Yorktown High School Students Win Prizes, Awards at International Science and Engineering Fair

Five students recently presented their science research projects at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in Pittsburgh, PA. Two of the students won second and third place awards.

The top 13 projects out of 320 projects at the Westchester Science and Engineering Fair (WESEF) had the chance to represent our region at the Fair. The Intel ISEF is the larger and more global of the two Intel sponsored events as it brings together 1,500 science fair winners from every state in the United States as well as students from 60 countries to compete for prizes and scholarships. 

Over the course of a week, students presented their research and winners shared more than $3 million in awards during a May 18 ceremony. 

The WESEF finalists from who represented our region at the Intel ISEF were:

• Laura Anderson (Yorktown)
• Priya Mohindra (Yorktown)
• Frank Cao and Lily Cao (Yorktown)
• Kathleen Mavrommatis (Yorktown)

Westchester Finalists Awards:

• Priya Mohindra (Yorktown) Novel Strategies for the PET Imaging of Colorectal Cancer Using the A33 Antibody: Total winnings of $14,000, 2nd place in Biochemistry -$1,500   

Special awards: AVASC (Chetty Foundation) award $500 and China association for science & technology $3,000 and Army research award $1,000 and Navy research award $8,000

• Laura Anderson (Yorktown) The Effect of Group Therapy on Communication in Aphasia: 3rd place in Behavioral Science $1,000

Other WESEF Finalists Awards:

• Pamela Bernstein and Amanda Bernstein (Ossining): Navy team award and trip to London $4,000 and Society for Freshwater Science award $200
• Amelia Clements (Ossining): American Horticultural Society award $250
• Katie Mangialardi (Ossining): 3rd place in Behavioral Science $1,000 and American Psychological Association award $500
• Catie Conte and Adam Illowsky (Ossining): 3rd place in Behavioral Science -$1,000    
• Maite Antola (Ossining): 4th place in Biochemistry $500  
• Matthew Bruck (Fox Lane): 2nd place in Cell/Molecular Biology $1,500 
• Bayley Meichner (Somers): Society of experimental test pilots award $500

Click here to read more about ISEF in ScienceNews.

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Thanks to Michael Blueglass, a science teacher at , director of the school’s Science Research Program and WESEF director, for the submission. If you'd like to post your own announcements, click here.

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