Ontario Success at Intel ISEF 2010

Congratulations to 6 of Ontario’s finest young innovators for their fantastic showing at the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. The event was held in San Jose from May 9^th - 14^th.

Dheevesh Arulmani (14), a winner at Peel Region’s Regional Science Fair, from Gordon Graydon Memorial Secondary School was awarded prizes in two categories. For his project, “Bio-Inspired Photonic Fuel Cell”, Dheevesh won Google’s  The Future of Energy Award in the Special Awards category, and the Energy and Transportation Second Award in the Grand Awards category.

Adelina Corina Cozma (14), a winner at York Region’s Sci-Tech Fair, also won awards in both categories. In the Special Awards category, Adelina won the American Psychological Association First Award, the Illinois Institute of Technology’s First Award for excellence in Behavioral Social Science, and the Psi Chi, International Honor Society in Psychology’s First Award. In the Grand Awards category, Adelina’s project won her the Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award. Her project is titled, “Slow It Down to Speed It Up: Breaking through the Window of Autism”. Adelina attends Bayview Secondary School in Richmond Hill.

Vivian Wingsee Leung (17), of Abbey Park High School in Oakville, won the National Anti-Vivisection Society Second Award for her project “Morphological and Functional Characterization of Lower Female Genital Tract Epithelial Cell Cultures in Different Growth Conditions”.

Emma Jean Graham (16), a winner at the Ottawa Regional Science Fair, from Lisgar Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, won the Environmental Management Fourth Award for her project “Novel Synthesis: Imidacloprid CYP450 Pesticide Synergist from Dill Lowers Surface Runoff Toxicity”.

And finally, the team of Vivienne Hui Xien Tam (17) and Janelle Hui Min Tam (14), both from Waterloo Collegiate Institute, with their project, “Mini Magnetic Muck Managers” won the Team Projects Third Award in the Grand Awards category.

ISEF gathers the world’s most creative, intelligent, and resourceful high school students from over 50 countries, to compete for more than $3 million in awards and scholarships. This year, Intel ISEF assembled more than 1,500 finalists and 1,200 judges for the world’s largest pre-college science fair.  To find out more about the event, link their website link http://www.isef2010sanjose.org/.