Notre Dame High School & TELUS World of Science 2010 - Calgary, AB
From left: Laurie Baldauf (Teacher) , Mate Bezdek (Student), Carly DeBoice (TELUS World), David Giers (Teacher), Tracy Walker (CLS staff), Joseph Madamesilia (Student), Kevin Hendrickson (Student), and Alexandra Masse (Student) missing: Tor Pederson (CLS staff)
Four grade 12 students from Notre Dame High School Calgary, AB and a Program Director from TELUS World of Science participated in the Students on the Beamline program. Their research focused on studying fingerprints using the MidIR beamline. Their objective was to detect chemical signature differences between fingerprints left by someone with diabetes compared to someone without. Students collected finger prints from classmates, teachers, and visitors to the World of Science. They discovered that chemical analysis of fingerprints is highly complex and that there are a lot of things to consider when designing an experiment.
View their poster for more information
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Seeing the synchrotron from the perspective of the control room. |
Locked in the large animal entry of the biomedical imaging and therapy beamline. |
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Following the path between the infrared beamline and the storage ring. |
Double checking the IR beamline mirrors. |
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Students explain the newest results to one of their supervisors. |
Who has more pictures, this student or this website? |
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Being briefed on the IR beamline experimental hutch equipment. |
Sample loading is a meticulous process. |
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Operating the IR beamline to collect data. |
Students present to CLS staff their research findings. |
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Final presentation on fingerprints, and their role in detecting diabetes. |
Last modified: 2012-01-19 17:01:44