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Four Maine teens head to international STEM competition

Every year, the Maine State Science Fair sends its top three projects -- chosen from a pool of 250 science and engineering projects, designed by students -- to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
Credit: Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance

MAINE, USA — Four young scientists from high schools in Maine will share their inventions and findings at an international fair next week.

Every year, the Maine State Science Fair sends its top three projects -- chosen from a pool of 250 science and engineering projects, designed by students -- to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. 

From May 12-17, Phoenix, Arizona will be hosting 1,700 high school students from 81 countries. Students will present their projects to judges and set up work in an exhibit hall. Special awards, scholarships, and winning titles will be given out throughout the week.

The students headed to Arizona representing Maine are:

  • Tyler Delargy from Bangor High School, who developed a device to expand sensory horizons of the blind visually impaired by creating and interpreting a live infrared depth map through a vibrotacile array.
  • Artem Laptiev and Antonia Zakorchemna from Fryeburg Academy, who designed functional prototypes of low-cost Braille displays for e-readers, using different technologies, like magnetic coils, pneumatic systems, and stepper motors. 
  • Amara Ifeji from Bangor High School, who tested the effectiveness of mycorrhizae in the remediation of copper and nickel, both heavy metals, from storm water.

Congratulations and good luck to these young and bright participants! 

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