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Montgomery County Science Fair 2011
Roberto Clemente Middle School had a FANTASTIC showing at the county science fair. We received 93 different awards from many different categories. That is more than any other middle school in the county. We also received more first place awards than any other middle school! Clemente PRIDE continues to show as we raise the bar making Clemente the best school in the state of Maryland!
Behavioral and Social Sciences
1st place: Aditya Kaliappan
Honorable Mention: Lipi Agrawal
Biochemistry Category
1st place: Siddharth Nayak
2nd place: Grace Cheung
Honorable Mention: Trinish Chatterjee
Honorable Mention: Ellin Hu
Biology Category
2nd place Xinquan Tian
Chemistry
1st place: Sam Steingard and Ron Domingo
2nd place: Nathan Li
2nd place: Alex Frost
3rd place: Christopher Lee
3rd place: Priya Shukla and Natasha Velasquez
3rd place: Angela Li
Computer Science
Honorable Mention: Nadja Bzhilyanskaya
Honorable Mention: Angeline King
Honorable Mention: Jonathan Ni
Engineering Category
2nd place: Ninad Nirgudkar
2nd place: Umesh Padia
3rd place: Zubair Khan
3rd place: Alex Fehlinger
3rd place: Rachit Agarwal
Honorable Mention: Jackson Douglas
Honorable Mention: Trishul Nagenalli
Honorable Mention: Jack Qian
Honorable Mention: William Saar
Honorable Mention: Suriya Kandaswamy
Environmental Sciences
1st place: Frederick Xu and Addi Giffin
2nd place: Jack Weaver
2nd place: Devika Haridas
3rd place: Cooper Teich
Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Choi
Honorable Mention: Theodore Johnson
Honorable Mention: Rodrigo Salamanca
Honorable Mention: Brooke Nesselt and Sydney Abella
Mathematics
Honorable Mention: Andrew Wang and Timothy Wang
Honorable Mention: Abby Beeler
Medicine and Health Category
1st place: Howard Nicholson
Honorable Mention: Seema Snitkovsky
Microbiology
1st place: Constance Chen and Ramnik Dhingra
2nd place: Sanna Madan
3rd place: Emily Wang
Honorable Mention: Diwakar Ganesan
Honorable Mention: Cynthia Liu
Physics
1st place: Pei-Yi Lin
1st place: Andrew Lehnus and Brandon Grinkemeyer
2nd place: Rizwan Bashir
2nd place: Wenqing Xu
2nd place: Christina Lingfu
3rd place: Ankita Sharma
3rd place: Jimmy Li and Jeffrey Wang
Honorable Mention: Seong Joon Yoo
Honorable Mention: Raviteja Kemburu
Honorable Mention: George Tong
American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA) For Excellent Achievements in Projects in Space and Aviation
Honorable Mention: Certificate
Seong Joon Yoo
Ankita Sharma
3rd Place: $75 Invitation to Awards Banquet, one year student membership
Adithya Girish
2nd Place: $100 Invitation to Awards Banquet, one year student membership
Andrew Lehnus and Brandon Grinkemeyer
American Nuclear Society; Washington, DC Section For Outstanding Achievement in Projects in Nuclear Physics and Technology
4th Place Certificate
Rachit Agarwal
3rd Place Certificate and Book
Adithya Girish
American Psychological Association Recognizing Outstanding Research Projects in Behavior and Social Science
Junior Division Winner Certificate
Lipi Agrawal
The ASM Materials Education Foundation--DC Chapter Recognizing Outstanding Projects in Materials Science
Junior Division 1st Place Certificate of Excellence
Rishi Banerjee and Nicholas Suddith
Broadcom MASTERS For middle school projects demonstrating excellence in Math, Applied Science, Technology, and Engineering
Nomination to compete in Broadcom MASTERS national competition
Aditya Kaliappan
Siddharth Nayak
Sam Steingard and Ron Domingo
Frederick Xu and Addi Giffin
Howard Nicholson
Constance Chen and Ramnik Dhingra
Pei-Yi Lin
Andrew Lehnus and Brandon Grinkemeyer
Central Intelligence Agency For Projects in Technologies of National Interest
Invitation to Awards Ceremony and Tour of CIA Headquarters
Alex Frost
Discovery Education Young Scientist Challenge To 6-8th Grade Students for Knowledge of and Ability to Communicate Effectively about Science
Certificate of Excellence and Entry to National Competition will be Presented to Winners of Each Category in Junior Division
Aditya Kaliappan
Siddharth Nayak
Sam Steingard and Ron Domingo
Frederick Xu and Addi Giffin
Howard Nicholson
Constance Chen and Ramnik Dhingra
Pei-Yi Lin
Andrew Lehnus and Brandon Grinkemeyer
Friends of Agricultural Research--Beltsville (FAR-B)-in each of 3 categories For Excellent Junior Projects
2nd Place: Certificate of Merit and $20 gift certificate
Hansheng Zhang
Navya Nanda and Pujitha Lava
1st Place: Certificate of Merit and $30 gift certificate
Frederick Xu and Addi Giffin
Geological Society of Washington For Excellence in Earth Science
Third Place Junior: Certificate and Ribbon
Brooke Nesselt and Sydney Abella
First Place Junior: Certificate, ribbon and invitation to present project at a GSW Meeting
Frederick Xu and Addi Giffin
Health Physics Society, Baltimore-Washington Chapter For Outstanding Projects Using, or Applying, Radiation or Radioactive Material
Juniors:
Honorable Mention:
Frederick Xu and Addi Giffin
3rd Place Certificate of Recognition
Elizabeth Choi
2nd Place Certificate of Recognition
Cynthia Song
MRIGlobal For Outstanding Achievement in Life Sciences
Junior: Certificate and $75 Award
Grace Cheung
Naval Research Lab For Excellence in Engineering
Junior Division: Nail Gun Target Plate
Ankita Sharma
Office of Naval Research For Achievement in Science or Technology
Six Junior Division prizes: Certificate and Medallion
Umesh Padia
Adithya Girish
Abby Beeler
Rachit Agarwal
Society of Manufacturing Engineers--Chapter 48 For Excellence in Research Advancing Manufacturing Knowledge
2nd place $ 50 check, book and certificate
Rachit Agarwal
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers For Excellence in Projects Related to Marine Engineering
3 Awards Junior Division: Book; Gifts; One Year SNAME Membership
Trishul Nagenalli
Ankita Sharma
Surfrider Foundation, DC Chapter For Excellence in Ocean and Environmental Sciences Research
Junior Division: Respect the Beach Award Trophy + 2 Surfrider Memberships
Frederick Xu and Addi Giffin
U.S. Airforce For Excellence in Science and Engineering
Junior: Certificate
Jeffrey Shih
Andrew Lehnus
Brandon Grinkemeyer
Jackson Douglas
U.S. Metric Association For Best Use of the SI Metric System for a Significant Amount of Quantitative Measurement
2 Awards Junior Division: Certificate
Farah Kabir
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission For Outstanding Projects in Nuclear Science or Engineering
Juniors
Honorable Mention:
Wenqing Xu
1st Place Certificate of Recognition
Rachit Agarwal
Science Bowl Winners
Congratulations to the Roberto Clemente science bowl team for participating and winning 2nd place in the hydrogen fuel cell car race in the regional science bowl for the state of Maryland. Also we would like to thank Mrs. Fairbairn for being an encouraging and supportive coach who worked hard to organize the team and the science club.
RCMS Chess Tournament Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the RCMS Chess Tournament who received 4th, 1st, and 2nd place (in order from left to right)!
Drawing the Line Under 21 Alcohol Use Contest
1st Place Winner:
Emily Fisher
2nd Place Winners:
Jessica Wang
Nikki Matha
Esther Park
Emily Fisher: Broadband (107MB), Dial-Up (1.8MB)
Jessica Wang, Nikki Matha, and Esther Park: Broadband (110MB), Dial-Up (1.8MB)