For the 5^th year in a row, The Planetarium Science Center (PSC), in collaboration with Intel Co. organized the Intel Bibliotheca Alexandrina Science and Engineering Fair (Intel BASEF), which was hosted by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) from 10 to 12 March 2012.

Intel BASEF team has organized three Intel BASEF affiliate school fairs within the framework of Intel BASEF 2012 year long program,  in Victoria College ( from 27 to 28 December  2011), El-Nasr Girls College (from  7 to 8 February 2012), and El-Nasr Boys School (from 22 to 23 February 2012).

37 projects participated in Victoria College Science and Engineering Fair VCSEF (from 27 to 28 December  2011) in eight different categories. 51 students from grade 7 to grade 12 participated at the school science fair.

55 inspiring science projects participated at El-Nasr Girls College Science and Engineering Fair EGCSEF (from 7 to 8 February 2012) in eleven different categories. 82 students from grade 7 to grade 12 participated at the school science fair. 

52 projects participated at El-Nasr Boys School Science and Engineering Fair EBSSEF (from 22 to 23 February 2012) in eleven different categories. 71 students from grade 7 to grade 12 participated at the school science fair.

Students’ Registration for participation at Intel BASEF 2012 was closed on 22 Feb 2012, 169 projects have succeeded in registering on Intel BASEF official registration page, to compete together in 15 different categories. Intel BASEF screening round was held on 25 February 2012. The total number of students who participated at Intel BASEF screening round was 266 students.

Intel BASEF 2012 Judging committee has announced the qualification of a total of 80 projects only, to participate at Intel BASEF final fair which was held from 10 till 12 March 2012, at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Conference Center. Those 80 projects, were in 13 different categories, and included 71 projects, which were qualified after passing Intel BASEF screening round and 9 winning projects from the three Intel BASEF affiliate school fairs. Out of those 80 projects, 19 were underage in 6 different categories. The total number of students who participated at Intel BASEF is 119 students.

Intel BASEF 2012 judging committee included 30 judges from multidisciplinary backgrounds, who, not only, assisted in judging the participating students’ projects, but also, provided valuable guidance to the students to help shape their perception of scientific research and planning related to their projects.

Intel BASEF 2012 judging committee

• Intel BASEF 2012 Grand Awards winners, who will represent Egypt at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2012, held in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania May 13th -18th 2012 are:

- 1st Place award went to Moataz Ahmed Abd El-Ghafar, for his project entitled “Follow Mau’s paws”.

- 2nd Place award went to Osama Ahmed, Magdi Mamdouh and Esraa Saleh, for their project entitled “How to improve the efficiency of p-n junction silicon based solar cells using a nano material as a dopant”.

- 3rd Place award went to Clara Halim Zakhary and Ola Ezzat, for their project entitled “How to Detect Corrosion”.

 

Moataz Ahmed Abd El-Ghafar, 1st Place Grand Award Winner




Osama Ahmed, Magdi Mamdouh and Esraa Saleh, 2nd Place Grand Award Winners




Clara Halim Zakhary and Ola Ezzat, 3rd Place Grand Award Winners
 

37 awards were granted at Intel BASEF 2012 closing ceremony, including the following:

Intel BASEF special awards, granted From Intel ISEF Sponsoring Associations:

- Certificate of Outstanding Achievement granted from Society for IN VITRO Biology awarded to Mostafa Ahmed Said Ramadan for his project entitled “Ostrich is not a bird!”

- Certificate of award granted from The American Psychological association, granted to Rim Mahmoud Abdel Rahmen for her project entitled “Improving communication in teamwork”.

- Certificate of Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award, granted to Omar Khaled Obeya for his project entitled “Improving search in sorted arrays”.

- Three certificates for the 2012 Regional Ricoh sustainable development award, granted to Mostafa Ali Mansour, for his project entitled “From Garbage to Energy”, Ahmed Samy Mahmoud and Mohmed Zewil, for their project entitled “Egy-Solar ball” and Mohamed Mostafa Mohamed Hussein, Ahmed Mohamed Kharob and Mostafa El-Said Ahmed, for their project entitled “Saving Drinking Water”.

- Certificate of Most Outstanding Eleventh Grade Exhibit granted from YALE science and Engineering Association, awarded to Ahmed Hassan Hussein, for his project entitled “Less Bacteria, More Conductivity”.

• Intel BASEF 2012 awards for underage students, including:

- Best Idea Award, granted to Ahmed Ali Fouad Mohamed, for his project entitled “Treatment of Alzheimer disease”.

- Best Team Award, granted to Youssef  Mohy El-Din Ahmed and Nour Mohy El-Dien Ahmed, for their project entitled “Smart glass”.

- Best Presentation Award, granted to Marawan Tarek Ahmed Ibrahim, for his project entitled “Ideal Usage of Wastes”.

• Intel BASEF 2012 Best of Category Awards, including:

- In Physics and Astronomy Category: 1st Place award went to Nada Hazem Fahmy and Rowan Ahmed, for their project entitled “Water Filtration from Lead Using Gravitational Force”.

- In Microbiology Category: 1st Place award went to Yara Ahmed, for her project entitled “The Fight of the Black Knight-Phase Two”.

- In Medicine and Health Sciences Category: 1st Place award went to Shady Mohamed El-Naggar, for his project entitled “Brian Alarm of Relaxation”.  2nd Place award went to Rana Mohamed Adam, for her project entitled “Antifungal role of eucalyptus; possible future therapeutic implications for bronchial Asthma”.  3rd Place award went to Omar Mohamed Abdel Razik, for his project entitled “Treatment of skin cancer using zinc oxide nanoparticles”.

- In Environmental Sciences Category, 1st Place award went to Merna  Mostafa  Moawad and Menna Mahmoud Mohamed Gaber, for their project entitled “ Clever Rubbish Box”. 2nd Place award went to Ahmed Samy Mahmoud and Mohmed Zewil, for their project entitled “Egy-Solar ball”.  3rd Place award went to Mostafa Ali Mansour for his project entitled “ From Garbage to Energy”.

-  In Environmental Management Category: 1st Place award went to Azza faiad and Hend faiad, for their project entitled “The Effect of Mixing Different Types of Types of Inocula on Enhancing Methane Production from Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste”.  2nd Place award went to Abd El-Rahmen Mohamed El-Sayed, for his project entitled “Recycling of cement wastes”. 3rd Place award went to Ayman Osama Abdel-Latef, for his project entitled “Water”.

- In Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical Category:  1st Place award went to Mai Mohammed Hany Ibrahim and Enas Ashraf Abd-Elaziz, for their project entitled “Hocus Pocus Sweeper”.  2nd Place award went to Youmna El-Sharnouby, Fatma Emad and Panccee Alaa, for their project entitled “Seeking safety”. 3rd Place award went to Ziad Mohamed El-Said and Mohamed Ahmed Taha, for their project entitled “Car balancer”.

- In Energy and Transportation Category: 1st Place award went to Osama Ahmed, Magdi Mamdouh and Esraa Saleh, for their project entitled “How to improve the efficiency of p-n junction silicon based solar cells using a nano material as a dopant”.

- In Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering Category: 1st Place award went to Ahmed Hassan Hussein, for his project entitled “Less Bacteria, More Conductivity”.

- In Chemistry Category, 1st Place award went to Clara Halim  Zakhary and Ola Ezzat for their project entitled “How to detect Corrosion”.

- In Behavioral and Social Sciences Category: 1st Place award went to Magdy Salah El-Dien Abo-Khedr , for his project entitled “The Facebook Generation”. 2nd Place award went to Sara Mohamed Samir, for her project entitled “Testimony: Friend or Enemy”.

- In Animal Sciences category: 1st Place award went to Moataz Ahmed Abd El-Ghafar, for his project entitled “Follow Mau’s paws”.

- In Computer Sciences Category:  1st Place award went to Omar Khaled Obeya, for his project entitled “Improving search in sorted arrays”.

• Intel ISEF Students Observers, including:

- 1st Student Observer selected was Aya Magdy El-Saqa, for her project entitled “Using Chemical Reaction as an Energy Source for the heat pump”.

- 2nd Student Observer selected was Merna Mostafa Moawad for her project entitled “Clever Rubbish Box”.