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MEDIA CONTACT: Jonathan Sherwood (585) 273-4726
August 16, 2001
Fourteen students from area high schools will present the results of their physics research at the 2001 Summer High School Student Research Symposium, Aug. 29. The symposium concludes the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) Summer High School Research Program, where students spend eight weeks working on individual research projects supervised by LLE's scientific staff.
The research symposium will be held in LLE's Coliseum at 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 29. Each presentation will last approximately 10 minutes, including time for questions. The symposium will be attended by students' families, teachers, and members of LLE's scientific and technical staff.
This is the 13th year of LLE's program, which is intended to give students opportunities to work in a modern research environment under realistic conditions. The students were selected from approximately 50 applicants. This year's participants are:
David Bowen Greece Arcadia High School
Matthew Fiedler Brighton High School
Melissa Gao Brighton High School
Brian Ha Gates Chili High School
Gabriella Inglis Honeoye Falls-Lima High School
Jennifer Jung Victor Central School
Joshua Keegan The Aquinas Institute
Kevin Monajati Pittsford-Sutherland High School
Christopher Piro Honeoye Falls-Lima High School
Abbey Rhode Brockport High School
Leo Stein Pittsford-Sutherland High School
Uyen Tran Wilson Magnet High School
James Wang McQuaid Jesuit High School
Jeffrey Wilbur Victor Central School
LLE is a major multidisciplinary teaching and research unit of the University and is the only laser facility of its kind at any American college or university. The primary research focus at LLE is the area of laser-driven fusion. The laboratory's principal research tool is Omega, a 60-beam, ultraviolet laser system-the world's most powerful fusion laser. Many scientists from laboratories across the country also carry out experiments on Omega.
To learn more about the program and to obtain directions to the symposium, please contact Jean Steve or Jerilyn Noblett at (716) 275-9517 or Stephen Craxton at (585) 275-5467.
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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