Once again the Trenton and Princeton
Sections jointly sponsored Chemagination. The 2005 local competition
took place this past Wednesday, February 16th at Princeton University.
Dr. David Carrick of Pharmaceutical Formulations, James
DeNoble of the NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection and Professor
Kevin Lehman of Princeton University were the judges. The student
teams presented creative, well-researched articles and they were
well-prepared to explain their ideas. The judges did not have an easy
job selecting the winners!
First place winners were Douglas
Deutsch, Margi Emhof and Simon Healey from Hopewell Valley
Central High School. Their entry, in the Medicine/Healthcare category,
was “Nano-Prevention: The Fight Against HIV”. Their advisor was Dr.
Lillian Rankel.
Second place went to Robert LaPosta,
Elizabeth Goldgar and Charlotte Bhaskar also from Hopewell
Valley Central High School. Their entry, in New Materials category, was
“Self-Healing Circuits”. Their advisor was Dr. Lillian Rankel.
Pinto Adhola, Charles Young with Sharon Sibilia
Third place went to Charles Young,
Pinto Adhola and Johnny Choi from Princeton High School.
Their entry, in the Alternate Energy category, was entitled “Portable
Thermal Depolymerization Process (PTDP): A Passage From The Past For The
Future. Their teacher was Mrs. Linda Kruegel.
Winning team members received US Savings
Bonds and Chemagination T-shirts. They will now move on to the regional
competition to be held in conjunction with MARM ’05, May 22-25 at
Rutgers University.
Congratulations to all and good luck in
the Regional
