Awards Won by Team Oregon Students
at the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

The winning students from the 2003 Northwest Science Expo, the Beaverton Science Expo, the West Linn-Wilsonville Science Expo, the Oregon Episcopal School Science Expo, and the Southwestern Oregon Regional Science Expo went on to participate in the 54th annual Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) held in Cleveland, OH. This year, more than 1,200 students from 38 countries competed for $3 million in scholarships and prizes.

These Team Oregon contestants won the following awards:

- Grand Awards: Science Categories -

Chemistry - Presented by Intel Foundation
Yvonne Yamanaka - Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon
"Synthesis and Evaluation of a Molecularly Imprinted Polymer for the Enantiomeric Resolution of L- and D- Phenylalanine"
- won Second Award of $1,500

Engineering - Presented by Intel Foundation
Ryna Karnik, 16 - Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Or
"A Non-photolithographic Approach to the Construction of N-Type MOSFET Devices Using FIB Technology "
- won Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner
- won First Award of $3,000

Michael Edward Coulter, 16 - Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Or
"Catalytic Growth of Zirconium Oxide Nanowires and Their Electron Field Emission"
- won Third Award of $1,000

Parvathy Rama Menon, 16 - Westview High School, Portland, Or
"Design and Fabrication of Planar Glucose Sensor Arrays"
- won Fourth Award of $500

Jenna Marie Schoof, 15 - Merlo Station High School, Beaverton, Or
"The Effects of Glucose on the Utilization of Creatine in Mice"
- won Fourth Award of $500

Physics - Presented by Intel Foundation
Tianhui Li, 18 - Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Or
"Measurements of Internal Electrostatic Confinement Electron Density using Microwave Interferometry "
- won Fourth Award of $500

Physics - Presented by Intel Foundation
Vanessa Anne Spini, 17 - Gold Beach High School, Gold Beach, Or
"Absorption of Radioactive Isotopes Using Natural Zeolites "
- won Fourth Award of $500

Team Projects - Presented by Science News
Chelsea Bahar Gokcay, 17 - Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Or
Julia Ruby Baldwin, 17 - Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Or
"Grading Disorder A"
- won Second Award of $1,500

Athena Leah Hinkle, 17 - Hillsboro High School, Hillsboro, Or
Cindy Marie Fulton, 17 - Hillsboro High School, Hillsboro, Or
"Lateral Relationships in the Human Body"
- won Fourth Award of $500

- Special Awards -

Samuel Asarnow - Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Or
"Proteolytic Enzyme Production in the Insectivorous Plant Sundew (Drosera adalae) in Response to Prey Stimulation"
- won Oberlin College (Drexel University) Scholarship award of $5,000 per year for four years

Rhea L. Edelman -West Linn High School, West Linn, Or
Erin Frantz - West Linn High School, West Linn, Or
"Effect of Exam Stress on Student Cortisol Levels"
- won Endocrine Society Honorable Mention Award

Ryna Karnik - Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Or
"A Non-photolithographic Approach to the Construction of N-Type MOSFET Devices Using FIB Technology"
- won Bently Nevada, a GE Power Systems Company Second Award of $500
- won IEEE Foundation on behalf of IEEE Region 2 and the Cleveland Section, an award of $750

Tianhui Li, 18 - Oregon Episcopal School, Portland Or
"Measurements of Internal Electrostatic Confinement Electron Density using Microwave Interferometry"
- won AVASC Award of $500 U.S. Savings Bond

Parvathy Menon - Westview High School, Portland, Or
"Design and Fabrication of Planar Glucose Sensor Arrays"
- won Endocrine Society Honorable Mention Award

Yvonne Yamanaka - Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Or
"Synthesis and Evaluation of a Molecularly Imprinted Polymer for the Enantiomeric Resolution of L- and D- Phenylalanine"
- won Drexel University Full-tuition scholarship

- Government and Industry Awards -

Tianhui Li, 18 - Oregon Episcopal School, Portland Or
"Measurements of Internal Electrostatic Confinement Electron Density using Microwave Interferometry"
- won U.S. Air Force, First Award of $3,000

 

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Last Updated - June 2, 2003