Amit Magazine Summer 2006.qxd

Science Prodigy
Tenth Grader Doron Levine
Melamud, her physics teacher at AMIT
Appleman, encouraged her to enter,
and now says “I’m so happy. It’s exciting.
The three-day competition was a
great experience.”
The third entry by AMIT
Appleman students has its genesis in a
final project in the school’s physics and
technology class. Twelfth graders
Paulina Kortzur, Leon Levitsky, and
Danny Zastenker, all immigrants from
the FSU, worked on a way to reduce
the production of dust particles and
other pollution in industrial assembly
lines, which can ruin small products
such as computer chips. They created a
way to revolutionize production lines
by using superconducting levitation –
the same technology used in highspeed
trains— to separate the product
from the line itself. Their invention
could soon see computer chips “float-
Role Model Dr. Victor Melamud –
inspiration and mentor
ing” in mid-air as they are being
assembled.
Again with Dr. Melamud’s support,
the three seniors decided, as Leon said,
that “it’s much better to be working
toward something more than just a
grade,” and entered the Young
Scientists contest.
“Our education here [at Appleman]
gave us the basis for understanding the
science and technology we needed,”
Paulina said. “Because of how well we’d
been trained, we weren’t afraid of studying
superconductors.” We wish the
same success to these young scientists as
that of Ilya Gurevich, also of AMIT
Appleman, who won the competition
last year.
After graduating from New York University with a
Master’s degree in Newspaper Journalism, Zohar
Bat-Shahaf made aliyah to Israel. Besides building
a career as a freelance writer, she enjoys hiking in
the Galilee and studying at the Pardes Institute.
The AMIT family mourns with the parents and family of
Daniel Wultz, z”l, of Weston, Florida. Daniel, only 16 years old,
was visiting Israel with his family and became the innocent
victim of the recent homicide bombing in Tel Aviv. We extend
our heartfelt condolences to Daniel’s mother Sheryl, a member
of Chaverim, and his father Tuly. May they be comforted
among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
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