Special Awards Presented to Finalists
of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (2007)
The Ashtavadhani Vidwan Ambati Subbaraya Chetty (AVASC) Foundation presented
10 awards at the 2007 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) for projects displaying outstanding creativity, ingenuity with the potential to alleviate the human condition or marking a substantive advance in the scientific field.
First prize awards of a $1,000 U.S. Savings Bond:
A Novel Design for Magnetic Levitating Seismograph
Rishin
Behl, 17, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Mumbai, India
Development of an
Anticancer Drug Delivery System: A Novel Strategy for the Delivery of
Therapeutic Macromolecules
Shivani Sud, 16, Charles Jordan High
School, Durham, NC
Second prize awards of $500 U.S. Savings Bond:
An Extra Spin on Nerve Regeneration: Synthesis of an Electrospun Spinal
Cord Nerve Conduit
Amardeep Singh Grewal, 17, Detroit Country Day
School, Beverly Hills, Michigan
Targeting TRAF Proteins as an
Anti-tumor Strategy
Yi Cai, 18, DuPont High School, Louisville, KY
Corrosion Mitigation Using Thin-Film Coatings of Polyelectrolye
Multilayers
Samantha Kay Lawrence, 18, Christian Heritage High
School, Riverdale, UT
Catalytic Enhancement of Ethanol
Electro-oxidation by Nano-Ceria/Platinum Composite Electrodes
Avni
Solanki, 17, Lake Brantley High School, Altamonte Springs, FL
D.
bipinnata as an Eco-Friendly Termicide
Vaishnavi Viswanathan, 14,
Modern English School, Mumbai, India
String Topology BV Algebra,
Hochschild Cohomology and the Goldman Bracket on Surfaces
Dmitry
Vaintrob, 18, South Eugene High School, Eugene, OR
Cyanobacterial
Fuel Cells: Conversion of Light Energy into Electricity by Coupling
Photosynthetic carbon dioxide Sequestration with Respiration in a Fuel Cell
Kartik Madiraju, 17, Marianopolis College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Investigation of the Structural Properties of a 3-D Biological Photonic
Crystal
Lauren Rose Richey, 18, Springville High School,
Springville, UT
