Accolades for KAUST Saudi Research Science Institute Graduates

Congratulations to the nine 2011 KAUST Saudi Research Science Institute (SRSI) graduates who won a place to represent the Kingdom at this May’s INTEL International Science & Engineering Fair in the US. Our group represents nine of the 36 winners selected from the entire Kingdom’s applicant pool (link goes to Arabic website) of over 50,000 students from 5,000 schools.

We also especially congratulate and thank the KAUST mentors who so freely and generously volunteered their time and effort to support these young scholars and coach them in their scientific research. What a tribute to them these impressive results pay!

The Winners:

Our nine winners and their KAUST faculty mentors are:

• Abdullah Amazrooa

  Effect of Sensors on Flood Detection – Prof. Christian Claudel

• Dana Abdullatif

  Organocatalysts for Phase Transfer Reactions – Prof. Kuo-Wei (Andy) Huang

• Fatimah Al-Ajaji

  Flexible Ferroelectric Memory Devices – Prof. Husam Alshareef

• Hanan Al-Ali

  Strength Comparison of Nano-Reinforced Tubes – Prof. Gilles Lubineau

• Hisham Al-Falih

  Development of STM/ATM Probe Tips – Prof. Boon Ooi

• Mohammed Al-Johani

  Porifera Identification in the Red Sea – Prof. Timothy Ravasi

• Mohammed Al-Sharif

  Silver Nanoshperes for Use in Solar Cells – Prof. Osman Bakr

• Nayif Al-Homoud

  Synthesis of Palladium Carbene Complexes – Prof. Jorg Eppinger

• Sara Marie

  Electrical Impedance Method on Fruit Freshness – Prof. Khaled Salama

An Additional SRSI Noteworthy Accomplishment

At last week’s three-day National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity held in Riyadh, the first place in both the male and the female competitions of the scientific research category were won by SRSI graduates. In this category, there were a total of 19,064 boys and 7,652 girls who submitted work.

About SRSI

The KAUST SRSI is a summer mentorship program which aims to offer academically motivated and scholastically accomplished high school students the opportunity to conduct university-level research under the mentorship of KAUST professors on the KAUST campus. This is a key step in the broader goal of nurturing talented young scholars to become future scientists, researchers, and leaders of Saudi Arabia.   The SRSI program feeds into the KAUST Gifted Student Program (KGSP) and facilitates the creation of a pool of qualified Saudi students for KAUST by providing opportunities, sponsorship and support throughout their academic development.