2010 New Jersey National History Day Qualifiers
National History Day Qualifiers
State Contest
Junior Paper
Alternate
Ajay Prabhat
European Integration: The Path to the European Union
Marlboro Middle School, Barbara Gallo
National Qualifiers
Liezl Puzon
Transistors: The Dawn of the Information Age
Marlboro Memorial Middle School, Christa Persico
Sanjita Ekhelikar
Diderot's "The Letter of the Blind": The Words that Cast Light upon the Dark of the Blind
Marlboro Middle School, Barbara Gallo
Junior Performance, Individual
Alternate
Ali Sjamsu
The 1974 Gas Crisis Sparks the Innovation to Go Green
Grover Middle School, Joan Ruddiman
National Qualifiers
Bethany Mo
The Polio Vaccine: The Vaccine that Injected Responsibility into the Government and the Cure to the People
Marlboro Middle School, Barbara Gallo
Suntharam Solai
Interchangeable Parts for the Human Body; Organ Transplantation and its Impact on Bioethics
Community Middle School, Karen Rosnick
Junior Performance, Group
Alternate
Eric Liu, Alex Chan, & Adesh Ranganna
Frozen Foods: Shortening Cooking Time, Lengthening the Day for Women
Marlboro Middle School, Barbara Gallo
National Qualifiers
Hannah Widmayer & YuCong (Cathy) Chi
"We are making a change!": Integration Innovates Trenton's Public Schools
Grover Middle School, Joan Ruddiman
Sarah Pieslak, Sydney Rubin & Karaline Rosen
Making Waves with Radio
Pond Road Middle School, Anne DiGiuseppe
Junior Documentary, Individual
Alternate
Colin White
The Jet Engine: Thrusting into History
Valley Middle School, Judith Vihonski
National Qualifiers
Jennifer Silver
Recycling: A Revolution from the Ground Up
Rosa International Middle School, Christy Marrella-Davis
Liam Knox
CNN 24/7: Launching a Brave News World
Community Middle School, Karen Rosnick
Junior Documentary, Group
Alternate
Harman Anand & Amar Venugopal
Satyagraha – Pushing Boundaries of Social Change
Highland Park Middle School, Colin Hogan
National Qualifiers
Ziyi Wang, Bobby Zografos, Justin Rosen, Jacob Segal & Mike O'Shaughnessy
Out of Many, One: Innovating a "We the People"
Rosa International Middle School, Christy Marrella-Davis
Asavari Phanse, Kelly King & Danielle Sakowitz
Bottling Sound: From Phonograph to iPhone
Marlboro Middle School, Barbara Gallo
Junior Website
Alternate
Konrad Petelski
The "Wright" Stuff
St. Anthony School, Ann Marie Peterson
National Qualifiers
Alex Wares
John Steven-Steam Locomotive Pioneer
St. Anthony School, Ann Marie Peterson
Grace Huang & Sarah Lin
The Innovation that Changed the National: The Cotton Gin's Lasting Impact on America
Marlboro Middle School, Barbara Gallo
Junior Exhibit, Individual
Alternate
Mitchell Trabb
Super Bowl: America's Greatest Game
Pine Brook School, Jill Piaskowsky & Bruce Mitzak
National Qualifiers
Yian Zheng
Mankind's Miracle, Nature's Nightmare: Plastics Promote Innovations that Impact and Change All Aspects of Modern Life
Grover Middle School, Joan Ruddiman
Danielle Eiger
A Voice Given to the Young
Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School, Jacqueline Colon & Lisa Robinson
Junior Exhibit, Group
Alternate
Samantha Garrison, Briana Tedesco & Caitlin Barnes
Workplace Safety: The Fire that Sparked Reform
H. B. Whitehorne Middle School, Barbara Kistner
National Qualifiers
Annie Shi, Heather Chang, Elaine Liu & Karen Nguyen
Chlorination: The Innovation that Changed the Nation
Marlboro Middle School, Barbara Gallo
Joseph Perez & Connor Clancy
The Dramatic Effect of Anesthesia
Pine Brook School, Jill Piaskowsky, Diane Piorkawski & Bruce Mitzak
Senior Paper
Alternate
Morgan Clark
Anesthesia: Innovation in the World of Pain
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
National Qualifiers
Brendan Milik
The First Step Toward Freedom: The Emancipation Proclamation
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
Emma McGregor
The Lobotomy: Remembering and Learning from Medicine's Mistake
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Andrew Lipka
Senior Performance, Individual
Alternate
Ragha Suresh
Sewerage Systems: Innovation in Subterranean Sanitation
Freehold Borough High School Home School, Pat Suresh
National Qualifiers
Shivani Badgi
Public Education: The Evolution of Knowledge for All
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Andrew Lipka
Lavanya Ganesh
All Under One Roof: The Waltman-Lowell System
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Andrew Lipka
Senior Performance, Group
Alternate
Adam Niemann, Siddhi Sundar & Aneesha Raghunathan
Broadcasting: An Innovation in Communication
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Andrew Lipka
National Qualifiers
Alexandra Hartley & Alli Hartley
Hull House: Innovation in Social Justice
Montville Township High School, Peter Porter Jr.
Payal Marathe, Varnika Atmakuri, Sanjana Manikandan, Eugene Tang & Vikram Kesavabhotla
Struggle of Colors: The Innovation of the Jim Crow Laws
West Windsor- Plainsboro High School North, Andrew Lipka
Senior Documentary, Individual
Alternate
Matt Greenberg
Evolution: Driving Reforms
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Andrew Lipka
National Qualifiers
Carolyn Lipka
Nuclear Innovation and the Myth of Inevitability
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Andrew Lipka
Conor Reid
The Marian Reforms
Montville Township High School, Peter Porter Jr.
Senior Documentary, Group
Alternate
Matt Bogdonoff, Alex Swartz, Brendon Rush, Jake Tuff & Jonathon Silverstone
Forming a More Perfect Union: The People and Their Constitution
Cherry Hill High School East, Christy Marrella-Davis & Steven Davis
National Qualifiers
Mimi Journey, Kimberly Hickman & Laura Yoo
The Innovation of the Pill
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
Thea Ma & Ingrid Ma
Streptomycin: A Pioneer Antibiotic
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Andrew Lipka
Senior Website
Alternate
Abraham Mendelson, Charles Qian, Samuel Pallay, Ryan Kung & David Measley
The Inn-0-vation of Zero
Montville Township High School, Peter Porter Jr.
National Qualifiers
Angela Huang & Alice Huang
The Road to Conquering Prejudice: Loving v. Virginia
Manoj Muthukumaran, Eric Zibler, Jerry Zhang, David Sherwood & Farrah Liu
Innovation in Naval Warfare
Montville Township High School, Peter Porter Jr.
Senior Exhibit, Individual
Alternate
Michael Treves
Victory or Defeat: How the Railroads Influenced the Outcome of the Civil War
Princeton High School, Christopher DeYoung
National Qualifiers
Carolyn Andia
Paterson: Industry Began Here!
John F. Kennedy High School, Robin O'Brien
Olivia Hu
Thalidomide
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Andrew Lipka
Senior Exhibit, Group
Alternate
Akram Hussain, Jamaal Hilton, Mohammad Jabed, Quinto Fisher & Arafath Hussain
The Manhattan Project
John F. Kennedy High School, Eric Glatz
National Qualifiers
Kelly Clark, Petrell Vereen, Zoe Greenhal, Rachel Tinkelman & Nate Warszawski
Movies: A Documentation of the Past, A Glance into the Future
Cherry Hill High School East, Christy Marrella-Davis
Maria Carvalho & Nora Mustafa
I
C Silicon!
Passaic County Technical Institute, Victoria Scarpa |
2010 New Jersey Special Prize Winners
American Revolution
Awarded by the New Jersey Revolutionary War Round Table
Junior:
Junior Documentary
Ziyi Wang, Bobby Zografos, Justin Rosen, Jacob Segal & Mike O'Shaughnessy
Out of Many, One: Innovating a "We the People"
Rosa International Middle School, Christy Marrella-Davis
Senior:
Senior Documentary
Matt Bogdonoff, Alex Swartz, Brendon Rush, Jake Tuff & Jonathon Silverstone
Forming a More Perfect Union: The People and Their Constitution
Cherry Hill High School East, Christy Marrella-Davis & Steven Davis
Senior Documentary
Thomas II Grande, Haroon Mian, Nishank Mehta, Robert Wu & Yuehan Xiao
The Musket: The Evolution of a Revolutionary Innovation
Montville Township High School, Peter Porter Jr.
Civil War
Awarded by the New Jersey Civil War Round Table
Junior:
Junior Website
Grace Huang & Sarah Lin
The Innovation that Changed the National: The Cotton Gin's Lasting Impact on America
Marlboro Middle School, Barbara Gallo
Senior:
Senior Documentary
Shannon Dunn, Alex Leicht, Michelle Shteyn & Sarah Levitt
Innovation in Medicine
Montville Township High School, Peter Porter Jr.
Senior Documentary
Manoj Muthukumaran, Eric Zibler, Jerry Zhang, David Sherwood & Farrah Liu
Innovation in Naval Warfare
Montville Township High School, Peter Porter Jr.
Best Use of Newspapers
Awarded by The Bergen Record, NJ
Junior:
Junior Exhibit
Danielle Eiger
A Voice Given to the Young
Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School, Jacqueline Colon & Lisa Robinson
Senior:
Senior Documentary
Carolyn Lipka
Nuclear Innovation and the Myth of Inevitability
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Andrew Lipka
Maritime History
Awarded by The National Maritime Historical Society
First Prizes:
Junior Individual Documentary
George X. Li
Silent Hunters: An Unprecedented Capability for Attack Incites Innovations in Naval Technology & Tactics
Grover Middle School, Joan Ruddiman
Senior Group Website
Farrah Liu, David Sherwood, Jerry Zhang, Eric Zilber, Manoj Muthukumaran
Innovation in Naval Warfare
Montville Township High School, Peter A. Porter, Jr.
Second Prizes:
Junior Individual Exhibit (Entry # 3015)
Nicole Wroblewski
The Morris Canal
Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School, Jacqueline Colon & Lisa Robinson
Junior Group Exhibit
Julia Hansen, Alex Hutcherson, Jade Pace
Submarines: Weapons of War and Peace
Valley Middle School, Judith Vihonski |
2008 National History Day Silver Medalist winner from New Jersey
Article from West Windsor & Plainsboro New
West Windsor & Plainsboro News
- Box 580, West Windsor, NJ 08550
- Phone: 609-243-9119
Monday, JUN 30, 2008
Silver Medal
Carolyn Lipka, a sophomore at High School North, placed second at the National History Day championships at the University of Maryland College Park Campus in the Washington, D.C. The event was webcast on the History Channel website live.
Lipka, who presented a documentary, "Deaf-Con Two: The Misheard Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis," was one of the 12 finalists in the nation. She won the New Jersey State Championship at William Paterson University in May.
Her documentary was the result of a year's work; she did extensive archival research in manuscript libraries, including the Mudd Manuscript Library at Princeton University. Lipka, who interviewed experts and witnesses to history; included interviews with Sergei Khrushchev, the son of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, as well as Ted Sorensen, former White House counsel and speechwriter for President Kennedy, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and expert on the crisis, Martin Sherwin. Her annotated bibliography for this project was 19 single-spaced pages.
"I am thrilled to receive the honor of such a prestigious award, especially considering the amazing quality of the competition," says Lipka. "My project was an extensive commitment, not only by myself, but also the wonderful people who gave of their time and expertise, including Doctors Khrushchev and Sherwin, and Mr. Sorensen. I am also grateful to the History Channel for sponsoring the event, and to my competitors, whose work has inspired me to try to improve every year."
Lipka, who founded the National History Day Club at North, has been president for the past two years. More information about the competition is available at www.nhd.org. |
