[News-releases] ADVISORY: High school students launch research careers at TRIUMF

[Marcello Pavan]

Media Advisory      |     July 12, 2012

TRIUMF High School Fellows launch research careers

(Vancouver, B.C.) What does a career in advanced scientific research
look like ?  Graduating high school students Kevin Multani, Wyatt
Gronnemose, and Lily Zhang are now finding out as they embark on their
summer research experience at TRIUMF, Canada's national laboratory for
particle and nuclear physics.  The three were recipients of the 2012
TRIUMF High School Fellowship, which offers distinguished graduating
high-school students $3000 and a six-week residence starting in July 
at TRIUMF working under the guidance of a staff research scientist.  The 
selection process is rigorous, with more than 60 applicants from all over
BC being judged by two consecutive panels of judges.

"We are delighted to have Lily, Wyatt and Kevin with us this summer",
enthused Dr. Marcello Pavan, program director and TRIUMF Outreach
Coordinator.  "The judging process was very very arduous, with several
dozen of the top science students in BC applying. It really is inspiring
to see so many of these incredibly bright eager students aspiring to
research careers."

Wyatt Gronnemose is from Lord Tweedsmuir High School in Surrey, and will
attend UBC in the fall. He is assisting Dr. Stanley Yen and Prof. Chris
Hearty (UBC). Wyatt explains, "I am very excited to be able to work at
TRIUMF as it gives me the opportunity to delve into the real world of
science and get first hand experience before even getting to
university. Currently I am working on chemistry experiments to measure
the solubility of lead acetate in water/glyerol combinations, which
would help build a future supernova neutrino detector."

Lily Zhang, from South Kamloops High School and a future Queen's
University engineering student, will get a first hand look at TRIUMF
nuclear medicine program.  "I am extremely thrilled and honoured to
receive the opportunity of the TRIUMF High School Fellowship!", said
Lily. " It is a very special kind of experience in which I can encounter
the aspects of a professional, scientific career. Over the next six
weeks, I will be working under the supervision of Dr. Cornelia Hoehr on
aspects of nuclear medicine and TRIUMF's Proton Therapy Program,
including helping to treat patients with rare ocular melanomas."

Kevin Multani, a product of Enver Creek Secondary School in Surrey will
attempt to do what very few people have ever done - build a cyclotron !
"TRIUMF is an awe-inspiring facility and I feel honored to be here for
the Fellowship", remarked Kevin. "I will be working on designing and
building a small cyclotron under the supervision of Dr. Thomas Planche
and UBC Prof. (Emeritus) Michael K. Craddock. At the moment, I am
preparing a document that outlines some major details of the cyclotron,
while in a few weeks, I will start building and assembling the vacuum
system components."  Kevin anticipates continuing the project as an
undergraduate engineering student at UBC.

The TRIUMF High School Fellowship is open to all graduating Canadian
high school students in BC who have completed Physics 12 and who will
attend an accredited post-secondary school.  The program began in 2004.
For more information, please visit
http://www.triumf.ca/outreach/high-school-fellowship

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For more information or to request interviews, contact

Dr. Marcello M. Pavan
TRIUMF Outreach Coordinator 
4004 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3
CANADA 
Tel: 604-222-7525 
Fax: 604-222-1074 
E-mail: outreach at triumf.ca 
WWW: http://www.triumf.ca/



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