8 Siemens Semifinalists From Herricks Recognized by Town

Several local students named semifinalists in this year’s Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology were recognized for their academic excellence by the Town of North Hempstead on Tuesday, Dec. 15.

The Siemens Competition is one of the nation’s premier science research competitions for high school students. Out of the 460 semifinalists, 25 of these students call the Town of North Hempstead home.

“What an amazing accomplishment! This once again reminds us of the quality of our schools in North Hempstead, and the amazing administrators, educators and students that we have,” Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said in a press release.

Two students were named finalists in the competition and received the $100,000 grand prize. Kimberly Te and Christine Yoo from Manhasset High School created microbial fuel cells designed to clean up oil spills or to provide power to developing countries by speeding up the breakdown of sediment and other matter.

Congratulations to this year’s semifinalists:

• August Chen, Great Neck North HS
• Graelin Mandel, Great Neck North HS
• Annabelle Ng, Great Neck South HS
• Robin Shum, Great Neck South HS
• Jaysen Zhang, Great Neck South HS
• Michael Shen, Great Neck South HS
• Sunny Shi, Great Neck South HS
• Yujia Su, Great Neck South HS
• Gianna Chan, Herricks HS
• Naeha Pathak, Herricks HS
• Ayesha Chhugani, Herricks HS*
• Nihar Shah, Herricks HS
• Brian Zhao, Herricks HS*
• Bongseok Jung, Herricks HS
• Natalie Tan, Herricks HS
• Jordan Chee, Herricks HS*
• Kimberly Te, Manhasset HS (grand prize winner)
• Christine Yoo, Manhasset HS (grand prize winner)
• Markella Tsalikis, Manhasset HS
• George Theodosopoulos, Manhasset HS*
• Raymond Huffman, Manhasset HS
• Kevin Sadhu, Manhasset HS
• Jun Yan He, Manhasset HS*
• Michael Lee, Manhasset HS
• Andrew Zuckerman, The Wheatley School

(Those with an asterisk did not attend)

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