During an event held at the Presidential Palace, First Lady Raquel Arbaje handed scholarships to the Public School Dr. Miguel Canela Lázaro students who had won awards in a NASA competition. The scholarships are for studies at the Las Americas Institute of Technology (ITLA) in eastern Santo Domingo. First Lady Raquel Arbaje highlighted that the awards recognize the merits of the students. She hopes these will be examples to motivate more boys and girls to be interested in science and Information and communication technologies.
The young winners are Ashley Severino, Javier Mordán, Yerlin Duarte, Eydan Peña, Enmanuel Solano, Christopher Mercado, Guadalupe Bonilla, Darla Castillo, Melvin Núñez and Ilhen Duarte, who participated in the Task Challenge Award category of this year’s edition of the international Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC).
They won the NASA award for presenting the best project for the design and construction of a 3D printed tool to collect liquid samples. This is the first time that a Latin American high school team has won this award.
The Liceo Científico Doctor Miguel Canela Lázaro is located in Salcedo, in the northeast of the country. It is the first public institution in the country that specializes in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (CTIM/STEM).
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El Nuevo Diario
23 April 2021