Nathan Han, the 15 years old boy from Boston has been awarded first place for a machine learning software that he made for study mutations of a gene, it is linked to breast cancer, he was awarded first price in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a program organized for the students of Science and the public.
He used data that is publicly available, Han worked in depth on characteristics of multiple mutations of BRCA1 tumor suppressor gene to teach his software to compare between mutations and to find the cause of that disease. the range of accuracy of his software is upto 81% and can be enhanced to become more accurate to identify the cancer threats from BRCA1 genne mutations. Han has been awarded with 75,000 USDs, the Gordon E.Moore award, in the honor of the Intel co-founder and fellow scientist.
Lennar Kleinwort, also a 15 years old boy from Germany received one of two Intel Foundation Youngest Scientist Award of $50,000 USDs, Kleinwort developed a new tool related to mathematics for tablets and smartphones that enhanced the capabilities of the handheld devices that earlier required more expensive and sophisticated computing tools. His app is going to help users to design draw curves and lines aswell as geometric figures on the touchscreen and monitor the render of the system into shapes and equations that can be manipulated at all.
Shannon Xinjing Lee, the 17 years old girl from Singapore received the other last IFYS Award of 50,000 USDs for making a novel electrocatalyst that can be used for batteries as an advancement in the future. Researchers have been looking for a way to make rechargeable batteries practical with zinc-air, as they would be safer and lighter in weight and will be able to handle and consume six times the energy density of lithium ion batteries, this will make the hybrid cars more better in fact much more better. Lee activated carbon catalyst, which is made with carbonized eggplant of China, greatly performed very well a very sophisticated commercial catalyst in stability and longevity tests and friendly with environment and less expensive to produce.
“The world eagerly deserves more scientists, creators and entrepreneurs to go ahead, improve economic growth and solve pressing global challenges,” Wendy Hawkins said, Intel’s executive director. “Young people are the key to innovation, that is what Intel believes, and they think that this will inspire the students of the rest of the world too and get them involved in the field of technology, science, math and engineering, the foundation of creativity.”
In present year, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair featured over 1,700 young scientists chosen from 435 affiliate fairs in over 70 countries, regions and territories, except those top selectors, the other over 500 finalists received different awards and prizes for their innovative research, including “Best Of Category” winners, each of them received $5k prize from Intel, The Intel Foundation awarded $1k to each winner’s school and to the affiliated fair they represent. Also, the Intel Foundation presented experiential awards to the selected number of students, which includes the new 11-day trip to China to take in part to the country’s largest competition in national science, negotiate with researchers at Intel’s lab in Shanghai, and to take a survey of Panda Research Base in Chengdu.
The list of finalists (as a whole) is available in the event program. The Intel Science and Engineering Fair 2014 is funded by Intel jointly and the additional awards and support by the Intel Foundation from so many other corporate, governmental, academic and science focused organizations. In present year, over $5 million was awarded.
