69 Long Island Students Named Semifinalists in Siemens Competition

Long Island is well represented on a just-released list of the 2016 semifinalists in the prestigious Siemens Competition.

This year, out of the more than 1,600 projects submitted, 498 students have been selected as semifinalists, including 69 Long Island students.

The Siemens Competition honors the best and brightest students for their accomplishments in math, science and technology. Every year, students submit innovative individual and team research projects to regional and national levels of competition as they vie for college scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $100,000.

The semifinalists and their projects will next be judged to determine who advances on to six regional competitions to be held in November. Individual and team winners of the regional contests earn the opportunity to compete in the national finals held at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., in December when $500,000 in scholarships will be awarded, including two top prizes of $100,000.

The prize, launched by the Siemens Foundation in 1999, was established to increase access to higher education for students who are gifted in STEM and is based on the culture of innovation, research and educational support that is the hallmark of Siemens. The competition seeks to recognize and build a strong pipeline for the nation’s most promising scientists, engineers and mathematicians.

Congratulations to the following Long Island students:

• Sarah Adamo, Smithtown High School West
• Anjali Balamurugan, Smithtown High School East
• Rachel Chang, Manhasset Senior High School
• Luhan Chen, Great Neck North High School
• Tiffeny Chen, Manhasset Senior High School
• Jang Hun Choi, Jericho High School
• Fred Chu, Manhasset Senior High School
• Claire Cilien, Brentwood High School
• Susell Contreras, Brentwood High School, Brentwood
• Nicholas DeFrancisco, Saint Anthony’s High School
• Jade Dickenson, Copiague High School
• Mohamed El-Abtah, Syosset High School
• Brandon Feng, Ward Melville Senior High School
• Emma Fleishman, Manhasset Senior High School
• Nathan Gershengorin, Oceanside High School
• Brandon Gong, Garden City Senior High School
• Sarah Gottesman, Paul D. Schreiber High School
• Tzvi Heimowitz, Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School for Boys
• Elin Hu, Manhasset Senior High School
• Grace Hu, Jericho High School, Jericho
• Alby Joseph, W.T. Clarke Senior High School
• Shawn Kang, Great Neck South High School
• Caroline Katz, Paul D. Schreiber High School
• Summar Khan, Manhasset Senior High School
• Ashley Kim, Manhasset Senior High School
• Eunice Kim, Roslyn High School
• Justin Kim, Jericho High School
• Christopher Koch, Saint Anthony’s High School
• Hanxuan Kuang, Great Neck South High School
• Daniel Lee, Commack High School
• Nathaniel Lee, Jericho High School
• Richard Lee, Manhasset Senior High School
• Stephen Lee, Manhasset Senior High School
• Crystal Li, Syosset High School
• Sandra Li, Jericho High School
• Rushabh Mehta, Syosset High School
• Rebecca Muratore, Paul D. Schreiber High School
• Kirti Nath, Ward Melville Senior High School
• Erika Nemeth, Smithtown High School East
• Justin Ng, George W. Hewlett High School
• Adam Pahlavan, Jericho High School
• Matthew Palmadessa, Manhasset Senior High School
• Dahyun Park, Syosset High School
• William Peng, Manhasset Senior High School
• Suraj Persaud, Central Islip High School
• Eric Pun, Syosset High School
• Paul Rhee, Half Hollow Hills High School East
• Sarah Romanelli, Oceanside High School
• Rachel Sacks, Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway
• Nikhil Saggi, Syosset High School
• Yash Samantaray, Syosset High School
• Jordan Sanford, Syosset High School
• Gila Schein, Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway
• Sung Won Seo, Manhasset Senior High School
• Serena Tam, Jericho High School
• Natalie Tan, Herricks High School
• Ryan Thorpe, Manhasset Senior High School
• Nestor Tkachenko, Ward Melville Senior High School
• Bart Voto, Manhasset Senior High School
• Sofie Wilson, Copiague High School
• Yun Jin Woo, Half Hollow Hills High School West
• Alice Wu, Half Hollow Hills High School West
• Jonah Wu, Syosset High School
• Emily Zavala, Central Islip High School
• Jaysen Zhang, Great Neck South High School
• Vanessa Zhang, Manhasset Senior High School
• Aric Zhuang, Great Neck South High School
• Perri Zilberman, John F. Kennedy High School, Bellmore
• Nicholas Zumba, George W. Hewlett High School

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