Ivo Zell of Lorch, Germany Wins US$75,000
Top Prize at Intel International Science and Engineering
Fair
Ivo Zell, 18, of Lorch, Germany was awarded first place for
designing and constructing a remote control prototype of a new
“flying wing” aircraft at this year’s Intel International Science
and Engineering Fair, a program of Society for Science & the
Public and the world’s largest international pre-college science
competition. The competition featured nearly 1,800 young scientists
selected from 425 affiliate fairs in 78 countries, regions and
territories.
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Amber Yang (from left), Ivo Zell and
Valerio Pagliarino take the stage on Friday, May 19, 2017, at the
2017 International Science and Engineering Fair, a program of
Society for Science & the Public and the world’s largest
international pre-college science competition. Zell, of Lorch,
Germany, was awarded first place for designing and constructing a
remote control prototype of a new "flying wing" aircraft. Yang, of
Windermere, Florida, and Pagliarino, of Castelnuovo Calcea, Italy,
received Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awards. (Credit: The
Society for Science & the Public)
Flying wings are inherently more efficient than traditional
aircraft designs, but also less stable in flight because they have
little or no fuselage or tail. Zell’s working prototype aircraft
addresses this issue, using an unusual bell-shaped lift profile for
improved stability and using telemetry to demonstrate its
stability. The modified shape of Zell’s aircraft allows it to
operate smoothly and safely in challenging flight situations
without the need for a complex electronic stabilization system and
without significantly sacrificing fuel efficiency. Potential
applications range from drone delivery systems to larger aircraft
design. Zell received the Gordon E. Moore Award of US$75,000, named
in honor of the Intel co-founder and fellow scientist.
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Engineering Fair: Empowering Next-Generation Innovators
Amber Yang, 18, of Windermere, Florida received one of two Intel
Foundation Young Scientist Awards of US$50,000 for her innovative
approach to predicting the locations of clouds of space debris that
move in low Earth orbit. An estimated 500,000 space trash objects
now pose a potential hazard for spacecraft. Yang adapted an
algorithm to train her own artificial neural network to recognize
space objects in a specific debris cloud and predict their future
locations.
Valerio Pagliarino, 17, of Castelnuovo Calcea, Italy received
the other Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award of US$50,000 for
his prototype of a novel laser-based, wireless, high-speed network.
Motivated by the lack of reliable Internet access in his rural
locale, Pagliarino designed his new system using off-the-shelf
components and then built and tested a small version of the
network.
“Intel congratulates this year’s winners. Ivo Zell, Amber Yang,
and Valerio Pagliarino and all of the participants inspire us with
their talent and passion for changing the world,” said Rosalind
Hudnell, Intel vice president of Corporate Affairs and president of
the Intel Foundation. “As a diverse and inclusive group developing
groundbreaking solutions to global challenges, these young people
represent the next generation of innovators. We’re proud to support
all of the finalists as they endeavor to improve the world around
them.”
In addition to the top winners, approximately 600 finalists
received awards and prizes for their innovative research, including
22 “Best of Category” winners, who each received a US$5,000 prize.
The Intel Foundation also awarded a US$1,000 grant to each winner’s
school and to the affiliated fair they represent.
The following lists the 22 Best of Category winners, from
which the top three were chosen:
Category First
Last City State/Country Animal
Sciences Jessica Young Wellington
Florida Behavioral and Social Sciences Erin
Smith Lenexa Kansas Biochemistry
Karina Movsesian Karlovy Vary Czech Republic
Biomedical and Health Sciences Daniel Zhang
San Diego California Biomedical Engineering
Clara Wagner Saginaw Michigan Cellular
and Molecular Biology Davey Huang
Honolulu Hawaii Chemistry Kyle Fridberg
Boulder Colorado Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics Prathik Naidu Potomac
Falls Virginia Earth and Environmental Sciences
Adam Nayak Portland Oregon Embedded
Systems Valerio Pagliarino Castelnuovo
Calcea Italy Energy: Chemical Kendra
Zhang Jericho New York Energy: Physical
Camille Miles Niceville Florida Engineering
Mechanics Ivo Zell Lorch Germany
Environmental Engineering Prashaant
Ranganathan Jamshedpur India Materials Science
Nicky Wojtania Plano Texas Mathematics
Karthik Yegnesh Lansdale
Pennsylvania Microbiology Rahul Subramaniam
Cos Cob Connecticut Physics and Astronomy
Amber Yang Windermere Florida Plant
Sciences Isabella Bowland Boulder
Colorado Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Tassilo Schwarz Seeon Germany Systems Software
Michael Lee Manhasset New York
Translational Medical Science Jeremiah Pate
Oro Valley Arizona
“The breakthrough ideas presented at the Intel International
Science and Engineering Fair by Ivo Zell, Amber Yang and Valerio
Pagliarino truly have the capacity to change our world for the
better,” said Maya Ajmera, president and CEO of Society for Science
& the Public and publisher of Science News. “As our world grows
increasingly complex, we need innovative, transformative ideas to
identify new solutions to our world’s most intractable challenges.
Congratulations to all our finalists as well as our top three
winners on their extraordinary research projects.”
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair encourages
millions of students to explore their passion for developing
innovations that improve the way we work and live. All finalists
are selected by an affiliated, local competition and receive an
all-expenses-paid trip to the Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair. At the competition, finalists are judged by
hundreds of science, engineering and industry professionals who
have a Ph.D. or equivalent (six years of related professional
experience) or are senior graduate students with doctoral-level
research in one of the 22 scientific disciplines listed above.
A full listing of finalists is available in the event program.
The 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair is funded
jointly by Intel and the Intel Foundation with additional support
from dozens of corporate, academic, government and science-focused
sponsors. This year, approximately US$4 million was awarded.
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