Islamabad Two dynamic young girls, Ambreen Bibi and Mehwish Ghafoor, won a third place grand award in the field of Environmental Sciences at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a programme of Society for Science and the Public.
They received the award and $1,000 for developing a treatment that utilises nanotechnology to make polluted water drinkable. These girls are the students of Federal Government Women College, Sector G-10/4, who have been selected for the Intel International Science Fair and managed to bring laurels for the country.
This year, more than 1,500 young entrepreneurs, innovators and scientists were selected to compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the world s largest high school science research competition. They were selected from 443 affiliate fairs in 65 countries, regions and territories, included for the first time France, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Macao SAR of the People s Republic of China. Matthew Feddersen and Blake Marggraff from Lafayette, Calif, were awarded the top prize.
They received $75,000 and the Gordon E. Moore Award, in honour of the Intel co-founder and retired chairman and CEO, for developing a potentially more effective and less expensive cancer treatment that places tin metal near a tumour before radiation therapy.
Taylor Wilson from Reno, Nevada was named an Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award winner and received $50,000. Taylor developed one of the lowest dose and highest sensitivity interrogation systems for countering nuclear terrorism. The team of Pornwasu Pongtheerawan, Arada Sungkanit and Tanpitcha Phongchaipaiboon from Thailand also received an Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award. This team determined that a gelatine found in fish scales could be successfully used in modern day food packaging an invention that could have positive, long-term effects for the environment. We champion the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair because we believe that math and science are imperative for innovation, said Naveed Siraj, Country Manager, Intel Pakistan. This global competition features youth trying to solve the world s most pressing challenges through science. In addition to the winners mentioned above, more than 400 finalists received awards and prizes for their groundbreaking work. Awards included 17 Best of Category winners who each received a $5,000 prize.
The Intel Foundation also awarded a $1,000 grant to each winner s school and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair-affiliated fair they represent. Society for Science & the Public, a non-profit organisation dedicated to public engagement in scientific research and education, owns and has administered the International Science and Engineering Fair since its inception in 1950. We congratulate the top winners for having the drive and curiosity to tackle these significant scientific questions, said Elizabeth Marincola, president of Society for Science and the Public. Their work, and the work of all of the finalists at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, demonstrates what students can accomplish when they are inspired to pursue inquiry-based research. The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair finalists are evaluated onsite by hundreds of judges from nearly every scientific discipline, each with a PhD or the equivalent of six years of related professional experience in one of the scientific disciplines.The news Schoolgirls bring laurels to country
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