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Dr. Mark Tschopp, a materials engineer at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, poses with a fourth grade class at Homestead-Wakefield Elementary School in Abingdon, Md., April 7, 2017. Courtesy photo

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Dr. Mark Tschopp, a materials engineer at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, poses with a fourth grade class at Homestead-Wakefield Elementary School in Abingdon, Md., April 7, 2017. Courtesy photo

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