Amelie Chen of Pacific Horizons School, has added another feather in her academic cap.
Her peers at the Research Science Institute (RSI) chose her for the top honor—Rickoid of the Year—at the Center for Excellence in Education’s (CEE) 41st annual Research Science Institute.
The Institute is an intensive, six-week summer science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program jointly sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
The award recognizes academic acumen, leadership, and personal demeanor and is named for the late Admiral H.G. Rickover, father of the nuclear Navy and co-founder of CEE.
CEE President and founder Joann P. DiGennaro said, “Amelie Chen is a model student who demonstrates qualities that others wish to emulate. To be chosen as Rickoid of the Year is an honor that she should hold in highest regard during her life.”
Ms. Chen is one of the 100 top achieving U.S. high school and international scholars competitively chosen for the 2024 Research Science Institute.
CEE’s RSI provides students with the opportunity to conduct original, state-of-the-art STEM research at no cost to students. This year RSI was presented in person at MIT from June 23 to August 3.
RSI consists of one week of theoretical classroom work, followed by four-and-a-half weeks of innovative research under the mentorship of leading scientists, engineers, and researchers in the students’ respective areas of interest. In their final week, students demonstrate their research work through written academic papers and oral presentations to their peers and a panel of judges.
