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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Amy Chyao, a student at Plano East Senior High |
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School, won the top prize at the 2010 Intel International Science |
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and Engineering Fair, the largest precollege science fair |
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competition in the world; and |
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WHEREAS, This talented high school junior joined The |
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University of Texas at Dallas George A. Jeffrey NanoExplorers |
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Program in the summer of 2009 and worked with Dr. Kenneth J. Balkus, |
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Jr., a professor in the chemistry department, on efforts to develop |
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novel photocatalysts; Ms. Chyao's research, funded by the National |
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Institutes of Health, involves semiconducting nanoparticles that, |
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when exposed to certain wavelengths of light, generate a form of |
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oxygen deadly to cancer cells; this photodynamic therapy could |
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yield a way to treat cancers beneath the skin by using targeted |
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lasers; and |
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WHEREAS, At the 2010 Intel science fair in San Jose, |
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California, Ms. Chyao beat out more than 1,600 students from 59 |
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countries to win the top honor, the Gordon E. Moore Award; the award |
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is accompanied by a $75,000 prize, which she hopes to put toward the |
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cost of medical school; after her Intel International win, she |
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attended the 2010 White House Science Fair to showcase her research |
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and talk with President Barack Obama, and she was invited by the |
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president to attend the 2011 State of the Union address; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Chyao also participated in the First Step to |
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Nobel Prize in Physics training program in 2009, working with |
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leading scientists for two weeks in Poland; she is active in the |
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Learning About Science and Engineering Research program, competes |
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in University Interscholastic League math and science matches, and |
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has been a part of the UT Dallas Metroplex Math Circle and |
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AwesomeMath camps; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to her scientific pursuits, Ms. Chyao |
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plays the cello in her school's chamber orchestra and in the Greater |
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Dallas Youth Orchestra; she takes part in the National Honor |
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Society, Future Business Leaders of America, Orchestra Council, and |
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the Spanish and environmental clubs at her school, and she is a |
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student advisor in the Plano Youth Leadership program and |
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volunteers as an attorney in Teen Court; moreover, she founded and |
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leads Spell Success, an organization that aims to inspire students |
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in spelling, vocabulary, and public speaking, and she competed in |
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the Scripps National Spelling Bee at the age of 13; and |
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WHEREAS, Amy Chyao has won the attention and respect of the |
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scientific community and of elected officials at the highest levels |
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of government, and her abilities, hard work, and commitment to |
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excellence have surely opened the way to limitless opportunities |
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for this extraordinary young Texan; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor 2010 Intel International Science and |
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Engineering Fair winner Amy Chyao for her remarkable scientific and |
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academic achievements and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Chyao as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |