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Malaysian Students win 3 awards at Intel ISEF 20135 min read

Intel ISEF 2013

The world’s largest high school science research competition, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2013 (Intel ISEF 2013), a program of Society for Science & the Public, announced its top winners in Phoenix, Arizona.

Ionut Budisteanu of Romania received the Gordon E. Moore Award, a $75,000 prize named in honor of the Intel co-founder and fellow scientist. Two Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awards winners – Eesha Khare of Saratoga, Calif. and Henry Lin of Shreveport, La. – each received prizes of $50,000 from the Intel Foundation.

Intel ISEF 2013

(L-R) Sarah Wong and Nur Liyana, won 3 awards in total, at Intel ISEF 2013

Our representatives to the competition – Nur Liyana Johari and Sarah Wong Jia Xin made our country proud by clinching 3 awards in total, and was awarded a total of US$6,000.00 and US$1,000.00 respectively.

Nur Liyana Johari from Tuanku Syed Putra Secondary Science School won second award from the United Airlines Foundation and third award in the environmental management: recycling and waste management category and was awarded US$5,000.00 and US$1,000.00 respectively for her project entitled ‘BIO-OIL: the use of specially made catalyst’. Sarah Wong Jia Xin from SMK Batu Lintang won third award in the engineering: electrical and mechanical category and was awarded US$1,000.00 for her project entitled ‘use of biosorbent for removal of colour and heavy metal from dyed waste water’.

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