Special Organization Award Winners

Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair was held May 8-13, 2005 at the Phoenix, Arizona Civic Plaza Convention Center. The fair is highly competitive: 3 million to 5 million students submit projects at local and regional fairs each year, and roughly 1,300 of those students make it to ISEF in one of 14 categories, such as behavioral science, biochemistry, computer science, earth and space sciences, engineering, mathematics, medicine and health, and microbiology. APA is one of several scientific organizations that recognize students competing in the behavioral and social sciences category. The effort is funded and organized through the Education Directorate.

Front row, L-R, Emily Leary, Nissa Leigh Schmidt, Ilang Mae Guiroy, Kayla Marie Cornale Second row, L-R, Ameen Abdulrasool, William Amado Green, Jonathan Yong An

First Award of $1,000 and a certificate

Nissa Leigh Schmidt, Merino High School, Merino, Colorado

Second Award of $500 and a certificate

William Amado Green, Rio Rico High School, Rio Rico, Arizona

Third Award of $250 and a certificate

Ameen Abdulrasool, Lane Technical High School, Chicago, Illinois

Honorable Mention Awards

Ilang Mae Guiroy, The York School, Monterey, California
Kayla Marie Cornale, Assumption Roman Catholic Secondary School, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Jonathan Yong An, Emerald Ridge High School, Puyallup, Washington

Front row, L-R, Marlo Archer, PhD, Syed Ali, PhD, Margaret Johnson, PhD Second row, L-R, Maureen McCarthy, PhD, Emily Leary, Alan Goldberg, PhD, and Jack Wiggins, PhD Not pictured: Skip Pollock, PhD, Ann Ewing, PhD, and Brenda Fonseca, MA.

These finalists will all receive a student membership to APA.

During two days of intense judging, a panel of volunteer psychologist judges selected the top six finishers from 79 science projects related to psychology. Judges included Marlo Archer, PhD, Skip Pollock, PhD, Jack Wiggins, PhD, Alan Goldberg, PhD, Margaret Johnson, PhD, Syed Ali, PhD, Ann Ewing, PhD, and Brenda Fonseca, MA.