Beaverton Students Successful In Los Angeles At Intel ISEF

Seven Beaverton School District high school students recently competed in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) in Los Angeles, CA.Forrest Betton, Eric Thomas and Demitri Hopkins, from Merlo Station High School were awarded a Best of Category prize in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering for their project - Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Focused with Electrostatic Focusing Lenses. The three will split $5,000 for their Best of Category win. They also each won a 1st Place Grand Award in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering for their project. That award came with a $3,000 prize for the team. The team met with President Obama on February 18, 2011 when he visited Intel.

The ISEF program is the world’s largest international pre-college science competition and is the premier global science competition for students in grades 9-12. More than 1,600 high school students from 65 countries, regions, and territories will display their independent research and compete for more than $4 million in awards and prizes. Team Oregon won a total of 18 special awards and 11 category awards. Students representing the Beaverton School District and Team Oregon are:

• Forrest Betton, Eric Thomas and Demitri Hopkins, Merlo Station High School - Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner, First Place Award of $3,000 - Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Focused with Electrostatic Focusing Lenses
• Naomi Shah, Sunset High School - American Statistical Association $500 award, Office of Naval Research on behalf of the United States Navy and Marine Corps $8,000 award, Oregon Institute of Technology $5,000 award, Environmental Sciences First Award of $3,000 - An Experimental Study of the Impact of Airborne Pollutants on the Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF) Rate of Asthmatic Subjects
• Teja Reddy, Merlo Station High School - Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the United States Air Force $1,500 award - Is SS31 a potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease?
• Brian Graham, Southridge High School - Astronomical Society of the Pacific and the American Astronomical Society, European Organization for Nuclear Research-CERN, Oregon Institute of Technology $5,000 award - The Effect of Tracking Error on the Measurement Exoplanet Light Curves
• Sarah Hays - Sunset High School - Improved Root Canal Therapy: Is There a Synergistic Effect When Bioactive Glass and Chlorhexidine Are Combined?

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