High school students qualify for Intel ISEF

Posted Friday, April 15, 2011 12:00 am

At the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair, the Long Beach High School team of Eric Rubin, left, and Elan Heller also finished first in the Environmental Sciences category. They will be going on to compete at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles in May.

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The Long Beach High School team of Hannah Berkowitz, left, and Jackie Bokor earned a first place prize in Environmental Management at the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair. They will be going on to compete at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles in May.

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A total of six students on three teams from Long Beach High School qualified to compete at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel/ISEF), which is recognized as the premier science competition in the world, exclusively for students in grades 9-12.

The teams of Hannah Berkowitz and Jackie Bokor, Arianne Papa and Jane Smyth, and Elan Heller and Eric Rubin all qualified for this honor by earning first place awards at the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair (LISEF). They will be heading off to Los Angeles on May 8 to compete against students from around the world for more than $4 million in prizes and scholarships.

Their original research projects will be subjected to several rounds of judging by a panel of doctoral-level scientists, alongside the work of 1,500 other students from 50 countries around the world. For the past four years, Long Beach High School has accounted for at least 25 percent of the Long Island teams that advanced to the international level of the ISEF competition.

A number of Long Beach High School students also won special awards at the LISEF competition. Jane Smyth, Arianne Papa, Hannah Berkowitz, Jackie Bokor, Zak Klein, Andrew Hurst and Rob Cornacchia won U.S. Air Force Awards.

Ben Weiss won the American Meteorological Award, while Jane Smyth, Arianne Papa and Rob Cornacchia earned Rioch Awards. David Velez and Brandon Levokove won a second place award for their team project, while third-place finishes went to Ben Weiss, Griffin Shapiro and Zak Seghrouchni. Zak Klein, Andrew Hurst and Robert Cornacchia earned honorable mentions.

A total of 31 students in grades 9-12 participate in the High School Science Research program. They work under the guidance of science research teachers Cody Onufrock and Veronica Ade.

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