Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, June 3, 1993 TAG: 9306030287
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: DUBLIN LENGTH: Medium
Owens' research involved toxic shock syndrome: how tampons and condoms with different absorbencies contributed to the disease and how the chief commercial tampon culprit was tracked down and taken off the market.
Moses' project was to design a better coal train, using scale models in the Virginia Tech wind tunnel and creating his own measuring devices.
He came up with designs that would not only save fuel, but reduce pollution.
Both are students at Pulaski County High School and the Southwest Virginia Governor's School, where they were among many preparing science fair entries this year.
Moses and Carla Rogers, also a student at Pulaski County High, were grand award winners at the Blue Ridge Highlands Regional Science Fair in Wytheville during April.
Owens was alternate grand award winner that time, and also won an American Society for Microbiology Award.
Owens and Moses were on the Governor's School team that had the highest score in Virginia in the national 1993 Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science last month.
It was also the top high school nationally in its division.
They were among the Virginia Junior Academy of Science winners at Old Dominion University in May.
Moses and Drema Crist shared first-place honors. Owens and Suzanne Kirby won third-place awards.
Crist and Kirby also attend Pulaski County High and the Governor's School.
Besides those awards, Moses won the Virginia Power award for the best engineering paper and presentation, plus 10 shares of Virginia Power stock. Owens won a $50 award for having the best paper and presentation dealing with infectious disease.
Moses was among the regional Southwest winners in Virginia Mathematics League competition, along with Josh Averette of Pulaski County High and Aaron Mumaw, Floyd County, both Governor's School students.
Moses was third overall in the state.
He won the Governor's School faculty award of excellence, along with Rogers.
Moses and Owens were both cited for outstanding senior research by the school.
Moses was named outstanding senior physicist for the year.
Owens shared outstanding senior biologist honors with fellow Pulaski County High students Amanda Folsom and Crist.
by CNB