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1998 CPCUG Science Fair Awards |
The Capital PC User Group takes pleasure in recognizing the achievements of 20 young computer scientists from 6 jurisdictions around the DC metropolitan area. We were delighted to see their displays and enjoyed talking with them before the main program. Once again the 1998 Science Awards Ceremony was a great opportunity to share our enthusiasm for computing.
CPCUG President Lillian Milliner presented the awards, assisted by Program Chairman Rich Schinnell. Rich doubled as photographer to capture the event for publication in the CPCUG’s newsletter, The Monitor.
CPCUG Special Recognition Plaques, $50 savings bonds, and a one-year membership were given to the following:
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Science Fair |
Awardee and School |
Project title |
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Prince George's Regional Science Fair |
Amy Carroll St. Michael's School St. Mary's County |
Take A Byte out of Memory - Ms. Carroll determined which memory strategy will complete more tasks for the required time. |
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Montgomery Area Science Fair |
David Tamayo Lott Montgomery Blair Senior High School |
Soil Water Modeling |
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Montgomery Area Science Fair |
Daniel Starin Thomas Wootton Senior High School |
Sequential Sorting |
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Montgomery Area Science Fair |
Jacob Samuels Burnim Takoma Park Middle School |
Computer Viruses and Darwinian Evolution |
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Montgomery Area Science Fair |
Jennifer Katherine Kramer Cabin John Middle School |
Finding the Way Out |
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Montgomery Area Science Fair |
Brendan D. Connell Montgomery Blair Senior High School |
Fast Parallel Median Finding Probabilistic Expanding Graphs |
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Northern Virginia Regional Science and Engineering Fair |
Jill Brinig, St. Agnes School |
Does the Pitch Make the Pitch? - Ms. Brinig analyzed the Billboard top ten pop music recordings from a number of years to determine whether they had predominantly treble or bass frequencies. She discovered that treble is most prevalent, which came as a surprise to our judge, considering the emphasis apparently placed on bass in today’s music. |
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Prince William/ Manassas Regional Science Fair |
Zachary Ashman Stonewall Senior High School
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ABC Links: Assistance with Books Through Computer Linkage. - Mr. Ashman wrote a program that acts as a front end to the library's computer system. It calls it up, figures out what books are due, renews them, and warns you about fines. |
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Prince William/ Manassas Regional Science Fair |
Daniel Meddis Woodbridge Middle School
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Deflecting Doomsday - Mr. Meddis created a web page that documents how we could deflect asteroids. He included a short video graphics sequence as well as calculations on how many bombs it would take to deflect the asteroid. |
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Loudoun County Science and Engineering Fair |
Eric Davis and Alejandro Perez Park View Senior High School |
DIGITOPIA: A Project in Artificial Life |
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Loudoun County Science and Engineering Fair |
Craig Michael Chisholm Broad Run High School |
"Sending Subliminal Message Using Digital Signatures |
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District of Columbia Mathematics, Science & Technology Fair |
Matthew Brake Gonzaga High School |
The Middle Road of Artificial Intelligence |
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District of Columbia Mathematics, Science & Technology Fair |
Janai Marshall Jefferson Junior High School |
Caught in the Web |
Additional Recognition is being given to:
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David Ma Montgomery Blair Senior High School |
Cross-Point Effectiveness in Evolutionary Recombination |
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Todd Bryant Takoma Park Middle School |
What Are the Odds? |
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Aaron Hopp Cabin John Middle School |
For Every Loop there is a Time |
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Shilpi Maheshuari Takoma Park Middle School |
A Unique Test Compression Program VS The Popular |
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Kiran Neal Mathrani Herbert Hoover Middle School |
What Makes People Visit Web Sites? |
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Rahil Satija Herbert Hoover Middle School |
Let the Robot Do It for You |
Thank you CPCUG Science Fair Judges
We owe much of the pleasure of presenting these awards to our excellent volunteer judges. We had 5 times as many volunteers in 1998 so we were able to cover ten fairs instead of two as for 1997.
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County |
Judge |
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Prince George's Regional Science Fair Prince George's County St. Mary's County |
Larry Rood |
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Montgomery Area Regional Fair |
Lee Stanton Walt Houser |
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Northern Virginia Regional Science & Engineering Fair |
Bob Morrison |
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Prince William/Manassas Regional Science Fair |
Peter Kimmel Robert Clemenzi |
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Loudoun |
Rene Thirion George Herbert |
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District of Columbia Mathematics, Science & Technology Fair |
Fred Olson |
Our thanks also for invaluable support from CPCUG staff member Lynne Sturtz and the CPCUG Board. Once again, we are making a difference in the lives of these talented young people. If you would like to be included in next year’s effort as a judge, mentor, or both, please contact Walt Houser, CPCUG Science Fair Coordinator. You do not need to be a science whiz to be a judge. An interest in listening and learning from young people is the essential qualification.
Walt Houser CPCUG
Coordinator.