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| Home | Features | DMA® Info | About | Vol 27 Issue 12 May 2003 |
DMA® Participates In Regional Science FairBy Millard Mier III On March 22nd, DMA® participated in the West District Science and Engineering Fair at Central State University. DMA® provided special event judging for computer-related projects. United States Series EE Savings Bonds were awarded to the winners in two groups: grades 7-9 and grades 10-12. This year's judges were Carol Ewing, Dellis Hines, Gail Young, George Ewing, Joe Livorno, John McDonald, Millard Mier III, Susan Kendall, Steve Reiss and Travis Little. They represented DMA®'s 12th year participating in the Science Fair. Entries considered for judging were not only traditional computer and programming projects, but also non-computer projects that utilized the computer in a meaningful way. This meant that a math or biology project in which the student wrote a program to interpret the data was eligible for judging. Over a dozen projects were judged before finding our four prize-winning entries. First Prize in the senior division ($1000 in US Savings Bonds) was awarded to Brian Lauber of Chaminade-Julienne High School for his project "Infinity Shift and Independent Systems." Brian wrote customized C++ code under Mandrake Linux that helped him graphically map the mathematical theory of Infinity Shift and Independent Systems. Second Prize in the senior division ($400 in US Savings Bonds) was awarded to Justin Dierking of Carroll High School for his project "Laser Vision." Justin built a laser triangulation system and interfaced it to his computer utilizing a home-brew interface. He then wrote a Turbo C++ program to find objects within the field of view of his laser imaging system. Third Prize in the senior division ($200 in US Savings Bonds) was awarded to Christopher Pitstick of Carroll High School for his project "Search Algorithms, A Comparison." Chris wrote a C++ program to determine the shortest path between two points and around obstacles. First Prize in the younger division ($400 in US Savings Bonds) was awarded to Sean Gleason from Saint Albert's School for his project "Linux vs. XP." Sean analyzed the performance of the two operating systems to determine which operating system was faster in typical applications. Certificates of award were presented to each of the winners at a ceremony immediately following the Science Fair in the Robeson Auditorium at Central State University. All four prizewinners were present at our March DMA® General Meeting. Brian Lauber and Christopher Pitstick were introduced to the members. All were offered student memberships in DMA®. This year's prize awards were set by the DMA® board and were approved as part of the 2003 budget. Our prize awards were 33% less than at the 2002 science fair. Next year's Science and Engineering day will present a challenge as it falls on Computerfest® weekend. If you are not a Computerfest® volunteer, please consider volunteering for the Science Fair. DMA® needs you! |
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