Several students from Tesla STEM's Astronomy club wrote the USAAAO exam, and two of our juniors, Harish Krishnakumar and Evan Kim, qualified to the NAC which took place virtually on March 26th, 2022. 10thplace Eesha Kunisetty, Keerthana Pilla, Divya Singh and Emily Zhao, Harshita Bondhi, Anusha Shvastava and Tristan Stevens received awards for their position papers. These rare schools see benefits of combining AP classes with - PBS 4thplace Henry Liao and George Zhang, Parli Pro: Their piece was titled "Journalist Emmeline B Wells: The Frontier of the Womens Rights Movement in the Wasatch Range., Cindy Yang for her second-place Individual Exhibit entitled: Crossing the Western Frontier: Chinese Labor on the Transcontinental Railroad., Also, John Bannon won a cash award for the best use of Regional/Local archives for his project entitled: The Seattle Jazz Frontier: The Success of the African American Community in Shaping the American Identity.. This Saturday past (5 March 2022), several Tesla STEM students were judged on their entries at the East Puget Sound NHD Regional Competition and they did very well. Dhruv Srinivasan: 11th Grade (Redmond HS). The test is a 75-minute, 30-question multiple choice test. Sasha Batoukova,Computational modeling of human dentate gyrus: applications for epilepsy, Akaria Crawford,Correlation between Implicit Bias and Microaggression toward African Americans, Uma Paul,Determining the prognostic value of the DNA methylation of the GYPC, NME1, and SLIT2 genes in human lung adenocarcinoma, Aadi Dalia,Utilizing U-Nets for CT Scan Segmentation and Convolutional Neural Networks to Predict Immunotherapy Response, Navaneet Girikumar and Vanshika Singh,Auditory Classical Conditioning of the Cockroach, Periplaneta americana, Aheli Dutta,Extreme Gradient Boosted Classification and Regression Trees to Predict Outcomes in Patients With Monoclonal Gammopathies of Undetermined Significance, Jennifer Hu, Identification of Co-Expressed Genes to BDNF and trk-B as Major Depressive Disorder Related Biomarkers Using Microarray Data, Noelle Hall, Assessing Risk Factors: Creating a Risk Metric for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Maile Hori,Effects of Music Lyrics on Heart Rate and Exercise Performance, Julia Liu,Predicting Cancer Stem Cell Markers With Machine Learning, Laura Mangov and Leonardo Ribeiro de Brito, Training and Applying a Convolutional Neural Network to Identify COVID-19 in Chest CT Scans, Nidhi Munikote,Diagnosing Breast Cancer Using Deep Learning, Samuel Rodriguez, A Novel Software-Based Solution to Aid in the Detection and Prevention of Voice Phishing, Saketh Dhulipalla, Predicting the Extent of Late Seasonal Wildfires in Washington Using the Correlation Between the Standardized Precipitation Index and Burned Area Data, Nikhil Mehta and Aaditya Prasad,A Novel Implementation of Adversarial Networks Alongside Custom Identifiers Using Weighted Boxes Fusion for Diseased Crop Detection by UAVs, Aayush Sheth, Using a Multiple Timepoint Siamese Net with Grey Matter and White Matter Hyperintensity Volumes as Differentiating Metrics to Predict Onset of Alzheimer's Disease, Jacqueline Simpson, A Correlational Study on Gifted Burnout and Work Ethic, Rishabh Venkatesan,Remote controlled electro-mechanical mechanism to reduce risk of accidents when dispensing moss removal powder on roof, Ian Yang,The Study of the Effect of Different Areas of Shooting and Shots to Influence Goal Ratios, Hannah Chen,SeparatingMicroplastics from Sand using Terminal Velocity and Density Differences, Dan Dumitrescu and Tiana Dumitrescu,Accident Replication Machine for Wearable Devices, Maxwell Soh,Virtually Screening Structurally Similar Compounds to Known Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors as a Means of Discovering Cancer Therapeutics, Tayla Belikoff,Instrument Addition to Robotic Arm to Allow Use of Digital Stethoscope for Safe Examination of Infectious Patients, Yuchen Li,Path Dependence of AMOC Weakening: A Geostrophic Shear Approach. Our scholars conducted themselves maturely and played their matches very well. Leonardo Ribeiro de Brito (gr. On June 3, 2019, Mr. Christensen and I escorted our APCS A students to Microsoft to compete in the Hunt the Wumpus competition. Please congratulate our your scholars who participated in the 62nd Annual Washington Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF) at Bremerton High school last weekend. They clutched their semi-final round with a well-played challenge that led to a nail biter tie breaker round. In all, more than 50 students participated and a good time was had by all. Mechanical Test Engineering Internship (Fall 2023) 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. From an awestruck Coach Andy Christensen: On Saturday 9 April, 26 teams participated in the Washington Science Olympiad State Tournament. Congratulations to the following students for their great work at TSA this weekend and a HUGE thank you to Matt S and Meg for their help chaperoning and judging. Please join us in congratulating the following winners: Broadcast Journalism: Team of Sonika Tayade and Amrita Narahasim 3rd place; team of Catherine Oei, Rayan Krishnan and Aaskash Ramachandran 5th place, Business Ethics: Team of Amrita Narahasim, Ila Sharma and Aashna Sheth 1st place, Business Financial Plan: Team of Rishi Kavikondala and Aashna Sheth 3rd place, Business Plan: Team of Sonika Tayade and Sashu Shankar 2nd place, team of Siddharth Shende and Caleb John 4th place, Coding and Programming: Maxwell Wang 1st place, Pranav Sukumar 3rd place, Database and Design: Rishi Kavikondala 5th place, Electronic Career Portfolio: Ritika Iyer 4th, Sonika Tayade 6th, Victoria Alkin 8th, Entrepreneurship: Siddharth Shinde 1st, team of Ranveer Thind, Rayan Krishnan and Aaskah Ramachandran 4th, Graphic Design: Team of Ritika Iyer and Akshay Murthy 1st, Andrew Nguyen 9th, Introduction to Business Presentation: Team of Mihika Vankamamidi, An Doan and Claire Yang 5th, Introduction to FBLA Procedures: Deveshi Thakar 1st place, Introduction to Public Speaking: Siddharth Shinde 8th place, Management Information Systems: Team of Ranveer Thind and Maxwell Wang 1st place, Marketing: Team of Sashu Shankar and Varun Vankatesh 1st place, Public Service Announcement: Team of Ranveer Thind and Aakash Ramachandran 1st place, Website Design: Team of Andrew Nguyen, Pranav Sukumar and Jack Tribolet 4th place, We also received the Chapter Report Initiative Award. Science Olympiad is a set of 23 events including biological, physical, chemical and earth sciences, as well as engineering, for teams of up to 15 students. Tesla STEM High School Home > Activities > Athletics Athletics STEM Students participate in sports through their "home" high schools. Empowering Students to Change the World with the Grand Challenges for 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. Please join Ms. Zebrack and me in congratulating these students on their achievements. Emily Spencer Implementation of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator Unit in a Mobilized System. The AMC is one of the largest mathematics competitions in the nation with roughly 160,000 students participating, and we spend most of the year in math club preparing for it. Business Law- Vidha Sudhesh 4th placeComputer Problem Solving-Lawrence Atienza 4th placeCyber security-Lawrence Atienza 2nd placeHealthcare administration-Salil Kanade 4th placeInsurance and Risk Management-Fred Qin 2nd placeIntroduction to Business-Maxwell Wang 2nd placeIntroduction to Business Communication-Sonika Tayade 8th placeIntroduction to Business Procedures-Aashna Sheth 4th placePersonal Finance-Neha Nagvekar 5th placeSecurities and Investments-Tyler Warden 9th place, Rashida Hakim 1st placeBusiness Ethics-Rashida Hakim 7th placeBusiness Plan- Dhruv Talwar 6th placeEmerging Business Issues-team of Shruti Kompella and Rafia Khatri 5th placeEntrepreneurship- Dhruv Talwar 9th, team of Aashna Sheth and Claire Yang 8th place, team of Ranveer Thind, Aakash Ramanachadran and Rayan Krishnan 6th placeFuture Business Leader-Audrey Tseng 2nd placeIntroduction to Business Presentation-team of Sonika Tayade, Ila Sharma and Aashna Sheth 7th placeManagement Information Systems- team of Larry Wang, Fred Qin and Lawrence Atienza 4th place, team of Salil Kanade and Prerana Kulkarni 2nd placeNetwork Design-team of Amulya Param and Katie Chalmers 9th placePublic Service Announcement-Ranveer Thind and Aakash Ramanchadran 5th placePublic Speaking I-Rishi Kavikondala 10th placePublication Design-Andrea Lee, Claire Yang and Amrita Narasimhan 8th place, Congratulations to the following students. Both Druhin/Arihant and Anjaliwill compete along withapproximately 1,800 high school students from more than 75 countries, regions, and territories IN PERSON in Atlanta, GA this May. Placing in the top 10 in the NAC will earn you a spot to represent the US in the IOAA. Even more exciting, we had 3 students score in the top 1%! The list of their awards follows: I have never seen a group of students work so diligently to polish their presentations and strengthen their team work right up until judging time as this group. The following students who placed 1st - 4th have the opportunity to go to Nationals in Orlando, FL from June 21-24 this year: Biomedical Debate: Anna Vasyura, Larry Wang and Gautam Krishnamoorthy - 2nd place, Creative Problem Solving: Rishika Veeramachaneni, Sunya Mohammed and Anika Ghelani- 2nd place, Amulya Param, Anna Vasyura, Katie Chalmers - 5th place, Veterinary Science: Agata Skarbek - 2nd place, Extemporaneous Health Poster: Aimee Roseberry - 3rd place, Forensic Medicine: Bella Filippini and Rose Matta - 4th place, Health Career Display: Bella Filippini and Ashiana Dhanani - 3rd place, Public Health: Rahul Srivastava and Ashiana Dhanani - 1st place, Larry Wang, Anna Vasyura, Christine Pham and Caylynn Berosik - 5th place, Healthy Lifestyle: Claire Yang - 1st place, Prepared Spelling: Afeef Sheikh - 2nd place, Medical Innovation: Ayeshi and Reetika Kudallur- 3rd place, Behavioral Health, Knowledge test: Vaishnavi Phadnis - 1st place, Pathophysiology, Knowledge test: Varsha Veeramacheneni - 1st place, Nutrition, Knowledge test: Salil Kanade- 2nd place, Transcultural Healthcare, Knowledge test: Varsha Veeramacheneni - 1st. 5thplace Syed Aamir, Vinayak Ajmera, and Azhan Zaheer, This was the first year our school participated in this Olympiad. We're very proud of all the students who attended. Tesla STEM High School is looking for qualified Principal candidates for the 2023-2024 school year. You can see these awards and project titles listed below. NSB Tesla STEM High School | U.S. DOE Office of Science(SC) Report an issue with one of our facilities? They are: First Place: M&R Investments, Marvin Ridge High School, North Carolina, U.S. (Team Leader: Esha S., Team Advisor: Sree Singaraju), Second Place: Wells Street Capital, Walter Payton College Prep High School, Illinois, U.S. (Leader: Leo K., Advisor: Kathryn Person), Third Place: Avant-Garde Investments, Tesla STEM High School, Washington, U.S. (Leader: Dhruv S., Advisor: Matthew Travis), Honorable Mention: TSRSM Capital, Shri Ram School, Moulsari, India (Leader: Vansh J., Advisor: Vandana Sharma). There were five judges for the startups (one of whom was Melanie Kong!) Senior Individual Documentary: Druhin Bhowal, Title of his Documentary: Shattered Land: How Diplomacy, Debate and the Round Table Conferences Shaped the Fate of India, 1930-1932. Please congratulate these students if you see them! Yuchen Li, Shout out to Karen Schaeffer and Melissa Wrenchy for design advice and help with printing the materials for the Senior Exhibit entry. 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. Feel free to congratulate these students when you see them! Coding- 3rd place Maxwell Wang, Ranveer Thind and Aditya B Extemporaneous Speech 5th place Victoria Alkin 3D Animation Arjan Singh and Vivek Gopalam, 4th place Daniela Shuman and Dharini S Biotech Design 2nd place Audrey Tseng, Olivia Blevins and Goutam Krishnamoorthy, 1st place Thalia Tsai, Jadrian Png, Victoria Alkin and Kushal Kedia Promotional Design 3rd place Betty Park, 2nd place Akshay Murthy SciVis 5th place Niranjan Sahi, Aakash Ramachandran, Rishi Kavikondala and Ryan Koshy Software Development 4th place Daniela Shuman, Thalia Tsai and Matthew Saveliev STEM Careers 5th place Amrita Narasimhan, 4th place Varun Venkatesh, 3rd place Sashwatha Shankar, 1st place Rayan Thind Robotics 5th place Mathias Foster and Maxwell Wang, 3rd place Ayan Gupta, Ryan Kushy, Akshay Murthy, Tristan Stevens Prepared Presentation 5th place Pranav Sukumar Engineering Design 5th place Rishi Kacikondala, Lahari N, Daniela Shuman, Ranveer Thind and Ritika Iyer, 4th place Varun Venkatesh, Aakash Ramachandran, Kushal Kedia, 3rd Place Audrey Tseng, Dharini S, Ila Sharma, First place William Wang, Pranav Sukumar, Tej Sathe, Niranjan Sahi, Osbert Lee Essays on Technology 2nd place Thalia Tsai, Future Technology Teacher 2nd place Daniela Shuman.