Favorite Reads

  • Cover of the book titled 'From Beirut to Jerusalem' by Thomas L. Friedman, featuring aerial views of Beirut, barbed wire, and Jerusalem.
  • Book cover of Viktor E. Frankl's 'Man's Search for Meaning' featuring a bird with a background of smokestacks emitting pollution and a bleak landscape, with the subtitle 'The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust' and mentioning 12 million copies sold.
  • Book cover titled 'Skunk Works' by Ben R. Rich and Leo Janos, featuring a stealth aircraft flying over the ocean.
  • Cover of the book titled "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History" by Elizabeth Kolbert, featuring a yellow skeleton of a rabbit with a fork in its mouth on a red background.
  • Book cover for 'All That She Carried' by Tiya Miles featuring a sepia-toned photograph of African American women working in a field, with green leaves at the top and a gold badge indicating a National Book Award Winner.
  • Book cover of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations featuring a close-up image of a classical bust of Marcus Aurelius with a bearded face and curly hair.
  • Book cover of 'Anna Karenina' by Leo Tolstoy with an artistic painting of a woman covering her face with her hand, wearing rings and a bracelet.
  • Book cover for 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' by Rebecca Skloot, featuring a stylized silhouette of a woman's profile with a city street scene and car beneath.
  • Book cover titled 'The Monk and the Philosopher' with a photo of two men, one older and one younger, smiling. The subtitle indicates a father and son discussing the meaning of life, written by Jean-François Revel and Matthieu Ricard, with a foreword by Jack Miles. There is a quote at the bottom from the San Francisco Chronicle about the book.
  • Book cover for 'Grying in the Puppets' by Michelle Zauner with red background and white strings hanging from black lines, resembling puppet strings.
  • Book cover titled 'How to Talk to a Science Denier' by Lee McIntyre, with the subtitle mentioning conversations with flat Earthers, climate deniers, and others who defy reason. The cover design features bold black and white shapes with red and black text.
  • World map with words related to global events of the last 10 years, including 'Prisoners of Geography' in large text, and a circle with the text 'The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller'.

Photo Album

  • Cooper at seven years old constructing a Technic truck model

    Cooper at seven years old constructing a Technic truck model.

  • During third grade, Cooper supports the CHAMPS program which trains mine detection dogs

    During third grade, Cooper supports the CHAMPS program which trains mine detection dogs.

  • Cooper is presented the 2024 Patients’ Welfare Association Special Achievement Award by the Hospital Social Services Office at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Cooper is presented the 2024 Patients’ Welfare Association Special Achievement Award by the Hospital Social Services Office at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

  • CHIEF OF NAVAL RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP AWARD of $15,000. Issued by Office of Naval Research on behalf of the United States Navy and Marine Corps

    CHIEF OF NAVAL RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP AWARD of $15,000. Issued by Office of Naval Research on behalf of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, May 2025.

  • ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY: STATICS & DYNAMICS Fourth Award.

    ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY: STATICS & DYNAMICS Fourth Award. Issued by Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, May 2025.

  • National JSHS Winner Engineering and Technology 2nd Place

    National JSHS Winner Engineering and Technology 2nd Place. Issued by Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) sponsored by the Department of Defense (DoD), Apr 2025.

  • Grateful to meet Congressman Jim Himes while receiving the Congressional Gold Medal

    Grateful to meet Congressman Jim Himes while receiving the Congressional Gold Medal.

  • Research Science Institute (RSI), sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and hosted at MIT.

    Research Science Institute (RSI), sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and hosted at MIT. Honored to stand with the RSI Class of 2025—100 student researchers from 37 states and 19 countries (June 22–Aug 2). My paper was selected for RSI’s Encore (top-10 oral presentations) at the final symposium.