November 16, 2022
A former student who once won awards at the State Science Fair (2011 in Alabama) becomes part of the team helping the United States return humankind to the Moon in 2022!
Showing posts with label International Science and Engineering Fair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International Science and Engineering Fair. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Former Student Helps Trip to the Moon!
Thursday, February 12, 2004
1st Place at Auburn Physics Invitational 2004!
I appreciate all of the students who responded to my challenge and prodding
with so many wonderful memories!
First Place at Auburn University Invitational!
Date: February 12, 2004
Location: Auburn, Alabama
Auburn University hosted the annual Chemistry, Geology, Geography & Physics Invitational Competition at the Auburn University main campus. A hundred high schools from around the state of Alabama were invited to bring teams of outstanding science students. The competition took place on Thursday (February 12th) top science students from high schools of all sizes and types attempted to win as a team in the competition sponsored jointly by the Science Departments at Auburn University. The UMS-Wright Team of Beko Binder, Dima Zakharov, Vanessa Moore and Vidu Yarlagdda of UMS-Wright Preparatory school won first place.
The competition involved a students publicly responding to posed Geology, Geography, Physics and Chemistry problems in a timed pressured environment. Teams of students responding correctly to the posed questions and problems in the time provided earned points. The team with the most points won.
Science Chair Dr. Tim Burgess, observed “Our science student team displayed the effort, persistence and skill required to win in a competition that included schools with outstanding students and outstanding programs in the physical sciences. These students are to be congratulated.”
Location: Auburn, Alabama
Auburn University hosted the annual Chemistry, Geology, Geography & Physics Invitational Competition at the Auburn University main campus. A hundred high schools from around the state of Alabama were invited to bring teams of outstanding science students. The competition took place on Thursday (February 12th) top science students from high schools of all sizes and types attempted to win as a team in the competition sponsored jointly by the Science Departments at Auburn University. The UMS-Wright Team of Beko Binder, Dima Zakharov, Vanessa Moore and Vidu Yarlagdda of UMS-Wright Preparatory school won first place.
The competition involved a students publicly responding to posed Geology, Geography, Physics and Chemistry problems in a timed pressured environment. Teams of students responding correctly to the posed questions and problems in the time provided earned points. The team with the most points won.
Science Chair Dr. Tim Burgess, observed “Our science student team displayed the effort, persistence and skill required to win in a competition that included schools with outstanding students and outstanding programs in the physical sciences. These students are to be congratulated.”
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Combining my love for competition and interest in science was something I did from early on in my career.
I also liked to do “action research” to evaluate initiatives in my class and department.
“Physics First” was a department wide change in science sequence that I wanted to implement if able to.
Friday, May 16, 2003
International Science Fair 3rd Place 2003!
I appreciate all of the students who responded to my challenge and prodding
with so many wonderful memories!
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Friday May 16, 2003
Friday May 16, 2003
Cleveland
Convention Center
Cleveland,
Ohio
Mobile
Student Science Researchers Win
3rd
at International Competition!
The
54th
International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) was held at the
Cleveland Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio during the week of May
11-May 16, 2003. ISEF is presented by Science Service and is
sponsored by the Intel Corporation. The competition involved more
than 1300 hundred students from 40 different nations that included
the United States and its territories. The 425 team projects at ISEF
were all winners from 500 previously held regional, state and
national competitions. Matt
Meduna and Larry Hu
(both of UMS-Wright) won 3rd place in the Team Computer Science Category with a project titled “A
Liquid-Based Thermoelectric Application for Processor Architecture
Scalability.”
Matt
and Larry were provided with an all expense-paid trip to the week
long event by the Alabama State Science Fair. They left on May 11th on a specially chartered bus from Mobile (AL), set up their project
on May 12th,
endured a rigorous screening process (eliminating unqualified
projects), presented the project to a panel of judges (most judges
were from Case Western University) and endured two days of on-site
project interviews. The top prize garnered a $50,000 cash award this
year. The project won a 3rd Place in the “Best of Category Team” in Computer Science. The
award included a $1000 cash scholarship for Matt and Larry.
Jennifer
Evans of the “Ceres Connection” at MIT announced a new honor for
those who place at ISEF. The “Ceres Connection” is a major
research effort that is searching for minor planets in the Earth’s
solar system. This program will be naming previously discovered
minor planets after the winners ISEF. The registered name of a minor
planet based on Matt and Larry’s names and will be published in the
summer of 2003.
The
3rd place category finish was the best that the Alabama delegation had
this year. Dr. Burgess commented “Matt Meduna and Larry Hu worked
very hard on this project and continued to improve it at every level
of competition. The initiative and competence these two students
displayed are without comparison in my career. They did this project
on their own, for no academic credit, even while engaged in a
challenging academic load that included Advanced Placement courses.
It is an honor to have seen their tremendous success.”
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Combining my love for competition and interest in science was something I did from early on in my career.
I also liked to do “action research” to evaluate initiatives in my class and department.
“Physics First” was a department wide change in science sequence that I wanted to implement if able to.
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