SAMVID students Niranjan and Nirali receive third place award from NASA
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Niranjan and Nirali received an award of 1,000 for their work on
Simulation of Protein Folding using Monte Carlo Methods in a Triangular Lattice
Source: ISEF Special Awards Associations list: https://student.societyforscience.org/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration-1
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Niranjan and Nirali won a first place award ($1,500) in the mathematics category in Physical Sciences for the work
Simulation of Protein Folding using Monte Carlo Methods in a Triangular Lattice