1988 St. Mary's County Science and Engineering Fair History

1988 St. Mary's County Science and Engineering Fair History

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The Fair was held at St. Mary's College in the Montgomery Arts Center. Dr. Edward T. Lewis was Priesident of St. Mary's College at the time. The cover was designed by Craig Intinarelli of St Mary's Rykan High School. He won the Science Fair's poster contest. George Lindsey of Great Mills High School was 2nd and Lorri Blaylock of Great Mills High School was 3rd and Ronald Strickland and Suzanne Haugue both of Great Mills High School were Honorable Mentions.	Picture of Fair
The Senior Grand Award winner was Sotanya Rushing in the category of Microbiology. Her project was titled "The Bacterial Side of Mouthwash." Where did she go to school? Chopticon High School Did she go to college? What did she do for her career? Where is she now?	Picture of Senior Winner Then and Now
The Junior Grand Award winner was Diana Gillam in the category of Environmental Sciences. Her project was titled "The Beat Goes On." Where did she go to school? Mother Catherine Spalding School Did she go to college? What did she do for her career? Where is she now?	Picture of Junior Winner Then and Now
Webmaster: I looked over the 1988 Prince Georges Areas Science Fair program and found twenty-eight of our students went on from St. Mary's to the Regional Fair. All of the Senior Division projects came from Chopticon High School while the Junior Division was dominated by Mother Catherine Spalding 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 15-17, 1988 Amy Baker Senior Biochemistry "Colors Inside Colors" Chopticon High School Sally Balenger Junior Behavioral and Social Sciences "Going to School?" Mother Catherine Spalding School Susan Balenger Junior Biochemistry "Factors Influencing Enzyme Action" Mother Catherine Spalding School John Basta Junior Zoology "The Impact of the Environment on Crickets" Mother Catherine Spalding School Karen Lynn Bauer Junior Mathematics "Weighing The Cube's Roll" Father Andrew White School Mary Frances Bowles Junior Physics "What's up with the Pressure?" Father Andrew White School Charles Edward Boyers Junior Environmental Sciences "Quest for Chloride" Mother Catherine Spalding School Matthew Brown Junior Chemistry "Factors Affecting a Catalyst's Reactions" Mother Catherine Spalding School Debra Brumback Senior Chemistry "Analysis of Fashion Fabrics" Chopticon High School Catherine Clark Junior Environmental Sciences "Can They Survive?" Father Andrew White School Timothy M. Evans Junior Engineering "Tidal Power, The Sleeping Giant" Little Flower School Rachel A. Evans Junior Medicine and Health "Cereal Survey" Little Flower School Cynthia Lynn Farrell Junior Microbiology "Yeast: Which One Does It Like Best?" Mother Catherine Spalding School Diana Gillam Junior Environmental Sciences "The Beat Goes On!" Mother Catherine Spalding School Danielle Jameson Junior Medicine and Health "How Do You Spell Relief?" Mother Catherine Spalding School Andrea Jedrlinic Junior Medicine and Health "Who's Doing What?" Mother Catherine Spalding School Kristopher Larson Junior Behavioral and Social Sciences "Puzzles and Children" Little Flower School Shelly Long Junior Zoology "Bird Chow" Father Andrew White School Rhonda McDonough Junior Environmental Sciences "Oil in the Soil" Mother Catherine Spalding School Laurel Opp Junior Behavioral and Social Sciences "Testing Your Memory" Father Andrew White School Leigh A. Patterson Junior Botany "Plamolysis" Mother Catherine Spalding School Sandra Ridgell Junior Microbiology "Does the Mold Like the Cold?" Mother Catherine Spalding School Michael Roche Junior Physics "How a Camera Works" St John's School Sotanya Rushing Senior Microbiology "The Bacterial Side of Mouthwash" Chopticon High School Jason T. Smith Junior Mathematics "Dynamic Dominoes" Mother Catherine Spalding School Brian Taylor Junior Earth and Space Sciences "Predicting the Present" Father Andrew White School John Veitch Junior Physics "Radar Position vs. Accuracy" Mother Catherine Spalding School Kelly Woodburn Junior Medicine and Health "What Affects the Human Heartbeat?" Mother Catherine Spalding School Anyone see there Mom or Dad here? is so ask them to tell you a story about their project and then if you want submit it here and we can put it in with the Science Fair and Engineering Fair memories

1988 World History Of Science and Engineering

In 1988 the Frenchman Albert Fert and the German Peter Grünberg each independently discovered a totally new physical effect – Giant Magnetoresistance or GMR. Very weak magnetic changes give rise to major differences in electrical resistance in a GMR system. A system of this kind is the perfect tool for reading data from hard disks when information registered magnetically has to be converted to electric current. Soon researchers and engineers began work to enable use of the effect in read-out heads. This work led to the hard drives in all of our computer today and earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2007.

CDs outsell vinyl records for the first time.

NASA scientist James Hansen warns congress of the dangers of the global warming and the greenhouse effect.