Posted on: Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Island students win Intel awards
Advertiser Staff
Students from three Hawai'i schools captured awards at the prestigious Intel International Science and Engineering Fair last week in Phoenix.
The fair is the largest of its kind, this year drawing more than 1,400 young scientists from 45 countries, regions and territories to showcase cutting-edge science and to compete for more than $3 million in awards and scholarships.
Kimberly Reinhold, 17, of St. Joseph School in Hilo, Hawai'i, earned recognition in five categories for her project titled "Cognition and Memory: Tissue Image Analysis for Tumor Diagnosis." Reinhold is one of only two academic Presidential Scholars from the Islands this year and last week was named one of 20 members of USA Today's 2005 All-USA High School Academic First Team.
At the Intel fair, she won a $1,000 first-place award from the Association for Computing Machinery, a $3,000 first award from the U.S. Air Force, a $2,500 second-place scholarship award in computer science from Robert Luby Jr. of IBM, a $1,500 second award in computer science from the Intel Foundation, and a $500 prize from the American Association for Artificial Intelligence.
Jessie Ann Ka'iulani Pa'ahana, 16, of Kamehameha-O'ahu, won a $20,000 scholarship — $5,000 per year over four years — from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for her project titled " 'Ohelo: Inhibition of Bacterial Growth." The project also earned Pa'ahana a $1,000 third award for botany from the Intel Foundation.
Kawakahi Kaeo Amina, 18, of Kamehameha-O'ahu earned a $1,000 third award in medicine and health from Merck Research Laboratories for a project titled "Effect of Vitamin E on Ultraviolet Induced Mutagenesis."
Students from Baldwin High School on Maui won team honors in two separate projects. The Coast Guard, which recognizes projects that relate to boating and water safety, gave a $5,000 first award to Baldwin's Kaitlin Luther, 17, and Alana Yurkanin, 17, for their project titled "Methods of Deterring Sharks in Both Invasive and Noninvasive Situations."
The project also earned a $1,500 second award for team projects, presented by Ricoh. Winning the same recognition was a project titled "Fish Mucus: Factors Affecting Bacterial Growth on the Hawaiian Eleotris sandwicensis" (flathead goby), by Baldwin students Taryn Takahashi, Alayna Betsill and Genevieve Pang.
