Two students from Long Island were selected as Intel finalists. Finalists Mayuri Sridhar and Michael Zhang will be go to Washingington DC where they will compete in the last phase of the competition.
The Intel STS recognizes and rewards 300 students, as well as their schools, as semifinalists each year. From that select pool, 40 finalists are then invited to Washington, DC in March to undergo final judging, display their work to the public, meet with notable scientists, and compete for $630,000 in awards, including the top award of $100,000.
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Mayuri Sridhar;)
Michael ZhangSridhar, Mayuri (Kings Park High School)
Kings Park, New York
Computational Analysis of the DNA-Binding Mechanism of the p53 Tumor Suppressor and its Inactivation through the R249S Mutation
Zhang, Michael (Smithtown High School East) Saint James, New York Role-Inducted Perspective Visual Behavior during Scene Free-Viewing