The winners of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2011, a program of the Society for Science & the Public, have been announced! Huge congratulations to the following students for being selected among more than 1,500 competitors! And, thank you to all of the wonderful finalists who were selected to participate this year! Your hard work, unparalleled dedication and remarkable research are what make this competition what it is – the largest high school science fair in the world and one of the most prestigious collections of student research today.

$75,000 Gordon Moore Award Winners:

Matthew Feddersen and Blake Marggraff of Lafayette, California were awarded for their exploration of a revolutionary way to inexpensively increase the effectiveness of cancer treatment while also increasing cancer safety. By placing tin metal near a tumor before radiation therapy, Matthew and Blake have created a far more effective treatment for cancer. To top it off, the entire experimental process costs less than $100!

$50,000 Young Scientists Award Winners:

Taylor Wilson of Reno, Nevada was recognized for his development of novel passive and active techniques for detecting nuclear threats. Taylor successfully developed one of the lowest dose and highest sensitivity interrogation systems ever reported. Way to go, Taylor!

Pornwasu Pongtheerawan, from Muang, Suratthani, Thailand, and his partners Tanpitcha Phongchaipaiboon and Arada Sungkanit from Meung District, Thailand, were awarded for their groundbreaking research on bio-based packaging plastics through the utilization of fish scales. This team determined that a gelatin found in fish scales could be successfully used in modern day food packaging. Nice work!

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