King Abdulaziz and his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity "Mawhiba" announced the names of the students selected to represent the Kingdom at the the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF 2022) to be held in the United States in the upcoming May, totaling 35 male and female students who joined to represent the the Saudi Team of Science and Engineering after a year-long and 7-phase arbitration journey of competition, training, and qualification.
The selected members of the Saudi Team of Science and Engineering are as follows: Abdullah Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al-Ghamdi-Eastern Province Education Directorate-Boys, Elaf Issam Ghaleb Al-Ahdal-Jeddah Education Directorate-Girls, Elaf Abdullah Saud bin Muaqil-Riyadh Education Directorate-Girls, Dana Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Aithan-Al Ahsa Education Directorate-Girls, Maryam Ali Bin Hussein Abd Al-Baqi-Eastern Education Directorate–Girls, Ahmed Marwan Ahmed Buhaisi-Eastern Education Directorate–Boys, Anas Fawaz Ibrahim Arafat-Riyadh Education Directorate-Boys, Ali Muhammad bin Salman Al-Ali-Al Ahsa Education Directorate-Boys, Maria Ghaleb Abdullah Al-Ghamdi-Riyadh Education Directorate-Girls, Raghad Abdulelah Turki Al-Asiri-Jeddah Education Directorate-Girls, Areej Ayas Ali Bagwi-Riyadh Education Directorate-Girls, Hatoon Abdullah Suleiman Al-Anqari-Riyadh Education Directorate-Girls, Tahani Adel Fadel Ahmed-Eastern Province Education Directorate-Girls, Faisal Saad Omeish Dhamiya Al-Ghamdi-Riyadh Education Directorate–Boys, Faisal Abdullah bin Saad Al-Khuwaiter-Riyadh Education Directorate–Boys, Tala Saad bin Saeed Al-Qahtani-Eastern Province Education Directorate–Girls, Lama Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Sayed-Eastern Province Education Directorate-Girls, Rala Faisal Awad Abu Salmi-Madinah Education Directorate-Girls, Rafa'a Majid Ali Qansh-eddah Education Directorate-Girls, Maymoona Muhammad bin Mu'jib Al-Ula Al-Shahrani-Eastern Province Education Directorate-Girls, Lynn Ahmed bin Khalifa Al-Mulhim-Eastern Province Education Directorate-Girls, Lian Zahid Zakir Al hai-Makkah Al-Mukarramah Education Directorate-Girls, Ahmed Muhammad Youssef Al-Rabiah-Eastern Province Education Directorate-Boys, Youssef Siddiq Youssef Khoja-Jeddah Education Directorate-Boys, Nayef Ali Mufleh Al-Qahtani-Asir Education Directorate-Boys, Latifa Hisham Abdul Rahman Al-Ghannam-Eastern Province Education Directorate–Girls, Lara Raed Jamil Manqal-Jeddah Education Directorate-Girls, Lamar Hussein bin Mahdi Al-Kaka-Eastern Province Education Directorate-Girls, Dana Ali Saleh Khafaji-Jeddah Education Directorate-Girls, Mawadda Omar Muhammad Ali-Makkah Al-Mukarramah Education Directorate-Girls, Fadel Muhammad bin Muhammad Younis-Eastern Province Education Directorate-Boys, Fahd Adel Ali Al-Hazmi-Jeddah Education Directorate-Boys, Abdullah Anwar bin Hassan Al Hamadat-Eastern Province Education Directorate-Boys, Mansour Majid Mansour Al-Marzouki-Riyadh Education Directorate-Boys, and Muhannad Bakr Omar Al-Amari-Riyadh Education Directorate-Boys.
A statement issued by Mawhiba indicated that the members of the Saudi Team of Science and Engineering were chosen from among the 40 winners of the major prizes in the National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity "Ibdaa 2022"after participating in a workshop held at Mishkat Fair in Riyadh, during which they received extensive training.
The statement added: The choice of such names came after a year-long journey that started with 103,000 students, going through seven stages, the most recent of which was the National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity, which was hosted in Al Madinah Al Munawwarah from the period of 2-5 February. 152 students were nominated for the Fair, of whom 40 won the major Olympiad prizes.
The statement added: Mawhiba will organize a training camp for the Kingdom's Science and Engineering Team by selected academics, experts and arbitrators in various disciplines, to develop presentation and speaking skills, and prepare to participate in the arbitration at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair "ISEF 2022."
Members of the Scientific Committee and the Arbitration Committee will also hold a series of individual interviews with participating students to review and provide scientific support to thereto, provide them with the necessary scientific tools and skills, as well as review the elements of the scientific project.
The Kingdom, represented by Mawhiba, will participate in ISEF 2022 as a main sponsor. It also presents a special award for the best projects participating in the energy field, as it usually does every year. This is its 16th consecutive participation, starting in 2007 as part of an annual program organized by the Mawhiba Foundation, in partnership with the Ministry of Education.
During the previous participation in ISEF, Saudi students won 83 prizes, including 53 grand awards and 30 special awards. The Foundation also presented special annual international prizes in the competition for students from 20 countries.
The Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) is the world's largest pre-university science research and innovation competition, drawing more than 2,000 students from more than 80 countries.
