problem solving, critical thinking, and oral and written communication skills earned him the honorable title of "America's Top Young Scientist of the Year". Erik's project was entitled: The Stream is Rising but the pH is Falling: Acid Rain and Stream Volume.
Katherine, an eighth-grade student, won second prize, a $10,000 scholarship, for her excellent performance during the YSC Finalist Week. Her project was entitled: The Effect of Temperature and Energy Input on Electrolysis and Fuel Cell Output.
