Intel announces winners of ISEF

BANGALORE: The Intel Foundation announced the winners of the Intel Engineering and Science Fair (Intel ISEF), world's largest pre-college science competition. The top three winners received a scholarship of $50,000 and the fair was presented by Agilent Technologies.

Dayan Li of Greenbelt, Md., Philip Streich of Platteville, Wis., and Dmitry Vaintrob of Eugene, Ore., were selected from more than 1,500 young scientists from 51 countries, regions and territories for the three Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awards at Intel ISEF.

"These three winners and indeed, all 1,500 Intel ISEF participants represent some of the most innovative thinking around the world," said Craig Barrett, Intel chairman. "Intel ISEF is part of our company' commitment to foster young innovators like these who will one day transform the world in ways we can hardly imagine. I want to congratulate the winners on their very meaningful scientific accomplishments," he added.

In addition to the three Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award winners, more than 500 Intel ISEF participants received scholarships and prizes for their groundbreaking work. Intel awards included the 18 "Best of Category" winners, selected from the categories, who each received a $5,000 Intel scholarship and an Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology-based notebook.

Intel annually invests more than $100 million around the world, to improve the quality of education, particularly in the fields of math, science and technology. Since 1996, student participation in the fair has increased nearly by 40 percent, and the number of countries, regions and territories sending participants to the competition has increased by 70 percent.