Two students from Mangaluru to represent India at Science Fair in US


Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru
With Inputs from Media Release

Mangaluru, Dec 19: Two budding scientists, students of Sharada Vidyaniketan Public School here, have been selected to represent India in the International Science Fair to be held in the United States of America.

Komal of class XI and Aditya Bhargav of class X, were awarded the gold medal in the national-level Science Fair conducted by The Initiative for Research and Innovation in Science (IRIS) held in Ahmedabad, for their paper on inventing a machine using nano materials that can convert harmful gases in the environment (like carbon monoxide emitted from vehicles and sulfur dioxide emitted from factories) into harmless gases. The event was held from December 4 to 7.

Having bagged the gold medal at the national level, Komal and Aditya are now all set to represent the country in the USA.

In Ahmedabad, the duo presented their project under 'Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering about Smart Nanodevices - Future for clean air and green world'. They were mentored by Ganesh Shastri, faculty of biology at Sharada Vidyaniketan. They were also guided in their experiments by inorganic and physics chemistry and nano sciences and engineering departments of IISC, Bengaluru.

After days of experiments, even during vacations, with different nano materials like zinc oxide, nitrogen dopped titanium dioxide, manganese oxide, manganese ferrite and cerium oxide in the labs of IISC, Bengaluru, Komal and Aditya succeeded in developing a sensor made out of nano materials which can sense poisonous gases like carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide. In fact, they are the first ones to use manganese ferrite and cerium oxide to detect poisonous gases.

Addressing a press meet, Komal and Aditya explained the advantages of their invention. Their technology can replace the huge filters presently being used by the pollution control board, which take 2 to 3 days to detect minute quantities of harmful gases, whereas their nano material technology can do the same job in just 20 seconds.

They said that while other nano materials currently in the market sense poisonous gases only at 400 degree Celsius, their sensor can detect even minute quantities of these gases at room temperature of 25 degree Celsius.

Komal and Aditya plan to integrate their invention in mobile phones and gas alarms too, so that instant data is obtained and one can leave the place if any poisonous gas is detected. They feel that if their invention comes into the market, it would save millions of lives.

  

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  • shenoy, mangalore hathill

    Sun, Oct 04 2015

    they have done a great job not just in material science but also in health science,the current use of detectors uses radioactive Americium-221 which has health hazard ,they discovered manganese ferrite as alternative many times cheaper than Am-221 .their project is novel and handy.

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  • Roopa Kashyap, Mangalore

    Sat, Dec 20 2014

    Congratulations children:) innovative Concept:) Best wishes:)

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  • Lavita D'souza, Mumbai/Dubai

    Sat, Dec 20 2014

    All the best guys and congratulation's.Wish you good luck for the US Venture.May god shower more blessing's to create many more new things to protect a human being.Have a safe journey.

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  • Anita DSouza, Mangaluru/Kuwait

    Sat, Dec 20 2014

    Congratulations Komal & Aditya for the brilliant work. Wish you good luck during US venture. May God bless you.

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  • Antony Fernandes, Mangalore/USA

    Sat, Dec 20 2014

    Great going youngsters. Keep up your great work. Your research is required for today’s world. Along with you Komal and Aditya I am proud of your parents as well as your school also. Best of luck and safe Journey.

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  • Evans Christopher Sumitra, Udupi, Dubai, New York, USA.

    Sat, Dec 20 2014

    Congratulations to Komal and Aditya for representing India at the Science Fair in US. It is a honor for Sharada Vidyaniketan Public School and the staff and other students. We all wish you all the best and our prayers are for you. Your parents must be proud of you all.

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  • c ferrer, mangalore

    Fri, Dec 19 2014

    Congratulations to the young men, their mentors and to the school too.
    When and where in USA will this Science Fair be held as would like my relations to visit the fair.

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  • Michael Noronha, Mysore

    Fri, Dec 19 2014

    Great achievement by these young boys. God Bless their endeavours. May they win many more laurels and bring honour to their parents, school, and India.

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  • geoffrey, hat hill

    Fri, Dec 19 2014

    There are gas detectors (called Toxi cilps) which are mandatory for the personnel working in natural gas processing plants to wear them the while at work and they detect toxic gases such as SO2, H2S and CO to a level of 1 ppm. Is the invention of these boys using nano stuff, going to be cheaper than what's already available in the market? Secondly, they are talking about converting toxic CO and SO2 into harmless gases. In the catalytic converters of vehicles CO is converted into CO2 which is not toxic but known for green house effect. What are the converted gases of this new invention, especially that of SO2?

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  • Vipul, Mangalore

    Fri, Dec 19 2014

    Congratulations guys. This world desperately needs the projects like the one you are doing.

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  • JOY, MANGALORE

    Fri, Dec 19 2014

    All the best my dear brothers. hv a success in your way. God Bless YOU.

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  • maxy, kinnigoly/mumbai

    Fri, Dec 19 2014

    congratulations.
    lucky to have both resourceful persons & materials & directors in your efforts reach this stage.Thk. them .Best of luck.Wish let many more aam students be lucky enough to get this kind of support from people around.

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  • francis lobo , Mangalore

    Fri, Dec 19 2014

    It is great here that the students of Sharda Vidyaniketan are going to US to present their paper on Nano technology. Great to know that Prof. Puranik believes in the modern technology.

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  • vinay, mangaluru

    Fri, Dec 19 2014

    Congrats children!
    May god bless you!

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  • John DSouza, Mangaluru

    Fri, Dec 19 2014

    If a concept change in vehicles move can drastically reduce the health hazardous pollution, your invention certainly can help the complete elimination of pollution from vehicles.
    Congratulations Komal and Aditya

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  • S.M. Nawaz kukkikatte, Dubai

    Fri, Dec 19 2014


    Great and All the best both of you.

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  • praveen, mangalore

    Fri, Dec 19 2014

    GOOD LUCK IN FUTURE......

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  • Prajwal Shetty, Mangaluru

    Fri, Dec 19 2014

    All the best bro. Well done.

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  • anil mascarenhas,dept of physics,mahesh pu college, mangalore

    Fri, Dec 19 2014

    wonderful,revolutionary concept.
    wishing you all the best.

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  • Bryan, Bahrain

    Fri, Dec 19 2014

    Great jobs kids, this is your hard work reveal this information to China, it will be out in the market in a month...

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  • wolfy, Mangalore

    Fri, Dec 19 2014

    congrats...well done boys ^_^

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  • Felix, Mangalore

    Fri, Dec 19 2014

    WOW!! Thats great news, and an amazing project too. All the best. Go and show the world what Indians are capable of. Specially Mangaloreans.

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