Illinois Math and Science Academy Chapter

This is the wiki-homepage of the Illinois Math and Science Academy Chapter. We are similar to a University Chapter; however, we are a high school in Aurora, Illinois.

Projects

We are working in small groups on a few separate experiments. Many were started during our intersession week of January 7-11.

• EKG module
• Measure and the scientific method
• Clock
• Distance
  • Debugging and Calibration

Ongoing Projects

Chapter wide goals include:

• Presenting at the [OLPC Grassroots Group meeting at the end of January]
• Presenting at IL-TCE in February, 2008 (accepted!)
• Presenting at Tech2008 on May 7 in Springfield, IL (pending acceptance)
• Organizing a summer research group
• Running a BoF at NECC 2008 in San Antonio, TX (pending acceptance)
• Developing an after-school program for Elementary Students near IMSA

Completed Projects

• Presented at the ILCTO meeting in November 2007

XOs on campus

There are currently 2 XOs on IMSA's campus, but more are coming with the mid-January order. If you are interested in playing with a machine, contact April-Hope or Scott Swanson. You can also just come up to ITS (B205) sometime during the day, before 4:30.

• 1 machine with Scott, owned by Scott
• 1 machine with IMSA, floating around campus. Ask ITS for it.

Contact Information

Try April-Hope, Kevin or Scott. We also maintain an IRC channel, #olpc-imsa, on freenode.

Members

Co-chairs- April-Hope W., Kevin Crews, and Denise K.

Collaborators- Meg Welter, Arjun Nayini, Sanat Bhole, Gabi Heller, Colin Dodson, Ariel Liu, Jason Rock, Justin Johnson, Spencer Andrews, Grant Rotskoff, Will Getz, Kelly Zhang, Mitra Veeramasuneni, Bob Lee, Tony Yunker, Adam Novak, Will Hahne, Cora Goldston, Ruhiyyeh Turner, Chris Gropp, Daniel Geiger, Liam Hession, Alex Jeria and Arika Verma. If you are interested in becoming a member, contact Kevin at kcrews@imsa.edu.