Team Canada-ISEF 2008 Announced

March 17, 2008

Sixteen of Canada’s brightest high school scientists have been selected by Youth Science Foundation (YSF) Canada to represent Canada at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) May 11-17 in Atlanta, Georgia. Intel ISEF is the world’s largest science fair.

Team Canada-ISEF was selected by a distinguished panel of 16 university faculty, industry researchers, educators and Team Canada alumni through a competitive national selection process that began in December and concluded Sunday as part of Youth Science Month.

Last year, Team Canada-ISEF fared extremely well, bringing home numerous awards including 12 grand awards and six special awards.

This year’s Team Canada-ISEF includes 5 ISEF veterans and 11 newcomers from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Québec. They are:

• Dániel Bezdek, Calgary, AB
  Shortest Billiard Trajectories
• Mate Bezdek, Calgary, AB
  The Blaschke - Lebesgue Problem Revisited
• Llew Falla, Sarnia, ON
  CH4 Optimization of Biowaste via Microbial Fuel Cell Control
• Beth Ferreira, Winnipeg, MB
  Phoca hispida Feeding Ecology and Contaminant Uptake: Insights from Elemental Analysis of Claws
• Laurent Fradet, Sherbrooke, QC
  Thermal Analysis and Kinetic Modelling of a Nanotechnology-Based Bone Cement
• Eden Full, Calgary, AB
  Passionate Passivity: Development of a High-Precision Passive Photovoltaic Panel Tracking System
• Yale Michaels, Winnipeg, MB
  A Novel Smart shRNA System for Disease Diagnosis and Therapy
• Michael Peters, Victoria, BC
  The Actuator
• Phillip Riessner, Fort St. John, BC
  Aerodynamic Efficiency:  Reducing Fuel Emission through Innovative Aircraft Design
• Carlie Scalesse, London, ON
  Catch Me If You Can!
• Josh Segeren, Chatham, ON
  Soy Solution: Pre-Imbibitional Moisture Effects on the Injury Resistance of Soybeans
• Estelle Simon, Ste-Victoire de Sorel, QC
  No feet, no horse!
• Nikhita Singh, London ON
  How Inflammation Keeps Us Alive: The Superantigen Paradox
• Chen Sun, London, ON
  RpoN regulon in the virulence of a Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Pathogen
• Roopa Suppiah, Deep River, ON
  Carbon Dioxide Conversion - A Solution for Global Warming
• David Williams-King, Bragg Creek, AB
  Developing xuni: a Graphical User Interface Widget Toolkit

A media event to introduce the team is scheduled for Friday, May 9 at the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse in Toronto.

Team Canada-ISEF is a program of Youth Science Foundation Canada and is generously supported by Intel of Canada, UOIT, Genome Canada and Medtronic Foundation.