PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J.--Pictured on the right, Sabina London, from the Northern Valley Regional High School of Demerest, gives her first-place poster presentation on "Lymphangioleiomyomatosis after Macrophage Phenotype: A Potential Signaling Pathway in the Pathogenesis of LAM," on March 18 at the Eatontown Sheraton.
To the right of London is Marie Forlini-Felix, Chief of Staff for ARDEC, who holds a notepad and listens along with several other judges. London's presentation was part of the 54th Monmouth Junior Science Symposium, where 20 personnel from the Armament Research Development and Engineering Center and 49 from the Communications Electronics Research Development and Engineering Center graded 109 student technical papers and mentored the authors.
Of those papers, six poster presenter finalists were judged by a panel that included Forlini-Felix and Michael Harrigan, chief systems engineer for the Program Executive Office for Ammunition from Picatinny Arsenal. Also serving as judges were other New Jersey military representatives: Navy Capt. Jay Steingold, Commanding Officer, Naval Weapons Station Earle, and Navy Capt. Bradley "Kid" J. Kidwell, military director of Naval Air Systems Command Engineering for Support Equipment and Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment.
Doug Wong, PEO Ammunition Chief Systems Engineer, served as the master of ceremony of the banquet the followed the poster presentations. Wong is also is a grader, mentor and organizer for the symposium. The symposium encourages young people to enter into careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, Wong explained.
The mentors provide the students critical guidance, while the symposium process provides students the opportunity to present and provides awards and scholarships as a reward for excellence, which helps propel the careers of the students forward.
"Our greatest asset in national defense is not the F-22 fighter jet or an armed robot but the education of our children, especially in science and math," said Forlini-Felix.
ARDEC's Nanotechnology center selected the winner of the best in nanotechnology paper, and distinguishing him/herself by being awarded a tour of these facilities for one day this summer.
The best Nanotechnology Paper is from Min Sung Cho, Bergen County Academies.
ARDEC's Materials, Manufacturing and Prototype Technology Division, where the field of additive manufacturing, 3D printing is conducted, also selected the best in materials science paper distinguishing that student by being awarded a tour of these facilities, also for one day this summer.
The best Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Paper went to Matthew Lesiw, Colonia High School, who also won the symposium.
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U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) homepage
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