Viburnum Student Wins Awards at ISEF
by
Johnny C. Jones

 The exhibit hall the Convention Center in Tulsa Oklahoma was ablaze with read carpet, laid for the 4lst International Science and Engineering Fair May 6-ll, 1990.  But at the awards ceremony, the carpet was blue - for, as the finalists were repeatedly reminded, "You're all winners."

 At 7:30 Thursday night the Professional Awards Convocation began, featuring 4l organizations presenting awards, from the Acoustical Society of America to the Water Pollution Control Federation.  The awards ranged from certificates and plaques to monetary stipends of up to $500.

 About halfway through the list, the IEEE Computer Society -- the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers -- announced as winner of their Second Award, "Bryan Jones, Viburnum Missouri, for his project, `Design and Construction of a Line-Sensing Robot for Hospitals.'"

 The next morning the Federal and Industrial Awards were presented.  Sixteen agencies and corporations awarded prizes including cash,  scholarships, and expense-paid trips.

 Muriel Thorne, NASA's Educational Programs Officer, included Bryan Jones with a group of winners who, along with a selected high school teacher, will receive an expense-paid trip to a launch of the shuttle Columbia August 29, l990.

 At the end of the evening Grand Awards, two winners were announced for the trip to Stockholm, Sweden, for the Nobel Prize ceremony, Joshua B. Fischman, Silver Spring, Maryland, and Alexander Fleming, Brunswick Georgia.

 The ISEF is called "The World Series of Science Fairs".  Bryan wants to thank everyone who supported him so he could participate in this world-class event.