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Science News, Jan 25, 1986

Michael Faraday built his own electrical equipment; Ernest O. Lawrence invented the cyclotron; Robert Hooke developed the compound microscope. Inventive researchers who design and build their own instruments in order to poke more effectively into unexplored fields are part of a long tradition in science. Several winners in this year's 45th Annual Science Talent Search show the same kind of spirit and ingenuity.

One high school student developed a new type of photometer for measuring brightness changes in variable stars. Another, to study the chemical characteristics of certain molecules, converted a mass spectrometer designed only for qualitative results into a more sophisticated machine. Still another designed and constructed an instrument for diagnosing color blindness.

The same kind of creativity shows up in projects devoted to the study of the effects of vitamin C on regeneration in the brown planarian (a type of flatworm), the invention of a bottom-mounted device for generating electricity from ocean waves, investigating the behavior of fruit flies and many other topics.

The 40 winners, 30 boys and 10 girls, are invited to Washington, D.c., to attend a five-day, all-expenses-paid session of the Science Talent Institute, beginning Feb. 27. They will compete for $140,000 in Westinghouse science scholarship and awards. The competition is conducted by Science Service Inc.

This year's winners, selected from 1,219 entries, are:

ALABAMA: Yoriko Saito, Homewood H.S., Homewood.

ARKANSAS: Todd Harrison Rider, Ole Main H.S., North Little Rock.

CALIFORNIA: Andrew Lawrence Feig, University H.S., Los Angeles; Kelvin Lee Wong, South Pasadena H.S., South Pasadena; Kenneth Chuan-Tsing Yao, Homestead H.S., Cupertino.

CONNECTICUT: Mary Elizabeth Meyerand, Glastonbury H.S., Glastonbury.

FLORIDA: Wendy Kay Chung Miami Killian SR. H.S. Miami; Gerald Steven McAlwee, Melbourne H.S., Melbourne; Erica Lorraine Wickstrom, Chamberlain H.S., Tampa; Joanna Sue Zoltewicz, Gainesville H.S., Gainesville.

GEORGIA: Traci Ann Griffith, Marietta H.S., Marietta.

INDIANA: Mark David Owens, Marquette H.S., Michigan City.

LOUISIANA: Christopher Allen Bullock, Caddo Parish Magnet H.S., Shreveport.

MICHIGAN: Daniel Dongyuel Lee, Houghton H.S, Houghton; Matthew Joseph Okasinski, Dearborn H.S, Dearborn.

NEBRASKA: Bryan Albert Kliewer, Henderson H.S., Henderson.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Conrad James Poelman, Laconia H.S., Laconia.

NEW YORK: Jessica Louise Boklan, Roslyn H.S. Roslyn Heights; George Jer-Chi Juang, Benjamin N. Cardozo H.S., Bayside; Chris John Katopis, Bronx H.S. of Science, New York Huan-Fu Kuo, Bronx H.S. of Science, New York; Leonard John Landesberg, South Side H.S, Rockville Center; David M. Lazoff, Hillcrest H.S., Jamaica; Jung-Pu Lin, Forest Hills H.S., Forest Hills; Eli Muraidekh, Benjamin N. Cardozo H.S., Bayside; Andrew Henry Oliff, Bronx H.S. of Science, New York; Carl Hyun-suk Park Stuyvesant H.S., New York; Serap Ayse Savari, benjamin N. Cardozo H.S., Bayside; Manu Sanjay Saxena, Beach Channel H.S., Rockaway Park; Mariann Meier Wang, Stuyvesant H.S., New York; MArk Arden Winograd, Midwood H.S., Brooklyn; Wei-Jing Zhu, Brooklyn Technical H.S., Brooklyn.

OHIO: Allen Wallis Ingling, Buckeye Valley H.S., Delaware; Anh Tuan Nguyen-Huynh, University H.S., Chargrin Falls.

PENNSYLVANIA: William Edward Bies, Mt. Lebanon H.S., Pittsburgh; Clifford Andrew Cuffey, State College Area Sr. H.S., State College; Eric James Hansotte, Shaler Area sr. H.S., Pittsburgh; Daniel John Zigmond, The Oakland School, Pittsburgh.

VIRGINIA: Virginia Angelica Felton, T.C. Williams H.S., Alexandria; John Ma Pierce, T.C. Williams H.S., Alexanderia.