[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5588]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       HONORING SEMIFINALISTS IN THE INTEL SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH

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                           HON. STEVE ISRAEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 19, 2013

  Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a number of talented 
and dedicated high school students from my Congressional District who 
were chosen to be Semifinalists in the Intel Science Talent Search 
(STS) as well as one who was named as a Finalist. These students are 
the future of our nation's research and I am so proud to recognize them 
today.
  Mayuri Sridhar attends Kings Park High School in Kings Park, NY in my 
district and Intel has recognized her as a finalist in this year's 
competition. Mayuri is being recognized for her research project 
entitled ``Computational Analysis of the DNA-Binding Mechanism of the 
p53 Tumor Suppressor and its Inactivation through the R249S Mutation.'' 
In March, Mayuri traveled to Washington D.C. to participate in the 
final round of the competition and compete for the top award of 
$100,000. While in the nation's capital, she was one of only forty 
finalists to display her work to the public as well as meet with 
notable American scientists. This extraordinary honor reflects Mayuri's 
commitment and dedication to her academic work and I know Mayuri will 
be successful in her future endeavors.
  Additionally, I want to recognize the Intel Semifinalists that I have 
the honor to represent here in Congress. Long Island and Queens are 
fortunate to have so many top notch schools with dedicated teachers 
guiding these talented young students to success. The Semifinalists 
were selected from among more than 1,700 entrants to receive a $1,000 
award for their outstanding research. In addition, their schools 
receive $1,000 to support further excellence in science and technology 
education. I am impressed not just by their scientific knowledge but 
also by their profound commitment to the scientific process and making 
discoveries that will help our country. The following names of the 
Intel Semifinalists represent the young students with bright futures 
ahead of them and the next generation of American innovation, science, 
and research:
  Amanda Elyssa Ruiz of Bronx High School of Science; Puja Bansal, 
Rohan Goyal, Tammy Jin, Jonathon Kim, Abhinav Patil, Robert Tannenbaum 
of Half Hollow Hills High School East; Deriam Chirinos, Menglu Dong, 
Julia Zhuang of John L. Miller Great Neck North High School; Yonatan 
David of North Shore Hebrew Academy; David Kim, Cyrus Zhou of William 
A. Shine Great Neck South High School; Jacob Gary Wax of Harborfields 
High School; Sonia Joshi, Samuel Lam, Brendan Liu, Michael Shen, 
Raymond Wu of Jericho Senior High School; Wesley Cox, Kenan Mutlu of 
Kings Park High School; Nick Fiacco of Manhasset High School; Meenakshi 
Krishna, Benjamin Isaac Pleat of Herricks High School; Jongyoon Lee, 
Carolyn Yao of Stuyvesant High School; James Shamul, Sunny Zheng of 
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School; Drew Feldman, Minah 
Kim of Paul D. Schreiber High School; Arshia Aalami, Arvind Kumar, 
Ethan Levine, Alian Emil Sherman of Roslyn High School; Michelle Jiang 
Long, Jared Brandon Weiss of Syosset High School,
  In closing, I again want to applaud the families, teachers and 
students that make all of these achievements possible. I commend you 
for all of your successes and I look forward to hearing more from all 
of you in the future. You will keep Americans globally competitive and 
at the forefront of innovation.

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