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Date:         Sat, 10 Oct 1992 00:14:29 EDT
From:         Jeanne Miller <jeanne@TC.Cornell.EDU>
Subject:      SuperQuest '93

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	|	SuperQuest	|
	|	The Computational Science Challenge	|
	|	for High School Students and Teachers	|
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	| Promoting the study of high school science through the use | 	| of
advanced computing resources	|
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	A science project and a computer are all you need to become a part 	of
SuperQuest, the national science competition for high school 	students and
teachers. Winners will attend one of five SuperQuest 	Summer Institutes to
explore the world of computational science 	through hands-on experience!
SuperQuest challenges high school 	students to use advanced scientific
computing to explore and 	understand science and mathematics.

	The 1993 competition is just getting underway, so get your team 	together
now! SuperQuest teams are made up of one or two teacher- 	coaches and four
students from grades 9 through 12. Teams can submit 	one group project or
individual student projects. Problems can be 	from any scientific,
engineering, or mathematics discipline, as long 	as they require computing
resources for analyzing, modeling, or 	visualizing important aspects of the
project. Students and their 	teacher-coaches may want to analyze patterns
in music, study traffic 	jams, study the formation of snowflakes, or
visualize ultrasonic 	surgery. The teams with the best projects are
SuperQuest winners.

	PRIZES

	Winning teams will participate in an exciting three-week Summer 	Institute
to learn about advanced scientific computing and 	computational science.
Travel to a nationally known advanced 	scientific computing center, in
addition to room and board, will be 	provided by the SuperQuest program.
This is just the start of a year- 	long adventure in exploring science back
home, as students continue 	their research using workstations awarded to
their high schools as 	part of the SuperQuest program.

	The winning schools will also receive network access and time on a
	high-performance computer to allow the students ample resources to
	complete their projects and to allow the teacher-coaches to use the
	computer in their math or science classroom.

	Winners also receive stipends of $3,000 for each teacher-coach and 	$1,000
for each student.

	SuperQuest is a partnership of the Cornell Theory Center, the 	National
Center for Supercomputing Applications, the Northwest 	Regional SuperQuest
Center, Sandia National Laboratories, and the 	University of Alabama in
Huntsville/Alabama Supercomputer Network, 	with support from the National
Science Foundation and corporate 	sponsors. In 1992, SuperQuest received
support from Digital 	Equipment Corporation, IBM, Cray Research, Inc.,
Intel Corporation, 	Cisco, Inc., Advanced Digital Communications
Consortium, and other 	corporations.


	FOR MORE INFORMATION

	Send in the requested information below via electronic mail to
	superquest@tc.cornell.edu, or call 607-255-4859, for an application
	booklet- it explains SuperQuest rules and includes entry forms and
	information for teams, schools, and parents. Get your booklet now; 	it
will help you get started (Booklets are available hard-copy only). 	The
registration deadline is March 1, 1993.

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