2003
Purple Martin Houses Carlinville Middle School Carlinville, IL Problem: The effects that West Nile Virus have on the people and the community. Solution: Create Purple Martin colonies and an education program about them. Purple Martins are birds that would control the mosquito population. At an awards ceremony held at Walt Disney World, three finalist teams […]
Walk N’ Rest Fontainebleau Junior High School Mandeville, LA Problem: Poor design of current walkers. Solution: Redesign current walkers so they include lights for better vision and movement at night and a seat so the person can stop and rest when needed. At an awards ceremony held at Walt Disney World, three finalist teams received […]
Now You See It-Now You Don’t Bexley Middle School Bexley, OH Problem: Excessive amounts of animal carcasses clogging landfills and incinerators. Solution: Mortality Composting – burying a dead animal in a compost pile of sawdust where it will decompose quickly with no odor. At an awards ceremony held at Walt Disney World, three finalist teams […]
SSS: Sensors Saving Students A.M. Kulp Elementary School Hatfield, PA Problem: Danger of getting off a school bus and crossing the street because vehicles illegally pass stopped school buses. Solution: School bus that will alert students that a car is passing the bus – this equipment would also take a picture of the car license […]
James A. Thomson, V.M.D., Ph.D., Diplomate A.C.V.P. John D. McArthur Professor, Department of Anatomy University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School and The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center Madison, Wisconsin Dr. Thomson was the first to isolate and culture nonhuman primate embryonic stem (ES) cells in 1995, and human ES cells in 1998. Dr. Thomson’s research goals […]
Victor Hakopian Jean Parker Elementary School San Francisco, California The recipient of the 4th annual $10,000 Freida J. Riley Teacher Award was Victor Hakopian, a special education teacher at Jean Parker Elementary School in San Francisco, California. Mr. Hakopian received the award at the Opening Ceremony for Space Day 2003 at the Smithsonian’s National Air […]
William Berger, J.D. Team Leader, Be ‘S.A.F.E.R.’ Program National Self-Defense Institute Chief of Police, North Miami Beach, Florida Chief William Berger is the Team Leader of the Be ‘S.A.F.E.R.’ program (acronym for Strategic Actions For Emergency Response), a unique, proven, community-based training tool that humanizes clinical Disaster/Emergency preparedness information. The packaged one-hour program encourages citizens […]
Michael B. Cantor, Ph.D. President WayPoint Research, Inc. Atlanta , Georgia Dr. Michael Cantor is President of WayPoint Research, Inc., an Atlanta company specializing in performance improvement through personnel selection instruments. He trained in experimental psychology, physiology and human factors engineering; did basic research in information processing and, since 1983, has applied behavioral science to […]
Frances S. Ligler, D.Phil., D.Sc. USN Senior Scientist for Biosensors and Biomaterials Naval Research Laboratory Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering Washington , D.C. Dr. Ligler is currently the Navy’s Senior Scientist for Biosensors and Biomaterials and a member of the Center of Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering at the Naval Research Laboratory. She has pioneered […]
Joany Jackman, Ph.D. Senior Scientist The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, Maryland Dr. Jackman joined the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in 2000 where she has continued her work in rapid pathogen identification and advises in biocontainment facility design and operations. As Senior Scientist, Dr. Jackman is developing methods to analyze breath […]
