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Chemagination Contest
2003
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The Chemagination contest
held in conjunction with the 2003 Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM)
was a great success. High school chemistry students were invited to
write an article as if it were part of the October 2025 issue of
ChemMatters magazine, the premier magazine for high school chemistry
students. The theme for the article was: "What breakthrough or
innovation related to chemistry and/or its applications, will improve
the quality of a teenager’s life in the year 2025?" The focus of
each article was in one of the four categories:
- Biotechnology
- New Materials
- Medicine/Healthcare
- Transportation/Environment\
In addition to the
article for ChemMatters. The contestents also created table-top displays
describing the breakthrough or innovation they had imagined. These were
displayed and judged, along with their articles, at the MARM. After a
welcome by the contest coordinaton, Sharon Sibilia and the ACS
representative from the Office of Community Affairs, Marisa Brugener,
the contest began with the judges individually interviewing teams. After
the interviews, the participants enjoyed an Orange Key tour of Princeton
University, followed by the awards ceremony. The teachers, participants
and their families were invited to the the Teacher's Day buffet dinner.
All the entries were of a high standard. Three of the champions from
this section of the contest went on to win awards in the National
contest! The contestants had the opportunity to meet with students
and staff at Princeton University, school teachers and other students
from the area, and other industrial and academic attendees at the MARM.
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Eazy
Eyez.
Winner of the Biotechnology Section and Overall MARM Chemagination
Champion
Nicole
Corrado
Elizabeth Barry
Amanda Harris
Damascus
High School, MD
(Teacher Elena Pisciotta)
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A
new chemical, carbonol, makes bioethanol a reliable efficient fuel, and
super carbon dioxide
absorbant
algae makes the engine environmentally friendly.
Winner,
Transportation/Environment section
Daniel
Mosier
Christopher Odell
Albert
Einstein High School
(Teacher Ann Coren)
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Self Healing Fabrics.
Winner in the New
Materials section.
Brice Farrell
Joseph Crane
Katie Goldstein
Damascus High School, MD
(Teacher Elena Pisciotta is in this picture)
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The Unimaginable Becomes
a Reality with the ZooBri Smart Patch™
Winner of the
Medical/Healthcare Section.
Zulekha Qadeer
Brittany Vida
N. Highlands Regional
High School, Allendale, NJ
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LCL
Cooling Lotion
Entry in the Medicine/Healthcare Section.
Laura
Sauriol
Caitlin Griffith
Lauren Arold
Damascus
High School, MD
(Teacher Elena Pisciotta)
Picture
with Paul Jones, ACS Board of Directors
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A Surefire Way to
Make Sure You Won't be Drug Raped.
Entrant in the
Medicine/Healthcare section.
Dani Kane
Jennifer Jackson
Burlington City High
School, NJ
(Teacher Nancy Packard)
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The Princeton ACS Local
Section would like to thank our Chemagination Judges:
Ms. Allene
Johnson (former high school chemistry teacher at Summit High School in New
Jersey)
Mr. Paul Jones (ACS Board of Directors)
and our
Industrial Sponsors: FMC Corporation, Firmenich, and Wyeth Research
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