Science
and Engineering Council of Santa Barbara
May Luncheon
at
The Elephant Bar Restaurant
Thursday, May 10, 2007 12:00-1:30
PM
------THIS MONTH'S TOPIC------
The
52nd Annual Santa Barbara Science Fair - April 20, 2007
Award Winners Present Their Winning Projects
A key goal of the Santa Barbara Science Fair is to stimulate students to take an active interest in the study of engineering and science by initiating and completing projects of their own choosing. The SEC and its members fully support this event, and are pleased to recognize the Science Fair winners:
------PRESENTERS------
Introductory Remarks by Richard Schapker - Science and Engineering Council Science Fair Chairman
Project Displays and Brief Presentations by the Science Fair Winners
Prizes awarded by the Science & Engineering Council of Santa Barbara, Inc.
Junior and Senior “Best of Fair” $200 prizes each
Andrew Sanchez,
Esther Florez - San Marcos H.S.; Senior Life Science;
“How Does the Amount of Acanthocephalan (Thorny Head Worm) Parasites Affect
Swimming and Burrowing?” (Olin Bausback)*
Johnny Manzo
- La Colina Jr H.S.; Junior Physical Science;
“Wave Hello to Clean Energy”
(David Marchetti)
“Best of Division” - $100 prizes each
Andrew Sanchez,
Esther Florez - San Marcos H.S.; Senior Life Science;
“How Does the Amount of Acanthocephalan (Thorny Head Worm) Parasites Affect
Swimming and Burrowing?” (Olin Bausback)
Keal Jones
- Olive Grove Charter S.; Senior Physical Science;
“Transforming the Way Transformers Work - Conservation Utilizing an End
Device Detection Circuit” (Sherry Hahn)
Megha Manjunath
- Goleta Valley Jr H.S.; Junior Behavioral;
“Stereovision: Do We Really Need to Recognize Images to Perceive Depth?”
(Brad Penkala)
Dana Walker
- La Colina Jr H.S.; Junior Biological;
“Distribution of Western Snowy Plover Food at Sands Beach, Goleta”
(Danielle Bean)
Mallory Meyer
- Goleta Valley Jr H.S.; Junior Environmental;
“The Golden Ratio and Ammonoids”
(Kim Miller)
Connor Lynch
- Goleta Valley Jr H.S.; Junior Mechanical;
“Hydrogen - Clean and Powerful!”
(Kim Miller)
Zoe Brier
- Santa Barbara Jr H.S.; Junior Microbiological;
“How Bacteria
Can Be Reduced on a Sponge” (Marilyn Garza)
Johnny Manzo
- La Colina Jr H.S.; Junior Physical Science;
“Wave Hello to Clean Energy”
(David Marchetti)
*Names of Project Advisors
in parentheses
------OTHER INFO------
$14 for SEC
members; $20 for non-members.
Information: Barbara Keaney (E-mail: scieng@silcom.com
or call 805-684-4927).
Reservations NOT required.
Elephant Bar Restaurant: 521 Firestone Road in Goleta
Website: http://www.scieng.org
From the Co-Presidents: Please join us in May to help foster a continuing tradition of strong support for our young scientists and engineers, and enjoy their very interesting Science Fair projects. See you there!
Tim Murphy and Gary Kravetz