Quick Shot
Summer High School Research Program Participant Named Intel Semifinalist
January 16, 2012
Patricia Olson (right) was named a semifinalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search. Olson, advised by Dr. Stephen Craxton (left), is a student at Brighton High School. She optimized beam configurations for shock-ignition experiments on both OMEGA and the National Ignition Facility. The Science Talent Search is often referred to as the “Junior Nobel Prize” and is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious pre-college science competition. Since its inception in 1989, LLE’s summer research program has produced 30 semifinalists and 4 finalists.