FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Denise Turso
Director SciTech Festival
Phone (412) 237-1821
700 Young Scientists and Engineers Strut Their Stuff at Heinz Field
Pittsburgh, PA, April 8, 2002 – The 63rd Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair
(PRSEF) Award Program was held Saturday, April 6 at Heinz Field kicking off the 3rd Annual
Pittsburgh SciTech Festival. More than 1,500 parents, students, teachers, judges, sponsors and
volunteers attended the gala event. Larry Richert, host of the KDKA AM morning show, was
the master of ceremony that added spark and flare to this festive celebration. In addition, Mayor
Murphy appeared and presented his congratulations to the students. Four students from PRSEF
will represent Pittsburgh at the International Science and Engineering Fair, the World Cup for
young scientists, in Louisville, Kentucky, May 11-18. These winners are:
Name School Category – Senior Division
Sean Conroy Conroy Learning Center Engineering
Hannah Kaczka South Allegheny High School Chemistry
Seraphim Thornton Taylor Alderdice High School Medicine, Health, and Microbiology
John Tuley Penn Trafford High School Computer Science and Mathematics
Award Winners in each Division and Category are as follows:
Name School Category – Senior Division
Wilson Ragen Norwin Senior High School Behavioral & Social Science
Michael Rule Fox Chapel Area High School Biology
Samantha Conroy Conroy Learning Center Chemistry
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The Buhl Foundation, The Heinz Endowments and Richard King Mellon Foundation are presenting sponsors.
Sponsored by AT&T Broadband Bayer Corporation Office of Cultural Tourism at Greater Pittsburgh Convention and Visitors Bureau
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh Subaru WQED Pittsburgh
with additional support from regional academic institutions, corporations, foundations and professional societies
c/o Carnegie Science Center, One Allegheny Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15212
Phone 412.237.1821 Fax 412.237.1686
http://www.scitechfestival.org
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Name School Category – Senior Division
John Tuley Penn Trafford High School Computer Science and Mathematics
Daile Flurry Schenley High School Earth, Space and Environment
Brendan Meeder Mt. Lebanon High School Engineering and Robotics
Nivedita Sahu Fox Chapel Area High School Medicine, Health and Microbiology
Jason Zeleznik South Allegheny Sr. High School Physics
Name School Category – Intermediate Division
Christina Johnston Gateway Middle School Behavioral & Social Science
Daniel Miller Frick International Studies Academy Biology
John Wattick St. Thomas More School Chemistry
Eugene Raggi John F. Kennedy Middle School Computer Science and Mathematics
Lia Yurjevich Ambridge Junior High School Consumer Science
Angelo Aquino Ambridge Junior High School Earth, Space and Environment
Jennifer Cross Mt. Nittany Middle School Engineering and Robotics
Michael Mi Mello Middle School Medicine, Health and Microbiology
Rick Elphinstone Ambridge Junior High School Physics
Name School Category – Junior Division
Heather Michaylo Hopewell Junior High School Consumer Science
Michael Andryka Linton Middle School Life Science
Kerrick Dando Franklin Regional Middle School Physical Science
For more information about the Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair, visit
www.pittsburghsciencefair.org or contact our Science Fair Coordinator at (412) 237-1534.
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