Oliver Nicholls of Sydney, Australia, Wins
$75,000 Top Prize at Intel International Science and Engineering
Fair
Oliver Nicholls, 19, of Sydney, Australia, was awarded first
place for designing and building a prototype of an autonomous
robotic window cleaner for commercial buildings 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 420 affiliate
fairs in 81 countries, regions and territories.
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From left: Meghana Bollimpalli, Oliver
Nicholls and Dhruvik Parikh celebrate on Friday, May 18, 2018, at
the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a
program of Society for Science & the Public and the world’s
largest international pre-college science competition. Nicholls, of
Sydney, Australia, was awarded first place for designing and
building a prototype of an autonomous robotic window cleaner for
commercial buildings. Bollimpalli, of Little Rock, Arkansas, and
Parikh, of Bothell, Washington, received Intel Foundation Young
Scientist Awards. (Photo: Intel Corporation)
In essence, a flying drone-like device is tethered to the roof
of a building and equipped with a powerful spray nozzle and
rotating scrubbers. The $2,300 device can withstand 28 mph winds
and could replace traditional methods that can exceed $11,000 per
cleaning and reduce injuries in this high-risk occupation. Nicholls
received the Gordon E. Moore Award of $75,000, named in honor of
the Intel co-founder and fellow scientist.
Meghana Bollimpalli, 17, of Little Rock, Arkansas, received one
of two Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awards of $50,000 for her
novel, low-cost approach for synthesizing materials that could
greatly cut the production and energy costs of making electrodes
for devices like supercapacitors. She found that combining common
substances like tea and molasses with nitrogen and phosphorus in a
commercial microwave formed a powder that could be used as a
coating for electrode-like materials giving them similar properties
of more expensive metals like platinum.
Dhruvik Parikh, 18, of Bothell, Washington, received the other
Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award of $50,000 for his
development of less expensive yet more robust ion exchange
membranes for use in large industrial-scale batteries for storing
solar or wind-generated electricity for later distribution. His
composite membrane has 10 times the proton conductivity of the
industry’s standard membrane while reducing production costs by
about 30 percent.
“Intel congratulates Oliver Nicholls, Meghana Bollimpalli,
Dhruvik Parikh and all of the participants on their groundbreaking
research that will help solve some of today’s greatest global
challenges,” said Rosalind Hudnell, Intel vice president of
Corporate Affairs and president of the Intel Foundation. “When
students from different backgrounds, perspectives and geographies
come together and share their ideas, there is no limit to what they
can achieve.”
In addition to the top winners, approximately 600 finalists
received awards and prizes for their innovative research, including
24 “Best of Category” winners, who each received a $5,000 prize in
addition to their $3,000 first place award. The Intel Foundation
also awarded a $1,000 grant to each winner’s school and to the
affiliated fair they represent.
The following lists the 24 Best of
Category winners, from which the top three were chosen:
Category Name City
State/Country Animal Sciences Ayman Isahaku and Anna
Spektor Glendale Wisconsin Behavioral and Social
Sciences Amy Shteyman Great Neck New York
Biochemistry Rhea Malhotra Bethlehem
Pennsylvania Biomedical and Health Sciences Nabeel Quryshi
Milwaukee Wisconsin Biomedical Engineering
Ronak Roy San Diego California Cellular and Molecular
Biology Ella Feiner Bronx New York Chemistry
Meghana Bollimpalli Little Rock Arkansas
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Marissa Sumathipala
Ashburn Virginia Earth and Environmental Sciences
Vasily Tremsin Moraga California Embedded
Systems Burzin Balsara and Malav Shah Plano
Texas Energy: Chemical Dhruvik Parikh Bothell
Washington Energy: Physical Sathya Edamadaka Lincroft
New Jersey Engineering Mechanics Frederik Dunschen
Munster Germany Environmental Engineering
Raina Jain Greenwich Connecticut Materials Science
Daniel Kang Tamuning Guam Mathematics
Muhammad Abdulla Melbourne Florida Microbiology
Logan Dunkenberger Roanoke Virginia Physics
and Astronomy Ana Humphrey Alexandria Virginia
Plant Sciences Yueyang Fan Shanghai China
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Oliver Nicholls
Sydney Australia Systems Software Ruihua Chou
Beijing China Translational Medical Science Edwin
Bodoni Greenwood Village Colorado
“Congratulations to Oliver Nicholls, Meghana Bollimpalli and
Dhruvik Parikh on winning the top awards at the Intel International
Science and Engineering Fair!” said Maya Ajmera, president and CEO
of Society for Science & the Public and publisher of Science
News. “The breakthrough ideas presented by the winners and
finalists demonstrate how the brilliant minds of future generations
will make the world a better place. These young innovators are the
stewards of our future, and we look forward to seeing all that they
accomplish as they continue to pursue their interest in STEM.”
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 above.
A full listing of finalists is available in the event program.
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2018 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 $5 million was awarded.
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