Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM)

Richard L. radtke夏威夷大学马诺分校Radtke有效地平衡了他在科学研究和社区/青年教育之间的时间，以一种高效的方式。他让学生、家长和老师参与到他的实验室、实地考察、全球考察以及无数的公民演讲、学校访问和公共电视节目中。Radtke博士与包括本科生和研究生在内的多元化学生团体合作。他指导了80多名身体残疾的青年。他鼓励盲人青年划独木舟；有心理健康问题的青少年需要控制自己的情绪；和聋哑学生分享他们对美国手语的观察。Radtke博士是一个杰出的榜样，特别是对于身体残疾的年轻人来说，因为他也因多发性硬化症而严重残疾，自20世纪80年代中期以来一直从颈部以下瘫痪。

Richard L. RadtkeUniversity of Hawaii at ManoaDr. Radtke effectively balances his time between scientific research and community/youth education in a highly productive way. He engages students, parents and teachers in his laboratory, in the field, in his global expeditions and in countless civic presentations, schools visits and public television programs. Dr. Radtke works with a diverse student body including undergraduate and graduate students. He has mentored more than eighty youths with physical disabilities. He has inspired blind youth to paddle canoes; youth with mental health needs to control their emotions; and Deaf students to share their observations in American Sign Language. Dr. Radtke is an outstanding role model, particularly for physically disabled youth, since he too is severely disabled due to multiple sclerosis and has been paralyzed from the neck down since the mid 1980's.