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Advanced microscope arrives at Sunset

Eric Ufer, whose son Isaac attended Sunset High, helped spearhead a community partnership that has resulted in obtaining a scanning electron microscope (SEM) for the school’s STEM Center (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).

L-R: Sabrina Ufer, Eric Ufer, Sarah Ufer, Erik Sanchez, Sunset Principal John Huelskamp

Ufer is the owner of Pest Solutions, and while doing some work for PSU Professor of Physics Erik Sanchez, the two formed a great relationship that has included organizing various school science classes, and arranging for technology professionals to visit Erik and his labs. Ufer’s daughter Sabrina, a senior at St. Mary’s, had the opportunity to intern in his lab. Sanchez is pleased to donate some of his surplus equipment to various schools.

ESI, a local high-tech company located on Science Park Drive near the school, agreed to arrange for transport of the equipment, and it was delivered on Friday, September 30. Ufer’s younger daughter Sarah, an eighth grader at Rachel Carson Environmental School is also interested in science and wants to study childhood cancers, a disease that took the life of Sunset student Nathalie Traller last year and incoming freshman Sam Day this year.

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