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International Science & Engineering Fair 2003

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International Science & Engineering Fair 2003

May 2003 [Cleveland, Ohio]

The Schlumberger judges absorbed in Austin J. Shelton III's speech (one of the two Schlumberger 2003 winners) talking about liquid energy

Colin Patrick O'Flynn demonstrating the creation of a robotic development platform for artificial neural networks

Kyle Brady Winkleman explaining to Julio Guerrero how Lunar mass concentrations can have an impact on both orbital inclination and probe energy

The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) began in 1950 as a means of encouraging pre-college students to conduct scientific research. It has grown in size and prestige to become the crowning achievement in high school science competitions. It is the only international science project competition for students in the 9th-12th grades.This year, the Intel ISEF was held in Cleveland, Ohio and 1,334 participants from 38 countries gathered to showcase their talent and compete for some very attractive prizes. Nine Schlumberger judges [5 women and 4 men of science drawn from different parts of Schlumberger business] reviewed projects related to Physics, Computer Science, and Engineering and after intense discussions selected 2 winners and 5 runners-up. Each winner received $1,000; an internship with Schlumberger; and a visit to one of the Schlumberger offices. The five runners-up, including one team, were given $500 each.

It was an excellent opportunity to learn new things or to recall some we had forgotten. We appreciated the interviews we had with students. It was amazing to notice how enthusiastic they were and how hard they had worked. We also had intense and fruitful discussions among ourselves to select the best five projects.
 

"It was a great experience seeing a lot of interesting projects made by such brilliant kids coming from different countries around the world. For me all of them were winners! It was also good meeting other judges, especially the Schlumberger ones".

— Nathaly Famiglietti

 

"These students were overwhelming and impressive. I had to keep reminding myself that they were high school students and not college graduates. The stakes were high and the competition was stiff. Every student that I met was impressive. We need to direct and sponsor more children affiliated with Schlumberger, through SEED or their parents, to strive to be participants in the these types of science fairs."

— Paula Harris

 

The Schlumberger panel: (from left to right, back: Bernd Eggen, Michael Tempel, Mary Stahnope, Indira Pallinti, Susan Hutto, Paula Harris and Gokturk TuncIn. Front: Nathaly Famiglietti, Julio Guerrero and Amelie LeGendre)

 

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