| Gurjit collected $1000 (£544) as part of his National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance/Lemelson Foundation Prize for creativity, technological innovation and commercial promise at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2005 (ISEF).
Gurjit’s project tested measuring equipment for radiotherapy, which he undertook in the radiotherapy department at Ninewells Hospital.
The fair attracted entries from more than 1400 students from over 40 countries.
“The experience at ISEF was great — making friends from around the world and seeing the sights of Arizona, but most of all presenting my project to both judges and the public,” Gurjit said .
“The judges seemed impressed with my project and liked the idea that I had carried out a project which is very practical in everyday life.
“Of course, explaining my project to the public was even more daunting than talking to the judges. In the space of a couple of hours I had to talk to both adults and seven year old children.”
Sir Roland Jackson, chief executive of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, congratulated Gurjit. He said Gurjit had greatly impressed the judges at the BA CREST Science Fair in London February. |
