Intel International Intel International Science and Engineering Fair—Student Awards Announced
Erik Keoni Wessel, a Hale Kula home school student working on the HSFL COSMOS project, earned prizes at the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in Pittsburgh, PA, May 14-18, 2012. Wessel won awards totaling $3500 from NASA and the Air Force Research Laboratory for his project, “Simulating Orbital Dynamics and Planetary Collisions in a Video Game.” The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a program of Society for Science and the Public, is the world’s largest pre-college science fair competition. One thousand-five hundred participants from 70 countries, regions, and territories vied for the prizes and scholarships.