Community Coat Drive> PTA Council of Howard County-sponsored coat drive through Nov. 10. New or gently used coats (cleaned, functioning zippers) of all sizes for children and adults, as well as caps and gloves. Contact PTACHC at 410-740-5753 or ptachc@gmail.com for more details.

Centennial senior named regional finalist in Siemens 2008 Math, Science and Technology Competition> Henry Zheng is one of only 100 students nationwide to be named a regional finalist in this year's Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology. The Siemens Foundation announced the semifinalists and regional finalists in the competition for the nation's most prestigious scholarship in original research Oct. 24. Zheng began his research on a statistical simulation for prosthetics as a sophomore, under the guidance of mentor, Jeff Lesho, at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and his Gifted/Talented resource teacher Michelle Bagley. Zheng is an intern with Dr. Soumya Acharya at the Johns Hopkins University Thakor Lab and presented his paper, "Multisensor Data Fusion for Prosthetic Control," at the 11th International Conference on Information Fusion in June in Cologne, Germany. His paper also has been accepted for presentation at a conference on biomedical engineering in Singapore in December. This year, 1893 students registered for the Siemens Competition with a total of 1205 projects. Regional finalists will be called to compete at one of six Regional Competitions held over three consecutive weekends in November.

Centennial senior named regional finalist in Siemens 2008 Math, Science and Technology Competition> Henry Zheng is one of only 100 students nationwide to be named a regional finalist in this year's Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology. The Siemens Foundation announced the semifinalists and regional finalists in the competition for the nation's most prestigious scholarship in original research Oct. 24. Zheng began his research on a statistical simulation for prosthetics as a sophomore, under the guidance of mentor, Jeff Lesho, at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and his Gifted/Talented resource teacher Michelle Bagley. Zheng is an intern with Dr. Soumya Acharya at the Johns Hopkins University Thakor Lab and presented his paper, "Multisensor Data Fusion for Prosthetic Control," at the 11th International Conference on Information Fusion in June in Cologne, Germany. His paper also has been accepted for presentation at a conference on biomedical engineering in Singapore in December. This year, 1893 students registered for the Siemens Competition with a total of 1205 projects. Regional finalists will be called to compete at one of six Regional Competitions held over three consecutive weekends in November.

Centennial Lane Elementary School Fundraiser at Barnes & Noble> Game and Story Time at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Long Gate Shopping Center. School fundraiser for building staff library. Nov. 6, 6:30 p.m., games and storytellers. Sales to benefit CLES. Parents should mention CLES at check-out in order for part of the proceeds to go to the school.

HC DrugFree offers Columbia Mall Coupons and Specials> Receive coupons and special retail offers for a day of shopping at the mall Nov. 15 for donations of $5 or more to HC DrugFree. Donations can be made through Nov. 14 online at TheGivingSpree.com. All proceeds benefit HC DrugFree. Donor information will not be divulged.

user comments (1)

user mazeze says...

Do you really mean his paper also been popular with people for exhibition at the on biomedical convention at Singapore? What sort of engineering used for the biomedical technology for an intern?

Posted 9:11 AM, 02.09.09

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