The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) Award saw Eesha Khare, 
an 18 year old high school student from Saratoga, California, who invented an energy storage device, capable of being fully charged in 30 seconds.
Eesha Khare won the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award and a prize of $50,000 for her invention, leaving behind 1,600 other finalists from over 70 different countries. The award and the prize money was presented to her at the Intel ISEF, the largest pre-college science competition in the world.
Named as a supercapacitor, the battery holds a number of advantages over typical rechargeable batteries. Not only that it charges extremely fast, It is able to last 10,000 charge-recharge cycles as compared to the 1,000 cycles of the normal conventional charger.
Khare says that her inspiration for her energy storage project was her cellphone battery always dying. The supercapacitor also allowed her to explore her interest in nanochemistry. She thinks that working at the nanolevel would unlock the potential for advancement in many different fields.
