McLean, Va. (January 10, 2022) — The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) is pleased to announce that 24 of CEE’s Research Science Institute (RSI) 2021 alumni are among the top 300 scholars in the 2022 Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors.
“I’m elated that so many RSI alumni continue to be represented among the top 300 scholars of this prominent academic and research competition. CEE’s RSI program is one of the most prestigious international summer research programs in the world for high school students. It clearly prepares students for success,” said Joann DiGennaro, CEE President.
The RSI 2021 alumni named in the Regeneron Science Talent search Top 300 scholars are: Max Bee-Lindgren, Decatur High School, GA; Kevin Cong, Phillips Exeter Academy, NH; Jason Cui, Fairview High School, CO; Siya Goel, West Lafayette Junior-Senior High School, IN; Shreyas Kar, duPont Manual Magnet High School, KY; Jennifer Lew, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, CA; Frank Liu, Newton South High School, MA; Steven Diwen Liu, Shady Side Academy, PA; Donald J. Liveoak, Allen Park High School, MI; Amber Luo, Ward Melville High School, NY; Eli Pinchas Meyers, St. Stephens Episcopal School, TX; Ashini Modi, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, LA; Dheepthi Mohanraj, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC; Varsha Naga, Winter Springs High School, FL; Comfort Chinwendu Ohajunwa, Osbourn Park Senior High School, VA; Dhruv Pai, Montgomery Blair High School, MD; Cameron Sharma, Mills E. Godwin High School, VA; Natalie Anne Shell, Greenwich Academy, CT; Ashwin Sivakumar, Flintridge Preparatory School, CA; Ella Wang, Basis High School, AZ; Daniel Xia, Ridge High School, NJ; Ali Yang, Phillips Academy, MA; Gary Zhan, Logan High School, UT; and Anya Zhang, Edward Clark High School, NV.
A list of students by state with their research project titles is attached.
Regeneron Science Talent Search scholars were selected from 1,804 applications received from 603 high schools across 46 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and eight other countries. Scholars were chosen based on their exceptional research skills, commitment to academics, innovative thinking and promise as scientists as demonstrated through the submission of their original, independent research projects, essays and recommendation.
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About the Center for Excellence in Education
CEE, a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit, was founded in 1983 by the late Admiral H.G. Rickover and Joann P. DiGennaro, President of the Center. The Center’s mission is to nurture high school and university scholars to careers of excellence and leadership in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and to encourage collaboration between and among leaders in the global community. CEE sponsors the Research Science Institute (RSI), the USA Biolympiad (USABO), and the Teacher Enrichment Program (TEP). CEE provides these cost-free programs through collaborations with educational institutions, private foundations, corporations, government agencies, and individuals who share a commitment to educational excellence and leadership. For more information, visit https://www.cee.org.
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2021 Research Science Institute Alumni Named 2022 Regeneron STS Semifinalists
ARIZONA
Assessing Light-Induced Fading of Colored Art Objects via Digital Visualization Techniques
CALIFORNIA
Ashwin Sivakumar, Flintridge Preparatory School
Late Pleistocene Fossils Recontextualize the Ecology of Introduced Turkeys in California
Jennifer Lew, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
SafeBuild: The Risk-Based Power Grid Design Software
COLORADO
Jason Cui, Fairview High School
Sodium Benzoate, a Common Food Preservative, Shortens Lifespan, Induces Premature Aging, and Accelerates Neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans
CONNECTICUT
Natalie Anne Shell, Greenwich Academy
Developing and Testing Updated Geometric Structures to Model the Optical Properties of Spirulina, a Helical Photosynthetic Microorganism
FLORIDA
Varsha Naga, Winter Springs High School
Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections Using Antibacterial Boron Carbonitride Nanoparticle Coating on Medical Devices
GEORGIA
Max Bee-Lindgren, Decatur High School
Calculating Transition Amplitudes of an Observable Using the Rodeo Algorithm for Quantum Computing
INDIANA
Siya Goel, West Lafayette Junior-Senior High School
PanCan Diagnosed (a miRNA Approach): Using Feature Selection, Ensemble Algorithms, and Interpretability for the Early Diagnosis and Personalized Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
KENTUCKY
Shreyas Kar, duPont Manual Magnet High School
Impact of Electronic Health Record Discontinuity in Prediction Modeling Algorithms
LOUISIANA
Ashini Modi, Caddo Parish Magnet High School
An Evolutionary Model for Stellar Wind-Induced Atmospheric Escape of Small Exoplanets
MASSACHUSETTS
Frank Liu, Newton South High School
PRESTO: Rapid Protein Mechanical Strength Prediction With an End-to-End Deep Learning Model
Ali Yang, Phillips Academy (from Phoenix, AZ)
Multimodal Contrastive Learning Matches the Transcriptome With Pathological Diagnoses
MARYLAND
Dhruv Pai, Montgomery Blair High School
Representation and Deep Learning on Brain Surface Data for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
MICHIGAN
Donald J. Liveoak, Allen Park High School
Schrödinger Bridges on Discrete Domains
NEVADA
Anya Zhang, Edward Clark High School
Spatial Variability of Ocean Acidification and Its Influencing Factors in Massachusetts Bay
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Kevin Cong, Phillips Exeter Academy (from Basking Ridge, NJ)
On the Sizes of Furstenberg Sets in Finite Fields
NEW JERSEY
Daniel Xia, Ridge High School
A Minkowski-Type Inequality in AdS-Melvin Space
NEW YORK
Amber Luo, Ward Melville High School
RiboBayes: A Wavelet Transform-Based Computational Platform to Assess the Transcriptomic Distribution and Regulation of Ribosome Pause Sites in Ribosome Profiling Data
NORTH CAROLINA
Dheepthi Mohanraj, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
AutoFlow: A Novel Method for Assessing Minimal Residual Disease in Breast Cancer Patients by Identifying Bone Marrow Disseminated Tumor Cells Using Flow Cytometry Data
PENNSYLVANIA
Steven Diwen Liu, Shady Side Academy
Techno-Economic Assessment of a Cost and Quality-Based Algal Biodiesel Production Process
TEXAS
Eli Pinchas Meyers, St. Stephens Episcopal School
Equivalence in Discrete Morse Functions on Graphs
UTAH
Gary Zhan, Logan High School
Toward Sustainable Agriculture: Establishing Novel Soil-Bacteria-Based Biotechnologies to Promote Crop Growth
VIRGINIA
Comfort Chinwendu Ohajunwa, Osbourn Park Senior High School
Mathematical Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of the COVID-19 Pandemic With Explicit and Implicit Behavioral Changes
Cameron Sharma, Mills E. Godwin High School
FluVaxAI: A Novel AI Inspired Regional Flu Vaccine Formulation