| Midwood Science Awards 2003-2004 |
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Intel Science Talent Search
Now in its 63rd year, the Intel
Science Talent Search (STS) is the oldest and most highly-regarded science
competition in the United States. Midwood students have a long and distinguished
record of superior performance in this "Junior Nobel Prize". In the
year 2004, Midwood had six semifinalists (which
ranks us fifth nationwide) and
one finalist.
Finalists will be in Washington, D.C. from March 11 to 16 to compete
for $530,000 in scholarships.
Finalist
- Shaye Storm
Age Determination and Size Reconstruction of North Atlantic Codfish (Gadus morhua)
from Akurvik, NW Iceland
Semifinalists
- Lyuba Azbel
How Do the Deaf Read? The Paradox of Performing a Phonemic Task Without Sound
- Elizabeth Kolod
How Does Learning Sign Language Affect Perception?
- Kenneth Lau
Adenosine A 2A Receptor Stimulation Modulates Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity in Hepatic Fibrosis
- Hayley Miskiewicz
Nucleoporins and the Nuclear Envelope in Alzheimer's Disease: A First Look
- Shaye Storm
Age Determination and Size Reconstruction of North Atlantic Codfish (Gadus morhua)
from Akurvik, NW Iceland
- Lindsey Tannenbaum
What is the Relationship Between Apoptosis and Nuclear Changes in Alzheimer's Disease?
Ceres Connection Winners
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory
has partnered with Science Service to promote science education through
a program called the Ceres Connection.
This program seeks to name minor planets after students in fifth through
twelfth grades and their teachers. Students and teachers are selected through
these Science Service competitions: the Discovery Channel Young Scientist
Challenge, the Intel Science Talent Search, the Intel International Science
and Engineering Fair, and the Intel Excellence in Teaching Award. All minor
planets named in the Ceres Connection program have been discovered by the
Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research project (LINEAR).
- Asteroid "1998 FL76" was renamed 20296 Shayestorm in honor of Shaye Storm for his winning Intel-STS project.
- Asteroid "1999 RR160" was renamed 20586 Elizkolod in honor of Elizabeth Kolod for her winning ISEF project.
- Asteroid "1998 HX91" was renamed 20341 Alanstack in honor of Mr. Stack for his work as a teacher mentor.
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| Back Row: Principal Steve Zwisohn, Kenneth Lau,
Betty Kolod, Mr. Rumpolo, Lyuba Azbel, Shaye Storm,
Mr. Rosenfeld, Mr. Stack. Front Row: Mrs. Nicastri,
Hayley Miskiewicz, Lindsey Tannenbaum |
Lindsey Tannenbaum and Shaye Storm with their teacher mentor
Mr. Stack |
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| Kenneth Lau and Hayley Miskiewicz with their teacher mentor Mrs. Nicastri |
Lyuba Azbel and Betty Kolod with their teacher mentor Mr. Rumpolo |
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Siemens-Westinghouse Science & Technology Competition
The Siemens-Westinghouse
Science and Technology Competition is a national research competition in the
sciences and mathematics for high school students.
Semifinalists
- Hayley Miskiewicz and Lindsey Tannenbaum
for their team project based
upon the Neuropathology of Alzheimer's Disease. They worked with Dr.
Suzanne Mirra, of the Pathology department at the SUNY Health Science Center
at Brooklyn Downstate Medical Center.
- Tzvetomira Atanassova
for her project "The
Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of Thermoresponsive Gel N-isopropilacrylamide
Modified with
Gold Colloidal Nanoparticles." She worked with Dr. Malgorzata Ciszkowska,
of the Analytical Chemistry department at Brooklyn College.
American Chemical Society Research Poster Session
On Saturday October 25, 2003, St. Joseph's College held a High School Science
Competion sponsored by the New York Section of the American Chemical Society.
- Svetlana Primma
received a 2nd place prize for her project "Reconstitutuion
of QB and QA Function to Isolated Rhodobacter sphaeroides Reaction Centers
with Non-native Quinones"
- Shaye Storm
received a 2nd place prize for
his project "Age Determination
and Size Reconstruction of North Atlantic Codfish (Gadus morhua) from Akurvik,
NW Iceland." He did his work at Brooklyn College at the Zoo Archeology
Lab under the mentorship of Dr. Perdikaris.
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)
May 10-14, 2004 Portland, Oregon
The Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair (ISEF) is the world's largest pre-college celebration of
science. Held annually in May, the Intel ISEF brings together over 1,200 students
from 40 nations to compete for scholarships, tuition grants, internships, and
scientific field trips.
- Mou Chung Ng
" The Development of an Adenoviral Vector that Expresses PNC-28EG, a Gene
that Encodes a Peptide Selectively Cytotoxic to Pancreatic Carcinoma"
- Office of Naval Research on behalf of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
Scholarship in the amount of $8,000
- U.S. Air Force First Award of $3,000
- Elizabeth Kolod
" How Does Learning Sign Language Affect Visual Perception?"
- Behavioral and Social Sciences - Presented by Intel Foundation. Second
Award of $1,500
- Shaye Storm
" Age Determination and Size Reconstruction of 15th Century North Atlantic
Codfish (Gadus morhua L.) from Akurvik, NW Iceland"
- Earth and Space Sciences - Presented by Intel Foundation. Second Award
of $1,500
- Ghulam Dastgir
" Analysis of the Pancreatic Cancer-Specific 3C4-Ag Using a Novel Directly
Labeled Monoclonal Antibody 3C4 (FITC-mAb3C4)"
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry "for the projects
that best demonstrate the use of chemistry to diagnose diseased or abnormal
states in humans and/or animals." Third Award of $300
- Hayley Miskiewicz & Lindsey Tannenbaum
" The Nuclear Pore Complex in Alzheimer's Disease: A First Look at the Relationship
of Nucleoporins to Neuropathological Features and Apoptosis"
- Team Projects - Presented by Science News. Fourth Award of $500
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
JSHS invites high school students to conduct an original research investigation
in the sciences, engineering, or mathematics, and to participate in a regional
or state symposium sponsored by universities or other academic institutions.
Third Place
- Lyuba Azbel
How Do the Deaf Read? The Paradox of Performing a Phonemic Task without Sound
New York City (Metro) JSHS; Teacher/Mentor/Sponsor: Denis Pelli, New York Universityæ
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