This year Tesla STEM had 29 students participate, and 15 students qualified for the next round, the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) on February 7th. Jessica Singh brought home a silver metal for the Barbara James Service Award. The IOAA is an annual competition for the top astrophysics students from over 40 countries. They had to navigate trying to finish their project and create their trifold plus prepare for virtual judging and judge questioning all in a matter of weeks. The Company does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or . I am proud of their flexibility in these times. Last month we had 15 students participate in the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME), and we just got our results back. The first in the series is the F=ma, a multiple-choice mechanics exam, and the second is the USA Physics Olympiad (USAPhO), a 3 hour short answer exam testing everything from relativity to thermodynamics. The top four winners in competitive events automatically qualify to compete in the national conference in June and places 5 10 may move up if anyone 1-4 cant make it. Please congratulate our young scholars who participated in the 64th Annual Washington Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF) which was held remotely on Friday and Saturday, March 26-27th. Thank you all for your continual support and amazing work you do with these students in all classes. The theme this year was Debate and Diplomacy in History and each of the Tesla STEM entries finished 1st or 2nd and will progress on to the State competition later this spring. Congratulate (and wish good luck) to: Maxwell Soh Team 3 (Eva Jain, Saharsh Bhargava, Cindy Yang, Krishna Senthilkumar & Jas Singh)finished in 8th place, Team 2 (Prerana Kota, Reese Long, Shuhui Yang, Aakarsh Balla, & Anson Chen) finished in 6th place, and. The students either wrote individual essays or made group videos about the bioethics concerning emerging brain technologies. 3rdplace Adi Gottumukkala, Samarjit Kaushik and Saanav Somani, Public Service Announcement: Senior Group Exhibit category:Connor ORourke, Ben Moskalensky, Alec Rothkowitz, & David Soto. Four students from the Tesla STEM Economics Club competed in the National Economics Challenge and placed 3rd in WA State! Nikola Tesla STEM High School (T-STEM) Frequently and Very Frequently Asked Questions - 2021/22 What are T-STEM's regular hours-of-operation? Press J to jump to the feed. Detector Building: Divij Aswinkumar & Tejas Pakalapati, 5th (Magenta), Disease Detectives: Anjali Sreenivas & Maxwell Soh, 1st (Green), Dynamic Planet: Yuchen Li & Aashray, 1st(Green), Environmental Chemistry: Yuchen Li & Sebi Kumar, 1st(Green), Experimental Design: Siddhant Porwal, Anjali Sreenivas & Aayush Sheth, 2nd (Green), Forensics: Rithani Saravanakumar & Anjali Sreenivas, 1st(Green), Gravity Vehicle: Farzad Hasan & Siddhant Porwal, 5th (Green), Green Generation: Rohan Iyer & Maxwell Soh, 2nd(Green), Ornithology: Rohan Iyer & Olivia Wang, 5th (Green), Remote Sensing:Yuchen Li & Aashray, 1st (Green), Rocks & Minerals: Yuchen Li & Aashray, 1st(Green), Trajectory: Farzad Hasan & Siddhant Porwal, 3rd (Green), WiFi Lab: Sami Badal Khan & Evan Kim, 1st (Green), Write It CAD It: Phillip Araujo & Katie Chan, 2nd (Green). The test is a 75-minute, 30-question multiple choice test. They represented Tesla STEM very well. The highlight was winning the Best Large Delegation Award, which goes to the entire team. The top 10 teams, representing five different countries, submitted investment reports and answered challenging questions from a panel of online judges to determine the winners. Please congratulate our Science Bowl teamYuchen Li, Rohan Iyer, Evan Kim, Saketh Dhulipalla, and Sami Badal Khanfor their 4th place finish in the MIT Science Bowl! Internship Program at Tesla. Tesla STEMwon all 9 matches they played to capture their second straight Orca Bowl championship and qualify for the National Ocean Sciences Bowl in May! (1st Place), Druhin Bhowal, Senior Individual Documentary: Shattered Land: How Diplomacy, Debate, and the Round Table Conferences Shaped the Fate of India 1930-1932. Here are the top-10 finishers. In the National Tournament, they were coached by Ms. Rebecca Townsend, with help from Ms. Duenas and Mr. Crowe. Singapore for Regions 1 and 2 and BTG Pactual for Region 4. Daniella Shuman 1st place,Dharini Sribalaskandrajah 4th place, Team of Audrey Tseng, Akshita Khanna and Anjali Sribalaskandrajah 1st place, Team of Dharini Sribalaskandrajah, Ila Sharma and Betty Park 2nd place, Team of Daniella Shuman, Sashu Shankar, Pranav Sukumar and Amrita Narasimhan 3rd place, Team of Jakob Bjorner, Hemant Dhokia, Stephen Yamasaki and Rudy Banerjee 4th place, Team of Victoria Alkin, Naranjin Sahi, Andrey Grebenik and Ryan Koshy 1st place, Team of Rishi Kavikondala, Rayan Krishnan and Ranveer Thind 4th place, Team of Ila Sharma, Amrita Narasimhan, Dharini Sribalaskandraja and Betty Park 5th place, Ritika Iyer 1st place, Pranav Sukumar 4th place, Software Development Team of Ibi Abiodun, Emma Drapp and Varun Venkatesh 1st place, Team of Adity Kumar, Jake Newfeld, James Kusardi, Patrick Mao and Yocel Rivera-Pagan 2nd place, Team of Abhinav Singh and Kush Khanolker 4th place, Coding Team of Abhinav Singh, Kush Khanolker and Pranav Sukumar 2nd place, Rishi Kavikondala 1st place,Rayan Krishnan 2nd place, Team of Abhinav Singh, Aditya Kumar, Akshita Khanna, Kush Kanolker, Yogi Sunkara and William Wang. In particular, please encourage our lone non-senior, Aashray, who had so much fun that he plans to keep the team going next year. Rounding out the competitions for the year, Maxwell Wang placed 6th in the national at FBLA in Introduction to Business. Modern Tesla Coil as a Multidisciplinary Example in STEM Teaching 1st place and qualify for Nationals, also won $100 award for best use of local archives. Reese Long 9thplace Claire Yang, It is important to note that while ISEF bids are incredibly note-worthy, so are ALL research projects that students completed across the board during their junior year. and three judges for the research projects, and we successfully livestreamed the entire event! Winning entries are posted on the Holocaust Center for Humanity website linked here. Of the 9 spots available to our students to go to ISEF, our students at T-STEM secured 1/3 of those!! Advice from my seat in investing: maintain the discipline of your investment process and be flexible when things dont work out. Virgilio Aquino, Competition Judge, I was very impressed with many of the suggestions that you guys came up with, said Florian Hagenbuch, a 2010 Wharton graduate and successful entrepreneur who served as this yearscompetition client. Following theregional competition rounds, it all came down to Friday, May 7, the Global Finale. Aditi will compete along withapproximately 1,800 high school students from more than 75 countries, regions, and territories. From Advisors Ms. Ryfka Schafer and Dr. Melissa Wrenchey: So happy to report how our students are doing in the LWSD Teen Startup Competition to-date. Challenge Topic 1: The Itron Food, Energy, and Water Challenge Design Approach 2nd Place, Title: Integrated Denitrifying Bioreactor and Edge of Field Monitoring System Application Through Federal Policy Initiatives, Team Members: Rachel Alwan, Anusha Srivastava, Ester Wang, Challenge Topic 1: The Itron Food, Energy, and Water Challenge Multi-Approach 1st Place, Team Members: Vidhi Jain, Aditi Joshi, Lahari Nidadavolu, Roshni Srikanth, Tarini Srikanth, Challenge Topic 2: The Boeing Aerospace and Transportation Challenge Design Approach 1st Place, & Special Award for Exceptional Teamwork, Title: Producing Biofuels and Preventing Eutrophication Through the Application of a Passive Filtration System Utilizing Localized Algae Blooms, Team Members: Ayushi Desai, Ayan Gupta, Daniel Shaikh, Rhea Shinde, Anna Whiteside, Challenge Topic 3: McKinstry Built Environment Challenge Technology Approach 1st Place, Title: Implementing Hyperaccumulators and Pervious Concrete to Redesign Roads for the Phytoremediation of Runoff while Drastically Reducing Civil Infrastructure Construction Costs, Team Members: Mathias Foster, Anika Ghelani, Tristan Stevens, Rishika Veeramachaneni, Maxwell Wang. Furthermore, of the 12 bids available to our students to go to ISEF, our students at T-STEM secured 50% of those spots!! Over Memorial Day Weekend, at Folklife at the Seattle Center she participated in the first event for this a group, a workshop and a chance to give readings of her works. Please join us in congratulating our outstanding young women who received 2022NCWIT Awards for Aspirations in Computing: The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing builds a talent pool for the growing technical workforce and helps academic and corporate organizations celebrate diversity in computing by honoring young women at the high-school level for their computing-related achievements and interests. Eli Trepte 3rd place, Art: The maturity level, the thoughtfulness and the amount of time and effort for each of you to do that on top of your studies as a high school student really is impressive., Added Aquino: You are already way ahead of the curve. Rithika Madey: 9th Grade 6thplace Charlotte Conze, Ria Rajan and Prakriti Shukla, Client Service: Thanks to the U.S. Department of Energy for going the extra mile to make the National Science Bowl happen, and congratulations to the team! The team won 7 matches and lost only 2, both to Lexington HS (in MITs backyard), who went on to be defeated narrowly in the finals by the current national champion. They broke the 4 year winning streak of the previous winners, 1st Place Dharini Sribalaskandarajah, Ila Sharma, Sashwatha Shankar in Engineering Design, 6th place Biotechnology Victoria Alkin, Kushal Kedia, Jadrian Png, Thalia Tsai, Akshay Murthy won 9th place for Promotional Design. Kate Allender is a science and psychology teacher at Tesla STEM High School in Redmond. Learn more about Tesla STEM High School.. Rui Meng Banking and Financial Systems: Team of Divij Aswinkumar and Farzad Hasan 6th place, Broadcast Journalism: Team of Monisha Krothapalli and Shreya Pandey 1st place, Business Communiction: Siddhant Porwal 7th place, Business Ethics: Team of Laura Anker and Uma Paul, 7th place; Team of Cindy Chen and Kavya Srikumar 3rd place, Business Financial Plan: Prakriti Shukla and Prakshi Shukla 5th place, Computer Problem Solving: Nidhi Munikote 2nd place, Digital Video Production: Team of Radhika Sikaria and Rohan Singh 4th; Team of Vani Daryani, Ateeq Ramlan and Leo Ribeiro di Brito 7th place, E-business: Leo Ribeiro de Brito 5th place, Entrepreneurship: Team of Shivank Dutt and Aatish Parson 2nd place; Team of Ryan Chan, Mohammad Mendahawi and Cameron Yetzer 1st place, Graphic Design: Mikey Halim 3rd place; Edward Zhou 2nd place, Hospitality Management: Navaneet Girikumar 4th place; Team of Vani Daryani and Ananya Krishnan 6th place; Team of Emma Shi and Osheen Tikku 5th place, Impromptu Speaking: Mikey Halim 3rd place, International Business: Team of Ryan Chan, Mohammad Mendahawi and Cameron Yetzer 1st place; Team of Uma Paul and Emma Shi 2nd place, Introduction to Business Communication: Sneha Murali 2nd place, Ananya Unnikrishnan 1st place, Introduction to Business Presentation: Team of Aymaan Hussain and Isayiah Lim 9th place; team of Karina Kejriwal, Bhavya Nandikanti and Divya Singh 4th place, Introduction to Business Procedures: Sneha Murali 2nd place, Introduction to FBLA: Isayiah Lim 2nd place, Introduction to Financial Math: Keshav Acharya 3rd place; Sneha Murali 4th place, Introduction to Information Technology: Rohit Karthik 4th place, Introduction to Public Speaking: Cindy Chen 1st place, Harini Vijeyanandh 6th place, Introduction to Social Media Strategy: Team of Ansh Aggarwal, Varsha Mantravadi and Prakshi Shukla 4th place, Job Interview: Eesha Kunisetty 4th place; Nitya Kakulamarri 3rd place, Management Decision Making: Team of Eesha Kunisetty and Uma Paul 4th place, Mobile Application Development: Team of Aheli Dutta, Aatish Parson and Barath Saravanan 1st place, Parliamentary Procedure: Team of Siddhant Porwal, Gauri Raman, Arihant Singh and Pranav Teegavarapu 3rd place, Personal Finance: Deepesh Singh 4th place, Publication Design: Team of Siddhant Porwal and Harini Vijeyanandh 10th place; Team of Karina Kejriwal and Divya Singh 8th place, Sales Presentation: Team of Karina Kejriwal and Rhea Kuppa 4th place, Securities and Investments: John Karaca 3rd place, Social Media Strategies: Team of Aheli Dutta and Barath Saravanan 2nd place, Supply Chain Management: Mohit Soni 5th place. ESRI willmake a decision later in May or early June. Congratulations to our winners from this years STEM Expo: Avant-Garde Investments, from Tesla STEM High School, placed 3rd in the Wharton Global High School Investment Competition. 4thplace Samarjit Kaushik, Aran Punniamoorthy, Shrey Srivastava, Social Media Campaign: On Saturday 5 March, 36 teams participated in the Northwest Regional of the Washington Science Olympiad, with great results: Science Olympiad is played by teams of 15 students who compete in pairs and trios across 23 total events. The following students received ISEF bids (which would have been held in Anaheim, CA this year) - they will receive swag bags and the honor of being an ISEF finalist that they can put in their college applications, which holds significant weight with colleges. We. The award was presented by Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, who congratulated the team at the award ceremony. Kate Allender and Rebecca Townsend, Shri Bhat:Ergonomically designed backpack that reduces postural strain compared to other commercial backpacks, Anika Consul:Using Machine Learning to Create A Universal Chronic Social Defeat Stress Classifier, Soli Dagne:Testing The effects of alcohol on The Effectiveness Of Hericium erinaceous As An Anti-dementia Substance Using Drosophila melanogaster As A Model For Alzheimers, **Ananya Ganapathi:The Correlation Between The Phase of Water And The Presence of Organic Compounds on Near-Earth Objects, Daniel Han: Exploring the Use of Graphene to Strengthen Resins for Flywheel Energy Storage System Rotors, Sahil Kancherla:Investigating Biofuel Growth Inhibition and Product Toxicity with Short-Chain Alcohols in Synechococcus Elongatus, Samarjit Kaushik:Investigating the effect of Fibulin-2 on NF-B pathway activity and proliferation of pediatric gliomas, Pinakin Kanade: A Machine Learning Approach to Detecting and Predicting the Location of Induced Seismicity from Seismic Waveforms, Fritzi Kornstaedt:Testing woodruff and neem oil as nontoxic (to humans) botanical alternatives to pest control for taxidermy, **Rohith Leedlaharan:A Novel Approach to Quorum Sensing Inhibition using aiiA-Transformed Bacteria in Mixed Culture, Henry Liao: Implementation of Deep Learning Through Haptic Feedback in the Drivers Seat to Reduce Driver Recognition Error, Daksha Magesh and Daniel Yan:Examining Correlation Between the Genre of Music Present & Increased Academic Performance Through Beta Wave Measurement, Ankita Menon:Survival Analysis of Pediatric Neuroblastoma Patients Using Gene Expression Data: Identification of Surival Related Biomarkers, **Ananya Nandula:Extracting Nickel and Cobalt from Lithium Ion Battery Cathodes, Aran Punniamoorthy: Developing a malaria detection system through microscopy image classification by utilizing complex machine learning techniques, Taylor Rice:3D printing an Intrauterine Device Specifically for Nulliparous Women, by Adjusting Size and Exterior Design, **Austin Robichaux:Combining Microcontroller-Based Solar Tracking with an Improved Floating Photovoltaic Platform, **Harini Shankar:Engineering a K-12 strain of Escherichia coli to secrete a Polyethylene terephthalate hydrolase, Aayush Sheth:Using a Two-Layer Siamese Net to Recognize Spatial Patterns of Brain Abnormalities and Model the Onset of Alzheimers Disease, **Jasarjan Singh: Simultaneous, Noninvasive, and Transdermal Extraction of Urea and Homocysteine, by Reverse Iontophoresis, Jessica Singh:Early Holistic Prediction of Alzheimers Disease Using Machine Learning Algorithms, **Shrey Srivastava: Classifying Galaxies Based on Photometric Spectral Bands via Support Vector Machines, Thomas Stahura:Using Artificial Intelligence to Optimize Plant Growth In a Climate Controlled Chamber, Tejas Sudhakar:Using CFD Simulation to Optimize the Airfoil of a Mechanical-Morphing Wing, Madeline Welborne:The Effects of Font and Color Scheme on Perceived Credibility of Websites. In the wake of that great disappointment, Yuchen Li, Aayush Sheth and the other organizers decided that in 2020-21, Tesla STEM SciOly would go deeper, by competing in more regional- and national-level events, and broader, by accepting anyone who wanted to join (i.e., this is a no cut competitive club) and fielding as many teams as we can at each event. Congratulations to Maxwell Soh, Matthew Lam, Aadi Dalia, and Muhammad Masood, as they competed in the National History Bee and Bowl Competition that strives to promote history education throughout the United States and around the world. Model UN participants must debate and negotiate on behalf of their assigned countries, as well as submit researched position papers. That said, here are this year's winners. Those advancing to the semi-finals: Josh Shergill, Leonardo Ribeiro de Brito, Alexander Potra, Mohammed Mendahawi, Alex Mineeva, Anisha Vaish. FBLA continued the successful streak started by TSA. Wesley Lu She won with her watercolor piece titled, "The Suffering of the Great". 4thplace Oleg Ianchenko, Pinakin Kanade and Aran Punniamoorthy, Management Information Systems: Counseling Academic support, college planning and social/emotional support Schedule and Hours Regular Daily Schedule Office Hours: 7:00 AM - 2:50 PM Please congratulate Aashray, Saharsh Bhargava, Madeleine Vanderheiden, Sami Badal Khan, Johan Karukayil, and Anson Chen, who will travel to beautiful Longbranch, WA, in May to participate in the State Envirothon. Chris Ma Public Service Announcement: 3rd Place - Syed Aamir, Vinayak Ajmera and Azhan Zaheer; 5th Place - Varun Wescott and Parum Misri; 6th Place - Isaac Yun, Emily Zhao and Hanara Nam. Our anatomy/biomedical engineering classes had three groups earn honorable mentions in the national ExploraVision Competition this year. Additionally, Evan Kim has advanced to the final level of competition which will take place in Washington D.C. the week of March 9th. They will participate in the Global Innovator Challenge in Fall 2021. Tesla STEM High School About A passionate and supportive teacher with goals to inspire and uplift students through science. This is one of those classic STEM activities every kid should try at least once. Our year-round program places the best students in positions where they will grow technically, professionally, and personally through their experience working closely with their Manager, Mentor, and team. 7thplace Karina Kejriwal, Ameya Madhugiri and Arihant Singh, If you see the following students (our Economics Club founders) in your classes next week, please join me in congratulating them! Yuchen likes rocks, big floating rocks, and fizzy bubbles. When you see these students, please congratulate them and the teachers that inspire them. Ankita Menon- who was the bronze medal winner at WSSEF and also one of the grand prize winners at CSRSEF: Additionally, of the 75 T-STEM students that competed at WSSEF, Ergonomically designed backpack that reduces postural strain compared to other commercial backpacks, Using Machine Learning to Create A Universal Chronic Social Defeat Stress Classifier, Testing The effects of alcohol on The Effectiveness Of Hericium erinaceous As An Anti-dementia Substance Using Drosophila melanogaster As A Model For Alzheimers, : Autonomous Drones for Search and Rescue Operations, The Correlation Between The Phase of Water And The Presence of Organic Compounds on Near-Earth Objects, : Exploring the Use of Graphene to Strengthen Resins for Flywheel Energy Storage System Rotors, Investigating Biofuel Growth Inhibition and Product Toxicity with Short-Chain Alcohols in Synechococcus Elongatus, Investigating the effect of Fibulin-2 on NF-B pathway activity and proliferation of pediatric gliomas, : A Machine Learning Approach to Detecting and Predicting the Location of Induced Seismicity from Seismic Waveforms, Testing woodruff and neem oil as nontoxic (to humans) botanical alternatives to pest control for taxidermy, A Novel Approach to Quorum Sensing Inhibition using aiiA-Transformed Bacteria in Mixed Culture, : Implementation of Deep Learning Through Haptic Feedback in the Drivers Seat to Reduce Driver Recognition Error, Examining Correlation Between the Genre of Music Present & Increased Academic Performance Through Beta Wave Measurement, Survival Analysis of Pediatric Neuroblastoma Patients Using Gene Expression Data: Identification of Surival Related Biomarkers, Extracting Nickel and Cobalt from Lithium Ion Battery Cathodes, : Developing a malaria detection system through microscopy image classification by utilizing complex machine learning techniques, 3D printing an Intrauterine Device Specifically for Nulliparous Women, by Adjusting Size and Exterior Design, Combining Microcontroller-Based Solar Tracking with an Improved Floating Photovoltaic Platform, Engineering a K-12 strain of Escherichia coli to secrete a Polyethylene terephthalate hydrolase, Using a Two-Layer Siamese Net to Recognize Spatial Patterns of Brain Abnormalities and Model the Onset of Alzheimers Disease, : Simultaneous, Noninvasive, and Transdermal Extraction of Urea and Homocysteine, by Reverse Iontophoresis, Early Holistic Prediction of Alzheimers Disease Using Machine Learning Algorithms, : Classifying Galaxies Based on Photometric Spectral Bands via Support Vector Machines, Using Artificial Intelligence to Optimize Plant Growth In a Climate Controlled Chamber, Using CFD Simulation to Optimize the Airfoil of a Mechanical-Morphing Wing, The Effects of Font and Color Scheme on Perceived Credibility of Websites, We also had more students participate in the test this year than ever before, including, Computer Applications and Simulation Programming: 8, Sowmya Pratipati, Affiliate Honorable Mention, Dilini Nissanka, Affiliate Honorable Mention, Student Choice Award (Sytax Errors): Noah Charleson-Sterritt, Michael Halim, Pinakin Kanade, Samarjit Kaushik, Aran Punniamoorthy. Truly remarkable. Please congratulate our young scholars who participated in the 62nd Annual Washington Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF) at Bremerton High schoollast weekend. Please congratulate the following students who competed and won awards and at WSSEF on March 25th. Please also congratulate Vaishnavi Phadnis who helped run the State conference as the HOSA President-elect for WA state and Varsha Veermacheneni who is currently the WA state HOSA Reporter this year. Taylor Rice - Honorable Mention, You can view their work here: https://holocaustcenterseattle.org/programs-events/writing-art-film-contest. The USA Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad (USAAAO) test is the first test in a series of tests leading to representing the United States in the International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA). The following students participated in the 2023 WMEA All-State and 2023 NAfME All-Northwest honor ensembles: Manami Chiba - 2023 NAfME All-NW Band - Flute, Chris Ma - 2023 NAfME All-NW Orchestra - Violin, Davis Yang - 2023 NAfME All-NW Orchestra - Bb Soprano Clarinet, Guhan Kumar - 2023 WMEA All-State Orchestra - Violin, Varsha Mantravadi - 2023 WMEA All-State Concert Band - Percussion, Nakul Rajpal - 2023 WMEA All-State Concert Band - Oboe, Sarah Youn - 2023 WMEA All-State Concert Band - Flute. Im Rohan Iyer and my favorite scientist is the 5-year-old across the street. More than 250 students from 22 middle school teams across the country participated in this event, including LWSD teams from Redmond, and International Community School, and Evergreen middle schools, as well as teams from California, Michigan, and Alabama. Our year-round program places the best students in positions where they will grow technically, professionally, and personally through their experience working closely with their Manager, Mentor, and team. DECA Inc. is pleased to announce this years DECA Idea Challenge global winners! Shri Bhat 1st place To summarize, we had a great showing of 1st place award winners (21) along with other awards to produce a grand total of 60 awards won by our T-STEM scholars!