On May 17 and 18 winners were announced in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). ISEF is the world’s largest international pre-college science competition. Student winners are ninth through twelfth graders who earned the right to compete at the Intel ISEF 2018 by winning a top prize at a local, regional, state or national science fair.
Each year, approximately 1,800 high school students from more than 75 countries, regions, and territories are awarded the opportunity to showcase their independent research and compete for on average $4 million in prizes.
See the ISEF Photo Gallery from the event.
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2018 Grand Awards
Best in Category Award of $5,000
EyeMove: Using Electrooculography to Provide Mobility for the Disabled
- Burzin Balsara, Plano Senior High School
- Malav Shah, Plano Senior High School
Malav Shah and Burzin Balsara Best in Category award winners and $20,000 Scholarship for Innovative Technology in Solving Real-World Problems from King Abdul-Aziz & his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity.
First Award of $3,000
EyeMove: Using Electrooculography to Provide Mobility for the Disabled
- Burzin Balsara, Plano Senior High School
- Malav Shah, Plano Senior High School
Third Award of $1,000
Way to Transform Advanced Driver Assistance Systems from Reactive to Proactive
- Kevin Meng, Jasper High School
A Low-Cost Technique to Combat Eutrophication and Soil Contamination in Organic Agricultural Communities
- Kavya Muralidhar, Plano East Senior High School
Fourth Award of $500
Assessing the Impacts of CRISPR Editing on Protein Expression; Utilizing dCas9 as a Potential Roadblock to DNA Transcription
- Yesh Doctor, Plano East Senior High School
- Kshitij Sachan, Plano East Senior High School
Electroencephalogram (EEG) Sensor and Subsequent Analysis System Optimization for Objective and Point-of-Care Concussion Diagnosis
- Paritosh Suri, Plano West Senior High School
Highly Mesoporous Electrodes Derived from Polymer Blends of Polyacrylonitrile-Polystyrene and Polyacrylonitrile-Poly(Methyl-Methacrylate) Paired with a Cost-Effective Deep Eutectic Solvent for High Energy Density Supercapacitors
- Ashay Shah, Plano East Senior High School
- Ashna Shah, Plano East Senior High School,
Special Awards
Association for Computing Machinery
ACM is widely recognized as the premier membership organization for computing professionals, delivering resources that advance computing as a science and a profession; enable professional development; and promote policies and research that benefit society. ACM hosts the computing industry's leading Digital Library and serves its global members and the computing profession with journals and magazines, conferences, workshops, electronic forums, and Learning Center. In addition to monetary prizes, ACM also provides complimentary ACM Student Lite Memberships for the duration of the award recipients' undergraduate education. This includes subscriptions to XRDS (Crossroads), an online version of Communications of the ACM, and full access to the ACM DL.
- Kevin Meng, Jasper High School, Vehicle Action Prediction with Artificial Intelligence: An Innovative Way to Transform Advanced Driver Assistance Systems from Reactive to Proactive - First Award of $4,000
International Council on Systems Engineering - INCOSE
The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) is a not-for-profit membership organization founded to develop and disseminate the interdisciplinary principles and practices that enable the realization of successful systems. The INCOSE Best Use of Systems Engineering award is awarded to the best interdisciplinary project that can produce technologically appropriate solutions that meet societal needs. The INCOSE Special Systems Engineering Prosthesis award is awarded to the best use of Systems Engineering process used in the development of prosthesis
Certificate of Honorable Mention - Electroencephalogram (EEG) Sensor and Subsequent Analysis System Optimization for Objective and Point-of-Care Concussion Diagnosis
- Paritosh Suri, Plano West Senior High School,
King Abdul-Aziz & his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia seeks to build a sustainable future by encouraging youth to search for creative means that pave the way toward developing technologies for renewable energy, thereby maintaining a sustainable future of energy. To achieve this goal, King Abdul-Aziz & His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (MAWHIBA) will award a Special Prize in the field of Water Technology at Intel ISEF. MAWHIBA is a national cultural foundation established to help develop a comprehensive environment of creativity in Saudi Arabia to enable gifted citizens from all areas to properly use their talents for prosperity of their country.
$20,000 Scholarship for Innovative Technology in Solving Real-World Problems - EyeMove: Using Electrooculography to Provide Mobility for the Disabled
- Burzin Balsara, Plano Senior High School
- Malav Shah, Plano Senior High School
National Security Agency Research Directorate
The National Security Agency's Research Directorate secures the future by conducting ground-breaking research in a wide variety of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics areas. This research provides tools, technologies, designs, and methodologies to safeguard cyberspace interactions. The Science of Security and Mathematics Special Awards presented at ISEF promote study and research in science areas that can assure and protect cyberspace interactions in an increasingly interconnected world.
First "Cyber Pioneer" Award of $1,000 - Untapped Static: A New Paradigm for Energy Harvesting Integrating a Cost-Effective Electrostatic-based Generator with Supercapacitors to Optimize Energy Storage and Energy Harvesting Efficiency
- Eshan Chhabra, Plano Senior High School
First "Future of Computing" Award of $1,000
Vehicle Action Prediction with Artificial Intelligence: An Innovative Way to Transform Advanced Driver Assistance Systems from Reactive to Proactive
- Kevin Meng, Jasper High School
Patent and Trademark Office Society
The PTOS is a membership-based organization for Patent and Trademark professionals and other interested individuals. From its inception in 1917, the Society has been dedicated to the improvement and appreciation of the United States Patent and Trademark Systems through promoting the systems' growth and well-being, as well as promoting the social and intellectual welfare of the Society members.
Second Award of $500 - A Low-Cost Technique to Combat Eutrophication and Soil Contamination in Organic Agricultural Communities
- Kavya Muralidhar, Plano East Senior High School
Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the United States Air Force
The Air Force Research Laboratory is a global technical enterprise, boasting some of the best and brightest leaders in the world. We are Revolutionary, Relevant, and Responsive to the Warfighter. We defend America by unleashing the unconquerable power of scientific and technical innovation. Our mission is leading the discovery, development, and integration of affordable warfighting technologies for our air, space, and cyberspace force. Winners will also receive an engraved glass trophy.
First Award of $750 in each Intel ISEF Category - Highly Mesoporous Electrodes Derived from Polymer Blends of Polyacrylonitrile-Polystyrene and Polyacrylonitrile-Poly (Methyl-Methacrylate) Paired with a Cost-Effective Deep Eutectic Solvent for High Energy Density Supercapacitors
- Ashay Shah, Plano East Senior High School
- Ashna Shah, Plano East Senior High School
Samvid Education Foundation
SAMVID Education Foundation, a non-profit organization officially launched in 2017, is started to provide a platform for K-12 students and encourage them in honing their academic skills in STEM areas of specialization. The foundation will provide them with resources to explore science project ideas that help in cultivating an interest in scientific research, a first step in their pursuit to becoming creative and innovative scientists and take on challenges in successfully advancing scientific thinking.
Honorable Mention - Hit or Miss? Using Mathematical Computations Based on Existing Physics Theorems to Evaluate Head Impacts in the National Football League
- Smaran Velidi, Plano East Senior High School
- Aditya Sai Vishnubhotla, Plano East Senior High School
