2013
S.L.I.D.E.: Solar Light Indicating Danger Ecologically STEM Science Team Roan Mountain, TN Problem: Playground equipment becoming hot enough to cause second- to third-degree burns. Solution: S.L.I.D.E. – A solar powered warning system designed to detect playground equipment surface temperatures and to visually alert playground visitors when the surface becomes dangerously hot. At an awards ceremony […]
The Biodiesel Weasels Pinnacle Charter School Federal Heights, CO Problem: Increased transportation costs Solution: “Top off” fuel tanks of the district’s buses with biodiesel fuel to help reduce transportation costs At an awards ceremony held at Walt Disney World®, two of the eight Finalist teams received Gold Medals and $2,000 per team member for their winning […]

Kellie Einck Junior South O’Brien High School Paullina, Iowa The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the American Farm Bureau Federation are honored to have awarded the achievements of the 2013 $1,000 Agriscience Student’s Award Columbus Scholar. In 7th grade, Kellie Einck started researching xylitol as a science fair project, with the hope of becoming a […]

Jillian Drake Senior Fallbrook Union High School Fallbrook, California The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the American Farm Bureau Federation are honored to have awarded the achievements of the 2013 $1,000 Agriscience Student’s Award Columbus Scholar. Jillian Drake’s agriscience research has concentrated on the plant pathogen ’Candidatus Liberibcter’ which causes severe diseases in citrus and […]

Sara Clark, Ph.D. Sonoraville High School Calhoun, Georgia The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the American Farm Bureau Federation are honored to have awarded the achievements of the 2013 $10,000 Agriscience Educator’s Award Columbus Scholar. Sara Clark grew up in Waycross, Georgia, working in a commercial greenhouse. She has taught agricultural education for over 20 years […]

Michael P. Doyle, Ph.D. Regents Professor and Director Center for Food Safety The University of Georgia Griffin, Georgia The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the American Farm Bureau Federation are honored to have awarded the achievements of the 2013 $10,000 Distinguished Agriscience Scientist’s Award Columbus Scholar. Dr. Michael P. Doyle is a Regents Professor and Director, […]