EngineerGirl Essay: The Cure to Vitamin D Deficiency
Posted on June 2, 2009 Comments (2)
Kate Yuhas, an eighth-grader at Brighton’s Scranton Middle School, Michigan. Photo courtesy Kate Yuhas.Brighton eighth-grader rewarded for her love for science
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Yuhas received an honorable mention certificate from the National Academy of Engineering’s EngineerGirl! Web site Imagine That! Engineering Innovation Essay Contest for her essay on a tanning booth that helps people produce vitamin D. “My whole life I’ve been interested in science,” Yuhas said. “I really like helping the environment and eating organic.”
“Kate has a talent for science and math, and she’s won medals at Science Olympiad,” said her mom, Johanna, who coaches the team. “Kate has always had science-themed parties. My husband and I are both engineers, and we talk a lot about science at home.”
The essay contest asked participants to consider one of three images on the EngineerGirl! site and to discuss its potential purposes and functions using engineering creativity.
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Read Kate’s essay: The Cure to Vitamin D Deficiency
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The Engineer Girl website has done a smart thing and posted all the essays online. It is a simple act but one so often other organizations fail to do in similar circumstances.
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December 15th, 2009 @ 3:04 pm
That’s excellent, I have 3 kids and have wondered/worried about that. We live in Traverse City Michigan and I love seeing such a young Michigan student put brains and design a solution to a problem that I’ve ignored!
February 24th, 2010 @ 3:20 am
Conratulations to you girl! You have the future to become a good writer. You have also inspired me to train my daughter in essay writing.