Herricks High School seniors Abhinav Talwar and Jim Tse were among 43 Long Island students to rank as Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists on Wednesday.
The students, who were chosen among 1,800 entires from 41 states, will compete with 300 semi-finalists nationwide for monetary prizes, including three first-place awards of $150,000 each.
The students were not able to be reached for comment.
The students, who were each awarded $1,000, are expected to hear if they rank as finalists on Jan. 21. Finalists will 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, according to the Intel Science Talent Search website.
Talwar’s project is titled “Evaluating the Capacity to Generate and Preserve Nitric Oxide Bioactivity in Earthworm Erythrocruorin: A Giant Polymeric Hemoglobin with Potential Blood Substitute Properties.”
Talwar, a Roslyn resident, conducted his two-year research at the Albert Einstein Colege of Medicine in the Bronx.
Tse’s project is titled “The Effects of Biomechanical Dosage on Osteoarthiritis Knee Bracing Using a Novel Total Knee Replacement Prosthesis (e-tibia) to Measure Compressive Joint Forces in Vivo.
Tse, a Williston Park resident, completed his two-year research at the Leon Root Motion Analysis Laboratory at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
Tse was also named a Siemen Foundation semifinalist on Oct. 16, having submitted his project to the Intel Science Talent Search shortly thereafter.
Tse said he became interested in his research on prosthetic knee braces through his interest in sports.
“Biomedicines are used for sports injuries,” he said in a November interview with Blank Slate Media.
Tse’s research explored deviations in knee braces and the prevention of Osteoarthritis.
