Students Prepared for More than a Year to Compete at Global Level
ϱ, Texas—This month, six students from the ϱ will join more than 1,500 young science and engineering enthusiasts from across the globe at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the world’s largest pre-college science competition.
The students representing ϱ at the competition, with projects covering diverse topics, including engineering, microbiology, and cellular and molecular biology, are:
- Advaith Anand
11th grader, Liberal Arts and Science Academy
“Natural Gas Separation Using Thermally Rearranged Polymers—Characterizing Morphological Changes of HAB-6FDA Polymide Structures”
- Vanna Hovanky
11th grader, Bowie High School
“Bacterial 6-galactosidase Enzyme-Prodrug Therapy: A New Approach Against Colon Cancer”
- Alexander Crisara and Alexander “Jahan” Rabii
12th and 11th graders, respectively, Anderson High School
“Efficient Algae-based Life Support for Long Duration Space Flight”
- Jessica Wang and Lily Xu
11th and 10th graders, respectively, Liberal Arts and Science Academy
“On the Connectivity of Sequential Formal Languages with Applications to Genomic Sequence”
The students researched for more than a year to prepare for the elite competition, which awards nearly $4 million in scholarships and grant funding to the most notable and promising entries.
“I’m excited to meet people from across the nation—and to see other people’s projects and be blown away by what they can do,” Jessica Wang, a junior at LASA, said.
Each of the students qualified for the international competition by earning “Best of Fair” accolades at either the regional or state level.
For more information about the students and their projects, visit www.austinisd.org/sciencefair