Edward Lam of Century High School named Boy Technology Student of the Year for high school.
Lam is a student at Century High School with approximately 1,551 students located in Hillsboro, Oregon. Edward is graduating with a 4.0 grade average and is recognized as an AP Scholar for exceptional performance on multiple AP exams. He has completed various computer science courses at Century High School and is involved in extra-curricular Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) activities. Edward states, “I designed a web application for real-time tracking of class schedules in my sophomore year. I continued managing it and successfully resolved issues for 1000+ students and teachers, earning widespread recognition for its impact.” He also received the Century Jag Fest Applied Web Design Award for facilitating the installation of NodeJS and NPM on all school devices, opening doors for students to excel further in web design.
He is a Computer Science Career Pathway leader and stakeholder who promotes the pathway to elementary and middle school students, facilitates new initiatives and helps with career pathway events. Edward is a participant in NW codeORCreate, collaborating in a team to design a web platform using ReactJS and other libraries. He developed a minimalistic, cross-platform Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to simplify programming microcomputing to enhance accessibility for beginners and educators in embedded systems. In addition, he served as an MRI and MRS Data Analyst Intern at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) analyzing data from rat brains to support studies on alcoholism that could prevent 178,000 deaths annually. In addition, he volunteers for charity causes and enabled a Unity game solution to combat bullying and promote positive social change. Edward indicates he is accepted at Oregon State University and will be majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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