Eighty-Three High School Students Selected to Participate in the 31st
Research Science Institute at MIT
McLean, VA – June 18, 2014 – The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) announces top achieving U.S. scholars and international scholars, will attend the 31st annual Research Science Institute (RSI), jointly sponsored with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from June 22nd– August 2nd. RSI is a six-week intensive program that provides students with the opportunity to conduct original, cutting edge research in state-of-the-art university laboratories, hospitals and corporate research facilities.
The RSI Selection Committee, comprised of professional educators and RSI alumni, convened at the Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) in mid- February 2014 to select high school students to attend the nationally recognized program. Students selected for RSI are exemplary as based on the following criteria: high school records, personal essays, standardized test scores, teacher recommendations, research experience, potential for leadership, and honors and awards in math and science.
RSI is offered cost-free by CEE to competitively selected top achieving students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). RSI scholars participate in college-level research under the mentorship of leading scientists, engineers, and researchers in the Boston area.
The students, dubbed “Rickoids” after the late Admiral H.G. Rickover, Father of the Nuclear Navy and founder of the Center with CEE President Joann DiGennaro, will study pure and applied mathematics, physical and biological science, economics, and humanities. “The Research Science Institute offers scholars the opportunity to experience graduate level research at MIT,” said Joann P. DiGennaro, CEE President. “RSI has nearly 2,000 successful alumni with an 80% STEM career retention rate of the alumni.”
- Dr. Steven Byrnes, RSI’02, Harvard University – Physics
- Dr. Steven Leeb, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Engineering
- Dr. Forrest Michael, RSI’90, University of Washington - Chemistry
- Dr. Sean Mulholland, Stonehill College - Economics
- Dr. Matthew S. Cain, RSI’97, Harvard Medical School - Biology
- Mr. Lance Rhoades, University of Washington - Humanities
- Dr. Christopher Skinner, RSI’88, Princeton University - Mathematics
RSI is an annual, summer program consisting of one week of theoretical classroom work, followed by four-and-a-half weeks of research with a professor or research scientist in the students’ respective areas of interest. In the final week, students demonstrate their work through written academic papers and present oral findings to their peers and a panel of judges.
- Dr. Phillip Sharp, Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine 1993, Institute Professor (highest academic rank) at MIT and member of the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
- Dr. Wolfgang Ketterle, Nobel Prize in Physics 2001, D. MacArthur Professor of Physics at MIT and Associate Director of the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT, Director, MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms
- Dr. Tom Leighton, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Akamai
Thirty-four international students will join the U.S. students from Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey at RSI 2014.
About the Center for Excellence in Education
The Center for Excellence in Education was founded in 1983 by the late Admiral H.G. Rickover and Joann P. DiGennaro, President of the Center. The Center's mission is to nurture high school and university scholars to careers of excellence and leadership in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and to encourage collaboration between and among leaders in the global community. CEE sponsors the Research Science Institute (RSI), the USA Biology Olympiad (USABO), and the Teacher Enrichment Program (TEP). For more information about the Center and its programs, visit CEE’s Web site, www.cee.org
Media Contacts:
Maureen Palmer, 703-448-9062 ext. 224
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| Joann DiGennaro, 703-448-9062 | |
| Maite Ballestero, 703-448-9062 | |
| Andy Charman, Ph.D, 617-444-9487 |
Related websites:
Center for Excellence in Education: http://www.cee.org
College of Science: http://www.science.purdue.edu
Research Science Institute: http://www.cee.org/research-science-institute
2014 Research Science Institute U.S. Scholars
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Alabama |
Arizona |
California Daniel Yang Kriti Lall Yelena Mandelshtam |
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Colorado |
Connecticut |
Delaware |
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DoDEA |
Florida Jeewoo Kang |
Georgia Jordan Benjamin |
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Hawaii |
Illinois Lev Kendrick |
Indiana |
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Kansas |
Massachusetts Kavish Gandhi Noah Golowich |
Maryland |
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Maine |
Michigan |
Minnesota |
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North Carolina |
Nebraska |
New Jersey Kelvin Wang |
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New York Theodore Katz |
Ohio |
Oklahoma |
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Oregon Valerie Ding |
Pennsylvania |
South Carolina |
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Tennessee |
Texas Phillip Yu |
Utah |
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Virginia |
Washington Meera Srinivasan |
Wisconsin |
2014 Research Science Institute International Scholars
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Australia Lochie Ferrier |
Bulgaria Hristo T. Stoyanov |
Canada |
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China Cheng Lu Jiren Zhu |
Israel |
Israel |
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Korea |
Italy |
Lebanon Heba T. Naffah |
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Poland |
Russia |
Saudi Arabia Ali Alshehry |
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Singapore Hongzhan Liu Sarat Karan Fan Shuen Tseng |
Spain Guifré Sánchez I Serra Gerard Pascual-Lopez |
Sweden Ylvali Busch |
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Switzerland |
Turkey Berfin Gӧgercin |