Written by Illustrated News Staff Friday, 16 January 2015 00:00

Two Herricks High School seniors were named as semi-finalists in the 74th Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) competition on Jan. 7. Seniors Abhinav Talwar and Jim Tse were two of the 300 semifinalists throughout the nation to receive the prestigious honor. The semifinalists hail from 460 high schools across the country and were selected from over 1800 applicants. Students from 41 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and five overseas schools conducted independent research on diverse scientific topics in 16 categories.

Talwars two-year research project was completed at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine under the mentorship of Dr. Joel Friedman, department of physiology and biophysics. His project was entitled, Evaluating the Capacity to Generate and Preserve Nitric Oxide Bioactivity in Earthworm Erythrocruorin: A Giant Polymeric Hemoglobin with Potential Blood Substitute Properties.

Tses project was completed at the Leon Root Motion Analysis Laboratory at the Hospital for Special Surgery with mentor Dr. Howard J. Hillstrom. His project was The Effects of Biomechanical Dosage on Osteoarthritis Knee Bracing Using a Novel Total Knee Replacement Prosthesis (e-tibia) to Measure Compressive Joint Forces In Vivo.

Both students have been in the Herricks High School Honors Science Research program for four years. They were each mentored by science research teacher Rene Barcia.

The Intel STS, Americas oldest and most prestigious science competition is often called the Junior Nobel Prize. Originally sponsored by Westinghouse in 1942 and by Intel in 1998, the competition was created to encourage high school seniors who demonstrate exceptional ability in science, math and engineering through individual research projects. Projects submitted for consideration cover all disciplines of science, including biochemistry, chemistry, physics, mathematics, engineering, behavioral science, and medicine and health. The competition is a program of the Society for Science & the Public. The Intel Science Talent Search brings together the best and brightest young scientific minds in America to compete for $1.25 million in awards. Each semifinalist receives a $1,000 award from the Intel Foundation with an additional $1,000 going to his or her respective school, resulting in $600,000 in total semifinalist awards. Additionally, each of the students is eligible to be named as a finalist. The 40 finalists will be named in late January and will move on to compete in Washington, D. C in March.

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Herricks Boasts Two Intel Semifinalists