5/17/13 - ISEF winners
"The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), the world's largest international pre-college science competition, provides an annual forum for more than 1,500 high school students from over 70 countries, regions, and territories to showcase their independent research as they compete for more than $3 million annually. The Intel ISEF is the premier global science competition for students in grades 9 to 12."
please congratulate the students who placed at ISEF
Chemistry - Third Award
Design and Synthesis of Novel Tetraphenylporphyrin-based Metal-Organic Frameworks for Photodynamic Therapy and Drug Delivery
Landon Yates Carter, 16, North Carolina School of Science
and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina
Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering - Fourth Award
Evaluation of Polyvinyl-Alcohol Polymers as an Effective Shielding Mechanism Against Ionizing Radiation
Induced Degradation in COTS Microcontroller Devices
Christopher Louis Panuski, 18, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina
Energy and Transportation - Fourth Award
Novel Fe2O3 and Sulfur Catalyzed Rocket Propellants: A Synergistic Approach to the Sorbitol “Flushing” Phenomenon
Parth Chetan Thakker, 16, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina