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2001 CPCUG Science Fair Awards |
On June 11, 2001, General Meeting CPCUG recognized another excellent group of young computer scientists. Since 1996 the Capital PC User Group has honored deserving young computer scientists for their outstanding science fair projects. CPCUG President Dennis Courtney presented the awards including present plaques, $50 savings bonds, and one-year CPCUG memberships for special achievement in exploring computer technology.
Before the meeting, the awardees presented project displays to CPCUG members; we were impressed by the intelligence and enthusiasm of these young people. They have much to teach us about their explorations in Computer Science. We have also invited these young scientists to send us electronic copies of their papers for inclusion on the CPCUG Web Server and synopses in the Monitor.
Montgomery Area Science Fair awardees |
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| Shilpi Maheshwari | Thomas S. Wooten High School | The Next Wave: Medical Image Compression Through Object Oriented Programming |
| Casey Johnson | Walt Whitman high School | Computer Correction Vs Antenna Correction In GPS Signals |
| Gopal Adhikarimayaum | Takoma Park Middle School | How Computational Complexity Increases In Satisfiabilty Problems |
| Raghu Rajaram | Ridgeview Middle School | Navigating Through The World ... Using Java! |
| Julia Simon-Mishel | Takoma Park Middle School | Quick Times: An Analysis of E-Mail Transit Times |
| Jeremy Ong | Herbert Hoover Middle School | Error Correction |
| Mohammad Paryavi | Muslim Community School | Semi-Autonomous Computer Guided Vehicle |
| Ken-Hui Yin | Takoma Park Middle School | The Reliability Of Local Area Networks |
| Landon Fraser | Montgomery Blair High School | Affects Of Link Annotations On Search Performance In Layered And Unlayered Hierarchically Organized Information Spaces |
| William Lee | Springbrook High School | The Optimum Pattern Recognition Using The Genetic Algorithm |
| Alan Dunn | Montgomery Blair High School | Optimization Of Advanced Encription Standard Candidate Algorithms For The Macintosh G4 |
Loudoun County Regional Science and Engineering Fair |
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| Brian Pinkham | Stone Bridge High School | The Optimization of Line Tracking and Obstacle Avoidance Robot Algorithms |
| Haley A. Firetti | Loudoun County High School | Effects of Component Yarrow on Unix and Windows Computers and the Amount of Randomness Produced by Device Drivers |
Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair |
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| Margaret Cotton | Robinson Secondary School | Examination of Memory Transfer in Planaria by Canibalism |
Four volunteer CPCUG judges worked hard to select these projects, covering three fairs this year. CPCUG members George Herbert judged in Loudoun County, and Basil White judged in Fairfax. Nancy Landreville and Charles "Rusty" Romaine evaluated the Montgomery Fair exhibits. Our thanks go to the judges plus invaluable support from the CPCUG Board.
It's challenging to understanding and assess the projects and rewarding to see
these young people doing such good work. This program is an excellent way to
bring new and energetic members into CPCUG. Moreover, the awards provides CPCUG
with positive visibility with the scientifically literate families of the
Washington DC area. If you would like to see your jurisdiction included in
next year’s effort, please contact Walt Houser CPCUG
Coordinator at
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