Governor s School for Science & Technology Awards and Recognitions 2008-2009 New Horizons Educational Foundation Scholarship Chase Brown (Tabb HS) Julius Ha (York HS) Amy Esser (Smithfield HS) Old Point National Bank Scholarship Andrew Tyler (Poquoson HS) Engineer s Club ~ Outstanding Student Award Patrick Ormond (Smithfield HS) Great Computer Challenge - WHRO Category: Programming (Scientific/Non-Business): First place: Stephen Barber (Menchville HS) Matt Caplan (Menchville HS) Andrew Tyler (Poquoson HS) Prakriti Verma (Grafton HS) Caltech Signature Award Alexander Hughes (Jamestown HS) Rochester Institute of Technology Computing Medal Logan Gallagher (Tabb HS) Patricia Murray (Tabb HS) University of Rochester ~ Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award Vinh Nguyen (Tabb HS)
University of Rochester ~ Xerox Award for Innovation and Information Technology Lucas Thomeer (Tabb HS) Highest Academic Honors Chemistry: Toby Eisenberg (Menchville HS) Environmental Science: Trevor Ottofaro (York HS) Biology: Casey Johnson (Smithfield HS) Physics I: Vinh Nguyen (Tabb HS) Physics II: Patrick Ormond (Smithfield HS) Scientific Programming I: Ryan Souther (Tabb HS) Scientific Programming II: Stephen Barber (Menchville HS) Modern Pre-Calculus: Ariel Herman (Jamestown HS) Calculus: Julianna Wu (York HS) MVCalculus&Linear Algebra:Patrick Ormond(Smithfield HS) Statistics: Virginia (Lynn) Ray (Tabb HS) Research Methods&Ethics: Ariel Herman (Jamestown HS) Honors Research&Mentorship:Kathryn Rarig (Smithfield HS) Virginia Junior Science & Humanities Symposium James Madison University Blair Axley Smithfield HS Determining Optimum Offshore Wind Farms Locations Toby Eisenberg Menchville HS UV Absorption by Different Sunscreens Amy Esser Smithfield HS Target Training Loggerhead Sea Turtles Ariel Mason Smithfield HS Two Possible Heritable Diseases in the Red Wolf (Canis rufus) Andrew Tyler Poquoson HS Modification of Missile Correlation Algorithms to Account for Radar System Inputs Julianna Wu York HS Controlling Corrosion: The Effect of ph, Temperature and Conductivity on the Rate of Corrosion of Steel in Water
Tidewater Science Fair Old Dominion University Antuan Byalik and Brendon Avent Menchville HS 3 rd Place Computer Science Senior Division 3 rd place Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association, Hampton Roads Chapter U.S. Department of health and Human Srvices Award Matthew Caplan Menchville HS 1 st Place Physics and Astronomy Division U.S. Air Force Award 1 st Place Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association, Hampton Roads Chapter 3 rd Place Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association, Tidewater Chapter U. S. Army Award Best Project Sigms Xi Interdisciplinary Science Award Toby Eisenberg Menchville HS UV Absorption by Different Sunscreens 1 st Place - Medicine & Health Science Senior Division Amy Esser Smithfield HS Target Training Loggerhead Sea Turtles 2 nd Place - Animal Science Senior Division Julianna Wu York HS 2 nd Place - Chemistry Senior Division U.S. Air Force Award American Chemical Society, Hampton Roads Tidewater Alliance of Chemistry Teachers U.S. Metric Association Award 1 st Place -American Waterworks Association, VA Yale Science & Engineering Association Award
Christopher Newport University Mathematics Competition Patrick Ormond Smithfield HS 1 st place senior 2 nd place overall Juliana Wu - York HS 3 rd place overall 2 nd place team AAA division Drew Tyler Poquoson HS Prakriti Verma Grafton HS Patrick Ormond Smithfield HS Adithya Balasubramanian Tabb HS 4 th place team AAA division Joey Marongelli - Tabb HS Kathryn Rarig- Smithfield HS Lynn Ray Tabb HS Kevin Seywald - Tabb HS Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Competition 2 nd Place Lunar Exploration Chase Brown Tabb HS Tyler Clinch Phoebus HS Joe Luke Phoebus HS Andrew Tyler Poquoson HS Junior Outstanding Research Project Invited to present talk at NCSSSMST in FL Toby Eisenbery (Menchville HS) Lucy Lee (York HS) Yvonne Mack (Tabb HS) Julianna Wu (York HS)
College Acceptances GSST Class of 2009 has been accepted to the following colleges & universities. Boston U 1 Georgia Tech 4 Rensselaer Polytech 1 Cedarville U 1 Hampton U 1 St. Johns U 2 Clark Atlanta U 1 Hood College 1 Stanford U 1 Clemson U 1 James Madison U 6 Texas A & M 2 Christopher Newport U 3 Johns Hopkins U 1 Tulane U 1 C Charleston 3 Johnson & Wales 1 U California LA 1 C William & Mary 6 Liberty University 2 U California SD 1 Carnegie Mellon U 1 Longwood U 1 U California SB 1 Concord U 1 Mary Baldwin C 1 U Chicago 2 Drexel University 2 Mercer U 1 U Maryland 4 Eckard College 1 Morehouse College 1 U Mary Washington 3 Embry-Riddle U 1 New College Florida 1 U North Carolina 3 Ferrum U 3 New York University 1 U Philadelphia 1 Florida Inst Tech 1 North Carolina St U 3 U Richmond 2 Florida St U 2 Ohio State University 1 U Virginia 20 George Mason U 1 Old Dominion U 8 VA Commonwealth U 5 Georgetown U 1 Polytechnic NYC 1 Virginia Tech 28 George Washington U 1 Randolph-Macon 1 Worchester Polytech 1 Scholarships earned $2,333,261.00