LRSEF Alum Wins at 2019 ISEF

Kentucky students pose for photo at ISEF 2019

The Intel ISEF 2019 Grand Awards were announced on May 17, 2019. Team Kentucky, represented by 24 students from across the state, took home 14 total awards.

LRSEF alum Rachel Spaulding, Eastern High School, won 4th place in the Energy: Physical Sciences category for her project, Solar Updraft Tower-Wind Turbine Hybrid: Maximizing Power Output through Vortex Shedding, Water Droplet Atomization and Arduino Servo Control Feedback Loop.

Congratulations to Rachel and all Team Kentucky winners!

Team Kentucky Winners at 2019 ISEF

2019 Intel ISEF Grand Ceremony Awards

View full 2019 Intel ISEF Grand Awards list.

4th place Physical Sciences ($500) — Energy: Physical Category
Rachel Spaulding (LRSEF Eastern High School)

3rd place Life Sciences ($1000) — Microbiology Category
Anne Liang (duPont Manual High School)

3rd place Physical Sciences ($1000) — Systems Software Category
David Vulakh (Paul Laurence Dunbar High School)

2nd place Life Sciences ($1500) — Biochemistry Category
Jack Boylan & Kavya Koneru (duPont Manual High School)

1st place Physical Sciences ($3000) — Robotics and Intelligent Machines Category
Pranav Senthivel and Shreshth Srivastava (duPont Manual High School)

Best of Category & 1st place Physical Sciences ($3000 Award) — Engineering Mechanics Category
Rachel Seevers (Paul Laurence Dunbar High School)

Intel Foundation Young Scientist ($50,000) Award: Engineering Mechanics Category
Rachel Seevers (Paul Laurence Dunbar High School)

2019 Intel ISEF Special Awards

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Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the Air Force Award
Elaina Render (duPont Manual High School); David Vulakh (Paul Laurence Dunbar High School)

Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Award
Pranav Senthilvel & Shreshth Srivastava (duPont Manual High School)

Drug, Chemical, and Associated Technologies (DCAT) Association Award
Jack Boylan & Kavya Koneru (duPont Manual High School)

Oracle Academy Award
Raymond Suo (duPont Manual High School) with partners Allen Wu & Naomi Kenyatta

Shanghai STEM Cloud Center Award
Rachel Seevers (Paul Laurence Dunbar High School); Raymond Suo (duPont Manual High School) with partners Allen Wu & Naomi Kenyatta

United Technologies Corporations Award
David Vulakh (Paul Laurence Dunbar High School)

King Abdulaziz & his Companions Foundation for Giftedness & Creativity $21,000 Scholarship Award
Pranav Senthilvel & Shreshth Srivastava (duPont Manual High School)