1978 St. Mary's County Science and Engineering Fair History

1978 St. Mary's County Science and Engineering Fair History

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Program Cover Picture	Picture of Fair
The Senior Grand Award winner was John F. Iekel in the category of Environmental and Space Sciences. His project was titled "The Year the East Dried Up." Where did he go to school? Did he go to college? What did he do for his career? Where is he now?	Picture of Senior Winner Then and Now
The Junior Grand Award winner was Barney H. Kable in the category of Chemistry. His project was titled "Indigestion." Where did he go to school? Lenard Hall School Did he go to college? What did he do for his career? Where is he now?	Picture of Junior Winner Then and Now
Webmaster: I looked over the 1978 Prince Georges Areas Science Fair program and found fifteen of our students went on from St. Mary's to the Regional Fair. I did not find John F. Iekel in the program so one must assume he was unable to compete. What a shame maybe someone has the story the can tell us here. In fact the only senior Division project listed was Kenneth T. Hammett from Ryken High School in Zoology with a project titled "Memory in Planaria." The Junior Division was dominated by St John's School School students. The following is an alphabetized list of students whose project were judged superior to go on to the regional fair at Price George's Community College April 15-16, 1978 Christi E. Clarke Junior Mathematics "A Voyage in Geometry" Esperanza Middle School Linda M. Doering Junior Chemistry "The Effect of Detergent in Fabric" St. John's School Colleen M. Enzmann Junior Medical Sciences "The Eye and How It Operates" St. John's School Kenneth T. Hammett Senior Zoology "Memory in Planaria" Ryken High School Cindy C. Henderson Junior Environmental And Space Sciences "Star Dates" St. John's School Jon Hodges Junior Zoology "Insect Zoo" St. John's School Annmari L. Ingersall Junior Environmental And Space Sciences "If We Can Save It, Why Make It?" Leonardtown Middle School Barney H. Kable Junior Chemistry "Indi...gestion!!!" Lenard Hall School Joanne K. Lynch Junior Physics "Solar Energy" St. John's School John D. McKenney Junior Environmental And Space Sciences "Geysers" St. John's School Dawn C. Nunziato Junior Physics "Pinhole Cameras" St. John's School Douglas V. Russell Junior Engineering "Aerodynamics" Esperanza Middle School Sharon M. Schlosser Junior Medical Sciences "Getting to the Tooth of the Matter" St. John's School Rebecca A. Schug Junior Zoology "Nature Miracle: Regeneration" Leonardtown Middle School Paul J. Selby Junior Physics "Don't Stay in the Dark, Use the Sun" St. John's School Cheryl R. Wathen Junior Environmental And Space Sciences "Predicting the Weather by Clouds" St. John's School Although St. Mary did not win the Prince George's Area Science Fair cover design St. Mary's made a good showing. Charles Berry from Great Mills High School can in second, Jeffrey Hidalgo from Great Mills came in Third and Mary Owens from Great Mills got an Honorable Mention.

1978 World History Of Science and Engineering

On the basis of the findings of Min Chueh Chang's application of in vitro fertilisation to animals, the technique was developed for humans in the United Kingdom by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards. On July 25th, 1978, Drs. Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe deliver the world’s first test tube baby. Louise Brown is the daughter of Lesley and John, a couple from Bristol, England, who have been trying to conceive for nine years. Their miraculous success gives hope to millions of infertile couples but arouses deep concern in others

A Bulletin board system, or BBS, is born.

A BBS is computer system running software that allows users to dial into the system over a phone line (or Telnet) and, using a terminal program, perform functions such as downloading software and data, uploading data, reading news, and exchanging messages with other users. According to an early interview, while he was snowed in during the Great Blizzard of 1978 in Chicago, Ward Christensen began preliminary work on the Computerized Bulletin Board System, or CBBS. CBBS went online on February 16, 1978 in Chicago, Illinois, and was the first of its kind. With the original 110 and 300 baud modems of the late 1970s, BBSes were particularly slow

Sony introduces the Walkman, the first portable stereo
Balloon anigoplasty is developed to treat coronary artery disease.
Recombinant DNA techniques are used to produce human insulin.
A fusion reaction in a reactor at Princeton reaches 60 million degrees Fahrenheit for 1/20 of a second.