Thursday, May 13, 2010

Arina Ghosh represents Alabama in Intel’s International Science Fair

May 13, 2010

Arina Ghosh, a junior at the Alabama School of fine Arts (ASFA), won first place in the senior division Chemistry category, at The Central Alabama Regional Engineering and Science fair (CARESF 2010), held at UAB in March.

Students from six central Alabama counties competed to qualify for the 2010 Alabama Science and Engineering Fair held recently in Huntsville on April 1-3. Once again, Arina's project "The Effect of Heavy Metals On Porphyrin Ring Compounds Part 2: Hg and Pb Uptake at the Base of the Food Chain Near Toxic Waste Disposal Sites" won first place in the senior division, Biochemistry category, at the State Fair. Her project also won special awards from the American Chemical Society, the Yale Science and Engineering Association for "Most Outstanding Eleventh Grade Exhibit", and The Boeing Trophy for "Best Scientific Method”. In addition, she has been selected as one of the INTEL finalists from Alabama, to participate in the prestigious Intel 2010 International Science & Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF 2010). She will be competing at the national/global level representing Alabama with an all-expense paid trip to San Jose, California on May 9-14, 2010. ASFA's AP Chemistry teacher Judy Cantwell, was her mentor. She is the daughter of Deep and Leena Ghosh of North Shelby County.

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