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Science & Energy Research Challenge - SERCh A National Science Competition - In Search of Energy Solutions

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GRAND CHAMPION OF THE 2009 SCIENCE & ENERGY RESEARCH CHALLENGE

DOE science competition at Oak Ridge National Laboratory boasts top student winners, November 10, 2009

2009 Candid Photos

Winner

Jim Roberto, Director of Strategic Capabilities, ORNL, Cynthia Chen, Grand Prize Winner, and Gerald Boyd, Manager, DOE-ORO.

Group Winners

Jim Roberto, Director of Strategic Capabilities, ORNL, Anjali Bisaria, Kristen Meyer, Winner, Life Science Category, Joanna Thielen, Nicholas Dexter, Hefei Li, Winner, Environmental Science Category, Caroline Rempe, Emma Smith, Leonardo Banchik, Cynthia Chen, Winner, Energy Category - Grand Prize Winner, Oliver Johnson, Erica Palma, Sidney Wilkerson-Hill, Winner, Physical Science Category, Cameron Tracy, Winner, Engineering Category, Joshua Peraza, Mike Larche, Stuart Slattery, Winner, Computational Science Category, Emma Wisniewski-Barker, Joseph Heard, and Gerald Boyd, Manager, DOE-ORO.

   

Computational Science:
1st Place:
Stuart Slattery
University: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Researched at: Idaho National Laboratory

Slattery Poster
 

2nd Place:
Joshua Peraza
University: Harvey Mudd University
Researched at: Los Alamos National Laboratory

   

3rd Place:
Joseph Heard
University: Syracuse  University
Researched at: Brookhaven National Laboratory

   

Energy
1st Place:
Cynthia Chen
University: University of Texas at Austin 
Researched at: N/A

Slattery Poster
 

2nd Place:
Joanna Thielen
University: University of St. Thomas
Researched at: Los Alamos National Laboratory

 

3rd Place:
Mike Larche
University: Eastern Washington University
Researched at: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

   

Engineering
1st Place:
Cameron Tracy
University: University of California, Davis
Researched at: Los Alamos National Laboratory

 

2nd Place:
Oliver Johnson
University: Brigham Young University
Researched at: Los Alamos National Laboratory

 
   

3rd Place:
Leonardo Banchik
University: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Researched at: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

   

Environmental Science
1st Place:
Hefei Li
University: Columbia University
Researched at: Brookhaven National Laboratory

 

2nd Place:
Emma Smith
University: Yale University
Researched at: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

 

3rd Place:
Anjali Bisaria
University: Princeton University
Researched at: Oak Ridge National Laboratory

 
   

Life Sciences
1st Place:
Kristen Meyer
University: Washington State University
Researched at: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

 

2nd Place:
Caroline Rempe
University: University of New Mexico
Researched at: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

   

3rd Place:
Nicholas Dexter
University: Rochester Institute of Technology
Researched at: Oak Ridge National Laboratory

   

Physical Sciences
1st Place:
Sidney Wilkerson-Hill
University: North Carolina State University
Researched at: Brookhaven National Laboratory

 

2nd Place:
Erica Palma
University: Stony Brook University
Researched at: Brookhaven National Laboratory

 

3rd Place:
Emma Wisniewski-Barker
University: Bryn Mawr College
Researched at: Argonne National Laboratory