WASHINGTONACADEMY OF SCIENCES STUDENT AWARDS FOR THE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM (SEAP)

The SEAP Chemistry Division Seminar at The Naval Research Laboratory on August 10^th 2007 was a very successful event, thanks to the efforts of Dr Richard Colton (Superintendent of the NRL Chemistry Division), many organizers (including Dario Valcacel and Dawn Brown) and mentors at NRL and Mary Phillips of GWU. The three W.A.S. judges were: Jorome Gibbon, Sajjad Durrani, and Paul Hazan.

Paul Hazan (Vice President for Junior Academy Affairs) presented the WAS Venezky Chemistry Awards (two JOINT first prizes) and three Honorable Mention certificates to Projects judged the best in an outstanding and very close competition. The finalist presentations are listed below. Clicking on the name of the student will take you to the paper.:

Bryan Chun , [JOINT 1ST PRIZE] Mentor: Sung-Jae Chung TITLE:Synthesis and Characterization of MEH-PPV for Use in Electronic Devices

Nathan Hardesty-Dyck, [JOINT 1ST PRIZE] Mentors: Dr. James Yesinowski TITLE:Simulating Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra of Spinning Single-crystal Gallium Nitride Disks

David Barton,[Honorable Mention] Mentor:Dr. David A. Kidwell TITLE:Effects of Counterions on Reverse Micelles

Kelsey Hogan ,[Honorable Mention] Mentors: Ted Lemieux, Scott Riley, and Bruce Nelson TITLE:FlowCAM Optimization

Samantha Keyser, [Honorable Mention] Mentor:Dr. Christopher Klug TITLE:Analyzing Polymer Films Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Paul Hazan, Vice President, Washington Academy of Sciences-- Junior Academy Affairs