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2 Indian Students Among Top 10 Of Intel Science Awards
WASHINGTON: Two Indian-American students today made it to the top 10 of the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search awards, bagging a prize of $20,000 each.
Anand Srinivasan of Georgia bagged the eighth position while Shaun Datta from Maryland took the last 10th spot in the awards.
Eric S Chen, 17, of San Diego won the top award of $100,000 from the Intel Foundation for his research of potential new drugs to treat influenza.
His interdisciplinary approach combined computer modelling with structural studies and biological validation, while focusing on drugs that inhibit endonuclease, an enzyme essential for viral propagation.
Eric, the co-president of his school's fencing team and a junior Olympics qualifier, hopes his work will lead to a new class of drugs to control flu outbreaks during a pandemic, allowing time for a vaccine to be developed.
Second-place honours and $75,000 went to Kevin Lee, 17, of California, who developed a mathematical model to describe the shape of the heart as it beats using the principles of fluid mechanics.
Kevin's faster and computationally efficient model could provide insights into arrhythmia and may lead to better treatments for the disease.
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Source: PTI
