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LA-AREA STUDENTS WIN AT AESA SCIENCE OLYMPIAD
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Monday, March 25th, 2013
The winners of the AESA Science Bowl
BURBANK--Woodbury University in Burbank, California was the site again
for the 12th Science Olympiad on Sunday March 10, 2013. This annual
event organized by the Science Olympiad Committee of the Armenian
Engineers and Scientists of America (AESA) brings together young
Armenian students from different middle and high schools to showcase
their completed science projects.
Total of 90 students from 6th through 12th grades with 73 projects
had the opportunity to participate in this year's competition. These
students were representing nine schools at this event: AGBU
Manoogian-Demirdjian, Chaminade High School, Charlotte and Elise
Merdinian Armenian Evangelical, Holy Martyrs Ferrahian, Rose and
Alex Pilibos School, St. Gregory Alfred and Marguerite Hovsepian,
TCA Arshag Dickranian, Toll Middle School, and Vahan Anoush Chamlian.
The project entries were divided into four categories: junior life
sciences, junior physical sciences, senior life sciences and senior
physical sciences. These projects were judged by eighteen volunteer
scientists and engineers based on creativity, scientific thought and
data analysis, thoroughness, presentation, as well as clarity.
Aside from showcasing their science projects, the Science Olympiad
Committee this year had chosen a wonderful activity to promote team
work and principles of engineering. The students were divided into
groups of five, each group was handed a bag of materials which included
30 sheets of paper, one cardboard (30â~@³ x 12â~@³), four pencils, one
marble, one roll of tape, a pair of scissors, and one ruler (12â~@³).
>>From these materials, they were asked to construct a roller coaster
that had a loop and a funnel. They were given one hour to construct
and then the roller coasters were judged on creativity, design, and
length. A team of five students won based on the complexity of their
roller coaster and the length of time it took the marble to get down
the track. Each was awarded a movie ticket gift certificate.
The award ceremony started by a motivating presentation by Dr.
Beatrisa Boyadzhyan, a research scientist at Quest Diagnostics who
talked about DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule with a fascinating
video about DNA's transcription and translation and how DNA may become
the hard drive of the future, opening a new way of information data
storage and recovery.
After congratulatory remarks by AESA President, Dr. Mardy Kazarians,
Jenik Gharabegian, Committee Chairwoman welcomed everyone and praised
all the participating students for their hard work and dedication
in completing their science projects, the participating schools,
principals, vice principals, teachers and parents who had been
instrumental in students taking part in this science competition.
Dr. Marina Guevrekian was praised for being instrumental in increasing
the Science Olympiad endowment fund by $10,000 by being named the
recipient winner of Johnson & Johnson 2012 Volunteer Recognition Grant
Program out of 150 worldwide Johnson & Johnson employee applicants.
Anna Patatanyan of St. Gregory Alfred and Marguerite Hovsepian School
was the recipient of the teacher award this year. The recipient of
the school award was Elise Merdinian Armenian Evangelical School,
represented by their science teacher Mr. Fredrick Sayadian.
"We would like to acknowledge the Science Olympiad Committee members,
Emma Abrahamian, Arpi Arman, Sarkis Barkhoudarian, Mariyetta Madatyan,
Louisa Manasyan, Talin Petrosian, and Arsine Vardanyan for their
dedication and devotion," said AESA President, Dr. Mardy Kazarians.
"In addition, we commend all the sponsors and the scientists and
engineers who had visited the schools for mentoring the students at
the schools' science fairs along with the ones who judged the projects
for the participating students," concluded Kazarians.
Here is the list of student award winners:
The AESA encourages all Armenian students from 6th through 12th
grades whether in public or private schools to strongly consider
participating in the next 2014 AESA Science Olympiad. For further
information please contact at [email protected] or Twitter - @AESA.
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/groups/45401957991/
Established in 1983 in Glendale, California, AESA is a non-partisan
and non-sectarian philanthropic organization focused primarily
on addressing the professional, technical and scientific needs of
fellow Armenian engineers, scientists, industrialists and architects
throughout the world. For more information, check AESA's website at
www.aesa.org, or contact (818)547-3372, e-mail: [email protected]
http://asbarez.com/108997/la-area-students-win-at-aesa-science-olympiad/
Monday, March 25th, 2013
The winners of the AESA Science Bowl
BURBANK--Woodbury University in Burbank, California was the site again
for the 12th Science Olympiad on Sunday March 10, 2013. This annual
event organized by the Science Olympiad Committee of the Armenian
Engineers and Scientists of America (AESA) brings together young
Armenian students from different middle and high schools to showcase
their completed science projects.
Total of 90 students from 6th through 12th grades with 73 projects
had the opportunity to participate in this year's competition. These
students were representing nine schools at this event: AGBU
Manoogian-Demirdjian, Chaminade High School, Charlotte and Elise
Merdinian Armenian Evangelical, Holy Martyrs Ferrahian, Rose and
Alex Pilibos School, St. Gregory Alfred and Marguerite Hovsepian,
TCA Arshag Dickranian, Toll Middle School, and Vahan Anoush Chamlian.
The project entries were divided into four categories: junior life
sciences, junior physical sciences, senior life sciences and senior
physical sciences. These projects were judged by eighteen volunteer
scientists and engineers based on creativity, scientific thought and
data analysis, thoroughness, presentation, as well as clarity.
Aside from showcasing their science projects, the Science Olympiad
Committee this year had chosen a wonderful activity to promote team
work and principles of engineering. The students were divided into
groups of five, each group was handed a bag of materials which included
30 sheets of paper, one cardboard (30â~@³ x 12â~@³), four pencils, one
marble, one roll of tape, a pair of scissors, and one ruler (12â~@³).
>>From these materials, they were asked to construct a roller coaster
that had a loop and a funnel. They were given one hour to construct
and then the roller coasters were judged on creativity, design, and
length. A team of five students won based on the complexity of their
roller coaster and the length of time it took the marble to get down
the track. Each was awarded a movie ticket gift certificate.
The award ceremony started by a motivating presentation by Dr.
Beatrisa Boyadzhyan, a research scientist at Quest Diagnostics who
talked about DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule with a fascinating
video about DNA's transcription and translation and how DNA may become
the hard drive of the future, opening a new way of information data
storage and recovery.
After congratulatory remarks by AESA President, Dr. Mardy Kazarians,
Jenik Gharabegian, Committee Chairwoman welcomed everyone and praised
all the participating students for their hard work and dedication
in completing their science projects, the participating schools,
principals, vice principals, teachers and parents who had been
instrumental in students taking part in this science competition.
Dr. Marina Guevrekian was praised for being instrumental in increasing
the Science Olympiad endowment fund by $10,000 by being named the
recipient winner of Johnson & Johnson 2012 Volunteer Recognition Grant
Program out of 150 worldwide Johnson & Johnson employee applicants.
Anna Patatanyan of St. Gregory Alfred and Marguerite Hovsepian School
was the recipient of the teacher award this year. The recipient of
the school award was Elise Merdinian Armenian Evangelical School,
represented by their science teacher Mr. Fredrick Sayadian.
"We would like to acknowledge the Science Olympiad Committee members,
Emma Abrahamian, Arpi Arman, Sarkis Barkhoudarian, Mariyetta Madatyan,
Louisa Manasyan, Talin Petrosian, and Arsine Vardanyan for their
dedication and devotion," said AESA President, Dr. Mardy Kazarians.
"In addition, we commend all the sponsors and the scientists and
engineers who had visited the schools for mentoring the students at
the schools' science fairs along with the ones who judged the projects
for the participating students," concluded Kazarians.
Here is the list of student award winners:
The AESA encourages all Armenian students from 6th through 12th
grades whether in public or private schools to strongly consider
participating in the next 2014 AESA Science Olympiad. For further
information please contact at [email protected] or Twitter - @AESA.
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/groups/45401957991/
Established in 1983 in Glendale, California, AESA is a non-partisan
and non-sectarian philanthropic organization focused primarily
on addressing the professional, technical and scientific needs of
fellow Armenian engineers, scientists, industrialists and architects
throughout the world. For more information, check AESA's website at
www.aesa.org, or contact (818)547-3372, e-mail: [email protected]