See Nation’s Most Innovative Teen Scientists In Action At The Intel Corporation Science Talent Search

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This week, 40 brilliant high school seniors will convene in Washington, D.C., for the Intel Science Talent Search 2016, a program of Society for Science & the Public and the nation’s oldest and most prestigious pre-college science and math competition. This elite group of young scientists includes students from 38 schools in 18 states. Three finalists are from the D.C. metro area: Arnold Mong and Josephine Yu of Potomac, Maryland, and Kunal Shroff of Great Falls, Virginia.

From March 10-16, the Intel Science Talent Search finalists will compete for more than $1 million in awards provided by the Intel Foundation, including three first-place Medal of Distinction awards of $150,000 each that will be presented to students who show exceptional scientific potential in three areas: basic research, global good and innovation.

WHAT:		Media are invited to attend a public exhibition of the Intel Science Talent Search finalists’ projects and meet the next generation of scientists, researchers and engineers. Finalists will be available for interviews and photos as they display, describe and answer questions about their research.
WHEN &		Public Exhibition of Projects:
WHERE:		Sunday, March 13, 1-4 p.m. ET
		National Geographic Society
		1145 17th St. NW
		Washington, D.C. 20036
WHO:		All 40 Intel Science Talent Search 2016 finalists. The high schools seniors’ research projects include:
		•	An identification platform that utilizes the unique arm and hand motions individuals use to pick up their smartphones to improve mobile security.
		•	A low-cost, smartphone-based tool to diagnose respiratory illnesses such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
		•	An ambitious endeavor to find undiscovered exoplanetary systems by analyzing data from stars in a region of space known as the galactic center.
		•	A way to modify plastics that are commonly used in littered items, such as grocery bags and milk jugs, so they degrade 90 percent faster when exposed to ultraviolet light.
		•	A new process to grow kidney cells from human stem cells, which could eventually eliminate the need for donor kidneys for transplantation.
		For a full list of this year’s finalists, visit https://student.societyforscience.org/intel-sts.
CONTACT:		To RSVP for the event or to schedule interviews, contact
		Olivia Campbell, 646-384-2095, olivia.campbell@nof9.com.

Finalists by high school state:

Claire		Burch		CA		Paige		Brown		ME
Sanath		Devalapurkar		CA		Demetri		Maxim		ME
George		Hou		CA		Shreya		Menon		MI
Anjini		Karthik		CA		Rachel		Zhang		MO
Jonathan		Ma		CA		Meena		Jagadeesan		NH
Anin		Sayana		CA		Andrew		Amini		NY
Pranav		Srinivas		CA		Katharine		Berman		NY
Maya		Varma		CA		Soon il		Higashino		NY
Asher		Willner		CA		Jessica		Huang		NY
Clare		Zhu		CA		Catherine		Lai		NY
Helen		Liu		CT		Allen		Liu		NY
Beverly		Ge		FL		Rachel		Mashal		NY
Maria		Grimmett		FL		Augusta		Uwamanzu-Nna		NY
Nathan		Marshall		ID		Kavya		Ravichandran		OH
Sreya		Vemuri		IN		Vikul		Gupta		OR
Yashaswini		Makaram		MA		Milind		Jagota		PA
Amol		Punjabi		MA		Michael		Zhang		PA
Michael		Li		MD		Thomas		Colburn		TN
Arnold		Mong		MD		Joshua		Choe		TX
Josephine		Yu		MD		Kunal		Shroff		VA