Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Winners from Southern California
OCSC board member, Bill Borges, just returned from Pittsburgh, PA, the host city for this year’s
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF). Although this was his fourth year
as a Grand Award Judge in the Environmental Management category, he says he’s “even more
in awe and amazement at the quality of research and real-world problem solving being done by
some of the brightest high school students in the world”.
The Intel ISEF, the world's largest international pre-college science competition, provides an
annual forum for more than 1,500 high school students from nearly 70 countries, regions, and
territories to showcase their independent research as they compete for well over $3 million
annually. The Intel ISEF is the premier global science competition for students in grades 9–12.
Here is a press release for Intel ISEF’s Grand Award winners:
http://www.societyforscience.org/document.doc?id=385
In particular, special congratulations go out to this year’s winners from southern California,
including Orange County’s own Kevin K. Lee, 15, a student at University High School in Irvine.
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Fourth Award – Role of the Basal Forebrain in Mediating Selective Attention, Apoorva
Mylavarapu, 15, Torrey Pines High School, Encinitas, California
Chemistry
Second Award – Fabrication and Manipulation of One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals, Michael
Leonard Janner, 16, Redlands East Valley High School, Redlands, California
Materials and Bioengineering
Second Award – Effects of Polycaprolactone and UV Treated Poly (Methyl Methacrylate)
Electrospun Fibers on Osteogenic Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells, Manita Singh, 17,
Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, California
Medicine and Health Sciences
First Award – Utility of the Spatial Peaks QRS-T Angle in Distinguishing Left Ventricular
Hypertrophy from Athletic Heart Syndrome, Kevin K. Lee, 15, University High School, Irvine,
California
Microbiology
First Award – Creation of Alginate Microparticles as a Novel Drug Delivery Vehicle, Melissa
Rachel Fagan, 17, San Diego Jewish Academy, San Diego, California
Second Award – Saving Citrus Trees: Serological Detection of Bacteria Associated with Citrus
Greening Disease, Year Two, Nehaly Manoj Shah, 16, Martin Luther King High School,
Riverside, California
Third Award – Bacterial Biofilms Are Influenced by Beta-Lactam Antibiotics, Kathleen Rose
Maguire, 18, Marlborough School, Los Angeles, California
Plant Sciences
Fourth Award – Novel Genes and Mutations in Arabidopsis thaliana, Ashley Marie Bianco, 17,
River Springs Charter School, Temecula, California