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Fall/Winter 2018 Rsi'18 Concludes with Top 10 Winners 35TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION 1983-2018 JOSH BARR, Communications Manager CEE CELEBRATES 35TH ANNIVERSARY! ALUMNI AND SUPPORTERS CELEBRATE MILESTONE Nearly 300 program alumni and supporters of CEE gathered at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, MA, for the Center for Excellence in Education’s 35th anniversary celebration. CEE hosted a series of panels and discussions over the weekend, as well as CEE Talks in which alumni of the J. Hamilton Lambert, first chairperson Center’s Research Science Institute of the CEE's Board of Trustees, was the and USA Biology Olympiad discussed Her Excellency Bahia El Hariri was Keynote Speaker at the 35th Anniversary interests, careers and ground-breaking presented the International Medal for Celebration dinner. research. Excellence in Education. Below, Wolfgang “CEE is dedicated to providing programs Ketterle, Ph.D. was presented the National RSI'19 REGISTRATION that nurture students’ excellence and Medal for Excellence in Education. OPEN FOR PROGRAM AT MIT leadership – and it is very rewarding to CEE is now accepting online see their progress and achievements,” applications from high school students CEE President Joann P. DiGennaro for the 2019 Research Science said. “We are thrilled with the work of Institute, held in collaboration with CEE and look forward to the future.” Massachusetts Institute of Technology The weekend also included two panel from June 23 to August 3. Visit www. discussions dedicated to CEE co- cee.org for application information. founder Admiral H.G. Rickover, father of the nuclear navy and civilian uses The 2018 RSI this past summer of nuclear power, and his legacy in was another tremendous success. engineering, education, science and Congratulations to those selected for technology. fellow Diane Tang (RSI’90) and Harvard top five oral presentations and the Saturday’s events included a panel professor Lauren Williams (RSI’94). (continued on page 2) of Nobel Laureates who discussed their research and discoveries. That “The weekend exceeded all CEE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH evening, at a formal dinner, Dr. expectations!” DiGennaro said. “Thank you to all of our terrific UC SAN DIEGO; Wolfgang Ketterle, Nobel Laureate, USABO'19 REGISTRATION OPEN received the National Medal for panelists, presenters and moderators Excellence and Bahia El Hariri received who helped make this weekend so Registration is underway for the 2019 the International Medal for Excellence. memorable. Thank you also to all of USA Biology Olympiad. Schools can our 35th anniversary sponsors – the Ketterle was introduced by Dr. Shamit register online at www.usabo-trc.org. Kachru, RSI'86. El Hariri was introduced Claude Moore Charitable Foundation, by Dr. Wissam Jaber, RSI'93. Regeneron, Citadel/Citadel Securities, The 16th annual USA Biology Olympiad Akamai Foundation, Two Sigma and (USABO) National Finals moved to The evening was moderated by Dr. the Department of Defense. Thank the University of California San Diego Jason Koh, RSI'85. you to those who were able to join us this past summer in a collaboration Sunday morning featured a CEE in Cambridge and to Eric Lander, Ph.D., between the University and CEE. Luminaries Discussion with four and the Broad Institute for hosting us. alumni from CEE’s Research Science And most of all, thank you to every Nearly 10,500 students from 479 Institute: Pinterest Co-Founder and person who has made CEE a national schools in 47 states participated in the CEO Ben Silbermann (RSI’98), CRISPR and international leader in nurturing nationwide high school competition in pioneer Feng Zhang (RSI’99), Google STEM talent.” 2018. (continued on page 3) CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION • FALL/WINTER 2018 RSI'18 CONCLUDES WITH TOP 10 WINNERS (RSI continued from page 1) • Lyna Kim of Los Angeles -- Optimizing the Energy Density of Azobenzene-Functionalized Solar Thermal top five written reports of research. Two students were Fuels via Metallic Phosphate Frameworks honored both for their oral and written presentations,Lyna • Jonathan Lu of Dallas -- Organized Microphase Kim of Los Angeles and Tarun Prasad Murali Prasad of Tamil Separation of Active Spinner Particles in Dense Colloidal Nadu, India. Solutions • Tarun Prasad Murali Prasad of Tamil Nadu, India -- The RSI 2018 Written Report Award Winners were: Active Learning and its Application in the Analysis • Lyna Kim of Los Angeles -- Optimizing the Energy of Scientific Data: Predicting Mie Scattering by Density of Azobenzene-Functionalized Solar Thermal Nanoparticles Fuels via Metallic Phosphate Frameworks • Rahul Subramaniam of Cos Cob, Connecticut -- • Lauren Li of Portland, Oregon -- Clonal Contributions of Investigation of a Novel T-Cell Infiltration in Solid Tumors Medication for Treatment • Kevin Liu of Carmel, Indiana-- Number Fields Generated of Multiple Myeloma by Torsion Points on Elliptic Curve • Tarun Prasad Murali Prasad of Tamil Nadu, India -- Additionally, William Ellsworth Active Learning and its Application in the Analysis of Marietta, Georgia, and of Scientific Data: Predicting Mie Scattering by Matthew Tan of Stevensville, Nanoparticles Michigan (pictured at right), • Sanjay Raman of Redmond, Washington-- An Analysis were named Rickoids of the Year. of the Photon Identification Mechanism in CMS 2016 Data William and Matthew were chosen The RSI 2018 Oral Presentation Award Winners were: by their peers for this award which • Walker Anderson of Doylestown, Pennsylvania -- NP- recognizes their academic acumen, Completeness of the Five Cells Pencil Puzzle leadership and personal demeanor. The date for CEE's 2019 Annual Congressional Luncheon will be announced online in January. CEE WELCOMES NEW TRUSTEES Ms. Dana Miller Ervin is a staff Ms. Amy Gowder is Vice President member for the U.S. House of and General Manager for Representatives Appropriations Lockheed Martin's Training and Committee where she serves as Logistics Solutions line of business a non-partisan investigator with within the Rotary and Mission expertise in defense, energy and Systems business area. She is cyber programs. responsible for the execution and strategic growth of Lockheed Miller Ervin's background Martin's mission readiness and includes 16 years working in sustainment programs with 5,400 media, including tenure as an employees around the globe. investigative associate producer for 60 Minutes. She also has worked for CBS This Morning Gowder has held several other leadership positions at and ABC's Nightline. She received a Peabody Award, the Lockheed Martin. In 2012 she was named A Top 40 Under 40 RTNDA Award for Overall Excellence, the Alfred I DuPont Aviation Executive by Aviation Week. Award, an Emmy Award for Investigative Reporting and two Emmy Awards for research. Gowder graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan Fellows Program with a Masters of Miller Ervin graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Business Administration. She received her Bachelor of Laude from Brown University. Science degree from Arizona State University. 2 CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION • FALL/WINTER 2018 USABO'18 SPARKLES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUN (USABO continued from page 1) "It was a very successful first year for USABO at UCSD and we look forward to the continued partnership between UCSD and CEE," said Pam R. Taub, RSI'93 and associate professor of medicine in the UC San Diego Health System, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. During 10 sunny days, the finalists participated in intensive theoretical and practical tutorials and also studied with leading U.S. biologists, experts in the fields 2018 USABO Gold Medalists: Allen Huang, Lucy Chen, Alexander Tsao and Jason Yang. of cellular and molecular biology, plant anatomy and physiology, animal anatomy Jersey. MEET DR. FRANK STEARNS, and physiology, genetics and evolution, Silver medalists were Charles Huang, NEW USABO MANAGER ecology, ethology and biosystematics. Lynbrook High School, San Jose, Dr. Stearns earned California; , LASA High The young scholars were mentored by Edward Lee his B.S. in Biology USABO Vice President Xiaojun (Bill) Li and School, Austin, Texas; Nithin Parsan, from Washington USABO Special Projects Advisor Kathy Frame. Clemens High School, Sugar Land, Texas; and Lee University, a and Wenbo Wu, Thomas Jefferson High At the closing USABO medal ceremony, M.Sc. in Entomology School for Science & Technology, Falls Kit Pogliano, Dean of UC San Diego’s from the University Church, Virginia. Graduate Division and a professor in the of Delaware, and Division of Biological Sciences, was the Bronze medalists were Bhav Jain, his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Maryland. He Keynote Speaker. Franklin Regional Senior High School, was most recently a Postdoctoral Fellow Murrysville, Pennsylvania; , Congratulations to Team USA 2018 Gold Derrick Liang in the Department of Chemical and Medalists: Lucy Chen, Mounds View HS, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Arden Hills, Minnesota; Allen Huang, & Technology, Herndon, Virginia; Atharv Hopkins University. His research has Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, Oak, West Windsor-Plainsboro High focused on population and quantitative California; Alexander Tsao, Troy High School South, Princeton, New Jersey; genetics, and ecology. "I'm excited to be School, Fullerton, California; and Jason Henry Shen, Oak Ridge High School, Oak working with all of the talented students Yang, West Windsor-Plainsboro High Ridge, Tennessee; and Jason Zhang, Troy who will be competing at the 2019 IBO in School North,
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