Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science, and TechnologyThe Siemens Westinghouse Competition began in 1998 to recognize America's outstanding math, science, and technology students. The individual winner receives a $100,000 scholarship and the winning team shares a $100,000 scholarship. Individual Winners2007–2008: Wen Chyan, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton, Texas: "Versatile Antimicrobial Coatings from Pulse Plasma Deposited Hydrogels and Hydrogel Composites." 2006–2007: Dmitry Vaintrob, South Eugene High School, Eugene, Oregon: “The string topology BV algebra, Hochschild cohomology and the Goldman bracket on surfaces.” 2005–2006: Michael Viscardi, home schooled, San Diego California: “On the Solution of the Dirichlet Problem with Rational Boundary Data.” 2004–2005: Aaron Goldin, San Dieguito High School Academy, Encinitas, Calif: “Autonomous Gryscopic Ocean-Wave Powered Generator: Invention of a New Energy Conversion Technology.” 2003–2004: Yin Li, Stuyvesant High School, New York, N.Y.: “Characterizing the Properties of a Translational Regulator Expressed in Mouse Brain” 2002–2003: Steven J. Byrnes, Roxbury Latin School, Lexington, Mass.: “Poset-Game Periodicity.” 2001–2002: Ryan Patterson, Central High School, Grand Junction, Colo.: “The Sign Language Translator.” 2000–2001: Mariangela Lisanti, Staples High School, Westport, Conn.: “Conductance Quantization in Au Nanocontacts.” 1999–2000: Lisa Harris, Dalton School, New York, N.Y.: “A Novel Assay for Detection of Four Common Cystic Fibrosis Mutations.” Team Winners2007–2008: Sajith M. Wickramasekara, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina and Andrew Y. Guo, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina: "A Functional Genomic Framework for Chemotherapeutic Drug Improvement and Identification." 2006–2007: Scott Molony, Steven Arcangeli and Scott Horton, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee: "Linking Supercomputing and Systems Biology for Efficient Bioethanol Production." 2005–2006: Anna Lee, Phoenix Country Day School, Paradise Valley, Ariz. and Albert Shieh, Chaparral High School, Scottsdale, Ariz.: “SNiPer: Improved SNP Genotype Calling for Affymetrix 10K GeneChip Microarray Data.” 2004–2005: (Lucie) Yueqi Guo and Xianlin Li, The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, N.C.: “CpG island methylation of GADD45 α is marker of breast carcinogenesis” 2003–2004: Mark Schneider and Jeffrey Schneider, South Windsor High School, South Windsor, Conn.: “Simulation of the West Nile Virus using STELLA 7.02.” 2002–2003: Juliet R. Girard and Roshan D. Prabhu, William L. Dickinson High School, Jersey City, N.J.: “Identification and High Resolution Mapping of Flowering Time Genes in Rice.” 2001–2002: Shira Billet and Dora Sosnowik, Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls, Hewlett Bay Park, N.Y.: “A Viscometer for Ultra Thin Films.” 2000–2001: Charles Olbert, Christopher Clearfield, and Nikolas Williams, The North Carolina School of Science and Math, Durham, N.C.: “Discovery of a Pulsar Bow-Shock Nebula in a Nearby Supernova Remnant.” 1999–2000: Daniar Hussain and Steven Malliaris, New Trier High School, Winnetka, Ill.: “Breakthrough data storage and retrieval program,” Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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