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SENIORS HEADED TO SCIENCE CONTEST.


Byline: Staff and Wire Services

BERKELEY - Two seniors from Highland High School Highland High School or Highlands High School may refer to:

In the United States:
  • Highland High School (Gilbert, Arizona)
  • Highland High School (Bakersfield, California)
  • Highland High School (Palmdale, California)
 in Palmdale won the chance Saturday to compete in a prestigious national science competition.

Steve Frehn and Andrew Deagon shared the top team honors in the western regional finals of the Siemens Westinghouse Competition The Siemens Westinghouse Competition is a science competition which is administered by the College Board. After Siemens AG purchased Westinghouse Electric Corporation's power generation unit in 1997, it was under the impression that the prestigious Westinghouse Science Talent  in Math, Science & Technology.

Their research on improving the efficiency of electrically powered artificial muscles won them a $6,000 scholarship to split.

They can also advance to the national Siemens Westinghouse Competition, to be held Dec. 3-6 in Washington, D.C. The grand prize for the national contest is a $100,000 scholarship.

A panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
  • Dion Nania (Golden Lifestyle Band) - guitar
  • Alison Bolger (Clag, Sleepy Township) - bass
  • Paul Williams (Molasses, Jaguar Is Jaguar) - drums
Discography
 from the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB)

See also Berzerkley, BSD.

http://berkeley.edu/.

Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation.
 chose all the winners. The Highland students competed against teams from Alhambra, Fullerton and Tempe, Ariz.

A 17-year-old San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay.  County student who developed a prototype for a device that transfers the energy from ocean waves into electricity also won a trip to the final competition.

Aaron Goldin, a senior at San Dieguito High School Academy in Encinitas, Calif., placed first in the individual category, winning a $3,000 college scholarship and the right to compete in the national contest in December.
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Date:Nov 15, 2004
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