Intel ISEF 2011
Top Winners Press Release
Full Listing of Grand Award Winners
Full Listing of Special Award Winners
Full 2011 Intel ISEF program
Intel ISEF 2011 Photo Album on Flickr
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Top Winners from 2011
Gordon E. Moore Award Winners of $75,000
- Matthew Troy Feddersen, 17, of Lafayette, California, United States
- Blake Marggraff , 18, of Lafayette, California, United States
Treatment of Simulated Cancer Cells with Compton Scattering-Produced Secondary Radiation
Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awards – $50,000 each
- Pornwasu Pongtheerawan, 16, Suratpittaya, Maung, Suratthani, Thailand
- Tanpitcha Phongchaipaiboon, 17, Suratpittaya School, Meung district, Suratthani, Thailand
- Arada Sungkanit, 17, Suratpittaya School, Meung district, Suratthani, Thailand
Bio-Based Packaging Plastics from Fish Scale
- Taylor Ramon Wilson, 17, of Reno, Nevada
Countering Nuclear Terrorism: Novel Active and Passive Techniques for Detecting Nuclear Threats
2011 Alumni Updates
We welcome and encourage updates on alumni from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in 2011; please contact us with information.
In 2011, more than 1,500 young scientists were chosen to compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
They were selected from 443 affiliate fairs in 65 countries, regions and territories. 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 to the affiliated fair they represent.
The following lists the 17 Best of Category winners from which the top three were chosen:
| Category | Name | City | State/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Sciences | Adrienne McColl | San Pedro | California |
| Behavioral and Social Sciences | Andrew Kim | Athens | Georgia |
| Biochemistry | Dianna Hu | Dix Hills | New York |
| Cellular and molecular Biology | Nithin Tumma | Fort Gratiot | Michigan |
| Chemistry | Raghavendra Ramachanderan | Chennai | India |
| Computer Science | Lai Xue | Chengdu | China |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | Jane Cox | Provo | Utah |
| Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical | Demitri Hopkins Forrest Betton Eric Thomas |
Tigard
Beaverton |
Oregon |
| Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering | Samantha Marquez | Midlothian | Virginia |
| Energy and Transportation | Nathan Kondamuri | Dyer | Indiana |
| Environmental Management | Pornwasu Pongtheerawan Tanpitcha Phongchaipaiboon Arada Sungkanit |
Meung | Thailand |
| Environmental Sciences | Jinyoung Seo Dongju Shin |
Go-Yang City Seoul |
South Korea |
| Mathematical Sciences | Matthew Bauerle | Fenton | Michigan |
| Medicine and Health | Matthew Feddersen Blake Marggraff |
Lafayette | California |
| Microbiology | Erica Portnoy | Dix Hills | New York |
| Physics and Astronomy | Taylor Wilson | Reno | Nevada |
| Plant Sciences | Kira Powell | Odessa | Washington |
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