Alcoa Foundation announced six winners in two award categories, Power
Economy and Using Metals, at the 2013 Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) in Phoenix. Intel ISEF is the world’s
largest pre-college science competition showcasing more than 1,600
leading young scientists’ independent research projects. The winning
students split $10,000 from Alcoa Foundation for their impressive
innovations regarding sustainable electric power savings or use of
metals.

The Power Economy Awards went to students who show innovative,
sustainable electric power savings or effective management.

• 1st award – Third World Power: Using a Joule Thief to
  Extend Battery Life
  • Andrew Jerald Miller, 17, Rio Grande Enrichment Studies,
    Albuquerque, New Mexico
• 2nd award – Technology of DC Supply in Families
  • Shuailin Lu, 16, Peiwen Liu, 16, and Yutong Liu, 16, North East
    Yucai School, Shenyang, China
• 3rd award – Large Scale Renewable Energy
  Uninterruptable Power System
  • Cristian Omar Rivera, 16, Colegio Radians, Inc., Cayey, Puerto Rico

“Alcoa Foundation congratulates this year’s award winners that
demonstrated how we can improve the environment through energy and
product innovations,” stated Paula Davis, President, Alcoa Foundation.
“We are proud to support the Intel ISEF competition and also salute the
many volunteers and judges who provide inspirational role models for the
next generation of leaders in science and technology.”

The recipients of the Using Metals Awards developed projects that
best demonstrate innovative, sustainable use of metals, focusing on but
not limited to aluminum.

• 1st award – AluGlass: New Thermostable Material for
  Electrical Engineering
  • Tsimafei Malakhouski, 16, Public Educational Institution
    “Soligorsk Gymnasium #2,” Soligorsk, Belarus
• 2nd award – Let There Be Light!…Fully
  Solution-Processed Polymer Based Aluminum Substrate Photovoltaic Cells
  Fabricated in Ambient Air
  • Faizullah Mashriqi, 17, Francis Lewis High School, Fresh Meadows,
    New York
• 3rd award – Ablation Resistance and Performance of
  Metals in Magnetoplasmadynamic Applications
  • Andres Christian Artze, 18, and Michael Douglas Sherburne, 18,
    James W. Robinson Junior Secondary School, Fairfax, Virginia

The two awards are aligned with Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation’s focus on
improving the environment and preparing individuals for careers in
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) and manufacturing.

Alcoa is continuously looking to support the improvement of power usage,
and at the same time, leading technological developments that greatly
impact other industries. The company is implementing an energy reduction
initiative to decrease energy use in its Global Primary Products
division by 10 percent and its other businesses by 20 percent by
2020. In addition, Alcoa is a key player in the development of metal
alloys for very diverse applications and innovations that provide a
skeleton for all the major industries, like construction,
transportation, consumer goods, electronics, communications and
packaging.

In addition to the awards named in Phoenix, the Alcoa Foundation
provided support for the Intel ISEF 2013 “Education Outreach Day” held
on May 16 at the Phoenix Convention Center. Alcoa support helped enable
more than 4,000 local schoolchildren and teachers to attend and spend
the day interacting with the world’s top young high school scientists as
well as to participate in hands-on STEM activities.

Alcoa’s support is part of an overall three-year partnership and $75,000
grant to the Society of Science & the Public, to support Intel ISEF
awards and Education Outreach Day annually in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

About Alcoa Foundation
Alcoa Foundation is one of the
largest corporate foundations in the U.S., with assets of approximately
US$460 million. Founded 60 years ago, Alcoa Foundation has invested more
than US$570 million since 1952. In 2012, Alcoa Foundation contributed
more than US$21 million to nonprofit organizations throughout the world,
building innovative partnerships to improve the environment and educate
tomorrow’s leaders for careers in manufacturing and engineering. The
work of Alcoa Foundation is further enhanced by Alcoa’s thousands of
employee volunteers who share their talents and time to make a
difference in the communities where Alcoa operates. Through the
Company’s signature Month of Service program, in 2012, a record 60
percent of Alcoa employees took part in more than 1,050 events across 24
countries, benefiting more than 450,000 people and 2,050 nonprofit
organizations. For more information, visit www.alcoafoundation.com and
follow @AlcoaFoundation on Twitter.

About Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF)
The
Intel International
Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), a program of Society for
Science & the Public, is the world’s largest pre-college science
competition, and includes high school students from more than 70
countries, regions and territories. Each year, the finalists showcase
their independent research as they compete for more than $4 million in
awards. The Intel ISEF encourages millions of students worldwide to
explore their passion for innovation and develop solutions for global
challenges.

In addition to presenting their research on a global stage, finalists
are judged by and interact with doctoral level scientists as they
compete for prizes. Each year, more than 400 finalists receive awards
and prizes for their groundbreaking research.

Society for Science & the Public, a nonprofit organization dedicated to
public engagement in scientific research and education, owns and has
administered the International Science and Engineering Fair since its
inception in 1950. In 1958, the competition became international for the
first time when Japan, Canada and Germany joined. This year’s first time
participating countries and regions include Bulgaria, Iraq Republic,
Kenya, Luxembourg, Moldova, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.

Alcoa Foundation
Suzanne van de Raadt, 212-836-2662
Suzanne.vanderaadt@alcoa.com