Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair 2009

The 57th annual Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair (SASEF) was held at the University of Tennessee April 7-9, 2009. Section Vice Chair Martin Bauer judged the contestants and made the following IEEE Special Awards for he best demonstrations of electrical or electronics design or computer science.

$50 prize for twoJunior Division students:
JCPS-01 "The Shocking Truth About Memory", Caroline Wallace, from Maryville School
(Junior Computer Science )

JEEM-14 "Let Go My Lego! Robot", Kyle Wehrenberg from Episcopal School of Knoxville
(Junior Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical)

A $100 prize for one Senior Division student:
SCPS-01 "Data Mining and Visualization: Predicting the Next Epidemic", Rowan Chakoumakos, Oak Ridge High School
(Senior Computer Science), also* *Senior Grand Reserve Champion (2nd place in senior division)

Science Fair Judges Needed

Volunteers are needed to serve as judges in the Loudon County Science Fair to be held on Tuesday, May 12th from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at the Philadelphia Elementary School. If you are interested, please contact Greg Mills at 576-0951 (millsga@ornl.gov).

Tennessee TSA State Conference Needs Volunteers

Judges are needed for the TSA State Conference to be held in Pigeon Forge April 6 & 7, 2009. This conference brings middle and high school students from all over Tennessee to compete in various events. All judges receive free breakfast and lunch.

Learn more on the Section website.

CSIIRW09 April 13–15 2009 at ORNL and UTK

ORNL Computational Sciences and Engineering Division is hosting the 5th Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Workshop at ORNL on April 13-15 2009. The workshop is open to the public (registration is $149) which includes a reception, banquet and speaker at the Oak Ridge Doubletree Hotel. We have an outstanding list of ten keynote speakers from Industry, Government and Academia that will be giving presentations over those three days. Please see www.csiir.ornl.gov/csiirw for details.

Contact:
Frederick T. Sheldon, Ph.D.
Computational Sciences and Engineering Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
PO Box 2008, MS 6418, 1 Bethel Valley Rd
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6418
576-1339 Office

UT Student Branch Excels at SoutheastCon

The UT IEEE Robotics Team placed 2nd in the 2009 SoutheastCon Robotics Competition held in Atlanta March 6-8. Forty-four teams competed. This is the first time that UT has placed in several years, and UT's robotics team was just restarted this past year after a multi-year hiatus. The final scores are available at: http://new.gt-ieee.org/scores.php. You can view video from UT's Final Round at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKbZQwHCgig.

Additionally, the IEEE Ethics team placed 2nd out of 11 teams.

Well done! Congratulations.

Career Transition Assistance Fair 3/10/2009

Innovation Valley Inc., Knox County, the City of Knoxville and the Knoxville Chamber have partnered to provide the community with a Career Transition Assistance Fair on March 10 from noon to 7Pm in the Jacobs Building at Chilhowee Park in Knoxville.

The purpose of this event is to provide support and information to individuals living in East Tennessee who are unemployed or underemployed. The Fair will consist of three different components.

To learn more visit their www.careertransitionfair.com.

2009 SASEF Seeking Judges

Each year, the Southern Appalachian Science & Engineering Fair needs more than 100 category and special award judges. In the past, scientists, engineers and teachers in and around Knoxville have participated. The 57th SASEF will be held at UT April 6 - 9, 2009. 

If you would be interested in being a judge, please go to the SASEF page on the Section website where you will find the Judges Form. The deadline for submitting Judge Forms in Feb. 20th. Judging will take place on April 7th.