LIMESTONE — On March 23, students from the Maine School of Science and Mathematics (MSSM) participated in the 67th annual Maine State Science and Engineering Fair held at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor and placed in multiple categories.
Category placements included Ben Schade, Phippsburg, and Justin Hamilton, Woolwich who placed third in the chemistry, computer science and math category with their project “Robotic Seeking – Target Location.” Schade and Hamilton were also recognized with a special award from the Department of the Navy and received The Office of Naval Research Naval Science Award.
In the biochemistry, medicine, and plant science category, MSSM students placed third. Judy Yau of Newport, Bethany Hartley of Whitefield, and Belle O’Bryon of Hallowell were recognized for their project “Good Vibrations II: The Positive Effects of Motion on Ocimum basilicum” (otherwise known as Sweet Basil).
Special award winners included Roger Van Peski of Northport, who received the National High School and Two-Year College Mathematics Honor Society’s Mu Alpha Theta Award for “the most challenging, original, thorough and creative investigation of a problem involving mathematics accessible to a high school student” for his project “The Law of Quadratic Reciprocity”
Rebecca Hatt of Lincoln received the Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award for “outstanding achievement in the category of computer science” for her project “Codename A.R.I. (Artistically Recondite Information).”
Nearly 170 students from 14 schools from around the state participated in Saturday’s competition.
For more information on the Maine State Science and Engineering Fair visit http://www.maine-state-science-fair.org. Additional information about MSSM can be obtained by visiting www.mssm.org.
