The Greater New Orleans Science and Engineering Fair (GNOSEF) is growing this year with 2 judging dates on Tuesday, February 14th (Junior Division) and Wednesday, February 15th (Senior Division), 2017, and we are in need of judges! It will be at the University of New Orleans (UNO) Human Performance Center at 2000 Lakeshore Drive and is open to 6th-12th grade students in Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes.
Category judging will take place on both days from 8am-noon and separate Grand Award judging will follow right after lunch, which is being provided. Please consider judging for us on either or both of these dates. And if you are not available in the morning, please consider judging for the Grand Award winners from the top two projects in each category.
If you can volunteer as a judge, please sign up at http://gnosef.tulane.edu/judgeform.cfm. You will be asked to identify the date(s) you are available and the categories in which you have expertise. You will also have an opportunity to indicate if you are interested in volunteering to judge at local school fairs that occur in December and January. If you are not available to judge at the GNOSEF, but would like to volunteer in another capacity over the course of the 4-day event – February 13-16, 2017.
WINNERS
2017 GNOSEF API Awards
1st place – Alexander Walker, Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy
Project Title: How do different materials used as proton exchange membranes affect the efficiency of PEM hydrogen fuel cells?
2nd place – Jasmine McGowan, Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy
Project Title: How much electricity is produced per pascal using piezoelectric rochelle salt, and how can this be manipulated?
3rd place – Ashton Austin and Cullen Johnson, John Curtis Christian
Project Title: The Power of Hydroelectricity