Intel ISEF 2012: Peshawar
girl wins science accolade
http://tribune.com.pk/story/
PESHAWAR: Seventeen year old Shiza
Gulab, who secured fourth place in the world’s largest pre-college science
fair, arrived in her hometown in Swati Patik on Sunday.
The Intel International Science and Engineering
Fair (ISEF) 2012 was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States.
Three Pakistani teenagers Shiza Gulab, Mahnoor Hassan and Bushra Shahed
attained fourth position for their project titled ‘Energy Square for Cattle.’
Gulab, a first-year engineering student
at the Institute of Computer and Management Sciences (ICMS), Peshawar,
talks about her project and the inspiration behind it.
“We attended a workshop in Islamabad in
which the organizers suggested that we work in the fields of biology, mathematics,
physics and computer science.”
Gulab said she decided to select a topic
from the field of biology on her mother’s advice. “I discussed the idea
with my colleagues Mahnoor and Bushra and they also agreed with me and
we started working on our project.”
“Our project attained first position at
the national level competition in which 86 teams participated and the regional
level in the Pak-Turkish School Peshawar. When we found out that our team
had been selected for Intel ISEF, we felt a mixture of extreme happiness
and confusion.”
Gulab’s father Gul Shah is understandably
filled with pride. “I am very happy. She has not only made me proud, but
also the province and our country.”
Shah said he has cows in his home which
are not raised for a source of income or milk, but to nurture his children’s
interest in animals. He added that his daughter was destined to work for
the development of the country.
Gulab’s mother maintains that her daughter
is a very intelligent student and gets first position in school every year.
Principal of ICMS College for girls, Ambareen
Batol said it was a “pleasure that our students have been selected for
the international fair.”
ICMS Director Malik Tajamul Hayat said the
prize winning students are already on scholarship and will be facilitated
in every possible way to excel in their studies. Giving details about the
project, she said it was designed to provide livestock with adequate nutrition
even in times of natural disasters. The formula, which is a dry mix of
a variety of ingredients such as mulberry, wheat, maize, rice polish, urea
and calcium, provides vitamins and protein to the animals. It also contributes
in controlling diseases, increasing milk production and weight in cattle
in just 28 days.
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