Baltimore Polytechnic senior Emma Call is now $20,000 richer thanks to her love of science and math.
The 18-year old won 10th place in the Intel Science Talent Search contest, considered the Nobel Prize for high school seniors.
“For nearly 40 years Intel has worked to encourage and develop new generations of innovators,” Intel Chairman Craig Barrett said in a written statement.
Call, who has been enrolled in the school system?s Ingenuity Project since sixth grade, built a three-dimensional micro cube that could potentially be used as a drug-delivery device imbedded in the human body.
“When I got to high school I had the chance to do research at Johns Hopkins University at the micro/nano lab of Dr. David Gracias,” Call said.
The STS contest has produced six Nobel Laureates and many of the nation?s top scientists.
