An 18-year-old Indian-American boy has won the prestigious Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award in the US for inventing a device that quickly shuts down undersea oil spills.
Karan Jerath of Friendswood, Texas, claimed USD 50,000 top prize yesterday at this year's Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (IISEF). Jerath was also one of the five students selected for the Intel and Indo-US Science and Technology Forum Visit to India Award. Jerath designed a sturdy device that can collect the oil, gas and water spewing from a broken well on the seafloor.
"Sensors inside the 350-ton device would measure the temperature, pressure and density of the mix of gases and fluids erupting from a well. "A computer would then calculate how valves in the gadget should be adjusted so that the gas and oil can be collected.
That should stop a spill in its tracks. The device could help prevent an ecological catastrophe. It also would reduce cleanup costs," Karan said. The top position was shared by two other teen researchers.
Karan Jerath of Friendswood, Texas, claimed USD 50,000 top prize yesterday at this year's Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (IISEF). Jerath was also one of the five students selected for the Intel and Indo-US Science and Technology Forum Visit to India Award. Jerath designed a sturdy device that can collect the oil, gas and water spewing from a broken well on the seafloor.
"Sensors inside the 350-ton device would measure the temperature, pressure and density of the mix of gases and fluids erupting from a well. "A computer would then calculate how valves in the gadget should be adjusted so that the gas and oil can be collected.
That should stop a spill in its tracks. The device could help prevent an ecological catastrophe. It also would reduce cleanup costs," Karan said. The top position was shared by two other teen researchers.
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