Teen wins $100,000 prize for spectrograph design

An inexpensive yet accurate spectrograph has netted a 17-year-old girl a $100,000 scholarship in Oklahoma City.

Mary Masterman was named the winner of the Intel Science Talent Search this week for her spectrogra

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An inexpensive yet accurate spectrograph has netted a 17-year-old girl a $100,000 scholarship in Oklahoma City.

Mary Masterman was named the winner of the Intel Science Talent Search this week for her spectrograph design. Masterman is a senior at an Oklahoma City high school.

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More than 1,700 high school seniors entered the 66th annual contest.

Masterman designed and built the spectrograph, which can routinely cost as much as $100,000. Masterman's spectrograph costs less than $1,000.

She received the prize from Intel Corp. Chairman Craig Barrett Tuesday night. Masterman told the Associated Press she has been interested in science since she was a child, and hopes to become a physicist or chemist.

The contest counts among its former winners six Nobel Laureates, three National Medal of Science winners, 10 MacArthur Foundation Fellows and two Fields medalists.

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Among the former winners of the competition's top award are six Nobel Laureates, three National Medal of Science winners, 10 MacArthur Foundation Fellows and two Fields Medalists.

  • Intel Science Talent Search site
  • Source: Portsmouth Herald

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