The lone exception was Akshat Boobna from New Delhi who received the
‘Certificate of Honorable Mention’ for his project on finding best
speaker position using new algorithms to determine acoustic properties
of a room.
The special awards in different categories were given away in a
glittering ceremony at the Phoenix Convention Centre. These awards are
sponsored by various institutions, universities and research
organizations carrying cash prizes ranging from US $ 300 to 15,000.
However, the grand prize would be announced on Friday.
The cynosure of all eyes was Vinay Iyengar from Portland Oregon who
bagged three awards – a full scholarship to the Florida Institute of
Technology, a fully paid summer internship at the FBK Research Lab in
Italy, and a US $ 3,000 award from Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honor
Society.
These awards mean a lot to me given the immense value they are attached
with, and that my work has been recognised by the best brains in the
world,” said Vinay, a 11th grade student at the Oregon Episcopal School
in Portlan. His project was titled “Efficient Characterstic 3 Galois
Field Cryptographic Applictions.”
His father Sridhar Iyengar, Director of a research lab at Intel and his
mother Veena Iyengar, an administrative assistant at the Oregon
Episcopal School couldn’t conceal their happiness at their son’s
achievement. “He should hog all the limelight now and not us,” his
mother told The Hindu even as participants congratulated her.
Neha Reddy gasped in amazement when her name was called for a US $
60,000 scholarship at the University of Science, Philadelphia. Born and
brought up at Fort Pierce, Florida, this16-year old was a
personification of confidence as she walked to receive her prize amidst a
thunderous applause.
“In my research, I found an environmentally friendly, safe, specific
solution to the international and expensive problem of citrus greening,
which affects numerous countries including India and the USA,” she said.
Her father, an anesthesiologist and her mother, a bio-chemist hail from
Hyderabad.
A Hyderabadi, but now representing Singapore, Prithvi Gundlapalli won a
US $ 4,000 scholarship from American Chemical Society for his work on
high performance anodes for Lithium ion batteries using Cobalt compounds
obtained by bulk preparation methods. His ambition is to do research in
Particle Physics.
Other Indian origin students who received awards include Niyanthesh A.
Reddy from Ocala, Florida; Raghav Tripathi from Portland, Oregon; Eesha
Khare from San Jose, California; Shilpa Iyer and Shweta Iyer fro Port
Jefferson Station, New York; Simanta Gautam from Charlottesville,
Virginia; Akhil Nistala from Novi, Michigan; Jay Kumar from Louisville,
Kentucky ; Avinash Kumar Pandey from Waterloo, Canada; Tejas Dharmaraj
and Manav Ajay Sevak from Chandler, Arizona and Anuush Krishna Vejalla
from Beverly Hills, Michigan.
(The journalist is at the event on the invitation of Intel)
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/indian-origin-students-dominate-intel-fair-in-phoenix/article4724683.ece
