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			First place winner Shivani Sud, 17, of Durham, N.C., (center); second place winner Graham Van Schaik, 17, of Columbia, S.C. (right); and third place Brian McCarthy, 18, of Hillsboro, Oregon, (left) celebrate winning the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search. Intel Chairman Craig Barrett presented the top winners with college scholarships of $100,000, $75,000 and $50,000, respectively. These top innovators were chosen from an applicant pool of more than 1,600 American high school seniors.
	Shivani Sud, 17, of Durham, N.C., displays her top prize-winning research project at the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search. Shivani placed first among 1,602 applicants to win a $100,000 scholarship from the Intel Foundation. Shivani developed a model that analyzed the specific "molecular signatures" of tumors from patients with stage II colon cancer. She then used this information to identify those at higher risk for tumor recurrence and propose potentially effective drugs for treatment.
			Graham Van Schaik, 17, of Columbia, S.C., with his award-winning project at the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search. Graham placed second among 1,602 applicants to win a $75,000 scholarship from the Intel Foundation. Graham completed a 2-year project studying the effects of pyrethroids, a common type of pesticide, on breast cancer and nerve cell degeneration.
	Brian McCarthy, 18, of Hillsboro, Ore., with his award-winning chemistry project at the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search. Brian placed third among 1,602 applicants to win a $50,000 scholarship from the Intel Foundation. Brian developed new types of solar cells in order to provide a less expensive, renewable form of energy.

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