Winner Announcement Intel ISEF 2009 Grand Awards Ceremony Reno, Nevada, USA – Society for Science & the Public, in partnership with the Intel Foundation, today presented Grand Awards at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2009. Student winners are ninth through twelfth graders who earned the right to compete by winning a top prize at a local, regional, state or national science fairs.
The highlight of the week: the Intel ISEF Grand Awards are valued at nearly $1 million in scholarships, tuition grants and scientific field trips. The International Science and Engineering Fair is sponsored by Intel and has been administered by Society for Science & the Public (SSP) since its inception in 1950. SSP is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the public engagement in scientific research and education. SSP’s vision is to promote the understanding and appreciation of science and the vital role it plays in human advancement: to inform, educate, inspire. More information can be found at www.societyforscience.org.
MINNESOTA WINNERS: Medicine and Health Sciences Presented by National Institutes of Health Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and a new laptop powered by an Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. 1^st Place Stephen Trusheim, Breck School “Engineering and Validating Predictive Infection Surveillance Strategies for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus” 2^nd Place Catherine Ishitani, Mayo High School “Why Your Arteries Care About PAPP-A: PAPP-A Enhances Smooth Muscle Cell Hyperplasia” Mathematical Sciences Presented by Intel Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and a new laptop powered by an Intel® Core™2 Duo processor. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. 3^rd Place Martin Camacho, Central High School, St. Paul “Sequences of Reducible 0,1 Polynomials” Team Projects Presented by Science News Intel will present Best of Category Winners with a $5,000 award and a new laptop powered by an Intel® Core™2 Duo processor. Additionally, a $1,000 grant will be given to their school and the Intel ISEF Affiliated Fair they represent. 4^th Place Benedict Scheuer & Bethany Rosemore, Cloquet Senior High “The Influence of Temperature Differentiation on Embryo Female-to-Male Sex Reversal in Medaka Fish, Oryzias latipes”