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). A quick shout out to our scholars who will be representing Tesla STEM High School in their respective Washington Music Educators Association All-State Honor Ensembles this weekend in Yakima, WA. at Bremerton High schoollast weekend. In the National Tournament, they were coached by Ms. Rebecca Townsend, with help from Ms. Duenas and Mr. Crowe. Please congratulate our scholars on a tremendous showing at CSRSEF on Saturday - students raked in 30 awards and even if they did not receive a prize, they put forth a huge amount of time and effort and some also produced award-winning, innovative research, in my opinion. 4thplace Samarjit Kaushik, Aran Punniamoorthy, Shrey Srivastava, Social Media Campaign: Tesla STEM High School in WA - Niche The team consisted of the following members: William Gong: 10th Grade Our students had a great showing at Hunt the Wumpus this year taking home 2 of 3 Runners-Up and 2nd place for Best Implementation. National History Bee and Bowl Competition that strives to promote history education throughout the United States and around the world. To see those concepts being applied in presentations just blows my mind. Course Catalog - Tesla STEM High - Lake Washington School District Our scholars conducted themselves maturely and played their matches very well. Reese Long ISEF is the world's largest pre-college International science fair representing approximately 1,800 high school students from more than 75 countries that compete for on average of $4 million in prizes. Thank you so much to Matt Travis who attended this conference, as he has in years past. We also had more students participate in the test this year than ever before, including Nikhil Mehta, Ethan Liao, Jolie Chan, Emma Shi, David Soto, George Zhang, Barath Saravanan, Jerry Chen, Navaneet Girikumar, Natalie Qiu, Boaz Wu, Atharv Dixit, and Jhet Cooperrider Young. Huge THANK YOU to Matt Travis, Sarah Newman and Lori Zebrack-Smith who chaperoned the event over the weekend as well. Last week was the FBLA State Business Leadership Conference. The following students earned a top spot in their event (1-3rd place go on to the HOSA International Competition in June): We also brought home the MRC Volunteer Recognition Award and won 2nd place in the Barbara James Service Award thanks to Jessica Singh. Students miss school for a variety of reasons. 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. Our scholars adapted so well to the change in the way the conference ran this year. The top four automatically qualify for the National conference, places 5 10 could potentially move up if the people who placed ahead of them dont go. On June 3, 2019, Mr. Christensen and I escorted our APCS A students to Microsoft to compete in the Hunt the Wumpus competition. Congratulations to all of the winners listed below, and to our new State Officer At-Large, Brayden Brackett! Maxwell Soh: 11th Grade I am proud of them and of the culture they created. Water Waves to Light Waves, Apoorv Khandelwal. Eudoxie Hudry and Nisha Thottam, Improving the Production of the Anti-Cancer Drug Paclitaxel Through Biosynthesis in Bacteria, Ishika Mukherjee and Eesha Murali, Viability of Urinary Polyamine levels as a Preliminary Test for Cancer, Rayan Krishnan, Utilizing Idealized Simulations to Investigate the Impacts of Carbon Emissions on Polar Vortex, Amrita Narasimhan, Applying Machine Learning Techniques for Identification of Discriminative Biomarkers, Neha Hulkund, MRI Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Segmentation Using Deep Learning, Lukas Spring, Examining the Potential of Smile Photography and the Importance of the Maxillary Incisors in the Identification of Disaster Victims, Anjali and Akash Srivastava, Building an App to Improve Reading Readiness of Children, Prerna Sheokand, Blue Light Effects on Working Memory of Preschoolers, William Wang, Drones Optimized Through Neural Networks for Reconnaissance and Imaging of Martian Environments, Kyra Bethune, Incorporation of Self-Esteem Enhancement Strategies in Social Media, Sashwatha Shankar, Generating a Machine Learning Model to Determine the Metastatic Potential of Lung Cancer Tumors, Sarah Suhy, Siderocalin and Its Interactions with Adipocytes, Megha Mattikalli, Advancing Diagnosis of Lung Cancer using Visual Biomarkers, Ritika Iyer, The Application of Infrared Thermography to Architecture to Identify Heat-Emitting Building Materials, Pranay Muthineni, Making Desalination Cost Effective and more Efficient for Third World Countries Using Solar Power, Christine Lee, The Efficacy of Counter-Stereotypical Scenario in Reducing Racial Implicit Bias, Jack Tribolet, Generating Haptic Feedback Based Upon Calculated Data and User Information, Aashna Sheth, The Application of Microwave Satellite to the Statistical Hurricane Intensity Prediction Scheme (SHIPS), Sonika Tayade and Hamsa Shankar, Predictions Using National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. Each day consists of 3 questions over 4.5 hours. We have two students who qualified as semifinalists for the USABO Open Exam, meaning that they scored in the top 10% of students nationally. Below I have listed all the finalists and semi-finalists from our school some of whom will attend the National Competition in Louisville, Kentucky at the end of June. A total of 972 teams from 35 countries submitted final investment reports for judge evaluation, the most ever for the competition, which this year was sponsored by Citibank N.A. Aditi will compete along withapproximately 1,800 high school students from more than 75 countries, regions, and territories. With 12,000 competitors in Baltimore, STEM represented well. Because they won, Team 1 will head to Washington, D.C. for the National Science Bowl in April 2023! Please congratulateYuchen Li,Aashray,Maxwell Soh, andAtharv Dixit. Photo by Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report Striking a balance between classroom and hands-on . And thank you againfor allyour supportandguidance with these scholars - it is truly an honor to work with such intelligent, professional, and outstanding colleagues. In 2018, Tesla STEM High School students won recognition across multiple competition categories in each of the three challenges: the Itron Food, Energy, and Water Challenge; the Boeing Aerospace and Transportation Challenge; and the McKinstry Built Environment Challenge. Lake Washington School District Principal - Tesla STEM High School Job Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday: 7:30 to 2:20 with two lunch sessions Wednesday: 7:30 to 12:25 with one lunch offered from 12:25 to 12:50 What is the district's transportation plan for T-STEM? Team 1 (Saketh Dhulipalla, Rohan Iyer, Evan Kim, Yuchen Li, and Vedantha Venkatapathy) came in 1st place, showing particularly steely nerves in their final matches against Redmond and Interlake. 4thplace Eesha Kunisetty and Emma Shi, Management Decision Making: (They qualified by winning the ORCA Bowl at the University of Washington.) The Tesla STEM Economics Club, advised by Ms. Ryfka Schafer,competed in the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business investment competition. At finals, Rohan and the other 19 finalists will spend two weeks being trained in laboratory techniques and instructed in biology concepts by university professors and experts with experience in research. Wesley Lu They have won this difficult competition in 3 of the past 4 years. Senior Ateeq Ramlan worked with two colleagues from Redmond High School to develop Whale Watchers, an app to help Puget Sound orca populations. Report an issue with one of our facilities? Katherine Bo, Davina Lau and Michelle Yeh Familiarity of Music and its Effects on Stress Levels on Students. The local competition was open to all high school students who either reside or attend high school in the first congressional district. Tesla announced the following education grants: $315,550 to FIRST Nevada and $127,100 to Robotics Education and Competition Foundation (VEX) as part of a multi-year investment for the establishment of a quality robotics program at every school in Nevada. The State of Seattle's Homeless Population, Salmon: The Indicators of the Environment. 11 TESLA Stem students competed as individuals and groups in several categories in this years competition, after having succeeded at a regional competition held in February. To close,I am so very proud ofall our students. School Schedules overview - Tesla STEM High Introduction to Financial Math: 3rd Place - Siddhant Porwal; Introduction to Information Technology: 1st Place - Michael Yu; Organizational Leadership: 3rd Place Vani Daryani; Parliamentary Procedure: 1st Place - Team of Oleg Ianchenko, An Doan, Nathan Apfel, Spring Chenjp; 2nd Place - Team of Deveshi Thakur, Emily Zhao, Jessica Singh, Keerthana Pilla, For the first time ever, the Central Sound Regional Science and Engineering Fair (CSRSEF) was canceled, the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) has been canceled, and the Washington State Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF) was held remotely via GoToMeeting. For information about sports offered and how to register, click on the appropriate link below, based on the attendance boundaries where you live. Aashray earned an invitation to the USESO training camp, which is an event where top scholars learn from distinguished alumni (including Tesla STEM's own Yuchen Li, '22) and leading researchers in earth science. Proven interest in Tesla's mission to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy, through extracurricular activities, academic projects, passion projects, or equivalent experiences. 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! Congratulations to all of the winners listed below, and to our new State Officer At-Large, Brayden Brackett! He was even able to perform complex calculations on his head, which led his teachers to accuse him of cheating. Wehadtwostudents take home ISEF bids and place in the top six best projectsof the whole fair and they will begoing to Phoenixfor the International Science and Engineering Fair in May. Sebastian Kumar Welcome and Ms. Johnson), and a bunch of teachers that indulge our teams' requests for equipment use, materials, and opportunities to practice. We all want to say how proud we are of all of our scholars. Atharv Dixit. 4thplace Rohit Gupta, Eric Song, Nihal Thomas, Business Financial Plan: Of the 60 high school teams in the nation that made the finals, they scored second-highest in the prelims, then went on to finish in the Top 24 in the elimination rounds. The fourth place ranking still has a chance of attending depending on ranking 1-3 participation. All 40 finalists will be evaluated rigorously by judges to determine the top ten winners, competing for the top prize of $250,000. 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). Team 2, consisting of Prerana Kota, Cheguvijay Aashray, Nakul Rajpal, Srisaitejas Pakalapati, and Sidharth Ganesh, finished in the Top 8. Our teams won medals for finishing in the Top 5, as follows: Astronomy: Evan Kim & Yuchen Li, 1st(Green), Harish Krishnakumar & Annanya Unnikrishnan, 4th (Magenta), Bridge: Marcin Anforowicz & Abhiram Yakkali, 4th (Magenta), Cell Biology: Rohan Iyer & Maxwell Soh, 1st(Green), Chemistry Lab: Sebi Kumar & Sami Badal Khan, 1st(Green), Code Analysis: Evan Kim & Aayush Sheth, 3rd(Green), Codebusters: Phillip Araujo, Aayush Sheth & Olivia Wang, 3rd (Green). Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Experimental Fabrication of Nanoporous Graphene Membranes for Optimal Water Permeability in Reverse Osmosis Desalination, Anne Lee and Issac Perrin. This year we had 18 students from the math club participated in the AMC, 6 students qualify for AIME (top 10%), and 3 students were awarded the Certificate of Distinction which signifies that they were in the top 5% nationally. 10thTobia Kim, Hanara Nam and Isaac Yun, Twelve teams competed. 8thplace Sahil Kancherla and Samarjit Kaushik, 6thplace Archit Patankar, 1st place:Madison Messina and Eden Netz,Assessing the Effects of Posting Publicly on Social Media in Correlation to Anxious Sleep Patterns in Teenagers, 2nd place: Roshni Srikanth, App to Improve the Mental Health of Refugees, 3rd place: Rachel Alwan and Anika Ghelani, A Behavioral and Neurophysiological Analysis of False Memories, Honorable Mention:Marton Teichner, Investigating the Effects of Education on the Impact of Astroturfing, Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Microbiology (CELL), 1st place:Mirra Chinta,Synergism or Antagonism between Docetaxel and Finasteride in Prostate Cancer Model, 2nd place: Anusha Srivastava, Assessing the Apoptotic Effect of the Bacteriocin Nisin on Metastatic Breast Cancer Cell Viability, 3rd place: Aditi Ekbote and Vidhi Jain, Drug Combinations with Antibiotics and Curcumin to Combat Antibiotic Drug Resistance, 3rdplace:Nitisha Gautam Arundhati (Diya) Basu,Genomic Differences Between E-cigarette Vapor and Cigarette Smoke and its Relation to Tumor Growth, Biomedical and Health Sciences(BMED), Translational Medicine (TMED), 1st place: Aditi Subramanyam, Identifying TEAD Proteins and Disrupting the YAP1/TEAD Complex to Inhibit Oncogenic YAP1 Fusion Proteins, Honorable Mention: Anirudh Iyer, Analyzing miRNA Expression in Glioblastoma Patients to Identify Candidate Markers, Chemistry; Chemical Energy; Material Sciences(Chem), 3rd place: Mintra Frazzini, Engineering Environmentally Friendly Sunscreen Using Metal Organic Frameworks, Honorable Mention:Saketh Dhulipalla and Yuchen Li, Access to Clean Potable Water Via Fog Harvesting, Software Systems;Computational Biology & Bioinformatics (COMP), Honorable Mention:Sunya Mohammed, Implementing Eye-Tracking Technology for the Advancement of Driver Training, Animal Sciences; Plant Sciences;Earth and Environmental Sciences (ERTH), 2nd place: Annie Denton,Forecasting the Effects of Climate Change on the Distribution of the Pacific Sideband Snail, 3rd place:Elisabeth Berger, Powering a Solid State Fermenter with Compost Cogeneration To Produce Spores for Use as a Myopesticide, 1stplace: Romanpreet Kaur,Menstrual Hygiene Period, 3rd place: Max Reisman, Solar Desalination System Utilizing Salt-Rejecting and Solar Absorber Technology for Quick and Efficient Technology, Honorable Mention:Kishan Baliga,Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Data to Create a Machine Learning Algorithm Capable of Identifying Oil Spills, Physics;Mathematics; Physical Energy; Embedded Systems (Phys), Honorable Mention:Akshay Murthy,Greet Sense: A Facial Recognition and Obstacle Detection Device for the Visually- Impaired and Blind, 2nd place: Tristan Stevens and Maxell Wang,Using a Bi-Layer Geogrid System to Decrease Vertical Stress and Deflection of Pavement Applications, 2nd place: Mathias Foster, Development of a Perpetual Solar-Powered Blimp to Aid Urban Search and Rescue, InspiringExcellence in Scientific Research:Roshni Srikanth,App to Improve the Mental Health of Refugees, American Psychological Association (APA) Award:Madison Messina and Eden Netz,Assessing the Effects of Posting Publicly on Social Media in Correlation to Anxious Sleep Patterns in Teenagers, Materials Science special categoryAward:Mintra Frazzini,Engineering Environmentally Friendly Sunscreen Using Metal Organic Frameworks, Excellence in bacteria research-environmental scienceAward:Anusha Srivastava,Assessing the Apoptotic Effect of the Bacteriocin Nisin on Metastatic Breast Cancer Cell Viability, WSSEF Award:Akshay Murthy,Greet Sense: A Facial Recognition and Obstacle Detection Device for the Visually- Impaired and Blind, American Chemical Society (ACS) Prize:Mintra Frazzini,Engineering Environmentally Friendly Sunscreen Using Metal Organic Frameworks, American Institute for Aeronautics and AstronauticsAward:Mathias Foster,Development of a Perpetual Solar-Powered Blimp to Aid Urban Search and Rescue, SupernovaAwards:Isha Murali, Exploration into Analyzing the Auditory Cortex in Relation to Attention as Measured by Alpha Waves, Parbeen Sekhon and Rhea Shinde, Setting Minutiae Standards in Forensic Odontology, Kristin Acheson, The Effects of Ascorbic Acid on the Binding of Collagen and Tannins, Tarini Srikanth, Modeling Potential Drug to Drug Interactions Targeted Towards Cardiovascular Systems, Manasvini Calmidi, Determining the Salt Concentration of Irrigation Water for Trichoderma to Confer Salt Tolerant Oryza sativa Plants, Marko Milovanovic and Denis Chelan, Water Purification Via Hand-Powered Pump, Ricoh Sustainable Environmental ScienceAward:Elisabeth Berger,Powering a Solid State Fermenter with Compost Cogeneration To Produce Spores for Use as a Myopesticide, Office of Naval Science ResearchAward:Sunya Mohammed,Implementing Eye-Tracking Technology for the Advancement of Driver Training.
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