VietNamNet Bridge – Two groups of Vietnamese students from the Ha Noi-Amsterdam and Le Hong Phong high schools have been awarded fourth-place prizes at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF).
The Intel ISEF competition for students in grades 9 – 12 is the world’s largest international pre-college science competition.
The group from Ha Noi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted included Vu Mai Huong, Hoang Trong Nam Anh and Do Thuy Linh, won the prize in the field of materials and bioengineering. The group studied the micro-filtration properties of chicken eggshell membrane and its potential use in portable water filtering devices.
The project “Application to Aquaponics for Home Grown Food – an Automatic Environmental Monitoring System” by Tran Ngoc Chau, Nguyen Phuong Dy and Truong Nhut Cuong from Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted in HCM City is a work in the field of electrical and mechanical engineering.
The Intel ISEF competition for students in grades 9 – 12 is the world’s largest international pre-college science competition. This year, 1,600 high school students, young scientists and engineers from 70 countries, regions and territories took part in the week-long competition in Phoenix, USA.
Source: VNS