Sigma Xi gives UC Berkely and Irvine run for their money
Duo from SBCC beat out four-year universities at science conference
Lauren Parks
Issue date: 11/29/07 Section: News
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The conference was held in Orlando, Florida as a celebration of scientific research accomplishments of nearly 100 colleges from North America and abroad.
City College was the only community college in attendance, represented by students Jess Crossno, Alison Morrison, Lamar Bush, and Stacey Churchitt.
Jess Crossno won in the category of Physics and Astronomy for his poster presentation titled, "Terahertz Plasmonic Detector."
Alison Morrison won in Chemistry for her poster presentation on "Synthesis of Nanoparticles of Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Frameworks Using Hydrothermal & Emulsion Methods."
City College was one of 3 colleges that received awards in more than one category. The other two schools were the UC Berkeley and UC Irvine.
"We scored 50 percent in wins, and Irvine with 18 people only won one out of nie," Bush said.
The other college students attending were largely undergraduates as well, but were mostly juniors and seniors from four-year universities.
The fact that they won over all these other colleges is really impressive," said Dr. Nick Arnold, a City College engineering professor. "The other students were taking upper-division, more advanced classes."
More than 200 posters were judged, with 2 winners in each category. There were 12 posters being judged in physics and between 50-100 posters in chemistry.
In preparation for the event, the four students were accepted into the 8-week INSET program (Internships in Nanosystems Science, Engineering and Technology) at UCSB.
There they teamed up with researchers and were able to work with physical and chemical apparatus, as well as attend seminars, weekly meetings, and develop presentations skills.
The winning posters were based on research done in the INSET program.
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