May 28, 2010: MELA re-launched its website with an exciting new look and layout, including a new website navigation system and interactive MELA Laboratory Locations map.

Please take a look around our new website!

April 28, 2009: Pictured is the 2009 Bryce McHale-Michigan State University Memorial Fund award winner, Ms. Julia Smith.

She is a junior at the Lyman Briggs Residential College for the Study of Science, on the campus of MSU. Her wildlife biology essay topic, Re-establishing the Cougar, an Apex Predator, East of the Mississippi, was selected by the MELA committee.

The photo is of MELA Chairperson, Gail Carr, presenting the $1,000 award to Julia at the April meeting.

June 24, 2008: Cody Campbell, 15, of Attica, MI has received the Bryce McHale Memorial Award from the Michigan Environmental Lab Association (MELA).

Kevin O'Mara, a MELA board member, presented Campbell with the award, a special plaque and $1,000 bond in Imlay City. The Imlay City High School sophomore earned accolades for his science fair project 'This Project Stinks!' which garnered a third place finish in the Flint Area Science Fair's senior division in March.

“Cody's project stood out about the rest,” O'Mara said. “It was fantastic, especially for a freshman.”

Campbell's project analyzed the energy potential of animal manure for home heating purposes.

The Association, which represents environmental testing laboratories from around the State, found Campbell's work very interesting and promising, O'Mara said. Campbell was chosen from dozens of other budding scientists from across Michigan. The latest award only adds to the winnings he took home in March from the Flint competition. Campbell earned a $1,000 scholarship and all expense paid trip to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Cody is the son of Dan and Jill Campbell of Attica.