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Past winners of the University of Sydney Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Prize

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2009 Winners

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University category

  • Winner: Catalyst, by Thomas McKeith and William Howarth from the University of Sydney, NSW

Secondary school category

  • Winner: Rojo and J-Dizzles Incredible Sound Vibes, by Jordan Fleming (Year 12) and Rohan Fleming (Year 10) from Central Coast Grammar School, NSW
  • Second place: The Red-lored Whistler, by Michael Huxley (Year 11) from St John's Grammar School, SA
  • Third place: Stilbopteryx Costalis and the Funnel of Doom, by Ariana McCauley, Alison Clark, Bayden Allen, Thomas Roberts, Roger Zhao (Years 9 and 10) from Gosford High School, NSW

Primary school category

  • Winner: Kiara's Gift, by Emma Gale, Michael Metters, Ava Atzemis, Dylan Lycari, Katherine Hakiim, Kiara Lloyd (Year 1-6) from St Therese Primary School, NSW

2009 Sleek Geek film comp winners with Professor David Day, Dean of Science, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, and Dr Michael Spence, Vice Chancellor of the University of Sydney

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2008 Winners

Watch the 2008 prize finalist movies
2008 Sleek Geek finalists on ABC-TV's Catalyst

University category

  • Winner: A Fundamental Misunderstanding, by Michael van Drempt from the University of Sydney, NSW

Secondary school category

  • Winner: The Copernican System, by Mitchell Connolly from Melbourne High School, VIC
  • 2nd Place: Neurotic - A film about brain messages, by Nicole Matouk, Ada Jin, Madeleine Cowell & Sarah Young from Conservatorium High School, NSW
  • 3rd Place: Fractious Friction, by Bayden Allen, Tobias Jackson, Tom Roberts, Daniel Barnaby & Kaleah Balcomb from Gosford High School, NSW

Primary school category

  • Winner: Eureka!, by Tom Bird, Cally-Rose Ware, Alex Ridge & Madison Walker from Table Cape Primary School, TAS
  • HIGHLY COMMENDED: What?! A mountain blows its top off? by Aydin Neighbour from St Finbarr's Catholic Primary School, NSW

2008 Sleek Geek Finalists with Dr Michael Spence, Vice Chancellor, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Julius Sumner Miller Fellow and Professor David Day, Dean of Science

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2007 Winners

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  • 1st Place: Alchemy: The Golden Age, by Tyler Stewart from Melbourne High School and Billy McNiece, St Michael's Grammar School, VIC
  • 2nd Place: Zac's Motion Picture, by Nicholas Dyer from Shenton College, WA
  • 3rd Place: Meiosis: The Chromosomal Wonderdance, by Annie Zheng and Genevieve Martin from Kilvington Girls' Grammar School, VIC
  • 4th Place: The Periodic Playground, by Jane Hawkey, Caitlin Henderson, Megan Betz, Jessica Gay, Felicity Kelson and Jasmine Sunely from Bacchus Marsh Grammar School, VIC

2007 Sleek Geek Finalists with Professor David Day, Dean of Science, and Professor Gavin Brown, Vice Chancellor of the University of Sydney

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2006 Winners

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  • 1st Place: Moles, by Kartika Suharto-Martin, Joanna Brooke and Rosa Gollan from Conservatorium High School of Music, NSW
  • 2nd Place: A Brief History of Light, by Kaleah Balcomb, Hannah Butler, Matthew Wardrop, Laura Cavanagh and Jonathan Woodbury from Gosford High School, NSW
  • 3rd Place: Inertia, the Musical, by Maddie Finnigan and Lizzy Finnigan from Northern Beaches Christian School, NSW
  • 4th Place: Nanosamurai Defense, by Alex Lee-Rekers, Olivia Jablonski and Thomas Marr from Conservatorium High School of Music, NSW

Sleek Geeks 2006 - Budding science communicators with the University of Sydney’s Dr Karl Kruszelnicki and Dean of Science, Professor David Day

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