62nd Annual STS (2002-2003)
Finalists
Phoebe Robeson Rounds

NEW YORK
Phoebe Robeson Rounds, 17, of Rochester, submitted a project to the Intel Science Talent Search that reports on her physics study about aspects of laser-induced fusion. Researchers worldwide are using high-power lasers to create conditions necessary for nuclear fusion. Phoebe's work demonstrated viable approaches for generating optimized multiple-tripler laser crystal configurations. With multiple-triplers, the laser's bandwidth can be significantly increased converting infrared beams to high-frequency ultraviolet beams necessary for fusion. Her work will be submitted for publication with Phoebe as first author. First in her class at Irondequoit High School, Phoebe has received numerous awards in music composition, literature, math and science. An accomplished musician, she plays with the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, completed a conducting apprenticeship with the Hochstein Youth Symphony, and counts among her hobbies chamber music performance. She gives private violin lessons in her spare time. The daughter of Eric Rounds and Marcia Robeson, Phoebe hopes to join academia after college as a teacher and researcher.