Akilan Sankaran of Albuquerque is the 2021 Samueli Foundation Prize Winner
Akilan, 14, Albuquerque, NM, won the $25,000 Samueli Foundation Prize, for his computer program that can calculate “highly divisible numbers,” sometimes called antiprimes, more than 1,000 digits long as well as his leadership, collaboration and critical thinking skills. The prize is a gift of Dr. Henry Samueli, Chairman of the Board, Broadcom Inc., and Chair of the Broadcom Foundation and his wife, Dr. Susan Samueli, President of the Samueli Foundation.
The UNM STEM-H Center and HSC Office for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion teams offer our sincere congratulations to Akilan on this amazing accomplishment. We're looking forward to seeing you at the 2022 Central NM STEM Research Challenge, Akilan!!
