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| Volume 29 Number 7 |
May / June 2004 |
Science and Engineering Fair Winners
By Joy Conrad King, Pre-College Chair
On March 26th the Houston section gave out awards at the Science and
Engineering Fair of Houston for the best Aerospace Project in the Junior,
Ninth, and Senior divisions. The fair was held in George R. Brown this
year, and it serves as the regional fair for all public and private junior
and high school students in the 16-county surrounding area. The Houston
section winners were:
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Junior Division:
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Title: "It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Hovercraft"
Author: Justin Parker from Kinkaid School
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9th Grade Division:
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Title: "How Accurate are Rocket Equations"
Author: Andrew Wilson from Ball High School
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Senior Division:
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Title: "Magnet Controlling Earth-Orbiting Satellites"
Author: Erik Neal from Friendswood High School
All winners received the illustrated book '100 Years of Flight: A Chronicle of
Aerospace History, 1903-2003' signed by several astronauts as well as an AIAA
t-shirt, balsa wood glider, Celebration of Flight poster, and several stickers.
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