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Seven TAMS Students named Seminfinalists in 2008 Intel Science Talent Search Competition
The Science Talent Search (STS) is America’s oldest and most prestigious science research competition for high school seniors, often considered the “junior Nobel Prize.” Since 1941, first in partnership with Westinghouse and since 1998 with Intel, the competition has provided a national stage for America’s best and brightest young scientists to present original research to nationally recognized professional scientists.
Each spring, 40 finalists are selected from a nationwide pool of thousands to attend the week-long Science Talent Institute in Washington, D.C. There, students have the opportunity to present their research projects to the general public and members of the scientific community at the National Academy of Sciences, meet with distinguished government leaders and participate in a rigorous judging process. Over $1 million is awarded annually to Intel STS participants and their schools. Awards range from $5,000 scholarship grants and laptop computers for all finalists to the grand prize of a $100,000 college scholarship. Go to http://www.societyforscience.org/sts/ for more info.
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Ananth Ram
A Novel Approach for Mathematically Modeling Pretargeted Radioimmunotherapy: Using Hapten Radionuclides as Treatments for Colon Cancer.
Research mentor:
Dr. Margaret Ackerman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Jerry Du
Rab Proteins Regulate Smoothened Trafficking in the Hedgehog Signaling Pathway
Research Mentor: Dr. Jin Jiang, Department of Developmental Biology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. |
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Korok Chaterjee
A Joint Encryption and Error-Correction Scheme Using the McEliece Cryptosystem and the Nordstrom-Robinson Error-Correcting Code.
Mentor: Dr. Murali R. Varanasi, Chair, Electrical Engineering |
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Osbert Bastani
Using Gaussian Random Fields to Create and to Characterize Digitalized Structural Models of Heterogeneous Materials
Mentor: Dr. John Quintanilla, Department of Mathematics, U. of North Texas |
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Ratul Pujari
Effects on Crystallization and Physical properties of Polycaprolactone + polyethylene-block-poly (ethylene glycol) blends with hydroxyapatite.
Research Mentors: Dr. Witold Brostow, LAPOM, College of Engineering; Ms. Haley Hagg Lobland, LAPOM, College of Engineering |
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Samuel Thompson
Photocrosslinking, Fast-Response Thermo-Sensitive Vinyl-PEG-co-acrylamide Crystalline Colloid Microgel Films.
Research Mentors: Dr. Zhibing Hu, Department of Physics, UNT; Dr. Tong Cai, Department of Physics, UNT; Manuel Marquez (Phillip Morris USA) |
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Vinay Ramasesh
Impact of Orbital Localization on One-Electron Set Convergence.
Research Mentor: Dr. Angela Wilson, Department of Chemistry, UNT |
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