Ossining High School Student Charles Gulian Named Intel Finalist: VIDEO

Forty U.S. high school seniors have been named as finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious pre-college science and math competition and a program of Society for Science & the Public.

Charles Gulian made it into the finals with his science research project, A Search for Tidally-Distorted White Dwarf Binaries in the Kepler Survey.

The 40 finalists receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C. from March 5-11, where they will compete for more than $1 million in awards provided by the Intel Foundation.

New this year: place of the competition’s previous $100,000 top prize, three Medal of Distinction awards of $150,000 each will be presented to students who show exceptional scientific potential in three areas: Basic Research, Global Good, and Innovation. There are also three second-place awards of $75,000, and three third-place awards of $35,000.

“The 40 finalists of the Intel Science Talent Search are some of the best and brightest young scientists in the nation,” said Maya Ajmera, president and CEO of Society for Science & the Public and publisher of Science News.

Ossining High School’s three-year science research program, formed in the late 1990s, has been churning out top-ranked students in national and international competitions. As of this year, when five students made it into the semi-finals, bringing to 53 the total number of Ossining students to make the semifinals since 2001.

The school itself has won an award from Intel.

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