[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 92 (Thursday, June 20, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1134-E1135]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




HONORING PARTICIPANTS OF THE 47TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 
                                  FAIR

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                           HON. BOB MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 20, 1996

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a group of 
New Jersey students for their participation in the 47th International 
Science and Engineering Fair [ISEF], held recently in Tucson, AZ. I 
want to particularly note the accomplishments of two Jersey City 
students, Archna and Vandna Prasad, both juniors at Academic High 
School in Jersey City.
  The twin Prasad sisters were honored at the fair for their scientific 
research projects. Archna's research project focused on crustacean and 
mollusk shell purification systems, which are a natural solution to 
heavy metal contamination in water. For her efforts, she won a 4-year 
scholarship to the University of Arizona and three third-place awards. 
Vandna's research project was centered on the removal of 
trichlorethylene. For her efforts, Vandna took third-place in the 
engineering category and a $1,000 award.
  I am proud to have such brilliant, dedicated, and hard working 
students in my district. As a Nation we must be prepared to compete 
scientifically in the 21st century. With students like Archna and 
Vandna, I know our country is in good hands for the future. These 
accomplishments are even more noteworthy because these students were 
among more than 1,071 participants who presented 989 projects. The 
participants came from all over the United States and from 40 countries 
around the world.
  I also want to commend the Jersey Journal for enthusiastically 
sponsoring the Hudson County Science Fair. The fair has become an 
important showcase for our young scientific achievers. Sponsoring a 
local event, and sending champions to the national competition 
demonstrates the Journal's strong ties to the Hudson County community, 
and I want to thank them for their commitment.
  Archna and Vandna have spent many hours working on these projects, 
and they are a credit to New Jersey and our Nation. I salute them today 
and wish them much luck in their future endeavors.

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                       TRIBUTE TO DR. KARL PISTER

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 20, 1996

  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
scholar who has pursued excellence in the academic world for his entire 
life. Dr. Karl Pister first entered the undergraduate program at the 
University of California at Berkeley more than 50 years ago and is 
today being honored as chancellor of the University of California at 
Santa Cruz, a position he has held for the past 5 years.
  Dr. Pister first began teaching immediately after he received his 
Ph.D. in theoretical and applied mechanics in 1952. He began as 
assistant professor and in the Department of Civil Engineering at 
Berkeley and after 10 years was promoted to professor in 1962. For the 
following 18 years, he also served as vice chairman and chairman of the 
Division of Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics. He was 
appointed dean of the College of Engineering, at Berkeley, on July 1, 
1980, and led the school to be recognized as one of the Nation's 
outstanding schools of engineering.
  Dr. Pister has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards. He 
was twice selected as a Fulbright Scholar, first, in the Department of 
Mathematical Physics, University College, Cork, Ireland, and then in 
the Institute for Statics and Dynamics of Aerospace Structures, 
University of Stuttgart, West Germany. He also was awarded the Wason 
Medal for Research by the American Concrete Institution, and in 1982, 
was the recipient of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 
College of Engineering Alumni Honor Award for distinguished service in 
engineering. In 1988 he was presented with the Vincent Bendix Award for 
minorities in engineering by the American Society for Engineering 
Education, and in 1993 he was bestowed the highest honor by the 
society, the Benjamin Garver Lamme Medal, for his contributions to 
engineering education. He also was the recipient of the Distinguished 
Alumni Award from the Engineering Alumni Society of the College of 
Engineering, University of California, Berkeley.
  Dr. Pister has also served the University of California in many other 
ways. He held the position as chairman of the committees on Senate 
Policy and Educational Policy of the Berkeley Division of the Academic 
Senate, and also served as chairman of the University Committee on 
Education Policy. From 1978 to 1980 he was vice-chairman and chairman 
of the nine-campus Academic Council and Assembly of the Academic Senate 
and faculty representative to the board of regents of the University of 
California.
  Dr. Pister is also a member of numerous engineering academies and 
associations. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, 
and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the 
American Academy of Mechanics, the American Society of Mechanical 
Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 
Dr. Pister is also an honorary fellow of the California Academy of 
Sciences.
  He currently serves as chairman of the board of directors of the 
California Council on Science and Technology and is a member of the 
board of directors for the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and 
the board of trustees of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute 
and of the board of trustees of the Monterey Institute of International 
Studies. Pister also serves as chairman of the board of Engineering 
Education and is a member of the Coordinating Council for Education of 
the National Research Council.
  In addition to my honoring of Dr. Pister's numerous accolades and 
accomplishments, I would also like to pay tribute to a man of great 
character. He has made a commitment to a continued vision to lead and a 
compassion to listen in order to best contribute to the advancement of 
science and the advancement of our society and Nation. I wish him well 
in his future endeavors.

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