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Science Fair winners receive awards at International Science & Engineering Fair in Phoenix, AZ.

 

In a total of two award ceremonies, 6 student projects (7 students) from the Detroit Metro area and the State of Michigan won ten prestigious awards at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in Phoenix, AZ. These special awards were presented on May 16-17, 2013 and consisted of key awards from scientific, professional and educational organizations, governmental organizations, and overall category awards.

 

Michael  Shao, 16, Detroit Country Day Upper School, Beverly Hills, Michigan 
Project title:  “Toward Understanding the Neural Circuitry Regulating Cold Sensitivity in c. elegans”

Animals Science Category Award, First Place Award of $3,000

Animals Science Category Award, Best of Category Award of $5,000 plus $1,000 to the school and $1,000 to the Michigan Science Fair

 

 

Guangning An, 16 and Yu Tang, 17, (Team Project),  International Academy, Troy, Michigsn

Project Title:  “MiR17-92 Cluster in Axons Promotes Axonal Outgrowth”

            Biochemistry Category Award, Third Place Award of $1,000

 

 

Gagan Ajay Gupta, 17, Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Project Title:  “Folding and Unfolding of Serum Albumin Proteins with Two-Photon Fluorescence Spectroscopy”

Chemistry Category Award, Fourth Place Award of $500

            National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Third Place Award of $1,000

 

Anuush Krishna Vejalla, 14, Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Michigan. 
Project Title: “The Toxin in Rice – Arsenic in Our Food”

Environmental Sciences Category Award, Third Place Award of $1,000

Ashtavadhani Vidwan Ambati Subbaraya Chetty Foundation, Second Place Award of $500                        US Savings Bond

 

 

Akhil Nistala, 17, Novi High School, Novi, Michigan. 
Project Title: “Matching Preclusion and Conditional Matching Preclusion for Dual-Cubes”

Mathematical Sciences Category Award, Second Place Award of $1,500

American Mathematical Society,  Certificate of Honorable Mention

 

 

Jay Harshad Mehta, 17, Port Huron Northern High School, Port Huron, Michigan. 
Project Title: “A Novel Cancer-Tailored Targeted Drug Delivery System”

Medicine and Health Category Award, Third Place Award of $1,000

 

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