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March 22, 2013
Los Angeles Area Armenian Students Achieve Victory in the Armenian
Engineers & Scientists of America 12th Science Olympiad
(Burbank, CA) – Woodbury University in Burbank, California was the site
again for the 12th Science Olympiad on Sunday March 10, 2013. This annual
event organized by the Science Olympiad Committee of the Armenian Engineers
and Scientists of America (AESA) brings together young Armenian students
from different middle and high schools to showcase their completed science
projects.
Total of 90 students from 6th through 12th grades with 73 projects had the
opportunity to participate in this year’s competition. These students were
representing nine schools at this event: AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian, Chaminade
High School, Charlotte and Elise Merdinian Armenian Evangelical, Holy
Martyrs Ferrahian, Rose and Alex Pilibos School, St. Gregory Alfred and
Marguerite Hovsepian, TCA Arshag Dickranian, Toll Middle School, and Vahan
Anoush Chamlian.
The project entries were divided into four categories: junior life
sciences, junior physical sciences, senior life sciences and senior
physical sciences. These projects were judged by eighteen volunteer
scientists and engineers based on creativity, scientific thought and data
analysis, thoroughness, presentation, as well as clarity.
Besides showcasing their science projects, the Science Olympiad Committee
this year had chosen a wonderful activity to promote team work and
principles of engineering. The students were divided into groups of five,
each group was handed a bag of materials which included 30 sheets of paper,
one cardboard (30″ x 12″), four pencils, one marble, one roll of tape, a
pair of scissors, and one ruler (12″). From these materials, they were
asked to construct a roller coaster that had a loop and a funnel. They
were given one hour to construct and then the roller coasters were judged
on creativity, design, and length. A team of five students won based on
the complexity of their roller coaster and the length of time it took the
marble to get down the track. Each was awarded a movie ticket gift
certificate.
The award ceremony started by a motivating presentation by Beatrisa
Boyadzhyan, PhD, a research scientist at Quest Diagnostics who talked about
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule with a fascinating video about DNA’s
transcription and translation and how DNA may become the hard drive of the
future, opening a new way of information data storage and recovery.
After congratulatory remarks by AESA President, Dr. Mardy Kazarians, Jenik
Gharabegian, Committee Chairwoman welcomed everyone and praised all the
participating students for their hard work and dedication in completing
their science projects, the participating schools, principals, vice
principals, teachers and parents who had been instrumental in students
taking part in this science competition.
Dr. Marina Guevrekian was praised for being instrumental in increasing the
Science Olympiad endowment fund by $10,000 by being named the recipient
winner of Johnson & Johnson 2012 Volunteer Recognition Grant Program out of
150 worldwide Johnson & Johnson employee applicants.
Ms. Anna Patatanyan of St. Gregory Alfred and Marguerite Hovsepian School
was the recipient of the teacher award this year. The recipient of the
school award was Elise Merdinian Armenian Evangelical School, represented
by their science teacher Mr. Fredrick Sayadian.
`We would like to acknowledge the Science Olympiad Committee members, Emma
Abrahamian, Arpi Arman, Sarkis Barkhoudarian, Mariyetta Madatyan, Louisa
Manasyan, Talin Petrosian, and Arsine Vardanyan for their dedication and
devotion’ said AESA President, Dr. Mardy Kazarians. `In addition, we
commend all the sponsors and the scientists and engineers who had visited
the schools for mentoring the students at the schools’ science fairs along
with the ones who judged the projects for the participating students’
concluded Kazarians.
Here is the list of student award winners:
JUNIOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES
PLACE
STUDENT NAME
SCHOOL
1ST Place
DANIEL YACOUBIAN
HOVSEPIAN
1ST Place
NICOLAS HAROUTIOUNIAN
MERDINIAN
3RD Place
CHRISTINE HAKOPYAN
AGBU -MANOOGIAN-DEMIRDJIAN
3RD Place
DANIEL AVAKIAN
MERDINIAN
Honorable Mention
EDWIN DANEELIAN
CHAMLIAN
Honorable Mention
PATRICK BEGIAN
CHAMLIAN
Honorable Mention
ZOVAK DADURYAN
HOVSEPIAN
Honorable Mention
LEVON AVEDIKYAN
MERDINIAN
SENIOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES
PLACE
STUDENT NAME
SCHOOL
2ND PLACE
ARPI BESHLIKYAN
ROSE & ALEX PILIBOS
3RD PLACE
BEDIG DERIDARIAN
ROSE & ALEX PILIBOS
3RD PLACE
LILY DERMENDJIAN
ROSE & ALEX PILIBOS
Honorable Mention
ARTHUR MAZLOVMIAN
HAKOP MKHSIAN
DAVID IVAZOV
NERSES BOGOSYAN
ARSHAG DICKRANIAN
JUNIOR LIFE SCIENCES
PLACE
STUDENT NAME
SCHOOL
1ST PLACE
KATIA KHANALIAN
HOVSEPIAN
1ST PLACE
NANOR BEDROSIAN
MERDINIAN
2ND PLACE
MARY AYLOZYAN
CHAMLIAN
3RD PLACE
ANI TCHORBAJIAN
CHRISTINE SAMUELIAN
HOLY MARTYRS FERRAHIAN
Honorable Mention
MAREEN KASSABIAN
CHAMLIAN
SENIOR LIFE SCIENCES
PLACE
STUDENT NAME
SCHOOL
2ND PLACE
TALAR KASABIAN
ROSE & ALEX PILLIBOS
3RD PLACE
LILIT SHISHIKYAN
ARSHAG DICKRANIAN
Honorable Mention
MARY BAGHDASARIAN
NAIRI BAGHDASARIAN
KOZETTA GYURDZHYAN
ARSHAG DICKRANIAN
The AESA encourages all Armenian students from 6th through 12th grades
whether in public or private schools to strongly consider participating in
the next 2014 AESA Science Olympiad. For further information please
contact at contact@aesa.org or Twitter – @AESA. Facebook –
Established in 1983 in Glendale, California, AESA is a non-partisan and
non-sectarian philanthropic organization focused primarily on addressing
the professional, technical and scientific needs of fellow Armenian
engineers, scientists, industrialists and architects throughout the world.
For more information, check AESA’s website at , or contact
(818)547-3372, e-mail: contact@aesa.org
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress