27 February 2001

Plainsboro, New Jersey -- For the second year in a row, East Brunswick High School won the New Jersey Regional Competition of the National Science Bowl® at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). Twenty-two teams from 19 high schools in New Jersey and Pennsylvania competed in the double-elimination tournament on Saturday, February 24. Members of the winning team are Naveed Ahmad, John Lai, Jack Qian, Adam Rothman, Aaron Tarnow, and Coach Paul Kimmel.

PPPL Science Bowl Coordinator James Morgan said, "It was an exciting day. It's nice to see student teams vying in a science competition with the same enthusiasm as those who participate in high school sporting events."

U.S. Representative Rush Holt, who represents New Jersey's 12th Congressional District, welcomed the participants at the start of the bowl. Congressman Holt is a former Assistant Director of PPPL. The High Technology High School team from Lincroft, NJ, and the Millburn High School team placed second and third, respectively. Other schools participating included Carteret High School, Cherry Hill High School West, Christian Brothers Academy (Lincroft, NJ), Governor Livingston High School (Berkeley Heights, NJ), Hamilton High-East, Hopewell Valley Central High School (Pennington, NJ), Montgomery High School, Neshaminy High School (Neshaminy, PA), Notre Dame High School (Lawrenceville, NJ), Princeton Day School, Princeton High School, Stuart Country Day School (Princeton, NJ), Watchung Hills Regional High School (Warren, NJ), Westfield High School, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North and South, and Woodbridge High School.

The top winner of the regional competition is receiving an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C., to participate in the Eleventh Annual National Science Bowl®, scheduled to begin May 4, 2001.

The regional competition was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and hosted by PPPL. Each team was made up of four students, a student alternate, and a teacher who served as an advisor and coach. The students answered multiple-choice or short-answer questions in biology; chemistry; physics; astronomy; mathematics; and general, earth, and computer sciences.

PPPL, funded by the DOE and managed by Princeton University, is a collaborative national center for science and innovation leading to an attractive fusion energy source.

For further information, please contact:

Anthony R. DeMeo
Head
Information Services
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
(609) 243-2755
ademeo@pppl.gov

Patricia Wieser
Information Services
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
(609) 243-2757
pwieser@pppl.gov

Downloadable print-quality photo of NJ Regional Science Bowl Winning Team. Resolution is 300 dpi, print size is approximately 5.0 inches wide by 4.0 inches high. File type is jpeg. File size is 1.4 MB.