People in Science
By: Ceci Daly
Jon Bohmer
The Facts
~Materials are cardboard, foil, and sunlight
~Homade oven
~Can get hot enough to cook food and boil water
~Five dollers to make
~Was inspired by a book from the 1960's
Dijanna Figueroa
The Facts
~Spends up to 12 hours a day in a lab
~Appeared in the IMAX film, "Aliens of the Deep."
~Currently works as a project scientest
~Works at The Marine Science Instatute in CA
~Wants to get young people interested in "Real-life science."
~Studies the metabolisms that live in exstream conditions
Mitchell W. Pryor
The Facts
~Learned to build robots in collage
~Went to the University of Texes in Austin
~Conducts robot researchon a regular basis
~Test new ways to use robots
~Recived a Ph.D from UT
Agnes Riley
The Facts
~From Budapest, Hungary
~Taught herself about computers
~In 1999 she moved to New York City
~She took a test to become a licenced computer technician
~Enjoys challenges
~Has a dog named Atlas
~Likes photography and riding her motorcycle