Korean student among $100K Siemens grand prize winners

December 10, 2015
Manhasset High School seniors Kimberly Te, left, and Christine Yoo, right, won the $100,000 team grand prize at Siemens Competition this year.

Manhasset High School seniors Kimberly Te, left, and Christine Yoo, right, won the $100,000 team grand prize at Siemens Competition this year.

Two New York high school seniors were the team winners of this year’s Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, which awards a $100,000 grand prize.

Christine Yoo, 17, and Kimberly Te, 17, of Manhasset High School, presented a project on cleaning oil spills using a natural and cost-effective method.

Yoo and Te, as well as a third grand prize winner in the individual category — West Palm Beach, Florida, high school senior Maria Elena Grimmett — received their prizes inside The George Washington University in a ceremony.

The nationally recognized competition saw 4,000 students participate with 1,781 projects this year.

The competition began in 1998.

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