Intel ISEF honors teens’ science

Winners of science competition announced

PHOENIX — A self-driving vehicle brought its inventor, a 19-year-old Romanian computer scientist, the top prize — and $75,000 — last month at the world’s premier high school research competition. Ionut Budisteanu, of Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania, was the big winner at the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Eesha Khare (left), Ionut Budisteanu (center) and Henry Wanjune Lin claimed the top prizes at the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.