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Five Egyptian Winners Compete At The Intel International Science And Engineering Fair In Los Angeles For More Than $4 Million Total Prizes
Published May 11, 2011
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Five proud Egyptian winners receive the opportunity to travel to compete in the world’s largest high school science research competition, Intel’s International Science and Engineering Fair 2011 taking place in Los Angeles.
Intel’s International Science and Engineering Fair 2011 is a program of Society for Science & the Public. More than 1,500 high school students selected from 443 affiliate fairs in 65 countries, regions and territories will share ideas, showcase cutting-edge research and inventions, and compete for more than $4 million in awards. Europe, Middle, East and Africa (EMEA) will be well represented with 198 participants from 33 countries.
Intel’s International Science and Engineering Fair will be an opportunity to meet and speak to the finalists. Each of these students earned top honors at local and regional competitions before being selected as finalists for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
“The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair is not only an opportunity for our Egyptian youth to come together and showcase the quality and depth of their scientific research, but it also gives them the chance to share their passion with peers and to be rewarded for their intellectual curiosity. They are the best ambassadors for math, sciences and technology,” said Nihal Abbas, Intel Egypt Corporate Affair Manager.
This year’s finalists’ research projects include such topics as earthquake detection, oil spill cleanup, energy-efficient wind turbine technology, response technology for natural disasters such as tsunamis, Alzheimer’s research, and alternative chemotherapy treatments. The competing Egyptian projects are:
1. Student: Abdul-Rahman Ahmed Kareem
Manor House School
Age: 18
Project:
Abdul-Rahman used N13, a changeable substance that explodes when subjected to any frequency, in car engines. Fossil fuels used in vehicles, which are expensive and damaging to the environment, are here replaced by N13 after making some amendments to car engines. He made amendments to the engine of a motorbike and proved that this fuel worked efficiently there. Now he is working to develop the car injection system so that this fuel can be used in cars. N13 is inexpensive and does not pollute the environment.
2. Student: Yomna Yasser Mohammed
Quadah Leaders American School
Age: 17
Project:
Yomna extracted biodiesel from Jatropha oil and found the best profitable ratios of potassium hydroxide and Methanol, the substances used in the chemical reaction to produce biodiesel. She conducted 110 experiments on these substances to find the best mixing ratios and the best ways to produce this fuel so that it can be used as a substitute for biofuels. Jatropha seeds can be planted in the Egyptian desert and no processed water is required because the plant grows on unprocessed water and so growing Jatropha is not a burden to the state. With the utilization of the desert for this purpose, Egypt will be floating on an oilfield.
3. Student: Mohammed Mahdi el-Beltagi
Hamzah Language Experimental School
Age: 16
Project:
Mohammed used the GPS system to track stolen cars. Criminals can be reached in a record time.
4. Student: Sarah Mohammad Samir
Al-Raml Secondary School
Age: 16
Project:
Sarah studied the impact of negative memories on the performance of the individual and how these memories can be used to adjust the performance. She designed some cards and video clips for this purpose. The individual is shown these images and asked to answer certain questions to help determine his performance.
5. Student: Ahmed Hassan Hussein
Mubarak Secondary School/Boys
Age: 16
Project:
Ahmed built a reactor that helps increase the production of hydrogen from termites. While hydrogen is used as a source of energy, the waste produced by the termites can be used as soil fertilizer. Rice straw, which causes biological disasters in Egypt, can be used as food for the termites. The student got the idea for this project last year when he was trying to produce a paint to help eliminate termites. While doing a research on termites, he found that these can be useful.
Top prizes include the $75,000 Gordon E. Moore Award given by the Intel Foundation in honor of the Intel co-founder and retired chairman and CEO. Two additional top winning projects will receive Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awards of $50,000 each; more than $4 million total prizes are also up for grabs.
CEO of DreamWorks Animation Jeffrey Katzenberg, will keynote the opening ceremony, which will celebrate the achievements of the young scientists from around the world that are gathered in Los Angeles for the competition. In addition, Katzenberg will keynote the opening ceremony; Society for Science & the Public President Elizabeth Marincola will speak at the awards gala; Shelly Esque, vice president of Intel's Corporate Affairs Group and Wendy Hawkins, executive director of the Intel Foundation, will also be available for comment.
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