[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 23, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF KEIANA CAVE

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                        HON. CEDRIC L. RICHMOND

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 23, 2016

  Mr. RICHMOND. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the academic 
achievement of a bright young lady from my Congressional district, 
Keiana Cave. Keiana is just a senior at Lusher Charter School in New 
Orleans, Louisiana, but she has accomplished more than many college 
graduates.
  Keiana has excelled in and out of the classroom. She has studied 
engineering while at Lusher, and has been dual enrolled at Tulane 
University, where she has taken biological anthropology and 
environmental geology courses. She is on a fast track to earn her Ph.D. 
and has already been recruited by other notable institutions.
  Keiana is no stranger to the laboratory. She is currently a member of 
Tulane University's Van Bael lab and has previously served as a lab 
technician with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and 
a nanotechnology researcher at the University of New Orleans. She has 
been acknowledged many times for her work, including 1st Place U.S. 
Navy/U.S. Marine Corps Office of Naval Research Scholarship and 1st 
Place United States Air Force Certificate of Achievement. Keiana's 
chemical research project won second place out of 2,600 competitors at 
the 2015 International Science and Engineering Fair, winning $1,500.00 
as well as receiving honorable mention from the Consortium for Ocean 
Leadership.
  Keiana designed a method that allows the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) to develop certain aidehydes or toxins that form as photo-
products during oil spills. The MIT Lincoln Laboratory and NASA have 
named the orbiting rock ``2000 GD136'' after Keiana, an honor shared by 
fewer than 15,000 people. The planet was discovered in 2000 by the 
Lincoln Laboratory team.
  Keiana's accomplishments are a testament to the fact that she is a 
true leader and an ideal role model for other young people in the 
community. I am confident that she will take that responsibility 
seriously, that she will be able to rise to any challenge, and will 
work hard to improve the world around her. I would like to congratulate 
Keiana Cave on her remarkable accomplishments and wish her the best in 
her future endeavors.

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