Notre Dame grad gets rare honor from international science fair

Third year in a row that Malini Mukherji earned entry to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Malini Mukherji, who yesterday graduated from Notre Dame Prep, received a third-place award at last week's Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), a program hosted by the Society for Science & the Public (the Society), the world’s largest international pre-college science competition. The event was held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Her project, entitled "Increasing Hydropower Flow Rate Using a Non-Linear Penstock," garnered the honor in the "Energy: Physical" category. She earned $1,000 as a result of her finish, which was announced last week by Intel ISEF.

A summary of Mukherji's project is available here.

Mukherji's award came against more than 1,800 high school students from more than 75 countries, regions, and territories who were given the opportunity to showcase their independent research and compete for on average $4 million in total prizes.

She earned entry in the international fair (her third year in a row at ISEF) because her project won one of only two Grand Awards at the 24th Michigan Science & Engineering Fair, which was held at Kettering University in Flint last month.

Mukerji, one of Notre Dame Prep's 22 valedictorians, will be attending the University of Michigan to study engineering in the fall.


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Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. Notre Dame's upper school enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower schools enroll students in pre-kindergarten through grade eight. All three schools are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org.



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