Bill Text: IN HR0053 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Honoring Tim Trippel, Mishawaka, on being named Top Young scientist for 2011.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-21 - First reading: adopted voice vote [HR0053 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-HR0053-Introduced.html
A HOUSE RESOLUTION to congratulate Tim Trippel of
Mishawaka on being named Indiana's Top Young Scientist for
2011.
Whereas, Tim Trippel is a senior at Marian High School in
Mishawaka; and,
Whereas, at the 23rd Annual Hoosier Science and
Engineering Fair in Bloomington, Mr. Trippel presented his
project on the "Development of a Low-Cost Electroporator for
High School and Developing World Applications," proposing
an inexpensive method for delivering substances directly into
individual cells, to the benefit of chemotherapy, gene therapy
and biochemcial research, among other applications; and,
Whereas, as judged by the Science Education Foundation of Indiana on its creative ability, scientific thought, engineering goals, skill, and clarity, Mr. Trippel's project was chosen as the best entry of the more than 22,000 projects submitted this year
at local science fairs across the state, of which 3,700 were
selected for participation in regional science fairs, and 100 were
invited to compete at the statewide Science and Engineering
Fair; and,
Whereas, the Top Young Scientist award, established in
2009, is a $10,000 cash award, and is believed to be the largest
of its kind in the country; and,
Whereas, Mr. Trippel plans to take his intellectual talents
to Purdue University in West Lafayette and pursue a degree in
electrical engineering; Therefore:
SECTION 1. That the Indiana House of Representatives officially
recognizes Tim Trippel on the occasion of his being named Indiana's
Top Young Scientist in 2011, congratulates him on the success of his
hard work, perseverance and dedication to scientific inquiry, and
wishes him the best in his college career at Purdue, and in all his future
endeavors.
SECTION 2. That the House of Representatives finds the
solicitude for the people of the world's disadvantaged nations in Mr.
Trippel's project especially praiseworthy.
SECTION 3. That the Principal Clerk of the House transmit a copy
of this resolution to Tim Trippel of Mishawaka.
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