/24-7PressRelease/ - NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 22, 2007 - NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate has identified the winners of its high school contest to describe "Air Transportation in 2057". Two Indian students won this contest and proved the Indian student's thought process, intelligence and capability to become scientists on the global level.
Yashraj Khaitan from the Dhirubhai Ambani International School in Mumbai won the second place individual international awards for senior level students and third place was awarded to Ketan Sharma from the Amity International School in Haryana.
Sarah Vaden from Roanoke Valley Governor's School in Roanoke, Va., and Emma Peterson from Burnsview Secondary School in Delta, British Columbia, won top prizes for their essays on the theme.
Yashraj Khaitan is a student of the Dhirubhai Ambani International School, pursuing the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. He is currently in the 1st Year (Class 11) of this two-year program. He has been a star achiever both in academics and co-curricular activities. He has also been a delegate representing PANAMA in TIIMUN-2006, and LIBYA in DAIMUN (Dhirubhai Ambani International School Model United nations)-2006. he had participated in International Textile machinery exhibitions held in Birmingham (UK) and Singapore. He would be doing the same this year as well, in Germany. During his last summer, he implemented a small part of the 5-S program in his father's industry, and was successful in bringing down the average delivery delays from 26 to 4 days in just 2 months. Presently, he is researching on how to improve the efficiency of a dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cell.
Teens from across the United States and six foreign countries submitted 88 essays in four categories: U.S. individual, U.S. team, international individual and international team. In all, 14 teams and 75 individual students submitted essays to NASA's Fundamental Aeronautics Program, which sponsored the contest. The top U.S. team was Tyler Pennington, Morgan Harless, and Jared Hagan from Linwood Holton Governor's School in Abingdon, Va. The top international team was Nombuso Ndlovu, Shoki Kobe, and Lerato Mthembu from the Lotus Hardens High School in Pretoria, South Africa.
"I wish I had been that articulate in high school," said Juan Alonso, director of NASA's Fundamental Aeronautics Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington. "What's particularly gratifying is that many of the students said they were interested in working for NASA in the future. And now we've learned that South Africa has just designated the aeronautics contest the official international section of their aviation science program, which will allow even more schools to participate."
NASA will award the top scoring essays from the United States with a trophy and a cash prize of $1,000 (to be shared, in the case of the team). Non-U.S. students will receive a trophy but are not eligible for cash prizes. All participants will receive a NASA certificate and a personal letter of commendation from a NASA official.
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