Thursday, March 06, 2008
Public invited to view science fair exhibits
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The general public is invited to view 465 student projects in the Pott Foundation Tri-State Science and Engineering Fair from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11, in the University Center at the University of Southern Indiana. An awards ceremony and reception will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, in Mitchell Auditorium in the Health Professions Center. The event is the 59th year for the Tri-State Science and Engineering Fair. This is the second year the fair is being held at USI. There is a 30 percent increase in participation for this year’s fair. The event will serve as the qualifier for the state and Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (this year in Atlanta, Georgia). Awards will include six $1,500 renewable USI scholarships in the senior division, cash awards, and plaques for winners. In addition, cash awards will go to classrooms with the most participants at the junior and senior divisions and to the classrooms of the winners, plus other awards. There are 12 categories plus a team projects category. The categories are behavior and social sciences; botany; chemistry and biochemistry; computer science; earth and space sciences; engineering; environmental science; mathematics; medicine, health, and gerontology; and microbiology, physics, and zoology. Students from area middle schools and high schools within a 75-mile radius of Evansville were eligible to participate in the fair. Judging of the fair will take place between 6 and 7:30 p.m. on Monday, March 10. Students will be setting up projects throughout that day beginning at noon. USI students will be on spring break that week. The fair is sponsored by the Pott Foundation and the Pott College of Science and Engineering. The co-directors of the fair are Dr. Shelly Blunt, associate dean of the Pott College of Science and Engineering and associate professor of chemistry, and Dave Ellert, instructor in engineering. |
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