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 2015
MARM
Chemagination Competition
[ 2016
Chemagination
| 2016 Description & Rules
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by
Louise Lawter, 2015 Chair
The 2015 Mid-Atlantic Regional (MARM) Chemagination competition
was held on Saturday, May 16 at Princeton University. This year the competition
was part of a combined 2015 MARM Chemagination Competition & Awards Ceremony.
Teams from North Jersey, New York and South Jersey ACS Local Sections competed
in this regional contest.
For this event, high school students are asked to imagine that
they are living 25 years in the future and have been invited to write an article
for ChemMatters, a magazine for high school students that focuses on the role of
chemistry in everyday life. The subject of the article is: Describe a recent
breakthrough or innovation in chemistry and/or its applications that has
improved the quality of peoples lives today. The article is written to fit in
one of four categories: Alternative Energy, Environment, Medicine/Healthcare, or
New Materials. In addition to the article, students are asked to design the
issue cover as well.
The day's program consisted of the Chemagination poster session
and judging followed by a keynote address, the Chemagination and MARM Awards
presentations and dinner.
Our keynote speaker, Professor Michael Hecht, Departments of
Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Princeton University, described his research on
"Reinventing Life with Genes and Proteins Designed from Scratch" to the
Chemagination participants, MARM Awardees and their families and friends.
A total of nine teams competed for 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd
Place and Honorable Mention. Winning team members of each award received $100,
$75. $50 or $30 Amazon gift cards respectively.
Contest judges Dr. Deborah Cook, Rider University; Dr. Eliza
Fung, Bristol Myers Squibb; Dr. Khalid Mahmood, Johnson & Johnson; Dr. Gregory
Smith, ScienceSmith Consulting and Mr. Martin Zorde, FMC Corporation had the
very difficult task of selecting the winners from this well qualified field of
entries!
Faculty advisors Mrs. Linda Davidson, Half Hollow Hills High
School West; Ms Carrie Jacobus, River Dell High School; Dr. Doug Kim, Bergen
County Academies; Mr. Gregory Rouen, Cherry Hill High School East and Mr.
Herbert Weiss, South Side High School supported their students throughout the
process.
Special thanks to all the educators, students and volunteers
that made this event possible!
And
the winners were:
First
Place: "Electrastim
Technology," Alexis D'Alessandro and Tiffany Kim, Half
Hollow Hills High School West
Second
Place:
"Got
Oil?," Christian Skroce and Yuval Timen, River Dell
High School
Third
Place:
"Solar Power: The 'Clear' Choice of Energy," Anna Molotkova and Patricia
Perfect, Bergen County Academies
Honorable
Mention:
"No More Debris: Space is Now Clean and Free. Using Electrodynamic
Tethers to Redirect Orbiting Space Junk," Sean Donnelly, Morley Hawriluk and
Zach Ryan, South Side High School
Photo Gallery
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First Place:
from left, Alexis D'Alessandro
and Tiffany Kim |
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Second Place:
from left,
Yuval Timen and Christian Skroce |
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Third Place:
Anna Molotkova and Patricia Perfect, (not present) |
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Honorable Mention:
Morley Hawriluk, Zack Ryan and Sean Donnelly |
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