[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 21, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E360]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                SUGAR LAND SENIOR REGENERON STS FINALIST

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                            HON. PETE OLSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 21, 2017

  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Bryon Xu of 
Sugar Land, TX, for being named a Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) 
2017 finalist.
  Bryon was awarded $100,000 for winning fourth place out of 1,749 high 
school seniors for his project, Direct Determination of Ocean 
Temperature Profiles from Seismic Oceanography. He developed a method 
of measuring ocean temperature that can fill in the gaps existing with 
current techniques, such as satellites and probes. The Regeneron STS 
award is based on students' originality and creative thinking, as well 
as their achievement and leadership. In his spare time, Bryon is a 
member of the Mu Alpha Theta club for mathematics, coaches a local 
Mathcounts team and tutors science. He has also developed a web app to 
help with Science Olympiad event.
  On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congressional District of Texas, 
congratulations again to Bryon Xu for winning fourth place in this 
esteemed competition. We are confident he will have a successful 
future.

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