[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12602]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          HONORING FIRST PLACE WINNERS OF EXPLORAVISION AWARDS

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                       HON. STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 13, 2005

  Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize two very 
bright young men from the Eleventh Congressional District of Ohio, Alec 
Lai and Atreya Rajagopalan. These two students from Hawken Middle 
School in Lyndhurst, Ohio received first place honors in the 
Exploravision Awards.
  Exploravision is a competition for students of all interest, skill, 
and ability levels in grades K-12. The purpose of the competition is to 
encourage students to combine their imaginations with the tools of 
science to create and explore a vision of a future technology.
  Alec and Atreya's project was titled ``Visible-Light 
Photocatalysis,'' this technology is intended to be used to clean and 
detoxify water and air, to create self-cleaning walls, and to prevent 
bacteria contamination and spreading. Their project was selected as a 
regional winner and then given the first place award for the middle 
level (grades 7-9) at the national competition.
  I am very proud to say that such creative young men from my district 
have been honored so greatly. They are part of the next generation of 
great minds that keeps our country leading in the field of new and 
profound ideas.

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