June Bacon-Bercey1 special news feature AMS Board on Women and Minorities

Summary of AMS Participation in the 1977 International Science and Engineering Affiliated Fairs

The 28th International Science and Engineering Fair TABLE 1. Participation in 1977 ISEF fairs.* (ISEF), held in , Ohio, came to an end in the twilight hours of Saturday, 14 May. The final judging Participation and award ceremony represented not only a culmination No. of of the efforts of the individual winners, but also, on a Invitations Through Without Fairs Received Chapters Chapters broader scale, a culmination of the efforts of scores of AMS Chapter members who represented the Society at ISEF Affiliated 201 (187) 132 (114) 69 (73) 137 city, county, and state school fairs. Unaffiliated 5 (3) 5 (3) This was the second year that AMS acted as a sponsor- Total 206 (190) 137 (117) 69 (73) ing society for the series of fairs affiliated with the ISEF, * The numbers in parentheses are for 1976. one of the many educational projects of Science Service, Inc. (See the August 1976 BULLETIN, pp. 992-995, for a summary of 1976 activities.) Increased AMS participa- tion in local science fairs began last year at the sugges- and numbers of women and minorities in the sciences tion of the AMS Board on Women and Minorities. One embraced by the Society. The science fairs were seen of the Board's objectives is to increase the participation as a method of making an initial contact with students at a crucial point in their education. Society participa- i Aviation Branch, National Weather Service, NOAA, Silver Spring, Md. 20910. tion in the 1977 ISEF-affiliated fairs netted a list of

TABLE 2. AMS chapters that participated in the 1977 Science and Engineering Fairs affiliated with the 28th ISEF (alphabetically by state).

No. of No. of Chapter Fairs Location Chapter Fairs Location

North Alabama 2 Huntsville; Jacksonville Florida State Univ. Anchorage 1 Anchorage (Student) 1 Panama City Central Arizona 1 Tempe Greater Miami 1* South Florida* Southern Arizona 1 Tucson Palm Beach County 1 West Palm Beach Central Arkansas 2 Arkadelphia; State Metropolitan Atlanta 2 Athens (State Fair); University Atlanta California State Univ. Aloha 1 Honolulu San Jose (Student) 1 San Jose Chicago 3 Valparaiso, Ind.; Los Angeles 1 Orange Chicago; South Bend Northern California 1 San Francisco East Central Illinois 1 Jacksonville, 111. Sacramento 4 Sacramento; Chico; Indiana 8 Bloomington; Evans- Modesto; Fresno ville; Indianapolis ; Santa Barbara-Ventura 2* Santa Barbara*; Ventura Muncie; Terre Haute; Colorado State Univ. West Lafayette; Clarks- (Student) 1 Greeley ville; Hammond Denver 3 Brush; Golden ;Engle- Iowa State Univ. (Student) 1 Cedar Rapids wood (State Fair) Derby City 1 Louisville Pikes Peak 1 Colorado Springs New Orleans 6 Baton Rouge; New Connecticut Valley 1 West Hartford Orleans; Thibodaux; District of Columbia 6 Glen Burnie, Md.; Hattiesburg, Miss.; Gaithersburg, Md.; University of Mississippi Manassas, Va.; College (State Fair) Park, Md.; Falls Church, Southeastern Michigan 10 Angola, Ind.; Ann Arbor; Detroit (East, Va.; Washington, D.C. West, Macomb County, Cape Canaveral 4 Melbourne (Central, Oakland County North, North, and South Oakland County South, Brevard); Ft. Pierce Wayne County) Flint; (State Fair) Ft. Wayne, Ind.

* Fair not affiliated with ISEF.

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Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/07/21 01:49 PM UTC Bulletin American Meteorological Society 1213 nearly 100 names of female and minority students inter- measures have been taken to avoid this problem next ested in the atmospheric sciences. A resource packet has year.) Two Certificates of Recognition were alloted for since been developed and mailed to these students with each fair, to be awarded according to the AMS judges' the objective of further stimulating their interest. discretion. Every entrant in the ISEF is a winner—having already Chapter participation in science fair activities in- won in competition on the city, county, and/or state creased this year (see Table 2) with 59 chapters level. The Society's involvement requires hundreds of involved—3 more than last year. Two new chapters, hours of volunteer effort by our members, but the op- Central New York and Southern Arizona, were organized portunity given to budding scientists is a worthwhile en- in time to provide judges for fairs in their respective deavor. Winners of local fairs who earn finalist status for areas. The Panhandle Chapter in Texas quickly reacti- the ISEF have the opportunity to discuss their projects vated in time to provide judges for a fair in Vernon, with top scientists and engineers who attend the fair as Tex. Although we have excellent chapter participation, judges or observers. Contacts and friendships established there were still 69 fairs located in areas where no local may continue throughout a student's education. Sharing chapter is active. In these cases, individual volunteers experiences and ideas and the opportunity to travel are were tapped directly by the AMS science fair coordinator all part of the award to those winners of local fairs who to act as Society representatives. In all cases, judges spent are designated participants in the ISEF. a great deal of time and effort, sometimes traveling long As has become customary, local chapters were tapped distances, to give young atmospheric scientists the kind this year to provide volunteer judges for fairs within of professional contact that is so encouraging to a stu- their geographic area. For fairs where no chapter exists, dent. In addition, increased participation by the AMS individuals in the meteorological community were asked on a nationwide basis will insure continued rapport be- to represent the Society as judges. On the local level, tween the Society, schools, and the general public. the Society was invited to participate in 206 fairs (see Table 1). Members who volunteered their services were Acknowledgments. The author and the Society are grateful asked to judge exhibits in the atmospheric and hydro- to the Aviation Branch of the NWS for providing employee spheric sciences. (In a few cases, AMS representatives time for the coordination of the science fair activity. Special were asked to judge exhibits outside the specified fields; thanks to Thelma Fricks.

TABLE 2. Continued

No. of No. of Chapter Fairs Location Chapter Fairs Location

Twin Cities 3 St. Paul; Mankato; Greater Pittsburgh 3 West Liberty, W.Va.; Winona Buckhannon, W.Va; Greater St. Louis 3 + 1* Rolla; St. Louis; Parkersburg, W.Va. Belleville, 111.*; Jackson- Univ. of Rhode Island ville, 111. (Student) 1 Providence (jointly with Kansas City 3 Lawrence, Kans.; Kansas Rhode Island) City, Mo.; Wichita, Central South Carolina 5 Augusta, Ga.; Columbia; Kans. Florence; Greenville; Omaha-Offutt 1 Nebraska City Spartanburg Northern Nevada 1 Reno Black Hills 1 Rapid City, S.Dak. Southern Nevada 1 Las Vegas Sioux Valley 2 Brookings; Lake Field, New Jersey 1 + 1* Trenton; Neptune* Minn. Rutgers Univ. (Student) 1 Bayonne Memphis 2 University, Miss.; Albuquerque 3 Albuquerque; Las Vegas Memphis N. Mex.; Socorro Central Texas 2 Austin; San Antonio (State Fair) El Paso-Las Cruces 2 El Paso, Tex.; Las Central New York 1 Fredonia Cruces, N.Mex. New York City 1 Poughkeepsie Houston 2 El Campo; Houston Wright Memorial 1 Westerville, Ohio North Texas 2 Dallas; Kilgore 5 Ardmore; Edmund; Panhandle 1 Vernon Central Oklahoma Lubbock Seminole; Tulsa; Texas Plains 1 Utah 6 Ogden (Weber Regional); Ogden (South Weber); Southwest Oklahoma 3 Lawton; Alva; Ardmore Salt Lake City; Clear- Univ. of Oklahoma field; Cedar City (Student) 4 Ada; Wilburton; (Central); Cedar City Seminole; Muskogee (Southwest) Delaware Valley 3 Lancaster; ; Hampton Roads 1 Chesapeake Reading Greater Milwaukee 1 Milwaukee

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State by State Summary of Science Fair Activities The following is a synopsis of science fair involvement annual banquet where the award was presented (see reported by chapter representatives. photo).—Ronald L. Holle, Secy-Treas.

Arkansas Newton Skiles and Richard Kale, representing the CENTRAL ARKANSAS CHAPTER, judged fairs in Arkadelphia and Jonesboro in late March.

California

Members of the SACRAMENTO CHAPTER volunteered to judge fairs in Chico, Sacramento, and Modesto.

Colorado

The DENVER CHAPTER provided judges for the science fair in their city, awarding an AMS certificate to Lyn Wilson for her exhibit, "The Big Thompson Flood."

Members of the PIKES PEAK CHAPTER judged the 20th Annual Pikes Peak Regional Science Fair, held in mid- March 1977 at Colorado College, Colorado Springs. Of Joe Pelissier, Jr. (center), South Florida Science and En- gineering Fair, and Betty and Charles Neumann, Greater the over 90 entries, eight were judged to have enough Miami Chapter. applicability to merit special AMS judging attention. Final judging resulted in selection of James Martin's Georgia entry, "Compatability of Wind and Sun as Energy The METROPOLITAN ATLANTA CHAPTER provided two Sources," for our first prize and Rick Ellis's "Geoclimatic judges, Jim Metcalf, of Georgia Tech's Engineering Ex- Influences on Culture," for second prize. Both projects periment Station, and Nancy Wright, of Van Winkle 8c were worthy entries. Martin's project was awarded Co., Inc., for the Atlanta Public Schools' Science Con- Honorable Mention in the Physical Sciences category, gress held 17 and 18 February. Seven meteorology entries and Ellis's project was selected for entry in state com- were judged, and the entries that received the AMS petition. AMS certificates were presented to the winners Certificate of Recognition were "How Is Water Recycled by Lt. Col. Eugene Harsh at the awards ceremony held Naturally?" by Darrell Hayes of Brown High (see photo) on 19 March. Each of the winners was also presented a and "Nitric Acid in Rainwater" by Andre Jarboe of barometer by the chapter. We were pleased this year Northside High. These winners were also awarded sub- with the number of applicable entries. In some past scriptions to Weatherwise by the chapter.—Nancy years, we have not found sufficient worthy entries to Wright, Secy. merit awarding prizes. Perhaps we have reached a turn- ing point and, with some effort to publicize our involve- ment, may have even more entries in the future.—Neil J. M. Wheeler, Secy.

District of Columbia

The D.C. CHAPTER invited the 16 AMS winners from area fairs to the chapter's annual banquet. Each student participated in the banquet program. Chapter President Stanley Doore said the young scientists appreciated the recognition.

Florida

Several members of the GREATER MIAMI CHAPTER visited the South Florida Science and Engineering Fair in March. The judges were Charles Neumann (National Hurricane Center, NOAA) and Peter Black and William Woodley (National Hurricane Experimental Meteorology Laboratory, NOAA). The judges awarded the chapter's Gorden E. Dunn Award to Joe Pelissier, Jr., a student at Arvida Junior High School in Miami. In addition to the award, Pelissier's exhibit, "Statistical Hurricane Predic- Darrell Hayes, 23rd Annual Atlanta Science Congress, tion by Computer," earned him an invitation to the and Dennis Feltgen, Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter.

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Indiana as the best meteorological exhibit in New Jersey for 1977. The project was chosen from about 10 meteorological Once again the INDIANA CHAPTER has increased the num- ber of science fairs in which it has participated. This projects that were exhibited around the state. Warren's year the chapter arranged for judges at eight regional project presented a detailed analysis of temperatures for science fairs. Sixteen AMS Certificates of Recognition major cities throughout the country as extracted from were awarded to senior and junior division winners and the weather boxes of newspapers. John Sabolchy was the chapter awarded Weatherwise subscriptions to the also an AMS winner (see photo) for his exhibit "A eight senior division winners. Barometer," entered in the Greater Trenton Science Fair and judged by representatives from the N.J. Louisiana Chapter.

NEW ORLEANS CHAPTER SECRETARY Ken Harlan served as a judge at the State Science Fair, cosponsored by the Louisiana Academy of Science. The chapter awarded a 1-year subscription to Weatherwise to David Ott, an AMS winner in the Junior Science Fair in which the chapter also participated.

Minnesota

Out-going TWIN CITIES CHAPTER President Craig Sanders judged science fairs at Rochester, Mankato, and St. Paul. The projects exhibited emphasized the environment, solar energy, and ozone. Chapter members approved an expenditure to award a Weatherwise subscription to Tom Peters, of Waseca, for his project "The Changing Behavior in the Muskrat with Weather," relating animal behavior to weather. Tom analyzed animal-ingested food and correlated it with weather data.

Missouri

Representatives of the KANSAS CITY CHAPTER presented two AMS Certificates of Recognition in the 20th Annual Wichita Regional Science Fair to Gery Simpson in the Senior Division and Linda Nielsen in the Junior Divi- sion. Simpson's project, "Biometeorology," correlated the noise level in two classrooms to humidity, tempera- ture, and barometric pressure. Nielsen's project, "Ther- Katherine Warren, Neptune Junior High Fair, mal Syphon Water Heater," demonstrated a unique New Jersey Chapter. method that used solar energy in heating a home. The fair, held in late April, was judged by Mike Smith, Chief Meteorologist, KARD/TV, Kansas State Network, Wichita.—Mike Smith

ST. LOUIS CHAPTER members Col. Wally Burgmann and Maj. Boright received a hearty thanks from the Special Awards Director of the Region 10 Science Fair for their participation as judges.

Nevada

The NORTHERN NEVADA CHAPTER presented two awards at the Ninth Western Nevada Regional Science Fair. Winners were Jim Nielsen for an exhibit on clouds, and Todd Baldini for "A Comparison of Air Pollution on John Sabolchy, Greater Trenton Science Fair, Weekdays and Weekends." Nine Honorable Mentions New Jersey Chapter. were also selected.

New Jersey New Mexico

The NEW JERSEY CHAPTER was pleased to present its The ALBUQUERQUE CHAPTER participated in two re- annual Science Fair Award to Katherine Warren of gional science and engineering fairs as well as the state Neptune, N.J. (see photo). Her project, "Temperature science fair in Socorro. At the Las Vegas (Northeast) Variation in Major Cities," was selected by the chapter Fair, Manual Armendariz presented a Certificate of

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Recognition to Gloria Dailey for her display of a method The MEMPHIS CHAPTER divided its awards into first, to predict long-term meteorological conditions from the second, and third place winners. First place winner position of the planets; Rick Craig won the other AMS Robert Phillips (see photo), received a savings bond, certificate for his meteorological observing station con- AMS certificate, and a ribbon for his exhibit, "Atmo- sisting of instruments that he had made and calibrated. spheric Pressure." Second and third place winners re- In Albuquerque, Norman Peterson represented the ceived ribbons. Chapter members Jim Klazyinski and chapter at the Northwest Regional Fair. The winners of Robert Howard served as judges, and Howard along with this fair went on to win their division at the State Fair in Joe Knack served on the chapter's Science Fair Com- Socorro. The Junior Division winner, Larry Grummer, mittee. displayed a homemade weather station. Xavier Garrica won the Senior Division with a demonstration of vortex Virginia formation by using a tube through which smoke was forced by a blower and then introducing obstructions to Comdr. James McRee and Lt. Comdr. James Smith the flow. The two winners, in the Northwest Fair, as men- (Ret.) of the HAMPTON ROADS CHAPTER served as judges tioned before, continued to the statewide competition at the Tidewater Science Congress. In a letter of ap- and won the $25.00 savings bond awarded by the chap- preciation, Fair Director M. R. Becker said, "I have ter. The chapter representative at the state fair was Bill heard many favorable comments about the quality of Eisenhood.—Gordon A. Hammons, Secy-Treas. judging and the warmth and understanding shown by judges. These attributes, combined with your knowledge Pennsylvania of science, contributed greatly toward making this a

The GREATER PITTSBURGH CHAPTER judged meteorologi- successful day." cal exhibits and presented awards at three science and engineering fairs: 24th Annual West Virginia, Parkers- burg Community College Regional, and West Liberty State College. For those areas where no chapter exists, the Society asks for volunteers to serve as designated representatives in Rhode Island judging the fairs. Employees of the National Weather

The RHODE ISLAND CHAPTER and the UNIVERSITY OF R. I. Service have been especially responsive to the Society's STUDENT CHAPTER pooled their talents to judge the requests. The following were among many NWS people EXPO 77 Science Fair in late March. URI Chairman who donated their time for the 1977 fairs. Steve Cascione represented his chapter, and Acting Chair- man John G. W. Kelley volunteered from the Rhode Island Chapter.

South Carolina

The CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA CHAPTER provided judges for the Central S.C. Region 2 Science Fair in early April. John C. Purvis judged the meteorology exhibits.

Tennessee

Robert Phillips (right), 23rd Memphis and Shelby County, Tenn., Science and Engineering Fair, and Jim Klazyinski, Robert O. Ness, Jr., Central North Dakota District Memphis Chapter. Science Fair.

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Susan Huesgan, North Central North Dakota Science Fair, Christi Kracht, Southeast North Dakota District Science Fair. and Ellis Burton.

Ellis Burton1, Meteorologist-in-Charge, Denver, crossed state lines to judge several fairs in the North Dakota/Minnesota area. Among the winners was Robert O. Ness Jr., who had exhibited in last year's ISEF in Cleve- land. This year Ness researched tornado induction (see photo), computing over 20 000 possible vortex distur- bances. In addition to an AMS certificate, he won eight other awards in the Bismarck, North Dakota State Fair. Susan Huesgan's winning exhibit on jet streams (see photo) was coupled with a superb oral presentation that reflected thought and purpose. An exhibit on winter survival (see photo) by Christi Kracht also won Burton's approval. He noted that the junior high student's ex- hibit was superior to those of many senior exhibitors. Jose Colon was AMS representative for seven fairs in Puerto Rico. Kimberly Malinkowsky, Baltimore Science and Fred Davis, MIC, Baltimore, awarded the AMS certifi- Engineering Fair, and Fred Davis. cate to Kimberly Malinkowsky for her exhibit, "The Weather: Don't Just Talk about It, Learn about It" (see photo). Davis felt Malinkowsky had indeed learned about her subject. Ervin A. Wesley, Official-in-Charge, South Bend, Ind., presided over the judging of six meteorological exhibits at the science fair held at Notre Dame University. He presented two of the Society's Certificates of Recognition to winners Tom Klimek and Jim Collins (see photo).

Acknowledgments. The response of Fair Director M. R. Becker regarding the quality of judging and the warmth and understanding shown by the judges is fitting recognition for all those who helped to make the science fairs an important learning experience for the student exhibitors. The Society is grateful to those who offered services. Special thanks are due those individuals who were invited to judge when an AMS chapter was unavailable. Jim Collins and Tom Klimek, North Indiana Regional Science i Formerly MIC, Bismarck, N.Dak. and Engineering Fair, and Ervin Wesley (center).

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28th International Science and Engineering Fair Wally Kinnan Chairman, Judges Committee

AMS Special Award

Paul C. Stuart of Bonneville High School, Ogden, Utah, was this year's recipient of the AMS Special Award for the best atmospheric science exhibit (see photo) entered in the 28th Annual International Science and Engineer- ing Fair (ISEF). As it has in recent years, the Society provided judges for exhibits in the atmospheric science category at the annual ISEF, this year held in Cleveland, Ohio, 9-13 May 1977. Stuart won the AMS $100 cash award for his exhibit, "Canyon Winds: A Comparative Analysis." Stuart's exhibit was not only thoroughly researched over a period of time and carefully documented, but he had also constructed a terrain model of the site of his project, a canyon area near his Ogden home. He demon- strated wind conditions using dry ice smoke. Stuart de- scribed his project in the following abstract:

Drainage winds are caused by an upper and lower valley with a narrow connecting canyon between them. Cold air in the upper valley will rush down the canyon to the lower valley. The higher the barometric pressure and the greater the temperature differential, the higher the wind velocity. The wind occurs when the sky is gen- erally clear and there is temperature differential between the two valleys. The wind starts at about 2 a.m. and in- creases in velocity until sunrise. The wind stops when the two valleys are equal in temperature. Pressure winds are caused by a high pressure area in Lander, Wyo., and low pressure area in southern Nevada. When these pressure areas are in the proper relationship to each other, the winds form. The air moves clockwise around the high, and rushes to the low, relieving the low pressure area. The wind comes over the tops of the Paul C. Stuart, winner of the AMS Special Award at the mountains and down the front, forming high velocity 28th International Science and Engineering Fair, and Wally winds. As the air rises to the tops of the mountains, the Kinnan. water vapor freezes, forming clouds. Cap clouds lie along the top of the mountains as long as the pressure wind Other exhibits that the judges deemed worthy of Honor- is present. The higher the barometric pressure difference, the higher the wind velocity. able Mention were: Front winds are caused by a storm moving through the "Movements of Low Pressure Systems Across the U.S. area. Wind comes from the southwest before the storm and from the northwest after the storm. and How They Effect the Weather of Delphi, Indi- I believe that because the winds occur so often (90% ana," by Michael John Hoffman, Delphi Community of time during study) we could harness these winds for High School, Delphi, Ind.; an alternative source of power for future development. "Radiolocations and Tracking of Thunderstorms by Atmospheric Signatures," by Bryan D. Lessly, Thomas Jefferson Senior High School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Honorable Mentions "Effect of Different Temperatures and Wind Direc- This year's judges for the Society, Wally Kinnan (see tions on the Amount of Acid in Precipitation," by photo), WKYC-TV, Cleveland; MIC, Marvin Miller, Barbara June Bjerke, Abingdon High School, Abing- NWSFO Cleveland; and Dick Goddard, WJKW-TV, don, Va.; Cleveland, found it difficult to judge between the 15 entries in the atmospheric sciences. Having already won "An Air Force-Suction Based Mechanism for Tornadic preliminary competition throughout the country, each Induction," by Robert O. Ness, Jr., Sykeston Public exhibit was extremely well conceived and executed. School, Sykeston, N.Dak. •

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