Congratulations to Kunal Singh on Being Named A Regional Finalist in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science, & Technology

WASHINGTON, Oct 19, 2015 -- The Siemens Foundation today announced the 2015 class of regional finalistsfor the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, the nation's premier research competition for high school students.

Ninety-seven regional finalists have been invited to advance to the next round of the competition, where they will vie for one of the most prestigious science honors awarded to high school students in the country today. These regional finalists were picked from an exceptional group of 466 semi-finalists that were announced on October 16. These semi-finalists presented projects that were considered outstanding and notable from a pool of nearly 1800 projects submitted this year.

"Today's regional finalists represents an outstanding group of students whose remarkable projects not only demonstrate a very advanced aptitude in STEM research but represent ideas that address some of today's most challenging issues," said David Etzwiler, CEO of the Siemens Foundation. "We congratulate the regional finalists on their accomplishments and wish them luck in the next phase of the competition."

The Siemens Competition, administered by Discovery Education, awards a $1000 scholarship to each regional finalist, in addition to one $3,000 prize to an individual winner and a$6,000 prize to a team winner at each regional competition.

Winners of the regional events will then advance to the National Finals at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., December 6-8, 2015, where $500,000 in scholarships will be awarded, including two top prizes of $100,000.

A complete list of finalists and their projects is available at www.siemens-foundation.org preceding each regional event.

Three High Tech Students Chosen as Semi-Finalists for the 2015 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology!

Congratulations to the three High Technology High School seniors were named as semi-finalists of the 2015 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology!

The three students are:  
Thomas Li
William Lin
Kunal Singh

 There were a total of 466 semifinalists selected from over 1700 student submissions. The three students will be recognized for their research in a STEM related field. Click here to see the full list.

 

High Tech Sophomore Eileen Huang Reading Her Poem at the White House for the National Poets Program

Eileen Huang, a sophomore at High Technology High school, was recognized today (10/8/15) at the White House as one of five students chosen as a 2015 National Poet to represent the Northeast region of the United States. The ceremony was hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama.

The President's Committee on Arts and Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services partner with the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers to present the National Student Poets Program (NSPP). The program is the country's highest honor for youth poets presenting original work.

We are proud of Eileen and wish her well as she works as an ambassador for poetry throughout the Northeast region this coming year. Click here to watch the video replay.

High Tech Students Perform Well at National TSA Competition in Dallas!

2015 TSA National Conference Results 

HTHS by the Numbers 

7 Trophies

11 Semi-Finalists

17 Finalists

30 Events

3 – Second Place

4 – Third Place

38 Attendees

 

28 out of 38 are Finalists / Award Winners

16 out of 38 are Multiple event Finalists / Award Winners

74% are Finalists / Award Winners

 

CAD 3D, ENGINEERING (HS)

3rd   Place 

 Jarrett Liang
 

Children's Stories (HS)

9th Place 

Iris Rukshin, Sophia Chen and Claudia Jiang,

  

DEBATING TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES (HS)

3rd Place 

Caroline Kratka and Amanda Lashenick

  

Digital Video Production (HS)

5th Place 

Brian Tao, Tiffany Zhao, Andrew Huang, Brandon May and Priscilla Wong

  

ESSAYS ON TECHNOLOGY (HS)

2nd Place 

Aparna Ragupathi

  

FASHION DESIGN (HS

9th Place 

Amanda Lashenick, Bobby Galindo

and Sophia Chen

  

Future Technology Teacher (HS)

7th  Place

Vivian Qiang

  

Manufacturing Prototype (HS)

3rd  Place 

Brian Tao, Brandon May, Billy Lin, Jarrett Liang,

Blain Liang and Kathryn Jiang

  

PREPARED PRESENTATION (HS)

4th Place

Aparna Ragupathi

  

SCIVIS (HS)

3rd Place

Kathryn Jiang, Iris Rukshin and Claudia Jiang

  

Software Development (HS)

4th Place

Aneesh Agrawal, Emily Liu, Elijah Smith, Saral Vicol, Jacob Yatvitsky and Qwwn Zhang

  

SYSTEM CONTROL TECHNOLOGY (HS)

10th Place 

JP Edralin , Kyle Lee and Anjali Nambrath

  

TEAMS  11/12 Level 

Written Competition - 9th Place 

Billy Lin, Brandon May, Blain Liang, Jarrett Liang, Brian Tao, Andrew Huang, Tiffany Zhao and Kathryn Jiang 

 

Technical Sketching and Application (HS)

2nd Place

Blain Liang
 

5th Place

Dareen Schachter

 

Technology Bowl, Oral (HS)

2nd Place 

Alex Gu, Anjali Nambrath and Darren Schachter

  

Transportation Modeling (HS)

6th Place

Vivian Qiang