Eighty-Four High School Students Selected and Participating in the 32nd
Research Science Institute at MIT
McLean, VA – July 08, 2015 – The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) announces top achieving U.S. scholars and international scholars, are attending the 32nd annual Research Science Institute (RSI), jointly sponsored with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from June 21st– August 1st. 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 March 2015 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, are studying 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 2,300 successful alumni with an 80% STEM career retention rate of the alumni.”
Dr. Andrew Charman, RSI ’86 alumnus and lecturer of physics at University of California, Berkeley, will lead RSI 2015. The RSI Academic Professors include:
- 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, Economics, Stonehill College
- Dr. Matthew S. Cain, RSI’97, U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development, and Engineering Center - 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.
The RSI scholars learn about the careers, achievements, and challenges of the STEM environment and participate in question and answer sessions during the RSI Distinguished Guest Lecture Series. Leaders in STEM will share knowledge with the RSI scholars and include:
- 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-two international students have joined the U.S. students from Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Israel, Lebanon, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey at RSI 2015.
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).
| Media Contact: |
| Maureen Palmer, Public Affairs Manager, 703-448-9062 ext. 224 |
| Sources: |
| 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/
Research Science Institute: http://www.cee.org/research-science-institute
Research Science Institute 2015 Students
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Arizona |
Arkansas |
California John Chapman A. Caddell Ajay Jain Jared A. Tramontano Kristine A. Zhang |
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Colorado |
Connecticut |
DoDEA |
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Florida |
Georgia |
Illinois Sarvasva Raghuvanshi
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Indiana |
Kansas Disha Dasgupta Olathe North High School Olathe |
Kentucky |
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Louisiana |
Maryland
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Massachusetts Lexington High School Lexington |
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Michigan
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Minnesota |
Missouri |
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Montana |
Nebraska |
Nevada |
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New Hampshire |
New Jersey Allen J. Lee |
New Mexico |
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New York |
North Carolina |
Ohio Venkatesh S. Sivaraman Bexley High School Bexley
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Oregon |
Pennsylvania |
Puerto Rico |
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South Carolina |
Tennessee Tony Ding Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville
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Texas Clements High School Sugar Land |
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Utah |
Vermont |
Virginia Selena C. Feng |
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Washington David Zhao |
Wisconsin |
2015 Research Science Institute International Scholars
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Australia Elijah B. Stanger-Jones
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Brazil |
Bulgaria Hristo S. Staykov
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Canada Ameer M. Farrukh |
Israel |
Korea Yo-Whan Kim |
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Lebanon Khodr H. Badih |
Poland
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Saudi Arabia Faisal Alsalloum |
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Singapore Cher Ying Foo Marion W.R. Pang Yan Hsien Quah |
Spain Marti Oller Riera David Oort Alonso |
Sweden Mana Shams Latifi |
| Switzerland Hoang-Thi Morselli Kantonsschule Solothurn Solothurn |
Turkey Sule Kahraman |
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