Erika Alden DeBenedictis
Erika Alden DeBenedictis (born 1992) is an American computer scientist. She attended Saint Pius X High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[1]
In 2007, her computer science project won first award in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair[2], and she was awarded with the naming of an asteroid in her name. The main-belt asteroid, 23131 Debenedictis, was discovered on 5 January 2000 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team in Socorro, New Mexico.[1][3][4]
In 2008, she further became connected to asteroids when she attended the Summer Science Program, which teaches astronomy through a curriculum based on asteroid observations and orbital calculations.[5] At the program in Socorro, NM, just a short distance from where the asteroid was discovered, she had the opportunity to observe her namesake.[6]
In 2010, she won the Intel Science Talent Search.[7][8][9][10]
She enrolled at the California Institute of Technology in 2010.[11]
In 2013, she gave a TED talk on fuel-efficient space travel.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "23131 Debenedictis (2000 AS128)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ↑ Bob Ward (July 2008). "Albuquerque Teen Wins Top Computer Society Honors at Intel ISEF". IEEE Computer Society. doi:10.1109/MC.2008.217.
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel (Jun 23, 2009). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names: Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2006 - 2008. Springer. ISBN 978-3642425066. Search this book on
- ↑ Renteria, Roger (July 18, 2008). "A Day in the Life of SSP Students, July 18, 2008". New Mexico Tech. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
- ↑ http://faculty.physics.tamu.edu/krisciunas/erika.html[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Intel Science Talent Search 2010 Winners Announced". Intel. March 17, 2010.
- ↑ Thomas Friedman; Michael Mandelbaum (June 7, 2012). That Used To Be Us: What Went Wrong with America - and How It Can Come Back. ISBN 0748129308. Search this book on
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Erika Debenedictis". TED@Intel. March 2013.
- ↑ Shaira Bhanji (9-11-2011). "Student Spotlight - Meet Erika DeBenedictis, 2010 Science Talent Search Winner!". The Scientista Foundation, Inc. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Glamour's 20 Amazing Young Women: Erika DeBenedictis, Winner of Intel's Science Talent Search". Glamor. 22 November 2010.
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