Colorado Science and Engineering Fair Awards for Excellence in Earth Sciences.
The RMAG Foundation participated in the Special Awards Judging at the Colorado Science and Engineering Fair in Fort Collins on April 3, 2025. The Foundation awarded two Junior Division and two Senior Division awards for Excellence in Earth Sciences. RMAG Foundation members Ginny Gent and Laura Wray, with Meagan Kohn from Halliburton, judged on behalf of RMAG.
Senior Division Winners:
Year: 2025
- First prize – Colter Dennision, 9th grade Mancos HS
Toxic Tributaries 2: Rivers effect on soil chemistry. His project measured the heavy metals in the Lower Mancos river using XRF (awarded $300) - Second prize – Lochlan DaRonco, 12th grade Evergreen HS
Bear Creek Geological and pH Analysis: His project tried to tie the underlying geology to the pH of the creek in the Evergreen area (awarded $200)
Year: 2024
- Elizabeth Vossler (11th grade): Detention Basin Systems: Mitigating Stormwater in Hampden Heights and Its Implications on Cherry Creek Water Quality– Denver School of the Arts (awarded $400)
- Juakin Sawatzky (9th grade): The Effects of the Run-Off from Mine Tailings on Daphnia Magna – Liberty School (awarded $300)
Junior Division Winners:
Year: 2025
- First prize – Lyndee Thomson and Ryder Pryor 7th grade West Grand Middle
School, Kremmling
Waters’ Way: Their project measured heavy metal concentration of the town’s water at three stations to determine what effect PVC pipes had on water quality. (awarded $300) - Second prize – Ben Zhao 8th grade Summit Charter School, Boulder.
Earthquake Asperities relation to recurrence: His project measured geomechanical failures of clay material baked to different hardness to determine if hardness differences between layers plays a role in earthquakes (awarded $200)
Year: 2024
- Tejas Raman (8th grade): Pattern-Based Seismology – Boulder Country Day School (awarded $300)
Year: 2023
- Sylvia Daugherty: Fuels of the Future (awarded $200)
- Keegan Gomez: Micro-renewable Energy (awarded $200)