High Tech High student wins prestigious science award
Megan Morikawa, a senior at High Tech High School, is one of three finalists for the prestigious Outstanding Young Scientist Award presented by the California Association of Professional Scientists (CAPS).
A CAPS panel of experts chose the three finalists from more than 6,500 science projects that have been submitted to 15 science and engineering fairs statewide. Morikawa studied alternative methods for DNA storage to make the process more efficient and easier to transport.
Morikawa said that from the research process to becoming one of the finalists has been rewarding.
“It has been amazing because the research has shown me that there is more to science than sitting around conducting research,” Morikawa said. “It started out with an interest and now it’s good to know my research is more than a poster board in a classroom. I’m more honored than nervous for the final decision. It’s an opportunity for me to show the professional scientists and the world that high school scientists have potential.”
The winner of the contest will receive a $1,000 award and the two runner-ups will each receive $500 awards.
The winner was expected to be announced at a luncheon ceremony on Sept. 21 at the Sacramento Zoo’s Kampala Center.
Six SPAWAR researchers selected to high-profile scientific program
Six Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) San Diego researchers were recently selected for the Department of the Navy Top Scientists and Engineers Program 2006.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition Dr. Delores Etter selected Dr. Roy Axford and Jeff Waters for the category of "Top Scientists" and Michael Thorpe, Estrellina Pacis, Dr. Richard Waters, and Dr. Joseph Neff for the "Top Emerging Investigators" category.
SSC San Diego invents, develops, fields, and delivers real-world command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies to our nation’s warfighters.