High School Students Honored for Achievement in STEM

The chapter recognized Christian Jamison and Breyden Wood, 10th graders from Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology at the 2016 Gwinnett County Regional Science, Engineering and Innovation Fair in February. At the turn of the 20th century, Nikolai Tesla theorized energy could be extracted directly from the Earth's magnetic field. Incredibly, Jamison and Wood researched the concept, built a working magnetic field generator and demonstrated the feasibility of using this as an alternative energy source. In fact, their hypothesis was not only upheld that the energy could be extracted, they actually extracted and stored it in a capacitor 300% of their predicted value. The chapter recognizes these rising scientist as its high school level project winners that most closely align with the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) tenants of AFCEA International. Congratulations gentlemen!

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