1995-10				For Release:  May 1Ð5, 1995

Contact:	Joan Vandiver Frisch
		Manager, NCAR Media Relations
		Telephone:  303-497-8607
		E-mail:  jfrisch@ucar.edu


COLORADO HIGH SCHOOL COMPUTER WHIZZES SHOW PROJECTS AT 
NCAR 
	BOULDERÑThe kids who grew up solving problems with a 
keyboard and screen instead of the Lincoln Logs and 
Monopoly their parents knew will strut their stuff at the 
second Colorado Computational Science Fair on Saturday, 
May 6, at the National Center for Atmospheric Research 
(NCAR) in Boulder.  The public is invited to NCAR's Mesa 
Laboratory from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for a first-hand 
look at the latest creations of Colorado's high school 
computer whizzes.  The fair is cohosted by Colorado State 
University and NCAR.
	Nearly 100 Colorado high school students will be 
presenting 45 projects in one of three areas: 
computational science, visualization, or information 
technology (such as applications for the World Wide Web).  
Computational science is the use of computers to study 
science problems.
	After viewing the projects from 10:00 a.m. to noon, 
visitors are invited to enjoy a buffet lunch for sale in 
the NCAR cafeteria and share the excitement of the awards 
ceremony from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.  Bill Buzbee, director of 
NCAR's Scientific Computing Division, will give the 
keynote speech at 1:30 p.m.  
	NCAR's Mesa Laboratory is located at the west end of 
Table Mesa Drive in south Boulder.  From Denver, take the 
first Boulder exit off U.S. 36 West (CU Stadium/Foothills 
Parkway) to Table Mesa Drive.  Turn left at the light and 
drive 3.5 miles west to the lab.  NCAR is managed by the 
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research under 
sponsorship of the National Science Foundation.
	-The End-
Writer:  David Hosansky	

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