Congratulations to the top winners of the People’s Choice Awards! More than 1,600 students from nearly 60 countries, regions and territories gathered in San Jose to showcase their groundbreaking research and compete for top prizes at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2010. We held our own contest on Inspire so YOU can vote for your favorite science project. Here are the results. Click here to learn more about all the contestants and their science projects.

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"Green" Synthesis of Nanowires on FTO Substrates for Organic Dye-based Solar Cells: Analysis with New Rapid D-SCOPE 2.0 - Shyamal Buch

0.75%

Lights, Quantum Dots, Action! - Amy Chyao

23.87%

Design, Fabrication, and Evaluation of a Deployable in situ Nitrate Sensor for Real-Time Analysis of Sediments - Avilash Cramer

0.10%

Automatic Parallelization through Dynamic Analysis - Kevin Ellis

0.06%

Adiabatic Quantum Evolution for NP-Complete and Physical Problems - Yale Fan

0.09%

Gemara and Gematria: A Case Study on the Effects of the Use of Sociocultural Contextualizing for the Learning of Mathematics - Tamara Gedankien

0.89%

Use of Regression Analyses to Build Ecological Models of Poison Dart Frogs in Their Native Habitats - Gabriel Joachim

0.31%

A Study on Eco-Friendly Utilization of Typha orientalis Fruits for Insulation and Wallpaper  - Kay Joo

0.10%

Gene Dosage and Expression in Human Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines - Nolan Kamitaki

0.74%

Don't Let It Slide IV: Fire Factor! - Majdolene Khweis

14.91%

Environmental Toxin 4-Nonylphenol and Autoimmune Diseases: Using DNA Microarray to Examine Genetic Markers of Cytokine Activity - Celline Kim

0.18%

The Classification and Recognition of Emotions in Prerecorded Speech - Akash Krishnan, Matthew Fernandez

33.98%

Determining the Optimal Scaffold for Three-Dimensional Bone Formation Using Bovine Adipose-Derived Adult Stem Cells - Melissa McDowell, Michael McDowell

13.26%

The Potential Allelopathic Suppression of Kudzu (Pueraria montana) - Mason McFarland

8.13%

Super Kohler-Ricci Flow - Joshua Pfeffer

0.04%

 CookerSmart - James Popper

0.26%

Ethanol Production Yield Improvement by Sterilization of the Sugar Cane Juice (Garapa) via Microwave - Alejandro Scaffa

1.99%

Altering Lentiviral Tropism by Pseudotyping with Specific Receptor-Mediated Proteins - Thomas Silver

0.30%

Novel Identification/Subjugation of Prostate Cancer Cells' Intrinsic Resistance Mechanism to Cisplatin - Jong Won

0.05%
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Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) People's Choice Award - 2009

The Intel ISEF People's Choice Awards for 2009 allows the public to vote for their favorite science submission from the 19 Best in Category winners of the Intel ISEF who have agreed to enter their projects in the People's Choice Awards. These Official Rules for the Intel ISEF People's Choice Awards (the "Rules") govern the role of participation. The results and voting in the Intel ISEF People's Choice Award have no influence, bearing or consideration in the results or judging of other prizes awarded at Intel ISEF.

  1. 1. Who is Eligible to Participate: The nineteen (19) category award winners of the Intel ISEF 2009 who have agreed to participate in the Intel ISEF People's Choice Awards.
  2. 2. People's Choice Award and Voting: Beginning May 18 2009, contestants who have agreed to participate (describe and enter their projects) in the Intel ISEF People's Choice Awards will be featured on www.inspiredbyeducation.com. The website will include a brief description and a picture of the competing projects. Visitors to the Website will be encouraged to vote on their favorite project by using the voting buttons provided on the website. Voting will begin on May 20th and end on June 1, 2009 at 12 pm EST. After this time no more votes will be accepted.
  3. 3. People's Choice Winners: The science projects that receive the most votes will be spotlighted on the award Website. Votes will be tallied electronically.
  4. 4. Prizes: Winners will be notified via email on June 5, 2009. The winning projects will be spotlighted on the People's Choice website. First place prize is an HP - Mini Netbook with Intel® Atom™ Processor, second place prize is an Apple® - iPod touch® 8GB* MP3 Player - Black and third place prize is an Apple® - iPod nano® 8GB* MP3 Player - Black. Prizes will be shipped to the winner after the contest results are announced.
  5. 5. Voting criteria: Voters should vote for the students whose project they feel is most creative, innovative, and has the most potential to positively change our world.

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  1. 1. All applicable taxes on prize are the sole responsibility of the winner.
  2. 2. Prize is not transferable and no cash alternative or prize substitution is available, except that Intel reserves the right to substitute cash or a similar prize of equal or greater value if the prize listed is unavailable for any reason.
  3. 3. This contest is governed by U.S. law and is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
  4. 4. Intel is not responsible for any computer malfunction, hacking, destruction, unavailability, or damage to the contest website that may result in missed or not received votes, or voting discrepancy.
  5. 6. Intel reserves the right to cancel, postpone or end the contest at any time, at its sole discretion, or to disqualify any participant or winner that Intel, at its sole discretion, deems to have cheated, destroyed, obstructed, or otherwise acted illegally or in bad faith in relation to this promotion.
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