Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School student, Sophie Boyd, has been accepted into “The Cambridge Tradition,” one of the Oxbridge summer programs for high school students held jointly by Cambridge and Oxford Universities. Ms. Boyd is the recipient of an “Exceptional Merit Award,” a highly competitive scholarship, funding her participation in this year’s Cambridge Tradition.
From July 8 to August 4, Sophie will participate in the Aerospace Engineering Program at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Her professors are Rhodes, Gates, Marshall, and Fulbright Scholars from various universities such as Harvard, Columbia, Yale, and Oxford teaching, literally, “Rocket Science.”
Sophie and other participants will go through every aspect of new vehicle creations including aerodynamic profiling, engine sizing, and structural design. The course will also examine the disciplines of aerodynamic electronics, mechanics, operation systems, statistics, and thermodynamics. She will be with students from 80 countries around the world.
The venue for the “Cambridge Tradition,” according to literature published by Oxford Academic Programs, is Jesus College, founded in 1496 on the site of a 12th-century nunnery. It also has the most spacious grounds of any Cambridge College.
Sophie, a Junior at LCM High School, is currently ranked fifth in her class. She is the daughter of Debbie and Ellis Boyd.
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