CREST student wins a bevy of awards at the International Science and Engineering Fair in the USA
National Science & Engineering Competition prize winner, James Popper, has gone on to achieve outstanding success at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose, California.
James, who is from Swindon, Wiltshire and attended Marlborough College, won multiple awards, including;
Intel ISEF Best of Category award for Electrical and Mechanical Engineering worth $3,000 plus a $5,000 scholarship with a $1,000 grant to his school
An invitation to the prestigious ‘Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar’, an event where 25 of the world’s best young Scientists and Engineers meet during the Nobel Prize Ceremonies
The US Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Foundation Presidents' Scholarship worth $10,000 over four years to a college of choice
First place in the US Government Patent and Trademark Office Society award worth $2000 and Runner-up in The International Society for Optical Engineering award worth $1500
Winner of a United Technologies Corporation Prize of $2,000 worth of shares in the company.
The 18-year-old presented his fire detection project, which had previously won the Best CREST Gold Award at the Big Bang Fair in March and multiple Young Engineers awards. James was competing at the annual international forum attended by over 1,600 students from over 50 countries, showcasing their independent research.
For his project ‘CookerSmart’, James designed an innovative fire protection device that detects kitchen fires, by measuring the infra-red flicker of their flames. The signal given off by the device is processed to detect the flame flicker and minimise false alarms caused by alternative sources of infra-red.
Progressing through the CREST (CREativity in Science and Technology) Awards and Young Engineers schemes has afforded James many new opportunities, aiding both his development and achievements.
James said: ‘Being a part of both national and international events, dedicated to Science and Engineering, has strengthened my determination to persevere in these fields. The CREST and Young Engineers schemes have greatly assisted my development and I look forward to the new challenges that university will present. I am exceedingly proud to represent Great Britain and in some small part to continue our esteemed Science and Engineering tradition.’
Sir Roland Jackson, Chief Executive of the British Science Association, said; ‘James has done the UK extremely proud with his achievements in San Jose. It is very rewarding to see such inspiring talent come through our CREST Awards scheme and the National Science & Engineering Competition to go on and represent the UK on the global stage’
To follow in James’s footsteps, the next round of regional Big Bang fairs are taking place across the UK this summer. For more information, please visit www.thebigbangfair.co.uk/map.cfm
James, who is from Swindon, Wiltshire and attended Marlborough College, won multiple awards, including;
Intel ISEF Best of Category award for Electrical and Mechanical Engineering worth $3,000 plus a $5,000 scholarship with a $1,000 grant to his school
An invitation to the prestigious ‘Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar’, an event where 25 of the world’s best young Scientists and Engineers meet during the Nobel Prize Ceremonies
The US Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Foundation Presidents' Scholarship worth $10,000 over four years to a college of choice
First place in the US Government Patent and Trademark Office Society award worth $2000 and Runner-up in The International Society for Optical Engineering award worth $1500
Winner of a United Technologies Corporation Prize of $2,000 worth of shares in the company.
The 18-year-old presented his fire detection project, which had previously won the Best CREST Gold Award at the Big Bang Fair in March and multiple Young Engineers awards. James was competing at the annual international forum attended by over 1,600 students from over 50 countries, showcasing their independent research.
For his project ‘CookerSmart’, James designed an innovative fire protection device that detects kitchen fires, by measuring the infra-red flicker of their flames. The signal given off by the device is processed to detect the flame flicker and minimise false alarms caused by alternative sources of infra-red.
Progressing through the CREST (CREativity in Science and Technology) Awards and Young Engineers schemes has afforded James many new opportunities, aiding both his development and achievements.
James said: ‘Being a part of both national and international events, dedicated to Science and Engineering, has strengthened my determination to persevere in these fields. The CREST and Young Engineers schemes have greatly assisted my development and I look forward to the new challenges that university will present. I am exceedingly proud to represent Great Britain and in some small part to continue our esteemed Science and Engineering tradition.’
Sir Roland Jackson, Chief Executive of the British Science Association, said; ‘James has done the UK extremely proud with his achievements in San Jose. It is very rewarding to see such inspiring talent come through our CREST Awards scheme and the National Science & Engineering Competition to go on and represent the UK on the global stage’
To follow in James’s footsteps, the next round of regional Big Bang fairs are taking place across the UK this summer. For more information, please visit www.thebigbangfair.co.uk/map.cfm
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