Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)
Intel ISEF is the world's largest pre-college celebration of science. Held annually in May, the Intel ISEF brings together more than 1,400 students from 40 nations to compete for scholarships, tuition grants, internships, scientific field trips, and the grand prize: a $50,000 college scholarship. The 2005 event was held this year (May 8-14, 2005) in Phoenix, Arizona.
The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) and the American Physical Society (APS) have been active participants in ISEF by sponsoring prizes and providing judges.
Top award winners received a monetary award, as well as a one-year AAPT membership, a one-year APS student membership, a certificate from both AAPT and APS, as well as subscriptions to AAPT and APS journals. Each sponsoring teacher of a student who received an AAPT and APS award also received a certificate.
Intel ISEF 2005 Contest Winners
The list of top winners and the titles of their projects in the category of Physics Discipline for Special Awards are provided below.
First Place Award of $3,000
Raising the Rayleigh Number: Plumes and Circulation in Turbulent Thermal Convection
Meredith Ann MacGregor, 16, Fairview High School, Boulder, CO
Second Place Award of $2,000
Ultrasonic Detector for Gas Chromatography
Mario Chemnitz, 18, Paul-Gerhardt-Gymnasium Graefenhainichen, Graefenhainichen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Third Place Award of $1,000
Consumable Oil Encapsulated Spheroids (COES): Discovery and Applications
Michael J. Pizer, 16, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Certificate of Honorable Mention
Characterization of Nanoscale Structures on Semiconductor: A Novel Technique in Fabrication of Nanowires Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Zihao Richard Zhang, 17, West Shore High School, Melbourne, FL
Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Germanium Manganese Thin Film Semiconductors
Lynwood James Walker Jr., 17, Hahnville High School, Boutte, LA
Development of a Helium Neon Laser-Based Optical Spanner
Anirudh Venkat Ramesh, 17, Sachem High School East, Farmingville, NY; Yaagnik Doraiswamy Kosuri, 18, Sachem High School East, Farmingville, NY
Contact Information
For further information about the competition, or for rules and entry forms for 2006, please contact:
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)
Science Service Inc.
1710 N Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 785-2255Lists of winners from previous years are also provided on the Science Service website.
