Adiseshan, who got prizes in T several other categories, was among scores of Indian and South Asian kids in grades 9-12, to get awards at various levels – first, second, third and fourth in several categories.

The Intel contest is the world's largest international precollege science competition, where more than 1,500 high school students from over 50 countries showcase their independent research.

Each year, millions compete worldwide in local and schoolsponsored science fairs; the winners of these events go on to participate in the Intel contestaffiliated regional and state fairs from which the best win the opportunity to attend the final.

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Following is a list of winners of Indian origin in various categories and their projects: Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award, $50,000 scholarship: Tara Anjali Adiseshan, 14, Ramana Academy, Charlottesville, Va.

Identifying and Classifying Evolutionary Interactions between Sweat Bees and Nematodes Seaborg SIYSS Award Preya Shah, 17, WardMelville High School, East Setauket, N.Y.Combating Cancer: Design and Synthesis of Dual-Warhead Tumor-Targeting Drug Conjugates European Union Contest for Young Scientists Shaunak Krishan Bakshi, 15, and Peter Hans Massey, 16, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, N.Y.ALPHA-Lipoic Acid: Towards a Novel Neuroprotective Treatment for Alzheimer's Associated Cognitive Dysfunction in a Drosophila Model Animal Sciences Top 1st Place: Tara Anjali Adiseshan 1st Award of $3,000: Tara Anjali Adiseshan Behavioral and Social Sciences 4th Award of $500: Geetika Rudra, 17, Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights, N.Y.The Effect of Fear Appeals in Political Advertising Prachi Rajesh Agrawal, 16, William L. Dickinson High School, Jersey City, N.J.The Effect of Learning Mathematical Principles in Various Ways on Transfer and Application to Other Problems Biochemistry Best of Category, presented by Agilent Technologies, $5,000 plus laptop: Anartya Mandal, 18, Boston Latin School, Boston, Mass.

Curcumin Induces Apoptosis in Cancer Cells by Inhibiting NFkB 1st Award of $3,000: Anartya Mandal 2nd Award of $1,500: Preeti Singhal, 16, Arlington High School, Arlington, Texas An Innovative Strategy for the Protection against Chemo-toxicity and Radiation Poisoning Nitish Lakhanpal, 17, University High School, Irvine, Calif.

An Investigation into the Folding of Beta Structures in a Class of Pathologically-Relevant Proteins: Computational Prediction of Secondary and Super-Secondary Structure from Primary Amino Acid Sequence 3rd Award of $1,000: Pranali H. Dalvi, 16, International Baccalaureate at BartowHigh School, Bartow, Fla.

Characterization of a Biophysics Model to Evaluate Regulation of the p53 Protein Cellular and Molecular Biology Top 1st Place Winner, Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000: Ronit Batya Roth Abramson, 17, Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, Calif.

Cell Wall Formation from Marine Diatom Protoplasts: Implications for Novel Transformation and Nanotechnology Techniques 1st Award of $3,000: Suraj K.Mishra, 17, Mills E. Godwin High School, Richmond, Va.

Investigating the French Paradox: Resveratrol as a Potential Antioxidant in Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation and Genomic Stability Ronit Batya Roth Abramson 2nd Award of $1,500: Prateek Singh Baghel, 17, Shaker High School, Latham, N.Y.Creation of a Functional, Genetically-Tagged Androgen Receptor-Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein Gene to Study Androgen Action in Prostate Cancer Cells 3rd Award of $1,000: Sabrina Lakshmi Prabakaran, 18, home schooled, FortMyers, Fla.

Role of CD34+ and CD14+ Cells in Diabetic Vascular Disease 4th Award of $500: Arun Brendan Dutta, 15, Western Albemarle High School, Crozet, Va.

Acetyl Transferase Inhibitors: A New Treatment for Colon and Cervical Cancer? Aaditya Ganesh Shidham, 18, Upper Arlington High School, Upper Arlington, Ohio Ship as a Target of miR155: A New Model for Leukemiogenesis Chemistry Top 1st Place Winner, Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000: Preya Shah 1st Award of $3,000: Preya Shah 2nd Award $1,500: Shamik Mascharak, 15, Santa Cruz High School, Santa Cruz, Calif.

Synthesis of Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles Conjugated with RGD Peptide for Detection of Invasive Human Breast Cancer Cells 3rd Award of $1,000: Jonathan Edward Rajaseelan, 16, Lancaster Country Day School, Lancaster, Pa.

Rhodium Complexes of N- Heterocyclic Carbenes: Catalysts for Green Chemistry? 4th Award of $500: Prem P.Thottumkara, 16, Macomb High School, Macomb, Ill.

Design and Development of Ozone Equivalents for the Oxidative Cleavage of Alkenes Computer Science 2nd Award of $1,500: Vedant Subramaniam Kumar, 15, duPont Manual Magnet High School, Louisville, Ky.

Applied Digital Cerebrovascular Segmentation Earth & Planetary Sciences 2nd Award of $1,500: Divya Nag, 18, Mira Loma High School, Sacramento, Calif.

Thermal Analysis and Thermogravimetry Techniques to Quantify and Prevent Forest Fires Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Second Award of $1,500 Nirusan Jayaranjan, 15, College Sturgeon Heights Collegiate, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Voice Activated Navigation for the Blind Ritik Malhotra, 16, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, Calif.

Multi-Touch Table: An Infrared-Based Touch Interface Designed for Collaborative Data Manipulation 3rd Award of $1,000: E.Chandula Padmasiri, 16, Ananda College, Colombo 10, Western Region, Sri Lanka Mobile Phone Based Microscope Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering 4th Award of $500: Rahul Mitra, 15, Corona Del Sol High School, Tempe, Ariz.

The Effect of Gold on the Superconducting Transition Temperature of Lead Energy and Transportation Top 1st Place Winner, Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000: Ryan Cherian Alexander, 16, R. C. Clark High School, Plano, Texas Gone with the Windmills: An Analysis of the Effectiveness of an Oscillating Wind Energy Generator 1st Award of $3,000: Ryan Cherian Alexander Akshai Baskaran, 16, Kennewick High School, Kennewick, Wash.

Optimizing the Growth of Nannochloropsis oculata for Production of BioFuels 2nd Award of $1,500: Vishnu Jayaprakash, 15, Chettinad Vidyashram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India A Novel Microbial Fuel Cell Based on Inexpensive Graphite Electrodes Pavane Lakshmi Gorrepati, 15, Rivermont Collegiate, Bettendorf, Iowa Warning about Warming: Innovative Fuel Cells for the 21st Century - A Performance Study of the Proton Exchange Membrane, Reversible, and Direct Methanol Fuel Cells Under Multiple Operating Conditions 4th Award of $500: Shyamal Ashwin Patel, 18, Saint Augustine High School, Saint Augustine, Fla.

Solar Acquisition Environmental Management 2nd Award of $1,500 Hetal Kanjibhai Vaishnav, 16, Late Shree S.G. Dholakiya Memorial High School, Rajkot, Gujarat, India Recycled Composite Material Made from Non-recyclable Multilayer Film Plastic Packaging Waste Environmental Sciences 3rd Award of $1,000: Srikar Patlola Reddy, 15, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Fla.

Grape Extracts as Possible Therapeutic Treatments for Plant and Bacterial Toxins Jay B.Gulshen, 16, Camdenton High School, Camdenton, Mo.

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Formalin, Hydrogen Peroxide, and Ultra Violet Water Purification for the Control of Surface Pathogens on Fathead Minnow Eggs 4th Award of $500: Anita Vasudev Saraf, 14, Alfred M.Barbe High School, Lake Charles, La.

Effect of Corticosterone on the Expression of Insulin Receptor mRNA in Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog) microbiology 1st award of $3,000: shubhangi arora, 15, novi high school, novi, mich.

identification of genes in c.albicans that contribute to antifungal resistance 2nd award of $1,500: mayank tahilramani, 17, peachtree ridge high school, suwanee, ga.

combination of ultrasound and antibiotic's synergy on bacteria viability 3rd award of $1,000: divya seth, 16, brighton high school, rochester, n.y.the effect of ibudilast on tatinduced tnf-alpha production 4th award of $500: shilpa pramod argade, 17, scripps ranch high school, san diego, calif.

correlating genetic signatures with surface sugar expression in vibrio vulnificus physics and astronomy top 1st place winner, intel isef best of category award of $5,000: nilesh tripuraneni, 18, clovis west high school, fresno, calif.

a relativistic generalization of the navier-stokes equations to quark-gluon plasmas 1st award of $3,000: nilesh tripuraneni third award of $1,000 sujay tyle, 15, pittsford mendon high school, pittsford, n.y.a novel method to determine the mechanism behind dna-dna interactions using optical tweezers harikrishna rallapalli, 17, amador valley high school, pleasanton, calif.

fast low-cost bisphenol-a (bpa) detector team projects top 1st place winners, intel isef best of category award of $5,000: shaunak krishan bakshi and peter hans massey 1st award of $3,000: shaunak krishan bakshi and peter hans massey ashutosh patra, 17, and siheng s. you, 17, sunset high school, portland, ore.

novel water lens for cost- effective electricity generation 2nd award of $1,500: sandeep mallidi, 17, and evan george marshall, 16, westview high school, portland, ore.

field and statistical analysis of landslide propensity: using study sites from oregon city, oregon debarghya sarkar, 17, and anish mukherjee, 17, south point high school, kolkata, west bengal, india clamped bottle cap: a novel tamper-proof bottle cap design harish srikar vemuri, 17, maanas tripathi, 17, and peter chal landgren, 18, westview high school, portland, ore.

turning the ocean upside down: a study in trends of coastal upwelling along the pacific coast naveen murali, 16, staples high school, westport, conn., elias lebovits, 18, ramaz upper school, new york, n.y., and daniel y. peng, 17, monta vista high school, cupertino, calif.

engineering thermoreversible hydrogels for controlled drug delivery shilpa mokshagundam, 16, and vishnu kiran kadiyala, 17, dupont manual magnet high school, louisville, ky.

histone deacetylase (hdac) inhibition: a potential therapy for binge alcohol toxicity sajith m wickramasekara, 18, and andrew yi guo, 18, north carolina school of science and mathematics, durham, n.c.a functional genomic framework for chemotherapeutic drug improvement and identification 3rd award of $1,000: tej diptesh amin, 16, and zueber juma, 16, lake highland preparatory school, orlando, fla.

an innovative open-source reporting solution to combat aids/hiv mohit tiwari, 17, and kyle wells mccann, 18, yorktown high school, yorktown heights, n.y.a mechanical mentor: developing an assistive aid for therapeutic applications aakriti jain, 16, and cheng cheng, 16, lynbrook high school, san jose, calif.

the effect of variable microorganisms and ph on the efficiency of a microbial fuel cell angad jolly, 17, and jordan david zesch, 17, keystone school, san antonio, texas engineering a system to record head related transfer functions of sounds from various directions 4th award of $500: navaneeth goduwin ravindranath, 15, and amruth venkatraman, 15, r. c. clark high school, plano, texas novel control methodologies for conserving energy with electrochromic windows intisar islam, 16, and hamza arshad, 17, little rock central high school, little rock ark.

total polyphenolic contents in relation to its chemopreventive properties in turmeric rhizomes.