Saudi students win 27 awards in ISEF 2023

Saudi students win 27 awards in ISEF 2023

Saudi Gazette report WASHINGTON — Talented Saudi boy and girl students bagged a record number of 27 prizes at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF 2023) that concluded in the United States of America on Friday. The 35-member Saudi team has won 23 grand prizes , instituted by the competition organizers, and four special prizes , offered by local and international organizations after competing with 1,800 outstanding students representing more than 70 countries from all over the world. The Regeneron ISEF 2023, the world’s largest pre-college STEM competition, held at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas during the period from May 14 to 19. In the grand prize category, the Saudi team secured two prizes in the first place, and seven prizes each in second, third and fourth places. Faisal Al-Muhaish and Muhammad Al-Arfaj brought laurels to Saudi Arabia with winning first prizes. Al-Muhaish secured first place in the field of chemistry for his qualitative project titled “An electro-catalyst based on a metal-organic framework for the production of hydrogen from seawater with high efficiency and low cost,” while Al-Arfaj bagged the first prize in the field of environmental engineering, under the title “Using a contact