IESL JIY winner
2012 wins top multiple awards at Intel
International Science and Engineering Fair2013 in USA
sent by Eng. Jayavilal Meegoda, Vice President/IESL
The winner of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL)
Junior Inventor of the Year (JIY)
competition 2012, Master Pubudu
Kapuge, has done Mother Lanka proud
by winning several top awards at the 2013 Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair (ISEF), in Phoenix,
Arizona.
Pubudu Kapuge, a
product of Mihintale College, has won the First Award of US$3,000 for his project "Ridge cutting
machine”, in the Electrical and
Mechanical category at the Intel ISEF 2013 Grand Awards Ceremony held last Friday
(17), by the Society for Science and the Public, in partnership with the Intel
Foundation.
According to Eng. Jayavilal Meegoda, Vice President of IESL, Kapuge’s project has also won a special
award, at the Special Awards Ceremony, Thursday night. He has received a US$500 cash award from the Ashtavadhani Vidwan Ambati Subbaraya Chetty Foundation.
Over 1,600 high school students from
60 countries had participated in this year's Intel
Science and Engineering Fair, the world's largest pre-college science
competition, from May 13 -17 in Phoenix, Arizona. They had competed for awards
and scholarships worth nearly four million dollars.
In 2008, JIY winners
had the opportunity to participate in the esteem Intel ISEF competition. So
far, they have won 08 international awards to their credit. Junior Inventor of
the year competition conducted by the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka to promote
creativity and innovation among the future generation for last 28years.
This is great achievement. Good luck and best wishes to that student.
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