The American Chemical Society awarded the following Special Awards at the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (May 13-18) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:
First Award of $4,000
The Development of Novel Sutures that Store and Deliver Nitric Oxide for Wound Healing
Kevin Anh Nguyen, 17, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, Texas
Punya Chittajallu, 16, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, Texas
Second Award of $3,000
Comparison of Traditional Thermally Cured Epoxy-Amine/Kevlar Composites vs. UV-Cured Thiol-Ene/Kevlar Composites
DeAndre DeShaun Stafford May, 17, Hattiesburg High School, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Third Award of $2,000
Polyoxovanadate-based Surfactants: The Search for an Effective Heterogeneous Catalyst
Joy Yiran Wang, 16, Parkland High School, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Fourth Award of $1,000
Improving the Life Conservation: New Purposes to Separate Lactobionic Acid and Sorbitol
Eduardo Thadeu Rodrigues, 19, Fundacao Escola Tecnica Liberato Salzano Vieira da Cunha, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Juliana Hoch, 18, Fundacao Escola Tecnica Liberato Salzano Vieira da Cunha, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Certificates of Honorable Mention:
Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Ortho-Quinone Methides as a Pathway to the Core of Nomofungin
Joshua Moses Kubiak, 18, Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, Natchitoches, Louisiana
The Electrochemical Effects of Saccharides on the Voltage Output of a Microbial Fuel Cell Using Penicillium chrysogenum
Jack Erdozain, Jr., 17, Westminster Christian School, Palmetto Bay, Florida
Modification of Graphene with Enhanced Efficiency for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
Sheng-Huai Wang, 17, Taipei First Girls High School, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei
Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials (MOF-5) from Recycled PET Bottles
Marcos Vinicius Silva Amorim, 19, Colegio de Aplicacao Emmanuel Leontsinis,
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Determining the Quantum Limit of Palladium and Gold Nanometallic Supercatalyst by Kinetic Method
Mai-Anh Nguyen Vu, 16, McNeil High School, Austin, Texas
Depolymerization of Chitin Using Ionic Liquids
Vivian Vu Ho, 16, Murphy High School, Mobile, Alabama
All award winners and honorable mentions receive a subscription to ChemMatters.
Further information about the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair and related programs is available at: http://www.societyforscience.org/