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Fox Lane Student Wins Awards at Science & Engineering Fair

Matthew Bruck competed and took home a $1,500 cash prize.

A student recently presented his science research projects at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in Pittsburgh, PA.

The top 13 projects out of 320 projects at the Westchester Science and Engineering Fair (WESEF) had the chance to represent the region at the Fair.

The Intel ISEF is the larger and more global of the two Intel sponsored events as it brings together 1,500 science fair winners from every state in the United States as well as students from 60 countries to compete for prizes and scholarships. 

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Over the course of a week, students presented their research and winners shared more than $3 million in awards during a May 18 ceremony. 

Matthew Bruck from Fox Lane High School was among the group representing the region at the Intel ISEF.

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Bruck took second place in the Cell/Molecular Biology category and won a $1,500 prize.

Winners presented "new ways to detect cancer, search online social networks and link atoms using quantum physics," according to this story in ScienceNews.

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Westchester Finalists Awards:

  • Priya Mohindra (Yorktown) Novel Strategies for the PET Imaging of Colorectal Cancer Using the A33 Antibody: Total winnings of $14,000, 2nd place in Biochemistry -$1,500. Special awards: AVASC (Chetty Foundation) award $500 and China association for science & technology $3,000 and Army research award $1,000 and Navy research award $8,000
  • Laura Anderson (Yorktown) The Effect of Group Therapy on Communication in Aphasia: 3rd place in Behavioral Science $1,000
  • Pamela Bernstein and Amanda Bernstein (Ossining): Navy team award and trip to London $4,000 and Society for Freshwater Science award $200
  • Amelia Clements (Ossining): American Horticultural Society award $250
  • Katie Mangialardi (Ossining): 3rd place in Behavioral Science $1,000 and American Psychological Association award $500
  • Catie Conte and Adam Illowsky (Ossining): 3rd place in Behavioral Science -$1,000    
  • Maite Antola (Ossining): 4th place in Biochemistry $500  
  • Bayley Meichner (Somers): Society of experimental test pilots award $500

Click here to read more about ISEF in ScienceNews.

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Thanks to Michael Blueglass, a science teacher at , director of the school’s Science Research Program and WESEF director, for the submission. If you'd like to post your own announcements, click here.

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