Intel Science Talent Search Finalists Named
Intel invests more than $100 million annually to improve education around the world and inspire and celebrate student success. The STS, sponsored by Intel since 1998, is America’s oldest, most highly regarded pre-college science competition. Alumni of the program hold more than 100 of the world’s most coveted science and math honors, including six Nobel Prizes, three National Medals of Science, 10 MacArthur Foundation Fellowships and two Fields Medals.
“While as a nation we continue to struggle to improve science and math education, these students give us hope for our future,” said Intel Chairman Craig Barrett. “Their grounding in science and math will help them make the right decisions in their professional careers whether they provide answers to some of science’s grand challenges or help guide the political and economic decisions that shape the 21st century.”
About the Finalists
Selected from among 300 semifinalists, the finalists range in age from 16 to 18. They represent 19 states, with New York boasting the most finalists (13) followed by Maryland with four, and California and Illinois with three each. Utah is sending its first finalist since 1994; Shannon Babb of Highland earned the opportunity to compete with a six-month longitudinal water quality study of the Spanish Fork River drainage system. Lucas Moller of Moscow, Idaho, the first finalist from that state in more than 15 years, has examined the micromechanics of Mars’ dust, which may one day help facilitate safe planetary exploration by humans.
The finalists will meet at the Science Talent Institute in Washington, D.C., March 9-14 where they will interact with top scientists and participate in rigorous judging sessions. The wide-ranging student projects on display at the National Academy of Sciences will include research examining human audio processing, which can be applied to speech recognition technology and cochlear implants; a study of mosquito-borne equine illnesses; development and optimization of a remotely piloted Micro Air Vehicle; and a new method for determining the age and mass of brown dwarf stars.
This year’s diverse group of finalists, 17 females and 23 males, includes two patent holders, a published author, a certified medical response technician, a spelunker and three Eagle Scouts. In addition to a pursuit of scientific excellence, 76 percent of this year’s finalists play a musical instrument, 63 percent are fluent in a language other than English, 41 percent work on their school newspapers, and five students have perfect scores on the new three-part Scholastic Aptitude Test.
The Awards
The top prize in the Intel STS is a $100,000 college scholarship. The second-place finalist receives a $75,000 scholarship, and the third-place finalist receives a $50,000 scholarship. Fourth- through sixth-place finalists are each awarded $25,000 scholarships, and seventh- through 10th-place winners receive a $20,000 scholarship. The remaining 30 finalists each receive a $5,000 scholarship. In addition to the all-expense-paid trip to Washington, all students attending the competition receive an Intel? Centrino™ mobile technology-based notebook computer. Winners will be announced at a black tie gala on March 14.
Science Service is the nonprofit organization which has administered the Science Talent Search since its inception in 1942. The mission of Science Service is to advance the understanding and appreciation of science. In addition to its education programs, Science Service publishes the weekly magazine Science News. For more information on Science Service, visit www.sciserv.org.
Intel’s long-standing commitment to education is fueled by its mission to invest not only in its business and industry, but in the future of young people. Through education programs such as the Intel STS, Intel works to inspire and educate children in communities around the world in the areas of science, mathematics and engineering. For more information, visit www.intel.com/education.
Intel Science Talent Search 2006 Finalists
State
Finalist Hometown
Student
School
Alabama
Florence
Jennifer Taylor
Florence High School
California
Palos Verdes Estates
Genevieve Williams
Redondo Union High School
San Diego
Michael Viscardi
Josan Academy
San Jose
Yi Sun
The Harker School
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Adam Sidman
William J. Palmer High School
Connecticut
South Glastonbury
Kiran Pendri
Choate Rosemary Hall
Westport
Jonathan Sellon
Staples High School
Florida
Coral Springs
Shoshana Tell
Pine Crest School
Idaho
Moscow
Lucas Moller
Moscow High School
Illinois
Chicago
Letian Zhang
Illinois Math & Science Academy
Geneva
Xin Wang
Illinois Math & Science Academy
Northbrook
Sukrit Ranjan
Glenbrook North High School
Louisiana
Slidell
Kate Lowry
Louisiana School for Math, Science & the Arts
Maryland
Baltimore
Myers Davis
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Clarksville
Jeffrey Xing
River Hill High School
Rockville
Yuan Zhang
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring
Minh-Phuong Huynh-Le
Montgomery Blair High School
Massachusetts
Wellesley
Kimberly Scott
Wellesley High School
Michigan
Northville
John Zhou
Detroit Country Day School
North Carolina
Pinehurst
Evan Gawlik
Texas Academy of Mathematics & Science
New York
Armonk
Joseph Vellone
Byram Hills High School
Bedford
Allison Gardner
Byram Hills High School
Bellmore
Adam Solomon
John F. Kennedy High School
Centereach
Irina Zaitseva
Centereach High School
East Setauket
Jerrold Lieblich
Ward Melville High School
East Setauket
Harley Zhang
Ward Melville High School
Highland
David Kelley
Highland High School
Merrick
Brittany Russo
Sanford H. Calhoun High School
New York
Sarah Rapoport
Horace Mann School
Northport
Eric Meyerowitz
Northport High School
Port Washington
Carmiel Schickler
Paul D. Schreiber High School
Suffern
Sheela Krishnan
Suffern High School
Syosset
Diane Choi
Syosset High School
Ohio
Bellbrook
John Moore
Dayton Christian High School
Oregon
Portland
Elyse Hope
Oregon Episcopal School
West Linn
Sergio-Francis Zenisek
Oregon Episcopal School
Utah
Highland
Shannon Babb
American Fork High School
Virginia
Oakton
Justin Solomon
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
Washington
Shoreline
Anna Mork
Shorewood High School
Wisconsin
Appleton
Nicholas Wage
Appleton High School East
For biographies on the 40 finalists, visit www.sciserv.org/sts/65sts/finalists.asp.
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