Here are the 2013 Intel ISEF award winners from Team Oregon. These students won trips to Sweden, Czech Republic, Italy and Taiwan as well as $220,250 in awards and scholarships. Twelve of the 22 projects representing 13 of the 24 finalists earned awards.

Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award

All-expense-paid trip awarded to three finalists to attend
the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar (SIYSS) (www.fuf.org/siyss/),
which includes attendance at the Nobel Prize ceremonies, in Stockholm, Sweden.
The Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award is a multi-disciplinary seminar
highlighting some of the most remarkable achievements by young scientists from
around the world. The students have the opportunity to visit scientific
institutes, attend the Nobel lectures and press conferences, learn more about
Sweden and experience the extravagance of the Nobel festivities. Valid passport
required for travel.

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Analysis of Fel d 1 Allergen Transcripts in Felis catus Saliva
using Reverse Transcription Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-qPCR)

Team Oregon's 22 projects brought home 29 awards from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix Arizona last week. Three were judged Best in their category and four international trips were awarded. Excellent job by our 24 competitors.

Thank you for your patience while the website has been down. I am now looking for a new server to host it. Meanwhile Team OR has been going strong in Phoenix. The Facebook page has an updated picture.

2013 Best of Fair winners

photos courtesy of MGK Dibblee

 The following awards were presented to high school students April 5, 2013 at the Intel Northwest Science Expo.

Best of Fair and Intel ISEF Finalists

award	sponsor		project title	student	school	mentor
Best of Fair-Life	Legacy Emanuel Medical Center	HS-ME-0074	Alpha-Alumina Nanoparticles Activate the Nalp3 Inflammasome and Induce IL-1b Signaling for Therapeutic Cancer Vaccination	Amber Tang	Lakeridge High School	Dr. Haiyan Li
Best of Fair-Physical	Legacy Emanuel Medical Center	HS-EM-0019	The Fabrication and Characterization of Top and Bottom Gated Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors using Printed Electronics	Harsha Uppili	Oregon Episcopal School	Peter Langley

Thank you to all the volunteers, judges, teachers, students and parents who made the fair such a success.

Here are some quick links to Schedules, display regulations, and a PSU Campus map. For directions to Portland State University the campus map has links for mass transit and driving. Parking Structure 3 has the most metered spots available for visitors.  The high school fair takes place in the Smith Memorial Student Union on the Third floor. The street address is 1825 SW Broadway, Portland OR 97201. The award ceremony is in Hoffman Hall 1833 SW 11th Ave.

These awards were given March 22, 2013 to our middle school participants.

Yesterday was a very successful middle school fair. Thank you to all the volunteers who made it possible. Especially the PSU Viking Football players and Peter Stott Staff who set-up and took down all those tables in under an hour, all the Judges who interviewed the students, my Key Volunteers who took care of the volunteers, judges, food, registration and data entry.  And all the other people who helped throughout the day with jobs big and small.

Thank you also to all the fair sponsors and the donations from Dave`s Killer Bread, New Seasons, and Aloha Costco that made the judge breakfast possible.