[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E121]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                RECOGNIZING HOMETOWN HERO MOHAMED EBEIDA

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                          HON. BETH VAN DUYNE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 14, 2023

  Ms. VAN DUYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Dr. Mohamed Ebeida, 
founder of the Marvels Program. Dr. Ebeida is a pioneer in introducing 
STEM and group collaboration opportunities in North Texas for the 
Muslim community and beyond.
  Dr. Ebeida is the founder of the youth Muslim robotics team known as 
the Marvels of Irving. He is a research scientist at Sandia National 
Laboratories and has used his knowledge to enrich the STEM community in 
Texas-24. Dr. Ebeida helped introduce FIRST, an international STEM 
learning robotics program, for North Texas schools to participate, 
collaborate, and compete in. He also hosts the First Technical 
Challenge, which is a head-to-head competition in the area of robotics, 
for 35 teams in our community to partake in. Dr. Ebeida has brought 
together and emboldened the Muslim community and countless youth in 
North Texas to express themselves through STEM.
  I thank Dr. Ebeida, for going above and beyond for our community. His 
selflessness and dedication do not go unnoticed.

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