RISE: Alumni Updates

Regeneron Science Talent Search

• Jocelyn Zhang, scholar

International Science and Engineering Fair

• Mateo H. Hernandez, finalist

Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science (TEAMS) Competition

• Amy Tian, national finalist

Mirabeau B. Lamar Award for Excellence in Education

• Mateo H. Hernandez became a national Hispanic scholar, received a scholarship and award from the Grand Lodge of the State of Texas.

Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair

• Scott Song, 1st place

Publications

• Jamie Xie was acknowledged on a paper with Dr. Tian in the SPIE Photonics West BiOS (2024).

National Merit Finalist

• Nikhil Veeramachaneni, President’s Endowed Scholarship
• William Longtin, US Presidential Scholar Semifinalist

New York State Science and Engineering Fair (NYSSEF)

• Emma Maliar, 1st place in Behavioral Sciences

NH SMASH Math Tournament

• William Longtin, 1st place individual score

Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science

• Elise Whitlinger, 1st place

Regeneron Science Talent Search

• Amith Varambally, finalist
• Emma Maliar, finalist

Publications

• Amith Varambally coauthored a paper in Physical Review Letters (2023). He also collaborated in other publications in MIT News, Phys.org, and SciTechDaily (2023).
• William Longtin published a paper in Journal of Student Research (2022), and in Journal of Emerging Investigators (2023).

Capital Area Science & Engineering Fair

• Bashir Sbaiti, 1st prize

Long Island Junior Science and Humanities Symposium

• Michael Khalfin, semifinalist

Regeneron Science Talent Search

• Ryan Huang, scholar and Top 300
• Arjan Kahlon, scholar
• Suraj Oruganti, scholar and Top 300
• Sophia Shi, scholar and Top 300
• Katherine Xie, scholar and Top 300

Sigma Xi Student Research Conference

• Shreya Mantripragada, presenter

USA Biology Olympiad

• Grace Wang, semifinalist

Publications

• Carol Chen’s work with Professor Ally Stoughton was published in the Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (2022).
• Arjan Kahlon published a paper in Biomechanics (2022).
• Rosy Lu coauthored a paper with Purusha Shirvani, and Professor Michael F. Holick in Anticancer Research(2022).
• Bashir Sbaiti and Michael Khalfin coauthored a paper with Dr. Marianne Bezaire in Impulse (2021).

Child Mind Institute’s 2020 Rising Scientist Award

• Reed Lessing, 1 of 5 national winners

Junior Symposium in Humanities and Science Fair

• Caledonia Grant, 4th place 

Virginia State Tournament

• Thomas Lu, 1st place (with TJHSST Science Olympiad team)

Ohio State Science Day

• Aniv Ray, Superior rating 

Publications

• Rishabh Bose coauthored a paper with Professor Vivek Goyal in IEEE Xplore (2020).

Regeneron Science Talent Search

• Rishabh Bose, scholar and Top 300
• Maeve McFadden, scholar and Top 300
• Ivory Tang, scholar and Top 300

Publications

• Luke Xie coauthored a paper with Professor Qiang Cui in The Journal of Physical Chemistry (2021).

International Science and Engineering Fair

• Katie Lu, First Place and Best of Category

Regeneron Science Talent Search

• Katie Lu, scholar and Top 300

Buckeye Science and Engineering Fair

• Christine Zou, semifinalist

Ohio State Science Day

• Christine Zou, Raymond Mazza award for excellence from the Society of Petroleum Engineers Ohio Section

Publications

• Ellie Cheong and Leslie Pu were acknowledged on a paper with Professor Markus Bachschmid in Scientific Reports (2019).
• Aakash Mishra coauthored a paper with Professor Richard Binzel in The Astronomical Journal (2019).

Regeneron Science Talent Search

• Vincent Dai, scholar
• Melissa Wei, scholar

Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology

• Melissa Wei, semifinalist

Publications

• Malyala Prashant and Diane Da-Hyun Lee were acknowledged on a paper with Professor Markus Bachschmid in Scientific Reports (2019).
• Kush Maheshwari and Roshan Jagani coauthored a paper with Professor Dan Clemens in The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2018).

Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology

• Eric Gan, semifinalist
• Vennela Mannava, semifinalist
• Jane Pan, semifinalist

Publications

• Eric Gan and Jane Pan coauthored a paper with Professor Sean Andersson in Biomedical Optics Express (2016).

Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology

• Yerin Kweon, semifinalist
• Manasa Prahlad, semifinalist
• Prachi Sinha, semifinalist
• Victor Zhang, semifinalist

Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology

• Helen Dai, semifinalist
• Samantha Koire, semifinalist
• Jessica Liu, semifinalist
• Justin Yu, semifinalist

Intel Science Talent Search

• Lauren Perry, semifinalist
• Jane Wei, semifinalist

Intel Science Talent Search

• Drew Feldman, semifinalist
• Laura Tung, semifinalist
• Andrew Wang, semifinalist

Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology

• Louis Tao, regional finalist

Publications

• Marguerite Martin-Epstein coauthored a paper with Professor Jagadeesh Moodera in Physical Review Letter (2013).
• David Mace coauthored a paper with Professor Ayse Coskun at the ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (2013).

Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology

• Joshua Kubiak, national finalist

Publications

• Angela Massey coauthored a paper with Professor Andrew West in The Astronomical Journal (2012).