PROGRAM OF THE ALABAMA JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Thursday, February 22nd 2024
Houston Cole Library
College of Arts, Humanities and Sciences, JSU
Thursday, February 22nd 2024
4:00 – 5:00 PM Check in Houston Cole Library 11th Floor
4:30 – 5:45 PM Poster Set-up and Orientation Houston Cole Library 11th Floor
4:30 –5:45 PM “Sci Mix” Viewing of AJAS and Gorgas Scholars’ Posters 11th Floor
6:00 PM Joint AJAS/AAS Banquet Leone Cole Auditorium
Guest Speaker: G. Walter Ingram, Jr., Ph.D.
“How I Became a Marine Biologist and the Research I Conduct for NOAA Fisheries”
Research Fishery Biologist
Walter Ingram, Ph.D. is a Research Fishery Biologist in the Oceanic and Coastal Pelagics Branch of the Population and Ecosystems Monitoring Division of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center.
ALABAMA JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
Friday, February 23rd 2024
Houston Cole Library
College of Arts, Humanities and Sciences, JSU
Friday, February 23rd 2024
Breakfast on your own; hotel and town locations
7:00 AM Registration Houston Cole Library, 11th Floor
7:30 AM Paper Reading Orientation 1101A/B
7:30 AM AJAS Judges Orientation 1103C
8:00 AM Paper Competition
Life Sciences 1101A/B
Physical Science 1103C
Engineering and Mathematics and Computer Science 1101C
Environmental Science, Earth Science, and Space Science 10B
Medicine and Health, Behavioral, and Social Sciences 9th floor OC
8:00 AM Prepare for AJAS 2025 (Mentoring Workshop for Future Competitions, Dr. Mark Jones, AJAS Director) Basement Computer Lab
11:30 AM Elections and Business Meeting 9th floor OC
12:00 Noon AJAS-Gorgas Group Photo Jack Hopper Dining Hall
12:00 Noon Lunch Buffet Jack Hopper Dining Hall
1:15 PM AJAS Paper Competition Finals 1103A/B
2:55 PM AJAS Judges meeting 1102
3:15 PM Awards Reception, Joint AJAS/Gorgas 1103A/B
PROGRAM OF THE GORGAS SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION
Friday, February 23rd 2024
Houston Cole Library
College of Arts, Humanities and Sciences, JSU
Thursday, February 22nd 2024
4:00 – 5:00 PM Registration Houston Cole Library 11th Floor
4:30 – 5:45 PM Poster Set-up and Orientation Houston Cole Library 11th Floor
4:30 –5:45 PM “Sci Mix” Viewing of AJAS and Gorgas Scholars’ Posters 11th Floor
6:00 PM Joint AJAS/AAS Banquet Leone Cole Auditorium
Guest Speaker: G. Walter Ingram, Jr., Ph.D.
“How I Became a Marine Biologist and the Research I Conduct for NOAA Fisheries”
Research Fishery Biologist
Walter Ingram, Ph.D. is a Research Fishery Biologist in the Oceanic and Coastal Pelagics Branch of the Population and Ecosystems Monitoring Division of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center.
GORGAS SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION March 9-10, 2023
Samford University College of Health Sciences
Friday, March 10, 2023
Breakfast on your own; hotel and town locations
7:00 AM Registration Houston Cole Library 11th Floor
7:00 – 8:00 AM Set Up Science Exhibits/Display/Poster/Orientation 1101A/B
7:15 – 8:00 AM AJAS Paper Reading Orientation (for dual competitors) 1101A/B
7:15 – 8:00 AM Gorgas Judges Orientation 1103C
8:45 – 9:45 AM Demonstrations for Judges 1101A/B
10:00 AM – Noon Individual Interviews with Judges, conducted with posters 1101A/B
12:00 Noon AJAS-Gorgas Group Photo Jack Hopper
12:00 Noon Lunch Buffet Jack Hopper
12:00 – 1:00 PM Gorgas Judges Executive Session
1:15 PM AJAS Paper Competition Finals 1101A/B
2:30 – 3:15 PM Afternoon Break
2:55 PM Remove Posters and Displays 1101A/B
3:15 PM Awards Reception, Joint AJAS/Gorgas. 1101A/B
The Alabama Science Scholar Talent Search and Gorgas Scholarship Competition are supported and administered by the Alabama Academy of Science, Inc.
The Gorgas Scholarship Competition website, https://alabamajunioracademyofscience.org/home/gorgas-scholarship-competition/, contains detailed information on the annual competition and awards available
to winners and finalists.