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The heights of school science: select student research rises to the top.


Original scientific research has earned each of 40 high school students a coveted slot in the final round of the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search The Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) is a prestigious research-based science competition in the United States primarily for high school students. The Intel STS is administered by the Science Service, which began the competition in 1942 with Westinghouse; for many years, the . These teens emerged from a field of 1,600 competitors throughout the United States. Collectively, the finalists will receive more than $500,000 in scholarships.

Intel Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif., and Science Service, publisher of Science News, announced the 40 names on Jan. 26. Science Service has administered the annual competition for 64 continuous years, and Intel has sponsored it since 1998.

Fifteen of this year's finalists are female, and 19 fluently speak at least two languages. Five were born in China, one in Russia, and one in India.

"What's most encouraging is that these young people are just beginning their scientific journeys," says Intel chief executive Craig Barrett. "This group will be responsible for future discoveries that ... keep America at the center of innovation."

Past finalists have gone on to capture prestigious scientific awards. Last October, physicist Frank Wilczek of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business,  became the sixth former finalist to win a Nobel prize. About a third of the 2005 finalists hail from New York. One Maryland high school educated four finalists, and an Illinois school trained three others.

Each of the finalists will receive a notebook computer and a scholarship of $5,000 to $100,000 after a week of science activities and a final round of judging in March in Washington, D.C.

The finalists are

Arizona: James Andrew Cahill, Flagstaff H.S., Flagstaff.

California: June-Ho Kim, Monta Vista H.S., Cupertino; Aaron Sargent Goldin, San Dieguito High School Academy, Encinitas; Amber Irish Hess, Robert Louis Stevenson School Schools named "Robert Louis Stevenson School" or similar include:
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, Pebble Beach; Kelley Harris, C.K. McClatchy H.S., Sacramento.

Florida: Sarah Rose Langberg, Canterbury School, Fort Myers; David Qianli Ying, Coral Reef Senior H.S., Miami; Pooja Pooja can mean:
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 Sunil Jotwani, Charles W. Flanagan H.S., Pembroke Pines.

Georgia: Sisi Monica Chen, Northview H.S., Duluth.

Illinois: Timothy Frank Credo, Abhi Gulati, and Lyra Creamer Haas, all of Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, or IMSA, is a three-year residential public high school located in Aurora, Illinois, with an enrollment of approximately 640 students. , Aurora; Stephen Jacob DeVience, Notre Dame High School for Boys Notre Dame High School for Boys is a male-only Roman Catholic secondary school founded in Niles, Illinois in 1955 by the Congregation of Holy Cross. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.

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, Niles.

Massachusetts: Albert Tsao, Brookline H.S., Brookline.

Maryland: Ryan Marques Harrison, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (BPI), but known most commonly as Poly, is a magnet high school in Baltimore, Maryland. Though established as an all male trade school Poly now serves as a coeducational college preparatory institution that emphasizes , Baltimore; Michael Andrew Forbes, Abigail Ann Fraeman, Sherri Yifan Geng, and Justin Alexander Kovac, all of Montgomery Blair H.S., Silver Spring.

Michigan: Samuel Mohun Bhagwat, Winston Churchill H.S., Livonia.

Minnesota: Michael Jeremy Barany, Roseville Area H.S., Roseville.

New Mexico: Robert Thomas Cordwell, Manzano H.S., Albuquerque.

New York: Stephen Curt Kramer, Byram Hills H.S., Armonk; Neal Wadhwa, Ward Melville H.S., East Setauket; Bruce X. Brewington, Fairport H.S., Fairport; Yingqiuqi Lei, Robert F. Kennedy Community H.S., Flushing; Stanley Shang Chiang, John L. Miller-Great Neck North H.S., Great Neck; Shan Yuan Huang, Longwood H.S., Middle Island; Justin Scott Becker, Hendrick Hudson H.S., Montrose; Karen Lynn Geringer, Plainedge H.S., North Massapequa; Ling Pan, the Brearley School, New York City New York City: see New York, city.
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Ohio: Joline Marie Fan, Upper Arlington H.S., Upper Arlington.

Texas: Ian Robert Haken, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims.

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Washington: Karl James Plank, Squalicum H.S., Bellingham.

Wisconsin: Po-Ling Loh, James Madison Memorial H.S., Madison.
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