[News-releases] TRIUMF News Release : TRIUMF Welcomes Infusion of Young Minds

[Marcello Pavan]

TRIUMF Welcomes Infusion of Young Minds

TRIUMF News Release 
For Immediate Release

(Vancouver, BC) The average age at TRIUMF will drop another notch
when three of the  very finest high school science students in 
British Columbia join the lab this summer.  Already over run with
several dozen top undergraduate summer students, TRIUMF will welcome
High School Fellowship recipients Adam deAbreu of North Vancouver, 
Saige McVea of Mission, and Kiel Strang of Robert's Creek for a 
summer work experience. Their summer job of a lifetime begins July 4
and will end six weeks later with a report or presentation about the
work they did immersed in active research groups,
 
This year's Fellows were selected from a cohort of over 60 applicants
from all over the province through a two-stage judging process
involving judges from across BC. TRIUMF Outreach Coordinator Dr. 
Marcello Pavan commented that "the selection process this year was
particularly difficult, with so many truly outstanding students to 
consider. I would have gladly taken the whole lot of them !". In fact
the quality of the applicants led TRIUMF to increase the number of 
Fellows to three from the two historically awarded. 

Scientists at the lab were eager to snap up these eager young minds. 
Adam deAbreu will join Dr. Oliver Stelzer-Chilton and his group 
working on analyzing data from the ATLAS experiment at the LHC 
accelerator in Geneva. Said Adam “I hope that this will be the first
step on the never-ending pathway of my career. I hope that at some 
point my experience at the fellowship will bring me back to work at 
TRIUMF or even at CERN's LHC.”  Saige McVea will join Dr. Chris Ruiz
and his team working on a nuclear astrophysics experiment in mid-July,
and she could not be more excited, saying “The world is complex, 
beautiful, and mysterious; understanding the laws that govern the 
universe only deepens my appreciation for it”. Kiel Strang will be  
part of Dr. Cornelia Hoehr's team in TRIUMF's nuclear medicine 
division. Said Kiel " this work term will give me a chance to learn
more about current physics research and applications and help me 
see where I might fit in”

TRIUMF has been offering the High School Fellowship since 2004. 
Fellows spend a six-week research experience at the lab, and are 
awarded $3000 upon completion of a report or presentation. Dr. 
Stelzer-Chilton comments that, “It is inspiring to see so many 
talented young people engaging in science in and outside the 
classroom with independent ideas. At TRIUMF we are delighted to give 
these young emerging scientists a chance to develop their skill set 
in a real life research environment.”

For more information, visit  http://www.triumf.ca/outreach/

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About TRIUMF: 
TRIUMF is Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear
physics.  Located on the south campus of the University of British
Columbia, TRIUMF is owned and operated as a joint venture by a
consortium of the following Canadian universities, via a contribution
through the National Research Council Canada and building capital
funds from the Government of British Columbia: University of Alberta,
University of British Columbia, University of Calgary, Carleton
University, University of Guelph, University of Manitoba, McMaster
University, Universite de Montreal, University of Northern British
Columbia, Queen's University, University of Regina, Saint Mary's
University, Simon Fraser University, University of Toronto, University
of Victoria, University of Winnipeg, York University.  

See http://www.triumf.ca. 


Media Contacts 
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Dr. Marcello Pavan 
Outreach & Communications
TRIUMF
Tel:  604.222.7525
outreach at triumf.ca



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Marcello M. Pavan, Ph.D.
TRIUMF
4004 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 2A3
Canada

Tel: 1.604.222.7525
Fax: 1.604.222.1074




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