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Hartford, CT — Connecticut’s most talented young scientists and engineers will be honored by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering at its 29th Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner on May 25, 2004 at the Rocky Hill Marriott in Rocky Hill. Winners of the 2004 Connecticut Science Fair, the 2004 Connecticut Talent Search, the 2004 Connecticut Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, and the 2004 Connecticut Invention Convention will be recognized during the evening ceremonies, along with the two first place winners of the National Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology, Team Division, Connecticut brothers Jeffrey and Mark Schneider.

The new H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence, established by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering and sponsored by Gerber Scientific, Inc., will be awarded to the two first place winners of the Connecticut Science Fair and the first place winner of the 2004 Connecticut Talent Search. Given for the first time this year, the medal was created to recognize and honor H. Joseph Gerber’s (1924-1996) technical leadership in inventing, developing and commercializing manufacturing automation systems for a wide variety of industries, making those industries more efficient and cost-effective in a worldwide competitive environment.

Academy member and renowned forensic scientist Dr. Henry Lee will give the keynote address, entitled “Forensic Science: Utilizing Technology to Solve Crimes.” Currently Connecticut’s Chief Emeritus for the Scientific Services, Dr. Lee was the Commissioner of Public Safety for the State of Connecticut from 1998 to 2000 and served as Chief Criminalist for the State of Connecticut from 1979 to 2000.

Student winners to be honored include:

The H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence:
Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Brewster High School, Brewster, NY
2004 Connecticut Science Fair – 1st Place, Life Sciences-Senior Division
Project Title: Manipulating Network Topology to Predict Epidemic Outcomes

Stephen Ingraham, New Fairfield High School, New Fairfield, CT
2004 Connecticut Science Fair – 1st Place, Physical Sciences-Senior Division
Project Title: Superluminal Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in the Near Field

Lisa D. Glukhovsky, New Milford High School, New Milford, CT
2004 Connecticut Science Talent Search – 1st Place
Project Title: A Rapid, Accurate Method of Determining the Distance to Near Earth Asteroids

2004 Connecticut Science Talent Search
1st Place – See H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence award winner

2nd Place – Esme B. Cullen, Hopkins School, New Haven, CT (Hometown: Madison)
Project: Microarray Analysis of Borrelia Burgdorferi Gene Expression in MyD88-Deficient Mice

2nd Place – Matthew M. Di Pasquale, Kent School, Kent, CT (Hometown: Westport)
Project Title: Single Electron Devices Using Gold Nanoparticle Monolayers

2004 Connecticut Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
1st Place – Stephen Ingraham, New Fairfield High School, New Fairfield, CT
Project Title: Superluminal Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in the Near Field

2nd Place – Sophie Lintermans, Staples High School, Westport, CT
Project Title: Understanding the Mechanism of Allergy & Asthma by Studying Gene Expression Changes
During T-Cell Activation using Microarrays, Real Time PCR and SiRNA

3rd Place – Pia Ramchandani, Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT
Project Title: Increasing the Efficacy of Isotope-Dating Using Paleo Corral Analysis

4th Place – Katherine Har, Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT
Project Title: Determining the Correlation Between the pH Level & the Incidences of Apoptosis for Optimal Production of Glycoprotein 96

5th Place – Mark Schneider, South Windsor High School, South Windsor, CT
Project Title: Development & Application of a Computer Model for the Simulation of the West Nile Virus
Outbreak in Boulder, Colorado, 2003

2004 National Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology
National 1st Place Winner, Team Division, Jeffrey Schneider and Mark Schneider, South Windsor High
School, South Windsor, CT
Project Title: Simulation of the West Nile Virus Using STELLA 7.02

2004 Connecticut Invention Convention
Scott Abramson, Coleytown Middle School; Amanda Cavagnero, Torrington Middle School; Martha Chudy, Mystic Middle School; James Fayal, Mystic Middle School; Michele Fox, Two Rivers Magnet Middle School; Alyssa Frechette, Suffield Middle School; David Hollister, Talcott Mountain Academy; Scott Infusino, Coleytown Middle School; Charles Kniffin, Bedford Middle School; Jamie Lenz, Torrington Middle School; Nicholas Pelletier, Two Rivers Magnet Middle School; Stacy Rakyta, Torrington Middle School; Sam Seifert, Talcott Mountain Academy; Sarah Steinmetz, Coleytown Middle School; Alyssa Zordan, Torrington Middle School

Twenty-seven newly elected members of the Academy will also be recognized during the evening.

Hartford, CT — Three outstanding young Connecticut scientists will be awarded the newly established H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence at the Annual Meeting and Dinner of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering on May 25, 2004, at the Rocky Hill Marriott in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.

The award, created by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering with the sponsorship of Gerber Scientific, Inc., is in recognition of H. Joseph Gerber’s (1924-1996) technical leadership in inventing, developing and commercializing manufacturing automation systems for a wide variety of industries, making those industries more efficient and cost-effective in a worldwide competitive environment.

As an inventor and as founder, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and President for Gerber Scientific, Inc., Mr. Gerber was a leader for nearly half a century in inventing and producing factory automation equipment designed to solve global manufacturing problems. An elected member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, Mr. Gerber received the National Medal of Technology in 1994 followed by the Connecticut Medal of Technology in 1995.

The first recipients of the H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence are 2004 Connecticut Science Fair winners Anna-Katrina Shedletsky of Brewster High School in Brewster, NY (1st Place, Life Sciences – Senior Division) and Stephen Ingraham of New Fairfield High School in New Fairfield, CT (1st Place, Physical Sciences – Senior Division), and Lisa D. Glukhovsky of New Milford High School in New Milford, CT (1st Place, Connecticut Science Talent Search).

Shedletsky’s winning Science Fair entry was entitled “Manipulating Network Topology to Predict Epidemic Outcomes.” Ingraham won for his project on “Superluminal Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in the Near Field,” while Glukhovsky took first place honors for her Connecticut Science Talent Search entry entitled “A Rapid, Accurate Method of Determining the Distance to Near Earth Asteroids.”

Gerber Scientific is the world’s leading supplier of sophisticated automated manufacturing systems for sign making and specialty graphics, apparel and flexible materials, and ophthalmic lens processing. Headquartered in South Windsor, Connecticut, the company operates through four businesses: Gerber Scientific Products, Spandex Ltd., Gerber Technology, and Gerber Coburn.

Hartford, CT — Thirty-five of Connecticut’s most promising young scientists and engineers were honored by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering at its 28th Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner on May 21, 2003 at the Marriott Hotel in Rocky Hill. With 200 Academy members and guests, including Commissioner of Higher Education Valerie Lewis and State Representative Selim Noujaim, looking on, the top winners of the 2003 Connecticut Intel Science Talent Search, Connecticut Science Fair, the Connecticut Junior Science and Humanities Symposium and the Connecticut Invention Convention received awards from the Academy. Also honored were the high school science departments of the students who won top awards at the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium for their “perseverance and dedication to science education” as stated in an “Official Statement” issued to the schools by John G. Rowland, Governor, State of Connecticut. The citation continues with the commendation “Your school is a fine example of science education in the State of Connecticut and it is an honor to join with your faculty and students in recognizing and rejoicing in this achievement”.

The following students were recognized for their outstanding accomplishments in this year’s statewide science competitions:

The winners of the Connecticut Intel Science Talent Search were: Alexander Mittal, a senior at Greenwich High School, received first place honors and was a finalist in the national competition for his project, “Nanoconstruction with Self-Assembling DNA-PHA Complexes”. Mittal was also a national semi-finalist in the Siemens Westinghouse Competition and the winner of the competition’s New England Region event. Mittal was a participant in this year’s Intel International Science and Engineering Fair; and Michael Nyberg, Lyme-Old Lyme High School, placed second and was also a finalist in the national competition for his project, “ The Quantification of the Physical Properties Impacting the Effective Implementation of Acoustic Larvicide Systems”. Also, Nyberg was a New England regional finalist in the Siemens Westinghouse Competition.

The winners of the senior divisions of the Connecticut Science Fair were as follows: first place in the Life Sciences Senior Division went to Joia Ramchandani of Greenwich High School for her project, “Mammalian Cell Production of Monoclonal Antibodies in Simulated Microgravity”. Ramchandani was also a 3rd place winner in the Connecticut Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. The winner of the Physical Sciences Senior Division was Anna-Katrina Shedletsky of Brewster High School, Brewster, NY for her project “Predicting the rate of Disease Propagation in Populations of Known Connectivity”. Both Ramchandani and Shedletsky were participants in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Also honored with awards during the evening were the state’s top five winners in the Connecticut Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. The winners were: first place went to Stephen Ingraham, New Fairfield High School for his project “Microwave Tunneling in Frustrated Total Internal Reflection”; second place was awarded to Lisa Glukhovsky, New Milford High School, for her project “A Rapid Accurate Method of Determining the Distance to Near-Earth Asteroids”; the third place winners, in addition to Joia Ramchandani, previously mentioned, were: Sophie Lintermans, Staples High School, Westport, for her project “Gene Expression Array Analysis for Understanding the Mechanism of Allergy Asthma”; and Richa Sharma, Hamden High School, for her project the “Effect of Ibuprofen and Doxirubicin on Lung Cancer Cells”.

Additionally, the Academy recognized twenty-seven 7th and 8th grade winners of the Connecticut Invention Convention.

The students from each of the competitions displayed their projects and discussed their research and inventions with the invited guests during the reception.

Preceding the student awards presentation 17 newly elected members of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering were introduced to the members, students and guests in attendance. Among the scientists and engineers elected to the Academy this year were the internationally renowned Dr. Robert D. Ballard and Professor Henry C. Lee. Ms. Elaine A. Pullen, Senior Vice-President of Gerber Scientific, Inc., President of Gerber Scientific Products, and a member of the Governor’s Council on Economic Competitiveness; Dr. John D. Petersen, Chancellor and Provost, University of Connecticut; Mr. Arthur W. Lucas, Senior Vice President, Engineering, Pratt & Whitney, and Mr. Roger Castonguay, Senior Engineer Specialist, General Electric Industrial Systems, one of the most prolific inventors in the United States as the holder of over 150 patents were among the other newly elected members of the Academy.

The event also featured a keynote speaker, Dr. Michael H. Merson, Dean of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, and the Anna M.R. lauder Professor of Public Health and Chairman, Epidemiology and Public Health. Dean Merson spoke about a very timely and critically important issue, “The Global AIDS Pandemic: Can it Be Slowed and is SARS Next?”

Hartford, CT — Connecticut’s most promising young scientists and engineers were honored by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering at its 27th Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner on May 8, 2002 at the Radisson Conference Center in Cromwell. With more than 100 Academy members and dignitaries, including Commissioner of Higher Education Valerie Lewis, Connecticut Employment and Training Commission Chairman Wally Barnes, and Connecticut Economic Resource Center President Marty Hunt, looking on, the top winners of the Connecticut Science Fair and the 2002 Connecticut Intel Science Talent Search received awards from the Academy. Also honored were high school science departments from around the state who had student winners in the Connecticut Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. For the first time this year, winners of the state’s 2002 Invention Convention also received recognition during the evening’s festivities.

West Hartford’s Jacob Licht, a senior at William H. Hall High School, was the first place winner in both the Connecticut Science Fair—Senior Physical Sciences Division and the Connecticut Intel Science Talent Search. Licht won for his project entitled “Rainbow Ramsey Theory: Rainbow Arithmetic Progressions and Anti-Ramsey Results.”

Sasha Gusev, a senior from Daniel Hand High School in Madison, received the Academy’s award as the first place winner in the Connecticut Science Fair—Senior Biological Sciences Division for his project entitled “Fractal Classification of DNA Sequences.”

Johann Cutiongco, also from William H. Hall High School in West Hartford, received an award as the second place winner in the 2002 Connecticut Intel Science Talent Search. Cutiongco’s project was entitled “A Comparison of Competing Models for IP3 Receptor Channel Regulation Using the Virtual Cell Modelling Framework.”

Also honored with awards during the evening were the high schools that produced the top five winners in the Connecticut Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. East Lyme High School was the first place winner, with Greenwich High School placing second in the competition. Third place winners were New Fairfield High School, Lyme-Old Lyme High School and Hamden High School.

Four newly elected members of the Academy were also recognized during the evening, including Professor Yaakov Bar-Shalom of the University of Connecticut, Professor Paul Fleury, Dean of Engineering at Yale University, Dr. James C. Hogan, Jr., of the Connecticut Department of Public Health, and Professor Lee Langston, of the University of Connecticut.

Preceding the award presentations, BEACON president and Academy vice president Joseph D. Bronzino, Vernon Roosa Professor of Applied Science at Trinity College, presented an overview of the evolution of medical technologies, and the role of Hartford-based BEACON in the current and future development of these technologies in the state of Connecticut.