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More than 1,500 bright kids from 47 countries are in the Duke City to compete for $4 million in scholarships and prizes and have a week of science fun at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

The Tribune met with five of them from our hometown to see what it's all about.

See what they said today through Friday.

Name: Susannah Clary

Age: 16

School: Los Lunas High School

Grade: Junior

Title of project: "Gender Determination of Pacific and Atlantic Salmon for Improved Management of Endangered and Threatened Stocks."

Say that in English: I developed a new way to detect gender of Atlantic and Pacific salmon without killing them. It's a head-length, body-length ratio, and I have a patent on it. I'm known as "the fish girl." It's important to save the species, because they've had a 90 percent decrease in the population.

Favorite area of science: I have two - I like Arctic biology and aerospace engineering. They're kind of opposite.

What's cool about those areas: I like Arctic biology because it involves a lot of wildlife and a lot of fieldwork. I like aerospace because I like flying, space and building things.

Best way to blow off steam: I do body building and I work on trucks. Working on trucks is more dominant. I like making them sound good, run really fast and look great. I like getting dirty.

Favorite brain food: Elk steak. Me and my family go hunting a lot, and we have a freezer full of all kinds of meat.

Scientist role model: Albert Einstein, physicist.

If you could ask that role model one thing, what would it be: What made him inspired to come up with his concepts? What made him come up with something nobody else knew about?

Dream job: I want to work for NASA someday. I want to be one of their top aerospace engineers.