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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Students Luis Carlos Bustamante, Daniela Murillo Rodríguez, Roy Rojas Santamaría, Hazel Bolaños Alfaro, Gypsy Durán Araya, David Monge Ricaurte, Marco Mata Baltodano and Diego Reyes make up the delegation that will represent the country in the International Science and Engineering Fair, ISEF, which will be held in Phoenix, Arizona. Considered the most important pre-university science fair and technology in the world. Costa Rican students have participated in the fair since 1998. "For the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Telecommunications, it is a pleasure to support all those efforts to consolidate and position young Costa Ricans within the international talent with the participation of these young people from all over the country in Arizona," said Luis Adrián Salazar Minister of Science and Technology. "We reaffirm the capacity and potential of our country to enter the knowledge economy with creativity, invention, and intelligence." Each year more than seven million students develop research projects and participate in local and national fairs. They all hope to represent their countries in international competitions. ISEF is an activity that undoubtedly helps not only to awaken the interest of students in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics but also awakens their creativity as they seek innovative solutions to real problems. "Activities like this are fundamental to face the great challenge we have as a country so that more young people are interested in these fields, if we want Costa Rica to move towards the knowledge industry, which will generate more and better sources of employment in coming years," said Timothy Scott Hall, Public Relations representative of Intel Costa Rica. Now that the winners of the Costa Rica ISEF Challenge have been announced, the students and their mentors have prepared together with the aim of improving the quality of the projects that are in the prototype phase and improving the presentation for the day of judging and public display. The projects presented by the students are: - Forest App: Redesign of the urban landscape for the return of birds to San José, Costa Rica. - Adaptable lifting device for wheelchairs. - Preparation of bioplastic from sweet potato starch (Ipomoeae batatas). - LESCO Interactive Translator. The ISEF competition will be held from May 12 to 17 in Phoenix, Arizona. In this year's edition, around 1,800 students from more than 75 countries, territories and regions will participate. The winner will receive a prize of $5,000. In 2018, Oliver Nicholls, 19, of Sydney, Australia, was awarded first place for designing and building a prototype of an autonomous robotic window cleaner for commercial buildings. ------------- Have you heard of the International Science and Engineering Fair? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to: news@amcostarica.com |
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