Oceanside Middle School holds annual science fair

Science clearly runs in the Ilanges family of Oceanside. Anoj, a senior at Oceanside High School, is an Intel Semifinalist and was also recognized as a semifinalist by the Siemens Science, Math and Technology competition. Now, Anoj’s younger brother, 8th grader Arujan, has won the Oceanside Middle School Science Fair. Arujan’s project looked at the impact of anti-oxidants on fruit flies.
Alec Goldstein and Matthew Gilbert took second place with a project on Solar Energy, and Olivia Castagna and Simone DeBellis came in third for their research on Sports Drinks and Mice.

2012 OMS Science Fair Results

• Arujan Ilanges: Anti-Oxidant Aided Mediation of Hydrogen Peroxide Induced Stress in Drosophila Melanogaster

• Matthew Gilbert and Alec Goldstein: Coping with Solar Energy

• Olivia Castagna and Simone DeBellis: Sports Drinks and Mice

• Harshal Patel and Mitchell Plesser: Does Magnetism Affect the Regeneration of Planaria

• Timothy Cecere and Michael Ferko: Does the Type of Surface Affect the Rate of Movement of a Hovercraft

• Brian Cutler and Steven Picillo: Sugar Type and Yeast Fermentation

• Nicolina Sarneli: Does Mouthwash Affect the Growth of Bacteria

• Michael Catania and Jack Porter: Leaching and Plastic Water Bottles

• Emma McLaughlin: Got Mnemonics?

• Kelly Poulos: Microwaves…Friend or Foe?