Science Olympiad National Tournament 2012

2012 Science Olympiad Nat ional Tourn amen t May 18-19 • Orlando, Florida UNI V ER S ITY O F CENTRAL F L O RIDA

Science Olympiad National Tournament 2012

Welcome to the University of Central Florida

UCF

is delighted to host this exciting event designed to inspire and encourage the nation’s next generation of scientists, engineers, and mathematicians. As a budding scientist, you are in the right competition—and on the appropriate

campus. UCF is Florida’s largest university and the second largest in the nation, and we are gaining prominence as one of America’s top metropolitan research universities.

Among many other efforts, our researchers are developing ways of detecting cancer earlier, and they are creating new vaccines that could spare millions of people around the world from deadly diseases. A UCF scientist developed the technology that allows you to see your cellphone screen in bright sunlight, and UCF software applications are instrumental in training America’s soldiers and in helping to defend our country.

UCF stands for opportunity, and our students and graduates attest to it in many different ways. For instance, one of our graduate students discovered planets beyond our solar system, and graduates from our video game technology program worked on popular games such as Madden NFL Football, Farmville, and Call of Duty: Black Ops. UCF’s role as a major driver of technology and scientific discovery makes our institution synonymous with the prosperity of our region and Florida. We partner with many high-tech businesses to create new learning opportunities for our students while producing jobs in areas such as digital media, aerospace, solar

technology, optics and lasers, engineering, and computer sciences. UCF hosts one of the premier simulation and training centers in the world, and the center supports a $3 billion industry in Central Florida. Meanwhile, the UCF College of Medicine anchors an emerging medical city at Lake Nona that promises to create thousands of jobs and enhance health care in our region.

During your stay, I hope you will take time to walk our beautiful campus, enjoy our area’s scenic nature parks and trails, and, of course, visit Orlando’s world-famous theme parks. As you envision your college future, I hope you will keep UCF in mind as an ideal place to thrive, have fun, and realize your dreams.

The National Science Olympiad is a culmination of your great work, and I wish you much success in the competition and in your future academic pursuits. Keep reaching for the stars!

Cordially yours,

John C. Hitt President University of Central Florida

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Welcome to the 2012

Science Olympiad O n behalf of the Science Olympiad Executive Board, I would like to welcome you to the 28th annual Science Olympiad National Tournament hosted by the University of

Central Florida (UCF). Congratulations on reaching the pinnacle of team science

competition in America—wherever you are from, you have made your entire community very proud.

This tournament is a celebration of what you have learned, your commitment to academic excellence and your ability to work together as a team. Leaders from government, education, business and industry join us in expressing confidence that you will help America achieve its goals in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.

We hope that you take advantage of this beautiful campus and all the educational opportunities UCF has to offer. This experience is your chance to excel in science and technology, to exhibit good sportsmanship and to make new friends. Relax and have fun at the opening and closing ceremonies and your competitions and events. We wish you the best of luck during the competition and in all of your future endeavors.

Dr. Gerard J. Putz President and Co-Founder Science Olympiad

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Getting to Know UCF

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elcome to one of the most modern and dynamic universities in the nation. We are the Knights—and we pride ourselves on our people and programs. We’re glad

you’re here and hope you’ll enjoy our modern facilities and amenities as you compete in the nation’s largest pre-college science competition.

UCF is the second-largest university in the nation, with more than 58,000 students from all 50 states and 145 countries. We believe this diversity contributes to our academic strength and vitality. We are ranked 34th in the nation for the number of National Merit Scholars. U.S. News and World Report ranked UCF the fourth

12 Colleges 58,698 students 10 Regional campuses 211 Degree programs in Financial $408 Million Aid to Students

up-and-coming university in the nation. We have also been recognized by The Carnegie Foundation for our “high research activity.” With this designation, UCF joins some of the most prestigious research universities in the nation. In 2012, The Princeton Review joined Kiplinger’s magazine in selecting UCF as a “Best Value University.”

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FRESHMAN S AT 1250 Average

231,278 Degrees Conferred

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Emergency Contacts & Local Resources Police Emergency 911 UCF Police (non-emergency) 407-823-5555 UCF Building # 150, Orlando

Hospitals Florida Hospital East Orlando 407-303-8110 7727 Lake Underhill, Orlando Winter Park Memorial Hospital 407-646-7000 200 N. Lakemont Ave, Winter Park

Pharmacies CVS 407-382-5583 4974 N. Alafaya Trail, Orlando

Want to know more about becoming a UCF Knight?

Visit the Admissions information table in the Student Union from 8 a.m.—5 p.m. on Friday, or explore campus on your own using the self-guided tour

Walgreens 407-977-5821 3755 Alafaya Trail, Orlando Walgreens 407-273-2721 3000 N. Alafaya Trail, Orlando

Hardware Stores Home Depot 321-235-3602 350 North Alafaya Trail, Orlando Lowes 800-445-6937 12200 Lake Underhill Road, Orlando

map available at the registration and the help desks.

What Can You Do in Orlando?

As you’ll soon discover, Orlando offers much more than its world-famous theme parks. Here you can enjoy the

Craft Stores Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Store 407-384-0940 825 N Alafaya Trail, Orlando Michaels 407-282-9161 400 Alafaya Trail, Orlando

wonders of the Orlando Science Center, explore 50 acres of botanical beauty at Harry P. Leu Gardens, visit Orlando’s unique museums and vibrant array of arts and culture, and discover numerous lakes, rivers and natural springs for abundant outdoor recreational activities. Within a short drive, your family can visit the Kennedy Space Center, breathtaking national and state parks, numerous historical sites as well as Florida’s famous beaches on both coasts.

Groceries and Snacks Publix Super Market 407-366-9480 4250 Alafaya Trail #148, Oviedo Walmart Neighborhood Market 407-359-6707 4255 Alafaya Trail, Oviedo

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MASTER SCHEDULE Wednesday, May 16 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Residence Hall Check-In

Libra Community Center

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Team Registration

UCF Student Union, Key West Room 218 A/B

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Souvenir Sales

UCF Student Union, Lobby

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Tournament Information

UCF Student Union, Information Desk, Lobby

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Shipping and Receiving

UCF Student Union

Varies

Special Activities

Orlando Area/Campus Tours

Thursday, May 17 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Residence Hall Check-In

Libra Community Center

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Event Supervisor, Event Assistant, State Directors, VIP and Event Volunteer Check-Ins

UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Room 316

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Team Registration

UCF Student Union, Key West Room 218

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Souvenir Sales

UCF Student Union, Lobby

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Tournament Information

UCF Student Union, Information Desk, Lobby

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Shipping and Receiving

UCF Student Union

Varies

Special Activities

Orlando Area/Campus Tours

Friday, May 18

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8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Residence Hall Check-In

Libra Community Center

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Event Supervisor, Event Assistant, State Directors, VIP and Event Volunteer Check-Ins

UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Room 316

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Team Registration

UCF Student Union, Key West Room 218

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Souvenir Sales

UCF Student Union, Lobby

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Tournament Information

UCF Student Union, Information Desk, Lobby

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Shipping and Receiving

UCF Student Union

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Special Activities (On Campus)

UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom

3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Competitors Dinner (advance purchase required)

The Venue at the UCF Arena

5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Tournament VIP Reception

Fairwinds Alumni Center

5:30 p.m.

Parade of States Lineup

UCF Arena, First Floor Hallways

6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

VIP Lounge and Viewing Access

UCF Arena, Black and Gold Room

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Opening Ceremony

UCF Arena, Main Floor

9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Swap Meet for Competitors

UCF Arena, Concourse

9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Coaches Meeting

UCF Arena, Main Floor

10:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Jeremiah’s Italian Ice Social

UCF Arena, Exterior Plaza

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Saturday, May 19 6:00 a.m.

Doors Open

All Locations

6:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Shipping and Receiving

UCF Student Union

5:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

VIP Breakfast

Holiday Inn

5:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Local Volunteers Breakfast

UCF Student Union, Key West Room 218 C/D

6:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Team Registration, Event Supervisor, Event Assistant, State Directors, VIP and Event Volunteer Check-Ins

UCF Student Union, Key West Room 218 A/B

6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Tournament Headquarters

UCF Student Union, 2nd Floor Suites

Arbitration B Scoring C Scoring Score Entering Waiting Room Score Processing 6:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Help Desk

Courtyard between ENGR I and BUS II

6:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Tournament Information

UCF Student Union, Information Desk, Lobby

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Souvenir Sales

UCF Student Union, Lobby

11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Box Lunches Participant and Visitor Distribution (advance purchase required)

UCF Student Union, Outside of Main Entrance

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Device Impound

See Division B and C schedules, pages 16-17

7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Event Competition

See Division B and C schedules, pages 16-17

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Division C Team Banquet (advance purchase required)

UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom

5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Division B Team Banquet (advance purchase required)

UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Light Dinner for VIPs

Fairwinds Alumni Center

7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Awards Ceremony

UCF Arena, Main Floor

9:30 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.

Competitors Afterglow Party

The Venue at the UCF Arena

10:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.

VIP Afterglow Party

Holiday Inn Terrace

Sunday, May 20 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Directors Meeting

Holiday Inn

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Code of Ethics

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articipants are expected to give their best effort and participate in the spirit of the competition, which is to build all devices themselves

and to compete with honestly, integrity and good sportsmanship. All parties involved—including students, coaches, parents and guests— should be courteous and respectful to everyone attending, working and taking part in the Olympiad. Failure to follow the Olympiad’s expectations may result in the disqualification of the team from that event, the entire tournament or even future tournaments.

Student’s Pledge I pledge to put forth my best effort in the Science Olympiad tournament and to uphold the principles of honest competition. I will compete with integrity and respect, and I will display courtesy towards my competitors, event supervisors and tournament personnel. My actions will exemplify the proud spirit of my school, team and state.

Coach’s Pledge As a Science Olympiad coach, I pledge to encourage honesty and respect for tournament personnel, my fellow coaches and other team members. My efforts will bring honor to our community and school.

Parent’s Pledge As a Science Olympiad parent, I pledge to be an example for our children by: • Heeding the rules of the Science Olympiad • Encouraging excellence in preparation and investigation • Supporting independence in design and production • Respecting the decisions of event supervisors and judges My example will promote the spirit of cooperation within and among all participating teams.

Event Supervisor’s Pledge As a supervisor and member of the tournament’s personnel, I pledge to run the Science Olympiad with fairness and respect for all participants and guests.

My actions will reflect the principles of the program and display the pride I feel as a representative of my college, university, company, state or organization.

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OPENING CEREMONY

May 18, 7:00–9:00 p.m., UCF Arena 6:15 p.m.

Doors Open

7:00 p.m.

Opening Welcome

Mr. George Diller, NASA Public Affairs Information Specialist

Parade of States

8:10 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

Presentation of Colors

UCF Army ROTC Color Guard

National Anthem

Ms. Krystal Gillette, UCF (‘11)

Welcome from UCF

Provost Tony Waldrop, University of Central Florida

Kennedy Space Center Welcome

Mr. Robert Cabana, Kennedy Space Center, Director

Tournament Welcome

Dr. Gerard Putz, Science Olympiad President and CEO

Sponsor Address

Mr. Lyndon Dupont, Progress Energy Florida, Inc., Operations Director

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Jan C. Garavaglia, “Dr. G Medical Examiner”

NSO Code of Ethics and Pledge Student Pledge

Mr. Shiva Kangeyan

Coaches Pledge

Ms. Katherine Martin

Parent Pledge

Mr. Scott Zirkle

Supervisor Pledge

Ms. Beth Wile

Announcements 9:00 p.m.

Mr. George Diller, NASA Public Affairs Information Specialist

Swap Meet and Coaches Meeting

Master of Ceremonies George Diller, NASA Public Affairs Information Specialist George Diller is a NASA Public Affairs Information Specialist at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He has worked in the Cape Canaveral public affairs arena for more than 32 years. Prior to joining NASA, he worked 11 years in radio broadcasting at stations in Clearwater, Tampa and Orlando. During that time, he covered the Kennedy Space Center.

Diller is the lead information specialist for NASA’s expendable launch vehicle fleet, as well as the planetary and astrophysics spacecraft they carry.

Such spacecraft include NASA’s probes launched to asteroids and comets, the moon, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury and Pluto.

He was also the lead for the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope and five maintenance and repair missions.

Diller is also the principal information specialist for tracking, data and

telemetry, including long-range optical tracking. He serves as the primary liaison with the NASA-KSC Weather Office, the USAF 45th Weather Squadron and the NOAA National Weather Service. He also serves as the NASA Public Affairs member of the KSC hurricane ride-out team.

Diller supports NASA’s launches at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. He serves as a launch commentator on NASA Television for the launch countdown of the space shuttle and the expendable launch vehicles.

Most recently, he was the launch commentator for STS-135, the final Space Shuttle mission, and the Mars Science Laboratory with the Curiosity rover launched atop an Atlas V rocket.

Diller was also the launch commentator for the space shuttle missions that launched and serviced the Hubble Space Telescope. Other notable launches include the launch of the

planetary probes Magellan, Galileo, Cassini, the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Phoenix Mars Lander.

Diller received the Aviation Week Harry Kolcum Award for aerospace communications professionals in 2004, was selected as the NASA Public Affairs Employee of the Year for 2005, and received the NASA astronaut’s Silver Snoopy award in 2007.

He is also the treasurer of the American Meteorological Society’s Cape Canaveral Chapter. In the past, he was the treasurer of the Florida Lighthouse Association and the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Foundation, both of which he served for eight years.

Diller grew up in Sarasota, St. Petersburg and Clearwater—and has lived in Titusville, FL., since October 1978. He holds degrees in communications and business administration from the University of South Florida in Tampa.

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WELCOME FROM UCF Tony G. Waldrop, Ph.D., UCF, Provost and Executive Vice President Tony Waldrop became Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Central Florida on July 30, 2010, and was named Provost and Executive Vice President in August 2011. In this position, he serves as the second-highest ranking officer of the university and provides academic leadership for the university’s 12 colleges, multiple campuses, and research centers and institutes.

Waldrop oversees academic support services and student services and is responsible for curriculum, academic planning, faculty appointments, faculty development, and promotion and tenure decisions.

From 2001 until joining UCF as Provost and Vice President in 2010, he served as Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development and was Professor of Cell and Molecular Physiology at his alma mater, the University of North Carolina (UNC)

at Chapel Hill. As Vice Chancellor, he was responsible for 12 universitywide research support offices and 15 research centers.

Prior to his appointment at UNC, Waldrop spent 15 years at the University of Illinois, progressing from Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics to the university’s Vice Chancellor for Research. During that time he spent six years as the Director of the Medical Scholars program, and later as Acting Regional Dean of the College of Medicine and the Interim Dean of the Graduate College. He attained the distinction of University Scholar, the premier recognition accorded to faculty members by their colleagues, and led the efforts that created a universityassociated research park.

Waldrop earned a baccalaureate in political science (1974), a master’s in physical education (1980), and a doctoral degree in physiology (1981), all from UNC. His research has been supported by agencies including the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association, which selected him as an Established Investigator.

His research interests are hypertension, developmental neurobiology, and the effects of hypoxia (low oxygen) on brainstem neurons, and he has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.

His wife, Dr. Julee Briscoe Waldrop, was a Clinical Associate Professor in UNC’s School of Nursing and an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and is now a member of the faculty in the College of Nursing at UCF. The Waldrops have two sons, Cabe and Dallas.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER ADdRESS Robert D. Cabana, Kennedy Space Center, Director Robert D. Cabana is the tenth director of NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida where he manages a team of approximately 9,000 civil servants and contractor employees.

Prior to his appointment to Kennedy in October 2008, the former space shuttle astronaut served as the director of NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

Originally from Minneapolis, MN, Cabana graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1971 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and has logged more than 7,000 hours in 36 different aircraft.

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Cabana was selected as an astronaut candidate in June of 1985, completing his training in 1986. He has flown four space shuttle missions serving as the pilot of Discovery on STS-41 in October 1990, the pilot of Discovery on STS-53 in December 1992, the commander of Columbia on STS-65 in July 1994, and the commander of Endeavour on STS-88, the first space station assembly mission, in December 1998.

Before being named the director of Stennis Space Center in October 2007, Cabana served as deputy director of NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

In addition to his duties as an astronaut, Cabana’s NASA experience includes assignments as deputy chief, Aircraft Operations Division; chief, NASA Astronaut Office; manager, International Operations, International Space Station Program; director, NASA Human Space Flight Program in Russia; deputy, International Space Station Program; and director, Flight Crew Operations.

He is married to the former Nancy Joan Shimer of Cortland, N.Y. They have three children: two sons and a daughter.

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SPONSOR ADdRESS Lyndon Dupont, Progress Energy Florida,Inc., Operations Director Lyndon Dupont, Operations Director at Florida Power Corp. (doing business as Progress Energy Florida, Inc.) of Progress Energy, Inc., has more than 23 years of progressively responsible experience in a company with revenues of approximately $10 billion.

Progress Energy Florida, Inc., engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in Florida. It operates oil and gas, coal and nuclear-fired power plants. Progress Energy Florida provides retail and wholesale electric services to approximately 1.6 million customers. Its service territory covers approximately 20,000 square miles in Florida, and includes the areas around Orlando, as

well as the cities of St. Petersburg and Clearwater. The company was founded in 1899 and is based in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Lyndon has spent 16 years as an operating leader in a variety of business units within Progress Energy, including engineering management, distribution operations management, region service management, resource management, contract management, vegetation management, metering services, construction process management and plant operations.

His understanding of operations, planning and execution encompasses safety, engineering, customer service, system reliability, power

restoration, project management, asset management, financial management, work plan development, business process management, union labor management and organizational design.

Among his significant previous positions with Progress Energy, Lyndon served as North Central Region Vice President, Director of Resource Management and Construction, South Central Region Service Manager, South Central Region Engineering Manager, Lake Buena Vista Distribution Operations Manager, Manager of North Florida Combustion Turbine Plants, Energy Delivery Florida Project Review Group Chairman, and Energy Delivery Florida Operations Committee Chairman.

Lyndon Dupont holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from The Florida State University.

Keynote Speaker Jan C. Garvaglia, M.D., Florida District Nine Chief Medical Examiner and Discovery Channel’s “Dr. G., Medical Examiner” Jan C. Garavaglia, M.D. (aka “Dr. G”) is the chief medical examiner for the District Nine Medical Examiner Office covering Orange and Osceola counties in Florida and has been a forensic pathologist for more than 23 years.

She is also currently a clinical associate professor for The Florida State University College of Medicine.

A graduate of the St. Louis University School of Medicine, Dr. Garavaglia completed her internship in internal medicine and her residency in pathology at the University Hospitals in St. Louis, MO. She then completed a fellowship in forensic pathology at the Dade County Medical Examiner Office in Miami, FL. She is certified by the American Board of Pathology in anatomic, clinical and forensic pathology.

Prior to joining the office in Florida, Dr. Garavaglia was a medical examiner at the Bexar County Forensic Science Center in San Antonio, Texas, for 10 years.

During that time, she also served as a clinical assistant professor for the Department of Pathology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and as a member of their Graduate Faculty Council for the Graduate School of Biomedical Science. She has also worked as a medical examiner in Jacksonville, FL., and the metropolitan Atlanta area.

Dr. Garavaglia is a member of the National Association of Medical Examiners, the Florida Association of Medical Examiners, and the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology.

She has received community service

awards for her work in forensic pathology.

In addition, Dr. Garavaglia has given numerous presentations and lectures at various institutions, and has been published in scientific media such as the Journal of Forensic Sciences, Journal of Trauma, and The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology.

She is also the subject and host of the popular TV show “Dr. G. Medical Examiner,” which appears on the Discovery Fit and Health TV channels, and won an International Health and Medical Media award for “Best Health Series” in 2008. She has also appeared on “Larry King Live,” “Oprah,” “Rachel Ray Show” and “The Dr. Oz. Show.”

Dr. Garavaglia is married to Mark Wallace, M.D. They have three sons, Alex, Eric and Luke.

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Event Descriptions

(B) = Division B

Anatomy (B)

Crime Busters (B)

Gravity Vehicle (C)

Teams will be tested on their knowledge of anatomy and health concepts, including respiratory and digestive systems.

Teams will identify the perpetrators of a crime or crimes by using paper chromatography and analyzing unknown solids, liquids and plastics found at the scene of a crime.

Teams design, build and test one vehicle and ramp that uses gravitational potential energy as the vehicle’s sole means of propulsion to reach a target point as quickly, as accurately and as close to their predicted time as possible.

Anatomy and Physiology (C) This event encompasses the anatomy and physiology of selected body systems. This year the event is limited to respiratory, excretory and digestive systems.

Disease Detective (B/C) This event requires students to apply principles of epidemiology to a published report of a real-life health situation or problem—in this case, a food-borne illness

Dynamic Planet (B/C) Teams will work at stations that display a variety of earth science materials and related earth science questions—in this case, earth’s fresh waters.

Experimental Design (B/C) Given a set of unknown objects, teams will design, conduct, analyze and writeup an experiment.

Fermi Questions (C) Astronomy (C) Teams will demonstrate an understanding of the basic concepts of math and physics relating to stellar evolution and type Ia supernovas.

Awesome Aquifers (B) Students will construct an aquifer and answer questions about groundwater concepts. This event includes a presentation.

Bottle Rocket (B) Prior to the tournament, teams construct two rockets designed to stay aloft for the greatest amount of time.

Chemistry Lab (C) Teams will demonstrate chemistry laboratory skills related to selected topics.

Compute This (B) Teams will be presented with a problem that requires quantitative data capture from the Internet and the presentation of data in a graphical format. This year, the domain is www.cdc.gov.

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(C) = Division C

A “Fermi Question” is a science-related question that seeks a fast, rough estimate of a quantity, which is difficult or impossible to measure directly.

Answers will be estimated within an order of magnitude recorded in powers of 10.

Food Science (B) Teams will answer questions at a series of stations using their understanding of the chemistry and physical properties of baking ingredients.

Forensics (C) Students will identify polymers, solids, fibers and other materials in a crime scenario.

Forestry (B/C) This event will test students’ knowledge of North American trees on the Official National Tree List.

Helicopters (C) Students will construct and test freeflight rubber-powered helicopters prior to the tournament to achieve maximum flight times.

Keep the Heat (B) Teams will construct an insulated device prior to the tournament that is designed to retain heat, as well as complete a written test on thermodynamic concepts.

Meteorology (B) This event involves the use of process skills as applied to meteorology, specifically climate.

Microbe Mission (B/C) Teams will answer questions, solve problems and analyze data pertaining to microbes.

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Mission Possible (B)

Reach for the Stars (B)

Towers (B/C)

Prior to the competition, participants will design, build, test and document a “Rube Goldberg-like device” that completes a required final task using a sequence of consecutive tasks.

Students will demonstrate an understanding and basic knowledge of the properties and evolution of stars, open and globular clusters, and normal and star-forming galaxies.

Team members design and build the most efficient tower.

Mousetrap Vehicle (B)

Remote Sensing (C)

Teams will design, build and test a vehicle using one mousetrap as the sole means of propulsion to reach a target as quickly, accurately and close to their predicted time as possible.

Teams use remote-sensing imagery, science and math process skills to complete tasks related to an understanding of Earth’s hydrosphere.

Optics (B/C) Teams compete in activities and answer questions related to geometric and physical optics.

Requires the accurate interpretation and understanding of various map features using a variety of road and topographic maps.

Protein Modeling (C)

Robot Arm (C)

Students will use computer visualization and online resources to construct physical models of proteins and to understand how the structure of the protein determines the function.

For 2012, students will model proteins involved in the regulation of apoptosis as they explore the discovery and treatment of a rare—one in a billion— genetic trait discovered through genome sequencing.

Prior to the competition, teams must design, build, document and test one robotic device to move scored items.

Road Scholar (B)

Rocks and Minerals (B/C) Teams will demonstrate their knowledge of rocks and minerals.

Sounds of Music (C) Prior to the competition, students will build two different instruments of any type based on a 12-tone tempered scale, prepare to describe the principles behind their operation and be able to perform a major scale, a required melody and a chosen melody with each.

Storm the Castle (B) Prior to the tournament, teams design, construct and calibrate a device that uses only the energy of a falling counterweight to launch a projectile as far and as accurately as possible.

Technical Problem Solving (C) Teams will gather and process data to solve problems.

Water Quality (B/C) The event will focus on evaluating aquatic environments.

Write It/Do It (B/C) This event includes a technical writing exercise where students write a description of a contraption—other students will attempt to recreate it using only the written description.

Trial Events Elastic Launch Glider (C) The object of this event is to design, build and test two elastic-launched gliders designed for the highest time aloft. This event challenges students to build and test gliders that must be launched at floor level, ascend to a high point and then transition into a slow descending glide pattern.

Helicopter Egg Drop (B) A team will construct a device which uses a helicopter blade to safely transport a raw chicken egg from a specified height to the floor.

MagLev (C) Competitors may construct up to two self-propelled magnetically levitated vehicles powered by batteries that turn up to two propellers to move the vehicle down a magnetic track while pulling a maglev sled. Competitors must collect and graph data showing the relationship between the mass pulled and the run time. Competitors must also be tested on their knowledge of magnetism and related topics

Thermodynamics (C) Teams must construct an insulated device prior to the tournament that is designed to retain heat. Teams must also complete a written test on thermodynamic concepts.

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PARTICIPANTS Alabama

Delaware

Indiana

B23 Drake Middle School, Auburn, Mark Jones

B33 HB duPont MS, Hockessin, Dana Wisnoski

B25 Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Valparaiso, Richard Bender

B24 Auburn Junior High School, Auburn, Jacque Middleton

C31 Charter School of Wilmington, Wilmington, Glenn Heffner

B26 Wilbur Wright Middle School, Munster, Kym Tansey

C33 Randolph School, Huntsville, Ruth McMichens

Florida

C21 Bloomington High School North, Bloomington, Jason Kehoe

Alaska

B21 Orlando Science Schools, Orlando, Ismail Altintas

C22 Bloomington South, Bloomington, Cindy Kvale

B47 Teeland Middle School, Wasilla, Mike Shea

B22 Archimedean Middle Conservatory, Miami, Gustavo Palacios

C56 Colony High School, Palmer, Chris Gooch

C23 Boca Raton Community High School, Boca Raton, Jon Benskin

B55 Ames Middle School, Ames, Peg Barbour

Arizona

C24 Archimedean Upper Conservatory, Miami, Kalaiselvi Panneerselvam

C58 Ames High School, Ames, Peg Barbour

B42 Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic, Tucson, Reina Gomez

Georgia

C40 Catalina Foothills High School, Tucson, Sara Monroe

B19 J.C. Booth Middle School, Peachtree City, Tammy Pakulski

Arkansas

B20 Fulton Science Academy Middle School, Alpharetta, Sharon Butler

B58 Lisa Academy, Little Rock, Nilgun Ersoy Akdemir C59 Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Melissa Donham

C15 Brookwood High School, Snellville, Joseph Cox

California

C16 Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Lawrenceville, Patricia Caldwell

B01 Winston Churchill Middle School, Carmichael, Jeff Jungk

Hawaii

B02 Muscatel Middle School, Rosemead, Jun Lugue C03 Mira Loma High School, Sacramento, Scott Martinez C04 Troy High School, Fullerton, Kurt Wahl

Colorado B27 Preston Middle School, Fort Collins, Mary Klass C35 Poudre High School, Fort Collins, Jack Lundt

Connecticut B51 Lyme—Old Lyme Middle School, Old Lyme, Shannon Glorioso C46 Hopkins School, New Haven, Sarah Leite

Iowa

Kansas B30 Leawood Middle School, Leawood, Flora Haug C26 Olathe North High School, Olathe, Sherry Hansen

Kentucky B36 Russell Independent Middle School, Russell, Derrick Elliott C32 Russell Independent High School, Russell, Kirk Barnett

Louisiana

B43 Iolani School, Honolulu, Yng (Joanne) Lin

B49 St. John Berchmans, Shreveport, Norma Waters

C42 Iolani School, Honolulu, Narayan Raja

C47 Baton Rouge Magnet High School, Baton Rouge, Lai Cao

Idaho B48 Treasure Valley Math and Science Center, Boise, David Whitacre C50 Bishop Kelly High School, Boise, Guy Hudson

Illinois B09 Daniel Wright Junior High School, Lincolnshire, Mary Ellen Buckley B10 Marie Murphy, Wilmette, Shannon Wright C11 New Trier, Winnetka, Jan Leonhardt C12 Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Amerigo Carnazzola

Maine B60 Troy Howard Middle School, Belfast, Jacquie Kahn C49 Waterville Senior High School, Waterville, Jon Ramgren

Maryland B39 Pilgrimage Homeschool, Gaithersburg, West Coile C45 Centennial High School, Ellicott City, Jason Piluk

Massachusetts B44 A. W. Coolidge Middle School, Reading, Karawan Meade C38 Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Acton, Brian Dempsey

Michigan B03 Meads Mill Middle School, Northville, Diane Xu B04 Grand Haven - Lakeshore Middle School, Grand Haven, Nathan Mihalek C07 Grand Haven High School, Grand Haven, Michael Reed C08 Stevenson High School, Sterling Heights, Regina Zibuck

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Minnesota

New York

South Carolina

B45 Delano Middle School, Delano, Stephen Schaack

B07 Eagle Hill Middle School, Manlius, Kristin Samson

B52 B ell Street Middle School, Clinton, Terri O’Shields

C27 Mounds View High School Arden Hills, Michael Huberty

B08 Paul J. Gelinas JHS, Setauket, Monica Gerber

C52 Clinton High School, Newberry, Michael Mack

Mississippi

C01 Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Manlius, Richard Hartwell

South Dakota

B46 Parklane Academy, McComb, Carol Reeves C48 Parklane Academy, McComb, Lisa Loper

Missouri B17 Ladue Middle School, St. Louis, Elizabeth Steck B18 Pembroke Hill Middle School, Kansas City, Sandy Longhofer C17 Pembroke Hill School, Kansas City, Connie Wells C18 Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Marina Smallwood

Montana B38 Clancy School, Clancy, Ted Polette C41 Thompson Falls High School, Thompson Falls, Eric Nygaard

Nebraska B40 Mission Middle School, Bellevue, Norma Thompson C39 Lincoln Southwest, Lincoln, Mark Shearer

Nevada B53 Hyde Park Academy of Science and Math, Las Vegas, Judy Kraus C53 Clark High School, Las Vegas, James Miller

New Hampshire C51 Merrimack High School, Merrimack, James Davis

New Jersey B32 Community Middle School, Plainsboro, Kyle Schimpf C28 West Windsor-Plainsboro South, Princeton Jct, Meenakshi Bhattacharya

New Mexico B28 Albuquerque Area Home School, Albuquerque, Susie Hoover C37 Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, Ezra Depperman

C02 Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, Stephen Malusa

North Carolina B05 Piedmont Middle School, Charlotte, Melanie Bell B06 Jay M. Robinson Middle School, Charlotte, Tom McCoy C05 North Carolina School of Science and Math, Durham, Noreen Naiman C06 W . G. Enloe High School, Raleigh, Kalyani Tawade

North Dakota B29 Bismarck-Mandan Homeschool, Bismarck, Cheryl Liebler C30 Bismarck High School, Bismarck, Ryan Bleth

Ohio B11 Solon Middle School, Solon, Drew Kirian B12 Magsig Middle School, Centerville, CeAnn Chalker

B56 Yankton Middle School, Yankton, Cheryl Schaeffer C57 Yankton High School, Yankton, Robert Medeck

Tennessee B34 Cedar Springs Homeschool, Knoxville, Meryl van der Merwe C34 Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville, Jim Dickens

Texas B15 Beckendorff Junior High, Katy, Scott Lightle B16 Riverwood Middle School, Humble, Joe Watson C19 Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School, Austin, David Walker C20 Seven Lakes High School, Katy, Sara Mullenax

Utah B41 Fairfield Junior High School, Kaysville, Dennis Erickson

C13 Solon High School, Solon, Donna Ross

C44 Utah County Academy of Sciences, Orem, Kimberly Jones

C14 Centerville High School, Centerville, Penny Valentini

Virginia

Oklahoma

B37 Longfellow Middle School, Falls Church, Weiwen Gu

B59 Casady School, Oklahoma City, Aric Sappington

C36 Langley High School, McLean, Leah Puhlick

Oregon

Washington

B54 Franklin School, Corvallis, Marian Anderson

B31 ExCEL Homeschoolers, Vancouver, Pamela Crockford

C54 St. Mary’s Academy, Portland, Ellen Tevik

C25 Camas High School, Camas, Ron Wright

Pennsylvania B13 Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, Bonnie Maxwell B14 Strath Haven Middle School, Wallingford, Shoshanna Gottlieb C09 Harriton High School, Rosemont, Brian Gauvin C10 Bayard Rustin High School, West Chester, Jaime Suarez

Rhode Island B50 Our Lady of Mercy, East Greenwich, Paula Noll C43 Barrington High School, Barrington, Jeffrey Levesque

C60 Union High School, Camas, Susie Ridgway

Wisconsin B35 Velma Hamilton Middle School, Madison, Basudeb Bhattacharyya C29 Madison West High School, Madison, Tim Thompson

Wyoming

B57 Sage Valley Junior High School, Gillette, Christy Gerrits C55 Central High School, Cheyenne, Kim Parfit

Japan

C61 Saitama Prefectural Urawa Senior High School, Saitama-shi, Ayumi Sasaki

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 8:15-9:15

9:30-10:30

10:45-11: 45

12:00-1:00

1:15-2:15

2:30-3:30

Anatomy

01-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

BA2 210

Awesome Aquifer

51-60

01-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

BL 205

EVENT

7:00-8:00

DIVISION B

Bottle Rocket

Self-Schedule

LOCATION

Memory Mall

Compute This

01-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

ENGR 188

Crime Busters

41-50

51-60

01-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

CH 109

x

x

x

x

x

x

HEC 125

Dynamic Planet

01-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

BA 218

Experimental Design

51-60

01-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

BA 121

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

01-10

11-20

CH 108

41-50

51-60

01-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

BA 110

31-40

41-50

51-60

01-10

11-20

21-30

MAP 338

Meteorology

51-60

01-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

BA 146

Microbe Mission

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

01-10

BL 206

Disease Detective

Food Science

All Teams

Impound

Forestry Keep the Heat

Impound

Mission Possible

Impound

Self-Schedule

Ferrell Auditorium

Mousetrap Vehicle

Impound

Self-Schedule

The VENUE

Optics

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

01-10

CROL 102

Reach for the Stars

41-50

51-60

01-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

BA 147

Road Scholar

31-40

41-50

51-60

01-10

11-20

21-30

BA 209

Rocks and Minerals

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

01-10

11-20

BA 212

Storm the Castle

Impound

Towers

Self-Schedule

ED GYM

Self-Schedule

STUN, Cape Florida 316

Water Quality

31-40

41-50

51-60

01-10

11-20

21-30

TA 116

Write It/Do It

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

01-10

CL1 103

TRIAL EVENT Helicopter Egg Drop

Team Notes:

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Impound

Self-Schedule

ENG2, Atrium

Science Olympiad National Tournament 2012

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 8:15-9:15

9:30-10:30

10:45-11: 45

12:00-1:00

1:15-2:15

2:30-3:30

Anatomy and Physiology

01-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

BA 220

Astronomy

41-50

51-60

01-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

BA 221

Chemistry Lab

51-60

01-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

CH 202

x

x

x

x

x

x

Dynamic Planet

01-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

BA 119

Experimental Design

51-60

01-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

BA2 208

Fermi Questions

01-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

ENG2 105

Forensics

41-50

51-60

01-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

CH 304

Forestry

51-60

01-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

BA 116

EVENT

Disease Detective

Gravity Vehicle

7:00-8:00

DIVISION C

All Teams

Impound

Helicopters

LOCATION

ENG2 102

Self-Schedule

The VENUE

Self-Schedule

The VENUE

Microbe Mission

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

01-10

TA 110

Optics

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

01-10

CROL 103

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

01-10

11-20

ENGR 257

31-40

41-50

51-60

01-10

11-20

21-30

HEC 104

Protein Modeling

Impound

Remote Sensing Robot Arm

Self-Schedule

Rocks and Minerals

21-30

31-40

Sounds of Music

51-60

01-10

11-20

Self-Schedule

Technical Problem Solving Thermodynamics

41-50

The VENUE

Impound

ENG2 103 HEC 101

41-50

51-60

01-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

BA2 207

31-40

41-50

51-60

01-10

11-20

21-30

MAP 339

Towers

Self-Schedule

STUN, Cape Florida 316

Water Quality

31-40

41-50

51-60

01-10

11-20

21-30

BL 211

Write It/Do It

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

01-10

CL1 112

TRIAL EVENT Elastic Launch Glider MagLev

Impound

Self-Schedule

ED GYM

Self-Schedule

BA 122

Team Notes:

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Science Olympiad National Tournament 2012

AWARDS CEREMONY May 19, 7:30–9:30 p.m., UCF Arena 6:45 p.m.

Doors Open

7:30 p.m.

National Anthem

Ms. Jade Jones, UCF (‘05)

Welcome and Congratulations to Teams

Dr. Gerard Putz, Science Olympiad President and CEO

Welcome from UCF

Provost Tony Waldrop, Ph.D., University of Central Florida

7:55 p.m.

Announcement of Medal Winners

Mr. George Diller and Mr. Jim Woodland

8:45 p.m.

Japanese Team Presentation

Dr. Gerard Putz, Science Olympiad President and CEO

Coaches Scholarship Awards

Mr. Steven Betza, Lockheed Martin Corporate Director

Spirit Awards

Ms. Sharon Putz, NSO Executive Administrator

Team Awards - 10th through 7th places Divisions B and C Host Exchange

Dr. Sam Richie and Mr. Mike McKee, 2012 Co-Directors

Tournament Champions - 6th through 1st places Divisions B and C

Afterglow Party

May 19, 9:30 p.m-12:00 a.m.

The Venue at the UCF Arena Come and celebrate your accomplishments with your fellow competitors at the Afterglow Party following the awards ceremony. It will be a night full of high energy and interactive fun with DJ Roque and his friends.

Event SUPERVISORS DIVISION B Anatomy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Rios, FL Awesome Aquifer. . . . . . . . . . Jamie Kelley, NE Bottle Rocket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Painter, NC Bottle Rocket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philip Marcischak, FL Compute This. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Foy, NY Compute This. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meagan Campion, NY Compute This. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Mittan, NY Compute This. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Betza, NY Crime Busters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Holdren, NY Crime Busters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Holdren, NY Disease Detective. . . . . . . . . . Valeria Carlson, GA Disease Detective. . . . . . . . . . Esther Shisoka, GA Dynamic Planet. . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Van Hecke, MI Experimental Design . . . . . . . Kathryn Meloche, MI Food Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forrest Schultz, WI Forestry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beth Wile, FL Keep the Heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Grant, IL Keep the Heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mario Palmietto, MO Meteorology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Clouser, OH Meteorology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Yue, VA Microbe Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . Karen Lancour, MI Mission Possible. . . . . . . . . . . . Joette Midgett, NC Mission Possible. . . . . . . . . . . . Manley Midgett, NC Mission Possible. . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Michela, DC Mousetrap Vehicle. . . . . . . . . . Dennis Papesh, OH Mousetrap Vehicle. . . . . . . . . . Ken Karchinski, NY Mousetrap Vehicle. . . . . . . . . . Nigel Pratt, NY Optics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roger Demos, PA Reach for the Stars. . . . . . . . . Dustin Schroeder, TX Road Scholar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brendan Herlihy, CT Road Scholar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Kramer, NY Rocks and Minerals. . . . . . . . . Boyd Grayson, TX Rocks and Minerals. . . . . . . . . Tami Grayson, TX Storm the Castle. . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Wiegand, NY Storm the Castle. . . . . . . . . . . Nancy Wiegand, NY Towers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Thompson, IL Water Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Sommerhage, FL Water Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mercedes Sommerhage, FL Write It/Do It. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lisa Williams, WA Write It/Do It. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mimi Smith, PA Write It/Do It. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sue Murphy, WA

DIVISION C Anatomy and Physiology . . . Patty Palmietto, MO Astronomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donna Young, AZ Astronomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan Malle, PA Astronomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patti Smith, MI Astronomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thaddeus (Tad) Komacek, IL Chemistry Lab. . . . . . . . . . . . . Jon Aros, IN Disease Detective. . . . . . . . . . Candace Kirksey Jones, GA Disease Detective. . . . . . . . . . Elinor Green, GA Disease Detective. . . . . . . . . . Ralph Cordell, GA

Dynamic Planet. . . . . . . . . . . . Russ Crittenden, IL Experimental Design . . . . . . . Sandra Bauer, IL Experimental Design . . . . . . . Theodore Bauer, IL Fermi Questions . . . . . . . . . . . Lloyd Abrams, DE Forensics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linda (Lin) Wozniewski, IN Forestry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Taylor, OH Gravity Vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Chao, CA Gravity Vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Hung, CA Gravity Vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Keenan, CA Helicopters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ervin Zimmerman, AL Helicopters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Chalker, OH Helicopters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Sanders, IN Microbe Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . Alice Kasten, NY Microbe Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Curry, NY Optics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giorgio Turri, FL Protein Modeling. . . . . . . . . . . Mark Hoelzer, WY Protein Modeling. . . . . . . . . . . Shannon Colton, WI Remote Sensing. . . . . . . . . . . . Linda Kilch, FL Remote Sensing. . . . . . . . . . . . James Gammack-Clark, FL Robot Arm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Schumacher, MN Robot Arm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeffrey Anderson, MI Robot Arm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brandi Hansmeyer, MN Rocks and Minerals. . . . . . . . . Linder Winter, CO Rocks and Minerals. . . . . . . . . Ryan Winter, FL Sounds of Music. . . . . . . . . . . . Kathy Melvin, DE Sounds of Music. . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle Webb, DE Technical Problem Solving. . Kelli Key, TX Technical Problem Solving. . Michael Smith, OH Technical Problem Solving. . Tami Plein, IA Thermodynamics. . . . . . . . . . . Charles Gosselin, MO Thermodynamics. . . . . . . . . . . Harold Miller, NY Thermodynamics. . . . . . . . . . . Paul Voydanoff, MI Towers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Marconnet, WI Towers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowell Shank, KY Water Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Robyn Fischer, IL Write It/Do It. . . . . . . . . . . . . . LaVerne Logan, IA Write It/Do It. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelly Heger, IL

TRIAL EVENTS Elastic Launched Glider. . . . . Charles Markos, IL Helicopter Egg Drop. . . . . . . . Stephen Ekblom, FL MagLev . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Hamm, WI

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NATIONAL SPONSORS PLATINUM

Gold

Silver

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Bronze Academy of Model Aeronautics

Investing in Communities

The Groundwater Foundation

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

MAKE Magazine

VWR Foundation

Delta Education

Society for Neuroscience (SfN)

2012 Strategic Partner Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

TOURNAMENT SPONSOrS

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: College of Engineering and Computer Science

Florida Space Institute/Florida Space Grant Consortium Research and Mentoring Program/McNair Scholars Program

College of Sciences College of Medicine

Office of the Provost

College of Optics and Photonics

Office of Research and Commercialization

Undergraduate Admissions Institute for Simulation and Training NanoScience Technology Center/Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center

EXCEL Program Office of Undergraduate Studies The National Center for Simulation

The Orange County Convention Center, in partnership with Visit Orlando Archimedean Upper and Middle Conservatory

National Executive Board Gerard Putz President and Co-Founder

Sharon Putz Executive Administrator

Jennifer Kopach Marketing Communications

Jack Cairns Vice President and Co-Founder

James Woodland Nebraska State Director

Mike McKee State Director (Florida) & Regional Director (California)

NSO Tournament Executive Committee Mike McKee Co-Director, Core Committee

Charlese Hilton-Brown Assistant Director, Core Committee

Sam Richie Co-Director, Core Committee

Dorianne Pagnotti Competition Coordinator

Terrell Hodges Assistant Director, Core Committee

Susan Leeds Hospitality Coordinator

Jamie Vander Wiede Volunteer Coordinator

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LOCATION LEGEND 50

ARNA

Arena

5

CH

Chemistry

50

ARNA

The Venue

79

CL1

Classroom Building I

45

BA

Business Administration

53

CROL

Creol (Optics)

94

BA2

Business Administration II

21

ED

Education Complex

20

BL

Biological Sciences

40

ENGR

Engineering I

22

93

Eat. Shop.

Get something done.

All on campus.

UCF has a number of options if you’re looking to take a break from the action to grab a bite to eat, relax for a moment or get something done.

Knights Plaza

SURROUNDING THE ARENA 50 In addition to being the place where the

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the plaza offers you a number of eateries,

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shops and convenience stops. The plaza offers you Subway, Jimmy John’s, Tailgaters Smokehouse and Spirits, a Barnes and Noble bookstore and a mail center.

Student Union 52 and John T. Washington Center

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The Student Union is located at the heart of the UCF campus and offers you a food court that serves a variety of choices, a convenience store and more. Nearby, at the John T. Washington Center, you can stop at the on-campus Chik-fil-A, a SunTrust bank branch, a copy center and more.

LAKE LEE

91

ENG2

Engineering II

7A

FC

Marketplace

126

FAC

FAIRWINDS Alumni Center

12

MAP

Math & Physics

7E

FC

Ferrell Commons Auditorium

33

COMN

Libra Community Center

116

HEC

Harris Corp. Engineering Center

52

Stun

Student Union

26

JTWC

John T. Washington Center

93

TA

Teaching Academy

23